The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-10

amount 10 only 500 shares. The fact that
The early cables from London reported
quotations slightly above the parity OF our
closing yesterday impaired steadiness TO
TINS market az The opening this morning.
nut q reaction soon set in, owing 10 some
tairly heavy selling movement IN Sugar.
due 10 a report thar L. c. Potter. a prom!-
nent broker and sOu-in-law Of Theodore
A. HaEemeyer had met his death yes-er-
Jay, while playing polo. ISIS story was
accom- panied py another that the nrm OF
T. 9 Potter d Co were closing out Their
holdings OF sugar 1t subsequently trans
pTed that Ar. Potter, while injured Sc
riOusiy. was still alive. with fair chances
OF recovery Some of the other special
tles were raiGed, notably Colorado Fuel
and Iron and Tennessee Coal, the former
selling of pa, and the latter Is on re-
ports thar the earnings We're falling of
IN consequence OF dul trade. Consolidated
Gas declined , 10 155 and recovered TO $50.
after an early advance of lSn1s per cent.
We're only Is per cent. 10 z per cent, fol-
lowed by partial recovery in late trans
actions The declaration Of the usual di-
vidend by the Manhattan directors and the
recommendation by the executive COM
mittee of the Western Union 10 declare
the usual dividend on that stock served
TO Keep these shares firm. The continued
dizziness is attributable almost entirely 10
the desire OF both large and small dealers
10 wait for definite news with regard TO
the action OF the St. Louis convention on
the money question Speculation closed
barely steady IN tone. Rubber stocks
We're weak throughout on the Federation
OF reports OF internal discussions. and the
common fell TO -. and the preferred
TO 50, both stocks closing within a frac-
uon OF the lowest recorded. The railway
and miscellaneous bond market was more
active and weak. Transactions aggrega-
ted Sl.30S,000.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and BondS-Americau Cotton Oil,
lss; do preferred. 5iss; Sugar Refinery,
l225s' do preferred. 1854; American To-
oacco, g; do preferred, 81; Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe. las; Baltimore AMI
Ohio, li96; Canada Pacific. 6liR: ChesG-
peaKe and OniO. Is; Chicago and Alton
lJpc; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, "a;
Chicago Gas 6Iss, Delaware, LackawaCna
and Western, 100; Disulling Cattle Feed
ing. 16i4. Erie, Il; do preferred 3rs; Edi-
son General Electric. 32l; Illinois Cen
tral, %; Lake Erie and Western. 173s; DO
preferred, 10; Lake shore, $50; Louisville
and Nashville, 49l.; Louisville and New
Albany, ga; Manhattan, lOil4; Memphis
and Charleston, 10; Michigan Central
9jl2; Missouri Pacific, 22% Mobile ana
Ohio. 1888; Nashville. CHATTANOOGA and 81.
Louis, oS, United States Cordage. 5is 10
preferred, rs; New Jersey Central, l08la;
New YORK Central $50; New York and
New England 40i2; Norfolk and Western
preferred. 10; Northern Pacific, 33s do pre-
terreo, l4la; Northwestern, lCf2; do pre-
ferred, liS; Pacific Mail, PA; Reading. So ;
Rock Island. 69R; St Paul. 76: do pre-
ferred, 1884 Silver Certificates, 6S%i Ten
nassee Coal and Iron 2234 do do preferred.
20; Texas Pacl1c. ~; Union Pacific, 3; Wa
bash, St. Louis ana Pacific, 6i5, do do pre-.
ferred. 1885, Western Union, S5 Wheeling
and Lake Erie, 90; do do preferred, "a;
Southern Railway Is, 92l4; Southern Raii-
way, common, SIS; Southern Railway pre-
ferred, y.
state Bonds-Alabama A. 106: do b. 1o6;
do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As, IS; North
Carolina Is, 104, North Carolina 6s, l2i;
Tennessee, new set IS, SO; Virginia 6s. pre-
ferred, 5; Virginia Trust Receipts, g. Viz
ginia Funding Debt, 5914; South Carolina
4las LOG.
Government Bonds-IJnited States 10
registered, los; United States As, coupons,
1922; United States Is, regis tered 9fla;
United States As, registered, new, 11C%
United States As, coupons, new. 11GA.