Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-10
Substantive.
RAILROADs-Strong

lAAlLkOADN-oI
speculation was active on the
Stock Exchange to-day and the trans9c-
tions exceeded even the heavy totals OF the
past few DAYS, approaching nearly to the
three hundred thousand mark. The leader
10 the trading was the Old-ume faTOrlte,
Sugar, and the next in point OF activity
were the Changers, Chicago Gas and New
Jersey Central. Business was better
distributed than usual and some OF the
speCialties came in Tor a snare OF specu-
latiye attention. London traded on both
sides of the account, little the heaviest
perhaps, as seller, but there was good buy
ing on west orders, and late IN the day
Washington houses were buyers on re-
port, but very vague one, that govern
meut bond issue was in contemplation. \
large part of the dealings was the cover
ing Of the short contracts, and OccaslOua!
/ demonstrations were made against the
market in OrdertO enable the shorts 10 buy
JJcS their stocks without paying TOO dear
~ for them The announcement that five
ur I'd thousand francs in gold was en-
ga. for shipment tomorrow dlduot affect
the market in any way for the reason that
IL is shipment out of the ordinary, being
composed of odd lots Of foreign specie
bound for Spain aud which, 10 Is under
Stood, came from Havana. The tendency
OF the n0EhGL Was AtlING44N NDff az 70 AAl
figures during the day with occasional re-
actions due partly 70 bear raids and partly
Z realizing and the greatest OuOyaucy was
Il in the nna dealings, the market
closing AT or near the top figures touched.
sugar reacted < 10 the early trading Uuta
newly formed pull pool in the stock took
control and sent prices up 32s per cent with
reaction OF & aud rally OF IS making
the gain of the DAY % per cent. The pre-
TERED advanced An attack was made
on Manhattan in anticipation Of an uniav.
0rable annual report expected tomorrow
aud the stock fell off "a 10 lO5tl. but when
,tbe pressure was Withdrawn, the
spares made a full recovery later recediuE
aud finally ral!ying y. La the Changers,
81 Paul and Rock Island closed Within S
Of the highest figures touched being l anu
9 Is higher respectively than last nights
closing. There was an active demand for
the leading railroad mortgages, IN when
London houses took large part. There
was also good buying for Jae western ac-
counts aud the sales reached the high
total of -, 63l ,5Ol. Total sales OF stocks
ggl. 4l4 shares. Quotations closed biG;
Atchison, sd; Adams Express, I42;
Alton and Terre Haute, s.; do prct'G, l9o;
American Express Ill: Baltimore aud
Ohio Is; Canada Pacific, -; Central
Pacific, 1914; Chesapeake and ONO ls'-
Chicago aud Altcl. Ii2; Chicago, Buruag-
ton and Quincy. 153l; Chicago Gas, 16'5;
Delaware aud HUDSON, l2Gz; Delaware,
Lackawanna anu Western. 1875 Denver
and RIO Grande preferred, 5jts DistlA-
ers and Cattle Feeders Co., lui+; Erie,
l4at; 90. preferred, Is; Fort Wayne, l5i;
General Electric, aib Illinois Central,
~; Lake Shore, l35; Michigan Cen
tral go Missouri Pacific, Z3is National
Cordagt, l3; do. preferred, 2l55; Nor
folk and Western preferred, %; Northern
Pacific, ~; do. preferred, lS}3; North
western lO315; do. preferred, l45]5; New
York Central, 100; New York and New
England, 3l55; Pacinc Mail, 23L Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville, 80; PittsburN
l54l4; Pullman Palace, l5S: Reading, IS;
Rock Island, 64&[; ST. Louis and san Fran
cisco first preferred, -; st. Paul, 635S; do.
preferred. 1901; Tennessee Coal ana iron,
IG$[; Texas Pacihc, lOl4 Union Pac.lc,
1885 United States Express, i3; Western
Union, So. Wheeling sRdLake Erie ll&i;
90. preferred. 4Oil.
Mining (, lOcKs-Bulwer I; Cholor, 10;
Grown Point, So Consolidated California
and Virginia, 425; Deadwood, 40; Gould
and Curry, 80; Hale and Norcross, 100;
HomestaEe, 1850; Iron Silver TO; Mex
lean. l2O: Ontario, 500; Cphir, 325; Ply
mouth, 10; Quicksilver, 100; 90. pre-
ferred 1900; Sierra Nevada, 50; Standard,
1870, Union Con-, 90; Yellow Jacket. 3d.