The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-20

road first mortgage IS. 5o-year gold bonds.
ia bid 116 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
way first consolidated mortgage IS, IS bud,
81 asked; Central of Georgia Railway first
preferred incomes. SS bid, 80 asked; Cen
trail OF Georgia Railway second preferred,
incomes, 12h bid. 1872 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes. bid. asked;
Georgia Railroad Is, 1910 112 bid. ia asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s,
LOG bid, l0 asked Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is. 1l5 bid, l16
asked Georgia Southern and Florida new
5s 80 bid, 100 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is l02la bid, 1924
asked South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is 1903 bid. 104 asked; Ocean
Steamship 8 per cent. bonds 1926, 104 bid
| l06 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
| first mortgage per cent. bonds 100 bid, 1o3
| asked: Alabama Midland 5 per cent. In
| dorsed 81 bid, IS asked; Brunswick ard
| Western As. as bid, 771A asked South
| Bound Railway 5s, 40 bid, rs asked; Geor-
| ga and Alabama first preferred 5s. l0l bid.
| 1903 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons bs,
81 bid, 50 asked; Eatonton Branch, s. BID,
| S7i6 asked: Central of Georgia, Middle
| Georgia and Atlantic division 5s, IS bid, ~
asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 81 bid, 92h asked; Georgia common
| 40 bid $50 asked: Southwestern, 9Ola bio,
91Is asked: Atlanta and West Point stock.
| 1885, bid 104ts asked; Atlanta and west
| Point 6 per cent. certificates, 1O3 bid, lV4
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
| GA bid. &C asked.
/ Gas Stocks--Savannah Gas Light stock,
| 2Ot5 bid, 2iih asked Electric Light ana
Power Company "A bid, 75lA asked.
| Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, JOB
! bid. 40 asked: Chatham Bank, IS bid, 80
asked; Germanla Bank. 100 bid, 10 asked
National Bank OF Savannah. 125 bid, 1875
| asked; Merchants National Bank, 81 bid,
| So asked: Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, 105 bid. JOG asked; Southern
| Bank of the State of Georgia, bid, l3S
| asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Compa-
| ny, 10fh bid. 1929 asked; Chatham Real
| Estate and Improvement Company. A, 55
bid. Sc asked; b. Ais bid, IS asked; Peoples
| Savings and Loan Company 95 bid, % ask
| ed.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 10i
| bid 102 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
| featuring Company per cent. bonds, %
| bid, 40 asked Eibey Manufacturing Com
pany. 6s. 100 bid, 1902 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, SO
] bid, as asked Graniteville Factory. 145
| bid Isl asked; Langley Factory, 10f bid,
l0i asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
90 bid, 96 asked; j. r. King Manufacture
ing Company, 10l bid, 1916 asked; Sihley
Manufacturing Company, 10 bid, 76 asked;
Savannah Brewing Company. 80 bid. %
| asked.
New York, April l9.-Money on call was
steady at 2lp3 per cent, the last loan was
| at 2N3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
| 5hM6 per cent. Sterling exchange steady.
with actual business In bankers bills at
| $is3hm4S3h for demand, and at "a .79%1D
4.S0 for sixty days Posted rates 81. s0G54 81
and $500 say. Commercial bills, 81 100
| 4.79lR. Silver certificates, 566l56ikc. Bar sill
yer, SIC. Mexican dollars, 45Ac. Govern
meut bonds weak. State bonds dull. Rail-
| road bonds weak
New York. April 19.-The Evening Posts
London financial cabiegram says: 1.-THE
city is relinqulshing all hopes of peace be-
tween the United States and Spain and
| considers that var can only be averted by
a miracle. Consequently, there was n
heavy tone In all the stock markets to-
| day especially for all Paris specialties,
the bourse there being demoraized by
the continued fall in Spanish 49, which
closed at the lowest, 81 Wonder is ex-
| pressed here than Americans hold their
own so well Many were restrained from
selling too freely by the manner In which
New York was absorbing stock the
close was comparatively steady. Gold was
in stronger demand for New York to-day
| al IT'S 11hd."
New York, April 19.-There are men in
wall street who believe that not gun
| will he fired between the United States and
|
this assumption on, but they hold Il Will;
sufficient tenacity TO decline to sell out
their holdings in securities, and they buy
additional securities at any material de-
cline. These buyers were In the market
at the opening to-day, and they sustained
prices above the London parity, thus in
| Wting sales for arbitrage account OF many
thousand shares of the international Sc
curities which had been bought in Lon
don at the lower price ruling there. The
early decline In London seemed to Indicate
practical abandonment Of the hopes OF
peace, and Spanish as, both In London ana
Paris, dropped 81 per cent.
| The support accorded to Americans in
| New York after the opening here without
| change IN sentiment in London and also
In Berlin and later dealings there Wit
messed recovery in Americans though the
Spanish bonds continued to drop. This
tendency continued i'm London even after
the close Of the exchange In the trading
on the street. IL was a tendency that gave
color to the belief In certain circles in
| Wall street that Spain Is prepared 10 re-
linquish Cuba as a last resort. Operations
In the money market continued very much
| restricted though there is no apparent lack
OF money for call loans on the stock ex-
| change, loans being made az 2 per cent.
| The tone of the exchange market was
rather firmer and there we're no important
| engagements of gold for import The mar
ket for railroad bonds continues semi-stag-
nant and prices generally declined. Total
sales were $4,000
United States new As declined u and the
S. coupon 4 per cent. in the bid price to-
day. Others unchanged. The new As,
coupon. sold at 1l75s against 1881 yester-
day, but there was sale later at lis. The
new as registered sold at 116A
The total sales Of stocks to-day we're
1880 shares, including Chicago. Burling-
ton and Quincy, 21766; Louisville and
Nashville, $3.50; Manhattan, 5245; Northern
Pacific preferred, 11.6ls; Rock Island 5,6i3;
ST. Paul. aO,47S. Union Pacific preferred,
1921; Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf. o.
TO; American Tobacco, 5000; Sugar, 1854.
New York Closing Stocks.
| Atchison ........ IL st. Paul ......... 66la
do pref ....... 241s do pref ........ .140ls
b. & Ohio ...... u St. p. & Om...... IS
Can. Pacific -. TIA do do pref ....140
can. South go. 461si ST. p. NJ. & M. .1S0
| Cent. Pacific -. 111z $. Pacific ........ l2,a
4 n.