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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
18
May 6 report notes a near standstill in New York trading with little initiative abroad. The Ulster question is cited as delaying English market activity while continental conditions remain unsatisfactory. Copper demand weak, gold engagements for Europe expected to rise. United States markets show mixed advances amid a broad list of securities.
Livestock prices show a weak cattle market with prime steers at 771408 and hole steers at 72567750. Hog receipts total 40 with market firm and prices listed as light 88855 and heavy 10755. Sheep receipts 11 with market steady and unchanged. Local notes include Minneapolis and New York money market references with time loan rates around 1 percent.
Mercantile paper 344 percent, sterling steady at 5.15 days and 4.9130 on demand, commercial bills 4.9435. Bar silver and Mexican dollars noted as steady. Government bonds firm, railroad bonds steady.
Markets show strength in Chicago wheat as decreased river valley activity influenced prices. May wheat opens at 1 1/4 to 1/2 higher, corn and oats advance, pork and lard rise with cash grains firm. Cattle and sheep receipts high, price ranges widen across grades and regions.
London buyers bid eagerly as auction sales progressed today. Americans paid a premium for suitable clips while overall prices reflected strong demand in this repetitive sale of stock.
Drummond MacPherson, charged with forging a bank certificate of deposit for 65 dollars, admitted guilt in Judge Dontan's district court. He cashed the forged check at Abbey saloon and claimed drinking caused his trouble. Alexander Lavinsky represented him. plea agreement calls for one year in prison. Deputy county attorney Harry Meyer assisted.
Emma Riley applied in district court for letters of administration on the estate of Joseph P. Riley who died April 2. He left a son Mervin and Emma Riley widow with a long illness history. The estate reportedly includes 66,666 shares of Crement Creamery stock, clothing valued at $50, jewelry of unknown value, and a mining claim in Colorado. Emma Riley was formerly Emma Richards.
The market hovered in a cautious standstill as bears and bulls await developments in the Mexican situation. Copper and mining shares faced mixed moves with Braden and Cananea activity noted. New York Steel and Utah Copper showed strength while broader sentiment remained subdued ahead of monthly statements and freight-rate decisions.
Judge Bourquin approved Laura E. Jones administrator of David Jones estate and guardian of her minor child to settle with Bridger Coal and Improvement Co. for damages totaling 5000 dollars. The action stems from David Jones’s death in Bridger coal mines about two years ago. John G. Brown of Helena represented the defendant.
J D Galehouse beef-packing proprietor found dying in his workroom with torn clothes, disturbed furniture, and a missing stone from a shirt stud. Police suspect Tobery in an attempted murder or homicide. a revolver lay under his body and marks on his neck and head indicate a violent struggle.
In Atlanta on May 6 Judge Benjamin Hill of Fulton county superior court signaled he would sign a bill of exceptions for Leo M. Frank so the ruling on his murder case can be appealed to the state supreme court. The death sentence for Mary Phagan’s murder last April stands as context for this extraordinary motion tied to the trial.
In a cemetery at Arlington across the Potomac from Washington the body of Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles lies among graves of his Third Army Corps comrades. Burial is expected Saturday.
George Ung banker and Mme Lillian Nordica's husband faces a suit in York alleging he wasted the late Mary Adelaide Yerkes estate. Plaintiffs Anna Harlock Sims Charles Sims and M T Robins, executors, seek removal of Young as attorney in fact for Mrs Yerkes. Young denies charges claiming consent only after pressure from friends.
Paso Texas May 6 military officers and customs inspectors enforcing the arms embargo have hired female inspectors at border crossings to search women and their shawls for cartridges crossing into Mexico. Report says smartly wrapped mantillas conceal ammunition intended for Villa and Carranza factions.
Berlin dispatch reports United States ambassador James W. Gerard received Washington's instruction to formally thank the German government for the Dresden cruiser's energetic rescue of American refugees at Tampico Port au Prince Haiti on May 6. The National Bank advanced Liberia's Lat Han indemnity claim by 1200 dollars after a British subject demanded payment following his sawmill's destruction during the Le Ci revolution.
Lieutenant Saint Lague was killed and Pioneer Ron nerau was slightly injured when the French army aeroplane they were in capsized near Rabat Morocco during a scouting mission. The craft fell from a height of 120 feet after being attacked by hostile Moors.
Washington May 6 shows John Floyd of Columbia District appointed as assistant register in the Treasury. Partial text indicates a government role and a formal appointment process with named individual and office.
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