Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-21
FINANCE AND TRADE.


NEW YORK, December 2o.-Money on
call 54SO per cent; last loan so per cent. ;
closed at so per cent. bid
Prime mercantile paper 4i4d5l2 per cent.
Sterling exchange, arm with actual bus
mess 10 bankers bills AZ 1891 fS9l2 for de-
mand and 4Sli ass for 81 days Posted
rates 1851 les and 4Ssl4Q 1902. CONNER
cial bills 40.
Silver certificates 66t. 067
BaI silver 66t
GOvernments-Weak and lower, with
new IS down lle per cent. each.
New u. ). IS Registered. 1879
New L.. :. As Coupons. 1872
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I. y. Is Registered. Observation-Disclosures. So
f4clhc Os OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30 ~
StGteS-Duu.
EailrOads-Firmer
Stocks-In a general way the average
Wall street habitue was prepared after
the close of business yesterday. fOr prob
able depression in tho stock market to-
day, on account of the Venezuelan mes
sage episode ard the renewed heavy out
ward movement OF gold. The actual de-
NelOpmcuis OF the day accordingly caused
a sensation In financial circles that has
not been eQudlled since the Barring panic.
lu TACT, iu some particulars, that gloomy
event was oversha bowed in point of inter-
est. The intense shock came inthe shape
or panicky market irs American secUri-
ties in London with declines extending TO
. per cent, British cOnsOis also came low
excitement at thar centre and wholesale
hquilation of the International stocks at
rapidly reCeding figures. Before the open
ing here 10 was definitely stated by gold
snlpping houses that $4,000 Of the
',"lVW that was expected 10 so out
tomorrow. would De arranged for to-day.
Inc combined influence of the develop
ii-o", "Jlec was rejected IN wild open
. I,s in me local stock and bond markets.
.ii'..lHA vas very heaNy from the outset
dA0 IN the initial dealings breaks occurred
extending TO tls per cent. in 81. Paul. AZ
yer momeutdT| recovery of j 40 p2 per
cent, a fresh OutpOuriug of stocks oc-
CURED: which. as in The case Of the Lon
oon selling. reflected chiefly liquidation by
scared holders and prices crumbled rieht
tH4 leil. The untaVOrable general cOndi-
ions affecting the speculation were ag-
sIdNated 10y sensational advances i'm the
call money market. Near the close money
StiIened 20 I'D per cent. and closed at that
insure. The market left Off unsettled at
lel declines extending 10 SIS per cent ia
~. Paul The aggregate sales We're 7i3 ZIG
Shares. The railway and miscellaneous
uond market was In a demoruliZed COndi-
lQll as the snare market and heavy blocks
OF bonds We're thrown over on liQuidatiug
orders. Tn sympathy with the stock mar
het there was a sharp rally In the late af-
lerHQon trading. the recoveries IN prices
reaching per cent. Dealings We're ON a
heavy scale. aggregatiug S3.2iSO00. or
about three times the recent daily aver
age. Governments Sa--cd sharply on
sales of $4,000. State bonds We're heavy,
particularly for Virginia Centuries. The
dealings footed up $1,000 Total sales of
stocks 13l,4E shares. Quotations closed
bids
Atchisou ........ ......... ................ 1875
Adams Express ......... ................li3
, Alton and Ierre Hautc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81
10 prrLerrcC ........- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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