Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-15
Mexican dollars 4Sac.
Government bonds steady.
State bonds firm.
Railroad hnDds irreo.1ar

Railroad bonds irregular.
StockS-The professional bear room
traders whose effort it is to keep in
the current of events for a short turn
III prices, were kept in very unsettled
frame of mind to-day by the frequent
eDb and flow of prices, and they were
left in state of confusion at the close
under the puzzling conflict of current
Ill the stock market. Some rather
large interests evidently took their
profits in recent rise yesterday and hay
ing done so were ready to avow the
facts this morning. This brought a
considerable following from outside
sources and the commission houses
were sellers of the general list. But
| the bears who sold stocks freely in the
late furry yesterday were buyers at
the decline for the purpose of covering
their short contracts, SO that the be-
lated liquidation was pretty well alb
sorbed. In fact the covering by the
shorts and large buying of some OF the
high-priced specialties carried prices
generally after the opening above last
nights level. But weak spots began
to develop, notably in Sugar, Metropol-
ltan and the Smelling stocks, the latter
on the prospect of labor troubles is a
general selling movement set in. Steel
and Wire. Anaconda, Continental To-
bacco, z. G. c. IL st. L., Baltimore and
Ohio, Colorado and Southern first pre-
ferred, International Paper and the
Steel stocks that were advanced yes
terday were all special points of weak
ness at different times during the day.
On the other hand the Flower special
ties, especially Brooklyn Transit and
Federal Steel were we'll sustained and
showed a disposition to advance. Sugar
also, after dropping off nearly 8 points,
developed an aggressive upward ten
dency and rose at extreme 6 points.
Manhattan was another strength. This
deferred the bears from making new
ventures on the short side, although the
early advances were not well maintain
ed. The market was, in fact, waiting
one in the exact sense OF the word and
fell into extreme dullness late in the
day. The quick rally of Az points in
Metropolitan Street Railway, after
dropping S7a and q in Sugar lifted the
level of prices from the low plane TO
which they had been dragged during
the afternoon and made the close COM
paratively firm. Only a few stocks
showed net gains, fractional losses be-
ing the rule. The expected dividend
declared ON Northern Pacific common
was announced shortly after o'clock
gave that stock some strength. Other
wise the grain carrying roads were in
clined to heaviness on talk of harm
done by the rains. Denver preferred
and Southwesterns generally were con-
speciously weak. The banks were
rather more exacting in granting loans
on call during the day and this led to
more attention being given to the out
look in the money market. The condi-
tons are much easier in London, where
the effect on the stock market was
beneficial, and this lessons the prospect
of further immediate outflow of gold
There was a reactionary tendency
manifest at some points in the bond
market and the volume of business done
was only moderate. Total sales par
value $2,545, 900.
Government bonds were unchanged.
The total sales of stocks to-day
amounted to 4S1.S60 shares. Quota
tons closed bid