The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

New York. Feb. %. Noon. : Erie. 70;
Northwestern, 1882; do preferred, l49;
Lake Shore lE3k; Norfolk ana "a. W ei,enl
ern Railway, common, 912; do preferred,
3O% American Sugar, 115$s; Baltimore and
Ohio, %; Canada Southern, 4934 st. Paul,
son, 1861; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western 100; Manhattan, 1O6 Michi-
gan Central, Sc; New York Central, 91A.
New York. Feb. 29.-The adoption of
resolutions by the Senate yesterday ac-
cording rights of belligerency to Cuba was
used against the stock market again to-
day. Washington, which was a heavy
seller yesterday, again turned up as
seller OF the lndustrials, Changers and
Baltimore and Ohio. The last named
dropped from 2715 to 2lssq22A, while the
fives of 1898 were offered at sly, seller
The fives of 1925 broke IL to So. The heav-
mess of securities was due to rumors
from Baltimore that the necessary papers
for a receivership had been prepared. and
that application for court protection
day. Another report was that the com
pany had been unable to secure the
money required to meet its interest due
on Monday. The general market was fe-
Verish and excited At the start prices
fell anywhere from Il to "a per cent, but
quickly recovered and in some cases adj
Vances were established, the Industrials
leading. Leather, preferred, and Sugar
showed the greatest recuperatiVe ability,
Leather preferred rising from so to G.,
and Sugar from ia to 1i5Ss@ll5l9. West
fell from from 81 to sS%qS33s. Speculation
closed very irregular. Net changes show
losses of 1z0D1 per cent. Baltimore and
Ohio, however, lost 5h. Sugar gained u
per cent on the day. Bonds were weak.
Of !" stocks is aggregated 1900 shares.
New York stock disclosing bids-stocks
and bonds.-American Cotton Oil, 16; do
preferred, 81; Sugar Refinery, ll5ss; do pre-
ferred 1919; American Tobacco, 1855; do
preferred, 102l5; Atchison, T. and s. F.,
16ik: Baltimore and Ohio, p; Canada Pa
cific, 56; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1925; Chi
cago and Alton. 155; Chicago, burlington
and Quincy, rs; Chicago Gas, 81; Delaware,
I.ackawanna and Western, 100; Distillers,
Cattle Feeders, M; Erie, 49, do PREFER
Illinois Central, 951a; Lake Erie and West
ern. 2O15; do preferred, 721s; Lake Shore,
1471k; Louisville and Nashville, 5lB; Louis.
and N. A. 915; Manhattan, los; Memphis
and Charleston, Is; Michigan Central, 96;
Missouri Pacific, 1885; Mobile and Ohio. p;
Nash, Chattanooga and st: Louis. S.
1OA; N. j. Central, 1055s n. Y. Central
g7L; N Y and NJ E., 40; Norfolk and West
ern. preferred, 7l9; Northern Pacific, "A;
do preferred, i5%; Northwestern, 103I5: do
nv efRerred 145. Pacific Mail 27i6: Reading
IL Rock Island 71aa; st. Paul, 76; do pre-
ferred, 1870; Silver Certificates, $50; Tonnes
see, Coal and Iron, S0Ss; do do preferred
100; Texas Pacific, 81; Union Pacific. 79s
Wabash, st. i. and p, 61s; do do PREFER
ed, 1875; Western Union, 50; Wheeling and
l.. F., IL; do do preferred, 81: Southern
Railway 5s, 80; Southern Railway, COM
mon, 9i6; Southern Railway, preferred
State Bonds.-Alabama A, los; do B, 1OS
do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As 9S%
North Carolina AS, 1031h; North Carolina
6's, 122; Tennessee, new set 3S, S.; Nir-
ginia SIS, preferred, So; Virginia Trust Re
ceipts Ga: Virginia. Funding Debt 6l1s
South Carolina AVS, 1069s.
Government Bonds.-United States As
registered, 10Slz eX-div.; United States As
coupons, ITO; United States rs, registered,