Banks plan abroad expansion of money orders
The American Bankers Association intends to extend its money order service overseas. Thomas Y. Lamont travels to Europe with bankers to arrange foreign operations while U S banks aim to challenge express companies. A committee will push nationwide adoption, backed by the American Surety Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bankers’ Association
Thomas Y. Lamont
Bankers’ Company
Europe
Bankers’ Trust Company
Arfort
American Surety Company
Hog Market Reaches Year High in Chicago
Chicago July 13 prime hogs sold at 7 a hundredweight as corn scarcity tightens supply. Market has risen since March due to fewer hogs and lighter weights, with last year’s 7 figure described as artificial. experts predict high prices may persist for months.
No Coffee Exchange Sales Recorded On Opening Day
For the first time in five years no sales were recorded yesterday on the floor of the New York Coffee Exchange. Usually there are five hundred to one thousand back page trades in summer, but the board was absolutely blank. Large Santos sales for valorization deterred other activity and spectators stayed away. Only small Brazil sales on a cost and freight basis occurred as prices remained high and spot demand stayed narrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Coffee Exchange
Santos Coffee
Brazil
Non-Member Banks Clearing Through NY Clearing House
The weekly statement of averages of the banks in New York City Brooklyn Jersey City Hoboken and Staten Island that are not members of the New York Clearing House Association but clear through some members is as follows. The data shows interbank clearing activity and aggregate averages for the period, highlighting non member institutions and their role in clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Hoboken
Staten Island
New York Clearing House Association
Express Companies Ordered to Cut Fur Transport Rates
Washington action directs Adams American United States and Wells Fargo express firms to lower rates for furs in boxes and bales from St Paul to New York City from five dollars per hundred pounds to five dollars effective by August fifteenth. The reduction follows a complaint by Joseph Ultman and extends inland export rates to him and other shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adams, American
United States
Wells-Fargoe Express
St. Paul
New York City
Joseph Ultman
Rumors swirl over Boston and Maine stock sale
Wall Street doubts the Botton and Maine stock sale was bona fide. John L. Billard is seen as record buyer holding for the New Haven or another road. Persistent rumors say Delaware and Hudson could acquire the Boston and Maine holding, but a company representative denied any truth yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 5. Mel‘win
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Botton & Maine
Wall Street
John L. Billard
New Haven
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
Mt Billard
Settlement Reached Between Iron Associations In Mideast Strike
Tomestown Ohio July 12 a settlement affecting ten thousand men in Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Missouri and Illinois was reached in Detroit Saturday night between the Western Bel Iron Association and the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers and the MAE ended the strike for the year ending June 20. By terms wages of puddlers are cut per cent and finishers an average of short 2 per cent. Work will be resumed in the mill following the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomestown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisman
Michigan
Missouri
Ilinois
Detroit
Western Bel Iron Association
Amalgamated Assoan of Iron
Steel and Tin
Contested coal land assessment cut by Lackawanna panel
Scranton July 12 The battle between the Merchants and Merchants against the Lackawanna County commissioners over taxation of coal land assets ends with a reduction in the assessment from 4 million to 2 million dollars, lowering the total increase. The case may go to the state supreme court for final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Pez An
Mbllitacite Coal Companies
Commissaitia
Lackawanna County
Supreme Court
Dissolution Vote for Securities Improvement Company
Pay Lockholders of the Securities Improvement Company at No 5 Wall Street held a special meeting and voted to dissolve the corporation formed three years ago as a second company after disposing of all its Mek holdings there was no longer any reason for its existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Securities Improvement Company
Wall Street
Hearetier
Corporation
Finance official named for Prestated States Steel Corp
W Perkins was announced as chairman of the finance committee of Preveaged States Steel Corporation during the era of ex Judge E H Gary. W B is vice president and heads the department of the corporation. President Corey, now ex, is on his way back to the country, expected late this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Perkins
States Steel Corporation
Europe
E. H. Gary
W. B
Chicago and Northwestern denies new securities issued
Relair notes the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company denied rumors of plans to issue new securities. The company said it had ample cash and only potential outlay would be for a Chicago station project, for which funds were already provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Railroads face AG action over safety appliance law
The Attorney General authorized federal prosecutors to pursue eleven railroads for alleged violations of the federal safety appliance act. The move follows reports of multiple breaches across lines, with detailed charges yet to be disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Lodey
United States
Sete
Signs of Returning Prosperity Across Industries
Indications mount that normal business conditions are near as railroads report better demand for freight cars and crews return to work. Grand Chief Engineer Stone notes nationwide rail improvement and many plants resuming operations. American Steel and Wire plans two furnaces in Cleveland to employ about fifteen hundred workers. Lima Locomotive and Machine Works recalls five hundred mechanics, ending four months of shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New Haven to raise freight rates to match rivals
New Haven railroad men expect President Mellen to order a general advance in freight rates to align with the New York Central and other trunk lines. He signaled a rate increase if rivals do so, aiming to meet the October 1 quarterly dividend of 2 percent, though business shows little improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Mellen
New Haven Road
New York Central
Massachusetts
Unite Mine Workers at Western Federation Convention
Denver hosts the sixteenth annual Western Federation of Miners meeting as President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers visits. A conference aims to fuse coal and metal miners into a single union likely named United Mine Workers of America with coal and metalliferous departments. The credentials panel plans to seat William D. Haywood with full delegate power though he holds no formal delegate status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Coal and Metal Miners
Coal Department
Western Federation
Metalliferous
William D. Haywood
Foreclosure Ordered on Passaic Steel Company Mortgage
In Trenton July 13 Judge Joseph Cross allowed William D Blauvelt as trustee to start foreclosure on a 2 5 million mortgage against Passaic Steel Company The receivers of the firm will be defendants The case awaits later argument on appointing New Jersey Court of Chancery receivers to replace the current receivers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Joseph Cross
United States Circuit Court
William D. Blauvelt
Passaic Steel Company
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Ampersand Hotel Wins First of 45 Insurance Suits
Justice McLaughlin ruled in favor of Ampersand Hotel Company against Home Fire Insurance, part of a $17,000 loss from the 1907 fire at the Ampersand in the Adirondacks. The hotel alleges a conspiracy by deceased barber Herman and associates, while Eaton and others eyed a sale and transformation of the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ampersand Hotel Company
Ampers
Adirondacks
Justice McLaughlin
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Home Fire Insurance Company
William B. Ellison
Ampersand
Herman
Eaton
Ellison
Saranac Lake
Ampersand Park
Lake Saranac
Ampersand Hotel
Otis Childs
Milton Worth
Million Suit Against Railroads Is Filed In Chicago
William Armstrong sues Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Chicago Indiana Southern Rock Island Robert Mather Charles W Hotchkiss and William Brown seeking one million dollars for services rendered. He claims to have purchased properties formerly controlled by John R Walsh including multiple railways quarries and coal companies and their stock for use by owners prior to 1919. Defendants deny employment and are mystified by the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad Company
Rock Island Company
Robert Mather
Charles W. Hotchkiss
William ©. Brown
William Armstrong
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Chicago Southern Railway
Southern Illinois Railway
Southern Indiana Railway
Bedford Stone Quarry
Bedford Belt Railway
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Indiana Coal Company
Armstrong
Railways Ordered to Refund Large Lumber Overcharges
In Macon Georgia on July 13 Special Master J N Talley filed his first report in the case of H H Tift et al against the Southern Railway Company and others. An intervenor claims refunds totaling 9 87564 for overcharges on lumber shipments from several rail lines including Southern Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Mobile & Ohio Louisville & Nashville Illinois Central. The total due from listed railways amounts to nearly 9 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Ocmulgee River Lumber Company
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
ICAGO
Indianapolis
Louisville
Detroit & Mackinac
Colorado & Southern
International & Great Northern
Marie Minneapolis
ST. Paul & Sault Ste
Mobile & Ohio
Southern Ae
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Toledo
Peoria
Seine Eee Nee
Trust Company Officers Indicted for Financial Conspiracy
Indictments returned by the Philadelphia grand jury charge Homer L. Castle and associates with conspiring to print and circulate false financial statements for Standard Title and Trust Company. Other defendants named include Charles Hunter D. C. Massington Arthur F. Williams H. F. Aspinwall Henry Gohen Colonel Smee Ford and H. M. Ralston. About $20,000 in funds paid by stockholders is sought through receivers to recover losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Standard Title and Trust Company
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Castle
Charles Hunter
D. C. Massington
Collingwood
N. J
Arthur F. Williams
Chicago
H. F. Aspinwall
Freeport
Henry Gohen
New York
Smee Ford
H. M. Ralston
Complaint Against Ontario and Western Seeks 50 Dollar Reparation
A complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Utica Traffic Bureau of Utica New York on behalf of Steam and Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills accuses the New York Ontario and Western Railroad Company of excessive and unjust coal screening switching rates in carloads from the New York Central and Hudson River tracks at Utica to the Utica mills. The demand seeks about 50 dollars in reparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario & Western
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utica Traffic Bureau
Utica
N. Y
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Company
Steam and
Mohawk Valley
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Utica Steam and Mohawk
Hot Weather Shrivels Wheat In Eastern Washington
Reports from Tacoma Washington on July 13 indicate extreme heat is ripening wheat too quickly causing shriveled kernels. The state grain inspector cites a projected crop not to exceed 22,0000 bushels, about half of last year's yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Bank of England Sells Gold in France Coin Sale
London July 12 The Bank of England sold today eighty one thousand pounds in French gold coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
London
Shaw Denies Montreal Report In Treasury Remarks
Leslie M. Shaw, former United States Treasury secretary, told reporters yesterday there was no truth to a Montreal report alleging a specific claim. He dismissed the story as unfounded and declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
The
United States Treasury
New York Produce Markets Trade Report 1905
July 13 1905 New York market notes beans peas and other staples with prices for kidneys whites and marrow beans scotch peas and various dairy and produce items. Exporters seek red kidney beans at 10 dollars per dry lot while scallion and butter prices drift. eggs cheese and fruits show varied demand. ap raises or holds noted for creamery and fresh goods amid heat effects.
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New York
Anc
Anti Gate
Western Aeion Creamery
Western Factory
Liverpool
Baldwin
Maryland
Delaware
Jersey
Pearl
Southern
le Conte
Peaches
Georgia
Burbank
Botan
Pennsylvania
Jersey Mountain
California
Arizona
Virginia
Florida
Porto Rico
State
Pacific Coast
Express
Do Southern and Southwestern
Do Southern
Philadelphia
Long Island
Wwe
Monmouth County
South Jersey
Lima
Bermuda
pTic
Bbc
Baltimore
Norfolk
Toledo
Cattle and Veal Market Report with Receipts
Receipts for two Jays were 172 cars of cattle and 580 655 heads. Bulk of steers ranged medium to fairly good quality with steady prices. some meal fed stronger. Bulls, oxen, and cows mostly steady with slight firming for fat cows at Jersey City. Calves receipts 6165 head. veals opened steady to higher, later eased. Listings of sales include many named buyers and consignors with varying per hundred weights and prices across Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey markets. Dressed beef and veal prices given. extensive catalog of individual lot prices and buyers from J. Shamberg & Son, McPherson Co., Tobin & Shannon, S. Judd & Co., and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Liverpool
London
Cabies
J. Shamberg & Son
Virginie
McPherson Co
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
S. Sanders
Tobin & Shannon
Newton & Co
Ee Commission
Frederick J. Kratz
Judd & Co
J.G Curtis & Son
J. P. Nelson
al - Andrew Mullen
H. H. Hollis
W. R. Hume
Jelliffe, Wright & Co
60Th Street
B. W. Otis & Co
George
L. S. Dillenback
Jelliffe
Wright & Co
Andrew Mullen
J. G Curtis & Son
McPherson & Co
Virginia Lambs
S. Judd & Co
S&s
McPherson & Ci
Mat St. S
Attermills Commission Company
Kerns Commission Co
Indiana
Shippers’ Commission Co
Niee
Newton
York State
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Update
Sun rise and set times given for Sandy Hook and Gov Island with moon phase notes. Wireless reports mention the Mesaba Nantucket Lightship near 2:30 pm yesterday and expected dock around 7 30 this morning, and the Alice 293 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon yesterday, due to dock about 11 am today.
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Sandy Hook
Gov Island
Gov. Island
Mesaba Passe
Nantucket
Transpacific Steamship Schedules Across Islands
Ships travel routes to Hawaii, the Philippines, and Pacific islands with connections via San Francisco Seattle Vancouver and Honolulu. Varying dates in July including 16 18 20 27 and August 1 show multiple steamers like Suly 16 620 me ne Island and Empress of Japan with ports New York Alameda Tahiti and Marquesas listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
China
Suly
Ne Island
Sam Stanciaco
Hawaii
San Francisco
Alameda
Japan
Corea
Lippine Isands
Seattle
Shawmet
New Zealand
Australia
Samoan
New Caledonia
Sancisco
Lord Sefton
Philippine Islands
Marc
America
Ranfe
Vancouver
Victoria
Bay and Phill
San Jts
Shipping News Arrivals and Quarantine Updates
Shipping news lists numerous steamers arriving at bar and leaving quarantine at various times. Vessels include Chesapeake Hastings Comus Clothile Cuneo Ely Caracas Drumcliffe Harvard Jose Navahoe Zeeland Prince Suriname and more, with cargoes of fruit mdse sugar and passengers. Winds southwest hazy seas, Sandy Hook reports 7:05 pm.
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Chesapeake
Hastings
Baltimore
New York and Baltimore Transportation Line
Moise
Steemer Comus
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Co
Clothile Cuneo
Mor
Borne
Port Antonio Juby
Cuneo F Co
Bar
Ely
Hamerty
Cade Planters
Citta di Messira
Messina
Catania
Palermo
Herzel Feltmann & Co
Mdse
Caracas
Faust
San Juan
Boultom Bliss & Dallett
Matts
Mdise
Drumcliffe
Spurring
Liverpool
Arbuckle Bros
Howard Boulder
Partners
Harvard
Thompson
Boston
Métropolitan Ss Co
Jose
Nor
Sorensen
Port Morant
United Fruit Co
Ppm
Navahoe
Hale
Georgetown
Wilmington
Circle Ss Co
Zeeland Pr
Antwerp
Dover
Red Star Line
Fire Island
Suriname
Barbados
Royal West India Mails Co
Sandy Hook
Santy Hook
Finance
Cristobal
Saramacca
Paramaribo
Katahdin
Monroe
Norfolk
Newsport News
Steamers at Foreign Ports Arrived in July and July Dates
Arrivals list of steamships at New York and other ports with origins London Plymouth Cherbourg Bremen Genoa Naples Genoa and more. Vessels include Kronprinzess Ein Cecuil America Koenig Latse Duca degli Abruzzi Brantwood Exeter City Crown Prince Algeria Kabinga Noordam Velasques Spartan Prince and Prins Willem I with routes to Antwerp Rio de Janeiro Havre Amsterdam and other destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minneapolis
New York
Plymouth
Kronprinzessizn Cecuil
Ger
Cherbourg
Bremen
Hamburg
America
Gurattar
Koenigin Latse
Naples
Genoa
Pannonia
Trieste
Finland
Antwerp
Glasgow
Columbia
Moville
Rotterdam
Excelsior
Bristol
Exeter City
Duca Degli Abruzzittah
Bahia
Brantwood
Algoahig
Liverpool
Anapa
Pennsylvania
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Aes
Prinzess Greene
Newark
Boulogne
Noordam
Rio de Janeiro
Velasques
Santos
Spartan Prince
Lizard
Idaho
Hull
Ponta Ferraria
Prins Willem 1
West Indies
Venezuela
Havre
Amsterdam
Berlitz Language School advertises summer courses citywide
The Berlitz School of Languages lists Madison Square Harlem Lenox Avenue Brooklyn and Asbury Park sites for summer instruction. Teachers dispatched to all locations within a hundred miles to offer classes at multiple branches during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Broadway
Harlem
Lenox Ave
Brooklyn
Court St
Asbury Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Association
Coffee Exchange
Ehanpeey
Inc
Cook Inc
Peerve
A Inc
RON and Steel
Securities Company
WR Perkins
MR. Gary
M. Securities
Schwab
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
International Steel Trust
Carnegie Steel Company
Midvale Steel Company
Bethlehem Corporation
Bethlehem Company
Lima Locomotive and Machine Works
Steel Company
Ampersand CO
Montreal
Montreal Power Company
Shaw
Dispatch
Canadian Public Service Corporation
Railroads
Walsh Properties
Trust Company
Andes
Lady Wash
Belcher
Beleher
Caledonia
Ferry Companies
Brooklyn Ferry
Union Ferry
Country Produce Markets
bToad Line
Ponce Havana
Havana
Lloyd “Kaiser W Mit
Red Star
Bremenen
Lloyd
Grenville
Huelva
Alice
Gibraltar
Savannah
Majestic
Southampton
White Star
Carmania
Cunard Huronr
Jacksonville
Clyde
Mauretania
Queenstown
Cunard
Deutschland
Sheen
Hoge
Mati
Kronpr'z Wilhelm
G Lloyd
Bermudian
Quebec
Ossee
Sixtieth Street
Iroquois
Fortieth Street
City of Collumbus
Vannah
Lehigh Valley
Weehawken
West Shore
Adriatic
Anessees
Lusitania
Ryndam
le Hotland-Ai A
Lampasas
Galveston
Maller
Cattie
Heef
Jefferson
Old Dominion
Schwarzschild & Minnetonka
Schwarzschild & 5
J. Gheamberg & Son
Minnetonka
A la Bretagne
French
Swift Beet Co
Ss. Teutonic
Hamb
Morris Leet Co
Tesitonic
Rcccee - Am
Ward
Carpathia
Arapahoe
Marine Intelligence
Shipping News
Port of New York
Starkey Seminary
Seneca Lake
Watkins
M. Summerbell
Lakemont
Dakeville
Taconic School For Girls
Beautiful Lake
Berkshire Hilla
Lilian Dixon
Wellesley
Brva Mawr
Bertha Bailey
Pens
Frances —S School For Girls
White Plains
American and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
M J Young Fulton
Uoon Square
Eee Court
New York County
Hamilton Bank of
Platinum
Annie Linder Et al
Exchange
Vesey Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City and County of
Joseph P. . Day
Bronx
North Melrose
Morrisadia
Courtlandt Avenue
Annie Linder
Louis
Joseph Poot
Gifford. Hobbs & Beard
Centre Anes of
Joseph Pool
Gifford
Hobbs & Beard
Plaintif
Nassau Street
Borough of Manhattan
Henry Bischoff
John Pearl
Second Avenue
John Peari
John Ck
Mahhattan
Abraham H. Mayer
John Block
Tambathon
Mow Fed Chy
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