Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-03


Iettuce-Per basket. $ld$l.50.
Whiskey-$l. 26Gtsl.N per gallon for fin
lshed goods In car lots; sl.2SaSl.29 per gal
Ion for jobbing lots.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. o., March 2.-FlOur-
Quiet.
Wheat-Firmer; No. red. CSC
Corn-Quiet and easier; No. 2 mixed.
oats-Firmer: No. ?. 2S1-Sc.
Rye-Firm; No. 2, Sic.
I.ard-Steady at s..
Bulk Meats, $50.
BacOn--Steady at $3.50
Whiskey-Quiet at sl.20.
Butter-Firm,
Sugar-Firm.
Eggs-Easy at 10 l-2c.
Cheese-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March 2.-Cotton-Spot.
good business done; prices higher; Amerl-
can mid1lng. fair. Esd. good middlng.
3-Sd. American middling. l5-l6d; low
middling 13-l6d.; good ordinary. 3 l-5Zd.
The sales of the day were 1900 bales, OF
which 10000 were for speculation and eN-
port, and included 1880 American. Re-
ceipts, $4,000 bales, including 1900 Ametl-
can.
Futures opened steady. with a mode
rate demand, and closed steady; Amerl-
can middling, low middling clause, March,
3 26-6iGf3 27-6id.. sellers; March and April,
3 26-G+I3 27-6id.. sellers; April and May,
3 2G-64Ql3 27-6id., sellers; May and June,
3 26-6iu3 276id., value; June and July,
3 26-GiGr3 N-6id., buyers; July and August.
26-6iI3 27-64d., buyers; August and Sep
TENDER. 3 25-64aS q lid, sellers; Septem-
Der and October, 3 25-6id3 26-64d., sellers
October and November, 3A-64a3 25-6id.,
buyers; November and December,
3 2i-6f6t3 25-64d., sellers; November and
December. 2i-6ia3 25-Gid.. sellers.
NEW YORK. March 2.--Cotton--Duli;
middling, 5-l6c.; net receipts, 81 bales;
gross, 1889 bales; eXports-to Great Brl-
tain, 1856 bales; TO France. 50 Rales; to
the Continent, y74 bales; forwarded, oil
bales; sales, 2.S36 bales; spinners, 20
bales; stock, l6,SS9 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 2i.7d bales;
eXports-to Great Britain. 26,9l3 bales; TO
France, 1920 bales; to the Continent, S3,-
O99 bales: stock, l,152,S5 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 106,7i9 bales;
eXports-to Great Britain, 4534S bales; to
France, .l67 bales; TO the Continent, 20,
339 bales.
Totals since September list: Net receipts.
73SSA9 bales; eXports-to Great Britain,
2,570S2l bales; TO France. $685. bales; 10
the Continent, 2,149 i5l bales.
Cotton futures opened steady; sales,
5000 bales: March, 613; April, $6.15; May
s. IS; June, 1921; July, 1913; August, $3.50;
September. s6.23; October, s6.l9; Novem-
Sb.lS, DtCtHlDtT, SD.AOs So.Sis
Futures closed steady; sales, l99 400
bales; March. 1914; April, s6.l7; May,
81. %; June, 1922: July. S6.25; August. $.8;
September. S.22; october, 1913; Noyem-
ber s6.1s; December, 1913; January %.22.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling up
lands, 5-l6c; midding Gulf. 69-l6c.;
sales. 1886 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. March 2.-Cotton-
Futures steady; sales, 1890 bales; March,
s.. 76dS.78 April $5.6O4S5.Sl; May, S.&p
s.. IS; June, $j.S9a$j.90; July, s.. 93dSo. 81;
August $5s3qs5.s4; September, S.a bid;
october, s.. S4n$5 IS; November, S.SiqS .S5;
December s.. S5d; 5.6; January, $3.50 bid.
Secretary Hester's cotton statement Is
sued to-day. covers the monthly move
ment 10 February 18th. Compared with
last year. ii shows an increase for the
month i'm round figures Of 5000 bales,
compared with year before last, an in
crease Of 375 900, and compared with 1895
an increase OF $4,000. The total for Feb
ruary was S82Sil, against 1885 last year,
J07, 215 year before last, and 5I2, Az for the
same time in 1895.
The amount of the crop brought into
sight for the six months from September
to February, inclusive, is l,SS.WO over
last year SAP 600 over year before last,
and $4,000 over 1895.
The movement from the first OF Septem-
Der TO February 2Sth includes total re-
ceipts at United States delivery ports
7, ilO. SIS. against 60l2,692 last year. Over
land movement by railroads and across
the Mississippi Ohio. and Potomac rivers,
9Sl, 662 against 720,l09 last year, 66l,0lf
year before last. and $500 during the
same time in 1896; southern mill takings,
exclusive of quantity consumed at south
ern outports, 669,7l3 against 6S, ~ last
year. 572. S05 year before last, and 3D. 8
for the same time in 1895. Interior stocks
i'm excess OF those held at the commence
ment of the season, 42S,OlJ, against E5s,0S3
last year, 1853 $40 year before last, and
1888 O27 the same time in 1885.
These make the total amount OF the
cotton crop brought into sight during the
Jx months ending February 18th 500, 2oS.
against 76l2,097 last year, 6OIS,2j4 year be-
fore last, and S,5s69l2 Tor the same time
in 1898
Northern spinners took during Febru-
ary 225, SIC bales, against 1913 last year.
and III 2S4 year before last. This makes
the average weekly taklngs Tor the sea,
son 62.727, against 52.532 last year and
u, $50 the year before.
the season were 30 400. l56. showing an IN
crease over last season OF 7,2Doio.
Including stocks at ports and interior
towns this season, and the estimated
number Of bales or the current cIop
brought into sight during the six months.
the supply has been 9.b56.&2, against
!, $50. e46 last year and 63Ss,2lS the year
bofere.
I'D TO February 18th last year oo.%-iU
per cent. of the cotton crop had been
marketed. and for the same six months
I'M 1886 The percentage Of the crop brought
INTO sight was &92-l0O. and for the same
time I'm 1895 the percentage marketed was
,6 72-l00. ,l,
NAvAL-sToRE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, $. c., March 2.--Tur-
at 80 1-2c.; sales. none.
Rosin-Firm; sales, none; prices I'M
changed
SAVANNAH. GA. March 2.-Spirits
at 3Gc.; sales, 81 casks
receipts, iS5 casks.
Rosin-Firm; sales. 46i barrels: receipts,
.S96 barrels. Closing: A, b, c, ana u:
n %: r., 81 30; +, 81 80; @, SIS; n, Sl:Dp
II IS: /. 81. So; X. sl.75; Nj. sl.@; y. wv
window glass. s. .05; water white, sA5D.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. March 2.-Tur-
at "a 3-ia35 lac; receipts
Rosin~Firm at $40 and sl.25; receipts.
90 barrels. -o>,.o.
Crude Turpentine--Fi az S.O1s2; re-
,eiDts 2 barrels.
Tar-Steady at &c.; receipts. 1863 barrels.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA. March 2.-(Speciai)-
. 5-Sl2 3-4c.; strictly
rhine. 2i-2c. prime. 2a2 lac, common,
al l-ic.; Spanish. SIC.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA. March 2.-lSpe-
ial. market firm; virginias. Sic. Tor
God lots; Spanish firm at Csc.
pETERSRI'RC. COTTON MARKET