Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-11
FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW YORK, September 10-Money on
call easy at 1Aq2 per cent; last loan Ia
per cent; closed offered at 11a4$42 per cent
Prime mercantile paper 334q41a per cent.
Sterling exchange weak with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 81 S5ss44 80 LOT
demand and at 81 SS1a@A for 6odays.
Posted rates, 81 S41a@4 s51s and So12W
I'm mmercial bills, 81 S21ka4 s2a4.
Silver certificates, 93Q64c.
Bar silver SAC.
Mexican dollars 4212c.
Governments-Strong. oo,,
u. s. IS registered ...........5 .........- ~
U. S. As registered .......4. ....'''' 1i9iss
u. S. As couponSr....... ......t ...'..'..' nc72
New u. S. As registered -. !.........!Zo
New U. S. As coupons ........... .....l26
U. S. 5s registered ........Ds......... -
Y. $: 5s coupons ..,......'..'..'..'.'11aa 97a
Pacific Is of '95 ......................... loz
StateeDul.
Railreads-Strong.
Stoeks.-To-days' stock market was al
most strong without variation, but IN an
irregular degree in different parts of the
list. Realizing sales at one time depressed
the. average price fraction below last
nights close the extreme net decline be-
ing shown by Louisville, y; New Jersey
Central, q Missouri Pacific, 70, and
Northern Pacific, %. In addition there
was some sharp decline from the best be
fore the close. The net gains for the day
all through the list are more noticeable in
view of these facts. There was little news
of a special character beyond what was
confirmatory of facts already known.
ed to the declaration of the extra dividend
by st. Paul yesterday and the good in
fluence of this was manifest in the i'm
This helped to keep the price of st. Paul
firm all day and advanced Union Pacific
rs. Burlington, although it closed q I'M
der the best, shows net gain of over a
nd Tel Ono
ha advanced at one time nearly points
and it's allied line, Northwest, 21a, fall
ing back somewhat at the close. Burling
tons crossing the pan line was greeted
with enthusiasm.
In the Southwestern group, Kansas and
Texas preferred led with an extreme adj
vance of ~; and a net gain, Of rs. In
the Vanderbilt group Cleveland, G. c.. and
St. Louis gained 1ss, and the others less
amouns, except Chesapeake and Ohio,
which continued exceptionally heavy.
The large earnings reported and in pros
pect for the enormous movement of grain
had to do with the strength of all these
stocks. Coalers all showed weakness dur
ing most of the day on account of the
disappointing dullness which continues in
the anthracite trade. This encouraged
some short selling and a sharp rise of 21a
points in New Jersey Central in the after
noon indicated the distress of the shorts
and, rallied the other coalers. Some ac-
tivity was displayed in the bituminous
coal roads, Wheeling and Lake Erie pre-
ferred gaining over 2 points. The fever
ish fluctuations in Manhattan also were
due to the urgent demand of the short in
terest, the price rising at one time over
fixe points. The heaviness in Louisville
was probably due to recurrence of APP
pnehension over yellow fever possibilities.
In the list of SpecialtieS notable gains
were registered by Western Union, Brook
Ign Transit on large increase of traffic,
National Lead, Leather preferred, Brook
lyn Union Gas a per cent?, Spirits pre-
Cd
and Oregon Navigation 4a4)
On the other hand Sugar. Tobacco,
Long Island, Laclede Gas. Starch second
preferred, Quicksilver preferred and Rub
In the bond market the features We're
the Central Georgia incomes, the firsts
advancing SIS points and reacting 57s, and
the seconds advancing Pr and reacting
IA. Total sales, S41S0,OO0. There were
sales of U. S. Is at 1914 and of the coupon
5s at Has.