Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-12
Yesterdays Quotations and Sales OF
Railway Bonds--The General
Market Quiet.
Hoxie Closes Out Ills Kansas and Texas
Holdings wheat Higher-GOod
Request For Wool.
The stock Market sim in tho Control OF
the Bears-Tho General List "a
Fraction tower


souri Kansas & Texas general O's lOUO NJ
753; 900 do. at 75i; 1000 do at 10;
Missouri, Kansas & Texas general G's,
5000 at SD 5000 do, at Ssii 1000 40 AZ
ssi Missouri Kansas & Texas CONSOLE
dated rs, 5000 at ll44; Fort Worth &
Denver City first 1000 at 81 5000 do. at
S3d Texas & Pacific first, Rio Grande d.
vision coupons. offered, 10000 AZ 5Oi 1000
do. Mt lgI 5000 do. at 30; 1900 do. at 5O4
20 900 do 80 90; 5000 do. at 80 5000 do.
a. iga; IS, 900 do at 494; $4,000 do. at
sos 5000 do. at 1875 10000 do. at 4e3
1000 do. at 49B; 10000 do. az 1915
NJ, 900 do. at 40l l8, 900 do. at 90, 10000
do. at i0g; Texas & Pacific 6's, 1000 Mt 81;
Texas & Pacific income land giants, l0,-
ono at 80, 81 900 do. at 49,, Texas g Pa
ciic Rios ex.dieidcnd, 10000 at i9i, 1000
TO- at so, 10000 do at iai, 20, 000 do. AT
90, 5000 do. at 50A, 10000 do at j04, To-,
900 do. nj 90, 10 600 do. at 50i, 10000 do.
80 Mt 50, 10000 at 50a 10000 do. at 500,
If 900 do. at 5O}, 600 do. ut Ola, 10000
do. at 81, 1000 do. Obs New Orleans, Lou
islaua Texas llrsts, 10000 at 1865 Gal
weston, Harrisburg San Antonio tirsts,
west division, 7000at 9ls, 1000 do. ut 9li;
Houston Texas Central, main line,
seconds, 5000 Mt S3 Fort Worth & Dem
yer City frsts, 5000 ut s4s, 1000 do. at
81, 1000 do. at Sli, 10000 at Sl1; Texas
& Pacific rios eX-diyldend, 5000 at 5lb,
1000 do. at 81 Texas Pacific incomes,
10000 at 394; Kansas X Texas 6's, 5000at
75a; Kansas & Texas lirsts, 5000 at 1909
The rumors in regard TO Mr.. HoXie's
interest in Kansas & Texas were set at
rest this morning by declaration from
MIR. HoXie to the effect that he had mar
keted his holdings OF Kansas & Texas
and was out of the deal. lie said he still
had some Kansas & Texas for Investment,
and should keep that, regardless OF the
fluctuations on the market. Chicago ad-
vices have said that Mr.. IoNie retains
all his faith in the value Of the property,
aud has intimatcd that some arrange
mcnts have been made by which the price
is 10 he set off and perhaps subsequently
materially advanced.
Wheat was higher but unsettled.
Cotton declined I points
on opened at 0OAc and closed at 9lio.
Coffee was steady.
special TO the Gazette
THE WOOL MARKET.
BoSrON, MASS, Dec. ll--Medium
woods are strong, with holders asking eX-
IRENE prices. California aud Texas wool
OF any cheap woods of that class are easy
OF sale II the price Is not relatively too
high, but Il is claimed that the stock of
such woods is In very firm hands or prac-
ticaly exhausted The prices are as fol-
lows Fine Texas and Territory % TO
25c; medium Texas and Territory 20 to
zoe; ordinary Texas and Territory
81 10 22c. Sales for the week
2,55l 5000 pounds domestic and 1000
pounds foreign; receipts, G56s pounds
domestic and 1896 barrels foreign.
Some fine medium Tcrritorys have been
sold at 261c, and at pc for some lots OF
New England Many woods OF the me-
dium class are held above the present
market. Ia tine wool the situation is
really tirmer, though some sales OF NN
have been at a fraction off, but there is
more request and some business.
DECREASE IN THE SALES or COFFEE.
NEw YORK, Dec. AT the annual
meeting of the coffee exchange yesterday
President Barr reported decrease in the
sales compared with the previous year of
2i8,200 bags, or 81 per cent. The rule
going into operation January |, provid-
Ing for the delivery of either Santos or
Rio coffee on contracts whore the grade
Is not otherwise mentioned, is expected
greatly to increase the volume of bust.
hN'' wa th- hllN AbhllAE lNdls
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BoNps.
New York, Dec IL Government
bonds were dull and steady
The general railway bond list was
quiet, hut there was active trading in
few Of the speculative issues.
The bears continued to retain control
of the stock market this morning and the
FIRST prices were generally from 1 to A
lower than the closing figures OF last
evening, with exceptional declines for
greater amounts. The business of
the first hour was very active
aud during the first thirty minutes
there was a further decline OF fraction
for the general list and over ! per cent
IN few instances, During this time the
lowest prices OF the day We're generally
made. rally before 1 o'clock was fol-
lowed by another effort to depress quota
tons, which was successful only to a lin
tied extent, From that time with only
moderate reactions the market moved
slowly but persistently upward. reaching
the highest figures late In the evening and
closing generally Within to of the best
llgures of the day. The bear points in re-
gard TO Texas & Pacific and other south.
west securities were widely circulated
this morning, leading to decline In
Texas & Pacific of nearly per cent, and
In Missouri, Kansas & Texas
OF IA. Tho VanderbiltS, the
Changers and other issues received
material support, The total sales were
b1O,60S shares The couspicuously active
stocks were Laekawanna and st, Paul
Lake Shore, Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Texas s. Pacific, Northwestern, Union
Pacific, Northern Pacific preferred, and
Louisville & Nashville wero the only re,
naming active stocks on the list. Lacka,
wanna assumed Il conspicuous position IN
the dealings, especially during the after
noon, when, after selling at 1914, II rose
to l2Sa, and closed lower with net adj
vance of ~, with sales that exceeded
anything else on the list. The other net
gains were for fractional amounts En-
ceptions TO the advance among the activ,
stocks were Missouri, Kansas 6 Texas
which shows net loss Of 4, Texas s
Pacific ~, Central Iowa 4 Union racin,
of | and Louisville & Nashville ant
Northern Pacific preferred, each 4
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