Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-19

New YORK, November lS.-Money on call
tight, ranging from to 80 per cent. last
loan at per cent; prime mercantile paper
611aSl5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady
at 479lsa4S6.
GovERSMENTs-Dull and heavy.
Fours Registered .................12 l
Fours Coupons. .12l
Fours-and-a-half, Registered. .... .l03
Fours-and-a-half, Coupons. ......... l0+
Pacific Skies of '95. ..................1l3
STATEs-Dull and heavy.
RAILRoADs-Quite active; sales, s., 49,
600.
STocKs-The shrinkage in the volume of
business at the Stock Exchange which was
so marked yesterday made further progress
to-day, and the returning dullness indicat-
ing that no material demand for stocks OK
listed, induced more selling by the bears
and the tone of the market was weaker
than it has been since Saturday morn
ing, resulting in many marked loss
es for the day. The monetary
situation was one of the most influential
factors, however, in the restriction of buy
ing, and while money was much easier
during the latter portion of the day, its
scarcity in the forenoon told severely
against prices. 1t was reported that many
banks to-day took out Clearing House GER
tificates. and the criticism of those banks
and tenders who were industriously calling
loans yesterday was most severe. The
relief came too late to have any
material influence upon the market.
The foreign situation offered lit
tie consolation this morning, and
while early London prices were generally
higher than our figures of last evening, Il
weak and declining market was soon de-
veloped. One failure was announced in
the forenoon and one in the afternoon, and
while they had much influence toward
lower prices, they acted as further deter
rent from buying, and in conjunction with
the scarcity of money effectually quelled
the resisting power of the market before
noon. Jersey Central and Pacific Mail were
attacked after the opening and were follow
ed by pressure over all the whole list, and
while they yielded more or less, the best
prices of the forenoon reached as high as 4
per cent, with Lackawanna promi-
nent in the drop. The unlisted
department was unusually quiet and the
movement of those stocks was entirely I'M
worthy of notice. There was slight rally
in the last hour and the close was active
and rather heavy, generally at or near the
lowest prices of the day. The final changes
are all in the direction of lower figures and
Pacific Mail is dawn 81; Jersey Central
2sz Atkinson IA; st. Paul l IS; Burling-
rs. Sales 297, POI shares. Quotations
closed bid
Adams Express. 40; American Ex-
press, IA Canada Pacific, COZ Central Pa
cific, 271l; Chesapeake and Ohio, 16; do.
first preferred, 40; do second preferred,
25JS Chicago and Alton, l23; Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy, So; Delaware and
Hudson, 1919; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 1923; Denver and Rio Grande
Ii; Erie, 172l; FIT. Wayne $50;
Illinois Central. "a; Lake Shore,
1919; Michigan Central, $40; Minneapolis
and St Louis, 4 do. preferred, 81; Mis-.
souri, Pacific 50; Northern Pacific, 20l4 T;
do preferred, $3.50 Northwestern, 1898 do.
preferred, 137; New York Central, 9Sll
Oregon Transcontinental, 1884; Pacific
Mail, 800 Peoria, Decatur and Evansville,
-; Pittsburg, l54; Pullman Palace Car,
Ia; Reading, 295s; Rock Island, G6; St.
Louis and San Francisco. 80; do. preferred,
IS; do. first'preferred, 65; st. Paul, 46l4 ;
do. preferred 1929; st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba. -: st. Paul and Omaha,
9OI9 edo preferred, 10; Texas Pacific, 1879 +;
Union Pacific Az; United States Elk
press, CD: Western Union, 749l.