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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1904

Page

22

Stock Market Drifts As Active List Slips At Close

New York market opens weak on wheat and buying by bullish professional traders fades. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific hold firm while New York Central and Sugar drop. express firms gain on talk of consolidation. Seaboard and other bonds steady as Treasury transfers and foreign exchange edge higher. overall mood cautious with light bond activity.

New York Central Sugar London Union Pacific Southern Pacific St Paul Atchison Steneth of Southern Railway Amerin Express Wells Fargo New Orleans South New York Canada Dominion United States Seaboard Sterling Exchange New ‘York Atchison General Atchison Adjustment Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Central of Georgia Central of Georgia Isl Inc Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Alton s.Chicago Burlington and Quincy Maw Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Chicago and Northwestern R. I and Pacific R. R Pacife R. R. Col. Ga C. Cand &J. Louie General Terminal Consolidated Tobacco Boh Colorado Southern Denver and Rio Grande Erie Erie General Forth Worth Denver City Hocking Valley Shee Louisville Naghville Manhattan Consol Gold Mexican Central Minneapolis St. Louis Missouri, Kansas and Terns Misouri Kansas Texas National Railroad Afiesico Consol New York Central General New Jersey Central General Northern Pacific Norfolk and Western Gregan Pennsylvania Reading General St Louis Iron Mountain San Francisco St Louis Southwestern Seaboard Air Line Souther Pacific Southern Railway Texas and Pacific Toledo Western Unier Pacific United States Steel Wheeling and Lake Erie Wisconsin Central

Wall Street Bond Prices and Market Nervousness Report

The market for railway bonds and related stocks showed a nervous, irregular session with prices drifting up and down. After a volatile closing, the market finished barely steady, with modest gains on some late positions as bull support persisted and private crop reports remained favorable.

Jonga Liverpool

New York Grain Markets Open With Mixed Signals on Wheat and Corn

New York and Chicago trading see dividends of activity on wheat corn oats and cotton. Wheat futures slip then recover on bullish crop news from the Northwest while corn and oats gain on exports demand and cooler forecasts. Cotton opens strong with early gains then erodes after the weekly report. pumps buying and stop orders before late-day volatility.

New York Duluth Manitoba O. B Wall Street

New York Produce Market Reports Mixed Prices and Supplies

The New York market shows butter and cheese steady with large receipts, eggs unchanged, and diverse commodities like flour beef lard and pork steady to barely steady. Metals and chemicals show London and local price movements with copper and tin firm and lead slight shifts. overall, activity remains subdued amid varied regional quotations.

New York Minnesota Rio Long Island Jersey Southern London Tron Glasgow Middlesboro Northern Foundry Baltimore

Live Stock Markets Across New York and Chicago Markets

Live stock markets report receipts and prices in New York and Chicago. In New York, beeves receipts total 628 head with firmer prime prices around 650, cattle shipments 947, sheep 6,267, hogs 2,494. calves steady with veal 6.00 to 3.00 per pound and dressed beef firm. Chicago receipts include cattle 8,000 and hogs 16,000 with notable price ranges across grades and Texas-fed steers at 4.25. Sheep 28,000 with varying light and heavy grades. Also notices Muncie Trust Company appointed receiver for Central Coal Oil and Gas and related oil firms, amid insolvency claims.

New York Port Wethers Chicago Indiana Muncie Ind Muncie Trust Company Central Coal, Oil, and Gas Company Gopher Oil Company Laraca Oil Company Muncie Gas Engine and Supply Company

Flurry in Cotton Futures Triggers Sharp Market Moves

New Orleans August 2 A wild cotton market session with bullish and bearish forces clashing as a leading broker's heavy buying on October and December spurred rapid gains. Prices swung from gains to declines after crop report reactions, futures opening higher and then retreating, closing near the day’s lows after intense turf battles on the floor.

New Orleans Liverpool Shorts New York Longs Bureau

Weather briefing on drought and crop conditions across the Belt

The weekly Weather Bureau crop report notes drought relief from rains in central valleys but persistent drought in Tennessee, parts of Texas, the Rocky Mountain and North Pacific regions, with fires in Idaho and Montana. It covers corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco, apples, potatoes, and fall plowing, noting rust, shedding, boll weevils, and good fall soil conditions.

Weather Bureau Tennessee Middle Gulf States Texas Rocky Mountain North Pacific Coast Idaho Montana Missouri Valley Rocky Mountains Corn Ohio Nebraska Mississippi Ohio Valley Middle Atlantic States North Dakota Minnesota Middle Atlantic Wisconsin New England New York Lake Region Pennsylvania

Washington Produce Market Prices and Terms

Listing of nearby produce prices per unit including potatoes beets carrots cabbage cucumbers GG plants green corn onions peaches squashes tomatoes apples lemons cantaloupes and watermelons with units and per item ranges. Includes copper hearing postponement and currency shipment news from New York about the Cuba-bound funds and a failed subpoena service in the Heinze case.

Virginia Maryland New York Frederick Heinze Montana Clifford C. Roberts Anaotary Public Boston Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company Johnstown Heinze

Equity Court records grid in Supreme Court DC notice

District of Columbia equity and district court notes list cases with appearances, judgments, probate orders, and real estate filings. Names include Smith, Foster, Manove, McCandlish, Bilias Wineland, Kaldenbach, Fisher, Shively, Hamilton, Baister, Cadick, and many others with attorneys and dates.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Stafford Smith Foster George W. C. Sullivan M. J. Keane Gibbons Young Sale Hamilton & Colbert Padgett & Forrest Baister Ys Cadick C. Maurice Smith J. B. Archer, Jr Coldren & Fenning

Real Estate Transfers in Bloomingdale and Nearby Areas

Real estate transfers show Harry Wardman to James A. and Verna E. Conway on lot 117 block 8 for $10. John T. and Maria L. Donaldson to William and Rosa Scherrer fronting fifty feet on Badger Road for $10. Magele FF Riley to James B. Burley on original lot 8 square 596 for $20. Daniel Higton et al to J. Hayman Lang on lot unspecified square 674 for $10. Sarah F. Baldwin and Margaret L. Baldwin life estate on lot 38 square 96 for $10. George W. Cook at Byfoneer J Clarke on lots 6 7 and 4 square Sixth Street Southwest between M and utreate. Charles Morrigan et al to Lewis D. and Mary St. Petrie on part lot 2 square 474 for $10. Margaret W. Mackall et viz lot is to Mary Reilly part lot 4 square Bt for $10. William A. Gordon et al trustees to Thomas L. Hume on lot 28 square 328 for $6,500. Eugene Carus et al trustees to Emory W. Reisinger on lot B square 281 for $3,076. Brainard H. Warner et al to Warren E. Sullivan lot 34 block 14 for $10. Guy L. Dayis et ax to Jeffer- (text cut)

Bloomingdale Harry Wardman James A Verna E. Conway Badge Road John T Maria L. Donaldson William Rosa Scherrer Third Magele FF Riley James BE. Burley Fenton Street Daniel Higton J. Hayman Lang Mary St. Petrie Twenty-Fourth Street Margaret W. Mackall Lotis Mary Rielly Tenth Street William A. Gordon Thomas L. Hume Eugene Carus Emory W. Reisinger Takoma Park Brainard

Lanston Stock Activity and Jenkins & Simpson Suspension

Trading in Lanston saw 1103 shares change hands with prices rising to 10 and moments of strength as 100 shares sold at top figures. Washington Railway moves included five blocks at 81-2 and 2,000 at 85-8 with 50 Washington Railway preferred at 673-4. Mergenthaler slipped to 185-4, while Jenkins & Simpson of 1329 F street NW suspended amid estimated liabilities of 4500 to 15000 and an attachment for 000. The firm, blamed for wheat short after a sharp rise, expects resume soon and notes no customer losses.

New York Housed Middle West London Far East Storks Standard Railway Missouri Kansas Texas Liverpool Washington Railway and Histric Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Washington Savings Bank American National Bank Mergenthaler Linotype Lanston Monotype Stock Exchange District of Columbia Philippine Land Purchase Mallroad Capital Traction Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Columbia Railroad City and Suburban Railroad Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company First Safe Deposit and Trust National Gate Deposit and Trust Washington Loan and Trust American Security and Trust Union Trust and Storage Home Savings Bank Capital Traction Company The Washington Railway and Electic Company National Bank Bank of Washington Metropolitan Contra Farmers and Mechanics Second Columbia Capital American Tradeers Lincoln Riggs Incuranes Firemen’s Franklin Corcoran Potomac Arlington National Union Feppie’s Oly Commercal Colonial Columbia Title Washington Washington Gag Mergenthaler Greene Consolidated Copper Company Washington Market Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Maury Cave Company Lanston Call Jenkins & Simpson F Street Messrs

Reading Bonds Questioned Over Constitutional Vote

In Philadelphia on August 3 N W Harris & Co filed a bill in equity in the U S Circuit Court asking that Reading city bonds valued at 45000 be declared illegal and void. They contend the bond election was unconstitutional and that bonds were bid assuming they would be tax free.

Reading Philadelphia N. W. Harris & Co Bankers of New York Todal United States

Manila Railway Stockholders Ratify Speyer Agreement

London stockholders approved the deal with Speyer & Co. New York to raise 2 million dollars in two and a half year notes and 6 percent deferred shares with special voting powers, placing control of the Manila Railway with Speyer. Notes bearing 6 percent interest have been placed. Treasury receipts and disbursements listed include internal revenue, customs, and miscellaneous expenditures.

London Manila Speyer & Co New York

Price urges cotton buyers to secure supplies as crop deteriorates

Theodore H. Price argues that the 1903-1904 cotton crop will be small, likely under 11 million bales, with labor shortages and rising acreage but stagnant output. He notes the falling Port Arthur and global demand, urging spinners and buyers to hedge now. He cites U.S. census data and warns of continued volatility in prices and the need for adaptation.

New York Port Arthur United States Texas South Oklahoma Indian Territory Ste Ita Negro Theodore H. Price

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