The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-05

Alabama class 3. .lOt Tena, now sst,6s .l0lg6
Alabama class G. 90 do do s..l0l
Louisiana oonsols. +9h4 do do IS 751s
North Carolina Is. % Virginia g. ....,. $50
North Carolina s.123 do x-mat. coup. %87
So. Caro-. Browns. *97 do consulted 81
%Bid.
NEW YORK, March 4-Treasury balances:
Coin. s74, SCI. 900: currency, S24,7ll. 900
The weekly statement Of the associated banks
Issued by the clearing house to-day, shows the
following changes:
Loans decreased OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5,653, 500
Specie increased ....... ............. eos, 500
Legal tenders decreased. e.. .......... 4952 100
Deposits decreased. .................1 TO- 7U3, 500
Circulation increased. ............ g. 200
Banks now hold 81, 100, 1875 in excess Of the
requirements of the IS per cent. rule
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, March l. noon-Futures: Ameri-
can middling, low middling claue, March de-
livery ID; March and April delivery 56-64d {;
April and May delivery 57-64d; May and June
delivery 5764d, also IS SD, also 59-64d, also
co. 4d, also sl.64d; June and July delivery
July and August delivery 6O-64d, also 61-64d
also 62-64d, also 63-64d, also sd; August and
September delivery 6f-64d, also 62- Cad;
September and October delivery -; October
and November delivery IS sd.
p. H. Futures: American middling, low
middling clause, March delivery 4 57-64G
$3.50; March and April delivery $3.50
4 So sd; April and May delivery 59-64d,
sellers; May and June delivery 63-6405d; june
and July delivery ID; July and August de-
livery ID; August and September delivery
6s-o4d. buyers; September and October de-
livery 6o-64d, buyers; October and November
delivery4 5S-6464 59-64d. Futures closed barely
steady.
NEW YoRK. March 4, noon.-Middling uplands
S-l6c, middling Orleans 7-1ec; sales 2,274
bales, including 1900 bales for export. Spot
cotton closed steady.
Futures-MArket closed quiet but steady. with
sales Of $500 bales, as follows: March delivery
q ,y-il AaIfu a,
livery 9 1709 lSc June delivery 25@9 26c,
July delivery 32G19 $50. August delivery "a
40 35c, September delivery 9 1908 1885, October
delivery 0949 1Oc, November delivery 9 O40
Csc.
Total consolidated net receipts at all the
ports to-day we're 6,S0S bales; exports, TO Great
Britain - bales, TO the continent 400 bales, to
France 7,442 bales: stock 912,37S bales
GALVESTON March 4.-Ootton closed nominal
middliDg &c; net receipts 734 bales. gross
none; sales none; stock n, 444 bales; exports,
coastwise bales
NORFOLK, March 4.-Cotton closed steady;
middling Sc; net receipts $40 bales, gross none;
sales &c bales; stock Al sos bales.
BALTIMORE, March 4.-Cotton closed nominal;
middling $50; net receipts none gross none;
sales none; stock IL ,494 bales.
BOSTON, March 4.-Cotton closed quiet; mid
ding &c. net receipts 93l bales, gross none;
sales none; stock none.
WILMINGTON, March 4.-Cotton closed steady;
middliug S34c; net receipts 81 bales, gross none:
sales none; stock 1888 bales
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-Cotton closed
quiet; middling 998c; net receipts 224 bales,
gross none; sales none stock u, 1873 bales.
New ORLEANS, March 4.-Cotton closed firm;
middling 1-l6c; net receipts 9,O65 bales
gross 1923; sales 1913 bales; stock 313,250
bales.
NEW ORLEANS. March A-Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales Of %, 700 bales, as
follows: March delivery SIC, April delivery
92c May delivery OOc, June delivery 9 orc,
July delivery 12c, August delivery9 12c, Sep
TENDER delivery 95c, October delivery s soc,
November delivery 8 re.
ATLANTA, March 4.-Cotton quiet; middling
8 ll-l5C; receipts 49,
MOBILE. March 4.--Cotton closed dull; mid
ding l3-l6c; net receipts 1O6 bales gross none;
coastwise 1a2.
middling &c; net receipts III bales, gross
1888; sales 200 bales; stock 1906 $50 bales.
AUGUSTA, March 4.-Cotton closed quiet e;
middling 9ci net receipts l42 bales, gross none;
sales 1856 bales; stock SO, $50 bales.
CHARLESTON, March 4.-Cotton closed steady;
middling &c; net receipts 567 bales. gross none;
sales none; stock 1888 bales; exports coast
wise bales
CINcINNATI. March 4.-Cotton closed steady;
middling qS4c; net receipts $50 bales gross
none; sales 300 bales; stock S,l67 bales.
LOUISVILLE, March 4.-Cottoa closed quiet;
middling $3.50; net receipts none, gross
none; sales none; stock none.
ST.. LOUIS, March Cotton closed quiet;
middIng lice, net receipts 1895 bales gross
1905 bales; sales 10 bales; stock 10l, 1872 bales
Houston, March 4.-Cotton closed dull;
middlinR &c; net receipts 2,105 bales, gross
none; sales none; stock 25, 527 bales
NEW YORK, March 4.-The total visible supply
OF cotton for the world is 4 ,206,2J4 bales
of which S,7Os,044 bales are American, against
4,6s3, $40 and 4,177,040 bales, respectively last
year. Receipts at all interior towns for the
week $3.50 bales Receipts from plantations
o9,225 bales. Crop In sight 5,756,677 bales.
GRAIN AND Ps1yIsJoss.
New YoRK. March T. 5 D. m.-FIour-South.
ern dull and steady; common to fair extra
81 1908 10; good to choice extra SO 1904 rs
Wheat firm and dub; No 2 red in store and
elevator 7SS4479c; afloat 773S6l79c; options
moderately active, opening Arm az 1S014c ad-
vance and closed 14D1Rc over yesterdays clos
ing; No. red March delivery 777gc; May de-
livery 1870; June delivery S03Sc. Corn dull
and steady; No. red 63c in elevator; $3.50
afoat; steamer mixed 5lh@52Ac; optioas
closed steady and unchanged, with trading
chiefly local. March delivery 5234c; April deliv-
cry 5i14c; May delivery 505Sc. Oats dull
and firm; options flrmer and quiet; March
cry SIC; spot prices: No $50; No. white
4!4D42c; mixed western 3Sl664Oc; white
mixed western 41D46c. Coffee steady 5Ol5
points advance; March delivery II 90; May de-
livery 16 750l6 80; September delivery Is 45M
10 80; spot Rio nominal: No. z 1701736c
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; fair refining Sc;
refined quiet and steady: standard A $3.50
1876; cubes 65Sc; granulated 45604 Hide
Molasses- Foreign nominal; New Orleans open
kettle good to choice active and firm at 20n SIC
Wool quiet aud firm; domestic fleece 27132c;
pulled 2O031c. Peanuts quiet and steady. PORK
dull and steady; new mess S1S 90; extra prime
nominal Beef dull and nominal; family Sl2 90
61350; extra mess 50 0069 so. Beef hams dull
and steady at S2l 80. Tierced beef dull
and steady; city extra India mess 800 co.
Cut meats dull and unchanged; picked bellies
l14c; picked shoulders 10c; picked hams
14W1414c. Middles quiet and easy; short
clear 81 621h Lard dull and easier; western
sra ". ~ir
none; refined quiet and easy; continent Si3 SIS;
South America Sl3 u.s. compound $40 25.
Freights to Liverpool inactive; cotton, by steam,
1924: grain, by steam, 1Ad
CHICAGO, March Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour quiet; winter patents 80 ron
10; winter straignts SO 300S so; spring pat
enrs So S5D4 20. Wheat-No. 2 spring 74l6c
Corn--No red 4056c Oats-No 301hc Mess
pork SIS 6;1S0ts 65. Lard S13 19160l3l5. Short
rib sides, loose, $40 4715Q11O 80 Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, 80 1909 S11k; short clear
sides, boxed $40 S00to IS. Whisky at 81 II.
Lsadiug futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT Opening. Closing
March 1nSss an
May .-.................. 4ftS(43o 77A67136
July ................. ...... 76ss 769s
March .......s.......... Al a.
May ..........., 439s 4394
Juty."..,,,,,..--. ...,...-...... 4416 s4A
OATS
narch '.-....' ...'''''''''''. 302s S09S
May. ......... ...-.---.. 526 32A
PORK
May ..:..................... IS 0aj6 IS seq
LARD
May............. ............ 10 1915 10 1915