Breadth in Advance as Securities Rally on Encouraging Crop Outlook
The Washington Post reports a broad stock market rise for the first time in weeks, driven by improving crop prospects and belief government action against Harriman and his railroads will be measured. Traders note better crop reports and a potential June government forecast, with Bank of England and Bank of France showing stronger finances. Prices closed higher despite midday dip, with gains across sectors including dormant issues like Rock Island and Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
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Local Financial Roundup Highlights Trading Shifts on Exchange
The Stock Exchange session shows mixed interest with Capital Traction near 30,000 in traction, Washington Railway and Electric at 4 9, and Columbia Railroad and Metropolitan Bond activity. Georgetown Gas leads gains with high demand, while investors eye Lanston and Chesapeake and Potomac, amid pending delivery rules for Capital Traction receipts and cautious gas stock optimism.
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New York Bond Market Report with Grain Prices
Bond market shows little change with 2,000 dollars traded at Baltimore. Wheat and corn futures mixed. No. 2 red Western wheat around 96 to 95 for June to August. Oats and rye steady with various small firm quotes. butter and eggs mixed, grain freights dull.
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Washington Produce Market Quotations Show Mixed Egg Butter and Poultry Prices
Wholesale price quotes indicate eggs with regional variations and steady to firm markets. Butter quality improves with larger receipts while prices ease slowly. Cheese shows broad ranges by region and live poultry arrivals are up with firm markets and mixed demand. Dressed beef and other meats show cautious movement as inventories adjust.
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Wall Street Gossips on a Creeping Bull Market
Special to The Washington Port reports traders see early signs of a creeping bull market with quiet stock absorptions. Bond notes for Delaware and Hudson draw strong investor demand, American Car and Foundry boosts confidence with a dividend and rising earnings, while Union Pacific and Southern Pacific capital plans draw cautious projections for the year.
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New York Money Market Rates and Exchange
New York on June 6 reports money on call easy at 14 ½ percent in open market with steady bank discounts. Time deposits show sixty days 3 4 percent, ninety days 4 ¾ percent, six months 4 ½ percent. Sterling exchange remains strong with bankers’ bills at 4.8590 for demand and 4.8205 for sixty days.
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Market Report Shows Wide Range of Goods and Prices
The listing details a chaotic mix of prices across meats, produce, dairy, and grains with items like calves, hams, beans, tomatoes, cherries, apples, and eggs. Wheat and corn futures in New York and Chicago reflect volatile sentiment driven by crop reports and weather, while cotton and other commodities show fluctuating activity. Local cattle and hog markets indicate steady to firm pricing, and recent transport updates note a railroad service adjustment impacting schedules.
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Railroads Defy Nebraska Rate Cut Law
Special to The Washington Post from Lincoln Nebraska June 6. Union Pacific and Rock Island files notice with the Nebraska Railway Commission declaring the federal government sole arbiter of railroad rates and regulation. They challenge a Nebraska law cutting freight rates to 8 percent of current tariffs effective July. They will seek federal injunctions while still honoring a three cent fare law, but reserve right to test the law's application as passenger earnings drop.
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Furnaces To Be Active In Coming Years
Pittsburg June 6 A canvass of the iron and steel industry forecasts the second half of 1907 and the first half of 1908 will see record production in the United States and Canada. New furnace construction may add about 2 000 000 tons of capacity. Last year local furnace output reached 25 307 000 tons and coke demand from new pig iron furnaces could require 6 000 to 7 000 coke ovens. Official sources are expected to reassure business leaders about continued prosperity.
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Bank Elects Trustees for East Washington Savings Bank
The East Washington Savings Bank annual meeting was held at National Capital Bank Hall. Officers’ reports were presented and the bank’s nourishing condition was praised. Trustees elected for the coming year include John H. Herrell, M. L. Weller, Dr. Richard Kingsman, Dr. W. P. C. Hazen, Michael A. Lynch, Lewis Flemer, B. Earnshaw, Thomas W. Smith, A. T. Stuart, John C. Yost, Albert Curry, George F. Harbin, Samuel H. Walker, Dr. Richard A. Pyles, and Henry H. McKee.
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Washington cattle market notes unclear prices and receipts
Fragmentary market report from Washington cattle market shows mixed and unclear figures for veal calves, weight based prices, and various categories. The readable items mention per pound prices, ordinary and grass fed categories, but the text is garbled with many OCR errors leaving most details indiscernible.
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Organised War on Rats Urged by Lantz
D E Lantz, a rat expert with the Biological Survey, urges organized cooperation among rat catchers to curb depredations in farms towns and cities. He cites five extermination methods including poisons traps ferrets fumigation and rat proof building design emphasizing persistent trapping and rat proof concrete construction.
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Consul Brings Libel Suit In Havana Post Case
Havana June 6 Editor Leavitt of the Havana Post indicted for criminal libel against Count William Redding with a papal title. Paper and Frank Maximilian Steinhart accused of conspiring to rob Cuba of church property sale proceeds. Consul General Steinhart also filing a suit to be heard soon. Taft and Gov Magoon named. Magoon to be a witness.
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Five Poster Prizes Awarded by Alumni Association
Business High School students competed for five 2.50 gold pieces in a poster contest promoting the association’s annual excursion to Marshall Hall. A jury of Miss Susanne Guthert, Miss M. P. Shipman, and Miss Leila Mechlin selected five winners: Miss Clars Byron, Miss Mathilda Vogt, Miss Pearl Philpitts, Miss Gladys Sample, and Miss Mary Connor. All contestants received excursion tickets. winners earned gold prizes.
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Bank Improvements Authorized at Merchants and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
A permit was issued yesterday for repairs and improvements to the bank’s new building at the corner of Seventh and G streets northwest. Estimated cost is $15,000. Architect B Stanley Simmons. contractors Borges Parsons.
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Nichols Held for Sanity Exam After Lodging House Disturbance
Albert Nichols colored was arrested Wednesday night for creating a disturbance in the Municipal Lodging House. He was examined yesterday to determine his sanity and was committed to St. Elizabeth's Asylum.
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