The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-19

prices of stocks which has been looked for
several days came IN the late trading to-
day. The professional traders have been
eagerly anticipating this action of the
market, and have several times sought TO
bring Il about by attacking stocks with
short sales. They were having fair sue
cess yesterday when the announcement of
the increased Burlington dividend put
them TO rout. The subsequent upward
surge of the market served 10 make il all
the more vulnerable to bear attacks and
they opened their guns this morning with
an onslaught on Tobacco, Peoples Gas
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
Although this assault came with very
heaVy realizing offerings in the Changers
ana Pacfics and some other recent favor
ties the outside demand for stocks was
SO enormous as to take the market away
from the professionals and lift prices up
ward in furiously active and very widely
distributed trading
but there came a time later in the day
When outside demand was for the time
saIlsned, and when the recent purchasers
OF Stocks We're still anxious to take the
handsome profits accrued upon them. The
bears Kept nibbling at the list aud made
an aggressive attack in the last hour
winch carried prices down sufficiently to
wipe out weak margins and bring out
stop loss orders.
Inc group of low-priced railroad stocks
ana Industrial specialties into which the
Tide OF speculation shifted this morning,
had not sufficient strength to hold the
market in the face of this liquidation,
although they held stubbornly through
most of it. Some of them finally succumb-
cd with the rest of the list, which fell
generally below last nights level
money rates continued easy and un-
changed but there is growing demand
Ior FUNDS from the interior as gold is UNI
suitable for this purpose and there is al
most famine of legal tender.
There is a lively demand for the new
government per cents for bank circuIa-
ton: The bond commanded 1852 on the
STOCK exchange to-day, which is Il above
the previous high level.
mere was a good market for railroad
ponds to-day and a slightly yielding ten
dency TO prices in the late dealings The
total sa.es amounted to S355OO00 Rid
price Tor government bonds were I'M
changed, except for the threes. when is
sued which advanced H.
New York Closing Stocks
Atchlson ....... 1895 do pref ....151
do pref ....... 357k st. p. & ON. SO
Bait u Ohio 1872 do do pref 155
Sah' rae '...... SlSsI st. p. M & NJ 164
can. Sou 800. 81 So. Pac. ........ %
lent lent rae. .'... I1sl So Railway .... ga
Ches. & Ohio . PAS do pref . "a
Chi. & Alton 1853 TEX. q Pac 14%
=; b. q o.. ,1lS14 Uni. Pac. pref 6Ss4
IN =. III 50 U. P. d. & c.. 4%
49, ~ 81. l.. 45AI Wabash ......... 81
do do pref ..... S61a do pref - 21T
Del & Hudson .1Os1a Wheel & L. e. IL
Del. L. q w. ..l5o do do pref ..... 1914
Den. q Rio 10 Adams Elk 1O5
40 PREF ....... 90 American Elk. ..133
Erie new 80. IA United States AZ
do LIST pref 81 Wells Fargo LII
~ wayne ......l72 A. Cot. Oil -. 80
~ NOT pref '.l5S DO pref ........ ssh
Hooking Val =. SIS Am. Spirits 80. 1881
III. Cent. n1hI do pref ........ 81
Lake H. q w. e. II Am. ToDacco ..137B
40 90 PREF ..... f512 do pref ........132
Lake Shore LIB Peoples Gas ...101
LOUIS q Nash. 061s Cons Gas. .,... 1881
Manhattan l. 9S% Com. Gable Co. no
Met st. Ky ..,.l57 Col. F. & H.. "a
Mich. Cent. g.. 1851 do do pref rs
MINI. q ST. l.. 2Sa4 Gen. Electric .. 4OI5
40 40 lst pref. 80 Illinois Steel -. 677s
MO. Paclhc ..... S79sl La Clede Gas e. 52k
Mobile & o.. rs Lead ......... 81
M. X. & T. -. u do pref ...llz
90 pref 800. 80 Nat. Lin Oil -.
Chi, Ind. & L.. 9l4 Union Pacific =. 27z6
do pref ........ sac Pacific Mail 49,. "a
n. j. Central SO Pullman Pal ...1SS
" \. central lisa Silver Ger. ...... 5S%
N.Y.C. & st. L.. 141a Sugar NM. 1854
do do LIST pref. 6S do pref ...114Ib
90 40 znd PREF. 500 L. &. a. Iron :. 31R
Nor. & West. 1879 u. S. Leather . "a
NO. Am CO... 61sl do pref ........ TN
No. Pac. ...... 352s U. S. Rubber 80. 4e
do pref ........ 1875 do pref ........106
ontario W.,.n61s West. Union -. 94A
o. R. & N. -. 5S24 Northwestern 1331s
o. Short Line. 81 do pref s.....I75
Pttsburg .......169 st. L. & s. W.. SIS
Reading ........ u do pref ........ IL
Rock Island ..104Ts r. G.. q w ~
st. L. & S. F.. S15fo do pref ........ Sc
do do LIST pref. 67 C. G. w . 1914
do do End pref 355s Hawaiian c. Co 257s
st. Paul ..... .1O9lA
Bonds.
U.S.new 4s,reg. .127Ai do As ......... .1O21k
do Coup .....12IA No. Pa. lists 80. .112a4l
U. S. As ........11112l do IS ............ 65%
do Coup .......1111A do As ....... 1OO5s
do Seconds -. 81 IN.Y.C.& St.L.4s10
u. S. IS reg ....112 Nor. & w. IS &. 124
do IS Coup lip Northw. Cons. 141h
District 8 Cos .1161k do Deb. IS lib
Ala. class A ..Al0S a O. Nav. lists .127
do b ......... 100 %. Nav. As ......1O0
do c .......... 80 o. s. Line s,trl27
do Currency 80 %. S. Line 5str1OS
Atchison As 95AIPa. 6s of '95 .102A
do Adj. As. 72B Reading IS go. piA
Can. So. ends ..109 R. G. w. lists 9O%
Chi Term. As =. SO st. L. & IT. M
c. & o. IS ......115 Con, IS ....... 1001b |
c., H. & D. 41as 1049sbSt. l.. & s. F.,
d. & r. G. Isis. HOS Gen. 6s ........1197s
D. & r. G. IS =. IS st. P. Con. ....151
East Tenn. lists 1O55s St. p. CO z. lists. 12O
Erie Gen. As -. rs do 5s ...........1l7
F. W. & d. lists So. Ry. IS ...... 975s
I. r. ........... 70 s. Rope & T. 6s. 68
Gen. Elec. IS ..10S t. new set 3s . 93h
G. H. & S. A. 6s. 105 T., Pal. G. lists 1O7
do Seconds ...105 do Reg. ends AA
H. & T. c. IS ..1111aU. p. DE- G.1sts. 1914 |
do Con. 6s 80. 1OS1a Wab. LIST IS .1l29s !
Iowa C. lists ....105 do Seconds -. S9la
La N. c. As ....103 w. Shore As ....1O9h
L. & N. Uni 4s.103 Va. Centuries -. IS
Mo. 6s ...........100 do Deferred %.
M. K. & T. ends. 6514IM. & o. Is ....121A
do As .......... 9lA N. & w. As .....a |
N Y. c. lists .1l5a4 c. of Ga. IS ......114A |
N. ]. c. IS ......u4 DO 1st inc. 49,. AZ
N. C. 6s ........125 do End inc. .... 14ll |