The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-03

ida second mortgage Is, 1903 bid, 1O5 asked
ocean steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
road first mortgage per cent. bonds 81
bid, 49, asked; Alabama Midland per cent,
Endorsed 50 bid 81 asked; Brunswick and
B RserP pa f. g ss XXX 10 asked South
ern Railway 5s, 81 bid go asked; Georgia
and Alabama first preferred 5s, 101 bid.
l02 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. S.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah. 81 bid, 94h asked; Georgia. common.
172 bid rs asked; Southwestern all Ia
1902 bid l04 asked; Atlanta ana West
Point per cent certificates, 1917 bid. l0S
asked; savannah Construction Company,
Gas stocks-savannah Gas Light Stock
ia bid, y asked; Electric Light and
Power Company S. bid 60 asked
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank. ITO
bid, - asked; Chatham Bank, A bid Is
asked; Germania Bank, 109 bid, 10 asked
Merchants National Bank, So bid 90
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1875
bid, - asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, l04 bid, asked; South
1873 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. l0l bid asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, Sc
bid, 81 asked, B, S. bid, 55b asked Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, "a bid,
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS. 1O1
bid, l02 asked; Enterprise Factory Sci 100
featuring Company per cert. bonds, -
bid, 40 asked; Sbley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, lOl bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, = bid, 10 asked; Augusta Factory,
SO bid, SO asked; Graniteville Factory. 145
BID, ISL asked; Langley Factory, l0I bid,
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common
" bld, SO asked; j r. King Manufactur-
ing Company, 10i bid. 105 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid 70 asked.
asked. WV "
New York. Dec. 2.-Money on call was
easy at lh12 per cent; the last loan was
az Ia per cent; closed at 11aGI2 per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 31a per cent
Sterling exchange, steady at $4852 al s57k
for demand, and at $4S3Ql4.s3ls for sixty
days; posted rates, &A and $4@. Com
mercial bills, $LS2A. Silver certificates
991z06Cc. Bar silver, 59hc Mexican dol
lars. 4632c. Government bonds were firm
strong.
New York Dec 2-The Evening Posts
London financial cabegram says: THE
stock market was irregular to-day The
in Americans, mainly on New York SUP
port. All the arbitrage houses ran short
of stocks here this morning. Realizations
bonds was especially heavy. further
rise Is generally looked for here. Speyer
co. to-day announced the issue of ST.
100000 Mexican National railroad AZ per
cent. prior lien sterling bonds<at soc in
Guiding accrued interest The issue price
Is really about S8I@ per cent Gold was
easier al rs 1l34d. To-day the market was
unable TO pay the back amount due to the
bank, this confirming my cable yesterday
as to the action of the bank which to-day
was renewing loans for a period under a
week The Paris bOurse was firm and the
Berlin market was steady The failure
Is announced of large firm of merchants
and financiers Of Paris and Buenos Ayres
with heavy liabilities in London and else
where. but fairly well covered"
New York, Dec 1.-The character of the
buying for the past few days was disclos
ed by to-day's results on the stock ex-
change. The day opened with every APP
pearance Of a bull movement The lower
prices from London were ignored and big
orders placed on special stocks caused
sharp advances in the whole market
The amount Of commission house buv-
ing indicated a considerable awakening
of outside interest. The buying of the
Changers, Sugar and Union Pacific was
especially bold and confident and at
the close of the first hour, the market had
become buoyant and some sharp advances
in prices had been obtained. Then with
out any diminution of activity, IL became
evident that the advance in prices had
come 10 O stop ana that a heavy reaiiz-
ing movement was In progress When
Sugar fell point and the general LIST
showed an actual decline, the market be-
came dull, and efforts were made to rally
Il by pushing up the prices of special
First New Jersey Central, then Peoples