The age-herald., 1898-03-17
BOND

North Carolina 6s........................ 6s. 13OZ Tennessee new settlement 3s........... 90 Virginia 6s deferred. ed...................... 3h virginia funded oeDt........... oe
 Financial
 New York March 16-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram:
 There was a general improvement in the stock markets here, mainly due to the bears scrambling in. There was little fresh buying. The feature was the sharp rise in Spanish fours, American and Canadian stocks, Americans being benefited by the impression that Spain and the United States would do their utmost to settle matters on diplomatic lines.
 The market was favorably affected by hopeful views of a speedy termination of the Canadian Pacific rate war. The close was a trife under the best, except for Canadians and Grand Trunks, which were booming in the street at top prices.
 Mines joined in the general rally and all foreigners and South American stocks were peter, being led by rise of In Spanish fours on the official announcement that the April coupon will be paid Gold is still much wanted for New York, but it is believed in good quarters that if poli- tics improve the demand for gold may de- cline.
 Dry Goods
 New York, March 16.-The dry goods market Is decidedly irregular. Business is done by spurts and jerks in most cotton goods lines and conditions are such that the market Is liable to show almost any turn with the near future without aston ishing operators.
 Woolen goods in mems wear fabrics con- tinue dull. In cottons there is no change in the position of staple goods. Print cloths are quoted at 2B.
 Prints show no change in any grade. Ginghams continue active and generally satisfactory.
 New York Cotton Market.
 New York, March 16.-Today's cotton mar ket was an irregular affair. After opening quiet at decline of 1 point to an advance of points prices improved on quite active local covering and some foreign buying for a better class of English cables than had been looked for and reports that spot cot- ton in southern markets was decidedly stiff and higher. The buying movement soon ran it's course, however, and prices rapidly eased off under offerings by the bear cfowd At midday a net loss of 244 points was apparent with the market barely steady. This was spasmodic and largely of pro- fessional character. In the afternooH lit tie attempt was made to do business sHntH near the close, when the usual scrampfe to execute eleventh-hour orderS Occurred.s At no time during the day did the market show positive weakness, bears fearing to accumulate large short interests in the;faee of firmer stock and the money market both here and at London, and a possibility of a settlement of the Spanish-American trouble in the near future without resort to forge Exports continued on liberal scale with exporters receiving large orders from day to day for the purchase of cotton. The market closed at unchanged to 1 point net advance, having partially re- covered at the close on light local cover ing.
 Cotton futures closed steady; sales, 73500 bales. March, 5.95 April, 5.95; May, 6; June, 6.O1; July, 6.O4; August, 6.O6; Septem- Der, sos; October 6,03; November, sos; De- ,cember, 6.O5 January, eos.
 Cotton, spot, closed dull; middling up- lands, SIS; middling gulf 6as; sales, none
 New York, March 16-Cotton, dull; mid ding, 6ls Net receipts, 4S6; gross, 5549; exports to Great Britain, 2292; forwarded, 3,400; sales, none; stock, 183,622
 Total today: Net receipts, 27,S55; exports to Great Britain, 15,319; Continent, 7,050; stock, 1,O5l,71.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 112,036; ex- ports to Great Britain, 740S9; Continent, 40,613.
 Total since Sept. l. Net receipts, 76S5,- ITS; exports to Great Britain, 2,746.247; France, 715, ,339; Continent, 2,295,S10.