The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-08
FINANCE AND TRADE
iii, Eea,urss Of tls MoAsy aud stOsl
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for demand and 81 S6% FOR sixty days:
pns;ed rates 81 S6l6qI SSG4 SSIs. Com
merclRl bills 81 Slas. Silver certificates
6l7sQ62Sc Bar silver GlIc. Mexican
dollars 4SMC.
There were times to-day when the
trading an the stock exchange was absu-
lnlely staRnaa,. The transactions were
almost wholly lacking In Interest. the
volume being small and the fluctuations
narrow. The total sales fer the day
numbered only a few thousand shares
over 100000 and nearly half Of these were
OF Sugar, Sales OF all the granger stocks
aggregated oaly about lS.00a shares and
the caalers only about az many more. of
which 10000 were OF New Jersey Central
Speculation In railroad shares has prac-
Ideally come 20 q StandS'!H after the re-
cent hurry due 70 tina trans Missouri de-
cisiOn and the fear o. It's effects These
fears seem to have hbated In large part,
buy prices have NOT recovered their Eor-
mer level and there Il no demand mani
fes; to carry values upward. Prices held
fairly firm to-day, however, In spite Of
the dulnesS The application Tor a re-
hearing " the trans Missouri case had n
strengthening effecI, though II was not
taken very seriously Into account The
iBdUstriaIs We're predominant in the
dealings Sugar practically nIonopoliZed
the attention on the floor OF the exchange
IN the long Intervals, and was actively
manipulated all day. Il jumped rs per
cent TO li2IA on traders estimates OF the
profits likely to accrue 10 the company
on impOrtatlons of raw sugars before the
new tRFlH goes into effect. The stock
subsequently los; a small fraction. Lo-
cal gas securities were all favorably af-
fec;ed by the passage through the senate
II Albany OF thc cor IHIittee's bill Tor pro-
Eressive reduction OF the price OF gas,
which was understood 70 have the gas
companies approval. Under the impe-
tus 81 this news Brooklyn Union advanc-
| ed 2ik per cent 10 102, with 4 Subsequent
recession to l0l. The Consolidated Gas
jumped 81 per cent 10 1874 and retained
all buk fraction OF the gain. Tennessee
Coal & Iron sold on on expressed appre-
hension over the low price Of the pro-
duct. though manipulation In the stock
| WAS evident. said TO be designed to cause
trouble In the bucket shops. a sharp
rally occurred later in the stock Leath-
er preferred also continued depressed on
| the trade outlook. and The stock lost a
point, but recovered most OF the loss.
Some OF the low priced shares developed
weakness during the day. notably Baltl-
more & Ohio. which lost point on re-
ports that another Issue OF receivers GER
| tlticateJ would be necessary. The coal
erS continued 10 be subjected 10 manipu-
lation, New Jersey Central calculating
more than point, but closing with net
Improvement OF X per cent: Delaware &
Hudson also showed gain OF y per
cent. Northern Pacific preferred was
also quite noticeably strong on the re-
port that Daniel LamOntNTas 70 become
president In furtherance OF the harHlo-
II. Of 40 road NTH fsTsnf
| Northern. Standard oil stocks sold to-
day at 9s3, against ga on Monday. The
rise il attributed to current rumorS OF
| the formation OF new company and the
incidental distribution OF existing sur
pluSes. The new government Is rose lis
per cent to l24R on light sales without
| ellclting any large offers.
Government bonds strong.
State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds firm.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
! 10000 shares.
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram: The stock markets were better
to-day, cheap money being the factor
| The only feature was the iifmnesS In
| homo rails, and In Argentine stocks.
Consols were liz 5-l6 Money was easy
at the settlement and the carry over was
easily affected Contangoes on Ameri-
cans were 2IsN3 per cent: Americans
were OF good tone, but quiet. ka!tirs
| were HAT. closing at the lowest. The I'M
| mediate cause was rumorS OF fresh capi-
| tai requirements by q leading company,
| but the entire market was very SICK.
Gold was in strong demand at 77s 1lhd.
with practically NJ supplies. The ques-
ton OF the bank rate Tomorrow Is most
uncertain on account OF foreign eX-
changes. Most quarters look for re-
duction to 2is per cent. The Paris mar
| ket was firm. but closed easier on Kaiiirs,
| Tho Berlin market was steady.
bonds AND STOCK QUOTATIONS.
New Z. s. Is reg .l24It n. ]. Cenlral.... ~
New L. 8. a. coui2iii Nor, d w, pre-. y
| 4. s, Is reg..,..llI Northern Pac..., l2A
| u, s. "a couDon iti do preferred. o. IS
| L. IS. Is reE......lll Northwestern ..ipts
| H. 4 d coInon ti2B do preferred. .iI
| u. s. y req. 9Iis n. J. Central. 100
| Pacific g. OF 'gS. .iOi y. Y. n ". E.. g
| AtChiAOn .....3 iO7s oregon Imp. ~
| Adams Express las oregon Nay,..,.. s
| Am Express III Pacific Mall ..,.. 80
| Bal a. OhiO..... i2N Pittsburgh .,.. .l62
! Can Southern. iIls Pullman Palace us
| Central Pacific. 8 Reading .,,,,,.., 2Qlg
! Ches & Ohio. 80. 1854 Rock Island 80. 6slb
! Chi g. Alton. ...iG2 81. Paul .......,., Is.h
| chi, Bur. 4 O.. 70T do preferred. 1917
| Chicago Gas &C.. ~ 81. r. a. Omaha. hS%
| G. c. e. g. st. L.. 29N, do preferred .i%
| Col Coal a. L.. y Sugar Refinery. ,lllA
| Dci 4 Uud .iO37E Tenn. COal e. / Z. Is
Del, Lack. & W.ji9a Texas PaClfc.... Sh
| Den n II. q. D.. 3SAs Tol. a. O. G., pre-. 70
! Erie .,..,,....... l2lT Union Pnclic.... ~
do first pre-. GtAi Y: =. ENpresa.' .!
do second pre-. lIis w, st j.. n l'..' .
| Illinois Central. " 90 preferred Ia
| Kan. & Tex. pre-. y Wells Fargo lex I'D
! Lake Erie K W.. 1871 Western Union. 500
III nTefeTred =. &c MhcelE g. l.. f..
| Lake shore, lid do preferred. .. 3Is
| Lead Trust ..... ~ Gen. tlecTlc..' ,5IN
| Lou g. Nash. g.. Ia1h Am sugar ptes'lgS!t
| Mich Central, " Y. 3, leather p Mb
| Mo Pacific. iias Tobacco .,,...... -
| Nash. & Chat. GO 10 preIeIeu"lW
| BreRdntntfs and PT"Vis'nm''
CHICAGO Wheat to-day had the
most disastrous break 1t has suffered
| in many months. the May option de-
cllnlng from G9hc TO 65Ssc, q clean drop
OF 5SSc. While July was an almost equal equal