The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
HaRKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL

FINANCIAL
New York. March 1s.-Money on call
firmer at 81 TO 4 per cent; closing bids
and asked , to 4 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper Az TO 5 Per cent; sterling
exchange steady: government bonds
steady; state bonds inactive; railroad
bonds irregular.
STOCKS.
Baltimore and 104n
Chesapeake and ASK
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific. 1854
Colorado Southern ............. 27h
Delaware and Hudson. $1,000. Ill
Illinois Central ...... .... 1891
Louisville and Nashville........... 1854
Manhattan l. 1874
Metropolitan Street Railway. 1914
Mexican Central -..........-.-..- 1sA
Mexican National ................ 2o1s
New Jersey Central 80. 1SS
New York Central. $50. 1871
Norfolk and Western .-.....-. . 56A
Norfolk and Western pfd....-.... SOt
Reading 54k
St. Paul 1885
Southern Pacific 6S
Southern Railway ............-.... S2A
Southern Railway ofd .............. 95A
Texas and Pacific. 39A
Union racine eX sos
Union Pacific pfd. Ss&
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Adams Express eOs
American 22s
United States ITO
Wells Fargo ex 100
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amalgamated Copper .............. Hh
Rapid Transit. 63A
Continental Tobacco pfd.......... 1lIh
General Electric 302
PEOPLES Gas 100
Pullman Palace go
Sugar ............. $50. ......... 126h
Tennessee Coal and Iron.......... 61fs
United States Steel.............-.. AK
United States Steel pfd........... 1915
Western Union 90h
Virginia Carolina h............... 6Sn
Virginia Carolina Oh pfd........... 1901
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United States refunding rs reg. 100
United States ~refunding rs cou.... 1922
United States 3s 1924
United States 3,s 109A
United States new As reS........ 1894
United States new As cou........ 1895
United States old As reg.........-. 111h
United States old As cou.......... 112h
United States SIS eg.........,..... 1861
United States SIS cou ......... 1861
L.. and n. uni. 1929
New Jersey Central gen 5's........ 1881
Southern Railway pfd.............. 12015
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 12.-4 p. m.-Cotton:
Spot moderate business, prices easier;
American middling 5 5-32d, good mid
ding 4 sd; middling 4Ad; low middling
4 21-32d; good ordinary 4 1880; ordi-
nary 4 9-32d; sales of the day were 5000
bales of which 1000 were for specula-
ton and export and included $500
American. Receipts { 900 bales includ-
ing $500 American.
Futures opened easier and closed
steady; American middling G. O.. c.:
March 4 44-64d@4 45-64d sellers; March
and April 4 44-64d@4 45-64d sellers; April
and May 4 45-64d sellers: Many and
June 4 45-64d@4 46-64d sellers. June and
July 4 45-64d@4 46-64d sellers: July and
August 4 45-64d@4 46-64d sellers; August
and September 4 41-64d buyers: Septem-
Der and October 4 31-64d64 32-64d buy
ers; October and November 4 27-64d
buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston quiet at s%c: net receipts
2,474 bales.
Norfolk steady at SIC: net receipts
al bales.
Baltimore nominal at SIC.
Boston dull at 9hc: net receipts FOG
bales.
Wilmington firm at SIC: net receipts
337 bales.
Philadelphia steady at CSC; net re-
ceipts 555 bales.
Savannah steady at SIC: net receipts
1888 bales.
New Orleans quiet at Skc: net re-
ceipts II. 1892 bales.
Mobile nominal at sEc; net receipts
Is bales.
Memphis steady at s 7-1sc: net re-
ceipts 721 bales.
Augusta quiet at SIC: net receipts 1sa
bales.
Charleston firm at SIC: net receipts
Cincinnati quiet at SIC: net receipts
I,0S1 bales.
Louisville firm at s lilo
st. Louis quiet at 8 9-16c: net receipts
s2 bales.
Houston quiet at s%c: net receipts
2,757 bales.
New York, March Ia.-Cotton quiet:
middling 9hc; net receipts Lac bales:
gross $500 bales: sales z.721 bales: stock
LAG. 6S7 bales.
Total today at all U. s. ports-Net.
receipts 1866 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1887 bales; France o,405 bales;
to the continent 1851 bales: stock 49,
275 bales.
Consolidated at all u. S. ports-Net
receipts 49, 07 bales: exports to Great
Britain 80, 769 bales; France $3.50 bales:
to the continent 80, 092 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net re-
ceipts 6,ss9, sos bales: exports to Great
Britain 2,597, 223 bales: France e33, $40
bales; to the continent 2.109. S57 bales.
Futures closed firm; March s.s7. April
s.97. May s.s4. June SIS. July SIS. Au-
gust $40, September s.37. October SIS,
November sos, December sos.
Spot closed quiet; lniddling uplands
9hc; middling gulf CSC; sales 2,721 bales
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, March 1.-THE leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat, Nc. =