Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-02

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offerings on Change lo.day. e packages,
and 4 taken In. Highest price, $iE7j:
lowest, $40. Averase, E.0a.
Private sales: Fillsrs.. 81: cutters. %;
iuss. q: smokers. ! Total. 10 hogs
Revenue collections Cigars ana clga-
rettes. si0si.oi tobacco. T.ssi%. Total
s,s15.E.
and better IN quality than for some time
past Some very good West Virginia and
Person county IN. c. wrappers were on
sale. and brought prices up In the for,ies
In some instances. Prices were fairly
good on all grades. except common filters.
" hich show some little weakening.
Private trading WIS somewhat more
sctive to-day and all grades were In
Mr. r. %. Christian. Of New York. was
here to-day.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. August Flour weak,
dun and freely offered: winter wheat.
low grades. 81 S5m20o; fair 10 fancy. 81. ioa
go: Minnesota clear. 0ZsHz.oo patents,
g. loul0o; low extras. sl.SnZ.5o; southern
-four weak and dun: common TO fair *
ira, &lVq3.O; good 10 cDoicc uV'' >'-V''
Wheat-Qu,e,: choice Arm; No ? rod.
store and elevator. 55Ac., af'oat, O1hftsoc.
Options fairly active: closing firm 1T
i2N&C. NO. f'us fNheN'Ns ""AN'f
September. 5S'sc.
Corn-Dull but firm and scarce; No, =
5ic. in elevator; Soc aioat. Options larry
active and llza2Ssc. higher, with sepsSm-
firm: August. Sac; September, 527sc. oc-
tober. 52izc. November. 5l7sc.
Oats-Fairly active and hrmer. OPP
tions dull but hrmer, August, 3rtc. sep
TENDER. 33a.c; spot. No. :. 4oc.' No.
white. nc. mixed western. &c: white
do Haste
Hay-Dur but steady; shipping. S0a55c:
| good to choice. SEA 90c.
Wool-Flrm and fairly active; domesuc
fleece. pc. pulled. l5Gi5ic.
Beef--Dull but steady. family. sl2."d
400: extra mess, SSO0nS50; beef haIns
duh at $500: tierced beef quiet ana
steady; city extra India mess, NI.VVn
1900
Cut-meats-Dull but steady: picked bel
lies. 72sc: shoulders. SIC; hams. ilAn
l2c.: middles nominal.
Lart-Steady but dun: western steam.
$50: city. 1915; September. closing, W.
refined dull: Continent. $50: compound
/ S. O06f6.2j.
Pork-Flrm and quiet. mess, slLoo0ii5o;
extra prime nominal.
Butter-Firm but less active: state
dairy, l5Q2lc.. creamery. l1u23c.. western
dairy, l2i9pl6c.; creamery. lipg5c.; Elgins,
Cottonseed oli-Unsetted: crude. 2oc.'
yellow. S2G35c.
Petroleum-Steady hut duh
Rosin--Quiet and steady; strained. COM
mon to good. sL22iznL27i2.
Turpentine-Strong but quiet at 2yf
! 2i2c. -
SIC; Japan. fssniAc.
Molasses-Forelgn nominal; New Or
leans. open kettle, good TO choice. 211$,c.,
market duh hut steady.
Peanuts-QuIet and UNCHANGED
Coffee-Options steady; closing nrm ana
al "a
tober sl3 20. December. si2.9ni2.@; March
Y2.65qi2 49, spot Rio steady and quiet
| No I. sisS7ia.
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; fair -
filming. ll-l6c; refined quiet and steady;
off \, Slice. standard y. '-l60i-c.;
cut-loaf s i-6c.; crushed. 5isN5i,c.. granu-
| lated. 4 7-iG@is,c.
Freights TO Liverpool-Dul and de-
pressed; cotton. 5-6id.; grain. I'D. asked.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. MD. August Flour
| dull and unchanged.
/ Wheat-Weak: No. ? red. spot 1isH
! 53a,c; August. 53nj3isc.: September 5J'gI
/ 5s5sc: steamer. No. > red, 5lisc.; milling,
| by sample, 5iajr3c.
Corn-Dull; mixed spot and August
/ 50c. asked: southern corn. dc; DO yellow
Oats-Quiet and steady: No. white
western. new. S*d i0c.; No. mixed 40,
| 3tu3Sc.
|
| Hay-Quiet at sli00al5W.
! Grain ts-Gnchanged.
Butter-Firm: fancy creamery, 22s.; DO
store packed. llGl3c.
Eggs-Firm at lliznl2c.
| Coree-Stealy
| Other articles unchanged.
! CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
! CHICAGO August 1.-The wheat mar
! ket was but "A side issue TO corn to-day
Before the close there was squirt mar
WAS believed TO have been directly due TO
! the report OF Russian interference IN the
! Japanese-Chinese difficulty, but inasmuch
as corn was advancing quite as rapidly,
| II was just az probable that the true IN
! wardness OF the strength was due To sym
| patty Gables were not considered In the
action Of trade. and they were at best
Of Indifferent character. September wheat
opened at from 1914 10 j3i2c; sold be
tween % and Doc, and closed az ojtlt
| 537sc-3sQisc. higher than yesterday. NO
particular change in cash wheat was re-
| corded.
corn was to-day. as it has been for
some time past. the leading speculative
article on the Board Trade toor. The
! strength in that grain Is due directly TO
| the depressing weather throughout me
| West. and the appearance Of weakness
! generally comes from rains or showers
! and prospects for them. The record OF
/ to-days trading Is but repetition OF
that OF any day in the immediate past
F, To-days fair weather was predicted for
Minnesota the Dakotas. Nebraska AMI
| Kansas. From the moment the forecast
became generally known until the close
the price was intensely strong. the close
/ being at almost the outside figures for the
! day September corn opened az t5i,c., sold
up to iSc.. and closed at i'sc.-,a net
J gain Of 2iiH2Ssc. for the day. cash corn
B was very strong Sales were on an ave
! rage lc over yesterday
oats were up and down with corn. prln-
cipally up. Nothing attaching to the trahe
was Of interest. and the business was
J comparatively light The action was
D. purely a reflection Of corn's movements.
September closed sc. higher than yester-
3 day. Cash oats were without noteworthy
/ change The market was steady.
! Provisions were narrow, duh. and feat
urelefs Pork was "A little stronger than
I either lard or ribs on account OF a scarcity
/ OF offerings. Very little business was
/ transacted, the failure 10 decline being
! due 10 a little strength I'm live hogs al
| the opening Of that market N the yards,
! and to the further advance In corn. Sep
tember pork closed i2izc. higher than yes
! terday No change was made In quotu-
/ tons for September lard and ribs.
/ III. leading futures ranged as follows.