The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-28
FINANCIAL.

London. April 27.-Bar silver, s1hd: con-
soils. luas. for both money and the &C
count Paris advices quote 3 per cent
rentes. l02: francs. 80 confines for the
account.
New York. April 27.-Money on call was
easy at ziz13 per cent: the last loan was
az "a per cent, and al the closing was
offered at "a per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper. 51.QS per cent Bar silver, Csc
Sterling exchange firm, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills, at 81. S71sd4.S7al for
sixty days and $4.sSlzGASs7t for demand.
FoSted rates, 81 SelzQ4Ssis Commercial
ssiIs, stSss4 q4;a34. government bonds
strong. Silver at the board was quiet.
New York, April Z7.-The treasury ball
anees were as follows: Coin. SIPS. 474, $50;
New York. April q. noon.-Erie. Is:
Northwestern, 106Ss; preferred. 1891; Lake
Shore. $50; Norfolk and Western preferred
5ss; Western Union. S53s: Southern Rail-
way, common, 81; Southern Railway pre-
Ierred, Sls+; American Sugar, l2S94; Bal
UNI Siimors and ohllo. ia; Canada Southern.
aware and Hudson, 12724; Delaware, Lack
aWanna and Western, 1872: Manhattan.
n; Michigan Central, s612; New York
central $50. Speculation, strong and on
the advance.
New York, April 27.-The receipt of high
er quotations from London, which were
accompanied by buying orders from that
center, led to a strong opening for stocks
at the local board to-day. Foreign
houses. IL is claimed by competent au-
thorities, bought fully 10000 TO 1900 shares
of St. Paul. Louisville and Nashville and
the low-priced southwesterns, which
ought 10 put an end to the sensational
talk on Venezuelan affairs at least for a
time. As a matter of fact foreign invest
ors and spectators appear to be paying
more attention to earnings of our rail-
ways than to our politics just now. For
instance, the statements of St. Paul and
Omaha, Louisville and Nashville South
ern railway and some of the smaller south
westerns just submitted for the third
week OF April and for the month of March
all showed good increases, and this. in a
measure, explains the foreign and local
commission house buying. The advance
In the railway group was equal to AQ21s
per cent, Omaha common leading with
sales as high as 455s. st. Paul, Burling-
ton and Quincy and Rock Island all sold
at the best figures for some time past
Manhattan was strengthened by the be-
lief that the company will receive i'm
portant concessions from the city short
Industrials Sugar was the great feature.
The stock first rose from 1925 to lbs, then
fell to 1z34i and recovered to and closed
at l2i3s. Recent short sellers on reports
of adverse congressional action were the
most eager buyers. The afternoon break
was due to raid by a prominent opera
weeks rumors from Washington about
the abolition of the &c differential and
who attemP tS1o to get back his stock eek
ed at 721A. Chicago Gas and
The advance in the posted figures for
sterling exchange of nc, which was made
to conform more closely to the selling
closed firm and Ad2 per cent. higher on
the day, with the exception of Leather
Preferred, which lost y per cent. The
ing Sc, 400 Sugar. 17.1O0 st. Paul, 10. 400 To-
bacco and $500 Burlington and Quincy.
Railway and miscellaneous bonds, were
higher. The transactions footed up
New York Stock disclosing Bids
l49s; do preferred. $50; Sugar Refinery.
12424; do preferred, 102A American Tobac
co. 721a; do preferred, 95; Atchison, 7. and
S. F., 1914 Baltimore and Ohio, 171a; Can
ada Pacific, 81; Chesapeake and Ohio, l7s4;
Chicago and Alton, 154; Chicago, B. and
O., SPA Chicago Gas, 6s2s; Delaware,
Feed 1873; Erie. .15ls; do preferred. $50;
Edison General Electric, 37ls; Illinois Cen
trail, 96lk; Lake Erie and Western.
Shore, 1904; Louisville and Nashville,
527s; Louisville and N. A, S%; Manhattan,
1lOM; Memphis and Charleston, Is; Michi-
Mobile and Ohio, p; Nashville, c. and
st. Louis, 6S; United States Cordage, so;
do preferred, lO1a: New Jersey Central.
and New England, 40; Norfolk and Wes-
tern preferred. 5zs;; North 1ell
RaGG 1s 1852 do pr ereFeeqed 49,
Pacific Mail, ia; Reading, 123s; Rock Is
land, 1875; st. Paul, 70; do preferred, 12S;
silver CeruncateSs boAs tennessee, Goal
and Iron, SO5s; do do preferred 100; Texas
Pacific, S5s; Union Pacific, S5s; Wabash, St.
L. and p, ~; do do preferred 1S24; WEES
tern Union, S65s; Wheeling and L. E., 109s
do do preferred. 361A; Southern Railway
IS, "a; Southern Railway common, 95s;
Southern Railway preferred, 317s.
State Bonds-Aiabama A, 1O6; do B, 106;
do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As, 9SA;
North Carolina As, 1903; North Carolina 6s,
| 122Ib: Tennessee, new set IS, S61s Vir-
ginia 6s, preferred, 5; Virginia Trust Re-
ceipts, s; Virginia Funding Debt, 81; South
| Carolina 41as, 106.
Government Bonds-United States As,
registered, 1854 United States As, cou-
| pons, 1884, United States rs, registered
| 50; United States new As, registered, HTS;
do coupons, 11S7s.