The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-30

for nearly 5000 shares in a grand total
O. zz5s9sl shares. The prices rose 10 luol2
IRON 1904 and closed at l0Sls. No eN-
planation was forthcoming 10 account FOR
the recent steady improvement in the
stock Il Is known, however. that brokers
having the confidence OF insiders have
Deen picking up the stock for the past
Two weeks The strength OF the stock
had favorable effect on the general list
which was inclined TO sag early in the
day because OF the foreign selling of st.
Paul, Louisville and Nashville and other
stocks with an international market. The
anthracite Coalers displayed great
strength during the early session on the
revival OF the rumors that the committee
OF the presidents, appointed at the recent
agreement as TO percentages, which will
meet the approval of the controlling in
terest. 1t was said that the Reading and
ontario and Western are especially fav-
ored in the new allotments. The Trunk
Lines, Changers, Western Union, North
ern Pacinc and Manhattan opened irregu-
lar and in the main weak. but later inn
proved, Manhattan, Burlington and Quincy
and Northern Pacific had better support
than OF late, and sold higher than for
some time. Chicago Gas dropped from
ooh4 TO 6o9s on rumOrs from Chicago that
Attorney General MolOney had decided
against the reorganization company in
the matter OF consolidation. Subsequent
~ a rafiy TO 65d54S4 took place. In the
last hour the market was strong under
the leadership OF sugar. Speculation clos
ed strong, with prices anywhere from a
TO per cent higher than at the close
on yesterday. St. Paul and Louisville
and Nashville, however, lost Sass per
cent. Bonds we're strong. The sales foot
Sales to-day of listed stocks aggregated
l62, 1856 shares, and of unlisted stocks S.
SS5 shares.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton oil,
1its; do preferred, So; Sugar Refinery, JOS;
10 preferred. 99l5; American Tobacco. 1871:
DO preferred, 101: AtchisOn, Topeka and
Santa Fe, 15ls; Baltimore and Ohio, 4S;
Canada Nlsarlr m. a
l55s; Chicago and Alton, 15l; Chicago, Bur
hngton and Quincy 775s; Chicago Gas
6iss; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 1874; DtSullers and Cattle Feeders,
1875; Erie. 1875; do preferred. 25ia: Edison
General Electric, q; Illinois Central, 81:
Lake Erie and Western, 2l9s; do preferred,
I24t; Lake Shore, IA; Louisville and Nash
VILE 45A; Louisville and \. A.. 81; Nam
haitian, 1O5; Memphis and Charleston, 10
asked; Michigan Central, 80; Missouri
Pacific, 25la; Mobile and Ohio, 23A; Nash
Vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis, IS;
United States Cordage, 5la; do preferred
101a; New Jersey Central. 100; New York
Central, IS; New York and New England,
80; Norfolk and Western preferred ~:
Northwestern, iOOA; do preferred, AK;
Island, $50 St Paul, 719I; do preferred.
1854; Silver Certificates, 67l5; Tennessee
Coal and Iron, 2S% do do preferred, 100;
bash, st. L. and p, rs; do do preferred,
II; Western Union, S41s; Wheeling and
Lake Erie, u; do preferred, 361a; South
ern Railway 5s, sos; Southern Railway
common, 92s; Southern Railway preferred,
2Sla.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 1OS do r. 1OS;
do c, 81; Louisiana Stamped As, 9714 North
Carolina As, 102; North Carolina 6s, 100;
Tennessee, new set IS, So; Virginia 6s, pre-
ferred 81; Virginia Trust Receipts, 81;
Virginia Funding Debt, 60A South Caro-
lima 4ias, 1852
Government Bonds-United States As.
registered. 1919; United States As cou-
pons, 1851; United States Is, registered,
g.