Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-10
FINANCE AND TRADE.

A-N%AA'NA@ 1870
NEW YORK. April 2.--Morey on call
easv AZ li.a2 per cent. last loan. H. per
cent. closed offered a li2 per cent
Prime mercantile paper ol204 per cent.
Sterling exchange. steady Win actual
business I'm bankers bills az 4otH tSt54 tOr
demand and tS553 i>5 Tor t0 G isy
Posted rates. 4sJa and ASA 4SS12.
Commercial bills 4,3.
silver certificates, bi sAo-'s'
Bar silver. tl3i.
G0vcrum5Dts-StrO 900,
New L. =. Is Registered. ............'..ii55 t-S
New L. =. As pons...-......'.''.''' 'i-t1s
L. ). rs Registered. ..'.'''-'.' ~
4. IS. IS Coupons ......... .......'''' 4!
L. =. IS Re giStered. ............
t. =. IS coupons. =,
L. = IS Registered .........., '.'.'' -
Pacific 6s of 3d.. &c. ......'''''''''''-0f
St1ttS-Dull.
Railroads Firm
S.ori,s-Couplred with the trading on
some days This week. there was conSloeT-
able animation 10 business on Jng 9' S,-A,
Exchange to-day though the market mas
lbs no means attained large proportions
vet Nearly half the sales To-Day were
Sus1r and Chicago Gas. and the Changers
and Coaltr stock up q large part OF me
remaining half. So that the aQl1ISHtl ~
crease In business was largely coiilIe -; ~
"a few stocks. The market opeAed H4.n
quite q marked upward tendency anu Is
prices worked upward there was proau-
erfug I'm the scope OF the buying. But q
number OF uOtaVorable influences uSES
Oued and induced the traders 10 take men
profits This proved too mucn LOT tIe
market and values saESeu on. CloSttls
prices showing in most cases SHdI = ~ ~
losses Theirs was quite a notable ueIlluu
M one time during the day FOR the an
derbu- stocks. which have come 70 De
looked upOu of late as the first returning
Indication OF an outside interest IN Tue
n79rjle. This was largely diminished as
Tho market gave way TO depression. some
of the buying of Sugar in the early par
of the day seems 10 nave oeeH litll" 49,.
schedule of the tariff bill by foreign gov
ernm-nts. the dealers in stocks app9IeHliS,
concluding from thls that lhE laIHl Util
as "a whole was likely 10 fan ana mus
leave the sugar duties as at present rms
B is am example of the protess ional chardc-
ter Of the dealings I'm sugar ana me NO! !dtt-
I mr. Ia which The price has been mahlpu-
/ ia-ai The selling 10 realize on the price
1 was largely effected. though not Only on
SUGAR but helped 10 drive down prices ~
general After touching 10 me price -. ~!
lS. Chicago Gas was almost rs largely
b Glllt i'm as Sugar and was strong nearly
/ mn day. closing at - as compared Win
/ ,Ui. 40 Yesterdays close. The strength IN
/ local gas securities continued feature
/ also. Brooklyn Union rose "a but react5u
/ ~, The course upward OF the CHANGERS
/ was checked by the renewed weakness III
: The wheat market and they f6lI on from
- ro a point. Missouri Pacific fell point
] also while the decline I'm the railway Nsl
/ generally did not exceed a fraction Coup
/ led with the realizing sales IN sugar came
/ renewed liquidation IN me CqdIeIS. 90
7 der the pr Ssure of this New Jersey Cen
| trail declined rs, Delaware ana HuuSon
ga and Reading IA. the lhtJr' on ~ a.!
/ heavy sales leather pteletIep , H1T ~ ~
own uutJvOr9bl5 factor 70 dedl WIN IL.
/ the reports that the Senate would place
duty ON hides. and the stock IoSt q POM
b.- recovered fraction. / ne ian II ~
. wheat encouraged renewal OF snort seli-
I frf- iu many shares and the renewed lqul-
da-ic1 iu the Co2lers on account OF Ile
persistent depression in the coal ousinr ne
cO-Cuerltgd 20 drive prices uoWN. ~
/ closing was weak with the doWnW9ru
e0ur-. unchecked Total sales OF stocks
-ejtsi shares. quotations cIoSeu oIu' lax
AtChlson ......... ...'.'.'' '''''''''''''', ISL
Adams Express 49, '''''''''''''''' e
Alton and Terre Haute ........''''''. 90
DO preferred ......... ..........''''''''',
I American Express ......... ''.''.-''''' -.
Baltimore ard Ohio OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5 rs
l Canada Pdcinc ....''..' ''.''''''''''''' AZ.
I Canada Southern ........' .'...'--''''' ( -
Chesapeake and Ohio Observation-Disclosures 20
Chicago and Alton .........'...'''''''1 Is.
/ Chicago. Burlington and Quincy 1900 ~
Gn,c9so N4s ,''iiii,,ii.- ~, 1O3
Denver and Rio Grande preferred ''.' 99SSs2
~ 1-- p~eferred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80
Do Cd preferred ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1f2
Fore Wayne ......'.' ''-'''''''''''' Slit
/ General Electric ......... ''...'''''''''' 90
/ Illinois Centr1l.... &c. zee $50 80 ' 165
Lake Shore .......-- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81
Michigan Central .......'. .'''''''''''' i5is
Missouri Pacific ...;..'-. .''''''''''''
New Jersey Central - ..,.rcd 81,
Norfolk and Western preferred 5000 7Sitt
Northern Pacific .......'' ''''''''.'.'. S6i.
Do preferred '.''''''' -. 1913
Northwestern ..-...... ''''.'''' 1917
DO preferred ......... ..'..'-''''-''''''' ions.
New York Central . ,-;.;,,,; 81
- lE.st 7r,iI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -
PS ,-C Decatur and Evansville $500. go rs
Pittsburs 49, .'''''''' F5gis
Pullman Palace ......... ....'''''''''' s7t-
p-,,ir-l- .... ......... ...........'..' ~
Rock Island .......-. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n
S. Paul ......... .......-.. -.''''.'-''' 100
~ ~r.d ....... ................ ...4a-.
southern Pacifc....... ..... go &c. $50 III LIZ
Terntsree Coal and Iron .......''.''''' rs
~ -, -rr1aific ......... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Union Pacific ......... '.'''''''''''''''' N
T-nited States Express ....'....''''''''' g..
Western MON .......-. .'''''''''''''' d
Wbczlinz and Lake Erie ......'''''''.' d,
Do preferred .......'. '.'.''''''''''''''' %