Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-09

WHISKY, dlStilierS HnlSfeu goods
per gallon $l.20.
Butter steady; creameries 13@16c;
dairies 12@14c.
Eggs, steady; fresh 10c.
Cheese dull, unchanged
Receipts-Flour, 10000 barrels;
wheat, $1,000 bushels: corn, $4,000
bushels: oats $4,000 bushels: rye,
1900 bushels; barley, 1909 bushels.
Shipments-Flour, 1000 barrels;
wheat, 275,000 bushels; corn, 60S,000
b. Shells oats, 213,000 bustpls; rye,
1000 bushels; barley, $500 bushels.
New York, May Flour, receipts
1885 barrels; exports, 14.573 barrels;
market strong and higher; winter pat
ents. $6.G0@6.50; winter straights, $500
@5.S0; Minnesota patent, $6.75@z.20;
winter extras, s430@475; Minnesota
bakers, S525@550; winter low grades,
$2.090300.
Rye flour quiet at $36004o0
Cornmeal firm yellow western, 76c.
Rye firm; No. western, lac.
Barley dull Barley malt quiet;
western, 5S07oc.
Wheat. receipts. 4S9,325 bushels; ex-
ports. S9.429 bushels. Spot market
strong; No. red, $1.68 nominal f. o. b.
or afioat to arrive. Options opened with
a rush and were strong on unexpected
ly higher Liverpool news. Thereafter
they acted strong with remarkable adj
vances in May and July, due to extend
ed actions of shorts. No. red, May
S156G1 so, closed at S1.60; July, $1.10A
@113H, closed at S1.13.
,npniDtc 900 f0S b1chelc'
ports, 156. 449 bushels: spot market
strong; No. 2, 4O7s0 41c Options ac-
tive and strong all day on big weekly
clearances and tie jump in wheat;
closed ss019c net higher; May, $3.50
391Bc, closed at 591sc; July, 1890
$3.50, closed at $3.50.
Oats, receipts, 141,6C0 bushels; ex-
ports, 301 ,039 bushels; spot market
steady; No. 2, 35A @35%c; No. white
371bc. Options quiet and barely steady,
closing Nc lower; May closed at 34a4c
Hay steady; shipping, 30035c; good
to choice, 55075c.
Hops steady: State common to
choice, 1895 crop, 405c; 1896 crop, "a
Sc: 1897 7crop, 15@16c; Pacific coast,
1895 crop. 405c; 1895 crop, rose; 1897
crop, 15@16c.
Hides quiet; Galveston, 151ac; Tex
as dry, 121ac; California, 171h@1Sc.
Leather steady; hemlock sole, Bue-
nos Ayres, 1912020c.
Wool dull; fleece, 16@22c; Texas, y
Ollie.
Beef strong: family, $12.50@13.00;
extra mess, $105o011.C0; beef hams,
s22.oO@23.00; packet, $1150@12C0.
Cutmeats steady; picked bellies, gu
M71bc: picked shoulders, sc; picked
hams, ~ use.
Lard quiet; western steamed, $6.15.
Refined quiet.
Pork easier; mess, $1075@1100;
short clear, $11.00@13.00; family, $12-oO
@1250.
TalIow dull; city 37sc; country, 81
m334c. State quality.
Petroleum firm; refined New York,
$500; philadelphia and Baltimore
$5.95; do in bulk, s3.45.
Rosin FIRM strained common to
good, S1,45@1.471a.
Turpentine steady at 3212033c.
Rice firm: fair extra, 551s@5Ac; ia
pan. 57s06c.
Molasses steady: New Orleans open
kettle good to choice, $50 $3.50.
Cotton seed oil steady but quiet;
prime crude. 20c nominal; prime crude
f. o. b. mills 16017c; prime summer
yellow, 2402415c; off summer yellow,
231h O24c nominal; butter oil. 26W2Sc;
prime winter yellow, 2S12029c.
Coffee. options opened steady with
prices unchanged to 5 points higher on
European cables leading to local cover
ines: buving checked by liberal re-
CENTS at Rio and Santos and indiffer-
ence of spot coffee buyers Closed stea-
DIV and unchanged to points net low
er. Sales, $3.50 bags, including May,
5.90c September, 5.75c. Spot coffee
Rio quiet; No. 7 invoice. 62ac; No. Z
iobbing. 71sc; mild barely steady; Cor
dova, SAa@1512c.
Sugar, raw steady; fair refining, $3.50;
Centrifugal, SO test, Size; refined
steady: mould A. 50 1f-16c; standard A.
5 Size: confectioners' A, 3-l6e; cut
loaf 5 15-16c: crushed, ) 15-16c: pow
dered, 511-16c; graduated, a-l6c;
cubes. 1-16c,
Baltimore, Md, May Flour, firm
and higher; western superfine SO 75@
4 90: do extra 81 60@5 %; do family
S. 1896 90: winter wheat patent
Sc coos As; spring do So 50G6 80;
spring wheat straight $6 1905 40; re-
ceipts 1889 barrels; exports 1926 bar
rels.
Wheat. strong and higher; spot and
month 81 397s@1 40; July 81 09&@
81 10: steamer No. 2 red 81 $3.50
/ S61a: receipts 25O92 bushels; exports
none: southern wheat by sample 81 SO
al Al; do on grade 81 371s@1 401e.
Corn. firm: spot 291a@29%c; month
and June 1914 @393sc; July zoe bid;
steamer mixed 3Sh@3S%c; receipts
S.539 bushels; exports 286,996: south
ern white and yellow corn 40A Gale.
Oats, firm; No. 2 white 2S1a039c;
No mixed 35c; receipts 1926 bush
els: exports none.
Rye, strong and higher; No. 2 nearby
70@70ihc: sNo. western re; receipts
II 500 bushels: exports none.
Hay, firm; choice timothy s13 co.
Grain freights, firm and unchanged.
Butter. steady and unchanged
Eggs, weaksand unchanged.
Cheese. steady and unchanged.
Philadelphia, Pa. May Wheat,
strong and 715c higher: contract grade
MAY 81 80 bid and 81 40 asked.
Corn, unchanged: No. mixed May
and June 39A G039hc
Potatoes. firm; white choice per
h,ISbnl 81 n0fIf "a. fair RI good do