The morning news., 1897-08-31

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lO5i2 bid asked; Charlotte Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage Is. l1S bid
| 10 asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
new IS. SSl2 bid, 99i2 asked South Georgia &
| Florida first mortgage Is, l02lk bid. 1OS1k
| asked; South Georgia and Florida second
! mortgage IS, 1O2 bId, l0S asked; Ocean
! Steamship per cent bonds, 1926 1O4 bid
| 100 asked; City and Suburban railroad first
| mortgage per cent. bonds so bid 50 ask
! ed; Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed,
IS bid, 90 asked; Brunswick and Western
| As, 50 bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad
| 5s, - bid 6912 asked; Southern railway 5s
| 93l2 bid, "a asked; Georgia and Alabama
! first preferred 5s 1922 bid, 10S asked, and
| interest; Georgia and Alabama first con-
! soils. so bid. 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savau-
nah, 94l2 bid 951a asked; Georgia common
! 165 bid, 16S asked; Southwestern. "a bid,
| 95 asked; Atlanta and West Point r. r
| stock l02 bid. 103 asked; Atlanta and West
! Point per cent certificates, 102 bid 1903
| asked; Savannah Construction Company,
| % bid, 6S asked
! Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid, % asked Electric Light and Power
Company, 50 bid, 60 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 109i4
| bid, asked: Chatham Bank 42l5 bid
| 4Sl2 asked; Germania Bank, 109 bid 10
asked Merchants National Bank, S5ia bid
| S7la asked; National Bank of Savannah,
125 bid 126 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
| Trust Company, 103 bid. 104 asked; South
! ern Bank of the State of Georgia, 152 bid,
| 155 asked: Savannah Bank and Trust
! Company, 100 bid - asked: Chatham Real
! Estate and Improvement Company, A, SO
bid, Sc asked; B. 54l4 bid, 5424 asked; Peo-
! pies Savings and Loan Company, 80 bid,
| - asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s 101
! bid 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s 100
! bid. 1Ol asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds,
| 40 bid, ~ asked; Sibley Manufacturing
Company 6s 1O1 bid, 1O2 asked.
| Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
! tory. - bid, % asked; Augusta Factory.
| so bid, SO asked; Granitevile Factory 145
bid, Isl asked; Langley Factory, 1O4 bid,
105A asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
| 90 bid 96 asked; J. r. King Manufactur-
ing Company, 1O4 bid 105 asked: Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 ask
| ed; Savannah Brewing Company, - bid, IS
| asked.
New York Aug. 3O.-Money was easy
| at 1G1ia per cent; the last loan was at IA
| per cent. and closed at 1G14 per cent
| Prime mercantile paper 31ad412 per cent
| Sterling exchange firm with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills a $4s55s for demand
| and a S4.S33s dS31a for sixty days Posted
rates, &S33sG8Sl2, and $4S612d4.S7. Com
mercial bills, &S2 Silver certificates $40
! 53c. Bar silver, 52Isc. Mexican dollars, 41Ac.
! X
bonds were duh. Railroad bonds were
| strong
New York. Aug. 3O.-Evening POSTS Lon
don financial cablegram: The stock mar
kets were irregular to-day and many
stocks were rather duh, because of dearer
| money. Americans were booming, the
| small priced shares leading and the close
being at the top The same features still
| characterize the market here, the old gem
| GRAFTON selling and the young generation
buying. All depends now, probably, on
whether New York will be able to sustain
| to the markets until the firmer class stop
! selling Speyers issued the particulars of
| the extension of the Central Pacific first
| mortgage gold bonds. Luz Sperelissen, of
| Frankfort and the Deutsche Bank of Ber-
! lin are cooperating with them. The Ban
| bury committee on the Central Pacific also
| issue a circular calling for shares. and
| stating that August Belmont JnO. G. Car
Isle and George Caphell will cooperate in
| New York. Gold is in strong demand at rs
| lliad, Russia is the chief buyer at the mo-
| ment, exchange favorng shipments of
! gold. The Paris bourse was dun on the
commencement of the monthly settlement
and the Berlin market was steady"
New York, Aug. 3O.-The stock market
moved up this morning and down this
afternoon. weakness being due apparent
! ~ to heavy profit taking In the Grang-
ers, which had moved up buoyantly IN
| the morning Chicago Great Western
suffered most severely from the liquda-
! tion and shows a net loss Of IA per cent.
! Omaha showed a continuance OF Satur-
! days strength and. moved up IA ABOVE
! Saturdays close but lost it all. Rock
! Island alone Of the group. closed fraction
| ally higher. The selling movement in the
| Changers affected the whole list more or
! less, and many prominent stocks closed
| below Saturday after having been mate
/ ri nt fr,a h. do
| Western Union and Union Pacific also
! showed a fractional net gain. These are
! the notable exceptions 10 the general
| showing of net losses in the list OF active
| and prominent stocks. The group OF
! iron and steel properties were also strong.
! Illinois Steel, Colorado Fuel. Minnesota
! Iron and Tennessee Coal closing higher.
The common stock of Lake Erie rose
! three points. Plttsburg. Cincinnati Chi
cago and st. Louis preferred also rose ?
points. In the international group Ma
/ tional starch shares sold point higher.
/ the first preferred i've points higher and
| the second preferred ten points higher.
| Leather preferred sold up and then sold
| down, and Sugar huctuated IN an erratic
/ manner over a narrow range. The local
! gas stocks continued strong, on account
/ of the proposed consolidation OF interest.
| involved. Lackawanna dropped 3 points
| ON q single transaction. although the coal
] fiH as u AbhRt NfIf NlNlfh hlN IIlus nc
/ days market WAS almost wholly technl-
! cal the news continuing entirely in favor
/ increase Of prices. London prices for
! Americans came somewhat lower bat
/ improved during the day. without appar-
| entity having the slightest effect on this
| market one way or the other. The buying
/ was on "a large scale. but by prominent
| operators supplemented hy execution of
| commission house orders. and the selling
! was to take profits. the liquidation being
| encouraged also boy some talk OF damage
! tu the corn crop.
Tho total sales OF stocks to-day we're
| i13 2N shares. including Atchisou prefer
| red. 2iu00. Chcsapeake and Ohio. aG 5D.
/ Burlington. 1850. Lake Eric nnd West.
/ crn. 5.HH. Missouri pielnc. iT2iD. North.
/ orn pacinc preferred $3.50. Reading. ifIm.
/ Rock ISLAND. - yD. st Paul $3.50. ST.
/ PAM and omaha. ii.915 Southern RAFT
I waY prnfefrrd 1i-l. Texas aud Pacific.
I 1856 iHl0n Pacific tHu. Wabash nrs.
l ferfcd. 1851 nab State GnH Ii0 Pacific
/ MYl 1885, T,nnrrftr Coal nnd IRON q
| s'0. United States Leather preferred G.
/ ~. Western Union. ltg2 Chicago gflli
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