Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-20
ON WALL STREET.
Stocks Were Stronger and Prices Ad-
Vanced SlightIy-A Good Satur-
day Market.
Favorable Bank Statement, in Which Good
Reserve Is Shown-RaIlroad Bonds
Active and Firm.
COMMERCIAL RESUME

COMMERCIAL RESUME
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April l9.-Money was IN plennlui
supply to-day, call loans having been offered at
per cent. throughout.
Exchange-Closed steady, 81 S6S4 IS.
sugsr-Raw,1 dull and unchanged; refined,
steady at previous figures. .,,,..,
Cotton-Spot lots closed steady; m1ddllng-
uplands, II 13-16c. Futures closed unchanged.
Coffee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio cargoes.
19c. Futures closed weak and TO III poln'S
Hides-Firm; Buenos Ayres, dry. 1870; dry
Texas, 91h611c.
the week just closed, and sales have been gen
orally at former prices; Xxx hoece. 32la; coarse
Texas, 13d l5c.
: Wbeat-Optious were active again to-day. and
dealings were attended with considerable eH--
element. Prices opened to cents higher, put
suddenly reacted sc. closing strong, however,
and to I5ac higher, Spots closed strong. ,
Stocks-There was quite active trading IN the
stock market this morning, LAY % shares cnang-
ing hands in the two hours from the opening unI
til noon. There was good demand Tor some OF
the leading speculatives. especially the CHANGERS,
Nashville Chesapeake and Ohio, Pacific Mail
Rio Grande and Western, Chicago gas ano NAH
haitian. The advance ranged from fsGI14 per
The bank statement. which was favorable
showing an increase in the reserves OF SS'Z'VoV'
aided the advance.
AtchisoR, 1850.
Fort Worth, S315c
The chief features in the dry goods dlstflce TO-
| day was gossip concerning the proposed dlsso-
| luton of the old and prominent firm OF D. b.
| CIafin g. Co. and its reoTganlzatlon
! into Joint stock company, but little else was
DONE in fact, and many old dry goods merchants
| looked upon the dissolution as portendIng FUR
! Their embarrassment IN the trade. frlces are
! nominally unchanged in all departments.
RAILWAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
| Bonds closed little more active and firm.
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certificates,
831a.
Fort Worth and Denver rs, 1854.
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe1's, III.
Codes 16.
Kansas and Texas is, I15.
| Kansas and Texas general SIS, 81.
| Kansas and Texas general 6's, 1914. -,,
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas general b, g.. '2t4'
Missouri Kansas and Texas consolidated 49,
| rs.
| St Louis Arkansas and Texas rs. go.
Texas and Pacific rs, 92l3.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 1875.
CoTroN-sPoTs AND FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.
| GALVESTON, TEX, April 19.-The spot mar
kets as a rule closed firm with decided down
ward tendency. Galveston, Mobile, Charleston,
WiImin gton and Memphis advanced &c, while
New Orleans and ST. Louis increased quota
tions I-I6c. These were the only changes.
The future market closed firm and STEADY anc
| about stationary except New Orleans.
Liverpool futures opened firm at an advance o.
to points, became dull and closed steady a
about yesterday Close
New York futures opened steady, to points
lower than Yesterdays close, but recuperatet
and closed 60 points higher on early months
, unchanged as to November, December and rep
ruary, while January deliveries are point
higher.
Kew Orleans futures opened steady at sigh
decline on some months from yesterday close
| others unchanged, ruled steady at an adyanc
Il over the opening of 3 to points and close
33steady to points higher, all around over las
II closing.
WOOL, COFFEE AND SUGAR.
| 4Edoi-Quiet and unchanged.
:, Sefee-Stroug at yesterday s quotations
! sTEaigar-Steady and unchanged.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The stock market to
day was more active and displayed stronge
tone than any Saturday market for a long tim
and advances were more pronounced than
any previous day this week. The general ez
pectation of favorable bank statement rendere
the professional element, which monopollze
a greater portion of the business done, rathe
, bulIish, and the bulls took hold with consider
L | able vim, compelling the covering OF many shol
III contracts, The close was active ana STRONG an
. | at best prices of the day.
I Railroad bonds. active. The market was dt
:, ! void Of special feature. and its tone was on
u steady to firm, and final changes are general
q insignificant.
- Government bond s, dull and steady.
IS State bonds, neglected.