Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-10
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Money, IaI 1-2 Per Cent Governments.
Firm-Stocks. Lower - Flour. Steady.
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Money, IaI 1-2 Per Cent Governments.
Firm-Stocks. Lower Flour. steady.
Wheat, Higher.
NEW YORK, December 9.-Money o call
easy at 1aIH per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 3s(a6 per cent Sterling exchange,
dull at 4S9a4SS.
GoyERNMESTs-Ffrm.
Fours Registered. ia
tourS coupons.
F~our-and-a-half Registered. ......... 70
Pacific Skies OF '95........".........lOl8
STATEs-Firm.
RAILROkDS-Quiet.
SroCNS.-As L result of the speculation
on the Sock Exchange 10 day every share
traded in, with three un!mpOrtant cXcep-
tions, shows depreciation il value ranging
from Z 10 2$l per ceut. but as a rule the
losses ere merely fractional. Distilling
was the only really active stock and was
sold freely on the denial OF
Yesterdays reports Of ali in
crease in theI tax on spirits.
All Of the GrangeS were weak on reports
Of decreasing earnings. A slight pressure
70 sell was felt IN Western Un!cn, induced
by reports Of \ falling of in business, ne
cessitating 3 curtRilment u the operating
force. There was some covering IN the
stock market in The hnRl dealings and the
tone OF speculation a. the close was fairly
firm. The generaliist, comparing the nnal
sales to-day with those Of u week ago, show
= decline in most Of the active stocks rang
ing from IS 10 81. Bond market tirmsr.
sales S2,6yU shares. Quotations closed BID:
Atchinson, lS5z: Adams Express -l5u;
American Express, ll2; Baltimore and
Ohio. 72%: Canada Pacific. 13H; Central
Pacific. 10; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1874;
Chicago aud Alton, l3S; Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy 7SS; Chicago Gas,
G65S; Delaware and HUDSON, 1884;
Delaware, L~ackawanna and Western.
lG7; Denver aud RIO Grande pre-
ferred, 3lSI; Distillers snd Cattle Feed
ers Co., 21S: Erie, 49,; do. preferred,
81; Fort Wayne. $50; Illinois Cen
trail. 92E: Lake Shore, III; Michigan
Central, l0lls; Missouri Pacific, 2S4;
Norfolk and Western preferred, 2ll4;
Northern Pacific, g. do. preferred. -;
Northwestern. l044 do. preferred, l59;
New York Central, 1919; New YORK
and New England. 500; Pacific Mail,
Is; Peoria, Decatur au0 Evansville, O.;
Pittsburg, $50; Pullman Palace, H.;
Reading. 2ils; Rock Island, 6S5S; 81. Louis
and san Francisco lrst preferred, -; 81.
Paul C3J5; do. preferred. lis; Tennessee
Coal amt Iron, lGst: Texas Pacific, );
Union Pacific, POS; United States Express
-; Western UnIou, S9is; Wheeling and
Lake Erie. 10; DO. preferred, 500.
Mining Stocss-Band b., -;Cholor, 40;
Crown Point, 20; Consolidated California
and Virginia, goo; Deadwood go; Gould
Curry, 40; Hale and Norcross, So; Home
stake, SIS; Independence, -; Mexican,
no; Ontario $50: Ophir, $50; Ply
mouth, %; Sierra Nevada, l40; Standard,
100. Union Con, 100; Yellow Jacket, 100;
Iron Silver, 10; Quick Silver, l5J; do
preferred. 1000; Bulwer. %.
New York, December 9.-The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, S4GS.525;
loans, increase, =, SIS, 500; specie, increase,
$40. 700; legal tenders, increase, 81 292, 100;
deposits, increase, S5.45I, 100; circulation,
decrease, $40, 100. The banks now hold
$685. 80 in excess of the requirements Of
the % per cent. rule.