The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
srWEw OF THE MARKETS Ark
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-.Ecd, savannah Brewing Company ~
bid 81 ASIA Ian. s.-Bar silver, % l1-l6d;
LONDON, ~ aid for money and lll3s for
the aceoIl' s.-Three per cent. rentes,
PARIS n centimes for the account.
" iTano9 Ian. S.-Money on call was
Ne" 10 per cent; the last loan was
easy az CENT, and closed at ! y per cent.
a. l-2 ls,srcantile paper, 3l2q4 per cent
Prime u' ,48,c. Sterling exchange STEADY
Bar S..C.cnal business in bankers DIS a.
win mn. for sixty days and S4.eo7444.o'
Ss+4 ,,an5 Posted rates, AS412q4.ee SoIil
ioI uI,' b.lls, $4.S2la@4SSls. GoVernnleh.
sDnds steady; state oohus quie'' ''i'' 0''-
sords quiet nrIh' rho traas,,rv hal
New as follows: Coin, S122, So, Ol5;
eurrenV2yo, IAN. 7. noon.-Erie, 10; North
Ne" tgu. do preferred, 152lz; Lake
ves'ei t-5t Norfolk and Western prefer
sao!g, IT, Western Union, S4A; Southern
red W. common. 934 Southern Railway,
Ralms'ii o-1.. American Sussr, 11l2s; Bal
pTelga.i and Ohio. ia; Canada southern,
tnoISS q paul. 1872; Rock Island, 671s; Del
~ ,',a and Hudson, 111A; Delaware, Lack
avn, and Western, l50; Manhattan
aNaN lUchigan Central, S.; New YORK Cen
S9' % SPECULATION dull and featureless.
W" Tev York, Jan. S.-There were Drie1
New ~ activity at the stock exchange
spul'S Int they were consigned to a few
lo-uas' and generally speaking speculation
sla'' srT There was again an absence OF
vas .olcplated to either advance or de-
new ~ioas In consequence the traders
p5 he market all to themselves, save,
hAI o-s in the case of Sugar, which, IN
psIH'o,i.robases bv a firm with close Wash
~. p connections, rose from 110% to
~. as The fact that a leading house turn
~ os buyer was sufficient to start
w smaller shorts to cover, but 1t was no
soooble that as soon as the demand from
got source ceased, the stock ran off rap
n .1r ~ iii, and closed with net gain of
i 0niy 81 per cent. for the day. Inc GranS-
~. Chicago Gas, the Coalers and Louis
~ and Nashville moved irregularly
,s-ougbout the session, although the fiuc-
cations were by no means important
rsrv transactions were attended with
1,mnaratvely firm tone and moderate ad-
r.nees we're scored by the shares just
\ named but in the afternoon there was
G.nosition to take profits and decline of
y +, 7. nar cent. ensued, with a final rally
ofHto g. Manhattan was weaker than
The rest and left off at S75s, after selling
down from SS3l to S73s. Delaware and
Hudson opened IA lower at Ill and closed
4 ar 111ss Among the specialties, Tobacco,
American Spirits and Canadian Pacific
advanced 1d2 per cent, while Wheeling
and AXE Erie preferred fell 2. A eature
of tbe days trading was the steady SELL
4 ing by arbitrage houses of Louisville and
Nashville. St Paul and other issues listed
abroad The weakness of Manhattan was
4 sscribed to the publication Of the report of
the railroad commission for 1896, which
n shows decrease of nearly 1900, 900 in the
IA number of passengers carried by the ele
81 waited road during that year. Speculation
NJ Closed barely steady in tone. Net changes
we're slight either way; the total sales
N we're 1903 shares, including AZ, 400 Sugar,
M 1890 Burlington and 1920 St. Paul. The
bond market was firm. The sales aggre-
gated $l4j6,000.
New York Stock List. Stocks and Bonds
at the Closing Cotton Oil, 121a;
% preferred, 50; Sugar Refinery, ILL.,; do
Preferred, l01: American Tobacco, IS; do
Preferred, 1872; Atchison, T. and S. F.,
W; Baltimore and Ohio IT'S; Canada Pa
afc So Chesapeake and Ohio, TN; Chi
81 sgO and Alton, 100; Chicago, Burlington
# and G.. ia; Chicago Cas- rs; Delaware,
Lack. and West. 155; Erie, 1415; do prefer
red 332; Edison General Electric 1895;
Illinois Central, 90; Lake Erie and West,
81 Z; DO preferred, 6S%; Lake Shore, ISL:
Louisville and Nashville, 491s; Louisville
and n. A., 4; Manhattan, SSA; Memphis
and Charleston, Is; Michigan Central, 80;
Missouri Pacific, 81; Mobile and Ohio, 81;
Nashville, c. and St. L., 671a; N. ]. Central,
l0li' N. Y, Central, 80; N. Y. and N. E.,
Gi Norfolk and Western preferred, 1872;
Northern Pacific, 13lb; do preferred. 1875;
Northwestern, 1929 do preferred, 152; Pa
CHIC Mail, 24i4; Reading, 2634 Rock Island,
NAi st. Paul, 743s; do preferred, 1870; Sill
yer Certificates, 64A; Tennessee Coal and
ron 27ls; do do preferred, 80; Texas Pa
cine, 81 Union Pacific, g. Wabash, st. L.
and P, 6l2 do do preferred, 1875; Western
Union Si4; Wheeling and L. E., 6; do do
preferred, 24l3; Southern Railway IS, 1884;
southern Railway common, 912; Southern
Railway preferred, 1854.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 102; do B, 102;
COZ a. Louisiana stamped As, "a; North
IaFolina Is, l01; North Carolina IS, 1A;
tennessee new set IS, so; Virginia 6s, pre-
nTed 81 Virginia Trust Receipts, 6; Vir-
gina Funding Debt, 61A; South Carolina
government Bonds - United States As,
esStered, ll0i2; United States As, coupons,
rla' United States Is, registered, 951s;
OgIed States As, new, registered 40; Uni
Wv states is, new, coupons, 1203A,