Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-16

HtAo446 <41A "a W ~ 1AS1t 81 <s+<>S
| 445s @451sc, closed at 451sc; July 451s
@45s4c, closed at 45a4c; September
closed at 1870.
Oats, spot quiet: No. 2 281a@28s4c;
| No. 3 28Ac; No. white SIC; No. 3
white 301ac; track mixed western 200
30c; track white 305a @55c; options in
active but steady, closing unchanged;
May closed at 28Ac; No. 2 white oats
May closed 301ac.
Hay steady; shipping 65070c; good
to choice S0@921ac.
Hops steady; State, common to
choice, 1896, 3Q5c; 1899, 10@13c; Pa
cific coast, 1896, 3@5c; 1899, 10@13c.
Hides firm Galveston 20 to % lbs.,
1870; California Il to rs lbs, 211sc;
Texas, dry, "a to so lbs, 15c.
Leather steady; hemlock sole, Bue-
nos Ayres, light to heavy weights, ESQ
251zc; acid 26@261ac.
Wool dull; domestic fleece, 25Q2Sc;
Texas 15@1Sc.
Coal steady.
Beef firm; family s12 OO@13 so; mess
$40 5O@11 90.
Beef hams $40 5o@22 90; packet
$11 50@12 so; city extra India mess
$13 50@22 90.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies tx
| @S1sc; do. shoulders &c; do. hams
101a@11c.
Lard strong; western steamed 81 IS;
refined strong; continent So 90; S. A.
| IS %; compound 61Ac
Pork strong; family S14 25@15 0G;
snort clear $13 25@15 90; mess $1S 2oQ
10 Is.
Butter weak; western creamery 16la
@19c; do. factory 14@16c; imitation
creamery 15a@17c; State dairy LOO
1Sc; do. creamery 161219c.
Cheese steady; fancy, large white
12@12Ac; fancy large colored 15c;
fancy small white 127a@12s4c; fancy
small colored 13@13Ac.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania
12k @13c; southern at mark 11Q12c;
storage western 121ac; regular pack
ing 12@13Ac.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys 81 25@1 80;
New York 81 rs; Long Islan1 81 O5W
/ rs; Jersey sweets 81 50@3 90.
Tallow steady; city SIC; country
5A@5ssc.
Cotton seed oil firm; prime crude
34@341hc; yellow 37k@3Sc.
Petroleum quiet; refined New York
9S HI, L oAu
| SO So; do. in bulk Sc 70.
Rosin steady; strained, common to
good, 81 70.
Turpentine easy at 551a@56c.
Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra,
AS @614c; Japan Az @4Bc.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open
kettle, good to choice, 44@55c.
Peanuts steady; fancy, hand picked
3A04c; other domestic 3@31ac.
Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton
by steam 26c; grain by steam l3Ad.
Coffee, spot Rio nominal; NO. Z IN
voice 77sc; do. jobbing S3sc; mild mar
ket steady; Cordova 9a@14c.
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining &C;
centrifugal, SO test, 41ac.
Molasses sugar 1850.
Refined firm; standard A 495c; con-
fectioner's A 495c; mould A 5.4Oc;
cutloaf 5.55c; crushed 5.55c; powdered
5.25c; granulated 5.15c; cubes 5.S0e
CHICAGO, April 14.-Local senti-
ment and conditions governed the
grain market to-day, while provisions
reflected the higher price of hogs. May
closed unchanged; May corn asQ12c
up and May oats A@3sc lower. Pro
visions closed from zoe improved in
pork to 271ac up in May lard.
May wheat opened SOL 2c depressed
from Thursday at 661sc to &c and ad-
vanced to 661ac, at which price it
closed unchanged from Thursday. In
stead of the stop-loss selling which
many had looked for at this point,
commission houses were able to pro-
duce many buying orders which had
been lying around for weeks. Under
this stimulus and the strength of corn
and provisions, together with mild
reiteration of the damage reports from
France, the advance took place with
out a material set back. Considering
the closing of many markets and the
curtailment of news, the session was
fairly active. Mondays statistics are
expected to be bullish rather than
bearish, but not strikingly so. The
early loss was due principally to the
fine weather.
The corn market opened easier, May
| K@Ac lower at 3SB@3SMc to 38A@
3S7sc. The influences were purely
local, there being nothing in the way
of news to stimulate the market and
| the shipping business was unimpOrt-
ant. A prominent speculator whose
movements are closely watched and
who was believed to have dumped out
some long stuff, was on the floor and
denied that he had been seller. In
stead he bought openly, and with this
example and the strength in provis-
ions in consideration, others on the
floor of Change joined the ranks of the
purchasers. May accordingly rallied
to 393sc and closed strong 3s@1ac over
Thursday at 39Ac. The crowd evident
ly had gone pretty well short under the
supposition that the bell trader, SO
to call him, was with them, and they
rebought with an ill-grace.
There was not a soft spot in the
provisions market. Hogs were decid-
edly higher at the yards, forming the
chief bull influence. There was of
course profit taking, but such sales
were readily absorbed at nearly all
times The buying of lard was fea-
ture May pork ranged from $3.50 to
s1295, and closed zoe up at $12.S71A;
May lard from $40 to s7.3213. closing
271ac improved at S7.271a, and May
ribs from $40 to $7.25, with the close
221sc better at s7.221a.
Oats were quiet and the range mar
row, May selling from 2414c to 24c,
closing at the latter price, Nose I'M
der Thursday. The holidays in other