Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-03

Money 1 Eor O8nE.-EaOV8Fnm9nt8s Firm
Stocks, higher - Flour, Dull ana Easy.
wheat, lower.
New YORK. October 2.-Money on
call closed easy at 1 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 3a55S per cent. Sterling
Exchange firm, with actual business in
banSers bills at 4o6l ta4o679 Silver GER
tihcayes Csc
GOyERNNIENTs-Firm
u. S. 5s Registered. 119
L. >. 0SCoupOuS. .............. 1l9 a
u. :. As Registered .............. 1881
L. =, IS Coupons. a
L. =. Is Registered. Observation-Disclosures. 90
EatincoS OF Observation-Disclosures. .lOl
SrATEs-Duu
RAILROADS-Eirm.
STOCKs-On the Stock Exchange to-day
the sales Of one stock, Sugar, exceeded the
total transactions in the rest OF the list.
The liquidation which has been in progress
for some days past in the shares OF the
sugar trust was continued to-day with in
creased force and inside interests, Il Is
claimed, foster the declining tendency OF
the stock. The suggestions made from
time 70 time at political con-
ventlOns and meetings that the
fight for tariff reform is but
begun and that broad hints that at the
next session of Congress another effort
Will be made 10 remove the protection now
given 70 the redners Of sugar, seem not to
be lost upon the trust. To-day more than
10000 shares Of the stock changed hands
on a steadily declining scale from the
opening 70 close, the last being the lowest
price OF the day and 3 5-S per cent, below
the final sale of yesterday. Sugar pre-
ferred Is down pa. The other lndustrlals
traded In did not share In the
extreme depression of the leader OF the
market, although some Of this group made
dips which were only partly recovered at
the close. General Electric fell of IL
but rallied 3, Chicago Gas rose II, finally
reaCtiug g. Distilling moved within a
range Of $ per cent, and stands un-
changed on the day. In the railway list
the speculation was in the main strong IN
tone, especially for Changers and otner
active stocks The trading, however,
was light in volume and the move
Eent of prices slight. Compared with yes
terdays closing prices, tO-nights hnal hg-
uIss generally show advances ranging
from 4 90 255 per cent, Western Union
and Rock Island Is and Missouri Paclnc
g. Some few OF the speCialtles show
losses on the day, including p, e. Z. & st.
Louis preferred IA; do common IA ;
Wheeling aud Lake Erie preferred
and PltJsOurg and Western preferred per
cent. Except for Sugar, the market closed
firm. The bond market was easy during
the morning, but gained during the after
noon and closed firm. A moderate volume
of business was transacted, the sales ag-
glegatiug 1898 500. Total sales OF stocks
1889 shares. Quotations closed bid:
Atchison, 5}6; Adams Express. 146;
American Express, no; Baltimore and Ohio
G5L; Canada Pacific, 81; Central Pa
enc, "a; Chesapeake and Ohio, ISIS 4;
Chicago and Alien, l42; Chicago, Buring-
ton aud Quincy. S2is; Chicago Gas, 1OR !;
Delaware and HUDSON, 1917; Delaware,
Lsckswanua and Western. 1898, Denver
and Rio Grande preferred, 80; Distill-
ers and Cattle Feeders Co., 81; Erie,
l4tl; 90. preferred, 25}s Fort Wayne, l53;
Illinois Central, SO; Lake Shore, l3414 :;
Michigan Central, gS; Missouri PaclnC,
%. National COrdage, Is; do. preferred,
28ls; Norfolk and Western preferred,
23t5 Northern Pacific, AS; do. preferred,
49,; Northwestern 1929 DO. preferred,
l42; New York Central, 100; New
York and New England, 29&[ Pacific Mail,
l4sf; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville,
So; Pittsburg, 1853; Pullman Palace, l5s;
Reading, lT5t Rock Island, 6OsI ST. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; ST.
Paul, 6l15; do. preferred, IFS; Tennessee
Coal ana Iron, 100, Texas Paclnc, y;
Union Pacihc, l2L; United States Ex-
press, As; Western Union, SIS; Wheeling
sRd Lake Erie 1855; do. preferred, 431S.
Mining St0cks-Bsnd b, -; CholOr, 90;
Crowu Point, 15 Consolidated California
Ind Virginia, 500; DeadwOoo, 80; Gould
'and Curry, 50; Hale and Norcross, o5;
HomestaEe, 1850; Independence, -; Mex
lean. 40; North Star, -; Ontario, 800;
Ophir. 400, Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
$50: Standard, ll5, Union Con-, 90; yell
row Jacket, 100; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver, $50; 90 preferred. 400; Bulwer, 10.