Trade Upturn Reported by H B Claflin and Allies
The H B Claflin Company notes stronger cotton goods demand and rising prices for gray and bleached goods. Retail stocks remain large but are drawn down as markets strengthen. Analysts cite better orders from traveling salesmen and ongoing strong consumer buying in agricultural regions, with cautious optimism for a rapid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Claflin Company
Charles M. Allen
Tefft, Weller & Co
Arnold Print Works
Ndt
Gould Sees Better Times Ahead in Railroading
George J. Gould spoke on improving business conditions noting tangible evidence was scarce but the worst may be over. He said railroads hold the key to recovery and praised recent Pennsylvania Railroad financing as the first sign of broader railroad improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alien
New York
Philadelphia
New England
George J. Gould
Pennsylvania Railroad
Menken Ordered to Show Cause on Bank Plan
S Stanwood Menken promoter of a reopening plan for Brooklyn Bank and International Trust Co. was directed to show why an order to show cause should not issue to permit directors to meet. Plan hinges on all stockholders’ agreement. most minority Brooklyn Bank holders have signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Stanwood Menken
Brooklyn Bank
International Trust Company
Trust Company
Menken
Patten Corn Deal Rumor Sparks Market Drop
Rumors that the Patten deal in corn ended circulated on the Chicago Board of Trade as May corn fell from 77% to 75 cents. Brokers were puzzled by the market move with some claiming Patten forces aimed to shake out small holders. Railroads speeding corn to market were cited as a contributing factor. Patten and allies offered no active market support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Rip's Ven Winkle Flyer to Run Today from West 42d St
The Wesshore Railroad will place the Rip's Ven Winkle Flyer in service today leaving West 42nd Street at 1 PM and Desbrosses Street at 12 45 PM for Phenicia Keaterskill Pine Hill Stam fore and srrmec c stations on the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. The train offers Pullman parlor cars and Gay coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskills
Rip
Wesshore Railroad
West 42d Street
Desbrosses Street
Phenicia
Keaterskill
Pine Hill
Stamfore
Srrmec
General Ives Elected President of Williamsburg Trust
General Brayton Ives was elected president by the Williamsburg Trust Company directors. The old board resigned en masse and a number of new directors, many heavy stockholders, will join. some former directors may be reappointed. The directors will meet Monday to fill vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Trust Company
Brayton Ives
Tribune
Supreme Court Denies Bid to Null Telegraph Charters
Justice McCall in the Supreme Court yesterday denied the Attorney General Jackson's bid to annul the charters of the Western Union and the Postal telegraph companies. The action followed the operators strike and claimed the firms formed a monopoly restraining trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCall
Supreme Court
Jackson
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Seville and Louis XV parlor set leads Carroll Graef sale
A Sevies and gilt Louis XV parlor suit in silk amesk brought the highest price at Guy's sale yesterday from the Carroll and Graef collection at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. Robert Scott was the buyer. Mrs. S Borland paid $725 for an old Italian inlaid commode and L. Van Brinck paid $1 for a bronze and porcelain clock set from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesk
Guy
Carroll End ‘Graef
Fifth Avenue
Robert Scott
S Borland
L. van Brinck
Paris
Antique rosewood secretary once owned by Hancock to Rafferty
The rosewood secretary formerly owned by General Hancock was purchased by G. T. Rafferty for 42 dollars. Yesterday’s sale proceeds totaled 3147 dollars with bronzes Tiffany glass and porcelains highlighted for today’s sale beginning at 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
G. T. Rafferty
Providence Man Arrested In Bay State Gas Stock Theft
Hadley J. Gardner a 40 year old resident of Toronto was arrested on larceny charges after a valise containing 13 800 shares of Bay State Gas stock vanished at Boston South Station. Harold B. Driver the transfer clerk reported the loss and Gardner is held awaiting Boston orders. The case ties to stock disposal attempts and involves stock belonging to a customer of the American Trust Company. Gardner had connections as an auditor with the Royal Bank of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Hadley J. Gardner
Bay State
South Station
Boston
Harry P. Tappin
No. 51
State Street
Harold B. Driver
Gardner
Toronto
Ont
Royal Bank of Canada
American Trust Company
Bay State Gas Company
Marine Intelligence And Miniature Almanac Notes
The item lists daily celestial timings and high water marks for Sandy Hook Gov. Island and Hell Gate. It reports wireless ship movements with expected dock times for vessels including Arabic Caledonia La Savoie and notes arrivals and sailings from various ports with a dense schedule of ships and routes across May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Sealed Proposals Sought by Arsenal Dover New Jersey
Sealed proposals in triplicate on blank terms will be received at the Dover New Jersey Arsenal office until 1 p m May 25 1908 for furnishing during the fiscal year ending June 20 1909 cloth rope forage steel iron hardware lumber paints oils chemicals and related supplies. For information apply to the Commanding Officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Supply
Board
Broadway
New York
Marbletown
New Paltz
Ulster County
John A. Bensal
Oswego
N. Y
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
New York City
J. H. Caldwell
Page
City Chamberlain
Trust Company
J. Carroll Smith
Columnz
Kia
Washington
D. C
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Henry L. West
Jay J. Morrow
Pes
Dover
New Jersey
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures Across Major Routes
A crowded list of steamers entering and leaving ports: Lusitania from Liverpool and Queenstown with 373 cabin and 566 steerage aboard. Thornley from Oran via Gibraltar and Seville. Santiago from Guantanamo to New York. Graf Waldersee from Hamburg with 122 cabin, 70 third, 184 steerage. Helios from Nordenham. Apache from Jacksonville to Charleston. Chesapeake from Baltimore. City of Atlanta from Savannah. Esperanza from Cristobal. Republic to Genoa and Naples. Crewe Hall to Newport in ballast. Perugia to Leghorn and Messina. Capac to New Orleans. Hamilton to Newport News and Norfolk. San Giorgio from Messina to Hirzel Feltmann. Pawnee from Philadelphia. Hermia sailing various European ports. Flora Navahoe Prins Willem V and others listed in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Watt
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cunard Ss Co Ltd
Thornley
Brooks
Oran
Gibraltar
Seville
Lisbon
Gans Ss Line
Mdise
Bar
Santiago
O'Keefe
Guantanamo
Cienfuegos
New York & Cubs Mail Ss Co
Graf Waldersee
Ger
Sluiter
Nordenham
Shields
Philip Ruprecht
Apache
Staples
Jacksonville
Charleston
Clydens
Chesapeake
Hastings
Baltimore
H C Foster
Mdee
City of
Crewe Hall
Mayail
Newport
Perugia
Johnston
Leghorn
Naples
G. Messina
Palermo
Henderson Bros
Capac
Simpson
New Orleans
W R Grace & Co
Ballast
Steamers at Foreign Ports Arrived May Dates
Shipping news lists arrivals at various ports with vessels including Diamant Madonna Fo Dunstan Mohawk Glenlee Mantle Scere Adelaide Vermont Ganges Arkansa Denbirk Hall Slavenia Madeirense Bleacher and Georgia. Ports noted include Rotterdam New York Antwerp Calcutta Southampton Cherbourg Hamburg Plymouth Liverpool and others with dates May 18 21 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
Diamant
Ger
New
Marseilles
Madonna Fo
Sao
Napl
Ganges
New York Tuticorin
Queenstown
Celtic
Liverpool
New York
Southampton
Amerika
Hamburg
Cherbourg Shields
Arkansas
Dan
Stettin
Newport
Eng
Denbirk Hall
Trieste
Slavenia
Barbados
Madeirense
Para
Maranham
Lizard
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Georgia
Women's washable Petticoats and skirts on sale
Promotional catalog note lists washable petticoats from 39 cents to 1.98 and various skirts with features such as full cuts and ruffles. Also advertised are parasols in linen Pongee Taffeta and China Silk, with lace trims and embroidered inserts, plus silks with borders and hand painted Dresden effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Beersucker
Dresden
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HEARN
Fourteenth Street
Dey Goodg. ——— Ee
Drygoods
Gould
S. S. Menken
Brooklyn Bank and International Trust Boards
Patten
Rip van Winkle
Ives
Carroll and Graef Sale
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Bay State Gas
Valise
Marine Intelligence
Caledonia
la Savoie
Nantucket South Shoals
Clyde
City of Macon
Savannah
Princess Anne
Norfolk
Old Dom
Transpacific
York
Hawaii
San Francisco
New Caledonia
Foreric
Japan
Corea
China
Seattle
Suveric
Philippine
Vancouver
Victoria
Philippine Islands
Manchuria
Tacoma
Titan
Australia
West
New Zealand
Samoan Islands
Fiji Islands
O—Manuke
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Line Paya
Iccence
White Star
la Savoie Havre
Seminol
Turk’s Island
Morro Castle
Havana
Ward Saxoleine Ooer Shields
Ae Marcos Galveston
Mallory el Monte -Galveston
So Pacific Louisiane
Bordeaux
Aes Longships
Maraval
Trinidad
Port Spain
War
Vigilancia Poe
Hamb-Am
Gutrune
Wilson Mertello Hall
Macon
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland-Am Moltke
Hamb-Am Minnehaha
London
e-seseeeeAntwerp
Red Star
Ptt
Louis
Etruria
Cunard
Caracas
Ponce
Maracas
Grenada
Helena
Werden
Wilhelm
Jamaica
Sergipe
Pretoria
Mesaba
Atlantic Trans. Zeeland
Antwerp
California
Glasgow
Eco Germania
Regina d'Italia
Algonquin
Hamilton
City of Atlanta
Rocers, Peet & Company
NORKA
Earl & Wilson
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles A Shaw
J. Waldo Smith
Thomas Hassett
the Board of Water Supply
Quartermaster General
U. S. Army
War Department
Washington, D. C
Office of Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
U. S
Robert Watchorn
Shipping News
Port of
Hermia
Banes
Gere
Nor
Nipe Bay
Pallanza
Pan
Baracoa
Dunblane
Shanghai
Clar
Monroe
Flora
Macorie
Port Au Prince
Navahoe
Wilmington
Georgetown
Ocean Steamers
Ee Rorth German Lloyd
Fast Express Servi
Bremen
K. Wm. II
Cecilie
Kaiser
Kronprinz Wm
Derffiinger
Kurfverst
Luetzow
Gib'star
Genoa
K. Luise
Irene
K. Albert
Hoboken BN. G. Lloyd Travellers
Chec En Oelrichs & CO
Hameure-American
Hoboken
N. J
S. S
Deutschland
Splendid
Waldersee
Moltke
Hamburg-American Line
Baltic
Cedric
CHEEB
North River
Mauretania
Campania
Carmania
Caronia
Fiume
Carpathia
Slavonia
Pannonia
Vernon H. Brown
State St
Porto Rico
Rep
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
Maracaibo
San Juan
P. R.S
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett
General Managers
Wall St
Cline
Londonderry
Columbia
Furnessia
Baloon
Henderson Brothers
Navigazione Generale Italiana
LA Veloce
Titalia Societa de Navigazione A Vapore
Liguria
Nord America
yAncona
Phila
Hartfield, Solari & CO
Wall
Europe
Marsters Tours
W. 30Th St
Clark
Ei Amt
Orient
F. C. Clark
Times Building
East 38Th Street
N.Y
ST. Tel
Bryant
W. H. Jordan
Edwin N Lentz
Rite Or
American Rug Co
12Th ST
Ailee
South 11Th St
Roseville
Manhauset
East 59Th St
University Place
Washington Square
21St St., & West
Madison Square South
Sellew
Fulton
Kane
Miss Morrow
Lexington Ave
KE. Cor
Sthei Ee
Billiard and Pool
Marx
Union Square
Aesa
United States
Canada
Stevenson
Railroads
NEW Jersey Central
Ly. W
Ly- Liberty ST
Atlantic City
Liberty ST
Atlantic Highlands
Sea _ Bright
Monmouth Beach
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
N. R
Chelsea
Piers
Astor House
Fifth
Third Av
West 125Th St
Columbus Av
Court St
Fulton St
Nostrand Av
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
New York Transfer Co
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Royal Blue Line
New Union Station
St. Lib
Richmond
Pittsburg
Columbus
Clevel D
ST. Louis
St.louis
Louis V
Astor OS
Greenwich St
St. Av
Grand St
Bureau of Information
N. H
Hartford R R
Grand Central Station
4Th Ave
New London
Willmantic
Lakeville & Norf
Barrington
Stockbridge
Lenox
Pittsfield
125Th St
Union Sq
Col
Mad
R'kign
Cé Cour
Nostrand Ave
Dally
125Th &T
tParlor Car Limited
Lemigh Walley
Artlandt & Wisahioasea Suns
Wigat Peoples
Albany
Onteora
Greenport
Pier 46
West 10Th St
Citizens Line
Troy
Bany
Greater New York
New York & B
Metropolitan Line
Vale Ax
Harvard
Pier 45
West 10Th Street
Tkt
N. Y. Transfer Co
Greater
Hudson River
Palace Iron
Walter St
Aron
Desbrosses St
42D St
129Th St
Yonkers
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Kingston Po Catskill
Hudson
Mary Powell
Fall River
Warren St
Breamers Priscilla and Puritan
Orchestra
Norwich
East
St. Clarkson St
E. R
St. E
Catskill, Hudson and
Coxsackie
Public Accountants
Peo
York A
The
Union Dime Savings Institution
Union
Cima Savings Institution
Harlem Savings Bank
Bank For Savings
Baok
Madras
Gibson
Postal
R. G
B—P. N
J. B—Her Majesty
Royal Worcester
Warner Bros
Nemo—Augustine
Batiste
Chantilly Vetls
Chantilly
Wells& Wells
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