The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17

Shore, 49, norfolk and Western pre-
/ 1erred, 81; Western Union, S3st; Southern
/ Railway common. 93s; Southern Railway
/ preferred ga American Sugar, lU2. Bal
/ tlmore and Ohio, i2is; Canada Southern,
/ AS St. Paul. 60; Rock Island, 66a4 Della
| ware and Hudson, 1854: Delaware, Lack
/ aWanna and Western, Isl: Manhattan. Ssh /:
Michigan Central, 80; New York Central,
New York. Jan. 16-Speculation at the
| STOCK exchange was quiet again to-day.
| The opening was strong on the announce
ment from Washington of the modifica-
/ tlon IN the bond circular whereby the
/ tlme for the payment for the new bonds
| Is distributed over a period of four
J months. This. according to bankers,
| means comparatively easy money mar
ket, while the government bond deal is
| being carried out. London came higher
/ and this had good effect on prices dur
| ing the early trading. Foreign houses,
| however, sold at the advance, but i'm not
| IN important amounts. Fer that matter
| nome operators were not any too anxious
| 10 take on new commitments in the rail-
| way INST ana speculation dragged through
| out IN the InduStrials there was a fair
degree OF activity, the result of covering
| OF shorts contracts. Leather preferred
! was the special card and rose nearly four
| points 70 6li4 and the revival of the ru-
| mofs That the company intended paying
| per cent, cash dividend in February.
| IoDacco broke from 1854 to 773s on the an
| houhcement OF the formation of a com
| blnation of the suthern manufacturers of
| TOBACCO. Chicago Gas sold up to 81 on
| reports from the west that Atfornev-C;en-
/ 81
| REORGANIZATION committee in the matter
OF consolidation. The strength of the in
| dust1als had good effect on the general
market which closed firm in tone. Net
| changes as rule show fractional gains
| IN the railway list. The Industrials eX-
cept Tobacco. which lost IL per cent
gained 1sGl3Ia per cent. Manhattan closed
a. par. a gain of nearly points on the
udy. Inc improvement was due entirely
| 70 covering of shorts contracts Bonds
| We're higher Sales footed IN 81 Sg Wl0
sales to-day of listed stocks aggregated
Si,Sii shares and of unlisted stocks So, J27
- New York Stock List-Closing Bids
| SsJIocks ana Bonds-American Cotton OIL
iiSS552i 90 preferred, s.; Sugar Refinery
co, lS1s; do preferred, 1902; Atchison, To-
| peka and Santa Fe, Az; Baltimore ana
Ohio NJ, AZ; Canada Pacific, "a; Chesapeake
aIlu ONO, i9A; Chicago and Alton, 15S; Chi
case Burlington and Quincy 1855; Chicaco
has Vas, tbs Delaware, Lackawanna and
! Western, 162; Disulling Cattle Feeding
ie14; Erie, l4fs; do preferred. 2}la: Edison
General Electric 25%; Illinois Central
9512; Lake Erie and Western, 10; do pre-,
| 1erreu, q; Lake Shore 143; Louisville and
| Nashville, Az; Louisville and New Al
| Dahy, y; Manhattan, 997k; Memphis and
CharieSton, Is; Michigan Central, 81: Mis-
souri, Pacific, 25A Mobile and Ohio, IS:
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis e.:
| United states Cordage, 5A do preferred
dGVt4, New Jersey Central. 9S1a; New York
Geiltral, @i4; New York and New England
! S212; NorIoIk and Western preferred. :;
Northern Pacific, 8; do preferred. 12I.
; 99rthnW1eStern, S912; do preferred, 1H1z; Pa
661a St. Paul, 50; do preferred. 1853: sii,
yer Certificates, 679s; Tennessee Coal and and
| iron, IA; do do preferred 100: Texas Pa
! CHIC, 8; Union Pacific, 80: Wabash 81
Louis and Pacific. Ga do do preferred. 49,:
Western Union, Sih;. Wheeling ana Lake
Railway IS, 81: Southern R Rail 9Sut conl
mon, 9ls; Southern Railway preferred. 2s
a. St "a AZ Bonds-.Alabama A, 107; DO B, 107;
| 40 Z; "; Louisiana stamped As So: North
Carolina As, 1O2; North Carolina 6s. 100:
| tennessee new set, IS, "a; Virginia s.
preferred, 5la Virginia Trust Receipts 6.
Government Bonds-United States As.
| registered, l0Sl5; United States As. cou-
pons, 100; United States IS, registered, g.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
. New York, Jan. 16.-Flour dull; southern
flour unchanged; wheat dull and easier
with options No. 2 red store and eIe-
vator, 0d7OAc; afioat, 7114@7I1bc; options
| We're fairly active and weak at nc do
cline; NO 2 red, January, 67Bc; February.
! 662sci March, 6915c; May, 67lsc; June-July
6SSsc. Corn dull and firm; No. 2, 35I40t35i5c
| elevator; 55Ad361sc afioat; options were
duIl and unchanged to Ac lower; Febru-
airy, 359sc; May, 35c; July, S6lkc. Oats dull
and firm; options dull and easier; Jan
| uary-February, 23Bc; March, 24hc; Nav
249sc; spot prices, No. g 24dAhc; NO Z
| white, 25lAc; mixed western, 241bG25ibc
Hay about steady and unchanged. Wool,
| moderate demand, firm and unchanged
Seer hrm, quiet and Unchanged; beef
hams quiet and firm, $3.50; tierced beef
! STEADY and unchanged. Cut meats firm:
| picked bellies, Sc; shoulders, 4lac; hams
| 8QS1ac. Lard higher and moderate de-
! mand; western STEAM 5.90c; city > 4Oc;
| January, $500 nominal; refined, modera te
demand; Continent 620c; South American
| quiet; mess, $40. 2501075 Butter quiet and
| easy; state dairy, 10D21c; do creamery.
| l1M2212c; western dairy, Halle; Elgin,
2S19@2c. Cotton seed oil stronger and
moderate demand; crude, 2415c; yellow
| prime. 2S1a029c; do off grades 27d271bc
Rice firm and unchanged. Molasses, fair
changed. Coffee quiet 5d1O points up;
| January 13.S0lr13.40 March, l3.05G13 15c;
May, 12B5ql2Tc; June, 12.40c; September,
| 1l.90c; OCTOBER, 11.SOc; spot Rio dun and
| steady; No. Z, 14c. Sugar, raw, dull and
| Unchanged refined quiet and unchanged
| Freights, quiet and firm; cotton, I'D;
Chicago, Jan. 16, Noon.-The market
| opened for wheat, May, 60c; corn, May.
2S7s429c; pork, May, 5000; lard, May, $5.65;
Chicago, Jan 16-At the outset this
morning all commodities on the Board of
Trade were strong. Wheat began with a
! gain and improved further during the
| early hours, but after noon weakened and
| declined to the puts The tone was large
! ~ one of sympathy with provisions but
| the promise of cold wave for tonight
and the views of the Price Current as
! given in its summary this morning, tend
| ed to communicate firmness. Hogs pro-
| duct failing to retain its gain and short
sellers having plucked up courage, prices
| yielded as the session neared the close
and a net loss, though an unimportant
one, was recorded at the wind up Nav
wheat opened from 60060Isc, sold between
| 60Ac and 5912G599sc, closing at 59@sc-1lG3sc
under yesterday. Cash wheat was steady.
In consideration of the bouyaacv Of
pork and other hog products as well as
| the firmness in wheat, corn at the start
evinced an upward inclination, and then
the announcement of the large estimate of
to-morrow's receipts retained a fair pro-
portion of strength. The expected large
arrivals for tomorrow caused depress-
ed feeling in the last hour. prices decIin-
ing on the selling they induced. May
corn opened at 29c sold between 29Jsc and
| 2S3sd28&c, closing at the inside-1k1Ic IN
der yesterday. Cash corn was steady and
| unchanged.
Oats advanced early in conformity with
the action of the other grains and pro-
visions. They likewise declined when the
general feeling became weak Trading
was not OF great Importance but a fair
business of a scattered description was
transacted. May oats closed lsc under
yesterday. Cash cats were quiet and
steady.
Provisions-The boom in product had its
| at,d Ia cafr, Of