Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-17

heavier than on yesterday, aud the specu-
iation was healthier IN tone Evidences
of a broadening market were found In the
increased orders received by the commits
sion houses, with reports OF increased In
terest on the part Of their customers IN the
course Of speculative values. The CHIEF
speculation was IN the Granger
shares, which were IN unusuaIIy
good buving. in the belief that
on the final settlement Of the tariff, rail-
road traffic is going TO be largely increased
by heavy shipments Of goods from the At
! lartic seaboard TO the West. General Elec-
trio made the greatest ad-ances on the
dav. showing g gain of per cent on good
| buving. There was u demand for Missouri
Pacific at the second board, which sent the
! shares up , per cent, closing Win net
! gain of 10. Local and London buying OF
! Louisville and Nashville caused an appre-
citation of 4 per cent, the closing price
| being within 4 Of the best. The other
! important advances Of the day were:
| Union Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande
preferred ~. Reading and Wheeling ana
! Lake Erie preferred and Chicago Gas IS.
| Western Union, which, 1t is said, Will
shortly be listed on the London Stock Tx
change, sold up / a per cent. TO e915, clos,
ing at reaction OF g per cent. Sugar ala
not participate in the general buoyancy,
| being under the manipulation OF the
CLIQUE Of insiders In, The late trading
| the stock reacted @5 with fna!
rally of y, making gain OF
! 4 on the day DistiiLiug sold up q per
cent in the carly dealings, but the Improve
ment was quickly lost under n pear RAID
! based on the conflicting rumors touching
| the 5000, 900 loan which, 1t IS SAID, the
company needs TO make good its oond'
4 ebora which mara than a
| fraction on the day was Mobile and ONO.
which is down per cent. The bond mar
ket was strong all day. Quotations closed
| bid:
Atchison.-; Adams Express, 147; Amer
| can Express liz; Baltimore ana ONO,
| ~; Canada Pacific. Is q! Central Pac!hc,
| l55; Chesapeake and Ohio 1871; Chicago
and Altca. i3S; Chicago, Burlington aud
| Quincy, 735S; Chicago Gas, 1r55 Delaware
and HUDSON, 1895; Delaware, Lackawanna
anu Western. 100; Denver and Rlo Grande
preferred, 3i5l; Distillers and Cattle Feed
ers Co., 2O5s; Erie, lj35; 90. preferred
! g0i/. Fort Wavne, $50; Illinois Central,
90; Lake Shore 1905; Michigan Central,
%; Missouri Pacific, 2S$Z; National Cord J.,
age, Pix; do preferred, SO; Norfolk and
! Western preferred, 2415; Northern Pa
cine. 4; do. preferred. l614 Northwestern,
| lO6k: do. preferred, I4lA; New York Cen
tral, 1917; New York and New England
l64 Pacific Mail. 1875 Peoria. Decatur
anu Evansville, A ; Pittsourg, l4ol4 Pull
man Palace, l57; Reading, 100; Rock
Island, G62l; st. Louis aud San Francisco
first preferred, -; St. Paul, 6S1S; do. pre-
ferred. llSJ5; Tennessee Coal ana Iron,
1917: Texas Pacific, 90; Union Pacihc,
( ll@S; United States Express, so; Western
Union, S9H; Wheeling and Lake Erie,
III. do preferred Ak
Mining Stocks-Bsnd B., -; Cholor SO;
Grown Point, 20; Consolidated California
and Virginia, $40; DeadwOOd, 90: Gould
vnd Curry, 90; Hale and Norcrosss, q;
| HomestaEe, 1890; Independence, -; Mex
lean, l25: North Star, -: Ontario, GOO;
! Ophir, 23O1S Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
! 20: Standard, l45; Union Con-. 40; YET
low Jacket, 80; Iron Silver 10; Quick
Silver. @25: 90 preferred. 400; Bulwer, 24O