Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-23

| btel-'yulet, fanny, s5'""HsiD'"'' S
Beef Hams-s23: packed, sSqss; city ex-
| ira India mess. $l3.5O4Slf.
Cut-Mea ts-Stesdicr; picked bellies.
SFs5.yi; do. shoulders, sS9So.Sc; DO. haihs'
Lsrd-Easy; western steam. A.o7 IL;
May, 500 nomInaily; refined easy; Con-
tinent. 4lj: South American, sL@; COM
pound $;.S7 1-2aSl12 IL. ..
clear Il" Ss'.Spslo5o; family. sS.5cs,lO5O -
Butter-F'irnl; western creamery, 1l@
&c: factory, 71-2G1O l-2c.; EiEins. II 1-2a
l5c.: initetion creamery, 1-24l2c.; state
dairy. i0di4c. do. creamery, n4l5e..
t3ioese-IcGsy; State. large, 9g9 1-ic.;
small lOc.; part skins. 5Q7 1-2c.; full
Bsss-steady; state and Pennsylvania,
IL lie; western, fresh, II l-2etl2c.; south
PotatoesEQuIet at slqN.25.
Tallow-Qulet; city. 3 per package
q 7-sG3c); country packages free. S9
3 use.
Petroleum-Dun: no market
Rosin-Steady; strained, common to
good. u.75.
Turpen.lne-Easier at q 1-4G27 SIC.
Rice-Steasy, domestic, iair TO extra,
Enthusiastically; New Orleans, ket-
tie. Sc.
PlgIonL.steaay; southern. s9.25as1O25;
&C coppor-Easy: brokers', a1.
Lead-Steady at $3.50.
Tin Plates-NesL.
Cottonseed- Oil-Steadier: prime crude.
2cg9s l-2c; do. T O. b: mills. Sl6oaSL7e;
yellow. $50; better grades, z0l2sc.;
prime white, &c 1-2qo7c.
Cabbase-Per crate, $40
Tomat0e s-Per carrier $l.5GlS2.40.
Coff-e-Optlons opened steady nc un-
changed prices. Gables were without in
fiuence, foreign market show hesitation.
Receipts at Brazil were large. Deliveries
| in THIS country were small. Trading al
most entirely local. Market closed barely
steady aud unchanged TO points ad-
vance. Sales, II. go bags, including June,
| S.2ls7So; July Te5; August N&nsf3O
September, $50; December. N2o9T.9o:
January ,S,.aSSgN.4o; February $40;
steady; No. invoice. s7e2 -; No. job
bing. S.lZ IL; mild quiet; COrdOva, Sl50;
sales s,eco bags Rio, No. 7. at T.62 -.
SuEar-I,aw quiet; fair refined, 2 Sic;
centrifugal (96-desree tesO, l-4c.; re-
g-Sc. confectionery a, 3-sc.; .cut-loat,
1-sc. crushed, 1-sc.: powdered, Sic;
| granulated, lie; cubes SAC.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, May 22.-Flour-Dull and
unchanged; receipts 9,l53 barrels; exports,
9,103 barrels; sales, loO barrels.
Whest-Srong; spot and the month
20 3-.sSS0c.; July, "a 3-i075c.; August. p Ii
al I-sc.; receipts, 2,i0s bushels; experts.
none; stock, 14SlN bushels; sales, 1000
bushels; southern wheat. By sample, Sg
s5c.
Confirm; spot, % 1-2629 5-sc.; month
% 3-Sg % 5-Sc.; June. 2g5g9 1-sc.; judy. q IA
G23 Bic; August. % 3-ic., bid: September,
20 1-4c., bid steamer mixed p l-idGl 3-Sc.;
receipts, G., 30 bushels; exports, 1858 BUSH
els; stock, G0JO03 bushels; sales 1000
bushels; southern white corn, 80 BIC; do,
yellow, 30c.
Oats-Ffrm; No. white, 2Sd2S 1-2c.; No.
2 mixed, 2fl-2425c; receipts $3.50 bush
els; exports, none; stock, 1876 bushels.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 nearby. 4Oc; No. 2
western, 40 1-2c., bid; receipts, $3.50 BUSH
els; stock. 1865 bushels.
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, S13.5Oq$f.
Grain Freights-Very dull and IN
changed.
sugar, Butter. Eggs, and Cheese
Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. May 22.-Foroign news had
almost exclusive control of the wheat
market to-day and caused n l l-Sc adj
vance in the July option. The most in
huential news came from France, in the
shape OF disturbing crap reports, and
made shorts scramble 10 cover. Corn
and oats closed firm, and substantially
unchanged, after carly weakness. Pro-
visions were weak from beginning to
end. and closed at declines ranging from
71-2 to II l2c.
Leading futures ranged as follows: