Wall Street Waits for News as Balkan War Fears Loom
New York traders waited for definite word on the Balkan war as stocks showed a cautious, sluggish day with a bear tilt. Steel remained under pressure while Midland and Southern Pacific fell, Standard Oil of New Jersey surged on a dividend announcement before retreating. Total curb trade active with about 15,000 Lands volumes irregular.
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New York Money Market Report Condensed
New York money market closes with call money at 2% bid 2% offered. Time loans firmer with 50 day at 3 1/4 percent and 90 days at 4 percent for all months. Prime mercantile paper at 4% to 5 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at £8 3 15 for 60 day and £4.87 40 for demand. Commercial bills at 4 3/8. Bar silver at 62 1/2. Mexican dollars at 4 8. Government bonds and railroad bonds reported irregular.
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The Metal Market Copper and Iron Prices Report
New York feb 3 copper weak in spot and futures with bids at 18 25 for spot and near months. May to April and May contracts ranged around 16 to 16 62 per unit. Electrolytic copper at 14 to 16 44. London copper exports for the month noted as easy. Iron prices listed for No 1 Northern No 3 Merthers No 1 Southern and Southern varieties with ranges around 12 50 to 18 50, Cleveland warrants cited in London at 14d.
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Baltimore Markets Report of Commodities and Prices
Baltimore market notes from February 2 show wheat and corn steady, oats steady, rye inactive. Poultry and dairy items list mixed prices for live and dressed chickens turkeys ducks geese butter and dairy prints with regional references to Maryland Virginia and nearby states.
Oil Quotations From Ohio and Nearby Areas
Credit balances 32.40 with January and February run data. January 31 shipments 233099, average 119472. February 1 run 28062, shipments February 1 and 2 24.06, average shipments 47.03. Toledo area numbers include North Lima 104 South Time Indiana 1.23 Wooster 1.44 with partial figures from February 2.
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Wall Street Gossip on February Market Movements and Standard Oil Notes
New York reports traders showing indifference as Pennsylvania fails to open after 14 000 shares traded Saturday and American Can sees minimal activity. Standard Oil of New Jersey declares a zero dividend funded by redistributed sums from controlled corporations. Continent Oil meeting at Congell Bluffs Iowa on March 6 to vote on terminating its corporate existence. Colorado Fuel preferred continues to advance with large accumulated dividends prompting speculation on common stock and potential retirement of the preferred.
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Local financial snapshot and corporate notices
Trading on Washington Railway and Electric stock saw limited public participation with two brokers handling most activity. Transactions included 100 shares at 87 1/2 and 200 more at 87, with 22 shares of preferred at 58. Public interest centered on supply sources. The Mutual Fire Insurance Co DC reelected board and officers. 1912 receipts 87,540.27 and losses paid 9,410.02. Frazee Potomac Laundry elected directors. Apartment sale 156-07 Sixteenth St NW for about 160,000 with Massachusetts Ave corner transfer. Property deeds transferred on Twelfth St NW to Arthur M. Tree et al. Washington and Old Dominion Railway 1912 receipts 13,061. no dividends. Washington Heights Traction 1912 receipts 8,027. expenses 8,876. capital stock 15,000. Washington Gaslight reelected directors. 1912 dividends 824,000. plant valued at 12,885,203. total revenues 2,162,859.
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New York Grain Market Report Feb 3
Wheat futures eased amid better western weather and weak cables. Spot corn and barley held steady with mixed export interest. receipts and shipments detailed across standard North American grades.
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Holland Tells of Achievements of Younger Generation of Railway Men
New York February 3 1913 analysis praises the younger generation of railway operatives for handling transportation without congestion and bankers guiding a critical money market. It highlights careers starting from floor jobs, ascent via merit, and notable leaders Finley Whaley Mellen Reid Rogers with emphasis on how youth merit shapes modern railway management.
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New York Produce Prices Mixed Across Dairy and Grains
New York market notes steady to firm with varied quotes across butter cheese and eggs. Butter receipts near 9,893 tubes with prices across extras seconds and firsts. cheese and skim milk figures follow, while poultry and beef lines show steady demand. cornmeal and rye flour hold, with cottonseed and sugar futures reflecting mixed activity.
Live Stock Markets Reported Wide Range Prices in Chicago and New York
Chicago receipts totals show cattle hogs and sheep with steady to higher trends across classes. New York and Baltimore markets show mixed cattle calves and hogs with steady to firm values and strong demand for sheep and lambs.
Philadelphia markets report February 4 butter prices and grain trends
Western creamery extra butter at 26 37. nearby prints fancy. bogs demand good with Pennsylvanian receipts 7.60 per case. New York full cream fancy 19 1 34. Wheat No 2 red 1.01 44. Corn No 2 mixed 54 55. Poultry alive firm with fowls 16 4 17 1 2. Ducks 18 19. Dressed fowls firmer 17 17 1 2. Roasting chickens 17 13. Turkeys 19 20. Turkeys Western 19 24. Ducks 14 13. Geese 12 16.
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Gallagher killer of Mayor Gaynor dies in asylum
James J. Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor nearly two years ago in Hoboken, died at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton after paresis. He had been there since June 1916, previously in state prison for assault on Street Commissioner William Howards, NYC, who was with Gaynor when attacked. Gallagher was never prosecuted for the mayoral shooting at Gaynor's request.
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Three Rice brothers sentenced for counterfeiting in Chicago
In Chicago on February 3 United States District Court Judge Carpenter jailed James Rice for five years and Melvin and Frederick Rice for three years each for counterfeiting. George Rice received a new trial. The judge was moved when James spoke of his wife and two children facing eviction for unpaid rent.
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Convicts Fight City Fire at Thomas Building
Jefferson City February 3 Convicts from the State prison were called out today to battle a blaze that destroyed the Thomas building one of the citys largest office structures. Prison firefighters prevented the flames from reaching adjoining properties as the building housed Postal Telegraph Wells Fargo Express and out of town newspaper correspondents.
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Washington Produce Market Prices Show Strong Demand
Wholesale quotations for Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland vegetables and dairy trade note strong demand for poultry and scarce stock. Prices for butter cheese eggs and various vegetables are listed with regional variations and road condition impacts from heavy rains.
King Menelik Dead Again Amid Rumors of Abyssinia
London dispatch says Menelik of Abyssinia is dead though no official confirmation. His 17 year old grandson Prince Lidi Jensen, named successor, arrived in Addis Abeba with pomp. Lidi Jensen speaks multiple languages and was educated by European tutors.
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West Virginia Gets Elk From Yellowstone Preserve Opens
Fifty elk from Yellowstone Park arrived at the Allegheny Sportsmen's Association preserves in Marlinton and Bath County Virginia. Howard Eaton unloaded the animals as winter drove herds down from the mountains. Only calves and yearlings may be taken. calves weigh 40 to 300 pounds. The association already had eighteen elk and they are multiplying rapidly.
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Freight Wreck Halts Traffic Near Petersburg Dinwiddie
A late night freight derailment on the Seaboard Air Line near the Dinwiddie county courthouse wrecks several cars but injures none. Track damage extended about 40 yards causing passenger trains to run via the Atlantic Coast Line overnight. by morning the line was cleared.
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Allis-Chalmers Properties Sold in Milwaukee Sale
Milwaukee sale of Allis-Chalmers properties completed by Special Master Commissioner Gerry W. Hazelton to J. H. McClement of New York for 2 260 000 dollars. McClement chairs the reorganization committees and buyers committee representing bidders.
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