The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-27
At 4 GENT AND 4 RALf
Over thursdays Close May
Closed Yesterday.
DUE TO PLAGUE AND FROST
Corn a Shade 0Own--0ats and
Provisions Up.

| Chicago, Jan. s.-The wheat market,
inspired by higher Liverpool and Paris
! cables, cold weather and confirmation of
! Roario plague rumors, was active and
closed very strong, May 112c over yester-
! day. Corn closed shade depressed and
oats &c up. Provisions at the close were
| 21zG71zc improved.
With Liverpool up I'D and Paris ad-
vanced s1s03sc, local bulls were almost
| embarrassed by their riches. The ses-
sion opened with May wheat 5sG7sc over
yesterdays close, at 67%d677sc The
strength of the English market was due
principally 10 the abandonment of Spion
Kop; that at Paris by fresh reports of
| damages to the crop. On profit-taking
by traders the market sold of to STAG
67Ssc, where a reaction was caused by the
buying OF shorts, May advancing 10 Csc.
Trading, which up to this point had been
price, alternately depressed by realizing
and advanced by the covering Of shorts,
towering between 67$4 q677sc and Csc. The
arrival Of fresh reports Of damages 10 the
French crop and a cable saying that Ro-
sario had been ordered closed for ten
days on account of the bubonlc plague,
caused heavy purchasing by shorts. The
cold weather without snow was also
consideration. May advanced to 6S12c. at
WHICH it closed, lie over yesterday. Dur
ing the last hour business was animated.
Commission houses bought heavily for
foreign interests, one concern, it was re-
ported, selling fifteen loads for export.
Primary receipts were $4,000 bushels, COM
pared with $4,000 last year. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported 362 cars, against 327
last week and 4S6 a year ago. Receipts
here were fifteen cars, one Of contract
grade. Atlantic port clearances in wheat
and -four were equal to $4,000 bushels.
New York reported five loads taken for
export.
The days story of the corn market
might have been different, In view of the
strength Of wheat, had not country Offer
ings become freer. Acceptances to bids
over night, however, were so much more
liberal than has been the case recently
that considerable selling by shipping peo-
pie and others resulted, giving the mar
ket a tone Of easiness bordering on weak
ness. At the opening the market showed
little gain in sympathy with the neigh
boring pit, but for a moment only. Bus
mess was rather quiet. Local receipts
were Ne cars. May ranged from $40
$3.50 TO 33c, closing a shade under yester-
day, at 331sG33Ac
The oats market, quiet early and dis
posed to be easy, became more active
later and, Influenced by the strength of
wheat, fair shipping demand and mod
crate receipts-205 cars here-turned firm
and closed firm. May ranged from 2314c
to 231zc closing at the top 1sc over yes
terday.
The provisions market was strong and
higher In spite of the liquidation by in
ferests which, till today, were buyers
Receipts Of hogs under the estimate and
higher prices at the yards, together with
sympathy with wheat, were the infiu-
ences. Trade was rather quiet May pork
sold from s10.75 to s10.S5 and closed nc
over yesterday at SIC. S21zd-O s.: May lard
from s6.0212d6. 05 TO $500 closing 21405c
up; and May ribs from S5.77i2 to s. S21s,
with the close TIC better at s.. S21z.
Estimated receipts tomorrow: Wheat,
q cars; corn, 215; oats, 10; hogs, 1900
head.