Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-09
Government bonds steady.

U. S. old As coupons. ....................l 10
U. S. 5s registered. LIS
u. 5. IS coupons. ..ul7s
State bonds inactive
Railroad bonds irregular.
Stocks-The stock market was a
dull affair for the greater part of to-
day, drifting aimlessly within a mar
row range. Some strength was shown
by few isolated stocks throughout the
day under influence which was not
disclosed by any published news. This
persistent strength in some spots
seemed to arouse the apprehensions of
the bears in the last hour Of the mar
ket. The manner in which prices were
marked up in the late dealings indi-
Gated a good deal of a scramble by
the shorts to cover their contracts and
awakened more appearance of ANNA
ton and strength than has been seen
in the market for some time. The
higher prices for Americans made in
London were without much effect and
they were for the most part nominal,
and London sold from $4,000 to 49,
600 shares here after the opening.
Strength kept cropping out at new
points as the day progressed. There
was early strength in Anaconda and a
few of the specialties, but period Of
reaction followed under realizing in
Tobacco and Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf. Then Minneapolis and st.
Louis stocks rose 51sc and sac respec-
lively. There was a late movement in
the coa1ers which lifted them from 1
to 21ac with a notable effect on the
whole list Other stocks showing no.
table gains were Consolidated Gas
$l34 and Pacific Coast second preferred
Csc; Tennessee Coal, Colorado fuel,
Peoples Gas, Brooklyn Transit, Steel
ferred, and few less prominent stocks
advanced. A very strong upward
movement in sugar from $1.59B to
S16234 was the decisive inhuance in the
late strength of the market, which
closed active and strong at net gains
in nearly all cases. The tone of the
money market was called Nather easier
though rates were not quotably chang
Ell The hardening tendency Of Lon
don discounts still continued but the
money rate at Berlin was a fraction
lower and sterling exchange there adj
vanced showing relaxation of the ten
sion at this point, Notwithstanding that
the Bank Of England continues to make
demands upon Berlin for gold. Sterl-
ing exchange here continued its down.
ward course anu confidence grows that
gcl will come from abroad if an emer
gency here demands it. The free offer
irgs of funds from outside sources in
the New York money market increases
the belief that small demands would be
maze upon New York for money TO
move the crops. There were late re-
ports of weakness in the London mar
ket for silver on account of importa-
lions from Chile.
Kansas City, PitGburg and Gulf
frsts reacted in sympathy with the
stock. Otherwise changes were small
aid mixed. Total sales par value ST.
100000
United States bonds unchanged on
bid quotations.
Atchison 2Os4
Do preferred Observation-Disclosures. 6SA
cana li9Te P srq emo ............... q
Canadian Southern .................... 5S1s
Central Pacific OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 53$4
Chesapeake and Ohio .................... 21$4
Chicago Great Western ................ 14ls
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. 1855
Chicago and Eastern Illinois. ....... 75A
Chicago and Northwestern ........... 1904
Delaware and Hudson 1923
DelaMare. LackaManna and Western. .1la1a