Wall Street Endures Liquidation Amid Bank Rumors
Markets faced heavy selling as profit taking and bank rumor fears spooked traders. Union Pacific hit a new high on heavy volume while Hill issues and industrial stocks showed mixed moves. Closing prices were generally lower with Amalgamated Copper and Sugar slipping as concerns over New England banking troubles surged.
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Wall Street
New England
Union Pacific
Hill Railway
Hill
Harriman
Amalgamated Copper
State Street
London
Anaconda
People’s Gas
Tennessee Coal & Iron
New York Central
Reading
St. Paul
Amalgamated
Pennsylvania
Steel Common
Boston curb market steadiness with Utah Apex activity
Trading on the Exchange curb was steady and fairly active with Nevada Utah leading early gains. Utah Apex rose then weakened to 8 percent. Rumors say Apex may be absorbed by Utah Consolidated four for one, boosting activity and prices. Key items included Arizona Commercial, Utah Copper, Majestic, Shawmut Consolidated, Pittsburg Duluth, and Lake Superior Pittsburg with listed prices on several stocks.
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Houghton
North Butte
New England Cotton Yarn Company
New York Stock Exchange
Butte
W. B. Orem
State
Anaconda
Butte District
Butte Camp
Boston & Montana
Parrott
United Copper
Pittsburg & Montana
East Butte
R. L. Day & Co
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Company
Mohawk Mining Company
Utah Apex Company
Boston
Londo#1 Stock Exchange
New York
London
Champion
Norfolk County
Blodget, Merritt & Co
W. J. Hayes & Sons
Osceola
North Kearsarge
Rendy
Colonel Weir
Nevada- Utah
Pioce
Bingham Canyon
South Butte Mining Company
Pittsburg
Montana
Joshua A. Coram
Davis
International Power Company
Globe, Ariz
Old Dominion
Buffalo
United Globe
Soule
Nevada
Shawmut Consolidated
Bisbee Group
Duluth
Lake Superior
Mining and Stock Exchange
Arizona Commercial
Bingham Group
Idaho Development
International Rotary
Junction Mining
Majestic
Shawmut
Utah Copper
Utah Apex
Utah
Arizona
Eeeweenaw
Bay State Gas
Ile
Boston Market Ex-Dividend and Ex-Rights Summary
The Boston Market reports ex-dividend and ex-rights movement with totals: 43 580 shares bonds valued at $36 000, 62 753 shares rights and 4 976 unlisted stocks. Total sales and listed stocks are noted in the market excerpt.
Insurance Firms Face Hearing On Funds And Speculation
Washington Life president John Tatlock urged earnings distributions every five years and supported Wall Street linked investing. Germania Life chief Cornelius Doremus said about one third of business is in Europe, mainly Germany, calling American practices wild. Bankers' Life director Richard Morgan outlined shifts from fraternal to assessment to old line status. E L Baylies testified he raised 22000 dollars to defeat the mortgage tax law.
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New York
Washington Life Insurance Company
Germania Life Insurance Company
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
John Tatlock
Washington Life
Tatlock
Wall Street
Cornelius Doremus
Germania Life
Europe
Germany
Bankers’ Life
Richard Morgan
E. L. Baylies
Death sentence for Sabbatino in 1905 murder case
Giuseppi Sabbatino was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Alfonso Tura in Readville on March 4 1905. In Dedham Norfolk County Superior Court he was sentenced to life imprisonment with the first day in solitary confinement. He wept as Judge Sherman commented on his luck not to face the chair.
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Dedham
Giuseppi Sabbatino
Alfonso Tura
Readville
Norfolk County
Sabbatino
Sherman
Ross
Cambridge 275th Anniversary Celebration Tonight
Sanders' Theatre hosts a Cambridge 275th founding anniversary event under Cambridge Historical Society auspices. Richard H. Dana presides with notable participants including Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Crothers, Attorney General Herbert Parker, Mayor A. J. Daly, Rev. Dr. Alexander McKenzie, Charles W. Eliot, William Roscoe Shayer, and Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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Sanders’ Theatre
Cambridge
Cambridge Historical Society
Richard H. Dana
Samuel M. Crothers
Herbert Parker
A. J. Daly
Alexander McKenzie
Charles W. Eliot
William Roscoe Shayer
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Corporations Seek First Options on Walsh Holdings
James H. Eckels says Walsh banks assets including Chicago National Bank will liquidate for more than expected after the transfer. He notes strong interest from rich corporations seeking first options on Walsh properties bonds and stocks, signaling immense value.
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Chicago
James H. Eckels
Clearing House
John R. Walsh
Walsh Banks
The
National Bank
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
New York Bond Prices End of Week Mixed Across Listings
Bond market report shows varied closes on Tuesday December 20 with prices for Japan 6s near 99.144 and 90 percent for 2d series 08 percent 98 percent others like Mex Cen 4s at 80.14 and 81. Ready's 48 at 104 with StL&IM 3s around 116 1161. Nor Pac 4s 105 105 percent and Tex Pac 18 at 122 120 percent.
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Amalgamated Copper
Amer Car & Tfoundry
Amer
Amer Hide & Sea
Amer Ice Sec
Amer Locomotive Tees
Amer Smelting
Amer Sugar
Amer Tobacco
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Eem
Atchison Eem Eee Meee 18314 190%, Do 7,900 Stely SU Iy
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Oig
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
SOO
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Mil & St Paul
Chicago Ter & Trapref
St Louis
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Bal
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Distillers’ Securities
Irie Ve
Illinois Central
Iowa Central
Toulsville & Nashville
Manhattan I
Metropolitan Securities
Metropolitan St Ry
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kan & Tex
Mexico
New York Central
New York
Oat & West
Norfolk & Western
Nslz
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mail
Cnnsylvania
People’s Gas E. Se
Sat
GO Es
Psoe Ks Ieee
Republic Steel
Bay
BRGE
Rock Island Co
Do Pelco
Sloss
Sheffield
St Louis & S F
St Louis Southwestern
Ory S
Southern Pacifi
Tennessee Coal & Iro
Texas & Paciific
Toledo
St Louis & W
Union Pacific
U S Rubber
Virginia Carolina
Westinghouse Electric
Western Union
Wisconsin Central
Adventure Mining
Allouez Mining Amalgamated Mining
Am Ag Chemical Eee
Am Tel & Tel
Bingham Minin
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Boston & War Electric
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Centennial Mining
Con Mercur Mining
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Franklin Mining
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Mass Electric
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Adld Colony RR
Old Dominion Mining
Pere Marquette
Rhode Island Mining
Rutland
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Seattle Electric
Shannon Mining
Swift & Co
Tamarack Mining Schemae
Tecumseh Mining
U S Coal & Oil
U S
U S Steel
Utah
Victoria
West End Street Ry
Western Tel & Tel
Winona Mining Serene
Wolverine Mining
Wyandot Mining
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US Steel 2d
Wabash
West Md
Wé&L Eds
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Bal & O
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Do 1St Inc
Do 2d Inc
Do 3d Inc
C&a
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D & RG
Erie P
Boston Theatre Roundup Spurs Holiday Shows
A newsy survey of Boston theatre through Christmas week highlights Mrs. Fiske at Tremont and Raymond Hitchcock in The Galloper while Colonial Theatre wraps up Rogers Brothers in Ireland. Gillette, De Angelis, Blanche Walsh, Wilson and more fill major stages with melodrama, pantomime, and vaudeville.
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Mrs. Fiske
Tremont Theatre
Leah Kleschna
Raymond Hitchcock
Colonial Theatre
Rogers Brothers
Ireland
William Gillette
Jefferson de Angelis
Boston
Joseph Wheelock, Jr
the Park
Ade
Blanche Walsh
Francis Wilson
Hollis Street Theatre
Billy
Mr. Wilson
John Drewtin
de Lancey
Empire Theatre
Gillette
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Globe
Grand Opera House
Majestic
Fred Niblo
The
Four Cohans
Keith
Harry Foy
Florence Clark
Mayme Remington
Rosalre and
Dorette
Ed S. Reynard
Chicago grain quotations show mixed wheat corn and oats
Ennis and Stoppani report weak opening in wheat from Northwest receipts but steadying as local traders bought. corn and oats quiet at first then pressured by free offerings as commissions bought moderately.
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Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Board of Trade
State Mutual
Chicago
Northwest
Dividends Payable From Major Rail and Telegraph Firms
Dividend dates and rates for Commonwealth Trust American Telephone Wells Fargo New York Air Brake Metropolitan Street Railway American Locomotive Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Michigan Central Lehigh Valley Westinghouse Mexican Telegraph Beaven Trust. Notes include quarterly semiannual and preferred stock payouts with January payment dates.
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Commonwealth Trust Company
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Rutland Railroad Company
Wells Fargo & Co
New York Air Brake Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
American Locomotive Company
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Wattersons Daughter Weds Louisville Businessman
Miss Ethel Watterson, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Watterson, married Alexander Gilmour a Louisville businessman at Mansfield the Wattersons country home. Dr E B Powell of the Church of the Diciples performed the ceremony. Today marks the 40th wedding anniversary of the Wattersons.
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Louisville, Ky
Ethel Watterson
Henry Watterson
Mansfield
Watterson
Alexander Gilmour
Louisville
E. B. Powell
Church of the Diciples
Fire Devastates Union Ferry Terminal in New York
A massive blaze at the Union railroad ferry terminal in Manhattan’s West Twenty third Street area destroyed half the complex. Five people are reported missing amid severe burns to several railroad employees. Firefighters and police saved $200000 in tickets and cash as explosions and smoke halted ferry operations and hundreds of travelers were evacuated.
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Union Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities
New Yorks
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Burlington
Union Pacific Manageemnt
New York
Union Railroad
West Twenty-third Street
Trudson River
A. H. Jakin
Dynamite Fatality in City Sewer Digging
In Quincy on December 20 Daniel Shea 58 died and Charles Fogelgren 50 was injured when a hidden dynamite stick exploded in a sewer trench. Both workers employed by the city were drilling for a sewer lay and were hurled into the air as Shea’s strike triggered the blast.
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Quincy
Daniel Shea
Charles Fogelgren
Shea
Fogelgren
Essex County Officials Sued Over Bridge Land Purchase
An attachment issued against Essex county commissioners Wallace Bates Elbridge Sawyer and Edward B Bishop for 15000 each. The suit arises from the county taking land owned by Edward E Varina of Newburyport for a new bridge, with attachments placed personally on the commissioners.
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Salem
Wallace Bates
Elbridge C. Sawyer
Edward B. Bishop
Essex County
County of
Essex
Edward E. Varina
Newburyport
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