The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-15

New York, March IL, noon.-Erie, 15if
North.western, 1874 do preferred. 1872;
Lake Shore, 146; Norfolk and Western pre-
terred, IA Western Union, -; Southern
Railway, common. 9i2; do preferred 3Olk
American Sugar. li7A; Baltimore and Ohio
10; Canada Southern. 49A St. Paul. III;
Rock Island, ma Delaware and Hudson,
~; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
l6l1z; Manhattan, 1921; Michigan Central
closed firm.
New York. March 14.-Speculation at the
stock Exchange was quiet and profess
sional again to-day. At the opening the
market was firm for Sugar and Tobacco
and weak for General Electric The rail-
way list was also inclined to weakness
at this time, owing to lower cables from
London, but the loss in this group was
unimPortant except in the case OF North
heavy. The common fell from 3% to 2ssc
and the preferred from l5ik to 12&c The
transactions In the stock were only g. 300
shares and represent the selling bv small
holders VINO desire to evade the payment
OF the heavy assessment which is regarded
as inevitable under the plan OF reorganf-
cation now being discussed by leading
bankers. 1t is understood that the scheme
VIII be given out on Monday next In the
closing hour of business Sugar displayed
more life and advanced to 117A the hest
tain classes of refined Sugar strengthened
the market for Certificates Tobacco
moved up to S3sQS2Ss on buying by brok-
ers Identified with inside interests Ru-
mors of an early resumption of dividends
forced tlmid shorts into covering and this
buying was partly responsible for the i'm
provement. Distilling and Cattle Reed
ers was firm. while General Electric was
inclined me, to weakness on hquidations, and
in tone. Sugar leading Northern Pacific
lost per cent preferred, pa, and Cen
e edd Electr1c x per cent. Total sales were
Sugar. 10000 General Electric and Z. 100 Dis
filling and Cattle Feeders Bonds were
lo%er. The sales footed up s658,OOO.
I sre
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton OIL
10; do preferred, GIN; Sugar Refinery nv;
do preferred. 1918; American Tobacco
S59s; 90 preferred, 1Ol; Atchison, T. and s.
F., 16; Baltimore and Ohio, Is; Canada Pa
cific, 5oA; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1871; Chi
cago and Alton, 1855; Chicago, b. and o.
West. 1919; Dis. Cat. Feed, 1855 Erie Isl !:
90 preferred, 4Ol4; Edison General Electric
SS6S; Illinois Central. 50; Lake Erie and
West, -; do preferred, Y; Lake Shore,
l46; Louis. and Nash SPY; Louis. and N
A, 9A; Manhattan, 1884,; Memphis and
charleston. 10; Michigan Central, 50; Mis-
souri, Pacific, 231a; Mobile and Ohio 22i5.
Nash. 9. and st. l., IS; u. s. Cordage 5:
do preferred. 10; N. J. Central, 1O6: n. v
Central, 95s; n Y. and n, E, 40; Norfolk
and Western preferred, IA: Northern Pa
ctic, 23s; do preferred, 12at; Northwestern
1881; do preferred 1872; Pacific Mail 2ssL
Reading, 1l1a Rock Island, M ST. Paul
Us; do preferred, 1924 Silver Certificates
$50; Tenn, Coal and Iron, 3015 do do pre-,
ferred, 100; Texas Pacific, 814; Union Pa
cue, f12i aDasn, 81. Il. and p, 6Ss; do do
preferred, l7A; Western Union, So; Wheel
ing and l.. E., 103s; do do preferred, 36iS
Southern Railway S. 9015; Southern Rail.
way common, 9l2; Southern Railway pre-
ferred 305s.
State Bonds-Alabama A. los; do B, 1Os;
do c, 100l5; Louisiana stamped As o.
North Carolina As, 1903; North Carolina SIS
122l2; Tennessee, new set, IS ST.. Vir-
ginia IS, preferred 5; Virginia Trust Re
ceipts, 6; Virginia Funding Debt, 6lL /:
South Carolina 41zs, 1O7.
Government Bonds-Unted States Is
| registered, los; United States Is, coupons
1902; United States rs. registered. 90; Uni
ted States new As, registered 116a.G1I7:
United States new As, coupons, l162,dI17