Show WAR AND WHEAT Speculators Excited in Chicago Tlic Marled Firm ami Bouyaut CHICAGO April 13The grain market is excited and bouyant again this morning morn-ing Speculators discovered signs of war in the fluctuation of English consols and wheat rose two cents over the closing of Saturday at first sales being 90f cents for May There was another rally to 91 when the price broke to 904 and is now at opening figures again Private cables are very warlike in tone and predict an open declaration of war by England within with-in the next two days with a possibility that the question might be brought to a direct issue in the Commons this evening Outside orders come in freely and were accompanied in numerous cases by more bad crop reports as the result of the freezing freez-ing weather of the past fortyeight hours but the Afghan war cloud overshadowed I all other contingencies and trading is based almost solely upon the issue between be-tween Russia and England Foreign grain markets have responded to the rise here which was the strong sustaining feature The corn market took even a stronger tone than wheat in comparison May advancing to 487 an advance of 2f over Saturday and it remains re-mains at that figure Oats sold up to 364 for May Pork 1350 May lard 705 May |