Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-31
Mexican dollars 47kc.


Y. s. new As coupons: ...............l5s 0,s
Y. s. old As registered. ..................l laA
Y. :. old As coupons. .li3
" IS registered. . ii1i2
u. ;. 5S coupons .lll12
Government bonds steady.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds steady.
Stocks-Speculative sentiment was
unsettled to-day and the course of
prices changed several times and was
very irregular all day. Net changes are
mostly on the side of gains and in a
group of industrial specialties the clos
ing was at the best prices, but in the
railroad stocks. which started off with
quite a demonstration of strength net
advances are generally below the ex-
IRENE rise. The upward impulse at the
opening was due to the much more
cheerful feeling in London regarding
the Transvaal outlook. Buying for
yesterdays selling for the same ac-
count. There was some covering also
by local bears who sold yesterday on
the Transvaal war scare The activity
in the railroads fell off very largely af-
ter the first hour. With the compare
tive dizziness of railroads and reaction
in prices on realizing came renewed ac-
tivity in the industrial specialties which
continued the rest of the day. The
fa5acco stocks and the local stocks
were attacked by the bears for effect
on the general market and Tennessee
Coal was under pressure. On the other
hand Brooklyn Transit continued to be
discontinue of the short interest. Sugar
showed symptoms of desire to cover
on the part OF the bears. The iron and
steel group were benefited by the con-
tinued active demand for the Republic
steel issues. which lifted the common
stock Ia. In the late trading Federal
Steel forged to the front and rose rap
idly to 61A, an extreme ga. The
municipal stocks rallied from their pre-
yious depression and the rather buoy
ant tone of the industrials imported
sympathetic firmness to the railroad
list. In the latter division of the mar
let stocks which suffered most acutely
yesterday were strong to-day, notably
Louisville, Northern Pacific and South
ern Pacific. There was evidences Of
individual strength in the Hooking Val
ley and Wheeling and Lake Erie stocks,
Kansas and Texas preferred. Chicago
and Eastern Illinois and Chicago Great
western preferred B, amongst the rail-
way stocks and La Clede Gas. North
American and Union Bag and Paper
preferred in the specialties. Loss OF a
point or over were shown by Fort
Worth and Rio Grande. Duluth and
South Shore and Atlantic preferred and
Minneapolis and st. Louis and Great
Northern preferred. Call money held
stiffly at per cent. or above, and the
tenders were more exacting about the
time loans without any change in the
actual.
Some effect on the money market is
produced by preparation for the regular
settlement on September l. The banks
continued to lose cash both the interior
and to the sub-treasury. This COM
bined with easier money in London and
the buying here for London account
produced a fall of a fraction in the
actual rates for sterling exchange.
The bond market was quiet to-day
and changes were small. Total sales
par value $1,956,OO0.
United States government bonds were
unchanged on bid quotations.
Atchison 49,. e s
do preferred ......... ...-.--....-.J. 90
Baltimore and Ohio. 54%
Canadian PACING .....-......-............. va
Central racine c;,,::...--.....-......-.... 5s,s
Chicago Burlington and Quincy. 1855
Chicago and Eastern illinois ........... 9lss
Chicago and Northwestern. .165
Delaware and Hudson. .122
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. .l16
Erie ......-.. ....,; .......-...-...-..-.... l4A
Great Northern preferred ...............1 65ls
Illinois Central -...-............. Asa
Lake Erie and Western. ................ q
Do preferred .........-.-....-........ %
Louisville and Nashville ................ sis
Manhattan L.......1 ;......-.......-..llll44 LA
Missouri Pacific .......... ................ 1919
New Jersey Central ......... ...........1lsia
New York Central ......... .........-... .l3sss
Northern Pacific -........ ....--...-...... 5Gss
Do preferred ......... .................. 7sss
Pennsylvama ....-... ..................lS5A
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