Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

| il winter straights Il old prices, but
d slow demand otherwise and the mar
| ket closed about steady, with wheat,
Minnesota bakers $2.65@2,90; winter
| extras $2.55Q2.S5; winter low grades
I s225@240.
| Wheat. receipts, 102 $50 bushels; ex-
| ports, 99,S94 bushels; spot market
| firm; No. 2 red 775sc elevator; No. 2
red S01sc t. o. b. afioat prompt; No. /
northern Duluth 747sc I. 0. b. afoat
prompt; No. / hard Duluth 1850 I. o.
| b. afioat to arrive. Options opened
| firm on continued drouth in the north
west, but, yielding to subsequent pre-
dictions of rains, sold off sharply. An
afternoon rally followed On covering,
and the close was steady at partial
&c net advance. May closed at THO;
July II 15-16@72ssc.~ closed at 721sc;
September 72B@73 3-16c, closed at
| 73c.
Corn, receipts, 1872, 100 bushels; ex-
ports, 101, 931 bushels: spot market,
steady; No. 2, 41Ac f. o. b. afoat, and
411ac elevator. Options market was
weak and lower during the forenoon
under fine crop news, lower cables and
! liquidation. Later 1t rallied on cover
| ing and closed steady and unchanged.
May closed at 41Ac; July 41A @4212c,
closed at 421sc; September 427s @425sc,
closed at 421ac.
Oats, receipts, 131 600 bushels; ex-
ports, 100 bushels; spot market, cas-
Ter; No. 2, &c; No. 8, 261se; No. 2
white 2S1sc; No. white Csc; track
mixed western 27@2S1ac; track white
2S@34hc. Options inactive and fea-
| tureless.
| Hay, dull.
| Hops, quiet.
Hides, steady.
| Leather, quiet.
| Wool, quiet.
| Coal, steady.
| Beef, steady.
Cut Meats, steady; picked should
ers 6h@6Ac.
Lard, easier; western SIPS. Refined,
! dull; continent $40; South America
$500; compound 6ss061ac.
| Pork, steady; family $14.00@14.50;
short clear $14.00@15.00; mess $4,000
1915.
Butter, firm.
Cheese, weak.
Eggs, steady.
Tallow, steady; city 47sc; country
4%@5hc.
Cottonseed Oil, dull; prime crude
341sc; do. yellow 375ac asked.
| Petroleum, weak refined New York
$3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore
| $685. do. in bulk $500.
| Rosin, steady
Turpentine, steady.
Rice, steady.
Molasses, steady.
| Peanuts, steady.
| Freights to Liverpool, unchanged.
Coffee, steady at SOLO points adj
vance, and further advanced 10@15
point son cables stating that tho bu-
bonic plague had been officially an
nounced at Rio and nine cases re-
ported, causing active demand from
shorts and some increase in invest
ment buying. Features were other
wise Indifferent and the trade cautious
about accepting trade reports. React
ed near the close under profit taking.
and closed steady at a net advance of
5 to 10 points. Total sales $500 bags.
including May 1913; July $675; Sep
TENDER S6.80@690; October $685.; No
yember S6.90@6.95; December $7.10@
Ills; January $7.15@7.20; March 1920
@7.25. Spot Rio, steady; No. Z invoice
79sc; market quiet; Cordova $40
1870.
Sugar-Raw. steady; refined, firm.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-Wheat
steady; contract grade May, 7O@71c.
Corn steady; No. 2 mixed May, 410
411ac.
Oats unchanged; No. white clip
ped, 30@301ac; No. do, 2Sc; No. 2
mixed, 28k@29c.
Potatoes firmer; New York and
Western choice, per bushel, 4S@5Oc:
do fair to good, 43@45c.
Butter steady; fancy creamery, CSC.
Eggs firm and 1sc higher: fresh
nearby, 131ac; do western, 13h@14c;
do southern, 12@13c; do southwestern,
130131ac.
Cheese dull.
Refined sugars dull but quiet.
Cotton, Lice lower; middling up
lands, 9Bc.
CINCINNATI, May 22.-Flour dull.
Wheat dull; No. red, 721sc.
Corn quiet; No. 2 mixed. 41c.
Oats dull; No mixed, 25c.
Rye quiet; No. 2, Gle.
Lard quiet at 1915.
Bulkmeats dull at $40.
Bacon quiet at $500.
Whisky easy at SIPS.
Butter unchanged; fancy Elgin
creamery, 211ac; Ohio, 17@1Sc; dairy,
1872 @l4c.
Sugar steady.
Eggs steady.
Cheese steady.
LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Cattle, receipts,
1000 head. market generally steady.