Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-24
FINANCE AND TRADE
Money. Gas Per Csnt-Governments'
Dull and Firm-Stocl1S Active-lour
Nh ...h Enai.r- Whenf Lower.

Money, Gas Per Csnt.-Governments'
Dull and Firm-Seocl1s Active-lour
Dull and Easier-Wheat Lower.
l. New York. January 23.-Money on
call easy at ? to 8 per cent; last loan at -
per cent; closed offered at 27Sper cent
Prime mercantile paper 1916 per cent;
Sterling exchange, 4o6 for sixty days anu
4S71S for demand.
GovERNMENTs-Dull and firm.
Fours Registered. ..................'.! io7s
Fours Coupon. ............. Ia
Four-and-a-half Registered. ........- ia
Pacific Skies OF '95. .................lO O
STATEs-Dull and steady.
STOCKs.-The stock market was again
active to-day, but extremely so only IN tue
first hour, when the enormous sale OF DIS
tillers ran the trading up into large ngures;;.
There was more feverishness To-Day anu
more pressure on long stocks, especially
among the Industrials, Coalers and Grang-
ers. The principal cause Of this, however,
was found in the unexpected announce
ment of further shipment OF gold 10
Europe by q slow steamer tomorrow wnlcn
rather upset the calculations OF the bulls
and dampened the buying spirit which was
last week so prominent a feature IN the
trading. The opening was firm to strong,
but the unusual pressure upon the lnuuS-
trials. especially Distillers, the sharp de-
cline in the last named, Manhattan aud
Consolidated Gas, as well as Hooking
Coal, unsettled the entire market with the
aid of the gold shipments aforesaid.
The movements in Consolidated Gas
rallied it 2 per cent from us lowest
price. Manhattan was sold down IN the
early dealings, and was evidently without
support II declined from 10 10 1898,
closing per cent. higher than the lowest,
with a net loss of 81 per cent. railroad
bonds were rather less active TO-DAY ana
displayed an inclination to follow the stock
list downward. The market finally closed
rather heavy, at or near the lowest price
OF the day. Sales, 4eG, 0O0. Quotations closed
bid:
Atchisou, Sc; Adams Express, 1856;
American Express, rs; Baltimore ana
Ohio, 975<; Canada Pacific. 81; Central
Pacific %; Chesapeake and Ohio, 239s;
Chicago and Alton. LAP; Chicago, Burning
ton and Quincy, lO3; Delaware and hue,
son, 1929; Delaware, Lackewanna ana
Western, 1885, Denver and Rio Grande
preferred, 500; Erie, % q; do, preferred,
571I; Fort Wayne, l54; Illinois Central,
1889; Lake Shore, 1871: Michigan Cen
trail 1861 Missouri Pacific, 80; Norfolk
and Western preferred 49,; Northern Pa
cific, III; do preferred. 1917 ; Northwest
ern 1l437 New York Central, Ill; Pa
cihc Mail, %; Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville, IS; Pittsburg, $50; Pullman
Palace, 1893; Reading, ~ Rock Island,
SS16; St. Louis ana San Francisco first
preferred, 10; ST Paul, S23s; do preferred
1859; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 500
Texas Pacific, 1879; Union Pacific, Al;
United States Express, 63; Western
Union, 942l; Wheeling and Lake Erie
235S; do preferred, 654,
Mining Stocks-Cholor- Crown Point
co: Consolidated California and Virginia,
285; Deadwood, 100; Gould and Curry, 7O5;
Hale and Norcross, IS; Homesteak, 1850;
Independence, -; Mexican, 100; North
Star, -; Ontario, 1850; Ophir, 1850; Ply
mouth, -; Sierra Nevada, rs; Standard,
1870; Union Consolidated, 30, Yellow Jacket
so; Iron Silver, 40; Quicksilver, $50; DO.
preferred, 100: Bulwer, llCO.