The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

Brunswick and Western As. - bid d
asked; South Bound railroad IS = bid.
a. 90 asked; Southern Railway IS. 9Oia bid,
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah g bid, s3ls asked; Georgia common
100 bid, 10 asked; Southwestern. glIk bid
s2ls asked; Atlanta and West Point Rail-
road stock. 100 bid. lO2 asked: Atlanta
and West Point per cent certificates.
100 bid, l0l asked; Savannah CONSTRUCTION
Company. 73la bid, 74is asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
22sz bid, ga asked; Electric Light and
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank
11S bid, 11Siz asked; Chatham BANK
s9lz bid, % asked; Germania Bank.
1857 bid, l09l2 asked; Merchants Nationai
Bank, lO3 bid, 104 asked: National Rank
of Savannah l34 bid, 135 asked; Ogie-
thorpe Savings and Trust Company. 1Os
bid - asked; Southern Bank of state
OF Georgia, ll0l2 bid. 172iz asked; Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company. iOSIS ma
- asked, Chatham Real Estate and I'm
provement Company, A, $50 bid, 81 asked:
b. 81 bid, 5ll5 asked; Peoples SAVINGS
and Loan Company, 91ls bid 90 asked.
Factory BOnds-Augusta Factory Is
i0ii5 bid, 1861 asked Enterprise Factory
Is los bid, 106 asked; Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing Company, per cent
bonds 50 bid, S3I4 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
! tory 60 bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phenix
| Manufacturing Company, . bid. q asked;
"A
! iteville Factory. 1855 bid 15S asked Lang
| lev Factory, los bid, 10 asked; Enterprise
| Factory, common, 102 bid, los asked; J. P.
| King Manufacturing Company, los bid, no
1 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
! rs bid, so asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, so bid. 81 asked.
London. April 2.-Bar silver, 3lisd; con-
| soils, l09 1916 for money and 100 1915 for
account. Paris advices quote 3 per cent.
| rentes, 1Olf; csc for account.
New York, April money on call was
| firm at 315d4 per cent. The last loan was
| at 3ls per cent, and a the closing was Of
fered at ga per cent. Prime merc san pa
ling exchange firm, with actual business
1 in bankers bills at S4.S7Ad4.$ for 60 days,
81 S9d49O. Commercial bills, A-s634Q4 S7ls
| Government bonds were STEADY; state
bonds were dull Railroad bonds were
| higher. Silver at the board was quiet
| New York, April 2.-The treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, Sl2S,OT1 Co.,
currency, S91.s14.697.
New York, April ?. noon.-Erie, IA b;
Northwestern, 1895; preferred, 14012; Lake
! Shore 1851 Norfolk and Western pre-
| ferred, ga; Western Union, S4ss; southern
preferred 29h American Sugar, 117A; Bal
| timore and Ohio, IS; Canada southern
! 4Ss4 ST. Paul. 75l5; Rock Island, ia; Del
aware and Hudson, 12612; Delaware, Lack
/ awanna and Western, 1878; Manhattan
| 1868; Michigan Central, SO; New York
| Central, Sc; market dull and featureless.
| New York April 2.-Of the 153, 092 shares
/ traded in at the stock exchange to-day,
| 81. 500 shares were American Tobacco. The
| opening dealings in the stocks were at
| tended with the greatest excitement IN
the first sales, being reported at any
where from IS to 81, 5000 shares changing
hands at the drop of the chairman
| gavel. Between 10 and II O'Clock over 90,
| 900 shares of the stock were traded In,
| leaving less than $4,000 shares for the
/ remainder of the session. The stock, ar
| ter the early advance of 5A per cent,
| fell to S9i5, recovered to 91Ss and recedeG
to s9A, which was the closing price yes
| terday The Tobacco incident, as was
| seen, practically killed speculation in the
general market, but the tendency OF prices
| was upward until late in the day, when
a recession Of 3sq5s per cent; ensued: In
| Vile and Nashville, General Electric,
| Leather preferred and Western Union
! scored the greatest losses. Near the close
/ Manhattan, on trading of LOO shares,
| bounded up to 107as and speculation left
/ off quiet, but in the main firm. Natural
| ly, the sensational developments in To-
| of the directors in view of the passage
| of the dividend last December, led to UNI
| favorable comment and members of the
| stock exchange were not at all backward
| in expressing their disapproval of the poi
| icy of the Tobacco management. There
| was some talk of bringing the matter be-
| fore the governors of the stock exchange
| Speculation closed quiet and in the main
| firm. Net changes show gains of 1sdB
! per cent, Manhattan leading, Sugar, Ten
nessee Coal, Distillers lost 1sdA per cent.
| Bonds were higher. Sales were $l,lS0. 900.
Tomorrow being Good Friday the stock
| exchange will be closed. The banks, SUB
| treasury and custom house however, win
remain open, as usual
New York Stock List, Closing Bids,
| Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
| Is; do preferred, 62l5: Sugar Refinery, 117h;
do preferred, 100; American Tobacco, 1894 !;
| do preferred, 100l2; .Atchison, Topeka and
| Santa Fe, 16; Baltimore and Ohio, 171s;
| Canada Pacific, "a; Chesapeake and Ohio,
| 16IA; Chicago and Alton, 155; Chicago. Bur-
| lington and Quincy, T5s; Chicago Gas 67ls;
| Delaware. Lackawanna and Western,
| $685. Distillers Cattle Feeders, IS; Erie. 10;
| 1864; Illinois Central. 81 Lake Erie and
| Western II; do preferred, 500; Lake Shore,
146; Louisville and NASHVILLE, SOS; Louis
Memphis and Charleston, 49, Michigan
Central. 9219; Missouri Pacific, 24A; Mobile
and Ohio, %; Nashville, Chattanooga and
ferred, 9Ss; N. J. Central, 104; N. Y. Cen
trail, So; N. Y. and n. E.. 40; Norfolk and
| Western, preferred, 594; Northern Pacific,
do preferred, 1451s; Pacific Mail, q; Read
ing, 1l3s; Rock Island, 7l12; st. Paul, 7515;
do preferred, 12515; Silver Certificates, IS;
red, 100; Texas Pacific, s.; Union Pacific, 8;
Wabash, St. l.. and p. 6A; do preferred,
IS; Western Union, 1875; Wheeling and l..
E., 81; do preferred, 90; Southern Railway
5s 91$s; Southern Railway common, 91s;
Southern Railway preferred, 29A
State Bonds-Alabama A, 107; do b, 107;
do C, 100; Louisiana stamped AS, 81; North
Carolina As, 103; North Carolina 6's 1872;
Tennessee, new set, 3s, So; Virginia SIS,
preferred, s; Virginia Trust Receipts, 81;
Virginia Funding Debt, 81; South Carolina
4l5's 106.
Government Bonds-United States As,
registered, 1885; United States As, cou-
pons 1892; United States rs, registered, 95.
i United States As, new, registered, 11624;
United States As, new, coupons, 1l64.
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