The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-19

per cent, closed at lt3Q2 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 31au4h per cent. Sterl-
ing exchange easy at $4S5A44.S5h for de-
mand and at A.S2z for sixty days. Post
ed rates $4.S3k and 1851. Commercial
Bar silver 5Ss7s. Mexican dollars 45ls.
Government bonds firm; state bonds dull;
railroad bonds firm.
STOCKS.
Atchison.......". PAW. & l.. E.. 2
B. & O............ 1918 w. & l.. E., pre- 8
Ches. & Ohio..... q adams Ex.. ....156
Chic. & Alton. .15S american Elk. Ills
Chic, B. & o.. 93l1a United States :. 80
Del. & Hudson. 110 Wells Far. lilo
Del, L. & W.....154 Am. Cot. OIL. 21k
Fort Wayne......165 Am Cot Oil, pre- 1914
Illinois Central. 1902 Am. Tobacco 90. 81
l.. & N............ 54A Jam. Tobac. pre-. 1921
Manhattan L.. 97A lPeople's Gas . 1885
Mobile & Ohio. "a Con. Gas ........IS1
N. ]. Central..... &KIGen. Electric . 32h
Pittsburg....:.:::iss Nat. Lin. OIL: ~
Reading......... POS Pacific Mail go. 29Z
Southern Ry..... 9 Pullman Pal. ...16S
South. Ry., pre-. 29AISilver Ger. ...... 5SA
q. P. D. & Gu. Y T. {. & IRON: 2ia
Wabash, pre-. 1914 West. Union 90. S6k
Z. s. N. IS reg. 127AIL. & N. Un As. s45s
Z. s. As reg....-112a4 N. J. Cen. e's....l12h
q. 2s.."-..::. $50 n: Caro-: Ss::::.1os
=. s. IS reg"....ll41 Pa. IS, OF 's5.:..1o2n
Ala. Glass A.....1os South. Ry.. 49,. slN
Ala. Class C.....10o Union Pa. 1's....1O1h
Ala. Currensy"..s s Iva. Cen. .:..... seA
COTTON.
Liverpool. November 17.- d. m.-Cot-
ton-Spot, good business done: prices
higher; American middling fair 3Hd; good
middling 3Nd: American middling 3 9-32d;
10y m o1a1nn9v 3 3 SO; SO; Zoo ord ordinary "a t,s 5
day were IL, 900 bales, of which 1000 were
for speculation and export, and included
1850 American. Receipts none. Futures
and closed barely steady.
American middling. low middling
clause: November 3 13-64d sellers; No
vember and December 3 load. 3 11-64d
sellers; December and January 3 1O-e4d, 3
1o-64d, 3 11-64d sellers: February and
March 3 11-s4d sellers: March and April
8 11-64d, 3 12-64d sellers; April and May 3
12-64d, 3 13-64d buyers: May and June 3
14-64d sellers; June and July 3 15-64d sell
lers July and August 3 16-64d values; Au-
gust and September 1e-64d, 3 17-64d buy
ers.
New York, November 17.-Cotton quiet:
middling 5Hc: net receipts 1, 9S1; gross re-
ceipts S,971; forwarded $3.50; sales 300;
| stock 7S,4S4.
Total today: Net receipts 60, s2S: exports
to Great Britain is. Sal: to France 6,097:
continent n. 6eS; stock SS1. S14.
Consolidated: Net receipts 279. 556: ex-
ports to Great Britain o 1904; France 80, 97S:
continent 10, 140.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
SIG, ga; exports to Great Britain 9S8, GIL
France PSI, 921: continent III, 331.
Futures opened firm and closed barely
steady; sales 100. 900 bales: January $40;
February SIS: March SIS; April 5.S4; May
$50: June 5.93: July 5.9S: August 6.o: Sep
tember 800: October 5ss; November 5.65;
December 5.65.
Cotton, spot closed quiet; middling up.
lands SIC; middlng gulf 6hc; sales 30
bales. 4.z-.r
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at S 7-16c; net receipt:
2O,54.
Norfolk-F-irm at s 7-1sc: net receipts
1929.
Baltimore-Nominal at 6hc: gross re-
ceipts 1897.
Boston-Steady at SIC; net receipt.
1851: gross receipts 1892.
Wilmington-steady at sAc; net re
ceipts 2.164.
Philadelphia-Quiet at ehc; net receipt.
62e: gross receipts e36. 49,.
Savannah-Quiet at S 3-16c: net receipt
s,7ss.
New Orleans-Easy at 5 5-16c: net re
Mobile-steady at 5 3-1sc: net receipt
2,323: gross receipts 2,334.
NCmDHiS-0lCd OF cASs ACG ANSSipN
1851: gross receipts 5,216.
enthusiastically at 5 7-16c; net receipt
1,7S1: gross receipts 1854.
Charleston-Steady at 5 3-1sc; net re
ceipts 3.507.
$3.50.
Louisville-Quiet at 5Ac-
ST. Louis-Quiet at 5 5-16c; net receipt
1,S10: gross receipts II ,535.
Houston-Steady at use; net receipt
12,759.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago. November 1.-THE leading (,
lures were as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clio
Wheat
November 80. - - - 50
December ..... 81 95A 9fh IS
/ May ..........-. S9h 90n @h 50
Corn
November -. Is ISL % Is
December 800. Is ISL Is Is
! May ....--..- 291 30h 2sh 90
, Oats
: December .... 20M NH 20b q
| May ............ 21H IN 21H p
, Mess pork per bib