The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-30


ATLANTA. April 2a.-Cotton closed steady;
mlddling csc; receipts to-day 347 bales
GALVESTON, April 29.-Cotton closed firm;
mdbd dIg &c; net receipts 1897 bales, gross
l,Sg'' sales 1866 bales; stock 1880 bales.
NORFOLK, April 29.-Cotton closed quiet:
middling &c; net receipts 547 bales, gross
o4I sales S45 bales stock s5sOs bales.
BALTMoRE April 29.-Cotton closed nominal;
mddline nc; net receipts bales, gross
so; sales none; stock 20,5O0 bales
BOSTON, April @.-Cotton closed dull;
msid isi re; net receipts 46l bales, gross
WILMINGTON, April 29.-Cotton closed firm;
middling 634c; net receipts 1903 bales. gross 1903;
sales -- bales; stock IL, 200 bales.
PHILADELPHIA, April 29.--Cotton closed firm;
mlddhng 79sc; net receipts 1872 bales, gross
Ivy; sales none; stock l 1850 bales.
New ORLEANS, April 29.-Cotton closed quiet
mlddling &c; net receipts Ina bales, gross
! 22O; sales l.45o bales; stock PA $50 bales.
Futures Market closed quiet but steady
with sales Of $500 bales, follows:
May MAY, delivery ,I,yy Sc june delivery soc,
september delivery : loo, october delivery
| Z? l'c, November delivery csc, December de-
| livery SOc, January delivery SIC
Cotton crop statement from Sept I to April
29lncusive: Port receipts 8,71g 1879 bales against
6,537, l43 bales last year and 1851 S51 bales the
| year before last. Overland to mills and Canada
| l,l7S, $50 bales against gg7 500 bales last wear
| Interior stocks in excess OF Sept. /: 2S4, 1913
| bales this year. against PA 343 bales last year
| southern mill takings 464 704 bales this year
| against 4o5,51l bales last year. Amount OF
| crop brought into sight during the 242 days to
date; e,59l 106 bales this year, against 8 224 $50
bales last year and 067,775 bales the year be-
fore last. Crop brought into sight for the week
49,sO1 bales, against 66. 694 bales last year and
| 2i,2l4 bales the year before last. Crop brought
| into sight for the twenty nine days of April
2429l1 bale9, against 30, 3lS bales last year and
| IL $50 bales the year before last.
| MOBILE, April 29.-Cotton closed steady;
| middling 15.l6c; net receipts 4S9 bales, gross
4sS; sales 200 balesi stock 1870 bales.
MEMPHIS, April 29.-Cotton closed firm;
middhng l-l6c; receipts SOB bales; ship
ments 800 bales; sales 1895 bales. stock 1892,
So. S34 bales; stock 1891, 1886 bales.
AUGUSTA, April 29.-Cotton closed steady;
middling 6'f@6 l5-i6c: receipts ISL bales; ship
ments 70 bales; sales 1856 bales; stock. actual,
1892. 1851 bales; stock 1851 %, IO5 bales
| CHARLESTON, April 29.-Cotton closed quiet {;
middling &c; net receipts 157 bales, gross l57 :;
| sales 100 bales; stock IS, 7l6 bales.
| MoNTdoMERY, April 29.-Cotton closed firm 4;
middling 634c; receipts Cos bales; shipments
l,lOG bales stock; actual, 1899, $500 bales;
stock 1891, 1895 bales; sales / LOG bales
MACON, April 29.-Receipts POI bales; sales
| - bales; shipments S57 bales; stock 1899,
corrected, 1926 bales; stock 1891, 4,069 bales.
| COLUMBUS, April 29.-Cotton closed steady;
middling 63sc; receipts aS bales; shipments
| 2,l23 bales; sales 1888 bales; stock 1892, z, 72S
| bales; stock 1891, 1887 bales.
NASHVILLE April 29.-Cotton closed quiet;
SELMA April 29.-Cotton market steady;
| middling G5sc; receipts 1876 bales; shipments
800 bales stock 1892, 5012 bales; stock 1891,
ROME April 29.-Cottou- Receipts 800 bales i;
shipments 30 bales; sales - bales; stock
| 7,02S bales
New YORK, April Consolidated net re-
cepts at all the ports to-day were 1884 bales;
| exports, to Great Britain 9715 bales to
| the continent ID 655 bales, to France - bales;
stock at ali the ports Sl3,liS bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
! New York. April 90, noon-Flour active and
! StaadU WhRat aCtive and
aud easy Pork quiet and steady at 80 goo
100. Lard quiet aud steady at SO so. Freights
| active and Iirm
NEW York. April 90, 500 P. M Flour,
southern, duh tut steady; common TO fair
| extra. 81 550S S5 good to choice, extra,
IS 5O04 80; superfine, 81 1904 SO; buck
business; No. red. 9216c in store and
elevator; 0S160985ec adoat; options steady, 25sc
| decline on April, 1sQD3sc on other months; No.
z red abr April delivery HIsc; ~, May de-
quiet and unsettled; No. . cash SOC nomi-
| nal in elevator; 52953c ahoat; unRraded
mixed, 46@5219c; steamer mixed 4s1604934c;
April delivery 45c: May delivery 4he;
| July delivery 4534c. Oats we're weaker and dun;
options we're quiet and irregular: April de-
livery 3594c; May delivery S5a4c; July de-
| livery 65]1c; No. white. April delivery 3613c;
| spot. No. white. 39s4613i5sc; mixed western,
SH6037c. Hops fairly active and Arm; State.
common to choice, l60122o; Pacific coast l5Q122c,
Coffee-options closed firm. unchanged to
| 10 mp; April delivery IL 400l2 60; May delivery
~ 500l26O; July delivery IL l50lI2 90; Septem-
Der delivery II S50li 80; spot Rio dun and
steady; No. z 100 l315c. Sugar, raw, fair refining
sos Lido; oentrifugals, 900 test size; No
6, 315c; No. g. $3.50; refined dull but steady; of
A, .S1SYS 1oc; mould A, 4stc; standard A, sly
"a !-l6c; confectioners' A, 414D4aSc; cut loaf
grannlated, 4 b-loGD4 8 100; cubes, 4lk141lc.
Molasses-Foreign dull; 90o test, 11S@I l2ltc
in bids; New. Orleans quiet and steady;
common to fancy 25Gs5c' Petroleum, steady
crude in bulk 50 80: refined New York Sc 10:
Philadelphia and Baltimore So o5; N bulk.
new crude aSIsc bid; crude of grades
steady; domestic fleece sO@S6c; pulled
2o03Sc; Texas 16@24c. Professionalism was
S new mess, SO 50@ii 20; s extra prime 2U,
SO 90. Beef was Inactive; family s. 80
@lo1 90; extra mess duh at 81 7O@s 90.
Tierced beef dull city extra India mess,
$l4 00415 90. Ont meats quiet and firm;
picked bellies SIC; picked shoulders 55s
clear April delivery at So 4Oao 80. Lard weak,
closing firm; western steam closed So 5215;
city steam S. 95: May delivery SO 81;
S Suns &C. 90; July deyeT GC 90 81; re,
| America 81 so. Peanuts were quiet; fancy
handpcked 418c; farmers 2344316c. Freights
| TO Liverpool active and steady; cotton, per
steam. 3-32d: grain, ED.
CHICAGO, April 29.-There was no decided
| movement in either direction in the prices of
| articles dealt in on the Board of Trade to-day,
| and the close shows but little change in values
| In most cases, however. prices are slightly
! higher. and A pril corn shows an advance of 5fc,
| while more deferred features are up only 1Sn
| nc The wheat trade was rather slack and
first sales were at rather better prices, but soon
eased off A firmer tone followed the report OF
| liberal cearances and the decline was recoy-
| ered with something more. There was still
| some pressure to sell May early, but IL Rradu-
| allV subsided. At time ,IulY
| nearly Ac premium, but later on. only about
! &c premium. May opened nc high II at s0Ikc,
| weakened TO 80Lc, rallied to SO34c weakened to
| 81 9so rallied to and closed steady at S03sc.
Corn opened &c lower for May, at 40Ac, with
| plenty for sale. and shorts were inclined TO
offer freely, with the result that it soon touched
4Oc There was good buying at the decl ne, aud
sellers becoming very cautious, fearing that
| May holdings had not all been disposed Of,
there was a steady advance to
4O4c then weakened 10 40Mc,
rallied 40Ac and closed at 4055c
Oats were quiet and steady, closing with April
higher. Hog products opened lower and weak
for pork chiefly on the fact that 80, 900 hogs
were reported whore only 1900 had been ex-
pected, and that prices at the yards were SC
atlons within a narrow range and the close was
firm generally, at slight advances over yester-
CHICAGO, April 29-Casb quotations were
as follows: Flour, was dull; spring pat
patents 81 1904 40; winter patents 2014 10;
bakers, 90 0043 25; straights 81 1904 90.
Wheat-No spring, size; No. red, S7G1Ssc.
Corn-No. 2, $500 4Ossc. Oats-No. 2. 261<c.
Mess pork, per barrel, 80 5000 521f Lard,