Market declines after early rise on weak wheat outlook
Wall Street open higher aided by London but a broad market selloff followed. Brooklyn Rapid Transit weakness, railways dropping amid crop fears and a late liquidation pushed declines across transportation and major industriales. Call money eased to around 4 percent.
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New York
London
Pon Aks
Brooklyn
Grangers
Pacifics
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Market dull as insiders await action on Philadelphia issues
In Philadelphia Market activity fell flat with no snap demand for Tuesday issues. Most bids were scarce and purchases minimal as investors waited for insiders to push up quotations. Notable trades were small with limited blocks and prices generally heavier, while Union Traction and Cambria Steel saw modest declines.
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United Gas
American Railways
Union Traction
Cambria Steel
Lehigh Valley
Northern Pacific
Consolidated Lake Superior
Marsden
Electric Company of America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading First
Diamond State Steel
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company of America
Union
National Asphalt Company
New York City
Asphalt Company of America
Asphalt Construction Company
New York
The
Stocks and Bonds Auctioned on the Bourse Floor
Barnes and Lofland advertised an auction of various securities on the Bourse floor. Items included the 76 Gold Mining and Milling Company with par value 5, People's Passenger Railway Company first mortgage 7 percent due January and July, and multiple Philadelphia banks with par values of 100. Also listed were the Columbia Avenue Saving Fund and related companies with unspecified details.
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Barnes & Lofland
Iebsss
People’s Passenger Railway Company
Tenth National Bank
Philadelphia
Ninth National Bank
Columbia Avenue Saving Fund
Reading Company officers reelected as dividend news swells
The Reading Company directors met yesterday and re elected all the old officers. The Norfolk and Southern Railway declared a quarterly dividend of 1 percent. The Atlantic Cotton Mills Company announced a $2 per share dividend payable July 2. Wall Street showed selling in trust stocks after a platform touch and London trading moved about 15 000 shares.
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Reading Company
The
Norfolk and Southern Railway
Atlantic Cotton Mills Company
Boston Towboat Company
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Street Railway and Illuminating Company
Aiviera Seeking and Refining Company
General Chemical Company
Southern Cotton ON Company
Camden
Henry ©. Butcher
George Philler
William J. McCcahan
A R. Little
Edward P. Borden
Richard H. Laimbeer
John Sinclair
A. G O. Nowland
Alfred ©. Harrison
Charles M. Lea
Robert H. Crozier
An American Telephone and Telegraph Company
North American Company
William Nelson Cromwell
Henry C. Payne
John S. Beggs
Distilling Company of America Faces Stock Assessment Rumor
A morning paper reports a possible stock assessment on the Distilling Company of America. President Rice says a voting trust agreement for five years avoids any stockholder contributions, while the Choctaw Railway acquires the White and Black River Valley Railroad in an eighty year lease with $600,000 bonds. The White and Black River connects Choctaw and Iron Mountain, running 56 miles from Brinkley to Newport, with offices in Little Rock and key officers named.
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DeHaven & Townsend
Stock Commission
Clos
Neb High
American Railway
Bethlehem Iron
Bethlehem & Id -i
St ‘Ald
Consolidated Lake Es Arps
Consolidated BB - Consraction Etna
Rete Ste
Danville Bessemer Steel
Diamond State Steel
Peter Wees
General Ie
Insurance Co
Lehigh Valley
Northern Pacific Trust Cits
Philadelphia Company
Palmetto Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia Electric
Provident Life & Trust Co
Philadelphia Traction
Reading Trust
Nid Ee
United Co. Ni
Tel. & C
Distilling Company of America
Rice
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
White and Black River Valley Railroad
Choctaw
White and Black River Valley
Arkansas
Brinkley
Newport
Iron Mountain
Batesville and
Eet
Eri. G. Thompson
W. R. Thompson
Jonn’ T. Flynn
Little Rock
Exchange Rates Reported by Brown Brothers
Foreign exchange bulletin shows sterling at 60 days 4.8544, 8 days 4.88, 60 days 5.10, 8 days 5.14 francs per dollar, and marks and guilders with small percentage changes. Data appears from Brown Brothers with per-month figures and day counts.
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Brown Brothers
Real estate notes and plans across Vineland Germantown and Atlantic City
Architect Isaac Pursell to take new estimates for a gymnasium at Vineland for the Home for the Feeble Minded. Fifty eight three story buildings will rise on Sharpnack street in Germantown for Solomon Greenberg costing 290000 dollars. Building contracts awarded for Ogontz and a six story hotel at Atlantic City. Numerous street additions and ground rents listed for Philadelphia area properties with several June 1900 transfers and mortgages noted.
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South Fourth Street
Vineland
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Sharpnack Street
Emlen
Jefferson
Germantown
Solomon Greenberg
Daniel W. Sperry
Ogontz
Charles F. Wall
Caroline and
Pacific Avenues
Atlantic City
F. Chapman
la Motte
Cheltenham Township
Hill
Camden Court House
Jee Isaac Pursell
South Fourt Street
Rathbone Examined in Cuban Postal Fraud Inquiry
Major E G Rathbone suspended Director General of Posts is being examined by Inspectors from Joseph I Bristow's staff in Havana as part of the Cuban postal frauds investigation. Bristow plans to report to Governor General Wood to decide next steps.
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Havana
E. G. Rathbone
Joseph I. Bristow
Bristow
Wood
United States
Burnside
Timate
Grain and Produce Markets Mixed Amid Export Limits
Receipts total 21 292 bushels with 4 000 bushels shipments and 301 454 bushels stock. Markets open strong with gains on higher cables and Western advices. bullish in home grain centers due to weak Northern crop reports. Milling grades rise to 82 82c per bushel. Export demand fair but bids out of line. local car lots rise on scarcity. New potatoes in good demand. various vegetables priced by region, with quotes for crates and barrels across multiple produce items.
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New York and Western
North Carolina
Norfolk
Florida
Charleston
Local Market Receipts Show Mixed Bushel Totals and Steady Car Trade
Receipts tally 60,530 bushels with shipments 39,081 and stock 223,871. Local car lots were firm amid moderate offerings and light demand, with sales of eight cars noted on a white track at a modest price.
Receipts Show Large Volumes and Price Pressures
Receipts total 2,636 barrels and 2,041,020 pounds in sacks as mills are tightly backed by higher demand. Buyers remain reluctant to pay premium unless necessity dictates, keeping the market restrained. Prices quoted include Winter super at 2.50 to 2.75, extras at 2.75 to 3.00, and various roller and piney grades ranging up to about 3.45 per unit.
Market Notes on Barrels and Western Patent Quality
A fragment notes fair demand and limited supply at 3.25 to 3.50 dollars for a barrel. Mentions ne quality and the latter for fancy Western patent. The item appears to be a brief market snapshot from a historical page.
Demand Holds Firm With Moderate Receipts
The market stayed steady with solid demand and moderate receipts. Prices quoted as solid packed extra at 10 percent, with attention to quality and supply constraints noted in the briefing.
Ample supply and fair demand noted in trade quote
The market report states ample supply and fair demand for New York full cream Gavie cheese. Part sizes are discussed with emphasis on quality as a key factor in pricing and transactions.
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New York
Eggs Trade Holds Steady Amid Moderate Receipts
Eggs remained fairly active and a shade firmer with moderate receipts. Quotations cover Western and Pennsylvania f.o.b. fresh eggs in choice grade, with Bee Of and lxc. regions noted in nearby markets.
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Genesgene
Pennsylvania
Fowl Sale Notes Rough OCR Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes show a poultry sale listing fowls and hens with unclear quantities and a quoted phrase. The text hints at stock availability and firm choices but lacks complete details.
Fruit market notes on berries and citrus prices
The report shows choice strawberries in fair demand with other prime berries selling at quoted rates. Cherries peaches pineapples and California oranges remained steady with fair outlets for choice receipts and price ranges for numerous fruit varieties across regions and crates.
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California
North Carolina
Del
Southern
Florida
Porto Rico
Provisions in fair robbing demand with diverse meat quotes
The text lists varied meat prices and conditions including smoked beef, knuckles, tenders, beef hams at 20.50, pork family at 14.50, and various cured and smoked items. It presents tierces and 100 lb beams, with brand averages and several percent quotations, reflecting market pricing and urgency.
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Rand
Market Report on Hay and Straw Prices
No. 1 and choice hay held firm with strong demand near receipts and offerings. No. 2 and poorer grades were dull. Straw moderate in supply and demanded at former rates. Timothy hay prices ranged from 16.50 to 17.50 for various bale sizes.
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Timothy
Choice
Quiet market shows steady old prices for bran
A calm trading session notes bran demand at former rates with modest offerings. Prices quoted include winter bran and bran in balk form per ton, with adjustments for size and type as market participants assess supply.
Two Plead Guilty in Homicide Case
Joseph Currier aged 14 pleaded guilty in the O Court of Oyer and Terminer to the killing of Christopher Donnigen, a playmate, by injuring him with an air pressure machine in Cramps' district yesterday in a case labeledAle Horton sine Pleaded guilty to Siew
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Joseph Currier
O Court of Oyer and Terminer
Christopher Donnigen
Ale Horton Sine
Siew
Market notes on raw poultry and pricing
The item lists Freach killed fowls and Western choice stock with prices such as 10c and references various conditions and quality notes. It mentions completion and cleaning, with entries for fair old roost and small selections. Prices and terms imply a local market ledger entry.
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Coicheee
Wentert
Cotton steady on a basis of 95 16c per pound
Cotton markets showed steadiness at 95 16 cents per pound for a set toe shaw operation with domestic buyers maintaining cautious bids amid fluctuating futures.
Price Firm Assigns in This City
The Hall Garrison Manufacturing Company assigned for the benefit of creditors to Wilson H Lear. The deed indicates no real estate involved. Price Mo Co also executed an assignment for creditors to Curtis. The deed is dated May.
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Hall-Garrison Manufacturing Company
Wilson H. Lear
Price, Mo Co
Beneft
Curtis
Refiners’ sugars in demand with rebates and cash discount
Refiners faced a rebate of 1f c per 100 pounds at 30 days and a 1 percent cash discount at seven days, with refined sugars in good demand. The report notes prices and terms affecting trading.
Earle Wins Suit Against Battle
Judge McPherreon directed Jent to be entered for the plaintiff in the suit brought by George H. Barie, following arguments heard in the United States Circuit Court yesterday.
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Earle
Battle
McPherreon
United States Circuit Court
Jent
George H. Barie
Financial Assignee and Receiver List of Officers
Financial Agent for individuals or corporations. E B Morris is President with Ely as 1st Vice President and Jackson as 2d Vice President. Names include Rhoads Ed ward 8, Tucker Arispham, Mor Effingham B, Brown J A, Rich J B, Garrett W H, Gowen F I, Clothier I H, Sims J, DeWitt Cuyler T, and others linked to Chestnut Streets.
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Ely
Jackson
Girnaries J. Rhoads
Edward 8
Geo
Tucker Arispham
Loicester
MN. Effingham B. Mor
John A. Brown
J Benjamin W Rich
John RB. Garrett
William H. Jenks
William H. Gaw
Francis I. Gowen
N. E. Cor. Broa
Capital Surplus Receives Deposits and Drafts
Capital Surplus accepts deposits and balances subject to transfers as drafts. It serves as transfer agent registrar of stocks and bonds and trustee of mortgages under reorganization plans. Loans are made on approved collateral.
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