Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-25
. ON WALL STREET.
Stocks were Unusually Active, Largest
Business for Some Days.
The Final Changes Show Material Advances
Observation-Disclosures Bonds were
Strong at Better Prices.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Money loaned at easy
rates to-day. The highest rate was per cent.
and the lowest rate was 31a per cent.
Exchange-Closed steady, posted rates, 81 81
"a IS.
sllver-silver closed 2llc higher at 1O5A pei
ounce.
Coffee-spot lots closed steady; fair Rio car
goes, 1880. Futures closed 10 to Is points
lower.
sugar-Raw and refined continues dull at pre-
Cott6n-spot lots closed steady: middling up
lands II l5-1Gc. Futures closed l to points
IS. Wheat-Options were active, to-day; prices
swere firm, closing hsG$sc higher.
Wool-Still continues dull at previous prices.
Hides-Firmly held. Buenos Ayres, dry,
I35c; dry Texas, SId 0l2c.
Stocks were unusually active to-day, the
largest days business in a long time having
been transacted. The sales aggregated 1913, III
shares; Prices were strong and advanced with
little interruption throughout. On active
agreement of the silver committee on bill for
In increased monthly purchase of silver against
which notes are to be issued redeemable in bull
lion or legal money at the option of the secre-
tary of the treasury, prices closed q to per
cent. higher.
Fort Worth, 35l4.
: The dry goods market shows no signs of reviv--
ing, dizziness continues the only feature, and
prices are not materially changed.
coTToN-sPoTs AND FUTURES.
Special TO the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, April 24.-There was gen.
eral upward tendency in spot markets to-day.
Liverpool advanced 1-16c, Charleston, Whining
ton and Norfolk 1sc, and Mobile, Savannah,
Memphis and St. Louis each I-16c. All markets
closed firm except Galveston and Norfolk, the
former closing nominal, the latter steady.
All future markets advanced and closed steady
and firm
Liverpool futures opened firm at an advance
eff to 2 points over yesterdays close, ruled
quiet but steady and closed same at opening adj
3S,ance.
sSS<New York futures opened very firm at an ad-
vance over yesterday of 3 to points, ruled
steady and firm at a further advance, and closed
firm, to 9 points higher all around.
New Orleans fu tuTes opened firm at to .
points higher than yesterdays close, ruled and
closed steady, to 10 points higher all
months.
WOOL. COFFEE AND SUGAR.
Wool quiet and unchanged.
Coffee firm and unchanged.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds were active and firm in sympathy with
stocks.
Denver, Texas, and Fort Worth certificates,
Fort Worth and Denver rs. 1888.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe1 rs, lis.
Kansas and Texas rs, 116.
General s. $, $751;.
General SIS, 11Ss.
Missouri Kansas and Texas general 6's. 77ss.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas consolidated z IS,
1l6.
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas is, s95s.
Texas and Pacific Is, 1914.
Texas and Pacific 2's, $50.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, April 2I.-The stock market again
to-day showed a broadening tendency, with
strong tone, with the result of advancing prices
materially, all over the list. The Gould shares
were moderately active only, but all were
strong. The close was active and firm at or
near the best prices of the day. Final changes
show an almost unbroken line of advances.
In railroad bonds the strong tone became
more pronounced and declines at the close were
few and far between.
Government bonds dull snd steady.
State bonds dull and withoCt feature.