Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-08

Hay, steady.
Hops, @uuiet.
Hides, firm.
Leather. steady.
Wool, dull
Beef, steady.
Cut Meats, quiet.
Lard easier western steamed
$5.371a; refined, quiet.
Pork, easier.
Eggs, steady; State and Pennsylva-
nit 11@Ac; western fresh lie.
Tallow steady.
Cottonseed Oil, steady.
Petroleum, nominal.
Resin, steady.
Turpentine, firm.
Rice, firm.
Molasses, firm.
Coffee, options steady, closed dull,
unchanged sales, S6,250 bags. includ-
ing May $3.50.
Sugar-raW, barely steady; refined,
quiet
Philadelphia, March Wheat,
shade easier; contract grade March
s1.00A@12; April, May and June
nominal.
Corn, also shade easier; No.
mixed March 31A@12; April, May and
June nominal.
Oats, firm; No white March 1914
GMc: April, May and June nominal.
Butter, steady; fancy western cream
cry pic; do Pennsylvania and do. west
ern prints 22c.
Eggs, unchanged fresh nearby and
90. western 12c
Cheese, steady.
Cincinnati, O., March Flour dull.
Wheat easy; No. 2 red 971a @9Sc. Corn,
steady; No 2 mixed 311ac. Oats
steady; No. mixed 2Sc. Rye, firm,
No. 2, sac Lard, quiet at S. co. Bulk
meats, easy at SIS TO- Bacon steady
at S. 80. Whisky quiet at 81 20 But
ter quiet and firm. Sugar quiet.
Cheese. steady good to prime Chio
fiat 9@912c.
Toledo, O., March Wheat active
and lower; No. cash 9SAc; May
9S34c. Corn active and steady No.
mixed 81. Oats dull and steady; NO.
mixed cash and May 271ac. Rye dull
and steady; No. cash 50Bc. Glover
seed active and higher; prime cash
SO 071a. Oil, unchanged
Corrected daily by T. p. Mabbitt, & Co.,
IN
New York, March THE usual
sensational and exaggerated war re-
ports in circulation and the alleged
demand for General Lees recall and
the cessation of the use of warship5
for the conveyance Of supplies to the
Cubans. together with the elaborate
preparations on the part of Spain for
coming hostilities, continue to be i'm
portant and influential factors in the
stock market. London to-day was in
a semi-panic condition, which was at
tributed to the Cuban trouble Rus
sian developments and the situation
in the Far East in connection with
the rate war, which is having a bad
defect on Canadian stocks. At all
events. London sold heavily, sales dur
inc the first half hour amounting to
l.. 600 shares of various issues, prln-
cipallv the grangers. Spanish fours
were down "a per cent, while the
market for American stocks was weak
with declines extending from Y 70
over 3 per cent This was the most
significant feature in the board ana
was directly responsible for the heavy
opening losses here. The arrivals oI
the foreign gold now in transit VIII,
in all probability, with the declaration
Of dividends this week, tend to tenn
porarily relegate to back seat the
time-worn war scares. Dividends VIII
he declared this week on st. Paul, Man
haitian, Sugar, Western Union and
Delaware & Hudson, while next week
dividends On New York Central, Jer-
sew Central and Delaware & Lacka-
wanna will be declared. Early in the
session to-day prices reached level
at which large institutions and capt.
talistic interests were inclined TO take
gilt-edged dividend paying shares on
all concessions and assume war risks.
London offerings were absorbed main
lv by shorts and on supporting OF
ders. The plan Of the Union Paclilc
committee with regard TO the acqui-
sition of branch lines is considered
very important as being on the value
of property. Under ordinary eircum-
stances, the decision of the Supreme
Court Monday in the maximum
freight rate case, which was in favor
of the rails, would have been a de-
cidedly bullish card.