The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-24

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L,ville 4 Nash: 46's W'bash, $, L. s. P. 6S
inSoolsVlile 4 n. A $ do do pref. II
Manhattan. ,... l2e}s Western Union $3.50
Memphis Char. 10 Wheeling s L. f. 1875
michigan Central. s7% do do pre-. 471l
STATE BONDS.
Alabama A....... % Tenn, new set. IS 1913
do B.............1oO Tenn. new set IS 100
DO C.............tT Tenn, new set IS. ~
La stamped As. 9S Virginia Us pref. so
NorthCarolina Is ss1s Va. Trust Rec'ts IS
NorthCarolina IS l22 Va Fundg Debt SO
Tennessee, ODDS. 90
GOVERNMENT BONDS
United States g, registered. .......lls y
United States 2s, registered. ............ 064
*Bid. +Asxed.
Treasury balances-Coin, sai6l9 900; cur
rency, S44 .2S6, 600.
London, Feb. 23-The bar silver market is
nat; quoted at 2s 7Hd per ounce.
Cotton.
Liverpool, Feb %, n.-Cotton-Quiet;
free supply oneringA prices unchanged; Amer
lean middling, 43I6d: sales OOO0 bales,
American $500 bales; speculation and export
900 bales; receipts, none, Futures opened
steady at an advance, with the demand mod
crate.
Futures-American middling fair, low mid -
ding clause: February and March I 4-64d ,
March and April, Sold also 4 64d: April
and May, 4-64d, also bod, also 664d; May
2 4 a, =
sod; June and July, 4 9-6id; July and Au-
gust, 10 sd, also 4 1l-6id; August and Sep
TENDER ll-64d, also l2-64d, also 1900
september and October. l3-6id Tenders
at today's clearings were 200 bales new
dockets
p motion American middling fair.
49sd; good mtddling, 4 5 led; middling, g. led /:
low middling, lid; good ordinary, 8 II l6d;
ordinary, 3Ad.
Futures-American middling fair. low mid.
ding clause: February, sod, sellers; Fob
ruary and March, 3-64d. SELLERS March and
April S.64d, value; April and May, 4 1910
5-e+d; May and June 6-6i04 7-64d; June
and July, 4 sod, buyers; July and Au-
gust, l06id. sellers August and Sep
TENDER ll64d, buyers September and
october l3o4d, sellers. Futures closed
steady.
New York, Feb. %. noon.-Cotton contracts
opened steady at point decline to points
advance, but reacted with Liverpool and on
local realizing with port receipts heavier
than was expected, and are now 7as points
below Wednesday,
New York, Feb. %. noon.-Cotton futures
opened steady, as follows; February, 4sc;
March, SOC; April, $50; May &c; June,
re; July. 7sc.
New York Feb. %, p. m.-Spot cotton
closed quiet; middling gulf Sc; middling
uplandS 7Ac sales 1873 bales.
Futures closed steady, with sales OF
2s47 700 bales, as follows February, sec;
March, S9c; April, 40; May, b4o: June.
SIC; July, &C; August. roc; Septembe
New York. Feb. 2s.-The total consolidated
net receipts at all the ports to-day we're "a ,997
bales; exports TO Great Britain 46,47g bales. to
Frame 53l bales, TO the continent LII
bales stock 92l ,030 bales
Total so far this week: Net receipts SO 626
bales exports to Great Britain So, 855 bales,
to France 1872 bales, to the continent % ,O8s
bales
New Orleans. Feb. 23.-Cotton futures closed
steady, with sales OF 10000 bales, as
follows: February 93c, March 6s6c, April
O7c, May loo. June 25c, July &c Au-
gust SIC September 35c October 4Oc, No
vember, 43c, December 40c.
New York, Feb. 23.-The Suns cotton re-
port says: Cotton advanced to 3 points but
lost this and declined II to 10 points, closing
II to IL points lower than on Wednesday and
steady Sales 284, 700 bales. Liverpool de.
clined pa to points, closing barely steady at
net decline OF to 2h.points: spot sales l00OC
bales at steadier and unchanged prices.
In Manchester yarns were dull and irregular;
cloths dull. NewsOrleans declined Is points
and recovered to points OF this. Spot cot
ming. There was decline OF Lice at New
Orleans Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk Mem
phis and st. Louis, and l-l6 to 1Sc at Augusta.
Mobile was easy, but Galveston was nomtn-
ally unchanged but lower to sell. The south
ern markets were generally very slow. Mem
phis and Galveston maze no sales. New Or
leans sold 6,OO bales. The port receipts yes
terday were 1893 bales. against
week and 6312 bales last year To
day there we're 20,599 bales dncluding 8 $3.50
bales exported from Port Royal. against 10,
$50 bales this day last week, and 374 bales last
year. Total for the week S2,527 bales.
against n ,3i7 bales last week and "a, 3C5 bales
last year. New Orleans receipts tomorrow
were estimated at $500 bales, against 2,2C0
bales last week and 5,471 bales last year.
The interior receipts for the week were
1884 bales, against 6,232 bales last week and
1908 bales last year; the shipments were
3s,274 bales, against 1896 bales last week and
"a 466 bales last year; the stocks were
313920 bales, against 1928 1876 bales
last week and 3s6s69 bales last
year. Rainfall for "a hours, 1.50 inch at New
Orleans SO Of an inch at Vicksburg, SO at
Mobile, and light elsewhere. Liverpool stock
to-day l,7l2OJO bales, against 1l7S,0O0 bales
last week, and l,6520O0 bales last year, IN
GLIDING to-day. $4,000 bales, American,
9g iae ooo bais9 last week wa and
phis received. to-day 3l3 bales against
5S2 bales this day last week, ard l025 bales
last year; ST Louis SO bales against S73 bales
last week, and 40i bales last year. and Hous-
ton 20i2 bales against 3H bales week ago,
and ,l57 bales last year. Silver 71sd lower
in London. and also lower here
New York, Feb. 23-Riordan b Co. say Of
cotton to-day: several things were against
cotton to-day. Liverpool was lower and the
port receipts ran ahead OF the estimates.
Silver in London was lower than ever, and
this being notice day for March deliveries.
notices, causing hasty scamper of the be-
lated holders OF March contracts to get out OF
them. The opening was only / point lower
than Wednesdays closing, May selling on
the call at 1850. A little later IL rallied TO
767c, but the pressure TO sell March
was Irresistible The whole list
gave way. May declining 10 7.5ic In
the last half hour, owing TO the covering OF
one OF the leading local shorts, there was a
rally OF about points, May reactinR to 1890,
but the improvement was not maintained.
The close was steady with 75ic bid for May.
The bulls are fairly dazed at the extent OF the
continuous decline. The cause OF the sharp
slump to-day was simply the lack Of buying
powder TO absorb the heavy, offerings Incl
dental TO the liquidation Of March holdings.
The liquidation. we think, has been very
thorough. but the bears still profess to be
confident of lower prices"
COTTON TABLE.
Tone. Mid. Rec Sales Stock.
Galveston. Steady ~ 2,03s zee. 1912
Norfolk ... Easy 1915 600 422 81 ,4e3
Baltimore. .. Dull TX e92 zee. q, $3.50
Boston .. Quiet ~ 2s0 -. ..
wilmington Quiet IA l,046 ... % 1884
Philad'a Dull 1915 1852 .... 9,973
N. Orleans. Easy rs 3,722 5000 294 ,735
Mobile ...... Easy z 1-l6 $40 5000 81. 1853
Memphis Quiet ~ 3l3 .. JOG. 97e
Augusta Weak IN 4l6 6l3 q, 5S8
Charleston Quiet 3-i6 PA i25 Al ,977
Cincinnati Weak ~ 50 752 3,753
Louisville. Quiet ~ go. -. -.
st Louis. Quiet IN SO 726 81 ZIP