Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-10
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks of the General List were Vigor-
ously Assaulted Yesterday.
This was occasIoned by the Trouble on the
Vanderbilt Lines-The Weekly Bank
Statement was Unfavorable.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Money closed at
per cent, the highest rate; the lowest, 8.
Exchange to- day-Posted rates 81 s9a4 80.
silver-sl l215 per ounce.
sugar-Raw dull and unchanged.
Coffee-Spot lots closed steady; fair Rio
cargoes zoe. Futures closed to 10 points higher.
wheat-Options were moderately active and
strong; closing ?5sc higher. Spot lois closed
Wooi-Trading is light, but prices are steady.
Cotton-Spot lots closed quiet; middling up
lands I2Ac. Futures closed to points lower.
Hides-Firm- Buenos Ayres, dry, lac; dry
stocks were dull again to-day, while prices
were weak throughout and closed at about the
Central was made the pretext for raid on the
Vanderbilts, and they were freely sold. The
bank statement. which was very unfavoraole'
showing decrease of $780, SO in the legal re-
serves, helped the downward movement. The
closing prices were u TO per cent below those
Of yesterday.
In dry goods there is no movement as yet.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds dull.
S15s.
Fort Worth and Denver lie. 1854.
Atchison general mortgage as, u.
Atchison incomes, 63A.
Kansas and Texas rs, 1l534.
General SIS, Il.
General 6's, 81. o,
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general 6's, a.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consolidated rs.
1859. oo,
ST. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rs, s9h.
Texas and Pacific rs, 1lB.
Texas and Pacific rs, 80.
CoTToN-sPoFs AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. 9.-The spot markets
closed generally nominal, quiet, steady nrm
Futures closed steady and quiet. with slight
advances in LIVERPOOL and New Orleans. with
corresponding decline in New York.
Liverpool futures opened steady with nothing
doing and closed steady at an advance Oh
point over yesterday.
slight advance on early months. with cor
responding decline on late months and closed
STEADY, to points lower than yesteraay. ~
a point lower, ruled steady at an advance OF 70
points, and closed steady, 2 to points higher
than yesterday.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Wool firm; closed unchanged.
Coffee and sugar unchanged.
VISIBLE SUPPLY COTTON.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW York, Aug. 9.-Visihle supply cotton in
the world according to the Chronicle OF TINS
Total supply to-day, l, 2Ol. 997 bales.
same day last year, /. O4 ,3l3 bales.
Difference. l5S,6si bales
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, aug, ZINE SGElkGS upon viz
/ Vanderbilt roads were to-day made the occa-
! sion of a vigorous assault upon not only those
! stocks but also upon the list IN general. Al
though the bank statement and crop SITUATION
/ and cIoseness of money, with the apathy OF
buls were factors in the decentralization, the lat
ter stol ky were offered down rapidly. WIN the
result of leaving the entire list materially lower
| thau last evening and declines sustained were
! on an average larger than on any tulI DAY lor
! long time. The bank statement was. II any
| thing worse than was expected. EarIV Loh6on
] & lures were generally higher, but had no inhu,
I ence upon this market, anu the list was opened
! nj small fractions lower than last night, while
| tn Yanderbilts showed losses extending 10 per
| cent. In Canada Southern the pressure was
| kent nm however, to the close and further losses
! were sustained over the entire list, while New
/ YORK Central declined from 81 OF to sl95;
Lake Shore. from Sl;oS1s 10 Sly.
| Columbus Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
| Louis from ia to 69Is, and Canada Southern
! from So to 535s. The movement e1tende /, now;
| ever, and CHANGERS and speGlalsies sun go
! severely while industrial stocks for the time
! heinz were almost neglected and failed to move
| erceDt small declines. Among the speciaities
| bituminous coal stocks were weak and scored
! marked losses. The market never rallied ano
! closed quiet but weak at lowest prices. As
rule, though, final bids showed some improve
ment The entire market is materially lower
to-night and the principal losses are as follows
/ Hooking coal. 23s; Tennessee coal. z; Lake
! Sbora II. Colorado coal, 15s; Northwestern,
Iackawana and St. Paul pref fred. each IA
Canada Southern, Columbus, Clnclnnati
Chicago and St. Louis, each Us; 81: Pau
and Missouri Pacific, each IA; Union racine
Fnrlsnd and Wabash preferred, each per cent
Railroad bonds neglected.
Government bonds dull and STEADY.
State bonds neglected.