WHEAT MARKET Fll, WITH TRADING LIGHT 1 September and December Deliveries De-liveries .Show More Strength Than the May Option. CHICAGO, IVug. 19. The wheal market was firm all day but trade was of slender volume. The September and December deliveries .showed tho greatest strength. Ih'; May option bcjng depressed to some extent by the excellent weather for the harvesting of the aprlng-sown crop in tho Northwest. There was a fair demand here for cash wheat and a local mill paid the highest price on tho crop $1-33 per, bushel for old No. 1 northern for, it was said, delivery in Chicago. Advices from Minneapolis reported a brisk demand for th' cash grain at a stiff premium. Receipts Re-ceipts In the Southwest wero small ami demand was actlvo. Business became a little more active late In the session owing ow-ing to buying of September by cash houses which seemed to Indicate an Improvement Im-provement In export demand. The market mar-ket closed firm. September opened ic lower to 1c higher at 921c to i2c, advanced ad-vanced to 931L93gc and closed at 93112) 931c. ' Corn was firm at tho start. Heavy rains in Kansas and Nebraska and predictions pre-dictions of rain for Illinois brought out considerable selling later In- the day and caused some recessions all around. The closo was firm. September opened iJffjjJc to lllc higher at 7GIr to 77e. held within that range and closed at 771c. The feature of the' oats market was the relative strength of the September delivery compared with tho distant futures. fu-tures. The close was firm for September and about, steady for December and May. September opened a shade to 4?'lc higher high-er at 47ic to 4Sc, advanced to 4SSc and closed at 482c. Provisions developed a firm' tono about tho middle of the session, after an easy opening. The close was firm, with September Sep-tember pork up 5c; lard 5c higher, and ribs unchanged. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheal Open High Low Close Sept 921 932 921 931 Dec. (new).. 94g 9 IS 931 91 May 9SI 9SJ OS! OSS Com Sept 7GZ 771 7G 771 Dec 051 G56 641 G5jJ May .. 611 05? 603 Gil Oats Sept ISi 4SS 471 4S3 Dec 4S1 486 4Sfc 4S1 May iM 503 -102 S0i Mess Pork, per barrel Sept 14.70 14. SO 11.65 14.77$ Ont. .. 14. S3 11.95 11 . SO 11.90 .Ian 15.70 15.75 15. Co 15.75 Lard, per 1UU pounds Sept 9.12 9.221 9.121 9.221 Oct 9.25 9.321 9.224 5.321 . Jan 9.00 9,12? 9.00 9.12 Short Rlb3, per 100 pounds Sept S.G7 S.771 S.G5 S.70 Ocl S.77 S.S21 S.72J S.S0 Jan S.05 55. 121 S.02J S.10 CASH QUOTATIONS. , Cash quotations were as follows;: Flour steady; No. 3 spring wheat, OScrffSl.lO: No. 2 red. 93i94c; No. 2 corn. 7947791c: No. yellow, 73jc: No. 2 oats. 19c; No. 2 white. 49Jc; No. 3 while. 4SfJ491.-: No. 2 rye. 7SJc; fair to choice malting barley, S547'SGc; No. I Northwestern flaxseed. $1.31; prime timothy seed. $3.65; short ribs, sides (loose). SS.oOffS.SO :Thess pork, per barrel. 514.75ffi'14.S2i: lard, per 100 pounds. 59.20; short clear sides (boxed), SS. 7547 9.00; whisky, basis of high wines. $1.37. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 2S.O0O ' 29.000 Wheat, bushels 279,000 157,000 Corn, biifihoLs 241.000 . . 65,000 Oats, bushels 37.000 31 1.000 Rye. bushels 3.000 2,000 Barley, bushels 30,000 11.000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchange today the butter market was firm; creameries. 19 (g'22ic; dairies. 174i20c; eggs, steady: at mark, cases Included. 14ffjJl7c: firsts, lSJc; prime firsts, 20c; chcu.se steady, 1149 131c.