Steel Resumes Lead, Market Ends Mixed After Dull Day
The May 2 New York market session showed few buyers and a firm undertone with limited public participation. Steel led on gains while American Can weakened along with Tobacco shares, as traders awaited the Senate review of a tobacco decision and general tensions weighed on metal prices.
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United Dialer Steel
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Washington Cattle Market Veal and Hog Prices Noted
Veal calves in demand with per pound figures and miscellaneous livestock pricing listed. Fat lambs, hogs, and other cattle values appear in fragmented notes from the Washington market report, with several illegible or garbled entries.
Washington Stock Exchange Mixed as Gas Leads Decline
Washington Gas showed weakness while most sales hovered around 9 3/4, with Washington Railway and Electric preferred active but fading at close. Western Light and Fuel climbed to 123 amid limited floating supply. Morgenthaler rose slightly with demand. Bond buying appeared strong as real estate news reports new construction on Riggs Place and New Hampshire Avenue, and Wardman firms plan two U Street houses with ground break scheduled.
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Second
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Banking Merger Sealed at Union Savings Bank Directors Meet
The merger of Union Savings Bank with Mer- and Savings Bank was completed in Kansas City after a meeting of directors in the offices of Milburn, Woodward, and Co. The deal, supported by Col. M. A. Winter and W. Woodward, consolidates control under the Union Savings Bank. Mr. E. Quincy Smith of the Iron Ravings is expected to resign the presidency, with a successor to be chosen. the future policy remains undecided.
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Washington Stock Exchange Market Summary May 1840
New York reports copper futures and spot prices with May through September notes. Commodity quotes cover London prices for copper, exports and customs figures, domestic farm markets including vegetables poultry dairy and fruits, plus New York wheat corn and oats cash and futures detail with mixed market tone.
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May
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New York Produce Prices and Market Updates May 2
New York market notes show mixed dairy and poultry prices with weak butter receipts at 4,379 tubes and varying egg and cheese rates. Wheat and corn futures declined on thin demand while live poultry and flour held steady. cottonseed oil, lard, and beef cuts posted modest shifts amid overall sluggish trade.
New York Cotton Market Ends Quiet With Modest Rally
Liquidation eased after yesterday’s spike as selling slowed and prices steadied. The market closed firm with upland at 11.40, gulf 11.65 on contracts, 12,209 bales traded. moisture in central belt and covering supported modest gains amid renewed rain forecasts.
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Daily Cotton Market and Livestock Prices
Baltimore trading remains mixed with spot wheat at 1.14 percent and on grade 1.18 to 1.16 percent. Corn dull, oats firm No 2 white at 6 44, rye quoted, eggs fluctuating across Marland and nearby regions, butter and creamery products priced. Cattle receipts 4,000 with beef demand strong and stockers varied. hogs 1,957 receipts, market steady to slightly lower with typical ranges.
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New York Money Market Report
New York money market shows call money steady with rates at 7 percent, bankers bills trading around 4.84 to 4.86 on 60 day and demand, prime mercantile paper at 64 percent, sterling exchange steady, Mexican dollars and government and railroad bonds holding steady amid lighter activity.
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Oil Quotations Report From Various Cities
Oil quotations from Ol City and Ohio on May 2 show balances, averages and shipments figures. The data lists balance 1.45, average 115.78, shipments 118, and other regional quotes such as North Lies 1.08 and Indiana 96 with unclear units. The terse OCR notes mix prices and locations, reflecting a dated market snapshot.
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yFoledts
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Wall Street Gossip Highlights Rail Finance Moves
New updates from Wall Street outline a special stockholders meeting for the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern to authorize a 200 million mortgage refunding bond. Michigan Central Railway authorizes a 40 million Canada Southern mortgage, while Waters-Pierce Oil costs and B F Goodrich’s new rubber company emerge in a flurry of corporate activity. Canadian Pacific earnings shine amid anticipated traffic deals into New York as steel markets remain firm with ongoing inquiries and rising prices.
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Farmer shoots three women on farm near Fairmont
Jennings Christ, owner of a Kingmont farm near Fairmont West Virginia, opened fire on three women Mary Gentile Rosa Begins and Marie Christianio who were gathering greens on his land. Christ was arrested and held for the grand jury claiming the gun was very small. The women's wounds were not serious.
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Rosa Begsins
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Bishops to be elected as AMEZ Zion meeting debates vacancies
At the twenty fourth quadrennial AMEZ Zion Conference in Charlotte North Carolina the question of electing two bishops to replace M J W Smith and M R Franklin was raised A recommendation favors eight bishops with two vacancies unfilled for now Delegates from across the United States the West Indies and Africa exceed 900 The session adjourns tomorrow with delegates to visit Livingstone College in Salisbury North Carolina
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Avis Declared Republican Nominee for Kanawha Third West Virginia Seat
Special to The Washington Fest. Charleston May 2 Capt Samuel B Avis prosecuting attorney Kanawha county is the Republican nominee for representative in the Third West Virginia district. No other candidate paid the assessment before today. The congressional committee fixed this date and Av is to be certified as nominee when the committee meets here May 15.
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Kanawha County
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Death by gas claims Jennings in Elizabeth City NC
Henry R Jennings of Warfolk Va found dead in his room on May 2 in Elizabeth City North Carolina. A sealed note addressed to his Dear Wife was left. The cause of death by own action and the exact circumstances remain unclear.
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Henry R. Jennings
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Monument to Servants Rally in Richmond for $39000 Monument
Richmond colored citizens declare May 2% week to raise thirty nine thousand dollars for a monument honoring faithful colored servants. A mass meeting with Gov. Mann was held to spur rally week ahead of the fundraising drive.
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Richmond
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Vacation Granted for Life Convict in Atlanta
Atlanta reports a life-term prisoner John Huddleson received a leave of absence for a promised return after a sixteen year period of faithful service. The warden noted his model behavior and lengthy tenure as grounds for the parole, the convict had been imprisoned for murder and went home to visit family.
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John Huddleson
Huddleson
Delays Action on Richeson Governor Takes No Move This Week
Boston May 2 Gov Foss will take no action this week on the petition of Lawrence V. Richeson to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. Rudolph Holman secretary to the governor said Richeson, an attorney, asked the governor to refer the petition to the legislative council.
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Freight tariff suspended over coal joint rate issue
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a Southern Railway coal tariff canceling joint rates with Louisville & Nashville for bituminous coal from Stony Fork Virginia Coal Company to Georgia, South Carolina and southeastern points. The ruling affects prices and joint equipment responsibility, delaying final effect until investigations conclude.
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Philadelphia Markets May 3 Wheat and Corn Steady
Philadelphia markets report unchanged wheat and steady corn for local trade. Notes mention mixed dairy receipts and unsettled lists, with poultry prices firm for live and dressed birds and potatoes steady to 1.45 per bushel for New York choice.
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Debtor uses knife to collect debt in Chicago
Alice McMorrow of Philadelphia confronted Deputy Coroner Michael G. Walsh in the county building and, after a knife flashed, obtained $500 from him. Walsh restrained, others intervened, and the woman left smiling with the knife and her handbag containing the money. The coroner says the debt, $500, was owed and settled by Walsh paying.
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General Homer Lesa Stricken Aboard Steamship
Nearly blind and partly paralyzed General Homer Lesa formerly of Los Angeles and leader of a Chinese revolutionary army is confined to his stateroom aboard the steamship Bhinga Maru bound for San Francisco. His wife tends him as he remains under care during the voyage.
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Wife Fatally Shoots Husband Then Kills Self in Jealous Tragedy
Luther Jenkins, a carpenter and Branley, Virginia native, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by his wife who then shot herself. The couple, married three years with no children, had a history of quarrels fueled by jealousy and an infatuated third party who left town days earlier.
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DIES ON RAILROAD TRAIN IN VIRGINIA
Lynchburg real estate man Li Moorman dies on a Pullman train near Penning Gap en route home from Louisville. He is survived by three brothers and two sisters. The body will be taken to Bristol then Lynchburg for burial.
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