Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-16
MONEY 2 PER- CENT.
Sugar Dull and Unchanged.
Exchange Steady.
WHEAT MODERATELY ACTIVE.
Silver Goes Up to % Wool Steady at
Previous Prices-Cofee Quiet, Fair.
Hides Steady-Dry Texas Toto
IL 1-2-More Gold.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

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| Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, May l5-A1oney closed at ;
| per cent. Lowest rate >, highest rate g.
Exchange-Steady; posted rates 81 ssh
! a SG55
Sugar-Raw and refined, dull and IN
| changed
! Silver-9S.
Whear-Optious moderately active and
firm, closing sole higher. Spot lots closed
! firm.
Wool-Dun, but steady, at previous
| prices.
Cotton-spot lots steady. Aliddlings,
! SIC. Futures closed dull but steady.
Coffee-Spot lots quiet. fair. Rio car
! goes, 1896. Futures closed firm, points
! higher
| Enthusiastically. Buenos Ayres, 13SQi3llc;
! dry Texas, 1O0iO15c.
| Substitution heavy engagements of
| gold had depressing effect on the stock
| market to-day. Trading light, but fears
that the heavy gold movement would show
| large decrease in the surplus reserves in
! to-morrow's bank statement, caused a
Dearlsh feeling, and prices closed generally
| 5sHl-s per cent lower.
AtchisOn, 81 Is.
~ Dry goods market Is dull and featureless.
Prices are about nominal.
Fort Worth and Denver City certificates,
fOrt Worth and Denver Is, 104ii.
Atchlson general mortgage Is, 49,.
AtchisOn general mortgage incomes, 46.
Kansas and Texas Is, 10
Kansas and Texas rs, 4OI4.
Missouri Kansas and Texas Is, ~
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 2's 40I
ST. Louis. Arkansas and Texas Is, s055.
Texas and Pacific Is, So.
Texas and Pacific 2's, 3l$..
ATWOOD, VIOLET L CO. 5 COTTON REPORT
Special TO the Gazette.
New ORLEANS. LA, May 15.-Atwood,
Violet x Go. say:
futures-Again we have to report all
markets virtually unchanged, New York
alone being couple of points better, though
somewhat less satisfactory in spot cotton
There was an advance during the day of
10 points III New York on the report from
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas
that crop condition was diSrouraging
owing TO cool nights, but the improvement
from this cause was short lived.
The weekly movement, published today
by cur exchange, presents some startling
figures. chief among which is the amount
brought into sight during the week, ev-
elusive OF 94+2 bales to be added as IA cor
rtCtIon at Norfolk. which aggregate 49lG
bales against GS5S bales last year, or. in
GLIDING the Norfolk correction. IN increase
OF -, 100 bales, making the total brought
into sight to date So, 10 bales
Liverpool will remain closed from this
evening over the Whitsuntids holidays, re-
opening only on Wednesday morning.
+. o. b--No market. Sales 100 bales.
Spots-Quiet and easy. Sales, 1900 AS
usual offerings are very large and the little
demand is all for middIing and over
GOVERNMENTS. STOCKS AND BONDS
NEW YORK May l5--The stock market
continued to decrease its volume Of bust
ness to-day, while trading exhibited narrow
ing of speculation, the general list being
comparatively neglected, while all interest
and threc-fourths OF the business was con-
fined 10 few stoCkS-St Paul, Lacl.a-
wanna, Union Pacific, Louisville and Nash
vile, AtchiSon and Burlington and Quincy.
The general course Of prices was down
ward and final changes are in the most of
active stocks large fraction losses, while
Louisville is down 4 and st. Paul, Wheel
ing and Lake Erie preferred and Wabash
preferred each point.
Railroad bonds dull
Government and state bonds dull and
heavy.