The age-herald., 1898-10-04
New Yorlg Cotton Market.

New York, October 3.-Reports of a se- were storm in the Atlantic states and a bullish set of cables from the English mar ket were responsible for an advance of 3 to points in cotton futures at the open ing this morning. For the rest of the session fluctuations were narrow and spc- ulative features lacking. It was a small local market, at best, with room traders in control. Liverpool sent a few buying orders around the opening and southern representatives sold in scattered way, but aside from this transactions were more for. the evening up of former obligations than the putting out of new ventures. The close was quiet and steady at a net advance of to 4 points. News averaged up, too, conflicting to inspire confidence one way or the other, but rather led to extreme con- servatism and hestancy all around. While the leading bears pointed to the enormous receipts at the ports as well as at interior towns as bearing out their predictions for another quotation Bumper crop, they were apprehensive in view of the fact that yellow fever continues to gain headway in Louisiana and Mississippi and extremely cold weather has settled down over the middle and northwest sections.
 New York, October 3-Cotton, steady mlddlng, 5ss; net receipts, none: gross, 4,295 bales; sales. 6,911; stock 56.S67; exports to continent. 1421; to France, 100.
 Total today: Net receipts e5,036; ex- ports to Great Britain, S.520; to France. 1o,- 46S; to the continent, HIT: stock, 5S1.S75.
 Total since Sept. i: Net receipts 1es,- 40S; exports to Great Britain, 1S0, 742; to France, 26.99S; to the continent, 126,512.
 Wew Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans. October S-Cotton, steady; sales, 1850 bales; ordinary 7-16; good or dinary, 41s; low middling, AZ; middling, 47s good middling, 5 3-16; middling fair 5ss; receipts 17,444; stock 154,94O
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 1,91S; exports to Great Britan n, 24120; to France, 1O,46S; to continent, 5,777 stock 51S,S75
 ,,.iiv eteteuens
 N " OItans, October g C. ten futures quiet and steady. October, 4.S3 bid; Mo- vembrr, 4S7a4.S9; December, 492G4.9S; Jan uary, 4.97@49S; February. 5.o2@5.O4; March, 5.1S@5.O9 April, 5.13G5.14; May, 5.1S4519.
 Galveston-Steady; mddling, AS; sales, 526 bales; receipts 20,916 stock, 177,597.
 Mobile-Quiet; mlddling, 13-16; sales, 400 bales; receipts, 17l2; stock, 24,915.
 Savannah-Easy; middlIng, 4% sales, E. PAS bales receipts, 100S4; stock. 1,0l5
 Charleston-Steady m,ddling, 4%; re- ceipts 4205 bales; stock, 42,629.
 Wimington-Firm; middling 5B; rece1pts, 6121 bales; stock, 2S0S9.
 Norfolk-Steady middling, 5s; receipts 4,417 bales; stock, 19,309.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 5A; re- ceipts SS5; stock, S254.
 BostoH-Quiet; m ddl ng, 54s; receipts, het' 1S9 bales gross, 209O.
 Phladelphia-Quet; mddllng, 5A.
 Memphis-Steady; m!dding, 15-16 sales' 1,500 bales; receipts, 4529; stock, 37,19o
 Augusta-Steady; middling, 1-16; sales, 1924; receipts, 4,25S stock, 21,37S
 Chicago 'ChsnEe
 Chicago October 3-Wheat today suc- cessfullly contended against one Of the most formidable arfays of bear; statistics that has been posted for some time Heavy world shipments, large increase on pas sage, heavy primary receipts and Visplef supply in call worked against the price, but covering by shorts and some eastern buying orders were sufficient to cause the market to recover to a point above the days final figures. December closed b higher. Corn, oats and prov,s ons were very dull and changed but little.
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