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Show MAY CORN JUMPS UP ' - - CHICAGO, May 24. Corn for . delivery during the month of May-sold her today to-day .for 63 cent a bushel, an advance of TH from yesterday' closing quotations. Th sensational . upward Jump in "" th 1 price of that option was du to a stampede stam-pede among shorts, who wer filled wJth fresh alarm at th prospects of a continuance con-tinuance of an aggressive bull campaign In the May delivery. The market was comparatively-quiet at the opening, with May up to ft at 58 to 8814: Art advance of nearly 2 cent occurred . early in th session on moderate buying by shorts. Toward the noon . hour. . however, . tha price made a violent leap upward, ending end-ing at 66 cents. " . - |