Money Market Firm but Slowing Cash in Boston July 7
Boston money market steadies with bank rates at 7 percent and outside loans higher by a half point. City loan of 50000 dollars five months to run at 4 1/2 percent. call loans 7 to 8 percent. Atchison, Union Pacific, and other securities quoted amid a dull market. earnings show shifts in several rail lines while copper and land stocks move on demand.
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New York
State Street
Sterling Exchange
Bank of England
Atchison and
San Diego
Atchison
Chicago
Chicago, St. Louis & Western
Fourteenth Street
Western Indiana Company
Atchison Company
Colorado Midland Railroad
Leadville
Union Pacific
Union Trust of New York
Wisconsin Central Common
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Denver
Cleveland
Canton
Cincinnati
Sandusky & Cleveland
Atlantic & Pacific
California Southern
Pere Marquette
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dubuque
Southern Kansas
Sonora
Oregon
Louisville
Evansville & St. Louis
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
City Council of
New Haven
New Haven & Derby Railroad
Starbuck
New York & New England
Central Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Concord
Montreal
Old Colony
Boston & Maine
Boston & Lowell
Topeka
Geilway
E. and
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American Wool Reporter
Frenchman’s Bay
Penobscot
East Boston
Brookling
West End
Richards
South Boston
American Loan and Trust Company
Julien Motor
Lenox
Springfield
Springfield Republican
A. L. Fennessy
Rts Syndicate
Mr. Fennessy
L. J. Powers
H. S. Hyde
A. Nichols
Oliver Ames
Fred L. Ames
R. M. Pulsifer
Hartford
Calumet & Hecla
Osceola
Franklin
Atlantic
Bonanza
Dividends Declared by Banks Railroads and Mills
Multiple firms announce semi annual or quarterly dividends with varied rates and per share amounts. Names include First National Bank of Adams New Hampshire Trust Company Long Island Railroad Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Boston Suspender Company Minehill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Merchants Mills Shore Mills Fall River Kansas City Cable Railway McKay and Bigelow Heel ing Machine Crystal Plate Glass Lampasas Bank.
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First National Bank of
Adams
Mass
New Hampshire Trust Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Company
Boston Suspender Company
Minehill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad
Merchants’ Mills Company
Shore Mills Company
Fall River
Kansas City Cable Railway Company
Boston
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Machine Colony
Crystal Plate Glass Company of
St. Louis
Stock Market Note and Corporate Financing Tactics
San Francisco listings show gains in class A and various bonds with percent figures for Texas Pacific and Shenandoah Valley. St Paul consols, Houston and Texas seconds, Kansas Pacific Denver division, Manitoba Dakota extension given with price shifts. New York stock sales July 7 total 208 676 shares with daily price data. Northwestern avoids new debt by charging off 10 million surplus earnings and reinvesting in property.
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San Francisco
Texas Pacific
Shenandoah Valley Generales
St. Paul Consols
Houston & Texas Seconds
Kansas Pacific
Denver
Manitoba
Dakota Extension
The
Northwestern
Boots and Shoes Market Report Shows Mixed Trade
The last week in the boot and shoe trade was quiet due to the Fourth of July holiday. Worcester county workers have settled labor issues and production is expected to surge, with wax and hip boots and calf lines showing strong demand. Slower slipper sales persist while brogans remain in large demand. Lynn Hav erhill plants rise to the moment, New England jobbing remains active, and rubber trade shows movement with firm prices though orders decline.
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Worcester County
Lynn
Haverhill
New England
Rubber Trust
Housatonic Rail Lease Denial by NY NH and Hartford Officials
Vice-President Reed of the New York New Haven Hartford line and Vice-President Stevenson of Housatonic deny reports that a lease or sale of the Housatonic road is near. President Bostwick states he and friends own over half of both preferred and common stock and no lease, sale, or negotiations are under consideration.
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THE
Housatonic
Reed
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Housatonic Road
Stevenson
Bostwick
Consolidated Road
Bond market report from London July 7
United States bonds listed in London show mixed pricing with 4s at 18114, 43 Vas, Atlantic and Great Western seconds 1012, Pacific 625, Erie seconds 10214, Illinois Central 12634, Mexican ordinary 50%, New York Central 114%4, Pennsylvania 53, Reading 2914.
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London
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Erie
Illinois Central
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Atlantic & Pacific Railways reports earnings and fare rate
The Atlantic and Pacific Railways Company filed with California railroad commissioners showing fiscal year freight earnings of 891830 and transportation earnings 1564096. The company faced contempt citation for failing to appear and justify its conduct before the board. The average passenger fare per mile was 0.0159 and freight rate per ton per mile was not fully stated in the fragment.
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Atlantic & Pacific
Atlantic & Pacific Railways Company
California Railroad Commissioners
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Rail business shifts stir across major lines
Reports note Pennsylvania branch extensions affecting the B&O main line as Lake Shore, Baltimore & Ohio negotiate through traffic. Union Pacific sold 100000 acres in May. Dayton Fort Wayne Chicago stockholders set Aug 5 to ratify a Cin Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton lease with a 5.5 million mortgage for fifty years at 4 percent. Eastern Tennessee dividend expected within a week. Dominion Canada eyes Intercolonial sale terms after Maine short line study. A Little Rock to Hot Springs charter is filed. Recent railroad earnings summarized.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific Railway Company
Chicago
Lake Shore
Dayton, Fort Wayne
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Tennessee
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Intercolonial Railway
Wall Street News Roundup: Mixed Markets and Bond Activity
New York reported easier money on call at 4 to 6 with last loan at 4 and near-dull sterling. Government and railroad bonds were heavy while cotton oil certificates rose from 36.5 to 40, closing at 40. The stock market showed modest gains early, then faded into a heavy, unsettled session with several stocks driving most activity.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New England
Grangers
Missouri Pacific
Susquehanna & Western
Northern Pacific
West Shore
Chesaeake & Ohio
Jersey Central
Omaha
Spey
Henderson Bridge
Southern Pacific
San Joaquin
Vandalia Lease Contested in Railroad Ownership Fight
The St. Louis Vandalia and Terre HauteRoad seeks to cancel its lease to Terre Haute Indianapolis and restore the line to its owners. Pennsylvania Railroad Counsel plan a suit to stop conveyance to Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton, arguing the lease cannot ride along the sale. A legal test aims to resolve ownership and control amid a change in Terre Haute Indianapolis leadership.
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St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad Company
Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company
Vandalia Company
Vandalia Road
Terre Haute & Indianapolis
Vandalia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ananotis
Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton
St. Louis
Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad
Pennsylvania
Transcontinental freight rates held steady by rail rivals
A San Francisco dispatch reports that Southern Pacific and other lines will maintain current freight rates until further orders. Union Pacific and Atlantic & Pacific plus Atchison say their rates expire July 7 but will stay in place pending legal rulings. Agents cite reliance on commissioners and Canadian Pacific competition to justify the stance.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Atlantic & Pacific
Atchison
Nena
Canadian Pacific
Northwestern Bonds Retired After Quiet Board Vote
News from the Chicago & Northwestern: at the last directors meeting $10,000,000 of bonds were ordered retired. The action was kept quiet to avoid affecting bond prices. Vice President Sykes said the annual stockholders meeting approved the measure.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Sykes
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Wholesale liquor firm closed by sheriff in Milwaukee
The J. D. Olcott & Co wholesale liquor house in Milwaukee was shut by the sheriff on attachments totaling 25 000 dollars. Liabilities may exceed 60 000 dollars, assets unknown, with substantial real estate held by firm members valued around 152 000 dollars.
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J. D. Olcott & Co
Milwaukee
John Slade & Co
New York Dry Goods Commission
Matthews Bros
Cincinnati
J. R. P. Brown
Victoria W. Norton
New Philadelphia
Suffolk
Pefote
McKim
Thomas Rice
Ceylon Street
Dorchester
Cyrus S. Haldeman
Register of Voters
Boston
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Hotel
Rice
Howard D. Nashby
Haldeman
George Everett
Specialty Button Company
Broadway
New York
Charles Seidler
oRey
Atlantic Rubber Company
William Street
His Wicked Twin Brother Exposes Bigamy Doubt at Prison
Anamosa Iowa faces a sensational case where a man in the penitentiary for bigamy claims his twin brother is the real offender. Letters to the warden and Governor Larrabee question the punishment while experts insist the handwriting is identical.
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Omaha Republican
Anamosa
Anspe
Larrabee
A Warning to Fathers From New Jersey Tragedy
Fifteen-year-old William Cranston died at his New Durham home yesterday. Dr Schlem attributed the death to the excessive use of cigarettes, serving as a stark warning to fathers about youth smoking dangers.
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William Cranston
New Durham
N. J
Schlem
Market Report Shows Mixed Agricultural Trends
Leather improves while hides hold steady. Butter and cheese stay firm. eggs and pork quiet. Oats, rye flour, and seeds firm. hay weak. New potatoes in strong demand. California fruits ample. Sugar and molasses stable to firm. molasses steady. lard and hams quiet. Fresh beef unchanged.
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California
Retail Shoe Dealers plan Chicago convention in July
The second annual convention of the Retail Shoe Dealers' National Association will be held in Chicago July 19. New England dealers intending to attend should send names to the Boot and Shoe Recorder for transport arrangements. Tule insoles, elastic and nonconductive, are newly featured. Shipments from Haverhill and Lynn last week rose over last year, while travel weariness noted by May travelers. Mr W L Douglass of Brockton returned from Europe last Saturday.
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Haverhill
Lynn
W. L. Douglass
Brockton
Leather and Hides Market Report Summary
Leather demand improves at low prices with rough leather in demand and curriers buying more. Finished feather and wax leather firm. calfskins quiet with stockpiles. Hides mixed by region with Western markets firm and New England, Southern prices varied. Sole and rough leathers show varied price ranges, with several grades listed for immediate sale.
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New England
Nemlock
Buffalo
PA el
Brighton
West
Buenos
Market Reports July 7 Flour and Grain
The flour market remains quiet with dull business and steady prices. Corn to ship firmer by about 4 cents while spot remains firm. Oats hold firm with values for fancy clipped and white oats listed. weekly export totals for wheat corn flour oats shown by city and region.
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Newport News
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
N. Orleans
Linkis
Norfolk
Ietictciniia Secacevnid
United Kingdom
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
Bush
New
Canada Western
Eastern
Butter and Cheese Markets Slip in Heat Fed by Weak Demand
ButterDemand steady for choice goods with Western creameries selling high at 20c. New York stock scarce and prices mixed. cheese firm with hot weather driving stock into cold storage. Egg market weak with scarce Eastern extras and volatile quotes. beans and hay markets mixed. potatoes steady with variable northern receipts.
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Liverpool
Timothy
Western Extra Deesh
Vermont
Northern Choice
New Northern Sage
East Choice
Choice
Choice Northern
Michigan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Westernao
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