Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-06

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NEW YORK, May 5.-Flour-Inactive
and nominally lower; Minnesota patent,
s. s5n a. TO-
Rye Flour--Dul.
COrrmeal-Steady.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Rye-Steady
BGrley-Quet.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red. $3.50. OPP
tons opened steady, on the Missouri re-
port. but al once turned weak. and de-
clined most OF the session. Better crop
news inspired most OF the long and short
selling. Bears We're also favored by
heavy Argentine shipments. The close
was easy at lsuizc. net decline, in face
OF another fair export trade: May closed
az 7slsc.; July closed at 1850; September
closed at 15Ac.
.Corn4Spot steady; No. 2, 49%a42%c.
options opened steady, on export rumors.
but eventually eased on with wheat, and
closed easy at &C. net decline; May
39c. :,
oats-spot quiet; No. white. s5c. OPP
lions slow.
Beef--Steady
Cut Meats-steady: picked hams. 7H9
&C.
Lard-Easy; western steamed, SIC. Re-
fined quiet.
Pork-Dull
Cottonseed-Oil-Dull.
Petroleum--Dull
Rosin-Firmer; strained, common to
good sl.45aSl.5O
Turpentine- Steady.
Rice-Steady.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 14fD
17c.; State dairy, 1SIl6c..
Cheese-Old quiet; large white, he.
Eggs-F'irm; State and Pennsylvania,
1ic.; western. fresh, SAql5a4c.; SOUTH
ern. 12LNl34c.
Potatoes-steady; Now York, $500
S2.3715: Jersey. Sl50d2.75.
Cabbage-Quiet at S9GSlT per 100
Freights to Liverpool-Cotton, by
steamer 12isd.
Coffee-Options opened steady, al a 5
points advance. and further improved 5
points, on favorable European cables,
causing covering. General confidence is
still restricted by heavy supplies. and
and points net higher: sales. 1900 bags,
including July $3.50; August, $40. spot
Rio, steady; No. T. invoice, Sac. Mild
dull.
sugar-Raw firm and held higher; fair
refining 4hc. Refined firm.
THE DRY-GOODs MARKET.
NEW YORK, May 5.--There has been
more business doing to-day Demand for
print-cloth yarn goods other than regu-
lar prnt-cloths active, and sales largest
for any single day for considerable
time past. Prices firm. Regular print
cloths firm. A large deal believed to be
impending in these. Heavy brown cot
tons, bleached cottons, and coarse colored
cOttons I'm fair demand { previous prices.
Prints and ginghams are firm, with ave-
rage business Burlaps firm.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, May 5.-Flour-Firm and
unchanged.
Wheat-Dull and lower; spot and the
month, 7Hsa75c.; June. HAN75c; July,
75Q751ac.; southern. by sample, 3OUl6c.
-Easier-Spot and the month. 57N
GSsc.; June, 24pSsc.; July, Ssc.; south
ern white corn, Alac.
Oats-Steady No. 2 white, a5435iac.;
No. mixed, 32d32i2c.
Rye--Easer; No. ?, western, 63i2c.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Steady and unchanged.
Cheese-Quiet and unchanged.
Lettuce, 75c.MN.
Whiskey-Unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, May 5-The grain markets
ruled weak to-day, on fears OF a blockade
in lake traffic. owing 20 the Buffalo
strike. Favorable weather also induced
considerable liquidation. July wheat
closed %a7sc. lower. Corn declined. &c.
and oats IGHc. Pork closed a shade
higher. lard shade lower and ribs un-
changed.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opeu.nS Highest Lowest. Closing.