The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-02
FINANCE AND TRADE.
: Tho Features of tho Money anu SIC

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Tho Features of tho Money and Stock
Markets.
new YoEE. March l.-Money on call easy at
per cent; last loan ! per cent; closed at per
cent Prime mercantile paper Sa'1S per cent.
Sterling exchange dull with nclual business In
bankers bill Mt 81 sSa, ssh for demand and at
81 sSni SG11 for sixty days. posted rates, 81 s1lsa
4s9; commercial bills, siS51Sai s}jii. Silver
certificates G0Xa6lc. Tho total sales OF stocks
to-day were 2'6,900 shares "a.
Tho stock market after n weak opcuIuc
quickly developed strength and the general
tendency throughout was In the direction OF
higher, prices, The volume OF business too,
showed considerable increase aud NIL the con.
ditions wcre favorable aud led up to tho result
which was brought about in the later dealings.
ptring tho carly morning the bears made
drive NJ sugar on the plea that tho sliding scale
OF profession. suggested By tho senate, was not
what me sugar interest hoped for. On the re.
sulsnnt selling the stock fell of TX per cent, but
the recovery was rnpid and Sugar quickly took
Us place Us leader Of the upward movement
WIN ny OF The activc shares md most OF tho
speclaitics trnded In IN the procession. II
seemed 10 gradually dawn on the shorts that tho
timn had come 10 cover but II wns not until
alter two o'clock that the great rush 10 buy
ie ,a,a ~ height and during the lust hour OF
business me purchases were unusually heavy.
imrhrttng buoyaiicy to the market TO which
II Inns long bccu stranger, t.... aEs.-
lhn Noor Oh Inc exchange presented an nni-
gong. which closed thu DAVIS business, were Inc
several pools IN active motion. The stock OK.
Change THINKS rapidly. and lnte to-day camc TO
imo eonGlu Us, TINT the tariff question:, which
NV Nv Deeh NV rut OF nnscttling influence under
tho speculation an we'll as on the business OF the
country, whs nearing n solution. II mnttetcd
NOT great dcnl 10 the street whothcrtho settle.
ment was satisfactory. tho main fact TINT tho
ulsputati0n WIS coming to nm end, that tho bost
or tho worst WINS TO bn definitely known was
enough. Belief In tho reserve power OF tho
country 10 overcome tnrlll MS well rs other DIM.
suliies. was at the bottom OF the purchasing
movement III stocks md tho encouraging 70.
nors from The several railroads which Ind pub.
lisieu thcir January earnings, lent material as.
ISSUANCE s, 10 Tue hnll side Of The market. 1t was
no. nione tie shorts who bought stocks today.
lor There wete heavy purchases also for tho long
ncco!'nt. nnd mo strictly commission houses did
Ihote business tlian for many months past, Lon
aon WINS hot a factor OF tho market: but there
Philadelphia accounts. At tho close Of business
Ihe zone was bnoynnt md compared with ycstcr.
unys closing Snlcs, tho final prices showed an
"u m,' fnngiIe from 4 to 0 per cent
WINS strong mud nGtive Nil ilny --ll,l :,
government aud Stnte bonds dull. Sd
BONDS AND srocK OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mo, K
Y. >. ~ regm".". .ll2ji Nat Cord prci'd... SOL.
Y. y 4; colipon..mll113 Now Jersey Ccnt....llb5
u.S, ~ regY".... 90 Norfolk & West p'd aOt;
iaciln,nos Oh W "...l0. Northern laclno.. ~
h!Scn.son I-..."...'. l2ttl do prcfcrrcd-".. lSls
American E1prc".lIa do preferred. ,,. lid
lialtim0rr e Ohio II Now York Central tSrz
Caundn Southern. 6oh MY, 4 New Enc' 80 iog
Central Iacilic-...., l3t IOreron lmproye'L., ii
Chesapeake & Ohio is 'l0reron Eny,... %
Chicago Il Alton. ,,lII Pacific Mall.,,...... II
Ghi. Bur. 4 Quincy. 7SSIri,lsburgh..,,, Isj,,
Chicago Gasn......,, GtD i,caIInv' $500 81
G.. G.. Z; 4 81, L,n. Isl Richmond Term. az
Col. Coal 4 lton..., 10 do Preferred oS-I;is
Cotton OIL Certlnc. y Rock Island, ,..,..., GoI
Del Il liud....,,,,laS iIISt Tniii ''" G9G
Del, Lack, Il West .G7J3 do nrctcrr"d ' I'D
Den. d H. G. ptotd no lst pn,tl & Omaha aSsk
Rr,a " ea'ao fced. atsG do preferrod,,.,...1ll Il
E,u,o Ky sugar Rctincry.... IS
w P1eicfteu.'"". Us Tenn. Coal & Iron. l0E