The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-01
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doinas Of Day With Wall Street
Operators.
l0RE ACTIVITY AND HIGHER PRICES.
Interest Hinged ON Indnatrials Little
Stress ON Gold Export Possibilities.
Advance In Grnngcrs.

New York. March al.--1ncreascd activity
and n higher range of prices occurred in
| today's stock market, while to a larger
extent professional uadings were widely
| distributed and Il moro cheerful temper
| was disccrnible In financial circles de-
spite further advance In the exchange
market. The Interest of the traders, as
usual OF late, appeared to hinge more on
tho indusirals than the railway shares.
but some of the railway stocks recorded
| fairly large totals Some of the unusually
active railway stocks doomed into prom
| nence, notably Wabash preferred and
| Atchfson preferred
Little or no stress was laid upon the
gold export probabilities and the Changers
were advanced on the theory of freer
movement of the crops in The NEAR fu-
operated to cause advances In various
shares Sugar improved IA on mn nd
vance in practically all grades OF the
NJ me outset ! 3-S TO 20 rs ON heavy
purchases based upon unfounied rumors
NJ ine o CLOSING down of powerful com
~, ~ hlizlns orders were also apparent
s nm cn3,intrlbnted toward n recession to
was erfatic with narrow range nnd
M, ms practically unchanged on the dny'
s sng iadVanees OF general list was sub
ierred and Rock Island figured for H.,
a;tchison preferred IA. On the late deal,
i MS y GENERAL realizing movement oc-
cured which caused an easier tone TO
,ne close and led to recession of i per
t I'M "a Chicago Gas and of slight fr;lc-
| ions IN the general list
hailwaN bonds were stronger and hiyb.r
on transactions OF ST. 30 ol
MONTHLY TREASURY STATEMENT.
,,, washington, March si.--The forthcom-
,is inoiitniy treasury statement viii show
sss wecnipts during the month OF March OF
i,,pvn., ~ us iollows: Customs slsSAal5,
81. leo 6t,S i''N'i''ie"u'
-, For the nine months of the fiscal year
r""eis,s aic o suhsantially ms follows;
az a1 10 Ni<o;1s2s' inietnal revenue $l10-
total of s25o.GO9s,o '''"''''
The deficit for the present month will
pc nhout u $4,000. aud for the nine months
Shle'ms. During the last few months
neither customs receipts or those from
internal revenue sources have como up
TO expectations, and little imnroyemon
j. anticipated in the near future. On
November 30 last when the latest depart
mental estimates wero prepared for con
customs during the five months of The
.srs' year over those for the snme re, ;od
IN lsa', was about i$se0o,o0o, and a further
increasa was confidently expected Since
that time however the increase amounts
II about $500,0po.
FINANCIAL.
Galveston. Texas. March 3l.-In the To-
cal exchange market sterling sixties sold
at i%. buying al ass. New York sight
selling AZ a premium. buying at u dis
count; New Orleans sight selling at
premium, buying at "a discount: Ameri-
can silver selling at par. buying ut 4
discount
Galveston bank clearings, SS930o0
New York, March 81 Sterling exchange
bankers sixties, s4.ss; commercial sixties.
~ Si%. reiohmarks. % lilo; francs, bank
ers' sixties. 5.LlaQ5.l6 rs; commercia
s'Aties, 5.lStsG5.l7N.
New Orleans, La, March si.-stcrlIug
exchange, bankers, sixties, 81 s69.dti .s7l.; |
iurahes commercial sixties, o.ls%; New |
York sight, bankers 81 so premium: com |
mercial, 25c discount
London March M.-Banls rate, per |
Ii.d consols for money, l09 i3-i6 YES |
terday, 100 7-S ~ -"