Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-05

Hay-Firm on best grades; choice timo-
| thy. $l2.5CdN5
| Grain Freights-Steamers active; en-
| gagements large; steam 10 Liverpool. per
! bushel 2izd., for May; Cork, for orders
per quarter IS Cd March: I'D, April.
I Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
{ Butter-Firm and unchanged.
| ESgs-Quiet and unchanged
I Cheese--Steady and unchanged.
Lettucc-Slu$.5 per basket.
! Whskey--}i. BdG.H per gallon Tor
| finished goods i'm carloads; Sl2Sn{l2) per
/ gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
I CHICAGO. March 4--Selling by Armour
and presumably by other elevatH inter
ests was the feature In wheat trading
to-day. and was mainly responsible for
a decline Of lac. in May and 7-S0lc. in
July. Corn was weak, In sympathy;
and declined 3-Sc. oats were sustained
| by the export demand, and closed an
! changed. Provisions suffered severely
from liquidation, closing 1Qc29c lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. lowest Closing.
WHEAT-No. >.
March .....105 l0Jh lO3lb l034
Mey,.....lObt1 lUO12 lOt'1 lVTeA
Iuly........0IAass 9lsS 90 9O4a$s
CORN-No. >.
May.........3DMa3S 9OssaM s0}saA 300
July .Sl& 3ihas sdss 90, 3iss
September. 3244 81 SIZE 32%a9s
OATs-No. e.
SSiy ssHss7 g s5a e: ss.,s s''l s;9
MESS P0RK-Par Bpl.
May. 1905 slO05 sIO.45 s1O.47b
July ...... 1925 10 72l5 1850 lO.5%h
LARD-Per 100 Ip,
May .......s5.27H s5.27b s5.20 $50
July........ $50 5.37% 5,"7@ 5.%7I6
M syon. ".Ds' rs SIS - 1915 s5.17S
July..... go DIDO 30 5.221S
Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2
yellow corn y SIS l,lc Flour slow; No. No:
99197c.; No. 2 red. Sl.03 S-4qsl.04 81. No.
2 corn. % lac. No. 2 oats, 26 l-2d26 5-Sc.
No 2 white, (. o. b., Bic; No. 3 white |:
o. b., 28029 Lac. No. rye, soc. NO. 1
fiaxseed. S1TG$12j Prime timothy seed,
s295. Mess pork. per barrel, SlO45d$lO.5O.
Lard, per 100 pounds, S515u$5H IL. Short
rib sides 0oose), S5H$5.40. Dry-salted
shoulders boxed, &75qs5. Short clear
sides (boxedD. $5.35HS5.55. Whisky, dis
tillers finished goods, per gallon, Sis -.
Sugars-Cut-loaf, unchanged. Butter
Firm; creamery, 13a20c.; dairy, ll4lSc.
Cheese quiet at SqS 1-2c. Eggs-Weak;
-'''"' CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI. o., March 4.-F1our-
Wheat-Easier; No. 2 red, CSC.
Corn-Quiet; No. 2 mixed, 3lc.
Oats-Dull; No. 2 mixed, 2Sc.
Rye-Firm; No. 2, BIC.
Lard-Easer at s..
Bulk Meats-Easy at $40.
Bacon-Steady at $3.50
Whiskey-Firm at Sl.2O.
Butter-Firm.
Sugar-Steady.
Eggs-Steady at 10 1-2c.
Cheese-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, March A Z. Moot
ton-Spot, good business done; prices
lower; American middling, fair, 27-32d.;
good middling, l9-32d.; American mid
ding, 7-16d.; low middling, 5-l6d.; GOOD
ordinary 5-32d.: ordinary, 3l-32d. me
sales of the day were 1900 bales. OF when
500 bales were for speculation and export
and included 1900 bales American re-
ceipts. 1000 bales, including $500 bales
American. ~,
Futures opened and closed quiet. with
a moderate demand; American mlddhng,
low midding clause, March, z-6id., sell
ers: March and April, 24-6id., sellers;
April and May, S2i-6id., sellers; May and
June, 3 24-64d., buyers; June and July
3 24-64G3 25-6id., sellers; July ana August,
8 24-64d3 25-64d., sellers; August and Sep
TENDER, 2f-6iG3 25-64d.. sellers; Septem-
Der and October. 2i-64d. sellers; october
and November, 3 23-64a3 24-64d., value; NO
vember and December, 8-6id., value;
December and January, 23-64d., value.
NEW YORK, March 4-Cotton-Dull
and easy; midding, 5-l6c; net receipts,
CIT bales; gross receipts, 1854 bales; Tor
warded 1880 bales; sales, none; Stock
Weekly: Net receipts, ASS bales; gross
receipts 1854 bales; eXports-to Great
Britain, 1885 bales; TO France, % bales; TO
the Continent. III liO bales; forwarded
6,642 bales; sales, l5,20l bales; spinners'
101 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, q, 7S9 bales:
exports-to Great Britain, l4,96l bales; 10
France, 11S3 bales; 10 the Continent, S,i5i
bales; stock, 1,lS6,S60 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 1870 bales;
exports--to Great Britain. 1883 bales: to
France, Al $50 bales; to the Continent, 1885,
0l9 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts,
I. 4S0, go bales; exports-to Great Britain,
2 6O3, 7l2 bales; TO France, 7OO,545 bales; 10
the Continent. 2.16l,1Sl bales.
The following are the total net receipts
of cotton at all ports since September LIST:
Galveston. 1,76i152 bales; New Orleans
2. 2Ss. SIS bales Mobile S2O,G2 bales; Sa-
vannah. lO65. OlO bales: Charleston 4sSSO6
bales; Wilmington, n. e, 5OO'lSS bales:
Norfolk 5Oi. 1873 bales; Baltimore. 59,9S'
bales; New York, 12O0l0 bales; Boston,
155 $50 bales Newport News, SISS bales;
Philadelphia. GA. o29 bales; runswick, 49,
GO bales; port Arthur. 1850 bales; Pensa-
cola 49, S42 bales; Port Royal, 53,662 bales
Total. 7430.2 900 bales. o.oo
COTTON futures opened quiet; sales, 900
bales; March, $500; April, Sll; May, Sle;
June. s617: July. $500 August $.Z3; Sep
tember. s61s; october, 8l6; November
s6.l5; December, S6.l6; January, S'l9
Futures closed quiet and STEADY; sales
70. 700 bales; March. $l0; april, 9Is' MAY,
616: June. S6.l7; July, B'Zo; August' So.ZZ;
September. 61S: October, $.l6; Novem-
her SSl5; December, $6l6; January. s619
Snof closed easy; middline uplands,
size: middling Gulf, 9-l6c.; sales,
none.
NEW ORLEANS. March f.-Cotton flu
tures steady: sales, 1880 bales: March, |
- 705Ss5 ~. April. s572d$5.7S; May. s5.76q |
4 ~. lime s. s0d$5.Sl July. $.S3nS5.si |
Augnst IS. 4G$5.S5: September. October, !
nd November. SjslGs5.S2 December, |
q s2dS5 SO: January, 1854 BID.
NAVAL-sTORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, s. c., March 4.--Tur- |
firm at Ss1zc; sales.
none.
SAVANNAH. GA, March 4-Spirits OF |
urnendne-Steady at 6lzc. sales. IS |
rasks: receipts, 1853 casks.
Rosin-Firm: sales. 2s4 barrels; receipts, |
0e4 barrels. Quote A, u, G, and ID, N.25; |
= vi 20. +. 81. l0 G., $50; III, $l65; l. sl.65; |
X N'T5: Nj, $50; ~ $50; window glass, |
=. O5 water-white, $3.50.
VII. MINGTON. N c.. March 4-Spirits |
,f Turpentine-Firm at S6lzgS7e; receipts,
= RosIn-rfrm at sl.25 and $50; receipts.
.S8 barrels.
Crude Turpentne-Firm at sl.50 and s.; |
-ecepts. 4 barrels.
81 n. aft.fa 4nnn