The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-17

S7h asked; Central OF Georgia. Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division IS. IS bid, so
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah % bid. 90 asked; Southwestern. %
bid, 80 asked; Atlanta aud West Point
stock, l0i bid, l0iis asked: Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates. 1903 bid.
l0 asked; Georgia common 175 bid, $50
asked Savannah Construction Company,
65 bid, SO asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
20is bid 2lh asked; Electric Light and
Power Company 1874 bid 70 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.--Ciuzens Bank, 10s
bid 10 asked: Chatham Bank 46 bid 47lb
asked; Germania Bank. 100 bid, 10 asked /:
National Bank of Savannah. 125 bid, 19e
asked; Merchants National Bank, SO bid,
Nis asked Oglethorpe Savings aud Trust
Company. 105 bid. LOG asked: Southern
Bank of the state of Georgia., 100 bid 1876
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Compa-
NY, 1919 bid, l02is asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, "a
bid 55A asked; h, 5S4 bid, 54i4 asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, 95 bid.
96 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 1Ol
bid, 102 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company 5 per cent. bonds, 30
bid, 40 asked; Sibey Manufacturing Com
pany, 6s 100 bid 1902 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory. SO
bid, Is asked; Graniteville Factory. las
bid, 151 asked; Langley Factory, lOI bid
1Oi asked; Enterprise Factory common,
90 bid, SO asked j. r. King Manufacture
ing Company, l0I bid, 105 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid. 70 asked:
Savannah Brewing Company, 80 bid, %
asked
New York. May 16-Money on call was
co IL.
at ? per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
5dGl2 per cent Sterling exchange was
strong, with actual business in bankers
bills at S4,s6AdASSla and at $4S294 4.SS for
sixty days posted rates, $3.50 and $4.S7.
Commercial bills. $.sliaq4S2 Silver GER
tihcates. 563ld5724c. Bar silver, SIC Mex
lean dollars, 45c. Government bonds were
easier; state bonds were duh; railroad
bonds were weak
New York, May 16.-The Evening Posts
London financial cab,egram says: 1.-THE
stock markets here continued dull and
Fat to-day. an underlined uneasiness exist
ing regarding the political situation. It
is said, however, that the politicians are
making the worst Of the situation In order
to prepare the people for the huge naval
loan, bat they could raise this without any
preparations. To-day f27s,000 in gold were
put into the Bank Of England and another
quarter of a million has been bought, but
is not announced, because It has TO be re-
fined"
New York, May 16. The stock
market was rather dull to-
day, and the tone was heavy
throughout Prices never got far
away from the opening quotations except
in a few cases The opening was made
in sympathy with London where the
hoaviness in all departments continues on
account of the uneasness occasioned by
Colonial Secretary Chamberlin's pessirnis-
tic view of international politics. There
was a fair outside demand for stocks In
the first hour which absorbed very wen
the offerings for London account and
worked some recovery from the low point.
The demand was soon satisfied, however,
and prices drifted for the remainder of
the day not far from the low level. Net
losses of the numerous leading stocks are
a point or over. There was prevalent
somewhat less sanguine expectation of
speedy termination of the war, based on
disappointment over the results OF the
bombardment at San Juan.
Sterling exchange rates advanced fun
q Of a cent to-day, but the market was re-
ported dun. The money market continued
easy and accommodations on commercial
paper were liberal
Bonds were very dun and prices gem
orally lower IN sympathy with stocks To-
tai sales 81, 275,00J.
Total sales OF stocks were 33G. 800 shares,
including Atchison preferred To- 755; Man
haitian. 1925; Missouri Pacific, 5,O75; North
ern Pacific, 1885, preferred 1876; Rock
Island, 26.O55; st. Paul, $500: Union Pa
cific preferred, 1882; American Tobacco,
50.0l5; Peoples Gas, 5,945; Sugar G0,9i5