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Show ADVERSE REPORTS JUMP m PIES Soaring Quotations Follow Additional Advices of Bad Crop Conditions. CHIC A CiO. Murh 27. rinif prices and broad activity tvsulid in the whf.'U market tod:, v hum -ott ! nued ad vorse domnMr ic crop reports and from prohibition prohibi-tion of hi on dsn iff exports by Ariilln-i. 'InsiriK iKl: I ioiij w:i e nervous, ' V: ,J a:4: net lii'lit;!-, Willi Mav at il.'Jl la $ 1 . 0 4 V and July at l.t74 IO 1.U7V Corn gamed li to :. oats flui.siicvd unchanged to vV: higher, and provisions at yrti onlay's final h-vei to l'.tc lower. Unfavorable advir.-T rr ; rding t tie condition con-dition of winter wheal bore particularly on the situation in Kun.ns and Nebraska, where seviie dmae was reported, although al-though con- I'.jmvc judgment on the amount of injury Keen.i'd to be as jet premature. N evert hi less, the gMnenil condition of the nop as a whole, not only in the two tales named, but throughout the heaviest producing stations of the entire en-tire winter belt, wan asserted In some ciuarters to bo the poorest in many years at Hits season. Dangerous lack nr inois-1 lure formed the chief basis of complaint. 8 now fa lis which bail gi ven t ho bears a temporary advantage yesterday were paid today to have been to a notable decree Insufficient to afford much relief. A decided Increase of demand for the "May delivery of wheat here was an evident evi-dent consequence of the announcement of an embargo by Argentina on wheat and flour. Houses with eastern connections connec-tions were heavy buyers of May, which rose to ,2 cent under the topmost record touched last November. .1 uly and September Sep-tember options meanwhile ascended to new high r rices for the season. Set-hacks Set-hacks were at no time of a radical sort and In t he main appeared to be due to profit-taking. Corn, like wheat, advanced to new "high values for the present crop. The fact was pointed out that available supplies sup-plies were less than half as large as the total of a year a,ro. Cats shared oidy to a moderate extent In the strength of other cereals. Spring beedlng was Bald to be making good progress prog-ress in the south. Demand for provisions Jacked volume. Declines, however, were checked .by the bulge In the value of grain. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat May . ..$1.91 JI.PS14 $1.01 SI .14 July . .. 1.63 1.6814 1.634 1 .674 Corn May . .. l.lfig l.l73i 1.16H 1.17 July . .. l.io M.16U 1.15 1.158 Oats May . . . .fiOi .61 Vn .flna: .61 July . .. .67 .&S3 .57'a .6SVi Pork May . ..34.35 34.55 34.35 34.45 July 3.1.57 33.50 33. CO Lard Mav . ..19.S2 19. S7 19.77 19. SO July . . .1D.S2 19.90 19. S2 19.87 Ribs-May Ribs-May . ..IS. 02 1R.10 1.02 18 05 July . ..IS. 17 IS .22 IS. 17 IS. 22 p CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Wheat No. 2 red, $2.00 Vs ; No. 3 red, $2.00; No. 2 hard, nominal; No. 3 hard. J1.P9. Corn No. 2 vellow, $1.191 20- No 3 yellow, Sl.lSi! l.lS'ji; No. 2 yellow, $117 t?1.19. Oats No. 3 white. 6365c; standard, 64 '.? ti; 'j, c. Rye No. 2, $1.6S. Farley, $1.05f '1.35. Timothy, $3. 757 5.75. Clover, $i:;.00(y'lS.OO. 1 Pork, $34.45. 1 Lard, $l9.S2ffl9.92. Ribs, $17.70!?? tX.15. |