The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22

averages show the following. compared
with the last two years:
Mar p. 50 Mar .. '95 Mar "A. "a
Loans ..--Si6I.526 80 S4S4 g.. 400 $44557i. 800
Specie 80. 5s,5l5.S80 65,12o. 40 ss652.l0O
der -. ss5H.sOO s2s7.sO ns55LeOo
posts :. 4sSO6s.1OO 5Os,O47. DO 5H.4s 400
Slrcuatn- N,lsS.0o0 12.365.3O0 1.24.000
serve :. 1H.O57.2OO 1n.4Os.soO 2l5.lsl.OoO
.quired :. l2,M4.525 1Z72sl.sOO 1ss.uss5O
reserve 1sO42.s75 H14s.sO 7s.O77e5O
New York. March q, nOon.-Erie, 147s;
Northwestern, l03: Northwestern pre-
ferred, lfils Lake Shore. 1861; Norfolk
ana western preferred, 67s; Western Tn
ion, SSl5; Southern Railway, common, 9k;
Southern Railway, preferred, 291s Amer
lean sugar, ll6ls; Baltimore and Ohio. II;
canada Southern, 4S2s; st. Paul, "a; Rock
Island, 20; Delaware and Hudson. 1264s:
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 16l.
Manhattan, 1875; Michigan Central, "a;
New York Central, 96iz. Firmer.
New York. March p The stock market
To-Day, as OF late, was wholly professional.
At the opening the tendency of prices was
downward, principally on account of the
selling by the London houses. Louisville
and Nashville scored the greatest losses,
ana declined q TO 80, the lowest point OF
the week. The loss otherwise was merely
fractional. Shortly after the opening the
traders who have practically monopolized
at the board for the past week, endeavor-
CU " bONEEs Inc supply OF STOCKS
coming, however, was small. and as a re
suit OF the bidding by the shorts, prices
moved up Au& per cent. In this rise
Chicago Gas, Sugar Leather preferred,
General Electric and the Changers were
most prominent. Tobacco, which figured
Tor nearly 80 per cent. in the total deal
1ngs, was feverish, butsin the main firm.
II opened at SS3s, rose to S43s dropped to
SZ55, and recovered to S35s. 1t was report
ed that the company had secured control
of the National Cigarette COMPANY This
subsequently, denied hn SIT 20
closed q per cent. higher on the day. Chi
cago Gas was in better demand than of
late, and , rose to 66ls; Leather preferred.
General Electric and the Changers were
also higher in the closing dealings and
the market left off firm in tone. Net
changes show advances of 14d1L per cent
Total sales were 105,091 chares, Including
1920 Tobacco, 800 st. Paul, 800 Burhng-
ton and quincy, and 5000 Louisville and
Nashville. Bonds were weak. The trans
actions aggregated $3.50
New York stock disclosing bids-stocks
and bonds-American Cotton Oil. 15la do
preferred, So; Sugar Refinery. 116is; do pre-
ferred, 1O0l2; American Tobacco, S3ss; do
preferred, 1OOl2; Atchison, T. and S. F.,
los; Baltimore and Ohio. II: Canada Pa
citic, 545s; Chesapeake and Ohio. 157s; Chi
cago and Alton, 155; Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, 76k: Chicago Cas- 66k; Del
aware, Iackawanna and Western, 161; Dis
tillers, Cattle Feeders. IFS; Erie, 49, do
preferred, 3S%; Edison General Electric,
361s: Illinois Central 81: Lake Erie and
Western, IS; do preferred, 40; Lake Shore
1852; LOUISVILLE and Nashville, OO12, Louis.
and N. A, Sls; Manhattan, 1895; Memphis
and Charleston. Is; Michigan Central, 81;
Missouri Pacific, %; Mobile and Ohio, 22;
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis, 6S;
United States Cordage, Az; do preferred,
8; N. j. Central, 1855; N Y. Central 961a I;
N. Y. and n. e., 40; Norfolk and Western,
preferred, 6%; Northern Pacific, 1%; do
preferred, H. Northwestern, 1903; do pre-
ferred 14413; Pacific Mail 2624 Reading 1014 I;
Rock Island, 20: st. Paul, n; do preferred,
12s9s; Silver Certificates, SSH; Tennessee,
Coal and Iron, Is; do do preferred, 100;
Texas Pacific s; Union Pacific, 81; Wa
bash, st. l.. and p, 6h; do do preferred,
II; Western Union. S31a; Wheeling and L.
f., 81; do do preferred. 32l4 Southern
Railway S. 80; Southern Railway COM
mon, 9ls; Southern Railway, preferred.
29A.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 1878 do b,
107Sl do G, 100; Louisiana stamped As, 97I2
North Carolina As, 1903; North Carolina Is,
12215; Tennessee, new set, 3's, IS; Virginia
6's. preferred, 5; Virginia Trust Receipts.
s; Virginia Funding Debt, 61la; South Car
| DINA, 4l5's, 1O6.
Government Bonds-United States As,
registered, 1885; United States As, cou-
pons, 11O1a; United States. Is, registered,
| 95 United States, new As, 1165s; United
| States, new As, coupons, 1165s.