Bears Again Raid the Stock Market
Wall Street reports a dull trading day with little major buying or selling, a cautious mood across traders, and a sharp copper price drop at the metal exchange. The market closed with mixed, irregular quotes and a generally weak tone despite some gains in select copper and industrial stocks.
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Wall Street
State Street
London
Reading
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delaware & Hudson
Willcox
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Atchison
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Erie
Great Northern
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Steel
New York Stock Exchange
Gifts to Art Museum Add to Rare Porcelain Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts received a major porcelain gift from Dr. Denman W. Ross. Exhibits include a 30 inch K'ang- Hsi vase with cobalt blue and peachblow glaze, a 19 inch club shaped vase in cobalt blue, two Hawthorn jars from the Ch'ien Lung period, and a blue gauze decorated vase. The pieces are displayed in Case 44 with others in Cases 27 and 29.
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The
Museum of Fine Arts
Denman W. Ross
Pottery and Porcelain Room
Ross
K’ang- Hsi
Supreme Court hears employers liability law challenges
On April 10 the Supreme Court heard arguments in Damrell Howard and N C Brooks challenging the constitutionality of the employers liability statute. Railroads engaged in interstate commerce may be held liable for employee damages due to fellow worker negligence or faulty equipment. Brooks seeks 25000 for a son killed as a locomotive fireman on a Southern Pacific train in Nevada. Howard seeks 20000 for a husband killed as a fireman on an Illinois Central train near Memphis.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Damrell Howard
N. C. Brooks
Brooks
Kansas
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis
Tenn
Medford Post Office to Become Station on July 1
Postmaster Hibbard announced that on July 1 the Medford postal district will be consolidated with the Boston district following a visit by First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock.
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Medford
Hibbard
Boston
Hitchcock
Hassayampa Copper Company
Arizona
Hassayam
Mrs Norton Appeals From Divorce Decree
Attorneys for Mrs Josephine Birney Norton have filed notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of Errors from Judge Shumway’s decision granting Edwin Kenneth Norton a divorce after a five week trial. Grounds for appeal are not stated.
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New Haven
Conn
Josephine Birney Norton
Supreme Court of Errors
Shumway
Superior Court
Edwin Kenneth Norton
Yale
New York
Boston curb market shows strong volume on Bosnyocolo surge
Trading in Boston curb market was brisk with prices holding firm. Bosnyocolo the Van Horn proposition led activity with 286 575 shares, nearly every brokerage house participating. New York Cuban Steamship rose from 26 3 4 to 27 1 2 while Boston Cobalt traded 23 to 27 cents.
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Amalgamated
North Butte
United Fruit and Pneumatic Service
United Fruit
Pneumatic Service Common
Butte Coalition
Greene Cananea
Old Dominion
New York
Boston Clearings
Boston
Sub-treasury
New York Clearings
New York Balances
Bankers’ Sterling
Nee
Sunedeesessselem
Reichsmarks
Esnabevestesss
Bosnyocolo
van Horn
New York & Cuban Steamship
Boston Cobalt
Boston Corbin
Superior & Pittsburg
Incorporated
Market Summary of Stocks and Bonds in Boston
The Boston Market column records the day’s stock and bond price movements and total sales for April 10 highlighted by a detailed table of prices. It notes the overall market direction and key issues traded in the session.
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Boston
Pittsburg Councilmen Charged Over Carnegie Institute Tickets
Three Pittsburg councilmen are charged with selling admission tickets to the Carnegie Institute dedication for ten dollars each, prompting a council investigation.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Argenta Investors Pushed by Copper Dividend Claims
A stock promotion touts high yields from a range of copper firms including Amalgamated Copper and Calumet and Hecla. The piece highlights Argenta and the Copper Queen, urging readers to buy 1000 shares to target 50 percent dividends amid dramatic claims of vast profits.
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Amalgamated Copper
Leonard
Boston
Montana
Boston Copper
Amalgamated
Calumet and
Hecla
Calumet
Arizona
Sitippas
Argenta
Bryan’s Views on Railroads
In a letter to the Wall Street Journal William Jennings Bryan sets out his stance on government ownership of railroads. He recalls the 1904 campaign placing the issue as unlikely yet inevitable and warns of centralization dangers while supporting federal ownership to reduce state boundaries and preserve the republic’s dual form of government.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
William Jennings Bryan
Build Up the States and the Dual Plan for Railroads
The federal government would own trunk lines while states hold the remainder, a system seen as strengthening state power and curbing centralization. The plan should be implemented gradually to gain experience, with private lines welcomed to use trunks on fair terms.
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Europe
Green bug advances wheat price in Chicago trade
Reports of further spread of the green bug pest caused an advance of over 1 cent a bushel today in the price of wheat. At the close the May option was up 3 4 to 7 8. Corn was up 1 2 cent, oats 3 4, and provisions 10 to 20.
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Chicago
Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Board of Trade
State Mutual Building
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor on Railroads and Trusts
Justice W J Gaynor at Bar Association dinner says railroads are public highways and trusts are creatures of the State. He argues corporations cannot form partnerships since they exist by government grant and control.
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New York
Supreme Court
W. J. Gaynor
Bar Association
President appoints Ralph W. Tyler as Navy Treasury Auditor
Washington April 10 The President has appointed Ralph W Tyler a negro of Columbus Ohio to be auditor of the treasury for the Navy Department Tyler had been considered for a federal post in Ohio including surveyor of customs at Cincinnati
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Washington
Ralph W. Tyler
Columbus
Treasury
Navy Department
Tyler
Ohio
Cincinnati
Settlement Reaches End to Hardwick Granite Strike
In Hardwick Vermont on April 10 18 granite manufacturers signed a four year agreement after a settlement ended the strike of granite cutters. Operations resumed in full with both sides agreeing to the terms.
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Hardwick
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Boston-Cobalt
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Monks
H. C. Gibbs & CO
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