Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-28

steady: Cordova. sable sales, good job
bing trade and fair invoice business.
Sugar-Raw dull and nominal; lower 10
sell; fair refining, 3-4c.: centrifugal. s6
degree test, 5-l6c.; molasses, l-2c he-
fined dull
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, September 30.-The market |
for dry-goods is comparatively without |
feature. Both cottons and woollens were !
quiet in all grades. The latter were the |
subject OF some perfunctory trading, |
chiefly In worsted lines. But small num- |
Der of recorders for lightweight goods /
were recorded. Cotton continued dull In |
nearly ali grades.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, September 30.-Extreme dull !
ness was the prominent feature OF to- |
days trading in all the grain and pro- |
vision markets. Confirmation or reports |
Of heavy Russian offerings, large receipts
and weak cables were influences In wheat.
which closed at a lac. decline. Corn and
oats closed at practically unchanged
prices Provisions received fair packing
support and closed 5a7Izc. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening. aignest owes. Closing.
WHEAT-No.
Dec. -. sc ss;saos SsH es,sssS
Aay........ 64as o4A 63s4 U33s
C0RN-No. :"
sept ...... s9,4 oaA s9als 2els
May. ..' 5isaS siSss,s siaaas SiS
OATS-NO. g
sept...~... alAa9s sls 2iA slss
Doc......... 2OSs 2OR 2Oes ZUA
May"...-... 22ls .2bs 223s Z<@
NESS PoRK-Psr BbL
oct....... $500 ss.O5 $500 $500
JAM JAZZ. s si5 SO SO s zig s sir
LARD-Per 100 IDS
oct-.....,...s4.72 s477ls s4.72x si.77H
Dec...s..... 46o 4.S1St = ~ t.oo
Jan. 400 4.a5 4.9) 4.95
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
0ct..........s5oelt s5.27ts s5.22& s5.27h
Dec ...... 472h 4.77ts 4.72N ATM
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
yellow corn, 29i9Q29 3-4c. Flour steady.
No. 3 spring wheat, 6lq63 3-4c. No. red,
6ia65c. No. corn, % S-Sc. No. oats,
o. b., 5-sqa &c; D. No; 20, white 2Soc';
rye, i6c. No. 2 barley, 2Slp44c. No;
| faxseed Gle. Prime timothy seed. S242is.
Mess pork, per barrel, ssQsS.l0. Lard. per
100 pounds, AS21sas4.S. short-rb sides,
boxed, sL5Oas75 short-clear sides, boxed,
&.4Oas5.50. Whisky, distillers' finished
goods, per gallon, sl.3. Sugars-Cut-
loaf unchanged. Butter steady; creamery,
l3al9c.; dairy, l2al7c,. Cheese steady at
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. September SO.-Cotton-
Spot: Good business done; prices favor
| buyers; American middling, l-Sd. The
sales of the day were 12.000 bales, OF which
| 1000 bales were for speculation and ex-
port, and included 1,4OO bales of Ameri-
! can. receipts 600 bales, all American.
Futures opened quiet, with moderate
demand and closed barely steady: Ameri-
can mddling low mddling clause. Octo-
Der, 263-6ad., sellers; October and Mo-
vember, 263-64d.. value; November and
December. 262-64a2 63-64d.. sellers; De
comber and January, 26l-6tQ2 62-64d.. sell
ers; January and February, 6l-64f0
262-e4d.. buyers; February and March
! 2 62-fim2 63-6id., buyers; March and April
3a3 Ltd, values; May and June, l-6iep
Esd, sellers; June and July, S2-sig
5 3-6id., sellers.
NEW YORK, September SO.--Cotton-
Quiet; middling, S7-lGe.; net receipts,
none; gross receipts, 2,s37 bales; exports
TO Great Britain, 449 bales: to the Con-
tlnent, 2,S76 bales; forwarded, 700 bales;
sales, 65S bales; spinners, l5l bales; stock,
g. 100 bales.
Weekly: Net receipts, 1,2lO bales: gross
| receipts, 1903 bales: exports-to Great
! Britain. 50O6 bales; to the Continent, 1915
bales; forwarded, 3109 bales; sales. LIZ
| bales; spinners, l. 020 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 65,l09 bales;
| exports-to Great Britain. q 1913 bales; to
the Continent. 0572 bales; stock. 5lS,S62
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts 3l2, $50 bales;
| eXports-tO Great Britain, 6l4O bales;
to the Continent. 65 9S6 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
| ceipts, $500 bales; eXports--to Great
Britain, 157,li6 bales; TO France, 1850
bales; 10 the Continent, 12O.735 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady at the
decline; October, S.19. November, S.2l;
December, 1927; January, $3.50; Febru-
|
$3.50; June, S.53; July, $751; August, 1852.
Futures closed barely steady: October.
$50; November, s5.23; December. S.2S;
January, 1913; February. s5.38; March.
s5.i2; April. s5.47 May, S.5l; June, s5.55;
July, $3.50.
Spot quiet at a 1-16 advance; middling
Gulf. ll-l6; middling uplands, 7-l6;
sales 65S bales.
The following are the total net receipts
at all ports since September l. 1895 Gal
weston 258, 697 bales: New Orleans, 1921
bales Mobile, PISS bales: Savannah.
1853 bales; Charleston. iS,1B bales VIII
mington 43 ,734 bales; Norfolk, zS,i5s bales
Baltimore 1872 bales; New York, 1.760 bales
Boston, 54S5 bales; Philadelphia. $50 bales;
Brunswick, 3,769 bales. Total, 6s6, $50 bales.
| Fluctuations in cotton futures to-day
were quite violent at times, with the
market feyerish during the morning and
early afternoon. Trading was spasmodic,
with aggregate transactions the largest,
perhaps, in several weeks. Prices de-
clined 3l4 points, systematically. at the
| ouening futures at Liverpool having
shown weakness. Immediately following
the call our market became unsteady
under estimates for heavy movement
of cotton at the ports. as well as the more
important interior towns Liquidation
! set in on a moderate scale, and the more
confident bears materially increased their
obligations on the short side. believing
| that the downward turn toward Sc. cotton
| was at hand. A few scattered selling
| orders were secured from the South and
abroad, which added TO the general weak
While sales OF 1900 bales spot at I'M
changed prices in the Liverpool market
were considered liberal. a decline Of 20
3h points in futures more than Offset this
factor Rumors that the Central Gulf
States had been visited by verttabe
hours. later corroborated by official wea-
Their bulletins, led 10 a change of front,
and by midday the bull crowd had sue
ceeded In regaining the early loss, and
In scoring q point or two in addition.
Shorts covered on an extensive scale
| and for time even the stronger bears
showed great uneasiness. According 70
the bulletin on Change. 7.50 inches OF rain
had fallen within the past twenty -four
hours at Louisiana, Ito In Waynesboro'
| Miss: 100 at Mobile, 2.6 at Warren, Ark.
$50 az Forest City and Brinkley. Ark.
liza at Memphis, 102 at Cairo. l.so al
Vicksburg, and 10 at New Orleans
Showers TO moderate rains were also
noted in other sections. from Texas e
| the Carolinas
The market again eased of In the after
| noon under realizing, the latter being
due to estimates for another heavy move