Atchison Santa Fe Declares Semiannual Dividend
The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway Company directors cut the common stock dividend to 2 percent, a 1.3 percentage point drop from six months ago, with the payment moved to a five percent yield. Chairman Morawetz cited improved crops and freight declines as factors, noting the company remains debt free and observations of conservative market reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Comstock
Atchison Common
Vieter Morawetz
Atchison
Atchis
Morawetz
Erie advances lift market on Erie Railroad notes and bonds
Erie stock and bond issues rose after Albany approved $5.9 million secured five year notes and plans to extend $550,000 short term notes due Wednesday. Convertible bonds and Erie general 4s gained as trading strengthened, with common and preferred shares up from Tuesday levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Raiireid
Albany
Erie
Erie General
Erie Common
Receivers Seek Confirmation of Eastern Steamship Lines
Report filed in United States District Court shows receivers for the Metropolitan and Eastern Steamship companies seek court confirmation of operating the lines. They argue continued operation yields greater value than liquidation, equity exceeds mortgage, and the companies’ property remains substantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer
Metropolitan
Easte Rn Steamship Companies
United States District Court
Bondholders Hear of Reorganization Plan at Bingham Mining
Lerdholders of the Bingham Consolidated Mining company receive notice from the treasurer the company cannot pay promptly the coupons due yesterday on its first mortgage tenders. The notice says a reorganization of the company is under consideration. About 66 dollars of these bonds are outstanding. Majestic Copper Company directors, per a Boston dispatch, voted to suspend interest due yesterday on the 514. T per cent bonds for six months under the mortgage terms allowing such action before default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham Consolidated Mining
Comany
Majestic Copper Company
Boston Dispatch
Southern Railway wage agreement extends scale to July
In Westington on April 1, negotiators Marty A. Knapp and Charles P. Neill reached a remediator pact with Southern Railway officials to keep the current wage scale at 4 dollars per day for all employee groups through July 1 next. The move reflects ongoing efforts to stabilize labor costs amid broader industry financial pressures noted in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Westington
Marty A. Knapp
Charles P. Neill
Southern Railway
Havana Customs Receipts Fall in March Totals
Havana customs records show March receipts of 1445.4 dollars, a sharp drop from the same month last year, reflecting a reduced trade flow through Ha va during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Hava
Rail lines announce openings and rate changes across states
Roanoke Virginia reports the Norfolk & Western Railway will open the Lynchburg Belt Line from Concord Virginia to Ket Virginia with traffic starting next Monday. The Southern Railway and allied lines impose a two cent rate in Tennessee for one year to test profitability. Missouri shops reopen with five hundred workers after closure. Missouri Pacific remains closed. Pike County Bank in Metomb City placed under receivership amid lumber trade slump and reduced railroad hours. Alabama furnace companies set 16 cent per ten scale for miners, affecting most miners except those in union mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Lynchburg
Lve
Concord
Ket Va
Eetville
Tenn
Southern Rail
Allied Lines
Tennessee
Elia. Mo
Missouri, Kansas & Tezar
Missouri Pacific
Jeckeoy Miss
Pike County Bank
Metomb City
Leaders Exchange Roles as Mine Workers Pick New Officers
At the United Mine Workers headquarters in Indianapolis on April 1, Thomas L. Lewis became president succeeding John Mitchell. W. D. Ryan and J. P. White advanced to vice president and secretary treasurer, while Lewis invited leaders from Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois to a meeting on April 6 to discuss a wage convention and possible resumption of mining. In Pennsylvania, the anthracite fields report improving conditions with no current labor trouble and expected full summer production. The Reading Company plans immediate resumption of coal mining with large shipments to tidewater and many empty cars heading to mines tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America Today
Thomas L. Lewis
Ohio
John Mitchell
Spring Valley
W. D. Ryan
Illinois
Mr. Lewis
J. P. White
Iowa
W. B. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Indiana
Philadelphia
Reading
Penn
Reading Company
Tidewater
Miller & Co Agent Held in Bank Funds Conspiracy
Harry Silverman of Miller & Co. was arraigned before US Commissioner Lindsey on a conspiracy charge tied to Farmers' Deposit National Bank fund misapplication. Bail set at 15000 dollars. Rosenbaum testified about a joint stock account plot and numerous bank funds received from Reiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Harry Silverman
Miller & Co
New York
United States
Lindsey Today
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Henry Reiber
John Young
Herbert S. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum &Co
Reiber
Public Service Commission bans rail route abandonments
Albany April 1 The Public Service Commission 24 District chaired by F W Stevens refused to allow abandoning parts of a railroad line even with consolidations and consent from mortgage trustees bondholders and affected residents The ruling followed a Central New England Railway Co bid to abandon sixteen miles between West Pine Plains and Salt Point Dutchess County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Public Service Commission
F. W. Stevens
Stevens
Central New England Railway Company
Threat to Sell Fort Hamilton for Sewer Costs
Controller Metz sent Secretary Cartelyou a bill of 5900 to cover the government's share of new sewers around Fort Hamilton. The notice warns that unless the tax bill is paid, Fort Hamilton property will be sold at public auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hamilton
Sam
Controller Metz
Secretary of the Treasury
Aldermen act on Italian bankers and rapid-emergency rules
The Board of Aldermen passed a resolution asking Governor Hughes to flag lawmakers about smaller Italian bankers outside the state banking law. The body also allowed physicians to speed on emergencies with Red Cross signals by day and night and approved moving the marriage license bureau to the East River Savings Institution building near the Brooklyn Bridge terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim” Sullivan
Board of Aldermen
Hughes
Alderman Dowling
East River Savings Institution
Bridge Loop
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Felix Isman Plans Broadway Theatre After Broad Reach Buy
Felix Isman, now owner of the Broadway Theatre property, purchased from Mrs. Matte N. La Shelle four parcels on Broadway and West 43rd Street forming an L shaped plot. The deal, totaling about $300,000, adds No 164 to 144 Broadway and four dwelling houses on 76.3 by 100.5 feet. A rumor says he may erect a theatre on the combined sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Isman
Broadway Theatre
Matte N. la Shelle
Broadway
Academy of Music Tax Exemption Sought Denied
Mayor Charles A. Schieren urged Brooklyn Academy of Music exemption from taxation as an educational institution at the Sinking Fund Commission meeting. President McGowan and City Comptroller Martin opposed. Controller Metz, a small stockholder in the new corporation, favored the tax break but the request was denied. The commission also rejected naming the Hewitt Addition to Cooper Union after Mayor Abram S. Hewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
Sinking Fund Commission
Brooklyn Academy of Music
McGowan
Chamberlain Martin
Metz
Schieren
John FE. Parsons
Cooper Union
Hewitt
Abram S. Hewitt
Union Railway put under receivership by Judge Lacombe
Frederick W. Whitridge named receiver for the Union Railway Company after Lorain Steel Company suit seeking $23 323 74 for materials and labor. The firm faces $2 million mortgage, $4 71506439 notes, plus over $500 000 in pending damages and more than $200 000 in other debt. Whitridge already supervises several related lines. condition of rolling stock described as poor and discipline criticized by A W McLimont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Railway Company
Interborough-Metropolitan
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
New York City Railway Company
Union Company
Steel Company
Wheat and grain futures rally as cold wave forecast lifts markets
Chicago on April 1 reports a strong close in May wheat after a forecasted cold wave spurred late buying by shorts and brokers. Corn and oats rose modestly while provisions were mixed. Wheat, corn, and oats posted gains. hogs and lard moved differently with mixed closes and forecasted arrivals scheduled for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Shorts
Commission Houses
Northwest
Southwest
May
Minneapolis
Duluth
Gotge
Wocal
SiSyse
America Leads In Japanese Trade
Trade figures from Tokyo show the United States with a total of 211000000 yen in trade for the year. Imports reached 86000000 yen and exports 131000000 yen, while China stood second with 138000000 yen. The year's total Japanese trade was 26000000 yen, leaving a unfavorable balance for Japan.
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America
Tokio
China
Japan
Government finances for March show heavy deficit
The March receipts totaled 44 million 616 thousand 96 dollars, while expenditures reached 53 million 201 thousand 229 dollars. The month ended with a deficit of 8 million 584 thousand 364 dollars and the nine month deficit stood at 35 million 675 thousand 60 dollars. A surplus of 10 million 600 thousand dollars occurred on March 17.
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Washington
Chicago
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Chesapeake & Ohio
Gulf & Ship Island
Hocking Valley
Louisiana & Arkansas
sTross
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Norfolk & Western
Louis
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Rock Island System
Rock M
Isco
Barrines
Evansville
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Mos
Securities at Auction Show Diverse Bond and Stock Sales
Securities sold at a trustee auction at the Exchange salesroom led by Adrian H. Muller & Son. The list includes numerous bank shares, railroad and utility bonds, mortgages, and preferred stock with due dates and coupon schedules, plus a few notes and assorted corporate holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
Adrian H. Muller & Son
Franklin Trust and Farmers Loan to Consolidate, Stock Shift Planned
An officer of the Franklin Trust Company of Brooklyn said talks with Farmers Loan and Trust Company of New York are advancing toward a practical consolidation. The plan includes Manhattan acquiring a large block of Franklin stock at book value on October 1, 1909, with some stockholders already accepting. George H. Southard plans to retire for health reasons, and the Franklin directors declared a quarterly dividend of 2 percent, down from the prior quarter, equating to an 8 percent yearly yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Trust Company
Brooklyn
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New York
Manhattan Institution
Brooklyn Company
Manhattan
George H. Southard
California
Treasury warns of growing deficit as year ends
National City Bank notes April circular predicting a fiscal year deficit. Nine months show expenditures $54,000,000 higher and receipts $32,000,000 lower than 1907, with a $26,900,000 current deficit versus a $50,006,000 surplus a year earlier. Recovery will be slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Ourge
Hudson Companies Acquire Trainor's Hotel Site
The Hudson Companies took title to Trainor's Hotel properties at 1289 and 1231 Broad way and 1 and 12 West Second Street from Edward A. Morrison and mortgaged the premises for 1,000 to him for three years at 4 percent. The site will form part of the plot for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad 6th Ave tunnel terminal station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Companies
Trainor
Broadway
West Snd St
Edward A. Morrison
6Th Ave. Tunnel
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Western Maryland extends security deposit deadline
The Western Maryland stockholders and general Mortgage and convertible bondholders committee chaired by Richard Sutro announced an extended deposit deadline with Bankers' Trust Company to April 10. After that date no securities will be accepted except under committee conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Stockholders
General Mer and Convertible Bondholders’ Committee
Richard Sutro
Bankers’ Trust Company
Eastman Kodak reports higher net profits for year ending December 41
Eastman Kodak Company announces its annual report showing net profits of $6,626,123 for the year ended December 41, up from $4,915.70 in the prior year. After dividends, surplus stands at $1,008.91, with total profit and loss surplus now $6,583,168 across the company and subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman Kodak Company
Markets In Early April Cattle Hogs And Sheep Totals
Cattle receipts about 15 000 head with bulls, calves and feeders listed. hog receipts around 27 000 head with prices for heavy shipping and butchers. sheep receipts about 15 000 with sheep lambs and yearlings priced. Regional markets include Cincinnati Buffalo East Buffalo Kansas City and Pittsburg with price ranges for steers hogs and lambs and notes of strength or weakness.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
East Buffalo
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Fragmented OCR Note on European Government Quantities
OCR text lists various regional authorities and percentages with scattered numbers. It mentions entities like Bavarian, Hessian, Saxony, Hamburg, Augsburg, Munich, Cologne, and Munich references. The fragment lacks coherent events or narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerman
Cologne
Munich
Hessian
Augsburg
Fon-M
Saxony
Hamburg
Notices of Will Probates in New York Surrogate Court
A series of probate notices from the New York Surrogate's Court cites heirs and executors for wills of Clark W Dunlop George V Baldwin Maurice Seligmann Madion Morgentstern and others. Dates range February to April 1908 with deadlines for appearance and guardian appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiza
Frank Dunlop
John Franklin Dunlop
Anna A. Oe
A . Dane Dunlop
Im W. Dunlop
Charles M. Dunlop
B. Dunlop
Gertrude D. Hawes
Agnes Dunlop
Helen Hutchinson
Marie Louise D. Taylor
Estelle Rachel E. Disster
Robert W. Dunlop
Laeila Dlaban
Major
Alma Sue Major
Hermon G. Conrad
Elizabeth Briggs
Union Trust Company of New York
Frank H. June
Eliza
Dunlop
Clark W. Dunlop
John W. Bartlett
City of
New York
County of New
County of
New Oo York
Said
Deniel J. Dowdnet
Charles Sumner Miller
Nassau Street
Borough of
Manhattan
S City
State OF
Grace of
God
Samuel HJ Dunlop
Anna Dunlop
W. Dunlop
Luella D. Kimball
Eastman Stella Dunlop
Hessie Disston
William Dunlop
Charles Mlop
Edward E. Dunlop
Gertrude Dunlop Hawes
Helen Dunlop Hutchinson
Marie Lease
Harry R. Dunlop
Edward D. Dunlop
George B. Dunlop
Dane & Dunlop
Herbert Frost
Margaret Frost
Elisabeth Frost
Dorothy Matilda Frost
Samuel Dunlop
Hannah Dunlop Anna Dunlop
Joan R. Dunlop
Frank H- Jane
Union Trust Company
John W. Bartett
M. D
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
New Tors
Lark W Dunlop
Eliza Dunlop
County of New York
Clark W Dunlop
New L. A
Adner C. Thomas
Said County
Daniel J. Dowdney
Wells & Snedeker
Nassau St
Borough of Manhattan
New Yorks
Cttr
Anounees
New Turk
Grace of God
George V. N. Baldwin, Jr
Mary DL. Corvocoresses
Kate Bushnell Lee
Edith McK. Burnham
Lily D. Baldwin
Florence T. Baldwin
Margaret Baldwin
Henry KR. Baldwin
George V. N. Baldwin
Elizabeth Baldwin
Louise
Margaret Duryes
G. Willett van Nest
Rymer van Nest
Elisabeth
Baldwin
Mary B K. Baldwin
George V
Highes Park
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Guarddias
Thomas
Daniel J. Dowdnbey
Surrogates Court
Elias Asiel
Mathilde Seligmann
George A. Seligmann
Arthur R Seligmann
Maurice Seligmanns
Albert Blum
City of New York
Our of
Maurice Seligmann
Charles (Seai
H Beckett
Gog Free and Independent
Lew S. Wolt
Alfred Frankenthal
Max Frangenthal
Jan Frankenthal
Moritz Franwenthal
Decedent
Alice Arnold
Max Frankenthal
Milton Frankenthal
Fred Prits
Frankenthal
Carl Frankenthal
Alesander Lahlmann
Joseph Sehlmann
Ricka Baer
Julie Baer
Ida Acelsderfer
Mathilde Kiem
Doris Neuhadser
Siegfried Sacmasa
Kip
Madlon Morganstern
Albert G Morganstern
Madion Morgansters
Charlies H. Beckett
Daniel J Dowdney
Wolf
Kohn & Ullman
Broadway
Newark City
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Santa FE
G. Dun &O
Gorth
Alee
Telegraphic Business Notes
Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
Farmers’ Deposit Bank
Upstate Public Service Commission
Little Tim
Broadway and 47Th Street
Academy OF Music
UNION
F. W. Whitridge
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Merchants’ Exchange National Bank
Home Realty Co
United Telephone and Telegraph Co
Equitable Trust Co
First National Bank
Suffolk Gas Co
National Copper Bank
National Bank
Trust Co
St. Joseph & Grand Island Ry
Shenangoee Lake
Aes
Winnee Cisiensso
St. Louis
Walter A
Coia Alle
Mina Oeel
North American Uderwriting Co
Garrett P. Linderman
Ees Ats
Soe
Trinity Syndicate
Pee Ae
Chatham National Bank
United States Title Ae
In- Orien
Goodwin Ce
Missouri Pacific Railway Co
Consolidated First Mortgage
South Carolina & Georgia Railroad Co
Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phenix Hailroad Co
Brooklyn H Rapid Transit Co
Fairmmont Coal Co
First Mortgage Sinking Fund
Wisconsin Central Railway Co
Kesapeake & Ohio Halfway Co
Virginia
West Virginia
San Francisco
Soteucities
Ae Fe
American Sugar Refining Co
Detroit, Mackinac & Apmanrtng
Railroad Co
Lami
Peaceere
Cagerotase Exchange
7Th Street Realty
Bay
New York Central
Hudson River
Ballromt
Michigan Central
Mercedita
Interboro Realty
Carnegie Trust No
Carnegie Trust Co Ma Pharea
Carnegie Triat Cn “O. Firet
Franklin
National City Bank
Maryland
Cobalt
Toronto
Stewart & Lockwood
Furnishel No
Exchange Place
Bia
Buffalo
Nova Scotia Sea
Peterson Lane
Cobalt Lake Balt
Foster
Coniagas
Red Rock
Meehan
Trethewey
Kerr Lake
Crown Reserve
McKinley
Nipissing
Iattle Nipisng
Telegraph
THE
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Alaska
Raymond & Whitcomb CO
Sant
Foreign Government
Charles D. Berney
South 4Th Street Street
Lehigh Val R R
Wy Am Cement
Penn Steel Co
Fairmount Trac
Phila Elec Co
Jen Asphalt Oy
Phila Rap
Ins Co
Union Traction
Lake Sup Corp
N Gas Imp Co
Lehigh
Phila Co
State of New York
Frank J. Waite
Edwund Waite
Cambridge
Martha E. Waite
Frank L. Waite
Brooklyn Ferry
NY & EP
ST Union Ferry
Wyer
Catestina
Ae Soto
Ion Ios
Margarita Soto de
Camara
A. Soto
Francisco G. Soto
Jorge B
V. Soto
Marco A. Soto
Maximiliano F. Seco
Tekl
New Seal
York
Hom Apner
Daniel J. Dowdnsy
A. Henry Mosle
No. 30 Street
New York City
Surrogates’ Court
Kurzman & Frankenheimer
Broad Street
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Run
Bariem
Lenox Ave
Agar 17Th
Court St
Newark
Ae Bu
Correetesahills American and Foreign Teachers Agency
M J. Young-Palton
Union Square
Tribane
Ste
Wis
Iss
Enat 14Th St
Ith
Ist
Sth
Tb Tremont Ave
St Ave
Telegraph Ice
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