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Show Chicago Grain Chicago, Sept. 4 Large cash acceptances accept-ances overnight and the desire of longs to unload before the double holiday hol-iday Sunday and Labor Day caused a general rush of selling that sent wheat off from 1-2 to 1 1-2 at the start today, with September at 94 1-2 to 95c; December 91 1-2 to 7-S and May 95 3-4 to 96. The greatest selling sell-ing pressure was in September. The market was poorly supported all around. An easy Liverpool market, unchanged to 2 pence lower, also operated op-erated to ease prlceu here, us did the favorable weather situation in the domestic wheat belt. Favorable weather sent corn down uuder heavy selling, opening prices bein unchanged to l-2c lower, with September at 71 1-2 to 71 5-Sc, and December at 57 3-4 to 5Sc. Liquidation Liquida-tion by commission houses continued and prices cased off a little further. Local traders pressed the bear sentiment. senti-ment. Oats followed other grain downward down-ward but of'fc igs were readily absorbed ab-sorbed on resting orders. Buying of October ribs by large dealers served in the main to advance ad-vance provisions. September and October pork were particularly active and at the opening were 10c higher, partly on the firmer tone of hogs. Ribs were firm and steady to 5c higher, high-er, and lard was up 2 l-2c to 5c under good demand. December pork, which opened 5c lower on light demand, de-mand, was the only Item on tho provision pro-vision list to show a decline at tho start. Thorc will be no session of the board, Monday, Labor Day. The wheat market closed steady, but 1 fi-Sft3-4 to 2c lower, with September Sep-tember at 94, December at 90 5-S 90 3-4. and May at 94 5-8. The corn closo was weak and 3-4c to ll-8c lower, with September at 70 7-871 and December at 57 1-2. Chicago, Sept. 4. Wheat No. 2 red. 51.03 1-41.04; No. 2 hard, $1.03 1-2. Corn No. 2 yellow, 78 1-2; others nominal. Oats No. 3 white. 34 34 l-4c; standard, 38 l-239c. Rye No. 2, 9596c. Barley 4860c. Timothy ?5.50S.50. Clover ?S.3513.25. Pork 12.70. Lard ?8.178.20. Ribs ?7.S0S.50. Omaha Livestock. Omaha, Neb., Sept 4. Hogs Receipts, Re-ceipts, 4800; market, higher. Heavy, ?G.406.S5; light, $6.907.65i pigs, $6.007.60; bulk of sales, 6.506.85. Cattle Receipts, 300; market, steady. Native steers, $6.758)9 75; cows and heifers, $5.757.25; western steers, ?6.50S.50; Texas steers, $6.00 7.50; cows and heifers, ?5.507.00; calves, $7.0010.00, Sheep Receipts, 2,300; market, steady. Yearlings, $5.756.75; weth ers, $5.C56.25; lambs, $8 408.65. oo EXCURSIONS NORTH September 11 and 25, via Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific System. Very LOW ROUND TRIP RATES to northern Utah and to Idaho points. For rates and further particulars call at City Ticket Office, Orpheum Block, or phone 2500. Advertisement. nn WOLFRAM DEPOSITS. Wolfram, an important source of tungsten, Is said to be quite widely distributed through Siam, where Its production on a commercial scale is a recent development. According to a recent consular report, it was long known to tho Chinese tin miners in Slam as "dead ore," and supposed to be of no value, until some of the ore was taken to Singapore for analysis I fJl and found to be wolfram. ' U Hi Great heaps of this supposedly I Iff worthless material had been left by ' I M tho tlu miners in the mountains of ' fi Nakawn Sltamarat (Nakon Sri Ta- ! I Iff marat), in the Malay peninsula , g Jil oo " ' H Mil |