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

Government bonds were firm: state bonds
we're ouli; railroad bonds were stronger
silver AZ the board was quiet.
New York, Nay the treasury bal
ances were as follows. Coin, SIS, ~,
New York. MAY 4--Noon-Erie. H.:
Nortlwes tern, l05@s; preferred. las; Lake
shore. l5lit' Norfolk and Western pre-
Ierred, 5as; Western Union. S.; Southern
Railway common, sz, Southern Railway
preferred Sli2; American Sugar. l25; Bal
Ilmore and 0hi2. rs, Canada Southern.
ana hudson, l-!-s, Delaware. Lackawauna
ana Western. l5sis: Manhattan. 10}it.
5llchigan Central 81 New York Central
". speculation nrm.
New York. May 4.-Speculation at the
STOCK Exchange, while quiet. was in the
main strong. Easy money. favorable
ton 10 the New York city 3is per cent
Sold ponds were the factors al work. The
standard railway stocks cut bat a small
Hsure IN the total dealings, and London
operations were unusually light. The
engagement of $1,000 for shipment TO
Europe had little effect and less attention
was paid 10 the rumOrs that at least So
Ouo,UDo viii be forwarded before the MD
ale or June Bay State Gas. Sugar, To-
Dacco, Leather preferred, Chicago Gas and
hunoer We're most prominent in to-day.s
limited speculation. Bay State Gas bound
ed up from 253s TO BIS, fell 10 29is. and
later rose 70 g. Boston advices We're 10
the effect that the tight between the gas
companies mad ceased, and this accounts
Tor the rise. Sugar refineries ran OF from
10 TO l2iis on the reduction of 1-l6c IN the
rehned, and then rallied 10 l25. Tobacco
cropped from 6lts TO 655s. and rose 10 S.
RfupQer was heavy, breaking 24s 10 2i4
Tor the common and 5le 10 81 for the pre-
ferred. Long stock came out on the an
n0uncemcnt that eX-President Banigan
intended erecting new Sl,U0,t1O plant 10
compete with the company. Leather pre-
ferred was decidedly strong. and rose from
b-1a TO GAS. North American was more
active ana nrmer than OF late. and rose
70 . Inc company, II is announced, has
paid OF 81 10000 of its notes of late, and
has st-ll a moderate amount outstanding
Mnlch VIII be llquidated shortly The
liquidation is due 10 the recent sale of its
holdings in the Milwaukee street railway
and the Morgan syndicate. Speculation
was strong az the close. Net changes in
the railway list show gains of IL 10
per cent The Industrials gained p TO
per cent, Bay State Gas leading. Rubber
common lost lSs and preferred Sl2 per
cent. Total sales were 1860 shares. in
Guiding 1850 Bay State Gas, 1900 Sugar,
1890 Chicago Gas and 400 Rubber. Bonds
were dull and firm; sales footed up $4,000
New YORK stock List-Closlng Bids
13A; do preferred, 5Sk; sugar Refinery.
lz4ts; do preferred 103; American Tobacco,
6S; do preferred, 50; Atchison, T. and S. F..
10; Baltimore and Ohio, ia; Canada Pa
Gago and Alton 154; Chicago,
7O1s; Delaware. Lackawanna and Western,
l6l; Dis. Cat. Feed, 10; Erie, l4&; do pre-
terred, 3Sla' Edison General Electric, 36ls;
ern, 1Sl2; do preferred, 1la; Lake Shore,
$50; Louisville and Nashville, 52A Louis
Vile and n. A, S12; Manhattan. 100; Mem
phis and Charleston, Is; Michigan Central,
g61z; Missouri Pacific. 261s; Mobile and
Ohio, 2li Nashville, c: and St L. CS; United
states COrdage, 5 do preferred, 10; New
Jersey Central. 1852; New York Central,
98l4 New York and New England. 80:
Norfolk and Western preferred. 52s North
ern Pacific. l%; do preferred, 12i9; North
western 1864; do preferred, 14Sla; Pacific
Mail, 2Il2; Reading, 123s; Rock Island, 2l1s;
st. Paul. 70; do preferred. 1888; Silver Ger
thcates, $50; Tennessee Coal and Iron,
30; do do preferred, 100; Texas Pacific, So;
Union Pacific. S5b; Wabash, St. l.. and p,
Z; do do preferred, 1slA; Western Union,
e54 Wheeling and L. E., los; do do pre-
ferred, 35ls; Southern Railway 5s, 90;
Southern Railway common, 90; Southern
Railway preferred 311a.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 106; do B, 106;
do c, 100 bid; Louisiana stamped As
971a; North Carolina As, 100 bid:
North Carolina 6s, 124 bid; Tennessee, new
set IS, s.; Virginia 6s, preferred. bid;
Virginia Trust Receipts, 6; Virginia Fund
ing Debt, 81; South Carolina 4as, los bid.
Government Bonds-United States As
registered. 1903; United States As. coupons
ITO; United States Is, registered, 94la bid ;
United States new As, registered 1179s ;
do coupons, 117Ss.