Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-28
Bar silver 59Mc.
Mexican dollars 47c.

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U. 5. new Is registered .1z>4qm12@13
Y. >. new IS
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L.. s. Is coupons. 1l2% fIi1312
u. s. is 931a
Y. $. IS ..1t13sGf12l3
I. 5. 5s coUpons...............1l3 Q1l3A
Government bends steady.
State bonds strong.
Railroad bonds irregular.
Stccks-The changes as a result of
to-day's trading were rather mixed
with gains predominating. The mar
ket opened with hesitapcy, but this
was speedily dissipa:ed by an influx
OF buying orders and tie market start
ed up under the influence of strength
in the low priced specialties and stand
ard stocks. London was q free seller
on balance, the sales amounting to
10000 shares, which encouraged the
room traders to put cut large short
lines to check the rise. Commission
houses had a large volume Of buying
orders we'll distributed through the
list which forced the bears to take
back stocks after enecting only a
slight relapse in the markets
strength.
Prices were forced up under the
leadership of the Flower stocks, in
Guiding Rock Island, Peoples Gas and
Brooklyn Transit. The low priced
stocks were then taken in hand. Ten
nessee Coal G Ircn moved up 81,
American Spirits preferred 2; Wheel
Ing G. Lake Erie preferred AZ; first
preferred when issued, 4; Pacific Mail
rs, and indianapolis c Louisville
preferred 8.
Among the specialties there were
advances of rs in Rubber and 2 in
Sugar, while Metropolitan moved
within 2 points. There was an aver
age rise OF over a point in the Gran
gers except Northwest. The largest
rise in this group vas that of Rock
Island, rs. The Coalers, Morgan
stocks and c., c.. C. & St. l.. were
quiet. Long Island jumped 81 and
Norfolk & Western preferred, on large
transactions, advanced Il The move
in the latter was attributed to talk Of
an increase in the dividend rate.
Lake Erie & Western and Chicago
Great Western preferred - rose in
\the roighboThocd Of 2 points. The
lews accompanying the advance in
Rluded the favorable report OF the
Senate Commerce Committee on the
steamship subsidy bill. which ben
Gifted Pacific Mail; an explanation
that the new beet sugar company
would not invade the American Sugar
Refining COmpany's territory, and
number of favorable traffic state
ments, including those of Northern
Pacific and Southern railway. Read
ing and Wabash December net
changes, however, were decreases.
The Lackawanna report showing a de-
felt after dividends of over half a
million dollars was without notable
effect on the stock, only one transac-
ton appearing after the publication
of the report. The denial Of the ru-
mored New York Central's Trans
Continental plans was responsible for
early losses in Union Pacific, which
subsequently rallied, closing fraction
ally off for the day. In the late after
noon there was a vigorous bear raid
which reduced prices from l to 2
points on news agency bulletins of
A~guinaldo's proclamation of the
Philippine Republic being established.
The stocks offered were presently
freely taken, which gave a steady tone
to the close. Transactions were in ex-
cess of a million shares as on other
days this week.
Considerable irregularity prevailed
in the bond market. with the active
issues fayoring a downward course.
Total sales s6,215, 900. Bid quotations
for government bonds was unchanged.
The total sales of stocks to-day
were 1902, 100 shares.
Quotations closed bid: