The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-04

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Qulet; winter patents 81 500
5 90: straights 81 o0G4 80: spring patents
81 T0G5 90: straight 81 +0G+ 80: bakers
So 4OI3 10: spring specials s. 30.
wheat-No. 3 spring 90G96c: No. 9 red
81 02G1 o2Si.
corn-No. ., 29$G2s.3c; No. 2 yellow
29S@29Ac.
JOats-No. . 95Ac: No. . white I. o. b.
2SEG29l:c: No. ? white 91A GcS%c.
Rye-No. .. 50Ac.
Flaxseed-No. /, 81 IS; northwestern
81 1917.
MISUNDERSTANDING, 50 65d2 so.
Pork-Mess, per barrel SO 65G9 10.
Lard-Per 100 lbs Sc 1896 1Ths.
Short ribs-Sides (loose) S. O0I3 30.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed) 4AGi;sc.
| Short clear sides tboxed) IS S0dN4O.
Whlsky-Dlstillers' finished goods, per
| gallon 81 191s.i ,
sugar-Cut loaf 5.63G5.Ssc: graduated
5.30G5.3Sc.
Butter-Firm: creamerlcs 13Tl9c;
dairles llG17c.
Cheese-Quiet at SGSac.
Eggs-Weak; fresh sac.
NEW YORK-Flour quiet but held
higher; Minnesota patents So lOao 49,
do bakers 81 25G4 As: winter straights
81 50a4 65: do extras 50 65G4 10: do low
grades So 9OG3 90.
Cornmcal irmer; yellow western SIC.
Rye firm; No. . western 5Sn6S3c. Ear
ley quiet; barley malt quiet; western %
I65c.
Wheat, spot firm: No. . red 81 DIX {. o.
b. and anoat spot; options opened strong
on higher Liverpool cables and n drop
In consols; futhcr advances accom-
panied active covering by shorts based
partly on less favorable crop news and
export rumors. The close was very firm
at 1@l5sc net advance; No. 9 red May
994@$1 0O&Gl O0as.
Corn. spot firm; No. .. 36Ac; options
opened firm with wheat, advanced
sharply on strong Liverpool news and
export demand. and closed sc higher;
May 33SI3iG54c.
Oats. spot firm; No. 2,3O@3OAc: No. .
white 32Ac: options quiet but firm with
other departments. closing at &c net
advance; May closed nj 99Hc.
Hay dull: shipping 30T35c: good to
choice 55I70c. Hops quiet; state, COM
mon % choice, 1896 crop. im5c: 1896 crop
7aSc: 1897 crop lITlSc: Pacific coast.
1895 crop. 4G5c; 1896 crop, SG9c; 1897
crop 17llSc.
Hides steady: Galveston 15,kc: Texas
dry 12IEc; California 1Ih6lShc. Leather
steady: hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres.
1919
Beef steady; family sill 0OGll Is: cx.
ira mess 80 0OG9 IS; beef hams S23 co.;
packet $40 251ll 90. Cutmcats steady:
picked bellies 5AG6l&c: do shoulders
43ac: do hams 7kG7%c.
Lard firmcr, western steamed closed
at IS 40: refined frmer. Pork steady:
mess 50 60I9 IS; short clear $40 Esq
L. so: family $ll OOGl1 20. Tallow
steady: city 54sc: country 3&63%c.
C]ottonsced oil duh: prime crude 19ihc;
do yellow 22Hc. Resin steady; strained,
common to good 81 I2lhGl 40. Turpen-
tine firm Mt 3oT m33isc. Rice steady;
fair to cxtrn A&d6%c: Japan 5H GGkc.
Molasscs quiet; New Orleans open ket-
tie, good to choice, 2ST33c.
Coffee, options opened steady with
prices 10 points higher on neal months
and unchanged on fnr months; ruled
active throughout the session. with fur
thcr advance OF IL points on near
months as q result OF heavy buying for
spot coffee houses and local coverings,
Closed steady with near months o.
points higher and later months 5Tl5
points higher: sales 4 0,T50 bags. Include
Ing May 5.i5m5.50c, Spot coffee, Rio
strong: No. 7 invoice csc: No. Z iobbinr
CSC: mild firm; held higher; Cordovn
10n Gl6c.
Sugar, raw strong; fair refining 3Mc: