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

change. steady at 1881 a4S71l.
GovERNMENTs--DuH
FOurs Registered. ....-......n'''''.ii ia
Four-and-a-half Registered. .....".. 20
Pacific Skies Of 95.....'',''''''.'''IVI 1B
STATEs-Dull.
RAuROADs-StrOng.
SroCKs.-Leading banking houses with
foreign connections announced this morn
ing that they would not ship any gold oy
to-morrOw's steamer, but the conditions
changed during the day, exchange on Ger
many having been advanced TO point at
which slight profit was shown on expor-
tations of gold 10 Germany, aud before
three o'clock two houses had made engage
ments for the Lain, which sans
tomorrow, aggregating 81, IOO,OOO, Wnlch,
with the half million that went out on sat
urday, makes total OF S2,2UO,OUO Win
drawn for Germany. all ofiwhich comes from
bank vaults and not from the United States
Sub.Treasury AS the Lain sails early In
the morning. no more gold can DO shipped
tomorrow, TO-day's gold shipments,
while creating no alarm In general
financial circles, had the effect OF
assisting the depression in the stock mar
ket. which was mainly due TO other causes.
The Grangers were weak on losses IN earn
ings. The heaviness Tor American
securietieS was another depressing IN
fuence and there were some selling
orders from abroad in the arOitrage spe-
cialties. News from Washington as TO
the tariff probabilities were not very re-
assuring TO holders OF the Industrial
stocks, especially as 70 Distllhng and
sugar, though both were strongly SUP
ported by insiders. The one bright spot
in the market was Lead, both common and
preferred stocks being in demand oy rea-
son Of reports that modification of the
tariff on white lead gave the National
Lead Company a material advantage, in
view Of the heavy stock OF lead on hand.
Linseed oil was heavy on reports that the
Standard Oil party had changed front and
was trying 20 liQuidate part Of their hold
ines. out only / 600 shares were disposed
| Of The market closed firm but lower,
the declines ranging from = 10 ~ per
cent. sales 2lo, 200 shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atcbinson, 1898; Adams Express 15O;
American Express, ll3; Baltimore and
Ohio, %; Canada Pacific. 533I; Central
Pacific, 10; Chesapeake and Ohio, lSs%;
Chicago and Alton, 1873; Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy 7S]5; Chicago Gas,
IS; Delaware and Hudson, l33;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
lG4; Denver and Rio Grande pre-
ferred, BIZ; Distillers and Cattle Feed
ers Co., Is; Erie, 14sI; do. preferred,
30; Fort Wayne, $50; Illinois Cen
trail, 90: Lake Shore, 1873; Michigan
Central, 1913; Missouri Pacific, 249;
Norfolk and Western preferred, u
Northern Pacific, G; do. preferred, ~ :;
Northwestern, 1881; do. preferred, 1929 I;
New York Central, 10l4; New YORK
and New England, 80; Pacific Mail,
Il; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, %;
Pittsburg, $50; Pullman Palace, III;
Reading, 2O1s; Rock Island, 67$l St. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; Ut.
Paul 625I; do. preferred, llS15; Tennessee
Coal and Iron, 1873; Texas Pacific, "a;
Union Pacific, 2O% United States Express
SO; Western Union, S755; Wheeling and
Lake Erie. 14S[; do, preferred, 5O%.
Mining Stocks-Band B., -; Cholor, 20;
Crown Point, 20; Consolidated California
and Virginia, $50; Deadwood Go; Gould
Curry, 10; Hale and Norcross, 50; Home
stake, SIS; independence, -; Mexican,
100; Ontario 55O; Ophir, l63; Ply
mouth, 20; Sierra Nevada 1876: Standard,
100: Union Con-, 100; Yellow Jacket, lO5;
Iron Silver, 10; Quick Silver, 1906 do
preferred, 1000; BulWer, 05.