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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1905

Page

8

Buoyant Appearance Of The Stock Market

Wall Street reports a broadening speculative base as grain crop optimism lifts sentiment. Sharp gains in high priced stocks amid large volume and foreign exchange shifts, with leaders like Great Northern, Wisconsin Central, Pullman, and Northern Pacific driving notable day gains while profit taking caps late activity.

Wall Street Portsmouth Sterling Exchange Paris London State Street New York Grangers, Steel Ontario & Western Commission House Great Northern Preferred Wisconsin Central Hill Chicago Great Northern Pullman Louisville & Nashville Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Pacific St. Paul Northwest Lackawanna Delaware & Fudson Pennsylvania Union Pacific and Steel Union Pacific Steel Common

Copper Range stock and mining market steady amid reports

Boston market shows Copper Range trading between 69 and 71 with no special significance noted in today’s activity. Amalgamated up near 85, Allouez up, and Massachusetts Electric rises on July earnings. widespread copper shares dull despite bullish crop forecasts and hoped reorganizations in mining firms including Junction Mining.

Boston New York Copper Range Company William Rockefeller Amalgamated Allouez Utah Edison Electric New Haven & Hartford Massachusetts Gas Bureau of Agriculture Whiting

GOSSIP OF THE STREET ON THE UTAH COPPER MARKET

State Street notes trading today in the local market. Morning buying was strong yet few orders kept activity light. Utah Copper showed the effect of American Smelting control and remained fairly active. Curb sales this week stood at about 23.50.

Guggenheims Massachusetts Electric Common Allouez Mohawk Tecumseh Michigan Junction Development Company Mining Company Junction Mining Company Cochise County Arizona Calumet & Arizona Calumet & Pittsburg Watertown Watertown Co-operative Bank E. C. Stanwood & Co Worcester Blake Bros Everett N. W. Harris & Co Great Northern Railroad Leonard Boston Montana J. Mitchell Galvin Bullfrog, Nev Phillips and Morris Gibraltar Mines Syndicate Hobo Tramp Gibraltar Bonanza Mountain Montain Greene Consolidated Copper Company New York Greene Cananea Company Isle Royale Boston Elevated Railway Company American Woolen Company Brown Bros. & Co North Butte Utah Bisbee Mining and Stock Exchange Arizona Commercial Idaho Development Majestic Seneca Utah Copper SOULE State Street American Smelting Company

Greene Consolidated Copper Co Dividend Declared

At a directors meeting the Greene Consolidated Copper Co declares a four percent dividend payable August 21 1905 to stockholders of record August 15 1905. Transfer books close August 15 at 3 p m and reopen August 22. Alfred Romer treasurer.

Greene Consolidated Copper CO Broadst New York Alfred Romer

Corporate Securities Update and Payment Totals

Ex dividend and ex rights terms noted. Second instalment paid and assessment settled. Totals show listed stocks 26 691 shares, bonds 20000 dollars, unlisted stocks 5520 shares, and rights 4889.

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Chicago grain quotations and options on September wheat

Ennis and Stoppani report Chicago grain prices with mixed closes for wheat corn and oats. Wheat futures rose on short covering amid rust and crop damage talk while corn and oats found support from dry weather and trading remained dull.

Chicago Ennis & Stoppani Chicago Board of Trade State Mutual Nnts Stoppani Russia Shorts

Favorable Net Trade Results Across Markets

R G Dun reports mixed yet overall satisfactory weekly trade results. Textile markets see Western buyers more active for quick cotton goods delivery despite high prices. Woolen goods hold steady with strong demand and prices steady. Footwear raw materials remain robust with high hides and firm contracts. New England mills hold back on orders. Bradstreets notes fall trade expansion driven by crops and broader wholesale gains. Yellow fever quarantines restrain Mississippi shipments but easing regulations offer hope.

New York R. G. Dun & Co New England Bradstreet Mississippi Valley

Fall River Cotton Market Report

Fall River Mass August 11 sales in the print cloth market for the week are estimated at about 150000 pieces. The tone is firm at prices including 28 inch 64 squares 334 28 inch 64 by 60 3% 27 inch 56 squares 234 38% inch 64 squares 4% 39 inch 68 by 72 5%.

Fall River Mass

New York Bonds Close Prices Across Markets

Closing bond prices from New York: US and regional issues show mixed moves versus Thursday. Notable levels include US 4s at 13244, Central 5s 114, and Tex Pac 1s 1224. Values span U Serf 2s to Adams Ex 438 with varied yields and coupon types.

Do 1St Inc N.r N.c O.r N Jcg Nor Pac Atch G’l Bal & O Penn c Ready's Centra Stl Sea AL Soun Pac C,b&q Sou Ry C,ri& P Tex Pac Stl&w UN Pac US Steel 2d D & RG Erie P FW &DC Japan L & No Wapasa W&l E

Rich Woman Ends Life in New York Spree

Theresa Hollander, 88, a wealthy New Yorker residing on East 87th Street, killed herself with carbolic acid in her room at Columbia Hall in Lebanon Springs, New York. Her maid Agnes Richardson alerted hotel staff, and Dr. P. R. Flanagan could not save her after she suffered intense agony for about an hour before losing consciousness and dying.

Pittsfield Theresa Hollander New York East Eighty Seventh Street Columbia Hall Lebanon Springs N. Y Agnes Richardson St. Lawrence P. R. Flanagan New Lebanon

Waterman Case Adjourned Over Possible Meningitis Cause

In Gallup's Mills Vermont on August 11 the Waterman murder case was adjourned as counsel argued the three year old Lilla Waterman might have died from cerebro spinal meningitis. The body was ordered to be disinterred for examination before resuming the hearing.

Gallup’s Mills Robert Waterman Lilla Waterman

Motorman Fined for Striking 4 Year Old in Malden

In Malden on August 11 Daniel J Downing of 58 Russell Street a Boston Elevated Railroad motorman was fined 25 dollars by Judge Sweetser for striking 4 year old Lillie M Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Taylor of 50 Russell Street. Downing pleaded not guilty and appealed.

Malden Lillie M. Taylor John T. Taylor Russell Street Daniel J. Downing Boston Elevated Railroad Sweetser

The Pearl and the Pump Kin at Colonial Theatre Ends Soon

Gossip notes Boston theater run including The Pearl and the Pump Kin at Colonial Theatre with two chances left for out-of-town patrons. Howard Hall’s Millionaire Detective at Grand Opera House closes this afternoon. Upcoming bills include The Geezer of Geek at Tremont and vaudeville at Keiths and Palace.

Colonial Theatre Klaw Erlanger Boston New England Grand Opera House Howard Hall Tremont Theatre The Tremont Keith's Rudolf Horsky Leona Bergere Victor Moore Emma Littlefield George H. Wood LeClaire and Hart Daisy Dumont Empire Theatre Stock Company Clyde Fitch Mary Hall Lindsay Morison

Stabbed man pleads for mercy for his sweetheart

Edward Austin, near fatally wounded by Mary Russell, testified in Judge Wentworth's City Police Court that he did not want her punished. He blamed himself for the altercation after a night of drinking at Medford court and said she lashed out in anger, wounding him in the abdomen.

Judge Wentworth Mary Russell Honor Edward Austin City Hospital Medford Court

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