The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

were quiet, but firm, with other depart
ments, closing at hc net advance; May
closed. 29llc. Beef, steady; family. Sl1O0
41l75; extra mess. S9OOd975; beef hams
$780, packet, $40 25@11 co. city extra In
dia mess. $l550d1700 Cut meats, steady;
picked bellies, 69sd6lac; picked shoulders
4Ssc picked hams. 715d7s4c Lard. firmer
Western steamed closed, $5.45; May, $3.50;
refined firmer. Pork, steady; mess, S95O0
1915; short clear. $40. 25d12.5O family, sl10O
4l150. Butter, firm; Western creamery,
l51sG20c; Western factory, 12a14lkc; FL
gins, zoe; imitation creamery, 14d17c; state
dairy, 14@lS1kc; state creamery, 15lD19c.
Cheese, dull; large white and colored, Sep
TENDER. TIC. Potatoes, steady; New York.
$2S71aG250; sweets, $SOO@4.5O. Tallow
steady; city S9sc country, S9s98s4c. Cot
ton seed oil, dull prime crude, 1910; prime
yellow, 22Ac. Petroleum, dull; refined,
New York, S575i Philadelphia and Balti-
more $50; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
in bulk, $500 Rice, steady; domestic, fair
TO extra. 45s@62sc; Japan. 5ha6lAc. Mo-
lasses, quiet New Orleans open kettle,
good to choice, 2Sn33c Cabbage, quiet /;
Florida. S1.00d1.50; Charleston and Savan-
nah, $1.OOm1.75, Coffee options opened
steady, with prices 10 points higher on near
months and unchanged on far months,
and closed steady, with near months rs
points higher and later months 5Qtl5 points
higher; sales 1880 bags, including May
5.45Q5,50c; June, 560c; spot coffee, Rio,
strong; No T. invoice, csc; No. Z, iobblng
csc; mild, firm, held higher; Cordova, 1O1a
alec Sugar raw, strong; fair refining
39sc; centrifugal, 9G-test 4sc; refined
strong; mould A, 51sc; graduated 3-16c
Chicago, April 2-War news, instead OF
weakening the wheat market, was to-day
decislvely a bull factor. The result was
the advance OF 11lc q bushel which mark
ed the close Apparently the belief that
war is unavoidable was the cause of with
drawal of all offerings of wheat by Letter.
a sharp advance at Liverpool and a great
ly increased demand from Great Britain.
There was a general covering movement
by shorts. Coarse grain and provisions
also were strong. Corn closed as41ac high
er; oats 1sdAc higher, and provisions w
9l2hc higher
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat No. 2
May ..s1O5 81 O5A SO4 s1O5
July ..... .s39sd837s IS 1874 S4h
Sept .77Aa7TA 1874 TIA TN
Dec ..TAq777s 1874 TIA Hs
May 49,. .29lha2sA 29asq29A % 29%@2s1s
July go. .90A 3Oh@S07s 3o3sQS0A SOA@SQs
Sept .S19saSlA 3l% Sias 317s
May '@ ,...,25A 25z@25A 25% 25Aa25%
July ......28 2sA % 23l5Q23A
Mess pork, per barrel
May SO 6215 50 IS 80 s965
July 80 9S5 90 Q TN
Lard, per 100 pounds
july MGy :" IS s nv SIS ~
Short ribs. per 100 pounds
May =. O7is 5 IS O7ls Is
July :. l71b 525 3 171s s 22lk
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet winter patents, A.So@5.O0; straights.
"a. 2OGl450; spring patents, $.7005.00;
straighis $44G645O; bakers, $3.4Ca3.75:
9Oa96c; No. 2 red, $1.O2@1O2si; No. Q corn,
29ss@291zc; No 2 oats, 25asc; No. 2 white +.
o. b., 2s1lGi29l9c; No white fob .27M2S4c;
No. 2 rye. s5.014; No. ] fax seed, $l.1S;
Northwestern. $l191s; prime timothy seed,
81. 50; mess pork per barrel. 50. 65u9. 10;
lard, per 100 pounds s5.15lI5.l IN; short ribs
sides (loose), $5.0O65.9O; dry sailed Shout
ders (boxed), 4%ln47sc; short clear sides
(boxedD, $5.30a5.40; whiskey, distilers' fin
ished goods. per gallon, $l.19ls.
Cincinnati, April 2.IFlour, duh. Wheat,
dull; No. 2 red 93@9lc Corn steady; No.
2 mixed, &c. Oats, dull No. 2 mixed, 2S15c.
Rye. quiet; No. 2, SOC. Lard, firmer at
$49j. Bulk meats, steady al $50. Bacon,
steady at $3.50. Whisky. firm at $40.
St. Louis, April Flour unchanged.
Wheat higher; No. red cash, elevator,
$50: track. 9sa981zc; April, 97Ac; May,
99lac, asked; July, 7S7s079e; No. 2 hard
cash, 9015c. Corn, spot higher; No. cash,
274c; April, &c; May. 271sc; July, 2Sssc,
bid; September, 20hc. bid. Oats higher,
but dun; No. cash, 2614c; track, 26All
96lkc; April, 2G4c; May, 2611c; July. 22Mc,
bid No. white. 29m2915c. Bran dull;
sacked, east track, Sc. Pork firm. high
er; standard mess Jobbng. 1856. Lard
higher; prime steam. $500; choice. $50.
Bacon, boxed shoulders. $5.121zGij.25 extra
short clear, s562h; ribs S5.75; shorts,
$5.S7lk. Dry salt meats. boxed shoulders,
$4G2lzQ475; extra short clear, $5121a; ribs,
1926; shorts, S5.S7is