Crocker estate suit on bonds foreclosed by railroad
After days of hearings on the Crocker estate of Francisco and Thomas Hubbard versus the Galveston Harris and San Antonio Railway a Southern Property the case concerns foreclosure on the second mortgage bonds for alleged misstatement of interest Federal Judge Sustained the defense demurrer to amended bill of complaint and gave until August to amend The action seeks about five thousand dollars in bonds and interest on the old issue with the Pac if ic Railway in the San Antonio El Paso division of the court
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Tribune
Texas
Gemari
Crocker
Francisco
Thomas Hubbard
York
Galveston, Harris& San Antonio Railway
Southern
Rio Amends
Pacifc
San Antonio el Paso
Adout
Denials Delay Goldfield Stock Trading Engraving Issue
Goldfield Consolidated faces delay in trading as engraving problems with certificates from a Chicago firm trigger a requirement by the stock exchange. Officials cite the need for engraved interchange certificates and registry handling across western offices before official issuance and listing can proceed.
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Goldfield Consolidated & Authored
Western Bank Note Betraying Co
Chicago
New York
Committee On
Goldfield Consolidated
Stock Exchange
Vail Talks of Early Talks on Cable Letters Merger
Vail says it is too early to discuss cable letters but reports a possible merger plan among Western Union American Tel and Telegraph and United States Cable Companies. He returns from Europe noting progress toward closer relations and reduced rates. Several innovations are under study, but details remain undecided.
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Vail
Amer Telephone and Telegraph Company
Europe
Gonrins
Western Union Telegraph Company
New Controls
Themerican Telegraph Company
United States Cable Company
Adri
London
Mr. Vail
Anglo-Amerpany
Enghe
Paris
Vall
J.piemont Morgen
Indictment Overturned in Beef Trust Case
Judge Landis in Chicago nullified the Sherman act indictment against Nations Packing Co and its subsidiaries for a restraint of trade. A new special grand jury venire of seven was ordered for July 14 to seek indictments. The court ruled the federal complaint failed to show interstate commerce within the three year period.
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Chicago
Landis
States District Court
Seef Trust
Osd
Nations Packing Company
Fies
Jarge Landis
Gemonstra
Grand Jury
Feffence
Ind June 22 sale of railroad line to Geyt men rep
Auction report notes 80 BUYS Co. and L RAILROAD on June 22 with a bid of five. The Chicago Cincinnati and Louis rail line sold to a party represented by Geyt men rep. One bid received at seven and one. In acquiring property the Chesapeake and Ohio gains access to Chicago over the railroad and bases a claim of reece to Chicago.
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Ind
Chicago, Cincinnati
Louis- Ruway
Gey T Men
Chesapeake & Ohio
Reece
Chicago
Road Passes Dividend on Preferred Stock by M&SL Railroad
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Directors voted to pass the semi annual 2 percent dividend on preferred stock due July 1, citing poor net earnings from switchmen strikes severe winter and coal mine shutdowns. The statement says gross earnings were near record highs but net results disappointing and that suspension may be temporary. Outstanding capital includes 4 million in preferred and 2 million in common stock with no common dividends since 1904.
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Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
Illinois
Indiana
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Arrest of Evansville Banker Tied to $272000 Loss
Evansville Indiana June 23 Captain S P Gillen former president of Citizens National Bank which suspended for two weeks in January 1910 for insecure loans was arrested today on a federal indictment charging violation of banking laws He posted a $19900 bond Gillen aged seventy a Civil War Naval Academy graduate retired from the navy forty years ago to become a banker The bank losses totaled 272000 and the bank was later reorganized.
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Evansville
Ind
S. P. Gillen
Citizens’ National Bank
Gillett
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Yerkes Petitions Filed In Chicago Railways Case
In Chicago on June 22 the Yerkes estate filed two probate petitions to aid the reorganization of the Chicago Railways Company into taking over the Consolidated Traction Company. The executor seeks permission to compound the estate claim of 3 609 528 dollars and to withdraw consolidated traction bonds deposited with the Wallace Reorganization Committee under the May 20 1908 agreement. Most bonds and stocks are held by creditors as collateral for loans made to Charles T. Yerkes.
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Chicago Railways Company
Consolidated Traction Company
Yerkes Estate
Railways Company
Consolidated Traction
Wallace Reorganization Committee
Louis S. Owsley
Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Engine Promoter Arrested In Fraud Case In Boston
Boston June 23 John E Carroll promoter of a carbonic gas engine was arrested by federal officials charged with using the mails in a fraudulent scheme He allegedly negotiated sale of 75000 dollars worth of stock in the company developing his engine to H F Pillsbury of Barton Vermont.
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Boston
John E. Carroll
Carroll
H. F. Pillsbury
Barton, Vt
Confer On Brooklyn Loop After PSC Rejection
Winter and Calderwood of Brooklyn Rapid Transit met with Public Service Commission members after the agency declined a temporary lease. BRT offered to pay 1 percent on 4 million dollars for year one to operate elevated trains from Williamsburg Bridge to Chambers Street. The PSC said the loop portion would cost about 7.5 million and justified interest on the full 10 million dollar loop cost.
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Public Service Commission
Brookln Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Loop
Winter
Calderwood
Williamsburg Bridge
Chambers Street
Milk violations decline under 1909 enforcement push
Attorney General have tightened milk standards across the state since January 1 1909. Violations in milk sales show a decrease in recent months, though milk crimes once dominated agricultural prosecutions. New York daily milk intake has nearly doubled from 1 56 million to 3 01 million gallons in ten years.
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Gutes
Attorney General's Office
New York
Albany
O'Malley
Claflin Announces Big Deal In United Dry Tie Up
A report suggests John Claflin of United Drygoods aims to gain control through stock acquisitions in Lord and Taylor and related subsidiaries. The scope and timing were not disclosed, but insiders say the holdings could place him near virtual control.
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John Claffin
Lord & Taylor
Claflin
United Dry
United Drygoods Company
Commuters Gain a Point as ICC Requests Delay in Tariffs
The Interstate Commerce Commission asked railroads serving New Jersey to postpone the August 1 effective date of commutation rate tariffs from New York City after delegations from New Jersey pressed for suspension. Attorney General Wilson and officials urged delay while the commission considers the reasonableness of the proposed advances amid jurisdiction questions. A telegram to rail presidents requested postponement, with a July conference planned to decide further action on rates already filed or to be filed.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
Wilson
New Jersey
Briggs
P. F. Backus
Attorney General's Office
Alfred N. Barker
New Jersey Railroad Commission
Pennsylvania
Erie
Philadelphia & Reading
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Central of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
West Shore Railroad
Knapp
Commuters Form Westchester Linked League To Fight Fares
The Westchester Commuters League formed after talks with Public Service Commission officials. James M. Reid was named president, John P. Faure treasurer, and J. Prescott Gage secretary, as commuters from Mount Vernon Ossining Yonkers and others pursue rate delay under new interstate law amendments.
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Board of Trade and Commuters” League of
Washington
New Brunswick
Westchester
New Haven
Commission
Congress
Burns D. Caldwell
The
Lackawanna
Erie
Pennsylvania
Robert W. de Forest
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Old Jersey
Jersey Central
Stevens
Public Service Commission
2D District
Rooms of the
Bar Association
West 44Th Street
Westchester Commuters’ League
James M. Reid
Mount Vernon
First 1910 Cotton Bale Sold At Auction
Weighing 416 houster pounds the first bale of the 1919 cotton crop was sold at auction for 70 dollars in Texas on June 23. The bale was rated good middling and marks an early sale in the harvest.
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Texas
Hurd State G. A. R. Elects Leaders at Syracuse
De Witt C. Hurd of Utica was elected commander of the Department of New York G A R with 49 votes. 277 ballots went to Robert C. Bush of Elmira. New officers include Simon W. Ruamell and others on the council, Stewart L. Woodford as delegate-at-large, and Samuel C. Pierce as senior vice-commander. Resolutions addressed Lee statue and rail rate issues. Women’s relief and daughters of veterans groups named new presidents.
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Syracuse
de Witt C. Hurd
Utica
Anzel J. Smith
Samuel C. Pierce
Rochester
H. E. Turner
Lowville
R E. Burton
H. M. Crydenwise
Binghamton
Burton
Corporal Tanner
Lee
Capitol
Washington
Atlantic City
State Department
State Women's Relief Corps
Regina Demarest
New York
Grand Army of the Republic
Mabel Luckey
Troy
Emma Volk
Buffalo
Daughters of Veterans
Substitutes for rubber in industry discussed
Herbert Wright, editor of The Indiarubber Trades Journal, argues substitutes can replace rubber in many products. He notes tires and floors contain only small rubber shares, with leather, springs, papier maché, and cellulose pulp as alternatives. He cites dry coil cables and insulated wires moving toward papery materials to reduce rubber use.
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Herbert Wright
Indiarubber Trades’ Journal
London
Ceylon
Mr. Wright
Cuban American Sugar Company Balance Sheet May 1 1910
The Cuban American Sugar Company shows assets totaling 26 771 346 with property and plant 15 463 170 and raw sugar on hand 2 347 114. Liabilities include common stock 6 496 100 and collateral trust bonds 7 472 000, with a large surplus of 3 084 594 and various debts.
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A Eee
Treasury
Post & Clark
Colonial Sugars Company
Livestock Market Report From New York June 23 1910
Receipts high with little trading across bovine and sheep markets. Beef, calves, and hogs show slow demand and weak prices. lambs and yearlings bring mixed gains while dressed meat items hold modest levels. Major buyers include Tobin Shannon Sanders and Kerns Commission Company amid thin trade and carryovers.
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S. Sanders
Tobin & Shannon
Virginia
Ohio
Kerns Commission Company
Wy. R. Hump
G. Curtis & Son
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Markets June 23
Across Chicago East Buffalo Kansas City and Cincinnati cattle receipts range from 400 to 8 000 with steady to weak demand. Hogs show lower bids with heavy and mixed sold between 9 30 and 9 40. Sheep and lambs move slowly with mixed prices and some declines on the day. Local Louisville market reports overall draggy with steady to lower tendencies and lamb values near 7 50 to 7 85 for strong lots.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
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ST . Western
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Telegraph
the Tribune
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Chicago grain and provisions market reports June price swings
Fresh alarm spread through wheat traders as rains failed to arrive across spring crop states. Prices closed firmer with wheat up 1% to 1.5 cents, corn and oats mixed, provisions higher. Northwest reports and Nebraska western crop concerns fueled anxious trading and forced some big sellers to cover.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Carrington
N. PD
Market quote snapshot with varied commodity prices
Iron and steel prices show No 1 and No 1 with 1850 level. Coffee Rio No 7 stands at 8 1/2. Sugar granulated 5 1/5, Wheat Notre 106, Corn No 2 63. Hogs, drad 13 1/2, Pork mess 25 1/4, Lard Molle West 12 1/2. Elevator domestic basis noted as nominal.
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Rio
Molle West
General Market Report Sees Wheat and Cotton Flux in Grain Nails
Grain markets show mixed action with wheat up amid nervous conditions due to rains and potential drought. Corn firm and bullish while cotton declines but finds support and futures settle near session lows, with mixed activity across oats rye and barley and a broad array of commodities from coffee to fats and oils also described.
Foreign Markets Report from Liverpool and London
The Liverpool market notes dull wheat and steady futures with July at 644 and October at 3% 6d. Other grains and provisions show mixed spot prices for corn and peas. In London, hops and flour values are listed, with various prices for beef, pork, lard, cheese, turpentine, rosin, and oils. Antwerp closes with petroleum at 19 francs 30 centimes.
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