Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-01

&c, and closed stosdy Aatc. undcr saturday,
No 2 red cIosca-Msy (sD4), SIC; August,
Corn dun s sss' ..sss No os , SSsss. s s
t7lsc.; snoat, 47s47l2s.; optioss aun and
n sys. lover; August, sestsii Sc, ssp.s,assr.
SOC. I; september. 3oc. October. 3o,tc.; spoe No.
9, 36s3oiac; no. 2. White, 3sc.; mixed western,
30tss37c: white. do, 3ss4&,<c. Woo quiet
ana steady; Domestic fleece 27asxe;: pulled,
st2: extra mess. s;.50ass. Beef hams daIi
at els. Tiercod beef steady and qatet: cs;y
extra India mess. si5aif. Cns-fpsats dun snd
easy; picked bellies, ilte.: shoulders, 20;
snort-clesr. 7s4c. Lard nrmer but dull vest.
ern stesm closed ss.T5; city, $3.50: reaned
dull; Continent, eIo.is; South American.
sisas15.75. Cot,on-ssed oil irmsr and more
astive; crude, 3ea3sc yc.lov, $3c. bid Pc
troleum quite, and steady; washington, barrels,
e4s5; do. In bulk, 1885. kosin dull aud
pentine duh, weak, and quiet at s6,<e27c. k.ce
nrm and In fair demand: domestic, isif 70 OK
ira. 2Na5Hc.; Jap,n, tsssietc. ho'assss-
Foreign nominal; New Orleans, open keSie,
steady; fancy hand-picked. &c. Codee-Ops'ons
opened dull and closed steady, points down 70
8 points up; August. e1o.55; October. 1913;
December, slS.3oseio.5e March, soV3s
i6leai8Nc sugar-Ra~ duh bus nrm fsir re-
nninr. 3lac.: cen,riiasais, 96-test, SHE; re-
ined STEADY and quiet; No v f><st 10. loe. on
a, 4 l3-l6a5hc.; standard a, W ioso,sc
graduated, S 3-16aSitc. Freights to Liverpool
hrmer aud quiet; cotton. I'd: grain. 3s&i. bid.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO July 3I.-rhere was another bad
slump In wheat on Change today. aud another
low price record Was scored, cash wheat az one
time being worth outy SJSs cents pet onslet
while Septem Der sold As low as b7Sac. Ihe
NO mall .lr. 81 I.lw ~hAs at "a q
56l4c, aud september left Of At $500 OF S,sc
under its closing value on saturday 1ne
traders Ia the wheatptt appeared perectv
daEed when the market opened. ana holocfs
were found snxtous 10 dispose Of their properly
Of almost any price one chose TO euer for IL.
September was practically unstable auul u
WAS urged upon buyers ~ IS ceots There were
few lots disposed OF In the opening sssits ~ rom
5gI,c, down to 59c.. bat before buyers came
forward In any number the price Was 6se, and
oven 57Ae. was ali that could be obtained Tor
an Instant Cash wheat was nomipaNy worth
only 03h,o at the time that September touched
57Ac. Lyon & Hclbert we're unable q meet
their margins. and gave notice 10 the secretary
OF the board 70 close GU, their deals. Reported
engagements Of gold abroad for shtpmsnsso
this country. and liberal purchases OF wheat pf
export Infused q little stiffeping into the trade
toward tho close, and lett September wheat a.
1880 The high price q New fsrk Esehange
continues to DO the chief factor In governing the
eastward mcvemen of grain. Ia sympstpy
with the Decentralization In wheat drop IN no
price OF corn was inevitable. The declias, how
ever, was lees than To- per bushel when az its
lowest point. septenber which closed On Sat.
urday at 3Sasc., opened At SSAo.. And tambled
ct once to 37Ac. IL worked beck sfr1 North be-
tween 3fac. and Sslic. during the greater part
OF the session. II made q Dip 20 $3.50. aeeut
midday, put held around 3sc fer the most part Of
the latter half OF the session. only moderate
business was transacted IN oats. The nereet
opened steady aud grew shgntiy nsmsr SHORTLY
after, bat eased Of somewhat In sympathy with
the other markets. Provisions opened quito
weak on account Of the sudden drop IN wheat az
the opening, bat the clique psgsed gaptcmber
lard &c 1910, aud the pscssrs came TO the res
cue Of tho ribs market aftcg y bai had cen
siderable drop. September lard actsally closed
&C. higher than on saturday, and September
ribs from 7ltc. " Zoe higher. October lard
was wssk and lett "a zoe lBwer than " late.
Cash Quotations: flour dali, weak. ana js-
moralEed. Dut no ostanlishet cut In nrtces-
No. z spring wheat 56,Sc NO. corn, 30ysc
No Z cate. 2l3se. Aess-U0rk, tla.2Oasio.22l+.
Lard, o.. 35ssa.311s Short-rb sides loo-ol,
81 .2ILSas 42iS. DrY-salted shoulders boxed,
o.. 1DaeS. Short-coar sides (Doxed), soJ'3aa
$500. Whiskey, el.lS.