The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05

Now York. May 4.-Meney on call was
nominally III per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 4W4ia per cent Sterling exchange
easier With actual business in bankers
bills al SiS74i Mfs8 for 60 days, and S4.Ssfift
4N3 demand. Posted rates, SASS Nti.D.
Commercial bills, $lS6a gASll2 Bar silver.
b5Ac. Government bonds were firm. state
bonds quiet. Railroad bonds were lower.
Silver at the board quoted at 67067Ac.
New York. May 4.--The treasury bal
ances were. as follows: Coin. SS3OSo,oOJ;
currency, $50 2O6000.
New York. May 4, Noon.-Erie, 12H;
Northwestern, 1864 DO pref, l4llz; Lake
Shore, lf2igi Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, IS, Western Union. SS3i Southern
Railway common, 14ss Southern Railway
preferred 39lt; American Sugar ll3B;
Baltimore and Ohio. 81; Canada Southern,
52ia, st. Paul, g; Rock Island. 6644 Della
ware and Hudson, 129, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 1891; Manhattan,
llSh; Michigan Central, 9s; New York
Central 9S3i.
New York, May 4.-The stock market
opened firm, there being few signs Of the
weakness which characterized yesterday 3
closing dealings. Sugar again struck the
key note and Its advance to ll3$ lei
traders who were fighting the rise to COW
or. This buying in conjunction with out
side orders brought about a rise of any
quiet, prompt In the upward movement
and fairly large amounts Of the stock
were taken for New England account.
The m arket ruled strong until near the
to 1855 on reports from Chicago that Gov.
Altgell had vetoed the bill recently passed
by the legislature favorable to the com
Dany. The decline brought in buying or
dcrs, and the stock quickly recovered to
~ a. a net loss for the day of p per cent
Anthracite stocks We're firm for time,
but later weakened. The losses, however
were insignificant. Southern railway COM
mon and preferred were in demand on
the announcement of the acquisition of
the Alabama Great Southern. The pre-
ferred moved to S9iA the best price of the
week. London was buyer of St. Paul. and
Louisville and Nashville. but its purchases
had NJ perceptible influence on the mar
ket. Speculation closed irregular but in
the main firm. Net changes show gains
of A to "a per cent, except for the COalers
big four and Chicago Gas, which lost isMl
per cent Total sales were l2S.9I2 shares.
including 1890 sugar; $4,000 were of the
listed class and $1,000 unlisted The bond
market was easier in tone.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil.
2S3i do preferred, ~ Sugar Refinery 1875,
do preferred. 9Si5; American Tobacco. 104;
do preferred. 108; Atchison, r. and S. f.,
So Baltimore and Ohio, 81; Canada Pa
etfic, 1915; Chesapeake and ohio; 1871 Chi
cago and Alton, 1i9; Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, 745s; Chicago Gas, 7S9s; Del
Lack. and West. 1894: Dis. Cat. Feed
1873; Erie, 12A; do preferred. %; Edison
General Electric, 1885 Illinois Central, 91I5;
Lake Erie and Western. 1875; do preferred
77ia; Lake Shore, 1917; Louis. and Nash
56ib; Louis. and n. A.. So; Manhattan,
llSA Memphis and Charleston, 10: Michi-
gan Central, 9S Missouri Pacific. 25ss: Mo-
bile and Ohio. 1Slz; Nash, c. and St. l..
20; u. S. Cordage, 65; do preferred 9& :
n. j. Central, 9S4t; N. Y. Central. 95A
n. Y. and n. t., S9ss Norf. and West. pre-
ferred. Is; Northern Pacific, 4a; do pre-
ferred 2lik; Northwestern, 963t; do pre-
ferred. 14iik; Pacific Mail, q: Reading,
II; Rock Island, 66$i St. Paul 60; do pre-
ferred tlSh; Silver Certificates, 67lt: Tenn,
Coal and Iron, 229s; do do preferred, S0IA
Texas Pacific. 10ss; Union Pacific, 49, I'm
ion Paeihc, 13; Wabash, ST. L. and F., Z:
do do preferred, 1864 Western Union. $50
Wheeling and l.. e., l27s; do do preferred,
43iS; Southern Railway IS, 81; Southern
Railway. common. 149s; Southern Railway
preferred, 39A; South Carolina 4ias, 1917.
State Bonds-Alabama A. 105; do b. fO7;
do c, SO; Louisiana stamped As, 100: North
Carolina As, l03q105; North Carolina Is,
124; Tennessee, new set, SIS, SAY; Virginia
Is, preferred, SM; Virginia Trust Receipts.
Ga Virginia Funding Debt, 59la.
Government Bonds-United States As.
registered, 112; United States Is, coupons,
l121e; United States Is, registered, ~.