Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-02

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\ Pacific Us OF ..................'''O I
] STATEs-Dun.
| RALROADS-Weak.
| SroCKs.-This was another dull day on
| the Stock Exchange, and tue general
/ trend Of speculation was IN the direction oil
| lower figures. The chief operators In the
! market were the bears, and the conditions
/ favored them. The seemingly irreconclla-
/ ole differences between the Senate aud
| House on the tariff bill, giving
I promise OF an extended session
/ of Congress, and thereby keeping the
| nuancial and commercial community IN a
/ state of uncertainty, cannot De regarded as
/ an inducement TO buy stocks Tor rise.
! The condition of the corn crop is not such,
/ according TO the most favorable advices, as
/ 10 lead TO the opinion that the
Granser roads will be tested severely
/ as 10 tneir carrying capacity to bring IL 10
market Gold shipments are stlA oelnS
/ ma G. and the treasury gold reserve Is ue-
| cliuing with a steadiness which is looked
upon with dsfavor. 10 say the least, by the
| Hnanciers Of the country and the financial
| officers OF the government. But with all
| these unfavorable elements the stock mar
/ ket gives no evidence OF inherent
weakness. 10 Is TACT that
many of the leading shares are
i NOW ue1NlLN QNEEStAA hAlA III oNAA~ ~ NN~-@-
/ the short interest is unwieldiDg. For the
past few DAYS Sugar and the Granger
/ stocks have been the only ones in which
there has been any active trading and as
rule they have moved in opposite direc-
tons. Sugar going down while the
| CIR. n e's were moving up and vice versa.
lue saJrts hammered Chicago Gas ana
succeeded in breaking the price
/ TX e. { mt TO 1lJ5. Attnelow point pur-
! cnaSes 10 cover caused a rally OF y, leav-
/ ing a net loss Of Is. The Changers were
/ weak on a selling movement wnlch was
( directed from Chicggo and principally
lgainst Burlington and Quincy, when
| stock broke rs per cent. TO I2s,
aud closed within i Of the low
est point touched. Rock Island
reached IA 10 6S1E, and recovered
| Il. Northwest lost y per cent, closing at
| the lowest. The bond market was heavy
during the day and closed weak, the prln-
I cipal changes on the day being: Declines -
/ Union Pacific Collateral Trust is Sd; Pitts
| burg aud Western firSts, 2${ Toledo, st.
! Louis and Kansas City first trust receipts,
! ,; Ohio and Mississippi, Springfield dlvls-
ion, ~; International aud Great Northern
frsts aud Canada Southern seconds, per
cent. Advances-Delaware and Hudson
frsts, Pennsylvania division, - per cent
lOldA SdLtS Ol SloChS ANHtVVV oANASS' ~
tatiOus closed bid
Atchison. SO Adams Express, l4S Amer
lean Express lO915; Baltimore and Ohio
80; Canada Pacific. Co; Central Pacific,
1917; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1914; Chicago
anu Altca. l40; Chicago. Burlington aud
Quincy, 1l&[; Chicago Gas, 129s Delaware
and Hudson, 1871; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. 1924 Denver and RIO Grande
preferred, 26$; Distlliers and Cattle Feed
ers Co, 1881; Erie, 1876 do. preferred,
SS: Fort Wayne, $50; General Electric,
asa: Illinois Central, 90; Lake Shore
l2SJ5; Michigan Central, 81; Missouri
Pacific, "a; National COrdage, POS 40.
preferred, 80; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, 49,; Northern Pacific, 81; do.
preferred, 1917: Northwestern, 1925; DO.
preferred. l4O; New York Central, 96sI !;
New York aud New England, l3ll Pacinc
Mail. 49,; Peoria, Decatur and Evans
willie, 2l3s Pittsburg, $50; Pullman Palace,
l56; Reading, l5L,, Rock Island, 639s st.
Louis and San Francisco first preferred,
-; st. Paul 567s; do. preferred, ll0$l Ten
nessee Coal ano Iron, Ia; Texas racine
); Union Pacific, ~; United States
Express, 50; Western Union, S45s; Wheel
ing and Lake Erie, e@s; DO. preferred,
345t.
Mining Stocks-Band B., -; Cholor, 20;
Crown Point, %: Consolidated California
and Virginia, 800; Deadwood, so; Gould
ana Curry. IS: Hale and NOrcrosS, 80;
Homestake, 1900; independence, -: Mex
lean. -; North Star, --: Ontario, $50;
OpEir, lTO; Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
IS; STANDARD, $50; Union Con-. so; yell
low Jacket, 40; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver 225; DO preferred. 1900; Bulwer, 10.