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Show BEAN INFLUENCE CONTROLS MARKET Both Wheat and Corn Close Weak; Oats Follow Suit and Provisions Decline. CHICAGO, March 7. Under pressure of large arrivals. May wheat fell off sharply today. Corn sagged decidedly and oats ranged lower with tho other grains. Provisions gained materially early, and then weakened.' bearish sentiment controlled wheat. May prices finishing with a net loss or UUc, after registering an extreme decline of He. The May delivery bore tho brunt of the bear onslaught, falling oft from 5L123 to $1,113, and closing weak at $1.4 l.rffii.l 1. July traveled down from $1.03. to $1,02 and then moved np again, finishing .fg'ic off. at 51.036 September closely approximating the movement of July. Weakness was manifested in corn all day, and prices at the low point showed losses of from l.c to 12c. May fell off from fi22ii1625c to G12c. Buying by shorts caused a moderate rally from the low point, bul the market closed weak, with May lc down, at G2J7521c. Offerings Offer-ings of cash corn were fairly liberal and the demand was slow, which resulted in a decline of about lc. No, 3 yellow sold at 5359c. Liquidation and short selling wcakned oats, prices declining 5c to lirtJUc. The July option showed tho greatest 'weakness. 'weak-ness. After selling between 44e and 45. c. May closed He off. ai 442c. In provisions, pork showed the greatest great-est weaknosK. the Ma,y delivery declining from $24,971 to 524,45. The market closed firm, with tho May deliveries unchanged un-changed .to 71c higher! Closing prices 011 I he May product wore as follows: Pork. 524.SO; lard. $13,321; ribs, 512.S5. RANG 15 OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. Tllgb. T,ow. Close. May 1.12! 1.122 1.101 l.lli July 1.032 1.035 1.02S . 1.03R Sopt 99S 1.00 991 992. Corn Mav 622 621 612 62i July 643 642 631 OIr Sept 65. 65f 6li 645 Oats Mav 45 45 4(1 4 12 July 42. 422 111 415! Sept 10 40. 39J :!9 Mess pork, ner barrel I Mav 24.971 24.97 21.45 24 . SO . July 24.95 24.95 24. 15 24.S21 Lard, per 100 rounds Mav 13.471 13. 17. 13.25 23.32 July 13.35 13.35 13.20 13.25 Short ribs, ner 100 pounds Mav 12.S71 12.90 12.75 12. S5 July 12. SO 12. S5 12.70 12.771 I CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady. No. 2. rye, 7S(f?i79c: feed or mixing mix-ing barlev. 59(y)62c: fair to choice malting. malt-ing. 6570c; ilaxsced. No. 1 southwestern. $2'091; No. 1 northwestern. $2,191: tlm-othv'sced. tlm-othv'sced. $3.70: mess pork, per barrel. $24.75$7)25.00 ; lard, per 100 pounds. $13.40; short ribs, sides tloose). $12.50fi?13.00; short clear sides (boxed). $l3.2o ifr'rj.uO. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and Hour were equal to 102.000 bushels. Prlmar-receipts Prlmar-receipts were 1.356.000 bushels, compart with S5S.000 bushels the corresponding dav a year ago. Tho visible supply of wheat In tho L'nitcd States increased 268.000 bushels for the week. The amount of breadstuff on ocean passage increased 2S 1.000 bushels. Estimated receipts for tomorrow. Wheat. 76 cars: corn. 466 cars, oats, 231 cars; hogs. 19.000 head. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. March 7. Cattle Tteccipls estimated at 33,000; market steady: 10c higher. Beeves. $5.005)S.OO: Texas steers. $4.75 .P5. 90; western steers. $4.650,5.50: stookcra and feeders, 51.65()6.50; cows and hclfors. $2.60f)G.oO; calves. $7.50fl'9.75. I logs Receipts estimated at 2S.000; market 10-- higher Light, $9.fi5(TO10.05; mixed, $9.75ft10.15: heavy, 59.75(fi110.1u; rough S9 75(0)9.90: good 10 cholco heavy. $9 90,l6.17!: piss. $S.90(y)9.15; bulk of sales. $9.751010. Sheep Receipts estimated at 16.000; market strong. Native. $5.00S.15: western west-ern $5.50ff'S.15; yearlings. $7.S5fj1S.S0, lambsnative. ?8.009.40; western, ?G.00$ 9.40. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. March 7. Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 7000; steady to 10c higher; native steers. ?6 .OO0'S.OO; cows and heifers. $:.25!ffM.OO; stackers and feeders. $1.00.I 6.25; bulls. 54.25(515.75: calves. $4.50.) 9.00; western steers, $5.5057.50; western cows. $3.50()6.00. Hops Receipts, 7000; market, 10c higher: high-er: bulk of sales. $9.G05?9.90; heavy. $9. So (f?9.95. packers and butchers. J9.709.95; llcbt, $9.40tfr9.75; pigs, $S.50(fr9.00. "Shocp Receipts. 8000; market strong; muttons. $6.50i5)7,70; lambs. $8.50()9.25: fed western wethers and yearling?, $6.o (fj)S.75; fed western ewes, f6.507.2a. Omaha. OMAHA. March 7. Receipts. 2000: market mar-ket strong to 10c higher. Native steers, $4.757.50: cows and heifers, $4.00-016.00; canners, $2.75I7'3.75; blockers and feeders. 53.256.40: calves, $4.005pS.25; bulls and stags, $3.75(j?)5.75. IIopsRccclpts. 5000; market 10c higher high-er Havy, $9.S0'i?9.95; mixed. S9.7Sfi ?9.'S5; fight. $9.60(c?9.75; pigs. $S. 259.35; bulk of sales. 59.75f'9.S5. t sheep Receipts. 7000; market stcwly. Yearling S7. 60-5718.60; wethers, 57. 10fn 7.75; ewe's, 57.00ff 7.50; lambs, $9 00 9.'35." St. Joseph. Special to The Tribune. SOl.-TII ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 7 Cattle Receipts. 2500. steady to strong; natives. $0.25(7.75; Texas and westerns, 55.25(5;6.75; cows and hefcrs. $3.00)6...0: bulls and stags. 53.75o.o0; vca . S4.00 9.50: yearlings and calves. 5.,..)0..Jo. stockcrs and feeders. $3.u0ccr6.1o. Sheep Receipts, 3000: strong and 10c higher; lambs. $S.75fl()9.25: yearlings. $7 3f.f)S.60; wethers, $0.S5(ff'7.i5; ewes. $6.505)7.i5. New York Money. NEW YORK. March 7. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 41fi)o per cent. Steillntr evehange steady, with actual busnessV bankers' bills at mUOffi 4.S4.15 for sixty-day bills and at ?l.Si.lo rCo1nmerci'al bills. 5 i.SUGM.S 13. T?nr silver. 50Zo. Mexican dollars. 44c. Government bonds weak. Railroad bic!.U,o.ail easy at 21(5,3 per cent; ruling rate. 2S per cent: closing bid, 2. ner cent: offered. 3 per cent. P Time ioans strong; for sixty days. .! per f-ent; ninety days, 32 per cent; six months, 4 per cent. New York rroduco. NEW YORK. March 7. Iliitlor Lower Low-er crcamerv specials, 33c: extras. 32c; third to drst. 2 7 Rio; held seconds to mecial. 26?iS2e; western factory. 22r a::Xc; western imitation creamery. iVw 26c. ' Cheese Firm. ,in Kpgs Firm; western fu-sts, 22itJ.c, seconds, 22c New York Sugar. NEW yORIC. Marcli 7. Sugar Raw lirm: Muscovado, .S9 test. 3.92c; centrifugal centri-fugal .96 lest. 4.42c; molasses sugar. .S9 test 3.67. Ttctlncd is steady; cruslicd, 5 95c: granulated, 5.25c; powdered, 5.35c Coffee Santos. 9.1c Hogs Still Climbing. CHICAGO, March 7. LIvp hog prlcca advanced todny nl the Block yards, several sev-eral carloads selling at $10.20 a hundredweight, hundred-weight, - now top-prico record since the civil war. CINCINNATI. O.. March 7. The civil war mark of $10.20 for live hogs was surpassed sur-passed here today when best loth- sold for $10.25 |