The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-12

M.siaI.sl III for atrty daya Posted rates 81 s2a
1871 and 4.87 1-2. Commercial bills s4.sOa4 S0k
silver certificates ate; 0sssa Bar silver 5gh Meg,
state bonds wsrh. Railroad bends weak.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago H., Dee 1.-THE panicky
condition Of Wall street exerted a down
ward pressure ON the wheat market to-
day, May closing ut a loss Of &c from
Saturday. Corn, too, felt this influence,
but was steadied By the wet weather,
May closing Ac down. Oats finished a
shade lower and provisions unchanged
to 212c under FLAX seed advanced
3@5c.
UHIcAao. December IL.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
WHEAT
Nag RsS s 81 g f;S 81; az ss55$Sooox
5 Rss :: :: g. q s55zaslx s ssS 49,. 81
rs rs Z II a * a 81 q slS'a'"
s Nav 81 e 81 g lS S 80 e 81 g
M ssn s SSESSS 20 ss5S s 20 IS IS
SHORT Ribs, Per 100 Lbs.
Nan Ma1 \. : ~ 29s 20 20 ~ S 5ss
Cash quotations were IS follows:
Flour steady; winter patents ss.40a3.50; do.
specials $3.50; spring patents ss2oa3.5o; spriDg
straights S2.70a8.OD; bakers sl.9Qa2.50. Wheat
Nc. 2, spring -; No. spring % l-2as5; No.
No. ., y 7-sas8. No. :. white Is i-9a25N; No.
s white q l-2a2' Led. Rye-No. 2, 81 l-2aSS. Bar
ley--No. q. 37a44. Flax seed-No. !, 81 49, Prime
Timothy seed, 81 4oa245. Mess pork, per bib
Short rib sides, loose, s5.loa5.40; dry -sstleo
shoulders boxed, 2sa5 IL. Short clear sides,
bslxsd, 1910 S5s50.
Whiskey sl.23 la2.
NEW To2K
NEW YORK, December 1l.--Fiour duh but
eisy, buyer and sellers &c. and 10c, apart, but
not quota5ly 10 err; Minnesots patents 3.S0a
800; do low grades s2.S0a2.40.
Rye -four steady: fair to good $5.l0a3.20;
choice to far cy So 25a3.50.
Buckwheat fiour dull at S2.25a2.35.
Buckwheat nominal at 60a5l.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 30; city IS.
Rye steady; No. ., western 81 Ia b afloat;
State rye 5Ua57; city of New York car lots.
Barley qulet feeding Al; nlsltng 44a4s.
Barley malt dull; western mass.
Wheat, sDot weak; No Faf IAN; Options,
March 70: May "a IL; Ju y as IL; December
Corn, spot weak: No. q, 40 rs; options,
May 80 5-8; December 80 7-s.
Oats, spot quieti No. 2. 20; No. white,
81 1-4; options dol aud weak.
Beef STEADY; family <t2.5nalI3.00; extra u1ees
s10.00ai0.5a; beef hams S2I aOaa5o0 packet sllOO
aJ20O; city extra India mess s20.00a23.0O.
Out meats quiet; picklen bellies 3-4a7;
picked shoulders o-fa6; picked haIas 7sza9A.
Lard steady; western steamed $3.50; city /,
s4.9G November s5.s7; refined steady; to the
continent $3.50; compound I-4aa.53.
0rR O.JO
a12.00; family sll.50daI2.00.
Butter eady; western creamery 23027; State
dairy lsa25.
Cheese firm; large fancy September, IL liza
IL 3-4: faiI made, fancy, small, ~ l-2al3.
Eggs steady; susie @ad PsnnsyivxnlA 24s25;
loss OFF; western, ungraded, at mark, zlazl 4. -
Petroleum firm. fenneu New YORK, 1890;
Philadelphia snd Baltimore ts,s5i GO IN bulk
1920.
Rosin steady; strained, common 10 good,
$1.40al.45.
Turpentine quiet at 5la6l IL.
Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra 4s4H
Cabbage steady; Long Island s2.soaslO.O per
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton By steam
25; do. gram
Potatoes steady; New Jerseys 81 25a1.5O; New
Jersey sweets Sl.50as.0O; southern sweets ~ z5a
260.
Tallow firm: city 4zSa5; country 4%a5.
Peanuts firm; fancy nand-picked l-zaS Ia;
MoIassee quiet New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 32aS6.
Coffee Options, Dec mber $685.; January
$6.05a6 10; February S5.8 as 95: March IS. o.;
April S6l5; May 1920 July IS 30; September
IS IS; spot Bio quiet; No invoice z No. z; Job
bling 7 IL; mild quiet; Cordoya sa12h.
Sugar, raw, steady, centrifugal 96-tess, AZ;
molasses sugar 9l6: refined steady: stand
ard A 1s-lA: cut loaf s 9-16; crushed 9-l6
powdered l2i; grannlated 3-i6; cubes 5 5-l6.
Cotton seed oil was inectivr and barely
rfaQ TrF hon fru .nf
sellers still Icing considerably apart, Prime
Grade, barrels "a nominal prime sumner vel
low Siasl1s; off summer yellow nominal;
low S4kaS5x; prime white 33a34; prime meal
e23.50a245Q.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, nd, December 1l.--Flont dn'l
and unchanged; western super s2.25D2.35.
Wheat dolland easy: spot aud month rosa
20 Sd; January II 1-2a71 ga; May 7&ha7i SIS;
Southern wheat nv sample 66a7aA.
Corn quiet and easo; mixed, apct and month
37Aa57z, new or old; December S7kaS7ss; jan
uary sahas5ss; February S7h as7A; Southern
Oats firm; no. white western. 81 1-4a92; No.
mixed z855a29.
Rye dull; No. 2 nearby "a; No western SO.
Sugar stfor 6; unchanged. Coarse and fine
granulated IS 81.
Butter firm; fancy creamery 27a2s: fancy
creamery, Imitation, 2oa2l; store packed l5al7;
Eggs urn; fresh 2la22 per doz.
Cheese firm; large 15AalSa; medium lSka
lS1; small lzHalSk
NAVAL STORES.
CHARLEsroE. s. c., December -Turpentine
firm at AZ l-2; sales none.
Hosln firm and unchanged; sales - barrels.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. g. -1furpentine firm at
as; receipts 6e6 sales 822; exports 8,H7
Rosln, firm and unchanged; receipts S,218;
sales 2,460; exports l0,475.
y ILAAnorsH, y. o., December s-'ITrDeptine
nothing doing at 471saa8; receipts rs casks.