Market Review Notes Mixed Signals in Agriculture and Industry
The report compares current conditions with a prior age, noting stronger structures and construction while agricultural prosperity remains. Grain movements show declines in shipments, timber receipts rise, and prices shift across crops and livestock. Trade and industry retain large volume despite a midsummer lull, with crop prospects near record yields and export trade expected to expand, though low wheat prices temper new movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rei
Chicago
Miner
Dun
New York
Iron and Steel
Tate
Bradstreet
Death Penalty Sought for Stoessel and Port Arthur Commanders
A Russian inquiry into the Port Arthur surrender recommends death for General Stoessel who led the siege. General Fock would receive twenty years in the galleys, with Reformists Reuss expelled and Admiral Alexieff reprimanded. Formal sentences are said to be nonexecutive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Committed
Stoessel
Fock
Alexieff
Far East
Ninth East Siberian Sharpshooters
Japan
Nicholas
Sid de Camp
Historical Farm Prices List Varied Markets and Commodities
The document records mixed commodity quotes across multiple markets including hogs, sheep, wheat, corn, oats, hay, and creamery products. Notable entries show hogs around 4.00 to 6.95, wheat No. 2 near 40 to 60 cents, and oats No. 2 about 38 to 49 cents, with regional prices from Indianapolis to Cincinnati and Milwaukee reflecting 19th or early 20th century market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Cern
Ats
Hle
Glee
Harles
Spuy
York
Cariite
Philadelphia Ice Companies Held on Conspiracy Charge
Thirteen heads of Philadelphia ice companies were held in 1500 bail each to answer conspiracy to raise prices. Similar actions have begun in Pittsburgh Boston Indianapolis and other cities. Washington DC investigations underway. City suffers an ice famine due to slow Maine shipments. Toledo circuit court suspended workhouse sentences for Miller Waters Brennius, with bond set at 35000 each.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Boston
Indianapolis
Department of Sustim
Washington, D. C
Thistrict
West
Maine
Circuit Court of
Toledo
Messrs. Miller
Waters
Brennius
Fee Trust Menu
Circuit Court
Bend
Start of Glidden Auto Tour Heads Westward
The Glidden Auto Tour begins in Buffalo with sixty cars on the 1100 mile AAA event through northwestern New York Quebec and the New England States to the Whites. Competitors must follow a fixed daily distance with no racing outside schedule and penalties harsh for advancing. Thirty five manufacturers are represented including thirty two American firms.
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Glidden
Buffalo
American Automobile Association
New York
Quebec
New England
Whites Mountains
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Steerage Fare Cut Highlights Booming Immigration Trade
The North German Liford Steamship Company trims steerage rate from Bremen to New York to 2.50 dollars, matching a cut by Hamburg American. The move signals growing European demand for transatlantic passage and a surge in immigration business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liford Steamship Company
Gremen
New York
Europe
Remarkable Resuscitation Case Near Wakefield
Reported life saving effort resuscitated Rohnert Mooney after twenty three minutes underwater near Wakefield QR. He was tossed into water when a boat capsized on July. Water expelled from his lungs and artificial respiration continued for an hour forty eight minutes before initial signs of consciousness appeared. Full recovery to consciousness occurred the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohnert Mooney
Wakefield
Lady Curzon Dies in London After Illness
News reports Chicago heiress Miss Lester, daughter of Levi Lester of Chicago, dies in London of heart disease linked to heat and debility. She married George N. Curzon, who became Lord Curzon of Kedleston and Viceroy of India, serving until 1905.
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Chicago
Vicceroy
India
Lady Curzon
Levi
Lester
London
Walmer Castle
Beddeston
Washington
England
George N. Curzon
Alfred Nathaniel Fielden Curzon
Spearsdale
Curzon
Marquis of Salisbury
Baron Curzon of
Kecheston
Earl of Minto
Nation Near to War as Russia Faces Revolutionary Upheaval
News reports the Russian empire edging toward dictatorship after the czar dissolves the Douma and imposes martial law. Grand dukes press repressive policy while troops are deployed, raising fears of bloodshed and a political crisis in Kiev and Petrograd.
Russ Sell Sage Dead At Lawrence Summer Home
End comes suddenly to a noted Wall Street figure. Russ Sell Sage died at his Lawrence Illinois summer home after years of frail health. He aged rapidly in his final weeks and was surrounded by family, with his brother Joseph T. Sage present.
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Ared Nester
Wall Street
Tussell Sage
Lawrence
Enele Ruslash
Taumors
Joseph T. McTte
Sara Sage
Eigen
Shenandoah
Government as an Employer Critique by H T Newcomb
Railroad statistician H T Newcomb challenged the view that government is the best employer. He cited 1896 to 1904 cost of living up 17 percent, private wages up 12.76 percent, and no wage growth in public employment. He noted federal office restrictions and the power to compel service on its terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cornell University
H. T. Newcomb
Fie
Congress
Denver criminology expert jailed for fraudulent check
Dr William J Patterson of Denver a criminology expert and university graduate has been arrested for issuing a fraudulent $20 check and is held in city jail. He claims his study of crime created the criminal instinct and that he cannot be straight. Patterson had prior forgery commitment and is described as a wealthy man with a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Patterson
Denver
Colo
Patterson
Paterson
Streeping Injnmuction Targets Union Intimidation
A sweeping Connecticut injunction suppresses intimidation against workers in Waterbury. William F L Chadiehl, a local accuracies builder, faces enforcement as part of the measure by the Bricklayers Union and related bodies. The rare action aims to curb coercion across the trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Waterbury
Mivseona Naiot
Connecticut
Saper
French and Russian Upheavals Parallel Across Eras
The article compares French unrest with the Russian crisis, noting causes like poverty and taxation, noble and church oppression, and limited voice for commoners. It cites Necker’s dismissal, Louis XVI’s retreat to Versailles, and popular appeals for reform in both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hind
Necker
Min
France
Louis XVI
Versailles
Paris
Russia’s Autocracy Deepens as Parliaments Dissolve
The report notes Emperor Nicholas’s two sweeping orders restoring autocratic rule in Russia. Thousands of revolutionaries face imprisonment or execution. a new assembly’s timing remains uncertain, with possible shifts to universal male suffrage. Finland’s parliament in Viborg plans an address, while dissidents consider actions if the throne blocks further deliberations.
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Nicholas
Russia
St. Petersburg
Bape
Uberals
Finland
Viborg
Autmieri
Goa
Sweden
Wil
Sync
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Eady Curzon
Czar
Documa
Vibors
Fininnod
Kiev
Peterhof
Trepott
Thepofy
Nesty
Nicholas LU
Russ Sell Sage
Uy Liga Tlents
Troy
Inra-Grocery
Douma
Prince Mirsky
MM. Witte
Nicholas II
Tsarskoe Selo
Nahova Gate
Siberia
Partianieue
Moscow
Amd Navy
Velestarhia
Urevitius
Ives
Perms
W. Bates
Maria Winne
Myr. Bates
Jsi
Trop
Vow York Congress
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