The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-27

Rough piano, per Dusnel, 4V4Ovci tue
water. 5OQS0c.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net Savap-
nah quotations.: Commercial demand.
$4.SSA sixty days, $4.S714; ninety days.
S4.S67sc; francs, Paris and IIavre, SIXTY
marks. sixty days, So Lie.
Domestic exchange-The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
for amounts Of 81 900 and over.
Seeuriues-The market continues very
quiet.
gia, 31z per cent. bonds of 1880. 1O2 bid.
1929 asked; Georgia 3lz per cents, due 1915,
lOlA bid, 1021s asked; Georgia Is, Smiths.
maturity 1886, 10l15 bid, 1021z asked; Georgia
AZ per cent. bonds, 1915, 1141k bid. lis asked;
South Carolina 4las, 1882 bid, 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1O7 bid,
Jos asked; Augusta 41ss 1925. lO4 bid, los
asked; Augusta 7 per cent. 11412 bid. 1852
asked; Augusta per cent, 112la bid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 103 bid, 1O4
asked; Macon 6 per cent, ia bid, 115
asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 1881 bid, 109 asked; Savan-
nah 5 per cent, quarterly August coupons.
Railroad Bonds-savaI.nah Florida and
per cent. interest coupons, 112 bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated Z per cent coupons. January
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company, collateral gold IS, IS bid,
Sc asked; o central :. OF 1o,- Georgia
l12 asked; Central of Georgia railway
consolidated So 5O-year gold bonds, 81
bid IS asked; Central of Georgia railway
first preferred incomes, 20 bid, 80 asked;
Central of Georgia railway second pre-
ferred incomes. a bid, IS asked; Cen
comes. bid, 10 asked; Georgia railroad
charlo5!s. t 81 ,5 aRd Aa 1sSsa;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is, 1l3 bid, ia asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida news IS, 96i1 bid. S7ls
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, LOG bid, asked; South
Georgia and Florida, second mortgage Is
los bid, - asked; Savannah, Americas
Ocean Steamship per cent bonds, 1920
- bid, 1Ol asked; City and Suburban
76 bid: Is asked; Electric railway 5s
due 1885 10 bid, 20 asked; Alabama Mid.
land 5 per cent. Endorsed, SO bid, so asked:
asked; South Bound railroad IS, - bid
10 asked; Southern Railway IS, 80 bid
50 asked; Georgia and Alabama con,
railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah 9llh bid, 9212 asked; Georgia common
1853 bid. Ill asked; southwes tern, 80 bid,
81 asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock, 10l bid, lO2 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates, lOlb
bid. 1O2 asked sa va 7ai1 Construction
Gas Stocks-SaVann3h Gas Light stock
o2iL hid % asked; Electric Light and Pow,
er Company, 62l5 bid, 6SA asked
bank Stocks, Eac.-Citizen's Bank. ia
hid ia asked; Chatham Bank, 491b bid
90 asked; Germania Bank, 100 bid, lilo ask
ed: Merchants National Bank, 10l bid,
100 asked; National Bank Of Savannah
1S41S bid, 1876 asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 1861 bid, 1O715 asked !;
10, Il 81 rot 70 Of 49,
ia asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany 1887 bid, 10912 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 81
bid. 541b asked; b, 81 bid, Sly asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company 81 bid
. Faetorv Bonds-Augusta Factory es. 1O2
| hid 1OS asked; Sibley Factory S. 1O2 bid
! 10S asked; Enterprise Factory 6s lO21b bid
| 703 asked Eagle and PheniX Manufacture
| ing Company, per cent. bonds, rs bid, so
a. Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
| tory. = bid, SO asked; Eagle and Phenix
xngnsta Factory, Is BID Is asked; Gran
! iteVille Factory, $50 bid, 155 asked; Lang
| ley Factory, 10S bid, 10 asked; Enterprise
| King Manufacturing Company, 1OS bid, no
| asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company, Is
| bid, rs asked; Savannah Brewing Company
London, May 26-Bar silver closed 31Ad.
| Ccnsols, liz ZIG for money and 1212 for
| account. Paris adyfces quote per cent.
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! New York, May 26.-Money on call was
easy at 115G12 per cent; the last loan was
| at ~ per cent, and at the closing was
offered at ~ per cent. Prime mercan-
| tile paper, 5@5h per cent. Bar silver,
| 6SAc Sterling exchange quiet and easier,
| with actual business in bankers bills at
| S4 S734 for sixty days and $4.S81a04, $50 for
| demand. Posted rates, 81, 500 S91s; COM
| mercial bills, $4.S6% G4.6. Government
| bonds steady; state bonds dull; railroad
bonds lower. Silver at the board was
| firm.
| ances were as follows: Coin, $nO 7O4,St2;
currency, $90,126123.
| New York May 26, noon.-Erie. 144
| Northwestern, 1854; preferred. l4S12; Lake
| shore 14SH; Norfolk and Western prefer
| red, SIk; Western Union, IS; Southern Rail
| way common, 81 Southern Railway pre-
| ferred, go; American Sugar, 122A; Balti-
| more and Ohio, IS; Canada Southern, 81;
| St Paul. n; Rock Island, 20; Delaware and
| Hudson 127; Delaware, LackaWanna and
| Western. 1917; Manhattan, 1884; Michigan
| Central 931z; New York Central, 96l4. Spec
/ uiation weak - :
/ and uninterestins day at the stock ex-
! change Transactions were only 103 IFS
| shares, and of this Sugar, which was
| the most active stock, figured for 81. 200
| shares St. Paul for Il, 200. Manhattan for
| e GOO and Burlington and Quincy for 300.
| At the outset the market was inclined to
! weakness and prices receded about IA
| q per cent, lower prices from London
| having led to moderate sales for the short
| account by local traders, who for the
| moment were arrayed on the bear SIDE.
| The arguments advanced by those work
! ing for a decline were the continued ee-
| cline in the prices of wheat. lard, pork
| and other products; the likelihood of fur
| Their engagements Of gold for export 10
| Europe on Thursday and Saturday max
| ing prices weaker. Low prices prevailing
| for products was much discussed il stock
! cfrclns and houses with Chicago cOnnec-