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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-11

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet: winter patents, s.. 70G4&: straights
spring specials.
spring patents. A.i0d4.70: straights. $4,000
40: No. 2 spring wheat, S1sGSS4c; No. ;
spring wheat. SSGSl4c; No. 2 red. S2z4c.
No. 2 corn, 2zc: No. = oats, 223sc: No. 2
white, + o. b., 2f11c: No. 2 white. T. o. b.,
2412c: mess pork. per Dbl, $4,000; lara,
per 100 lbs. A-U1904SD: short ribs sides.
loose. A.50d415; dry sailed shoulders.
boxed. +IQ5.00: short clear sides. boxed.
s.. whiskey. distillers' finished
goods. per gallon. s1.19.
New York. January s.-F1our quiet and
about steady; city mill patents S.e5G
$50: Minnesota patents
Wheat-Spot, easy: No. 2 red SLOTS.
Options opened weak owing TO bearish
Argentine news, declined under small
weekly cl~earances and local realizing and
closed easy at LGAc net decline. No. 2
red. January 9sHG9Shc, closed at 9Shc;
May closed at 3hc.
Corn-Spot. easy: No. 2 BIC. Options
opened easy with wheat and sold OF un-
der big account offerings and poo sup
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NAVAL STORES.

NAVAL DUNES.
Spirits turpentine Machine barrels
firm at 3iAt; country barrels firm at
3o4c.
Rosin firm at SIS and $50.
Tar firm at s1.0.
Crude turpentine steady: hard $40;
yellow dip $3.50; virgin $50.
Prices same day last ~year-Spirits tur-
pentine 25Ac and 24Lc; rosin Sis and
SIS tar N.Oo; crude turpentine al 10.
$50 and $50.
Receipts today-1 casks spirits tur-
pentine. IS barrels rosin, 23 barrels tar.
Receipts same day last years casks
spirits turpentine, 30 barrels rosin. u.
barrels tar, y barrels crude turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina. prime 551s60c
per bushel; extra prime. &C: fancy, 12;2c.
Virginia-Extra prime. 40Q45c.
Rice-Uplands, 60VSlc; lowlands, $1.10G
s1.15.
Corn-712G50c.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10G1lc;
shoulders, 6dsl2c; sides. 71zQSc.
Chickers-Dull: spring 1091Sc hens
1SG2oc, BOOSTERS, 1SG22c.
Turkeys-Live), Z TO 10c per pound.
Eggs-Dull at y to 13c.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch. hearts and
saps, M.50a2.1 10; six iach. s2.5od3.50.
Timber at $500 TO $500 per 1000 feet.
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Greenville REFLECTOR: We are told that
on Wednesday night the white public
school building near Grimesland. was
turned over to the colored people to nave
a dance and frolic in. They took possess
sion of the house and kept the neighbor-
hood for a mile around awake most of
the night with their shouting, firing Of
pistols, and other disturbances.
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RIORDAN & co.
By Associated Press.)

New York, January S.-The cotton
market opened steady, with prices I'M
changed to l point lower, ruled quiet,
with scarcely a hairs breadth Of vari-
alton and at IL o'clock was dull and l
point net decline. Sales to hat hour
We're Is, 800 bales. 1t was a local mar
ket entirely. There was nothing in the
English news to stimulate ventures on
either side of the account, futures at
Liverpool being steady but without i'm
pOrtant change in prices. while spot
cotton at that point was slow and e a
tureless. AS the market drew toward
the close trading picked up a little and
prices ruled steadier. The market was
finally quiet and steady at net un-
changed prices to 1 point advance, with
total sales of %, 700 bales. Port receipts
were estimated for the day at 5000 bales
against 41,417 last week and 20. 134 last
year. Port receipts were estimated for
the week at go, 600 bales, against 293,-
$40 last week and 147 ,141 last year; at
Memphis 1885, against 615 last year,
and and at Houston S,632 against 4,349
last wear,
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Lumberton Robesonian: Robson In
~stitute. notwithstanding the severe
weather, had a good opening on Monday.
The enrolment was over 30 per cent.
greater than IL was the first day of the
spring term, 1887. Total enrolment to
date In
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PORT RECEIPTS.

Galveston-steady at SIC; net receipts
10, $50.
Norfolk-steady at 5Ac; net receipts
2,19O. LIZ
Baltimore-Nominal at 55sc; gross re-
ceipts 1.16S.
Boston-steadS ats 15-16c; net receipts
9O7; gross receipts 1,012.
Wilmington-Firm at S 7-16c; net re-
ceipts Gel.
Fhiladelphia-ouiet at 6 3-16c; net re-
ceipts 469.
savannah-steady at SIC; net receipts
3,146.
New Orleans-steady at 5 5-1sc; net re-
ceipts 1905; gross receipts Il, 749.
Mobile-Quiet at SAC; net receipts
2,S02.
Memphis-Steady at 5asc; net receipts
1885; gross receipts 1857.
Augusta-Steady at 5Nc; net receipts
461.
Charleston-Firm at SIC; net receipts
1,742.
Cincinnati-Quiet at 51kc; net receipts
1885.
Louisville-Steady at 51c.
st. Louis-Quiet at S 7-16c; net receipts
$50; gross receipts 5,29.
Houston-Steady at 5 7-16c; net receipts
S,62.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, January S.-The leading flu
lures were as follows.
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Office of J. N. McElroy, Druggist,

OiASC III ~ ~ A1IIAIIo yy
Orlando. Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles Of P.
P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The p. p. P. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. 1t came
pack on her the past winter and a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
l sold a bottle Of P. p. p. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies, a small one,
took sick n his wife gave it 9 tea
spoonful, that was in the evenin and
the little fellow turned over like h was
dead, but next morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
j. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and did
not find a cure until found P. P. P,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA JONES,
16 Orange ST., Savannah, Ga.
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Having used three bottles If P. p. P.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived grea: benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds in
weight in four weeks, I AXE great
pleasure in recommending it to all un-
fortunate like
Yours truly,
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WELLINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON REPORT.

Wilmington. ". C. anuary S
Receipts of cotton ~today-S6l ba.es.
Receipts same day last year-SS bales.
This seasons receipts TO ~dare-.-4.s.2
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-1u. 80
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
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oprt. closing isaSc net over. January
closed at 6Lc: May closed at Sic.
Oats-Spct. steady: No. ? SAC Options
quiet, but fairly steady. closing I'M
changed. February closed a. Sic: May
closed az 2S~c.
May SIS nominal. refined firm.
~Pork-Ffrm: mess &-5n9.1S: short clear
S~10.ooIf2.eo: family So.oD1fa.Upa1.
physically. stale and Pennsylvania
IG24c: western fresh ssI1zc
Molasses-ouiet: New Orleans open
kettle. good TO choice. Sn3lc.
Cotton Seed Oil-Qufet. firm and held
higher; prime crude isixaiac: prime crude
{. o. b. mills fsIlsc: prime summer yellow
e-i-sfSc: of summer yellow &C: butter
oil e+lgsc: prime wfntey yellow zs-Ea2si-c.
coree-Optons opened steady at a de-
cline OF 5 to 10 points. ruled inactive.
nominal and featureless with weak IN
dertone following unsatisfactory cables.
increasing receipts at Rio and Santos
and weak 70. market: closed barely
steady with prices ; to 10 points net
lower. Spo cofee-Rio dull: Nd. : in
voice 6asc: No. : 5obbing sTsc: Cordova
S1@GI5c: January $50: May &9.
centrifugal ss test 1 3-l6c; refned nrm;
mould A 5izc; standard A 5hc.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin firm: strained. com
con 10 good Sl4oll.E. Turpentine firmer
at Gi-F34c.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm a;
3li2c bid: sales la: receipts Ia. Rosin
frm: sales 2.0i3: receipts 1850. Quote: A
r c ID 500: r S2.5; F $50: q $40: II
$l1e: l $50; h $50; NJ SEQ; W @ sic;
W W S.75.
Charleston-Spirits %turpentine firm a;
3ol2c; sales none. Resin firm n un-
changed; sales none.
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH
y


New York, January S.-Money on call
steady at 3 per cent; last loan at 3 per
cent; cloeed at 3 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper at 313d42 per cent; ster-
ling exchange steady witt actual bust
ness in bankers bills at ASH for de-
mand and at s4.S27s for sixty days; posted
rates $4.S3RQ4.S4; commercial bills at
s4.S2h: silver certificates at 51AG5S: bar
silver 81; Mexican dollads at 45&4; state
bonds quiet; railroad bonds strong; gov
eminent bonds firm.
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Cotton Futures

toptCAdI 10 Inc MeSSengSr.l
New York. January S.-The rush OF
cotton to market this week has been
extremely heavy. II has failed, how
ever, 10 have any effect upon prices.
Both buyers and sellers seem confident
in their position and refuse TO make
appreciable concessions. AS a result,
the market here has been inexpressIbly
dull. Today it was dead. Liverpool
was a shade better and the opening
here was unchanged. The trading was
featureless. May opened at $50 and
closed at 5.92 to 5.93, with the tone Of
the market quiet and steady. The
week has brought forth no particular
development, but, strange TO say. it has
apparently strengthened the convictions
of both bulls and bears. The liberality
of the movement warrants the belief,
on the n side, that. the crop is stu
.endouS. The way receipts are taken
care Of without causing the slightest
furry seems to justify the opinion of
the other side that the price discounts
everything. In the south the demand
is still great from the worlds spinners.
Here Wall street and other liberal in
veStment buying is still a prominent
feature. The comparatively small stock
in New York is causing some uneasi-
ness on the part of those short Of the
near positions, which are relatively
firm. We fear some decline, but it is
truly a situation to battle judgment and
it begins to look as if the course of
prices will be determined after all. not
by the great extent OF this crop nor by
the excellent demand. but by the grow
ing season, which follows the planting
in the early spring.
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BONDS.
COTTON.

spot, HOu6ldIe business, prices steady,
American middling 3Ad. The sales of the
day were 1000 bales, of which 500 were
for speculation and export and included
$500 Amer lean; receipts q, 700 bales, in
Guiding 16, 700 American. Futures open
ed qui2, but s-eady, with a moderate de-
mand and closed quiet.
American fn.ddling, low middling clause:
Jal IS y 3 11-e403 12-64d buyers; January
ard FEBRUARY 3 10-6id3 11-64d buyers;
FebI ia y and March 3 10-64u3 11-64d buy
ers; March and April 3 11-6403 12-64d sell
le1s; April and May 3 12-64d buyers; May
and June 3 13-6id buyers; June and July
3 l. Gid buyers; July and August 3 15-64d
buyers; August and September 3 16-64d
sellers; September and October 3 1910
3 11-64d sellers; October and November
3 HID value; November and December
3 17-ctI3 1S-64d value.
New York, January S.-Cotton steady;
middlirg 8 15-l6c; ret receipts 9f8; gross
receipts 4,422; sales 50, all spinners; stock
126, COS.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 40,563; exports to Great Britain
41,041; to france 10,245: to the continent
Il, sos: stock 1,219, sos.
Total since September 1st: Net receipts
5,SIl, 3SS; exports to Great Britain 1885,
So; TO. France 52i, 100; to the continent
1870, 522.
Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed quiet and steady; sales %, 200 bales.
January SO; February $751;; March 5.S4;
April 5.SS; May 5.92; June 5.96; July GOO;
August 6.O4; September 6.03; October Cos.
Spot cotton closed steady; middling up
lands ) 15-16c; middling gulf 6 3-16c; sales
80 bales.
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DURRANT HANGED
He MEETS DEATH WITH GREAT
GOODNESS AND NERVE

He Dies with a Declaration of Innocence
on His Lips-His Fortitude and Self-Pos-
session Wonderful-Hfs Minister Refus-
ing 90 Declare Belief I'm His Innocence,
He Turns to a Catholic Priest for Last
Religious Services No Hitch In the Exc
cution-His Parents Present
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compared with 4,s2S,oOo the week previous
Mi WAUKbE, Sept. 6.-FIOur lower. Wheat
6lc; december, sQ%o. Rye arm; No /. 4S1kc.
Barley lower. No, 2, lsc; sample, 81@42c.
Corn, S2ik@9s23AO. Oats frm.; 9Oa4 92$Ac. ,,a
ia Y higher; September, g $50; December, IS
Der, g 1&d; December, IS s%d; ..o
st HaEsA AS GT Fs Sept Sept NS SWh hsS S0 No
spTns 55 SS f No. s'I 5s6 NS Corn T
orally higher; No. 2 mixed; 271k92S&c; No:
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 8.-Wheat lower; No.
red cash, elevator, &c; track, exc; Sep
No hard, $4,000. Corn higher; No. 2
cash. 29c bid; September. 291sc December,
29AQ29%c; May, sl3kq319se. Oats s:eady;
Der. 2012Q209sc; December, 201Rc; May, 227sc
bid; No. 2 white. Csc. Rye lower; 42c. Flax
seed higher; sec.
Sept. 6-The statement of the visible sup
ply of grain in store and aioat Saturday,
Sept. 3, compiled by the New York pro-
duce exchange Is as follows: Wheat, 7.147, coo.
324 coo bu: OATS 1929, 000 Increase 941 600 blu
rye 65S O00, increase 1885, 600 bu; barley, $50,
900. increase AZ 900 blu.
at 5Q10c decline on we'll known brands.
Wheat-Receipts S37, $50 blu; exports, SSS 72O
bu Spot weak; No red, 69ssQ693sc, T. o.
b.. afioat, to arrive and spot. Options opened
frmer on moderate foreign buying, but turn
ed weak and closed %@Sc net lower. An
Unexpectedly large visible supply increase,
heavy Northwestern receipts, disappointing
speculation and a light export INQUIRY were
the main features. No red March, 66A@
6GBc.- closed 66s4c; May, 66%966hc, closed
&c; September, 66@6G%c, closed 663ac; De-
cember So 5-16Q65%c. closed 651ac. Corn
Receipts, 1854, $50 bu: exports, 337, 317 bu. SPOT
firm; No. 2. $3.50 f. o. b., afioat. Options
opened steady and advanced on covering in
sDired by a cold weather scare. Near the
close ther was a slight reaction with VIII at.
Final prices showed 1s0Hc advance. May
7BGSS1sc, closed 37Bc; September closed S5c;
Receipts, S66 O0O bu; exports, 9S 765 blu. Spot
steady; No. e. 2612c; No. 2 white. 29c. OPP
lions. dull and nominal all day, closing Ac
net lower; September closed, 2413c
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11 EA4a4 ,EEggs-Receipts, 1,Ss2 pkgs; weak;
Western, 1870.
as chiG Gseg Sept SHUTTER steady; creamer.
f srn,, loSg Eaz daires, 12@15c. Eggs fairly
SEED MARKETS-Chicaeo Sent e.-The
max max market was almost overcome because of
the deIuge Of receipts this morning. but 1t
kept up stiff upper lip" that is to say, it
was not dismayed. The natural position is
strong as to values. 1t would annear that
more than one interest had Combined to make
an assault by rapid fire. These receJnts nrove
this. Receipts here were 239 cars "a cars AZ
Duluth and Y cars at Minnean0Iis Cash deY
at SIC; September, SOC; October aeI%c 40
May at 9OAc. Cash timothy seed Closed at
235 per 10 lbs, and clover seed cIosed 90 Ss On
per 10 lbs. Minneapolis haxseed ouotaG Of
SAGE per bu az
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York. Sent. a
-Conee options opened steady at SOLO points
decline, ruled active on increased selling
Tor short account and some liquidation.
cables being bearish and the local market
without local support; spot demand slack and
american visible supply tending towards in
crease, While already burdensOme. Low prices
however, checked confidence on short side
OF OF me account. Closed steady, unchanged to
~ points lower. Sales, 2O750 bags. includ-
ing september, 545G5 soc; October, 5.50c. Spot
9G7sc; NO. J0bbing, 6Ac; mild less active;
Cordova, S@15o. Sugar-Raw very strong;
Isir refining, 1S-16c; centrifugal, SO test,
1850; mobasses, s16c; refined strong and
aactlYe; mould A, SIC; standard A. 53sc; con-
Iecu0ners a, 6%c; cut loaf 8 15-16c crushed.
cubes, 5&c. "z0'
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gossip, reported by II. Holbert Son. bank
ers and brokers, S41 Robert street, National
German American Bank building, st. Paul:
Post & Flagg wire US: Until just at the
close today's market was dull and inactive.
The tone, however, was distinctly firm, IN
spite OF quito active professional attacks in
commenced to gradually Improve, first on
covering by traders who had sold earlier and
later on quite active buying, which centered
that somebody knew of an increase in St.
Paul dividend The course of that stock
would lead one to believe that such is the
regard to the money market allayed to-
day by disposition shown by the govern
ment towards a relieving of any unneces-
sary contraction due to government re-
ceipts. The proposed plan Is to anticipate
the redemption of some Of the government
bonds falling due In 1899. Should st. Paul
ably lead to another burst Of activity
and strength, but should this not be the
case, 1t looks as II we would have quiet
time for awhile awaiting developments, or,
IN other words, opportunity for people
10 become accustomed to present level Of
prices. which seem now rather dazzling in
six months will look very cheap. Total sales
for the day, 322122 shares"
FOREIGN FINANCIAL-New York, Sept.
cablegram says THE stock markets here
were generally good today on the Gear po-
ldcal horizon, such declines have taken
being merely due to profit-taking Grand
Trunk was. fiat. Americans opened above
the parity, but except for Central Pacific the
market was embarrassing until the c,ose,
when sharp rise in Baltimore & Ohio was
the feature. General outlook for Americans
Is good, unless pubic attention should be
seriously diverted to mines"
NEW YORK MONEY-New York, Sept 6.
Money ON cal firm at 2QD3 per cent; last
Loan 2h per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
S%Q4h per cent. Sterling exchange easy
at % 81; S41hq4; S4A for demand and at $4.S2A6
~ 80 iof six KY days Posted rates, "a $3.50
4;S4 and $4;SS1sQ4.S6. Commercial bills, S4.S1k
Q4.&. Silver certificates, 591h666lbc Bar
silver sore. Mexican dollars, 46Ac.
TREASURY STATEMENT : Washington.
Set. 6.IThe let gold reserve in the treasury
showed another large increase today, due
presumably to the payments for the new war
ponds. The reserve today is $2z3, S32, 827 an
increase OF nearly 8, 100000 since Saturday.
TREASURY STATEMENT - WASHINGTON
Sept; 6.-Today's statement Of the condition
OF the treasury shows: Available cash bal
ance, $29S, sol, 426; gold reserve, 1928, 1872 5S7
LONDON MONEY-The market for Ameri-
can securities opened better, ruled firm and
then eased off, closing unchanged. The mar
ket was purely professional.
SPANISH FOURS-Madrid Sept 6.-Span-
ish fours closed today at 66.75.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Paul-$749 ,01937.
MinneaDolis-$1 .559 1922.
Chicago-$19, 290. 1856
Boston-$11, S99. 521
New York-$S2, ZIG, 499.
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON-New York. Sent. g
The cotton market opened steady with
prices unchanged to points higher, and while
dull showed generally healthy undertone
port receipts falling far below expectations
crop accounts being bullish and weather ac-
counts alarming in that they showed an ex-
tensive area Of low temperature In the Mid
die West. Selling was also checked by a
growing belief that the government report
would show a great deterioration in the
crop In the eastern portion of the belt
since the last report. The Liverpool news
was about stand-off. There was some
foreign selling in our market around the
opening, but local buyers absorbed al Offer
ings. Commission house representatives had
very few orders. Cotton futures Closed quiet
September 5.4Oc; November, 5.54c; Deem
Der 5.5Sc; January, 5.62c; February, 666c
March, 5.7Oc; April, 5.7Sc; May, 6.76c; June,
5.29c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York, Sept g.
butter Receipts. 19.60S pkgs; Western
creamery, 14Q1S1ac; Elgins. 1Shc; factory,
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ST. PAUL.

n, Quotations tic rt on grain hay feed ETC. fur
chants:
'WHEAT-These quotations are for new
wheat; old wheat of corresponding grade
commands a premium; No. 1 northern, 500
Gle; No. 2 northern, 57@571kc.-CORN-
No, 3 yellow, 30Q31c; No. 8, 29140SOc-
OATS-No. 8 white. 22Q221kc; No. 8, 21G2Sc
34G; No. rye. S9@391Ac; No. g. 3S08S]5c--
SEED-No. fax, S3@S4c; timothy seed, $40
1.15; red clover, -FLOUR-PatentS,
$S.20@3.5O; rye -four, $4,000. S0.-GROUND
FEED-No. l feed, 11.75012-COARSB
CORNMEAL = $11011. 5O.-BRAN - $3.50
Market now about steady; demand very light:
choice and Iowa and Minnesota upland $50
625; No. upland $5.25@6; No. / wild, $50
$50; good to choice timothy, $6Q7.
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The Wheat Markets.

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-An increase in the
visible supply, together with enormous re-
ceipts in the Northwest today caused wheat
TO turn weak and an early gain was nearly
all lost. September closed 4 lower and
December rose BGAc. December corn left
of $sc higher May oats are unchanged
to he up. Pork declined IKE; lard and
Wheat he'd very steady during the first
hour, although the conditions were regarded
as bearlsh. Some of the early TRANSACTIONS
were sc or more above the close Saturday
Ser TENDER sold at 625sc and December at
6lQ6lBc split The strength in corn was an
influence to wheat, besides there was a good
deal Of profit taking by the shorts. Offerings
were small, with competition sharp and
prices held firm for a time. The enormous
receipts Ii the Northwest were regarded as
discouraging being 1888 carloads since the
last report as against 1880 for the same
time last year. Chicago received 1872 cars
wheat against Loss for The corresponding
period Of 1897, and that was the only feature
Of this seasons receipts compared with those
OF the year before that was of a bulllsh char
The strength with which the market opened
was fairly well maintained until the visible
supply statement was completed which
showed 1,2lO,COO blu increase, compared with
658 coo blu decrease the year before That
pected and prices dropped on its receipt to
1ac below the highest point previously made
for December, and Ac below the top for
September. September opened unchanged at
6ZAc, improved to 62hc, and then declined
to el%c. After a little hesitation it dropped
TO Gl4sc, and at that point commenced grad
ually reaction to &c the closing price
December started at AQ6O2sc, advanced to
6lg6llsc, declined to G0ssc, and recovered to
60hc at the close.
Low temperatures and reports of killing
frosts In some districts strengthened corn
early. The fear that the government report,
Owe this week, might not show any deterio-
riations since Aug. /, however, acted as a
partial counterweiight to the general bullish
surroundings of the corn pit. December be-
gan 2s@12c higher at 9OA930zsc, rose to sic,
weakened to 30Ac, and closed at 302I @S0%c
Oats followed corn, but did not display as
much strength as did the latter. The very
heavy receipts and the large increase in the
visible supply helped to keep prices down.
May stared 4s9Ac up to 22Q221sc, and closed
et 21AQ22c
The feeling In provisions was very un-
settled over the yellow fever situation.
Packing house interests sold freely, and the
market ruled heavy throughout the session
with the lowest point Of a considerable de-
cline current at the close. December pork