The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-05
Zero Weather in Winter Wheat
States, but to 4 Inches Of
Snow Covering.
Minneapolis May Sells at 84ssc,
Then Slides Down Again
to 8s1sc.
I ,ocal Stocks Decrease 100000 Blu
for Two Days World S.
Shipments Large.

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce, EeD. o .nt
THE cold wave, that i'll the prediction, pue
wheat up cent Saturday, came atois w
schedule time and temperatures the country Over s
we're fully. as low as expected. In Kansas the
thermometer even went down to zero at one
point Wheat opened higher in all markets anu anu
MINNEAPOLIS bears, having sold at Sfssc Oh .le
curb. was S43s to 1sc to start the regular
trading The market then dipped to ss4c anu anu
traders stood irresolute. The early actioh u I.ue
market was a disappointment to many ouils MY WY
bad taken on wheat when the cold wave preute-
tions of Saturday came out. Inc reason Aor; 'ne
price hesitation after the opening was tne snow
Fail which was reported at almost TOUR inches
around st Louis This would protect the "lntet
wheat against any degree Of cold. tHrtner s9u.n 4
there less snow, but on the Whole the pee as
appeared pretty we'll covered The storm ran Oh
into rain in Texas The prediction today was
for slowly rising temperature and 1t Is now pc
lieved the coolest weather OF the present tura
has been recorded. Damage reports may come
in later but there nothing serious h!s
morning The bulls had some local items IN tnelr
$40 900 bu for two days. Receipts here were
also moderate. 365 cars against 3S2 ana the
flour mills shipped larger days to1ai tnan her
some time past or 80, 0o2 barrels. On the othef
hand the cash demand while very satisfactory,
failed to show any narrowing OF price nut, on
the contrary, No l northern was fractionaliy
easier. at ic under May, No. 2 going at 21ac
under The elevator fire at st. Louis, In which
i, 100000 bu wheat was reported desaroSea,
proved less serious, actual losses being 2ol. OOo
bu and $4,000 bu corn and oats. World snip
ments. at 12,44s,0 900 bu were over 1000 900 IN
excess Of week ago, and America TELL on
slightly. with 2.96S.O00 bu against o2oSVoO
while the Argentine figures We're heavier than
week ago, at 2,5Ss, 600 bu. and both RUSSIA ana
the Danube came in for large totals, with !, 4oz,
900 and /, O32. 900 4bu respectively.
Ness City sent in the first damage report
saying that the cold weather was felt severely
and that wheat. having practically no snow pro-
lection. necessarily suffered: Against this,
Abilene Topeka. Ellsworth Lawrence and: Ar
kansas City. all reported that snow storm pre-
coded the cold wave and that from one TO four
foJ Tho Missouri Pacific road and the
Santa Fe reported some interference with train
service due to snow, - = = -
Liverpool having opened u to sd higher, was
Il to- $50 higher at the close Some. heavy sell
ing was noted by Minneapolis firms Dagget
was a seller of Chicago May. T. -
Stocks at Fort William and Port Arthur, in
creased last week by 1884, 56 bu, making the
total 5,2o1.5o1 bu compared with 5,o3s9l1 {
year ago. is --.. = 49, -.
Breadsuffs on passage for Europe at "a, 1854,
600 bu. increased 4.36S. 900 bu. -, ~ >.
Receipts at Winnipeg We're 25 cars compared
With So at Duluth 4s against "A and at Chicago
1sSagainst % The Kansas City compa rison was
$4,000 bu and II 900 bu and that fsSt. Louis
$4,000 bu and $4,000 Blu. T.. - s-.l-..
The visible decreased by 467. 900 bu, making
the present total 1857 900 bu. -,
There was no export business reported either II
wheat flour.
hui C1earances. wheat and flour, with Galveston
missing, 375 900 bu. - -. ~ 60,
The market closed easy Some short coverin
noted at the end, but the market rallte
o!iltt14 from low point.
country will have to pay it's share in the ,conse
bene or as have nS
are only a very few American 1ahorers on tn
i|E~cSsys Reply to Poultney Bigelow. = So
4 notably specimen Of scandal mongering II
eraturet was laid before, the country. sfe
spent twenty eight hours and ten minutes (
the isthmus The ten minutes are important +
tfn "a and l'f can an g
nous. amount of material in that time. +