Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-25
Mexican dollars 47Mc.
Government bonds weak.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds strong.

Government bonds weak.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds strong.
Stocks-The demand for securities
mostly expended itself in the early
trading to-day and the weight of real
izing sales became more burdensome,
and at the last made the general ten
dency downwards. Although the mark
ing up of a few stocks at the close to
top prices made it irregular, Northern
Pacific and the Union Pacific stocks
rose to top prices in the final dealings.
There were quite a number of rather
obscure stocks which held good gains
throughout But the earlier rise in
many cases was almost wiped out The
market started off we'll under the infiu-
ence of the cheerful tone of foreign
markets An early drive against Ten
nessee Coal which carried it down four
points, caused momentary halt, es-
pecially in the specialties. Yesterday S
strong upward movement in Tobacco
was resumed, carrying that stock to
1917, and causing sympathetic gains
of between / to 2 points in other lead
ing specialties. There was a large de-
mand for Union Pacific, Northern Pa
cific and B. & o.. which lifted those
stocks about a point each. There was
good buying of st. Paul, which advanc-
ed that stock an extreme ~, but the
other prominent grangers did not re-
spond. When it became known after
noon that the directors of the Contin-
entail Tobacco Company had failed to
declare a dividend, as many specula-
tors had hoped they were, there was a
drop in the Tobacco stocks which reach
ed pa in American Tobacco. Sugar
Brooklyn Transit and Manhattan re-
sponded in sympathy and number of
railroads lost a point
The market drifted rather uncertainty
for the rest of the day, except for some
strength in individual stocks. The
reduction of the dividend rate in Con-
solidated Gas, although it had been
fully expected, had bad effect on the
market. The stock itself vibrated
feverishly over points and closed at a
fractional loss. There was quite not
able display of strength by a group
OF the minor granger roads, including
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, st. Paul &
Duluth, Duluth South Shore & Allan
tic preferred, Minneapolis & ST. Louis,
the Wisconsin Central stocks. Iowa
Central preferred and Des Moines &
Fort Dodge Gains in this group ranged
from 1 to Az points, the latter st. Paul
& Duluth. Other Isolated points of
strength were Ontario & Western.
Chesapeake c Ohio, Cleveland, c.. C. &
st. L., Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling,
the Reading stocks, the Colorado Mid
land stocks, and Detroit Gas. Realiz-
ing was in evidence all day in some Of
the southern and southwestern stocks
which had shown recent strength. and
this, combined with renewed weakness
in the specialties, made the closing
rather heavy except in the cases named.
Money market conditions abroad ac-
counted for the cheerful sentiment
from that quarter, and the London
buying of stocks here had its effect
in the fractional decline in sterling ex-
change. So also had the stiffness of the
local money market, which ruled firm
at about per cent.
The bond market was quite active
and a number Of speculative issues
showed advances. Total sales par
value $3,226OOO.
United States cid As registered de-
clined u and the 5s Is in the bid price.
AIIchlson 100. 231a
Baltimore and Ohio ..................... 81
canadian Pacific ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S7k
C CSLia.ldi aciiic 5512
chesapeake and Ohio. 29sg
Lnlcago Great Western. ............. 1855
Enicago, Burlington and Quincy. 1868
lineage and Eastern Illinois. ........... S27s
Snicaso and Northwestern. ........ 1929
Delaware and Hudson. ...............123
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 1741a
ERE ....:.... :....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 142s
10 nrst preferred .-;..........-.... Sss4
great Nortnern preferred .167
Iln Juno s central $50. .1l57s
LAKE ERE ard Western. ................. p
20 preferred .......................... 7siz
LAKE snore.. .20l1a
1 1ToulisD..le ana Nashvilie.-......... SIS
Mannaltan L.---.:...--... ..............113
Metropohtan Street Railway.
missouri Pacific ...-..... ............-5l3
New Jersey Central ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
new YORK central .....-...............13S 1884,
Do preferred .............. SSE
Pennsylvania -....... ....---....-.....-..1s577s
Rrdolns ....s............-...... q 7
10 nrst preferred ..................... 62x