Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Wheat wa BoosteciBy Report tf Crop Damage Chicago March 29Wheat speculators I gavea fresh turn to the kaleidoscope at the opening and what looked black and openng forbidding at the close yesterday had a I rtinbow appearance when the market opened May opened c higher at from 71hc down to 7c touched 7c for a moment and the nbegan to rIse The I Liverpool cable came firm instead of beIng a expected weak The strength abroad was not nearly so powerful a factor howevOr as the home news about damage to winter whet Damage reports re-ports were genera coming from all qua lets where inter wheat Is grown The conviction forced itself upon many skeptics skep-tics that the amount of injury done by tcs the unfavorable winter was greater than anything of the kind in a number of years and much heavier than could be compensated compen-sated for by increased acreage Ever countryman who had an acquaintance in I the commission busJness appeared to have considered it a dut t report wholesale destruction to crops The ordinhry market I I mar-ket condition relating to receipts or shipments ship-ments did not receive much attention May consequently kept rising from ilIc until the price reached 72ye At tat point some realizing resulted in a slight reaction reac-tion The market became very strong in the last hour or the session and rose rapidly rap-Idly from around 72c for May to 7c closing at 73lc July made rapid steps to 1 overtake May and nearly caught up at the I end They were only 78C apart at the close July leaving off at 73c nJ foirfe advance In the wheat market with apparent reluctance during the first halfhour of the sessIon but after that the upward tendency was not afer persistelty opposed by the bears and made more rapid progress The threatened threat-ened lateness of the plantng season was about the only independent reason fat strength In corn May advanced cOats c-Oats wdre firm and higher In sympathy with the other gaIns May close c higher Provisions ruled quiet but strong at a moderate advance The firmness was with grains May pork closed 10c higher gIns I lard 2c and rIbs 5c higher Theleading futures ranged as follows I WheatNo 2 I I I 1 Open I High 1 Low I Close May 7i7i 71 7H41 73I i July 177 3170 70r 7314 I CornNo2 I = = y Open HighLowClose May 1358i35I 361 35 34 July f36W363si 37 136 363G37 Sept I 3G1 ZI 36 3js I OatsNo2 h Open f I HlghTLowClose I I 2626 26Th 28p 26 May 227 2 2P L 5Y 2 1 2 Mess PorkPer bl b1 I Open I HIgh I Low1 I Close May 917 925 912 922 July 93 93 I 927y 35 LardPer 100 lbs I Open I HIgh I Low IClose I sray 550 53 530 535 July I 5iJ2 I 55 55 55 Sept 557I 562 55 562 Short RIbsPer 10 lbs I Open I High I Low I Close May 477 482Jh 477161 12 July r 471 495 487 495 Sept 502 505 502 50 Cash quotations were as follows Flour dull and unchanged Four 2 spring wheat 70ifflIc No 3 spring wheat i67Oc No2 red 74i5c spzlngwheat No 2 COn 5l70 No 2 oats 22 l No 2 white 30 lie No3 white 203O14c No 2 rIte 5344c No 2 barley i7c No 1 fax seed 12 new 12 Prime timothy seed 235 Clover contract grade 55 Cover pork per barrel S910915 Lard per 10 pounds 2527I Short ribs side loose 444S5 Dry salted shoulders boxed 4i41c Short clear sides boxedl ef1 1 Kr Whisky distillers finished goods per gallon 126 Articles fRee I Ship Flour barrels 3iOi 300 Wheat bushels 2800 SO Corn bushels 158O0J4OO Oats bushels 41502131 Oat bushels 4501 50 I BarIc bushels 2tl 10009 Pacific Coast Grain Markets San Francisco March 29 Wheat steady May 10 December 13 Barley easy December S90c new S5c Cash wheat l0614107 Portland Ore March 29VbeatYala Walla oc 5758c valley 59c bluestem 59i Tacoma Wash March 29Vheat Club 5Sc bluestem 6e Denver Livestock Denver March 29CatteReceipts 3 Market active and steady Beef steers 3541I5OO cows 3040 feeders freight paid to river 3751475 stockers freight paid to rIver iO40 bulls and stags 225i325 HogsReceIpts COO Market lOc lower Light packers 350355 mixed 35536O heavy 34O345 changed SheepReceipts 170 Market un Chicago Livestock Livetock Ccgo I Chicago March 29Catte were stronger for the better class of offering Sales were on a basis of 40t5 for lightweight light-weight plan beef cattle up to S0O5g 5og56 for pretty god to strictly choice shipping ship-ping beeves exporters being god buyers 1 ± 50 The bulk sold n 4C 53 west f K 1r era fed steers 4m5 Texas steers 30 I 1l54O and calves 4068 Hog opened 5 lower but 1 firrnuI up about 2h later onl the strength of a goO demand on local and shippIng account Fir to choice 373387 heavy packing lots 35372h mixed 35382 butch ers 36 363S lights 35382 pIgs 32 Trade In sheep was almated and the recent advance was maintained Porto Por-to prime sheep sold at 325t1J5OO yea 32550 lings 47510 and lambs wee in active request at 5059 ReelptsCatt 130 hogs 30 sheep 10 hog Kansas Cit Livestock Kaps City March 2atteRe I ceipts 70 Market steady to strong I Native steers 3553 Texas tQ stong r 32 46 Texas cows 20971400 natIve cows and heifers 2o440 stockers and fee ers 41053 bulls 275450 2i55 HogsReceipts 10 Market weak to 5c lower Bulk of sales 3606370 heavy saes heav 3G1t5 packers 35370 mixed 35 ii7O light 34C360 Yorke 3550j36O 35536 pigs 3Osti35O SheepReceipts 40 Market steady to U5 strong Lambs 7575 muttons 30 I I Omaha Livestock I Omaha March 20CattleReceipts 210 Market active stronger Native I beef steers JlOL3 western steers 39 G Texas steers 3GO45 cows and heifers 3iO43 canners 25O435O7 2535 I stockers and feeders 3S490 calves caves 4C97j675 bus stags etc 2i5140 HogsReceIpts 9D Market 51Oc lower Heavy 3571365 mLed 510c 35 36 light 3536 pigs 3035 bulk of sales 35736O I ShepReceipts 320 Market a shade I higher Yearlings 4t5 western muttons mut-tons 42i stock sheep 32542S lambs 440560 Coffee andSugar New York Mach 2CoffeeOptons close steady unchanged to 5 points higher Sales 42 bags including April 40 May 0 July 515 December 16 January 570 I Spot CoffeeRio dull No 7 InvoIce InvoIce 6116 No 7 jobbing 6516 mIld quiet mid I Cordova 814 quet SugarRw quiet fair reinIng 3g centrifugal vtest 414 nolasses sugar l01as suga 3 refined quiet crushed 5 powdered 57 granulated 5 s pwdered Wool Market Review Boston March 29The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow I The wool market is more active and an improved feeling generally prevails There is not likely to be any larg buyIng mOvement i move-ment until the arrangements connected r with the worted trust are completed although al-though some of tq mills which are known to be In the combIne have been in the market during the past week and have taken some wools and the dresS peoplo have bought with some freedom so that the total sales for the past week reach the largest In time laret aggregate sum some tme 137860 pounds of which only 300 pounds were foreign The al8s or the i I week in Boston amount to 33000 pounds domestic and 430 pounds foreign makIng t mak-Ing a total of 2763000 pounds against a total of 23OCO pounds for the previous week and a total of 353000 pounds for the corresponding week last year Since Jan 1 1 1899 the Sales amount to 44832509 pounds against 38778980 pounds last year at the same time |