Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-18

hettes. sl47.55; tobacco, S6S'"' TOTAL
1914 &c. o,,o-s :.
filters. 3sl: smokers. Al; cutters, ~, u ain'
40: scrap. IA: Burley, II; Tugs, ~, w.
err. ~: stems. 10. Total, si6 hogsheads;;
against 40 hogsheads last week ana '-i
hogsheads for same week last year.
Revenue collections: Cigars ana cisa-
rettes. s6,l63.79; tobacco, No'oSs'd. lo'a''
Sl6. sO3s3. u,,o,,
Prices have remained firm throughout
the week on all grades OF both Drigh,
and dark and TO old and new. Good
bright sales all next week.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 17.-Flour-Receipts,
90 iS5 barrels; exports, l22ii barrels; safes,
1000 packages; market very strong ana
held i0ai5c higher. with buyers AFRAID 10
operate; city mill patents. $L1OQAH5; city
mill clears $L70d4.S0; Minnesota patents,
s4as,2O: Minnesota bakers, ~4Oi,SIO;
winter patents. AS@A7O; winter ~ ter
straights, siO5qA25; winter extras as s''log
$500: winter low grades 2.59gS2.I0; rye
-four firm; superfine S225dS255
Cornmeal-Steady; yellow, western, &c.;
Rye~Steadier; No. western. S7c.-cif.
Buffalo; car-lots, 4o0Hc.
Barley-firmer; feeding. zic.-Weslerh
elf. Buffalo; mailing, 35ui2c.
Barley Malt-Dull; western, 4ogoic.
Wheat-Spots stronger; No. 2 red, 7. o.
b.. SIC: options opened excited and high,,
er. advanced with further reactions an
the morning. and closed 5-S4l S-4c. net
higher. on the curb there was another zc
advance. Trade was wild The strength
was cased by heavy foreign Duylng;
May. 7Sc.-closed II l-2c.; June, 70 1-l6g
nan 1-Sc.-closed Il lie; July, 10 o-SG
k7 1-2c.-.closed &c 7-Sc.; September 10
75c.-closed a SIC; December, 10 l-Zw
= Corn-spot quiet: No. .. % 7-Sc.; options
opened steady, and were quiet an udy,
with little feature, closing unchanged
/ April closed 70 5-6c.; May, - o-cH-J 10
| closed % Csc.
Oats-Spot firmer; No. 2. % 1-ic.; options
d,,u and noninally higher closing AT a
| Lac. advance; May closed q S-ic.; july
. H lay shipping, 55aeoc.; good to
'T Hops- QUIET 1895 crop. 21-2a6c. 1896.
5GlO 1-2c. for State, common 10 choi ,eel
Pacific coast, Sl.S9; new crop, Sgoc.; 1870
Iii Hides1Firmer: Galveston. 2O625 pounds,
lac: Buenos Ayres, dry, ~ pounos' 10 i--@
19c.: California, 2lQ25 pounds. l9c.
/ T,eather-Steady: Hemlock sole. BuenoS
Avres light to heavy-weights. 2OuZlc.
WooI-Firm; domestic fleece, l6gZlc.;
pulled, 15n20c.
Reef Reef-steady: family. s95Oas1O.5o; extra
mess Rees SiH.I99mss~$is5Oas2O; picked, sS5Oa
$3.50: extra India mess, SlS,5CqNi0O
cut Meats-Irregular; picked 9eLlieS
and picked shorts easy at 900; picAleu
h4iis Sl SteSdv. western steam, extra,
si44 -; May, $3.50, nomlnally' refined
! steady. 90 --17so n. short
clear. 50 75dslO75; family. $500 SlV.oO. ,o17
Rutter-Steady; western creamery, "a 81
so So factory sdl2c. Elgins, II La
nc imitation creamery, ia l9Scc' % "a e
| dairy 13dl7c.: do. creamery, loIl ,o -. :.
Cheese-Steady: large State, yqlZ Lac g.
small fancy. 9al2 lie; part sA'Aii'' ~
I-ac, 81 SID. state and Pennsylvania,
1oc,: western, fresh, 10 1-4alO lie; SOUTH
ern. 9Q9 lac. 1-.,- % Ok. T.one
Island. SlGA.SO; sweets, $lats-;SV' co,,r.
Tallow-Dull: city, 1-iQ3 S-Sc.; couh-
'i PE,etTroIeSm-Dun; no market; refined
New York sos: Philadelphia and Balti-
more Sc: do. in bulk. $50. =,
re Rosin|steady; strained, common 10
S9 Tgrrpse lfii at % 1-2gaoc. x+ro
Rice-Steady; domestic, TAR 10 extra
4 1896 1-Sc.; Japan, S-SHf 9 -oc, oror
ToiiassesHSfeady; New Orleans, open
kettle. good to choice, base - ,,o,,ed
Peanuts-ste e9SSr ao Iaeey : ai iia5c
$50 80; - Is5i-ySearpooI-We alS; cotton by
e.eam 1f-39d.: grain, by steam, z la.
'Pi@-iron~Ouiet; southern, $lVGSl; horth
! ern. S10.J0G $3.50 s,,o-
Copper-Dull; brokers, SID.
Tead-steady; brokers, $50.
Cn ll.,6 1,se -Oil-Quiet. but firmly held
! prime crude. DC; prlH cIuuc' ,io1fo,,,
mills. Is l-2G16c.; prime summer yS r,',',
% i-2c better grades, . l-Zd-o l-~c'' - 'i'''
white Ez5ofeesaERio firm; No. T. s7s7 1-2in
voice: iobbing. SSH -; mild quiet; Cor
uS Snsar%Raw dull; fair refining; 2s-S2c.
centrlfugals @6-degree - te esq 10 90 + 4c
ililTu Ia S-Sc.: confectioners' y
a3-Sc': cut-loaf 1-sc.; crushed . I-oc'
nowSered, 4 SIC: graduated, l-2c,
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, April 17.-Flour-
| Quiet and unchanged; recelP1S' i'''' "''
rels exports, 4o2 barrels. a.,,. o,d m,
Vheat-Strong and higher; spot ana 1 ln'
month 7Sc.: May. 78a7s lie; July, l2c
asked: receipts 1872 bushels; e%P1 bory
none none, st SS sample ilie'' 7sd79c.
"rorn- Steady: spot and month, y 80
o. 80 Nav. 2sd2S Use; July. y l-ie
90 20 steamer mixed, p 3-iGz a-oc;, Ie
ceints 7t.e27 bushels; exports h-,yJo p ~ la
| ele. stock Z.JJl. 10 uualiN4'' 90. a.
bushels; southern white corn oOc'' uo
S1 oats.Steady: No. white. 25q25c. NO
. Tived % 1-2c.; receipts. lloi2 bushels
oxnorts none. stock. F7A busnels, a.
|pve-Firmer: No. ,. nearby, 5gIoS i--S,
~ western. 40c.: receipts. o,li' DuSheis
exnorts. 3i2s6 bushels; STOCK SO'So- DUST
els. s,,, bicher. choic,
'i, Erein Froights-Very dull; steam 90 e
,,,ernool per bushel sd; Cork' 10
o o,lier 0o per quarter. Is. Gd.a2s. 3D. 10
A grear"Steady and UNCHANGED. .,
PTfter and Eggs-Weak ana uhchahseu
| Cheesa- STEADY and unchanged.
| Whiskey-Unchanged-
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| cfIICAGO. April 17-This was one O.
~ lord breaking days in the whea
,,aruet That article closed, atter al
Dxciting days business, at an aavanc'
oS41-sc on the price it left of at Thu $
a. The heaviest and most successiu
~ the local spectators in the ousln' >
81 ~ on the buving side, and shorts were
caueht and badly squeezed. Other gran
To"r11lets and provisions were comparative
" dull The strength OF wheat came al
most entirely from abroad.
The leading futures ranged as 1oAo"s'
Opening. Highest loves. Closing
Ap Ill. .So4aA 1874 s6oo9s 5s}
Msy.... 69faA 75A 69,s Is,