The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17
FINANCE AND TRAnE

1
This g1SsasrrtsS Of the Money and stock
St5 x, IA. "A Markets. " IA Z
NEW &c Rfi, Oct, II, --aloney on call
llrn "a Tao per cent: last loan "A per
cent !. closed at 4 per cent. h Prime mer-
camille paper Rnominally SOB percent.
STERLING exchange steady, with actual
business In bankers BILLS at "a SOY 40
4Sfor deMnnd and - yS0S 1i ISL for 60
Jays. Posted ates 81 81 "a SO and 1851
81 S5.N Commercial bills g$f 79ls. Bar
silver G5,sc. Silver certlficates G5SIG5Tc,
VA The speculatlnn4in stocks to-day WAS
pertunetory. In the extreme anI.wlth
one or two exceptions the fluctuations
In prices We're narrow. The only.t Two
stocks that, eached even comparative
activity were Sugar and 5st. Paul 4, The
movement was Irregular, Sugar WINS
depressed early nearlyja point on the
circulation. OF reports of a probable
strong combination of Interests opposed
70 the American Sugar Refining CO., nd
the .inronls that arc being made BY the
aorelgn Products .onyits domestic trade.
The first mentioned story elected en-
phatic lenials ACKNOWLEDGMENT informed
sugar circles, and on which a rally en- :
sued OF ~ percent to 107Z1 The, full re-
Scovery was not held but on the board
the impression prevailed thut the trad
era had not succeeded In shaking out an
amount OF long stock commensurate
with their outlay of energy. Tobacco
was marked up 1S per cen. tn 76is BY.
the Interests that have been Identified
Tor some time past with It's manlpula-
tinnr There was, as heretofore, a .deartk
or news regarding the basis of the up
ward movement, but the old r,lmors OF a
n n ne ft,n trsJ,f II
Tween the company and Its competitors
wereEagaln pressed into service. There
was little or no news havingia general
bearing. upon the market aside from the
arrival of about 81 SIS 900 iii gold and re-
Ported additional engagements for i'm
port averaging S3,300,000. The existing
comparative monetary stringency was
illustrated by several bank suspensions
insthe Interior. The monotnny Of the
market was TO an extent relieved, how
ever, by the announcement OF the np-
pointment7 OF receivers for the Bay State
Gas Company. There was notable
lack of excitement over this Develop
ment as the street considered It to be
more fully significant OF politics than
finance. The stock fell az per. cent to 4
on the news. The general market dis
played a better tone In the afternoon
sesSloH, ana Prices 4StllIeneu all around
to, fractional extent on the gold en-
gaSemcnts and strength of the wheat
MARKET Towards the close an easier
tone obtained with Consolidated Gns
conspicuous for decline of 3 per cent ~
@t The closing was steady at slight net
gains. Z. 4 is5
Dealings In !. bonds were light, but
firmness was generally. displayed, Lou
isville, New Albany. Consol SIS rose A
per cent to 70, the sales were $685. 00 d
Governments were strong and frac-
,tionally higher on purchases of 5000.
Silver certificates developed strength
and rose y per cent to 65is on a moder-
ate revived foreign inquiry. The sales
We're 500 .O0O.s An g +! n 5i 81 az
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram: si K, =! S ~, Il
1.-THE stock markets opened dull to-day.
There was q recovery later, but the close
was fiat. Americans were comparative
!. ly steady and closed firm. 5ts
The Paris bourse was fiat, but the
close was above the worst.
The Berlin market was weak. 4 vi x