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Show HEARS HAVE CONTROL " OF WHEAT MARKET ; I Decliuo in European Grain Ccn-1 ters Cause Depression in Chicago Pit. CHICAGO. Sept. 29. Sentiment In the wheat pit was very bearish all day, the marlccL vas under heavy selling pros-sure pros-sure tho Rreatcr part of the session. Influenced In-fluenced by dealers at all the loading European markets, the local market opened weak, with prices off Jtg'jc to B3 3c. eotnparud with yesterday's close. When the vislblo supply statement was given out later In tho day It fully Justified Jus-tified the early selling pressure, aa It ehowed an Increase 01 11,400,000 bushels for tho week, which Is the largest gain ever recorded. Minneapolis reported an Increase In stocks of 1520 bushels for tho past throe days. Cash grain prices at Minneapolis and Duluth wero more than 1. cent below yesterday's yes-terday's close. Export buslnesn for tho day was reported at fifty boatloads, and prices gnvo promise of much larger business. busi-ness. The market failed to rally from Its weakness and closed at about tho bottom. Corn was weak, with prices off i(5c to B cents. Oats wero 3Q)Jc off for the cash grain. The market closed weak for tho futures, but firm for Scptcmbc!. Provisions wero steady early in tho day. but became weak on ronewed liquidation liqui-dation of pork, and closed at net losses of 7110c to Gnc. RANGE OP THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. &opt 9i 991 9Si 981 Dec 1,004 1.001 93i P91 May 1.03 1.0D 1.022 1.02i Corn Sept. 79t 701 7S 78 Dec C5D 65H 045 G55 May 04? C1J 641 043 Oats Sopt 49 40i 482 -101 Dec 494 491 49 49 May Oil r.lj 51 uli Mess pork, per barrel Sept 14.90 14.90 14.90 14;90 Oct. 15.221 15.25 14.87a H-90 Jan 1C.90 1G.90 16.30 16.65 Lard, per 100 pounds Sopt 10.20 30.20 10.20 10.20 Oct 10.30 io.::o 10.175 10.20 Jan 9.92J 9.921 0.75 9.75 Short ribs, per 100 pounds Sept 9.82J 9.821 9.S2j 9.821 Oct. 9.05. 9.971 9.80 9.821 Jan S.S71 8.871 8.771 8.771 CASH QUOTATIONS. Caah quotations were as follows: Flour, firm: No. 2 spring wheat. $1.00(3)1.01; No. 3. 96c5'S1.03; No. 2 red, 99ic$1.001; No. 2 corn, 7Sl(gi78Sc; No. 2 yellow, 79i379tc, No. 3 white oats, 471gl9ic; No. 2 rye. 76c; good feeding barley, 55c; fair to choice malting. 55j59c; No. 1 Northwestern Uax seed, $1,223; prime timothy seed. ?3.40; short ribs, sides (loose), 59.7510.00; meaB pork, per bbl., $14.90 15.00; lard, per 100 lbs., $10,221; short clear sides (boxed), no.OOKS'10.001; whisky, basis of high wines, 51.37. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 41,100 39,400 Wheat, bushels 76,400 19.000 Corn, bushels 258.000 95.000 Oats, bushel3 331,500 294,800 Rye, bushels 3,000 4.000 Barley, bushels 220,200 59,500 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On tho produce exchango today the butter market was linn; creameries, 200 26o; dairies, 18320c. Eggs. Arm; at mark, cases included. 16Q19c; firsts. 22c; prime llrsts, 23c. Cheese, strong; 121131c. Boston "W00L BOSTON, Sept. 29. The activity In the local wool market continues with good demand and firm prices. The domestic wool consumption Is reported to bo greater great-er than a year ago. Quotations: California Northern. 4243c; middle county. 3840c, southern. 67(&6Sc; fall freo, 65g67c. Oregon Eastern, No. 1 staple, 5i(ffoSc, enstern, No. 1 clothing, 4750c; valley, No. 1, 45g46c Territory Fine ataple. 57(I58c; fine medium me-dium staple, 555Gc; flno clothing, 45 4Sc; fine medium clothing. 1345c; half-blood, half-blood, 50355c; throe-clghths blood, 4S 5Qc; quarter-blood. 43 15c. "Pulled Extra, 5557c; fine, 5052c; A supere, 4245c. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Sept. 29 Sugar Raw j steady; fair refining, 3.48c; centrifugal, .96 , test, 3.98c, molasses sugar. 3.2Sc. , Refined quiet; crushed, 5.90c; powdered, J 5.30c; granulated, 5.20c. Anaconda Dividend. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The Anaconda Copper Mining company today declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share. This Is unchanged from the last previous quarter. I |