Trading Held In Check As Copper Shares Rally Subdues
In early December trading cooled as Wall Street big money halted the bull run with call money at 7 to 8 percent. Banks prep for heavy demand, insiders snapping up copper stocks like Amalgamated and Copper Range while others like Isle Royale slipped. The copper metal outlook remains firm but no sharp advance before January first. Massachusetts Gas and Bay State Gas showed strength amid reorganizational chatter and curb trading.
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Wall Street
Amalgamated and
Copper Range
Calumet & Hecla
Mass
Mohawk
Old Dominion
Adventure
Parrot
Centennial
United States Mining
Winona
Isle Royale
Osceola
H. H. Rogers
Heinze
Hallgarten & Co
Massachusetts
Boston
Bears
United States Coal & Oil Company
Williams Farm
United States Company
Houghton, Mich
Butte Tunnel
American Pneumatic Service Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Lamson Store Service Company
Vanderbilt Railroads
New York Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Lake Erie & Western
Michigan Central
W. F. Fitzgerald
Messers. Towle & Fitzgerald
Old Dominion Mining Company
L. D. Brandeis
Massachusetts Supreme Court
New York
Hemenway
A. 8. Bigelow
Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company
A. 8 S. Bigelow
Copany
Bay State Gas
J.edward Addicks
Bay State Gas Company
Heath
Boston Stock Sales Report Shows Bond Prices Today
Boston on December 23 reports the highest and lowest bond sales and the closing bid asked prices for today. The list records bid and asked levels across bond issues, reflecting market activity.
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Boston
American Woollen Company Declares Preferred Stock Dividend
The American Woollen Company announces a dividend of 1 3 4 percent on its Preferred Capital Stock to stockholders of record at the close of business January 2, 1903. Transfer books close January 2, 1903 and reopen January 16, 1903. WM M Wood treasurer Boston December 23, 1902.
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American Woollen Company
WM. M. Wood
Boston
Mass
Marquis of Donegal Weds Miss Twining at Hanover Square
London society notes an 80 year old Marquis of Donegal, twice married, marrying 22 year old Canadian Violet Twining at St George's Church after a registrar's ceremony. The match, long resisted by his brother, follows their courtship sparked at Isthmian Club. Miss Twining, daughter of the late Henry St. George Twining, is a Wellesley graduate born in Halifax.
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Marquis of
Donegal
Miss Twining
Wellesley
Marquis of Donegal
London
Violet Twining
Henry Fitz-Warrine
Eton
Isthmian Club
A. J. Gordon Kane
Brooklyn
Marquis
Halifax
Henry St. George Twining
Ada Black
Nova
Lough Neagh
Grand Store Holiday Display Described as Glittering Tree
An immense festive display is imagined with a 20 foot tall tree over 100 feet wide, framed by plate glass and multicolored lights. The scene mirrors a Christmas department store arrangement with coats, suits, robes, and a tiered gift setup for men women and children, culminating in a cascade of accessories and hats. The display is set at Vorenberg's Big Store on Washington Hanover and Elm streets, open until 11 pm Christmas Eve with gifts for every purchaser in the children's department and holiday exchange the next day.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Vorenberg’s
Washington Hanover
Elm Streets
Coun
German tank steamers towed in here for Hull and Bremerhaven
Falmouth reports the German tank steamer August Korff, previously noted with a disabled rudder, towed into port today by the British tank steamer Snowflake. Also inbound are the Burgomeister Petersen sailing from New York on December 6 bound for Bremerhaven.
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Falmouth
August Korff
Philadelphia
Snowflake
New York
Hull
Burgomeister Petersen
Bremerhaven
Miss Twining A New Brunswick Girl
Miss Viola Twining of New Brunswick is to marry the Earl of Donegal as his third wife. A Fredericton native, she and her mother are well known in St John and Halifax. Daughter of the late H. St. George Twining of Halifax, she has Nova Scotia relatives and a fortune once left by an uncle in Fredericton. Lord Strathcona later introduced them at court.
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George Augustus Hamilton Chichester
Donegal
House of Lords
London
Miss Twining
ST. John
N. B
Viola Twining
Earl of Donegal
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Halifax
General Francis V. Greene Named New York Police Commissioner
General Francis V. Greene was appointed police commissioner of New York to succeed Colonel Partridge, with Partridge resigning January 1. Greene, born June 25, 1840 in Providence, rose from West Point graduation in 1870 to serve as military attache in Russia and later command roles in the Philippine campaign, earning honors from Russia and Romania.
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Francis V. Greene
New York
Police Department
Partridge
Francis Greene
Civil Service Commission
General Greene
Providence
R. 1
Grant
West Point
Russia
Footwear in France Dearer After Raw Material Shift
The Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers of France says footwear prices will rise 10 percent for wholesalers, with expected retail increases of about 20 to 23 cents per pair. M Gibault cites American control of leather and raw materials as driving the move and seeks tariff readjustments to improve France's position.
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Paris
Association of
France
Lyons
Marseilles
Limoges
Fougeres
Nancy
Romans
M. Gibault
Leather Trust
America
Magnien Funeral Draws Clergy From Several States
Baltimore Md Dec 23 Prelates and priests from several States attended the funeral of Very Rev Dr A I Magnien president of St Marys Seminary who died Sunday A procession of clergy and seminarians and students from several colleges preceded the hearse from the seminary to the cathedral Cardinal Gibbons pontificated Bishop P J Donohue of Wheeling preached the sermon Interment was in the cemetery of St Marys Seminary Assistant priest of the mass Monsignor Duffy of Brooklyn deacon Rev EB A Kelly of Chicago and sub deacon Rev Philip O Donnell of Boston served the rites.
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Baltimore
A. I. Magnien
St. Mary's Seminary
Cardinal Gibbons
P. J. Donohue
Wheeling
Monsignor Duffy
Brooklyn
EB. A. Kelly
Chicago
Philip O'Donnell
Boston
Herman Long Opens Hotel Hawthorne in Boston
Baseball star Herman Long opened his new venture the Hotel Hawthorne on Avery Street. Hundreds attended a warm send off as Long welcomed friends and sporting figures including Tom McCarthy Hugh Duffy Billy Nash and Fred Tenney. The hotel features life size pictures of Long and Mike Kelly and aims to be a headquarters for Boston’s sporting fraternity.
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Herman Long
Hawthorne
Avery Street
Long
Herman
Boston
Mike’ Kelly
Tom” McCarthy
Hugh Duffy
Billy’’ Nash
Fred Tenney
Teachers of the Nation to Meet Here in July
The National Educational Association plans its annual convention in Boston from July 10 to 15 at Mechanics Hall with about 20,000 teachers from across the United States expected. President Eliot of Harvard urges fewer general meetings and more department sessions, plus new and vitally important topics for discussion and a school apparatus and textbook exhibition.
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National Educational Association
Boston
State Street
Eliot
Harvard
Mechanics’ Hall
Chelsea Police Seek Mother's Address in Jacob Cook Case
Chief Hudson received a telegram from Cincinnati hospital superintendent John Fehrenbatch requesting notification to Mrs. Mary A. Cook that her son Jacob Cook died there. The message gave no address and noted Jacob also used the name Bertram Curtis, a name linked to two Chelsea women who denied knowledge of him.
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David M. Hudson
Chelsea
John Fehrenbatch
Cincinnati
Mary A. Cook
Jacob Cook
Bertram Curtis
Mrs Roosevelt Sees Sothern in Hamlet at National Theatre
Mrs. Roosevelt with Commissioners Proctor and Mrs Proctor and Miss Ethel Roosevelt attended a New National Theatre box to watch E H Sothern perform Hamlet. The audience, despite Christmas week, gave strong applause and noted Sothern's powerful acting.
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Washington
Nord Takes Oath as President of Hayti
General Nord, freshly elected president of the Haytian republic, took the constitutional oath and attended a Te Deum in the cathedral. He was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations as he traveled to and from the service, and tranquility was reported to reign across the republic.
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Nord
Hayti
Port AU Prince
General Nord
Haytian Republic
Irish Land Conference Decides Adjournment
Dublin report states the Irish land conference met today and decided to adjourn until December 27 when the final draft of the report will be submitted.
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Dublin
Irish Land Conference
Christmas Holidays in Washington D C by Royal Blue line
The Royal Blue line offers a personally conducted Boston to Washington trip leaving Friday December twenty six. The package costs twenty five dollars covering all expenses for seven days with five days of board in Washington, plus visits to Philadelphia and New York. Congress in session. Itinerary and full particulars are available from Joseph P Taggart, New England passenger agent, 211 Washington street, Boston.
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Royal Blue Line
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Congress
National Capital
Joseph P. Taggart
New England
Washington Street
Czar Gives 25000 for Andijan Relief
From St. Petersburg dated December 23 the Russky Turkiestan reports the Czar has donated 25 000 rubles for relief of the Andijan sufferers.
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ST. Petersburg
The
Russky Turkiestan
Czar
Mother of Clark Heir Not Expected to Live in Butte
Mrs W A Clark Jr wife of the senator and mother of the Clark millions heir is not expected to live. Physicians held consultation at her bedside and a noted Denver specialist travels by special train.
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Clark
Butte, Mont
W. A. Clark, Jr
Senator Clark
Montana
Denver
Mre
Missing local official and townsfolk in New England news
Newburyport reports Ward 3 Councilman-elect Roy I. Carrington missing since Friday after buying an overcoat and hat. Haverhill notes overseers of the poor expect lively times as bills show turkey distributions at Thanksgiving. Malden records Charley Wing missing from 68 Florence street with Muldoon assisting. Waltham obituary records Samuel J. Hyde dies at 92 years 6 months, oldest male resident, formerly able to walk main streets daily.
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Newburyport
Roy I. Carrington
Carrington
Lucullus Lodge
K. of P
Haverhill
Malden
Charley Wing
Florence Street
William BE. Muldoon
Waltham
Samuel J. Jiyde
Myrtle Street
Hyde
Waltham's New High School Nears Completion
Waltham report says the new high school is practically finished and will be turned over to the city within a week by contractor Robert BE Glancy.
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Waltham
Robert BE. Glancy
Horse-drawn wagon crashes on steep Malden street
A horse hitched to a wagon loaded with vegetables bolted down Granville avenue, the steepest street in Malden, and crashed the team into rocks on a vacant Salem street lot. Vegetables scattered along the hillside as onlookers watched.
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Malden
Granville Avenue
Salem Street
Cape Cod Street Railway Plans Rival Extensions
Middleboro and Cape Cod Street Railway companies announce parallel efforts to extend lines along Cape Cod. The Falmouth group seeks a franchise to build through Bourne, Mashpee, Barnstable and Yarmouth and to operate wharves and docks and carry freight and baggage.
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Middleboro
Middleboro, Werelerm & Buzzard’s
Bay Street Railway Company
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Street Railway Company
Falmouth
Bourne
Mashpee
Barnstable
Yarmouth
Falmouth Company
Probate hearing on Logees will amid contested provisions
In Fall River Probate Court evidence was heard on admitting the will of Ann Catherine Logees, dated November 17 1900, to probate. her son Henry I Logees opposes it while Luther H Logees testifies about caring for her and the estate with a common purse. executor named is Martin Feeney.
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Fall River
Ann Catherine Logees
Testatrix
Henry I. Logees
John W. Coughlin
Thomas F. Gunning
George Grime
Myr Grime
Henry Luther Logees
Martin Feeney
Dr. Coughlin
Luther H. Logees
Mr. Feeney
Seek Missing Jewelry in North Attleboro Heist
Boston Attleboro December 23 patrolmen Harris and Gaffney and Deputy John N Nerney have a clue in a breaking and entering and larceny case at jewelry factories in North Attleboro. Four young men on North Main Street carried a heavy dress suitcase and were seen at the railroad station heading toward Pawtucket and Boston. Officers search those cities and in pawn shops for the goods.
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Attleboro
Harris and
Gaffney
John N. Nerney
North Attleboro
North Main Street
Park Street
Pawtucket
Boston
Kone Found Guilty At Salem
Joseph Kone was found guilty of pulling a revolver on Alexander Francke in Salem today. He was bound over to keep the peace for one year and fined $20. He appealed the ruling.
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Salem
Joseph Kone
Alexander Francke
Mill to Shut Down for Engine Install at Boston Manufacturing
In Waltham on December 23, the Boston Manufacturing Company will shut the mill from Wednesday night to Monday morning to complete connections with the newly installed 2 horsepower engine.
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Waltham
Boston Manufacturing, Company
High School Plans Reveal Renaissance Design and Modern Facilities
Brockton sketch plans by architect Charles A. Brigham outline a new high school featuring an English Renaissance exterior, a large gymnasium with running track, showers, lockers, dressing rooms, bicycle rooms for boys and girls, separate lunch and recreation rooms, and fully equipped school rooms.
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Brockton
Charles A. Brigham
Edward Reardon suffers broken leg at Walker Street foundry
Edward Reardon of Pevey's foundry on Walker street fell while walking along the railroad track and broke his right leg.
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Lowell
Edward Reardon
Pevey's
Walker Street
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