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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1904

Page

10

Market Dull After Election Fears Weigh on Steel Stocks

New York November 3 A quiet trading day followed the election as speculative interest subsided and activity narrowed to a handful of iron and steel issues. United States Steel led gains among big names while Tennessee Coal Iron and Pennsylvanian rail stocks supported lift in the sector. Bond quotes and money market rates moved modestly, with overall dullness dominating the session.

New York Lava United States United States Steel Tennessee Coal Knan & and Sins Refield Steel Pennsylvania Iranaml Steel East River Broanklyn Transit Sugar Hd Mat Amalgamated Cop Heinga Ermattin Murstel Wa Trong Grargers Law Pla Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Coal and Iron Texas and Pacifc St. L Western West Union Pacific Union

Government Bonds and Stocks on Washington Market

Closing quotations show bonds from Saips Washington Railway and Electric and Anacostia and Potomacs with varied par rates and yields. Shares include Washington Gas Company, Mergenthaler Linotype, Langston Monotype, Washington Market and multiple bank and railroad stocks with diverse bid prices and certificates of indebtedness across the District of Columbia market.

Washington Gas Mergenthaler Linotype Lansten Monotype Washington Market Washington Gag Washington Railway and Electric Washington Stock Exchange District of Columbia Capital Traction Railroad Metropolitan Mailroad Metropolitan Railroad Columbia Railroad Lity and Suburban Railroad Anacostia and Potomar Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light Kesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company First És Potomac Electric Light Safe Deposit and Trust National Safe Deposit and Trust Washington Loan and Trust American Security and Trust Union Trust and Storage Washington Savings Bank Home Savings Bank Capital Trardlon Company The Washington Railway and ‘Electric Company National Bank Wasnington Central Farmers and Mechanics Citizens Columbia Capital, American Traders Tancoin Riggs National Metropolitan Citizens’ Bank Firemen’s Franklin Metropolitan Corcoran Potomac Arington German-American National Union People’s Washington Chesapeake and Potomac American Graphophone Anacostia and Columbia Railway

Washington Produce Market Prices Listed by Item

Prices vary by region and item for produce and meats. Potatoes, cabbage, apples, grapes, eggs, live poultry, game birds, dressed meats, chestnuts, and ducks show different per barrel, per bushel, per dozen, or per pound rates, with regional references to New York State, Western markets, and Southern states.

New York State Virginia D. H Tennessee North Carolina

Baltimore Markets Quiet and Steady on Flour and Grains

Baltimore market report shows quiet conditions across commodities. Flour receipts 1,737 barrels with exports at 7.86%. Wheat futures steady with mixed spot and forward prices. Corn and oats firm with no clear direction. Butter firm with creamery and ladle varieties higher. Eggs and cheese steady earlier gains hold. Sugar unchanged with coarse and refined grades steady. Freight rates for Easter steam to Liverpool listed, and inland carriage noted.

Baltimore

Local financiers drive bank stock surge amid consolidation talk

Reading from City market rumors, National Metropolitan Citizens Bank and National Safe Deposit Company show sharp stock gains on the Washington Exchange. Citizens stock climbs amid consolidation chatter with Metropolitan-Citizens. Bank of Washington and other names rally as merger potential looms.

National Metropolitan Citizens’ Bank Citizens’ Bank Washington Stock Exchange National Safe Deposit Company Citizens Metropolitan-Citizens Metropolitan-Citizens' Bank E. Southart Parker Old Metropolitan Bank New Consolidated Bank Bank of Washington Central Bank The National Metropolitan Bank Washington, D. C United States Depository J. E. Bates Public Washington Loan and Trust Bldg. Ltd Fats Traders National Bank Tenth St Penna. Ave

New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Liverpool Outlook

The cotton market opened steady with a 1.5 point decline influenced by Liverpool futures but steadied by English spot market firmness and New Orleans steadiness. Prices edged up from midday lows, with January reaching around 10 cents, close to unchanged to a small gain. Estimated sales totaled 250,000 bales.

New York Liverpool New Orleans

Chicago Grain Markets Rise On Argentina Rain Outlook

Exceeding rains in Argentina and moisture shortages in the United States supported a firmer wheat market. December and May wheat closed higher while oats and pork products showed modest movement. Trading began with active buying from shorts and initial quotes for December at slight gains.

W. B. Hills & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Argentina United States Gealo

Market Downturn as Wheat Prices Slip on Mixed Damage Reports

December and May wheat deliveries fell under heavy selling pressure though reports of Hessian fly damage in winter wheat were largely discounted by a Cincinnati crop journal. December closed at 1.12% and May at 1.12% with primary receipts under last year’s. clearances reached 48,500 bushels. Oats traded quietly while pork, lard, and ribs firmed on strength from packers.

Cincinnati Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Wehieher Janary

New York Grain Markets Signal Mixed Wheat Turnaround

New York grain futures show firm spot prices for No. 2 red wheat and various oat and corn grades, with May and December futures closing at modest gains amid bullish and bear-assisted moves, while oats and corn volumes remained light. global Argentine news boosted early wheat strength before a late pullback.

New York Duluth O. B Manitoba Bulligh Ar Gentine Shorts Lugmgelitm Orig M@ilM

New York Produce Prices and Market Notes

New York reports mixed commodity prices with butter receipts at 3,442 and creamery grades, cheese steady, eggs firm, poultries and meats steady, flour and feed steady, hay and hops firm, hides leather wool steady, cottonseed oil quiet, coffee firm, sugar firm, potatoes steady, peanuts steady, cabbages steady. Metals update shows London tin up, copper firm, lead steady, iron firmer locally with various No. 1 foundry quotes.

New York Pennsylvania Tagao Taduntin Cordova Long Island State and Western Jersey Sweets Liverpool London Lake Glasgow Middlesboro Northern Southern Southern Soft

Live Stock Market and Related Financial Notes

New York reports mixed live stock results with cattle and hogs varying by region. Ohio and Illinois updates include railway mortgage filings, Rock Island Company leadership changes, and government sale plans for St. Louis Exposition buildings. Disclosures cover treasury receipts, expenditures, and internal revenue totals.

Treasury National Bank

Hearings Postponed in Interstate Commerce Cases

The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed hearings in multiple cases including Farrar Lumber Company vs Southern Railway over alleged unreasonable lumber rates from Dalton to Cincinnati and discriminating rates to Virginia points, Fuller B E Callaway vs Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Grifffin Grocery Co vs Southern Railway, and others involving alleged unreasonable or discriminatory rates, with hearings moved from Atlanta to later dates and additional disputes in Georgia and nearby states.

Interstate Commerce Commission Farrar Lumber Company Southern Railway Dalton Cincinnati Virgina Atlanta Fuller BE. Callaway Louisville and Nashville Railroad Ang Louisville la Grange la Grange Board of Trade Wiyde Steamship Company Griffin Grocery Company Chicago St. Louis New Orleans Griffin, Ga J. and S. Cannon Mobile and Ohio Railroad Missouri, Indiana Illneis Gordy Birmingham Davenport Brothers & Co Helena John Compton Chauncey, Ga

Cotton Gin Report Shows 1904 Ginned Cotton Total

Census Bureau figures released at noon yesterday reveal 6,590,137 running bales ginned up to October 18, 1904, compared with 3,839,627 a year ago. States list sizable totals including Texas 2,201,603 and Georgia 1,056,679. total ginneries 28,110. Only 37.6 percent of the crop ginned by October 18, vs 53.5 percent in 1902, with four follow-up reports planned through January.

Alabama Arkiances Worida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

Removing Ashes Free From Boarding Houses Questioned

J P Twoney acting superintendent asks for a corporation counsel opinion on whether the ash disposal contract can require removal of ashes from licensed boarding houses housing two to four families and from foreign legations used as residences by attaches. The request follows a query by B L Minor owner of a rooming house at 611 Thirteenth Street NW. The contract covers weekly ash collection from private residences and other designated places in the city and dense suburban areas as designated by the Commissioners. The department seeks to know if Minor’s premises count as private residence under the contract.

J. PT. Twoney B. L. Minor Thirteenth Street City of Washington Mineor

Globe Trottter En Route Claims Forty Thousand Miles Walked

Prof Greathead the traveler claims a six year, six year trek began in Vancouver to walk around the world in ten years and write a travel book. He has crossed Canada Europe Asia Russia China and Japan, carrying books with official seals and signatures as proof. He lectures at Hyattsville and plans to reach Washington then Florida Mexico and California while enduring good health and wearing out many shoes.

Prof Greathead Vancouver B. C Washington Canada Europe Asia Russia China Japan John Weaver Philadelphia C. H. Stanley Citizens’ National Bank Laurel Ghent University Belgium Hyattsville Florida Mexico California

Dom Gasquet at Trinity College lecture on Bede

Trinity College hosted English historian Dom Gasquet who spoke on Venerable Bede. Introductory remarks by Mer O'Connell preceded a concise critique of Bede as historian. Students expressed appreciation as they met the distinguished guest afterward. In other news, a debt case seeks $1,000 from L Murray Gottwald backed by a deed of trust on property formerly owned by Herbert Fairfax. Scarce fever at Morgan School spurred disinfection. one mild case reported. October land patent activity shows 10,000 patents issued, highest on record with 3,551 filings approved, up from September.

Trinity College Francis Aidan Gasquet Mer. O'Connell Catholic University Dom Gasquet Bede O'Connell Dom Gauquét Trinity Charles G. Demooerts Jourdan W. Maury District Supreme Court L. Murray Gottwald Square Herbert C. Fairfax Gottwald Morgan School Health Department General Land Office

Funeral of Francis Robinette in Tucson

Funeral services for Francis Robinette who died recently in Tucson Ariz were held yesterday morning at the home of his sister Mrs J A Schaefer 514 M streets northwest He was a son of the late Morgan B Robinette survived by a widow and one son Dudley He was known in scientific circles as the ornithologist with the Sumholitz expedition into Mexico in 1892 where he collected fine specimens for the Carnegie Museum.

Francis Robinette Tucson Ariz J. A. Schaefer Robinette Morgan B. Robinette Dudley Sumholitz Mexico Carnegie Museum

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