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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1904

Page

26

Market Drifts as Active List Sags on Weak Wheat

Stock market weakens after open amid firmer tone from professional buyers and cotton-driven gains in London. New York Central and Sugar lead declines while Union Pacific and Southern Pacific show relative firmness. rumors of express company consolidation revive trading but overall volume shrinks and bonds firm.

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

Railway Bonds and Market Close News Brief

A dense list of bonds from Atchison to Wisconsin Central is presented with prices bid and offered. The report notes nervous activity, uneven moves, and a barely steady close after a session of alternating gains and losses. Weather and crop reports supported positive underlying sentiment along with Bull Leader activity in London and New York.

New York grain and stock market update shows mixed futures

New York reports mixed grain prices with wheat and corn fluctuating amid bearish crop news from the North West and strong cash demand in oats and barley. Cotton surges on opening before late profit-taking, while bond and stock activity shows varied closes across Washington and national markets.

New York Duluth Manitoba O. B Wall Street

Prices and supplies in New York market report Aug 23

New York produce market shows butter and cheese steady, eggs unchanged with large receipts. Reports on flour, grains, meats, fats, oils, and metals follow, noting firm and quiet prices with varied regional quotations and commodity listings.

New York Galveston Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia New Orleans Mobile Memphis Anange Augusta Reston Louisville St Louis Fouston Great Britain Consolidated Conti Penports Japan France Goay Mexia Minnesota Rio Long Island Jersey Southern London Tron Glasgow Middlesboro Northern Foundry

LIVE STOCK MARKETS AND BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

Live stock markets report New York receipts and prices for beeves calves sheep and hogs with national market notes from Chicago. Also a separate item from Muncie Indiana states the Muncie Trust Company was appointed receiver for three oil and gas firms with combined capital of 1.26 million dollars amid insolvency complaints.

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 Home Savings Bank 17Th, K Mass. Ave National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company 18Th &T

Flurry in Cotton Futures Spurs Wild New Orleans Trade

A sensational session in New Orleans saw futures surge on heavy buying by a prominent broker and bullish crop reports. Prices jumped 8 to 35 points, then eased as longs profited and shorts sold, with September opening up and closing near the day’s lows amid active short covering and scattered gains.

New York W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Bey Chicago Northwest Manitoba Minneapolis Duluth Corm Liverpool Houston Bureau Duree New Orleans Shorts Longs

Weather crop report cites drought pockets and rust damage

The Weather Bureau reports drought relief in some regions but continuing dryness in Central and Western Tennessee and parts of Texas. Corn in the Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio valleys shows mixed progress with rust and insect damage ongoing, while cotton outlook improves yet faces shedding and boll weevil impact in several districts. Apple and potato prospects are noted, with drought affecting the Ohio Valley and fall plowing underway across central valleys and the Middle Atlantic States.

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 Items

A list of produce prices from Washington including potatoes beets carrots cabbage cucumbers plants green corn onions peaches squashes tomatoes apples lemons cantaloupes and watermelons with by the barrel per unit and by the box or dozen. Copper hearing postponed and currency shipment to Cuba noted with dates and court details, including a procedural failure to serve a subpoena to Frederick Heinze.

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

Equity Court actions and real estate dockets in Supreme Court DC

District and circuit court notes list numerous equity, condemnation, and probate actions under Justice Stafford. Cases include Smith v Foster, Kaldenbach v Kaldenbach, Fisher v Shively, and Hamilton v Colbert with orders, appearances, and ratifications. Also debt, divorce, and guardianship filings, with property transfers across several blocks and squares in Washington DC, and notices of wills and administrations.

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 Justice Stafford Carrie Brown Frederick A Fanning Bond F. G. Coldren Carmen A. Davis A. D. Munford George H. Calvert, Jr William B. Hetfeld Charles K Hetfield William Henry White Harrig S. Atchison Charles H. Blumer Maurice D. Rosenberg Wolf & Rosenberg Aaron Stern W. D.hoover John C. Bullitt Elizabeth D. Ames Robert H. Daggs

Real estate transfers list from Bloomingdale to Langdon Park

Real estate transfers show Harry Wardman to James and Verna Conway on lot 117 block 8 for $10 at Bloomingdale. John T Donaldson to William and Rosa Scherrer for fifty foot front on Badger Road at $10. Magele Riley to James Burley on original lot 8 square 596 for $20. Langdon Park and Takoma Park deeds noted with multiple lots transferred for $10 and larger sums such as $6,500 and $3,076.

W. Davia Seabow Bank Spring Farm Anais E. Alderman Es Taabel Lillie B. Bailey Ninth Street A. Kirk Hiorida Avenue Harry Wardman Harry A. Toulmin Thirty-Third Street Mary E. Balzer Arthur C Towares H. Wysong Randle Arthur E Randle Henry LE Sixth Street Ophelia Warren Allee B. Grimes John Serivoner Elina Simon Thirteenth Street William Sefton John W. Stevens Squere Bquare Emily B. Parish National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company American Security and Trust Company James Henry Smith Same Bloomingdale James R. Conway Charles P Lewis D. Petrie John Scrivener Samuel Scrivener Charles Morrie Dennis J. O'Donnell Edmund Fitsgerald John J. Fegan Serial Building Association Squana Weilping Wilkentag Wiliam Henry H. Bergman H. BR. Howenstein District of Columpia Henry P Kern Bright B. H. Ramey Rebecca Ritter Springer Brookland Nellie J. Garrity Frank A. Harrison Thomas Bradley Catherine EB Alica Grimes Et William M George C. Boarman Charles W. Pairfax Rendolph JF Eliot Margaret Gorman Joan William E Edmanston Louis HR. Peak Qorcaran Fire Insurance Company 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

Local stock activity hints at firm woes for Jenkins & Simpson

Trading in Lanston and Washington Railway shares dominated yesterday with several small lots exchanged at varied levels. Washington Savings Bank and American National Bank saw modest moves, while Mergenthaler slipped from Monday. Jenkins & Simpson, brokers at 1329 F street NW, suspended amid reported liabilities estimated between 4500 and 15000 after wheat positions rose. A clerk cited a short wheat stance and an attachment of about 1000 as factors. firm expects resume soon and assures customers unaffected. they run a large women’s department business.

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 Jenkins & Simpson F Street Messrs

Market report and bond challenge headline mix

In Baltimore markets flour wheat corn oats rye hay and dairy prices are listed with receipts. A separate Philadelphia case notes N W Harris seeks to void Reading city bonds worth 45000 on constitutional and taxation grounds.

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

Manila Railroad Stockholders Ratify Speyer Agreement

London stockholders approved a Speyer & Co. deal to take up 2 million dollars in two and a half year notes and 6 deferred voting shares, placing control of the Manila Railway with Speyer. Notes bearing 6 percent have already been placed. Treasury receipts and expenditures list internal revenue, customs, and other items for the period.

London Manila Speyer & Co New York

Price warns cotton buyers as crop worsens and labor lags

Theodore H. Price cautions buyers to secure supplies for six months, citing deteriorating cotton crops and limited labor in the South. He notes the 1903-1904 crop at about 19 million bales, labor shortages, rising acreage, and the potential impact of global events on trade, urging letters from the South on crop outlook.

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

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