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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1908
Page
13
Chicago wheat drifted lower on a rainy forecast for Kansas Missouri and Nebraska with May closing around 92% to 92 3/4 cents. Corn gained modestly while oats fell and provisions moved mixed amid thinning receipts and active short covering.
Wheat futures slipped 4 cents on a dry weather map with showers predicted and bearish crop notes. Grain receipts and exports listed for flour rye corn oats and rice along with cotton seed oil lard sugar and molasses markets. several price bands shown for various grade lines and refiners. additional dispatches from Toledo IMORE and Milwaukee report cash values and barley and wheat quotes.
Bank clearings in March show restricted payments across the United States totaling 9 746 951 317. Dow & Co report a 33.8 percent drop from last year and 25.0 percent from March 1906. Eastern and Pacific coast losses linger, South declines persist, while the West shows improvement and notable gains in St Paul Kansas City and Paris.
The report covers wheat and oats futures with May and July contracts around 1.01 to 1.17 per bushel, and Minneapolis cash prices for No 1 hard at 1.05, No 1 Northern at 1.03, with other grades near 98 to 1.05. Railroad receipts list wheat, corn, and oats for Kansas City and Minneapolis, plus assorted flour and byproduct prices and stock movements in St Louis markets.
London yields ease as money demand slackens and discounts firm. Foreign and American securities slip with Wall Street, Pacific stocks drop on Erie silence. Key bonds and commodities show modest declines. Paris and Berlin bourses end steadier to weaker amid profit taking.
The Financier reports April 4 figures for New York Clearing House banks with loans up $4 352 800 and cash up $7 111 300. Deposits rise $11 342 300 as reserves reach $42 671 450. State and trust banks show varied changes. overall system reserves and deposits shift amid heavy interior cash inflows and subdued speculative demand.
The Manchester cloth market reports no near term pickup as compulsory machinery storage and smaller shipments loom. India China and South America place sparse orders while total sales stay well below reduced weekly output. Yarn production is cut but stocks rise amid moderate, uneven sales.
Coffee futures closed steady with reported sales of 1 250 bags including July at 5.75c and September at 5.85c. December 5 900 and March 5 95c noted. Spot quiet with Big No. 76c and Santas No. 48% a 8% c. Mild dull with Cordova 9 1 3c.
W R Todd & Co notes a dull market with little activity as buyers eye next crop options. They expect reduced supplies to lift spot cotton in the South, despite weak spinner and export demand. Liverpool is due one point lower.
Commodity notes report cotton prices steady in New Orleans with 1 800 bales spot and 700 bales to arrive while futures open narrowly higher. Liverpool prices rise on 6 000 bales traded and New York closes steady despite mild selling. Spot bids show middling around 10 1 4 cents with receipts nearing 39 000 bales.
A sequence of mining company names and their share percentages is presented for various firms. The list includes Calumet and Hecla, Isle Royale, Grand Cavern, United States Mining, United Copper, Michigan, Andover, and Calumet and Arizona among others with percentages ranging from 1 to 680.
Butter firm with ample receipts, eggs steady, cheese unchanged in New York market. receipts show 3 714 packages of butter, 24 518 cases of eggs, 919 boxes of cheese. Kansas City reports eggs firm with fresh extras at lic and current receipts at lic, poultry prices noted for turkeys and chickens.
In St Louis lead stays at 3.80 and spelter at 4.55 while New York quotes show tin firm at 31.76 to 32.20, copper unsettled with lake 12.88 to 13.12, electrolytic 12.75 to 12.85, castings 12.50 to 12.75, and lead unchanged at 3.90 to 4. Lead and iron remain quiet with shelter 4.60 to 4.70.
New York mining figures list several concessions and ore prices as of April 4. Adames Con. shows minus five, Alberta 0.10, Breech 0.10, Brunswick Con. minus ten, Comstock Tunnel 0.20, Com. Cal. and Va. 0.48, Iron Silver 1.00, Leadville Con. minus six, Little Chief 0.05, Ontario 2.50, Ophir 2.30, Potosi 0.04, Savage 0.28, Sierra Nevada 0.29, Small Hopes 0.18, Standard 1.40.
Treasury balances in the general fund exclude the 150 million gold reserve list available cash 260,209,887 dollars gold coin and bullion 26,972,673 dollars and gold certificates 26,895,430 dollars as of April 4 from Washington.
In Cincinnati on April 4 1908 the weekly cattle hog and sheep market showed steady to firmer movement. Receipts totaled 4827 cattle and 18533 hogs with firm to higher prices for heavy cattle and strong demand for good stock cattle and feeders. Calves and Milch cows held steady with occasional gains, while hogs posted a record Friday high of 6.40, with mixed and lighter grades varying accordingly.
The Swanton Mausoleum Association is formed in Columbus with GC Brindley L N Pillard F J Curtis A R Price O W Curtis as organizers. Scheetz Lumber Company of Youngstown valued at 55000 dollars lists Henry Scheetz Alexander Scheetz Edward Scheetz Barbara Scheetz and Lewisa Scheetz as incorporators. D M Strauss Company of Cleveland with 10000 dollars lists David M Strauss Hiram Strauss M E Dellinger E H Wilbert and Albert Strauss. Joseph F P Grossmiller Company of Toledo capitalized at 50000 dollars lists George F Wells A D Bischoff Joseph H Boyd F K Hogue and G G Nolan.
Cotton seed oil in New Orleans on April 4 shows prime at 40 cents per pound.
Wool weak in St Louis on April 4 with medium combing and clothing grades quoted around 1 ½ to 2 ½ cents, light fine baled wool at 2a3c, heavy fine italics rub washed down to 2 ½ cents.
The Andrews steel plant near Newport ran its first test blast yesterday morning. Officials report the $1,000,000 facility will use a new process to produce steel from scrap instead of Bessemer methods, promising lower costs.
The record notes Anton Fischer and Joseph Plocher involved in a trustees’ addition matter identified as parts 133 and 135 of Chewcake.
Joseph Monahan age 15 of Jefferson avenue Covington is held on 500 bond for appearance Monday in Juvenile Court on a charge of shooting with intent to kill Raymond Buckshorn 14 of 1613 Jefferson avenue was shot in the chest Wednesday while Buckshorn sat on a yard swing as Monahan carried a small Flobert rifle and allegedly fired.
Republican delegates from eight counties in Kentucky's Sixth District meeting in Covington resolve to notify the Civil Service Commission of alleged federal office holder activity in the district contest. They cite President Roosevelt's calls to adhere to civil service rules and to enforce them against political involvement by federal employees.
High water cut Ludlow car line at Third street and Crescent avenue. Newport connection via Fourth Street Bridge also disrupted. April 27 show replaces April 23 Evening of Sketches at Covington Library Auditorium under Covington High School Alumni Associa. Will of America Yates probated. executors named Anna and Sarah Yates. Ludlow resident William R. Billings, 64, died at home. Newport Lodge Elks to induct new officers tomorrow night. Plymouth Coal arrives by river.
The funeral was held at the family home 192 Fort Thomas Avenue with burial at Evergreen Cemetery and military honors. Former navy man Oscar Leisring is remembered. Dr. Taylor will preach at Highland M B Church at 11 this morning. William Welerich challenges Henry Schnitzler to a long distance walk from Fort Thomas to Butler Kentucky. New post orders place Captain James B. Bell in command at Fort Thomas replacing Lt Fueger, with 200 soldiers of the Fourth Infantry leaving April 21. A post renovation order also goes into effect. Secretary of War Taft will visit the post this week.
Maggie Murray sues Cambridge Tile Works in Kenyon Circuit Court for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from a wheel used to edge file. County Judge Stephens issues two tax judgments for Revenue Agent Arthur Hopkins. Webb estate case ordered 2 percent on a 20 dollar valuation. Eleazer Davis estate case dismissed. John Herbert heard on loitering charge. defense argues activity as a busi ness. Kenton bar resolutions on Judge John W Barr death due report Monday afternoon.
Real estate transfers in Covington involve M d Hall to C Dye for 50 by 100 feet on Clifton avenue Latonia, C Carruse for 5 by feet on Latonia avenue, Charles Hall et al to Charles Wiemener for 47 by 100 feet on Lewis street, and Frank and Francis Stith to Amanda F Kennedy for Lot 249 in Plat B of the James Taylor estate Latonia. 1,173
In Connersville Indiana Irene Mooney aged 21 is listed in a residence notice with reference to her case and identification details. The fragment suggests an official notice published in the local paper listing names and addresses as part of a public record.
A Taft Republican Club gathering in Basechang's Hall Newport drew full turnout as Frederick, Lyons and others urged Taft for president. Over a thousand Taft buttons were given out while a rival Bradley Club promoted Fairbanks opposition amid drive toward the Campbell County convention set for April 25 to select delegates for the May state convention.
Charles Regan saloon keeper of Newport is seriously wounded with two bullets in the back after a dispute with Fred Fischer and Walter Grossheim who returned to the saloon last night. Fischer charged with shooting with intent to kill and Grossheim with disorderly conduct. detectives arrested them and police judge ordered hold for trial.
In Newport Circuit Court yesterday attorney Raison for defendant George Ehrlich moved to require Andrew Kurtz to specify every race bet, horse, wager amount and other details in his $ claim for losses allegedly made in a Newport poolroom. Judge Fudge Yungblut sustained the motion, delaying the case which has been pending over a year.
The South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company filed a supplemental answer in C. W. Wallace’s suit seeking $10,700 in damages. A Wallace receipt for $2.59 releasing all claims against the company is cited, with the 1907 shop injury at the company’s premises as context. A settlement is claimed, yet a new suit followed.
Coroner Digby completed the Niehaus death inquiry and postponed a cause ruling after witness interviews. Miss Margaret Cottingham suffered a deep thumb splinter injury while washing a window. The Blue Lodge Masons in Ft. Thomas held a meeting in the Central School Building and planned permanent lodgerooms while accepting several new member applications.
In Bellevue the Commonwealth case against Ed McClure Walter Layman William Hatfield and James McDonough for robbing William Penrose of Cincinnati was dismissed by Judge Seibert as Penrose did not appear. Church notices follow with sermons and service times across Calvary M B Church Trinity Lutheran St Johns German Church and Baptist Church.
A 1907 Houston advertisement from McLain Sanitarium claims a cure for deformed and crippled children. It cites a Texas address and a Missouri sanitarium, urging readers to send case details for free consultation and advising that early treatment can straighten crooked feet and treat spinal deformities and infantile paralysis.
Newport lawyers doubt the councils new anti marriage touting ordinance will stand It targets those who guide couples to wed claiming habitual solicitation falls under vagrancy but attorneys contend such workers are not vagabonds by livelihood and thus the measure may be invalid.
In Circuit Court Ella Harrison vs Banner Savings and Loan for estate settlement. Special Judge Carothers ordered sale of property by Master Commissioner. Ida Collins vs John Collins divorce suitProceedings dismissed by Judge Yungblut. Court of Appeals mandate in Michie vs District Highlands. action dismissed. Margaret R Berry and Edward T Berry vs E L Anderson estate settlement consent judgment entered. case dismissed.
Covington Health Officer Dr. L. E. Brinker reports thirteen deaths in the past week. Among the deceased are Thomas Martin 67 cardiac failure George Cox 27 tuberculosis Columbus Manning 57 heart failure Charles Fossett 38 tuberculosis James Callan 46 tuberculosis Bernard Shumeer 70 gastric carcinoma Louisa Brit 18 pneumonia America Yates 67 pneumonia Edwin Wood 13 meningitis Edward Stouers 41 la grippe John Layne 1 tuberculosis Mary Strategler 1 senility Hulda Jenkins 1 measles.
Governor Harris announced the appointment of Major George B. Fox of Cincinnati D J Sinclair of Steubenville and Allen Ripley Foote of Columbus to represent Ohio at the Governors conference with President Roosevelt at the White House on May 13 14 and 15 on natural resources conservation Fox is a paper maker Sinclair a Steubenville banker and Foote secretary of the State Board of Commerce involved in taxation matters.
The Nassau Walnut Hills musician and organizer Louis Ballenberg is resting at home after a paralytic affliction. Reports say he was struck down on a street car several days ago and remains confined to his house under care.
The city requires pits and households to provide a garbage only receptacle and place nothing else inside. Violations may result in the city not collecting the garbage. Theodore Marz, Superintendent Public Works.
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