Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-13

uguese and Spanish securities at almost
any price. Later, bear-buying assisted the
market and the close was fairly steady,
leaving the days fall at 20 confines for
per cent rentes: 81 per cent for Portu-
guese securities, per cent for Spanish, i
per cent for Italians, l per cent for Rus
slams and 26f, 25c for Rio Tintos. After
business hours there was 4 decided rise. ;
per cents gaining % confines, Italians, -
centimes; Portuguese, u per cent: Span
ish. : per cent and Rio Tintos, #, 80 GEN.
times. At the official close Of the bourse,
3 per cent rentes were quoted 1t 92f, 221 !
confines.
THE LONDON EXCHANGE.
LONDON, May l2.--There was panickv
feeling on the stock exchange to-day, but it
was confined entirely to foreign securities.
After the official closing, street dealing
was active, largely on selling orders from
Paris. Later . slight reaction set in and
there was considerable rebuying, which
left the days drop in Portuguese securi ties
AZ and in Spanish securities 81.
BERLIN BoURsE.
BERLIN, May l2.-The bourse here to-day
closed depressed. Russians lost Is per cent.
FRANKFORT BOCRSE.
FRASKFORT. May l2-Ihere We're wide
fluctuations on the bourse here to-day.
Spanish and Portuguese securities dropped
i per cent
NV tOth. -NLSis IL II- SllGil+- III " ia u
financial affairs exhibited yesterday was OF
an evanescent order. This morning 5
cables reported 4 dismal condition abroad.
There was almost panic III foreign secur-
ties in London. Portuguese bonds fell ~
points. The panic was reported in Portu-
gal. II was stated that the government
had issued q decree granting delay OF
sixty days in the payment OF all obligations.
Private discount rate in London was re-
ported 10 be 9-lGc and expectation seems
TO be general that the Bank of England S
rate will be advanced. Gables reported a
panic on the Paris bourse, but this report
seemed to be somewhat exaggerated.
ATWOOD, VIOLET L co.
Special 10 the Gazette
New ORLEANS, Ia, May 12.-Atwood,
Violet 81 Co. say:
Futures-The long interest here AID in
New York is getting tired, especially The
latter, and although dry weather still pre-
walls there IS not sufficient buying TO SuS-
tain the market; and as the shorts do noJ
seem alarmed, prices have dropped here to-
day points, points in New York and l i'll
Liverpool. The anticipated holiday in Liv-
erpool from Friday to Wednesday next
week is making that market dull, and the
movement here in spots IS consequently
very slow.
The stock here now is principally of
=
Should rains set in fora few days we would
haue material decline in summer months
and later positions would sympathize nearly
as much. Port receipts to-day 1000 against
5000 last year Port receipts OF tomorrow
last year were only 800 bales.
i. .. B-No market, no sales.
Spots-Quiet and steady. Sales, 500
bales, offerings large and undesirable. Fac
tors pressing sales.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, May 12.-The stock market
again hcsitGtcd to-day. Prices dropped and
in some cases declined materially. The
principal cause for the check 10 the upward
movement IS TO be found in the disquieting
news from abroad, London and the CONT
Mental bourses being depressed through
heavy sales of Portuguese and Spanish Sc
curities, which brought everything else
along with them to some extent. Cleveland,
Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis, Rock
Island and Louisville and Nashville are
down 15sc; Union Pacific, 1&tc; Atchison
Northwestern. St. Paul and Northern Pa
cific. preferred, ne; Burlington, 1Ac.
Railroad bonds dull.
Government and state bonds were dull
and featurless.