Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-20
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NEW T9nK DC ostess5 IA sssy Sc sal
cent; closed at 2A@2lk per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 4NFs per
cent.
mess ss in BANKERS adas 81 at 81 sss Tor ee-
Posted rates s. ssik@f ssh and 81 S5lk.
Commercial bills. IN.
Silver certificates 6e
Mexican dollars 44Zc.
New Y. s.. As Reglstered.-... .l2s Gi2elk
U. S. As registered ............. .112la@113
Y. S. As Coupons ). ]. ....11si1
!. s. is Registered -. III 41ias
Pacific 6s of '95 ....... 1O2L
Governments-Irregul
S.ates-DulI.
stocks The undertone Of to-day's
market was one of strength through
out The volume of transactions
was not large and there were prolonged
periods of dullness when trading was
practically stagnant but the operations
OF important interests which were promi-
lest The tone of yesterdays market. had
apparently determined large professional
operators to undertake a movement for
Pullman. due to the news of the death of
the head of the company halted the OPP
eratlons OF this element for time, but
eiS III iiiSSS VI the general HSt IN lace OF
the break in Pullman and of marked
weakness in Chicago Gas and the strong
support which was offered the Pullman
STOCK encouraged the bull operators to re-
new their campaign in an aggressive way
late IN the afternoon. The result was
tnat the shorts We're driven to cover and
prices throughout the list mounted
strongly upward to a point above last
night close. The bears had made the
most OF the. sympathetic effect produced
py the opening weakness in Pullman, but
nffA ta1 Z nE
erai list failed to bring any heavy liqui-
datlon or to dislodge any great amount of
SOP loss orders The manifest firmness
OF prices discouraged them and their rush
to cover at the close was precipitate. The
strength of the market developed first in
the Vanderbilts: Michigan Central was
a Jump of SIS points, but nearly all of
these properties, including Northwest
ana Omaha, were quite buoyant and
Closed with net gains of 1 to points.
Total sales OF stocks to-day were PSI 800
shares Quotations closed bid:
<>1 ~ SUI -. .......... "A
Baltimore and Ohio = " = 49, :. 19st
canada Pacific :. :. :. :. .. 50
Canada Southern. :. :. :. ....... 56A
Chesapeake and Ohio 90. :. :. 2iM
Chicago and Alton -. >. -. =. :. 1852
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy -. a51s
Chicago and Northwestern :. ;. ....124A
Chicago Great WESTERN. :. :. 49,. l6A
Delaware and Hudson 80. :. :. :. lis
R tSeia Lackawanna and Western 56
Do firsts preferred =. :. :. :. :. :. :. 1884
Fort Wayne. 49,. 80. -. :. .167
Lake Iliie'i Erie nen ana Western " ....l e
louisville and Nashville =. :. %. :. 5SA
MM aropoIfitan II Traction .l4sA
Michigan Central go. .. :. :. :. ..1O715
MISSOURI Pacific. =. -. BIS
M Mop 1a and Ohio Gnntraf 2
New York Central :. :. . . . 1093s
Northern Pacific E. . -. :. 80 1917
,, 20 preferred. - .......... 50
Pittsburg :. -. :. :. :. :. ....165
6 q. island. ...... 80. ........ Slas
NJ aul, .''.'' =. $500. -. SdM
EXPRESS COMPANIES. . ''''s
Adams Express $3.50. :. :. :. 80. .155
American Express. =. :. :. :. =. lis
United States Express :. :. -. .. Al
MIsCELLANEoUs. '''-
American Cotton Oil :. :. =. :. :. :. p
10 nneIeTrea IA
American Tobacco. :. :. =. 80. S2ss
DO preferred :. :. :. ....1091a
Con reai4 ted Gas = = '..'' 2g -
General Electric -. ...... 347s
LIMOS Steel. =. =. ...... 49,
Do preferred. - :. :. ... .10 os7s
National Lnseed Oil -. %. :. ........ 49,
Pacific Mail .... :. go. :. :. . 331 :
6Gullman Palace 49,. III
sugar IA -, - - '''. ..'...i4S3s
Tennessee Coal and Iron. 80. :. 2sss
United States Leather :. ...... IL
United States Rubber -. :. .. 1917
Do preferred :. =. :. :. -. 1914
western Union -. -. 49,. ~