Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-14

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ment. No. red March, s1.03@l03R,
closed at $1.03; May, 9S@99ssc, closed
at csc.
Corn. receipts, s6.O75 bushels; ex-
ports, 1851 bushels; spot market
easy; No. 2 corn, &c. Options opened
steady on rains in the west, but soon
Followed wheat and turned easier, clos
ing at Ac net decline. May, 347s35 1sc,
closed at 347g.
Oats, receipts, 10000 bushels; ex-
ports, 1882 bushels; spot market
weak; No. 3 oats, 3114c; No. 2 white,
IS 1ac. Options quiet and easy, with
the other markets closing 2sc lower.
May closed at 3Gc
Hay dull shipping, 30@35; good to
choice, 55@70c.
Hops steady; State common to
choice, 1895 crop, 406c, 1896 crop, 10
sc; 1897 crop. 17@19c; Pacific coast,
1895 crop, 406c; 1896 crop, S@10c;
1897 crop, 17@19c; London market, 80
@S1C0
Hidss firm; Galveston, 151ac; Texas
dry, 19c; California, 17h@1Shc.
Leather steady; hemlock Buenos
Ayres sole. 20@2015c.
Wool quiet; fleece, 17R@231ac;
Texas, 131a@15hc.
Beef steady; family, s11.25@1l75;
extra mess, 5000; beef hams, s22.5O@
$500; short clears, S10@11.
Cut meats quiet; picked bellies,
5A @7c; shoulders, 45s@4s4c; do hams
7a4@Sc.
Lard. easier; western steamed IS 40;
refined weaker.
Pork, easier; mess, $40 25@10 so;
short clear, $40 50@12 so; family, Sill
OIL So
Tallow, dull; city, 1116c; country,
| 35s@Mc
Petroleum, dull.
good 81 a25A@1 As.
Tu1pcntine. steady at 361a@37c.
Rice, steady; fair to extra, 4h@
SIC; Japan, 51s@asc
Molasses, firm; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice, 2S@33c.
Cottonseed oil, small trade to-day.
at barely steady prices; prime crude,
| 20@1ac; prime crude f. 0. b. mills, 16
@161ac; prime summer yellow, 221a@
23c; off summer yellow, 22@ 1ac; butter
oil, 25027c; prime winter yellow, ESQ
2S1ac.
Coffee, options opened barely steady
to unchanged prices to five points low
er; ruled irregular with weak under
tone, following unsatisfactory news
from Brazilian markets, heavy re-
ceipts and weak local spot market;
further eased off near close under bear
selling; closed barely steady at I'M
changed prices to ten points net low
er. Sales 1880 bags, including March
at SIS Is; May at s. 20.
Spot coffee, Rio, weak; No. invoice
53sc; No. 7 iobbing, 61sc; mild, quiet;
Cordova, SA@16c. Sales, 200 Maracai-
DO pit; 100 bags Savanilla pit.
Sugar, raw, steady; fair refining,
3asc: centrifugal So test, 41sc; mould
A. sac. standard A and confectioners'
A. sc; cutloaf and crushed, 5asc; pow
dered, 5 5-16c; graduated. oisc: cubes.
Slice.
Baltimore, March 12.-Flour, dull,
unchanged; receipts, 1O,35S barrels;
exports, 6,S21 barrels.
Wheat, weak; spot and month Si42
@5sc; May 9SA@ re; steamer NO. Z
red 93m93Ac; receipts, 1882 bushels;
exports. 4O,1 $50 bushels; southern wheat
BY sample 9569Sl4c; do. on grade 94@
CSC
Corn, easy; spot and month 33$4 %
nc; May 341ac bid: steamer mixed S3A
M3sc; receipts, 1929 bushels; eA-
ports, 111,42S bushels; southern white
and yellow corn 331A@941ac.
Oats. firm; No. 2 white 34h@35c;
No 2 mixed 32@321ac; receipts, 4,6So
bushels; exports, none.
Rive. easier; No. nearby 5512c; NO.
3 western seize; receipts, 45,322 BUSH
els; exports, none.
Hay firm; choice timothy S-2.oo to
s13.
Grain freights, steady, unchanged.
Butter firm, unchanged.
Eggs, quiet, unchanged
Cheese, steady, unchanged.
Cincinnati, March 12.-F'lour, dull
Wheat. quiet: No. 2 red 97c.
Corn. steady; No. mixed 3112c.
oats. firm; No. mixed 1874 @29c.
Rye, firm; No. 2, sac.
Lard easier at $4.95.
Bulk Meats, easy at 500.
Bacon, easy at $3.50.
Whisky, firm at $1.2O.
Butter, steady.
Sugar, firm.
Eggs, steady at SEC
Cheese, steady at 9@91ac.
Toledo. O., March 12-Wheat active,
lower. No. 2 cash and May 96Ac.
Corn. active, easy; No. 2 mixed SIC.
Oats. dull. easier; No mixed, cash
and May 271ac.
rive. dull. steady; No. cash sic.
clover seen, active, steady; prime
cash S3.05.
Oil, unchanged. rru N
philadelphia, March 12-Butter, I'M
changed; fancy western creamery
201ac.
Eggs, steady; fresh nearby 1o1ac;
do. western 10Rc.
Cheese, dull.
tainty and subject to the will OF the
marty desiring to spend the most money
or TO take the smallest profits. Wheat
started firm to-day on remarkable
strong cables, considering yesterday
slump on this side. This tended to re-
IPro,, the private wires of T. b. Mabbtt
&, Co brokers Exchange Bank Bldg:
Chicago. March Yesterdays ac-
zion served to strengthen the belief
that the fight in May option had mar
rowed down to Letter and Armor, ana
from now on most OF the tradlng VIII
he in other futures. Consequently this
ontion will be characterized by uncer-
strict offerings, but the market slowly
weakened, though for some time no
Great decline occurred. Later, how
ever the extreme weakness in Wall
street and the increased gravity Of the
Snanish situation caused the with