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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1906

Page

19

Prices Rule Higher In Opening Market Rush To New Highs

Higher prices ruled at the market open with an upward bias. several stocks hit new highs for the current movement. European buying supported gains as Great Northern spiked to 300 before a St Paul report cooled the advance. Bankers urged currency flexibility to avert a repeat of past stringency while profit taking trimmed gains later.

Great Northern Washington Post New York Europe London St. Paul James J. 4Vil Vanderbilt Michigan Central Big Four Pittsburg Lake Erie United States States Union Executive Committee Pennsylvania

New York Money Market Snapshot and Rates

New Yor Aug T Money on cat easy and 242% Bey cout. Ruling rate 242 closing bid 2% altered. City time fears firm elxty have 3404 per cent. Inety have 444% six months per cent Prime mercantile paper 54 S% per cent Slering encange fire 48585 for demand and 4.830 for state day hits. Posted calls 443 486, Commercial bile 4 SUP 088. War silver 65%. American dollars 59, Government bond steady, Railroad bonds heavy.

Bey Cout Cty Tima Elxty Have Inety Prime Mercantile

New York Cotton Market Slumps Amid Quiet Demand

New York August 7 cotton trading opened steady then weakened, closing barely steady after a day of active moves. Daily sales reached about 250000 bales as Liverpool and European buyers helped early strength, but selling by wire houses and locals pushed prices to near weekly lows with October at 92 and December around 1900.

W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade New York Liverpool Continent Pat Pricea Tha Azecon Tepert Bouthweat Geloher Gelveston New Orleans Bay Charleston Eminet Boston Bath Philadelphia Frovctaco Y & Howston Augusta Hms St Louisville Japan Chicago Steics MGM Aec Oklahoma Kansas Texan Shack South Dakota Tir Minneapolis Duluth Illinois Indiana Shorts Stosa Ito Curt Hess

Metal market report fails to sustain big gains

From METAL MARKET New York August 7 the advances in London close and local prices show only slight gains. Spot prices in London moved modestly while locally the market steadied with buyers and sellers near, zinc and alloy prices mixed and copper for shipment commanding small premiums. Lead and tin levels moved up in London. local quotes largely unchanged with slight upticks in some foundry alloys.

New York London Bunera Spader Fogs Vo Sopher Ap Standard Foundry Pio Anil Cleveland Acrantt Laratly Northern Southern

Wall Street Gossip Speculates on Stock Distribution

A Washington Post dispatch from New York notes market lull in a rising bull period. Observers see heavy stock blocks, shifting ownership, and questions of who will absorb long holdings amid bullish talk on intrinsic value. Amalgamated Copper shows life while Wells Fargo hits 300 in a high, Har rriman proxies stir a tense split, and Pennsylvania gains despite a tainted bull movement reputation.

Washington Post New York Amalgamated Copper Pennsylvania Reading Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio C.B Anama Express Kansas Cit Southern Kansas Cy Southers Missouri Pacific Mimouri Kansas Texas Norfolk Ontario and Western American Sugar Rellyng Norfolk and Wastern Am ‘Tabsees Anaconda, Ag Jeraag Yee Northern Faslie Atchizon Pacifc Mail Atchison iWa Baltimore zooTitis CL. C St Jonts Ohipi Oaag Anal Brooklyn Rapid Cransi Palacs Cates Lea Bi Stae Joraty Chesapeake Curatow Republic Steel Chicago Creat Werera Chicago Northweste Rock Island And Paul St Louis St. Louie Colorado Louis Southwestern Southern Pacific Souchert Souther ILI LSU Nash Southern Railway St. L Western Aba Del Lack and Wesorn Tolada Denver Union Pacite Postelist Union Facite Dastiller " Securit Oy Bengares United States Express Mira Vaasat United States Realty eosUmited States Slugaer United States Great Northurn International Paper Wells-Fargo Uzpread Frost Westlashbusett Western Union International International Pump Wheeling and Lake Erie Wisconsin Otal Tootowa Central Wisconsin Central Pet Nes Esceel W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Washington Stock Exchange

New York Produce Prices and Market Notes

New York reports mixed farm commodity prices and steady to firm futures. Flour receipts 24,637 barrels, rye flour easy, cornmeal firm, butter and cheese steady, eggs dull, hogs steady, cottonseed oil steady, rosin and turpentine firm, coffee and sugar firm, poultry rates mixed, potatoes and cabbages noted.

New York Perm Liverpool Jersey

Baltimore Markets Aug 7 Grain and commodity reports

Baltimore markets report quiet trading with mixed receipts across grains. Wheat prices show firmer futures while oats rye and corn hold steady. butter cheese sugar also largely unchanged amid steady freight trends.

Red Isis Steamer Southern Grede BELL

Local Market Improves in Tone with Active Trading on Washington Line

The market shows improved tone and active trading led by Washington Railway and Electric preferred and Mergenthaler. Railway preferred down about a half point with trading around 87 to 87 8, while Mergenthaler rises to about 198 1 4. Bonds see Washington Railway and Electric 4s active at 87 3 4 with 7,500 traded.

Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Mergenthaler Railway Preferred Sleht Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Ifat

Washington Railways and Bonds at Exchange Prices

An exhaustive list of bids and prices for (Cap Traction, Washington Railway and Electric, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, Mergenthaler, Lanston Monotype) and rail, streetcar, and utility stocks and bonds. Also shows district bonds, mortgage bonds, and various certificates with bid allocations and percentages across a wide slate of Washington area firms and utilities.

Columbia Railway Washington Ieilway Norfolk and Washinam Trauticn Washington Railway aTid STM BTS Chesapeake and Potomac Mergenthaler Lanaton Greens Copper Mitchell American National Bank Capital Traction Atnek Exchange District of Columbia Baa Philippine Land Purchase Dz Railrund Bonda Capital Traction Railroad Anacostia Columbia, Allroad IBM Washington Railway and Electric United States Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Maret Gomipiay Potomac Elactric Light Washington Gas Company Safe Deposit and Trust National Safe Depoole and Trust Washington Town and Geraran-American National Union Columbia Riggs People's Commercial Washington Chesapeane Gan Atocks Washington Gas Georgetown Gan Pe ‘Huichine Atocka Bergenthaler Lisotyne Lanston Monotype Mascallancoun atocks—Greetta Consolidated Copper Washington Market Norfolk and Washington

Washington Produce Market Prices and Livestock Quotations

Market reports firm noting eggs and butter steady with heavy storage stock. Livestock prices show cattle, hogs, and lambs at steady quotations. dressed poultry and meats priced with regional variances. vegetables and fruits listed with barrel and crate rates across Chesapeake region and nearby farms.

Virginia Southern New York State Celves

Livestock market roundup from New York and Chicago

New York stocky notes arrivals of 980 cattle and 6,165 sheep and lambs with slow to steady demand. Calves show mixed prices from Kentucky and Virginia at 4.60 to 6.60 per 100 pounds. Beef exports high, hogs steady with 1,208 head received. Chicago market reports 4,500 cattle receipts and steady tone for cattle categories.

New York Kentucky Virginia Chicago

Market Notes on Cattle Grains and Wheat Prices

The report lists SSDGEEO cattle with varying classes and prices, noting receipts of 16,000 head and market steadiness. It also covers New York Grain with wheat, corn, and oats prices, receipts, and closing movements, highlighting proteins from W. B. Hibbs & Co. and market forces in Chicago and Minneapolis trading centers.

New York Duluth Seth

Tololo Ohio and Indiana Credit and Shipment Figures

Ot: North Lima and South Ulms report August figures for Tololo Ohio. Credit balances show 152 shipments with averages near 63,893. Other totals list 12,013 uns and 63,202 per line with averages around 69,927. Additional line items reference 28,197 as an average.

Tololo Ohio North Lima South Ulms Indiana Linta

Praise for Uncle Sam's Work in Tutuila Samoa

A London Mission Society resident in Tutuila Samoa praises U S officials for improving island life since the flag raised. He commends late commanders Sebree Underwood and current Governor Moore for implementing just government and fostering a cooperative Samoan outlook to enable progress.

London, Mission Society Tutuila Samoa Hawker Bonpare United States Tatuila Maine Sebree Underwood Moore Gov. Moore

Santo Domingo Seeks $20 Million Loan Support

An extended State Department conference among Acting Secretary Bacon Dominican minister Velasquez and Dr Hollander discussed a possible United States backed loan of 20 million dollars for Santo Domingo. Dominican officials claim to reduce government debt and seek American moral support to back Dominican bonds while the state retains customs control until bonds mature.

State Department Bacon Velasquez Commerce Hollander Santo Domingo United States

Two Claimants for 2977 dollars seek injunction order

The Treasury Secretary was cited yesterday by Justice Barnard to show cause Friday why he should not be enjoined from paying 2977 to William F Zibell trustee of the bankrupt estate of Fredda Garthwalt a car cage contractor The petition was filed by the Title Surety Company of Scranton Pa surety on the contractor s bond The company claims it completed the work after abandonment by the contractor and is entitled to the balance due under the contract A demand on the Secretary for the money was met with notice that payment would be made only after Hawaiian which would establish to whom the money belonged G Walker represents the surety company Government Receipts and Expenditures National bank notes received yesterday for redemption amounted to 125462 The government receipts from internal revenue 238070 from customs 717766 from miscellaneous sources 43650 The expenditures were 1400 I

Treasury Justice Barnard William F. Zibell Fredda Garthwalt Suara and Surety Company Scranton Pe Anderson, Ind Philip Walker Surety Company

Legal records from Supreme Court DC and multiple courts

Equity and bankruptcy matters listed with case names such as Gibron v McLaughlin and Gray v Gray, alimony, administrator appointments, guardians, and estates. References to Title Guaranty and Surety Co v Shaw, a stockholders case, and various trustees, receivers, and attorneys. Court entries include discharge orders, guardians, estates, and partition actions with numerous named parties and firms.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Justice Bernard Gibron Ve. McLaughlin Gordon & Gordon Guaranty Zf Surety Co Ve. Ghan Philp Waller Drew Ys Builders’ Supply Co H. Kimball W. A. Johnston Howard Bord Gray Ve Gray Douglass & Doug Haguer J. C. Roger J. Miz Guaranty and Surety Co Leslie M. Shaw Tressury Mlzanf Aurtion Golieltor Philip Welker Rebecos Nicholls John Harmionds Partition Golietter Thonad Walker Eden Briecos Prince A Weaver al Partition Sheshy George EL Ware Tonlas George C Gertuiay John Ridont Lowey John Ms McCormick Etto Complatiant Marlow James F. Food Louisa Cammack

Real Estate Transfers Across Washington DC Listings

Real estate transfers across many DC wards list buyers and sellers with lot numbers blocks and prices. Names include Philip H Christman Elizabeth M Bartlett Charles J Butler Grace Z Baton and Meade M Martin among others with parcels in Northwest Southeast Columbia Heights Mount Pleasant and more. Several large sums appear for parcels with squares 62%, 877 878 and 982 while dates and precise street neighbors vary within listed blocks.

Ndo Philip H. Christman Columbia Teyetux Kathers M. Welker Twelfth Thirteenth Frank H. A. Schott Marie W Bertha Schott Eatete Charley Anthony Schott Twelfth Street Warn Strests Michael J. Hine William V. Cox Edward 0. Whitford Square Whliam A. Wimsatt Richard H. Johnson Edward Q. Whitford Fifteenth Harry D. Moulton James W Jones Mary G. Jomen Moore & Barbour Ludwig J. Grieb St Ux Ralph K. Hall Lot Sf Ralph L. Hall Ludwig J Grieb Johanna Grieb Fourteenth Georgy & Cooper Et Ux Rice Duncan Street Pifeenth Eorge Cooper Et Ux John J. Smith William Wupertus Twenty-First Touird F. Erwin Alexander AL Semmes Lemue Mayhew Margaret Wood

Licensed to Marry Sidelined Fragments of 19th Century Notices

Obscure marriage license notice lists multiple couples with odd ages and unclear locations across Baltimore and Virginia. Names include Thorss A Adavis Melissa B Ricketts and others, with reverend officials and assorted ages mentioned, but many fragments appear garbled or incomplete.

Thorss A. Adavis Baltimore Melissa B Ricketts Rackstile B. F. Pitinger William Steindale Annie Hierstetter Lewis J. O'Neal J. P Folomon Dy Kine Charlottessite Va May Snyder Harrisonburg McLaughlin Henry Jackson Lottie Davis

Deeds of Trust Listings for Several Washington Districts

A column of deeds of trust from Columbia Heights through Mount Airy and other DC wards names buyers, sellers, and securing parties. Entries show grantees like Washington Mortgage groups and local builders, with amounts ranging from $300 to $5,900 and terms from 2 months to several years, mostly at 5 to 6 percent interest. The list notes property blocks, squares, and dates, reflecting mid 20th century real estate activity in the city.

Columbia Heights Hanora A. Goddard William F George M Emmerton Mackall Washington Permanent Building Association Doe Mildred Fishback Et Jr John H W. Riley Deeble Albert Sturtevant Mary J. Hardwin Oscar Phelps Dobbins “Additon Suran Bryarly Broeat Deniet Mattern Secura Melvin H. Hartiman Aquare Square 62 Kate Connor Cabell Wit Fammeon Guy P. Warran Petworth John F. Haber Percy A Ruceall Thomas H. Bates Charles “J. Butler Friendship Mount Airy Kathryn M. Welker MP. Walker T. J. Glies Thomas F. Isley Robertyl O'Brien Tm Washoo Ington Lean An& Trust Company Equitable Co-operative Building ‘Association Latese L. Burn Et Vir James Bobrate Gimbal Asoncia- Mor Mary A. McEul Alex H. Pell Frank P. Madigan Philly Schwarts James G. Short Andrew ‘Wilson Noel W. Barkedale Helen ‘M. Stalee Annie V. Crockett William If Odward S. Wescott George F . Hane J. Cassin Howard William Y.cor Edward 0. Whitford John Miller District of Columbia

Health Office Record of Aug 7 Names and Ages

Health office record listing individuals with ages and street addresses from Fenton Street to Soldiers Home and various Washington D C areas. Entries include Alana Wells 43 George Green tt years Willis Reston vs Amy Molarke 8 years Jane Thomas 21 Columbia Road 5 Mary Scherrer 56 Julia Weaver 38 Bevan Bryans 22 Rosa Prince year Thomas Baughman 37 Martha Ballingte 75 Margaret Gooding 12 Ivan Griffith 26 Mark Broadhead 60 George Rogers months Viola Cole 4 months Marion Davis 10 months.

Alana M. Wells Fenton St. Ne George Green Willis J. Reston Porter Amy Molarke 6Th St. Ne Jane E. Thomas Columbia Ra Mary G. Scherrer Prospect Ave Julia A. Weaver Jeferson Ave Graham’ Peony Ms St. Ne John Bchmiat Nichols Ave Anacostia Frank Hayek Limerick d Am Thomas Quins Owrente Wafte Ath St Ernest J. A Moran Lawrence St. Ne Bevan Bryans Casualty Hospital Rosa Prince Thomas F. Baughman St. Nw Martha A. Ballingte Aargareth Gooding St Nw Yaare Mary B. Stouffer Ivan B. Griffith D St Nw Mark Broadhead 13Th St. Nw George Rogers I. Se Viola Cole Gheeter Marrlon Z. Davis St. Ge

Eight Hour Law Fines Levied on Penn Bridge and District Construction

Guilty pleas closed a brief police court case against District Construction Company and Penn Bridge Company for violating the eight hour law. Each was fined two dollars as they pledged to refrain from further offenses. Sancel P. White and Patrick H. Hagen led the defense for the Penn and District firms. The district attorney sought clemency, citing the defendants’ willingness to avoid future violations.

District Construction Company Penn Bridge Company Sancel P. White Penn Company Patrick H. Hagen Hamilton & Colbert Baker Leyhuyve

Standard Oil grand jury sworn in for investigation

Chicago Aus 7 The special Federal grand jury to probe Standard Oil business methods and railroad transportation was sworn in today before Judge Ti Bethea in the United States District Court. Evidence will begin tomorrow morning and witnesses were excused until then.

Chicago Aus Standard Oil Company Ti. Bethea United States District Court

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