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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
34
The May trade review notes first broad improvement in six months across all commerce sectors. Liberal buying of foundry iron and cotton goods supports a rise in orders, with gains in multiple industries. New business in pig iron and iron trades shows renewed activity and optimism despite some retail weakness.
Market notes show fluctuating grain prices across New York commodities with oats and corn highlighted. Traders cite uncertain demand and seasonal factors as prices drift, while some contracts edge higher on speculative buying and weather expectations.
The report shows visible cotton supply at 408,201 bales with 408 bales at Weean and 449,423 test year. World supply mentions Egypt Brazil and India among major producers with year over year comparisons. US totals reach 478,109 for Sec last week with 63,900 prior period. Indonesia and other regions show varied outputs.
The grain market shows a generally weaker trend with July contracts lower and price action muted. Reports note subdued demand and cautious selling across grains, including soybeans and corn, as traders reassess export prospects and farm activity amid unsettled near term conditions.
New York Assembly Speaker Wadsworth met President Roosevelt at the White House on personal matters. He said the interview covered politics but downplayed its significance and planned to return to Albany soon. The White House confirmed the discussion related to personal matters only.
Stuyvesant Fish, heir to a railroad fortune, becomes a brokers clerk in New York. Once earning 10 a week as a Rock Island station agent at Salina, he aims to learn finance and the railroad business his father dominates. The Yale alumnus previously held clerk and foreman posts before moving to New York.
Minnie Siblotterback, widow of John S. Bitterback, sues City and Suburban Railroad in District Supreme Court for 10000, claiming her husband fell from a car platform at New Jersey Avenue and G Streets NW due to employees’ carelessness. Trial filed yesterday as per document.
At a British court event on May 22 attendees included Mrs Tamu Wie of the Am tnein Ambassadors, Mrs Herbert Shipman with the rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, and Mrs Marion Latinfeld. Miss Duke Wore a white gown with embroidered gum, roses, and gardenias. guests included Miss Linda Lobanott and Mrs Halle Erminte.
Society notes describe lavish dress at a Philadelphia event with Mrs Summerlin displaying an ornate diamond jewel and an ostrich feather fin. Debutantes Miss Dorothy Williams and Miss Marie Plage figure in society pages, alongside fashion remarks on hats, gowns, and theater boxes.
An old ad touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as relief for headache neuralgia sciatica and other nerve irritations. It claims no stomach upset or after effects and offers a money back guarantee if the first package fails. The ad cites Lula Lunch of Macon and cites Miles Medical Co of Elkhart.
Residents along Ocean Avenue and Halidon Hill face target practice from Fort Adams as big guns and mortars threaten the seaside estates. Mme Adelina Patti recalls royal praise while Mrs John Nicholas Brown and Master John Nicholas Brown rushed home to comfort Grandma Brown amid illness.
The Department of Slite reports from the American Legation at Peking on China’s plan to curb opium. Measures ban Turkish and Persian opium imports, restrict permits, and cap 1908 imports at 1125 piculs. Beginning 1909 permits shrink yearly until total denial, with Indian opium barred under the Britain accord.
Anglo Americans open house in London at the London Anglo American Ladies Club on the sixth floor dining room. Dowager Countess of Stafford and the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava are among American vice presidents. The club offers ninety bedrooms and twenty three private sitting rooms, with a top floor dining room as a novelty.
The Canal Commission purchased the ocean going tug Jack Swaby from Lambert Point Towboat Company for 7000 dollars. The vessel will be moved to Colon for towing duties.
Before sailing from San Francisco on July 7 the Atlantic battleship fleet will be reorganized into four divisions with Connecticut Kansas Minnesota Vermont in the first division. Georgia Nebraska New Jersey Rhode Island in the second. Louisiana Virginia Ohio Missouri in the third. Wisconsin Illinois Kearsarge Kentucky in the fourth. Auxiliaries include Panther Glacier Culgoa Ajax, tender Frankford and hospital ship Relet.
Military notices list Maj Thomas Griffith Twenty-eighth Infantry to Fort Saulting Minnesota Maj Clarence Williams Ordnance to Midvale Philadelphia for funds transfer and accountability duties then return to post Lt Besti Ho Dutcher Medical Corps to sail from Mantle on July 1 1908 to San Francisco with two months leave granted May 1908 Major Weston Chamberlain duties extended 20 days Capt William Browning extended leave August 1908 First Lieut William Burns leave August 13 1908 Lt William Dove retired to take effect June 2 1908 Commanders and paymasters receive orders and vessel movements note ships at Boston San Dusky Albany Panama Olympia Annapolis Cavite Port Sally Alabama etc
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