Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-28
TvAgCs AND TRADE


stonev. Per Cent-GOvsrnments, Firm.
stocks. strong-tlour. steady and I'm
chanEsd-W heat. Lower.
NEw YoRK. Noyenoe Money on call
easy al per cent; last loan 1 per cent;
closed At per cent. Prime mercau-
tile paper 2s{a5 per cent Sterling Elk
change firm. with actual business In
bankers bins 40 as sa4S115 for demand.
Silver certificates t2-4c Did.
GovERNNENTs-Strong.
U. s. SIS Registered.
L. .5sCOuD0IS. .....................l
u. =. As Registered. ..................ll5
L. :. As Coupons. ...................- ll2s4
u. s. IS Registered ................... "a
l'ac,hc6s OF 30. .........s .....-.--. lJ@
SrArEs-Inlctive
RNLROAD-- Firm.
SToCKs Although the general impress
sion this morning was that the directors or
the Northwestern would 90 their meeting
nt noon scale tho dividend. there was 50
much OF the element Of DOUBT in the Sltua-
tiOr that many Of the shorts went 20 cover
aud their purchases TO some extent COun-
teracted the selling of other operators, so
that only a loss Of "a per cent was made
from last nights closing price This de-
cline was quickly recovered, and upon the
circulation OF a report mat the Illl
dividend had been declared, an advance OF
R3e Uer cent. TO 80 was effected. The true
announcement coming shortly after caused
q break OF per sent. but the ready az
sOrptiOn Of the stock offered for sale and q
realization OF the fact that the full - per
ceut. had been earned, caused a revulslon
Offeelug and Induced buying that brought
about a recovery Of I per cent, making
an actual gain of q pc cent. on the day
Tie sister shares moved sympathetlcauy.
Burlington receded 5z, advanced l Is broke
u. and rallied 3 10 the final sales, closing
l. higher than on yesterday. The Goa.
Shares advanced steadily throughout the
day, Lackawanua selling up - and Della
ware and Hudson . =, Erie was adversely
affected by the publication or
the annua! report showing agoSi a
decrease Of over S!,OJGOOO IN
net/earnings. which 10 is SAID viii uecessl-
ta.ye material changes in the plan of reOr-
ganiZatiOn The stock broke > per cent TO
lO9{. with only rally Of IS az the close.
The general market opened heavy and de-
Clined a fraction IN the early dealings,
which was followed oy q slight rally. The
speculation then lapsed into oullness and
was without special movement until
about 1880 o'clock, when an upward
movement set la which was checked
bv the break iu Northwest AMI there was
Il r
the market was strong under the leader
snip Of Sugar, which was heavily bought,
Ind the speculation closed strong ia tone,
With prices in the active list az or near the
best of the DAY. Among the principal adj
vRnCes are: Sugar l&, Pullman l ana
Chicago Gas. Manhattan and Tobacco pre-
fetrel per cent. I'm the list OF declines
are Tobacco common aud New Y orS Cen
trial per cent. The bond market betrayed
nnHn" HH#
in hhe afternoon the speculation was
influenced Oy the strength of the share list,
and hhe market closed IN good tone. Inc
transactions of some note was the sale OF
q block of 100000 West Shore fOurs az
l06B.1 The sales for the OGy were Sl,ONl.-
500. Total sales of stocks lJ4, $40 shares.
Quotations closed bid:
AtchAsCn, ., Adams Express, l4O;
Alton kud Terre Haute, Sc; do preferred
l9S; American Express ll3; Baltimore
and Ohio o.; Canada iPacinc. 80, Cen
tral Pacific. IS; Chesapeake and Ohio, l,1s;
Chicago aud AltCa, l45, Chicago, BurunE-
tor and Quincy. 139 Chicago Gas, o. IS
Delaware and Hudson, l2S-9; Delaware,
Lacka3anua au1 Western. 1904 Denver
uut RiS Grands preferred, "a; DlstlA-
ers aud( Cattle Feeders Co., 50; Erie,
ll5s; 90. \prefsrred. %; Fort Wayne, ljS;
General 1lectric 35l, Illinois Central, 80;
Lake = fore, I3+, Michigan Central go;
Missouri Pacific, 20 National C0riage,
81; do preferred, 10; Norfolk aud West
ern prefet Pred, u 4; Northern Pacinc, a.,
90. preferred, % Northwestern 3c; 40.
preferred lf2; Eew Y0rS Central, S>'s;
New Y04l and New England. 81; Pa
cihc Man. - Peoria. Decatur and
Evansville. 3-5; Pitts0urg, l56; Pullman
Palace. 1856. Reading, l6l; Rock Island,
6lS st. Louis and san Francisco trst
preferred, IT,: ST. Paul. 81 do. preferred,
III; Tennessee Coal anu Iron. ljA, Texas
Pacihc, 90; Union PaCinc, 115.; United
States Express, AS; Western Union, So.
Wheeling 'aad LAKE Erie T.; do. pre-
terred. 4UlS
Mining STOCKS -Bulwer .05: Caolor, go;
Grown Point, SD. Consolidated California
anu virginia $40; Deadwood, 40; Gould
snd Curry. $50, Hale and NOrcross, 100;
HOmestakeJ 1850; Iron Silver -; Mex
lean, 50; Ontario, $40; Opair, 2lO; Ply
mouth, 30; Quicksilver, $50; 90. pre-
ferred. 1900; Sierra Nevada, 60; Standard,
$50; Union Con. 50; Yellow Jacket, 40.