The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-08

NEW YORK. aug cotton dull;
middung gulf. Ss. middilns. 80 gross
receipts. lauN bales, for"ardv'' voi paies'
NV',sly- Net receipts ~ bales. gross
receipts $3.50 bales, exports 10 Great
brltalu 1bsb bales. France, 90 Daits,
forwarded. ! D. bales, sales, 1901 bales;
'' ''rof3i to-d,y-Nct receipts, 1.0Gy bales,
eNu,rts 20 Great Britain, ZxlO bales
continent. "a bales. stock, lfi."fJ bales.
Total SO lar this wrek-Net receipts
1903 bales. exports 10 Great briiHn'
s.92s bales, France. go bales continent
TouI since September lst-Net receipts.
ID fNy lsl bales. exports 60 Great Britain,
2.n4s.Cl0 halcs France. 1854 bales; con
fiuout 1855 bales.
Futures closed weak. August. 7.GS: Sep
tDruler f4l. October. a.. November,
4su. December. 40, January, 40, Feb
wary. 5ia. March, ~, April, 100, sales.
a45.DDu bales.
NEW YORK. Aug. THE cotton mar
kct to-day presented another scene of
fumult. tie boom of the past TWO days
being continued Tho prices at the open
irH showed an aNcra-e OF J." points lh
advance of yesterday closing prices
which were the highest known IN the
cotton market in years. such was inc
condition ci affairs today mat the lines
of demarcdtlOn between bulls ana pears
were Ohiiterated. MOArcn. Mannheim q
Co.. who are invariably on the bear side,
helped tac upward jump OF prices ny
joining the bun contingent temporarily.
lnnnu. Swan g. co.. Mcintyre a ward
well Lehman Bros. Henry HcuI a. Co.,
auI the other hs operators bad TWO OF
more represent 4fiAcs Ou inc moor. lh'ii
opDrlfiosI- were conducted in fuch u
manner that the smaller dealers co'iu
noe definitely determine whether incy
wore combining % advmc prices general
49, or making purchases indl,lnudlly' 4he
ssUIug went ON right mcrrny IRON tht
si4rt lor half an hour AFTER ihe opeiNit
of the market. aud then there was
slump. which sent inc sHoil1,, ,o 49,
bat from which iuc market rallied Idllu-
lV The total sales up 10 II O cloch age
Frceated nearly i1p01u Dtie0.
NEN ORLEANS. La. Aug. r-'olioI
futures steady. sales 50 +u' bales, Au-
gust 30. september, ia Octo.ci, '.-Vi
Noyemher. 40. December -. Jdnu-
mE 1al. February, aaJ, March, i.oJ'
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 1-l-."J J.. cot
tom demand moderate ana prices lIih,
American miQ4luF. 1-Iu. sales, NWV
bales. American. I~p0 bales, speculation
and export. 500 bales, receipts, lf<uV
bales. all American. tutuLes opened
easy and demand fair. August C1fH
1 gGI. August and September, t-vt4
3 6l-G4. September and October. 404 z-0t
October ana November u2-o4H5 t3-oti
November and December. CO-1i85 ui-o4'
December and January. ; V-yi49 40 :
January and February, . "-'fH' 1'-oi.
and Apnl. 8 U,-O5at April and May, a.
May aud June. Z-64pf 4-Gi. Futures
steady. ,,e
I-.4s j. M-Amcrican spot grades, l-lO
hiener. American middling, fair, ll-lO,
good middmg 4s. middling IA low
middhng. 4 5-32. good ordinary H.
ordinary. Is 21-a2.
4 j.. M.-Au-lst. 4 1861. sellers. Sep
teenher and October Z 1-64u4 l2-'d; Oc-
tober aud November. 1904. sellers, NO
vember and December. : s-D4g4 9-bA, De
.omler ana january. : s-G3p4 2-oi, Janu-
aly and February. ( S-6iQ4 9-04, sellers,
February and March. : 9-ofgi 1864. soil
OPS. March and April, lO-ld1i ll-Ol'
value. April and May il-6im4 l2-ol'
BUYERS. May and june 4 1864, sellers.
FUTURES CLOSED irregular and unsettled.
Weekly Cotton statistics Total aa l,, OF, Of
the week. 1900 bales, American, @l.vp
bales. trade takings. including forwarded
from ships side 10000 bales; actual en-
ports. SiOD bales. total IMPORT 2e'Np
halos. American. 5000 bales, total stock,
Gzl.pp tale- American fSl0U bales;
total aNoaJ. 1000 bales, American 2o''"I
bales. spectators took 100 bales ana
exporters took LOO bales.