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


Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiNt; winter patents, $hsOG%.1O; straights,
s. lCItS4e0; spring specials. $45VgA6O;
spring patents, StdN.2o; straights, 5000
$40; No. spring wheat, Is l-SVl5 o-Sc. [;
70. 3 sTins wheat, SsaISc;5; No o. req.
no. 2 yellow, 2jc. No. oats, Sc.; No.
2 white, l. o. h., q 3-4lf22c.; No. 3 white,
f. O. b.. ~ 3-4ng2 lac. No. rye, SOC.
No. 2 barley nominal; No. 3, f. 0. b., $50
f7T77 1-2c. Prime timothy. seed. $3.50
saS5. Mess pork, per barrel, $500. Lard,
per 100 pouna5, $3.75sS3.U IL. 5hort-rio
siaes doese). sLsdS4G Dry-salt-d
shoulders boxeD, 5s5 lie: .Short-elsar
Sides boxeD. +7-Slc5o. Whisky, distil-
lers' finished goods, per gallon, N.19. SUI
gar cut loaf, 1874; graduated, A.u. But
Ter firm; creamery, lOAl4c., dairles, iV
l2c Cheese weak at SlSl-ic. Eggs
fam; fresh, Ole.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL. May 22.-In cattle the
weak closes with beef steers selling large
~ l9S0c. per 100 pounds lower than
week ago. Heavy cattle have suffered the
most neglect and may be expected 70
sell 10 psorer advantage than handy Kill
ers OF ligater Weight, from now on. Cows
heifeTs. and calves are selling remark
ably well at strong prices, and calves
have advanced sharply under an active
demand from country feeders, the best
lets fetching s6Ss6l5 per 100 pounds The
stocl,sr and feeder trade has been less
animated, but prices remain higher,
nevertheless the sales being mostly at
So s. ~ 90. To-day's market was practi-
cally nominal
The trade in hogs was fairly active
prices opening steady but weakening
little later in the day. The sales were
hoes selling az $40. and the best light
weights al &.Sj. AS compared with a
week ago, prices showed very little
During tho last day or two the lamb
market has weakened, under continued
liberal osfcriAss and a lessened demand,
and sales today Tefe made AT S3.oVG,oO
for the poorest TO the best, few only
gslns above $40. Sheep sold at $40
N6s while a few choice 10 extra natives
VI R Re-. Cattle, 200 head; hogs. 1900
head: sheep l,6o9 head.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. May 22-Flour-Quiet
Wheat-steady; No. red, soc.
Corn-ouiSt; NO. 2 mixed, 70 l-2c.
Oats-yirlQer; 30. mixed. &c.
Rye-Stexdy; No. 2. S6aSSc.
I4rd-nasy at 1886.
Bulk Neats-Quet at A.@1A.90.
Bacen-Easy at sj.55G$5.c0.
Whlskey-st.ady at Sl.1s.
Burter-Weak
Sugar-Firm.
Exgs-Firmer at &c.
Cheese-Easy.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, May 22-l. Z. M.-Closing
American middling. 4 Sgd sales for the
day were $500 bales. OF which 800 were for
speculation and export and included 1890
American; recsipts. 1000 bales; Including
go American.
FUTURES opened with a moderate de-
mand. and clssed steady at the decline;
american. low midelng clause; May,
4 Is cd, sellers; May and June, Ibid,
Golfers. Juno ana July. 63-6tGid.
hl1yers; July and August, C2-tfq5 63-6id.,
buyers: August and September, ts-oig
2 fs-Cid. buysss; September and october,
4 h9-sH., sellers october and November
: 4T-s4d., buyers; November and Decem-
hsr 3 f-b4d., sellers; December and jan
rnry. 3 &4-t4d., sellers; January ana tro-
ruary, A-sid., sellers; February and
March. 4l-l33 lS-6is., sellers.
NOW YORK, May 22.-Cotton-Steady;
midcling nc; receipts. none safes. $50
bales; splnners, 1913 bales, STOCK, l.o'4
Totals to-day and copsoIidatsd net re-
ceSpts, 3,ri bales; experts-to Great
nrttain, lin bales; to the Continent, 200
hales: stock, 35s So bales.
Totals sisce September LIST: Net receipts.
& s25 g37 bales; exports Great britain,
Z Sc. .sac bales; 70 France, ttasE bales; 10
The Continent. 2.ol%,2T bales; TO the chan-
mel. 5.iSl bales.
Cotton futures opened quiet and hrm;
sales. g. 400 bales: January. 1919; February.
81 "a: Nay, $7.l5; juno, Sl.l9, July VII