Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-24

l7Plsc.. western, fresh. lIc.
Potatoes-steady; Jerseys, s;5oeisims, l loz;
g: sweets. Jersey. $l.75fls2.25; southern
cottonssed- oil-ouiet; prime yell,w,
p 1-2c.
Petroleum-Firm: United closed, no
market.
Rosin--ouiet: strained, common to
good. $780,
Turpentinc- Steady at 81 1-igsic.
Rice-Steady.
Cabbage--Dull.
Cotton-By steam. 25c.
Coffee-Options opened steady Mt nn-
changed prices; advanced on covering ny
shorts and light buying. started by -nea-
vter deliveries from American WAREHOUSES;
than looked for. and market falling on
in Brazilian receipts. improvements III
temper of spot department added to pet
ter feeling. az did signs OF hardening
markets at Rio and Santos. Buying
checked somewhat by weak cables IRON
European markets. Closed barely steady
and points lower to 5 points higher
Sales. 1850 bags. including october. $500
s535. November $40; spot Rio steady;
No. T. invoice 1912 IL. No. Z, JoDblng,
1852 1-2; mild steady.
Sugar-Steady; fair refining. SIC: CEN
trirugal (95-degree test) 5-16c.; molasses,
3 l-2c. refined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. September 8.-The sitna-
ton i'm dry-goods is still very quiet one
There is no sign OF a stiffening market
Tor either cottons or wOollens. The mar
ket in general IL quite dull.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. September 23-Wheat to-
day abated a good deal of its recent BULL
ishness and closed ut a decline of about
3-4c. i'm December. Talk of increased re-
ceipts In the Northwest and southwest,
and estimates of a heavy worlds crop,
fha prf of
cent buyers and kept the market weak
most of he session. Corn and oats We're
sympathetically weak corn closing lie.
lower and oats 3-sc. lower. PROVISIONS
We're Independently strong, and closed
i-2ml0c. higher
Opening. alghess. .4osssr Closi ng.
wHEAr-No...
sept........ e6Ma% 66!h sGN e.
May........ 05isaS o0bs GAIA COS
CORN-No".
Sept ...... :. eesS 2ass seasa;s 29ssab
Dec ..... 29ssaI 29ha7s 2eas x9es
May. 3i5saA 3lsaa% 3lh 1926
OATs-No. 9.
sept....... 2iH % 2lA ia
Deem. II 2l9saA EO.s ,,<V.s
May.....-.. 225sa23 rs %2ss E2'saA
NESS PORK-Per sol
Dec........ s.27ls $40 SIS s.27N
Jan........ 9121s $50 e.l"ls V'hh
LARD-Per iO0IDS
oct.........s4.72ls 1856 s4.73H $3.50
Dec'........ 4;77ls 4S7% 4!S 80 Se
Jan....".... 4.S5 4.95 4.oo a'S'
SHORT KIBs-Per 100 lbs.
Oct. ..s527h s5.32h t5.es $3.50
Jan ......... 40 ATM 4.6Th ,4."Ip
Cash quotations were as follows No 2
yellow corn. ~ lac. Flour firm. No.
spring wheat 63uG3 7-sc.; No. red. 6Iq
g. I-2c. No. 2 corn. y 5-Sti29 I-sc. No. Z
oats. p 1-tate3c.; No. 2 white, p l-2:; No.
Prime timothy seed $3.50 Mess pork,
per barrel, $s.0dsS.25. Lard. per 100
pounds. A77 l-2U$Ls1 1-2. Short-rib sides,
boxed Sl.jOliS475; short-clear sides. boxed,
$j.lO03j.jO Whisky. distillers' finished
goods per gallon, sl2J. Sugars-Cut-loat
unchanged. Butter easy; creamery lSg
2Oc, dairy. II l-24l7c. Eggs firm; fresh,
lie. Cheese steady at 7gs lie.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. September 3.-Cotton-
Spot quiet; prices easier; American md
ding. 8 Sled: good middling 3 ll-32d.: mid
aiing. sgd low middling. 3D.; good or
binary. 2 27-32d.; ordinary, 2l-32d. The
sales Of the day were 1000 bales, of
which 80 were for speculation and export,
and included 900 bales American. Re
ceipts, 5000 bales, incluphg LOW Amefl-
| can
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand. and closed easy. American mid
uiing. low mddling clause. September
| 2-6iq3 Slid, buyers; september ana DC
| tober 3 2-6id sellers. October and NO
vember. 4-e4d.. sellers; November ano
| December, 9-o4d., buyers; December ant
January 3-6id.. sellers; January anC
| February, s3-64d., buyers; February an,
March, 3D.. sellers; March and April
| Lad. sellers; April and May, l-6if
! 2-6id.. buyers: May and June, 2-6ft
8 3-64d, buyers; June and July, $3.50
3 4-64d., value.
NEW YORK, September 23.-Cotton-
! Quiet: middling, 7-l5c.; gross receipts,
| naIes. sales. l79 bales; stock. S2S bales.
| Totals Today: Net receipts, 1869 bales
| exports-to Great Britain. lO,4lS bales; u
Continent. 1916 bales; stock SJO62 Dales
| Consolidated Net receipts. 1880 bales
exports-to Great Britain, 62,S5S bales; Z
! rance. $3.50 bales; to the Continent ~
! $50 bales. ~. 80
Totals since September LIST: Net re
CENTS S74.45l bales: exports-to Grea
| Britain. lOOOO5 bales; TO france, lo'oo
bales; 10 the Continent, d,7s bales.
| Spot closed quiet; miudnns Gun
r Tide: middling uplands, 57-l6c.; sales
, THE feature OF to-day's market for cot
| ron futures was the establishing or nsV
| low record for the October delivery, I'M
option being points under the Io IN
| urice ever before known. AT no tlfhe
however. did the market show pronounce
| r,,alfness me low level OF values tendlil
| 10 check aggressiveness on the part
bears. 800. ..,.oso,t O.
To-day's aggregate business represent s.. w.
| 4 very small proportion OF trades LOT w
| account of outside investors. Inc MA a1,
ket opened quite steady IN tone put WI,
| nrices 10 point lower, and then sas6e'
10 the lowest figures OF the day, l0ss -
la6 points as compared win last nlsnt
anal figures. The representatives,
| continent commission houses were con
| snicuous as sellers Of a large DION y
common held all through the recel, ~, ~
cline. and the steadiness or tne ma ~
under this pressure was much conlnist,' 4,
upon. Even the scalplng eIel side The IN
cd reluctance to take either size; lhs ~ W.
ture list closed steady at net loss vi - =,
& points. Dispatches from the larger 1pV1
cotton markets in the South stateu ~
effect that buyers were SLOW 10 an" ~ ~
despite further CONCESSIONS anu .n"' "
ferines were becoming burdensone. 10,
COTTON futures opened steady; Oct0pe ~
* %, November. s5.N; December, -. -
January, s5.95; February S2,fO Oe s MS7''
-. Is; April, 50. ~ MAY f'i Sentember. S.
od,oher IS 10; November, - -; DeceriDs ~
a. 90 January. S533; February, R.S'
March. s5.A; April, $50; May 'o'0'' j u"'
ssh .o.at net receipts q
fo.lo" " a1i norts since September ], lsy'
Gsi,.a,ton ia $50 bales New orleans %
S5a Ha,es Mobile. 1886 bales; sayanp9i
81 90 ,-D baIes: Charleston. 1904 bales; W.
mington, 2iIiS bales; Norf0lk lZ sS b psIe,
Baltimore, le2 bales NSW n1r News vs. ~
h b4sso"P biIadelphia. 49l bales. Total 90
45l bales. % 70,
NEw ORLEANS. September %, 81. ~, o,
- Futures steady; September. I'D p. \.
October s5ssas5.s7; November M' S1l,si Z.
december. S49sn N99; January sS 'YiHsS' 4