The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-20


the best figures OF the day. The commission
houses had more orders than for some time
and the bears covered freely. DiStillers
yielded 25sc at the opening to- 14%c on the pro-
ceedtngs instituted by the attorney general of
Illinois for the annulment of the charter, but
subsequently rose to 18c. The demand during
the last hour was more active than at any
previous hour of the day. Speculation closed
strong in tone. The sales reached 27S000
shares of which 1900 shares were unlisted.
The following were the closing bids:
Atchlson. 4. Is ST. 28I4lN. Y. Central. 1O3
Baltimore & Ohio. II N. j. Central. 11S
Canada Pacific. M Mort. &West. pfd. 2SlI
CheS. & Ohio. 20A Northern Pacific 14A
Chicago, b. q O.. 8756 do preferred. 371
Chicago & Alton. 1876 Northwestern =. l0S5s
Cotton Oil ........ 391l do preferred. 1855
Cotton Oil pref ,*73H Pacific Mail .,... %
East Tennessee "a Reading. .......... %
do do pref. Is Richm'd T'minal 81
Erie ............... 1898 Rock Island. .... 745s
Erie Preferred. 40 St Paul. .......... 71l6
Illinois Central 962{ St Paul pref. 118I{
Del, Lack w. 1909 Silver Certificates SO
Lake Erie W.. 10 Sugar Refinery S6B
do do pref. ma do do pref. 50
Lake Shore. 1884 Tenn. Coal g. Iron lTls
Lville & Nash. 6S% do do pref. ~
Memphis & Char. $40 Texas Pacific. ~
Michigan Central. 1914 Union Pacific. 32A
Missouri Pacific. 391a Wabash. ......... 9
Mobile & Ohio. . 1917 Wabash pref'd 1874
Nash, c. st. L.. SO Western Union. SG%
STATE BONDS.
Alabama, class A . l0t Tennessee Olds. &62
Alabama, class b 104 Tenn, new set. 6s fO1
Alabama. class G. &95 Tenn. new set. bs. 10l
Louisiana cons Is, 1881 Tenn. new set. 3s. 71%
North Carolina IS. 9S Virginia 6s...... $50
North Carolina6 IS 12l%I do eX-mat. coup. *35
). Caro- a Browns#l00H Virginia consols. $50
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
United States As, registered. ...........112h
United States As, coupons. ...............112A
United States Observation-Disclosures. 800
Slid.
New York May 19.-Sub-treasury balances:
Coin, S5S, $4,000; currency, Sl5,083,000.
Cotton.
Liverpool May 49, noon.--Cotton opened
with limited demand, sellers not pressing:
prices unchanged; American middling up
lands4 3-1Gd: sales 900 bales-American g. 100
bales speculation and export 800 bales; re-
ceipts 1000 bales-American none. Futures
steady; demand freely supplied.
F'utures-American middling, low middling
clause, May and June delivery 4 1-6fd June
and July delivery d. July and August de-
livery 10-64d: August and September deliy-
cry 412-6id; September and October delivery
14-64d. also l3-64d October and NoVem-
her delivery d. November and December
delivery l764d; December and January de-
livery 1864d.
The tenders of deliveries at today's clear.
ings amounted to LOO bales new dockets.
p. MIXTURES: American middling low
middling clause May delivery 7-Gfd buyers;
May and June delivery 7-64d, buyers; June
and July delivery 4 S6iGn4 9-64d July and
August delivery l0-6ilB4 ll-64d; August and
September delivery l26id, buyers; Septem-
p6T ana OCIODBr Q6uFGfy 4 lo-OflU4 IA DtQ,
October and November delivery Bold,
buyers: November and December delivery
16.G414 l7-64d; December and January de
livery 1s-6ld, buyers. Futures closed quiet
but steady.
American middling 3-16d.
Liverpool, May 13.-1he weekly Liverpool
cotton report is as follows: Total sales $1,000
bales including Al 900 bales Of American;
trade takings, including forwarded from ship
side. So 600 balds; actual exports 5000 bales:
total imports 1900 bales, including $1,000
bales of American; total stock l,5e2 600 bales,
including 1882 600 bales OF American; total
a1ioat S00 900 bales, including 10000 bales Of
American; spectators took 600 bales; ex-
porters took 500 bales.
New York, May l9--RiOrdan & Co say OF
cotton: This has been a very duh day. Liv-
erpOol came unchanged and is now closed
until Wednesday next for the Whitsuntide
holidays. The crop accounts were favorable
and our opening was about 1 points lower.
August selling at 753c a little later IL de-
clined to 752c the lowest price yet touched.
But outside orders were few and the trading
was limited mainly 10 the operations OF local
spet ulatOrs. Presently the covering of some
Of those who were short advanced August to
1850. and the market toc while showed great
steadineSs, but toward clock the feeling
grew easier ana the close was duh with 75AC
bid for August The hope Of any substantial
recovery in prices seems every day to be
growing fainter
New York, May l9.-The Suns cotton re-
view says: There was slight decline owing
to dullness In Liverpool and unfavorabl
weather at the south, as well as a s1uggishness
in the speculation due TO the fact that the
Liverpool market closed at / o'clock to-day
and will not ODcn again Till after the Whit
suntide holidays on Wednesday, May p
Prices declined3 10 . points, closing dull with
sales Of 4l.5O0 bales. Liverpool was quiet
and unchanged. closing steady. with spot
sales OF 1850 bales New Orleans declined
points. but recovered this The receipts al
the ports were b 3T bales against 43tB this
day last week, and 1905 last year. total
the week .E5 OH HWNr. WWaITaf
last week and - 81 last year. exports from
tho ports were l3 22l bales. spot cotton here
was quiet end steady 40 o 1860 for middling
uplAnda, with sales ~ 900 bales for export
and % for spinning. southern mhrkotg
were dull and generally without changes.
1lerc was dcelluc Of l-l8 10 go az two 81 the
southern markets New Orleans roid ! sW
bales The receipts at the Interior towns for