The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-05

b.S1: May, 6S5: June. $50: July. 59i:
August. a.D. September, 5.y3. October and
November. 500; December. 800: January.
GU2: February. 6O3.
Futures closed quiet and steady: April.
6.TJ: MAY. $50. June. 5S5. July. 800. Au-
gust. 5.9i: September, 5.sl; October. 5.93.
November. 5.9f. October. DOB; November.
5.O4: December, go. January. 6O1; Feb
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up
lands. 0 3-l6; middling gulf, g ZIG; sales,
433 bales.
COTTON-Quiet: middling. G 3-iG: net
receipts. 633 bales; gross, 5NN paie.'
sales, 43S bales; stock llso ILL., oaie ~ ithSes
ports TO Great Britain, ccS pales' 10 the
Continent, g3S bales.
Total to-day-Net receipts. 1905 bales;
exports TO Great Britain. LBS bales 10
France. 1900 bales: to the continent 80
bales: stock. 703. 1862 bales.
Consolidated-Net receipts sS'Sk' pales,
exports To Great Britain. LBS bales. 70
France, Geo bales; TO the continent -"h
bales.
7.cfs.7 7S bales; exports 10 Great Britain,
B,12S.6J7 bales: TO France. tii1e- ba4e1'
TO he Continent. 2,359,7Ji bales
NEW ORLEANS. April 4-COTToN-
Futures steady; April. SO. May ooJt
5.64: June. 5~eS0J.70: July. J.GSN1.Ot Au-
gust. 5.G6d5G7: September, 565G36l; &c
tober. 5.GfH5.GJ; November, 5.6id5.b1' De-
''.h'Ni oN'.
LIVERPOOL. April 4.-COTTON-Spot
quiet; prices unchanged; American midi
ding. 3%d. The sales Of the day were
lation and export. and Included f,1pO bales
American. Receipts since last report, To-
900 bales. including 1890 American.
Futures opened easy, with a moderate
demand. and closed barely steady: Ameri-
can middling. /. m. c.. April. 3 1850
3 2o-Gi, sellers: April and May, 3 1860
3 2O-6i, sellers; May and June, 3 1860
3 20-G4, value. June and July, . 1860
, 2O-G4. buyers: July and August. 9 2O-G4.
sellers: August and September. . 1H-f4N
3 2O-Gl, sellers. September and October,
3 1864. buyers: October and November,
3 1S-64d3 1864. buyers: November and
December, 3 1854. buyers, December and
January, 3 1864, buyers; January and
February. 3 1861. buyers: February and
March. 3 lS-G4q3 1864. buyers.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. April 4-FLOUR-DulI
and easier. Minnesota patent, $34Oa3.4J.
RYE FLOUR-Dull.
CORNMEAL-Steady.
RYt&Dull.
BARLEY-Nominal.
BARLEY MALT-Dull.
WHEAT-Spot dull; No. > red, Soi4c.
Options weak on cable Jews. foreign sell
ing and better home crop conditions. The
crowd oversOld, however. and in the last
hour covered shorts on noWs of higher
Northwest markets. leaving the final tone
frmer. although lsQ@sc. below last night
were small; May closed at 1910; July
Closed at 1870, September closed At f3a~c.
CORN-Spot steady, No. >, 4l44Q43c.
options opened easy on the decline IN
wheat. selling off with cables and me
weather West. until finally rallied by
shorts: closed partly &c. net lower, May
closed at 39a.c. July closed At 39i &c.
OATS-Spot dun; No. , 3Sc. Options
BEEF STEADY.
CUT MEATS-Steady.
LARD-Dull: western steamed, $3.50;
April, 500 nominal. Refined dun.
BTTTER~Steady: western creamery,
1712119c.; DO. factory, l2nlii2c.; Elgins.
21iRc.; imitation creamery. l3-2QlNt3c.;
State dairy, 14hqG2c.; state creamery,
EGGs-steady; State and Pennsylvania
and western fresh. 12Aql3c.' southern
ctHfEFibsB-steady; large white and col
'PpooTAToEs-ouiet: New York, $1,000
go: Long Island. S2G2.JO: Jersey, seas.
COTTON-SEED OlI@Steady.
PETROLEUM-Dull
R~OSTN-Steady.
TURPENTINE-Steady.
RICE-Steady.
CABBAGL-Quiet.
COFFEE - Options opened barely
steady. unchanged TO > points lower. ruled
dull and featurtdess. with local operations
in control: bearish crop cables from san
tos produced little or no effect; statesti-
cal changes unimportan; foreign mafhels
destitute of influential features, closed
steady to : points lower; sales, 1870
nag. Including May at S5.o5; June. 500.
Spot-Rio inactive: No. invoice, q l-lbc.:
No. I jobbing, q 9-16; mild quiet, CorooVa'
Sd1ic.
sUGAR-Raw strong. tending upward:
fair refining, 3 bile; centrifugal, 30
test. ! 7-16c. molasses sugar, . ld-lOc.
REFINED firm and active.