The age-herald., 1900-03-13
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 alveston-FTrm; midding 3-d6 sales 2i; receipts 5600; stock 134, PAS. Mobne-Nominal mfddling 5-16; receipts 924; stock 2O,S06.
 SaVannah-Steady; middHng 93s; sales 263 : receipts 2,441 stock 12624S.
 Charleston-FNrm; middling sss receipts 1,79S; stock B, ,670.
 Wilmington-Quiet; middHng 9as; receipts 493; stock IS ,394.
 Norfolk-Steady; mtddling 9A: sales 325. receipts 346; stock 37,020
 Baltimore-Nominal; mfdding 9%; receipts 1S7; stock S,32O.
 Boston-Quiet; middling 911-16; receipts, net, 195; gross 1909.
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middhng 91516; re- ce3pts 4O3 stock 9,0S1.
 St. Louis-Quiet middhng. 5-16: receipts. 1873; stock 76,553
 Memphis-Steady; middling 5-16: receipts 2,O3l sales 800; shipments 5,691; stock S66S0.
 Liverpool Cotton Market
 Liverpool, March 12.-Cotton spot in fair demand; prices 1-32d lower; American mid dling fair, 15-16; good middling, 55s; mid ding, 9-13; low middling, 5 7-16; good ordi- nary, 5A; ordinary, 1-16; sales of the day 10000 bales, of which 800 were for specula- tion and export and included $500 Ameri- can. Receipts, 22000 bales, including 15,20o American. Futures opened steady and closed barely steady; American mlddling, L. M. c: March, 5.25 V; March-April, 5.25b: April-May, 5.1Ss; May-June, 5.1465 15s; June-July, SIPS; July-August. 5.O9 August September, 5s; September October, 4.3Sv: OctoberNovember, 4.42b; NovemberDe- cember 42Ob; December-January, 4.1Sb; January February 417s.
 Drv Goods
 New York, March 12.-Bleached cottons air dor fnra 1 no material change in the market for brown goods; home demand quiet and very little doing for export; tone firm; wide sheet ings scarce: business fin coarse colored cot ton checked by scarcity of supplies and the prices now held for: print cloths dull but firm staple prints stiffening; ginghams strong; white goods scarce and firm.
 The Cattle Markets
 Chicago. March 12.-Cattle: Receipts, generally about steady; natives good to prime; steers steady to strong, 5@6 poor to medium, steady to slow, $4.00@4S5; se- lected feeders steady, $i1O@475; mixed stockers slow, $3.40@3.S5; cows and butchers stock steady, $3.00l430; heifers, $31064.60; canners, 2.40d300; bulls, $30Od4.30; calves. $475d775; Texans, receipts 1,5OO; Texas fed steers steady, $3.90q4.9O; Texas bulls 8 25Q 3.75.
 Hogs-Receipts today, SO,ooo tomorrow. 25 ,00O estimated left over, 1000; strong to cents higher; top $5.9O1k, good clearance; mixed and butchers, s4.S095.25; good to choice heavy, s4.95@5.02lA rough heavy, $4SO@4.9O; light, A.75Q4.95; bulk of sales, $49Od4.971a. Sheep-Receipts, 1000; steady ito strong lambs about steady; good to choice wethers. $5 55065.90; fair to choice mixed, $475d5.40: {: western sheep, $5.40d5.S5; yearlings, $590Q 65O; native lambs, $5.75G17. 35; western lambs,i 6OO@7.35. St. Louis, March 12-Cattle receopts, 2,3O0, including 1,4O0 Texans; market steady; na- tive shipping and export steers, $450@5. 60; {; dressed beef and butchers steers, S00@ 5OO; steers under 900 pounds, $3.20@4.50; stockers and feeders, $3.00@455; cows and heifers $2 0O04.75 canners, $150G2.&; bulls, s2.60@4.50 Texas and Indian steers, $3.75@ 40; cows and hefers, $2. 30@4.25.
 Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market steady to shade higher; pigs and lights, A.S0q4.90; packers, $4. S09495; butchers, $3.90.
 Sheep-Receipts, 1,500; market strong; native muttons $5.0O@5S5; lambs, $5.50@7.25; culls and bucks, s4.O0Q47O; stockers, 5000 4.O00.
 Murphy & Company's Cotton lcttfr New York, March 12.-Cotton advices from Liverpool up to D. m. were a sur prise to the bull contingent as an advance of 3-6id was fully expected, instead of which spots declined 1-32d and futures. after opening 3-Std higher, reacted and