The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
PAGES 8 TO 10.

Georgia RailrOad bs, 1917, ll6 DID. ia askeds
Charlotte, Columbia and August first 6s
lO5 bid. LOG asked, Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, lis bid 1884,
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
5s LOG bid, l07 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1921 bid, 10Sa
asked South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1924 bid, 1894 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds 1926, 1915 bid,
1854 asked; city and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent bonds, 100 bid.
102 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, In
dorsed. 92ib bid 93i5 asked: Brunswick and
Western As u bid IS asked: South Bound
Railway IS, 70 bid 81 asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred bs, 1903 bid. 104 ask
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS, 30 bid,
81 asked; Eatonton branch. 80 bid, 91asked:
Central OF Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division S. S1lh bid, S21z asked.
Railroad Stocks Augusta and Savan-
nah. 99ls bid. 100 asked; Southwestern. 1913
bid 100 asked. Atlanta and West Point
stock. los bid 10 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent certificates, 103h bid, 104h
asked; Georgia common 1876 bid. 1877 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid. % asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company a bid Is asked.
Bank stocks, Etc-Citlzens Bank, 11OK
bid llON asked; Chatham Bank, IS bid,
4Sts asked; Germanla Bank, 110iA bid, 111Ik
asked National Bank of Savannah, 125
bid 126 asked; Merchants National Bank,
81 bid. SO asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 1O5 bid 107 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia.
1870 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company. 102h bid. 1884 asked;
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, 50iA bid. &c asked; Il. So bid.
55i4 asked Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, % bid "a asked.
Factory Bonds Augusta Factory los
bid 106 asked; Sibey Manufacturing Com
pany, 0s, 100 bid. 1902 asked.
Factory 'stocks-Augusta Factory, s.
bid 60 asked Granlteville Factory, 40 bid.
las asked Langley Factory, 100 Bid. 1O1
asked Enterprise Factory, common 30
bid 81 asked j. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid 10l asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 70 bid 70 asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company. 101 bid, 1903
asked
New York. oct. 1O-Money on call was
steady az 2ls per cent Prime mercantile pa
per3ladt4 per cent. Sterling exchange easier,
with actual business in bankers bills at
A.8404 Sih for demand. and 81 .s1iaf7i s1at
for sixty days. Posted rates, 81. S21s654. s5.
Commercial bills $i.SlGll.SlA. Silver GER
thcates, 6Od6lc. Bar silver, 90 9-16c. Mex
lean dollars, 47c. Government bonds were
tirmer. State bonds were steady. Railroad
bonds were heavy.
New York, oct. 10--The room traders
on the Stock Exchange turned bears again
to-day and sold stocks all through the
not meet with much success In securing a
following, but in n number of high priced
specialtes and late In the day in some
Of the railroads, the declining market did
induce some liquidation.
The influence of all foreign markets was
on the side Of the bears. The relations
between Great Britain and France dis
closed by the publication Of the Fashoda
blue book caused sufficient apprehension
70 produce decline of u in British con-
soils and TO unsettle all the continental
markets. The continued uneasness in
France over domestic politics and the pos
sibility Of the failure OF the peace commits
sion TO agree upon terms were also upon
the side OF the bears. There was some
alarm over the spread OF yellow fever in
The South from which Illinois Central
was the most severe sufferer, with a loss
Of III.
Losses in the Changers reached point,
except i'm st. Paul, which resisted the de-
cline. The principal activity of the mar
ket, however, continued to center in the
Industrial group, and Sugar fell easily TO
llO, with no visible support. The offer
ings on the decline were very large. Peo-
pies Gas, Rubber stocks, Leather pre-
ferred. Manhattan Metropolitan Street
Railway and New York Air Brake were
all sufferers at one time or another dur
ing the day to the extent of from 1 TO III
points Tobacco was prominent feature
out Iuleu ABOVE saturdays level the
greater part of the day ON the acqulsi-
ton Of large plug tobacco interest. The
price advanced at one time over points.
but the stock closed unchanged.
There was no reflection In the stock mar
ket OF the active foreign demand for
wheat for export or of the evidences OF
the expanding business of the country In
the increased demands from the West fer
money. The transfers OF currency at the
sub-treasury for shipment to the West
amounted TO $4,000 Conditions in the
money market continued easy.
Bonds weakened late In the day in SYM
pathy with stocks. Wisconsin Central lists
lost an extreme "a and Oregon Short Line
III. Total sales, $2,455, 900.
United States old As, coupons, and s.
advanced Il and the new As registered.
and the 3s, registered Ii In the bid price.
The total sales of stocks were ZIG, 100
shares, including Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 1923; Manhattan. 1926 Northern
Pacific. 1880; ST. Paul. II $50; Union Pa
cihc preferred. $500, American Tobacco.
$500; Peoples Gas, 6655; Sugar, 79573
New York Closing Stocks.