Big Day for Industrials on Wall Street and Rail Deals
A wide market rally lifted many stocks including United States Steel preferred but profits pressure grew as the day wore on. Rock Island and Atchison faced heavy selling while American Smelting rose on deal hopes. Amalgamated gained and copper forecasts encouraged a coming boom with New York leadership, amid interlocking interests and railroad consolidation chatter.
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Wall Street
United States
Rock Island
United States Steel
Atchison
United States Rubber
Roosevelt
State Street
Jock Island
Colorado & Southern
Texas Pacific
Western Pacific
Gould
Atchison-Pennsylvania
Sunday Post
The
Harriman
Erie
Eric
Morgan
Vanderbilt
Gay
Trinity
Treasury
Chase & Barstow
Utah
Chase & Barstow’s
Chase
Standard Oil
Boston
United States Rubber Company
New Brunswick
N. J
Kidder, Peabody & Co
J. R. Williston & Co
Tucker, Anthony & Co
New England Telephone
Frederick R. Tibbitts
Monks Building
Congress Street
Bamberger
Daly-West
al Watts
Ontario
Wolverine
Franklin
Osceola
South
Kearsarge
Brooklyn Roaid Transit Company
New York Stock Exchange
Erie Railroad
Winchell
Rock Island Railroad
Edwin G. Heath
New York Stocks Rise on Bullish Opening
The New York Consolidated market opened with strong bullish sentiment aided by London gains and foreign buying. Major gains came from American Smelting and several rail stocks including Rock Island New York Central Reading Missouri Pacific Canadian Pacific and traction shares. Wall Street eyed a favorable bank statement next day and advised buying United States Steel preferred American Smelting Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania and lower priced railroad stocks as recessions appeared.
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New York
London
Rock Island
New York Central
Reading
Missouri Pacific
Canadian Pacific
United States Steel
American Smelting
Pennsylvania
Atchison
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Chicago, Mil & St Paul
Cc. C, C & St Louis
Colorado & Southern
Caer
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & River
Hocking Alley
Illinois Central
Iowa Central
Kansas City Southern
St Louis Southwestern
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway Ee
Texas & Pacific
Toledo, St Louis & West
Union Pacific
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
Amalgamated Copper
Am Car & Foundry
Eerreee
Ng & Ref
Tobacco
Anaconda Mining Co
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Consolidated Gas
General Electric Distillers
Eee Nee
Republic Steel
Tennessee Coal & Iron
J $ Realty
U S Rubber
UT Bo
Virginia
Carolina
Westinghouse Electric
Western Union
Dividends Declared by Major Firms This May
American Car and Foundry Company declares a quarterly 1 percent dividend on its preferred stock. Rock Island Company of New Jersey announces a quarterly 1 percent preferred dividend. United States Rubber Company declares a quarterly 2 percent dividend plus an extra 116 percent on its preferred stock.
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American Car & Foundry Company
Rock Island Company of New Jersey
United States Rubber Company
Colonist Tickets Offered From Boston to Pacific Coast
Daily sale from March 1 to May 15 for California Oregon Washington routes with connections to Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and coast points at reduced intermediate rates. Half price Pullman tourist sleeping cars via direct line or Colorado scenic route. Contact S A Hutchison manager tour ist department Chicago Union Pacific Northwestern line 300 Washington St Boston.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New England
Colorado
S. A. Hutchison
Chicago
Union Pacific & Northwestern
Washington Street
Very low rates to the Pacific coast via Wabash railroad
Low fares announced to the Pacific coast and other points on the Wabash line. The route is promoted as the quickest tourist line from New England with Boston offices at 176 Washington Street.
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Pacific Coast
New England
Boston
Washington Street
Boston Market Ex-Dividend and Instalment Payments
The Boston Market reports ex-dividend status and payment of first instalment and assessment. Total listed stocks amount to 85,525 shares with bonds at 214,000 dollars and unlisted stocks at 17,977 shares.
Investigation into suspected arson at Hotel Riverside
Waltham April 7 A blaze was found in the Hotel Riverside basement Wednesday evening. Authorities say a deliberate attempt to start a fire may have been made. The fire was detected before significant damage. a rigid investigation is planned to determine causes and culprits.
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Waltham
Riverside
Hotel Waltham
Hearing Set On Ubero Plantation Co Fraud Concerns
The Post Office Department schedules a hearing for next Monday in Washington to determine if Ubero Plantation Company of Boston falls under fraud order scrutiny. Investigators have reviewed whether investors lost money due to unwise but well intentioned schemes or deliberate fraud, tracing activity in Boston and beyond as stock was marketed via mail circulars.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Ubero Plantation Company
Boston
Gas Costs Revealed In Legislature Lighting Probe
Testimony from George W. Doane of the New Amsterdam Company shows gas production at 32.5 cents per thousand cubic feet with half the output sold to Consolidated Company at 32.88 cents and the rest distributed to consumers at 1 per thousand. Edison Company’s John W. Lieb Jr. cites five year average illumination current cost at 4.50 cents per kilowatt hour with net returns at 9.017 cents and last year’s net profit of 2,293,838 dollars. He notes a surplus exceeding 6,000,000 dollars and a depreciation fund over 4,000,000 dollars already set aside.
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New York
George W. Doane
New Amsterdam Company
Consolidated Company
John W. Lieb, Jr
The
Edison Company
Lieb
Profit Taking Triggers Weakness in Wheat Market
Liquidation of the May wheat option caused broad weakness in trading. Some late recovery from shorts left May wheat down a fractional percent, July steady, July corn down fractional, oats unchanged, and provisions 6 to 10 cents higher.
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Chicago
Shorts
Chicago grain quotations and wheat outlook from Ennis and Stoppani
The Ennis and Stoppani Chicago grain letter reports narrow range wheat with July favored under nervous May influence and advises buying July wheat. Corn showed early weakness from Liverpool selling, then partial rally on light receipts and late Western movement expectations. Oats saw renewed buying by shorts and investors.
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Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Ace of Trade
State Mutual
Chicago
Ennis & Stoppant
Liverpool
Longs
Shorts
Boston Stage Notes Framing Stages Zoraya and More
Mrs Patrick Campbell returns to Boston on Monday to star as Zoraya in The Sorceress at Hollis Street Theatre with an strong company. Maude Adams ends her Boston visit tonight after two contrasting shows while Nance O Neil closes her first week at Tremont with Elizabeth and Macbeth. Stronghearted college drama Strongheart runs at Park Theatre as The Filibuster nears finale at Majestic with Bunny changes. Humpty Dumpty continues its fourth week at Colonial Theatre with a lavish production. Wilton Lackaye opens The Pit at Boston Theatre Monday evening in Brady production based on Frank Norris novel about a wheat pit corner.
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Patrick Campbell
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Zoraya
Sardou
Alice Neal
Alice Butler
Maude Adams
Nance O'Neil
the Tremont
Elizabeth
England
Strongheart
Majestic Theatre
Frank Lalor
Bunny
Colonial Theatre
Drury Lane
Frank Moulan
John McVeigh
George A. Schiller
Maude Lillian Berri
Nellie Daly
Lillian Coleman
William CC. Schrode
John C. Schrode
Joseph C. Smith
Nora Sarony
Frederika Raymond
Arthur Conquest
David Abrams
Frank Todd
Eugene Everett
Boston Theatre
Wilton Lackaye
William A. Brady
W. B. Watson
Jeanette Dupre
Alio
Ida Howell
Albert Mahar
New York
Scribner's Morning Glories Company
Palace Theatre
Clarence Wilbur
James Marcus
Louis Hartman
Nat Bernard
Harry Wilson
Frank Scott
Gus Neser
Etta Cooper
Elsie Harvey
Lillian Hathway
May Burke
Constance Windom
Muldoon
Benedict- Powell
Josephine Larothe
Austin & Stone
the Park Theatre
Robert Edeson
Prouts
Handel
Messiah
People’s Choral Union
Symphony Hall
Vladimir de Pachmann
Jordan Hall
Elks
Boston Lodge of Elks
Samuel E. Rork
Empire Theatre
Rich Boston Theatre Lineup Promises Week of Plays
Boston theaters present a crowded week with Siberia at the Footlights and Pals at the Globe. Audiences will see Ward and Vokes in A Pair of Pinks, Shubert acts at Bowdoin Square, vaudeville at Keith's, and the Empire Theatre concert program featuring Winschermann's bears and ventriloquists.
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Jadwin
Bartley Campbell
Siberia
Boston
Big Playhouse
Pals
James J. Corbett
The
Globe
Ward
Vokes
Lucy Daly
Margaret Daly Vokes
Castle Square
Dr. B. Jefferson
McFadden
Grand Opera House
Speck Brothers
Montana
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Keith
Pete Dailey
Marshall P. Wilder
Mazuz and
Mazette
Mildred Hanson
Ollie Young
Brother
Earle
Wilson
Misses Cooke
Clinton
D'Alma
Howard
St. Onge
Winschermann
Franz Ebert
C. W. Williams
Stuart
Patti
Hughey Dougherty
Harry la Rose
Horse
Will M. Cressy
Ad Carlisle
Melrose Brothers
the Columbia
Nevada and California Railway Incorporation Gain
Sacramento company files articles of incorporation capitalized at 15 million dollars with 457000 subscribed. Directors include William F. Irin William Hood Peter F. Dunne Nicholas T. Smith and Joseph L. Wilcutt. Main line to span 450 miles and reach southern California gold fields.
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Sacramento
Cal
Nevada & California Railway Company
William F. Irin
William Hood
Peter F. Dunne
Nicholas T. Smith
Joseph L. Wilcutt
Erie stock hike to back convertible bonds plan
New York April 7 It was learned that Erie Railroad raised its common stock by 20 million dollars from 113 million to 133 million to prepare for converting its 10 million dollars in convertible bonds which have been convertible since April 1.
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New York
Erie Railroad Company
New Haven Directors Hold Meeting in Boston
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad directors met in Boston for routine business, departing from their New York venue. Board member Mr. T. E. Byrne downplayed the change as a customary, infrequent occurrence.
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New Haven
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York
T. E. Byrne
Springfield & Western railroad seized to collect taxes
Springfield Ohio April 7 County Treasurer P M Stewart attached the Springfield and Western railroad a branch of the Appleyard system to collect 1200 in taxes A car was chained to the track to halt traffic and stop all movement in the area The action aimed to enforce tax payment and shut down local rail service pending settlement
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Springfield
P. M. Stewart
Springfield & Western Railroad
Japanese Bond Allotment Details Released in New York
Notices of the Japanese bond allotment were issued in New York. Subscribing small bidders will receive nearly all their subscriptions, while about 50 percent for those seeking around 50 000 dollars, and 10 to 15 percent for large subscribers except life insurance firms which get full amounts. Banks will weed out speculative bidders to redistribute subscriptions.
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New York
Rich gold deposits found in Wyoming near Kendall
A. J. Parshall of the United States Geological Survey arrived in Cheyenne and confirms rich gold deposits near Kendall in Uintah county Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. J. Parshall
United States Geological Survey
Kendall
Uintah County
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