The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-26

CH1CAGo-shOrts in whaet took re-
newed alarm to-day at the continued
meagre receipts. After an early decline
September closed %@%c higher, and
December gained nc. Corn rose B@Bc.
Oats are 10 lower. Pork and lard de-
CIlned 2Ac each. Ribs advanced 2lGc.
Lower Liverpool cables, showing Hb-
eriil receipts in the northwest and the
weak sentiment carried over from yes
terday started wheat lower. September
which closed last night with buyers,
6SiSc, started with sellers at from 62fSc
down to 62Iac. Not much could be Sc
cured ut the lower figures. nor could
much be disposed OF ut the higher Just
then, but the market soon improved and
advanced to shaue GibOve the price ut
the close OF Wednesday. reaching GShD
63Kc about an hour after the start
The dhlef reason Off the recovery
from the opening bearshnGSs was one
OF long standing. The shorts for Sep
tember delivery gave further expression
to their nervousness concerning the
very slnaE quantity in sight that was
available for delivery on their contracts
Chicago received 1870 cars compared
with 2S5 the previous year; hut ongy 10
carloads were Of the contract grade,
The northwestern receipts numbered 49I
cars against 1856 the corresponding day
OF the year before. The trnding In Sep
teusber was much smaller than In De-
cember, with indications that the OPEN
interest IN September had been reduced
TO quite slender proportions Shorts IN
September, however, continued to take
the offerings on al1 soft spots and at
times were anxious enough to pay the
sel1ers their price. The general result
was that September rules stronger aIter
the first five mIEritCS and lat,erly at
some improvement on YESTERDAYS clos
Ing vniue December, however, did rot
advance comegponding!y, although 1t
recovered half the deciGe, a strong
cash market at Duluth was an add
tionai builsR feature near the end and
the best prices here'were made near the
close. The aggregate Of receipts At
western primary markets was SSLO0O
bushels compared with $4,000 bushels
a year ago.
Atlantic export cargocs OF wheat ard
-four were equal to 100000 bushels Sep
TENDER opened hG@c lower at 62hm
62Ac, rose to G3Ac. and closed at G3AO
G3Mc. December started 1i@@n down
Mt Glh@Gi%c, UP TO GlSc and of at
6lMGGlNc
Corn started weak but ruined around
when wheat showed in the lead In an
upward direction Crop reports were
generally OF the bullsh tenor: bat there
were others thai mentioned the crop
prospects In most favorable way.
The inquiry from the soahoard was good
md cash corn was worth small
premium over September for stripping
lots. September opened &c lower at
from 20laI29Mc. II rose 10 207sC drop
ped bnck to 20%c and from that II rail-
Ned 10 soc, thecioEinE price. Oats were
active and prices held fairly well, Trad
Ing was an individual character and
conferred chiefly In the May option, Sep
tenfhcr opened unchanged to &c lower
at 1890 weakened to l9iRGll99sc, udvnn-
eed to 1870, then settled back to l99tc,
the closing price.
Provisions were dull and shade cas-
Ter The speculative business was to
some extent transferring OF September
trades 10 later deliveries, Commission
houses wore the sellers curly In the day
ard shorts covered. English packers
bought moderately OF lard and ribs,
September pork opened &c lower ut 81 So,
declined to So S2gs, Hrnlcd UP to s. %,