The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-05

tons opened firm at 12c advance, and after
a further rise on cable news, turned very
weak Bears hammered the market all
day, and in absence of clique. or outside
support, broke prices decidedly, the close
being &c net lower; No. 2 red, March,
closed $1.064s; May closed 81 .OO7s.
Corn closed, spot. weak; No. 2, 371sc; OPP
tons opened steady, with wheat, but Soon
reacted, and, under active liquidation, de-
clined all day. closing &c below last nights
May closed 351sc; July closed 36Ac. Oats,
spot firmer; No 2. &c; options duh, but
steady on the improvement in cash prop
erty, closing unchanged; May closed 807sc.
Beef firm. Cut meats quiet; picked bell
lies, 53sG7c; do shoulders, 4%c; do hams,
7$c. Lard weak; western steamed, s5.45:
May, sos nominal; refined quiet. Pork
quiet. Butter firm; Western creamery, Is
02O1ac; do factory, 11Q141Ac; Elgins, 20Ikc;
imitation creamery 13Iad17c; state dairy,
lSq17c; do creamery, 14Q20c. Cheese weaks
largo white September, Size Potatoes
steady. Cotton seed oil quiet; prime eoun-
try, 2012Ol2c; do yellow, DC. Petroleum
nominal. Rye firm. Molasses firm. cab
bage quiet $3.00GI3. so. Coffee. options
steady at unchanged prices to points low
er; ruled inactive and featureless during
the greater part of the session. liberal re-
ceipts at Rio We're partially offset by free
United States warehouse deliveries; oased
on near the close, closed barely steady at a
net loss of to 10 points; sales. 14,75O bags,
including March, 5.45c; spot Rio dull; No.
invoice, 6Ac; No. jobbing 634c. Sugar,
raw, steady; fair refining, 11-16c; centri-
fugal, S-test. Slice. Refined steady
Chicago, March 4.-Seling by Armour.
and presumably by other elevator inter-
ests was the feature in wheat trading to-
DAY, and was mainly responsible for q de-
cine OF Ac IN May and 7sQlc in July Corn
was weak in sympathy, and declined &c.
oats were sustained by the export demand
and closed unchanged. Provisions suffer-
ed severely from liquidation, closing 100
to Zoe lower.
Inc leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing,
Wheat No. D
Mch. 81 O5 81 O51l 81 O81S 81 OSqf
May =. O6tk C6lk O4Iz Oi3s
July ....9lA@91as 915s 80 sOhdO3a
Corn No. p
May ...~aoil@aoss sossaso4 aoHascA ag
July ......S194 3l2d91M Sl3s S11s
Sept. .....32A SO S21h 391b0S23s
Oats No. p
May ......26BaT 2714 26s4 26S @2673
July ...24s4q24% Is 241z@2lss 2l5s
Mess pork, per barrel
May $50 65 $40 65 $40 45 SO 471s
July ......1O 721s 10 72h 10 SO 10 52ls
Lard, per 100 pounds
May .......5 271s 27h $40 $50
July ,'..::5 IS 5s714 271s 5 s7ls
May -......5 % 525 SIS 5l7A
July .~...5 50 SIS $50 3 22ia
Cash quotations were as follows Flour
slow; No. 2 spring wheat, 91@93c; No.
spring wheat. 9Od97c; No. 2 red, $1OS%D
l.04A; No. corn, 29Ac; No. yellow corn,
2Shc; No 2 oats. 26l9d265sc No. 2 white,
I. o. b., Bic; No. 3 white f. O. b., 2Sd29t4cj
No. rye, soc; No. flax seed, $L21d125;
prime timothy seed, $295; mess pork, per
barrel $O.4oql0.50; lard, per 100 pounds,
S5.l5g517la; short ribs sides Qoose), $5.eOQ
$40; dry sailed shoulders (boxed), AZ djc;
short clear sides (boxed) s.. 35d5.55; whis-
Ky, distillers finished goods, per gallon,
$1.1sh.
cincinnati, o., March 4.-Flour steady.
Wheat easier; No. 2, CSC. Corn easier; No.
mixed, Bic. Oats dull; No. 2 mixed. &c.
Hye hrm; No. 2, 54c. Lard easier, $5Ol
Bulk meats easy, S.. 10. Bacon steady
$3.50 Whisky firm, S12O
st. Louis March 4.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat, spot lower; No. red, cash ele-
vator, sS1ac; track, 9SG99c: March, 9SAci
May, I.OO1s asked; July, 941s@9l14c; No. J
hard cash, 91d92c. Corn, spot easy; No.
cash, 27lsc; March, 2715c; May 279sG2l2c;
July, 2S%c asked. Oats firm and higher;
track, 279sc; March, &c; May 21kc; july
24Ac; No. white. 29lkd3Oc. Bran easieri
east track, sacked, 62lkc. Whisky, $50
Pork steady; standard mess, jobbing, 500:
Lard, $500; choice, S. 071k Bacon, boxed
lots, extra short clear, IS. 1915 sly; IDS
Sc .0oa6.0715 shorts, $6121k06.25 Dry GAIT
ed meats, boxed shoulders, $4.75d5.90; eN-
ira short clear IS. sTIk0t5 50; ribs, S.JV9
562l.; shorts $5,621sQ5.75.