Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-22
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks Declined and Were Weak Under
Pressure of High Money Rates.
Material Losses are No'ed in Everything
Traded In-selling in Early Dealings
was Very Large.

Special to the Gazette.
New York, Aug. 2l.-Money-Closed per
cent; highest, 100; lowest, 1.
Exchange-Closed steady, s4.s4a4.Ss.
silver-sl.lsal per ounce.
Wheat Options, Ac to &c higher.
cotes-spots, firm; fair cargoes Rio, 2oAc.
Futures, weak
sugar-Firm and unchanged.
Wool-Dull; nothing doing.
Cotton-Easy; middling, 1lstc.
Hides-Strong and unchanged.
Stocks-About l:30 O'Clock the rate for money
advanced to 1870 per annum; stocks declined
back to 81 per cont. per annum, about l:i5
O. clock, the stock market lid not recover, but
continued weak to the close. Just before the
close of business 1t was reported by telegraph,
from Washington that the assistant secretaries
of the treasury were in cons ltation on the
money question, and it was probable some ac-
give relief Jersey Central fell off 3ss. Sugar
certificates declined "a, Oregon Transconii-
Rock Island 2H, Lake Shore 29s, Central and
others generally l1iG2la per cent.
In dry goods there was nothing doing.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates,
Fort Worth and Denver rs. 1O3H.
Atchison general mortgage, As, 81.
Atchison incomes, 6S2s.
Kansas anc Ie2as is, llo91.
General SIS, 20.
General 6's, 81.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general SIS, 81
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consolidated rs,
li5st.
ST. Louis. Arkansas and Texas rs, s8ll.
Texas and Pacific rs, 81.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 1914.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
Special TO the Gazette.
BosToE, MASS, Aug. 2l.-Wool-Fair demand
prices firm; sales, Territory and Texas, l2024c;
Ohio fine washed, 3lG32c for X, and 33G34c for
Xxx, and Michigan X SSl4G29c; Receipts for the
week Is, 800 bales domestic, and 1865 bales Tor,
eign. Sales, l,9lO, 700 pounds domestic, and
250, 900 pounds foreign.
coTToE-srors AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX: Aug. 21.-The spot markets
&c for old, while new cotton is asc lower. New
, York went of 3-Isc, Norforlk &c; Galveston re-
vised quotations. declining low ordinary, ordin-
ding hc, and good middling and midding fair
hc. New Orleans, Wilmington, Philadelphia,
Memphis and St. Louis each declined lsc,
while Mobile dropped l-!6c. the m arket closing
generally dull, quiet, easy, steady and nom
inal.
Futures felt the effect CT the drop in spots, and
all markets made material declines, closing as a
rule easy and steady.
Liverpool futures opened weak, became
early mouths, closed easy for near
months, distant steady at Yesterdays quota
tons
New York futures opened easy at decline of
to points, ruled steady, August declining
II points, other months from TO points from
opening, closed easy for near months, with
August 70 points and September II points lower,
other near months to points off, distant
months closed steady at q decline Of 3 points
from last closing.
New Orleans futures opened barely steady.
9 to- points lower, rulet quiet bat steady,
August ~ points lower, other months point
lower than opening. closed steady, August rs
md Semi m he Of Nyh months
are to points lower than We sterday's close.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Woo, closed firm and unchangd. Sales.
50, GOO pounds, unsecured grades.
Coffee strong at yesterdays quotations.
Sugar strong and firm at former quotations.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 21.-The stock market to-day
has been decidedly active but very weak, result
ing in material losses on every thing traded in.
The market at the opening was completely de-
moratized. Selling in the forenoon was very
large, and for both sides OF the account the
downward movement was accelerated, even after
the bulk Of business of the DAY had
stocks ran up to large figures. and at the lowest
points which were reached tow ard D. m
there was an easy feeling. Later there devel-
oped a smart rally, in which Oregon Transcon
tfnental rose rs, sugar IA, Iackawanna /, and
others for fractional amounts. The close after
the rally was firm, but in most cases at close to
show material losses thr oughout the entire
list, ard sugar is down 82s, Big Four
Sss, Rock Island and Chicago are
each yis, Reading and Oregon and Transconti-
mental each slk; New England. "a; Lake Shore,
2h; Lackawanna and Northern Pacific prefer
red, each 2; Burlington and Canada Southern,
each Ia; Louisville and Nashville, Union Pa
clfc and Missouri Pacific, each ~; WABASH
preferred, rs; lead trust, Western Union, Atch-
ison and Northwestern, each IA; St Paul and
Denver and Rio Grande. per cent, each, and
others small amounts.
Railroad bonds slightly lower.
Government bonds quiet.