The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Doinqs Of a Day with Wall Street
Operators.
VOLUME OF TRADE WAS VERY SMALL
General List-Closc Was Firm.
Bonds Firm Hut Dull.

New York. March l6-The stock mar
ket today occupied a position similar 70
that of Mr.. Mlcawber IN hs eSpecteh'
moods. except tha: there was a no'aule
lack of tho taun,y and buoyant commence
which would havs made Mr.. M,cawner
bull IN Wall street on the slightest provo
cation Wall stree. on the contrary mas
been determined 10 take no notice OF very
many favora BILE factors IN the gHnetni
outlook and insists on general knowledee
OF one or two subjects in the immediate
prospect before buying stocks with any
great amount OF enthusiasm. one OF THESE
sGhJe2s .s .he rnal decision OF the powsrs
as to what they Will agree or disagree on
the disposition of Crete and It's inhabit-
ants. Although a much better tone was
reflected from the European exchanges To-
day. the dealers here aplhrciu! is'.
that there is st.ll iurihsr uNatera! i"e
damage of values in the siA4@to' anu '".
market WIS even more restricted thAn pt
late. Barely 5000 si.seS changed nAius
on the exchange today, and OF thes" !u!iF
stocks. There were wide gaps N the lisl'
showing stocks N which Nnere vas no; u
single .Tansacuoa OF hid to record.
81 the anthracite coal group there was
not a single sale In any stock except New
Jttssy Genital anu IteaChg. ne ar
ranEememt announced yesterday by winch
me L.IlEN AlitN INssAl AOiil''S AilAtA Nt''
sirne control as ,nc otner cotlcrs y re
garlod as promising we'll FOR the value OF
this group, but II mad no enect on 'Ians,
a ,ions IN TINS market though Lon sn
Valley showed some ouoyancy IN the fhA-
auelfaiA ulirkai.
The Internal cnal shares were slightly
higher IN sympathy WIN the London mar
ket, but apparently mad no cnc,t on the
list. This declaration OF several diV dvnns
usually calculated no help the mt'Ket
passed without noice. EncouFaglng re-
. a..Tas are.
ana the prospects for trafnc were equally
without effeot on the s,AgnsI on oil inc
Indrka- except TO a shEnt degree on the
grangers. Omaha showed some crrdrc
tendency, but was castfr. T1hicco Was
most largely traded IN in othr al SOCK
and rose strongly 2ss 10 ~, the preferred
SCRIP , per cent. There was no explicit
information to account for the rise. bW
various rumors OF . faNor2O.c character
were n c.rculausn n. Rubber developed a
session. reced,nR 2A for the common aad
81, for the preferred, the forner sutse-
qrenily resa.n!ng tn iraoion susat
moved narrowly on lighter transactions
;hln usual. Manhattan lost slightly and
Western Union rose ~ partly on the pub
Gcdtion Of the quarroi'y report and partly
on the apparent Effort to adjust the rclh-
tive price OF those stocks 10 tbs new
per cerB. basis idr Manhattan and to . per
cent for Western Union.
Tho changes IA the railroad LIST were IN
sien.hcant. slight rainS bong the rule, ex-
ccpt IN Missouri Pacific, when lost "a on
ar unfuvorabo irfcrpr ata'i1n of the an
nual report CONSOLIDATED Gas, Pullman
eni New York Central each gained per
cent The narkc, generally closed frm
IA slight mp ovemVutS.
The bond market rsta'ns cons,,dorahio
frmiess. desrcN It's eStreme dizziness,
transactions today aggre gltng SS7l,0o
Io'nl sal@s Of stocks today were 50
shares incMdlrg Sugar 1901. ST. Pad
1900 Manhattan Consolidated 800.
FINANCIAL.
Galveston: Sterling exchange. CTS. Sass
laying: A.T selling, New York sight. &c
discount buying. ~ premium selling. New
Orleans sight. isc premium selling. isc dis
'souut buving
New York: S.erl;ng exchange bank
ers' sixties, A.@ti, commercial sixties,
sL@t: rrichmarks. commercial sixties.
% BIG. francs. bankers sixties. $5.lSl.;
commercial SIX IS. S5lSA
New Orleans. sterling exchange. com.
W"rciAl. A.Si' i@tSi. francs. commercial
sixties, s. 1915 New York sight, sl.o0 pre-
mium; commercial. 2jc discount.
Lon lon. Bank rate. 3 ror cont; street
rate. lss silver, @ii' consols Ill ll-i6.