Show I GRAIN AND PROVISIONS I Wheat Opens at a Decline On the Chicago I I Chi-cago Board of Trade f I Chicago Sept 1L Wheat opened weak at a decline of about 34c from Saturday I Every thing in the way of news favored sellers and a distinct inclination Ib Hqui i datipn was shown by longs for < i short I I time after Liverpool quotations showed In I decline pf d World s shipments were CSIOOCO bushels or about 2U3003 bushels over estimated weekly requirements Receipts Re-ceipts at all points were large and the seasonable weather prevailing everywhere every-where augured a continuance of a big 1 country movement December wheat opened at 84c compared with Saturdays noting price of 71M It sold at 70tiLt i 1 and then slowi rallort to71 cents under a moderate covei ng movement but this V demand satisfied the market dropped I l again V i i I The price got under puts and stayed g Isct ih 1 WI fe i g i 1 there most of tho time until late in the session The government report was expected ex-pected this morning V and pending its publication pub-lication traders did not care to do much j either way contenting themselves with I evening up as much as possible As a result re-sult prices for long periods were practically prac-tically at a standstill European crop reports re-ports were more favorable than of late I and this induced more or less scattered I liquidation especially early in the session New York reported an advance in freight rates was Interfering with export busi 1 I ness About thirty loads were taken for I export Late In the day the market was 1 stiffened hy the report that the govern pnrcntTeport would show a big drop This V caused V enough buying to advance the I December price to 7iys where it closed September closed I unchanged at 70s after I iri selling at 70 cents f Corn was dull and Irregular Weak I cables aria heavy receipts gave the mar I 1 kct a downward tendency but a demand I from shorts for deferred futures held 1 1 prices steady There was some commis t I slon liquidation of September and prices I of that option declined slightly Decem ber closed unchanged September closed I V ffi l4c lower I I I Oats were quiet but firm though open I lag lower in sympathy with other grains Shorts were good buyers and the shipping J demand was good December closed with a gain of 14c higherand Septem I ber rose Ji I j Provisions early In the session suffered a little from the spread of yellow fever In the south which caused some outside I selling Packers were good buyers and V 1he slight decline was recovered The 1 cash demand was good and there was 1 some talk of a shortage in young hogs J At the close October pork was 5 cents I higher at 810 lard nndrJ mchanged I 1 V ihe leading futures ranged as follows I Wheat No 2 I V > = I Open I HighVI I Low I Close Sept 70 170 70 70S Dee OG707471 V liO 7Mil71 MItY 1 73YI173b74 4 I73 l 4l14 1 I Corn No 2 V I 1 Open I HIl17ILow f I c 5 I s iit 131 fjJ31 3IstJ 3Ii313Ith U jDec 12S a2S 2S s 2SiI5S2 Ma 2920 II9 1 I J29I9 i Oats No 2 i lOpen J I High I Low J j Close i Sept 21tfi21Vfc 2114 21 2114 Dec 022l20h 20Q20 t 1OI May 422 I l22 n 2122 I 214 I V MessVPprkPer barrel j iJpenl 11iighILowiCloiC Oct i 800 j S10 I 797 A I sTl < Dec S2lf S22 y I 81gl 1 S22 I Jan I 030 i I 055 t 911 I 953 1 V Lard Per 100 pounds j LOpen I I High ILow I I Close I 0 c t 0 II I 527 i Dee 3ii j 533 l 535 535 tl l Jaa 51 4 540 j 545 rx r r fl Short Ribs Per ICO pounds l J f enq HighJ I Low Close OCtTVZ0 Yu23 1 25 I Jan 422Vi I 4il7Vj I 49214 J 497U V j Cash quotation were as follows I V Klour Steady V r V j j Theat Spring No 3 GSJjC Vl No2 red j Corn No 5 hitp2i14 w n I OatsN 2 21iRi No 2 white 23V l No3 wnitc 22lAli23Vl I 1 Rre No L 5G45S Ii Barlev No V SfPfaia Flax Seed No 1 lwt105 I Timothy Prime seed 221 240 Mess Pork Per barrel 7205S10 J 4 Lard Per 1O3 pounds 312iWT527Vi t Short PJbs Sides loose olO540 Shoulders Dry salted bixed 5621457 I V OIOr 1 Short Clear Sides Coxed 5603G5 Vhiskj Distillers finished goods ncr 122 gallon V I V I Ree I ShIp t Flour barrels 2a000 I 23Ctt I Wheat bushels 115003 JOCOj Corn bushels iC2200 sSSOO I Oats bushels MSCWlSOOO I Ryp bushels > jldOOOfl CCJ Barley bushels = > j 1 47000 87030 VI V Pacific Coast Grain Markets I San Francisco Sept nCash wheat IO25j103 Barley Not Quoted r Portland Ore Sent 11 There was a V further weakening in the eastern and foreign wheat markets today and while there is so little offering present as to make accurate quotation difficult buyers I were willing to pay about the same fig V ures as on Saturday Walla AVaila held at a < 859c with reports that a shade higher hid been paid for a choice lot Valley was steady at roc and bluestem nominally I Clc Tacoma Wash Sept 11 Wheat dull club export SSc milling roc bluestem Glc V V V Conditions of Grain Washington Sent 1llIe September report of the statistician of the department depart-ment of agriculture shows the following averages of condition on Sept 1 Corn S52 wheat 709 oats 872 rye I 5JV buckwheat 752V potatoes SG3 barley I bar-ley E67 V There was a decline in the average con V dition of corn during August amounting to 47 points but the condition on Sept 1 V was still 11 points higher than on Sept 1 1S8S 59 points higher than at the corresponding cor-responding date in 1S97 and 2U points above the mean of the September averages aver-ages for the last ten years There was a decline during August of 3 DOints in Ohio and Missouri 2 in Illinois S in Kansas and 14 in Nebraska and the averages in the southern staos are nearly all somewhat lower than on Aug 1 On the other hand there was a slight appie clable gain represented by about 1 point in Kentucky Indiana and Iowa The condition of winter and spring V wheat consolidated is 709 as compared with 8G7 on Sept 1 hISS 857 at the corresponding cor-responding date in 1597 and S25 the mean of theSeptember averages fat the last ten years The condition alp the 1st of the present month was the lowest September Septem-ber condition in twenty years Th5 rpports Jrom the principal winter J fgmwlt wheat statcv are with the exception of Kansas and MlssourfibHghtly better than on July 1 Imt in the spring wheat states there has dn decline rw 3 eJ paints I iT J < North Dakota 2 inSouth Dakota 12 in I Minnesota 16 in Iowa and 11 in Nebraska The department will make no quantitative quantita-tive estimate the wheat crop pending a revision of the acreage figures in the northwet and op the Pacific slope I The average condltlpn of oats was 872 against 908 last month < 90 on Sept 1 IMS S4G at the corresponding date in 1S37 and SJO the mean of the September averages for the last ten years V I The average condition of barley was SILT as compared with 33G last month T92 on Sept 1 IJsflS S64 at the corresponding date in 18S7 and S41 the mean of the September i Septem-ber averages for the last ten years 1 The average condition of rye was S20 as comnared vyth i94 on Sept 1 1S9S SOl nt the corresponding date el in tls1l and b75 the meui of the September averages for the last ten years The average condition of buckwheat Wa 752 as compared with l32 last month 85 Son S-on Sept 1 1S9S 951 at the corresponding date in 1S97 and S80 the mean of the September averages for thc last ten years I There is a continued decline th < condition con-dition of apples from almost cvery important im-portant applegrowing state I Chicago Livestock i Chicago Sept 11 C4ttleA good run of cattle todaS was disposed of readily at I prices prevailing Utst week Good to I choice cattle J575igGS5 commoner grades 430i550 stockCrs and feeders 53OOfr47G I bulls cows ind heifers 0X540 Texas steers 1X350J425 rangers V f3501ioSj I calves 4COJTi25 Hogs Receipts of hogs were heavier than expected and prices dropped ubout Cc from last weeks level Heavy hogs 34J5 i4 < 5 mixed lots 4JcI < OJ pigs SR < < i450 culls S2tO > gNU5 Sheep Both sheep and lambs were weak and iwfzloc lower under a heavy run Sheep 00t 325 for culls up to J4OOfrHlv > for fat westerns A few fat lambs sold at J5S5 but the bulk of good lambs wett at I S500 530 commoner grads 40Ckjlolo Receipts Cattle 1JWW hogs 28000 sheep 28000 8OOOj V Denver Livestock Denver Sept 11 CUtlle Receipts 1400 head Market Steady Beef steers 3 Toff 55 cows 2501j3i5 feeders freight paid to river 325i4f stodkers 1ellht paid to river 3Gt4S5 bulls stags etc 22 400 Hogs V None SheepReceipts 700Vhead Market steady Good iat muttons 375t4aO lambs 4fJJ 500 V Kansas City Livestock 4 Kansas City Sept n Cattle Receipts 12000 Best steady others lower Native steers 440 G25 Texas steers 250S565 Texas cows 2255J280 native cows and heifers leOfMoO stockers and feeders 2a500 bulls 200400 Hogs Receipts 3000 Market steady Bulk of sales 43Di40 heavy 4303J445 packers 435i442 mixed 430440 light 4CO 442M yorkers 440442 pigs 420 8440 SheepReceipts 2C03 Market steady Lambs SaOSoO muttons 300400 Omaha Livestock Omaha Sept 11 Cattle Receipts 8003 Market steady Native beef steers 485 600 western steers 4CO4PO Texas steers 0iH49 cows and heifers 50 5i425 canners 250340 stockers and feeders lower at 3GO5X3 calves 400SG25i bulls stags etc 3Q01J 403 HogsReceipts 2SOO Market steady to easier Heavy 4154CO mixed 423fr4SO light 430 < JM40 pigs 400Ci410 bulk of sales 425ffi4SO SheepReceIpts 3400 Market active shade higher Yearlings 390425 western west-ern muttons 370 410 stock sheep 340 tOO lambs 450g525 V V Coffee and Sugar J New York Sept 11 Coffee options closed easy unchanged to 10 points Jower Sales 13250 bags including September 325 October 420 November 425S4CO December 450 January 155 March 460 470 May 470ft475 August 490 V Spot Coffee Rio dull and nominal mild quiet V S V Sugar Raw quiet refined quiet |