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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
14
The New York market extended yesterday's improvements with a cautious, broadly professional tone. Block buying supported names like Manhattan and Erie while L N and Missouri Pacific faced pressure. bond activity remained firm amid holiday proximity.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple railroad names and routes with scattered symbols and errors. The readable items reference Atchison to Chicago pairs, Baltimore & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and Chicago & Great Western among others, suggesting a rail network or bond listing context.
New York on Oct 31 reports close money on call at 5.7 percent, mercantile paper at 1.06 percent, sterling near steady with bankers bills at 486.75 for demand and 452.25 for 60 days. Posted rates show around 4.84 to 4.88 for exchange. government bonds eased while state and railroad bonds firm.
New York prices show spot tin rising to £120 7s 1d with futures at £118 10s while copper falls to £52 2s 6d and futures down. Lead and speller hold steady near local levels amid mixed London readings. Iron markets in Britain show irregular closes while New York remains quiet and warrants stay nominal.
In Chicago trade on October 31 the dominant factor was selling by the largest holder. Wheat showed a late decrease with December futures moving around 12 1 2 cents and finishing about 2 higher or lower depending on screen readings. Oats stayed firm but closed easy. Provisions stayed dull with pork and ribs unchanged to slightly lower.
Cattle receipts around 4000 head with slow, steady trade. Prices show varied ranges from good to prime steers around 3.41 to 6.25, cows to 4.50, bulls to 4.50, calves up to 7.50. Hog receipts near 21000 with opening higher but closing slips. prices from 4.50 to 6.95 for mixed cuts and heavy hogs from 6.00 to 6.95. Sheep and lambs steady with wethers 4.00 to 4.15, natives 5.00 to 5.75, western lambs 3.75 to 5.55.
Oct 31 market report shows cattle receipts and steady to mixed prices. Cattle ranges include native feeders 4.25 to 8.00, western steers 2.50 to 5.75, cows and heifers 1.75 to 7.40, calves 4.50 to 6.00, stockers 2.50 to 4.75, and bulls 2.00 to 4.50. Hogs total 70 head with prices 4.50 to 6.60, heavy hogs 6.45 to 6.55, and pigs 4.00 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 4,000 with muttons and yearlings 1.40 to 1.80, wethers 5.00 to 6.00, ewes 2.50 to 5.25, and lambs 3.00 to 4.75.
A manager awoke to a jammed saloon and summoned police. About two dozen officers arrived after a half hour battle and escorted the manager and three assistants to the station. The owner claims a $1600 loss but later found his watch and diamonds in his pockets. bartenders were released and the saloon closed for the night.
Kansas City cattle receipts total 30 head with varied prices for Texas and native cattle and stockers. Sheep receipts 200 head show weak demand. lambs and wethers bring modest bids while other markets note trends in stocks and metals prices across San Francisco London and U S steel, rail and ore metrics.
In Marion Kentucky Mrs Horace Williamson mother of Bertha Williamson 207 dies of grief following the murder of Bertha. Orrin Siscoe is jailed in Henderson awaiting trial for the killing while Grover Brown and Miss Williamson were targets of ambush on the Chappell Hill road. Mob fears rise as public anger grows and the scene of the crime is recalled with accusations and a past duel between Brown and Siscoe.
Washington reports the general fund available cash balance at 206,886,249 dollars and gold holdings at 113,370,205 dollars, excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
In Pineville Kentucky on October 21 two Peace brothers fatally shot miner Harlin and mine boss Jesse Broughton after a quarrel over a trivial matter. Both assailants fled and authorities offer a reward amid expected further trouble. Broughton is related to county clerk Henry Broughton and is noted as well connected. Harlin is gravely wounded.
Local classified section advertises real estate and farm listings across Bitter Root region. Hints include hay grain stock and fruit ranches, properties in Stevensville and Butte, with multiple sale notes and contact mentions for Standard Realty listings.
Boston reports a mass drunken spree at Otis S Neale Co saloon as every patron, including Harvard street locals, drank freely for hours. Police clashed with rioters using clubs as bartenders were fired and the bar was stripped of liquor before the riot subsided.
Montana Transfer Co. is described as the largest and most thoroughly equipped outfit in the city offering best service at 18 W Broadway Butte. Manager W J Christie is listed with contact Tel 23 Lex 763.
The report lists cash quotations for flour and cereals with various wheat, corn, rye, and barley pricing. It shows No 2 spring wheat at 71 72c, No 2 corn at 6c, and No 2 rye at 49e per bushel, plus hog products with pork at 16.50 to 16.79 per barrel and lard pricing per 100.
Dayton Ohio October 31 mystery surrounds Flor ence Schetter 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs John Schetter who left work ill intending to go home at 435 Wyoming street Her despondency prompted fears she drowned in the canal as investigators drained the canal but no body was found She was the oldest of several sisters and wore a dark blue hat a light jacket and a green ...
Rudolph Grossman and William McQueen were sentenced to five years in state prison for rioting and malicious mischief at the June strike in Paterson New Jersey. Appeals were filed and new bonds set at 17000 dollars in cash.
Classified rental notices from Butte list cheap storerooms offices and rooms for rent. Items include parkfront space on Park Street, office room and desk space at 47 Broadway, a three room modern flat at 412 West Mercury, seven room brick flat at 8 South and Jackson, housekeeping rooms on Granite Street, unfurnished rooms on Ohio Avenue, and a room house on Sixth Street Anaconda, reflecting dense local rental activity.
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