The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Manufacturing Company 106 bid 1O7 ask
Cd; Sibley Manufacturing Company, SO bid,
W asked; savannah Brewing Company, "a
bid. 81 asked. aa
London. Dec. 2s.-Bar silver, 1850. Con-
soils, Ill 5-l6 for money and III 7-16 for the
account
Paris. Dec. 29.--Three per cent rentes
lO2 francs As centimes for the account
New York, Dec. 29.-Money on call was
easy at 1isQ2 per cent. the last loan was
at per cent, and at the closing was of
Tered at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 3lsa4 per cent. Bar silver 65lse. Ster-
ling exchange weak, with actual Business
IN bankers bills at 81. SSstGI4S4 for sixty
days and A.S6l2Q4.S6a for demand. Post
ed rates, S4AG4.S7ls. Commercial bills,
S4,S294,S3. Government bonds firmer; state
bonds We're dun; railroad bonds were
higher. Silver at the board was neglected
New York, Dec. 29-The treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, 1921, 79S, 4SO:
currency, S56,29O. $50.
New York, Dec. 20. noon.-Erie i47s;
northwestern 101Ss; do preferred, $50;
Lake Shore, 1882; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 15A; Western Union. &ss;
Southern Railway common, 9ls Southern
halfway preferred, 25; American Sugar,
iva; Baltimore and Ohio. Is; Canada
Southern, 451a ST. Paul, rs; Rock Island
SOla; Delaware and Hudson, 1872; Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western 1861:
Manhattan, SSls; Michigan Central. 9OiS:
New York Central, 9Sla. Speculation quiet,
but irregular.
New York, Dec. 29,-The early dealings
at the Stock Exchange were characterized
by extreme dullness, and the fluctuations
save In very few instances, were\ un-
important. The operations were confined
entirely to the bolder room traders who
were unsettled in their views as to the i'm
mediate course of prices. The absence of
foreign orders helped the dullness vet
the lack n bncipacc
from moving up moderately, the only
notable exception having been the Della
ware and Hudson, which declined 21s per
! cent. TO n7%. Manhattan, after rising a
point to SO, fell TO S7%. Reading was also
weak and declined about a point In the
meantime, the general list showed a ris-
ing tendency, and during the afternoon
speculation was very firm The shorts
covered freely on dispatches from Wash
lngton that Secretary Olney had ex-
pressed the opinion that the Cuban diff
Gully may be settled under the Cleveland
administration, and that the granting of
Cuban autonomy would be the subject
Of a message by President Cleveland be-
fore the expiration of his term. Although
this news lacks confirmation, the market
ruled on higher plane. Kansas and
| Texas preferred, Manhattan, Burlington
and Quincy, st. Paul, Rock Island, Atchi-
son preferred, Reading. Western Union,
Tobacco, Jersey Central and Delaware
and Hudson rose to "a per cent The
| advance in the general list was less inn
portant The failures of banks in the
west did not influence the market in the
| least and speculation, generally speaking,
| closed firm in tone. Net changes show adj
vances of AQ14 per cent, Jersey Central
| leading. Sugar closed &c lower Total
| sales were ,6S9 shares, including H. 700
Burlington and Quincy, Il, 800 Sugar, u, 900
st. Paul, and $500 Reading. The bond
market was higher, with sales amounting
| to 81, $4,000.
New York Stock List. Stocks and
| Bonds at the Closing.-American Cotton
| Oil liz; do preferred, 531a Sugar Rein
| cry, 1lOA; do preferred, 10015; American
Tobacco. 1874; do preferred, 102; Atchison
| I. and S. F., 141s; Baltimore and Ohio
/ l5A; Canada Pacific, $40; Chesapeake and
| Ohio, 1914; Chicago and Alton, 1850; Chica-
| go, Burlington and Quincy, 7Oss; Chicago
Gas, 70; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 1856; Erie, 49, do preferred, "a; Edi-
son General Electric, BIS; Illinois Cent
| trail, 81; Lake Erie and Western, 1872; do
preferred, 67l9; Lake Shore, 154; Louisville
| and Nashville, 1875: Louisville and N. A.
| "a; Manhattan, $50 Memphis and Charles
| ton, 10; Michigan Central, 80; Missouri Pa
| cific, 20: Mobile and Ohio, 2S; Nashville,
| Chattanooga and st. Louis 6715; New Jer-
Esey Central. 100; New York Central, 49,;
! New York and New England As; Norfolk
and Western preferred, 1919; Northern Pa
| cific, 1895; do preferred, 32ss, Northwest
| ern, 1915; do preferred 1511a; Pacific Mail
| 2315; Reading, 264; Rock Island, 66 ST.
Paul, 1875; do preferred, 1904 Silver Ger
| tificates, 65A Tennessee Coal and Iron,
251a; do do preferred. 80; Texas Pacific, Sss
| Union Pacific, 93s; Wabash, St. Louis aud
| p, 65s; do do preferred 1915; Western I'm
| ion, SO; Wheeling and Lake Erie, 69s do do
preferred, q; Southern Railway SIS, 81;
i Southern Railway common, 9l5; Southern
Railway preferred 2615.
| State Bonds.-Alabama A, 10i; do b, 104;
do c, So; Louisiana stamped As, SO; North
Carolina As. 102: North Carolina 6s, 122;
| Tennessee, new set 3's, SLY; Virginia 6's,
preferred. 5; Virginia Trust Receipts, 81;
Virginia Funding Debt, 62A; South Caro-
lima AIS, 1O212
| Government Bonds.-Uniter States AS,
| regis tered, ITO; United States As, coupons,
| 11115 United States 2s, registered 951k
United States as new registered. 1885;
| United States As new, coupons, 1919,