The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30

at IL Per cent. and at the closing was
offered at IL per cent. Prime mercantile
Sterling exchange STEADY, with actual
business in bankers bills at SLSTzGz-S7ss
dor % DAYS; StSlsa4-SSs Tor ss
ment bonds We're quiet; railroad bonds
We're nrmi state bonds We're neglected.
silver at the board was steady.
New York, July 2s.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, Sll7,Zls,6l2;
currency, S7S,Off,7SS.
New York. July %. noon. - Erie. IA:
NorthF estern, s2sss preferred. liS; Lake
Shore, 40; Norfolk and Western. pre-
ierred, ga; Western Union. rs; southern
Railway common, 6ss; Southern Railway,
preferred, 1874 American Sugar l0l; Bal
umOre and Ohio. To- Canada Southern, II;
St Paul. 6lls: Rock Island. 534s; Delaware
and Hudson. lis; Delaware, Lackawanna
and western, 1i5; Manhattan. 50; Michi-
gan Central, IS; New York Central, 9Si.
Speculation steady.
New York, July 29.-StOcks at the open
ing were generally lower. the declines in
the usually active list extending to i4Qlle
per cent London cables were disappOint-
ing and local bears were aggressive at this
time. The failure OF the New York city
and Brooklyn city gold loans and the pO-
hucal uncertainty, being used against the
market. About IL o'clock, n steadier tone
prevailed, and a slight rally ensued, but
subsequently the entire list weakened on
renewed sales for both the short and long
account Sugar was hammered down to
l0o' loss Of Ia per cent. as compared with
yesterdays final transactions, while the
Changers, Manhattan, Western Union,
Louisville and Nashville and Chicago Gas
fell anywhere from "a to rs per cent. In
the inactive issues, Lackawanna dropped
from la2 to HIGHS, Lake Shore from l45 TO
lBQl4l, and Pullman Palace from li1 TO
li5, all on light transactions During the
afternoon session the room traders and
small bears generally started in to cover
ana the market in consequence presented
nrmer front. For some reason, not
clearly explained, the trading element was
disposed to take more cheerful view OF
the chances of the sound money advocates
IN the coming presidential election, ana
the afternoon advance was attributed to
this belief. In the advance, Sugar was
most prominent, rising from 100 TO 102ls.
The Changers, Chicago Gas, Lake Shore,
southwesterns and Manhattan moved up
z to Ia per cent. Near the close, Sugar
suddenly ran off to 1O11s, checking the ris-
ing tendency in the general market. In
the final dealings the market was barely
steady. Net changes in the active stocks
show gains of AG1k per cent. Sugar lost
Is and some of the specialities 2$sGl5 per
cent. Total sales were 23S, $50 shares, in
Guiding G3SC9 Sugar, 49, 200 St. Paul. 1880
Tobacco anG 1900 Burlington and quincy.
BonQS were weak; sales footed up SSy3,OJO.
New York Stock List, Closing Bids,
Stocks and BOnds.-American Cot
ton Oil, 81; do preferred. Sla;
Sugar Refinery, 1914; do preferred,
Gl5; American Tobacco. 5714; do prefer
red, IS bid; Atchison, T. and S. F., IL;
Baltimore and Ohio, 155s; Canada Pacific,
5612; Chesapeake and Ohio, 10; Chica-
go and Alton, AS; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, 6Sa4; Chicago Gas, 50%; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 145; Distillers
and Cattle Feeders, 103s; Erie, 10; do pre-
terred, q; Edison General Electric 23A ;
Illinois Central, 80; Lake Erie and West
ern, l4h; do preferred, 62la; Lake Shore,
al; Louisville and Nashville, 43; Louis
vile and n. A, "a; Manhattan, SO; Mem
phis and Charleston, 10; Michigan Cen
trail, 92l2; Missouri Pacific. II; Mobile and
Ohio, II; Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis 67i2 asked; United States Cordage,
312; do preferred, 63s; New Jersey Central,
9l5s New York Central, 81; New York and
New England, 35; Norfolk and Western
preferred, go; Northern Pacific, 81; do
preferred, 12A; Northwestern, 93A; do
preferred, 148 bid; Pacific Mail, 1885; Read
ing, l0B; Rock Island, 545s; st. Paul, 677s;
do preferred 12l12; Silver Certificates,
6S7s; Tennessee, Coal and Iron, 1914 do do
preferred, 80 asked; Texas Pacific, s.;
Union Pacific SIS; Wabash, St. L. and p,
| 5A; do do preferred, 1872; Western Union,
1874 Wheeling and Lake Erie, rs; do do
preferred, 23$4; Southern Railway SIS S16
Southern Railway, common, rs; South
ern Railway preferred, 20.
State Bonds.-Alabama A, 81; do
B, 81; do G. %; Louisiana
Carolina Is 100; North Carolina SIS ITO;
Tennessee, new set, 3's. 76 Virginia s. s,
preferred, 5; Virginia Trust Receipts, A.
Virginia Funding Debt, "a; South Caro-
lima 4lss, 101.
rs, registered. IS bid; United
States, new As, registered, 10; United
States new AS coupons, 11OA.