The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-14
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1897

common, 80 bid, 102 asked; j. r. King
Manufacturing Company, los bid, 1O4 ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company. 80 bid,
80 asked; Savannah Brewing Company "a
bid. 81 asked.
London, Jan. 13.-Bar silver, 90 1l-16d
Consols, Ill 11-16 for money and HIS for
the account.
Paris, Jan. 1S.-Three per cent. rentes,
l02 francs 40 centimes for the account.
New York, Jan. 13.-Money on call was
easy at 1t&a2 per cent; the last loan was
al 1la per cent, and at the closing was
offered at III per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 3AqSs4 per cent Bar silver, 64s4c.
Sterling exchange firmer, with actual bus
mess in bankers bills a t $4.S4S4Q4.S5 for 60
days and $4S714 az. S715 for demand. Posted
rates, $4S5q4.SS; commercial bills, A.SSA9
ASA. Government bonds higher; state
bonds were dull; railroad bonds were firm
er. Silver at the board was lower.
New York. Jan. 1S.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $122, 65S,377;
currency, $47,12353S.
New York, Jan. 49, Noon.-The specula-
tive market was quiet at the following
quotations:
Erie ............. 1474 Bal.& Ohio 500. Is
Northwestern .,.10Sls Canada South 4494
do pref .......153 st. Paul ..........74st
Lake Erie Isl Rock Island -. 67A
Nor & W. pref. 1914 Del. & Hudson. .1111a
West. Union .SS7sI Del, l.. & W.. l55
So. R'y conn.,. 912l Manhattan ...... SSSs
do pref ....... IA Mich Central =. so
Am. Sugar ,...1123ilN N. Y. Central. 9SIa
New York, Jan. 13-This was another
dull day at the stock exchange, the sales
. footing up 116126 shares. Sugar figured
for "a, 400 shares, St. Paul for $500 CHI
cago Gas for 1880. Burlington and quincy
for 1850, Wheeling and Lake Erie for
$500, Tennessee Coal and Iron for $500
and Union Pacific for 500. In no other
stock did the transactions foot up as much
as 1900 shares. The movements in the
market were extremely cratic through
out the day, although in the main the
tendency was upward during the morning
and toward a lower range during the ar
ternoon. The fluctuations in the GranS>
ers, Chicago Gas, General Electric, West
ern Union, Reading and Missouri Pacific
were ccnfined within a range of 146D1s per
cent. The stocks advanced to the ex-
tent named, and then lost the improve
ment Sugar. after rising Is to 1885, de-
clined to 111B on the announcement that
Arbuckle Bros, who are fighting the
Sugar Trust had made an application for
a receiver for the Woolson refinery of
Toledo. Manhattan advanced e to 1914,
and then declined to S7s4c, it being I'M
derstood that the Hendricks case, now
before the New York state railway COM
missioners, will be pushed with vigor. 1t
is reported that if the commissioner ac-
cords the complainant a hearing, interest
ing QeVelOpQeIlIS Will follow. CONSOLE
dated Gas advanced 3Ss to 14Ss<, and later
dropped to 142. Illinois State broke to 80
on a revival of the reports about the al
legged unfavorable condition of the COM
pany. Wheeling and Lake Erie shares
developed renewed weakness, although
nothing transpired to confirm the rumors
current yesterday about an impending re-
ownership The common declined u TO
S5s and the preferred 315 to A. Brooklyn
Union Gas jumped points to SO. The gen
eral market was adversely Influenced dur
ing the afternoon by dispatches from
Washington that the Senate will prob
ably take no action at this session on the
treaty between this country and Great
Britain, and by advices from the west of
hostile legislation in Nebraska and else
where to the railroad interests in the Sec
ton The market closed quiet and bare
ly steady in tone. Net changes show Ge-
clines of Ad5s per cent, Sugar and Man
haitian leading. Consolidated Gas was an
exception, and closed rs higher on the
day. Bonds were higher. The sales foot
ed IN s., $751; 900.
New York Stock List-Stocks and Bonds
at the Closing