The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08

Trains leave from Central depot. corner
firm. The following are net sa-
hannah quotations: Commercial demand.
S4S7; francs, Paris and Havre. sixty
| days, s5.17A; Swiss, sixty days, Sis;
marks, sixty days. 50.
Domestic Exchangee-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: For
amounts to SOS, 1Oc premium; to $50, 15c
premium: to $780, 20c premium; to 500, 25c
premium: from 500 up to $1,000, Is per cent.
premium; amounts over N'No, at Sl00 per
$1,000.
Securities-The market is quiet; quota
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
iO2 asked: Georgia 3h per cents. due 1915,
1OlK bid 1914 asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
bonds, 1915, 1l2ik bid, 1885, asked; Georgia
4 per cent, due 1926, l0s1s BID, 1854 asked;
City Bonds-Aslanta per cent, 105 bid;
log asked; Augusta 4l5s. 1925, lOi bid, 1919
asked; Augusta z per cent, ll3 bid, ia
asked: Augusta per cent, li2 bid, 1l3
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 1903 bid, 10f
asked; Macon per cent, ia bid lis
| asked Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly Oc-
tober coupons. l09 bid, 1854 asked; Savan-
| nah s per cent. quarterly November cou-
pOns. los bid, 1854 asked; Charleston -,
"a bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
/ G per cent interest coupons, liz bid, III
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage.
consolidated per cent. coupons, January,
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company, collateral gold 5s, 50 bid.
So asked; Central OF Georgia
railway FIRST mortsage 5s, 1915. = bid.
ll2 asked; Central of Georgia railway.
| consolidated S. 50-year gold bonds, s.
bid SO asked; Central of Georgia railway
first preferred incomes, 22l2 bid, 2ila asked;
Central of Georgia railway second pre-
fngOmog
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
comes. bid. asked; Georgia Rail-
road r,o S. 1870 Go,ium no bid, H asked;
first IS, - bid, 1924 asked; Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
Z, - bid, 112 asked; Georgia Southern
asked; south Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is 106 bid, asked South
Georgia and Florida, second mortgage Is,
los bid, asked; Savannah Americas
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1928,
- bid, 9s asked; City and Suburban
railroad first mortsage per cent. bonds.
- bid, IS asked; Electric Railway 5s.
due 1885, = bid, 20 asked; Alabama Mid
land 5 per cent Endorsed, bid 80 ask
ed; Brunswick and Western As, - bid, IS
asked South Bound railroad IS, bid
as asked; Southern railway IS, s01s bid,
g11b asked; Georgia and Alabama 5 con-
soils, - bid, Y asked: if'
Railroad stoeks--Augusta ana savan-
I v.
Georgia common, 100 bid. i6fiS
asked; Southwestern. s4sl bid, s5la asked.
ex-div; Atlanta and West Point
railroad stock, IS bid, 80 asked; Atlanta.
and West Point per cent certificates o.
| bid IS asked; Savannah Construction
| Company, 691A bid II asked.
Gas Stocks--Savannah Gas Light stock
| 20 bid, q asked, ex-div Electric Lighr
and Power Company, So bid. 60 asked, ex-
ui Bank stocks. Eto.-citizens Bank, III
| Al bid, as asked. ex-div,; Germania Bank,
| 1061b bid. los asked, ex-div; Merchants Ma
! tional Bank, 80 bid, 80 asked; National
| Bank of Savannah, 100 bid, 1872 asked, ex-
| div: Oglcthorpe Savings and Trust Com
nanv. 1897 bid, 1914 asked, ex-div; South
| ern Bank OF State of Georgia, 1853 bid
] 1853 asked, ex-div; savannah Bank and
Trust Company; lG bid, lO5 asked, ex-
ment Company. A, 5Sl2 bid. "a asked B.
! 50lb bid, 81 asked, ex-div-; Peoples Savings
and Loan Company, slh bid. 921z asked
/ Factory BOnds-AugusIa Factory 6s 1O2
| hid 103 asked; Sibley Factory 6s. 100 bid
| 100 asked: Enterprise Factory 6s 1903 bid
| i0 asked: Eagle and Phenix Manufac,
| turing Company, 6 per cent. bonds. : bid,
Factory stoeks-savannah Cotton Fac
| tory = bid, so asked; Augusta Factory
a bid. 80 asked, ex,diy; GraniteviIle Fac
/ 1OS bid 10 asked; Enterprise Factory,
| common. SO bid, 102 asked. ex-div.; ]. P.
King Manufacturing Company. 1O5 bid,
ny. rs bid, IS asked; Savannah Brewing
| Company. - bid, rs asked.
London, Aug. 7.-Bar silver 81 5-16d.
Consols, 113 lie for money, and 1875 for
| the account.
| New York, Aug money on call was
| firm at per cent the last loan was at 8
per cent, and at the closing was offered
| at per cent. Prime mercantile paper
| firm, 5ih616 per cent Bar silver, 6Slzc.
steady. with
| mess in bankers bills at SASSY for 60 days
| and $4.S9d4.89A for demand. Posted rates,
| $4.8S1z04.S9. Commercial bills, $4.S1A.
| Government bonds were lower; state bonds
were dull; railroad bonds were heavy.
| Silver at the board was quiet.
New York, Aug THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, STA, 62S 1871;
currency, S9590,109.
New York, Aug Z, nOon.-Erie II; North
western. sou preferred, 14S; Lake Shore,
| 1874 ; Norfolk and Western, preferred I01R;
| Western Union, 7413; Southern Railway
common, 81; Southern Railway preferred,
! ny; American Sugar, 9Sas; Baltimore and
| Ohio, Is; Canada Southern, 4lA; st. Paul,
| 6214; Rock Island, sou; Delaware and Hud-
son, 116; Delaware, Lackawanna and
/ Western, 142; Manhattan, 79M Michigan
| Central, 80; New York Central, S9ik. Spec
/ ulation feVerish and unsettled.
New York Aug. THE bears had a field
! day at the stock exchange, hquidations
having been on a heavy scale until the
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tone prevailed, the latter result Of COW
| ering of short contracts. The early loss
in price was equal to 1G7A per cent, in
| the usually active list, and 2013 per cent,
| in the specialties, or stocks which are
not traded in daily. The depression in the
market was due principally to the high
rates demanded for money by bankers
generally, which has compelled weak
holders to market their securities. To-
day call money which has not risen above
9 per cent. for months, suddenly advanced
to per cent, and closed near the Top
figure Dealings in time money were on
a very moderate scale, and In fact ten
ders were not disposed to do business in
this department at all. To add to The
| nervousness. a story was started to The
effect that the banks intended to issue
| clearing house certificates. There was
nothing in this report. but II had its in
huence. 1t is true that there has been
| considerable calling of loans by the banks
but this always happens when values at
the stock exchange melt away the same
| as they did to-day. The west was also "a
seller for the account Of operators who
have sustained serious losses through the
collapse Of the Diamond Match deal An
| other depressing factor was the alleged