The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-16

767s; Rock Island. p; Delaware and Hud-
son. l-4ia; Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western, l6lia; Manhattan. l0ffs Michigan
Central. 9iias New York Central, slie-
New York. Feb. 15.-The stock market,
after strong opening and an advance or
AsHle per cent. in which Sugar, General
Electric, Manhattan. Lead and Chicago
Gas were most prominent. developed weak
ness and recorded losses Of anywhere
movement Sugar was quite feature, SELF
ing within a fraction OF lis. on the adj
vance OF l-l6c per pound in certain grades
of hard Sugar. The particularly weak
spots were Manhattan, Leather preferred
and Tobacco. Manhattan breaking from
los to 1914; Leather preferred from 6Sls
hattan's weakness was due TO the poor
statement for the December quarter,
which shows a deficit Of Sl40.Sl5, against
a surplus in 1894 of SIS 81. Leather pre-
rumOrs that the February dividend viii
be passed, and Tobacco was depressed by
the liquidations. The loss in the general
market ranged from p TO IL per cent
and was well distributed. Sugar held rel
atively frmer than the other active is
sues and closed practically unchanged on
the day. The weakness of the market was
rather disappointment to the bulls, who
were looking for considerably
higher the deoas figures Of {Se s afSoq9s IN
the House yesterday. Speculation left of
weak in tone. Net changes show losses Of
Aql& per cent. In the inactive issues
National Starch, first preferred, to %.
Total sales were 106 ala shares. Bonds
were lower. The sales footed up $4,000.
The sales Of listed stocks aggregated d.
4l6 shares and of unlisted, 1899 shares.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
l13A; do preferred, 1OOls; American To-
bacco, 1885: do preferred, 1Oll2; Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, 1872; Baltimore and
Ohio, SO; Canada Pacific, 81; Chesapeake,
and Ohio, 173s; Chicago and Alton, l54;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 1875; chi
cago Gas, 67i5; Delaware, Lackawanna
ing, 1872; Erie, 1874; do preferred, 70;
Edison General Electric, 307s; Illinois Cen
trail, IS; Lake Erie and Western, 2ll2; do
preferred, 1871; Lake Shore, 1872; Louis
vile and Nashville, 50i4; Louisville and
New Albany, 924 Manhattan, 1919 Mem
phis and Charleston, 10; Michigan Central
| 9r9; Missouri Pacific, 23h; Mobile and
Ohio, 23A; Nashville, Chattanooga and
ST. Louis, 65; United States Cordage. o9s;
do preferred, liz; New Jersey Central
1O6 New York Central, 97l2: New York
and New England, As; Norfolk and Vest
ern preferred, Z; Northern Pacific, 4; do
preferred, 1424; Northwestern, 103ss; do pre-
| ferred, 145; Pacific Mail. 293s Reading, 13h;
Rock Island, q; st. Paul, 16as; do pre-
| ferred, 1854; Silver Certificates 6S; Ten
| nessee Coal and Iron, 1914; do do pre-
! ferred, 100 Texas Pacific, So; Union Pa
| cific, ga; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific,
| rs; do do preferred, 1872; Western Union
| S5H: Wheeling and Lake Erie. 1885; do do
| preferred, 39l4 Southern Railway 5s, %;
/ Southern Railway common, los; South
| ern Railway preferred, 3lle.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 1888; do B, 10s;
| do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As, $50;
| North Carolina As, 1885; North Carolina
/ 6s, 122; Tennessee, new set, IS, Sc; Viz
] gina 6s preferred, So; Virginia Trust Re-
/ ceipts. 6i5 Virginia Funding Debt, 6ll2;
Government Bonds-United States Is,
| registered 1882; United States As, cou-
/ pons. 100; United States Is, registered, IS