Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-17

bar silver 637sc; Mexican dollars 49A.
Government bonds weak.
L. S. refunding Is registered. 1854
DO coupons ..:....................... .1Vot4
L., S. IS registered. ....................lG 1872
do coupons ......... lilo
L. S. new is registered ................ 1854
do coupons ............ .l3l12
u S, old As rsgistered..............IlllS53 5s
U. S. 5s registered. .....................110 42
do coupons ......-.... lila
District of Columbia 65s.............125
Atchison general As ......... ............ l0Z2
do adjustment As NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1913
Canada Southern End (bid). HOS
Chesapeake and Ohio 4l2s..........1C 44
c. ard N. w. consol is (bid). ...... 1897
do s. F. Debs IS Odd 49,. ........1 23
Chicago Terminal IS (offered)....... 92A
Denver and Rio Grande 4s............ 100as
Erie general is ..........................S 1914
TT. Worth and Denver Cy. 1sts...... So1a
Iowa Central lists .......................1l 5k
Louis. and Nash unified As Odd 80. 1874
Mo, Kas. and Tex. ends. 711s
New York Central lists (bid) ......... .1G54s
New jersey Central general 5s........l2S
Northern Pacific IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I0A
N. Y, c. and St. L. 4s................iTe1.
Norfolk and Western consol 4s........10)
Oregon Navigation lists (bid............ 11S
do As (bid). ......... ....................1G 3
Oregon Short Line 1894
do consol 5s (bidD. us
Reading general Is .................... 931a
ST. L. and Iron Mt. consol IS (bid). 4412
St. l. and S. F. general 6s............12S
St. Paul consols (bid). 1876
St. p, Chi. and Pacific lists (bid). IFS
Southern Pacific As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
ss9 fsn6erd R RnnS yrS IS 7ana
Texas and Pacific lists .................15
do ends Odd. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Union Pacific As ..............,........10 Jos .
Wabash lists ............................. 1852
do 2nds (bidl Observation-Disclosures. 1882
West Shore is (bid). ....................115
Wisconsin Central Observation-Disclosures. IS
Virginia Centuries (bid) ............... 961a
State bonds firm.
Railroad bonds irregular.
Stocks-The excessive confusion Of
speculative opinion to-day was shown
by wild and frequent fluctuations in
prices often in conflict in different
groups of stocks. An evident effort
was made to differentiate the move
ment of the steel stocks from that of
the rauroad stocks. The action of the
steel group yesterday made it evident
that a decline in them was to be faced.
Some effort was made at the opening
to contest this event, and supporting
orders effected rise of a point over
last night in Steel & Wire and Tin
Plate and of IA in National Tube,
but the last named stock was the only
one which retained any show of
strength in the later dealings. There
was some show of support in Federal
Steel early in the day and after an op-
ening decline of l a it was rallied a
point, but the selling of the stock was
persistent and urgent on account of
disappointment by spectators that no
action was taken at yesterdays meet
ing to insure quarterly dividends for
the coming year in which there had
been great faith. There were occasion
rallies in the stock and it was lift
ed vigorously at the last two points
above the lowest but manipulation
was palpable in the rally. At the low
level this stock was 4A below last
night and the preferred was 31a. Next
to this Tin Plate was most acutely
affected in spite of yesterdays per
cent dividend declaration and fell . an
extreme 4 points. Colorado Fuel was
down AS. American Hoop 3, Tennessee
Coal 2a4 and others of the group from
to 112. The conditions in the rail-
road list We're exceedingly irregular
during the early dealings but there
were sufficient points of strength to
: overcome the few opening declines
caused by, sympathy with the London
market and with the weakness for the
steel stocks. There was a manifest dis
position to realize also in the coalers
and a sagsing tendency at other
points.
st. Paul was vigorously taken in
hand in the midst of this uncertainty
and marked up nearly six points. pre-
cipitating a large volume of forced
buying from the bears. The market
Z generally responded in sympathy, but
with quick relapse of points in st.
Paul began to run off again. Then
Burlington took up the movement on
the decision of the directors to in
crease the stock ten per cent to be
issued at par to stockholders. The re-
sulting rise in the stock reached AS,
but the doubt engendered by the DEM
onstrated manipulation of ST. Paul
detracted from the effect on the gen.
eral market and prices did not get
back to the top. The advances had
reached 2ss in Rock Island and
points in st. Paul and San Francisco
second preferred. Manhattan and
Sugar also rose about points. When
the futility of these measures to hold
the railroad lists became evident, the
speculative liquidatiens increased to
very heavy volume. The coalers,
the Pacifics. the local fractions, Peo-
pies Gas and Sugar were thrown on
the market in a torrent of large
blocks. The general level of prices
twas forced considerably Mellow last