Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
RIORDAN & co.
In Wall Street.

New York, Dec 4.3Speculative interest at the stock exchange was confined almost exclusively to the industrals today. These issues were buoyant and there was a scarm- ble to get back short contracts. Keene prices all around. Tobacco led the list both in point of activity and advance, rising nearly per cent, to 76A; Rumors were cur rent to the effect that steps had been taken looking to settlement of the fight with the manufacturers, but nothing official was given to 70. and brokers of the leading trade in the industrials were large buyers. Chicago Gas sold up to 7lA, the highest, price for belief that the Whitney case. now before Judge Bischoff, will be. decided in favor of the company Sugar dragged for time. but in the final trading rose to 104A from 102R. Pacific Mail advanced to 32zs on the announcement that the deal with the Pana- stocks were dull and featureless The sell ing of Reading continued and the stock fell to 8. The reorganization plan is expected Pacific bonds were in better demand and the seconds rose to 1OS.i The grangers and an e % changes shoM gains of 1sQ1 per cent in the railroad list and A0l4 per cent in the industrials.
 Bonds were strong the sales footed up for a half holiday the large total of $SS5, 000
 The sales of listed stocks aggregated 3D. 27O shares, and of unlisted stocks 53,295
 New York, Dec 14-Money on call 11kQ2 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 41aG51a
 
 Sterling exchange was steady with actual business in bankers bills at s4S71sQ4 STA for sixty days and $4SSls14 SEA for demand; posted rates, $4.8ShGp489ls; commercial bills, $l.86lkQ4 STA. <
 Bar silver 66c -e si
 Government bonds were firm q
 State bonds were dull. ,d
 Railroad bonds were higher.
 Silver at the board was dull. rency, $9S, 1885, 253.l fsi aF tb
 Closing bids :. American Cotton Oil. Oif......,........,,. IS 3d American Cotton oil preferred. ee1t American Sugar Refining. 104 Is American sugar Refining preferred..... 9sA American Tobacco preferred. ............ ssls .. cs. ,, ..'....... ...'.. !o Baltimore aud ono. lo........................ 47M Canada Pacific: ............... 54ts1 Chesapeake and Ohio. io.................. 17N> Chicago and Alton. .............. ... 156 E Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. szH Delaware, Lackawanna and Western :. 166l9, Distiilers and Cattle Feeders. ..........". 19%N' Ere nreferrsd '..'. 5a@ finois GsnsGslcslsss1io s5 s5a q Lake Erie and Western. ............... 21%' Lake Erie and Western preferred........ "A Lake shore .........!. ..!...t................. 151h Louisville and Nashville .................. 51S Louisville, New Albany and Chicago.... sl Manhattan Consolidated .......... ..... 1913. Memphis and Charleston. ............ ..,l 15 Michigan Cent al. al.......................... 1OO& Missouri Pacific. ... ..,...................... 2S% Mobile and Ohio. .......... .............. 23l2 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis. 75 United States Cordage .....o............ 6as United States Cordage preferred ....... 12n New Jersey central ...'s......-........... loeas New York Central. .s.,... .............. 100h New York md New England. ;......... 62 Norfolk and Western preferred. ....... Northern Pacific preferred. ..... 1IM Northwestern. n............ ...+............ IDA Northwestern preferred. d................... 150 racine Maii...... ............. .............. 31