Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-25

NEW 1ORh, Mdfcn Zf--f iOui -oeaOH
er, with wheat, and held higher, but lack
ing demand.
RYE FlOur-Easy.
Cornmeal-Eirm.
Rye-Easy; No. 2, &c.
Barley-Duli.
Wheat-Spot stronger; No rod. s2isc.
Options opened weak. owing TO heavy
foreign market and local short sales, but
turned strong in the late afternoon.
big export demand at the seaOoard and
bullish Russian reports OF famine caused
active covering and strong close, at Il
12sc net advance. Cables were steady
aud crop news was bad. but market was
neglected. March closed at Nlsc.; April
closed at 762,c: May closed at I5lc.
Corn-Spot strong No. 2, 4Zl2ntilsc. .Op.
tlons opened easy. with wheat, 1Di rallied
on heavy export sales. ate nded by local
covering Close strong at a sc. nes ad-
vance; May closed at 4Ol2c.; July closed
oats~spot steady No. 2 $50. Options
Beef-Easy; family, ss.5OasO; packet,
s950USl2.
Cut Meats-Qulet.
Lard-Steady; western steamed, $500;
March, S552l2. Refined steady.
Pork-Dull.
Butter-Firm; western creamery, ia
&c; Elgins. &c; imitation creamery, lSl2V
l5ikc.
Cheese-Firm; large white. he.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
l3hc.; western, fresh. lSUiic; southern
| 12d13c
Potatoes-steady; New York, $L25asLto;
sweets Jersey, S2QS3.25.
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady.
Turpentine-Steady.
| Rice-Firm.
Cottonseed-Oil--A shade easier, through
lack OF demand prime summer yellow,
| &c
Coffee-Options opened steady; Docem-
ber points higher; others unchanged;
| ruled steady showing feeble undertOae,
in absence of expected average TO cables.
| Spots over 1zc. above last years level,
with visible supply greater than the n,
and selling checked by better Havre
closing. Closing steady and net un-
changed; sales. $500 bags. including April,
/ 1896; May. S5.05. Spot Rio dull and fea-
/ tureless; No. 7. invoice, Lie. No. z. job
! bling. 6 5-16c. Mild quiet; COrdova, t0lic.
Sugar-Raw steady and quiet; fair e.
filming. 37sc.; centrifugal. 96-deBree test,
4Ssc.; molasses sugar, 3Ac. Refined quiet
and steady.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 2L-General bust
ness in cotton goods again quiet at first
hands and some falling of reported with
| jobberS. The market here showed no
material change in tone. and prices are
al
| bleached and coarse cOlored cOttons, as
! we'll as i'm prints and ginghams. Regular
| print-clOths are steady but inactive. Wide
| order goods weaker. and sold at sQHc.
decline from top prices. Mems wear
woollens and worsteds quiet. Dress
| goods In fair demand. Linens quiet but
| firm. Burlaps firm. Business limited.
/ stock small.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. March 2L-Flour-Steady
| and unchanged
month, 7iQ7l lie; April. 7ic.; May,
| II he; southern wheat, by sample, 6Su
| "A lie.
Corn-steady; spot and the month, Ssq
| 38 1-sc.; April, 3Sd38 l-ic.; May, IS 5-SQ
38 3-ic; southern white, Ssll39 1-2c.
Oats-Dull No. white, 35c. asked.
Rye-Easier; No near by, 6a57 l-2c.
| No. western, &c.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Firm; fancy creamery, 22Q23c
| store-packed, llul3c.. rolls, lZQlfc.
Eggs-Firm at l2Gl2 lie per dozen.
Cheese--Firm and unchanged.
Lettuce-s2 and 1925.
| Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March 24.-The moving cause
| Of the strength in wheat to-day after
about two-hours' depression was the in
| creasng number Of reports or serious
| damage TO winter wheat. Shorts were
| forced 10 cover, and during the excitement
| May wheat rose 2kc. from the bottom
price of the days range and closed at the
| top, with a net gain OF l3sulAc. Corn and
| oats pursued a similar course. and adj
vanced Vase. and hQhc., respectively.
| Pork improved 7lzc and lard and ribs
| left off shade higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows
| Opening. Highest Lowest CLOSING