The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-23
FINANCIAL.



Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market Is
steady. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand
Sass; sixty days, $4.SSA; ninety days,
&.S25s; francs, Paris and Havre. sixty
days, 5.23l4 Swiss, sixty days, 5.26; marks.
sixty days, 81 ZIG.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at 1-16 per cent. discount and sell
Ing as follows: Up to $25, 10c premium; s25
to $50 15c premium; $50 to 800, zoe prem
ium; $500 to $1,000 Csc premium; $1,000 and
over, lie per cent. premium.
Securities-Market is inclined to be dull:
state bonds are scarce, city bonds are ad-
vancing.
gia 31a per cent. bonds of 1890, 1O7 bid. 1881
asked; Georgia Sl5 per cent, due 1916, 1O5
bid, 1O7 asked; Georgia AZ per cent bonds,
1915, III bid, 11S asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1926. 112 bid, lis asked: South
Carolina 41as, 10 bid, liz asked.
City Bonds-Atianta per cent, 102 bid,
- asked; Augusta 41as 1925, 1O5 bid, 1O6
asked; Augusta pei cent. ITO bid, Ill
asked; Augusta per cent, liz bid, 113
asked; Columbus per cent, 1881 bid, 10415
asked; Macon per cent, 116 bid, III ask
ed; Macon 41as, 1926 1919 bid, 1O5 asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly July cou-
pons. 11OA bid, Ill asked; Savannah 5
bid, 11O1a asked; Charleston As, 95 bid, So
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, III bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent gold bonds, due
1924 105 bid, 106 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS. 81
bid, SO asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds
116 bid, III asked Central of Georgia Rail-
way first consolidated mortgage 5s, SO bid
80 asked; Central of Georgia Railway first
preferred incomes, 4012 bid, 4119 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway second preferred,
incomes, ID bid. 1412 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, s bid, asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 112 bid, ia asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
1O7 bid, los asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, lis bid, lie
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
S. 1O5 bid, 106 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage IS 101 bid, 102
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 101 bid, 102 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926 104 bid
1O5 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, SO bid, 101
asked; Alabama Midland S per cent. in
dorsed. IS bid, IS asked; Brunswick and
Western As, p bid, rs asked; South
Bound Railway 5s, 68 bid. u asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama first preferred IS, 1O3 bid,
1O4 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. 5s
So bid, SO asked; Eatonton Branch, 81 bid,
So asked; Central of Georgia, Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division 5s, 70 bid, 81
asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savar-
nah, 951b bid, SO asked; Southwestern, SO
bid. "a asked; ex-div. Atlanta and West
Point stock 1O5 bid, 106 asked, Atlanta and
G certificates 100lL
1917 asked; ex-interest; Georgia common,
176 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah Construction
Company, 66 bid, 70 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
% bid. 2315 asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, z bid, 70 asked, ex-Inter-
est.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Cltizens Bank, 100
hid 1897 asked ex-div; Chatham Bank, Al
bid. 471b asked Germania Bank,
11OA bid 112 asked; National Bank.
of Savannah, 126 bid, 127 asked;
Merchants National Bank, 81 bid,
IS asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Co., 105 bid. 106 asked; Southern
Bank of the State of Georgia. 1870 bid, 135
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Compa-
nv. 1903 bid 1882 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany, A, 559l bid, Sc asked b, 5434 bid, 55A
asked; Peoples Saving and Loan Compa-
nv IS bid, Sc asked.
FACTORY Bonds - Augusta Factory, 1O1
bid, 1O2 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company 8 per cent. bonds, Is
bid 40 asked; Sbley Manufacturing Com
pany. IS. 100 bid 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks Augusta Factory, 6S
bid. Is asked Graniteville Factory, las
btd ISL asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid
101 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid. "a asked J. r. King Manufactur-
ing Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked:
Savannah Brewing Company, 81 bid, 50
asked.
New York. June %, p. m.--Money on
call was steady at 161A per cent; the
last loan was at IA per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, 3d4 per cent Sterling ex-
change firm, with actual business in bank
ers' bills al "a. S51kd4 S534 for demand, and
81. s5td4. $50 and $4S6la94.S7 Commercial
bills. S4S2lR04S3. Silver certificates, $40
59i5c. Bar silver, 5S%c. Mexican dollars,
45I5c. Government bonds were easier
New York, June 22.-The action on the
stock market to-day indicated the with
drawal of the outside public from specula-
tton Dending definite news regarding the
operations of the American forces a San
tiago and Manila. and until the effects of
the new revenue law and government loan
are known. Professional operators were
unable to advance or depress prices III any
marked degree.
The weakness in Sugar. ascribed to pros
pective annexation of Hawaii, was feat
IRE The bears had everything their own
way In this speciality and were successful
in forcing out round amounts of stock
which carried the price down 2l2 per cent
to 12S5s. The stock closed within a of the
lowest. The feverishness of this securi-