The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-22

asked; B, 5i12 bid, So asked; Peoples Saw
lnSs and Loan Company 98 bid 80 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, 1Ol
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 100
bid, 1O1 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent bonds -
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, 10 asked; Augusta Factory so
bid, SO asked Graniteville Factory, las bid,
l51 asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid, 1851
asked; Enterprise Factory common SO
bid, 96 asked; ]. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid. 105 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 20 bid, rs asked; Sa-
Vannah Brewing Company, 50 bid, So asked
New York, Jan. 21.-Money on can was
easy, l72Q2 per cent; last loan 2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3d3A per cent.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills a 81 .S45s6I4 .S44 for
demand,an at 81. S212Q4. S224 for sixty days.
Posted rates $4.S3GD4. S312GD4. 851bI4. So.
Commercial bills, $4.S2. Silver certificates
56%45712c. Bar silver, 567sc. Mexican dol
lars, 45c. Government bonds were weak.
State bonds were quiet. Railroad bonds
were strong.
New York Jan. H-The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: THE
condition of affairs in China and Cuba
and the London Times as leaders thereon
and the test vote on silver in the United
States Senate, dampened the stock mar
kets here to-day. The close, however, was
above the lowest. Americans were dull
and generally lower for the day Out-of-
the-way companies having any connection
with the Klondike were inquired for"
New York, Jan. 21.-Substantial frac-
tional losses were the rule on the Stock
Exchange to-day. Sugar and Metropoli-
tan Street Railway were notable excep-
tons, showing gains of 13G2 points, re-
rorye~
utable to Washington advices that Ha-
waiian annexation was improbable and
Metropolitan Street Railway advanced on
talk of further extension
matter that attracted considerable at
tention was the announcement at Wash
ington that vote would be taken next
Thursday on the Teller resolution Com
mission houses seemed to be the princi
pal sellers during the day and there were
large realizationS in Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, which receded l point. Talk of
the increased likelihood of the consolida-
ton Of local gas companies brought about
an appreciation in values of 124 per cent
feature of the trading was the buy
ing OF ontario and Western. The drive
against New Jersey Central was the action
or the Court of Appeals in deciding to
allow a review of the trust act cases
Among the declines were American Tobac-
co preferred and Tennessee Coal and
iron, per cent. each and Chicago and
eastern Illinois preferred 81 per cent
Among the advances were Central Pa
ellie, rs; Illinois Steel, IA; Pittsburg, Gin
cinnau and St. Louis preferred, 10
Inc pond market was quite active with
a marked demand for transcontinental is
sues apparent. The aggregate was 81
4OS,OO0. Government bonds continued to
sag, with the new As leading
Total sales of stocks were 292, 500 shares
including Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
ll,6O5; Louisville and Nashville. 425O: Man
haitian, A,45O; Metropolitan, 1920 New
Jersey Central, 1920; New York Central.
5,29O North American, $3.50; Northern Pa
enc SOO Northern Pacific preferred, r.
40; Ontario and Western $3.50: Rock Isl
and 4,225; st. Paul. II, S45; Union Pacific
l2,l4O; Wheeling and Lake Erie. 1875; To-
bacco, $3.50; Chicago Great Western. 4O00.
Peoples Gas, 800; Consolidated Gas, 6912;
Sugar, 37,175.
New York Closing Socks.
Nchison $500. 1919 do pref. 14sl
do pref. ...... 295s st p & ON. 74%
Bait & Ohio 121a do do pref. .148
Can. Pacific -. s9HSt. p. NJ. & M. ,12i1h
Cail. 80. .....,. b3 $50. Pacific .. 20
Ceau Pad 1914 so. Railway -. So
Ches. d Ohio 2l% do pref. ..... 30l[
en-. q Alton. ..16512 Tex. & Pacific. 11%
Chl. q. O.. 9SB Union Pacific =. 3l5s
I'm. q Il: III. 81 ~. p. D. & c.. 919s
lC.C.C& st L. 1874 Wabash ........
do do pref. 50 do pref -
Del. & Hudson. 110% wheel & l., r ?
Del. l.. & W...15l do do pref, 1S1h
Den. & Rio g.. 11% adams Elk 15S
do pref. 800. 471al Am Express 1ISah
Erie new .... 14A United States Al
do list pref. :. 47A Wells Fargo lip
FIT. Wayne ....169 IA. Cot. Oil 9osl
Ct Nor pref 100 do pref III
Hooking VAL. 5s4 Am Spirits ~
Illinois Cent. 106 do pref "a
Lake Erie & w. 16 Am. Tobacco :. SIS
do do pref. e. M do pref. 114
Lake Shore ....179 Chicago Gas q51L
J.. & N ........ 555siCons. Gas 1Sg
Manhattan L.. 11714 Com. Gable 20 17S
Met Traction 14l14 Col. f. e Iron 59al
Mich. Cent. .1Oil5 do do pref N
MINI. & st, l.. 2iIaI Gen Electric AZ
do do 1st pref. 81 Illinois Steel 40
Mo. Pacific ~ $685. La Clede Gas Ia
Mobile & ohio 80 Lead .....,.... 9 SSsz
Mo. X. & t.. 1925 do rref 1G;iSs
DO pref. 49,. 30 MAJ yin. OIL. IS
Chi. Ind. & L.. SlsOre limp 90 oq5l
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