Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-06

STOCKS-Ihe stock market to-day was
irregular Of movement and unsettled OF
tone, the result of The days trading being
the establishment OF range Of prices eX-
tending from 2ls per cent. below 10 Is per
cent. ABOVE the closing figures of yesterday
and in Morris an Essex an advance Of 3per
cent. was made on the last prev
ious sale The declines were more
numerous than the gains. Specu-
latiOn was less active than usual
and the trading was largely confined 10 the
professional traders. London supplying
only a portion Of the dealings and dividing
its patronage about equally on each side OF
the market. Influences at work N the
market were continued favorable reports
of railroad earnings as bull factor, ara
rumors that the forthcoming crop report OF
the government will show loss
of condition in corn, being q bear
argument: The Changers were chiefly
affected by this latter point and St. Paul
was sold by London, but even IN this
group the depreciation was merely frac-
tional. Western Union was rendered a
tritle weak ov realization Of recent profits.
The general market opened irregular and
except for brief period Of strength be-
tween 10 O'Clock and 1880 o'clock
was heavy during the entire
morning. After midday a frac-
tiOnal rally took place, which was not last
ing, and the Improvement was quickly lost,
the market closing only barely steady.
Sugar led in the transactions, tiuCtuGtlng
within a limit of per cent. The stock
advanced q in the early dealing, but soon
began TO sag off on steady selling up 10 the
close, the last being the lowest price OF the
day, , per cent. below the highest point
of the morning and ~ down from yester-
day Pan Handle stocks were strong, the
preferred making an advance OF Is and
the common l per cent. The other gains
above fraction were Baltimore and Ohio
~; Sugar preferred per cent The bond
market was 10 good tone all day and oe-
came quite strong during the afternoon.
The upward tendency continuing 10 the
close Most OF the securities dealt in re
corded advances. The transactions were
large and aggregated 81, Oj5, 800. Total
sales Of stock 10000 shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atchlson. *; Adams Express, al; Amer
can Express 10; Baltimore and OHIO,
-; Canada Pacific. COZ Central Pacific,
l5&; Chesapeake and Ohio, BIS Chicago
and Alton. 40; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, ~; Chicago Gas, ~ Delaware
and Hudson, 1919; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. 1855; Denver and RIO
Grande preferred, So; DistillerS and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1873; Erie los; 90.
preferred, 81; SFort Wayne, l52;
General Electric, Az; Illinois Cen
tral, 94}5 Lake Shore 1853; Michigan
Central, IS: Missouri Pacific, 800; Ma
tienal CorGage, 10; do preferred, BIZ;
Norfolk and Western preferred, % 5 ;
Northern Pacific IS; do. preferred, 2l ;
Northwestern l05is; do. preferred, al;
New York Central, 1918; New YORK and
New England. BIS; Pacific Mail, Is;
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, 4;
Pittsburg, $50; Pullman Palace, 100;
Reading, 2l5{; Rock Island, 6jis 81. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; St.
Paul, 655(; do. preferred. ~; Tennessee
Coal anO Iron, lS'S; Texas Pacific, l0S ;
Union Pacific, 1884 United States Ex-
press, 81; Western Union, Slis; Wheeling
and Lake Erie -; DO. preferred, 40.
Mining Stocks-Band B., -; CaolOr, Is;
Crown Point, 65; Consolidated California
and Virginia, SO; DeadwoOd, 50; Gould
and Curry 60; Hale and NorcrOss, 50;
Homestake, 1850; Independence, -; Mex
lean, 100; North Star, 49,; Ontario, 900;
Ophir. 200; Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
90; Standard, 10; Union Con-, 60; YeI-
low Jacket 55; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver $50; do preferred. 400; Bulwer, 10.