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Show STRAIN IS OVER, BUT WHEATjSSTILL OFF Signs of Revival in the Chicago Chi-cago Pit After Prices Go to . the Bottom. CHICAGO, May 17. Strain In the wheat trade, although unmistakably evident evi-dent today, diminished when the fact became be-came clear that no persons or firm would be obliged to suspend, Slgn3 of a revival re-vival of flour business and of demand for cash wheat cut a figure In partly restoring confidence, but not until the market had fallen more than 2 cents below be-low last night's level. The close was Irregular, ranging from Etf'Jc net decline to a half advance. Corn finished l(tic off to lie up: oats unchanged to ic down, and provisions varying from 10c loss to 17c gain. A majority of dealers this evening were Inclined to believe that liquidating sales of unusual magnitude were at an end for the present unless something radically different should develop as to the crop outlook. Advices today especially from the west and mainly from elsewhere continued con-tinued to be of the bearish Bort. Experts Ex-perts In Ohio, nevertheless, sent word of more forbidding conditions than the original showing which was made when tests were first possible to tho effect of the winter killing. Tlie worst decline In wheat today seemed to result from the throwing overboard over-board of weak holdings In the cases where calls for margins had met no response. But big decreases in stocks at Minneapolis and Duluth counted In favor of a rally, and so did the noteworthy note-worthy stability of prices across the Atlantic. At-lantic. July fluctuated from $1.0SJ to 51.09 and wound up at $1.0Si1.08, Just Z3i$c under last night. Other options all showed even more power to recuperate RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Opening. Highest. Lowest. Clojlnc. May 1.11?; 1.13 1.10i l.lZ'i July 1.0S 1.09 1.0SH l.OS'i Sept 1.03 1.04 1.02i 1.03 Dec 1.03& 1.04H 1.03 1.03T4 Corn-Mar Corn-Mar ..' 78 7IK 77 71 July 75 75 73 74 SepL 73U 73 73 73 Dec 62 03 63 63 Oats-May Oats-May R3U M 53tt 53 J11I7 43i 60S 45 49 Kept 42 42 41H 42 Deo 43 43 43 4S CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follow: Flour, weak: rye. No. 2. 92c: barloy, feed or mixing. S0s$ J1.03: fair to choice malting. Sl.1601.27: timothy tim-othy seed. S.d03'12.00: clorer wed, J14.00ft2O.0O; raert pork. J1S.E0'18.C3; lard, in. tierces, $10.72; short ribs, loose, JM.S6. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances ot wheat and flour were equal to 822,000 bushels. Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstroet'r. were equal to 420,000 bushels. Primary receipts wore CS1.000 bushel, compared with 443,000 bushels tho corresponding day a year ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow tomor-row Wheat, 69 cars; corn, 153 cars; oils, 184 cars; bog, 10.000 bend, July corn varied from 73.c to 75c, but closed relatively Ann la sympathy with wheat at 74Wc. a loss of Uo net. Cash grades were In poor demend. No. 3 yellow waa quoted at 78c. Outside limits touched by July oats was 48o and CO'Me, with last sales He oft at 49o. Coramlrslon houses hollered to repreient the large racfcers wlthntood a flood of offerings In the provlMon pit. Transaction In lard particularly particu-larly reached a remarkable total. At the end of the session prlccc averagr.d tho same as last nlpht. except that pork for distant dellTery had assged 10c to 17c. Boston Wool Market. BOSTON. May 17. The Commercial Bulletin will say cf the wool market tomorrow: Trading this week tn the Boston wool roarfcst has beon Indifferent, oxcept for the demand near tho close for the low crossbreda by one of the larger buyers. Scattering of old territory wools of almost all craden, as well as a fair demand for new territories, has beou In evidence. Only a little lit-tle trading has been done In fleeces at unchanged rates. New Utah. Nerada, Arizona and Wyoming wools are bringing on the olean basis about 53$ 55c best wools, although prices being paid In the west it the moment will mean higher prices for the later bought wools. Class three wools for olothlng purposes aro held firm on moderate re- I quest The shipments of wool from Boston from January Janu-ary I to May 16. Inclusive, wnre 104.463.BU pounds, against 78,900,734 pounds for the same period last year. The receipts from January 1 to May IS, Inclusive, were 105, 23, ISO pounds, against 87,401,034 pounds for tho same period last year. Now York Produce. NEW YORK. May 17. Flour, quiet and lower to effect rales. Rocelpta, 14,375 barrels; shipments, 14,032 barrels. "Wheat Spot. Irregular: No. 2 red, J1.21, domestic do-mestic basis to arrive, and export 31.21 f.o.b. afloat to arrive; No. 1 northern Duluth, 31.25 f.o.b afloat. Futuren cloced lc not lower. May closed 31 10; July closed 31. IS S-16: September closed 31. OSS. Hides, (Inn; Central America, ZCz. Hops and potroleum, nteady. Haw sugar, steady; muscovado, S3 test, 3.42c; centrifugal, .05 test, 3.02c; mola:ioi, .89 test. 3.17c. Ilcfinnd, steady. Condition of Treasury. WASHINGTON, May 17 At tho beginning of buslnosa, today tho condition of the United States treasury wnn; Working halanco In treasury otflces...$ E8.317.01S In banks and Philippine treasury 35,001,700 Total balance In general fund was 123.232.6PO Ordinary receipts yesterday were 5,384.772 Ordinary disbursements .'. 1,307,890 Deficit to da to this flccal year Is 312.853,745, as against .1 surplus of 196,707 at this time last year. These figures exclude Panamn canal and public debt transactloni). Evaporated Fruits. NEW YORK, May 17. Evaporated apples, inactive; in-active; on the npot, fancy, 10'310c: choice. S 9c; prime, 7HQSc Prunes, qulot. QuoUltond. 4S9c for California!; Califor-nia!; up (o 20.40a, and 709c for Oregon. Apricots, quint. Choice, 1213c; extra choice, 12fll3o: funcy, 1314c Peaches. Inactive. Choloo. 3JfJc; extra choice, 33'10o; fanoy. lOSUc Raisins. Inactive Looso muscatels, I3fi4c; cholco to fancy seeded. Ci3'6o; seedless, 6ifl 6o; London layers, JU403'L45. Coffee Futures Steady. NEW TOrtK. May 17. Coffee futures closed steady, act unchanged to 4 points lower. May, I3.44c: June, 13.46c; July. 13.4Sc: August, 13.69c; Septomhcr, 13.69c; October, 13.07c; November, 13.67c: December. 13.68c: January, 13,65c; February, Febru-ary, i3.64c: March, 13.63c; April, 13.Mc Spot, quiet; Rio No. 7, 14c; Santos No. 4, 15 c. Mild 'coffee, quiet; Cordova. lCS118c, nominal. Flax, Oats and Rye. MINNEAPOLIS, May 17. Flai, 32.37ff3.2S. narley, 77cU.t7. Corn. No. 3 yellow, 77(378e, Oats, No. 3 while, CIo. 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