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Show WHEAT IS WEAKER OH FREE SELLING Market Holds Firm ati Close, With. Prices Almost at Top. CHICAGO, April 2. The wheat market 0xjncd steady but commenced to weaken during the first hour on free selling by pit traders and commission houses. The favorable weather In the Southwest and reports of Increasing receipts In the Northwest dispelled tho early firmness and prices dropped somewhat. About the middle of the session the prevailing sentiment sen-timent again favored high prldeB, chiefly because of a strong close In tho Liverpool market. Throughout the remainder of tho day the market hold llrm. Thu closo v.as Arm with prices almost at the top, Tho May option opened a shade lower to higher at 77H to 770, 30ld off to 77U77VbC and then advanced to 77?c The close was ic higher at 77W77c. Corn opened easier but later became quite Arm on covering by shorts. May closed He up at 44c Oats opened easier but held llrm later. The closo wos He up at n0c for May. Trading In provisions was o.ulet but the market was firm all day. May pork closed 7Vc up. lard 5j7&c UP nn(1 rlus 214c hlchcr. Tho board will be closed tomorrow, olcc-tlon olcc-tlon day. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Articles. Opin. Ulch. Iovr. Close. Wheat No. 2- May 77'4 77 itt July 77 77k Tfi'j 16S Sptembflr 764 76i 7"'. m Corn, No. 2 . May i JT Jullf ; UN H ' September .... ,. .. US, ' H1 Oatx. No. 2 May S0: "Orii 20-4 Julv '.' 20Vi 2i SeptcmSer SSVt M?i 2M, - Mesn Pork Mnv 11.23 15.35 1'5.32't 16 W't July K..17& 1C27 lfl.171 1S.2S Lard , ,, Slav S.3 8.4." S.40 S.Ws July S.52!-) S.SiH S.62'i S 524 September S.67"i ft.C7Va 8.e23 Short nibs . ... May S,70 S.7214 B-i' S.Ci'i July S.70 S.70 . S-70 S.iO Seplembor S.77',4 S.M S.7a 8.77'c CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotatlqns were as follows. Flout . dull and eo-iy; No. 2 sprlnc wheat, WiVc. No. 2 red. SlfiSSUc: No. 2 com, 4:: No. 2 yellow, H'4c; No. 2 oats, SOfto: No. 2 Wlilto 3l&iG22e; No. S white. SO'ic; No. 2 rye. V-good V-good feedlnj: barley. 37&riM',ie; fair to choice mailing, 35ec: No. 1 flnx seed. U., No. 1 North w..tcrn. 51.12; prime tlmoth M-d. 3.17.; insn pork, per bill.. J16.2GG1C.30: lard. pr 100 lh JS.40; short ribs sides (ioOsei. K&Stf S Wi: short clear sides thoxcl). ?t OOti lo.oo: whisky. ImsIs of hlch wines, il.28: clover, contruct Krade. JU. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles. Receipts. Shlpts. Flouf. bhls 22. WW 15 0W WHiorI. bu 11.01 S53.V" Corn, hu 1S.3 2W.5W OatP, lu 26S.(V 17S.7M Rye. bu 2.000 3.000 Uurley. bu .'.1,200 16.W PRODUCI-j EXCHANGE. On th produro xchanKe todny the butter market was stondy; crvamorli'p, UaXSVic. aulr-lea. aulr-lea. IStrl'C. occs drm at uinrk; enes lu-cludod. lu-cludod. 13c; firsts, IWic; prlm llrsi. 16' je oxiras, ISc. eheose. Ftcad, ll713Vic. New York Grain, Etc. NEW YORK. April 2. Flour Receipts. 15.000: exports, 13.000; firm. Wheat Receipt s. 17,000: exports. 18.000; spot, firm; No 2 rod So4sC elevator. No. 2 rrd, &Sc. nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Dulnth, SSc. f. 0. b. afloat. Options cased off under largo receipts und favorable weather, but rallied again later and closed" steady, not unchanged to c higher. May, StfiSoc; closed Soo; July closed S3Uc: Septembor closed ?2c. Petroleum and hops steady. Wool llrm. Hides quiet. , , Sugar Raw, nulet; fair rellnlng, 3c; centrifugal, cen-trifugal, . test. 3 15-321(3tc; molasses sugar, su-gar, 2ytc; reflncd. quiet. Liverpool Wheat. LIVERPOOL. April 2.-Close, Wheat May. Rs 7'4d. July, 6s G-d. "Weather, overcast. Son Francisco Wheat. SAN FRANCISCO, Aprl 1 Wheat steady; May. 51.26 : December, V $1.2oi. Barley steady; May, $1.1SV; December, Fruit Market Firm. NEW YORK. April 2. Tlie market for evaporated apples Is firm with a fair demand de-mand reported, part of which Is for export ex-port account. Common to fancy. ifgSVic; fair to good 1K6. S?t1?Sc; nearly to strict prime. ?80',4c; choice, OTfc'S'lOc, and fancy. 11c Prunes are said to bo cleaning up in spots and the tone Is Arm with quotations rjmrrintr from 4"i to Sc. Anrlcots are firm, with cholco ir310fcc. choice extra. 10?Vffllc and fancy.. 11 iou.c Poaches are unchanged. Raisins are nulet' loose muscatels, ftfttfric. seeded raisin's. oMrfcc and London layers. JlXfrJ? 1 co. |