The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21

for the account Paris advices quote 3
per cent rentes l0i francs 72i5 eentimes
for the account.
New York. March 2C.-Money on call was
easy at 3iaQ4 per cent; the last loan and
closing offer was at 3ls per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 5la46 per cent. Bar sill
yer, 6Slsc. Sterling exchange steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at AS6la
04S6&4 for sixty days, and A.Si2u4SIA for
demand. Posted rates $LS7q4SSlz. Com,
bonds firm; state bonds duh: railroad
bonds lower. Silver at the board easier.
New York, March 20.-The treasury bal pal
ances We're as follows: Coin, $lZl, 4lO,bzf;
currency, $9l, 237, 9i5.
New York, March 20, noon.-Erie. 145s;
Northwestern, lOS; do preferred. lAlz;
preferred, 81; Western Union, S3as; South
ern Railway common, 9M; do preferred
2S2; American Sugar, ll5h; Baltimore and
1855; Rock Island, 697s; Delaware and
Hudson. 1851; Delaware, Dackawanna
and Western. 1901 Manhattan; 108A
Michigan Central, 30; New YORK Central
New York, March 20.-Ths transactions
in stocks to-day aggregated only l4s, 6Sl
shares, of which 80 800 were Tobacco, H.
700 st. Paul, 11,600 Louisville and Nash
vile and 500 Tennessee Coal and Iron.
The trading, as Of late, was confined ex-
clusively to the professional operators
The opening was weak on London selling
the attitude taken by France in the Egyp-
tian matter, having disturbed confidence
were sellers of the Changers, Louisville
and Nashville and certain Of the special
ties. but the offerings for this account
were on very small scale. A number
of unfavorable reports were circulated
as to the financial standing of leading
! commercial firms here and in Boston. II
was even stated that a national bank was
in trouble, but close investigation failed
TO develop anything of a definite charac-
ter. Tobacco displayed strength on the
rumors OF settlement of the war with
the outsiders, the stock rose to S31k. In
the late trading the market showed ten
dency to Improvement, owing to the COW
ering of short contracts. Sugar. Louis
vile and Nashville and tie Changers were
quito prominent at this time. Pacific
Mail in the final transactions suddenly
jumped from 25A TO 2715 and closed at
27l5 bid and rs asked. Speculation closed
firm in tone, net changes showing losses
of A0A per cent. American Tobacco gain
ed l9s per cent. and Pacific Mall per cent
on the day Bonds were quiet and lower
Sales were 81, $4,000
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton OIL,
15l9; do preferred GO; Sugar Refinery, 115ss
do preferred, 1904; American Tobacco,
S3h; do preferred, 10Ols; Atchison, T. and
s. f.. lbs; Baltimore and Ohio, 1917; Can
ada Pacific, 54l5; Chesapeake and Ohio,
15%; Chicago and Alton, 155: Chicago. b.
and O., rs; Chicago Gas, 6i%; Del Lack
and West. 16O1s; Dis. Cat Feed. IN; Erie,
145s; do preferred, 3SIa; Edison General
Electric, 36; Illinois Central, IS; Lake Erie
and Western. 1871 do preferred. II Lake
Louis and N. A.. Sla: Manhattan 1OS%
Memphis and Charleston, IS; Michigan
Central. s.: Missouri Pacific, %: Mobile
and Ohio. p; Nash, c. and St. L.. 6S;
! u. 8. Cordage, AZ; do preferred. 8; N. j.
Central, 1858; N. Y Central, 96 n Y and
n. e.. 40; Norf. and West. preferred, ga;
! Northern Pacific, ~; do preferred, 115s
| Northwestern, 102% do preferred 1917
Pacific Mail, 27la; Reading, 1914 Rock
Island, 20; st. Paul, 761z; do preferred. 1891
Silver Certificates. $50; Tenn, Coal and
| Iron, 26k; do do preferred, 100; Texas Pa
! cific, g. Union Pacific SIS Wabash, st. l..
and p. 6l9; do do preferred, 1874; Western
Union, s3h ex. div; Wheeling and l.. f.,
| 95s do do preferred, 30; Southern Railway
! 5s, 30; Southern Railway common 8; South
ern Railway preferred. %.
State Bonds-Alabama A. 107A do b,
! 10734; do G, 100; Louisiana stamped As, 97I2
| North Carolina As 1903; North Carolina IS,
122lz; Tennessee, new set. IS. So; Virginia
6s, preferred. 5J5; Virginia Trust Receipts,
s; Virginia Funding Debt, 6l1s; South Caro-
| lima AS, 96.
Government Bonds-United States Is,
! registered, 108lk; United States Is. coupons,
| 1l0% United States Is, registered, IS; Uni
| ted States new As registered, 1865 United
| States new As, coupons, 1l6ss.