Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-18

Honey 1 1-2a2 Per Cent-Governments,
InactIvs-stOck', Fairly AcIive-Wheat,
weak and Lower-Flour, Dull and Un-
changed.
New YORK, October l7.-Money on call
easv at 1Jka2 per cent; last loan at IL
per cent; closed offered at l1<a2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper Gas per cent.
Sterling exchange weaker 1t 4S2Ia4S6.
GovEsSNENTs-Inactive.
Fours Registered. ....................11 0H
Four-and-a-hah Registered. ......... IS
Pacific Skies OF '95..................lO 3
STATEs-Iuactlve.
nRAILROADs-Irregul and unsettled.
STOCRs There was fairly active spec
ulatiOn on the stock exchange to-day and
large blocks Of distilling, Reading. sugar
aud Quincy changed hands. There was at
no time during the day what might be
called strong buying except in distilling
which was supported from the inside and
which was bolstered up by the announce
ment OF the before repeater that the Dlstrlo-
utlng Company had been brought 10 terms
and that favorable congressional action
was 70 be anticipated. Sugar was favora-
Div affected oy reports that the company
was in the market as a large money lender
Reading declined steadily from the open
ing in heavy selling based on decreased
prospects Of preventing the sale or tue
cOmpany's collateral held for the Speyer
loan. In the afternoon came reports OF
efforts being made 10 prevent the sale, and
probability OF success, which led 10 re-
covery The general market was strong
and higher at the Opening, and an advance
OF u was made in what industrials were
leaders. A selling movement was devel-
oped. however, within the first fifteen
minutes, under the influence Of which val
ues deprecated, and with an occasional
feeble rally the tendency Of prices was
downward during the rest Of the day, the
close being heavy az declines ranging from
Il TO . per cent. Sales $4,000 shares.
Quotations closed bid:
Atchinson IN, Adams Express l3O;
American Express, 10; Baltimore ana
Ohio. G5JS; Canada Pacific. 7315 Genital
Jscihc is: Chesapeake and Ohio, 1515;
Chicago and Alton, 1856; Chicago, Bur
linEton and Quincy IN; Delaware and
Hudson, llSE; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. 1929; Denver and Rio
Grande preferred IS; Erie, l31f; do.
preferred, 20; Fort Wayne. l46; Illinois
Central, 80; Lake Shore, 40; Michigan
Central, IS; Missouri Pacific q;
Norfolk and Western preferred, l9;
Northern Pacific, 655; do preferred. 1875
Northwestern, SSSS 90. preIerFeu, 1884
New York Central, 100; Pacific Mail,
l5I6; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, 90
Pittsburg, l46; Pullman Palace, 100;
Reading, 1853; Rock Island, 5914 ST. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; st.
Paul 563l; do. preferred, ll5]S Tennessee
Coal ana Iron, IA; Texas PACING, O1s
Union Pacitc, 1879; United States Express,
so. Western Union, 500; Wheeling and
Lake Erie I255; do. preferred, Az.
Mining Stoc6s-Cholorl Is; Grown Point,
20: Consolidated California aud virginia,
Us: Deadwood, so; Gould and Curry, 20;
Hale and Norcross, 20; Homestake, SO;
Independence, -; Mexican, so; North
star, -; Ontario GOO; Ophir, 20; Ply
mouth, 10; Sierra Nevada, 30; Standard,
100; Union Con-, 10; Yellow jacket, ~;
IRON Silver, 10; Quick Silver, 1907 do
preferred, 1900; Bulwer, TO-