The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-08


This day year before last .......... 5,4O1
Total receipts since Sept. /, 1897 ...s,S4S.s42
Same time last year ............... 6, All, ATT
Same time year before last ........5, OO9, 40
Stock at the ports to-day ........... 617,597
Stock same day last year ............ 1862
Receipts This Week Last Year
saturday..... 4607 Wednesday 80. 6,6S8
Monday.......... 8 81 Thursday ...... S,lOS
Tuesday 1882 Friday ..........' 2, 433
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Galveston-Steady; middling. 11-1e; net
receipts, 81 gross, a. stock, 49,439.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, 11-16:
net receipts. 2,279; gross, 2279; sales, 1900;
stock 226S5O.
Mobile-Steady; middlIng, So; net re-
ceipts, 50; gross, 80; sales, 800; stock, 49,
53l.
harleston-Nominal; stock, 1920
Wimington-Firm middling, 6; net re-
ceipts, IA; gross, ia; stock, 1921
Norfolk-Steady; middling. SIS; net re-
ceipts, 1,127 gross, 1,127; sales, $40; stock,
42127.
Baltimore-Nominal middllng, 5-1s;
gross, 300; stock, IA, 4S5.
New York-Dull; middling, 63s; net re-
ceipts, 55S; gross, 1905; sales, 800; stock,
1874, s2S
Boston-steady; middling, 69s net re-
ceipts, 1888; gross, 222
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, 65s; ret
receipts, 4S; gross, 4S; stock, 9,2h.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-Firm; middling, 1-16; net re-
ceipts, PSI; gross, 237; sales, al; stock, 49,
800.
Memphis middlng. SIS; net re-
ceipts, S95; gross, 395; sales, 400; stock, 81
505.
st. Louis-Quiet; middling, 57s; net re-
CENTS 102 oil :
1884,
Cincinnati-Quiet; middling, 6; net re-
eeipts, So; gross, Sc; sales, 300; stock, 1886.
Houston-Steady; middling, 11-16; Let
receipts, S99; gross, S99; sales, 1S9; stock,
Louisville-Steady; middling. 6.
Exports of cotton this day
Galveston-To France, 300; to the conti-
nent, 1907.
New oreans-To Great Britain, 1886
Norfolk-Coastwise, so.
Boston-To Great. Britain, 1876.
Total foreign exports from all ports to
day and thus far this week-To Great
Britain, 1861; to France. 300; TO the con-
unent 1907.
iotal foreign exports since Sept. l, 1857
10 Great Britain, 3,1SS,74S; to France,
'oa'SSfi to the continent, 2,714,51.
liverpool, May z, / p. motion, spot,
quiet; prices l-32d higher; American mid
dung, fair, i'd good middling, sgd; Amer
ican middling, 3 1920; low middling,
lo-S2d; good ordinary, 5-16d; ordinary,
sd the sales of the day were 1000 bales,
Of which 800 bales were for speculation and
export, and 6,5OO bales American; receipts,
100 bales. all American.
cultures opened steady, with moderate
demand and closed quiet American mid
uing low middling clause. May 3.32Q3S3d
value, May-June. 3.32Gp3.3Sd value; June
July, 5.S3d buyers; July-August 3.3fd SELL
crsi August-September 3.33d3.S4d buyers
eptember-October 3.33d buyers; October
november, S.S2qS.S3d buyers; November
december, 3.S2d sellers; December-Janu'
ary SGD sellers; January February, 5.32d
value; February March. 3,32d3, 33d sellers.
New York, May THE cotton market
openod steady with prices / to points
higher on light covering and favorable
lows from the English market. Speculative
interest throughout the forenoon was slack
AoWever, and there was still further Yaria-
l3n IN prices. Receipts were light, while
The export movement gave every promise
OF continuing on liberal scale. The sensa-
Nlnal character of political news had the
erect Of restraining over-conhdent traders.
NJ II o'clock the market was dull, but
steady with a net gain Of to 3 points.
later the market was easier and the early
dIVance soon disappeared with the market
hnaly barely steady al ! point net adj
vance to point net decline. Total sales fu-
lures 1910 bales.
New York, May Z. noon.-Cotton futures
opened steady; sales, $500; May, 6.1sc;
June 6.2Sc; July, 6.27c; August, G3lc; Sep
tember, 6.30c; October, 629c; November.
0Soe; December, 6.S2c;, January, e.S5c.
New York, May z, p. mixtures clos