The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

Company, A. 5s1s bid, "a asked; B. SEA bid.
oS asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, 30 bid, 80 asked, ex-div
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s 1O1
BID, lO2 asked; Enterprise Factory Is, 1902
featuring Company per cent. bonds, 80
DID, 80 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany IS. 101 bid 1O2 asked
FACTORY Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, IS asked; Augusta Factory, so
DID, 81 asked, eX-div.; GraniteVille Fac
tory, lao bid, 15l asked; Langley Factory,
lO4 bid, 1854 asked Enterprise Factory,
common, 9S bid, 80 asked; j. r. King
Manufacturing Company, 104 bid. 1O5 ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company, 10
bid, Is asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, 80 bid. 80 asked.
London, April 1.-Bar silver 2S 7-16d
Consols. Ill 1915 for money and Ill 1915
for the account
Paris, April 1-Three per cent. rentes
ld2 francs so centimes for the account
New York, April money on call was
easy at l12q134 per cent; the last loan was
az l1s per cent, and at the closing was
IL per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 315
per cent Bar silver, &c. Sterling eX-
change dull, with actual business in bank
erS bills at 4.S5AG4S6 for sixty days and
S4N14S14 for demand. Posted rates.
"a. S61sd4 50. Commercial bills, $4S4s46
4.So54. Government bonds firm: state
ponds dull railroad bonds lower. Silver
al The board was steady.
New York, April 1, noon.-The stock
market was weak at the following quota
tons:
Erie ............. 10 Bait. & Ohio ... 1879
northwestern ..1041a Can. Southern . as
DO pref ........154 st. Paul ....... 72sl
LAKE shore ....l65 Rock Island ... 611s
n q W. pref 25ia Del, & Hudson 100
west Union ... 81 Del, L. & w. 151
DO ny. com Manhattan ...... $3.50
40 PREF ....,.,. Is Mich. Centrai . SO
Am sugar lilo N. Y. Central . 9S3s
New York, April 1.-Stocks in the initial
dealings were decidedly firmer and prices
rallled sharply on covering of short con-
tracts. The recovery was most pronounc-
ed in the Anthracite Coalers, the Wander
bits and the western roads The early
gam, which was equal to about points
IN the case of Jersey Central, was soon
lost, and before midday the market gave
way under heavy selling pressure The
Anthracite and the Gould stocks were es-
pecially weak at this time. Delaware and
hudson falling below par, while Jersey
central and Lackawanna lost a point or
So western Union dropped per cent
to SO12; st. Louis, Southwestern common
TO l. The AntMacites were sold on ru-
mors OF probable reduction in the divi-
dend rate by the Jersey Central and the
81. Louis SouthWeSternS were heavy on
reports, subsequently denied by Vice Pres
ident Edwin Gould. of serious damage by
floods. In the late trading there was a
decided change for the better The shorts
showed some nervousness on account Of
the premiums exacted for the use of Jer-
sey Central and Delaware and Hudson
and began to cover. Professional opera
tors were quick to perceive the change in
sentiment, and after securing lines of
Anthracites and the Changers bid prices
up on6the bears. A recovery of - to 31s
per cent. followed. Delaware and Hudson
rose 31s to 1924 Jersey Central to SOs4 {;
st. Louis Southwestern preferred to So
and the usual prominent issues Il to / per
cent. London was a moderate buyer at
the decline on reports of an Improvement
OF the situation in the Levant In In
dustrials, Sugar made a gain of nearly l
per eent.-cn the further advance of Il cent
in refined, Chicago Gas broke to IN on
statements that the chances Tor the pas
sage of the consolidation bill by
the Illinois legislature were still
stock recovered most OF the de-
cline in sympathy with the general
market. Speculation left off firm Net
changes show gains of a to rs per cent,
Jersey Central leading. Western Union
and st. Louis, Southwestern common and
preferred lost "a to 12s per cent. Total
sales were 212,379 shares including 26 400
Delaware and Hudson, 5000 Jersey Cen
The bond market was quiet and weak
sales, $4,000.
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