The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-21
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

GRAIN GOSSIP - Gossip by private
wire to c. II. Il. Smith 81 Co.. st. Paul,
members members of the New York Stock ex-
change and Chicago Board of Trade
Weekly government report: Minnesota:
Little or no rain in the Red liver val
ley and Southwest elsewhere showers.
dlIeflhg greatly in amount. Early soWn
spring wheat. oats and barley are thin
and the heading short with small heads.
Their condition beng generally poor be
cause of the drouth. North Dakota
Light showers have only afforded tempo
rary relief from drouth. Early wheat is
badly damaged, mostly beyond recovery,
considerable being plOwed up. Late sown
Is in poor condition and cannot make
more than half a crop under the most
favorable Giro umstances. Other grain is
poor. Flax only fair. South Dakota
'Copious to heavy general rains is i'm
proving the prospects for all erors Much
spring wheat had suffered material
drouth damage. but general Improvement
Is now expected, especially in the late
sown. TN Washington and Oregon
the crop has experienced Improvement
General condition Of oats continues prom
ising, except where shortened by drouth
IN Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota and Dor-
tl9hs !!5DI OF Nebraska La Crosse wires:
The Hyde Elevator company received
the following from Mr.. Bennett: Miner
county and Beadle county not over 4 bu.
kingsbury bad Western Minnesota not
over over half crop john Cudahy, who
mas been so correct on wheat and who
predicted S5c in answer to my question
this morning: do you still believe in Sc
wheat? Said: Wheat may never SELL
at S5c, because come morning it may open
higher and sell at soc right offs
NEW YORK, June 20.-Flour, % 730
bbls; exports. 263 0G0 bbls; unsettled and
loq25c higher. against with demand check
ed; Minnesota patents $4.25GG4 co; Mime
sofa bakers, S3Gg2.25; winter patents. $40
4.25; winter straights, S3.S0G63 80; winter
extras, $2.IO@3lO; winter low grades, $265
Q2:i5, Wheat-Receipts, $3.50 bu; spot
r. h
red. SSc elevator; No. l northern, Duluth.
S59sc t. o. b., attOat (prompO; No. / hard
Duluth, 9lc (. o. b., ahoat (prompD; op-
tlons opened strong and unsettled. with
a heavy local and outside demand influ-
enced by unexpectedly strong English ca
ble5 and hot weather in the Northwest
Foreign houses traded on both sides.
Speculative activity and buliishness con-
tinued all day. winding up with an excit
ed demand from shorts at 4IJ412c net ad-
vance and top for the day. July S3H6c
S5c. closed at SIC; September, 8414GS71sc,
closed at SIC; December, S4z4 GI8S1ac' closed
at GSc. COrn-ReCeipts It's, 425 bu; exports,
1888 bu; spot strong; No ?, 4SAc f. o. b.
ahoat and 1870 elevator Option market
was decidedly more active and very
strong today on scare Of shorts inspir-
ed by firm cables and the sensational
jump in wheat. Closed strong at Ic net
advance. July, 457sq46c, closed at 461sc;
september, 46q461sc, closed at 467sc. Oats
Receipts. ,J6G bu; exports, 7S5 bu; spot
stronger; No. 2, zSc; No. ), 271Ac; No. 3
white, 291zQ29Ac; No 2 white, 3oaS9Hc;
track mixed Western, 273AQ29lzc; track
wnite, 2SQ35c; options dull but nrmer.
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPLY-New
York, June 29.-Spec- al cable and tee-
graphic communications to Brad ( eet's
show the following in available supplies
states and Canada. east Rockies Liver-
pool Corn Trade News, increase, III. 600
bu; a1ioat for and In Europe, incr ase,
100000 bu; total supply, Increase l717-
CfDTn-I a I'd
east Rockies. increase. 1.0H,0O) bu. o. is
United States ard Canad5, ees- Ro kies,
increase, 312.000 bu. Among the more i'm
poItant increases reported to Bad strce cts
not given in the official vsb'e supply
statement are those Of 5000 bu ar Port
land, Me; 142,020 bu al st. Joseph: $1,000
bu at Coleau and $4,000 at Kingston.
The principal decreases are those Of
962, 600 bu ar CHICAGO private e'evatcrs,
70.G00 bu at Mani oba Storage POINTS and
$4,000 bu at Omaha.
Portland, Or, and Tacoma and Seattle.
Wash deGre2 sed 1900 bq last week;
dull. Wheat higher; Nc. 1 northern. sea-
sic; No. 2 northern. 7S@79c. Rye higher:
No l. Coo. Barley higher: No 2 46D47c:
sample, 40G45c. Oats higher; No 2 white
261ac
LIVERPOOL. June 2O-wheat-spot
firm: No. 1 northern spring, Gs Cd: No. /
California 6s Sd and 6s 41bd; futures
steady;; July, IS 2Ad; September, 6s 294d;
American mixed. new. IS l01zd: American
mixed, old, As 3d: futures quiet; July. 3s
111sd; September, IS 116d. FEOur-St Louis
fancy winter firm at SIS.
NEW YORK COTTON-New York Jure
20.-It was a day of surprises ON the Cot
tor exchange, from an Indifferent start
at about last nights prices. Speculation
gathered remarkable ambition in late
session and swung fully Il points. More
over. speculation. which was exception
ally tame and featureless on the first
call. grew at an amazing rate, with to-
tel transactions probably the largest ever
recorded, something over q million bales.
according to conservative est mates, the
bulk of which cotton changed hands dur
ing the last two hours of the session
"WOodstoci&" and "Ssianesofa1
The above are the names OF the two
paiatial Pullman sleeping cars run daily
between the Twin Cities and Omaha over
the Minneapolis & St Louis new short
line They are Paragons of beauty.
Buffet Library cars are also a feature
of the Minneapolis & st. Louis service to
Omaha. Pullman care parlor cars on daS
trains