Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-24

EhLLNENS OF 3D.. ..-.. Aul
STATES-DulL
RAILROADS Easier.
SrOCNs-The volume Of business on the
Stock Exchange was lighter 20 day than
! for some time past aud the speculation was
/ less spirited Coverings of short contracts
caused a fractional advance i'm tue opening
| dealings, but there was no real
strength 10 the trading and q reaC-
/ ton quickly followed. Under a buying
movement New Jersey Central sold up
sharply and other shares advanced in SYM
pathy, including Pullman. Western Union
and Manhattan. Before II o'clock another
reaction took place, and New jersey Cen
trail was the chief sufferer Then the mar
5at SteaC.ed Itself for awhile and gradu-
ally gained a fraction, but the temper of
the speculation changed rapidly under q
bear attack on Chicago Gas, which so tar
as could De learned was merely clique
manipulation. A drive was also made
against Northwestern, Sugar and Lead
and the market swung into the after
noon decidedly heavy IN tone. A
further decline of a fraction
occurred after midday. followed by "a
rally, ia which Chicago Gas and COrdage
were most prominent The better tone
was not, however, long maintained, and
during the last hour of business the trad
INK was irregular and unsettled. In the
late dealings there was a pressure TO sell
tbe Changers principally Northwest, and
the market closed unsettled with a ma
iorty of the shares traded in lower
than the final figures of yesterday. The
more notable losses are: COrG0ge guaran-
taei 3; Chicago Gas, Consolidated Gas l:
Sugar preferred "a do common 3, la eX-
CeptiOu 20 the general list advances
were recorded on tO-day'S trans
actions IN Pullman rs and
Burlington aud Quincy % per cent The
trading was principally m the Changers,
Sugar aud Chicago Gas. The bond market
was hrm and quiet during the morning.
p the late session there was more ANNA
ton 20 the dealings and the active issues
generally ranged lower. The sales for the
day were Sl.U5l, 500. Total sales of stocks
l1I635 shares. QuotaliOus closed Did:
Atchison. s.; Adams Express, 40;
Alton aui Terre Haute, 81; do preferred
JOS; American Express 1871; Baltimore
ana Ohio 6tR; Canada Pacific. y 4 Cen
Ural Pacific, -; Chesapeake ana OHIO, Is;
Chicago ami AltCl. l4j; Chicago. Burling-
ton and Quincy, 5Ol. Chicago Gas, - Is ;
Delaware ana HUDSON, l24l4; Delaware,
Lackawanns aud Western. 1881; Denver
aud RIO GraUde preferred, "a; DistilI-
ers and Cattle Feelers Co., IS; Erie,
1871; CO. preferred, -, Fort Wayne, l5S;
General Illinois Central, Sgts; Lake Shore,
1888. Michigan Central g9a; Missouri
Pacific. 2S}, National Cordags, -. do.
preferred, 1855; Nor folk and Western
preferred, 2l Northern Pscihc, IS; do.
preferred, ls-s; Northwestern SIS do.
preferred. las New YORK Central, 90;
New York ana New England, Sll4 Pa
ci6c Mail, 22il; Peoria. Decatur AMI
Evansville, 81; Pitts0urE, 1856; Pullman
Palace l52: Reading, l63{; Rock Island,
co., St Louis and San Francisco first
preferred, -; St. Paul, 59ls do. preferred.
INC: Tennessee Coal sno Iron. l4Si Texas
Pacific. as: Union Pacific, l21s United
States Express, -; Western Union, 81;
Fheeling sRd ELake Erie 15s; do. pre-
bred. 409S.
Mining Stocks-Bulwer 05; Cholor, 60;
Iwn Point, 50; Consolidated California
Virginia, $40; DeacwoOd. 40; Gould
Curry. 50; Hale and Norcross, 90;
estake, 100; Iron Silver 10; Mex