The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-25

Rough-Upland, per bushel. 100000; tide
water, OqSOc. Stock at mills, about no.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
nrm. The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations.: Commercial demand
St.S.4; sixty days, A.S6h; ninety days,
a,S6; francs. Paris and Havre. sixty
Gays Gays, S;1s%; Swiss, sixty days, $5.21;
domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market Is quiet. Banks are buying at
par ana selling at lilo per cent. premium
Tor amounts TO 81 600 and over.
oscurltles-The market is extremely dull
ana inclined to be nominal.
stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
ga, S15 per cent. bonds of 1890 1914 bid
IVA asked; Georgia 3lz per cents, due 1915
iVl1s bid l021a asked; Georgia AZ per cent
Smiths maturity 1885, ioo b Sske io S eSkggd
South carolina 419s, los bid, 1881 asked.
,o CITY Bonds-Atlanta Z per cent, lO7 bio,
log asked; Augusta 41zs. 1925, lO5 bid, iO6
asked; Augusta Z per cent, ia bid 1851
asked; augusta per cent, 112 bid, 1l3
asked; Columbus per cent. 1Os bid, iOl
asked; macon per cent, 115h bid
Hoe asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quarter
~ April coupons, 100 bid. asked; Sa-
c c9nnan 100 per ha cent Sda quarterly May
As. IS bid. 81 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent interest coupons, 114l5 bid =
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage.
consolidated Z per cent. coupons January
a aga Iuy maturity 1897, lo2a bid lo8
Company, collateral gold IS, 100 bid,
lOl asked; Central of Georgia
ll2 asked; Central Of Georgia railway RAJ way
consolidated 5s. 50-year gold bonds, SO
bid 81 asked; Central of Georgia railway
| hrst preferred incomes. 30L bid, 80 asked;
| Central of Georgia railway, second pre-
| ferred incomes, 15A bid, 1879 asked; Cen
| trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
| comes, 10 asked; Georgia railroad Is, 1910,
| l12 bid, ia asked; Charlotte Columbia
| and Augusta first 5s, 105 bid, 106 asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta second
| Southern and Florida new IS, 95 bid So
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 1O5 bid, asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage rs,
l04 bid, asked; Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery, 5s, Y bid, 70 asked;
Ocean Steamship 8 per cent. bonds, 1920
100 bid none offered City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent bonds
70 bid, asked; Electric Railways SIS,
due 1885, "a bid, Is asked; Alabama Mid
land 3 per cent Endorsed, - bid. 80 asked:
Brunswick and Western As, = bid. rs
asked; South Bound railroad 5s, - bid
76 asked; Southern Railway IS, 30 bid,
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah. 90 bid "a asked; Georgia common.
92a. asked; Atlanta and West Point Rail-
road stock. 100 bid, lO2 asked; Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent. certificates.
1O0 hid 1O1 asked; Savannah Construction
| Company, "a bid, 70 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
22K bid, % asked; ELECTRIC Light and
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens' Bank,
11214 bid. 113 asked; Chatham Bank.
bid 90 g ASK asked eS GsFmaRia Bank
| bank. iO2s4 bid. - asked National Bank of
Savannah srini 1924 bid, 1874 asked; ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust Company 1O6
| of Georgia, 170l5 bid, - asked; Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, 1887 bid
asked ;eoe Ghat GompanI Real 5,l Estate tat
q a. asked; B, 81 bid, sly asked;
PEOPLES Savings and Loan Company. 90
pi factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Is.
1o41S bid, 1O6 asked; Sibley Factory IS,
| 10ii% bid 1882 asked; Enterprise Factory IS
| 1O5 bid, 106 asked; Eagle and Phenix Man
| ufacturing Company, per cent. bonds,
0O FACTORY Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
| tory, 50 bid, "a asked; Eagle and Phenix
| Hurusta Factory, rs bid, so asked Gran
/ neville Factory, 1855 bid, 1853 asked; Lang
Factory, common, 1O2 bid, los asked;
p King Manufacturing Company, 10S
| bid, ITO asked Sibley Manufacturing Com
nanv rs bid 80 asked; Savannah Brewing
| Company, so bid. Sc asked.
| london March 24.-Bar silver, 31Ad
Consols, money, 1O9Ad, and 1O9 1S-16d for
''l Paris. March 24-Rentes 1O1 francs, As
New York. March A.-Money on call was
| ga sier at 36b3IS per cent, the last-loan at
| 2 per cent, and at the closing was offered
/ at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5121
! Der cent Bar silver, 6SAc. Sterling ex-
/ change strong, with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S7d4.S711 for sixty days,
| and 81 8SlI4 8814' for demand. Posted rates,
4SsG4S9 Commercial bills, AS6q4S6l2.
| Government bonds firm. State bonds weak;
Railroad bonds steady. Silver at the board
New York. March 24-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $l27,67O,SO7;
'U New tSS York. March "a, Noon-Erle. 49,
| Northwestern, 102; do preferred, 145; Lake
shore 49, Norf9R I anG " s sop9
| ern Railway common, ga; do preferred
| PSI; American Sugar, 114A; Baltimore ana
Paul 1884 Rock Island, $50; Delaware and
| Hudson. 12S; Delaware, Lackawanna and
| Western. 1e03t; Manhattan, 1874; Michi-
gan Central, s21s; New York Central, 9o1z;
m New Te' YORK York; March 24-stocks were de-
pressed until late in the day, lower quo
] atoms from London, the advance in ster-
/ ling exchange and the selling of about
/ 5000 shares of st. Paul and Louisville
! and Nashville for foreign ACCOUNT, having
! encouraged the local bears The advance
/ in sterling exchange appeared to encour-
/ age the latter. and they added to their
Outstanding lines. Inere was some e, TAX
/ and this with the revival of the rumors
/ about downtown bank being in trouble,
/ rnaterially assisted those operating for
/ lower prices A good deal was heard again
1 about the unsatisfactory conditions OF
4 trade but certain officials of financial
institutions in the neighborhood OF Wan
| street, were of the opinion that this feat
ure of the mmercial situation had been
/ exaggerated for effect; The reported en-
4 frmed. The early loss IA prices ranged
from Y to per cent, was well distrib-