London Stock Market Faces Post Holiday Drift and Mixed Signals
After a three day London holiday business shows little gain with dull trading and erratic prices. In New York, speculation centers on railway consolidations and crop outlooks while Treasuries and mercantile papers move in narrow ranges amid investor caution and retrenchment.
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London
Metropolitan Street Railway
New York cotton market opens steady then closes lower
New York cotton started steady with minor gains on moderate bull support and crop fears. Reports of favorable weekly figures and a midday report less bearish spurred selling, sending prices down about 6.30 points and leaving the market near the day’s bottom with heavy estimated sales around 360000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W B Hibbs & Co
F Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Lower Wall Street
Daily Cotton Market Reports Strong Receipts and Elevators
Market notes from New York August 2 show firm cornmeal and rye with nominal Barley and wheat receipts totaling 26000 bushels spot. No 2 red and No 1 Northern Duluth prices quoted afloat, with spring wheat bullish factors and higher cables fueling May and September advances. corn strength supports bullish mood amid foreign buying and shorts’ demand.
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New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Shorts
Afeot
Baltimore
Buahela
Southern
New York Produce Markets Report August Prices and Quotations
A New York market roundup lists butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, floor receipts, and various commodities with firm or steady prices. It includes Cottonseed oil, petroleum, rosin, rice, molasses, tin, copper, lead, spelter, iron, and foundry material quotes, alongside regional grain and produce notes.
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York
Minnesota
Cordova
Popatoes
Long Island
Jersey and Southern
Boathern
Jersey
London
Jake
New York
Iran
Glasgow
Middleshoro
Northern
Southern
Southern Soft
Live Stock Markets and Commodities Mixed Report
Market notes from New York and Chicago detail receipts, prices, and trends across cattle hogs sheep and calves. Beef and veal values slip while grain futures show mixed strength as reports from Baltimore and regional shippers reflect steady to unchanged butter eggs and cheese markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ider
Eulia
Chicago
Texas
Bo Tower
Cales
Coica
Railway Bonds Read As Of Aug 2 Across Major Exchanges
A compact listing shows railway bond offerings and ratings for NYSE CBOT and WSE members. Notable entries include Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Chicago Northwestern Missouri Kansas Texas Northern Pacific Union Pacific and more with general and convertible 4s and various coupon details. The list reflects market activity across major rail operators and associated affiliates.
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New York
Atchison General
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
Central of Georgia
Chesapeake and Chic
Chicago
Altardike
Burlington and Quincy
New
Milwaukee and
St Paul
Northwestern
Consol
Col &Y C
St Louis
Chiago Terminal
Consolidated Tobacco
CausoraTy
Southern
Colorado
Denver
Rilo Grande
Erie
General
Fort Worth
Denver City
Missouri Kansas and Texas
National Railroad of
Mexico
New Jersey Central General
Northern Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Oregon
Sacrt Line
Partic Pennsylvania
Reading General
Iron Mountain
Western
Union Pacific
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
Washington Stock Exchange closes with mixed bids and bonds
Closing quotations show District of Columbia bonds, railroad stocks, and utility securities led by Metropolitan Railroad and Washington Gas. Notable entries include Washington Railway and Electric Company bonds, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, and several bank and insurance shares. Market totals reflect diverse price levels across bonds, stocks, and certificates of indebtedness.
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Seles
Washington Railway and Electric
Washington Gas
St. Alter
Stock Exchange District of Columbian
Philippine Land Purchase
Capital Traction Railroad
Metropolitan Railroad
Columbia Railroad
City and Suburtan
Anacostia and Patemac
The
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Sigwalted States Electric Light
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Washinsion Market Company
Safe Deposit and Trust
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Washington Loan and Trust
American Security and Trust
Union Trust and Storage
Washington Savings Bank
Capital Traction Company
National Bank
Bank of Washington
Central Y'farmers and Methanics
Citizens
Columbia
Capital
Franklin
Metropolitan
Coreman
Potomac
Arlington
National Union
People's
Coten Nino Tits
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac
Georgetown
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Washington Market
Norfolk
Jo Maury Dove Company
Wheat Market Surges on Rust Damage See Strong Open
Chicago grain markets opened with wheat futures rising as rust damage feared in Northwest spring wheat spurs buying. Corn and oats also firmed amid overall grain strength. prices near day highs by closing. Reports of domestic and foreign demand buoyed the rally with bullish foreign cues noted. Provisions traded unevenly as hogs and lards softened slightly while ribs held steady. Local receipts listed for wheat, corn, oats, and hogs at multiple cars, signaling active trading.
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London
Igi Mtukms
Belmont
Vast Mas
Interborough
Southern Pacifi
Raul Warchises
Harriman
Tomun Pacne
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Kiser
Brooklya
Mather
United States
Piper
Billy
W. B Hibbs & Co
F Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Budapesth
Northwest
Forth West
Eurelomers
Neapolis
Duluth
Bicaga
Sants
Local Stock Exchange Dull Despite Minor Price Shifts
Yesterday's brief session saw little activity with only fifty shares traded. Washington Gas moved at 57 1/2, Washington Railway and Electric preferred at 61 1/2, and Capital Traction around 123 1/4. Bank stocks were quiet, insurance bids shifted, and Potomac Insurance elected a new board at its annual meeting with officers reappointed.
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Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
American Security and Trust
Union Trust and Storage
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Common
Potomac
The
Potomac Insurance Company
Washington Loan and
Lrust
W H Acker
John Taylor Arms
Joseph H Bradley
George W Brown
Thomas Brown
John Cook
H Bradley Davidson
W Riley Deeble
Thomas Dunlop
John Joy Edson
W J Flather
Walter Meston
David Moore
R E Pairo
C B Rheem
L P Shoemaker
W F Swartzell
B H Warner
Jesse Wilson
W H Walker
John Leetch
Charles W. Fairfax
Jesse L Heiskell
Charles E. Hood
L . Fristo
Alexander K Phillis
H P. Howard, Jr
Weekly crop report notes favorable conditions and varied regional impacts
The Weather Bureau reports generally ample rainfall and favorable temperatures for the week ending August 1. Corn shows good progress though needs rain in parts of the Ohio, Central Mississippi, and Missouri valleys. Harvests proceed in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington with mixed yields, while rust affects North Dakota and Minnesota. Cotton growth is strong in central and eastern regions but shedding and rust appear in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Tobacco lags in the Ohio Valley but improves northward. apples look poor in lower Missouri, Central Mississippi, and Ohio valleys, with better prospects in the northern Middle Atlantic and Lake regions. Haying interrupted in Middle Atlantic states. plowing for fall seeding begins in several regions.
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Weather Bureau
Ohio
Missssippi
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountains
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Florda
Ohio Valley
Virginia
North Carolina
Middle Atlantic States
New Engand
Lake Region
Middle Atlantc
Illinois
Oklahioma
Washington Produce Market Prices and Supplies Report
Market notes show heavy receipts and weak demand for tomatoes and egg plants, with plentiful cabbage and peppers. Prices listed for potatoes beets carrots cucumbers greens corn squash and fruit, plus eggs butter and live poultry. Treasury data include bank note redemptions and various federal receipts and expenditures.
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Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Equity Court Hears Alimony, Trustee, and Probate Actions
In the US Supreme Court District of Columbia equity division Judge Barnard Thornton presides. Cases range from alimony and property distribution to bankruptcies, conservatorships, and will probate. Attorneys for complainants and defendants are listed, with orders, examinations, and guardians appointed or authorizations granted. Real estate allocations across wards, lot sales, and trust dispositions are noted, including letters of administration and bonds for numerous estates.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court
Justice Barnard Thornton
Thornton
McD Carrington
A Hughes
Abraham NI Ratinowitz
Strasburger Alman
Alman
P McGlue
Sallettora
Hamilton & Colbert
Arthur Peter _ Warfield
Glennan
Harry
Welch
Welch Utermehleys Stokes
Edmund W van Dyke
Lambert & Baker Jenking Ve Lee
C C Magruder
Gordon & Gordon Ballinger
Ballinger
Criminal Court
Justice Barnard
United States
Magruder M Williams
Walter Daniel
Barnard & Johnson
John J Morgan
HF Downing
Alfred Shackies
Gale Ratifed
Nisi
Mitchsel Burke
Mary B Colin
Francis P Sheehy
Jara
Rome
Brandenburg &Brandenburg
Susannah F Kelly
Deeds of Trust Listings Include Multiple Properties and Lenders
A diary of deeds of trust outlining numerous properties in diverse squares and neighborhoods, detailing borrowers, lenders, securing parties, amounts, and terms. Notable entries include Emma L. Sliter securing 1300 dollars with Washington Loan and Trust Company, and several trusts securing sums up to 7000 dollars with varied terms. Additional items include lawsuits and a name-change petition for Abraham N Rabinowitz.
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Lee G Myers
Harry Ehrlich
Francis Saul
Harry M
Harry Wardman
Adam Stone
Newton M
Edward & York
W D Hoover
Lena A Shunk
Cleveland Park
Eleanor P (Lord
James R S Gilerson
Albert C Murdaugh
Chris
Cox Dawson
Andrew Wilson
Harry
Welch
American Security and Trust Company
National
Safa de Pasit, Savings and Trust Company
Kate H Welch
Thomas D
Frank N Hume
Thormes H Peach
Abraham N Rabinowitz
Abraham N Roberts Pettioner
J J, Peyser
M. Strasburger
Site for station leased at triangle jutting Twelfth and Pennsylvania
Mount Vernon Road secures triangle at Twelfth and Pennsylvania Avenue northwest. Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway will move its station to the triangle building owned by A Le Preux now occupied by a wire and liquor shop. Tracks and station relocation work ordered with contracts let and rapid progress expected. occupancy hoped by fall. Commuters association request to inspect plans will be granted.
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Mount Vernon Road
Triangle
Twelfth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Itis Sada
Twelfth Street
A le Preux
D and Twelfth Streets
Washington and Alexandria
Russia's Commerce Declines in European Imports
A State Department report from Consul Monaghan in Chemnitz shows 1903 imports into Russia via the European frontier at 300.8 million dollars, down from 1902’s 204 million and 1901’s 266.5 million. The United States ranks third among Russia’s importers and has doubled its exports to Russia in three years, while Germany’s 14.4 million rise marks raw materials and half manufactured goods. The United States also ranks last among reading countries in export trade with Russia.
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United States
State Department
Russia
Monaghan
Chemnitz
Germany
Virginia Carolina Report and Incorporation News
Special to The Washington from Richmond discusses a report by Williams and Davis sent by minority stockholders praising Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company management and predicting renewed prosperity. Also lists Articles of Incorporation for several companies and notes the Internal Revenue Bureau's fiscal findings for 1904 with total receipts of 232,904,005 and collection costs about 4,513.
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Washingon
Richmond
Charles A Williams
W B_ Davis
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
New Jersey
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
The Strike and the People
The piece argues the meat industry is a public function, not private, urging arbitration and prompt wage review. It compares meat-packing to a national issue and calls for impartial data to justify wages and profits, warning delays hurt national prosperity.
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The
Chicago Tribune
United States
Department of Commerce
America
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Prine
Saas
T States Steel
Stnebonw Electric
Megim Lion Vo Brby
Hay
Susity Intrama
Shores — Aleme
Hibbs & Co Bankers and Brokers
Nilewsparer
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Continent
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Dr Agnew
P G Affleck
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Second National Bank
Columbia Railroads
Mergenthaler
Weekly Crop Report
Washington Produce Market
Treasury
District Court
Twenty-third Street
Leftwich Sinclair
G Spicer
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H Stephene
Simon A Fraser
Kalobama Hrights
Grace C Morey
Joseph N Young
Thirteenth
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Sadie
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Lena A Shank
Alonzo W
Ada V Stone
Eleanor P Lord
Eleanor BP Lord
T Murray Burrell
Deanwood
Joseph EB Eppaetux
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Percy Crawford
James J Warrell
William P Lipscomb
Cleveland Heights
Charles R_ Newman
George Francie Williams
Isherwood
Watson F Clark
Mary A Emery
William V_ Cox
West Dal
Eldridge E Jones
Sarah V Zahn
Alice C Lawson
Appellehts
H B Maulton
Virginia-Carolina Report
Alnce
Onine Chemlcsl Company
Walter Armatroog
Robert D Myers
William F Partlow
Chesapeake Oil and Gas Company
Everett Dufour
J M Frere
William Ho Lang
Jenifer
Seventh and
D Streets
Barnard
N. W
Red Sea
Indies
Home Savings Bank
7Th, K, and
Mass. Ave
Union Banc
Sev Roast
Works OF Art & Sin
Union Trust & Storage Co
F St. N. W
Edward J Stollwagen
James G Payne
Geo E Hamilton Yd
Geo . Fleming
Charles Bradley
Harry C Wilson
Herron
Frederick Reds, JR
G. W. F. Swartzell
B. Rheem
A. T. Heavey
J. J. Darlington
B. H. Warner CO
F Street Nn
Association
Equitable Co-Operative Building Association
Equitable Building
Ellis Spear
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Aernation
Capita
G Street N. W
U. S
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Cor
8Th
F Sts
Boxta Tor
Real Estate Department
John A Swope
Dent Ellis Spear
Androuw Parker Bee
Harry G Meem
Thomas Bradley
Washington City
Realty, Appraisal and Agency Co
Thirteenth Street
Walter Woodward Press
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Pres
Brich J Moses Treas
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
New York Ave Capital
Mutual Life Insurance Company OF
Richard A. McCurdy
Thomas P. Morgan
Asond Story
Traders National Bank
10Th &T
PA. Ave
Ferry Commission Co
Ferry Commission Company
Ghesley & Spence
District At Columbia
Corralitos and
Candelaria Zones
Chihuahua
Riggs National Bank
Lewis Johnson & CO
SUN Building
Messehs Moore & Sculey
National Metropolitan Bank
Washington D. c
United States Depository
W.b.hibbs & Co., Bankers and Brokers
Washington Stock Fruhange
Senate
Modelay
Joank Hlisklll & McLdran
F ST JI
Ratfe Public Accountant and Auditor
Washington Loan and Trust Jidg, Ltd
Pfsts
ROGW
Metropolitan Loan and Trust Co
E Street N. W
Loay Potomac Guarantee Loan CO
Atlantic
Lpward
Furniture Piangs, &c
Building and Loan Association
National Mortgac
Ees Fst NW
Tal Loan and Investment Co
Yoth
Washington Mortgage Loan Co
Reliable Capital Loan Co
F Street NW
Pila
S Tolman
Corcoran Big
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