Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-03

New York, March 2.-Commercial
Advertisers London financial cable
gram
The markets showed universal lull
in speculation. Americans zigzagged
within narrow limits. London interest
In them seems to have vanished. They
were bought slightly in the morning,
but the close was nearly at ten Dol
tom. Paris bought some
New York, March 2.-Money on call
firmer at 21a@31a per cent; last loan
8 per cent.
Mercantile paper 3@311a per cent.
Sterling exchange easy, with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 $50
A S6A for demand and at 81 S4Q4 san
for sixty days.
Posted rates 81 s4k@4 SIS and
81 Se1a@4. 81.
Silver certificates nominally 591a@
6Okc.
Bar silver 59ssc.
Mexican dollars 471sc.
IT, S. new 3s...................10 lots
u. S. new As registered. ......... 12sl4@A9
y. S. new rs coupons. ..........- tIst44iz9- ,
Y. S. As registered ........-.... Hi7sQ tilts
u. S. IS coupons. ..................ll2 A41lo1a
u. S. As Eds. :.............. s542
Y. s. IS registered. ...........lI II eali212
l.. S. IS coupons..... WII212
Government bonds-Strong.
State bonds-Inactive.
Railroad Irregular.
Stocks-The market displayed weak
ness particularly in the .cSngers,
Pacifics and specialties, practically all
day with but incidental rallies. There
sd
tain stocks in the final dealings which
caused fairly steady close, although
the grangers were still under pres
sure. There was no news to account
for the decline except for firmer tone
to money, call rates touching 312, at
tributable to a call issued preliminary
to the settlement between the Central
Pacific and the government. Inc
easier tone of sterling exchange was
natural accompaniment OF the hrmef
tone in money, indicating that an IN
creased demand for money might con-
tract the volume Of American FUNDS
now loaned abroad. There were de-
malls from bank officials OF the cur
rent assertion that undue discrlmlna-
ton was being exercised against the
industrial collateral. Selling orders
appeared from Boston and Chicago
houses and London, while trading both
ways moderately took rather less stock
than it sold. During the attacks by
the bears many stop loss orders beng
uncovered, accelerated the decline.
While the weakness affected pretty
much everything, especially heavy
feature were Metropolitan, Jersey
Central, Pacifs Mail, Pittsburg, c., c.,
c. & st. L., Rubber, and brooklyn
Transit. American Tobacco left Off
with a gain of "a on the formal &C
ton of the directors preliminary to the
absorption of the Union Tobacco Com
pany. T bond market to-day bore up
remarkably well considering the pres
sure against stocks. Some issues made
an aggressive show Of strength, par
ticularly Louisville, Evansville st.
Louis IS, which rose points. Atchison
adjustments had good backing and the
st. Louis Southwestern issues were bet
ter supported than for some days.
Operations elsewhere were somewhat IT.
regular, but there were no conspicuous
losses outside of Southern Railway 5s
and Standard Rope income. The new
Central Pacific and Southern Pacific
bonds issued in connection with the re-
Mobilization OF the Central Pacific rail-
road, were dealt in to-day but ran OIL
from the high prices in sympathy with
the weakness of the connecting stocks.
Total sales $4565 600.
U. S. IS and the IS advanced Is in the
bid price.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
TOT 800 shares. Quotations closed bid: