Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-20

FourS Registered ,,o,,
Fours Coupons iig's
Four-and- a-half Registered o.
sum- 9lNes OF 'so................ lO9
SrATEs-Easier.
kAtLROADS-Active
STOCKS. With tho execution NJ a brief
period during the afternoon, when a slight
reacuonary movement was manipulatad
lhls was bull day on tho Stock Exchange
Ihe great factor in the market was The
success attending the placing OF the new
government loan which WashinOton
advlces state has already been sun.
scroed Tor twice over and az
premium on the unset nricp
established by the Secretary OF the Treas
ury While there never was anv doubt i'm
financial circles that the bond issue would
DE readily taken up by home investors the
aVidity with which capital seeks 10 absorb
me loan at figures above the maximum
taxing prices testified 10 the high credit of
the government az home, among the people
VINO are best qualified 10 Judge the Situation
correctly. rms Is the view taken by the
operators on the Stock Exchange. and the
short interest devoted the day To covering
thelr outstanding contracts, apparently be
heving that the conditions are not fayorn-
Ole TO bear campaign. Orders TO buy
were many al the opening OF bust
ness, London, the West Boston
and Philadelphia being among rho
purchasers and helping TO swell
the quota. Not that the volume OF bust.
ness was large or that there there was nm.
usual activity, but "A steady trading which
had no pressure 10 sell 10 counteract and
wnlcn conseq nently required less buying
10 Drlng ABOUT an au Vance than an ord ina.
ry market The upward movement reached
Us height in the last half OF the afternoon
and In the final dealings was quite
marked, the highest prices of the dav
prevailing at the close, which was
strong IN tone aud approaching TO buoy
Ancy. Inc buying ia Granger shares was
Increased by reason OF large decrease in
December earnings Ia Northwest, and also
the recent bear clique In ST Paul and
burlington were said 10 be covering The
formation OF pool ia Western Union 10
acqpiro further holdings assisted to adj.
vance the price OF that stock Sales. l6J..
700 shares Quotatiods closed bid
Atchnson, ll@<; Adams Express, ISL;
American Express, 10; Baltimore and
Ohio, 6Jj3 Canada Pacific 6gs<; Central
PACING, lJ55i Chesapeake and Ohio, Is
Chicago and Alton, 1873; Chicago. Bur
lington aud Quincy, 55II; Chicago
Gas, COS; Delaware and Hudson, 1897
Delaware. LackawannR and Western.
1869; Denver and RIO Grande pre-.
ferred BIZ; Distillers and Cattle Feed
ers Co, 2i5s; Erie, li9{; do. preferred,
81; Fort Wayne. AS; Illinois Cen.
trail, % Lake Shore, l24l4; Michigan
SOuAAalf 'tlhs NllhSouEi faclUC, ~
Norfolk and Western preferred 49,
Northern Pacific, a.. do. preferred. 10
Northwestern, l01; do. preferred. 1857 :
New York Central, g9l1; New York
aud New England 10; Pacific Mail,
Is; Peoria, Decatur aud Evansville, 4
Pittsburg, l4S; Pullman Palace. l6S /;
Reading, BOZ; Rock Island, en- st. Louis
aud San Francisco first preferred, -, St.
Paul 3j5z do. preferred. TO: Tennessee
Coal and Iron, 1871. Texas Pacific, 5;
Union Pacific, 1879; United States Ex-
press, %; Western Union, s53z; Wheel
ing and Lake Erie. 1875; do. preferred.
AZ
Mining Stocks-Bsnd b., -: Cholor, 90;
Crown Point, 40; Consolidated California
and Virginia, 80; Deadwood 90; Gould
and Curry, Sd; Hale and NorcrOss, Gj;
Homestase, 1000; independence, -; Mex
lean, 100. North Star -: Ontario, 500 &;
Ophir, 40; plymouth. 10; Sierra Nevada,
50; Standard. l25. Union Con, 10: Vel
low Jacket, 90 Iron Silver. -; Quick
Silver, 10; do preferred 1000. Bulwer .Oj.