Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-13
LIVERpooL COTTON MARKET


 LIVERPOOL, March 12-Noon- Cotton demand was lair and prices were full; American mddling,. 3%d Sales, 12,oOO bales, of which O,300 bales were American; for specu- Iation and export 1000 bales. Receipts, 5000 bales. of which $500 were American. Futures opened steady; demand iair.
 American miGdling and low middiiDg clause quotations:
 April and May delivery. 3 o4-64d@3 o5-64d May and June delvery....3 3 05-64dG3 06-o4d June and Jufy delivery ..3 07-o4d August and September de- October and November de- November and December
 delivery y....................3 l4-64d
 LIVERPOOL March 12-4 p. .m.-Futures closed firm. N American middling and low middling clause QuOtationS:
 March delivery. ;.;.;.......3 o6-6id@a o7-64ds March and April delivery..3 o5-64d@3 07-64dt April and May delivery ...3 07-64dt May and June deivery....s os-e4dt June and July delivery. 0964dt July and August delivery..3 10-64dG3 1l-64dt August and September de-
 September and october de- October and November de-
 livery ................. "a 14-64d@3. l5-e4d* November and December
 December and January de-
 sellers tBuyers. ivaiue.
 = IN WALL STREET.
 NEW YoRK. March 12.-The stock market was steaIy. with very, ire gular sales. The sales were considerably sm aller than yesterday, footing up only 156, 446 shares. The opening was weak on account of lower prices from Lonpon. The decline at this time was equal New Jersey Central, Manhattan, Tobacco and tho grangers making the largest losses. Sub se ans wng ba MaDhattans and Chicago and Northwestern directors and a abel:ef that the New York Cen- In the matter Of the St Paul dividend the street has settled down to the opinion that the on common stock as usual. The improvement in prices ranged from IA to 2l2 per cent. New Jersey Central rose per cent, to s67s; Lack awanna ll2 to l5e; General Electric 2, to 2s4: New York central 15s, to 95l2 Sugar opened Il per cent higher at IO2$4, reeeded to 1014, rose to 103h and reacted to 1o1461O2. In the afternnon there was a disposition to re al- fze profits and the market, under the leader ,ap ship or sugar. rau on A@ 1tg per cent: Specu- show gains of ls to 14s per cent, outside of Sugar Tobacco, Distillers, Louisville and Nashville and Manhattan, which lost l6 to l fs per cent. l he bond market was irregular, but in the main firm.
 GOO shares. unlisted 63 .000 shares.
 NEW YORK. March 12.--Money on call was firm at per cent; last loan at ? Prime mercantile paper, 4AGp5 per cent. Bar silver, 6Us4c.
 sterliLg exchange was firm. with actual busne ss in bankers Drlls at $4.S7Ad4 SS for sixty days and $4 .S9a f. S9A for demand; posted rates. s4. ss42a4 90; commercial bills, S4 s6si O 4. S7I2.
 Treasury balances- Coin, $S5, s2 GOO; cur rency, sra, 250,0U0.
 Government bonds were steady.
 State bonds were dull.
 Railroad bonds were duil
 Silver bullion at the board Gle bid.
 Closing bids
 Louisville and Nashville le.......,.......... 47A Memphis and Charleston. ................ 10 Mobile and Ono. II lz Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis. 50 Tennessee Coal and Iron ............. 37s Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred.... ITO Western Union.. ........................... SIS southern hallway o's........ ........'.'.'.. So southern Railway, coIamon. .............. 9si Southern Railway, preferred ............. 3oss
 BONDS. Alabama class A A.........,............... le4 Alabama, class C.......................... tf95 'Ex-dividend. iBid. Asked.
 CHICAGO CHANCE,
 CHICAGO. March 12.-At one time today wheat was within fraction of being Sc higher than yesfsrday's close. May wheat opened from 56H 10 56Ac, sold between 56ls and 57l2c, closing at 56esc, 2lsc higher than yes terday, Cash wheat was strong ct an advance of Ia lL2e per bushel. Corn-lhere was quito n similarity between the opening of wheat and that of corn. but the action during the day differed materially from that of wheat May corn opened from 47laG1 47c, sold between 46l3 and 47l2c, closing at 464sc, ssNl2cf higher than yesterday. Cash corn was 1sc per Dushel higher.
 onts-kyeF the booming wheat and corn
 Capital Paid Up, $I5o,ooO.