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Show Grain and Provisions. CHICAGO, March 19.-Plenty of buying ordoro for wheat wcro in cvldcnco at tho opening. Tho cry was quito gcnorally advanced that the Sully affair would causo freer scope to be given to tho Influence of so-called so-called legitimate conditions. Initial quotations quot-ations for May wcro Vio lower to ic hlrh-or hlrh-or at 92c to 92Hc. July was c lower to c higher at ?Gi;c to S7.c. Shorts especially wero activo buyers and with limited offerings prices mado a quick advance, May soiling up to 93o and July to 87Jio. Reports from Kansas and other sections of tho Southwest were to tho effect that the rainfall of tho last fow days was quito Inndequato to tho needs of tho growing plant, and that hopes of a patisfactory crop of winter wheat woro becoming fainter as tho season progressed. pro-gressed. . Toward tho end of tho first hour, however, how-ever, In spite of tho propondcranco of bullish Information, thcro was much wheat for aalo, supposed to bo for tho ao- count of. JSastorn epculatore, Undor this T selling May declined to 91?ic, whllo July reacted to SC?Jc. On the break there was freo covering by shorts and buying by pit traders on tho theory that tho market hud been largely oversold. An improved cash demand Increased tho buying in speculatlvo specula-tlvo trading and caused a sharp rally. May advanced to 93c and July to S7c. Tho closo was strong, with Mav at 93vic Final figures in July wcro at 673S77i'o Clearances of wheat and flour wero equal to 303,700 bushels. Primary receipts wcro 479,'JOO bushels, against 333,050 bush-ols bush-ols a year ago. Minneapollp. Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 336 cars, as compared with 330 last week and 197 a year ngo. A material Improvement was manifested in corn at tho opening, but tho market was very nervous and sensitive to inod-orato inod-orato trading on oithor aldo. Tho closo was strong and near th top figures. May opened unchanged to Ua hlghor at oVsti SLiVic, sold between 6140 and 52c, and closed at 62c. July ranged between 19o and 60?ic. closing with a gain of iy-310 at EOJtftSOJio. Local receipts wero 157 cars with ono of tho contract grado. Oats mado a substantial recovery from tho closing wcaknous of tho previous session. ses-sion. Tho cIobo was well toward tho top May opened 14c lower to ',4c higher at 39t i?39T4c. After selling between 394,c and 40-;.c, tho close was at 40HS40,,ic. July rangod between 3S4c and 59c, closing with a coin of Ho at CSo, Tho features In trading in provisions jworo polling ot Boris by coaunllon- |