Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-13

dun bus steady: family, s1oss12; extra mess.
s7.50aes. Bsef-kams quiet and rrm 81 slsa
$3.50; Terced beef gsic "a ana steady; e,.s;
bclIies, 11hc.; shoulders, 69lc; hams, IV,Sa
11l<c. middlss nominal Lard weaker bus quiet;
western. $3.50 bid city, IS; septe nber, ss.eo;
October, ss.40, nominaliv: refined duh bat
steady 4 ContinentH PES. so; South American,
1915; compound, S7.T5. Pork quiet and nrm:
new mess, s1450as15. Cotton-ssed oil duli but
steady; crude. 25a37c. yellow. 43c. Petroleum
quiet aud stsady. Rosn dull and easy struinei,
0Ja97tsc. Turpeniine quiet ami steady az 25lss
26c. Rico quiet aud steady; domestic, 2tsa
5lsc.; Japan, 4lAa4ltc. Moasses
nominal; New Orleans, 30a3Sc.; market dun
but steady. Peanuts duh aud weak: fancy, "a
4lsc. Conee-opt'ons irregular and closed
steady, D down 70 20 up; August, s14.S5 Octo-
Der, sl4.ooas15; December, fl4.s0aslA9u;
May, e1420asl4.25; spot Rio dull and nomi-
nal NO. z, Ice. Sugar-Ras dull refining, fau,
3t4c.; contrifugais, e5-test, SIZE; refined hrm
and In fair demand OF A. 4 3l6a5 thc. esand-
ard A, 5 3-i6a59sc cut-loaf. 63sa5 1915. !:
granulaicd, 5 7-l6s5Ikc. Freights 70 Liverpool
dull aud weak; cotton. I'D: grain, SAd.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. August l2.--Yardridge's short line OF
wheat Is looming up as n factor In she markes.
He has hal perhaps 600 bushels called rom
him on each OF the past three days lie has
been a soller In the pit on bulges besides, ald
Is said TO be short 100000 bushels. IL Is
gossip that be Is lighting the advsnce tooth and
nail. After a period OF hesitation, due 70
cholera talk, there was another big bulge IN
wheat to-day, September closing at al ADVANCE
OF 1I$c. December gained 13sc Corn Is 4'sc
better, although the general rsine must have
greatly improved the crop prospects. Provisions
were very dull, and averaged easter In price.
but closed at about yesterdays figures. Wheat
started OF weak and lover, but soon
made sharp dash upward. There we're GOOD
many selling orders early, and as the shorts
had been pretty we'll gathered In yesterday
there was not much demand. Later In the day
confidence was restored by the fact that the ey-
change was castor. being quoted At from par 10
IS per $1,000 discount. aud buying was re-
sumed. but with very little for sale. The shorts
got badly frightened and began TO climb over
each other in their efforts TO eyea up, and tue
Investment demand increased la holiness end
volume. n. b. Ream was active In bidding the
market up. Cables, too, were stronger ana
higher. and the export clearances were again
liberal The receipts OF primary markets were
nearly 100000 bushels less than the pre-
ceding week, and iti calculated that the visible
supply will show fair decrease, whIle the corre-
spending week a year ago thare was an increase
| OF 3,l74,000 bushels. The opening was About 1ea
nc. lower than yesterdays closing The market
then fuctuated within small range ana ad-
vanced sc. for September and l1c. tor Decem-
Der, eased OF ssa1hc, and then rallied sharply
prices advancing 2l4c., and closing nrm within
| 10. OF the top. IL any one in the corn Faae
be put up lc. in one hour, in the face OF good
rains over nearly the entire corn belt, he would
have been put down as a lunatic. That Is what
occurred this morning. Cash was In urgent de-
mand, Shippers taking all the offerings,
which were light. IL was difficult 70
| obtain round shipping lots, and the
| price was bid up and averaged lie.
higher than yesterday. which In turn affected
| speculative values. The demand was due 70
| the better price OF exchange. Opening trades
| were at fractional loss aud sold on afterwards
SIC. more, rallying later on 1Isc., changing but
| little, and ut the close gaining hahc. Oats
started out slow and prices recedsd 94c. from the
| opening. Later trading Increased, and nswhea
| snd corn advanced oats sympathtzed ana prices
| advanced Is. aud the market closed urn, with
| q net gain Of &c. for the day. The provision
market was almost stagnant until few min
| utes before the close. when Armour q Co.s
| brokers we're put into the crowd 20 bid ribs up
| which they did without the necessity OF buying
| many. Freghts we're slow, With rates un
| changed.
| Cash quotations: flour nominal No, sprtnG
| wheat 63n6J}fc. No. bpring wheat, no ssles
| No. 2 red, 63a63tsc. No. corn, 4Oc. No.
| oats, 25c; No. white, I. o. b., 2sAc; No
| s, white, f. o. D., 2Sc No rye. foc. No. bar
| ley nominal; No. 8, T. o. b., 3Dc. NO 4. no sales
Ness-pork, per barrel $3.50. Lard, per LOT
| pounds, sS.10. Short-rib sides Qoose, s7.2ol
| $3.50. Dry-ssited shoulders (boxeil, sI.2o
| short-clear sides boxed, s167blsS. l21s VIII.
| key-Dslnlers nnshed, good per gallon, 81. II
| The leading futures ranged % follows: