The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-09

tifcates 6lb6624. Bar silver at 6l%
Mexican dollars 4S1k. Government
bonds strong; state bonds dull; railroad
bonds firm.
COTTON.
Liverpool, April Il p. m.-Spot cot
ton fair demand; prices hardening;
American middling 4 1920; sales 5000
bales, of which 500 We're for speculation
and export, and including $500 Ameri-
can; receipts 1000 bales, none Ameri-
can. Futures opened and closed quiet
with moderate demand.
American middling, low middling
clause: April 3 63-64d sellers; April and
May 3 62-64d, 8 63-64d sellers; May and
June ) 62-64d, 8 63-64d sellers; June and
July 3 62-64d, 3 63-64d sellers; July and
August 3 62-64d, 8 63-64d sellers; August
and September 3 60-64d, 3 61-64d sellers;
September and October 3 55-64d sellers;
October and November 8 49-64d, 3 so
Gid buyers; November and December )
47-64d, 3 48-G4d sellers; December and
January , 41-64d sellers; January and
February 3 47-64d sellers.
New York, April Cotton steady;
middling 73sc; net receipts none; gross
asa; forwarded 225; sales LILO; spinnerS
$40; stock go, 09S.
Total today: Net receipts 1874; ex-
ports to the continent $3.50; stock 673,-
90.
Consolidated: Net receipts SO, 254; ex-
ports to Great Britain Ii, S64; to France
, ISL; to the continent 1856.
Total since September 1st: Net re-
ceiDts 6,2S2,3 S9; exports to Great Britain
2,753, 30S; to France GA, 795; to the on
tinent /, 1873, S5S; to the channel 5,1S1.
Cotton futures closed steady; sales
sc, 900 bales: January Csc; February
I $50; April o.9S; May L.U3; June 7.OS;
July 7.12; August ia; September 6.91;
October 6.79; November 6.79; December
6.S2.
Spot closed steady; middling uplands
7S, middling gulf 75s; sales LILO bales,
PORT RECEIPTS.
Norfolk-Firm at nc; net receipts
496.
Baltimore-Dun at 7ac; gross re.
ceipts $40.
Boston-Quiet at 7%c; net receipts
4,174; gross receipts ,607.
Wilmington-Firm at &c; net receipts
Is.
Philadelphia-Quiet at 75sc; net re-
ceipts 125.
Savannah-Quiet at &c; net receipts
557.
New Orleans-Steady at Z Lice; net
receipts 2,249.
Alphabetically at TIC; net receipts
80.
! Charleston-Firm at &c; net receipts
4S2.
GRAINS, PROVISIONS, ETC.
Chicago, April THE leading flu
lures were as follows: Opening, high.
est, lowest and closing.
Wheat-April 67k@67Bc, 67Hc, 64Ac
Csc; May 68k@6Skc, 6Skc, 65%c, $3.50
July 67B@6SBc, 6S@6SAc, 65kd 65%c
65Bc; September 66A @66hc, S6Ac, 64A
64Rc.
Corn-April 2sTc, 24c. 22M@23c, 22%d
23c; May 24bc, 24Ac, 23h@23Ac, 23h@
23Ac; July 25kc, 2513c, 24kc, 24h@24Hc,
September 26Ac, 26Ac, 24Ac, 25H@26c.
Oats-May 17@17kc, 17bc, 16A Q16%c
16A@16%c; July 1sc. 1sc, 17kc, 17kci
September 1Skc, 1Skc, 1sAc. 1SHc.
Pork-May $500, $500, $7.95, sS.O7k
July $3.50, $3.50, $S.07k, $S.15.
Lard-May $4.O7k, s4.1o, $4.o5, $4.O7k
July s4.15, $4.20, $4.15, $4.15.
Ribs-May $4.47k, $3.50, $4.37h, "a. 42h
' July $3.50, $4.55. $4.4O, s4.45.
Cash quotations were as follows
Flour weaker; No.. 2. yellow corn 23h@
23Ac; wheat, No. 2 spring 65@65hc,
No. 3 spring S1A @S4%c; No. 2 corn 23h
@23Ac; oats lie; No. 2 white, f. o. b
21A@21kc; No. 3 white. f. o. b.. $50
20kc; pork ss.05Q$S.1O; LARD s4.O50
s4.O7h; $.4O@S4.55; shoulders 5h4-.
S. G. s. 4h44Ac; whiskey 81. Is.
New York, April Flour democrat
lied and nominally lower in sympath,
with the decline in wheat. City mil
patents s4.70G$4.95: do clears $4.70g
SASS; Minnesota patents $3.9OGs4.1 10;
Minnesota bakers $3.4OG$3.65; winter
patents $4.45d$4.65; do straights $4,000
s4-2O; do extras $3.15q$3.50; do low
grades $2.60@$2.75.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red, store
and elevator, f. O. b. nc; No. / northern
Duluth 7Szc, f. o. b. afioat; No. 3 hard
winter nc, (. o. b., afioat. Option:
opened weak and demoralized through.
out the day by excessive selling of May
wheat supplemented by very veal
cables and favorable crop news; prices
broke all records since last September
and closed at 2h to &c net decline, Later
on near deliveries. Sales included No
2 red. May II 13-1sG4kc, closed at re,
June closed 1zc; July II 5-16cG73Ac
closed 71kc; September 69x Q71Kc
closed $3.50.
Corn-Spot weak: No. 2, 29c elevator,
3Oc af1oat. Options opened weak and
sold of with wheat. helped also By
lower cables n general unloading;
! closed A@Hc net lower. April closed
2S7sc; May 2SH029 7-1sc. closed at 2sNc;
July 30%031c. closed 30xc; September
31hQ32hc, close at 31Zc.
Oats|Spot weak; No. 2, &c; No. 8
21c; No. 2 delivered 24c: No. 2 white &c
No. 3 white 23c; track, mixed western