Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
GENERAL MARK ETS.

Buckwheat Flour-Quiet at SOS.
Cornmeal-Quiet.
Rye-kasy: No. 2. &c.
Barlcy-Quiet.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Whcat-SpOt easy; No. . red. S37kc. Op-
lions opened weak and declined. under
bearish weekly foreign statistics. Traders
OvorsOld. however. and I'm the afternoon.
when confronted by export rumors and
talk Of crop damage by excessive rain,
FASTENED TO cover. with an attendant
sharp rally. Close steady ut unchanged
prices 10 4 Sc. net decline; March closed
at SIZE. May closed az 1850.
Corn-Spot easier; No. .. 42>snirsc. On
lions opened easier. because Of big worlds
shipments and a heavy increase on pas
sage. 1t rallied a little. with wheat, but
finally yielded 10 fresh liquidation, and
closed weak at a #n5sc. net decline,
March closed at l2i4c.; May closed at
4Ol2c. July closed NJ i07sc.
Oats-Spot weaker; No. ,. 3ilAc. options
quiet.
Beef-Firm; family, $1oG$11.5o.
Cut Meats-Quiet.
Lard-Steady: western steamed. $3.50;
March. S5.52. nominally. Refined quiet.
Pork-Dull.
Butter-Firm; western creamery. i5iau
20c.. do. factory. 12ulrac.. Elgins, DC;
imitation creamery, 13Iapl5i2c.; state
dairy. 1iNl9iac.
Cheese-FIrm: white, 1ltzc.
~Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania.
DC. western, fresh, 24c.; southern, 25l24
Enthusiastically New York. S1.25aS2;
Long Island. S.50a$2.25; sweets. Jersey
Cottonsee Oil-Qulet; prime crude. 2lQ
22c.
Pe~troleum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady.
Turpentine-Firm.
Rice-Flrm.
Cabbage-Steadler.
or 81 .FaaFHL1 I'm FatE steady M
n ; point decline. and further declined
partially > points. under DISAPPOINTING
European cables and larger receipts. Mar
! ket attacked by leading bear house, Whl'h
unchanged and featureless. Close barely
steady and . TO 10 points lower sdle,'
| 1900 bags. including March. SJ.D, April
J S52oGS5.25. Spot BIO barely steady; NO: Z.
invoice. Gilc.: No. Z. jobbing, 6'ic. Mild
quiet: COrdOya. SHllc.
~Suear-Raw strong and held higher; fair
defining 37.c.. centrifugal 96-degree test.
d. mol1sscs sugar. 3ll-l6c. Refine,
firm and higher; mould \, DISC; srahu-
lated. 5sc.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 6.-Actual business
I'm cotton fabrics to-day mas p,tn nIou
rate. AS sellers continue TO turn uo"I
many orders coming to hand. N tend
nncv of prices in printed goods Is stu up
uard Advances ~ var per cent. are
repOrtcd I'm some lines on peIcaitH 9H,tl
Etc. Three-yard and Courtyard sneetthss
advanced &c. Print-clotns aun -
~rav goods are very firm, but Win pusi'
ness of only moderate extent. ,o'ey1
urn cashmere dress goods iulther nv
vanced. old dress goods ahu He" :
war woollens are without chahee'
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
l. BALTIMORE. March C.-Flonr-Duh.
Wheat-Weak and lower 80. req sgees
and the month. 7ji,uI5lac.; Apin, 90
76rc.: May. 76l4c. asked so"'n''"' ~
sample, 70u76c. ,txed srot and
Corn-Woak and lower; miHeo NSss'n
tho month. 2Sa36i4c., April "o'sH''tS
H., az. bid: southern white corn' 400
"0Cats-steady; No. . white @'2c co,lo
D. steady. No. ., near by, bVhVoi2c'
do. western. 02igc. ,io,ed Z, OH
coarse. do. S.20ns5.2le. oo092c
Enthusiastically: fancy creamery %-H-"C'
s.nre-packed uNl3c.. rolls, l-nl'e'
Eggs-Firm at 22oZ3c. ,oa,.
Cbeese-Steady; sixty. large. lz'lfO'
Tettuco-s225 per bushel b'A. oas
Whiskcv-H. 30n$l.3l Tor Ihl'shcu 49,,
I'm carloads, and ~Sl.3lH3l9- l"' JO'''
cu1cAGO PRODUCE MARKET
curCAGO. March 6.-Immense snip
u~onts ia Europe last week. tosethet VIZ
heavv domestic receipts TO-DAY Noanytv
Wheat aad May left of at a ~, ueT in,
Corn lost 5.cg and cats 'th1sc' ~
closed nc. lower. lard d shiue "'7"'
and ribs unchanged. 10 followe
The leading futures ranged aS lo'io"s
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing