The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12

the market vigorously in the early trad
lne, nIi tle trauiu. was on So small
scale mat the movements iu the leading
snares had no special significance Con-
~ideriug the fact that over S1UauU1 gold
was taken Tor shipment for Europe to-
morrow and that the street IS dLsap-
10 declare himself lu emphatic terms on
the currency question. the decline in prices
was comparatively slight The losses m
the general list were only Amta per
CENT but Chicago Gas yielded IA. Bay
SlaLe Gas =, Consolidated Gas il. and
buualo, Rochester and Pittshurc preferr-
Ell --s per cent During the afternoon, on
auNlces from Washington that the Span
lsh government. al the request of the
United states government, had decided TO
postpone action ON the competitor case,
the whole list strengthened and am adj
vance OF p 20 per cent. from the lowest
nsures OF me morning was recorded. To-
hacco led the upward movement rising
uom o4 10 90 mainly on purchases to
cover short contracts. Sugar, Leather
preferred ana the Changers rallied easily,
but shortly before the close another raid
was made. and part OF the Improvement
was lost. The market left Oft rather weak
ln tone. Net changes show losses Of any
MhSre from q 70 "a per cent, Louisville
and Nashville leading. Tobacco was an
exception ana gained / per cent. Total
sales were 1871 100. including % 100 Sugar,
2e,i ST. Paul. lA00 Chicago Gas l3. 500
burlington ana quincy, 1900 Tobacco.
900 Louisville and Nashville and 7.6m
Leather preferred. Bonds were weak and
AoNcI. SAFES rooted mp &91y,OuO.
New York stock List. Closing Bids.
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton OIL.
lSi2, DO preferred, $50: Sugar Refinery
l--A. 40 preferred, 6p4; American Tobac-
60. t5il do preferred. %; Atchison. r. and
). r., liia. Baltimore and Ohio. III: cam
ga facltc, SPA; Chesapeake and Ohio.
l6; chicago aud Alton. l5i; Chicago. b.
ana g., @!2; Chicago Gas. 6I34. Delaware,
Lack. ana West. l6li Dis. Cat Feed.
ll"s; Erie, "a, do preferred, SH4: Edison
Gen. Electric, 3pt Illinois Central, 9ji5;
Lake Erie and West. l7ia, do preferred,
80, Lake shore li9; Louis. and Nash,
lgan Central, 9la; Missouri Pacific. 25ia:
Mobile and ONO, lSes. Nash. q. and ST.
l., 6Si U. $. Cordage. l3t. do preferred.
va; n. j. Central, l0i3t H. " Central %.
New York ana New England 60. MORT.
and West preferred; a; Northern Pacific.
do preferred. 1f7; Pacific Mail %: Reading.
lli1, Rock Island. 69ie; St Paul. 76at do
preferred l21. Silver Certificates 673t
Tenn. Coal and Iron, "a; do do preferred,
100; Texas Pacific. SIS; Union Pacific. az,
Wabash. 81. L. and r., 6ia: DO do prefer
red 1pa; Western Union, SO; Wheeling
and Lake Ere. 9l5; do do preferred. 36;
Southern Railway js. GM: Southern Rail-
way common, .; Southern Railway pre-
ferrcd, 9ls.
state Bonds--Alabama A. 1866 do b. 1Os;
do G, lOJ; Louisiana stamped As. 81; North
Carolina a., l05; North Carolina 6s. l26;
Tennessee now set 3s, "a; Virginia Is pre-
ferred, b; Virginia Trust Receipts. 6: Nlr-
ginia Funding Debt, 81; South Carolina
as, LOG.
Government Bonds-Unlted States As.
registered, l05A; United States As. cou-
pons, no; United States 2s, registered,
9iA; United States new As, reg stored.
ll6;B; United states new As, coupons, 116M.