New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-21
rnrsON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING tNE"
THE TRADE N CHICAGO.

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~. forenoon advanced . to 2i2 cents. because
,.o.nooi va. booming on the war prospect
r. ,ho lac, drteen minutes Of the session, the
.rLo, ios. .,rot,v nearly all ~ its carly al
1000 Tho nrotencc FOR the break vas n Lon
Do, c,hl. saving that the Rothschilds had al
,l.ea tho snanish officials that spain "ns IN no
nosi,ion financially 10 enter upon VAR. ms
London cablo however was merely a pretenc"
The foreign buying had eliminated. the market
needed only IN excuse 10 react the nec'sn"
was the quicker because OF n hearsh sentirleh,
ber. Cron Or streets from every quarter. except
california w,re declared fine. July opened al
Ssi So. cents sold between S9as and S''2n
So cents. and closed a. SIAsTSI'. cents There
wa. Increased activity in the deferred futures,
par,cularly in the September. 1t advancing
faster than the July. II touched MA cents ana
closed at SOi, cents September at Liverpool
showed excep. ional strength. and there war ior-
s,gn huvinc here ~ the deferred features The
.eaboard reported 50ooo0 bushels accepted
o,,.r,s sales here were 12JOOO bushels. Char
ters were made for 100000 bushels OF wheat.
ALI 81 them hy Letter. who is Fastening his
wheat abroad There were two cargoes OF con-
trac, wheat In here from Duluth. 2GHD bush
Ga Winter wheat receipts are increasing. and
ihc grade IL improving The contract whea;
hcra from various sources to-day was 10000
hushcls making 80 600 bushels IN three days
Eyport clearan-es were 100000 bushels Min
noapol!s report cd inO'D barrels Of -four sold for
export IN two days. There were III cars IN the
Northwest to-day. against 20S last year: 2So'D
bush.ls at primary points against 243. no bush
els: here there were % cars OF wheat. with 90
contract The market early got over call figures
II was an excitable day in the pit. but there
was no great trade from any one source. The
foreigners started the buying Shorts covered
inter the advance hogan. The result was an
Idea there was some foreign rcsellinC on the
advance Letter GAYS his only interest In the
market now is in the cash and MAY. He says
he has dorc nothing TO support the May for
ton day. and that his only anxiety now Is to sell
cash wheat.
Corn early up "a cent; there was not
much 81 this advance LOT At the close May
opened at 3la. to 3lis cents sold between 80
and 31ia cents and closed at 31i.d31ss cents.
The scaboard reported over 900 .0O0 bushels nc
copied but sales from her" were light. less than
100000 bushels certainly Offerir gs from the
West were larger. Liverpool was up y to Id. !;
scoboard clcarances were 201 O0O bushels There
was moderate buying b. shippers early. There
was n big general trade without any one inter
oct being particularly conspicuous Receipts
were 300 cars. with 325 estimated for Thurs
day. Charters were 5450O0 bushels
oats were UP at one time y cent. The May
closed i.G,. cent Tuesday: the July u
cent under Tuesday. II was an irregular mar
ket not very broad one Certainly the local
bulls. Patten and Frazier conspicuously. lent the
market some support. New-York reported $780,
600 bushels accepted. Cash sales here were less
than 100000 bushels. Receipts were 254 cars
with 80 estimated FOR Thursday. May sold at
27is cents and at 26hd@G5s cents. and closed at
o6as cents.
Provisions broke from the control OF the pack
ers to-day. pork ut one time showing an ad-
vance OF 72M cents n barrel lard and ribs of
liz cents a hundred The close only
little under the top. Increased outside trade
and sympathy with the wheat market were the
influences. Hogs were 2is to cents higher
with q 900 received and 10000 estimated for
Tomorrow The cash trade was large. war
would probably help provisions more than any
thing else.
On the curb puts on July wheat were S51s
cents: calls, 50 cents. Puts on May corn were
3lhG31I cents: calls, 2l%G31%. Puts on July
corn were 32h932A cents; calls. 82%@ 32x
cents