Show SMALL GRAIN HOLDS UP This Despite General Selling Early in the Day CORN WAS VERY STRONG Conrso Grain Closed FiveEighths Up Oats Were Fairly Active nnd Firm With a Good Demand for May Provisions Ruled Weak Notwithstanding Notwith-standing tho Small Stocks of Contract Con-tract Product Liberal Receipts of Hogs on Account of the Exposition Were the Weakening Factors Chicago Dee i Them was general celling early III wheat duo to reports that th leading long operator had disposed dis-posed of his entire holdings and prices declined Later a good demand developed devel-oped on nradslroot8 report nhowlng an Incrcaoo of only IMOyo bunhols In tho worlds stocks for UK week compared with an Increase In the corresponding wrel bust year of GJSOOCO biiahilH Seaboard Sea-board clearance of about a million and a half bushels of wheat and flour wore also bull factors Thero was some liquidation liqui-dation on the advance but tho closu was strong and near the top fIgures of the day May opened a shade to yc lower ut irWVi sold off to 7ic and then advanced gradually to 7Gc closing tIC higher at 7oJV5J7Cc Corn bits strong throughout the entIre en-tIre session May closed V < o up at H3HS1 nvtc after nclllng between I2i13 < ½ c Oata wore fairly active and tlrni with a good demand for May which closed Mft nC higher ut 3 > Hc ufior ranging between be-tween SCKttKtc Provisions ruled weak not Il hotnndlnt the email stocks ot conlruct product The liberal receipts of hops with lowor prices at the ar da and the nroapect nf u still further Increase In tho receipts on account of the expedition were the weakening factors The close was 5teud > January pork being unchanged at S15s2iA while lard and ribs were each a Phado higher at 917i nnd SfX respectively re-spectively RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Closo Wheat No 2 December 72 > 72H 71H 72 May 7li 76 7lit t 70 July 73Vn W 72 73A Corn No 2 December W Kty MA s Januurv 17 ½ ISU I 7 111 May 43 > t 131 12 MOats M-Oats No 2 December now 3m 31U 0A 31 Vi May 6 32 32i Ki Mess pork per bbl January rT7 f 1SW 1S70 l 15S24 I May UM 1512 Vt llK 1502 > r Lard per ICO lbs I December 10 W 1010 007 1010 January OI2ii 9CO OT7 ½ 9474 May S7 S SO S72s S W Short ribs per 1W lbs January S OTij ST 707ii 815 May 7 K C II 7S7 SCO OAS1I QUOTATIONS ash fjuolatlons were an follnwi Flour steady No 2 spring wheat i3W j7lc No 3 6Sfl71c No 2 red llffntyicj No 2 corn WJic No 2 yellow SVirGGHc No 2 oats 31c No 0 white 3l702c No 2 rye 111 1 Mic good feeding barley GiJuSSc fair to choice malting lofiS c No 1 ilax need Ilr No 1 Northwestern 110JT120 prime timothy seed JXG5 mess pork per barrel li707jl57G lard per 100 poundH 10t OfT JOir short ribs cities loose JOGO dry salted shoulders boxed JS K7VMIOO short clear sides boxed S7r fiOo clover contract con-tract trade J10W RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Receipts Shlpmtn Flour barren WrOl 1W Wheat bushels 09200 3000 Corn bushels Of 21SW filCW Oats bushels ZiZtM 23440 Rye bushels MCCO 2100 Barley bushels CUOO 25000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today tho butter but-ter market was Ilnn creameries ISffSSc dairies 17 < 52lc eggs steady loss on I cases returned 21c cheese tlrm mitJlSc Const Grain San Francisco Dec 2 hea tQulot December 1S3W bid May 51MU Barley Quiet December Sl131 ½ bid lay 1JS1 bid Available Grain Supply New York Dec 2 Spcclnl cable and olegrajihio advices to Bradstreet tihow the following changes In available supplies sup-plies as compared with last account1 Wheat United States and Canada east or Rockies Increase JSCOGiK bushels MIoit for and In Europe decrease 3 MOOO bushclc Total supply Incrcano 1 l = OCr bUBhclH Corn Unllrd States and Canada cast of the Rockies Increase 02500 bushels Oats United Slatos and Canada east of Rockies decrease 1G2COO bushols Among the more Important Increases reported re-ported this week I arc thope of SOOCOO bushels bush-els at Manitoba elevators 200000 bunhclB it Northwestorn Interior elevators 1HOCO l luaiiels at Chicago private elevators PLOW I bushels at Ogdincburg SoCKO bushels al depot harbor WOCO bushols at Si Joseph WOCrt UuHholit at Rochester and C000 < unhcl3 at East St Louis The lending lecrensoB lire lhon > of 7uOJO bushols ILt Cotcuii and COOM each at Nashville and Chnttinoogu Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago Dec 2 Cattle Receipts fX > including OOu Ttxanu Steady Good to nrlmf rrH < i Sfii1M > nnnr In I m > llirm ibf tj7i ntockors anfceficrs20i > VlI hojfcrs 32COitS iV canners JIIOfi2lO bulls J20fi IEO calves 3 Wgtio Texas fed steers J32W7IW I HORS Rocclpts today KOY tOmorroW lOOOO left over IM Active to 6710c higher Mlvil npd butcnrn JSSOf030 Rood to choice nonvy 02i Jn50 rough heavy sr70rirlf light 4SrVt30 bulk of rllletl 610fiI 20 Sbcop HccelptH DOor r Sheep steady Iambs 10lJr law > r Good to rholoo wrihorp WiVI71 ff fair to choice mixed 291i3 iib WlItrn tlllIcp 3703t0 Jla rive lambs 3C0fj525 Western lambs W75 t16l0 OMAHA South Omaha Doc 2 Cattle Rccclpln 2rCO Market steady shnde lower Na tlo ntncra S MOiJ cowo nnd hclfere Cfrki4v W ston rjlcors 53SOg5W Tex ao steers W2 > f J50 cows and heifers range iCOy3RO cnnnorF ICOi72i j ntoclcory and coders 2G07110 calves J3WiOiV bulls staga etc l75t375 IIOEfl RocolptR 9 f O Market nloatly heavy JfiCu Mli mIxed JC 03 < iO 10 light W00fn12 < plRO tiiy jGOO bulk of sales Vctu Ult ShllpBClpls fjC0 Market steady YcirlltiRO i3f < H7l00 wcthTo dew d-ew > a 25yii3 25 common und stockers fltOm lambs 1 JfJ5C0 KANSAS CITY Kansas City I Doc 2 Cattle Receipts I ICCtt Includlnt irCn Texan Steady Na llvu steers 125uL0 Tcaa and Indian steers JlOffJSJ Ttxjis cows J2OiW2SJ aa lye COWH md hlfors SlCOiICO > < tock ors art feeders 5300 125 bulls f2W > a 3CO dnlvca J22iTiOCO IIOR3 lUcolpla 13000 Marknt T 7Uo loer 13ullt oC sal 60ui6I24 heavy UI1tGlC itankers S5Ju71j610 medium 601IJs light JIYdfj yorlcr U GO plus 5Cu525 Sl1cpRccrlptt vc0 Market steady Muttons WOivjis lambs t300f5 < 20 j range wethers rJ 5 OOSSM owes WGO3Sj DENVER Denver Dee 2 Cattle Receipts UW I Market ttt > aOv Beef steers J375giM cows 52 rrHr > feeder freight paid td rlvtr ttEOQlC stockcrn J300o4M bulln stags Mc U UrV3J Hn Receipts ICO Market strong Light packers 4GOiVff < 10 mixed MWf 6M howy fflOOfiC05 faheep Rcco liits none Market unchanged un-changed ST JOSEPH St Joseph Mo Dec 2 Cuttle Receipts Re-ceipts 321G Steady to lOc lower Natives Na-tives WCffG20 cowa and hclfeia 5200i 155 vinls J2000000 Hogs Receipts SXX Opened riJ7 ½ c lower cloned with loan regained Light and light I mixed J005i7i320 medium and heavy 1 02 ½ < 33lC bulk of sales 503iji 6124 012Shoop lUcclpti l23 Iximbn lC72 c low rr Top nullvco W2C sheep filcudy 10 lOc lowoi1 l |