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Show IISCIIl DISASTER ClESFiEllGOF!l Chicago Speculators Ee-lieve Ee-lieve Sinking Will Tend to Prolong War. PHirir.n Feb '. Advances in the vahll'fainesulted direcTly today from the sinKing 01 the n.. at closed firm. 4c higher with ! SI. 254. Oats gained 14c to J'c l advance. Provision showed a rise ot jc ,0Man'r trad-irs appeared to regavd the Moss of life on the Tusoama. s-dwla0rr which would tend lo Prolong t he ar-This ar-This view attracted notice from the out set in the corn market and. la rSfJ- s result, there was increasing stieatn in prices throughout the nay. , P News that another Ounarder 160 , been torpedoed came just before tne c.os of the session, but was not ?e"fra known in time to be a marnet infiue nee The fact that, despite better t"-"'l receiots of corn remained small acted as a handicap on the oeais. um V. ,v.at no less offset bv announcements that no unseasonably low temperatures were e.-- pected this week. , Scantiness of supplies did a good dea. to hoist the oats market. &ome f -Mention was also given to tne fact that bailey bai-ley was at the highest level since the civil war. , . Likelihood of enlarged shipments to the east put strength into provision. fc.1, supplies of hog.-, had only a transient bearish effect. RANGE OF THE LKADLXG FUTURES. Open nigh Low Corn , May ...J1.25U 51-254 St.2'.i4 1.2-j Oats e.7 March . .52H .iZU - -;.k Mav ... .794 ..S, ' Pork May ...46.65 46.77 46.5a 46. .7 Lard . Mav ...25.47 25. 02 24.42 2a. 60 Ribs Jlay ...24.55 24.67 21. w -4-5i |