The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-20

New York, Feb. 19.-Treasury balances:
Coin, Sl3o.2S515l; currency. SS5.3S6.35S.
Northwestern. loiss; do preferred. rs;
Lake Shore, l46S.. Norfolk and Western
preferred. "a; Western Union, SOS; South
ern Railway, common. 10i4 do preferred.
3li5; American Sugar, li5la: Baltimore and
ONO, 56izs Canada Southern, 20; st. Paul.
rs; Rock Island, 733s; Delaware and Hud-
son, l-Ss Delaware, LackaWanna and Wes-
tern. ltSs Manhattan, 104As: Michigan Cen
trial, siiz; New York Central, 973t.
New York. Feb. 19.-Speculation at the
STOCK exchange was intensely dull to-day.
Inc undertone was strong. however, and
hlgh prices were recorded in a number
OF instances. London was a buyer of its
specldltleS ana brokers with foreign con-
nec1ons said that interest in American
securities abroad was reviVing. The main
reason Tor this, so bankers said, was the
hlgn price at which British cOnsOls are
selling, these securities having brought
1895 in London to-day The declaration
OF regular dividend by the Burlington and
quincy, the favorable traffic relations Of
the Baltimore and Ohio and Louisville and
Nashville and Southern railway had a
good effect on the market. \ feature Of
tne Gay was the heavy buying of new As
up TO HIS, Sl,663.0U0 changing hands at
the board. The award of nearly Sl5OdO.O0O
more bonds TO Morgan was we'll received,
as IL means an additional net gain in gold
LOT the treasury The particularly strong
stocks We're Louisville and Nashville the
Grangefs and Manhattan. St. Paul rose TO
li2s, burlington and Quincy TO Si7s Rock
Island TO 1872, Louisville and Nashville
to 5lA, Manhattan to 105ia and Union
Pacific to 1l2. In the Industrials, Sugar
was rather easier and fell from JIG to
li4'sall512- Leather preferred fell 4 to
%, and rose TO 663f. Speculation closed
hrm- Net changes show net gains of l.I1
per cent, Burlington and Quincy leading
Sugar, chicago Gas and New York Cen
tral lost isd4s per cent Bonds We're act
I've and strong; sales were s., 1872. eco The
safes or listed stocks to-day aggregated
$500 snareS, and OF unlisted 49, it6 shares.
New York stock disclosing bids-stOcks
and bonds.-American Cotton Oil. II; do
preferred, 67l2; Sugar Refinery, 1l5Ss: do
preferred, 1908. American Tobacco Sj44 4:
40 preferred, 1919; AtchsOn, I. and $. r.,
1872 Baltimore and Ohio, 30: Canada Pa
cine, %; Chesapeake and Ohio, 179s; Chi
cago and Alton, l54; Chicago, d. and O.,
Se3si chicago Gas 6lls; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western. 1912; Distillers. Cat
tie Feeders, lSl4; Erie, 1872; do preferred,
26; Edison General Electric, 3l3s; Illinois
central 94l2; Lake Erie and Western. 2l34 ;
do preferred. "A; Lake Shore. 1441a; Louis
vile and Nashville, SIG; Louisville and n.
A. "a; Manhattan, l03A; Memphis and
Charleston, 10; Michigan Central. 94la; Mis-
souri, Pacific, 22is; Mobile ana Ohio, 23A ;
Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis 50;
II; n. ]. Central, 107%a n. Y. Central. 972i F.;
n. Y. and n. E., IS; Norfolk and Western,
preferred, ~; Northern Pacific. As; do
preferred, 153s; Northwestern lO4; do pre-
ferred, las; Pacific Mail, %; Reading 1877;
Rock Island, 7S; St. Paul, 77I5; do PREFER
ed, 129; Silver Certificates, SIS; Tennessee,
Coal and Iron, S2ls; do do preferred, 100;
Texas Pacific, s1a; Union Pacific. 7Ss; Wa
bash, St. L. and p, rs do do preferred,
1S12; Western Union, $50; Wheeling and
L. E., y; do do preferred. 3Sls; Southern
Railway 5s, SO; Southern Railway common,
lOh Southern Railway. preferred, 81.
State Bonds-Alabama A, los; do Il, Jos /;
do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As, 80; North
Carolina AS 1885; North Carolina 6's, 10:
Tennessee, new set, 3s, SIS; Virginia 6's,
preferred, 5la Virginia Trust Receipts, s.;
Virginia Funding Debt, 6112 South Caro-
lima, 41a's, 1069s.
Government Bonds-United States As
registered, 1898 United States As, coupons,
10; United States rs, registered, 30