The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-01
Yr9ANOR GND TRADE
Ths Featurs' Of ths Money aud Stosh
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sixty days Posted rates 81 seb and
Silver certificates sI& 06gSc. Bar sll-
yer 81 11s16c.
The bears succeeded In eftecting
quite a notable break In the market to-
dNytn the last half hour OF trading, lt-
ter partly futile attempts to the same
end all day. The short interest whose
lines are reputed to have been greatly
extended since the trans. Missouri de.
ClsIon OF the supreme court was pail
pably uneasy all day on account Of the
marked resumption OF strength In the
market yesterday, and the apparent
subsldence OF the fright Of security hol-
ders over the effects OF the decision. A
continuance OF the improved line was
evident at the opening this morning 10
spite OF the decline In prices on tho
London exchange, aud general adj
vance occurred, not exceeding Q trac-
ton in any Of the active shRres, but
reaching a point or over In the case OF
Canada Southern, Canadian Pacific, 9.
C., G. & 81. Louis, SuSquehnnna and
Western preferred and Erie hrst pre-:
ferred. New Jersey Central continued
under heavy pressure TO sell, but the
special motives for the selling in the
belief that the dividend may be reduc.
ed and In the published assertions OF
the bad financial condition OF It's relnt-
ed coal company detracted from Its et"
fecIIVenesa as an instrument Tor de-
pressing the general market.
The bearH, however, continued their
! main attack on New Jersey Central all
day In the determined and systematic
attempt to stem the upward course Of
prices From this stock, they made ex.
cursI0ns into various fields. The Gould
stocks were attacked 0s group, Mans
haitian falling two points and MISSOURI
Pacific aud Western Union1 each. This
induced some realizing sales, but the
market soon recovered and RESUMED Its
upward tendency. Even New Jersey
Central itself which was the centre OF
the depression all day, rallied somes
what after touching IS5Sc. II was after
delivery hour when an unexpected SELF
Ing movement set In Delaware e Huds
son. The only explanatt don onersd was
the general depression existing In the
coal trade and rumored losses. by Hoods
In the company mines. The sales were
] not very large, but under persistent
Commandment Of small lots, the price
] went down by leaps and bounds, the
decline reaching SIS. carrying the price
down to lOOh. The Anal only improved
the stock a fraction. Ldekawann9 only
registered three sales OF total OF 400
shares, in the last fifteen minutes OF
trading, but this was ButnClent 90 de-
press the stock az points. The Reading
stocks escaped any very noticeable et-
feet OF the raid, except the tirst prefer
red which declined th per cent. The
heavy selling In New jersey Central
was simultaneously resumed and the
stock was sold down to ", showing
decline from the top Of six points. New
Jersey Central sold at the opening on
March /, for '91 showing a net decline
in March Of twenty points. Just at the
close It rallied point. Much was MADE
also by the bears Of statement py
Senator CulloFn, chairman OF the senate
committee on Interstate commerce, that
there was no chance OF sue passaSS ~ OF
The pooling bill at this session OF Cone
gress. The whole market sold on IA
| consequence, losses eachInH Us N the
case Of Burlington, and Rock Island
and 2k IN Omaha.
The Closing was weak. net losses av.
eraging a point In the standard shares.
Bonds were firm.
Governments strong.
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram:
The stock market was lIEeless to-day,
They opened duh and hrm: with no APP
parent reason either for the fiat open.
| Ing or the firm close. Consols were liz
BUYERS, Argentlnes were dull, but the
| close Was IL under the best Amerl-
ems were also good. but the close was
weak. The Weymouth old bank, whose
| failure Is reported, Is as provincial az
fairs and Its failure iS OF absolutely no
Significance.
Money ls wanted. being the end OF
the month, but there were only few
applications to the break because OF the
money released yesterday. To"moFTow's
bank return Is likely to show decreased
reserve.
a small state railway in Brazil Is
understood to be defaultlnE on Its cou-
pons due tomorrow. The Paris bourse
| WA better after dUllnesS and the Ber-
lin market was steady.
BONDS AND STOCK QUOTATIONS.
New U. 8. IS req. lSl}t Nash. 4 Chat. 60
New U. 8. A. cOu.lZ85S q. ]. Central. ~
| u. 8. Is reE......lll Nor. d West p.. S595
U. s. g coupon,,lli Northern Pac... ia
| u. s. Is TeG.....,ul 40 prCIetreu,.. u
| u. 8, a coupon, ,llJSI Northwestern ..l05S
| u. g . reg...... RiiIl do preferred. ,lh
| Pacific GS Of 90. .l0lai y. Y. Central. 81
| AtchiEol ,.,.... l03SiN. Y. & N. E.,.., 81
| Adams Express. lIS Oregon Nav. 10
| Am. EXpTesB....,1Ii Pacific Mnil...... apS
| Bal, q Ohlo...... 1873 Pittsburgh :,.,.,l62
| Can, Southern, i6is Pullman Pnlace.15l
| Central Pacific. 81 Reading ...,...,: 2QH
Ches. 4 Ohio. lGiG Rock Island sx d 81
| Chi & Alton. ..1H 81, Pau. ......,. I93b
chi, Bur. & O.. 7O& do preferred, !, .lSl&
| ChicREo Gas,.... az 81. P. & Omaha, 81
| q. q. b. & St L., 2StS do preferred. .129
| Col. Coal & Iron. sugar Refinery, no
| Cotton OIL Ger, 10& Tenn, Coal q l., IN
| Del. & Hudson. ,l0l v Texas Pacltic.... *
| Del, Lack. & w jig IHol. q y. Y, pss' w
| Dan. n II, q, D., an Union PQciflc... 81
| Tri0 ,....,.,.,, lgN u. 8. EGpFesB.., q
do nrBt pFe..,. ggI5 W., 81, !. q P''
do second pre-. ia a3 pFeterteg. i2sb
| Illinois Central, " iMella EHT$0 4l&'lgl,
| Kan, q Tex. pre-. 9J1t western unlon.s bYh
| T0Es Erie 4 W.. lSlk WhelIg & L. II,
AZ SToferrcd. ;. Is do proferred... Jk
Lake Shore. Gen. ElectFlC.... aik
| lend TrIist, ~ Am. Sugar pro. ,100&
ION, q Nash. -, AT U. s, Leather p. 20
| Mich, Central. 80 Tobacco ...,,,.., q
Mo. Paclllc....... 1876 do preferred. ,.lN
BreadStHGTa and ProvtSlOn"
CHICAGo-The longs in wheat were
totally dIsheartened by O further break
in that market to-day, May closing at
a Nc decline. Il sold within &c Of doc
& 3 .' H! !.