Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24

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Mexican dollars, 4Sc.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
JUS. Is registered 20 c,1to
u. S. Is registered .ua7sgu1
U. s. As coupons .5s1seg l55s.
New New Y s. 4 r caSoons i5s@a
u. s. IS registered =,
U. s. IS coupons 1 1o914 @ii77A
Pacific IS OF 70 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
States-Dull.
Railroads-Strong.
Stocks.-The recovery in prices when
was begun yesterday was continued io-ua ~
during the earlier part OF the session "
the stock exchange and the advance o.
prices of all stocks was apparently IN lu III
force again until the afternoon Wne .ii ny ne
support seemed to be Withdrawn from tnS
market and prices fell away to a geheiaI
level below last nights close. Ihe rise
was stimulated by the announcement lnas
in France for import to this country,
making a total with yesterdays engage
ment of s., $50 900 in gold due 70 arTlve.
Receipts O fgold reported from san FRAN
cisco as arriving from Australia also
helped the recovery. Tine action OF the
bank of England in advancing its rate OF
Discount pen cent Of to TIE pea de-
petion of its gold holdings and the auo a,
tional strength of yesterdays WltnoraWa1
for shipment to this country 1esteTI e an .
rise in prices had stimulated the placing
of some outside orders with commlssioh
houses and their execution was the S Sr,so
staining factor during. the morning. me
strength of Sugar, which rose nearly tour
points on the reported extension OF the
treasury department to apply the coun.e tier,
vailing duty on Dutch. refined sugars
afforded the market all through the DAY
by heavy buying of some of the bull opera
tors who have been conspicuous IN tne
recent rise The effect of the gold import
movement was largely dissipated during
the day by a skepticism as to its natural
character. The. exchange bankers VINO
usually handle the movement OF botn golo
import and export, were unanimous in the
opinions that at the ruling rate of sterilng
and continental exchange here and OF gold
in London and Paris, there was no e proil.
of most of them would indicate quite
heavy loss on the operation. .Mucn curl
osity vas expressed as 70 tha th 6an 1bsn ars
making the importation and the opinion
was quite freely-eXpresse that the opera
ton was designed entirely to influence the
price of stocks. The failure of the ex-
change market to harden under the an
nouncement was quite noticeable. Equal
ly so was the continued firmness OF rates
for call money which became pretty wen
established on the basis of per cent. AS
these conditions became more clearly de-
fined the upward movement OF prices pc
came checked and there were PERIODS Oh
dizziness followed by, steady decllne 10
the close, Re upward course of the morn
mig being almost exactly retraced IN tne
afternoon, so that the net changes Tor the
day only exceed fraction in small
number of cases. The advance of the
morning ranged from to points IN near
ly all of the activt shares Besides the
sharp rise in Sugar, Consolidated Gas at
one time was GA points up and Brooklyn
Union Gas nearly 3 points. There was
other gains exceeding the. average, but
none of them were retained except Hook
ing Valley, Delaware q Hudson, Pltts7
burg, c., c. & St. Louis, LaClede Gas ana
Susquehanna & Western preferred, which
gained a point or over. Inc losses also
which were numerous, were confined to
fractions except in the case Of BROOKLYN
Union Gas and Baltimore & Ohio among
the active stocks. Among the less active
shown by Cotton Oil preferred. Lake
Shore Minneapolis & st. Louis, "a; do on
second preferrtp. Norfolk & Western pre-,
ferred, Oregon Navigation preferred and
Pullman. Rumors were DISSEMINATED late
in the day that further engagements for
gold for import had been made, but they
exercised no influence on the market.
Dealings in bonds showed a falling off in
volume and prices moved in sympathy
with stocks Total sales, $2,S00,000
United States new As advanced Ac.
Total sales of stocks to-day were 541,-
600 shares.
Quotations closed bid:
Quotations closed bid:
BaItimpo 5nge! and Ohio ........ 1S34
Canada Southern ........ ............. o9
Central Pacific ...:........... .......... do14
Chesapeake and Ohio .................. 259s
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy $50. 993s
Chicago and Northwestern ......".1261s
Chicagno and Great Western .......... 1877
Delaware and Hudson $780,. $500. .1lS12
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.1 6012
Erie new .;..... ...............'...... 1 isiis
Do preferred .......... ................ 45A
Fort Wayne .............. ..............1l0
Illinois Central ......................10 1864
Lake Erie and Western ............... 20$4
DO preferred .................. ........ l61a
louisville and Nashville ................ 81
Manhattan L r:o::: ..................'1 1873
Metropolitan Traction ........... .....lZ312
Michigan Central ............... .....10S
Missouri Pacific .............. 50
Mobile and Ohio ...;..... ............. e. %
New jersey Central ................... 1878
New York Central ......................llZ
Northern Pacific .......... ............ u
Do preferred .............. ........... 541:
Pittsburg ....... ........ ..............159
Rock Island ......... ................ 50
81 Faml fo ,'. 1 1GG5?
Southern Pacific ............ .'.'...''.. ~
Texas and Pacific .........". 1872
W +lie sG and Lake Erie ...:.:..
10 p'f E2PREss COMPANIES .''''' II
Adams Express ........ ...............lo1
United States Express NATURALIZATION. a
'''' = 60 MISCELLANEOUS.
American Cotton Oil NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2312
Do preferred ................- q
American Tobacco ....... ............. S912
DO preferred -........ ....-............lIZ1
Commercial Cable .....................lS0
General Electric ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3S
Illinois Steel As
Do preferred .......... ..............1 0t1s
National Linseed Oil Observation-Disclosures. Il
Pacific Mail .......... .................. SO
Pullman Palace ...........................1
Sugar .......... .......... ...............14IA
DO preferred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ....-..1l612
Tennessee Coal and Iron ............... 32Ai
United States Leather ................. SIS
Do preferred .......... ............... 6814
United States Rubber NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1874
Do preferred ..........................6 712
Western Union .................. ....... 922ll2
MINING STOCKS.
1HoiOI .:.:..'..''''' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
Consolidated California and Virginia. 135
Deadwood ......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10
Gould ana curry .-...... .-............. %
Hale and NorcrosS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
HomeStake ........ ........-.......'.-..-. Z9Jo
MEXICAN .....-..-.... ...............-....... 0o
Ontario ........... .......... ............ 800
Opnlr .......... 70
ilyllOCln .......-.. ..-................... L
Quicksilver .......... ........ ............ 100