The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-06
FINANCIAL.

New York, Dec. 5.-Money on call was
quiet at 2Q212 per cent, the last loan was
at per cent, and at the closing was of
fered at per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, Az per cent.
Bar silver &C.
Sterling exchange firm with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at S4S794 14SS for
sixty days and $4.S9G4.S 9K for demand
Posted rates, $4.S9Q49O. Commercial bills
Government bonds were firm; state
bonds were dull; railroad bonds were
lower.
Silver at the board was neglected.
New York, Dec. 5.-Treasury balances
were as follows: Coin, $Sl, 1S7, 461; curren-
cy, 800, +4,251.
Northwestern. 1861; do preferred, rs;
Lake Shore, 149A; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 1884, Western Union, S7ss;
ferred, 39%; American Sugar. 1864; Balti-
more and Ohio 5012; Canada Southern,
"a; st. Paul, 747s; Rock Island, 1874 Della
wanna and Western, 1864; Manhattan,
10O1s; Michigan Central, 1OS; New York
Central, 100.
New York, Dec. 5-Stocks were irregu-
lar but in the main weak. There were
heavy liquidations in certain of the indus
trials, notably Leather preferred and To-
bacco and moderate selling of Louisville
and Nashville, Chesapeake and Ohio. St
Paul and Denver and Rio Grande PREFER
ed for London account. The sales for for
elgn account were estimated at from r.
600 to 5000 shares, and were attributed to
a belief that congress will not take up cur
rent matters at once as expected. An adj
vance in sterling exchange here and the
certainty of gold exports by Saturdays
steamers added to the bearish feeling 1t
is thought that at least 81, 900 900, and per-
haps as much as $1,000, 900 will be forward
ed on the day named. The usually active
railway issues ran off Il to 115 per cent,
the decline being most pronounced in Man
haitian, Louisville and Nashville Chesa-
peake and Ohio. Denver and Rio Grande
preferred and Missouri Pacific. The Grang-
ers lost about A05s per cent, bus when
the dividend of 212 per cent was declared
on Northwestern common, which practic-
ally places the stock on 5 per cent ha-
sis, Northwest rose Is to 1067s, and the
other western shares rallied fractiOnaly.
In the industrials, Sugar as usual was the
special card "a 500 shares changing hands
at 1037sql057s. The suit brought by SYRIA
cuse parties had not the slightest effect
on the stock, in fact short sellers CT yes
terday and the day before were badly pun
ished and were forced TO cover during the
When the usual dividends were an
nounced the prices settled back to l037s.
One broker bought 1900 shares supposed
to be for prominent operator. Tobacco
and Leather preferred were depressed I'M
der free offerings of stock for the long and
short account. The former dropped 3A to
76h, and the latter Ia to 62A. Chicago Gas
again ruled quiet and firm at 64zsff6j: Pa
chic Mail after an early decline 70 Sll@, re-
turned to 325k and left of at 32% bid. Up
to the close of business no announcement
had been made of the signing Of the agree
ment with the Panama. In the last hour
OF business Reading was more ssctiVe and
on buying by brokers identified with IN
terests opposed 20 the Eare-OlcOtt COM
mittee the stock rose about a point 20 1872
A rumOr which lacked confirmation was 20
the effect that the assessments on the Jun
Tor securities VIII Pc elf down Twenty