The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-10

fOT6iBn EXCHdnSG-ln market Is
steady. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$485; sixty days, $4Si; ninety days
SISSY; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 5213s; Swiss sixty days, 5.24B;
marks. sixty days, 94K
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying at LILO per cent. discount, and sell
ing as follows: Amounts up to $25, 10 cents;
$25 to $50, Is cents $50 to 500, 20 cents; 500
10 $3.50 % cents $3.50 to $780, Ito per cent.
premium, and $3.50 and over. 70 cents per
$1,000.
Securities-The market is fairly active;
| offerings scarce of Georgia state bonds
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gla 912 per cent. bonds of 1890, lO7 bid 1OSiA
asked; Georgia 312 per cent due 1915, 1Gi
bid, 106 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds
1915, III bid, us asked Georgia per
cent, due 1920, 1l3 bid, ia asked; South
Carolina 412s, 10 bid, III asked.
City BOnds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1928, 1cS
bid, - asked; Augusta 4l2s 1925, 107 bid, 1)S
asked; Augusta per cent, Ito bid Ill
Ill asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid 113
asked; Columbus per cent 105 bid 106
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 1l5 bid, 1l6 ask
ed; Macon 4las, 1926 1912 bid, 1922 asked;
Savannah . per cent, quarterly October
coupons, Ill bid, 112 asked Savannah
per cent. quarterly November coupons,
110A bid, 11O% asked; Charleston As, 81
bid, 50 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, lis bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida ana Western
first mortgage 8 per cent gold bonds. due
1924 1919 bid, 106 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS, Il
bid 90 asked Central OF Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds,
III bid, 11S asked Central of Georgia Rail-
way first consolidated mortgage 5s. 80 bid,
first preferred incomes, 42Ia bid, 4312 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 1874 bid, IA asked,
Central of Georgia Railway thrd
preferred incomes. 10 bid, IA asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910. 113 bid. ia asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first 5s,
105 bid, 100 asked. Charlotte, Columbia ana
Augusta second mortgage Is 118 bid 12G
asked: Georgia Southern and Florida new
IS. 1O4 bid 1G5 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1929 bid, 1882
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 1929 bid, 1882 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds, 1926, 102 bid
1Oi asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first NOR tgage G per cent. bonds, - bid, 102
asked; Alabama Midland per cent. in
dorsed. IS bid, IS asked; Brunswick ard
Western As, Y bid, rs asked; South
Bound Railway 5s 20 bid, 70 asked; Geor-
eia and Alabama first preferred 5s, 1903 lid,
104 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. 5s.
90 bid. 81 asked; Eatonton branch, SO bid,
81 asked; Central of Georgia Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division 5s, 81 bid,
81 asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah 81 bid, 50 asked, ex-div.;
southwestern, IS bio, so asked; ex-
div; Atlanta and West Point
stock. 1O6 bid, 107 asked. eX-div. Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates, 103
bid, 1O4 asked ex-interest. Georgia com
mon. 1871 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah Con-
struction Company, Y bid, "A asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas light stock.
22h bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, n bid, 7212 asked, ex-div
Rank Stocks, Executions Bank 110A
bid. III asked, ex-div.; Chatham Bank,
AZ bid, As asked, ex-div.;
Germania Bank 1lo1s bid n11s
Savannah l25 bid 1876 asked, ex-div.; Mer-
chants National Bank, So bid, S41a asked,
ex-dLv.: Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Co,
1O4 bid 1O5 asked eX-div.; Southern Bank
of the State of Georgia 100 bid, l3l asked;
ex-d,v.. Savannah Bank and Trust Com
panv 1O2 bid, 1O3 asked. ex-div.; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company
A. 551a bid, Sc asked; b, SAY bid, 80 asked
ex-div.; Peoples Savings and Loan Com
pany, SO bid "a asked.
Factory Bonds.-Augusta Factory, l05
bid. 1O5 asked Slbley Manufacturing Com
pany. Gs. 100 bid. 102 asked.
FactoIy StCck.-AURusta Factory, So
bid. G5 asked. Graniteville Factory, 40
bid. 145 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid
1O1 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
20 bid, "a asked; J. II. King Manufacturing
Company. 100 bid, 1ol asked: sibley
Manufacturing Company, 20 bid. IS asked:
savannah Brewing Company, 95 bid. 100
asked.
New York, Aug 9.-Money on call was
steady at 1Ad1h per cent; the last loan
was at ~ per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 3A04h per cent Sterling exchange
easier with actual business IN bankers
bills at S4S5hGAS51a for demand, and at
81 s3si aAs4 for 20 days. Posted rates, 1881
Ass and $S604S6ia. Commercial bills
SASS. silver certificates 5S6d59lac Bar
silver. 594c. Mexican dollars 454c. Gov
eminent bonds irregular State bonds
dun. Railroad bonds firm
New York. Aug 9.-The belief was gen
eral to-day that SpainG reply 10 the Uni
ted States proposals was of such .har-
acter that N might endanger The whole
negotiations for peace by its failure, give
etrgic hi forward answers to the questions