Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-30
FINANCE. AND TRADE
Money. Per cent-Goveruments.s strong
stocks. Lower-fiour, EAsy-Wheas
Higher.


higher.
NEw y oRK, January 9a.-Aioney on call
easf AZ per cent last loan. per cent
paper slEa5SI per cent Sterling exchange
dall and easier at 4SS1SssS6s4.
SovkRNNENrs-Strong.
Fours Registered. - llsss
Four--and-a-half Registered. -. rs
Factnc Skies OF '25............ lO3
STArEs-Inactive.
kAilRoADs-Strong.
SToCSs-rhe most interesting event in
" all street WAS tho conference between
tue Secretary OF the Treasury aud the
leading New York bankers on the proposed
oond issue II cannot be said, however TO
nave had any effect upon the market iu-
sSmneh Us the speculative element have
already practically discounted the
business OF the loan and have not
lost confidence in the ability OF the
government TO hoat the bonds or the right
OF tue Secretary OF the Treasury to issue
them. New England sold down Il per
cent, ana IL was reported that sales were
IN liquidation on the pool formed in tho
| nope OF creating voting trust under the
management OF MIR Charles Parsons
subsequently when n strong purchasing
/ movement WAS developed IL was limited
that the receiver OF the company In this
| city ana his party were DESTROYS of
accumulAt,ng stock at cheap figures. MIR
i Platt himself offered the theory that the
early selling was by persons who had
J bought the shares In expectation OF the ap-
| polntment OF receivers other than those
| named. The stock advanced per cent
| Sugar declined steadily on the liquidation
| OF traders pool, touching bottom figures
tate IN the afternoon, when the decline was
| "a per cent. In the final sales there was
recovery OF The preferred receded
| ~ per cent. The general market was
irregular during the morning, tuctuating
! frequently between firmness aud depres-
| sion on a small volume OF business After
midday the speculation was steadied 9ome-
| what and for "A time hrmness prevailed UNI
| III the drive made at Chicago Gas caused
general weakness, which lasted with
scarcely an interruption until the close, the
| Gay ending with heaviness which was
( general. Compared with the final sales of
saturday, the closing prices were
| irregular, but majority OF the
SHARES traded in show decline.
Including besides those already men
| toned. Delaware, Lackawanna aud West
! ern 2's Evansville and Terre Haute and
| PittSburg G., &. * ST. L. preferred =;
| Manhattan "a, and General Electric per
! cent, the latter being unfavorably affected
! by report that Professor Thompson was
organizing an opposition company These
shares which show the principal advances,
are: Cotton OIL preferred lI(; Wheeling
and Lake Erie preferred 4 and cad pre-
| ferred per cent The railway and mis-
|
late in the afternoon when an easier tone
prevailed. Sales 10000. Quotations
closed bid
Atchinson, ll9l; Adams Express, Isl
American Express, no; Baltimore and
Ohio, 20; Canada Pacific, 5llS; Central
Pacific, 10; Chesapeake and Ohio. l16z
Chicago and Alton, 1873; Chicago, Bur
| hngton and Quincy, 1GeZ; Chicago
Gas, 62; Delaware and HUDSON, 1872
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
1865; Denver and RIO Grande prs.
ierred, 3lt{; Distillers and Cattle Feed
ers Co, 2oll; Erie, 15ls; 90. preferred,
81; Fort Wayne, 100; Illinois Cen.
trail. 929l: Lake Shore, l26; Michigan
Norfolk and Western preferred pa,
Northern Pacific, ~; do. preferred. ~
Northwestern, lO3i4; do. preferred, l3g;
New York Central, lOlLl; New York
and New England. II; Pacific Mail,
IN; Peoria, Decatur aud Evansville, 4;
Pittsburg, l49: Pullman Palace. 1859;
Reading, 10; Rock Island, 67i4 ST. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, --; St
Paul 5s5s; do. preferred. u.s. TENNESSEE
Coal and Iron, l6i. Texas Pacific, s9zt
Union Pacific, %. United States Ex.
press, 63; Western Union, S4i. Wheel
ing and Lake Erie. l23s DO. preferred
1861.
Mining Stocks-Band b., -: Cholor. A.;
Crown Point, 40; Consolidated CalIfornls
and Virginia, go; Deadwood 80: Gould
and Curry. %; Hale and Norcross, so
Homestake, 1000; independence, 49,: Mex
lean, 30; North Star, -; Ontario, 800
Ophir, 40; Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
65; Standard l25; Union Con, 90: Vel
low Jacket, S. Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver. $50; do preferred. 1900; Bulwer .O5