Show COnnERCIAL Chicago Feb 17 There was a wild opening In wheat today JIu > which closed yesterday Bt 103 J4 ranged all the way from 103 to 108 at the start with one or two excited bids tv moment mo-ment after an high ns JOG 12 RiortH fairly tumbled over themselvts to Bet what offered To their surprise ivhiat came on the market In great quantities and three minutes after the opening Hay had declined to 101 12 Up It bounded again half a cent at a time 10 i 105 14 With that brief spell of lie tlvlty the market quieted down Had Ing became smaller and the May price > reacted to 104 12 The panicky condition condi-tion was apparent altogether due tn the growing four of Letter control of the market litany ot the heaviest oper Iors were sellers even Allen drier deleters broker selling some July Ar moor was also credited with selling July opened at 80 to 811Z declined Immediately Im-mediately to 8 advanced to 91 and reacted re-acted to ho 12 London Feb IT Operators Oil Ilia Lock exchange today were undecided A lighter money marjtet as well an the Maine disaster tended to check fresh business American railroads opened more cheerful but until Wall Mi eel I showed tire way the market hero U I In disposed to do much business Al though the t volume was small prices materially Improved upon partly level I Spanish securities were farmer on the belief that the destruction of the Maine won the result of a pule accident New York lob 17 London quota tions for Americans tlli morning did not fall to the full extent of yester day afternoon decline here and prices therP tit roaming were In some Canon or a point above 1000t prices here yes terday The International stocks 1 here opened somewhat above London parity making gain 10 some instances CHICAGO MARKETS LIVE STOCK Chlcniro February 17 HOCK E tillmalsIl recilpn today 40000 nT liendi 1 left over HNV bo dlr market rnther 1 low 5 < nli lovrir aJirht Jwnn < 1 mlseil t1M lvriil heavy 1 KKtMlO IUllghI1 < align CATTLE lt eelots ILryo lomild host thin k klmf other weak Henrr UhVTlfMO coves and helfew BJ09II4II Texa Heirs IJWlfJo > Hoc Li naud ficdern nCOSfl UX HIFFPl Keielpn 11000 heaili ttsilr Xho 11 ailvosheep llort4cai vvesteins H 14631 I laiubl tlkUiB MODUCF nofihiff ttheat tehiimr lost May 104 lull l HlHimUr niVi I 11 ceraber 70S COUV1 ebruary y 9341 May 3083I OATSFelruary 261 I 31y roU POIMClolruary llW May I HO JAIOHobruhy > 10 MsylS 17 KllHIcbriiarr 51H May liti JlAIIJIYalillu hyr49 TIHOUlVliin CASH TThiulSiv 5 red ion No 3 red IXKIKI N ohilnl 5 Mirte ft 0l biux 3 sprlliy urine loedwoter I INI 1 Niv 3 lur > wittler III Off I if prinp IW Wif E V t f bIN 21Clict rnolvuvr F Io rnry IT IV be Pa jllmlo I Or IniHtltoi k I JltI II |