The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-05

asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage Is llV
bid, l12 asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida new 5s, 80 bid, So asked; Soith
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is. jo
bid, loo asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage Is, l04 bid, 100 asked
Ocean steamship per cent.
bonds, 1896 100 bid, l05 asked; city anu
Suburban railroad hrst mortgage per
cent. bonds, bid, rs asked; Electric
railway 5s due 1885. 10 bid 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. indorsed, 80 bid,
IS asked; Brunswick and Western As,
- bid, 70 asked; South Bound railroad ost
bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway 5s. 50
bid IS asked; Georgia and Alabama ilrss
preferred is, "a bid. % asked; Georgia and
Alabama first consols, 70l2 bid, 72l9 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, SO bid, 81 asked: Georgia common, 100
bid, 159 asked; Southwestern, SO bid, 70
asked: Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock so bid, 100 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 6 per cent certificates. 100
bid 101 asked; Atlanta and West
point, G per cent. certificates, 20
bid 80 asked; Savannah Construction
Company 65 bid, 20 asked, ex-div.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
81 bid, 21i2 asked; Electric Light ana
Power Company. 81 bid, co asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 109la
bid 10 asked; Chatham Bank, IS bid,
AZ asked; Germania Bank, JOG bid, l01
asked; Merchants National Bank, s. bid,
80 asked; National Bank of Savannah,
125 bid. 12S asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
} Trust Company, 10l15 bid 1913 asked; South
ern Bank Of the State of Georgia, 1863 bid,
Ill asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 10l bid, 1929 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 52%
bid, 53A asked; B, so bid, 81 asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, 30 bid,
9l1s asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 6s, 100
bid, 102 asked Sibley Factory 6s, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 1O1 bid,
102 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
ing Company, per cent. bonds, 81 bid, IL
asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, so asked; Augusta Factory, n
bid, 50 asked; ex-div; Graniteville Factory,
las bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
los asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
e5 bid, 100 asked; J. 2. King Manufacturing
Company, 102 bid, 105 asked Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, rs bid, n asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, 80 bid, 100
asked.
London, Nov. 4-Bar silver 20 15-l6d
Consols, 10Sls for money and 100 sic for
the account.
Paris. Nov. 4-Three per cent. rentes,
1O2 francs So confines for the account.
New York, Nov. 4-Money on call
easier at 331Q1O per cent; the last loan
at per cent, and at the closing was Of
fered at per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per. 6q7 per cent. Bar silver. 64l5c. Ster-
ling exchange steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at s4S01aG4S1 for 90
days, and S4S31aQ4.S4 for demand. Posted
rates, AS1204S5. Commercial bills $.79
Q40. Government bonds strong. State
bonds quiet Railroad bonds buoyant.
Silver at the board was steadier.
New York, Nov. 4.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, Sis, 67S, $40;
currency, S56,TS,116
New York, Nov. 4.-The decisive victory
gained yesterday by advocates Of sound
money exerted a highly favorable innu-
ence on American securities both at home
and abroad Early cables from London
reported sharp advance in Americans all
along the line. The feeling there was de-
seribed as more confident than for a long
time, and the rise in prices was partly at
tributed to the purchase of 5000 shares
for American account. Local concerns,
who had the foresight to keep open all
last night, new departure by the way,
controlled this business. The opening
dealings here were attended with great
excitement. Commission houses reported
a perfect flood of orders and operators
who have been holding off pending the set
tlement Of the presidential contest were
also eager buyers. Stubborn bears COW
cred, especially in the Industrials, and the
lively appearance. Contributing causes
to the buoyancy were a break of 1c in the
posted rates of sterling exchange to SASlIk
Q4S2 decline in call loans to 515 per cent
per annum, due to the Offering of over
S2,50oOOO by leading private bankers; an
increased inquiry for commercial paper;
the disappearance of the premium on gold
and an advance in the United States 4 per
cent bonds of 1926 of nearly per cent to
12O7s. belief that the gold recently
boarded by timid capitalists will soon be
released now that the premium has been
wiped out, was not without its influence
When 1t is recalled that nearly $4,000 600
of the gold imported since Aug. 2S last
cannot be accounted for. the importance
of the impending change in monetary con-
ditions can readily be imagined The i'm
provement at the opening ranged from II
to GA per cent. Sugar rose 6% per cent
bid; Lake Erie and Western, preferred
SIS; Wheeling and Lake Erie, preferred
81; Jersey. Central, 5; United States Ex-
press, 5; Tennessee Coal. as; Brooklyn
Union Gas, 4& Consol 424 Mobile and
Ohio, Az; Pullman, 4; Bay State Gas. a:
Minnesota Iron, 4; St. Paul, 4; St. Paul.
preferred, 4; Metropolitan Traction. A:
Lake Shore, 3&a, and the other active is
sues anywhere from / to 80 per cent In
the afternoon session the market was ir-
regular, owing to profit taking and a re-
tANNAOAA VI F4WG per Cenl was noted. BAY
State Gas and Sugar, however, receded 4
per cent Speculation closed firm in tone
Net changes show gains Of 15d3lA per cent.
Chicago Gas leading. The transactions
were heavy, footing up 549, 900 shares, in
Guiding g, 200 Reading; G., 900 st. Paul; 81
400 Sugar and 81, 400 Burlington and Quincy.
The railway and miscellaneous bond mar
ket was active and buoyant. in sympathy
with the rise in stocks. The TRANSACTIONS
footed up the enormous total of $4142,OOO
New York Stock List, Closing Bids.
Stocks and Bonds.-American Cotton Oil.
II; do preferred, so; Sugar Refinery. 121lb:
DO preferred, 1917; American Tobacco, so;
do preferred, So; Atchison. r. and s. F.,
1e4; Baltimore and Ohio, 1694 Canada Pa
cifc, 5ll9; Chesapeake and Ohio, l7lA;
Chicago and Alton, 161: Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, 79A; Chi
cago Gas, 752s; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 1859; Distlllers and Cattle
Feeders -; Erie, lOh; do preferred. SO;
Edison General Electric, 81: Illinois Cen
tral, IS; Lake Erie and Western, 10; do pre-
ferred, 20; Lake Shore. 1852; Louisville and
Nashville, J0A; Louisville and N. A.. IL:
Manhattan, 95&4 Memphis and Charles
ton, Is; Michigan Central, go Missouri Pa
cif1c. 24l2; Mobile and Ohio, 211a; Nashville.