The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27

STEADY at Z'1ac. hosln hrmi good strained
81 90.
wilmington N. c.. May 2s.-Rosin firm:
strained, Soc; good strained, SOC. Spirits
turpentine quiet 27Ac. Tar firm at 81 25.
Crude turpenttne firm; hard 81 %; soft 81 TO-;
virgin, q 10.
Money is easy
Domestic Exchange-The tone OF the mar
ketts steady. Banks are buying at par and
selling at 3 per cent. premium up to 5000,
and Ito OF per cent. for amounts OF 5000
and over.
Foreign Exchange-Marxet firm. The fol-
lowing are net Savannah quotations: Sterling
commercial demand, ia IS; sixty days,
81 81; ninety days, "a sos; francs. Paris and
havre' sixty days, 90 IS; Swiss, sixty days,
s. 1914 marks, sixty days 95 3-l6
Securities-The market is generally quiet.
State Bonds-Georgia IA per cent. 1915
iI5ti bid, ll49a asked; Georgia per cent. 1896,
long dates SO bid, 90 asked.
City Bonds-New savannah per cent.
quarterly July coupons 1881 bid 100 asked :;
new savannah per cent. August coupons,
1854 bid. 1854 asked
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold IS, 80 bid,
5Oasked; Central consolidated mortgage 7per
| cent. coupons, January and JULY maturity.
! 1893. ll5h bid. III asked; Savannah and West
| ern railroad 3 per cent. trust certificates Al
| bid 40 asked; savannah, Americas and
| Montgomery per cent. A. bid 30 asked
! Georgla rMlroad O per cent 1910. l07 bid, 1903
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage 6 per cent so bid, 81. asked
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6
| per cent Endorsed by Central railroad, 9ilR
! bid - asked Augusta and Knoxville first
! mortgage 7per cent9715 bid, 9s14 asked; Ocean
! steamship per cent, due in 1920 % asked ;
Columbus and Rome first. mortgage bonds,
| Endorsed by Central railroad, Al bid 4S
! asked; Columbus and Western per
! cent, guaranteed, 94% bid, asked
| City and suburban railway first mortgage
| z per cent, 50 bid, .86 asked; Savannah
| and Atlantic per cent. indorsed 30
asked; Electric railway first mortgage 6s,
= bid, 80 asked; South Georgia and Florida
| hrst mortgage per cent. l0G asked; South
! Georgia and Florida second mortgage, IO5
asked Alabama Midlands. So bid. 90 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central common. - bid,
| 10 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent.
| guaranteed, 81 bid, So asked; Georgia com
mon, Ia bid, l45h asked; Southwestern
per cent. guaranteed, including or
! DER Tor DIV. 81 bid, t2h asked; Central per
! cent. certificates, with order for defaulted
| interest, % bid, % asked; Atlanta and
! West Point railroad stock. Is bid, 80 asked {;
| Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent. certih-
Gates IS bid, 81 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc-Southern Bank of the
| State OF Georgia, 1871 bid, 16S asked; Mer-
chants National Bank 901a bid, 81 asked :;
| savannah Bank and trust Company. lO1 bid
l02 asked; National Bank of Savannah, 12g
! bid, l32 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
| Company. lOl bid, l0i asked Citizens Bank,
lOOh bid, lOl1a asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 40 bid. 81
asked; Germania Bank 1903 bid, 104 asked;
Chatham Bank. 4eM bid, 80 asked
savannah Construction Company, 761a bid
IS asked Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany. Il bid, ~ asked.
New York, May &c, 4 p. m.-Money on call
is easy at per cent The last loan was at l
per cent, and at the closing was offered at l
Prime mercantile paper, S1424 per cent
Bar silver o. y C.
Sterling exchange is easv, with actual bust
ness In bankers bills at a 87i "a s744 for sixty
S,NL for n lad
rates 81 S33i614 90
Commercial bills 81 sjHG4s7 for sixty
days
Government bonds steady. State bonds dull
Railroad bonds strong.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
neglected.
New York, MAJ e0.--The following we're
theopening quotations a. the Stock Exchange
to-day:
Ere. .........,.,.,....... IA
Chicagoand Northwestern.......... 1851
Norfolkani Western prsferrei ..'''.... 2ol3
klchmonda1d West Point Terminal. .... lOA
estern Ohlon.... ............. ..-.... %S6
New. York May 26.-The stock market
opened active and excited and with consider
able pressure to sell Sugar. The tirst trading
/ IN the stock was reported at l00Dl0l, 1900
| shares changing hands at these figures Sub
/ SeQuently IL was onicially stated that no sales
! were made below l0l. The heaviness OF the
! stock, however, did not affect the general list
/ which opened firm and then 0dvanced u @
| ~ per cent New York Central and Lake
| Shore leading The 1rst named jumped 2%4
/ to 30 and the latter "a 10 1928, Covering OF
| shorts, contracts accounts for the rise in
! both cases. The bears displayed considerable
! nervousness at one time, and bought quite a
4 line OF the Nanderbilts and Changers. ST
! Paul rose to 60aa Rock Island to 694 Mis-
( souri, ia ihc 10 21As, Western Union to S44s
/ burlington and Quincy to 1875, and canada
| southern 20 50. After n o'clock Sugar broke
/ TO lOO8, and there was some realizing In Chi
/ cago Gas, Lead, Lake shore aud New Norh
| Central Chicago Gas reacted to 1Os, Lead
/ to 56a, Lake shore to l3lA, and New York
/ Central TO 91ia ether prominent railways also
! WeAkened Tor time. but later recovered, ano