Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-09


the purchase of silver.
NEW YORK, January S.-Money on
call easier at 3@41a per cent; last loan
31a.
Prime mercantile paper 41z@15 Der
cent.
Sterling exchange easier with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 S6A@
"a for demand and at 81 S3@1s for 60
days; posted rates 81 S313@4 and
81 S71z; commercial bills 81 S2a@A.
Silver certificates 64h@6514c.
Bar silver 637sc.
Mexican dollars 49Bc.
Government bonds strong.
u S. refunding Is registered.........l 99
d ocoupons ....-... 5trItL
L. S. IS registered. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .1uJ12
&C coupons ........ ;'.'..'''''.'''''' 80 -,
L. S. new As registered. ...........'..-'i9113
L. S. old As registered. ..............''.''u
do coupons ....... ...........''.....'. t!5
L. S. IS registered. .....................ll IL
do commons ...... ................1l2
Atchison general as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IO-12
do adjustment As .................... -
Canada Southern 2nds ...............'-Ilo
Chesapeake and Ohio 4l2s............l G412
Chi and n. W. consol 1875
do S. F. Debs. 5s.....................12 X
Chicago Terminal IS Observation-Disclosures. 9-+2
Colorado southern As .:.,.:...........'' H4a2
Denver and Rio Grande 4s............l G's
Erie general As ............. ........... 65t4
Fl. Worth and Denver Cy. 1sts....... 1875
General Electric 5s.....................l loo
Iowa central lSts-..:.: ,.':'''.'..'.....ld99
Louis. and Nash. unified 4s............ g12
Mo, Kas. and Tex. 2nds........ oa1112
New eU IS York Central 1sts....1
New Jersey Central general 5s........izi1s
Northern Pacific s.....................I
N 90 y G. and ST. L. 4s....i0s
Norfolk and Western conSol 4s........ 1001s
oregon Navigation lists. .............l Hoe
90 is ......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1Oo}
Oregon Short Line 6s...................12 9
40 consol oS .......-.................. LILO
R.2 Grande Western 1sts............. 9Hl2
St. L. and Iron Mount. consol 5s......114lS
St. l. and S. F. general 6s........."1Z,14
81 az" Cr Io'i and Pc IN
Southern Pacific is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Southern Railway IS 49,; ..........1l2
Standard Rope and Irvine 6s.......... 7l14
Texas and Pacific 1sts..................11 1852
90 mas ........... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
Union Pacific As Observation-Disclosures 1861
Wabash lists ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1879
90 2nds ...:....... .....................1 0S4
West Shore As Observation-Disclosures. 1l334
Wisconsin Central 1sts................. SIS
Virginia Centuries Observation-Disclosures. 96$s
State bonds steady.
Railroad bonds irregular.
stocks-The most striking feature
in to-day's stock market was the
marked falling off in the volume of
trading Compared with yesterdays
unprecedented record of over 100000
shares, to-day's sales of stocks fell
back to 1911, 600 shares. The snap
was clearly gone from the bull enthu-
siasm and the best efforts of the bull
leaders proved unGvailing to induce
any general or imposing advance in
prices. Their endeavors to advance
prices apparently failed to attract any
considerable following and the buying
demand for stocks showed material
Impairment The bear element on the
exchange gathered their forces for a
drive against the market, and worked
some very considerable reactions and
dislodged more or less long stock, held
for weak accounts and narrow mar
gins. The equanimity with which the
reaction was accepted by the large
holders of stocks was, however, an i'm
pressive demonstration Of the conIin-
ued underlying strength of the market.
The pressure of liquidation was at no
time very urgent and the bears con
Quoted their operations with manifest
timidity. This was shown by their
eagerness to cover and the frequent
rallies from the successive downward
movement of prices. This disposition
on the part of the bears continued UNI
til the close. In fact, the last and
most notable dip in prices the hears
covered with considerable symptoms Of
disorder and moved prices up in a jerky
and forcible manner. The decreased
activity of the market was manifest
from the opening, which showed no
such congested buying with running
sales of enormous blocks at wide QUO
tations as has been the feature OF the
openings ever since New Years day.
The realizing movement here was
taken up in London to-day and their
opening declines reached from / to IL
in a number of the internationals.
Then came the invariable contest be-
tween speculative forces in the form
of supporting orders and sharp bid
ding up of stocks newly brought for
ward into prominence. Sugar, Peoples
Gas and Rock Island were the principal
sustaining forces at the opening. The
speculative contest was continued all
day with varying fortunes.
The greatest irregularity and most
cratic fluctuations were amongst the
grangers, coalers, Pacifics and some of
the tank lines. These all had their