Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-11

Potatoes-s2 90 per barrel: SOC per bushel.
Parsnips-$l 90 per barrel.
Honey, in comb, 14Q15c per pound.
Rutabagas-S1 90 Der barrel.
Florida Oranges-s3 50Q4 90 per box.
Hickory Nuts-s1 25 per bushel.
Lettuce-90cdN Is per bushel;
Radishes-25c per dozen punches.
Cucumbers-$1 90 per dozen.
Cucumbers-sl 15d1 25 per dozen.
Iomatoes--sS 0eq3 50 per crate.
Beets-60c per dozen punches.
Strawberries-20 q25c per quart
Caulfiower-S3 so per crate.
Spinach-75c per bushel.
Rhubarb-20c per dozen punches.
New Cabbage-$2 90 per crate.
Bermuda Onions-$2 60 per crate.
Seed Potatoes-Early Rose, 81 90 per bu:
Early Ohio 81 90 per bu.
Pineapples-10G15c each, as to size.
New Peas-$1 40 per crate.
Chicago, May 1O.-Wildly fluctuating
twenty cents bushel, wheat to-day
closed at s114 for July, loss of SIC
compared with the final figures yester-
day. A collapse from S1.25, new high
record for July, to $1.05, chiefly in the
last half hour, was the main spectacu-
lar feature. Sales to realize profits
principally caused the fearful slide. A
hair-raising quick rally Of 10c, due to
covering by shorts, followed just before
the closing gong.
May closed at $1S5, the highest point
this season, net advance of Zoe. Lei
ter reported sales of $50, 600 bushels
cash wheat abroad at an advance since
yesterday of SC, apparently proving that
foreigners still wanted wheat, despite
a drop at Liverpool. Corn and oats
ruled weak on realizing. July corn lost
1H@1ssc, oats %@Bc. Provisions
opened dull, finished at declines of 15c
for pork, and 21a@5c for lard, with ribs
unchanged.
Intense excitement in the wheat pit
marked the day from the very start
Liverpool showed a decline at the open
ing of 61sc bushel for May, and &c for
September. This was offset by a pre-
liminary jump of sac in July. But the
second cables showed sudden slump
in July also. This unlooked-for pro-
cedure on the part Of the English mar
ket caused weak opening here July
began with declines of 2@3c Trades
were on a range of $1.17@1.18 Four
subsequent quotations reduced the price
to $1.16A. Here the supply of wheat
suddenly vanished and quotations
steadily advanced to $1.25, the highest
point reached by the July option. May
wheat was only heard from at long in
tervals. Trading in it began &c lower,
at S1.73. The succeeding sales were at
Size, $3.50 and $1.S5. 1t had occasional
reactions to $3.50, but was Immediately
picked UP. 1t was about II o'clock
when July touched S125 1t rebounded
to s1.24, rallied to $1.25 and then took a
steady downward course. The down
ward flight was checked temporarily at
around $1.17. Trade was narrow and
ordinary orders We're hard to execute
Routine news cut very little figure in
the early dealings. Local receipts were
$50 cars, compared with 10 last year.
Minneapolis and Duluth got All cars,
against 49S the year before. To-day's
primary receipts aggregated $1,000
bushels, compared with only 5000
bushels last year Atlantic port clear
ances of wheat and flour were equal to
$4,000 bushels. The closing quota
tons from continental markets showed
advances at Paris equal to 4c bushel
for May and 31sc for September and
December. Antwerp was up equal to
use bushel. "A quarter of an hour
before the close, a flood of long wheat
broke loose. The selling was based
largely upon the presumption that to-
days government crop report might be
bearish. Scalpers ventured to put out
short lines. July slumped in a couple
of minutes from aroun~51.1 to $1.10.
Most of the trades were a full cent
apart. When the liquidation was ex-
hausted shorts tried to even up and the
market rushed up again to S115, clos
ing at $1.14, net loss of SIC. May
Not Nj al n,
net higher at S1.S5. September, which
sold early at $3.50, tumbled to SSc, and
closed worth 90Ac. Trading in corn
was moderate. Fluctuations followed
wheat on small scale The market
opened lower rallied to yesterdays
close and eased off finally getting I'M
der the opening Country offerings
were large. Chicago received 1, 166 cars;
seaboard clearances were 1000, 900
bushels. Elevator people sold freely
on the early bulge. When wheat slump
ed near the close, corn became very
weak, July touching Csc, reacting
slightly on covering. July opened at
36@36Ac, compared with 36B@37c
yesterday, sold up to SIC, declined to
35c, closing at 1A@13sc new lower at
$3.50
The oats market shaped it's course
after wheat and corn. A bulge follow
ed the opening weakness, but free SELL
ing by July longs, helped by the break
in wheat, caused a slump near tie
close. Favorable weather checked buy
ing Local receipts were 669~ cars. July
opened 1ac lower, at 27A@27a4c, rail-
lied to Use, and sold off to 271sc at the
close, a net loss of a4@Bc.
No life on the buying side of the
market could be infused in provisions.
The hog receipts continue too heavy
and speculation too stagnant for any
considerable sympathy with grain. The
western hog receipts for the day were
$4,000 head, against $4,000 head last
year. Liverpool quoted dull market
for meats and lard Sd lower. Closing
prices showed net losses of 15c in July
pork and 21a@5c in lard; ribs unchang-
ed
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, 240 cars; corn, 4S0 cars; oats,
235 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows
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