Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-15


GovERNMENTs-Quiet.
Fours Registered. ...................ll 27s
Fours Coupons. 49,. .-....:. 4aa6S29
Four-and-a-half Registered. .....-.. 80
Pacific Skies of '95..................IU o
STATEs-Quiet.
RAILRoADs-weak; sales, S5lS,OOO.
SrOCKs-The stock market was extreme
ly weak during the greater part OF the
session, rumors of heavy gold exports dur
ing the coming week. dispatches that out
look for the crops was more discouraglng
than ever and the bank failures out West,
all combined TO depress prices, the bears
making violent attacks upon the leading
shares. To assist their operations and TO
give wide currency 10 rumors anectlng tue
credit of prominent houses, the attack cul-
minating with story that A. b. Hol-
Inns & Co. had failed AS matter
of fact, the firm in question at
the time the story was put out
sent an emphatic denial to the President OF
the Stock Exchange and stated that they
were fully prepared TO meet every obliga.
ton. The result was a rally il the final
dealings of L TO "a per cent, the latter In
Rock Island, which sold up from 6S to o9%.
The previous decline was equal TO 4 to "a
per cent and on the way down there were
considerable liquidations. The short sell
ing was far greater, however, as was evil
denced by the sharp borrowing demand
near the close when pretty much every
thing on the list was wanted and lent nat
to * for use. Sugar fell OF SO,
Atchison "a Cotton Oil ~, Canada
Southern l$I, Big Four 8, Burlington
and Quincy 35I, Chicago Gas 2Sl, North
western ~, ST. Paul 23[ Rock Island S9S,
Lackawanna %, Delaware and Hudson
2, General Electric IL, Lake Shore 81,
Louisville and Nashville %, Manhattan
81, Michigan Central 2, Missouri Pacific
l5k, New Jersey Central 3B, New York
Central 3. The favorable bank statement
would have had more on the effect but for
the report that Hollins & Co. were liz t!f-
culties. The denial afforded great relief,
but il came too late 10 have much influence
on quotations and the market closed about
steady in tone at rally. Sales $4,000
shares. Quotations closed bid:
Atchison, 25l4; ADAMS Express, 80;
American Express, ia; Baltimore and
Ohio, 7S1S; Canada Pacific. 1874 Central
Pacific, $50; Chesapeake and Ohio, 10;
Chicago and Alton, 1876; Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy S21< Delaware and Hud-
son 1908; Delaware, Lackawan3a and
Western. 1876; Denver and Rio Grande
preferred 4SsI: Erie, 1871; do. preferred,
SO; Fort Wayne, 1872; Illinois Central,
%; Lake Shore, 1870; Michigan Central,
95; Missouri Pacific, So; Norfolk and
Western preferred, IS; Northern Pacific,
l2T; do preferred, 32$l; Northwestern
1858; do preferred 1856; New York Cen
trial, 1908; Pacific Mail, IS; Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville, l01S; Pittsburg,
$50; Pullman Palace, 173; Reading, 225%;
Rock Island, 6919; st. Louis and San Fran
cisco first preferred, =; st. Paul, 6S@s;
do preferred, 1l5; Tennessee Coal and
Iron, 1s1<; Texas Pacific, ~: Union Pa
cifc, 50B; United States Express, SO;
Western Union, S211; Wheeling and Lake
Erie. III; do. preferred, 40.
Mining Stocks-Cholor -; Crown Point,
| 20; Consolidated California and Virginia,
2l0; Deadwood, so; Gould and Curry. 80;
Hale and Norcross, 50; Homestake, 1900;
independence, -; Mexican, 40; North
Star, -; Ontario, 400; Ophir, 90; Ply
mouth, 80; Sierra Nevada, 10; Standard,
1870; Union Con, 100; Yellow Jacket, So;
Iron Silver 25; Quick Silver, 25U; do pre-
| ferred, 1900; Bulwer, 80.