Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-27
ON WALL STREET.
The Stock Market was Firm, Higher
Prices Being Realized.
Low Money Rates and Continued Foreign
Buying Did It-Preparing for 1st Of
september Maneouvsrings.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.


Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, Aug. 26.-Money-C1osed 2h per
cent; highest, per cent lowest, PA.
Exchange-Closed quiet, S4.s3haAs7.
silver-sl. ls1s per ounce.
Wheat-Closed 4alc higher.
Coffee-Firm and unchanged.
Sugar-Firm and unchanged.
wool-Dull and unchanged.
Cotton-Quiet; middling, II 3-16c.
Hides-strong and active; prices unchanged.
Stocks-The market Is firm and higher in the
afternoon on further purchases of bonds. lower
rates for money and continued foreign buying,
when all were from A@1hc. higher than yester-
day, with exceptional advances OF to points
on a few stocks.
Atchison. s2kc.
Dry Goods-Dull and unchanged.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates,
s7ss.
Fort Worth and Denver Us, lO4lS.
Atchison general mortgage, AS, s4A.
Atchison incomes, 66h.
Kansas and Texas rs, lis.
General SIS, 70.
General 6's, Slh.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas general s's, s11S.
liz.
St. Louis. Arkansas and Texas IFS, ssls.
Texas and Pacific rs, %.
Texas and Pacific as. 39is.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
special 10 the Gazette.
BosroN, MASS, Aug. 26.-wool-In Dteady
demand and unchanged,
coTToN-sPors AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. Aug. 26.-There vas gen.
pool, New York, New Orleans, Galveston, Nor
folk and Augusta each decline &c, Mobile
and Memphis &c, Savannah and Philadelphia
Ac, Baltimore isc and Boston 3-l6c, the markets
as a rule closing easy, quiet and nominal.
Futures closed quiet and firm at about yester-
days quo tations.
Ter, to points lower. ruled steady At second
call, 1-6id lower at third call advanced l-6id on
near months. closed firm, near months 5 points
lower than last closing. late months unchanged.
New York futures opened steady, August 6
points lower, September and October / to
points lower. other months unchanged ruled
quiet, easy and t. ady and closed quiet, to 8
points higher, except August, which is points
lower than yesterdays close.
New Orleans futures opened steady at ad-
vance in August Of points and decline of 1
point in remaining months; ruled quiet but
steady, Angus. Is points lower than opening,
closed quiet but steady, August and September
to points lower. other months unchanged.
COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Coffee and sugar steady and unchanged.
GOVERNMENTS. STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The situation at the
stock exchange continues to improve, and rates
for money to-day were down to a reasonable fg-
ure for the first time in many days. The market,
proved conditions, and remained comparatively
dull with slight fluctuations. After squirt at the
opening positive relief which has been afforded to
the money market in the las. few days, together
with the announcement IL enough had not yet
been done to give ease something more would be-
tried to dismiss the monetary situation
as disturbing factor in the situation,
for the present at least. The first OF
September is close at hand, however, and the
usual shifting and callingof loans, in order to
provide for quarterly payments, must make
some trouble during the remainder of the week.
There is therefore no m arkea disposition to en-
bark in new ventures, in the long side even.
Yet there was a rush 70 buy st the opening this
advances over last nights figures extending to
1A per cent. In the cases of New York Central
and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis the demand did not sus-
the improvement was small when the taking OF
profits on the rise led to some selling by bears
which resulted in fractional reaction, with the
usual result OF dullness and stagnation. The
market continued to present a firm undertone
until the last hour, when buying began in
earnest. encouraged by the low rate prevalent
for money, and in a short time advances ex-
tending to IA per cent. were estab-
lishld. All Stocks which have been
weakest of late were especially
sugar; Big Four, zss; Lackawanna, 2h; Denver
and Rio Grande preferred, 2; Lake Shore, l3t;
Reading. u; Northwestern, St. Paul. Louis
vile an6 Nashville, 19s; Atchison, Canada
and Richmond and West Point each ~; Mis-
souri, Pacific, Northern Pacific preferred,
Oregon Transoontineutal and Western Union
each "a; Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
per cent. each was established. The close was
strong at best figures.
Railroad bonds slightly more active.
Government bonds dull and steady.
state bonds entirely neglected.