Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-24
HAPPY BEARS.
Jay Gould Is Welcomed Home By the
Brokers Who Depress and Stocks
Go Down in Sympathy.
A New Series Of Wool Sales Inaugu.
rated at London, But that Does Not
Affect Free America.
money is said 20 Use Easy, hut tho Aver
age citizen Don't AHliiate with that
Tden Worry Promiscuousiy.
OK WALL sraEEr


NKw YORK, March 23.--Fort Worth 4
Denver City Ia, 30; Houston & Texa,
general mortgage, III Houston & Texai
general mortgage ~, West division cou
pons Of, 9s1; Missouri Pacific consuls
ll0q; Gulf, Colorado s. Santa Re 2's, I04
Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe gold G's, i06
Galveston, Harrisburg g. San Antonio | =
west, 1901; Kansas g. Texas genera
mortgage, 90; Kansas & Texas 5's, 49,
Missouri, Kansas e. Texas 5's, 79!; Mis-
souri,, Kansas G. Texas CO, 92h; Missouri
Kansas G. Texas rs, 1ll1; Texas & New
Orleans, 1914
The nrst sales OF wheat to-day were
92A, decline OF ! cent. Later the market
advanced OF cent and closed Irregular,
but lnactlye
Cotton opened steady and fell of
points.
OIL opened at ut, closed at 7CA
Coffee was extremely dull.
Sterling very dull and rates were I'M
changed from the reduction Of yesterday,
the posted rates being 1874 and 4891.
Governments closed steady.
Money lent at 3 per cent.
The bears welcomed Jay Gould's re-
turne home to-day by raid on the stock
market, knocking prices down from ! TO
per cent.
New York Central declined per cent.
to 100, Lake Shore 2, Lackawnna 81,
Jersey Central Q, st. Paul 1t, Oregon
Transcontinental 81, Union Pacific II,
Missouri Pacific 2, Pacific Mail !,
Western Union, /. Large blocks OF
stock were thrown on the market, and
many stop orders were received.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BoNDs.
NEW YORK, March disbursements
dull and steady. Railroad bonds more
active, but weak In - mpathy with stocks.
In stocks the news OF practical settle
ment Of long existing troubles between
leading coal roads was somewhat vague,
aud except among insiders was treated as
Il device to sell stocks This theory was
openly advocated during a considerable
period. The market, which opened
strong for coal stocks, soon became de-
cidedly weak, and, with occasional inter
ruplions, couinued weak and declining
all day Early weakness In the general
list was due TO unfaVorable re-
ports regarding the strike in
the Southwest. The matter Is
daily assuming increased proportions
In minds OF operators. News OF day was
all OF an adverse character, aud materially
aicod In the decline that took place. |
Open prices generally were about the
best OF the day and closing prices
Tor coal stocks were lowest of |
the day, and for rest OF list gently |
within TO 1 OF bottom figures. The |
only notable exception Is the Southern |
Pacific, which shows gain OF 1. The |
foreign exchange Is again below rate, |
which shipments can be made at |
y, profit, Market closed irregular
but generally heavy. Gentlemen who
attended the meeting Of presidents OF
coal companies last night are authority |
for the statement that after the session |
lastlug I'LL 2 O'Clock this morning, unani. |
nous consent To the scheme proposed On |
control output for the current year was |
obtained, aud that the matter OF percent. |
age to he allotted To- different companies |
was also practically settled, although |
tnll action was deferred until Monday |
next The Missouri Pacific company
asks the stock exchange TO list 81, 00O, 900 |
additional capital stock, issued on 6s7 !
miles OF new road.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Special 20 tho Gazette.
Nav ORLEANS, La, March 23,-Sugar-
Duli' refining sugars, standard granu-
lated 6ac,
Molls' Unchanged,
Coffee--Qulet At previous prices.
Rice-Unchanged
LONDON WOOL SALES.
LONDON, March 25.--.A new series OF
wool sales was begun to-day. There was
u full attendance. Operators were
cautious owing to The badness OF trade
and the uncertainty OF the political sltua. |
tion Cross breeds were not quotably |
lower as compared with January prices.
Australian merinos and greasy were fully
Q per cent. lower and Cape Good Hope
and Natala snOw white were from
10 "a per cent. lower. Sales,
Melbourne and Victoria secured, SdCl
ls 2di greasy, Solid; do locks aud
pieces, b9Tdj New Sunth Wales, scnnred,
IDOLS "a; do locks aud pieces, 5J60g4d;
greasy 4@0d; do locks and pieces, Ma
sd; fleece, 9d@ls I'd; South Australia,
secured, lldl, 40 locks and pieces, sd;
greasy, 53@6d; Queensland, secured, lad
ole ~; locks aud pieces, 5id; greasy,
tWSdi do locks and pieces, sd; New
Zealand, secured, idols I'd; do locks
aud pieces, SA@6di Cane % Good Hone
and Nstala, secured, Sd@ls lad; grcusy,
aA@5bd.