The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-30
FINANCIAL.

foreign Exchange steady. The
| 1rS ni,1'N are net Savannah quotations:
NSo1S, ninety days SiS6L: continentals.
Suy francs, Paris and havre. sixty
marks S siytyy; a Swiss; sixty days. 520A;
&c, seSiurities-The market is quiet and
,,s STATS h!s B,q9nds1Geo9gla. az per cent. 1915.
isSs Diu, 10 asked; Georgia, per cent,
doSo, 40 bid, log asked Georgia sJ5 per
cen,., long dates, 1921 bid, 1882 asked
J,1IVe Ivy cd Bonas-New savannah per cent.
SuiS coupons, lW bid, asked: New Sa-
IA bdiilah Q per cent, August coupons. 1O7
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
"a P,d1hklhg company collateral, gold 5s 30
bld, % asked; Central consolidated mort
| S1Se per cent. coupons. January and
nsS anS WY, Izo1e bid, = asked; Savan-
I,at aho W estern railroad. per cent. trust
eeItlncates. q bid, 81 asked; Savannah
| AIne I1cus and Montgomery per cent "a
Do % asked; Georgia railroad per cent
1910, no bid, l12 asked; Georgia Southern
ana FLORIDA first moetgage s ner cent IS
eeiu, 30 asked; Montgomery and Eufaula
Central rafroad i0i bid. lob ASKED asked: A ~
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage Z per
cent, 70 bid, 100 asked; Ocean Steamship
. per cent, due 1920. 97iR bid $751; asked;
columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds,
ihaorsed by Central railroad, - bid 43
1891 ,,as. CoInmpus and Western per cent,
suaranteed, ITO bid, 1l2 asked; City and Su-
| ouroan railway, first mortgage per cent
~ Dld, 80 asked; Savannah and Atlantic
per cent, lndorsed Is bid. % asked: E.ec-
| ulc railway first mortgage 6s, Is bid. IS
asked South Georgia and Florida first
E1nortgage per cent, los bid, 107 asked;
Soudh ~ G5e,orgia a. and Florida second mort
road Ss, Endorsed, "A bid, 76 asked; Ala
oama Midland, SO bid 80 asked; Brunswick
ana Western Is. guaranteed, Il asked.
Kallroad Stocks-Central common y
Dlu, IL asked: Augusta and Savannah
| per cent, guaranteed. Il bid, 81 asked;
| Georgia, common, 100 bid 1852 asked.
southwestern Z In,
Guiding order for div. 66 bid 6715 asked;
central per cent, certih .ates, with order
lot defauited interest. II bid 49, asked;
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock
81 bid, 95 asked; Atlanta and West Point
6Rer cent certificates, 96 bid, 81 asked.
bid, 104l2 asked: Chatham Bank, ISL bid. a
asked; GermaHia Bank 1903 bid 1O4 asked:
Merchants National Bank. 9Sls bid. 100
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1S2
bid. asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 100 bid. lOl asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia, 165 bid.
l66 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. 1O6 bid, asked Chatham Real
Estate and improvement Company, s.
bid, 81 asked; savannah Construction
tee and Loan Company, 70 bid, 81 asked;
Brush Electric Light and Power Com
pany, 5715 bid, asked; Savannah Gas
Light Company. 20 bid. Il asked.
New York, May 29.-Money on call was
easy at 10lls per cent; the last loan was
at per cent. and at the closing was Of
per, 3d3i2 per cent.
Bar silver 61lsc.
Sterling exchange, firm, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $S7ll for co davs
and $l.SS6t4.sSI4 for demand Posted rates.
4S634.
Government bonds, firm; state bonds
dull: railroad bonds, stronger:
Silver at the board was quiet
New York, May 29.-The treasury bal
ances were re. as follows: Coin, SSl2l9,OoO;
CURRENCY
New York, May 20. noon.-Erie, 11z;
Northwestern, IS; do preferred, las: Lake
Shore, Jas; Norfolk and Western preferred,
4ls; western Union. 929s; Southern Rail-
way common, 1879; Southern Railway pre-
ferred, 391s; American Sugar, III; Balti-
more and Ohio. 62l2; Canada Southern, 50;
St Paul. 6694; Rock Island, 6S7s; Delaware
and Hudson E.9R; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western $50; Manhattan, 49, Mich-
gan Central, l003a; New York Central, 1O134.
New York. May 29.-The feature of the
early trading at the stock exchange was
break of 2per cent. in Pacific Mail from
2S% to 26A on selling due to to the wreck
OF the companyS steamer Colima. Other
weak spots at this time were Tennessee
Coal and Iron, Tobacco, Baltimore and
OHIO, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Lin
seed on, MINI. and St. Louis and Hook
ing Valley. The shares named declined
ls@Ss per cent. Before the expiration of
the first hour, demand to cover shor,
contracts W as noted in American Sugar,
and the stock advanced to l17ss Thus
steadied tire general list, and later on,
when Chic ago telegraphed predictions tf
rains in tile grain belt and the price OF
wheat ran off cent or so, the bears on
stocks bee anne frightened and rushed into
cover. II cir purchases brought about a
rise in tn e railway list of a to lIs per
cent. st. Paul rose to GIN, Rock Island TO
69A. Burl ington to SlA, Northwestern TO
1875 and Manhattan to 114la. The last
named was faVorably influenced by state.
ments b. a prominent director that the
stories bout a reduction Ia the dividend
rate is all bear talk, and that unless
something unforeseen should happen the
rate of ~ per cent. quarterly will be
maintaf ned. London quite unexpectedly
turned ap as a buyer and this added to
the bull ish feeling TIE industrials were
strong, with the exception of Chicago
Gas an Laclede Gas. Rubber stocks were
the sp scial features, the common rising
from u to IS. and the preferred from %
to SO. Distillers was better supported and
rose L 20ss. Lead, Consolidated Gas and
Geners i Electric advanced lA4184 per cent.
Tobac co. which sold at ia in the early
tradin u, rose to 1853 near the close. Chi
cago Gas was weaker on Tumors that the
conso lidation bill would be defeated. La
elede Gas sold down from 81 to 80. Spec
ulatk IN closed firm in tone; Net changes
in t. e active railway stocks show gains
of II t11s per cent. on the day. The In
dustr ials gained 1aH2ss per cent, except
for hicago Gas and Laclede Gas, which
lost 4q2 per cent: respectively. Total
sales were "a, 900 shares, of which 1900
share S were American SugaI 2l,00O shares
Rubt ier, 1920 shares st. Paul and 1850
shar, IS Tobacco. The sales were 173.00O
shart IS listed and 6l,GO0 shares unlisted
The New York Stock Exchange will not
he q men tomorrow. The bond market
was stronger: sales were s., 49,, 900.
Ne York stock List-Closing Bids
Stool ss and Bonds-American Cotton Oil.
27 do preferrrred ~; Sugar Refinery IT.
do p referred H.: Atchison. T. and S. f.,
~ Baltimore and Ohio 81 Sc Canada Paeife
Alto N. $50; ChicaGo, L. and O., S03s Chi
cas- Gas 7 Del o Laf s,e an ID Western 6o ,rn
ferr ed. 27IL; Edison General Electric, 543l;
mi los Central IS; Lake Erie snd Western
Loi lis. and Nash, 5Si5; Louis. and n. A..
9& Manhattan. "a Memphis Is, and ,nS
100 VI: Missouri Pacific 28A Mobile and
Oh 10, +; Nash, G. and 81; T., T., 81 =. ;.
FRI A. 1905, y. Y Central 1914; n. Y. and
" F.. isls: Norf and Western preferred,
II 4: Northern Pacific 81; do preferred.
10 q: Northwestern, $685.; do preferred, 1i43l;
P aciic Mail, PA; Reading l954; Rock Rock
i ,land 6ss4 St Paul, C65s; dc preferred,
1 10. silver Certificates. Ga: Tenn, Coal