The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.--Treasury balances s227. i7,433; gold. slll.225,e2s.
Chicaxo Oraiu and provisions

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 CHICAGO. Jan. 6.--An unfounded report that hostilities had actually broken out between Rnssia and Japan caused a second sharp ad- vance in both gratn and provisions today after partly overcome by proft taking. May wheat at one tim ewas up 2isc over yesterdays clos ing. May corn ik and provisions I7,s@eoc.
 War news ruled the wheat market. Re- awakened fear. of hostilities in the Far East causes an excited opening and prices were to cover and there was . good demand from commission houses. No one seemed willing to soil while buying orders appeared to come ranged between e7h and 60. . gain of iK@ < to 2%@2h over yesterdays closing figures. July also showsd ss. g big advanee. openins z for the urgent demand was a decline in the price of English consols indicating that the war situation was regarded as most critical. I'd add emphasis to this factor. Liverpool ca- bles were higher. Receipts also were light notwithstanding the fact that weather con ditions were favorable for the movement of the was general proit taking and the market set- tied back. May reeeding to S7&. although the sentiment still remained bullish. A cable from Paris stating that speculators were purchas. ing large quantities on rumors that a clash had occurred in Corea started another active buying movement later and prices again ad- tinued excellent throughout the remainder of the session. There were slight recessions from the high points, but anything in the line of war news. would always result In an advance. Closing prices were near ths top, May being 2M@2h higher at eeh. July was up 2% at e3%. Clsarances eQualed 22B. 900. Primary receipts. e3e.900 bushels, against 600. 500 year ago. Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported 40S cars, against 6S3 last week, and A06 year ago.
 Corn opsnda at higher Iivel with the pit ali excitement over ehe war news Shorts en- gagged in q wild scramble to cover and com mission houses were active on the buying vide. May was Mc to lc higher at the start. open ing at 47@47h. The advance met with some prices, but 1t was not long before the mar ket resumed its upward trend. A prominent provision interest was an active buyer du1ing the latter part of the session and this caused May to advance to 47Ts later. Closing prices were near the top. May being glM@t% up at 47&047M. July ranged between 469s and 47h, closing at .47h947h, gain of lA@i%. Re- ceipts, 2o0 cars.
 Oats were influenced by the other grains. but active selling by c prominent commission house checked the advancing tendency and re- suited in only moderate advances for the day May opened %@h to A@% higher at 3elk@ 3o% and after selling between 3ok and sex closed et 3eh@ss&. gain of h9%c. Re-
 Provisions were up on the war excitement. News relative to the market Itself was bear prices. Commission houses. however. were heavy buyers fo routside account and there was little pressure to sell May pork led fin the advance and closed. 67Ac higher at Sl3.6Th after selling between S,..20 and Si3.7o. May lard was up iTh at S7.l2h and ribs were i7h@2oc higher at S6 a2h.
 The 'seding futures ranGed as folsows'