The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

barrels tar. : barrels crude turpentine.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.
New York; April lt-Money on call
IL, closed offered AT li4m12, per cent.
Prime mercantile paper Si2G4 per cent.
SosTnGsss e, eSfhh 81 STEADY With ACTUAL
for demand and at $L.SGI$4S6A for sixty
days; Posted rates $is6ix4As7 and
| certificates 62a62ig. Bar silver g, GOV.
eminent bonds firm: state bonds dull;
railroad bonds firm: petroleum steady.
STOCKS.
Atchison. los; Adams Express. JAS:
American Express. lul@: Baltimore and.
and Ohio. II: Chicago Alton. 162: Chicago
Burlington and Quincy. rs: Chicago Gas.
S112; Consolidated Gas. 160h2: Cotton Oil
Certificates. 1914: Delaware and Hudson,
lo3A Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 1JOis; Fort Wayne, 1872: Illinois Cen
trail. 80; ST. Paul and Duluth, Is; Lead
Louisville and New Albany. y: Manhat-
tan Consolidated, SAYS: Memphis and
Charleston, Is; Mobile and Ohio. 10; Nash
Vile and Chattanooga, &c: New Jersey
Central, 1855: Norfolk and Western. pre-
ferred, "a: New York Central. 1004: Pitts
bur, l62: Pullman Palace, l5sh; Reading.
| 1913, sugar 1ltIlleTE, IlZlS, tennessee Coal
and Iron, 22A: United States Express. 40;
Wells Fargo Express, 100; Western Union.
SO&: General Electric, 30&; National Lin
seed 10; s9nthern, ~; southern, prefer
ferred, 1G5.
New U. s. As, reg, 12414; New L. S. As.
coup. 1914; L. S. SIS. reg, ia; u. S. 5s,
coup, IA; [. S. As. reg, III; L. S. AZ,
s coup Of ~ D. o, =. 81 s: ~ 2s 81, reg; ss'4; P9 'Si1:
Alabama, Class B., 104; Alabama, Class
c.. 1Wl2; Alabama Currency, 100: La. New
Consols, As. 95ls; Missouri 6's, 100: North
Carolina 6S, 122: North Carolina As, 102:
South Carolina Non-Fund, Il: Tennessee
New Set 6s, 7S&: Tennessee New Set SIS,
1o5; Tennessee New Set. old 6s. co; Vir-
ginia Centuries, 64I: Virginia deferred. 3:
Southern SIS. S94; New Jersey Central,
General SIS, 1922.
COTTON.
Liverpool, April 14-Closing-Cotton,
spot, good business done; prices firm:
the day were 1900 bales, of which 500
were for speculation and export and in
cluded 11.1WO American. Receipts -. 900
bales, including Goo American. Futures
opened 1uiet and closed quiet but steady
at the advance
American middling, low middling clause:
April 2-64d, 4 3-64d values; April and May
4 2-6id sellers; May and June 4 Lid, 4 .
64d sellers; June and July 4 1.6id sellers:
September 3 61-G4d, 3 G2-64d sellers: Sep
tcmber and October 3 56-64d buyers: Octo-
Der and November 3 50-6id buyers; Novem-
Der and December 8 47-64d buyers: De-
cember and January 3 46-64d. 3 47-64d buy
ers; January and February 3 46-64d, 8 Al
Cad sellers.
New York, April 14-Cotton quiet and
steady; middling z 7-16c; net receipts none:
gross receipts 1,055: exports to Great Brit
ain 497: to the continent 325;. forwarded
30: sales 1I2, all SpinneTs; stock 23i. $40.
| Total today: Net receipts 1854: exports
to Great Britain Il, OF; to the continent L.
64S; stock Cos. 1874.
Consolidated: Net receipts &c. 52s: ex-
ports to Great Britain 1851; to France
721; to the continent IS, s04.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
6,32o,6l5: exports to Great Britain 2,7S1. 30S:
to France 3l5,516: to the continent 1,7S6, $50;
to the channel 5,4S1.
! Cotton futures closed steady; sales o.
500 bales: January 6.SS: February 6.92:
April 7.OS;. May ZIP: June 7.16: July 7.20:
August 7.21: September 6.97; October $50;
November 6.S1; December 6.S4.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Calveston-Quiet at nc; net receipts
1875: gross receipts 43j.
N~orfolk-Firm at nc; net receipts 462:
T: gross receipts 462.
Baltimore-Dull at I 7-16c: gross receipts
G75.
Boston-Quiet at Z 7-1Gc; net receipts
1872; gross receipts 1,225.
Wilmington-Flrm at &C; net receipts
50: gross receipts SO.
Philadelphia-Quiet at z 1-16c; net re-
ce1ptS 81: gross receipts 81.
SaVannah-Steady at Z Lice; net receipts
Az. gross receipts All.
New Orleans-Firm at Z 3-16c; net re-
ceipts 1,256; gross receipts 2.214.
M~obile-Steady at &c; net receipts 4G;
gross receipts 40.
Memphis-Steady at Z Lice; net receipts
126: gross receipts 126.
Alphabetically at nc; net receipts
1874: gross receipts 43S.
Charleston-Firm at &c; net receipts 12S;
gross receipts 12S.
Cincinnati-Quiet at TIC; net receipts
1856: gross receipts 1876.
Louisville-Firm at nc.
st. Louis-Steady at &c; net receipts so;
Houston-Quiet at Z Lice; net receipts
] ,4i6; gross receipts LAG.
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
Chicago. april 1.-THE leading futures
were as follows: Opening, highest. lowest
Wheat-April 67%as7kc. ssAc. es4c. ss1.:
May 61Aa6712c. 6sAc. GGA46sNc, ssl4c:
July 61H61Ac, 61&sN67Ac. 6s2sc. 67MG57&c;
September e54a65Hc, 66c, e4Mc. s57sc.
Corn-April 23tsc, 23Hc, 22sc. 23hc; May
23Bc. 23Hc, 2315c. 23zc; July 254c, 25Ac,
2t1za2fsc, 25bc; September 2sAc, 25Ac.
Oats-May 1s1zc, 16ikc. 1skc. 1sikc: July
NE. l1%c, 174c, l75sc; September 1sAc.
Pork-May so; ss27l4, $50, ss27lA; July
Lard-May SAB. s4l7k. a-r5. Al71z; July
$425. AZ71z. A2, s.27lR.
Rib.IMay A5714 sAs2h aa5Tk, as2h;
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm: %. 2 yellow corn 234G2ic: No. 2
spring wheat, 6sl4Gss1sc: No. 2 red, siA n
s74c: No 2 corn. 234a23Hc: No. 2 oats,
16Ac; No 2 white 2lzc: No. 3 white. 1s4G
&c; mess pork, per Dbl, ss.25Gss.30: lard,
per 100 lbs Al5as+171s; short ribs. sides.
loose, A-5oGI.75: dry sailed shoulders,
boxed, SIC; short clear sides. boxed. 4z4I
4Bc; whiskey, distillers' finished goods
per gal. $11s.
New York. April 1I-Flour dull. closing
firm with wheat.
Whsat-Spot active and stronger; No. 2
red. Store. I. o. b., 7s1c: No. i northern
Duluth S4c (. o. b., afioat; No. 2 hard
la1sc I. o.. b.. afoat. Options opened
stronger on higher cables, declined sharp
ly under better weather reports and abb
sence Of speculative demand, but fully
recovered in the late session on big cash
business and war talk, closing quiet at nc
net higher: sales included. No. 2. April
1shxc: May 13kG74Ac. closed at 74sc: July