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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1910

Page

17

Hard Coalers Lead Market Rise Amid Mixed Signals

New York December 12 The Waslington Fest reports wary trading with stocks slipping mildly after a prior upward run. Lehigh Valley led gains early on in hard coal shares, though much of the rise faded later, investors awaiting fresh incentives and gold movements. Officials note UK Bank demands for gold and year-end settlements may tighten money markets, while Taft appointees trigger favorable reactions in Wall Street. Exports show a dip from November 1902 though railroad shipments edge up, with Wabash and Canadian Pacific among highlighted gains.

New York Lehigh Valley Temple Tron Ogge London Europe Bank of England England Wall Street Taft Supreme Court Interstate Commerce Commission Knupp Commission New Commerce Court Cockrell Canadian Pacific Southern Pacific Louisville and Nashville

Copper and grain markets mixed in New York and London

The New York Stock Exchange reports quiet copper with mixed bid prices and modest gains in some months while local markets see unsettled copper and iron with varying casts. Wheat and corn futures show initial strength then steady, while futures close modestly higher or lower. Receipts and shipments figures are listed for multiple commodities. Toledo weather and Lima, Ohio trade notes appear at the end.

New York Des Iran London Norther

Live Stock Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Receipts and Prices

In New York on December 1 beef and hog markets show varied levels with lower cattle receipts at 3,900 and hogs firm from 8.25 to 8.35. Calves and sheep also move unevenly with Western cattle steady and yearling and lamb prices in mid ranges. Chicago notes slower cattle trade, with Texas steers around 5.95 and calves 7.00 to 9.00, while sheep and hogs show modest shifts. Baltimore week totals indicate steady to dull tone for cattle and mixed shifts for sheep and hogs, with weekly receipts up and prices largely steady to firmer depending on class.

New York Mats Falco Galeston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Boston Philadelphia Nexas Circle Port Arthur Pensacola Jacksonville Houston Augusta Memphis St. Louis Cincinnati Great Britain France Continent Japan Mexico Tampa Chicago Reeves Texas

Wall Street Gossip and London Gold Moves

Before the market opens traders watch London gold flows as Bank of England readiness to export shifts price and sentiment. London and continental bids lifted gold to 73s 90, deterring New York bids. Bank of England netted 3,300,000. Continent took rest. Archived reports note weak American stock displays amid London settlement nerves, while rail orders from Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvanian specs shape steel car demand and rail costs. Delaware and Hudson and Kanawha Michigan show near normal steel trade.

Washington Post New York London Sterling Exchange Bank of England Continent Lof England Delaware and Hudson Kanawha Michigan Baltimore and Ohio Pennsylvania Harriman

New York Stock Market Quotation By Hibbs Brokers

The foregoing quotations reflect the names of brokers at the Hibbs Building who are members of the Trade and Washington Stock Exchange. They were received by W. B. Hibbs & Co bankers and New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of.

Hibbs Building Washington Stock Exchange W. B. Hibbs & Co Bankers and New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of C. Wheeler & Co Western 14Th and F Streets Northwest Norman W. Paters & CO Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York New York Washingon Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade

New York Cotton Edges Higher on Census Hopes

In New York on December 12 the cotton market opened weaker but rallied as traders expected a bullish census report next week. The close was steady with prices 4 points higher to 4 points lower. Southern spot markets were mostly unchanged to about one and a half cents lower. The census bureau will release ginned cotton data up to December 13 tonight, with a test of the market on Tuesday December 20.

New York Duluth Orm Argentina West Mey

Washington stock and bond trading report on Saturday

Trading on the Washington Stock Exchange showed mixed activity with gains in several issues. Washington Gas rose to 1105-8, with the close at 1101-3. Liberty bonds advanced, Lanston stock hit a new high, and Baltimore and Ohio plans bids for a Buchanan and Northern extension from Rivesville to the Pennsylvania line tapping coal properties of the Little Kanawha syndicate.

Washington Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Buchanan and Northern Railroad Rivesville W. Va Fairmont Pennsylvania State Little Kanawha Syndicate Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburg and Lake Erie Pennsylvenia Railroads

Washington Produce Market Wholesale Quotations

Wholesale prices for fresh eggs and fruit rise. Virginia and Tennessee origins cited. Butter and cheese prices listed, along with dressed poultry, vegetables, greens, and game items with per unit or per basket pricing.

Virginia West Virsinte Tennessee Bagao Westar Bret New York State New Florida California

Washington businessmen urge 5 pm government hours

A chamber committee will visit the White House at noon tomorrow to protest a proposed order extending executive hours to 5 pm rather than 4:30. Led by chairman William Guide, the group includes H. W. Woodward James ter A Lisner Isaac Gang and Jaurnescert. The plan for a Saturday half holiday year round is unlikely to win broad support.

Chamber of Commerce White House Washington Tett Chamber Isaac Garis Willam F. Guide W. Woodward Jamester A. Lisner Isaac Gang Csers

Justice costs millions in Wickersham annual report

Attorney General Wickersham reports the federal judiciary’s activity for the fiscal year just ended. Congress appropriated 10.6 million dollars. he spent about 9.5 million and recovered over 3 million in minor frauds while seeking indictments for contract, conspiracy, and restraint of trade cases under the Sherman act.

Wickersham Department Circuit and District Courts United States Bankruptcy Statistica Commerce and Labor

New York Produce Prices and Market Notes December

New York prices and market news show steady to firm values across dairy, meat, and grain items. Creamery and cheese receipts varied, with state and western meats quoted. flour and molasses steady. coffee and sugar near unchanged. freight rates firm. money and exchange stable with minor shifts in mercantile paper.

New York Pennsytvania Hennery Tur-Keyan Middle West Cordova Bermude Tate Long Island Jersey Southern Aweets Soqbi Encote Dar Harral Virginia Liverpool London

Baltimore Markets Report and Washington Cattle Prices

Baltimore markets show firmer wheat with 95 percent spot and 25 percent southern grade. Elgin reports butter at 8 cents per pound. output 630,000 pounds. Washington cattle market notes calves and veal steady. hogs at 856 per hundredweight. lambs and sheep varied. calves mixed with price ranges.

Baltimore Southern

Fire safety cited in Alexandria grand jury charge

Washington Post Bureau reports Judge Louis Barjey urged thorough probe of fire escape compliance after a grand jury inspection of buildings housing large crowds. The tour included Braddock House on North Fairfax Street and other sites. cases for cocaine, shooting, burglary were resumed. Eagles elect officers. Cameron Club reminiscences. funeral set for Mrs Shiveley. Red Cross sales launch to fund antituberculosis work.

Washington Post Bureau King Street Alexandria Alexandria Corporation Court Louis ©. Barjey C. H. Yohess Braddock House Fairfax Street Lee Washington George Jones Scott Blackwell Adolphus Robinson the Commonwealth John Hall

Armenian Doctor Seeks Divorce on Ground of Insanity

Dr Mihran M Dolmage files a bill in equity for divorce from Virginia Dalmage alleging she was insane at remarriage and incapable of contracting. He cites their Armenian custom limiting contact, says she spoke little at their May 18 1908 wedding in Stoneham Massachusetts, later alleged poisoning, and that she was placed with a nurse and taken to Reno California by her mother in February last.

Mihran M. Dolmage District Supreme Court Stoneham Maas Reano, Cal

Police Guard For Estate Of Mrs Merrill After Death

Police guard the estate of Mrs. M E Merrill after she was found dead at her home on 1127 Fourteenth Street Northwest. Relatives are not admitted while an administrator is sought. Merrill owned multiple properties including L Street residences, a hotel on Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, and a John Marshall Place home. The estate is valued at about 200000 dollars. Guards remain until relatives return from Concord New Hampshire for burial.

M. E. Merrill Fourteenth Street Northwest Fourteenth Street Merrill Concord N. H

Court Orders Clean Stores and Forfeiture Action

Judge Pugh urged district authorities to keep city grocery stores clean and ordered collateral forfeiture in cases against Samuel Carter Robert Cronie Jacob Glassmore and Jacob Wilson. If stores fail to improve before health officials next visit the penalties will exceed simple collateral forfeiture.

Freeport Shows Population Increase in Census

The thirteenth census statistics issued yesterday report Freeport, THI., population 15,567, up from 13,258 in 1900. Washington city figures also listed include Aberdeen 13,60. Bellingham 24,298. Olympia 6,26. Walla Walla. New York. and others. Giuseppe boscarino, linked to the Lupo Morrella counterfeiting gang, was sentenced by Federal Judge Hough to 15 years in Atlanta.

Freeport Thi Washington Aberdeen Bellingham Evo Olympia Walla Walla New York Lee Giuseppe Boscarino Hough Atlanta

Souls May Pass to Mars, Mina Whiting Sez

Cambridge messages report Miss Lillian Whiting of the Wellesley Observatory claims death is a transfer to spiritual forms, with life after death spent on Mars. She describes ether as the universe’s most substantial substance and envisions vehicles run by electric energy and similar needs for a spiritual body.

Mars Mina ‘Whiting Wellesley Observatory Cambridge Mass Lillian Whiting Miss Whiting

Smuggled jewels cost Ada Adriance over twenty five thousand

Ada Adriance of Poughkeepsie was fined and forfeited a necklace after customs found an eight thousand dollar diamond necklace hidden in her hat lining upon return from Europe last August. She paid the foreign value plus duties and a heavy fine. The hearing was delayed as Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, wife of the Interborough president, was too ill to attend. Four others connected to cloak and suit firms Steiner & Bernstein and Luts & Horwitz were arrested on undervaluation fraud charges, with bonds set at six thousand each.

New York Ada F.C. Adrianee Poughkeepsie Europe WiMam Loeb, Jr Adriance Theodore P. Shonts Interborough Rapid Transit Company

Charlton's Writs Served in Extradition Bid

Porter Charlton, wanted by Italy for the murder of his wife at Lake Como, is jailed in Jersey City as certiorari and habeas corpus actions proceed. Notices were served on Judge Blair and Prosecutor Garven for a Trenton hearing next Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court appeal is possible if Judge Bellstab's ruling goes against Charlton.

Jersey City N. J Porter Charlton Halian Chariton John A. Blair Pierre P. Garven Bellstab United States Circuit Court Trenton Porter Chariton Lake Como Italy State Department Paul Chariton Manual Bureau The War Department Washington New York

Fraud Trial Near End in Huston Mail Conspiracy Case

Justice Wright in Criminal Court No. 1 stated that the government and defense will finish their jury addresses as the trial of John N. Huston former treasurer Harvey M. Lewis and Everett Dufour on conspiring to defraud through the mails nears completion. Attorneys Syme and Sullivan and Gittings spoke for defense while District Attorney Wilson argued for the government. Henry E. Davin and Turner will conclude addresses today with the jury charge set for tomorrow morning.

Justice Wright Michael W. Sullivan John C. Gittings Henry E. Davin Turner

Laurier backs Georgian Bay Canal plan in Montreal speech

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister of Canada, announced policy backing Georgian Bay Canal to boost trade. He said deeper Welland Canal won’t hinder it and grain vessels could reach Prescott, with Montreal poised to capture most of the trade and rise among America’s cities.

Ottawa Ontario Bec Wilfrid Laurier Canada Georgian Bay Canal Welland Canal Prescott Montreal Montresl America

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