The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-20

Foreign EXchange-Market STEADY. the
following are net Savannah quotations.:
Commercial demand, A.S6l4 sixty days,
81. S414; ninety days, 81 1852; francs, Paris,
and Havre, sixty days, go; Swiss, sixty
DAYS. 5.217s; marks, sixty days, 94$4
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
TO $25, Toe premium; SIS to $50 l5c premium;
$50 to 500, 2Oc premium; 500, and up to
81 900, Is per cent premium; $1,000 and
over 81 per $1,000.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgla
az per cent bonds Of 1880, 102 bid, 1929
asked; Georgia 3ls per cent, due 1915, 1919
bid, 1924 asked I5 Ss Gjfes33rrsla ~ per cent
ner cent. due 1926, 10 bid, III asked: South
Carolina AIS, 1903 bid, 10i asked.
City, Bonds-Atlanta per 9Goe cent lQ5 bid;
asked; Augusta s per cent, 10 bid, III
asked; Columbus per cent 1872 bid, Jog
asked; Macon per cent, ll49 bid, lis
asked; Savannah !. per cent, quarterly
April coupons, 1OS bid, 1857 asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly May coupons,
1O8 bid, 1CSla asked; Charleston As, 81 bid,
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, llZ12 bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated 2 per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1887, 1904 bid, 101 ask
ed: Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold S. 50 bid, 81 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
Central of Georgia Railway first consoli-
dated mortgage 5s 81 bid. 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes q bid, 30 asked; Central of
comes, liz bid, 1874 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes.
bid, Z asked; Georgia railroad IS, 1910
1862 bid. 1071s asked; Charlotte. Columbia
and Augusta first 5s, 106 bid, 1Ol asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs. 1iS bid. Ito asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new 5s. 941a bid, ?51s
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 104 bid, 1914 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
102 bid, 103 asked; Ocean Steamship > per
cent. bonds, 1926, l01 bid, 102 asked; City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage
per cent. bonds, so bid, So asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. Endorsed, 80 bid,
95 asked; Brunswick and Western is, -
bid, 20 asked South Bound railroad IS, 6S
bid, 20 asked; Southern Railway 5s, S912
bid, 901a asked; Georgia and Alabama first
preferred 5s, 100 bid, 1902 asked; Georgia
and Alabama first consols. 80 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 1872 bid, 94l2 asked eX-div.; Georgia
common, 1853 bid 100 asked; Southwestern,
80 bid 81 asked, ex-divi Atlanta and
ed; Atlanta and West Point per cent.
certificates, IS bid, so asked; Savannah
Construction Company, 20 bid, ~ asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
221s bid, 1872 asked, ex-div.; Electric Light
and Power Company, s. bid, 6S asked, ex-
div.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. 1881
bid, 1O9 asked, ex-div. Chatham Bank,
451s bid, 1914 asked, ex-div.; Germania
Bank, 1917 bid. 1882 asked, eX-div.; Mer-
chants National Bank % bid, 92l2 ask
ed, ex-div. National Bank of Savannah.
1875 bid 1928 asked, ex-div; Oglethorpe saw
asked, ex-div; Southern Bank of the State
Of Georgia, bid, l66 asked eX-div.;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 100
bid, 101 asked, ex-div.; Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company A, 1914
bid, 81 asked; b, 5lh bid, 80 asked, ex-
div Peoples Savings and Loan Com
Factory Bonds~Augusta Factory, S. 100
tory, - bid 102 asked; Augusta factory, 80
10l asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, l0l bid,
ing Company, per cent bonds, 40 bid,
Factory stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory, = bid, 40 asked; Augusta factory, so
bid, 81 asked eX-div; Graniteville Fac
tory, 1i5 bid, 15l asked; Langley Factory
common, IS bid. 30 asked j. r. King
Manufacturing Company, 103 bid. 10l ask
ed Sibley Manufacturing Company, %
pany, 80 bid. % asked.
London. Feb. 19..-Bar silver 20 1i-l6d
Consols al l3-16d for money and lli# for
Paris. Feb. 19.-Three per cent rentes
102 francs 32ia centimes for the account.
New York, Feb. l9.-Money easy at ll5m
~ per cent. the last loan at ~ per cent,
and at the closing was offered at ll2 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper per cent
Bar silver, 6i5kc Sterling exchange firm
with actual business IN bankers bills. at
81. SJGi4. S5h for sixty days, and 81. s7u4.Mh
for demand. Posted rates 81. S0iaff4 IS.
Commercial bills. Sl.SSklt4. Sih. Govern
ment bonds steady; state bonds were quiet.
Railroad bonds were easier. Silver az the
board was quiet.
New York Feb 70. noon.-The specula-
tive market was dun but firm, at the fol-
lowing quotations.
Northwestern ..10isk Can. Southern .. AZ
do pref .......i53 St. Paul ........ 7JA
Lake Shore .15fik Rock Island 49,. 66A
NJ a. w pref . 1919 Del g. Hudson .i07A
Western Union Si5k Del, L. a. W.. .152N
SO. Ry com 90. l5ls Manhattan ...... 654
do pref ....... 27at Mich. Central O.. S9la
Am. Sugar ...1iIik ~ Y. Central b.. 92M
New York Feb. i9.-The stock market
was duller than ever to-day. the transac-
tons, 106,123 shares, reaching the smallest
total for any day this week. The busi-
ness was almost entirely for professional
account. In the early trading, the tend
oncy OF prices was downward, owing 10
the receipt OF lower quotations from Lon
don. where securities were depressed by
warlike news from Crete. The Foreigners
were sellers Of international stocks IN this
market and this encouraged the bear raids.
The continued heaviness OF the coal stocks
also exercised an inverse influence with
the Changers ana were lower Tor 4 time