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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1904

Page

22

Cotton Roads Helped Georgia Central Interest

New York August 3 speculative stock activity was light with emphasis rotating into railroad shares tied to cotton movement. Southern railroad notes and the first ever payment on the second preference Georgia Central income bonds drew attention amid a broad market tone of cautious optimism and mixed commodity shifts.

New York Agricultural Department Southern Southern Railway Company Breseunt Company Central of Georgia Hailway Company Tennessee Louisville Nashille Southern Railroad Southern Pacific Tieorgia Stertvar Biskhers Anil Menton Drilers

Daily Cotton Market Opens Lean With Mixed Moves

The cotton market opened easy with a one point advance to a five point decline and nervous, irregular trading. Prices hovered with heavy selling by brokers and leading ball interests, then rallied near midday on covering before the government report. After a favorable report, prices slipped back, closing steady with a net decline of 7 to 10 points and about 400,000 bales sold.

W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Open New York Lower Wall Street

New York Stock Exchange Members and Rail Stocks Listed

A listing of banks brokers and railway shares with prices and standings from the New York Stock Exchange and regional exchanges. Notable entries include Ohio Board of Trade Atchison Chesapeake and Ohio Central of Georgia Chicago lines and Northern Pacific among many others. Market notes cover wheat corn oats and pork lard with price movements, receipts, and weekly comparisons.

Atchison General Atchison Adjustment Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Central of Georgia Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Alton s.Chicago Burlington and Quincey Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Northwestern HK. I. and Pacific Railroad Pacific R. R. Col. Ge. C Southern Railway Texas and Pacific Toledo St. Louis Western Pacific Union, Pacific United States Steel Wabash Debenture B Wheeling Lake Erie Wisconsin Central Ds Colorado New York Deng F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade

Washington Stock List Highlights Rail and Gas Bonds

Washington Railway and Electric and Washington Gas Company bonds and stocks feature prominently. Listings include preferred and common Washington Railway and Electric, Union Trust and Storage, Mergenthaler Linotype, Lanston Monotype, and various railroad and district bonds with prices and yields. Notable items include Capital Traction Railroad, Metropolitan Railroad certificates, and numerous national and local bank and insurance stocks.

Washington Railway and Electric Union Trust and Storage Company Mergenthaler Linotype Lanston Monotype Washington Railway and Electric Ts Capital Traction Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Columbia Mit Columbia Railroad City and Suburban Railroad Washington Railway and Bleeirng Company Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light United States Elect Light Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company First 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 Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Railway National Bank Bank of Washington Metropolitan Central Farmers and Merchantes Sevond Wiig Citisenlumbia Capital American Lincoln Riggs Franklin Corcoran Potomas Arlington National Union Peorpla’a Colombal Columbia Title Washington Chesapeake and Potomac American Graphophone Gantightncee Washington Gas Georgetown Creene Consolidated Copper Company Washington Market Noralk Washington Steamboat J. Maury Dove Company Realty Appratrial and Agency Company Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Stnck

New York Grain Markets and Wheat Trends

New York data show receipts of 43 000 bushels with spot prices steady for No 2 red the elevator price at 2 02 and No 1 Northern Duluth 2 15 hboat. later session wheat reached a high before general declines driven by liquidation and claims of exaggerated damage amid easier French cables. Electric Bitters advertised as a health tonic with liver and digestion benefits.

W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Chicago Liverpool Northern Minneapolis Duluth Commission House Livyarpool Ioral Manitoba

New York Produce Prices and Market Roundup

The page lists mixed commodity prices and receipts across dairy, poultry, flour, grains, fats, sugars, and metals. Notable entries include receipts for eggs 15,036. poultry alive steady with Western chickens at 16. flour receipts 14,288 barrels. sugar No 6 to No 21 varied from 4.75 to 4.50. cotton seed oil and petroleum quiet. London copper and iron prices touched slight changes. Long Island and Jersey items noted.

New York South America Rio Long Island Liverpool London Jake Im Glasgow Middlesboro Northern Southern Jersey

Baltimore Markets Report of Grain Prices and Receipts Aug

Market notes show flour and grain prices in Baltimore with WINTER and SPRING wheat futures, spot No.2 red Western at 94 94 1/2, August 92 92 1/2, September 97 3/4, December 96 1/2. Receipts total 36,176 bushels Southern by sample and on grade. Corn steady with steamer mixed at 51 4 1/2, oats prim No.2 white 48 1/4, rye No.2 Western 73 74, hay firm, grain freights dull, sugar Coarse granulated 5.35 and fine 5.35.

Baltimore Southern

Live Stock Markets Rend North and South as Receipts Surge

New York and Chicago report beef cattle receipts around 1,500 to 6,100 head with mixed price trends. Cattle prices range from 1.50 to 6.25 for steers, hogs show gains to around 6.50, and calves along with veal fluctuate near steady to firm. Sheep and lambs pull lower on the day, while hogs and cattle volumes dominate the session.

New York Pennsylvania Atockera Luna

Sully Settlement Dismissed After Creditors Clash Over Costs

New York August meeting of D J Sully and Company creditors ended with disagreement on administration costs. Trustees and receiversled shows assets of 1.538 million against 3.511 million claims, including 46 thousand filed today. A 40 percent offer hinged on Mr Sully funding the shortfall. he argued funds were tied by estate costs and friendly creditors. Meeting adjourned to tomorrow for formal action.

New York D. J. Sully & Company Sully Ala John R. Dos Passor Mr. Sully David Moller Mr. Dos Passos Mr. Sul

Washington Stock Exchange Activity Prominent Security Surge

Trading on the Washington Stock Exchange showed firmer, higher prices with heavy activity in several issues. Washington Railway and Electric 48 bonds led gains as volumes moved, while Mergenthaler and Lanston Monotype showed notable upticks. bank stocks varied with bids and asks drifting.

Washington Stock Exchange Capital Traction Mergenthater Washington Railway Telephone Washington Gas Lanston Washington Railway Neeferred Mergenthaler Lanston Monotype Bis Q. F

Washington Produce Market Receipts Mixed as Prices Edge Up

Potatoes light with some advance while cabbage remains plentiful and weak Exg plants show higher receipts and lower prices Nearby prime potatoes at 1.35 to 1.60 per barrel Seconds 1.00 to 1.60 per barrel Beets around 1.00 per 100 bunches Carrots 1.50 per 100 bunches Cabbage 1.00 per 100 Cucumbers 0.20 to 0.30 per bushel crate Egg plant 2.00 per 100 Green corn 0.10 to 0.16 per dozen Onions white 2.25 to 2.75 per barrel Peaches Georgia crate 1.25 to 1.15 Maryland box 7.5 to 8.0 Squash 0.50 to 1.25 per barrel Tomatoes Acmes 2.00 to 6.00 per box Apples 2.25 to 2.76 per barrel Lemons 2.25 to 4.75 per box Huckleberries 5 per quart Cantalooupes 3.00 to 7.00 per 100 Watermelons 12.00 to 30.00 per 160

Georgia Maryland

Equity Court D C Hears Absent Defendants Appears

Supreme Court of the District of Columbia reports numerous cases with absent defendants ordered to appear. Complainants listed include Hamilton Colbert Mitlan Smith and Leckie Patton. Bankruptcy, criminal and probate matters feature receivers appointed guardians and letters of administration sought. Property transfers show numerous lot trades in LeDroit Park and nearby neighborhoods with nominal sums.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Barnbra May Caldwell Hamilton & Colbert Suppea Ve. Prout Lester Bos Boas Mitlan & Smith Hamilton Vs. Swann Hamilton& Colbert Taylor Nervis Thomas J. Jones Byker Sykes Thomas Ly Jones Swemmon Mitchell Relston & Siddens Smith Thompson Whelan R. B. Behrend M. J. Keate Oyater Va Cash Colicior Daniel O'C. Callaghan Tracy Va Mulfigan Walter H. Marlow, Jr

Deeds of Trust and Real Estate Notices in Tan Outfit

A long list of deeds of trust across multiple squares and blocks, detailing loan amounts from $100 to $150,000, durations from six months to three years, rates from 5 to 6 percent, and securing various lots, blocks, and properties. Also includes equity suits, divorce, judgments, quiet title actions, and notices of incorporation.

George E. Woody Sadie Woody Campbell Carrington Maron N. Richardson Margaret J Lawrence Sands B. Shreve, Jr James Gibbonson Susan ‘H. Strahan AH. W. Scholl

Real estate transfers on numbered streets and avenues

A list of property transfers in Washington includes Walter E Wright to Mary A Cross for lot 47 square 1037 at Thirteenth Street Southeast and multiple transfers across streets like Seventeenth Eighteenth California Street Northeast and Second Street Northeast, detailing buyers, sellers, lot numbers, squares, and amounts from $1 to $214,900. Names include Katherine Miller Jacob W Mary Carrel Benja min Martin Edward Hardy Richard M Vennoble H Rozier Dulany Theodore Schondau and others.

Square Edwin Sweeley Willam E. Edmonston Walter B. Wright James W. French Mary A. Cross Willam Edmonston Corbin Trompeon Pairview Heights Veruna M. Washington Waphiogton Loan and Trust Company Cititerd Mf Tvke Ike Irving Williamson Wiliam A. Hill Clifford M. Story W. Riley Deebie Mary J. Baldwin Jerusha J. Tilghman Adam A. Weschler Samuel M. Marks Jamnes Burns Granby Sammuel W. Pickford Watson J. Newton Charles W. Hans Sohn Blair Theodore Schondau Charles F. Benjamin Roger T. Mitchell Perpetual Building Association Robert N. Harper N. Thornton Hynson, Jr William F. Quickeall John O'Hagan William F. McCarthy Mount Pleasant James H. U Howard Et Ax Washington Loan and Trust Company Equitable Co-operative Building Thirteenth Walter E. Wright Katherine Miller Jacob W Young Men's Christian Association California Street James E. Emich District of Columbia Joé Benjamin Minor Ernest A. Booger Randle Park George J. Schweppe Oskar Martin Second Street Mary Carrel Percy Crawford Bloomingdale Ray E. Middaugh Edward D. Hardy Tenth Street Hana 1Atreeta Mary Horning George D. Horning Kate Barngey Samuel W. Pickford Marion Street Martin Et al Sun Building Richard M. Vennoble H. Rozier Dulagey H. Rozier Dulany R. Henry Lyon Third Frederick G. Young W. Locke Rockwell Fourth

Condition of Cotton Shows Strong July Yield Rebound

The July report from the Bureau of Statistics indicates cotton conditions near 91.4 percent of normal, well above June levels and a ten year average of 82.7. The table lists state by state readings for June and July across the three prior years, highlighting Texas Missouri and broader U.S. totals.

Bureau of Statistics Department of Agriculture Ave Texas Missouri United

Excursions to Colonial Beach and Nearby Resorts

Steamers Randall Line run daily except Monday to Colonial Beach with morning departures at 8 45 a m and Saturday evening at 5 45 p m Two boats Sunday mornings T W Arrowsmith and Harry Randall carry crowds returning from the Beach by 6 p m Tickets 50 cents for one day or 1 00 for 30 days Regular Samuel J Pentz trips to River View Saturday for families with children and amusements including a chute ferris wheel and dancing Pentz departs 10 00 a m 2 15 p m and 6 45 p m with 10 cent fare on morning and afternoon trips Indian Head two trips this week on Charles Macalester with stops at Marshall Hall dancing and band music at the Hall Macalester sails 6 30 p m daily In addition Marshall Hall trips at 10 00 a m 2 30 p m Saturday schedule 10 00 a m 2 30 p m 6 30 p m Chevy Chase Lake popular for cooler temps and breezes open air theater shows films after evening Marine Band concerts from 7 30 to 9 00 and 11 00 with a brief intermission

Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company Old Point Comfort Norfolk Saling Lfe Buennesa Chamberlin Ola Point Comfort New York Boston Seventh Street Bond Fourteenth Street New York Avenue Randall Line Colonial Beach T. W. Arrowsmith Harry Randall Samuel J. Pentz River View Indian Head Charles Macalester Marshall Hall Fraf. Schroeder Macalester Chevy Chase Lake Marine Band

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