The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12

and a disappointing visible supply reduc-
| ton. Toward the close moderate covering
| brought rally and final prices were only
| 1za24c lower; No. red May closed, Sl.O1A
| July closed, SSAc. Corn, spot, easy; No.
2, 36c; options opened lower and ruled
weak all day under realizing and absence
of helpful closing, 1sG14c lower; May clos
ed 3I3sc, July closed. 35l8c.
Oats, spot. weak; No. 2. 301ac; options
dull and easy through lack of export bus
ines closing 1sc lower; May closed, 295sc.
Beef steady. Cut meals steady; picked
shoulders. 41sc. Lard easy; Western
steamed, $5.45; May, $50; refined easy.
= Butter steady; creamery, 17d21c; cream
cry, l212al6c; Elgins. &c; imitation cream
cry. 1i12d17Iac: state dairy, 15a19c state
creamery. 17d21c. Cheese firmer; large
white September, 713d7%c. Eggs firm;
state and Pennsylvania, 1OG1O1ac; Western
fresh, 1014c; Southern, 9laG934c. Potatoes
steady; New York, $2S715Sd2.50; sweets,
$3OOQ4.50. Cotton seed oil dull; prime
crude, l9l5q20c; prime yellow, 22d2214c.
Petroleum dull Rice firm. Molasses
firm. Cabbage easy; Florida 75cG$L00;
Charleston and Savannah, $1OOa1 .25. COT
fee, options opened quiet with prices to
10 points lower under local liqudations
end bear selling following rumors of more
peaceful political outlook; speculation
checked by uncertainty as TO disposition
Congress would make of the Presidents
message. The latter alone produced no
effect upon the MARKET closed barely
steady at a net loss of 10 TO 20 points
Sales, 10,250 bags, including May at 5.75Q
5.SOc; July, 5.6OA5.65c; spot coffee Rio
quiet; No. invoice, SIC; No Z jobbing,
nc; mild steady; Cordova, S14GD17c. Sugar
raw, steady; fair refining, $780, cenirifu-
gals. SO test, 41sc; refined steady; mold A,
5 7-16c; graduated, 3-16c.
Chicago, ILL.,, April n.--Wheat to-day
sold off IL, largely on fine weather and
enormous worlds shipments. Closing
prices, however, showed a decline of but
A47c, sensational crop damage reports
from California relieving the pressure late
in the day. The Presidents message was
not factor, the contents not being gener-
ally known until trading for the day was
practically at an end. Corn, oats and pro-
visions were all easier, and left off at
small declines from Saturdays final prices
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
April S.. S.. s.. 81 O1s
May -. l 06 los 051k 106
July .....S4 @s4A s414 831sa88ll 83%
Sept I'LL Q77h tbs 763s@761a n
Dec ......7714q777s 779s 1874 77as
May -. .291s@295s 29A 1885 295sd29A
July ..So% sO7s SO1kq8C9s sO7S
Sept .....31S 80 315s 80
Oats. No p
May go. .25l4@255s 25s@25A 25as 255s
July ......2S 2S1s % % @2Sb
Mess Pork, per barrel
May ...$9 so SO 80 972lz $3.50
July 30 80 $50 $50 S21h
Lard. per 100 pounds
Nav q 1914 < 171L 1917 < 17fL
July ....5 Is 525 $50 5&
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
May ....5 Is 517h 10 5 171h
July ....5 2212 25 $50 525
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady; No. spring wheat, 9Od9Sc; No. 2
red. $1.O41zq1.O5; No. 2 corn 29a4c; No 2
yellow corn, 2934c; No. 2 oats, 25s4@l26c; No
2 white f. o. b., 2914d291ac; No. white +. O.
b., 271sQ29c; No. 2 rye, Size; No. fax seed
S.2112Q1. 2215 prime timothy seed, $2.75@
ESQ; mess pork, per barrel, $9SOd9.S So; lard,
per 100 pounds $5.15a5.1712 short ribs
sides Qoose) IS. O56D5 35; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed) 494Q47sc; short clear sides (boxed),
5.50G560c; whisky, distillers' finished goods,
per gallon, $1.20
Cincinnati, o., April 11.-Flour quiet
Wheat No. red, 94c. Corn dull; No. 2
Rye quiet; No 2. SIC Lard steady at
$5.05. Bulk meats steady at $5.25. Ba-
con duh at $500. Whisky firm at $l.2O.
Butter steady.
ST Louis, Mo, April 11.-Flour unchang-
| ed. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, CSC; April,
9S99SAc; May. s1.OO13; July, 7s14@7S9sc.
Corn. spot, steady; No. 2 cash, 2794c; April,
27lac; May, 2713c bid; July, 2S9sc bid. Oats,
spot, steady; No. cash. &c; April, 26c
May, 26lac; July, 225sa23c. Bran scarce;
track saleable. 55d6Oc. Butter firm;
creamery, 17d2lc; dairy. nQ1Sc. Eggs
lower at sac. Whisky, $l.20. Pork lower;
standard mess jobbing, $9.75. Lard low
er; prime steam, $500; choice s5.05. Ba-
con. box shoulders, $5.S71aa55O; extra short
clear, $5S7lk: ribs, $780, shorts, $6.1219 Dry
| salt meats, boxed shoulders, S475G4.S71a;
/ extra short clear, $5.25; ribs, $5.S71a; short,
! $3.50