Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-07

Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-
Lettuce-40d50c. per bushel box
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, August 6.-,Scarcity of re-
ceipts and active cash demand advanced
wheat to-day. September left Off 7-Sc
higher and December l-2q6-Sc. Corn
closed 1-4c. lower. Oats lost 1-Sc. Pork.
lard. and ribs. unchanged
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest lowest Closing.
wHEAr--No.
Aug..... 70% 7tI6 7oA IL
sept........ 67%a6s 6sls 67n 6s,saM
Dec...... G6aM 81 90 ooldags
May........ O0 ooN VIZ oots
CORS-No. ..
Aug........ 33H 33x 22zs 81
sept."".... 33lsass 33es sgasa33 80 80
May. 36Aass S6I4sss 3594a7s 3ojs
OATs-No. 9.
sept...".... 2l9s 211f ZlB xis
May........ 24ss X4sS - -
MSS PoRK-Per Dbl
sept...... 1910 1910 ss.s7H 5000
Oct....".. ...,.. ''.... o'VV
LAKp-Per l0olps
sept......... s5.35 t5.37,s s5.32ts s5.32l5
Oct. ......... $40 $40 5.37h 6.37,s
SHORT kIBS-Per lOO lbs.
Sept. ....... s5..7lS s5.271 $500 s5.22%
oct......... $50 $50 5.22h bSo
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No 2 spring wheat, 1Oc.; No. 3
spring wheat. 6Sa75c; No. red. 75c No.
No. white. 2SG29c; No. 3 white, 26g2Sc.
No. 2 rye, 46 lie. No. 2 barley, Ale. No.
1 fiaxseed, 92Q92 1-2c Prime timothy
seed. s2.5Ods2.e0. Mess pork, per barre,
10 lie l-pa
$3.50 Short ribs sides, loose, se.1GWSo:45
dry-salted shoulders, boxed, 4b-Sai INC. !;
short-cear sides, boxed. $o.6OGs5.SO. SUI
gars, cut-loaf. s6.02; graduated, 500. BUT
ter and eggs unchanged. Cheese hrIn;
creams. 1-4qS l-4c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, August 6.-l =. M.--Clos-
Ing: Cotton-Spot quiet; prices unchanged;
American middling, 15-32d. Sales Of the
day were 5000 bales, Of which 900 were
for speculation and export. and included
1900 bales American; receipts, LOCO bales
no American.
Futures opened quiet, with poor de-
mand, and closed quiet; American mid.
ding, low middling clause, August. 2a-bi
I3 25-6id buyers; August and September,
3-64d buyers; September and october,
21-6fG3 22-6id., buyers; October and No
vember, SH-6id., sellers; November ana
December. 2O-6id value; December and
January, 20-6id., buyers; January and
Fehruary. 2O-6ld'. buyers: February and
March. 8 q Sid, sellers: March and April,
A-64d3 22-64d., buyers; April ana May
3 22-6ilt3 23-64d. sellers; May and June
23-6id., buyers.
NEW YORK. August G-Cotton-Dull
md easy: middlng, Lice; net receipts,
none: gross receipts. 2S6 bales; forward
ed. 5l5 bales; sales, 7l6 bales; spinners,
100 bales: stock, S,2S2 bales.
Totals to-day and consoldated: Net re-
cepts. PSI bales; exports-to Great nea brl.
tain, II bales; TO the Continent. SOoo paies'
stock. 231, $40 bales.
Totals since September 1st: Net receipts.
s5lS777 bales; exports to Great Britain,
3, 4SS. 100 bales; TO France, aO,SW Dales; 10
the Continent. 2,976,So bales.
The cotton market opened duh ana ruled
speculatiyely fiat all during the days
short session. The few sales made on
the call were at a decline or / point 10 an
advance of / point. Subsequent transac-
lions were of scalping anu eFshInS,up
nature. al about last nights bid prices
Fairly fluctuations were restricted 20
range Of Q points. The indifference or the
local element was due in good part 10 re-
ports of stagnation ut Liverpool, absence
of interest on the part or outsiders. anu
generally unchanged coholtiohs az ~, ,nd
cotton belt Heavy rains were indicateo
on the weather map for New orleans ana
Abilene. but over the rest or the beit ciedr
weather was noted.
Cotton futures opentu uuiii =. c. -
9, Of. October. S5g7; November, S.sl' De-
cemhar ssO3: January, sG.07 February,
W 500: March. .ssi2; April. SIS; May ssls.
Close quiet; August. WI; September
s5gl: October, Sj.95; November, sos8; De
cember. S.O2: January. sj.02; February,
sos: March, s6.i2; Aprii. tjA5; May Sb
Spot closed dull and easy; mlddling up
lands i-i6c; middling gulf, 5-lec.; sales,
EstImated receipts OF cotton az the ports
FOR to-day. 800 bales, against S5S5 oales
actual last week and 3i2 bales actual last
year.
NEW ORLEANS August 6.--Cotton-
Futures quiet August $3.50 $50: septem-
Der. s5.5TNE.5si October SoVp.s.9 ~, 10 20
vember s56iftt5.C6: December, s5.Genb.lV;
January. Si.7sas574; February. S.7sQS5.iS;
March, S5.S0aSj.@.
NAVAL STORE MARKETS.
CHAIR. ESTON. s. c., August Scot
toi,-Market quiet; sales, none; quotations
" ~, fna rket steady az PIC