Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-26
FINANCE AND TRADE


Money 4a5 Per Cent-GoVernments' Dun
Stocks, strODg-Flour' slo"-"heat'
Higher.
NEW YORK. August 25.-Money on call
easy at 4a5 per cent, last loan 4 per cent,
closing offered at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper Sal2 per cent STEERING ex-
Change weak at 4S41{ s4S64. Silver certi-
fcates. no sales reported; closed at 20 DID.
GoyERSMENTs-DuIL
Fours Registered. .....-..............u!
FOurs Coupons. ................. .-''.ALI
Four-and-a-na Registered. ......... ~
Pacific Skies Of 's5...........'.'..'' %
STATEs-Dull.
RAuROADs-Stronger.
STocKs-The feature of the stock market
AZ Ihe opening to-day was decline Of 2oc
in Louisville aud Nashville, due 70 the re-
ceipt of a lower quotation from London and
talk OF a strike. The sellers in making an
attack on this stock evidently intended 70
cover in other shares, but the general list
held well and il was not long before the
shorts eyinced a disposition TO cover up.
As the day advanced and it was seen that
the currency situation was improving, the
bulls took courage and by placing 1alr-
sized buying orders in various stocks sue
ceeded in turning the current ID an up
ward direction. Keene, Conner ana Tue
Wormsers were credited with taxing
prominent part in the speculation Ior
rise. The advance ranged from "a per
cent Sugar, Chicago Gas, General Elec-
trio. the Changers, Louisville and Nash
Vile. and Western Union leading in the
rise. Shortly before the close Distillers
broke suddenly from 2295to 2O4 on al
vices from Washington that the payment
of taxes on spirits in bond would be en-
forced by the Secretary Of the Treasury.
The general market reacted u to Is from
the highest. but the undertone was strong.
Among the specialties. Edison Illuminating
was the feature and passed through most
erratic fluctuations. The stock aIter sell
ing at so, dropped to ~ and jumped 10 IS.
One OF the features of the days operations
was the increased demand for low priced
stocks. many of which ruled on higher
range. Sales 16l, 600 shares. Quotations
closed bid
Atchison, l51S; Adams Express 1875;
American Express, 1903; Baltimore and
Ohio, 6415; Canada Pacific, 7O2s; Central
PACING, Is; Chesapeake and Ohio, IA;
Chicago and Alton, 1876; Chicago, Burllng-
ton and Quincy 7756; Delaware and Huo-
SOD, 10; Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western. l3395; Denver and Rio Grande
preferred IS; Erie, ll1E; do preferred,
"a; Fort Wayne. 40; Illinois Central, 9O15 {;
Lake Shore, ll4l{; Michigan Central, 50;
Missouri Pacific, ~ Norfolk and Western
preferred, 2O1&; Northern Pacific, 3; do.
preferred, 1921 Northwestern, 95] do.
preferred, 1919; New York Central, 80;
Pacific Mail, 90; Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville, 90; Pittsburg, 40; Pullman
Palace l45; Reading, AZ; Rock Island
59jG; st. Louis and San Francisco hrst
preferred, -; st. Paul. 54 do. pre-
ferred, 1lO4; Tennessee Coal and Iron,
llJ5: Texas Pacific. SIS; Union PGci1c,
1875; United States Express, ~; Western
Union, IS; Wheeling and Lake Erie. 10;
do. preferred, "a.
Mining Stocks-Cholor- Crown Point
-; Consolidated California and Virginia,
100; Deadwood, 100; Gould and Curry, =;
Hale and Norcross, 50; Homestake, 500;
independence, -; Mexican. so; North
Star -; Ontario 500; Opnir, 80; Ply
mouth, 10; Sierra Nevada, 30; Standard,
10, Union Con-, 80; Yellow Jacket 30;
Iron Silver, 10; Quick Silver, los; do
preferred, 1900; Bulwer, -.