The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
FINANCE N A
The Features OF the aIopey and sto,
Markets.

NEW YORK, April 27.-Money on call
steady at 1902 per cent; last loan IL
per cent. Prime mercantile paper SGT
per cent Sterling exchange steady,
with actual business In bankers bills at
"a S4A@4 IS for demand and at 81 $40
4 SIX; for 90 days. Posted rates 81 S1h@
I 81 and 81 s5hGi sc. Commercial bills
- 5000 BOX. Silver certificates 564@
&c. a silver 561ic Mexican dollars
45Ac.
To-day's sock market was almost en-
tirely without tone. The total transact
tons were not greatly In excess Of the
smallest days business Ia the history Of
the exchange. the aggregate of all sales
roofing up only $1,000 Ehares. The mar
Ret drifted aimlessly and over a very
narrow range. Susa usually volatile
specialties as Sugar and Metropolitan
street Railway. covered q range Of lees
han Y per csRt during the whole day.
a large number of stocks which almos,
always figure in the days trading have
not d single sale recorded for them. A
few stocks moved quite widely on nc.
count OF. special causes but the volume
OF business even with these was small,
Canadian Pacific and the Northern Pa
c:fic stocks moved upwards together
from the came cause, namely, rumors
which are prevalent in London that the
northwestern rate var Is about 10 be
settled. Canadian Paclfic's net gain Is
rs per oent and Northern PacIfc's u
point The strength OF these stocks
really gave the tone to THE whole mar
ket, lifting 1t above the small losses at
the opening to the narrow level above
last nights close, which II retained 10
the end. General Electric showed
strength on the showing made by its an
nual statement Kansas City, Pitts
burSh & Gulf recovered az points Of
Yesterdays loss, which was said to be
due to apprehension that Its terminal
port on the gulf would be closed by the
war. Hawaiian Commercial recovered 4
points Of Its recent losses, which were
said TO be due to apprehension that It's
stocks Of sugar In transit were liable 20
capture. Arbttrase dealers sold most OF
the international stocks but bought
Northern Pacific. Their transactions,
however. were insignificant. The dull
ness in stocks is no doubt due In part to
the transfer OF speculative Interest to
the wheat market. Conditions In the
money market seemed to be working to
an easier basis. Call loans at the banks
which hold out for 4 per. cent are being
repaid, rs money can be had for less
than that in the street and time loans
are said to be made at a shade below 6
per cent. which has been firmly held for
some time. The demand for funds from,
the Interior continued, but is not as
large as earlier in the week. The rise
In exchange checked the rate for de-
mand sterling, holding steady at about
81 Sa.
The bond market was Intensely dull in
sympathy with stocks and prices were
held about steady. Total sales 5000, 900.
U. S. old IS registered declined Il per
cent in bid price and the new As coupon
were &c lower bid than the sale price Of
yesterday.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
6S1 900 shares.
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram: .
The stock markets here were quiet but
better to-day. ON the continued inflow
OF gold and easier money. Americans
closed at about the best with q very
small speculative inquiry here.
BONDS AND STOCK QUOTATIONS..
u, S. new IS reg. 11T1slore. r. & Nav. 42
do COUPON. .llstt PITTSBURGH ....1s7
U. 8. IS .......1 06HlRcadIng ......... l5N
do coupon......l0s do first pre-. S7ii
do seconds -. 81 Rock Island.,,., SGT
L. s. SIS reg.....11oi5lS st. Paul ....... So
do 5s coupon. .111l do preferred ,lSg
Pacific IS OF '9s. .102k st: p. & Omaha. g.
Atchison 1890. l0ss do preferred. ..li0
do prcterred... q Southern Pac... lgi.
Bal. q Ohio...... 10 Texas & Pace. oil
Can: Pacific. I9k Union Pacific. b0!a
Can. Southern. 4G Wabash ... GS
central Pacific. II 90. preferred. 1874
Ches. d Ohio.... 17A Whecl'g K L. z, II,
Chi. & Alton....l5? do preferred. 81:
Chi, Bur. & O.. SgNlAdams .Ex.,,.,. 81
C. C. C. & St. L.. 26k American Elk, .I20
do preferred. 20 10: s. Express. 81
Del. Dc Hudson. .104si Wells Fargo. iii
Del. Lack. & VIA Am. SpIrits...... II
do preferred. 4lIs)Am. Tobacco. .l0lit
Eric (new) ...... Il do pretcrrcd... lla
do first pre-. SlA Peoples Cas-. ss%
Fort Wayne. .lGG Col. b. & Iron. IS
Hooking Valley. 5sl do .prcferred... 80
Illinois Scntral:. 81 Gen. Electric.G. 81