Stock Prices Rise as Market Shows Confidence in Crops
The New York stock market in mid August advanced broadly with high volume and strong breadth. Stocks like Steel Pref erred lagged amid profit taking while Southern Pacific faced pressure. London buyers and renewed crop hopes fueled a hopeful outlook for the country’s future. Bond and money markets showed irregular activity as traders weighed the turn in sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Far East
Serius Teyernes
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Metropoltan Traction
Adviante
Interborough Transit
United States
Jssm
Barther
New York Stock Market Report and Cotton Receipts
Daily quotations received by W B Hibbs & Co show a cautious New York market with a slight net decline. Private crop news remains favorable with Houston receipts at 2,289 bales for new crop and port totals over 2,200 bales, including several new crop lots across Mobile and Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hibbs &Co
Dankers and Brokers
F Street
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Washington Stock Exchanges
Sonmve Iittle
Busine Ter Tong
Abe
Houston
Mobile
Savannah
Chicago Grain Prices Drift Amid Drought Fears and Crop Damage
Chicago wheat futures rose on drought and crop damage reports with September advancing from intraday lows to gains, while December corn rose about one half to two thirds of a cent. Oats gained modestly as provisions closed higher. traders noted bear sentiment and Canadian crop curtailment from rust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hibbs & Co
F Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Ontario
Minnesota
Dakotas
Washington Stock Exchange market wrap and cotton opening
New York trading details show Atchison and other rails quoted with varied results while grain and financial instruments move. corn and wheat rise on demand and weather signals. Cotton opens weak on lower cables, bears take profit as new crop receipts loom and sentiment deteriorates before midday trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South
New Orleans
Wall Street
Thia Fevel
Manchester
New York Grain Report Aug 15 Prices and Receipts
New York grain markets show wheat closing mixed after early weakness then a rally on outside buying. Barley and corn receipts are reported with bids firm for No 2 and yellow varieties. Options advanced as hot wind forecasts hit Kansas, with September and December futures posting gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Snowag
Bertember
Kansas
New York Produce Prices and Market Reports Aug 15
New York market notes list butter prices receipts 9,907. cheese receipts 2,610. eggs receipts 9,819 with grade variations. poultry and dressed meats steady. flour and rye flour firmer. coffee sugar and molasses current rates. Metals markets show copper lead tin and others with London and local quotes. coal and freights noted. Also a health ad promotes Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder and local pharmacy availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Recolpta
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
South America
Long Island
Jeresey and Southern
Southern
Jersey
Liverpool
London
Glasg
Middlesboro
Northern
Foundry Northern
Foundry Southern
Southern Goft
Washington stock market shows modest gains amid light turnover
Active yesterday on the Washington Stock Exchange with small lots and a total turnover of 720 shares and 26 dollars in bonds. Washington Railway and Electric led gains with a 4s bond up a point. Washington Gas certificates rose on a 91 thousand dollar sale. Mergenthaler Linotype and Lanston moved modestly as traders priced in higher levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Railway and Electric
Columbia Railway
Washington Gag
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Metropolitan National Bank
Riggs Fire Insurance Company
Washington Gas
Mergenthaler Lirotype
Metropolitan Railroad
Columbia Railroad
City and Suburban Railroad
Anacostia and Potomac
Tne
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Washington Gas Company
Geserlee
Washington Qa
United States Electric Light
United States Eleetric Light
Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone
Washington Market Company
Safe Deposit and Trust
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Washington Loan and Trust
American Security and Trust
Union ‘Trust and Storage
Ashington Pavinga Bank
Capital Traction Company
The
National Bank
Bank of Washington
Metropolitan
Central
Farmers and Mechanics
Second
Citizens
Columbia
Capital
American
Traders
Vinceln
Riggs
Franklin
Corcoran
Potomac
Areington
National Union
Higgs
Peoples
Commercial
Colonel
Washington
Washington Railway and Electric 4S
Capital Traction
Bank of America
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston
Oliver and
H. H Trasher
Great Falls and
Old Dominion
Gas Suit Settled in Boston Merger Case
Boston, Aug. 1. A out of court compromise ends the Pepper receivership suit to enjoin the sale of Boston gas companies under a merger plan. Massachusetts Gas Co takes full possession of the Boston gas holdings, while remaining suits against Rogers Lawson and Addicks continue. Appeal to the full bench will be withdrawn when legal details permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George W. Pepper
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Massachusetts Supreme Court
H. Rogers
Thomas W. Lawson
J. Edward Addicks
Massachusetts Gas Company
Boston Gas
Barker
Pepper
Mercantile Trust Company
New York
Kidder, Peabody, & Co
Control of Manila Railway Heads for Speyer Brothers
London Aug 15 The Manila Railway reports a provisional agreement with Speyer Brothers of New York to take up 42 000 0 in two and one half year notes and 5000 deferred shares with special voting powers. If shareholders approve, control of the company would pass to Speyer Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Manila Railway
Speyer Brothers
Speyer Rathers
Live Stock Markets Report From New York and Chicago Aug 15
New York and Chicago market notes show receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Cattle firm to higher in New York with steers 4.50 to 7.00. cows and bulls steady. hogs firm to higher with mixed grades. sheep and lambs steady to strong with prime lambs in demand. Chicago market reports cattle good to prime 4.90 to 5.80. hogs 5.15 to 5.40. sheep steady with good to choice wethers and native lambs priced up to 6.00.
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New York
Cailvs
Yeale
Ta Ic
State
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Baltimore Markets Prices and Stock Suspensions Report
Market notes from Baltimore and New York detail grain prices for firmer winter and spring wheats, corn and oats, with receipts. A New York report notes the suspension of Hahlo Brothers firm on the stock exchange. Standard Oil declares a $5 per share dividend, matching last year’s level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hahlo Brothers
The
Stock Exchange
Henry G
Hugo H
Julius H. Hehlo
Standard Oil
Standard On Company
Legal notices from Equity and Circuit courts and probate details
Supreme Court Equity Court cases before Mr Justice Barnard include Clark v Clark for ratification of sale and reference to special auditor with solicitors noted. Railroad bonds turnover to defendant ordered. Circuit Court case Brandenburg v Rees extended terms. Probate notices: estates of Ryder Baldwin Rittenhouse Schaudner with appointments, bonds and attorneys listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court
Justice Barnard
Clark
Hamilton & Colbert
Edmund Brody
Totemas Tompkins
J. J. Darlington
Cannolly Va Connolly
Charles G Wilson
J. E Laskey
Brandenburg
Brandenburg & Branfenberge
W Mosbey Williams
Hayden Johnson
Mellinger
Crampbell
L. A. Bailey
O H Budlorg
Benjamin F Rittenhouse
James Shafter
Bond
Mimmack
John Schaudner
Mackall & Maedel
Real Estate Transfers Across Barry Farm and Nearby Areas
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds across Barry Farm Pleasant Hills Morgan Avenue Northwest and other DC localities. Matilda A Wheeler et al transfer Lot 47 Section 7 and Lot 49 to Wheeler heirs. various lot transfers in Trinidad Metropolis View and Mount Pleasant. numerous trust deeds and secured notes shown with prices from $1 to $60000 and terms up to five years. Obvious docket includes public notices of lawsuits and equity actions with parties such as Julia A G Hall and Wash ington Loan and Trust Company noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Matilda A Wheeler
Thomas H Wheeler
Barry Farm
Mary A. Wheeler
Eulalia W. Thomas
Thomas H. Wheeler
Matida A. Wheeler
Pleasant Hills
Samuel E. Redfern
Mary E Redfern
John Shugrue
Guiseppe A Pessagno
Margaret L. Sands
Margaret C. Sands
Square
Morgan Avenue
Percy H. Russell
Charlee J Butler
Halmead Manor
Seventh Street
Northfast
Matilda W Payne
Robert A Payne
Trinidad
Esther A. Goldney
Mary FB. Goldney
Metropolis
William G Denison
Maud B O'Donnell
Eighth Street
Florence Donohoe
Emma Donohoe
Magdalena Krogen
Josephine W. Hester
George C Gertman
Edward F. Hall
Mount Pleasant
Shelby J. Davidson
Thomas W Stubblefield
Garfield
Stubbiefeld Banking and Trust Company
Guiseppe A. Pessagne
Michael J Colbert
Wharton E. Lester
Robert Hinckley
George E Righter
Adam A. Weschler
Samuel M Marks
James Hurny
Columbia Heights
Alvin C Belletex
Robert Lee O’brien
Charles B. Fonda
Francia A. Diundon
William Moore
James F Shea
Leo P Harlow
William P Normoyte
West Eurington
Nellie Ernst
Charles
Charles F Benjamin
Roger T. Mitchell
Perpetual Building Association
Minnie M Odor ta oula R_ Peak
William E Edmonston
Charles Marsh
Emanuel Jackson
Washington Loan &Trust Co
F Sts
Turgiae
Real Estate Department
John Joy Edson
JOHN A_ SWOPE
DL Spfar
Andrew Parher Proaaucer
Harry G Mgem
Thomas Lradley
Tobacco assets to be sold in New Jersey dissolution case
Attorney General Robert H. McCarter for Universal Tobacco Company seeks a court order in Jersey City directing sale of company assets within nine days. Trustees appointed to form a dissolution plan following a suit by E. A. McAlpin. Sale to be in separate lots and absolute. Assets include plants in New York and Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert H. McCarter
New Jersey
Universal Tobacco Company
Stevenson
Jersey City
Carter
E. A. McAlpin
James B. Vredenberg
McAlpin
Commonwealth Tobacco Company
Commonwealth Company
Universal Company
Richmond
Lands Opened in Oregon Forest Reserve Areas
Lands totaling 319,500 acres in the Blue Mountains and 17,000 acres in the Wallowa region are restored to the public domain. The areas lie along the proposed reserves boundaries in Umatilla, Union, Grant, Baker, Crook, Malheur, and Wallowa counties. Undesirable for forest reserve purposes, they are now open to entry and settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
General Land Office
Blue Mountains
Oregon
Wallowa
Strawberry Mountains
Umatilla
Union
Grant
Baker
Crook
Malheur
Powder River
Wallowa River
End of Silverware Fraud Shield for American Goods
The Treasury reports Britain passed a law stopping use of the English hall mark on American silverware in England. American makers sent wares to England to bear the mark, deceiving buyers into English manufacture status and enabling duty-free returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliament
Treasury
England
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
Minister denies Porto Rican executions in Santo Domingo visit
Mail reports from T C Dawson the Santo Domingo minister contradict rumors of executions by Gen Morales. He says consuls heard nothing and his port tour with Admiral Sigsbee on the New York will strengthen relations between the two governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Dawson
Santo Domingo
Real Estate Notes on Union Transfer Site and Connecticut Ave Purchases
Real estate items show Union Transfer Company planning a 100 by 100 foot fronting site on Massachusetts avenue near the new depot. Dr B L Hardin buys a 25 foot frontage lot on Connecticut avenue near N street for about 10000 dollars. Westcott & Story handle the Connecticut avenue sale amid a cluster of unimproved sites between N street and Dupont Circle. Dr Sulibing Ruffin buys 1335 Connecticut avenue for about 926000 with Gasch & Birge handling the deal.
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Union Transfer Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Union Depot
L. Hardin
Connecticut Avenue
N Street
Dupont Circle
Westcott & Story
Thomas J. Wisher & Co
Sulibing Ruffin
Gasch
J. B. Briggs
Modern Freight House Plan at Baltimore and Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens a new freight house at New York and Florida avenues on August 22 with up to date loading and unloading facilities. A continuous door system allows many wagons to load and unload simultaneously, improving car handling and reducing delays. Adjacent team tracks provide easy car delivery and loading access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
New York and
Florida Avenues
Suit Against District Over Polluted Piney Branch
Julia A. Hall, by Hayden Johnson, sues the District of Columbia for 5000 dollars alleging district servants diverted sewer refuse into Piney Branch off Hall’s quarry at Fourteenth Street and Piney Branch road, damaging the stream and reducing property value. Also notes appointments of fourth class postmasters in New Hampshire New Jersey New York and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Branch
Julia A. Hall
Hayden Johnson
District of Columbia
District
New Hampshire
Percy
Elizabeth M O'Connor
New Jersey
Tarnsboro
Uiijah T Crowley
New York
Kelney
James H. Alexander
Pleasantville
Henry Baker
Massachusetts
Whately
Rylan C. Howes
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NEW York Stock Market
Adams Express
American Express
American Car and Foundry
Amerte Amur and Foundry
Amercian
St P
Colorado
Ce Tolorato Southern
Colorado Souther
Bly Consolidated Gas
Delaware and Hudson Gine
Dei Rand
A Dist Securities
WAL Seneral Electric
Hocking
Hocking Valley
Hinds Central
International Paper
Ky International
Internacional
Iowa Central
Kansas City Southern
Ated Louisvitle
Mackville
Manhattan L
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Kars
Tex
Mexico
Ontario and Western
Pacific Mass
Pitts
TIM Republic Steel
Republic Steel
Rock Island Co
St. L
St. Louis Southwestern
St. Louis Southwest
Southern Railway
Addruccigis
Niewspa
Tennessee Coal
Iro
Texan and Pacific
United States Rubber
United States Steel
United States Steel P
Wella Fargo Sane
Western Union Weatinghouse
Wheeling and Lake Eriad
Wiacorain
Wisconsin Central
U S
U. As
Chicago Grain
Atchison General Ds
Atchison Adjustment
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Central of Georgia Ist Inc
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago and Alton
Burlington and Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Chicago and Northwestern
R. I
Pacific RR
Consolidated Tobacco
Colorado Fuel
Colorado and Southern
Denver and
Rio Grande
Erie Nnfar
Erie General
Fort Worth
Denver
Louisville
Nashville
Manhattan
Congo
Mexican Central
St Louis
Missouri
Texas
Kareas
National Railroad of Mexico
New York Central General
New Jersey Central
Northern Pacific
Ban Sted Marthern Pacific
Norfolk and Western Consul
Oregon Short Line
Partic Pennsylvania
Reading General
Iron Mountain Consul
San Francisco
Sts
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway Bs
Texas and
Paccific
Toledo
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Commission Houses
Oata
Larga Pachera
Liberal Commission House
So Inlard
Buile
Bears
W. B. Hibbs & Co. Bankers and Brokers
Galveston
Norfolk
Baltimore
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Charleston
Great Britain
France
Japan
NEW York Grain
Sh. Agnew
P. & Affleck
Kieczewski
Columbia Railways
Western
Uptown
Julia AG Hall
Hien Point Furniture Company
William H. Redmond
Thomas J Kemp
Samuel E. Powell
Birney & Woodard
SHO Calkins Company
Robert Partner and
Capital Construction Company
Lester & Price
Blue Mountain
Real Estate Transactions
Jennifer
7Th End
DO Sta.nw
Barnard & Mark
Ferry Commission Co
Ferry Commsion Company
Chesley & Spenge
Elorado Building
Phony
Haights Freesec
Malin
Broadway, N
St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Street N. W
OF Exchange
Transre
General Banking
Lewis Johnson & GO
Sebese,sen Building
Messrs Moore
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
15Th ST
New York Ave
Renta
É&C
B. H. Warner CO
F Street Nw
Congressional and
Mexican Gold, Silver
District of Cosampiat
Corralitos and
Candelaria
Chihaunua Mexico
Salte Gt
Mutual Life Insurance Company OF
Richard A McCurdy
Vfe
Addreen Thomas P. Morgan
F St Nn
Traders National Bank
10Th ST. and
PA. Ave
Francis H. Smith
Alvin M. Lothrop
Quincy Smith
John B. Bleman
Fulton Harris
Jackson H Ralston
Kimball
Gs Bank
York Avenue
F Saul
Anthony Gaegler
Alexis Clarke
Francia Miller
Howard Moran
Asst Treas
Home Savings Bank
7Th
Maas
Association
Ed- Vantag
Equitable Co-Operative
Equitable Building
F St
Owe John Joy Edson
Ellis Spear
Gbo
W Castlear
Frak Preeside
Riggs National Bank
Stree N
U. S
W.b.hibbs & Co., Bankers and Brokers
Chiesago Board of Trade
National Metropolitan Bank Washington
DOL
United States Depository
Investmenta
S. B
Bates Public Accountant
Washington Loan and Tract
F Ste Nw
District of
Columba
Hluiskell & McCleran
Warder Blix
Joan
Metropolitan Loan and Trust Go
E Street
N. W
Planos &c
Potomag Guarantee Loan Co
F Street N. Ww
Atlantic
Building and Loan Association
National Mortgage Loan’ Company
62S
Fst
Kanawa
Rational Loan and Investment Co
Kecor
Opp
Money Money
Washington Mortgage Loan Co
Giof Street
West Place
Capital Loan Co
Tolman
Corcoran Bidz
16Th St Newspareer
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