The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-24

previous DAYS of the week turned I'D as 4
seller OF St Paul and Louisville and Nash
Vile, the result OF rumors current abroad
or an alliance between Russia and Turkey
which complexities the European political
situation Sterling exchange also strength
ened because OF an increased demand for
Saturdays mail and posted rates for long
bills were advanced &c. This also affected
the stock market adversely. The loss in
prices outside of the Industrial. however,
was slight. Tobacco was a particularly
weak spot and fell from IS to 75ss on re-
ports that an antitrust bill will be intro
duced II the Virginia legislature. Sugar
advanced from 1925 to 1Of but later re-
turned to lO2Ss d103 in sympathy with the
break in Tobacco. Leather preferred fell
Electric to 25ssG26. The weakness of the
last named was due TO semi-official denials
OF the recent reports of a working ar
rangement with the Westinghouse people.
Railway stocks were lower but not more
than a point Manhattan was stronger
than for long time past and, on covering
OF short contracts, rose to 102i4Gl02. The
market closed barely steady in tone. Net
changes show declines of AQ1 per cent,
outside of Manhattan, which gained 13s
per cent. The Industrials, with the excep-
ton of Sugar, lost 2sd2ia per cent. Sugar
gained Is per cent. Bonds were irregular,
but in the main lower Sales footed up
81, 335, 900.
The sales of listed stocks aggregated
109,S 91 shares, and of unlisted stocks. 42,29S
shares.
New York Stock List. Closing Bids,
l6; do preferred. 60; Sugar Refinery. 1925;
do preferred, S634; American Tobacco, 755s;
do preferred. 9912; Atchison. T. and s. F.,
14A; Baltimore and Ohio, IS: Canada Pa
cifc, 531z; Chesapeake and Ohio, 145s: Chi
cago and Alton. 1888; Chicago. b. and c.,
14Ss; Chicago Gas, GAS; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, leo; Distillers and
Cattle Feeders, 15iz; Erie, 14I5 do prefer
red, 23la; Edison General Electric, 90;
Illinois Central, "a; Lake Erie and West
ern, 10; do preferred, 70i5: Lake Shore
14l19; Louisville and Nashville, AS; Louis
vile and n. A, 90; Manhattan, 1902; Mem
phis and Charleston, 10; Michigan Central,
~; Missouri Pacific, 24ss; Mobile and Ohio,
Y; Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis,
ferred, 10; New Jersey Central, 9Sia; New
York Central, 96l4; New York and New
England, as; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, "a; Northern Pacific, 3ls; do pre-
1erred, Y; Northwestern, 977s; do pre-
ferred, IA; Pacific Mail, 2534 Reading, 95s;
Rock Island, 65l5; st. Paul. $50; do pre-
ferred, l26; Silver Certificates. 671s; Ten
100; Texas Pacific, rs; Union Pacific. 80;
Wabash, st. L. and P. 6ls; do preferred,
l6; Western Union, s21a; Wheeling and
L. E, II; do preferred, 35Ih; Southern
Railway 5s, 30; Southern Railway, COM
mon, 81; Southern Railway, preferred,
269s.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 100; Alabama
b, III; Alabama c, 100; Louisiana stamped
As, 9S; North Carolina As, 102; North Caro-
lima IS, 100; Tennessee, new set, IS, IS
asked; Virginia 6s, preferred. 81; Virginia
Trust Receipts. So; Virginia Funding
Debt, 59%; South Carolina AIS. 104.
Government Bonds-United States As
registered, los; United States As, coupons,
lOS1s; United States Is, registered, IS.