New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-05
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

~r,coeo March (SpeciaD.-Armour Is begin
% r,aka omen fight against the Letters,
tust as he did in December he mas oruereu a
.so,,aoro ernntv cars TO Minneapolis. They will
no loaded with wheat and brought here. This
u,oo+ will probably be delivered on March con-
.roc,o Armour is also selling May He had
balf-dozsn brokers selling it, and the Armour
bcr.a WAS selling openly. The Letter people
nor,,ttad the market TO clip off, but were
h,vora Of Nav at the close. The market lost
101H cents. May sold from 81 O6laGSl O41s ana
closed at 81 04s4. March closed cent thuer
Msy. The July sold 9lfsQ9O cents ana closed
Mt 9OKd9Os. cents. There was steady open
ing because OF the big shipping orders given ny
Letter last night, orders for almost o'''""
,,,,o,. ,ooaed into cars This makes about
3 1000 900 bushels ordered out, all-rau' ana NAL
., uh,cb has already been loaded. Argentine
shipments showed up very large, lofVooo push-
ola That Is almost as much as Argentine
shpped all last season. Cables were INDIFFERENT
Liverpool off a little at the opening. but 1sgl4d'
higher at the close. Paris was INDIFFERENT.
A Tacoma message reported Minneapolis deal
ers buying a large amount OF wheat IN WASH
,nxton TO be shipped at once. The reduction OF
30 cents IN the Spanish tariff has become 1act
by the signature OF the Queen Regent the
rumor from Havana Of the assassination or
Senator Proctor, a canard very promptly de-
MED Just at the close a st. Petersburg dis
match renorted the Russian stocks interior and
az ports. at II. 100000 bushels. against 29VoVp
bushels last year 1t looks as II the visible sup
nlv Monday would decrease 100000 bushels
against 1000 600 decrease last year North
western carloads were 313, against Z9o year
AGO Seaboard clearances were $4,000 bushels
Exports both coasts, 3.252,GOO.
Corn WAS easy losing kIs cents. May SOLD
from Boz G3OA cents to 30hGSOh cents, and
closed at 3OA cents The speculative selling
was a good deal better than the buying; liquida-
,ion as q rule was by bulls Receipts were
large. 500 cars, with 625 estimated for to-mor-
row. Samples steady. There were good
sized clearances, 697 900 bushels. Argentina
shipped nothing THE River Platte Review,
Rosario publication predicts a prodigious crop
in Argentina The important selling Of the day
was by Bar.lett-Frazier Seaverns. SCHWARTZ
Dupee Barrett Farnum. Adams, Samuel and
Wrenn New-York reported thirty loads for ex-
port; exports were 50;J4 600 bushels
Oats were steady throughout. up ~ at one
tlre but losing that when corn turned weak
Nav opened at 287s cents. sold between 2Il4
and 26s. cents and closed at 267s cents. There
vas some direct export business from here,
go. 900 bushels. Receipts were 2S5 cars. with
265 estimated for Saturday Clearances were
341 900 bushels. It Is estimated that oats Will
get even nearer to corn than they are now. To-
DAYS buying by Counselman, Bartlett
Frazier and Allen Grler, the old bull crowd.
The Cudahys were sellers Of provisions, and IT
was a very poor market to sell on. Pork lost
20 cents: lard and ribs. 10 cents. 1t looks as
II a. good many OF the holders would like to take
profits. There were $4,000 hogs, with 1900 es-
timated for Saturday.
on the curb puts" on May wheat were
81 OBJ: calls" 81 06; puts" on July wheat.
S9as 1891 cents: calls" Oh cents; puts on
May corn were 301. cents; calls" 30h. cents.
July wheat on the curb was 9O1e cents.