Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19

closed firm, and in the interim speculation
was somewhat unsettled, but prices in the
main were well held and in majority OF
cases The result Of the days transactions is
an advance in prices ranging from q to 2ss
per cent The volume OF business was
lighter than usual, due to the hardening
tendency exhibited by the sterling exchange
market The best opinion Is that ster-
ling exchange must make further ad-
vance TO render exports at profit posi-
BILE, and that in any event the movement
would be slight. Trading was light, ex-
cept in some special instances. Sugar as
usual took the lead in the transactions,
opening at an advance OF &c, and lmmedl-
ately taking a turn downward, touching
S55k, a break Of 1SS per cent. 1t was purely
a clique movement, and having apparently
reached the desired low point, the manipu-
lators sent the stock up TO S1S5, closing
within a of the best and per cent. above
yesterdays closing, the preferred gaining
Il At the opening General Electric lost
and regained = per cent. in rapid success
sion, and then on sales in liquidation
Of long account and also for the
short account, break of 2 per cent was
effected, the final sale being within Is OF
the lowest OF the Granger group ST
Paul was most largely dealt in, closing s
moved within a range OF and North
western Il, both closing unchanged from
yesterday. Chicago Gas was strong on buy
ing By bull clique in the stock, advanc-
ing q per cent and retain
ing all but g thereof to the close. In the
rest of the list the trading was light, but
some of the specialties fuctuated widely.
Baltimore and Ohio recovered 4 per cent.
of yesterdays 5H per cent. decline. Pull
man shows al Improvement OF per cent.
The other changes are merely fractional.
The bond market has been in good tone
throughout the dav, and most of the issues
traded in have recorded advances. The
trading was fairly active, the total sales
reaching 1921, 800. Total sales Of stocks,
lbs, 42l shares. Quotations closed bid:
Atchison, 59E; Adams Express, 147;
American Express liz; Baltimore and
Ohio 69l{; Canada Pacific, IS; Central
Pacific. l52<; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1875
Chicago anu Altc1. l42; Chicago, Burllng-
ton and Quincy. 1917; Chicago Gas, 1879;
Delaware and HUDSON, 1874; Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western, l65; Denver
and RIO Grande preferred, S251; Distil-
ers and Cattle Feeders Co., %; Erie
1875 90. preferred, 2619; Fort Wayne, l5S;
General Electric, 1919; Illinois Central.
90; Lake Shore, 1855; Michigan Cen
LEdl. .SJs NllSSOuEl uCAACt -iI2 ANStAOhSA
Cordage, u; do. preferred, 90; Nor
folk and Western preferred, 22Sl;
Northern Pacific, 4; do. preferred,
IN; Northwestern 1881; do. preferred,
l43; New York Central 99j4; New
York and New England. S055; Pacific Mail.
l61I: Peoria. Decatur and Evansville,
81 Pittsburg, 1853; Pullman Palace. l6l;
Reading, 49,; Rock Island, 60; St. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; ST.
Paul, 90; do, preferred, 1l9; Tennessee
Coal sno Iron, IA; Texas Pacific, -;
Union Pacific, ~; United States Elk
press, 50; Western Unlou, 500; Wheeling
and Lake Erie 70; do. preferred. 40%.
Mining Stocks-Bulwer Il; Cholor, 60;
Crown Point, 20; Consolidated California
and Virginia, 465; Deadwood, so; Gould
and Curry. 20; Hale and Norcross, So;
Homestake, 1876; Iron Silver 10; Mex
lean, 12O Ontario, 500; Ophir. 270; Ply
mouth, 10; Quicksilver, $50; 40. pre-
ferred 1900; Sierra Nevada, 80; Standard,
rs; Union Con-, So; Yellow Jacket,
So