The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-07
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
(Connued from Seventh Page)


was a gosdemand for securities through
out the fssion at the stock exchange.
The openg was active and strong, the
reports TRENT yesterday about war
with Spa over Cuban matters, and ru,
n1ors Ollie election of Bryan electors in
indiana nd Kentucky, falling to mate
rialize. These rumors demoralized the
market !. the close yesterday. In addi-
zion 10 e denial of the sensational sto-
ries refeed, there came encouraging ao-
vices fri Europe as TO the standing OF
foreign Investors in regard to American
securitit an Increased disposition on. tbs
mart Of Ipitalists to employ their funds
the openg of mills and factories through
out theountry; the resumption of divi-
dends b the Chicago Gas Company, and
statemets that the sound money men VIII
control he United States Senate. Bust
ness wa on an enormous scale, the sales
of stool aggregating 4s9, 157 shares and
railwayand miscellaneous bonds 1885,
900. Th improvement in the usually ac-
tive listanged from a to per cent. Gen
aral Electric rose s; Burlington and Quin-
,,v. 2s4: Chicago Gas. 212; st. Paul, "a;
Rock Iand, 2% Manhattan "a; Louis
willie an,Nashville, 21s; Reading, rs; Ten
nessee .oal, pa Leather preferred, 2;
Rubber 2; do preferred, 81; Northwest,
IL. andNestern Union, * per cent. Sugar
ned to 81, and rallied to 1875. The ma
ninulatln of the stock excited comment,
and ws not clearly understood. In the
late traing the sharp rise in wheat en-
couragi further buying of stocks, ana
near tie close speculation was strong
with pres at or near the top of the day.
In the inactive issues, Edison General
Electric rose AZ to 9934; Illinois Steel, 7i2
to "a; NV York and New Haven, to $50,
and Toacco preferred, 9 to 105. Sugar
was themost active stock, figuring for S.
400 shans. The transactions in Reading
were $500; In Burlington and Quincy, A.
100; st. Paul, $500, and in Chicago Gas,
81. 400 shares Bonds were active ana
buoyant
New York; Stock List-Closlng Bios
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
16%; do preArred, 5934 Sugar Refinery,
1897; do preferred, 102; American Tobacco,
79%; do preferred, 103 Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Ii, 16; Baltimore and Ohio,
161s; Canada Pacific, So; Chesapeake and
Ohio, 17A; Chicago and Alton, 1922 Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, Sl5s; Chi
cago Gas, IA; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 5S5s; Erie, II; do preferred,
SS; Edison Geieral Electric, 1875; Illinois
Central 96 lake Erie and Western, 10;
do preferred, az; Lake Shore, $50; Louis
vile and Nashville, 51A Louisville and
N. a., IA; Manhattan 97% Memphis and
Charleston, i; Michigan Central, 80; Mis-
souri, Pacific 24A Mobile and Ohio, %;
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis, sly;
United Statel Cordage, 51s; do preferred,
10; New Jersey Central, 1071a; New York
Central, So; New York and New England,
45A; Norfolk and Western preferred, II;
Northern Pacific, 1873; do preferred, PASS
Northwestern, 1O4&; do preferred, 147; Pa
citc Mail, 237s Reading, 307s; Rock Island,
722s st. Paul, 1874; do preferred, 1923; Silver
Certificates, 654; Tennessee Coal and Iron,
SO%; do do preferred, 80; Texas Pacific,
91s; Union Pacific, liz; Wabash, st. L.
and p, 712; do do preferred, 171a; Western
Union, S612; Wheeling and Lake Erie, IA
do do preferred, 305s; Southern Railway
5s, 9G1a; Southern Railway, common, los
Southern Railway preferred, 20.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 101; do B, 101
do c, 1875; Louisiana Stamped As, 95; North
Carolina As, IS; North Carolina 6s, ia;
Tennessee, new set IS, 49, Virginia IS, pre-
ferred, 6; Virginia Trust Receipts, ~:
Virginia Funding Debt, 597s; South Caro-
lima 41as 100
Government Bonds-United States As.
registered, 10SA; United States As, coupons,
109; United States rs, registered, So; United
States new As, registered, 119% United
States new As, coupons, 100.