The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-25

and Trust Company, los bid, 109 asked;
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A. 50 bid, 53i5 asked: b, 50ia bid
5lA asked; Savannah Construction Cons
pany, a bid, 1Sla asked; Title Guarantee
ana Loan Company, 30 bid 80 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 6s,
l0l bid, l05 asked; Sibley Factory bs, l0i
bid, lO2 asked; Enterprise Factory Gs, 1OJ
pa. lO4 asked Eagle ana Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds, So
bid. 90 asked
Factory Stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory, % bid, 60 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company - BID. % asked;
Augusta Factory. Y bid, a asked; Gran
iteville Factory, l55 bid, 100 asked; Langley
FACTORY. loo bid, los asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, % bid, 100 asked; J. /.
King Manufacturing Company, l08 bid, los
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company.
76 bid, Is asked; Savannah Brewing Conn
pany, - bid, 90 asked.
New York. Oct. 24-MOney on call was
hrm, at 2a2ls per cent; the last loan was
az per cent, and at the closing was Of
tered at per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per. 5Ad6 per cent.
Bar silver, 6Il2c.
Sterling exchange, easier with actual
business in bankers bills at AS11a04. S72t
for sixty days, and $LSS1aGASSSi for Ic-
mand. Posted rates, $4SSl2Q489k. Com
mercial bills, A.S6AQ4S7
Government bonds. steady; state bonds
were dull; railroad bonds were lower.
Silver at the board, quiet.
New York, Oct. 2A-The treasury bal
anees were as follows: Coin S93 So, Col;
New York, Oct. "a. Noon.-Erie. IN;
Northwestern. 1854; do preferred, 141;
Lake Shore, l50i2; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 1524 Western Union. 9lA South
ern Railway common, llss; Southern Rail-
way preferred, 36la; American Sugar, 1854;
Baltimore and Ohio 6Ol5; Canada South
ern, o512; st. Paul. 76ls; Rock Island. &c;
Delaware and Hudson, 1875; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 1853; Manhat-
tan, 1855 Michigan Central, 1907 New York
Central, lC0L.
New York, Oct 24-There was an in
crease in the volume of business at the
stock exchange. but the activity was at
the expense of values. The room traders
and professional operators We're general
~ arrayed on the bear side of cotton and
the short interest was materially increas-
ed. The main disturbing factor was the
srength IN sterling exchange, posted rates
having been advanced another "A TO S4.SSi5
and Si9O12. The further rise in rates
revived the discussion about gold ex-
ports and the bears on stocks were quite
confident that the shipments will be re-
sumed shortly. While there may be notn-
ing in the talk, their persistent selling fin
ally led to moderate liqudations in certain
stocks, notably Manhattan and Tennessee
Coal and Iron. Manhattan dropped 2is
per cent. to lO5 and closed at l05lS The
old stories about decreased business We're
again aflOat. Tennessee Coal and Iron
broke per cent. to 3S3s and later re-
covered to 39s4. The heavy increase in the
st. Paul earnings for the third week OF
October made the Changers steady for a
minute, but the shorts finally ran off with
the general list. The committee, which
was a heavy seller yesterday, turned up
as buyers to-day. Its purchases, how
ever, were not over large. Chicago Gas.
Central Trust Company Receipts ruled
| steady at 6SA d6S5s General Electric. Dis
tillerS, Lead and Rubber were all lower
The decline ranged from y to 1 per cent.
in these stocks. In closing stocks Mime
apolis and St Paul preferred broke 3l5
to 55l2, rallied to 81 and closed at $3.50 The
first preferred fell 1&4 to 1917 and United
States Express to 49, In the last hour
there were weak indications in sterling ex-
change MARKET and this. with break
IN cotton ana the engagement of a rOunG
amount OF wheat export, impaired firm
er tone. Prices rallied 1LM1% per cent
The market left off somewhat firmer Ner
changes in active stocks show 17sM2I5 per
cent. Sales, 5000 Sugar; 1890 Tennessee
Coal and Iron. Bonds were weak; sales
$l,29O,00O The sale of listed stocks aggre-
gated 1871, ll2 shares and of unlisted stocks
60,6S0 shares
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
%: do preferred, 6915: Sugar Refinery
Jos; do preferred. 100; American Tobacco.
49, do preferred, 106; Atchison, T. and S.
r.. 20A; Baltimore and Ohio. 601a; Canada
GShicago and Alton, 49,; Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy. $685. Chicago Gas,
6S2s; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 1879; Dis. Cat Feed, %; Erie, 1872;
do preferred, %; Edison General Elec-
trio, 35&; Illinois Central. IS; Lake Erie
and Western, p; do preferred, a. Lake
sos; Louisville and N. A, So; Manhat-
tan, 1855; Memphis and Charleston, Is;
MlcnlSan central, g9H, Missouri Pacific,
3524; Mobile and Ohio, 2212; Nashville, c.
and st. L.. 10, United States Cordage,
rs; do preferred, 14h; New Jersey Cen
trail, 10; New York Central. 1904 n. Y.
and n. E., 50; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, IA: Northern Pacific, ~; do pre-
ferred. 1875; Northwestern, 1O6; do pre-
ferred, ~; Pacific Mail, q; Reading,
1919; Rock Island. 76A; St. Paul, rs; do
preferred, 1854; Silver Certificates, 5719;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1914; do do pre-
ferred 50; Texas Pacific, 10 Union Pa
cific. 70; Wabash. St. L. and p. So do
do preferred, 211a; Western Union, 9lk;
Wheeling and L. E., II; do de preferred,
Al Southern Railway 5s, 95A: Southern
Railway common, 119s; Southern Rail-
way preferred, 1885.
State Bonds-Alabama A, 1872 do B,
1922; do c, 1905; Louisiana stamped As,
100; North Carolina As, 1914; North Car
DINA IS, 122; Tennessee, new set, IS, SO;
Virginia IS, preferred, 81 Virginia Trust
South Carolina 41as, 104.
Government Bonds-United States As
registered, 111% United States As, cou-
pons 1ll% United States Is, registered,
97A.