Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Wheat Maintained High Mark Reached On Saturday Chicago Oct 24Wheat opened prctc ally unchanged but quIckly began to develop de-velop symptoms e unrest regarding the threatening aspect of European policies Prices stared to advance and In the course of half an hour the December future that opened at 66 had touched C 6t the high mark hat was i reached on the curb Saturday afternoon English consoIs were practically unchanged un-changed al the openIng reflecting an absence ab-sence of Increased concern In financial circles over the Fashoda afar but the Liverpool grain market was unsettled and stronger indicating further alarm among grain speculator The later naturally had the most influence with the kindred market here and ordinary considerations were deprIved of effect In the fact of possibilitIes or a Eurnan war Liverpool opened with an advance of from 2 to 3d per cental and closed with from Hd t 2d net gain for the day Around the noon hour the price took a further upturn from n drop ot In English Eng-lish consols and an increase of only 2 one bushels In the visible Instead of 15 t bushels expected The marKet continued con-tinued on the advance to the end and December cember finally I 1ft off a o buyers a cain Pi cents The same cause that wheat had for advancIng was likewise operative in corn though to a much smaller extent On the hard spots however the offerings by longs were generous and this had a tendency ten-dency to check the upturn December closed with a gain of c The absence of shorts In oats was ac cotmtable for a slack trade and Independent Inde-pendent prices May rose 1 Enormous receipts of hogs everywhere depressed provisions early Later however how-ever thIs was supplanted by the strength In grins and to lard the close the early decline was more than recovered Pork declne left oft 7 cents higher and hard and ribs gained 5 cents each The leading fUtures ranged as follows WHEATNo 2 I Open I High I Low I Close Oct r 70 Dee fi7fi5170217067 701fi70 1701 170Wi7Q May GW i70 l6t 70ii CORNNcii I Open I l i hIL I I s Dec Oct lf mI 32 r in I 32 32 May j3ii131 l315135 l 33 I 34 OATSNo 2 I Open I High I Low I Close Dee 2 123 121 12 I May 1243524 r3 121124 21121 MESS PORPer bbl I Open I High I iolCiose I Dee 92fs070S0 Jan 915 I 92 1 912 9 2 IARDPer 10 lbs I Open I HIgh I Low I Close Jan Dec 1 I I 492 500 I I I 507 500 I I 500 492 I 507 500 SIORT RBSPe 10 lbs I Open I HIgh I Low 1 Close Oct 1 53 Jan I 472 I 40 I 470 I 4m Cash FlourFirm quotations ere as fOU W is heat prlng No 2 b76 Na 3 Eprlng ciI 3 No 2 red e3 C6 CornNo 2 32 a OatsNo < 2 2 No2 white 26 i2 Now RyeNo 2w RarleyNo 2 3U47 Flax SeedNo1 58 TimothPrlme seed 23 Mess PorlPer barrel 725SC0 LardPer 10 poUIlis 4974j500 Short RibsSides loose 5104G ShouldersDry salted boaed 450iI4a Short Clear SldesBoxed J6 hiskyDlstlers finished good per gallon 523 ArtcIs I Ret Ship Flour barrels 6f 121 Sneat bushels 2713HH Corn bushels ZSS20t963100 i g Il Ozts bushels 221010241600 Barley Rye bushels bushels I 11 2 Z Oathe produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creamery Hf2 dairy 1219 Ems steady fresh 171 Cheese steady creamery 79Y Paci Cst Grain Markets San Frnclsco Oct 2Cash whet I L22125 Portland Ore Oct 24There was a firm feeling In the local whet market today although sales were lighter than usual Receipt were heavy today a total of over 30 cars coming In Slxttwo and 6 was oferd for Vala Wala and a few sale were reported as high as 64 cents Valley was quoted at 01 cents and club and bluestem at 665167 cents Tacoma Oct 24WheatClub 61561 bluestem 6164 Chicago Live Stoch iicago Oct 24CattlePrices averaged aver-aged lOilS cents lowec Choice steers 549 3J5S5inedlum 47525500 beef steers 40052 470 stockers and feeders 50031400 bulls 2405425 cows and heifers 3505423 calves 325750 weprn rangers 2635 450 western fed steels 40013550 Texas grass steers 3ia51Lia HogsMarket Sf510 qonts lower Fair to choice 3555390 packing lots 520Sf 3G21 butchers 3405300 medIum 355I1 370llght 125j350 tugs 220Sf 333 Sheep2tafhtet fairly active for sheep but buyers wore later than usual in get tlng down to business and prIces for an interior to fancy spring lambs 50051325 for feeding lanibs 40015500 for yearlings 3C04400 for hiees and 4005420 for feed log sheep with western range sheep sell log largely t 390540 common and medium grades of both sheep and lambs were slower than usual and even at concessions con-cessions ReceiptsCattle 32010 hogs 30000 sheep 20000 Kansas City Live Stock Kansas City Oct 24CattleReeipts 10000 Best butchers steady others weak to 10 tents lower attve steers 4Itrga40 native cows and heifers lEY 473 stockers anti feeders 29035455 bulls 2005345 HogsReceipts 600 Market opened 5 cents lower closed steady bulk of sales a5e5i360 heavy 35051100 packers 3434 337 mIxed 34053574 lights 3405j553 Pies 32201255 SheepReceipts 30i0 Lambs 400fJ550 muttons 3255450 Omaha live Stock Omaha Oct 21attieRecelpts 320 Market slow lower Native beef steers 43051530 western steers 380Sf440 cows and heifers 3231f400 stockers and feed cr5 35051440 calves 4505463 buils and1 stags 23051300 HogsReceipts 2300 Market steady Heavy 52tts7 mixed 552513ISlight 3555360 bulk of sales 3325357 SheepReceipts 3500 Market slow weaker native muttons 5505440 west eras 35051423 stock sheep 55051400 lambs 42551530 Denver Live Stock Denver Oct 24attieReceIpts 2000 Market strong Beef steers 42355450 cows 300511360 feeders freight paid to river 3505450 stockers freight paid 340 55440 bulls stags etc 22351300 HogsReceipts 400 Market I cents lower Light packers 36555370 mixed 35351360 heavy 34511330 SheepReceipts 2205 Market fairly active Good fat muttons 325554u lambs 42551500 Coffee and Sugar New York Oct 21Coffee options ft closed barely steady 55510 points lower Sales 19000 bags November 51055515 December 52351530 January 540 Feb ruar 550 March 550i55 May 570 580 August 555 beptember 555511 sitot CoffeeRio quiet No 7 invoice 6 cents No 7 jobbing 6 cents mild quiet Cordova 55515 SugarRaw firm fair refining 5 centrifugal 00test 4 molasses 3 fair refined firm GENERAL NERRITT DIARRIED Simple Ceremony With a Pew Intimate Inti-mate Friends Present London Oct 21General Merritt and Miss Williams were married at 6 oclock this evening in the brides apartments at the Savoy hotel It had been planned to have the ceremony cer-emony take place In St Andrews church Westminster but an illness which Miss Williams contracted during dur-ing the journey necessitated the simplest ceremony and the avoidance of excitement Consequently only a few most intimate friends were ares ent They were Mrs Norman Williams the brides mother Normal Williams jr brother of the bride Lord and Lady Arthur Butler and Henry White United Unit-ed States charge daffairs and Marshall A Dodge A less ostentatious wedding could not be imagined The general strolled from the Metropole to the Sn vcy unattended wearing a beaver hat a frock coat and a white tie The party gathered In the drawing room which had been beautified by a few flowers The Rev John Heatcote rector of St Andrews officiated The bride entered enter-ed on the arm of her brother who gave her away She was attired Ia white satin and wore the usual veil and orange blossoms Though looking ill the bride stood throughout the ceremony cer-emony and pronounced the responses in a strong voice After the ceremony Mr White are posed the health of the bide which was drunh with enthusiasm and the members of General Merritts staff congratulated con-gratulated the newlymarried couple The guests afterward departed and M andMrs Merritt dinedalone iilc brides illness wnicn sor a ume it was feared would develop Into typhoid fever was the cause of the abandon mont or the ceremony which was to have taken place in St Andrews church The illness of the bride has not rrtved as serious as expected and General and Mrs Merritt will be able to carrY out their plan of going to Paris at the end of the week They will proceed to the Philippine islands after the adjournment of the peace commis siosi |