Show QUIET IN GRAIN PIT i Poor Condition of Wires Hampered Trading NEWS WAS HAD TO OBTAIN Shorts Wore Good Buyers Early But When the Demand From that Service Serv-ice Slackened There Was No Other Support to the Market and a Decline De-cline Followed Corn Ruled Dull But Prices Were Higher Strength Prevailed in Provisions Influenced by Decrease In Hog Receipts Chicago Dec Trading In time wheat pit was greatly hampered by the poor condition ot the wires news from the outside being meaner and hard lo ob tin On ihln account traders were Inclined In-clined lo hold off and the volume of business waq email A feature of trial liif was the narrowing of time December Mny spread the former al ono time BH1 lug wIthin 2 cjms of the latter The opening was strong on higher cables decreased de-creased receipts and the unfavorable wen thor Shorts were good buyers early but when time demand from that service had slackened there was no other support lo the market and n decline followed A sudden advance In December helped time May delivery but heavy realizing toward the end of the session caused a woalc clos Muy opened l Ma to Ttlic higher at 76 lfi76i cold down lo 773 i advanced gaIn lo OUr but declined lo 73 closing c lower a l TGWR VHtC Corn ruled dull but prices were higher furly on dccreiiard receipts unfavorable unfavor-able weather throughout ihe entire corn bolt and strong cables There was considerable con-siderable realizing al the advance as well us a fair amount of short soiling and under these conditions the market weakened The lato decline In wheat was also a bear factor May closed U c lower at I34c Oats were quiet May closed Vic lower fit 32ric Strength prevailed In provisions Influ njic Ml by a dtcreano In hog receipts and higher prices at time yards The chose was strong with January pork up 17ye lard lxr higher and ribs 7 > c higher RjVJ GE OP LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 December 71 74 721 73 May KM 7Gi 7Vi 7 i July 7Hi 74i 734 73W Corn No 2 Dec mbcr 54 53 3 55 January iS ISTi 17 > l IS May 13 > i Vi 13 131 Oats No 2 Dec new 31 31i 0v4 31 May 32i 32i 523 32 Mesa pork per bbl lahiincy 1500 16 W 1510 16 CO May 1310 1G17 1510 1512k Lard per 10 Ibs December 1020 1022J ½ 1015 1022 ½ Januarv r 62ii 9 f5 0521 9GP May SS3 SW SS2 SM Short ribs per 100 lbs January S20 S22i 82 KM May S 02r S10 802 ½ S05 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash uiuotatiomms were as follows Fiotmr cctetdy No 2 spring wheat 73e No 94l72c No 2 roil 73v7rc No 2 corn No 2 yellow rsi4c 2 oats XlfiWAv No 3 white MlifjOlc No 2 rye 4S TfOc good feeding barley SCftase fair to choice mailing ftlifSc No J flnxsocd 111 l No I Northwestern 5120 prima llmnthy acrd TH5 mess pork per lihl fl6n21trtlC75 lard per 100 lbs SlOCTfcfii 1070 short ribs sides loose S75fi9GO dry sailed shoulders boxed S87uIu00 short clear sides boxed S7Zf900 whisky whis-ky basis of hlfh wInes 1132 clover Contract grade 510C3 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Receipts Shlpmto Flour barrolB 2000 17700 Wheat bushels 1MROO Wi2 Corn bushels 201000 77000 OatP bushels W2 3112CO Bye bntihels 370 720Q Barley bushels msS 9200 PRODUCE EXCHANGE i On the produce exchange today time butter but-ter market was weaker creams JST2Scr dairies 17r2lc Eggs Firm 2lc Cheese 11 1 l2 ½ e Const Grain San Francisco Dec 3 Wheat Easier December J13S askod May 513S spot nrm JSl OTTllSai l Corn Large yellow steady Jlo Barlcj Easier December 5124 May 129 fc cash 4125 1 St Louis Wool Market St Louis Dec 3 Wool Unchanged London Wool Auction London Dec 3The offerings at the wool auction sales today numbered 10265 Scoured merinos and crossbrrdn bale In active request for the horn were tion Ajsrnall sle trade and the continent rpteeTIW oC Tnymnnln was POM nt high sales willclone tomorrow > t Now York Sugar Market Now York Dec 3All cradcn of rosined advanced ton points fxlay sugar were fair rrrtnlnp Quotations nm Raw firm centrifugal Wlcat 3o molasses 3jc sugar 3Lc refined firm Butter and Eggs New York Doc 3 Butter Receipts MO Steady State dairy 20527c packages JSc creamery WS Sc creamery extra EpgB Receipts fA J packages Steady State and Pennsylvania 2SJJc Western uncandlcd poor grade 20ft27c 5i Tho Uott Bock Mountain Scenery Colorado Mldlarid Railway Pullman observation earn Across the Rocklcn by daylight Ticket otllce Dooly block |