Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-06

III. I'D n|oss - H. slnl1n 6ISes <lossa
weak at 55@1 s<c Decline fnx SAX
53c, closed SAX y: July 81 Q6 1 ne, closed
Bic; September 49H Q50c; closed 495bc.
Oats Receipts Is. 0DO; exports 50, 100;
spot quiet; No. 3211kc;s No. 3, SIC: No.
! ? white 34@hc; NO.. white 333zc;
: track mixed western, 32@3311c; track
| white 32Iz @33c. Options dull and easier
| with other markets
Hay steady; shipping 75@80c; good
to choice 95@9712c.
Hops quiet; State, common to choice
1860 crop 17@20c; 1899. 11@15c; old
| ODDS 2@6c; Pacinc coast, 1900 crop, 16
!, @19c; 1899, 11@Loc; old ODDS -@6c.
Hides steady; Galveston 20 to 25
lbs, 1870; California, 81 to % lbs, lie;
Texas dry, "a to 80 lbs, 14@141zc.
Leather steady; hemlock sole, Buenos
Ayres, ngnt to heavyweights 24@25c;
! acid 2S1z@241zc.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece 24@27c;
| Texas 15@17c.
| Coal dull but steady.
Beef steady: family $10.50@11.50;
! mess, $9.00@9.50; beef hams $4,000
! 21.00; packet $6.00@10.50; city extra In
| dia mess $14.00Wlv.00.
Cutmeats steady; picked bellies, 81
@101ac; picked shoulders, TIC: pick
led hams. 10@10Izc.
Lard dull; western steamed $3.50
$40; refined quiet; continent $3.50; S.A.,
1925; compound 61ac.
Pork steauy; family $16.O0@16. 5n.
short clear $l5.50@17.UO; mess $15.50eD
1850.
Butter firm; creamery 15@1sc; fac
tory 11@l3c; imitation creamery 100
Tic; State dairy 15@18c.
Cheese quiet; fancy large colored
1O14c; fancy white 1O@Ac; fancy
small colored 1112c; fancy small white
11Ac.
Eggs irmer; State and Penn. lac;
Southern 11@1212c; western steerage
lac; western regular packed 13@1kc.
Tallow steady; city (s2 per pkg
as Q5c country (pkgs. free) 5@5Ac.
Cottonseed oil quiet; prime yellow
SAC.
Petroleum weak; refined N. Y. 81 25:
Phila and BALTIC. 81 20; do in bulk
$1b5.
Rosin dull; strained common to good
81 55@1 571a.
Turpentine dull; 341a @35c.
Rice steady; domestic fair to extra
81 @6c; Japan 45s@Bc.
MolaSseS quiet; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice, 32@40c.
The market for coffee futures has
been quiet and unchanged to points
lower and ruled stupidity dull through
out the balance of the session. Light
weekend selling was responsible for
the initial decline; later a rally of 5
points resulted from room covering for
profits The market was finally dull
| and net unchanged to points higher.
There were no cables from Brazilian
force in that country. The European
market adEices were quiet as expected.
Demand for spot coffee in the street
market was dull. Total sales futures
were but LOO bags, including $50 for
July, November at $50 and December
at $50.
Coffee, spot Rio dull No. invoice
SIC; mild quiet; Cordova S14@121ac.
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining 3a;
centrifugal So test 4A@4 Slice.
FMolasses sugar 31ac; refined firm; No.
6, S.; No. Z, 81 80; No. s, 81 80; No. 8,
81 Is; No. 10, 81 70; No. II, 81 65; No.
u, 81 60; No. 10, 81 60; No. IA, 81 55;
Standard A, S. So; confectioners' A,
S. So; mould A, S. 90; cut loaf $6 05;
crushed Sc 05; powdered S. IS; gran
ulated SIS 35; cubes S. So
Chicago, May 4.-Quiet prevailed in
the pits ON Change to-day, prices
ranging at a lower level mostly on
J1,1x xuho oJ0
&c, July corn &c, May corn 212c and
July oats &c lower. Provisions at the
close were shade to 15c down.
Wheat prices assumed a weaker po-
sition at the start and the remainder
of the session chung to it, as the degrees
of sentiment were not sufficiently pro-
nounced to lead to active trading.
July opened 3sc to 5sc lower at 72%c to
727sc and closed &c lower at 72A@
72Bc. At the start local bears and
longs sold literally but the short in
terest was timid, bearing in mind the
readiness with which the market re-
Gently has responded to encourage
ment. With the bears in this mood,
and longs having no tempting profits
in sight traders evened up their deals
and left the market to take care oe it,
self. The drop in prices was due to
weak cables, glowing crop reports. lack
of outside interest and to sympathy
with the corn decline. A prediction of
showers for tomorrow was contri-
butary factor. The Missouri condition
was reported to be 50 or one point bet
ter than the April report, while ad-
vices from the northwest were Of ex-
cellent promise,
July corn received a severe pound
ing while the May deal was neglected
news weak cables were influential, but
the main factor in the decline of July
was heavy selling by the man who has
cornered May corn. 1t was estimated
that he disposed of 100000 bushels of
July. In view of this and other SELL
ing, the decline was very moderate.
The opening was at 46%c to 461ac.
The Dripa was hammered down +o AGO