Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-24
FINANCE AkD TRADE.

NuliaVL iHfU IiNBUL.
New York. March 23.-Evening
Posts London financial eablegram:
i he stock markets here remain stag
n2nt and dull. being entirely domin-
a.ed BY the Cuban question.
Americans gave way in sympathy
with the New York lead. Stock is not
really pressed for sale here, but there
are fair realizations from the cohtin-
INT. The close was better on New
York support.
New York, March 23.-Money on call
easy at 11202 per cent; last loan at 2
Der cent.
Der cent
tosiness in bankers bills at $4.S31h0
>2&, fer demand and at $4S1@4.S1A
tl 6G days. posted rates $4.S204.S2%
and S4S5Q4S51a.
commercial bills $3.50.
silver certificates 560565sc.
Bar silver Ste.
Mexican dollars 45c.
Government bonds weak.
r. : new Is It--St tl GU ~
IL $ new As coupon. .......... ...120
N s. As registered. ..........,.. ....... 400
i. s IS coupon .''.'.''..- 1870. --.lldA
< Observation-Disclosures. -........-...- "
I : as register ca. .-..s...... -.....- LII
J~ CONp0i......... ......... 49,. LII
Ee.iic GS Of 93...............-.......
state bonds dull.
Railroad bonds weak.
Stocks-The doubt over the outcome
Of the Cuban controversy between the
United States and Spain was de-
messing influence in the local stock
market to-day. as it was in every
market for securities in the world In
Paris the weakness of Spanish As af-
fected all other securities by SYM
uathv and the same influence weak
cned the markets in Berlin and Lon
don. the heaviness of American rail-
road securities being an additional fac
tor at the latter two centres. On the
local exchange there was we'll defined
BILL party whose operations were at
tended with more or less success, thus
subtracting very materially from the
slm of the depression The motive
publicly avowed by this bull party for
its feeling is that prices are lower than
are warranted by intrinsic values and
hy the political outlook. But it is
doubtless influenced also by the tech
meal condition of the market, which
is full of short contracts waiting to be
covered on the expected slump on an
ticipated decisive developments in the
Cuban situation There is a tempta-
ton for a bull clique to mark up
prices in such market and force the
bears to cover. The success of the
bulls to-day was only moderate in in
duclng covering, but they did not dis
courage further short selling and
twice rallied prices from declines run
ming up to a point or over in many
prominent stocks. The market closed
with one of those rallies in force so
that the net changes are for the most
part Insignificant and there is a fair
sprinkling Of gains. The industrial
specialties continued to be sufferers
from depression, Manhattan, Metropol-
itan Street Railway and Sugar being
especially marked out for selling
pressure The railroad list was pref
~ wall sustained and the Northern
Pacific stocks and Union Pacific pre-
+erred showed not a little tirmness.
The resistance to the threatening news
DEVELOPMENTS of the day can only be
attributed to what is regarded by the
bull faction as it's oyer-sold condition.
THE money market seems to be waiting
81 the Cuban question equally with
stocks Bankers are loath to put out
money in time loans, although the
available supply, with the replenish-
meat of the Old imports. is said to be
quite large. To-day's falling in eX-
change and the renewed engagements
OF gold may be put down to the APP
prehension over the future rather than
to present actual demands for money.
The bond market continued to lack
animation, trading being confined to
few speculative issues.
The tcne was weak. Sales, Sl,4S5,-
00o
II. S. new As reg. declined IL and
the old is and the SIS p bid. There
were sales Of the new As coupon at
$121 the bid price
New York, March 23.-The total
GALES of stock to-day were 29S,ooo
shares.
A,eASon a a9t
baltimore and Ohio .............-..'... 10
Chesapeake and Ohio. .....e..:.....,..-. LA
CbtraGo T2I,rlinerton and Quincy. SSl4