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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1906

Page

10

Market Sluggish and Inclined in Late August Trading

Market conditions show tight money and rising call rates as banks curb lending. London demand lifts early prices but fears of higher quotes, gold movements, and Bryan speech effects induce late losses across major issues.

Wall Street Shaw Sub-Treasury Canada Philadelphia Bank of England London Hill Union Pacific Baltimore & Ohio St. Paul Bryan State Street Great Northern Pennsylvania Chesapeake & Ohio Harriman New York Reading Amalgamated Atchison Southern Pacific New York Cmds Boston Clearing S Boston Treasury LSI Ekerard Bankers’ Sterling Reichsmarks Eselaeaig

Relief Fund For Valparaiso Earthquake Sought

Gardiner M. Lane the treasurer of the Massachusetts Branch of the American National Red Cross lists donations for Valparaiso relief. Contributors include Mrs Susan B Cabot 500 dollars A M 200 dollars plus smaller gifts totaling 732 dollars.

Gardiner M. Lane Massachusetts American National Red Cross Valparaiso Susan B. Cabot Ellen M. Tower Luella K Leavitt Joseph May Dos Amigos Ww. L. Ropes

Declared Sage Left Freakish Papers

In Troy New York on August 30 N B Spaulding attorney for Revel C Sage asserted that Russell Sage created a private paper with instructions to his widow and executors to handle his vast fortune in a way aimed at convincing a jury of his mental incompetence at the time of making his will.

Amalgamated Copper Am Car & Foundry American Express American Locomotive Am Smelting & Refining Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Or Erererreeees Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Mil & St Paul C & St Louis Bok Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado “ Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Distillers’ Securities Erie General Electric Great Northern International Iowa Central Southern Kansas City Louisville & Nashville Minnegig & St Louis P&s Ste M Misouri Pacific Missouri, Kan & Texas New York Central Ontario & Western Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pittsburg CC & St L O Republic Southern Railway Tennessee Coal & Iron Texas & Pacific Teen Toledo United States Realty United States Virginia Wells Fargo Express Westinghouse Electric Western Union Wisconsin Central Troy N. Y N. B. Spaulding Revel C. Sage Russell Sage

Copper Range Declares 1.50 Dividend for 1906 Stockholders

Copper Range Consolidated Company IDEND No 7 declares a quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share payable Monday Oct 1 1906 to stockholders of record at the close of business Sept 7 1906. Transfer books close Sept 7 and reopen Oct 1 1906. Fredric Stanwood treasurer.

Copper Range Consolidated Company Frederic Stanwood

Carlisle quarterback Whitwell dies in Hawaii romance ends

Miss Irma Farley of Medford, age 22, mourns the death of her Carlisle football sweetheart Wight Whitwell 24 in the Hawaiian Islands. He collapsed from a brain clot while working on his ranch near Honolulu after a horse incident. The couple had planned a late fall wedding, dating to 1904 after a Boston banquet.

Medford Wight Whitwell Carlisle Hawaiian Islands Irma Farley Main Street Miss Farley Young Whitwell Whitwell Honolulu Boston Cambridge Harvard Wakefield High School

Curb Market Quiet Day At Exchange Place

A quiet day on Exchange Place curb with Cumberland Ely Micmac and Gold King leading activity. Ely closed at 9 3 16 while Utah Apex rose to 6 3 8 but tumbled along with other prices in the afternoon.

Exchange Place Cumberland Ely Micmac Gold King Ely Utah Apex

James G. Blaine Jr Debuts as Bank Clerk in New York

James G. Blaine the grandson of the late statesman has begun work as a clerk at the Day and Night Bank in Fifth Avenue. His weekly salary is about six dollars, and officials say the arrangement is temporary until he learns the business, after which his uncle plans a Wall Street career.

New York James G. Blaine Metropolitan Fifth Avenue Blaine Wall Street

Taft to Speak Twice in Campaign in Maine

Secretary Taft will deliver a second campaign speech in Maine visiting Rockland on September 4. He opens the Republican campaign at Bath with Spencer Cagnon and Representative Littlefield also on the slate. Taft also plans return to Murray Bay in Canada.

Washington Taft Maine Rockland Bath Spencer Cagnon Representative Littlefield Murray Bay Can

Perjury Arrest Ordered in Fitchburg Case

Judge Waite ordered Mrs Katherine McGrath held for the grand jury on perjury after a Worcester assault with intent to murder trial. The jury earlier returned a sealed verdict of simple assault against Timothy J O Leary. McGrath was arrested in the courtroom and held on $500 bond.

Fitchburg Aug William C. Waite Criminal Superior Court Katherine McGrath Dwinnel Waite McGrath

Man Dreams, Finds Gas Poisoned Store and Dog Near Death

Derby druggist John H Hartwell awoke from a nightmare and rushed to his store to find gas filling the room. His dog appeared near death while his cat seemed dead but revived as air circulated. Investigation shows the cat entangled in a gas-tube had disconnected it.

Derby Conn John H. Hartwell Fie

Yellow Fever Quarantine On Incoming Steamship Elsewick Lodge

The British steamship Elsewick Lodge from Tampico via Norfolk was placed in quarantine at Delaware Breakwater after its second mate showed symptoms of yellow fever on arrival near Philadelphia. The incident occurred August 30 in Philadelphia, Penn.

Philadelphia Penn Elsewick Lodge Tampico Mex Norfolk Delaware Breakwater Del

Theatre Comique Opens in Scollay Square Boston

The Theatre Comique in Scollay square opened yesterday at 9 am and closed at 11 pm drawing thousands. Its white and gold frontage lights Scollay square with electric arches and stained glass. The 36 by 28 foot stage holds a lighting switchboard and ventilating fans. The bill includes John Mc Gann, George Whittaker, Charles K. S. Armstrong, Lillian Morrell, Helen M. Qualey, Katherine Hawkins and piano soloists. Proprietor M. H. Mark invested 25900 and plans a women and children oriented venue with W. J. Allen as manager.

Boston New Amusement Enterprise Theatre Comique Scollay Square Europe Paris John McGann George Whittaker Charles K. S. Armstrong Lillian Morrell Helen M. Qualey Katherine Hawkins M. H. Mark W. J. Allen

Boy Drowned Using Inflated Life Preservers

Ellsworth Mallery a 15 year old from New Durham New Jersey drowned at Windsor Lake north of Adams while swimming. He wore inflated air life preservers tied under his arms which slipped off as he went beyond depth. The body remained in water twenty minutes and despite three hours of physician efforts life could not be restored. His father Eugene Mallery and three brothers were at a camp nearby.

North Adams A.g

Gould Resigns from Equitable Life Board

The board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society accepted the resignations of George J. Gould and Judge D. Cady Herrick. The notice cited private business pressure for Herrick and Gould’s fear his syndicate ties could violate new insurance laws. President Morton reported on his Europe trip and confirmed continued business in France.

New York Equitable Life Assurance Society George J. Gould D. Cady Herrick Equitable Herrick Gould Wall Street Equitable Board Morton Europe Great Britain France Germany Austria Italy Spain

Pepper tossed at South End man injures eyes

Robert B. Lee, 34, colored, of 15 Piedmont Street, was hospitalized after a pepper shaker was hurled during a dispute with his landlady Clara Winters, also colored. Police say the alarmed woman threw pepper to scare him. Lee admits fault and declines to file a complaint.

Robert B. Lee Piedmont Street South End Clara Winters Lee

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