The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-25
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features. of tho alunoy nnd stool
Dintkrts,


NEw fonE. Feb. 93-Moncy on cali easy ut
lai]S per cent last loan at per cont; closed ut
per cent, Prime mercantile paper 3HajH pcr
cent. Sterling exchange dull bur firm, with
actual business In bankers bills ut 81 SSia
NY tor demand md at 81 sGJ.ai 81 for o. days.
Posted rates 81 ~ 1nI IS and 81 SgaI Nv Com
nctcial bills 81 50, silver certificates CJ,Sc bid!
ny Mloa par silver GOc. Mexican dollars ihc
:, lhp BLOCK market was very dull during thc
mt hour today ani generally firm. During
,he INST hour tho trading was more active, but
wy speculation was unsettled and at tho clD,n
prices weru very Irregular. tho last figures made
otiuR ~ majority oil inGtauces below tho iinnl
sNles OF Thlndnr. There was good many buy
ing otlcfs III Dlslilllng at the opening, Tho
MOCK 1850 per cent on heavy purchases, bur re-
ne!sd on sales to realize profits and closed n per
eemt OelOw The highest pol mt touched.
Illumination, Mnhhaltah sold up per cent, lost the entire
Improvement and rallied VI per cent at the close
American Tobacco, after M opening advance OF
a ptoku 10 ~ per cent on icnra OF llniay9rhDle
decisions IN pending litigation. Tho. closing
sales Were at AL advance OF 4 per cent from the
bottom prices. Sugar .tose9s per cent 10 VI but
broke per cent, with aSub,equcut rally OF y
anu hnal reaction oil I per cent, North
western was tho only ono Of tho granger shares
which displayed any activity, iiuctuating Within
huntington also closed ut Thursdays figures.
81 faui "a y per cent down. The Transactions
~ inc rest Of the list were very light mud the
changes IN the usually active list werc Insignia.
cant Tho COrdAgo shares wore strong. aud
male gains OF Z per cent In the guaranteed, 4
Traction and 81. Paul preferred are up y. and
rIttstufgh & Western preferred aud Illinois
Central per cent '
During tho week the market was extremely
irregular. Tho success OF the government per
cent loan was ono OF the favorable incidents,
but had little effect Oh the market The fact
that the pooling bill IL dead for this session was
on inc other hand depressing Influence. The
Industrial stocks have lead In activity but alier
hhtely strong and weak as best suited the pur.
poses OF the manipulntors Under pressure To.
bhcco dropped FRONT % toSi9s, subsequently re-
covering To S11F, then losing X, making the loss
on the week per cent Tho preferred IL down
"a Der cent Lead showed considerable strength
IN thG early trading and rose per cont, but
when II was announced TINT no dividend would
DO Declared a break OF 50 per cent resulted. OF
which y Dor cent was recovered. restricting tho
net loS 10 y per cent Tho preferred has Rd.
vnnccd ~ per cent. A decline in National
Starch ilnt preferred OF u per cent to IS was at-
trlbuted 10 liquidation OF long accounts lay
state Gas was operated In quito freely. aud on
sales for tho Boston account the shares went
asubsequont break TO lS1S. making the decline
on the week y per cent.
inc depression in the Anthracite coal trade.
anu the lack OF concerted action by the r0ais.
which derive the greater part OF their revenue
from this traffic, was mlie use OF by the bear
Traders 10 hammer the market. SusquchannR
X Western preferred was sold down | q per cent
to37.
The bond market to-day was active md gen.
orally firm. The sales Of the day were sG!i,0O0
Government bonds firm.
State bonds dull