Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-03
ON WALL STREET.
The June Opening for Stocks is Record
ed as Slightly Depressed.
Trusts Responsible for the General Feeling of
Insecurity : Pecullarities Of the
Days Dealings.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.


Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, June 2.-Money was stronger a
the close, loaning at the highest rate viz: u pc
cent, the lowest, ) per cent.
Exchange-steady at 81 S5Ila4 s7Is.
Silver-S1 OllA per OF.
Coffee-Spot lots, steady; fair Rio cargoes
1890. Futures closed steady and unchanged.
Sugar-Raw and refined, firm; loaf anG
crushed, 6.95; grznulated, 6ikG6lkc.
Cotton-Spot lots steady; middl ing uplands
l2l5c. Futures closed irregular, being Slightly
lower for the early months and higher for the
late dates.
wool-Continues dull but steady at previous
Wheat--options were fairly active and firm to.
day, prices closing h61Ac higher.
Hides-FiTm: Buenos Ayres, I3Ikc; dry Texas,
9i5612c.
Stocks were only moderatively active to-day
During the morning prices were irregular, but
after midday they were decidedly weak and
everything declined, about the lowest figures
being made at the close Sugar trusts and
Chicago gas were the weak features; the last
named was down 5s4 per cent. from the highest
point at one time on the announcement of the
appointment of receiver. Sugar trusts closed
3s4 per cent lower. The rest OF the list closed
Is to per cent. lower.
In dry goods there is no change in the situa-
ton The trading is small and prices continue
as before.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds dull.
Denver. Texas and Fort Worth certificates.
s7l5.
Fort Worth and Denver rs, 1854.
Atkinson general mortgage As, S6h.
Atchison incomes, 6SA.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1l6N.
Kansas and Texas general SIS, 73lk.
Kansas and Texas general 6's, s..
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general 6's. IS.
Missouri Kansas and Texas consolidated rs,
116A.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs, s134.
nd flo "a
Texas and Pacific as, a.
COTTON SPOTS AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
-EsGALvEsToN, TEX, June New York de.
clined &c and closed dull; Charleston advanced
&c and closed firm. These were the only
changes in the spot markets to-day, which, as
rule, closed quiet, steady and firm.
There was a marked decline in futures.
Liverpool futures opened dull and unchanged.
ruled easy Lee lower, and closed easy for near
and steady for distant months, to points
down.
New York futures opened steady at a decline
OF to points, ruled strong at further de-
cline, and closed steady, 3 to 10 lower than last
New Orleans futures opened barely steady
with decline from last closing price to
points, ruled steady and closed at a further de-
cline and steady to IL points lower.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
wool-Closed firm and unchanged
Coffee and sugar both closed steady and IN
changed.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
new YORK, June 2.-The stock market o-day
when left to itself was quiet with steady, firm
tone, but the bears were again very aggressive,
and aided by the temporary scarcity of money
incident to the first of the month and tradings
were of large sums of money. Through certain
large financial operations they were enabled,
after the first hour, to keep the market in
weak state and bring about material losses in
many stocks. The trusts were again RESPONSE
Bile for most OF the feeling Of uncertainty among
of with drop of So per cent, from 50 to 4T14c.
on the news that a receiver would be appointed
the announcement of the appointment,
the appointee being. regarded as favorable
to the trust in the regular list.
The bears paid particular attention to Missouri
Pacific, Atchison and Union Pacific, the de-
clines in the two former leading to the impress
sion that the Gould party were not favorable
active and weak at about the lowest prices of
the day. Almost the entire list is lower, and
sugar is off "a; Laekawanna, IA Chicago gas,
l5s; Missouri Pacific. IA; Richmond ana West
Point, IA: Union Pacific and Wheeling and
Lake Erie preferred, lh, and Colorado coal pa.
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
LONDON, June 2.-The Mark Lane Express in
rs weekly review of the British grain trade
are quoted at DOS; ordinary whites s4s, and reds
rs. Sales of English wheat during the past
eek were a @ gSaEtseF gnr II s rs % sgainst
ng week last year. Foreign wheat has los. 3D.
Reports from Liverpool state red wheats there
awe declined Id per cent. Corn has decreased
ID. Rice fallen Is, and at to-day's market
English wheat declined Sd. Foreign wheat de-
,reased Sd on Australian and Argentine and Sd
N Californian.
AMERICAN SHARES IN LONDON.
LONDON, June 2.-There is great speculation
going ON at present in shares of Kentucky and
tennessee land companies. In some cases
lhares have rapidly risen until now they bring
from $50 70 80 per cent. premium. The London
warns specuiators that these ventures |
re being greatly overdcne, and present inflated |
prices ian not be maintained.
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