The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
SPECULATIVE GOSSIP

Edwards Wood Coat Minneapolis IL
is noticeable that shipments OF wheat
and stocks for four DAYS are down 450. 900
bushels. The movement is made to look
large, bait the wheat is coming from other
markets instead of the farms. CONNER
clally the situation is strong and the flu
ture promises even better DEVELOPMENTS in
the way OF strength The feature outside
OF the fluctuations in the May was the
Armour. '-'-S
Chicago to A. ]. Cummings: Valentine
was an open buyer of July wheat in per-
through brokers. The buying was to COW
er part OF his big line OF shorts and was
based on fear that complications might
arise from the fact that the Russian fleet
mad coaled In a French port in Cochin
China.
Chicago-Volume of business in wheat is
Only Ialr. Brokers who sold September
yesterday appear to be moderate BUYERS
thls morning. Pit traders generally have
been working on the long side of July.
r Orthwein of Kansas City has re-
ports covering the greater part of Kansas
ana NeDraska. There is considerable of
ny In Nebraska and rain is necessary in
the near future.
harper county. Kansas. says prospects
are not more than two thirds as good as
last year. Rain needed. Most other
points say about the same as last year
good demand for July wheat around sSc
valentine alone took 1000. 600 bushels
from leading commission house at that
Chicago to Sidney c. Love G. Co. Min
neapoiis: The part of Illinois that / came
through yesterday looked very satisfac-
20 httle dry In spots. but patches
OF newly plowed ground revealed rich,
Chicago-Trade in corn very Quiet.
bartlett and the pit crowd bought at the
opening; offerings light. Would sell il on
the hard spots.
Sunderland & Updike. Omaha-The pre-
alcted showers again failed to material
with high west wind this morning. Com
plants are quite general this morning on
9rougnty conditions, say condition becom-
dieted. Oo0ier weather pre-
Chicago-Man here from Shelby county.
Illinois, says wells dry. oats turning red
and grass not as good as three weeks ago
CHARACTERISTIC from the stock wards
says cattle men in from Illinois and Indi-
ana say IL Is getting serious with them.
grass not even growing.
Chicago-There is hardly anv corn for
SAFE; Inc indications of rain in the south
west and northwest has eased the wheat
PACK and The crowd are playing for a
Iurther decline which il looks like they
might get: temporarily, at least as with
the board adjourned Good Friday the
cIU%u Is apt 10 run away from long wheat
with rain indications.
Inc hnal official estimate of the Rus
san lS94 crop. q governments. is as fol-
lows; winter wheat, 24.6S0.00 quarters:
-, n.
100000 quarters; oats, 1910, 600 quar-
tiers.
Chicago-''Our local weather man saws
we will get rain tonight or tomorroyy.
certainly looks like il; cloudy and warm:
cloudy over western Kansas now"
Chicago-Bliss bought 100000 bu Nav
wheat since opening Gave up knight ID
company on purchases. Pit traders think
Tor Armour account trades go TO Knight
ID. company.
Peoria wires: Party here from point
near Springfield says oats sown there two
weeks ago are not up yet. The earliest
so%n , oats LOOK falrly well, but need rain
Chicago-Our Nebraska house writes
there is enough moisture in the soil TO car
dry weather "a
New York-McIntyre says: Seldom
nave we seen stock market Sentiment
SO completely upset in such a short time
While We believe the market will right
itself and do better next week. it is going
10 take several days to recover and the
best opinion is that we shall Sc a contin,-
ance of irregularity in the marxet TO-DAY