The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-18

Western preferred. l.: Western Union.
s3is; southern Railway common lia.
southern Railway preferred SOS. Ameri-
can sugar. llSis. Baltimore and Ohio. Ga
Canada Southern. s.: s.. Paul. 671.- Rock
Island. 81. Delaware and Hudson. 1914, /.
DelaW are, l.ackawanna and Western.
To- 81 Manhattan. 1l6is. Michigan Central
lu-.s New York Central, ly-i-
New York. May 1.-THE trading ~ the
Stock Exchange was Characterized hv
considerable irregularity Ia the FIRST hour
OF business ana the reason FOR this was
tne selling for London account and the
disposition on the part OF the local opera
Nanderbilts. While this was going on an-
other set of traders were buying heavily
OF the Industrials and more particularly
OF sugar This stock was TN sharp demand
and moved up easily 10 ll9. a trader who
mas been active in the stock from par up.
predicted to-day that Il VIII sell M 49, ex
stronger on western advices tuaf tho COM
panN would secure the legislation 10 de-
market as "a whole did not display any ac-
tiNity or strength. however. until the an
uouuceInent was made from Boston that
the Burlington and Quincy directors had
declared the usual quarterly dividend of
per cent This started up lively inquiry
Tor the Changers and those stocks sold q
the best figures IN months. Burlington
ald quincy rose TO 81, ST Paul 60 ssh.
Rock Island 70 10iS. NorthWcsteru 90 1901
omaha 10 80 and Chicago and Eastern IL
linois preferred TO 1 to lOss. M On inter
a
which ne stated that business a s. steadily
improving, stimulated the upward move
ment In the stocks. The street now be-
heNeS that the Northwest Comp any viii
Pay its usual dividend on the common i'm
July. Other shares which scored import
ant gains We're Big Four IS TO f5is. Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburg l9s TO q. Balti-
more ana ONO, "A 70 ga colorado Fuel
preferred 10 20: Rio Grande Western la
70 -; preferred 3 TO 45t; Tennessee Coal
and Iron NJ to 26 and Des Moines ana Fort
Dodge p 20 so. Speculation closed strong
IN tone. The rise IN the market was "A
surprise 10 the general run OF traders who
have been extending their short lines on
the bond AID stock sales by the leading
railway companies and the rise In wheat
on account alleged damage by frost. etc
Net changes i'm the active issues show
leading. To-days sales were a27. $50 shares
Of which bl.3)O shares were Reading 45.2o1
shares Sugar. IS. $50 shares Distillcrs. ~
go shares St. Iapl and 2lloo shares Bur
lingtOn and Quincy. The total sales for
the day We're al 900 shares OF listed and
5000 shares OF unlisted stocks. The bond
market was strong. The sales aggregated
S3.SlS.000
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks ana Bonds; American Cotton OIL.
29l2; American Cotton Oil preferred. a..
Sugar Refinery, 1885, Sugar Refinery pre-
ferred, 99A, American Tobacco 1861
American Tobacco preferred. III; .Atchi-
son, T. and S. t., S5s; Baltimore and Ohio,
Gr2; Canada Pacific, 53h Chesapeake and
Ohio. pa Chicago and Alton. 100; Chica-
go, -. ana q. SUE, chicago t43S. lAtt, Del
aware Lacka wanna and Western. 1923,
Dis. cat. Feed. 237s Erie 1885; Erie pre-
ferred 2S; Edison General Electric, 34i4:
Illinois Central. 9Gia: Lake Erie and Wes-
tern, Pisa; Lake Erie and Western PREFER
ed, 1855. Lake Shore l47: Louisville and
Nashville. 59i4; Louisville and y. A.. 1914
Manhattan. ll65s; Memphis and Charles
ton IS asked: Michigan Central 1O2; Mis-
souri, Pacific. 29ia: Mobile and Ohio, 20a:
Nashville, @. and 81. l., 81 asked United
states CorGage. >; United States COrda ge
preferred, 1915; New Jersey Central, 99ia
New York Central 1929: New York and
New England. 422s: Norfolk and Western
preferred, 1854 Northern Pacific. 81;
Northern Pacific preferred. 235s; North
western, $685.; Northwestern preferred, l4i;
Pacific Mail. Z72s; Reading, 20s; Rock Is
land 695s: ST. Paul 67a, st. Paul preferr-
ed, 120is; Silver Certificates &C.: Tennessee,
Coal and Iron. 257s; Tennessee Coal and
Iron preferred, s.; Texas Pacific, 1874 ;
Union Pacific, 1872: Wabash, st. l.. and Il.
93s; Wabash. St. J. and r. preferred, POS
Western Union 93% Wheeling and L. r.,
14%; Wheeling and l.. e. preferred, 46h (;
Southern Railway IS. 93A Southern Rail
way common. li&s; Southern Railway pre-
ferred, 40Ss; South Carolina 4l2s 1906
State Bonds-Alabama A, 1865; Alabama
b, i06: Alabama G, IS: Louisiana stamped
As, 100: North Carolina As, 102; North Car
DINA 6s, I24. Tennessee. new set. 3s So:
Virginia 6s. preferred sA Virginia Trust
Receipts, Ga Virginia Funding Debt 593s
Government Bonds-United States As reg
istered. 11224; United States As coupons, ll3;
United States Is registered, 81.