Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-11

firm ana qniesi domesic.assce.. s!a32c.;
S12.s13.50: extra mees. saas9..o. .B8ei hams
que. and easy ss SCI; Iisr1Ss 'ssi aa!s,:
dun aud easy; picked bollies. ss1f5: sh0ul-
doris, 954c|: hams, i334a14c. Mtddie- 6ull and
lower; short-clenr. 10a101kc. Lard quiet, much
sI2.5j; city, slI.75 bid, sl2 asked: March.
fi2.65; May closed sI2.65; refined quio: and
easy; Continent, 1890; bouth America,
1888; compound, si0. Pork moro active
but lower; old mess, sta. 25a3la.5O; now ness.
1 9.5Oasi9.75: extra prime nominal. Cotton
seed oil quiet, dull and easter; crude, 50a52c. (:
yellow, 60c. asked. Resin quiet and ARM.
straiaed, common 20 good. si.tJasi.47L.
TuryentIne firm 40 35iza30c. Rice firm anc
fairly active: domestic. fair % extra, 3&a6c.
japan. 4Ha5c. Molasses-ko reign nominal:
New Orleans, open kcttic, good TO choice. nrm
and in fair demand at 3Oa3sc. Peanuts krmer
and In light supply; fancy hand-picscd. &C.:
farmers, 3ha4isc. Cofee-OptiOns opened
steady and unchanged and closed duh and .
points down to 10 points ny; spot Rio duh but
easy; fair refining, 2 i5-16s3c.; centriusals.
96-degree tssi, 3a35Ec; salos mono; enned quiet
and steady; oil c, 4lln+ Bloc; standard A,
4 e-l6a4Ac. ~cut-loaf, 3 3-lda6hc.: powdered,
4Maa i-l0e.; graduated, . 0-16a4zsc. Frelehts
70 LiveTpoo! dull and weak; cotton, SGD:
grain, lkd.
CHICAGO, March 10.-The wheat market to-
day furnished = surprise. Tho Nay option sud
denly became excited aud shot ~skywnrd, while
July was a. weak % May was ssrOng. During
the timo that tho latter made a 2kc. gain tho
former dropped i%c, tho extreme spread
having been &c. against n difference OF We. at
tho close last night. Al the indications had
pointed 20 q weak and uneventful day. when,
without warning, the demand for May expanded
and the bids we're gradually advanced Local
shorts began 10 think that possibly the clique
hal opened the ball campaign In earnest. and
took fright ut once. When they began TO cover
I was found that there was hardly any for sale,
and this only added TO tho alarm, which
ended in a partial panic, Outing ,0bich the
price was bid up 2hc. IN less than nd en hour.
After the scare uad passed away tacts~ere dts
covered which caused the belize among many
that the buying had been on unlimited orders
from shorts IN the Northwest. VITO had with
much unanlmity resolved on covering their May
shortages. sawyer 4 Co., ~ Duluth, the big
elevatOr-Owners were said ~ be the foremost
buyers, but other promtnert northwestern ope-
ratOrs we're not far behind. After the most
urgent shorts had supplied their wants the mar
ket got dun again and lost lhc. OF the advance.
The feature Of the day WAS that while May was
on the rampage July was on the slump. Those
who were covering May seemed 20 be selling July
and doing Il recklessly. IL wasremarked as very
singular that while calls on May were good
puts on July were equally good. Corn and oats
did not share the pyrO'echnics displayed In tho
whcat-pit. remaining within narrow limits and
averaging = shade higher. There was a shake
out in provisions. Although tho receipts Of hogs
were nSDtef tnhl eApcNlcd- i'VOo-dnu pficts
NJ tho yards were higher. the hog market WAS
lower from the start. The feature was q RAID
ing ~ pork by Wright. ia which Baldwin and
others Joined. With no one giving support tho
May price dropped from stS.17I9 last night 10
Sl1.571s In the first hour. later pork got a
Quick up-tum 10 SIS, and closed at sl1.S2n. or
about 3jc. under last night. Lard closed 10a
| lJc. better thaA tho lowest prices.
Cash quotations: Flour iull, nominal, ami un-
| changed. No. ? spring wheat, 72ka73c. No. =
corn. 41hc. No. = oats, Sic. Mess-pork. s17.60a
| 3IT.G2I5. Lard. sl2.4jasl2.50. Short-rib sides
| Qoosel. slO.15asl0. I7lS. Dry-saited shoulders
| tDoxed,, sp.75asa. sOLs. Short-clear sides
| boxed. $40. ~60asi0.65. Whisksy, si.l7.
The Leading futures ranged as follows: