Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-18

gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. October T7.-large sales for
export to-day. and reports OF damage 10
crops In Manitoba and Australia. caused
sharp rally in wheat prices. After an
early decline December closed 5-Sc. high-
er. Corn and oats also responded TO
the influence of the inclement weather,
and scored a good advance, December
corn and May oats gaining ul-2c. each.
Pork lost 1-2c.. lard &C., and ribs 2 LA
&C.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highss, ..OS3i~ Closing.
WHEAT-NO.2
De-. el,.,N az :I,ss% '5'sssiass
CORN-No.".
! May....... 33ls Ups ISIS JOS
| OATs-No. ?.
| Dec ......... 22ss 2|3s "@ss 2-.s
| May,........ 23i4 -ds4 %5A <o9haH
NESS P0sS-Por boL
Dec........ 1886 ssC5 s7.s2h 1926
! Jah........ 0lO No i~13 J'i'r2
LARU-Per ioJlpl
Dec. ....s4a5 s49716 s49O sie2b
JaD....,.... 5.02l9 5.O7Js 300 900
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 los.
oct.........sj.35 1915 sj.3el6 s5.3e.6
an .. .. 4.7J 4.s0 4.721h AS
Cash quotations were as follows; Flour
| firm. No. spring wheat CASA lie; No
| 3 spring wheat, 5500c.; No. red, &C.
! No. corn. Sic. No. oats. DC. No.
white 25a2tC; No. white, 2iQ25c. No.
! rye, i9fti3 lie. No barley ga i5c.
! No. l flaXseed Ole. Prime timothy seed,
$50. Mess pork. per barrel, N.@aS.95.
I 1 nd nor "a
sides, loose, Sj1jaS.40, dry-salted shout
ders boxed, $l.l0q$L6Z -; short-cear
sides, boxed. s5.25d$j.3j. Whiskey, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, So:
Sugars-Cut-lOaf unchanged. Butter firm;
creameries, lSq15c.; diaries, el2ul5c.
Cheese steady at 5-ias lie.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, October II, p. Moot
ton-Spot I'm fair demand; prices I'M
changed; American middling, 3-32d. The
sales OF the day were 1000 bales, of
which LOCO were for speculation and eX-
port and included 1900 bales American.
Receipts, 1000 bales, including 1900 bales
| American.
Futures opened quiet. with a moderate
demand, and closed firm; American mid
ding. low midding clause, october, l-ti
Q3 2-64d., sellers; october ana November,
3 Lid, sellers; November and December,
3D.. sellers; December and January 3D.
sellers: January and February, 3D., buy
ers; February and March, lid. sellers;
March and April, 3 2-Gid. sellers; April
and May, 3-6id. buyers; May and June,
3-6tQ3 It'd. value June and July
3 4-64d. buyers; July and August. Slid.
sellers August and September, 5-G4g
3 6-6id.. value.
NEW YORK. October 1.-THE general
course OF to-day's cotton was upward.
Trading throughout the session, with the
exception OF brief period Of dulness,
was unusually active with covering or
old short accounts notable feature
gfa uft NnIIFnnaT
changed there was d marked improve
ment i'm prices as the call proceeded, ana
by the time June was reached, bids we're
points over Saturdays final hSures. Inc
! upward movement continued, Following
! the opening, until a net advance OF iuS
points was apparent, when realizlng Set
In on a small scale, ana under IL prices
reacted slightly. Renewed covering, To-
gether with investment buying and sup
port from abroad. caused the market
again to steady, ana Throughout the resi-
! of the day fluctuations were Wlthln point
or two OF the highest figures. Near the
close shorts became very nervous, and
covered on an extensive scale. The maiKet
was excited with the close firm, az a
net gain Of TO 10 points.
| Among the factors contributing TO the
more bullish ruling Of the market were
| reports public and private, from Nne
Southwest 20 the effect that killing frosts
had been experienced. while from the
! central part of the belt there were com
ulaints that heavy, cold rains were not
only hindering cOttOn-picking, but were
/ also damaging the staple 10 greater
or less extent. Liverpool cables averaged
| M more satisfactorily than the tTdde ndd
been led 10 expect Then. too the yellow
| fever question had taken sun more
serious aspect A. against these features.
| however. there was an rNceploually
heavy movement at the ports ana lnte-
Cotton futures opened firm and closed
firm. october. 500; November t3I; De-
cember. 1885, January. 9.4l: February
SB: March. $50. April, s5.0f May, }o'oS
nne s5C2: July. $jGG: August. 5000.
Snct closed steady. middling Gulf
ll-lCc.: do. uplands. 7-l6c. Sales, l5l
O'N,a NEW ORLEANS. october FIXTURES
steady. october $isS bid; November.
stS: December SjOlqs12; January
s5.Osas5.O7: February, s5ll@&12; March,
X17Qs51s; April. sj.22aS.9; May S-zg
s. 2s: June. S5.Slas5.S3; July, S.3JnS@
NAVAL STORE MARKETS
: SAVANNAH. GA, october H.-spirlI.
of Turpentine-Firm al 80 l-4c.' SAFES o''
casks; receipts, 76l casks -. sates
Rosin-Firm and Unchanged saies
none: receipts 220 barrels
CHARLESTON. s. c., october r''-Iur'
l pentine-Firm al 2sc; sales. none. -
Rosin-Quiet and unchanged safes
none. .,
I SDlIllN Ol hlI'bNAhN
Rosin,Nothing doing; receipts, 300 bar
rels 81, -. q, ,-z,<, IN
Crude Turpentine-Firm al N'l'H'H"
Tar~steady at sl.lo; receipts. 50 bar
I rels
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA. october n,-tspeclal.
peanuts-Farmers market quiet; fancy
&C.: strictly prime. 2te; prime zlsaZ'4c,;
, common. la.m2c.; Spanish, eoc.-none OF
fering. Demand is good. but old stocks
) are low. and the new crop will not %
/ ready for market before the 18th or z",i
. OF November
PETERSBURG VA, October r'-'spe,
ciall-Market steady. with fairly good
receipts for the season. quotations
a Common TO medium Tugs, si.5o to tl@
good TO fine lugs. $50 TO 81: poor shor,
leaf. s. 10 81: fair to good short ieal' =
' 1 IN goO1 WraDDefS. III &c