Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-19
BUYING AND SELLING.
GENERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Money Easy At 4 to 6 Per Coat
Governments Strong and Higher
Flour Quiet and Steady
Wheat 6eaeralIy Ae-
tivs--Hegs Firm.

Uilis btIOuk ~ 1921 ucthauu rcVts Dty
goods imports for the week $3.0o7 900.
SILvKR-At London 81 Sled per
ounce; bar silver here llli subsidiary
silver coin t(Sl per cent discount
GovHRSnRNr-S,ron for skies and
fives and tot per cent. higher for fours
and hall and fours The advance in
the latter issue was due to the action Of
the Senate on the Funding bill,
y. d. Coupons lSsl
s SO. iss
Pacific si1cs Of vs. .............-...
RAILROAD BoNps-In the railroad
bond market the features were Lake
Erie and Western. which advanced 70
20! from Il; Jersey Central convertible
sssented 10 llSi from liz; Nashville and
Chattanooga TO lis from ll6t; Texas
aud Pacific income land grant sevens TO
99i from sSi; Hannibal and st. Joseph
eights, convertible. 20 llSt from l2,and
Indians, Bloomington and Western sec.
onds to 81 from 80. Wabash Equip.
ment sevens declined TO 55l from 81;
Ohio Central income 10 65l from coz,
and Indiana, Bloomington and Western
income to 77l from 7St.
STATE BoNps-Dull, except Louisiana
consols, which rose per cent. 10 1T,
AMI r,a ted To 63.
sToCHs-Thc market was character.
IL 'd 10y II strong and buoyaAt tone At
thr op, ming, and an advance Of TO
per cent. was recorded but NJ the his
board there was somewhat free cell.
ing movement and q decline Of 10 "
per cent, the later in Chic xo, 81.
Louis and New Orleans, Denver aad
Rio Grande. Pacific Mail and Canada
SJutl,rn being also proD inent In the
decline. Toward midday the speculat on
became strong. and the general list rose
to per cent, the latter In Pacific Mail.
While Reading,on heavy purchases, o Did
up Si per cent. TO 73t. Later in tho
evening tho market became feyerish
aud unsettled, and prices took q down.
ward turn, and the closing quotations
showed decline ranging from 10 81
per cent, the latter in X aiding. Pacific
Mail, New York Ccntra', Kansas and
Texas, Canada Southern, Texas Pacific.
Iron Mountain aud Delaware and Hud.
son Canal were also conspicuous In the
dowy ward movement
The Graphic has the following items:
There will soon be two vacancies In
the New York Central directory. and
John w. Garrett and Russel Sage will
succeed. One OF the retiring officers
will be Frelinghuysen, OF New Jersey"
There is more than suspicion that
the Injunction suit OF the cable COM
panies agsins the Western Union tele.
graph consolidation will be no
obstacle to the Amalsamation cable.
The lines cost but asmail amount and Il
necessary Gould will buy them up. IL
IL only n matter OF small additional ex.
penditUre.
The Erprcs says the announcement
that the funding bill had passed tho
Senate with fifth section retained, which
compels hanks 10 deposit new bonds ~
security for circulation had an uniavor-
able influence on the general market
and caused sharp decline In prices.
There WAS great pressure 10 sell just
at the close.
The Commercial Buiidin says this was
q day OF great excitement and wide
fluctuations in the stock market. TAX.
ing the stock list ~ . whole IL was high
ly feverish, there having been intervals
OF strength quickly followed by Others
OF weakness, and at the close. when the
news came from Washington that the
Senate had passed the Funding bill,
fifth section and all, there was rush 10
sell stock, and the market left of very
unsettled snd panicky. The reason for
this is the fear that the tanks in the
large cities will revolt against the pro.
visions Of this bill. no far N ii relates 10
then, and will go out OF the National
system, and that confusion and trouble
will result. These fears may prove
groundless, but they influenced those
who had proGted on their stock 10 sell
out, ~ AZ TO be in q position 10 await
developments. II il not unlikely
that the holders OF maturing b
and q per cent. bonds may
hesitate 10 take short three per
cent bonds in their place at higher
price than British consols which run for.
ever at per cent. par, and that they
will return their bonds here. II this
happens foreign exchanges will likely
rise 10 gold exporting point.
The Buiiot,B also says: Mr. Willard.
Who recently accomplished feat which
Geo. Law might well have been proud oi
in his palmiest days, Of getting subschp-
tons of sixteen million dollars tn
end a pool Of eight million del
lars, and Of seeing ungusranteed al.
iotments Of eight million dollars sell
at q premium the next day Of 5000 per
cent. Willard We say 10 quoted ~ In.
forming a Boston banker that he hsd
already control Of the North Pacific
Railroad in interest OF the Oregon SAvi.
CATION Company. bis creature and pet.
Assuming then that there IL no mistake
about this the tail will hereafter wag the
dog. The recent advance surprised those
who knew most Of the property, but
Wizards blind pool u,e key whics
unlocked whatever mystery there wn
ahoot II