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Philadelphia Times

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1902

Page

11

Commodity market summaries for wheat corn flour and more

Commercial markets report a broad farm goods session with wheat receipts 55 877 bushels ship ments 138 400 stock 248 917. Market declined 4 cents in sympathy with the West as exporters held back and millers demand was light. No 2 red prices and car lot quotes listed across several regions and products. Corn receipts 3 200 bushels shipments 6 250 stock 3 345 firm demand light. ATS and other grain quotes given. Flour receipts 2 162 barrels and 1 758 820 pounds in sacks weak market due to increased selling pressure. Rye flour steady with limited activity. Feed demand active with steady prices. Baled hay and straw receipts noted with price ranges for various grades. Butter cheese eggs poultry and provisions listed with current market quotations. Green fruits vegetables refined sugars cotton seed oil steel and rice also tabulated with current prices and trends.

Pennsylvania Delaware City Mills New York Ben Davis Baldwins St. Michaels Florida Havana North Carolna Georgia Charleston Bermuda North Carolina Norfolk Southern Koccasenes Mess Pork POE Pi Vekes Sbaseues Serene Ates Ted A&c Bas

New York Wheat and Flour Market Report

New York price report shows flour receipts 12 408 barrels with exports 1 280. rye and cornmeal steady. Wheat receipts 148 550 bushels with exports 201 742. prices for east white No 2 red and other futures mixed as rains, cables and demand influence market.

New York Northern Dale Manitoba F. O B Kansas

Livestock Market Prices Across Cities June 5

New York receipts number 576 head for beef and 170 calves with slower calf trade plus veals at four to five dollars per hundred pounds. Sheep and lambs show steady to slow demand with lambs near six to six fifty per hundred pounds and dressed mutton weak. Hogs across cities see large weekly totals with steady to firm quotes and broad range by weight. Chicago and Kansas City report mixed results with high export steers selling near seven dollars and varying hog and sheep prices. East Buffalo and Cincinnati offer tighter supplies and modest gains in veals and lambs, while overall market activity remains cautious.

New York Salle Chicago Kansas City Western Fed Texas Cincinnati East Buffalo Forum East Perety Envy Bogs Yorke Angie Wer Basta Bei Ae Choice Lama Ee

Cotton Market Opens Firm on Crop Damage Reports

New York reports a firm start with prices up 3 to 6 points on active demand from shorts and European interests aided by Liverpool cables. Rumors of central belt locust and lice damage and needed rain in Texas boost early buying, but lack of broad support trims gains. Liverpool closes steady with a small net advance. midday rise fades as market narrows to a low-ebb session. Weather forecasts predict showers tomorrow in eastern and western sections.

New York Shorts South Imer Liverpool Bet Texas Liverpool

Fragmentary Minneapolis Market Ticker Snapshot

Partial reading shows June prices with brief notes on per second clears and a Bran in wei Siasiale reference. The text is incomplete but indicates a financial or commodities micro-report from Minneapolis with amounts around 2.95 and sparse identifiers.

Minneapolis Aary Bran Wei Siasiale

Irregular Market Note and Ironworkers Strike Mention

From Philadelphia Times market notes: Cloverseed price at 5.12 to 5.17 dollars, October closing at 5.17. Oil City report cites oil certificates and barrels with 70.14 average. June 5 report notes a strike referenced by The Iron Review in its current issue remains unspecified.

Sane Ennee Philadelphia Times Aimee Oil City Obie The Iron de Heview

Repairs and Iron Industry Notes Amid City Furnaces Strike

The May statistics show daily city furnaces at about 1 to 0 and 8 percent of total pig iron production. Mahoning Valley merchant furnaces still operate and some Karon Steel stock remains in South Sharon. The Pittsburg district is unaffected. unions have not organized collective action. Some 10 percent raises offered but not accepted. eight hour shifts unavailable due to labor limits. Some furnaces may resume within a week. In Buffalo district a 10 percent rise last month may guide valley adjustments. Steel Corporation will curb steel works output as idle furnaces reduce raw material supply. Anthracite strike sparingly affects coke supply. Pig iron sales include 125,000 tons to Independent steel firms, with prices around 20 to 21 dollars. Steel Corp plans 100,000 tons for Q2 delivery, pending strike end. Virginia basic iron sold at 21.15 delivered. freight 1.50. Southern furnaces emit limited foundry iron guidance for the year.

Mahoning Valley Steel Corporation Urnaces Karon Steel Company South Sharon Pittsburg Buffalo United States Steel Corporation Pennsylvania Bessemer Steel Corporation Virginia

Change in Control at German American Title and Trust Company

A group led by William Disston purchases a majority of 10000 shares, gaining control and reshaping management. Samuel Biddle stays on board as second vice president. George Schiegelmilch retires from the VP post but remains a director. Jacob S. Disston may join the new board as director. A meeting next Thursday will elect William Disston president and Lewis R. Dick first vice president.

Tacony Savings Fund, Safe Deposit, Title and Trust Company M. E. Church Hiram A. Miller Lewis Havens & Sons Field & Medary Samuel A. Laird Fisher's Lane Germantown Cope & Stewardson Bryn Mawr College Frank Miles Day William R. Dougherty Jacob Myers & Sons Woodman Bratton Chestnut Street Frank R. Watson

Charters Issued to New Corporations in Harrisburg

State Department grants charters to The Lancaster Cut Stone Company in Lancaster with 12000 capital, Patterson Heights Water Company in Beaver County, Deal Kennedy Company in Pittsburgh, Satsire Chain Company in Pittsburgh, Quaker City Building and Loan Association in Philadelphia with 1000000 capital, and The Scranton, Dunmore & Moosic Lake Railroad Company to run ten miles from Dunmore to Moosic Lake with capital 100000. Timothy Burke of Dunmore named president. M Thomas & Son auctioned stocks and bonds including Bell Telephone Philadelphia, Black Warrior Bond, Philadelphia National Bank, and People's Pass stock, among others in Scranton.

Harrisburg State Department Lancaster Cut Stone Company Lancaster Capital Patterson Heights Water Company Patterson Heights Beaver County Capital Deal Kennedy Company Pittsburg Satsire Chain Company Capial Quaker City Building and Loan Association Philadelphia Scranton, Dunmore & Moosic Lake Railroad Company Dunmore 10 Moosi M. Thomas & Son Bell Telephone BC Ghd WsGagwek Thoin Oissccdy Kerstone Telephone Black Warrior Cornet T SE Net Philadelphia National Ba Peg Ledeeeoe Hecker Bank of Northern Liberties Scranton

Suit for receiver of Whisky Trust in New Jersey court

In Trenton on June 5 a new suit against the Whisky Trust began in the Court of Chancery. Vice Chancellor Emery ordered the Spirits Distributing Company to show cause on June 16 why an injunction should not issue and receivers be appointed to wind up its affairs. The order restrains asset disposition to the Whisky Trust, while a separate dissolution filing for the Spirits Distributing Company remains on file. Attorneys Windmuller Bijur and Arnold bring the suit on behalf of stockholders seeking protection from mismanagement favoring the whisky group.

Philadelphia Times Trenton Whisky Trust Court of Chancery Emery Spirits Distributing Company Distributing Company of America The Stevens Windmuller Nathan Bijur Mayer Arnold Whisky Company

Court rules for Plainfield Water on Voorhees tax

In Trenton Chief Justice Gummer filed a favorable opinion for the Plainfield Water Supply Co in the State Board of Assessors suit. The Voorhees franchise tax act taxed street-using firms at 2 percent of gross receipts, but exempted those not exercising municipal rights. The proviso aimed to tax idle firms at one tenth of one percent of issued capital stock.

Philadelphia Times Trenton Gummere State Board of Assessors Plainfield Water Supply Company Water Company Voorhees Shenaigis Saareee

Fifteen Hundred Christian Endeavor Outing

A Christian Endeavor outing repeats last year’s plan with the Fifteen Hundred group set to attend a day trip. Organizers hope for good weather and strong participation from local churches.

Real estate plans vary with mixed city projects and bids

Architects draft fire and bath house plans at Tenth South streets. ground is to break on Ivins Dietz Metzger factory addition at Lehigh and Seventh. numerous bids and plans announced for churches, universities, residences, and commercial buildings across Philadelphia area with costs ranging from a few thousand to over fifty thousand dollars.

Philip H. Johnson Tenth South Streets Twenty-fifth Spring Garden W. R. Dougherty Ivins, Dietz & Metzger Company Lehigh Avenue Seventh Street Hales & Ballinger Charles Gilpin Peabody & Stearns Boston Craig Biddle Horace H. Oler Lawrence Reno Streets Charles Yundt and Kendrick & Co Geo. W. Lord Ninth Street Susquehanna Avenue Dauphin Street A. E. Yarnall

Anti Beef Trust Action Postponed and Market Notes

The U S District Attorney Holland has discontinued the beef trust probe for now awaiting Washington guidance. Evidence sent to Attorney General Knox may inform Chicago proceedings while Philadelphia groups unite to strengthen the Live Stock Association and absorb the Pork Packers. Wholesale meat prices stay high and grassers outlook favors the Dakotas and Montana while Texas supplies are tight.

Beef Trust United States Holland Washington Knox Chicago Philadelphia Timess Philadelphia Philadelphia Live Stock Association Philadelphia Park Packers’ Association Charles J. Felin William Roesch Live Stock Association Pork Packers’ Association Texas Dakotas Montana

Construction alterations and new buildings listed on street projects

A jumble of property improvement notices lists multiple builders and locations. Items include new dwellings on Cumberland Edgemont streets, alterations to frontages on Monroe and Palmetto streets, interior and exterior work by Lam Building Company and others, office additions by Geo F Payne, and a range of repairs, garages, stables, and storage sheds across streets from Janney to Foulkrod, with figures such as 700 and 400 noted in valuations.

William J. McShane St. Thomas’ Roman Catholic Church Morris Street Seventeenth Eighteenth Streets Port Deposit George F. Payne & Co Israel H. Johnson, Jr., & Co Fifteenth Carlton Streets Henderson & Co., Limited E. A. Smith High Street Germantown Pugh & Downing Cumberland Edgemont C. Dear & Sons Janney Street Clearfield Street Monroe Street Joseph Farbstein Firth and Dickinson Lam Building Company Twenty-fourth Vine Streets W. L. Atkins W. J. McShane Snd Geo F. Payne & Co Palmetto Street Oxford Pike Frederick L. Hering Foulkrod Street Benjamin Leia Henderson & Een Sixty-ninth Avenue 3S Corner William Steele Back Gusset George Mote Oon Yen Aif Pusaktess Avenue Waremete Esos Piicaig F. Street Rt. Veroon Strest Arene Sewesth Prunenst Doaghrahatt Tek Joba

Press Oleo Case Against Jersey City Agent

Ex State Senator Charles L Brown for the pure food authorities plans to press charges against Adolph L Powdermaker representative of S B Ellis Company of Jersey City arrested for selling oleomargarine unlawfully. Special agents Sparks and Hale testified Powdermaker held on 1000 bail by Magistrate Stratton. Brown aims to punish Powdermaker to deter imitation butter schemes.

Charles L. Brown Adolph L. Powdermaker S. B. Ellis Company Jersey City Johns. Sparks John M. Hale Cope Stratton Brown The Philadelphia Times

Supreme Court Sets Aside Ouster of Schwarzchild & Sulzberger

The Supreme Court in banc today set aside the ouster order against Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Co in a suit involving packers. The case is suspended to allow compliance with state corporation laws. The company will plead in the regular manner and the ouster and fine question will be resolved later.

Jefferson City Supreme Court Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company

Teachers Aid Claim Opposed in Superior Court Appeal

Lizzie N. Child won a $78.75 judgment against the Teachers Annuity and Aid Association in Court No. 3 after alleging entitlement to a $105 annuity for 35 years of public school service. The dispute centers on whether partial private tutoring disrupted eligibility, with an appeal filed after the ruling.

Lizzie N. Child Miss Child

Mechanics Lien Filed on Thompson Street Building Work

Elegene and Carr, subcontractor, filed a mechanics lien for 04.45 on a building on Thompson Street west of Westmoreland Street in the Commons. Owners are George Schiebach and Emma Schiebach. General contractor is Louis Lambrecht.

Elegene &. Carr Thompson Street Westmoreland Street George Schiebach Emma Schiebach Louis Lambrecht

Salter Bail Case Postponed In Prearranged Plan

Assistant District Attorney Gray appeared as part of a prearranged plan leading to the postponement of the Salter bail case. The action follows standard court scheduling procedures and involves ongoing legal steps.

Salter Gray

Rugmaker Signs Scale for Weavers Wage Increase

A rug manufacturer John Burneys Coral and her street sign a ten percent wage rise to satisfy striking weavers. Rumors spread that other groups are prepared to resume loom work if the new schedule holds.

John Burneys Coral Streete Atrikerg

Father loses habeas corpus bid for daughter in custody case

Theodore J. Holt sought possession of his 11 year old daughter Lillian May Holt from Richard Duffy step father after his wife died May 7. Judge Davis remanded the child to Duffy following a Quarter Sessions Court hearing. Holt, also known as Professor Holt, admitted separation from his wife when the child was five.

Theodore J. Holt Lillian May Holt Richard Duffy Davis Holt Professor Holt

Taylor and Bedell Sentenced to Seven Years in Atlanta Prison

Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bedell, noted counterfeiters, were ordered by Attorney General Knox to be transferred from their April 18 1899 commitment to the Federal prison at Atlanta Georgia under a federal act. The transfer follows a seven year imprisonment sentence handed by Judge McPherson in U S District Court last week.

Arthur Taylor Baldwin Bredell McPherson United States District Court Atlanta Knox Congress

Blue Danube Delusion Observed Over a Year

A London Globe observer watched the river for an hour daily for a year and found the Danube brown every day, noting no blue tint. The piece challenges the familiar description of the river as "beautiful blue Danube" and details persistent brown water and surrounding trees.

London Globe

Pleasurane Sunday Outings Excursion at Sea

Fragmentary text notes a sea excursion linked to Pleasurane, Delphis, and Reading with trains leaving toward a dye?), suggesting a scheduled outing. Names and details are unclear due to damage. no definite event, date, or organizer is confirmed.

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