Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-28
EINANCE AND TRADE.

-Nl4hN ANiANiNt -flete
easy al 1t.0fi. per cent; last lOan Ia per
cent: closed az li4up2 per cent.
Prime mercantile p1pen 3--14 per cent
Sterling exchange. weak win 3e'Qa.
business iU bankers bills at >oH+@iN' Ior
demand and iNj2t 20 iS6 for go days.
Posted rates. 4sol.04>1 and 4>o4 4>ci2
Commercial bills. ASS.
Silver certificates, 0Ps4pi2.
bar silver. go.
Mexican dollars. 4Ii
Governments Strong.
New e.. :. IS Registered. ~
New L. $. As Coupous.................. .l25
Z. :. IS R5GiSturv d......... -4le'i
4. =. as Coupons. ......... .l4I .
d. =. Is Registered. ...-........ !,s
u =. As Coupons. .....-.... .4l-'s
e. y IS Regis crct....... .-.-.''''.'. 10
Pacific bS OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .i1trs
SLates-Firm.
Stocks-The market was quite strong
for time to-day bur the rather sehsa-
tluual slump In the rubber shares ana Jhe
large selling i'm H. * O. pax sop 10 the
IlSr and also 20 the activity of the trad
."-. The volume OF the dealings IN an
stocks for the three hours OF trading al
Ger the noon hour was only about one
-Iirt of that Tor the TWO hours before
noon. The lack Of confidence in the s.a-
U-I-y OF values on the part OF lhv pro-
-SSioull traders, who SIN control me
market almost toSe;ner was N!usTa.eu
uy the prOMpJitude wiki which they pro-
c-e1tl 90 take profits on rather SllSut
uruyO'aIOu. Those who are DONG the
Wjrks, for q short turn. though there was
some continuance to-day Of the commls-
sion house buying which has Indicated
Weakening outside interest in the mark [.
The ili. iD the rubber shares was coupled
with "a rumOr mat IL was caused by iqul-
da-IOl OI interests retiring on account OF
tn. CecInalOn OF ie-cl-ctlOh OF IIe>t-
dent Evans. This aCtuNted the decline
without. the sales reaching an 5NtraordI-
nary volume. After an extreme uycline
of a-. for tle common stock ana ~ Tor
the preferred. these stocks rallied rd,ner
-.ruu-.y. the common closing at J. ana
the preferred at 5i-.. the SECURITIES OF
The b. * %. that were dealt in showed con-
UuuUt heaViutss on the BELIEF that the
company VIII default on its June hrst in
t,rvs- payment Whlcu, lLclullhS interest
I ON both bonds ana receivers Ctrtlncates,
amount 90 about S1uu.tDV. The stock teII
I lia and rallied only the fraction. OF the
/ at >U. DO registered points OF at 80. ana
the cOusOl fVes u points of go, seller ~
/ DAYS. one or TWO other incidents served
/ 90 depreSs values some what, one being the
/ hearing OF arguments on the order enjoin-
iUg The SummUuseS of local road presidents
20 answer charges or conspiracy under
| the New York antitrust law. This hear
/ iug was postponed without notably re-
/ FeViug the coal shares from pressure.
Some seutim ntal effect was eXerted upon
/ SUGAR stock by the trial of The president
of The company for cont mpt Of The SEN
ae. but the dismissal OF the case az Wash
+ iugtOu Welded no substantial benefit TO
/ the stock. The market was remarkably
dun O. the periods of decline. London APP
/ pt1r5d TO be q ready buyer of nearly all
/ the international stocks when they fell
/ below the London parity. The total pur-
ChaSeS for London account were eSumd-
| Ted nj 1900 shares. The net changes in
price We're narrow. but are mostly losses,
some few stocks showing gains when
/ reached a point in the cases Of Michigan
. Central and Erie first preferred. 1ne
/ railway and miscellaneous BOND market
/ characterized nv violent Iuctnaf ions
I iE number of issues. including the Il. *
I O. liens which are elsewhere referred TO,
/ end Kansas City and Pacific firsts. which
reached ga per cent. Marked strength
was noted i'm some of the prominent issues
which was attributed 20 liberal purchases
for continental account The Erle mort
cages were more actively traded in and
the prior lien IS gained Il2 per cent
Fluctuations in the speculative bonds
were ia her narrow but a generally firm
tone prevailed. The sales were 81 5000
/ Government bonds were strong ana hlgh-
en- on transactions of $4,000. Total sales
of stocks, 1888 shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atchison ......... ......'' ''.''.'.'''''., i.00A
Adams Express ......... ................ll9
Alton and Terre Haute ................ 60
10 preferred 10000. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
American Express ......... ............llt
7 Baltimore and Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 10
Canada Pacific ......... ................ 9ots
Canada Southern ......... ........-.... II
Central Pacific ......... ................ IA
Chesapeake and Ohio NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Chicago and Alton ..............l2l
. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy ...... 159s
chicago GaS $500. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81,
Delaware and Hudson ..................l023s
Delaware Lackawarna and Westernli12
Denver and Rio Grdnde preferred Gee. 55SS5st
Erie ......... ......... LIS
Do LIST preferred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9g'2
Do % preferred .........................l Il
Fort wayne .......-. observation-disclosures. w
General Electro ......... ..'.''''''''''' SSe,+