Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-25
FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW 1ORN, september N-M0ney on
| call firm a 212G3 per cent; last loan at 21a
per cent; closed offered at 2d215 percent.
Prime mercantile paper,4 12Q5 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual bust
ness in bankers bills 81 So for demand and
at 81 S21aQ% for 60 days.
Posted rates, 81 SSG4 "a and 81 S51aGi4 S61a.
Commercial bills, 81 81.
Silver certificates olsQo8c.
Bar silver sic.
Mexican dollars 431bc.
GoVernments-Stro
Y. 5. Is registered ................ 50
= 5; 4s registered ............... &@1121s
New L. S. As registered ......... 125120Ul25st
New L. 5. As coupons .125121 125a4
=. 5. 5s registered .......... .1l4&@15
StateS--Dull.
Ralroads-Weak
Stocks-The reactionary spirit resumed
brief period of higher prices during the
morning, due to sympathy with Sugar
which az, adyaneed at ene time points over
due to the belief that the treasury de-
partment would decide that Holland was
IN erect paying export bounty on sugar
and that countervaiing duty would there
fore apply to Dutch refined sugars The
rise in Sugar and some strength manifest
ed by Manhattan served to raise the level
OF prices to fractional extent but proved
inadequate to. sustain them and the fall
for the remainder of the day was prac-
tically continuous though more rapid at
some times than others. There was moth
ing in the news of the day to account for
the decline, all the reports of railroad
earnings continuing to show large in
creases and advices of the growth of bust
ness activity being uniformly encoura ging
from all points The outside public how
ever, had apparently ceased to buy and
the large bull operators were no longer
willing to accept the heavy offerings of
stocks made to them Profit taking was
the order of the day. The market was dull
compared with the recent tone, but the
decline was nevertheless unchecked. The
bear interest was well defined and was
constant in activity during the day The
situation of the money market continued
to attract interest. The features were the
firmness of call money on the basis of s
per cent, and considerable activity in the
time money market. The exchange mar
ket also hardened actual rates advancing
shipments now on the way to this coun-
try. Remittances to the interior have
continued on a large scale and to-mor-
rows bank statement is expected to show
q large additional decrease in the surplus
reserves. The banks and sub-treasury
have been able to meet all demands thus
far for currency, but the demand upon
them is large and promises TO increase.
The. treasury at Washington found itself
unable to accede to the request of a To-
cal banking firm which had received a
consignment of gold at San Francisco
to its credit to be allowed to withdraw
legal tenders from s,he sub-treasury in
gold in Sen Francisco
Amongst the returns of railway earnings
for the third week in September, Missouri
Pacific shows an increase of Sill eco; Den
yer & Rio Grande. $2l 900. and Rio Grande
Western so, 5000. For the second week
Northern Pacific showed an increase of
S126, 155: New Jersey Central for August
showed an increase in net of S99.19S The
stocks of soft coal roads which have fail
ed to share in the late improvement owing
to the miners strike. showed some activ-
TODAY q ct IN
The net losses run all the way from a
fraction to I points; the latter .Consoli-
dated Gas; but in the large majority of
active shares it is between / and . points
SuSquehanna & Wester npreferred lost
AZ and Sugar, Cotton Oil. Delaware e
Hudson and Omaha over points. Illinois
Steel rose 3A points.
Bonds were weak in sympathy with
stocks on greatly diminished volume of
transactions. Total sales. 1.707,000 U. S
higher. 4
The total sales of stocks to-day were
81 200 shares.
Quotations closed bid:
AIehlson ....:...... ..'''........'.......- s5Ss
20 preferred .:..;...... ................. 32Ss
Baltimore and Ohio ........... 1900. is
Canada Pacific NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. T4h
Canada Southern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sl9
Central Pacific ..... .. 49,
Chesapeake and Ohio ................. 241s
Chicago and Alton ....................164
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 1880. ass
Chicago and Northwestern ...........-137
Do preferred ........... ............164
Chicago and Great Western .......... 11ss
I Delaware and Hudson .................11SA
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.10o
IlIe NEW ......r.-.. ...-...-.s....,-... Inn,
Do first preferred .................... az
Fort Wayne ............ ...............IeS
4iiloiS CehtIal ,.,...... ...........-....lo HOS
DO preferred .........-... ............. a
louisville and Nashville ............... 5Slb
N9dnld ttah L .'.'......-.-...l u9t2
Michigan Central .......................10 les
Missouri Pacific ........ ...... 341s
Mobile and Ohio NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2SIs
New Jersey Central .................. 9S
New York Central ..................l1 1ls
Northern Pacific .......................1 1873
do preferred ..........................5 2Sl
Pittsburg ............ ........... 157
I,eauihS ..-..-..-..---.. .-............ Zofs
D. raul ......-..-....-... 9Sat
Do preferred ............ ............ .144sa
SOutnern racine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
Iexas ana racine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is
Wheeling and Lake Erie .............. ~
EXPRESS col IPANIE;s. 49, = 2
Adams Express -....- ....... ........lss