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Show BEAR ADVANTAGE AT CLOSE Of DAY Market Holds Out Well During Most of Session, but Prices Are Forced Down. CHICAGO, Sept. 30 There was a. bear drive at praln prices t in the la,st few minutes today and the market, which had been wavcrlngr for some time, olosod weak at not declines of gc to 3c In wheal. 3c to lie for corn, and Ac to 3c In oats. The finish of provisions varied from 20c loss to 15c advance. During1 most of the day wheat was higher than yesterday, but was unable to mako anj- noteworthy gain. The slight -rise was due mainly to the fact that Liverpool quotations were not so weak as had been expected. Buying power, however, was not important im-portant and there was an increased selling sell-ing with each advance. One reason was that 'the relative bullishness In the English Eng-lish market had partly for a basis predictions pre-dictions of lighter world's shipments, but the fact developed that the total, although al-though smaller than, last week, would be larger than a year ago. Argentine, Indian and Australian shipments were shown to be more than twice as heavy as at tho corresponding time twelve months previous. Then, too, tho slocks at primary points in this country kept piling up incessantlj. December ranged from 96c to 97gc. and In the end was 9G9Gic, a net loss of Ec. In corn a now low record price for the season was set. December fluctuated between be-tween 4Sie and 492495c, closing weak at 4Si!04SRe. a net loss of J3lc. The cash market was easy. No. 2 yellow closed at 52521c. Shorts were the only buyers of oats-December oats-December sold from 3S.4c to 33c and finished fin-ished lc off at 3210328c. Some firmness in provisions was followed fol-lowed by liberal September shorts. Later the quotations showed pork 20c down, lard 15c higher to 171c lower, and ribs at 121c advance to 10c decline. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. 95 95 931 93 1 Dct. ....... 97 07U 96 961 May ..... 1.03 1.03i 1.02 1.02ft Sept."V7 .... 51 511 493 493 Dec 491 49ii 48 4S May 521 523 olS 51 Oats Sopt 311 32 31 d 311 Dec 233 33 32J 32' May 35? 36 35 351 Mess pork, per barrel Jan 17.371 17.55 13.371 li-lii Lard, per 100 pounds Oct 12.40 12.50 12. 3o 12.40 Sopt 12.65 12.65 12.55 12.55 Nov 11.60 11.60 11.50 11.5;) Jan 10.45 10.35 10.45 I0.5;i Short ribs, per 100 pounds Oct 10.871 11.071 10.871 10 9(5 Sept 11.50 11.50 11 .20 11.20 Jan 9.271 9.35 9.2a 9.321 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady; No. 2 rye, 74ic; feed or mixing barley, SSGlc; fair to choice malting. 67701c; No. 1 southwestern fiax seed. $2-21; No. 1 northwestern, .$2.31. timothy tim-othy seed. $7.00tfl'9.00; clover, $S 00'14.i5; mess pork, iter barrel. $lS.25ffj18.50; lard, per 100 pounds. S 12.55; short ribs, s e es (loose), $10.75(1' 1 1.50. short clear sides (boxed). $12.75(?i'13.25. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 235.000 bushols Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstrect s. were equal to 2,127,000 bushels. Primary receipts were 1.139.000 busels. compared with 1.637.000 bushels the corresponding day a vcar ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 46 cars; corn. 31u cars- oats. 137 cars; hogs, S000 head. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS, Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 30. Cattle Receipts estimated at 2500; market steady; beeves, $4. 60(08. 00; Texas steers. ?4.105i.b0; Blockers 'and feeders. S3.50fji5.60; cows and heifers. $2.200,30; calves, $7.o0fc 10ilogs Rocclpts estimated at 10,000; 5 10c up: light, $S.S079.20; mixed. SS.SOg 9 "0: heavv, ?S.259.15; rough, $8-25 S.45; good "to choice heavy, $S.45ff'9 15; pigs $S.20'9.05; bulk of sales, ?b.o0& S.S5 Slieop Receipts estimated at 12,000; market steady; native. $2. 50 4 .20; western- $2.904.15; yearlings. ?1.40ff?5.0; native lambs, $4.75(57.10; western lambs, ?4.750.90. ' Kansas City. KANSAS CITV. Sept. 30. Callle Receipts Re-ceipts 2000; steady; native steers, $4.00 (7,09; native cows and heifers, S4.50tfi 6.50; sloekcrs and feeders, ?3.40ZD5,S0; bulls, 53.254.50; calves. 53.75(58-50; western steers. 54 25(0)6.50; western cows. S2.75tf?5.0Q. .T0K(srieceIpts, 3500; market G((710c higher" bulk of sales. $8.559.00; heavy, S3 50g'S.70; packers and butchers. ?S.65 S 95: light. $S.S09.05. SllcCj,Rccclpts, 9000; steady; muttons, mut-tons, $3.5057)4.25; lambs, $5.75516.65; fed wethers and yearlings, S3. 75(5.00; fed western ewes, $3.505jj4.00. Omaha. OMAHA, Sept- 30. Cattle Receipts, 900; market slow and steady; native steers, $4.'50(3'7.50; cows and heifers. $3.00 (5)5, 50 western steers, $3.7557)6.50; Texas steers' $3.0057)5.30; range cows and heifers heif-ers $2.S55? '4.50: canncrs, $2. 75573.40; sloekcrs and feeders. $3.0057)6.00; calves. S3 50577.25; bulls, stags, etc.. $3.00575.00. jj0KSnccelpt5, 4100: market 55jH0c higher: heavy. $S.2057'8.75: mixed. $8,305? S to- light $S.505i'9.00; pigs, $S.005J9.00; bulk' of sales, $8.25fl)S.50. j5l,eC) Receipts, 11,700; steady: year-lines. year-lines. 54.50575.50; wethers. $3.7557)1.25; ewes. ,$3.0057'3.S0; lambs. $6. 105j6.S5. St. Joseph. Special, to The Tribune. SOUTH ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Sept. 30. Shcpp Receipts. 5000. Market prospects, 5teadv. ldalio-CTlah lambs, $6.505?6.90; Idaho-Utah feeder lambs. $4.40576,45: Idaho-Utah yearlings. $4.0057)5.50; Idaho-Utah Idaho-Utah feeder yearlings. $I.905J'5.35: Idaho-Utah Idaho-Utah wolhers. $4.00)4.20. Idaho-Utah feeder wolhers. $3.70(5' 1.15: Idaho-Utah ewes. $3.005.25 Cattle Receipts, 1 00. Market pros-perls, pros-perls, nominal. Colorado-Wyoming steers, $4.755i)6.J5; Colorado-Wyoming cows, $3.1057 1.75; Colorado-Wyoming emitters, $2.60"5)'3.o0: Colorado-Wyoming feeders. $3.Q05j'5.75- New York Money. NEW YORK Sept. 30. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 51576 per cent. Sterling exchange easy, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.S3.4Cifiz 4.S3.60 for sixty-day bills and at $4.S6,50 Commerohtl bills. M.S34.S3i. Bar silver. 54 cents. Mexican dollars, 45 cents. Government bonds, steady; railroad b Money"!!' call firm. 213 per cent; rul-Imr rul-Imr rate, 23 per cent; closing bid. 2301 percent offered at. 21 per cent. Time loans, firm; for sixty days. 4 per cent; for ninety days, 4 57M1 per cent; ;o'r six months, I &04g per cent Now York Flour and Grain. VRW YORK, Sept. 30. Flour was not ti I nn 1 1 v lower, with demand quiet. Re-c?lpt." Re-c?lpt." 25.410 barrels; shipments, 17,160 bnWhPal-Spot. easy; No. 2 red, $1,011 rlpvatbr and ? 1-003 r.o.b. ailoal; No. 1 northeni. $1,194 t.o.b. afloat. Futures market' A steadier tono developed In wheal, this morning on better cables and n Blronff Winnipeg market, but after mlddav prices were aft'ectod by another severe corn break and closer! weak at now low levels, being S5j3e below yostor-dov. yostor-dov. September closed at $1,021; U'-cember U'-cember closed at ?1 031; May -'loEOd at Si OS 1 Receipts. 131,200 bushels. Shlp-pents. Shlp-pents. 70S0 bushels, |