Show WAS FLURRY IN OATS Lively Scramble for Coarse Grain in First Hour I SHORTS ACCEPT CHALLENGE Receipts Continued Slow nnd There Arc No Indications Which Point to Incrcnsad Movement Storms Aro Breaking Up the Roads Drowsiness Drowsi-ness Prevailed All Yesterday in the Grain Pit and Trading Was Heavy Wheat Was Active at Times With a Declining Tendency Chicago March 1The early fUr in oats was tho outcome of a report that tho heaviest holder of May oats was ordering or-dering No 2 mixed oats out of regular elevators for the purpose of shipping as much as possible of contract stock out of Chicago Shorts regarded this us I challenge chal-lenge and for the first hour there was a lively scramble to cover There was some prospect that nn attempt was being be-Ing made to force valuri boforo the Oov ornmont crop which Is expected March 10th Receipts continue slow and there aro no Indications which point to Increased movement Storms are breaking break-Ing up tho roads This aided manipulation manipula-tion which did not como entirely unexpected unex-pected Nervousness prevailed all morning morn-Ing and the trade was heavy May opened unchanged to Vic up at UVifMCc eased momentarily to IwffHHc and then went upwards with quick Jumps to IGc Ono buyer got nearly 1000000 bushels at I iho high figure Later the market quieted I down and on absence of demand prices slid back as quickly as they advanced May touched UVir and closed still firm riLe higher at lignite Wheat was active at times but with a declining tendency that was checked by the strength In the coarse grain markets Tho range wan small and trade not heavy and all told there was llttlo o Importance Import-ance Tho damage reports continued to como In from tho Southwest but tho lw crowd was slow to believe them and on tho heavy rains the fooling was Inclined to be bearish May opened f shade higher to 0 shade lower at 7 to IKAc thoao the first held ploady near prices thl frfl hour or HO and then when corn broke cased off to 7Gc May closed easy odC lower at TCV STOftc Corn was active and somewhat nervous Tho early market was Inclined to bo bearish but tho upturn In oats caused f firmer feeling May closed heavy and weak celnS ln lower at Clc Tho hate market was very weak owing to heavy short selling and uncovering of stoploss orders Provisions opened with a better tone Tho light receipts and higher prices at lght tho yards wore factors On tho bulge packers offered freely and on tho grin slump prices eased more May pork closed LMc lower lard unchanged and ribs 5j74c lower RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES Open nigh Low Close Wheat No 3 May 7 77 i 76I ½ fC July 77 i 7G 77 Sontemlwrk 1 7f 7 7Cj 70 70 Corn No2 May Nt t v < L r2 VG2 G1V4 GPfc July llrf G i 1 Vi Cl Gl September i COtf COft rU E0i Oats No 2 x May 15 46th Wh 45 July 35ft 47 f 3otf KU Jul 3j vlr September 31 31 3OV C0i Moss Pork per barrel May il5CO 1557 1515 1545 July 1 xiloiGp 1570 75GO 15GO Lard per lC0j pouml May > 9IO > 912 ½ 037 ½ 3 July 952J4 953 950 950 JUlh ort Ribs p r10o pundl May l sis S35 S37W July I SIS SfJI 847V SlTfe September i 867 ½ SG7k SC2 ½ 8GU CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations wcrea9 follows Flour dull winter patents J1IO straights 3237O clears 3O0j34O sphlng specials spe-cials 120 I pateJl Ot30 7o straights 29di320 No 3 spring wheal 72Cc No 10J3 SlU1S ioi No 2 yellow corn GMic rC oDtBIE > No 2whlte Aftlic No 3 White IBUJlIGAc No2 rye 55c fair to choice malting barley o TiCl ½ c No I flaxseed flax-seed J163 No 1 Northwestern JlGS prime timothy need J630 mess pork per barrel Jlo2Jftl530 lard per 10 pounds S 9i7 ½ j920 short rib Hides loose S204L 830 dn salec houlder boxed 74qj S3 7c short clear sides boxed fSiO RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Reels Shlpts Flour barrels 2SWO 2000 Wheat bushels 69000 730W I Corn bushels 11GOOO S7000 Oats bushels 111000 127000 Rye bushels 4000 2000 Barley bushel 19000 1SOCO PRODUCE MARKET On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creams 1Si25e dairies lfc Ze cheese firm 10i < Jpl2Vic eggs steady fresh 25c |