Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Wheat Gets a Steady Start From Various Causes Chicago May Unexpectedly firm cables foreign covering and light domestic wheat steady start mestic receipts gave whet a star There was a momentary weak spell caused by profit taking but after this the market quickly recovered and ruled strong the remainder of the session The reported presenco pf the Hessian fly and chinch bugs throughout the middle west It and southwest encouraged outside buying and forced local shorts to cover Reports of relief in the congestion at Buffalo and predictions of frosts In the northwest scd I where seeding has been seriously delayed 1 helped the advance July opened unchanged un-changed to yc higher at 70Q70k advanced ad-vanced to O declined to 69S4 rose to 0 i 01 and closed with sellers at 7fl7095 I There was a sharp advance In corn owing to small offerings light receints excellent cash demand and Influential country buying July closed 5 c higher July advanced df I I Oats followed corn The cash demand was good I I The strength in coarse grains and light I receipts of hogs steadied prces The effect ef-fect was only trifling as there was suf I flcent liquidation to supply the demand from shorts and packers Pork and lard advanced 2 each and ribs 5c The leading futures ranged as follows Wheat No 2 I Open I High I Low I Close May 1G TI6 I6 1678 I July 170 0U04I707O69 I 0i0 i Sep I t6810 I6 IOI0 Corn No 2 I Open I High I Low I Close May 33i 33g i33f 33s I July I3333l34 13 f 13 Sept V34s 34 S31fi34 J 34ls344 I Oats No 2 I OpenrHigI I ILw I I C oS May 2fitsr I2G1 I26J4 2C July 113323 126r 2s7 Sept 21 S21t 121 2l42l Mess PorkPer barrel JOpenHlgh T Low I C1 s July 182 I I 837 I S25 J 830 SeptlS j 47S52 I b 4I i 845 Lard Per 100 pounds I Open I High I Low I Close July I 49 > I 5 03 I 4 95 I 5 00 Sept 507 512 50734 1 j 512 Short Ribs Per O pounds I Open lHlgh I Low I Close July E4C L 465 I 463 I 465 Sept 475 I 480 I 4 75 1 4SO Cash quotations were as follows Flour Easy WheatNo 2 spring 69S70 No 3 spring 645 C9 No 2 red 72ff74 Corn No 2 33S3 Oats No 2 265 No 3 white 3 No 3 white 2S4i9 2 Rye No 2 fc > Barley No 2 i440 Flax SeedNo1 106 Timothy Seed Prime 235 Mess PorkPer barrel S20SS25 LardPer 100 pounds 4 924S4 93 Short Rib Laes loose 4 454 70 Shoulders Drv salted boxed 4iI4 Short Clear bides boxed 4Ssji493 AVhlskv Distillers finished goods per gallon 12I5 SugarsCut loaf 602 granulated 552 I Rec i I Ship Flour barrels 80031 10 COO AVheat bushels 1 36 000212000 Corn bushels 93 < XW 932000 Oats bushels 72 0001434 000 I Rye bushels 1 3000 40 0 I Barley bushels I 15000 4000 Pacific Coast Grain Markets I San Francisco May 12 Cash wheat I IStfilOG1 No sales of wheat and bar lev this afternoon Portland Ore May 1The advance in freights together with continued weak i ness abroad caused wheat to ag again I today and 57 cents was the best quota tion obtainable for ala AValla with I valley easy at about 5Sc bluestem 59 SOc Very Hto is offering at those figures and very little Is wanted Tacoma Wash May 12The decline In I the local wheat market to 5 cents still holds with receipts running light Quo i tatlons remained unchanged at 57c for club and SOC for bluestem Chicago Livestock Chicago May 12There was a fairly active demand for cattle today and prices ruled stronger Fancy grades brought 540fi55 choice steers SlTOToo mediums 4 o > S beef steers 4 10 > 24 r stockers and feeders 3 655 15 bulls 2 75Q4 lri i cows and heifers 3C05425 western fed steers 4 4055 S Texas steers 390 50 I calves 430i 00 Trade in hogs was active and prices 2fi T3c higher Fair to choice SSOtn heavy packers 355037154 mixed 36 39 butchers 360i392 lights 3Sy 3S5 pigs 3 MS 373 There was the biggest Kind of a demand for sheej and lambs prices had another boom of 23c In prime shorn sheep and 15c In wooled Colorado lambs sheep sold at 330S525 chiefly at 955 25 shorn lambs 47511600 665 and Colorado wooled lambs 635 Receipts Cattle 1500 hogs 17000 sheep 5000 Denver Livestock Denver May 12 Cattle Receipts 100 Market steady to easy beef steers 3 63 470 cows 30140 feeders freight paId to river 404 stokers freight paId 330Hogs toriver I0f4S bulls stag etc 5 HogsReceipts 200 Market steady and unchanged light packers 365370 mixed 335fi360 heavy 340R350 Sheep Receipts 800 Market firm good fat muttons 4 004 6 lambs 503775 Kansas City Livestock Kansas City Mo May 12 Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 3500 Market steady to strong native steers 395ii5 10 Texas steers 325 32 485 Texas cows 350440 native cows and heifers iSOftSOO stockers and feeders feed-ers 275fr523 bulls 30G400 fe 304 Hogs Receipts 15000 Marketsteady bulk of sales 3C08A70 heavy 360S375 packers 350S370 mixed 355370 light lght 350Sheep V3g362 yorkers 3 3333 62 pigs 32f > Sheep Receipts 1000 Market strong muttons 473 700 lambs 300525 Omaha Livestock Omaha May 12 Cattle Receipts 2 0 Market light steady heavy weaker native na-tive beat steers 4250525 western steers SRyfTiTS Texas steers 360Q4 cows and helter 323400 canners 2303350 stockers and feeders 3900510 calves 0 iJG75 bulls stags etc 300Ji423 Hog Receipts 4 O Inrket shade to 5c higher Heavy 3630J73 mixed 365 > S67 light 035367 pigs 300 bulk of I sales 303 370 sJ R Sheep Receipts 1400 Market 4010c higher yearlings 4500540 western muttons mut-tons LSOtto 25 stock sheep 37504 40 lambs 475364X 3Ta4 Coffee and Sugar New York May 12 Coffee Options closed steady at net unchanged prices Sales 3 730 bags including June 510 July 520 August 530 September 540 October 343 January 573 March 5SO I i Spot coffee Rio dull mild quiet 580 I Sugar Raw dull barley steady re I I fined quiet |