The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-22

Railway common, 9I5; Southern Railway
preferred, 264; American Sugar, 1854; Bal
timore and Ohio, l4S4; Canada southern,
46l5: st. Paul, TN; Rock Island, 65 Della
ware and Hudson, 12i: Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, l56; Manhattan, S1s;
Michigan Central, 80; New York Central,
SS92 Speculation quiet but steady, except
for Sugar, which inclined to weakness.
New York, Dec. 2l.-rhe opening dealings
at the STOCK exchange were generally at
higher range of prices, the suspension of
the National Bank of Illinois having had
nttle or no effect. Il is true, Manhattan
fell 212 In the first hour, but this decline
was due to special influence, the litigation
just brought by a bondhoider having been
taken up by the bearish contingent SUI
gar ran OFF on the talk about aggressive
action by the Arbuckles, but the genera
list held fairly well. London had sent or
ders for st. Paul and other stocks listed
abroad Foreign houses had adVices that
their correspondents were by no means
alarmed by the action of the Senate COM
mlttee on foreign relations and buying or
oers executed here to-day certainly bears
out this statement. In the afternoon, the
report that the committee had postponed
action on the Cameron resolutions, caused
reaction and another important factor
on the buI side was the announcement that
there would be no gold shipments to Ger
many tomorrow. Following this came a
reduction in the posted rate for demand ex-
change from %.SSIa TO- Sass. In the rally
which followed the favorable developments
noted, prices rose L to ~ per cent higher
Mannattan was the feature, rising to 80
Reading, Southern Railway preferred
Western Union, Chicago Gas, Tobacco
ana the other preferred we're all prominent
This brought about realizing sales but in
the final transactions the market was
frm. Total sales were 237, 5SS shares, in.
Guiding $500 Sugar 81, 800 St. Paul, 1890
burlihS ION and Quincy, and 1900 Manhat-
tan An interesting incident was the sale
OF block of 100000 United States As of
l92o by e. Fl. Hartman for account of Har-
Vey tlsks at ll9. The reason for the sale
III a nod haNf 80 t1an- fN4
that the purchasers have already placed
round amount of bonds with investors
Bonds were irregular, but in the main firm
oaies a$gregated, Sl70.000.
New York Stock List-Stocks and Bonds
at the ng.-American Cotton Oil, 10A :
do preferred, 5O94; Sugar Refinery, l1Ois; DO
preferred, 100; American Tobacco, 76A; do
preferred 101; Atchson, Topeka and Santa
re 1925; Baltimore and Ohio, 14% Canada
Pacitic, 50: Chesapeake and Ohio, 1855
Chleago and Alton, 100; Chicago, Burling
aware, Lackawanna and Western, 1861 +,
Erie, l4ss; do preferred, 80; Edison General
Electric, S0%; Illinois Central, SO: Lake
Erie and Western, To- do preferred 6S
Lake Shore, l5312; Louisville and Nashville
ass; Louisville and New Albany, "a; Man
haitian, 49, Memphis and Charleston. Is;
Mlchlgan Central, 80; Missouri Pacific 20:
Mobile and Ohio, 20; Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga and st. Louis, 67ls; United States Cord
age .; DO preferred, TO-; New Jersey Cen
IraI; lO2; New York Central, sSl2; New
Western preferred, l5A Northern Pacific,
12A; do preferred, 22A Northwestern. 1917;
do preferred, 149; Pacific Mail, "a; Reading,
25%; Rock Island, 663s; st. Paul, 7S1s; do
preferred, 100; Silver Certificates, 651k Ten
nessee Coal and Iron, 2514 do do preferred.
80; Texas Pacific. S9s; Union Pacific. 9lk
Wabash. st. Louis and Pacific, 6lk; do do
preferred, 1515; Western Union S3A ;
Wheeling and Lake Erie, 4 do do prefer
red, q; Southern Railway IS, 81; Southern
Railway common, 915; Southern Railway
preferred, 26k.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 104; do 3. 1O4;
do g, So; Louisiana stamped As, 9614; North
Carolina As. l01: North Carolina SIS, 122;
Tennessee, new set, IS. S219; Virginia IS,
Virginia Funding Debt, 611a; South Caro-
lima 41as, 1922.
Government Bonds.-United States As,
registered 1885; United States As, coupons
no. United States Is, registered, 50; United
States As, new, registered, 1917; United
States As new connons 1l9lh