The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-19
FINANCIAL.

New York, Dec. 1S.-Money on call was
quiet at 1903 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent, and at the closing was Of
fered at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
Bar silver. 66Ssc.
Sterling. exchange firm with actual bus
sixty days and $4SS%d4S9 for demand
Posted rates, $fSS12Q49O. Commercial
Government bonds were firm: state
bonds were steady; railroad bonds were
Silver at the board was steady.
New York, Dec. 1S.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin. $50, 0s2, 7S7;
currency, 500, 1874.
New York, Dec. 1s.-The feature of the
railway and miscellaneous stock market
at the opening to-day was the pressure
or long stock for foreign account The
selling for London account was quite
pronounced and 1t is estimated that fully
1900 shares of Louisville and Nashville
Atchison st. Paul and other stocks, with
an information market were sold dur
ing the first hour of business. The great
State Gas, Baltimore and Ohio the Gran
gers, Louisville and Nashville Kansas and
Texas, Manhattan, Lake Shore and Grang-
ers. After the decline at the opening the
market became dull and speculation was
at standstill. In the afternoon the
shorts tried to cover, but the offerings of
stock We're light and prices moved up
sharply. The recovery in the last hour
was equal to A@115 per cent. The Tobac-
co was particularly strong in the late trad
ing, and moved up to 741s, against 721s ear
lier in the day. Chicago Gas was also
firm feature, and was bought again on
rumors that the reorganization commit
tee Will be successful in the Whitner case.
The market closed firm in tone. Net
changes show losses of A62 per cent,
however, the international shares scor-
ing the largest declines. Bonds were weak.
listed stocks aggregated 235, 800 shares, and
of unlisted stocks, 1888 shares.
= New York, Dec Pee IS, noon1Erie, 1875;
Shore, 1511s; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred 8 asked; Western Union, $50;
Southern Railway. common, 81; South
ern Railway, preferred, 32A; American
Sugar, 1OO1a; Baltimore and Ohio, Asa;
Canada Southern, "a: st Paul, 741s; Rock
Island. 735s; Delaware and Hudson, 127;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
1861; Manhattan, 103%; Michigan Central,
102; New York Central, 1914.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
II; do preferred, 6615; Sugar Refinery. 10i;
do preferred. 9712; American Tobacco, 1919;
do preferred, IS; Atchison, T. and S. F.,
1875; Baltimore and Ohio, 46lA; Canada Pa
cific. 5S15; Chesapeake and Ohio 1875 Chi
cago and Alton, 156; Chicago, B. and O.,
S2A; Chicago Gas, 693s; Del, Lack. and
1914; do preferred, %; Edison General EIec-
trio, 30B; Illinois Central, SO; Lake Erie
and West, p; do preferred. 7Slz; Lake
Shore 1872; Louis. and Nash, 5OA; Louis.
and N A., 8; Manhattan, 1895; Memphis
and Charleston, Is asked; Michigan Cen
trail, 1917; Missouri Pacific. 2S3s; Mobile
and Ohio, 2315; Nash, c. and ST. L., IS;
U. S. Cordage SIS; do preferred 12a4; n.
]. Central, 1OS n. Y. Central. 1914; N. Y.
and N. e. So asked; Norf. and Western
preferred, 8; Northern Pacific, 4; do pre-
ferred. 1888; Northwestern, l027s;, do pre-
ferred, $50; Pacific Mail, 30; Reading, IA;
Rock Island 1885, St. Paul. "a; do pre-
ferred. 12s; Silver Certificates, 6612; Tenn.
Coal and Iron. 32l2; do do preferred, 100;
Texas Pacific, SIS; Union Pacific, 6i2; Wa
bash, ST L. and p, 81; do do preferred.
us; Western Union, SSas; Wheeling ana
l. f., 1872: do do preferred, 4O1a; Southern
Railway IS, IS: Southern Railway COM
mon, 9ia; Southern Railway preferred, 81.
State Bonds-Alabama A, HOS; do b.
1lOl5; do G, 100; Louisiana stamped Is, 80;
North Carolina As, lO4; North Carolina S.
l24. Tennessee. new set, 3s, 50; Virginia. 81,
preferred s: Virginia Trust Receipts. s.
Virginia Funding Debt, GA; South Caro-
Governmenf Bonds-Unlted States g.
registered, lllh; United States A., coupons,
1927, United States Zs, registered, II.