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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1908

Page

17

Uncertain Erie note plan drives Wall Street trading

Wall Street opened quiet with steady prices as Erie Railroad note maturities loomed. Rumors of further board adjournments and weaker steel activity weighed, United States Steel and Union Pacific faced selloffs, while New York banks showed cash gains and broader markets ended lower.

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Boston Closing Prices and Market Notes

New York money on call easy at 1 1⁄2 to 2 per cent with similar ruling. Time loans quiet and easy. sixty days at 8 3 4 per cent, ninety days ~4 3 4 per cent, six months 4 per cent. Mercantile paper 5 1/2 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with bankers’ bills at 4.9655 for demand and 4.9430 for sixty-day bills. Commercial bill 4.84. Silver 55. Mexican dollars 41. Government bonds and railroad bonds steady. Also a brief health note on headaches caused by colds from October to May. Laxative Brom Quin ine advert appears.

New York Frime Mercantile Sterling | Exchange Firm Bankers’ Bils

Wall Street Gossip on Erie Rumors and Market Silence

A Washington dispatch reports Erie stock talks dominate the New York exchange amid scant trading as investors await the outcome of the Erie situation. Rumors link Harriman to loans and reorganizations while notes and bonds shift prices. overall market moves are muted with attention fixed on potential plans to stabilize the railroad.

Washington Fost.roe Gs New York Erie Stock “Exchange Erle Evie Shagard

New York Stock Market Opens With Dividend News

Friday April 3 1908 reports received by W B Hibbs Co bankers and York Stock Exchange along with Chicago Board of Trade activity. Market details focus on dividend announcements and trading actions across major exchanges.

New York Stock Market W. B. Hibbs & Co Bankare and York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade

Wall Street Finance Shows Cautious Trading Tone

Local financial desk notes a muted session with little price movement across Washington Railway and Electric and other issues. Mergenthaler and Lanston quotes shift without trades while Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank doubles its stock to support a downtown savings bank consolidation with Traders National Bank.

Merchants and Mechanics' Savings Bank Alexandria Traders’ National Bank

Metal Market Update Shows London Tin Rise and Local Softening

London tin prices firm with spot at £145 and futures at £148. Locally buyers hold firm on tin ahead of foreign gains. Copper weakens in London with spot £55 per ton and futures at £89. Locally copper prices ease. lead and spelter steady to soft with mixed London and local quotes. English iron markets rise. standard foundry at 50s, Cleveland warrants at 81s 3d, local market unchanged. Treasury buys 176000 ounces of silver at 55.506 cents per ounce for delivery in Philadelphia and New York.

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Washington Produce Market Price Report Summary

Market notes show butter receipts short despite good quality with steady demand. cheese firm with Jarke noted. live poultry in supply steady while demand for chickens ducks and geese remains solid. dressed poultry and meats vary with country cured hams and calves in fair demand. vegetables and fruits list variety with prices for potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, apples, oranges, grapes, and cranberries scattered across barrels and crates.

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Washington cattle market prices and grain futures

Market notes show cattle quotations across grades with primes and butchers in dollars per head or per pound. Grain and flour receipts and futures at Baltimore detail dull wheat, corn and oats with per bushel and per barrel values, plus butter eggs sugar and freight rates.

World cotton supply report shows decline from last year

New Orleans report releases the world's visible cotton supply at 4,294,090 bales, down from 6,315,216 last year and 4,412,347 last week. American cotton totals 3,029,214, with non American types at 1,264,876. globally held in Britain and Europe at 2,399,000, India at 696,000, and the United States at 1,028,000.

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YORE PRODUCE AUCTION PRICES LISTED IN DETAIL

Market notes show prices for various produce and commodities including eggs, butter, flour, rye, cornmeal, hay, hops, leather, meats, lard, pork, tallow, rosin, molasses, sugar, coffee, and potatoes. Entries list state and regional figures, with steady or firm readings on many items and occasional quiet or easy movements on others.

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New York Grain Markets End Mixed After Bearish Crop Forecasts

Wheat futures slipped as bearish crop prospects from Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma weighed on sentiment, with May closing around 1.00 to 1.02 per bushel and July near 0.96 to 0.97. Corn and oats were steadier to easy with modest declines, while hogs and provisions also faced selling pressure amid soft cash demand and profit-taking.

New York Siewater F. B Duluth Kava Nebraska Chicago Kaneas Missouri Liverpool Southwest Shorts Dreuth Ad- Vicen Oklahoma Miay Bradstreat Minneapolis Bay Riba T.atmert Bly

New York Cotton Market Ends Steady After Mixed Day

The New York cotton market closed steady with a net advance of 6 to 10 points amid steady cables and improved sentiment from manufacturing and spot demand. Trading featured May straddles, some long position cover, and expectations of a larger inland supply tomorrow, while southern spots remained largely unchanged and weather hinted at potential crop impact.

New York

Trade Conditions Better Rate of Progress in Leasing Gentera Textilea

New York April 3 The Weekly Review of Trade notes business improves slowly amid varied regional progress. Pig iron sales fall to low figures with unchanged nominal quotes as furnaces stockpile and finishers buy more. Steel capacity remains under 6 percent. tin plate demand rises while rail and textile markets inch forward with cautious price expectations.

Gentera—Textilea New York H. G Dun & Go

Bank clearings report for week ending April 7

Bradetreet's bank clearings for the week ended April 7 amount to 32,430,995,000, compared with 2,186,058,000 the prior week and 3,971,745,009 in the same week last year. The following list shows the leaders.

New York Bradetreet

Copper Market Shows Slight Decline Yet Healthy Demand

Copper prices eased slightly this week but remain near recent levels. Domestic buyers and exporters sustain demand while producers exhaust surplus stocks, with American consumers purchasing for delivery over two months. Foreign buyers pay slightly less, reflecting global competition and price discipline among British and European mills.

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Live Stock Markets Report From New York and Chicago

Livestock receipts in New York show steers around 5.75 to 6.00 with mixed grades, cows and medium stock higher. calves about 8.00 to 8.50. Sheep and lambs seen nominally weak with lambs down about 15 cents, woolled lambs around 7.50. Chicago area reports cattle steady to strong, hogs 10 to 20 cents lower, heavy buyers steady, lighter weights mixed.

New York Aprli &Beevus Lverpool London Cofcaga Cheita Benry Choice Ught

Government Wins Case on Indian Land Allotments

Chief Justice Clabsugh upheld a district ruling denying Gus J. Bauley and the Chippewa an injunction against allotting swamp lands in Minnesota to the state. The dispute centers on 100000 plus acres valued at at least 1 million dollars for timber. The case may go to Minnesota courts then to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bruart McNamara Clabaugh McNamara Garfield Ban- View Minnesota

Mrs Cave Seeks Divorce and Alimony from Gilbert Cave

Mrs Wottle Ilkle Cave petitions for absolute divorce, permanent alimony, and custody of their seven year old son in district court. She accuses Gilbert W Cave of cruelty and infidelity, alleges a head injury with an umbrella on March 23, and seeks restraints to prevent him leaving the district or disposing of property.

Gilbert W. Cave Home Life Insurance Company Gould District Supreme Court

Minister Purchases Home on Twelfth Street

Rev. Thomas Edward Smeds has purchased a modern nine room house with a large colonial porch at Twelfth and Philadelphia streets in University Heights just north of Brookland. He will take possession mid summer. The firm also reports Mrs. A. O. Page buying a Chevy Chase lot of 15 000 square feet for a new home to begin around June 1. L. E. Woolard buys a 9000 square foot lot on E street near Twenty fourth street NW opposite the Naval Medical School. W. L. Currie buys a ten room house at 1417 Harvard Street NW to reside there. the Harvard street area will soon connect with Sixteenth street. The Hanvey house at Harvard Street was built years ago and once sold for 10 000 dollars.

Thomas Edward Smeds Thomas J. Fisher & Co Twelfth Philadelphia University Heights Brookland D. c A. O. Page Chevy Chase L. E. Woolard Stone & Fairfax E Street Twenty-fourth Street Naval Medical School Congress Grant Memorial Bridge Medical School Boss & Phelps W. L. Currie Harvard Street Mr. Currie Sixteenth Street Frank L. Hanvey

Jailed for Auto Theft in City Police Court

Thomas Banks, formerly at the local garage, was ordered jailed for six months after being charged with taking Charles W. Simpson’s automobile and driving it through the city. Witnesses identified Banks as the driver despite his denial, the car damaging a curb and breaking rear wheels during the March 31 theft. Thousands wagered on the Nome Alaska dog race, with 10 entries and crowds along the route.

Charles W. Simpson Thomas Banks Kimball Banks

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