The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-15

! 1861 asked; Augusta 4l2s, 1928. lO2ia bid.
1882 asked; Augusta Z per cent, 1l2i2 bid,
1917 asked; Augusta 6 per cent, ll2 bid
| 1l3 asked; Columbus per cent, 102 bid
1882 asked; Macon 8 per cent. 1l2ia bid,
| 1l4l2 asked; Savannah per cent, quar-
| terly October coupons, 1885, bid, 1891 ask
| ed; Savannah per cent, quarterly No
/ vember coupons, l07ia bid, l0Sla asked;
| Charleston As "a bid. 50 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
/ per cent, interest coupons, bid. 1924
l asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
/ consolidated per cent coupons, January.
/ and July maturity, 1897 bid. 1917 ask
| ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
/ pany, collateral gold IS, - bid Sc asked /;
| Central OF Georgia railway first mortgage
/ 5s. 1915. bid, III asked; Central Of GeOr-
/ gia railway. consolidated IS 50-year gold
/ bonds, - bid, 81 asked; Central of Georgia
/ railway first preferred incomes, bid. 24ia
/ asked; Central of Georgia railway second
preferred incomes, 10, BID, II asked; Central
/ Of Georgia railway third preferred incomes
/ 90 bid, Z asked; Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910,
/ - bid, 1l2 asked; Charlotte, Columbia AMI
/ Augusta first 5s. - bid, 1912 asked Char
/ lOtte, Columbia and Augusta second mort
/ gage Z. - bid 1l2 asked; Georgia Southern
/ and Florida, new IS, - bid, 1872 asked (;
] South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
/ Is, bid. 106 asked; South Georgia and
/ Florida. second mortgage Is, bid, 105
/ asked; Savannah. Americas and Mont
! gomery, 5s, - bid. 6S asked; Ocean Steam
! ship per cont. bonds, 1926 - bid, 9S asked T;
| City and Suburban railroad first mortgage
/ z per cert. bonds, - bid, IS asked. Electric
Railway 5s due 1885, - bid. 20 asked; Ala
/ bama Midland per cent. indorsed 80 bid,
| 81 asked Brunswick and Western, IS, 49,
| bid, q asked; South Bound railroad 5s, -
| bid, 70 asked; Southern railway SIS, 70 bid.
/ so asked; Georgia and Alabama con-
| soils - bid, u asked.
! Railroad Stocks.-Augusta and Savan-
nah. bid, SS asked; ex-div,.
/ Southwestern, "a bid, So asked, ex-div.,
! Atlanta and West Point railroad stock
! 80 bid, SO asked; Atlanta and West Point
/ 6 per cent certificates, IS bid, 80 asked I;
/ Savannah Construction Company, Is bid
] Il asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
| 20 bid, q asked, ex-div. Electric Light and
/ Power Company, 55 bid 60 asked ex-div
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank III bid
! 1111h asked, eX-div.; Chatham Bank, AZ
bid, As asked, ex-div.; Germania Bank,
] 1861 bid los asked, ex-div.; Merchants Ma
4 Bank of Savannah, 1870 bid 1872 ask
ed, ex-div.; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, 1O3 bid, 104lz asked, ex-div
! Southern Bank of State of Georgia. 1871
/ bid 1863 asked, ex-div.; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company 1924 bid,104 asked, ex-div.,
! Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company. A, 5Sls bid, 81 asked; B. 5O11 bid.
81 asked. ex-div; Peoples Savings and
! Loan Company, 91la bid, 921z asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s 1O2
/ bid 1903 asked; Sibley Factory IS. 100 bid.
] l02 asked, enterprise FACTORY 6S 103 bid.
/ 1O4 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufactur-
/ ing Company, per cent bonds, - bid. so
| asked.
Factory stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
! tory - bid, so asked; Augusta Factory,
| n bid, 80 asked, ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
! tory las bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory,
| 10S bid, 40 asked; Enterprise Factory,
common, SO bid, 102 asked, ex-div.; J. p.
! King Manufacturing Company 105 bid, 10S
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company, IS
! bid Is asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, - bid. 70 asked.
London, Aug. 14.-Bar silver, 81 1-1Gd
! Consols, 1875 for money and 1874 for the
| account. Paris advices quote 3 per cent
rentes 102 francs, so confines, for the ac-
/ count.
New York, Aug 14-Money on cali was
/ frmer at 312d7 per cent The last loan
was at per cent, and at the closing was
| offered at 4 per cent. Prime mercantile
| paper, 81 per cent. Bar silver, 679sc.
! Sterling exchange was weak, with actual
| business in bankers bills at $4.S614 al S6Iz
| for 60 days and $4.S7A@4.871a for demand
Posted rates $4S7d4SSll. Commercial
! bills, 4S5A64.S5%. Government bonds
! were higher; state bonds were duh; rail-
road bonds were firm. Silver at the board
! was quiet.
New York, Aug. 14-Treasury balances:
Coin, SIP, 962, 539; currency. $40, 4eS. 1867.
New York. Aug. H. Noon.-Erie, 121s;
! Northwestern, SPA do preferred, 145
Lake Shore, 1877; Norfolk and Western
I
ern Railway common ~; Southern Rail
| way preferred, 1917; American Sugar
! 102A; Baltimore and Ohio, 1874 Canada
| Southern, 431R; st. Paul, 641z; Rock Island
/ 81 Delaware and Hudson. i16: Delaware
| Lackawanna and Western, 142h; Manhat-
| tan, 75&; Michigan Central, S.; New York
| Central 90; speculation dull.
New York, Aug. lin the early trading
| at the stock exchange, the tendency of
prices was downward, London cables re-
/ porting a slightly lower range for Ameri-
can securities. An average decline of
| about " per cent. resulted, but the bears
/ were less demonstrative than of late. The
/ continued ease of sterling exchange and
! the ability of stock exchange borrowers
! TO secure funds at 3Q4 per cent, created
| a little more bulhsh feeling. As the day
4 advanced, and when it was cabled from
/ London that Mr.. BalfOur, in Parliament
/ had stated that the outlook for the set
! tlement or the Venezuelan boundary dis
! pute had improved, the market DEVELOPED
] positive strength. As Of late, the shorts
were the heaviest buyers, and it is not
amiss to say that Investment orders are
! Few and far between. The condition is
| likely to continue until the commercial sit
uation improves The reports Of failures
from day to day. and the indisposition Of
the banks to lend money on time, is not
being lost sight of by any means by stock
operators. AS a rule the best prices of the
day were current around O'Clock. One
of the leading bears was a prominent
buyer at this time, and II is estimated
] THAT MS TEDTeSGIllbllNth bNStttuEu III COW
ering about 10000 shares of Sugar and st.
Paul. Manhattan, however, scored the
! greatest gain. rising from "A to 7S1a Sugar
rose from l00A@lOfs, burlington and
Quincy from 583s to 50, Consolidated Gas
from 1885 to 143. Tobacco from 55N to 57lk,
I and Northwestern from 9lH to 9315. In the
/ specialties, Minnesota Iron fell 70 IS, and
rose to 81. New England was bid for at
20 against IS, the last reported sale at the
stock exchange. Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago stocks were stead
| Ter on statements by President
/ Thomas, that the company will
contest the claims Of the Beatty
1 vile bondhclders to the end. Present Off
| cia.s Of the Monon Company assert that
/ the guarantee of the bonds was irregular
In the late dealings, Manhattan dropped
| 2, and the general list Al1k per cent
1 Money worked closer as usual on Friday,
and at one time debated borrowers bid
/ per cent. for funds. Later on, there were
/ offerings at4 per cent. Speculation closed
easier in tone. Net changes show gain
] Of 1HM2% per cent. Manhattan leading.