Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-03
FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW YORK. April Mooney on call AL.
firm az $751;. per cent, laSl loan = pei
cent: closed a. 3is0i per cent, ,.,. cont
Prime mercantile paper 5i24o.e per 80 80.
Sterling exchange. firm with dc,ual Jus
mess in bankers bills al 4so", 03e9 LOT ue
mand and 49, Ass for CD days. fOs'tI
rates ASST q $50 and iS9i2Qi0. Commercial
silver certificates 6Sa6Si2.
Bar silver 6S.
GONeTumeutS-Ilru firm. ,,c9,
New L. s. As Registered ......''''''''''ii iS..
New l.. IS. Is Coupons. ........''.' ttt,95lf
L. s As Reg!sterel. 10 tiSt
T. s. As COupOns.......... ,''''' 'ii1-SSls
l.. $. as Regis ,ered.......' toqiS
L. =. As Coupons. .''...''.''''' *
l.. S. IS Registered. ..........'' 40
Pacific 6s of 95.......,....'''''.''''''
Saes-luactive.
IrOals-Flrm. ..,,a
St0cks-The extraordinary PEI I0t li''''eS
Of Inc directors of the American 1oDatSO
Company az yesterdays meeting VA lnt
obsorbirtr top,c of interest in Wall street
to-day. Criticism OF the Qividenq polcy
was uucOmprOmiSing ana the az 60
were referred 90 I'm forc.bie terms, IN l .iC
9-ita-i1u toward AN investigation ny INC
governing committee of the New YORK
Stock Exchange has aready ptsuu an
lumOrs are also current or nlulcJioti flO-
ceedings 10 restrain the payment or the eS-
ira scrip dividend of 20 per cent. me az az
vance of over s per cent. In Ia ecurD nll
rrfcr Yesterday over the actual closing
figure Ted the financial community 10 eN-
rec- q bad quarter OF an hour Tor me
shorts this morning. aud so hctet II
proved Az the opening Simultaneous sales
were made on Soo0 shares al 'p 10 Sl,
against Nga!. last nights final sales. The
decline was under a rush 20 realize. A
rally TO qSie. reaction TO @i2. another RAINY
90 qlte. all occurred within the first ffteen
minutes of business. $1,000 shares being
dealt I'm I'm that time. The final price was
rrrfa hon d.
closing The stock footed up more than
one-half of the entire dealings. The gen
eral list was almost entirely neglected
peudinc the manipulation In the Tobacco
higher all around I'm sympathy with The
Improvement I'm the prices OF American Sc
curi.ieS in London ard of some buying for
that account iu This market. Dizziness and
irregU'lrfty D hin "a narrow range were
the only features OF the afternoon trading.
The dealings almost throughout the list
were of the most professional character.
The greater part OF the loans made to-day
WCre al 5l2 per cent, nui me market CtOse,l
NJ per cent. The market closed dun and
unsettled but slight nct gains as a rule
ir the railway shares. Stock quotations
closed h.d: -
Atcl'sOu ......... 100000. ............. 10
Alton and Terre Haute.................. 73
l)O preferred ......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES t0,,
American Express ......... ............4 luz
Baltimore and Ohio ..................'.' !, 3
CcCada PdC.uc ........- ....'-...--.''''' ~
Canada southern ......'.' ..''''''''''' ~,
Central Pacific ......... ...-.......''.'.. -,
Chesaueake and Ohio OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lbs
Chicago and Alton ..-.....-.-. .......'' 'I9g
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy...... 49s
Chicago Gas ...--.... ..-....-......'..- Dts,2
Delaware and Hudson ................. Iva
Delaware. LaCkawanna and western .ioiSs
Denver and Rio Grande pret5rred.... 4o'a
Distillers and Cattle Feeders Coz. u
l.le $500. ..i'''''' ''''''''''''''''''' 35t.
DO lst preferred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -