The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

preceding week. The reported loss in le-
sal tenders was S2.S35, 20. and the increase
in deposits was Sll. 400. The banks gained
IN specie Sl36. 800. and the excess reserve
stands at S20,22 125.
The averages show the following. COM
pared with the last two years:
May 9, SO May II. '95.May l.. ~.
Loans -...$fl4056.7o0 slSS.92S,50O 1851. 4S5. 200
Specie 80. 59,460,9O0 69.4iOoOO 10o.l5O.9oO
der 80. a.5as1oo ss,Ossaoo 124955.OOO
its ' '.,... 495u5.5oo 5s7.sa2 500 579125.soO
Circ'lat'n iIS5o,So0 iS,30S,O0O i.702, 500
serve -. 14s.sezOOO ls5.52ssoo 225. 1890
quired :. 1913 1855 1si45SsoO 1A.7a. s25
reserve 22is.125 s1.C7O1Oo so.eo5. $50
New York, May O. noon.-Erie, Ia;
Northwestern, 100; preferred las; Lake
Shore, 1898 Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred. 49, Western Union, S55s; southern
Railway common, 81; Southern Railway
timore and Ohio. 17i2; Canada Southern,
so; St. Paul. 17A; Rock Island. 20; Del
aware and Hudson, 126; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, 1914; Manhattan
1917; Michigan Central, %; New York Cen
New York. May 9.-Stocks We're firm to-
day. but the trading was on a small scale
Sugar, which was the leading feature, was
dealt in to the extent of S.326 shares and
81. Paul, which was second for 500 shares.
The tendency of prices was up. The result
of covering of short contracts, caused by
the report that the ST Louis convention
would adopt a sound money platform and
on reports that gold shipments next week
would be light. The changes in the direc-
tion of Improvement were slight. There
was some good buying of St Paul brokers.
credited with inside connections, taking
the bulk of the stock. Other notably firm
stocks were Sugar. Burlington and Quincy,
Tobacco, Rubber, Laclede Gas, and Buff
falo. Rochester and Pittsburg. The pre-
ferred stock of the last named on light
trading advanced per cent 10 %. Rubber
preferred, rallied from II to 50. but the i'm
proVement otherwise was only "a per cent.
The closing was dull and firm. Net
changes show gains of Z per cent in Buff
falo, Rochester and Pittsburg, preferred;
in Rubber. preferred, and lsu1A per cent
in the general list. Railroad bonds were
firm. The sales We're $4,000
New York Stock List, Closing Bids,
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton OIL,
1885 do preferred 5734 Sugar Refinery 1881;
do preferred, lO3; American Tobacco, Ga;
do preferred, 81 Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, 145s; Baltimore and Ohio, 17l2;
Canada Pacific, 1914; Chesapeake and Ohio,
1624; Chicago and Alton, 157l2; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy. 79& Chicago Gas,
69is; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern 1914: Distillers and Cattle Feeders,
1874; Erie, 14i4 do preferred, 37A; Edison
General ELECTRIC, BAYS; Illinois Central, 96ls
Lake Erie and Western, 17l2; do preferred,
70la; Lake Shore, 1893; Louisville and
Nashville, SOY; Louisville and n. A.. 93t
Manhattan, 1904; Memphis and Charles
ton Is; Michigan Central, 50; Missouri Pa
,
Chattanooga and st. Louis, IS; United
States Cordage, 5; do preferred, los; New
Jersey Central, 106; New York Central,
9lA; New York and n. F., 80; Norfolk and
Western preferred. 42s; Northern Pacific,
q; do preferred, PA; Northwestern, 125;
do preferred, las; Pacific Mail. 2612: Read
ing, II; Rock Island 705s; St. Paul, ia do
preferred, 1Za4; Silver certificates, 677s
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 20; do preferred,
100; Texas Pacific, SA Union Pacific. s;
Wabash, st. l.. and p, So; do preferred,
49, Western Union. S55s Wheeling and l..
E.. 97s; do preferred, 3515 Southern Rail
way IS, So; do common, "a; do preferred,
3OA.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 106; do B, 1O6;
do c, 100; Louisiana Stamped As. 81; North
Carolina As, 104; do 6s, 125; South Carolina
4lss, 106; Tennessee, new set, IS, IS; Vir-
ginia IS. preferred, 5; do Trust Receipts,
6; do Funding Debt, 61A.
Government Bonds-United States As,
Is, registered, 941a; United States, new As,
registered, 1l7A; do coupons, HIS.