The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-18
can 4,7OO. Futures steady; demand mode

NlauSe, May ana June QeIlVery u. June
and July delivery s-64d also 9-6id; July
and August delivery 10-64d. also 9-64d. also
10 SID also ll-G4d; August and September
delivery ll-64d, also l2-64d; September and
October delivery lS-64d; October and Novem-
Der delivery 1850; November and Deem
Der delivery l7-6id, December and January
delivery 1s64d.
The tenders of deliveries at to-day's clear
lngs amounted to 800 bales new dockets and
- bales old.
4 D. MIXTURES: American middling low
middling clause, May delivery 7-64d, buyers;
May and June delivery 7-6ld buyers; June
and July delivery ! S6iG4 9-64d; July and
August delivery l0-6id. buyers; August and
| September deliver { ll64G14 l264d; SepteEl-
! Der and October delivery l36id buyers;
October and November delivery l564d,
sellers: November and December delivery
1664614 l7-64d; December and January de-
livery lS-64d, sellers. Futures closed quiet
| but steady.
Manchester May 1.-THE Guardians com
merclal article says: Weakness in cotton
and an uneasy feeling in regard to financial
aHalrS mas made buyers cautious. moderate
business has been executed. However, there
was some business under falling prices and
pressure to sell. India is sending orders for
small quantities Of goods to meet the probable
wants of the Poojah season. Heavy goods
have sold Sparingly. A prolonged stoppage
OF the looms IS being planned to go into enect
at Whitsuntide. small miscellaneous bust
ness Is doing in printing and finishing
cloths. Yarns are fat
New York. May 1.-THE Suns cotton re-
view says; some advance in Liverpool and
rather unfavOrable weather reports from some
parts of the cotton belt caused rise in prices
at the opening, but later on there was a good
deal of long liquidation, largely for the south,
ana prices gave way rapidly, closing +
points lower than yesterday Liverpool
showed some depression toward the close
and Manchester was in an unsatisfactory CON
dluon Dry and slightly warmer weatherwas
| paedlCted for most parts of the cotton belt.
The financial situation in this country and
| Europe continues to cause more or less un-
! easlness. The close was barely steady,
/ with sales OF 1913 700 bales Liverpool
| advanced to ~ points, but lost part Of this,
| closing quiet and steady, with spot sales OF
! 10000 bales Spot prices here were easy, but
! without quotable change; middling uplands
/ 1916 with sales OF POI for export and l67
! for spinning. Southern markets were gener
| ally Slow and unalterod; New Orleans sold
! 1000 bales. Receipts at ports were 21O4
! bales against , $50 this day last week and 2,5S3
/ last year. The total thus far this week was
| 4l2 bales against 1855 thus far last year.
! New York May 17.-Riordan & Co. say of
! cotton; Liverpool again gave the bulls en-
! enlargement this morning and for time the
| market was quiet and firm; August opened at
! H6lc. The crop accounts were not altogether
! satisfactory. he business situation looked
| decidedly less gloomy and cables brought bad
| accounts of the Egyptian crop. The result
! was much more confident feeling among
! traders, and August rapidly advanced to 7.66c
! But here the market seemed to run into a
! bank of selling orders, and prices gave way.
/ At about 7.63c there was a TEN pOrary halt in
! the decline, but the bears, seeing that there
/ was little support TO the market, began offer
/ ing more freely and a great weakness fol
/ lowed: August declined - points from the
! highest The close was barely steady with
/ 753c bid for August The course Of the mar
| kct tomorrow will depend upon whether Liv-
| erpool breaks in sympathy with the uneX-
| pccted slump here
| New York, May II, noon.-Cotton futures
| opcrcd quiet, as follows: May delivery Bic.
| June delivery 44c, July delivery 7 54c Au-
| gust delivery Ole, September delivery G6c.
| October delivery zoe
Cotton contracts opened quiet and points
down, but rallied on reports of bad weather
in the south, and as following the stronger
! tone of Liverpool and the northwest say
| points above yesterday.
New York, May II, p. m.-Middling up
lands 13-16c, middling Orleans l-l6c, good
ordinary &C. Sales 1868 bales. Cotton easy.
Futures closed barely steady, with sales of
l237O0 bales, as follows: May delivery : 3l@
z &c, June delivery 35G17 BIC, July delivery
: 45c. August delivery 7 5377 54c SeDtember
delivery 5SIl7 SOC, October delivery $40
Csc. November delivery 1907 Tie, Deem
! Der delivery TQ7 78c January delivery 50
Total consolidated net receipts at all the
ports to-day were 2,74O bales; exports to
Great Britain 052 bales to France - bales,
to the continent 545 bales; stock 537 1913 bales.
Galveston, May 17.-Cotton closed steady
middling nc; net receipts 201 bales, gross
none; sales rs bales; stock 81 73 bales.
Norfolk, May l7.-Cotton closed dull; mid
| ding 75sc; net receipts 100 bales gross 1884;
bales; sales l36 bales; stock 26,G 25 bales; ex-
! ports to Great Britain 4OS5 bales, to the con-
tinent $50 bales.
Baltimore, May 17-Cotton closed nominal:
middltng re; net receipts none, gross none;
sales nOne stock 9, 179 bales.
Boston May l7.-Cotton closed quiet; mid
ding 1885, net receipts $50 bales, gross
336 sales none: stock none.
Wilmington, May l7.-COtton closed steady;
middling nc; net receipts l2S bales, gross
none; sales none; stock 5,456 bales.
1vNhi F1T a1f "a ctr olvr.
middling SIC: net receipts 9S4 bales, gross
none; sales none; stock 1 .665 bales.
New Orleans, May l7.--Cotton closed steady
but quiet; middling nc; net receipts 1870
1886 bales; exports. coastwise 3,437 bales
New Orleans, May 17.-Cotton futures
closed quiet, with sales of 1880 bales, as
follows; May delivery 15c, June delivery
l3c, July delivery 7 25c, August delivery
Bic September delivery 35c, October de-
livery 40c, November delivery 44c, Deem
Der delivery SOC, January delivery SOC.
Mobile, May 17-Cotton closed quiet;
mlddling z 7-16c; net receipts bales, gross
none; sales 100; stock l0,103 bales.
Memphis, May 17.-Cotton closed steady;
middling 75ac; net receipts "A bales gross
ia bales; sales 500 bales stock 1926 bales
Augusta, May H.-Cotton closed quiet;
middling re; net receipts 80 bales, gross
none; sales 81; stock 10 BOB bales
Charleston, May H-Cotton closed quiet
middling 75se; net receipts IS bales, gross
none; sales 80; stock "a $50 bales.
NluclHldJl, may ll,--AObbOu ClOSBu SJcduYf
NEEDING nc; net receipts 42l bales, gross
none; sales mono; stock 9525 bales.
Louisville, May T.-Cotton closed quiet;
middling Sc; net receipts none, gross none;
sales none; stock none
ST. Louis, May 17.-COtton closed steady
middling re; net receipts l65 bales gross
23O: sales $50; stock 81 731.
Houston, May 17.-Cotton closed dull; mid
ding 7-l6c net receipts 354 bales, gross none;
sales none; stock 1928 bales.
Atlanta May 1I.-CottOn closed quiet;
middlfng &c; receipts II bales.
New York, May 17.-Consolidated net re-
ceipts of cotton at all the ports up to and in
GLIDING to-day for the week we're 81 1867 bales
exports, to Great Britain 81, 799 bales to the
continent Il 81 bales, TO France 1875 bales.
Grain and Provisions.
New York, May H. . p. m.-Flour more act
i've and easier; winter wheat low grades 81 10
az So fair to fancy 81 55Gt3 e.; patents 50 35Gg
4 -: Minnesota clear 81 50613 50; Min
nesOta patents 81 25l04 70; southern -four quiet
and easy; common fair to extra q 1908 10;
good TO choice extra So 1904 p. Wheat fairly
active fOr export and lc lower, closing steady;
No , red in store and elevator 77IAc: aioat
7SLc; unCraded red T7407S3sc; options more
active on realizing and 1I635ac lower: No. 2
77%c; July delivery 79Ac. Corn weak on
free selling and generally 1c lower: No. 2 510
SIC in elevator; 51b053c ahoat; options dull
and 3{M19sc lower; May delivery 5O4c; June
delivery 40aac; July delivery 44Hc. Oats fairly
active for export and 1irmer; options duh
and tirmer May delivery 36c; June delivery
3jHc; July delivery 3514c: spot prices: No. ,
355{63dc; No. white 41Gl411@c; mixed western
36lsG6S8lac; white western 4lO1SC. Wool Fl rm