The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-22


New York. Feb. p, noon.--Erie, III
Northwestern, 1875; do preferred, l45;
lake Shore. 146; Norfolk and western
preferred, S; Western Union, S.; South
35s.: American Sugar, ll5l2; Baltimore
ana Ohio. Sc: Canada Southern, 81; St
Paul 49, Rock Island, 1SB; Delaware
and Hudson lz512; DelaNWare, hacKa 1osi
Michigan Central, 9lla; New York Cen
New &; York. Feb. 21.-Speculation at the
stock exchange opened firm, with prices
generally fractionally higher. Subsequent
~ spectators and others sold on the
theory that the Cuban debate in the SEN
ate Yesterday would check the rising ten
dency and lead to lower prices. There
were also realzations by operators who
make it a. rule to close out their contracts
on the eve of holiday. The impression
of values was slight outside of Manhattan,
Missouri Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio,
which ran off lq1l2 per cent. The other
prominent issues yielded Is to q per cent,
but in no case was there any great pres
sure to sell. In the afternoon there was
a decided change for the better, foreign
and local commission houses having turn
ed up as buyers of the Changers and the
standard stocks generally. The announce
ment that the treasury gold reserve had
reached S105. 100000 and the ease in money,
time loans having been offered at AZ for
five to six months, both added to the
strength of market late in the day. A
number of prominent issues sold a best
prices of the day and week. St Paul adj
vanced to S77k, Rock Island to 74is, Louis
vile and Nashville to 81, and Northwest
ern TO 1888. In the Industrials, Leather,
preferred, was the feature and rose from
G63s to S. on covering of short contracts.
Chicago Gas was in better demand, on the
application of the attorneys for the COM
panies for leave to file a petition praying
the court to direct the Secretary of State
10 file the consolidation certificates. In
specialties, Minnesota and st. Louis first
preferred jumped ? to So; do seconds 2
TO 52i2, and Consolidated Gas, y to 15Si5.
Speculation closed firm in tone. Net
changes show advances of Il to 4 per cent.
Louisville and Nashville leading. Total
sales were 170202 shares, including q 800
st. Paul, 1890 Louisville and Nashville,
1890 Sugar. and 22,3OO Leather preferred.
aggregated $e,6j60O0. The sales of listed
stocks aggregated III, 351 shares, and of
unlisted, 2S,S51.
New York stock disclosing bids-stocls
and bonds-American Cotton Oil, 17H do
preferred, 6I2; Sugar Refinery 115A; do
preferred, 1OOs; American Tobacco, S1i4
90 preferred, lO2; AtchiSOn, T. and S. F.
US; Baltimore and Ohio, 49, Canada Pa
cifc, 81; Chesapeake and Ohio, 175k: Chi
cago and Alton, 1512; Chicago, =. and @.
500; eX-div.; Chicago Gas, 6S4; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 1871; Dfstillers,
Cattle Feeders 1879; Erie, 171s; do PREFER
cd, 2S12 Edison General Electric, S13s; IL
lnois Central, 96A; Lake Erie and West
ern, 2ll2; do preferred, "a; Lake Shore,
l465l; Louis and Nash, 537s; Louisville
and n. A, 9s4; Manhattan, 1855 Memphis
ana Charleston, 100; Michigan Central,
sii4 Missouri, Pacific, 23A; Mobile and
OHIO %; Nashville, Chattanooga and St
Louis, 50; United States Cordage, 81; do
preferred, Il; N, J. Central, 10S; n. Y. Cen
trail, 9S3s; n. Y. and N. E., IS; Norfolk and
Western preferred, 81 Northern Pacific.
45s; do preferred l61s; Northwestern, 100
40 preferred, 145; Pacific Mail, 29l6; Read
Ing, lSl2; Rock Island, 73}l; st. Paul, 1884
do preferred, 12924; Silver Certificates, 6S5s
Tennessee, Coal and Iron, 1885; do do pre-
ferred, 100; Texas Pacific, SIS; Union Pa
CHIC, S4; Wabash, st. L. and p 719; do do
preferred, 10; Western Union, Sc; Wheeling
and L. F., 117s; do do preferred $685.; South
ern Railway IS, 1885; Southern Railway,
common, 1015; Southern Railway, preferr-
ed 32$4.
State Bonds-Alabama A, los; do B, 1Os;
90 c., 100; Louisiana stamped AS, 80; North
Carolina AS, 1882; North Carolina 6's, 122;
Tennessee, new set, 3's, IS; Virginia 6 S,
preferred 512; Virginia Trust Receipts,
"a; Virginia Funding Debt, 60; South Car
DINA 412s, 1065s.
Government Bonds-United States As.
registered, 1O9%; United States AS, cou-
dPons' 1875; United States rs, registered,