Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-18
FINANCE AND TRADE
Money, 3a6 Per Cent-GovernmentS. Dull
and Easier-Stocks, DuIi-Flour, Dull
and Wheat, Dull.

Money, 3a6 Per Cent.-Governments, Duh
and Easier-Stocks, DuIi-Flour, Dull
and Unchanged-Rheat, Dull
NBw YoRk, February l7-Money on call
frmer at 8 to per cent; last loan per
cent; closed offered at . per cent Prime
mercantile paper 5a6 per cent. Sterling
exchange, quiet and easy at 4S61Sa4SS1s.
GOvRRNMRNTs-Dull and easier.
FOurs Registered. ....................1 l24
tOurS coupon. Observation-Disclosures. liza
Four-and-a-half Registered. ......... 994
Pacific Skies or 95.................10 5
STATEs-Neglected.
RAuROADS-QHieJ.
STOCKs-The stock market to-day was
remarkable one, not only for the volume OF
business transacted. out for the width Of
the fluctuations and the rahter general re-
suit Of the days operations. The bears
were out in full force and made one of the
most vigorous drives of the season
against Reading and the leading In
dustrial shares, out at the close OF the
day only Reading, New England ana Cor
dage showed any material losses, while
there were a few important gains among
the railroad list the changes were about
equally divided between gains and losses
Of small fractions No clear demonstration
of the Inherent strength OF the market
I TO-,
of the holders OF stock was made plain. The
advices that the president had left to the
discretion Of Secretary Foster the matter
of issue Of bonds treasured the street The
opening of the market was strong, but this
did not deter the bears from carrying out
their prearranged programme OF vigor-
Gus drive at the few weak spots in the list.
The early efforts Of the bears were direct
ed largely against Sugar and Cordage,
the former being driven down per per
cent and the latter 81. Later Sugar
recovered and closed with a gain of
q per cent, but COrdage was pa lower.
Railroad shares were fairly we'll held, but
were compelled to yield to the influence of
these sharp declines, and despite the sup
port given by London buying OF st. Paul,
Louisville and others among its favorites,
the whole list was brought down from II 10
II per cent. The market remained eX-
tremely active right up TO the close, which,
however, was quite unsettled and evidently
under the influence of weakness in Read
ing. Sales 10000 shares. Quotations
closed bid
Atchison, S38<; Adams Express, 100;
American Express, us; Baltimore and
Ohio, "a; Canada Pacific, So; Central
Pacific, 27I; Chesapeake and Ohio, 2Ssl /;
Chicago and Alton, l42; Chicago, Burling-
ton dnU quincy, StTS OTldWdIe anu II W.
son, 1928; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 15l1S; Denver and Rio Grande
preferred 545s; Erie, 24Ss; do preferred,
81; Fort Wayne, 1855; Illinois Central,
99SS; Lake Shore, 1851; Michigan Cen
trial, 104]S Missouri Pacific, 555s; Norfolk
and Western preferred, S61i; Northern Pa
cihc III; do preferred. IS; Northwest
ern 1925; do preferred AS; New York
Central, 1925; Pacific Mail, $3.50 Peoria,
Decatur aud Evansville, II; Pittsburg,
1856; Pullman Palace, 1917 Reading, 40js;
Rock Island, 81; ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco first preferred, IS; ST. Paul. 7SJs:
do preferred 123; Tennessee Coal and
Iron, IS; Texas Pacific, ~; Union Pa
cifc, S95S; United States Express, 66;
Western Union, 96JS; Wheeling and Lake
Erie. 1881 DO. preferred, GIG.
Mining Stocks-CholOr -; Crown Point
60: Consolidated California and Virginia
2S5; Deadwocd, 1856; Gould and Curry, so;
Hale and Norcross, rs; Homesteak, 1850;
Independence, -; Mexican. IDS; North
Star, -; Ontario, 1850; Ophir, EOS; Ply
mouth, 60; Sierra Nevada, 40; Standard,
1856; Union Con-, 9l; Yellow jacket 60;
Iron Silver, IS; Quick Silver, 300; do pre-
ferred, 1900; Bulwer, l25.