Markets: Stocks drift on light volume in New York
The market opened irregularly with light activity. Industrials varied while rails and utilities moved, United States Steel fell, and Reading and Canadian Pacific rose briefly but could not hold gains as losses spread to the broader list. Bond and currency quotes were steady, with money easy at 2 1 2 percent and sterling firm. Nonessential details omitted.
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New York
Sung
Wall Street
Rices
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
United States
Reading
Missouri Pacific
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul and
Coonda Reuthern
F.C. Horn
Main Street
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Corn Pit Turmoil Dominates Chicago Market Notes
In Chicago grain trading, July corn options surged early on and again later as shorts raced to cover amid bull support, with prices moving from 7c to 9 1/2c and back. Wheat and oats followed, while receipts and local weather influenced demand. reports show mixed futures, strong in distant contracts, and steady to firm cash prices across corn, wheat, and rye.
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Giese
Gize
France
England
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Duluth
Market price list from Western Market with varied commodities
The page lists CITY MARKETS produce prices for eggs and butter, meats, flour and feed, grain, hides, hay, wool, wood, coal, and oil. Prices are given to farmers and retailers with many garbled entries, including per head and per hundred weight rates for livestock, and per barrel or per ton rates for grains and supplies.
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Moulton
Jupland
Forger Capture Reported by Milwaukee Marshals
United States marshals from Milwaukee arrest Otta Jaehkel of Trevor Wisconsin on a $50,000 fraud claim tied to Engiebert Hardt & Co of New York Berlin and Buenos Aires. The scheme allegedly started in Buenos Aires with drafts drawn on a Hamburg firm and used acid to remove the firm name. Faked letter sent to International Bank of Russell.
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Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
Otta. Jaehkel
Mexico
Jaehkel
Hamburg
H. Newman
International Bank of Russell
Newman
I T
Grussels
Paris
Independent Booking Agency Forms to Challenge The Syndicate
New York June 17 a new organization unites individual theatrical managers to secure bookings independently. The Independent Booking Agency is founded by Harrison Grey Fiske Maurice Campbell and James K Hackett with eight attractions on its books including Mrs Fiske Henrietta Crosman James K Hackett in The Crisis and Isabel Irving in a special company for The Crisis and Mistress Nell and Captain Molly.
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New York
Theatrical Syndicate
Independent Booking Agency
Harrison Grey Fiske
Maurice Campbell
James K. Hackett
Noted Catholic Priest Cauvin Dies at 94 in Rome
Rome dispatch reports Rev. Father Cauvin, once a leading Catholic priest in the United States, has died at ninety four. In boyhood he was an intimate friend of Napoleon Bonaparte, marking a notable early association from his long life.
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Ay Associate Press
New York
Rome
Father Cauvin
United States
Napoleon Foenaparte
Badgers in Boston visit for Christian Science meeting
A Wisconsin Christian Science party arrived in Boston on Monday for the week’s meeting and registered at the mother church. Registered visitors include Miss Kunz, S. McPherson of Milwaukee, Mrs Minnie Oakley, Mr and Mrs Giddings, F A Hutchinson of Madison, E H Ellis of Milwaukee, and a large Janesville group.
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Mass
Christian Scientiata
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mother Church
Misa Kunz
KR. S. McPherson
Minnie M. Oakley
T. Wi. Oakley
Mra. C. Giddings
F. A. Hutchinson
Madisen
Fire roars near St. Louis Riding Academy building
Smoke and heat from a fire at the Friedman Bros shoe factory near the riding academy prompted around 300 girls and 100 men to flee via a fire escape and elevator. Several people were slightly injured in the crowding, while the day’s strawberry glut underscores ongoing market ebbs.
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St. Louis
Friedman Bros. Shoe Company
Weather bureau weekly crop summary reports mixed fortunes
The Associated Press summary notes favorable conditions for corn in the central states but drought and heat in the central and west gulf, with cooler nights in Oregon and Washington. Wheat shows progress with regional variations, rain and lice affecting cotton and rice in spots. Overall grain remains generally favorable except in the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic regions.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
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Missouri
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South Atlantic States
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Oregon
Washington
Newbraska
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Iowa
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Tennessee
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Ohio Valley
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Finois
Carolinas
Nebraska
California
South Dakota
Uindly
Cederal
Lake Region
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Cottton
Middle Atlantic
Corn Corner Sparks July Options Rally on Chicago Board
Excitement rode the corn pit as fears of a July corner grew into a rally on the Chicago board. Big holders held back, shorts bought in, and July price swung from 66 1/4 to 67 1/4 cents, closing 2 1/2 cents higher at 67 cents. Wheat lagged the run, ending steady near 72 cents.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Board of Trade
Shorts
Gijye
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Gates
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Digestive Relief
A reader endorses Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach weakness and digestive ailments. The testimony claims improved digestion, strength, and nutrition, with mention of Pleasant Pellets as a remedy, while warning against substitutes and touting product benefits from a Loudoun County reader.
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DP Pierce
Loudounco
Tao
Dr. Merce
Pierce
Scullion Wins as Ice Maiden Takes Gold Vase at Ascot
London June 17. George Faber's Ice Maiden wins the gold vase of 200 sovereigns for three-year-olds at Ascot. Rock Sand wins the Coventry stakes with La Fleche filly second and Red Lily third. Ascot stakes handicap won by Scullion with Carabine second and Rambling Ry third. Thirteen horses started. Also notes Cleveland beats Boston in morning American league game and Boston leads in sectional tilt.
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London
Ascot
George Faber
Rock Sand
Maher
Martin
Red Lily
Scullion
Carabine
Rambling Rie
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Jor and
Bowerman
Venezuelan Revolutionists Seize Norwegian Steamer Jotun
Georgetown reports say the Norwegian steamer Jotun was seized by Venezuelan revolutionists on June 6 at Barancas. General Valentin Perez led the party, and about 209 troops were embarked to Bolivar before Captain Meling was permitted to resume command. Casualties included Captain Meling killed and passenger Nunez wounded as Venezuelan forces pursued the vessel.
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St. Thomas
Georgetown
British Guiana
Jotun
Venezuela
Barancas
Valentin Perez
Bolivar
Meling
St. Felix
Jetun
Nunez
Price of Meat Will Fall in Missouri Town
Ferdmann Sulzberger of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing, touring Kansas City, says beef trust agitation hurt packers but is fading. He predicts lower prices for cheaper meats as grass cattle move east and slaughter increases, with farmers and stock men bearing the worst losses.
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Staneat City
Ferdmann Sulzberger
New York
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Kansas City
Beef Trust
Roarket
Jersey City Judge Rules Sunday Baseball Not a Crime
Police arraigned six young men from two local clubs for playing a friendly game in a vacant lot on Sunday. Justice Murphy discharged them, stating that baseball in open lots does not threaten public peace and that arrests should not occur in such wholesome recreation. He warned police the court will not discriminate against Sunday baseball.
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Dersey City
New York
Great Match Race Boraima Meets Lord Derby for 820000
New York reports confirm a match race between Thomas Lawson's Boraima and E B Smathar's Lord Derby for a stake of 820000 to be run at Hartford on Saturday August 2. Forfeits of 5000 have been posted.
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Lord Derby
Associated Press
New York
Thomas Lawson
E. BE. Smathar
Aalde Atake
Hartford
Arie
Kill Husband and Brother Crime in Nebraska
James Gorman and his sister in law Mrs Thomas C Gorman were arrested in Hyatteville Nebraska and charged with murdering Thomas Gorman a wealthy cattle owner who vanished two weeks ago. The couple sold ranch property then fled with Mrs Gorman’s three year old daughter. The body was found buried in the garden and the girl’s fate remains unknown as authorities pursue them near Cody. They are jailed at Basin awaiting hearing.
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Associated Prove
Hyatteville
Neb
James Gorman
Thomas C. Gorman
Thomas Gorman
Stresaa
Bason
Dr White cuts throat of drowned Swede at St Charles
In St Charles Illinois Dr H A White a young physician cut the throat of a drowned Swedish man to verify pulsation in the jugular vein. The body had been the subject of brutal resuscitation attempts after a swimmer Durie cramps and sank near the Fox River. A coroner's jury verdict is pending.
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St. Charles
H. A. White
Fox River
Ange
Charles Durie
Electric Railroad
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Count De Lafayette Returns to St Louis in Mystery
Social circles in St Louis discuss the sudden return of Comte De Schan De Lafayette last night after leaving with the Rochambeau party. He registered quietly at Planters' hotel and avoided callers. At a club banquet he met a prominent St Louis society woman they had previously known in Paris, and rumors say he fell in love and returned for her.
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Comte de Schan de Lafayette
Rochambeau
Cincinnati
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Count de Lafayette
Paris
Mrs Palmer Goes Abroad on Commonwealth Steamer
The Commonwealth sailed for Queenstown and Liverpool with 210 saloon passengers 20 second cabin and £10 in steerage, many bound for the coronation. Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago traveled with two maids, boarding incognito. Also aboard were Louise Chandler Moulton Col T C Peart Francia S Forbes and Frederick Les.
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Jung
Commonwealth
Queenstown
Liverpool
Potter Palmer
Chicago
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Forbes
Col
T. C. Peart
Frederick Les
Pythians Runaway Crash Injures Ex-Delegate
In Madison on June 17 while descending a steep hill in university grounds a mock yoke of a Pythian team broke, frightening horses and sending them into a runaway. Attorney Nels A. Ladd sustained injuries. companions G W Stephens of Columbus C A Stilt of Beloit and J H Nattrass of Shullaburg narrowly avoided serious harm as they were en route to Pythian grand judges and officers.
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Wis
University
Nels A. Ladd
G. W. Stephens
Columbus
C. A. Stilt
Beloit
J. H. Nattrass
Shullavurg
Mr. Nattrass
Blucher Arrives On Maiden Voyage In New York
The steamship Blucher of Hamburg America Inc reached New York on its maiden voyage. The piece also notes various advertisements and anecdotes about medicines, cures, and social commentary, including claims about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, Foley's Kidney Cure, and Lace advertisements. It mentions a criticism of a baby’s name and includes a marketing blurb for Cascarets.
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Associated Press
New York
Blucher
Hamburg-American Inc
Madrid Says Spanish American Treaty Delayed to Autumn
The Associated Press reports Madrid expects no conclusion of the Spanish American treaty of friendship before autumn, awaiting the return of the United States minister Ballamy Storer. A kidney remedy ad touts Dr Geo Leiningers Kidney Tablets as a cure, urging sufferers to try the two sizes offered by local retailers.
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Madrid
United States
Ballamy Storer
Geo. Leiningers
Aires
Fell & Wooden’s
C. A. Wakeman’s
E. A. Horn
Oshkosh
Wkiaberry & Elwera
Neenah, Wa
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