The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
RICE,
EINANCIAI.


Foreign EXchange-The market Ia
steady. The following are the net savan-
nah quotatio Commercial demand.
S4S5ss sixty days, s4.S2% ninety DAYS
s4S1la; francs, Paris and Havre. SIXTY
days. 5.22A Swiss, sixty days, 5.24ik;
marks, sixty days, sias.
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows. I'm
to S25 Toe premium; $25 to $50. 15c premium:
$50 to 500, zoe premium; $500 10 $1,000 a
per cent. premium: $1,000 ane over, 81 per
$1,000.
Securitles-Inactiye and very dull
few odds and ends for sale. but find no
buyers 1t is a waiting market Quota
tons are nominal.
stocks and Bonds.--State Bonds, Ceor-
gia 3lk per cent, bonds of $780, 107 bid -
asked; Georgia Sla per cent, due 1915. FOG
bid, asked; Georgia az per cent. bonds,
1915 III bid 1l8 asked. tGeorgia per cent
due 1926 112 bid, asked; South Carolina
AS. 1903 bid, 1903 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta 7 per cent, 1903 bid
49, asked; Augusta as, lo-v, 102 bid. 1Oi
asked; Augusta per cent, 105 bid 1O6
asked; Augusta per cent, l07 bid 1Os
asked. Columbus per cent 103I5 bid -051L
asked; Macon per cent. lis bid III ask
ed; Macon 4lks, 1926. 1903 bid, 1O5 asked; sa-
vannah S per cent. quarterly April cou-
pons 1101h bid, 11lh asked; Savannah per
cent, quarterly May coupons. 10 bid.
11Oss asked: Charleston As, % bid, 80 asked.
Railroad Bonds--Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent interest coupons, III bid, 1lS
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds, due
1924 10glh bid. 1924 asked; Cen
trail Railroad and Banking Company coll
lateral IS, 81 bid. Si1a asked; Central Of
Georgia Railway first mortgage IS. 60
year gold bonds, ll6 bid, III asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mortgage IS, 81 bid, 90 asked; Central
Of Georgia Railway first preferred incomes.
Al bid, AZ asked; Central OF Georgia
Railway second preferred incomes, 10 bid,
IA asked Central of Georgia Railway
third preferred Incomes bid, 7A asked;
Georgia Railroad &c, 1870 ia bid, ll5 asked;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first 5s,
ITO bid, Ill asked Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage rs, ll5 bid, llS
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
5s 100 bid 1Ol asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1924 bid, 1885,
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1903 bid, 105 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926, 105 bid,
1O6 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, 81 bid, =
asked; Alabama Midland per cent. In
dorsed, 90 bid 81 asked; Brunswick and
Western As, rs bid, 7T1s asked; South
Bound Railway IS, 7li1 bid. 75ik asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred IS,
103 bid, 104 asked; Georgia and Alabama
cons. SIS, IS bid, SO asked; Eatonton
Branch, 81 bid, 1914 asked; Central Of
Georgia. Middle Georgia and Atlantic d.
vision IS, 81 bid S21a asked.
Railroad Stocks--Augusta and savannah,
81 bid. So asked; Georgia, common, 175 bid,
$50 asked; Southwestern, SO bid, 81
asked Atlanta ana West Point stock, 10lM
bid, 1903 asked; Atlanta and West Point 8
per cent. certificates, 1914 bid, 1903 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, bid,
Sl1s asked.
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid, % asked; Electric Light and Power
Company, 70 bid, n asked.
Bank Stocks Etc.-citizens Bank, lOs%
bid, l10h asked; Chatham Bank,
As bid, 40 asked; Germania Bank, 1Cg
bid, 100 asked; National Bank of Savan-
nah, 125 bid, 126 asked; Merchants National
Bank. 81 bid, Slh asked; Oglethorpe Saw
ines and Trust Company, 105 bid. JOG
asked Southern Bank of the State Of
Georgia, bid, 1888 asked: Sa-
vannah Bank and Trust Company 1O2
bid 1929 asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company. A, s. bid SO
asked b, SAY bid, IS asked; Peoples Saw
ings and Loan Company, IS bid. 90 asked.
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, 50
bid, "a asked; Graniteville Factory, las bid,
1O1 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds,
bid. 40 asked; Slbley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s 1Ol bid, 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks--Augusta Factory, so
bid, SO asked: GraLitcville Factory, 145 bid.
ISL asked; Langley Factory, 1O4 bid, 1854
asked; Enterprise Factory, common 80
bid, SO asked; J. Il. King Manufacturing
Company 1O4 bid, 1O5 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 70 bid, 70 asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company. s. bid, 81 ask
ed.
New York, Feb. A.-Money on call Was
firn,er. 2IkG3 per cent; the last loan was
2ih per cent Prime mercantile paper, 39f4
per cent Sterling exchange weak with
actual business In bankers bills, al 81 SAN
"A siA. for demand, and at 81. S2A for six
~ DAYS: posted rates "a. S3thfi4 "a, and
81 Se6D4 .seik; commercial bills, 81. S21z Sill
yer certificates, 1900 ounces at 5shc; clos
ed at 55lk055lkc. Bar silver, 55ssc. Mexi-
scan dollars, SIC Government bonds
were weak State bonds were dull Rail-
road bonds were weak.
New York. Feb. "A. The Evening Posts
London financial cabiegram says: THE
stock markets here we're dull. being de-
pressed by New York and Paris. Ameri-
cans we're fat closed weak on liquidation
here. The buying here to-day was Of
better class than The selling, ana prices
closed shade above the lowest
New York. Feb N.-The slump IN the
stock market this morning was 80 sudden
and 10 violent that tfadlngs almost took
on panlcIsy conditions, but the liquidation