The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

Money on call nominal: no loans To-
day. Prime mercantile paper 8 to 81 =
per cent. Sterling exchange bareIIZ
steady, with actual business in balk-
ers bills at s4.S7.375 to 81 ST. so for &C.
mand and at s4.S4.125 to 81 "a 375 for
sixty day bills. Posted rates S4.SJ to 3
81 S5k and s4.SSh. Comm ,rcial bills
s4-SS4 TO s4.S5A. Bar silver 4S: Nrx-
lean dollars 80; governm mt bonds
steady; railroad bonds easier.
-IOt MS.
AlcnlSon Is
Baltimore end Ohio. eeX
Chesapeake and IS
Delaware and Hudson. rs
Illinois Central IiS
Louisville and ll.N
Manhattan l. 14eN
Metropolitan Street Railway..... i3sA
Mexican Central ...-... -. 2s&
National r. R. Of Mexico......... lsH
New Jersey Central ...... l1a
New York Central......... 49,. j454
Norfolk and western........... 7HN
Norfolk and Western pfd......... 30
Pennsylvania 147k
Reading eaX
sea tOdTO -
Seaboard pfd
Southern Pacific .-......-..--.-.. o
Southern Railway........ ........ "a
Southern pfd
Union Pacific sIK
E~:>rxt;>S
Adams Express NATURALIZATION. 2GS
American
United States l4S
Wells Fargo -
s,~s Eii.ANEOUS.
Amalgamated Copper ............ fs1
Brooklyn Rapid Transit........... en-
Pullman Palace Car..-......-...-. sks
Sugar 1904
Tennessee Coal and Iron....-..-.. 6J4
United States Steel......... ..... 5SS
United States Steel pfd.......... S'h
Western Union Sa%
Virginia Carolina Ch.............. "a
Virginia Carolina Oh pfd.-.. 1865 12Ih
HO<DS. .
United States %refunding 2s reg. ia7A
United States refunding rs cou... 1n1x
-,Uar States 3s g..-........... 1T
United States 3S cou........-..... tG7H
United States new As reg......... 13iH
United States new as cou..... !25h
United States old as reg.......... 1psH
United States old As cou........-. 1YeA
United States SIS eg............ 1UzA
United States So cou..........- il2&
l.. and n. uni. 's...........-.... 1903
New Jersey Central $751;. ..... i3eM
Southern Railway S...-......... III
't,TIOs.
Liverpool, February Isl .. m.-Tut
ton: Spot. quiet; prices 6 loint gh-
er; American middling fair 6.02; good
middling S "a; midd.ing 5.43: low mid
ding 5.34: good ordinary SD: ordinary
SO. The sales of the day were C-0oe
r~ro~ &C whir~ Enn r~ro for ~~rrnl'ton
and export and included E.c00 Amefl
can. Receipts 4.100 bales American.
Futures opened firm and c'osed Giief.
American middling G. o c: March and
a-r;l : on. k~-;I .-I Moy S1N1 99s
May and June 5.33: June AMI July 5.33;
July and August 5.32@5.33 August and
September 521@5.22; September md
October 4S9: October AMI November
4.67; November and December 4.6t.
rnsI RECEIPTS.
Galveston steady at 10 1-1fc; net re-
ceipts 1914 bales.
2,14S bales.
Baltimore nominal at 10kc.
Boston steady at 1925; net receipts
1857 bales
Wilmington firm at 9Ac; net receipts
727 bales.
Philadelphia quiet at 1880; net 70
ceipts 143 bales.
Savannah steady 1t SIC: net re-
ceipts 2,S06 bales.
New Orleans steady at 9Kc; net re-
ceipts 1888 bales.
Mobile steady at 9 1850; net receipts
$50 bales.
Memphis firm at CSC; net receipts
1,407 bales.
Augusta steady at 1Ohc; ret receipts
9O6 bales.
Charleston quiet at sAc; net receipts
267 bales
Cincinnati firm at 10hc: net recelpks
les bales.
Louisville firm at 10Ac.
st. Louis firm at SIC; net receipts
so bales.
New York, February 2S.-Cotton dull
at 1925; gross receipts 1895 bales; sales
433 bales; stock Ill, 672 bales.
Total today at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts q, 692 bales; net receipts 1870
bales; to France 200 bales; 70 the con-
tinent 2,049 bales; stock sos. 9s5 bales
Consolidated at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts 1852 bales; exports to Great
Britain Al, 749 bales; to France 200 bales;
to the continent 12,049 bales.
Total since September 1st, at all sea-
ports-Net receipts 6,592, 1872 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain 2,153 126 bales;
to France $3.50 bales; to the CONT
nent 2,26S, 264 bales.
Spot cotton closed dull: middling I'D
lands 1925; middling gulf 1850: sales
423 bales.
Futures opened steady and chcsed
barely steady; March oil; April 10. 06:
May 1905; Jun 9.S5; July a.S4; AUGUST
94S; September S.95; October $751;; New
ember S.54; December $50.
GRAIN AMI PROVISIONS.
Chicago, February 2S.-The leading
futures ranged az follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat No. Q
Feb. :. 1873 - 75A
May. T% TN TIE tx
July. +. . ;. 74A 74A 1881 TsN