Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-17

TalIow-steady; city, S5a3Sc.; country.
! Petrolcum-Dull.
Rosn-Steady.
| Turpentine-Quiet
Rice-Steady.
! Molasses-Quiet.
Cabbage-Quet at $S50uA
Cottonseed-Oil-Prime summer yellow
! and prime crude developed further
( strength TO-DAY on fair buying orders.
Other grades nomnally unchanged; prime
crude. 19a20c.; prime summer yellow
! 23U231kc.
Coffee-Options opened steady ~ rn-
| changed prices; ruled quiet, but steady,
with slight upward tendency on favor
able European news. smaller Brazilian re-
| ceipts, increased United States warehouse
deliveries. and indispositicn Of local bears
TO extend their interest at present low
prices; closed steady at unchanged prices
to a 5-point net advance; sales. 300 bags,
including March $50: May. S.75. Spot Rio
| quiet; No. 7 invoice 1928; No. jobbers,
500; mild firm; Cordova. S7.50aSl5.5C
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining,
| 11-l6c. centrifugal 96-degree test
3-16c.; sales. 300 tons Muscovado S6-de-
! gree test, ex-ship., at ll-16c.; renned
firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK February 16.-Local dry
goods sellers complain Of continued IN
| activity They are pleased. however.
with the turn which has been taken py
| cottons. strong conditions In brown goods.
/
advances from day to day. All these
| things act as stimuants to the market,
| but there is no increase in the demand
noted in the reports given. Buyers nave
| been backward in taking goods. Man
orders, as rule, are more substantial
| but are still inadequate To move goods:
| In print-cloths the market Is quoted
| stronger. There are no actual, quotaoie
| advances, but the fact that extras are
| hard to obtain. even for spot delivery,
| at 23-l6c., is in itself q cheerful detail.
| The sales so far have been fairly heavy.
Prints are showing some Improvement.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, February 16-Flour-Dull
| and unchanged. o-..ooo
! spot. do; month, do; March, sLOlqslO Ia;
| April. =; May, 80 1-2d99 3-4c. steamer
| No. 2 red. So 5-Sd96 S-4c.; southern wheat.
| by sample. 96c.Q $l.Ol 1-2c.; southern, on
| grade 97c.@S1.0l.
Corn-Firmer; mixed spot: IS 1896 lie;
month. 35 1-SdS5 lie; March, 50 lisa
35 lie. April. IS 1-SnS5 lac; steamer mix
ed "a 1894 3-4c.; southern white corn,
"a 3-4d3j S-4c.; southern yellow corn, "a IL
oats-Firm: No white, s2assc.; No. 2
Rye-Firm; No. p nearby, 55c.; No. p
physically; choice timothy, si225@
1880
Grain Freights-Very dull rates steady;
steamer to Liverpool, per bushel, I'M
changed: Cork, for orders, per quarter
Sugar2Strong; granulated. 1913.
Butter-Quiet and unchanged.
Eggs-Quiet fresh. 15nl6c
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Lettuce, N.25 per basket
Whiskey- Unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, February 16.-shorts in
wheat caught it hard to-day. May was
bid up to Sl.O3 S-S, and closed at SLY Ia,
an advance of 3 3-443 Use. July hitherto
very quiet, also moved up as much as
Nav. The May price is the highest
reached for that delivery since 1871. IL
was almost altogether a scarce" mar
ket shorts being thoroughly alarmed
found great difficulty in covering. "A !
feature was the buying near the close by /
Letter brokers Of all the July onered.
Corn and oats were strong and higher'
corn advancing 3-Sc. and oats 1-Snl-fc.
Provisions were irregular and SUFFERED
slight declines. ..,,.-
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
wHEAT-No. -.
February lo4A I n< i losIA
July.......... s6hass s91s SO ssls
CoRS-No.2.
.32lsaA 3Zes 52aH 52h
September. 339S 1914 oo9s
Nav. .e7ss,h e7N q .,s7ss
fundamentally 20 %aH ~1faS
MESS PoRK-Per Dbl
sll.32@ sl1.0O s1l.l0
July. ...... 11.O7I6 1L271f 11.O7H lilo
LARD-Per 100 Ids
May ..s5i5 1926 S5.l2l2 s5.17H !
July. ....... $50 5.32h 5.20 $50
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
s5.35 1925 s5.27H
July....... o.oo o.4o ''"~H BOZ
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
nominal; No. spring wheat DC; No.
red. s103Ad$L04A. No. corn, 29Aq3pc
No. 2 oats. &c; No. 3 white. f. O. b.
2S1za2s14e; No rye 4s1sc: en- No; :, d barley riley
sl2S. Prime timothy seed, s2.SOqs2so
Mess pork per barrel. sl1asi1.O5; Lard.
per 100 pounds, Sl2lz. Short-rib sides
boxed). $475M$5. Short-clear sides box
ed IS. 45d$5.5O Whiskey. distillers finish
ed goods. per gallon, $l.lSlz: Sugars-Cut-
loaf. unchanged Butter-Firm; creamery,
13n19c; dairy, Halle. Cheese quiet at
SdSlkc. Eggs-Firm; fresh, lac.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., February 1e.-Flour-
Wheat-Firm and higher: No. red, 99c.
Corn-Firm; No. mixed. Sic.
Oats-Firm and higher; No. 2 mixed, 2oc.
Rye-Steady; No. 2. ole.
Lard-Steady ut $iy5,
Bulk Meats-Firm at 500.
Bacon-Firm at g.
Whiskey-Steady at Sl.ls.
Butter-Quiet.
Sugar-Firm.
Eggs-Firm aud higher at Sl.l2 IL.
Cheese-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL February 16.-4 p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices hard
ening; American middling, u-32d The
sales of the day were 10000 bales. OF
which 1000 were for speculation and ex-
mort. and included 800 American: re-
ceipts, 5000 bales including $500 Ameri-
can.
Futures opened steady. with fair de-
mand. and closed quiet but steady;
American middling, low middling clause,
February 1S-64Gi3 l9-6id sellers, Feb
ruary and March, 3 1S-6ili3 l9-64d., sellers;
March and April, 1S-64n3 l9-64d., sellers;
April and May, lS-6iq3 l9-sid., buyers;
Nav and June 3 19-64d.. buyers; June and
.Jnly 10-64Q3 20-64d. buyers; July and
August 3 20-64d. buyers; August and Sep
tember. 3 20-6id.. buyers; September and
October, 2 2o-64Qt3 2l-64d., buyers; October
and November 2l-6fd. value. Novem-
- - naoarnhar -eld h1Upre