Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-03
8N WALL STREET.
The Stock Market Was Quite Active,
but Prices We're Irregular.
The Close Shows General Declines. Though
the Tone Of the Market Was Firm.
Money Easy.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.


Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, May Mooney at per cent. the
lowest rate of the day; the highest was Del
cent.
Exchange-steadyi posted rates, 81 s5a4 s7b.
silVer-Sl O2l3 per o., bid.
Coffee-Spot lots, steady; fair Rio cargoes,
1ss4c. Futures closed weak at points lower
for some months.
sugar-Raw and refined, dur and unchanged.
Wheat-Options closed weak and "a "a slc lower
Spot lots closed steady. "
.Cotton-spot lots, steady; middling uplands,
higher.
Wool.Moderate1y active and steady. at un-
Hides-Firm; Buenos AYres, dry, 13Isc: dry
Stocks were fairly active to-day, but prices
were irregular. The sales for the day amounted
10 567 ,65S shares. There was no feature devel-
oped in the trading, and the market closed
tame, with prices generally q to per cent.
lower.
Fort Worth and Denver, 365s
In dry, goods matters continue stagnant, and
values show no change,
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES
Bonds closed quiet.
Denver, Texas aBd Fort Worth certificates,
96ss.
Fort Worth and Denver rs, 100.
6, eisttt Colorado and Santa FeI's, 100.
!. S1eansEs and Texas rs, 1859,
Kansas and Texas general SIS, 693s.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general SIS. S0Iz.
l15A.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs, 9O1s.
Texas and Pacific rs, 943t.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 40ss.
COTTON, SPOTS AND FUTURES
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, May 2.-The spot mar
kets, as a rule, closed quiet. steady and firm,
the only change being in Savannah, which ad-
vanced Hc. The stocks at principal markets
to-day are as follows:
Liverpool, go 900 bales, against s72 900 bales
last year; New York, rs, 674; New Orleans IS, =
$50; Galveston, 1888; Savannah, 1873; Mobile,
Cog; Norfolk, 5Sl5; Augusta, 4i7O; Memphis,
1871; st Louis, IS, 06l bales.
There was slight appreciation in futures.
= Liverpool futures opened quiet, to points
shigher all around, ruled quiet and easy at about
opening prices, and closed barely steady, l
point advance over yesterdays close.
New York futures opened quiet but steady, AT
steasly, at still further advance, and closed 2
z 500 Geints higher, with sales of 81 1906.
IsSsSew Orleans futures opened quiet but steady,
higher, and closed TO points higher than yes
terday's close, with sales of II 200.
WOOL. COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Wool-Quiet and unchanged, with no transac-
tions.
Coifee-steady, at former quotations.
Sugar-Quiet and steady, at yesterdays quo
tations.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, May 2.-The stock market still
maintains its moderate activity. To-day the
market was somewhat more feverish than usual
of late, and efforts to bring about reaction met
with some little success in the general list, al
though almost all important changes are adj
vances. Among the specially strong features
to-day were the Chicago gas in foreign, although
gifStoet a greater portion of the improvement
'sEtsef in the day. Oregon Transcontinental later
became a leader OF the advance, and on very
large business rose about 2 per cent. MRnhat-
tan, Wheeling and Lake Erie and San Francisco
stocks also made sharp upward movements,
though San Francisco common lost all its gain
stRa something in addition, and is one Of the
The market closed active and rather heavy, and
generally at a slight concession from opening,
figures, but the undertone of the ntsEfe easS'
tinues firm. ~