The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-04


Same time last year ............... s. 1920 1875
Same time year before last ........ 6,456, 120
Stock at the ports to-day ..,........ 773022
Stock same day last year .......... 6i5 497
Daily Movements at Other Ports
Ga.veston-Quiet; middling. 57s net re-
cepts, $685. gross, 1858; stock, 1902.
New Orleans-Steady; middling. lilo;
net receipts, 5,242; gross 5,242; sales, 4,s0O;
stock, $50, SO5.
Mobile-Qulet; middling, ; 9-16; net re-
ceipts. 81; gross, 81; sales, 100; stock. 14OO3.
Charleston--Steady; middling, 512; net
receipts, 6; gross, 6; stock, 1919.
Wilmington-Quiet; middling. SIS; net
receipts, Il; gross, H. stock n,47l.
Norfolk-Dull; m!ddling, SIS net re-
ceipts, 1855; gross, 1876; sales, %; stock,
50,661.
MISUNDERSTANDING middling, 6A,
gross, AIS; stock, 1905.
New York-Quiet middling, 61s; net re,
ceipts, 54S; gross, 4,25S; sa.es, 421; stock,
166, $40
Boston-Quiet; middling, 6as; net re-
ceipts 1863: gross, 1863.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middllng, 6ss;
stock, 6174
Daily Movements at Interior Towns
Augusta-steady; middling, 6 S-16; net
receipts, Sc; gross, IS; sales ASH stock,
81 1854.
ceipts, 1,O21; gross, 1859; sales, 500; stock,
1874.
st. Louis-Quiet; middling, ) 1916; net
receipts, S1S; gross, 1904; stock, 1881.
Cincinnati-Quiet, lower; middling, J7s;
net receipts, 81; gross, 81 sales, $50; stock,
$500
Houston-Easy; middling, SIS; net re-
ceipts, 1892; gross, 1892; sales, 1853; STOCK,
1858.
Louisville Steady; middling, e1s.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-Continent, $3.50.
New Orleans-Continent, SIS; coastwise,
1897
Mobi.e-Coastwise 7eO
Norfolk-To Great Britain 1884; coast
wise, 2,993
New York-To Great Britain, 514; con-
tinent. 1,4i9
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: TO Great Britain, 6,47S; to the con-
tinent, 1904.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, q 1853;
10 France, 1884; to the continent, &c, 4S9.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l. 1898.
To Great Britain, 3,236.55S; to France, 675,-
SIS; TO the continent, 2,491G23
Liverpool, May 3, p. m.-Cotton-Spot,
fair demand; prices 1-32d lower; American
middling, fair, 37d; good mldding 1924;
middling, 11-32d; low middling, 5-32d;
good ordinary. 2 31-32d; ordinary, 25-32d
The sales of the day We're 10000 bales, of
which 1000 were for speculation and ex-
port, and included $500 American; re-
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 200 Ameri-
can.
Futures opened quiet with a poor
demand, and closed quiet, but steady, at
the advance, American middlng, low mid
ding clause, May, 31SaS.19d, sellers; May
June, 3.1SG3.1sd. sellers; June-July, 319d,
sellers; July-August, 3.1903.20d, sellers;
ADMINISTRATIVE, 3.19d, buyers; Septem-
ber-October, $3.50, sellers; October-No-
vember, S1sd3.19d, sellers; November-De-
cember, 3.1sd, sellers; December-January,
3.lSd, sellers; January February, 31Sd,
buyers; February March, 3.1803.1 9d, buy
ers; March-April, 3.19a32Od sellers.
New York, May 3.-Speculative opera
tons in cotton futures continued upon a
conservative scale and fluctuations were
within a narrow scope. The market OPEN
ed quiet at an advance OF one to two
points, cables being better than had been
generally looked for, resulting in start
ing up little demand from local shorts
Orders from outside sources failed to
come in, however and the market soon
became easier and very dull. BY noon
the little advance secured at the opening
call had about disappeared, and for the
rest Of the session the variations were
quite unimportant; an order either way
would disturb the market a point or so,
but there was no general trade at any
time. Few private cables were In clrcu-
lation such as reached here Indicated a
disposition in Europe to procrastlnate, as
to dealings In future deliveries. pending
further crop data.
The effect of the weekly weather bureau
report was bearlsh, but was Offset by spe-
cIal dispatches from New England cloth