The age-herald., 1898-08-27
New York Cotton Market.

of spot business in Liverpool and the weakness of the English cotton market for futures as indicated by early cables, was distinct disappointment in view Of the steadiness developed yesterday by our mar ket which opened today at a decline of to 3 points, steady in tone Later there was a rally without anything in particular to explain it and prices worked up to a net gain of to points on yesterdays figures Still later the market eased off again, but steadied near the close. There was an absence of support of any kind and most of the time the market dragged This was the first day for notices of intention to de- liver cotton and September cotton on Sep tenber contracts: these only amounted to 5000 to 5,O00 bales, easily and promptly talk en care Of
 One element of news calculated to in crease caution was the yellow fever talk. It was reported that yellow fever had been discovered on the outskirts or Calves ton. The later accounts had 1t that New Orleans had established a quarantine as
 a result which the small receipts at that
 point today would seem to bear out
 The future market closed steady at
 net gain of to points.
 New York, August 26.-Cotton quiet and steady; middling, 5A; net receipts, none;
 gross, AS bales; exports to Great Britain,
 S73; to the continent, 1928; forwarded 1O7;
 sales, 851; spinners, 301; stock, 5S429.
 
 3,31O; exports to Great Britain, TAI; to the
 continent, 4 4273; forwarded, -,314; sales, 5,'6O; spinners, 2,994
 Total today: Net receipts, S,723; exports to Great Britain. 7,295; to the continent, 2,SzS; stock 17S,S00.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 2O,2l2 bales; exports to Great Britain, 20290; to the con- tinent, 5,927.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, S,- 55t. .46s bales; exports to Great Britain, B. 32o .152: to France, S15 692; to the continent, | 3,O03 650 5.- New Orleans, August .2e.--Cotton steady; sales, 900 ba4es ordinary. 4 1-l6;. good or dinary,s4 5-1G; low middling, 41s; mlodlins' 5ss; good middlng, 5 11-l6; mlddnhS lair, 6M; receipts, 24 bales; stock, 5S,6so Consolidated statement: Net receipts, zO,- POI bales: exports to Great Britain, 2O,29o; to the continent, 5,927; stock, 178,Soo' New. Orleans, August 26.-Cotton futures steady: August nominal; September, o.Szp 524: october, 5.24d5 25; November 6.2Sqo.3o;
 Dccember. 5.s2a5. .8s; January 5.36@5SS; Feb
 ruary, 5.S9a5.4O; March, 5.49q5.A. ..t Chicago Change Chicago, August 26.-After nearly two hours elation and bouyancy to-day wheat became groggy and depressed on heavy foreign markets and liberal receipts or tne new crop September and December closed as0l1sc lower each Corn lost Ac. oats are unchanged to Bc higher Pork is down &C., Lard and ribs unchanged. Cash quotations were as follows with the noerl,et ouiet: Mo- 9 spring wheat, 62c; NO. 3 spring wheat. 62@65c; No. ? red, 6sc; No; corn, 9O1hc; No. 9 oats. 2o1k@2oAc; No; 2 white 2S@25c; No. 8 white, 221s922%c; Mo-
 rye, 421kc; No. barley, 46c; No; 1 flax seed, S9c; new, 9olAc; prime timotny H seea' s2 45: mess pork, per barrel, $SSogS9o' iaro, ner iOo lbs. s5.O56p537; short rib sides loose, s. o5ef5. 30; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 4h@ x%c. short clear sides, boxed, 5.5Oa56O; sugars. cut, loaf unchanged; No. yellow corn, 31c. a butter were unchanged.