The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-25
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS,
Days Losses In Stocks Reached a
Sharp Fraction.
A GENERAL REVIEW FOR THE WEEK,
Market Recovered From the E,r,x
Eject of the War scnre-Nore
Serious Aspect Yesterday.

| e"uihS continued today and the mark q,
| saegsd. The Iowsar n,icos 90 -,
| securt,to. 49, -, 'N,S vi american
| S "" Hoiiuah exchange gave tho
'oIe 10 the opening where prices of tho
| lnternationa .borss nror,n,i
| tben,s.,,.,.,. =. 49,, ADJUSTED
n, es 10 lhe l"ohaon prices. except
| IN me cases of Reading and Southern nre.
| ferred Thesa two sto,,,. -. $50 ''e
| finn nv ~, were an excep-
y" tue -ohuon exchange in showing
fractional gains over the New Yorl, cIns-
| ing. But New York aeo,t,c, A.,
London ,,au ., -. w '"opt the
VIC" Oh them and they sold here
u. ueciihe about proportionate with the
other internationals.
| ,,a,,a,, ''o'i 'He european exchanges
','"ic'lted a more serious view of the war
than has been taken since ,bo mr., ,na,
ing on Tuesday alto, ,,,s -. 80 't"i-
A"'si"s' apter the Easter holidays
ana The outbreak of hostlltics. Consols
were OFF a small fraction and cables ga
vices from sources +ba, -, -. - az
ho,.,,., So, w, '''she nave persistently
o.'ite'u inc Greek claims admitted Sc
flous reverses 10 the Turks. The do
cline in the intarn,t,o,,,,, 'o ue-
n,,,oo ,.-t., '.' 'oiis's was IN conso-
n in.re with the rise in wheat and con
sisteht with the Wall street news prin-
Cipe y. co,Iufin, b,,r,eu, - pti"-
is honasc.,, 80 ' ''"i 10 STOCKS what
"ei'c.'i 10 grain prices.
me bears attacked Missouri Pacific with
stock folI ~ - "''''N""s ana the
go ,eh "a Consolidated Gas was af-
iecled by the continued agitation for Low, ~.
prices of gas and the Stock CON 80, 80
The ,vor,,.,- 49,. '''NN ieil : PORTS.
49,. net loss Was sharp fra
1'f' american Spirits AMI Omaha being
exceptions. with gains
'"He ol the STOCK market during
the week might he summarized as an en-
IRENE decline on Monday ON ,b.. fire, ,.,,,,
inp aft.r m ,,..,., VA 'HS "rst trad
,,'o,i ~ ''e news OF the actual out
p'e'h oil wal on the Macedonian frontier
a rally which carried nr,csa aho,,a 49,.
level of tho ,,ro,.i,,,. So, t''e
oaa,,s,,s- ,t,p '.'to"S Hit"FuaS ana sue
variation and transactions Reduced IN the
smallest nro,ortio, I'"' ~ ~ we
IN, '' ',ii on me market Was con-
Inc VI. ,'o,rS A~S cehtefet entirely on
un,omo io III experience on Monday WAS
th., MI. nj stoeh exchange here was
in,,l,is, MAJ ~ tor securities oil first ra;.1
n,i, "t M M tne world that remained
Iii"sc ~, we're an observing Easter Nor
anyi Inc market crisis caused by the
amt ,i'th OF war eentered N New York
ny ~, '.tiS t'.ii hee Hau 10 bear the burden
oi me word $ sa.es. No quotation Tor
d,i't ttsi consoIs that untaling barometer
% 81 r, dtu lrt safety had been attainIDia
S,!tCc nun sudy preceding. New York was
eiIeleiore sfopihg somewhat hlindy for
an accurate indication OF the real import
i',.cg a.tdchtd 10 the new turn of affairs
ny turope W ilnanc.ers. Bearing n mind
,ne prophesies that had been iadulged in
~ european Statesmen OF the concert OF
Iile powers 10 avert war between Turkey
96 o1k er oree, It Is not SURPRISING that New
LIN oNefA1d me selling OF stocks on
monday. large amount of selling was
zone i by arbltrage houses, and dealer.
iedped to the conclusion that it was ali
done FOR foreign account, Prices slumneh
10 L, "a, a sensa.;lonal figure. The wary night
when prices reached the low point there
was some buying of stocks for foreign
account and foreign selling OF wheat at
tn, the high polnt here was sun more in evi-
dence. But these developments onl,
caused a slight pause in the course OF
New York allowed itsclf to be convinced
dnat us i..is Iegardins the immediate
oppar,to5 VI ''' ""i Hau pceh eA-
ne London market showed a fall In
fail q u Err" POINTS upon 1 he ogbr YAK o.
the russo Iufklsh war in ls0 Prices OF
the areer rrt f b SnG o recovery Of
YORK, and the next days transactions