The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-23

Forelgn xchange-Alarket hrmer. The
| 1%lrowlng are net Savannah quotations:
SS,o6Linmefclal demand, $4S7is sixty days
ef.ehie, ninety DAYS 81 $751;: contineutaIs
steady; francs, Paris and havre. sixty
NAE SSi,ls,a' swiss. sixty days, $685.;
,,s;tt nrltlesIThe market is quiet. and Sc
SHIlsleS OF the Central system are rather
Henhnal. out offerings very light
state Bonds-Geo:'gia, Az per cent. 1915.
10 10, DIG, 10 asked; Georgia, : per cent
$50. 100 bid, loo asked; Georgia Sik per
o1 Gifv iRpn ag dates e lo2 bid. los asked.
SulS coupons, 1853 bio, asked: new Sa-
kannah per cent, August coupons. 1865,
DID, -; asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
thanking Company collateral, gold IS 40
Dlu, 70 asked; Central consolidated mort
July maturity. 1913 bid, - asked: Savan
nan ana Western railroad per cent. trust
SReIt!.cates, q bid, 50 asked; Savannah
Ametlcus and Mont gomery per cent 56
bld,ofl2 asked; Georgia railroad per cent.
IsI9' - DID, 10 asked; Georgia Southeri,
ana Sis florida o5 FIRST mortgage per cent. g1is
ee.u, y asked. Montgomery and Eufaula
nrst mortgage 6 per cent Endorsed Inv
central railroad, l0l bid, 102 asked: Au-
susta and Knoxville first mortgage Z per
Seht., 10 Dlu, 100 asked; Ocean Steamship
. per cent. due 1920 g7lb bid. gSiL asked.
columbus and Rome first mortgage houds
lndorsed by Central railroad, = bid AZ
asked Columbus and Western 6 per cent
Suaranteed 10 bid. 112 asked City and SUI
DuTDan railway, first mortgage Z per cent
- plu, - asked; savannah and Atlantic
per cent, Endorsed, u bid, % asked: Flee
tric railway first mortgage Is, % bid. rs
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
GGnor morris Z per cent, 106 bid, 1OT asked:
gage, lC5 bid, los asked; South Bound rail-
road 5s, indorsed "A bid, rs asked. Ala
o isi I,- Midland, 81 bid, 30 asked Brunswick
ana Western Is, guaranteed. Y asked
Railroad Stocks-Central common. p
DIG, u asked: Augusta and Savannah :
per cent, guaranteed, n bid. 81 asked
=
southwestern per cent Guaranteed in
GUIDING order for div. - bid IS asked:
central per cent, certih .ates, with order
Tor detaulted interest, II bid IS asked.
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock.
80 bid, "a asked; Atlanta and West Point
per cent. certificates, g5ia bid, s6ia asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank I18i5
bid, lOi12 asked: Chatham Bank, 49, bid. 40
asked; Germania Bank 1903 bid lO4 asked.
Merchants National Bank, 9Sla bid. 100
asked; National Bank of Savannah 132
bid. asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 100 bid, l0l asked; South
ern Bank Of the State Of Georgia, 1914 bid.
l65 asked Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, JOG bid, lOI asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company 52ib
bid 53la asked; Savannah Construction
Company. "A bid, 75ia asked: Title Guaran-
tee and Loan Company, 70 bid, 81 asked:
Brush Electric Light and Power Com
pany, IS bid, - asked; Savannah Gas
Light Company. % bid. q asked
New York, May 22.-Money on call easy
at 1dlia per cent; the last loan was at ~
per cent, and at the closing was offered
Prime mercantile paper. SlkQ4 per cent.
Bar silver, 67lsc.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at S4S7i4d S71s
for sixty days and S4SSAGASSI2 for de-
mand.
Posted rates. sLSSa4ss.
Commercial bills 81 s6i2d4.S9
Government bonds firm: state bonds
higher; railroad bonds strong.
Silver at the Board WIS quiet
New York. May 22.-The treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, $50 96S, 900;
currency, $59,723,0
New York. May %, noon.-Erie, 10;
Northwestern, 99 do preferred, 1872: Lake
Shore, LAG; Norfolk and Western, preferred,
l612: Western Union. 92A; Southern Rail-
way, common, IA; Southern Railway. pre-
terred 40; American Sugar, 1883; Balti-
more and Ohio 63s4; Canada Southern,
ware and Hudson. 1872; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 1921: Manhattan
1l5l2 Michigan Central, lO05s; New York
Central. 10l.
New York. May 22-The stock market
to-day was unsettled and rather weak Ex-
cept in the case of Distillers and Sugar
however, the pressure to sell was not
marked. London evidently seems most
onerned in the outcome of the Kaffir
settlement, and paid little attention to
American securities, save perhaps to sell
st. Paul, Louisville and Nashville, and
certain of the low priced issues to a mod
crate extent Local operators were gener-
ally bearish in their views because of the
sharp rise in wheat and the sensational
reports from the west regarding the crop
outlook. These stories were not confirmed
by railroad officials here, but the fact that
July wheat touched SOC in this market
seemed to be corrObOrated enough for the
bears on the stocks. who displayed more
courage and activity than for months
past. Sugar and Distillers. and in the
late trading. the Changers, were the spec
ial points of attack. Distillers was press
ed for sale throughout and important long
IT,
were 300 shares and the stock ranged
between 2l5s and 1898, closing al 21%-a net
loss for the day of rs per cent Just at
the close a drive was made against the
Changers and St Paul fell to 66, Rock Is
land to 6Sss. Burlington to 1914 and North
western to 9S14. Northern Pacific was again
heavy and fell to 1872. a decline of 112 per
cent. Fears of a heavy assessment ac-
count for the further liquidation in the
stock. Great Northern, preferred, on the
other hand, jumped to 133 Manhattan
was heavy and sold down 1% to 115A. Dur
ing the morning hour there was some good
bIying of Leather and Rubber stocks on
the improved outlook for the trades. Cord
age, preferred, sold a 10, the lowest price
made since the reorganizatio of the com
pany. The market closed weak in tone.
Net changes show losses of AG11s per cent.
on the day. Distillers leading. Tobacco
Il preferred y and Great Northern, pre-
ferred, per cent. on the day The total
sales were 299 40 shares, including 80, 500
shares Sugar and $3.50 shares Distillers;
go 900 shares were of the listed class, and
5000 shares unlisted. The bond market
was stronger; sales amounted to 81, $50 900.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
IS; do preferred IS: Sugar Refinery, HTS
do preferred, 9912; American Tobacco, 1871;
do preferred, 113; Atchson, 7. and S. f.,
~; Baltimore and Ohio. So: Canada Pa
cific. 5lA; Chesapeake and Ohio. 22h; Chi
cago and Alton, 100; Chicago. B. and O.,
1885; Chicago Gas, 745s; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, 1852; Distillers and
Cattle Feeders 2lI5i Erie, 1872; do pre-
ferred, q; Edison General Electric "a:
Illinois Central. "a: Lake Erie and West
ern 2l; do preferred. 1914: Lake Shore, 146;
Louisville and Nashville, So; Louisville
and N A, 10: Manhattan, 115h; Memphis
and Charleston. Is asked; Michigan Cen
trail. 100; Missouri Pacific, 2Ss4 Mobile and
Ohio. %: Nashville. Chattanooga and st.
Louis. 81 asked: United States Cordage
49,: do preferred Ga; New Jersey Cen
trail. 1901: New York Central. l014 New
York and New England, 42l2; Norfolk and !
Western, preferred, 16: Northern Pacific |
81: do preferred, 1881; Northwestern, 9Si4
do preferred, 14Si2; Pacific Mail, 26l2;
Reading 1885; Rock Island. ssh; ST. Paul |
66Is: do preferred, 100; Silver Certificates, |
67It: Tennessee Coal and Iron, 2Sla do pre- |
ferred, So; Texas Pacific, 12l2: Union Pa |
cific. 49,; Wabash. St J.. and p. Sa4 do |
preferred 10; Western Union, 92ls: Wheel |
ing and l.. E.. 1875; do preferred -; South |
err Railway IS %: Southern Railway, !
common IA: Southern Railway, preferred, |
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