The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03


Legal t'd'r T.S7I.S00. $3.50. I27.Ss9. 20
Net d'p'sits. sst.f1fl00. 525.s9s go 1854. 20
Circulation i j. 30 90 l31G so. I9.ll5,y9
Itl rive ls5 6s5,5oo is, $50 -, 81. 40
RISE rod i .75l. 90 l3l, 74e 50 Iii. SO so
TX. OF r's'e 22.s44275' N.2s3.575 s2.s1e. 80
New York. May 2. Noon.-Erie. 49,;
N0rt1Wes tern. JOB. do preferred, 49, Lake
Shore. 15. Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, 5lei Western Union, s59s; Southern
Railway common, 81. Southern Railway
preferred. jls-, American Sugar, lZ43si Bal
timOre ard ohio. l1is; Canada southern,
50'e; 81. Paul. !s@4; Rock Island uss; Del
aware and Hudson. lZ7ss; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western. 1891; Manhattan,
llols, Michigan Central, 81 New York
Central, g, speculation closed firm.
New York, May 2.-The only feature at
the stock exchange to-day was the break
j. American Tobacco. The stock Tell from
f3l66iz. rallied 10 6SAs and closed at CTS,
a loss OF = per cent for the day. Near
u 1900 shares Of the stock were traded
N. sugar vas quiet on the other hand,
alspiayins strength, and on buying by
brokers', who have been arrayed on the
1uu side for months, rose 70 l25 from l2325
The greatest advance. however, was made
by Bay State Gas. This stock moved up
rapidly from . TO IS, on purchases Of less
than 1900 shares. The general list opened
STEADY, and then declined IN sympathy
win the break In Tobacco. Near the
close, when Sugar advanced. the whole
market improved and left off firm. The
variations in prices however call for 10
special comment. Net changes for the
day generally show gains of 1sa1 per
cent, Total sales were only 60,0T shares.
I9nds were quiet and easier in tone.
T1e sales footed up S622,0OO.
New York Stock List-ClOsing Bids
SOCKS and Bonds--American Cotton Oil,
a; do preferred, s.; Sugar Refinery,
ltts; do preferred, 103; American Tobacco,
bet; DO preferred, 81; Atchison, 4. and =.
D., ~ Baltimore and Ohio. lTk; Canada
racine, COZ; Chesapeake and Ohio. 1T24
chicago and Alton. 154: Chicago, Burling-
ION ana quincy, 6Ba; Chicago Gas. $685.
delaware Lackawanna and Western,
5yt Dis Cat. Feed, 1873; Erie, l41z; do
preferred, 3Sl2; Edison General Electric,
6A; Illinois Central. 961z; Lake Erie and
western, 10; do preferred, 70i4 Lake Shore.
l3oi Louisville and Nashville, 5l3f; Louis
vile and n. A, So; Manhattan, 1851. Mem
PMS and Charleston, IS; Michigan Central,
81; Missouri Pacific. 28ls; Mobile and Ohio,
y, NASHVILLE, c. and St. l., IS; United
States CPrdage, 5; do preferred. 1913; New
Jersey Central, l067s; New York Central,
9S; n. Y and n E., 40; Norfolk and West
ern preferred 5l4; Northern Pacific ~;
do preferred. 1915: Northwestern, los: 10
preferred, 14S; Pacific Mail. 27A; Reading,
lzA Rock Island, 7l3s; st. Paul. 1874 do
preferred. 12sA; Silver Certificates, 6sK;
tennessee Coal and Iron, S0ii do do pre-
ferred, 100; Texas Pacific. 81: Union Pa
CHIC So; wabash St; L. and p. ~; do do
preferred. 1875; Western Union. S5%
Wheeling and l. F.. 1915 do do preferred.
36l2; Southern Railway 5s, 90: Southern
Hallway common, 90; Southern Railway
preferred, 3l9s.
State Bonds-Alabama A. JOG; do B. lOs.
90 G, 100; Louisiana stamped As. 97Ik;
North Carolina Is, l04; North Carolina 6s,
IA; Tennessee, new set, IS, 86h; Virginia
6s, preferred. 5; Virginia Trust Receipts.
9, Virginia Funding Debt, 6l1s South Car
DINA 4l2s. 106.
Government Bonds-United States IS.
registered, 10S2t: United States As. coupons.
10: United States Is. registered 9{iI. Uni.
ted states, new, As, registered. 117lk; Uni
tea states, new, coupons, 1l73s.