The age-herald., 1898-12-16
New Yorl Cotton Market.

New Y Ork CottoD WafhoA.
 New York. December 1.-The cotton ex-
 change members voted in favor of adjourn
 ing business Saturday, December "A, ana
 Saturday. December si, in anticipation of
 holiday. The market was small one to-
 day
 In the afternoon covering of shorts was
 feature. Under these influences our mar
 ket opened at a loss of 1 to ? points ana
 further declined to points. Reports re-
 ceived from Fall River were encouraging
 as were also advices from dry goods cen ters It was noticed that commission
 houses bought whenever the market
 showed decided weakness and at New Or
 leans buying orders were numerous This
 arrested the decline and still later the mar ket recovered a part of the early loss on forecasts of wet weather in the cotton belt The failure of a Liverpool cotton house recently prominent as a bear factor made no impression. The market closed steady at point to three points net lower.
 The cotton exchange will observe the | Christmas and New Years holidays by clos ing the exchange on December 24, 26 and 31 and January g.
 Cotton steady; middlng, 13-16; net re- l ceipts 5s3 bales; gross, 5,246; sales, 129; stock S9, ,495; exports to Great Britain, 1,fso.
 Total today: Net receipts 4s,630; exports | to Great Britain, 16,614; continent, zf,oOo' stock, 1,345,62
 Consolidated Net receipts, 2S0,175; exports to Great Britain, 6s,093; to France, S2lSS; | continent, 976S.
 l Total since September 1: Net receipts, 5,035 331; exports to Great Britain, 1,76S, ,1SS; | to France 375,604 continent, 1,292,2 POT. New Orleans Cotton Market | New Orleans, December 15.-Cotton.
 steady sales, 4,1OO; ordinary, 37s; good or
 dlnary, 7-1s; low middling, 13-16; mid
 ding, 5A good middling, 5B; middling fair,
 6as receipts. 15, 5,75s; stock, 45S9O4. I Daily statement: Receipts net. zsOl15 | export to Great Britain, 6S, 193; to France,
 S2, ,1SS continent s1,7Os; stock, 1,3456a Isaiiv ststenens | New Orleans, December 15.-Cotton fu-
 lures quiet; December 507 bid January
 5.O94511; February. 5.15q5.16: March, 5.2o@ | 5.21: April, 525@5.27; May, 5.s1d5.32; June,
 5.s5@5S7; July 54O95.42; August. 5.4O95.42; | September, 5.32 bid; October, 53365.35. | New Orleans clearlngs $1,S51,55S New
 York exchange, par commercial s161,OOO. | Galveston-Frm; middlng, 5&; sales, | 1 225 bales; receipts, 21 96S; stock, ,415. 1 Mobile-Quiet; middling. 3-16; sales, 700 1 bales; receipts, 1,O71; stock. 4S,72 I Savannah-Quet; mddling, 5h; sales, 929
 bales; receipts, 4331; stock. 140279. Charleston-Firm; middlng, 5A bid; re- | ceipts, 1,1S7 bales; stock, 65,540 Wilmington-Frm; middllng. 5A; re- l cepts, 1,7S4 bales; stock, 42,1S0 | Norfolk-Steady; middling 5 7-16; sales, l 353 bales; receipts. 3,0S1; stock, S9 761. | Baltimore-Nominal; mddling, 5&; re- | cepts, .675 bales; stock, 2554. | Boston-Steady mddling, 13-16; re- ceIpts, net, 722 bales; gross, 924. Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 1-16; re- | ceipts, 703 baes stock, 6,755 Memphis-Firm; middlng, 5as; sales, 5000
 bales; receipts, 4.29s; stock, 151.202. | Augusta-Quiet and steady; middling, 5%; {; sales, S36 bales; receipts, 1,942; stock, 37,99o. Chicago 'Changn Chicago, December 15-Bad crop news | from Argentina as-the motive for an ad- | vance of 1A in May wheat today. Trading
 later in the day not only in wheat, but in other speculative markets was the most &C., tive for weeks. Corn and oats advanced
 X and ss@1a respectively. The price ,trxaA ANrf1 1f1f