Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-20
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money, Ia1 Ia Per Cent-Government''
InactIVe-Stocks, LOW0r-FiOur, Easy
wheat, Higher.
NEW YORK. December 1S.-Money on call
easy at Ial56 per cent; last loan rs per
cent. closed offered at ~ per cent Prime
mercantile paper 3i8a515 per cent SterI-
ms. exchange quiet at 4o3lSa4STi4.
GOvERNMENTs-Inactlv
FOurs Registered. ...........s o.. 10 =
FOurS Coupons .....-...... ...s..-...4 lf7s
Four-and-a-half Registered. s295
Pacific Skies Of '95...... lUS
STATES-Inactiye.
RAuROADs-Weak and Lower.
SrOCKs.-Th0 feature of the speculation
OIL tie stock Exchange to-day was pro-
nOunced and successful bear raid on the
Vanderbilts, which, perhaps, was not en-
tirelv premeditatCd, but was largely the
result Of a transaction on the London EX-
change. To seems that a block Of 10000
New York Central was offered
for sale I'm London which was
purchased by a well known house
having connections in this city. There
was q profit in dispOsing OF 10 on the New
York Exchange and the transaction at
tracted attention TO the stock. 10 being a
bear market, the professionals thought
that III one Vanderbilt stock was a good
sale why not another. and Lake Shore was
selected as the chief victim. To help bring
out the STOCK 10 was suggested that the
earnings Of the road were decreasing and
the general business depression was made
10 serve as confirmation Of rumOrs that the
present rate Of dividends could not be kept
up.
The lowest point was relched shortly be-
fore noon, az which time Lake SnOre was
down 81, Michigan Central "A and other
Vanderbilts from "a TO 8 per cent. Lake
Shore realized before the close, closing az a
loss Of l2[ per cent The Granger shares
came ia for a share Of the attention Of the
shorts, but were fairly well held. The
coal stocks suffered somewhat In the gem
eral decline, notably Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western and Jersey Central
The Industrials were not drawn into the
selling movement 20 any great extent, and
ia only one case lost more than a traction.
sales, 263, $40 shares. Quotations closed
bid.
Atchinson, 1S5s; Adams Express $50;
American Express, $50; Baltimore ana
Ohio, 6g%; Canada Pacific, ga Central
Pacihc, 10; Chesapeake and Ohio, los ;
Chicago aud Alton, 1873; Chicago, Bur
nngtOn and Quincy, 16ss; Chicago Gas,
64}{; Delaware aud HUDSON, 1919;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
l0l5<; Denver and RIO Grande pre-
AcEEbus Oh DAoLllASLS anu NellAS II ~
ers Co, 21&; Erie, 149[; do. preferred,
SO1<; Fort Wayne, rs; Illinois Cen
tral. 9l55: Lake Shore, l24}6; Michigan
Central, 800; Missouri Pacific, 23l ;
Norfolk aud Western preferred, 201s ;
Northern Pacific, 54; do. preferred, 1875;
Northwestern, 1OlSl; do. preferred, 1856;
New YORK Central, 100; New YORK
and New England, 2J5s; Pacific Mail,
49,; Peoria, Decatur ana Evansville, 5s( /;
Pittsburg, las; Pullman Palace, l69;
Reading, 1881; Rock Island, 66l{ ST. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; ST.
Paul 595S; do. preferred, ll6; Tennessee
Coal ana Iron. is; Texas Pacific, ~;
Union Paciic, 1854 United States Express
So; Western Unlou, S63{; Wheeling and
Lake Erie. "a: do. preferred, 40.
Mining Stocks-Band B., -;Cholor, So;
Crown Point, 353 Consolidated California
and Virginia. $50; DeadwOOd 90; Gould
Curry, 90, Hale and NOrcross, %; Home
stake, 500; Independence, -; Mexican,
65; Ontario 500; Ophir, l2O; Ply
mouth, 10; Sierra Nevada, 90; Standard,
100. Union Con-, so; Yellow Jacket 50;
Iron Silver, 10; Quick Silver 1906 do
preferred, 1000; Bulwer ..