Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-08

August 4Sszc. September, 4SAc.; October,
4Ss4c. Oats quiet ana nr1n; options uuli anu
lower; August, 3lAc.; september. 3OBc octo-
ober, 3l1c.; spot prices: No. 2, 35aCJAc Nc.
2, white, 37y4a3Sc.; mixed western, 35aJd3c;
white, do, 37n43tsc. Wool quiet and Irregular;
domestic, 2Oa2Sc.: pulled, %OaHhc Iexas,
12al7c. Beef dull and unchanged Beer hams
quiet Tierced beef dun bat steady; city ex-
ira India mess. sl5al7. Cut-mests quiet and
steady: ptckled bellies, loc.; shoulders,
csc; hams, ilal1Hc.; middles nominal
Lard easier but quot; western steam closet AZ
eS MD; city, $3.50: optious-salss, noue; re-
fined duiet and steady; Con tinent, 50; South
American, 1925. Pork steady bat duu; new
mess, 15c. Cotton-eeed oil duh but steady
crude, 35a37c yollow, Abe. Petroleum STEADY
and uuist Washington n. barrels. S4.So 40. IN
bulk, 81. IS refined, New York, S0.l5 Phils-
delphia and Baltimore, $3.50: do IA bulk.
sG.14af6.20, kosin dun and weak strained,
common to good. v0c AL. Turpentine weak
and dun at y5XsHOc. Rice MIN but quiet
domestic, fair TO extra, 27sa5lsc.; Japan, Ala
416c. Molasses-Foreign nominal; Now Or-
leans, open kettle, goo1 70 cnoice, 3Oa3oc: mar
ket steady aud quiet. Peanuts easy aud quiet ;
fancy hand-picted 4a4Ia.. Coffee Options
ouened quiet and closed dull, o.. 10 70 Be-
Gown; September, 5000 November SO. IOs
SIS. Is December, S15.l0; spot MO duh ana
nominal: No. 7, 10al6'ac Sugar-has urn
and quiet: fair refining, 5tc.; ceutrllusais,
eg-test. BIC; refined Ia moderate demand
and steady; No. o, +;Sa4 1j-ldc; on A.
4 3-l6a5Lc.; standard A, 8 3-i0a6ssc;; cut
loaf, 5ssa5 1896: graduated, 3-l6a5lSc'
Freights to Liverpool inactive but steady; cot
ton, sd. grain, 334d.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. August 7.-BIpectation that tho
President would, in bis message 10 Congress.
recommend some mode for the immediate relief
of the money market was strengtnenlhR
factor for time today, lut aIter mann
tanning an improvement OF from = 70 nc:
per bushel during the greater part OF
the session wheat closed at decline
of I6c Corn was hrm and rested with slight
gain Provisions ruled dgll ana over. wheat
developed good deal OF strength during inc
early part OF the session. Stocks In Wan street
oneped higher. gold continued to arrive from
the other side, and the assembling OF Congress
WAS thought 20 BRING the day OF nhsn,
cial relief near. Dor Drlei htetYai
there was moro investment Duying tnah
usual of late shorts were disposed 10
cover. while there was little wheat Tor sale. But
soon stocks began 20 breaz ana wheat weakeneu,
when the early buyers tried 10 sell cut. inc
yiaible supply statement was DISAPPOINTING
ehowino maj an Increase In stocx had occurred,
Notwithstanding the liberal export clearances
of the past week. Trade was exceedingly
dun, taken altogether. Operators seemed 70
be gradually reaching the coDciusion that IL was
moTe prudent TO wait and sec what Congress
Is likely 20 do, rather thnn 90 operate on "hat
they think II ought TO do. Tho market opehou
with prices IsaAc. higher than Saturdays
closing and laLor advanced Aa14c. more. Then II
TENDER, and 1870 tor October. tue market closing
steady at about boston, nguTes- Corn WaSeA-
tremely dull. The contending ionuences we're the
impossibillty Of negotiating New YORK exchange
constituting bar % filing shipping orders,
and the supposed ill-eifoct OF the drought upon
the crop. Opening trades were At 19a1sc. advance,
and Rtter selling ot Ac the market advanced
I6c., reacted Isassc., later on changed some
what, ruled firm, aud closed with slight gains.
Oats started out With an advance OF Hc., but
later weakness developed on reports from
New York that exporters were can
ceiling orders aud reseiing. This induced Tree
ceiling here and prices declined Hc. from the
too, the marKet closing Arm With q net loss ior
the day Of ikalsc. Hogs cannot Do moved East
because OF The DISCRIMINATION OF banking ar
rangements. As result provisions were WEAK
and inactive from tho start, closing zoe. lower
for pork and ribs and Toe lower for lard.
Cash quotations: flour nncnauged ana quiet :
Nc. 2 spring wheat 69S4c.: No spring wheat,
5Sl<c., Z o. b.; No. 2 red wheat, bi4ic. NO. :
corn, 38s.c. No. z oats, 24Iso.; No. white,
/. o. b, -; No. 3, 27Iac No. 3 white, 2oIsc,
T. o. b. No. 2 rye, 43c. No. barrier nominal
Primo timothy seed, $500. Mess-pork, sl2.l0.
lard, on AZ. Short-rib sides pocsel, s7as7Oo
Dry-salted shoulders boxed. s7as7.2O. snort
clear sides tboxed), s7.62ts Whiskey, sl.l2.
The leading futures ranged rs fohows;
WHEAT Opening. R,gh>st. Lo'esst. Closing