Copper and Sugar Dominate Coast Markets In Late December
The market report notes Sugar as the active stock, with prices moving from 108 1/4 to 103 1/2 and closing near 106 1/2, amid heavy selling by Street & Morton and room traders. Amalgamated rose to 67 after starting at 12, aided by copper’s London advance, while Calumet & Hecla fluctuated around 5 7/8. Talks of a copper settlement near 14 cents and production cost estimates frame the demand outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
Shorts
New York
Street & Morton
Wall Street
H. H. Rogers
Keene
Lawson
Amalgamated
London
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Atchison
New York Central
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Calumet & Hecla
Calumet
United Metals Selling Company
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Horace J. Stevens
Quincey
Wolverine
Lake Superior
Boston
Eastern Ist
Ee Kc, M & B Inc
NE Gana & Coke Sa
Allonez Mining
Ag Chemical
Am Tel & Tel
T&sf
Bingham Con
Boston & Lowell
Cal & Secla
Centennial Miniae Body
Con Mercur
Com Iron & Steel
Boston Land
Edison el Il Rts
Gt Erie Tel & Tel
General Electric Franklin Mining
Guanajuato
Isle Royale Mining
Tee
Mass Electric
Mass
Michigan
Mohawk Mining
Zane & Bos Mining
Tel & Tel
NH & Hi
Old Colony
Old Dam
Osceola
Parrot Mining
Pere Marquette
Phenix
Big Quincey Mining
Reece Buttonhole
Santa Ire
Union Pacific Ates
Eee O
United Fruit
United Shoes
U S Min
Do Pref
Cseeee
Utah Mining Stews
Victoria Minin Aoe
West End St Vnes
Do Pref Ae Eewnee
Se Westin
Elec
Wolverin
E Mining
Amalgamated Copper declares one percent dividend
The Amalga mated Copper Company directors declared a one percent dividend payable January 27, 1902 to stockholders of record at 3 p.m. December 27, 1901. Transfer books close at 3 p.m. December 27, 1901 and reopen at 10 a.m. January 13, 1902. Secretary and Treasurer WM. G. Rockefeller reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Copper Company
WM. G. Rockefeller
Ex dividend and sales report on listed and unlisted stocks
Ex dividend and assessment paid disclosed for total listed and unlisted stocks. It notes 11 204 shares in rights 684 bonds 60 unlisted stocks 85 333 shares bonds 4000 dollars.
Hyannis trio plead guilty to simple assault
In District Court this morning Sid Chase Flisha Bassett and Owen O Neil of Hyannis pleaded guilty to simple assault and were fined 20 each. They held up W A Borden and an employee on the highway near West Yarmouth Sunday. They rode in a sleigh and tried to stop the pair before pulling them from the sleigh. Evidence showed Borden handed over money which the prisoners returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnstable
Sid’ Chase
Flisha Bassett
Owen O'Neil
Hyannis
W. A. Borden
Pighway
West Yarmouth
Oscar Crowell
Borden
Judge Swift
Park commissioners renew lease and boat rights at head house and Jamaica Pond
The Marine Park lease for the bath house and restaurant at the head house is renewed with L. E. Bouve at 1500 dollars annually. The city covers about 500 dollars yearly for areas not under the lease. The Jamaica Pond boat privilege is renewed for two years to John G. Benedict, who furnishes boats in exchange for exclusive boat hiring rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Park
Park Commissioners
L. E. Bouve
Mr. Bouve
Jamaica Pond
John G. Benedict
Benedict
Chicago Strike Near End Awaited Settlement
Chicago machinists strike of seven months involves 400 workers. Conferences proceed between leaders. Allis-Chalmers agrees to revert to nine hour day. Total costs cited: about $300,000 for the company and $30,000 for the union, plus lost wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allis-Chalmers Company
District Attorney Philbin Honored by Staff on Retirement
New York December 24 ceremony saw District Attorney Eugene A Philbin receive a loving cup from his professional staff as he prepares to retire on January 1 1924 The gesture marks the end of his tenure and acknowledges his service to the office and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene A. Philbin
Maclay Removed by Roosevelt
Washington dispatches report Secretary Long discharged Edgar S. Maclay, a Brooklyn Navy Yard skilled laborer, after he refused to resign. The action followed a presidential directive and a letter from Maclay contesting removal without charges, citing civil service rights and potential precedent for public workers.
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Washington
Long
Edgar Stanton Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Maclay
Admiral Schley
Caitiff
Poltroon
White House
Civil Service
Public Service
Albert S. Barker
U.S. N
Navy Yard
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Edgar S. Maclay
Edgar 8S
Barker
A. 8. Barker
Edgar
Roosevelt
Wages Rise Discussed by Railway General Managers
At a Chicago meeting of the General Managers Association a movement toward higher wages for trainmen enginemen firemen and switchmen east of Chicago was explored. The coal shortage car shortage and traffic congestion spurred the discussion with managers noting eastern wages lag west of Chicago by 10 to 12 percent and arguing raises could boost efficiency and ease congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General Managers’ Association
Pennsylvania Company
Filipinos Tried for Murder of American Prisoners in Philippines
War Department disclosed court martial records from the Philippines detailing the execution of five American soldiers and the stabbing of a pueblo president after an ambush by insurgent forces. Commandante Timoteo Dahlan directed Lieutenant Gonzales and others to separate the president from the prisoners and kill them, with a promised reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Timoteo Dahlan
Manuel Gonzales
San Miguel de Mayumo
Bulacan
Gonzales
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Miguel de Mayumo
John T. Hickman
William A. Smith
Hanlet Jarvis
Elmer Dane
Frank H. Wilson
Fire Gutts Brockton Kingman Building Losses Reach Six Thousand
The Kingman building at 124 to 144 Main street Brockton was gutted by fire early today. Loss by fire and water estimated at about $6000, with Howard and Caldwell clothiers and furnishers the heaviest losers. Stewart Baker, third floor lodger and janitor, could not escape by the stairs and was rescued by Ladder 1 firemen after nearly succumbing to smoke.
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Brockton
Kingman
Main Street
Howard & Caldwell
Stewart Baker
Consecrated Stone to Move to New St Vincent's Altar
The consecrated stone of the old altar at St. Vincent's Church will be transferred to the new altar today. Teron, longtime pastor, led the effort for the new altar, with his work central to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent’s
St. Vincent's Church
Teron
St. Vincent's
Father Pat
Dare at Supper Table Leads to Walden Simms Marriage
In St Louis on December 24 19xx Dr E C Walden son of Bishop B C Walden of Cincinnati wed Miss Bessie Simms daughter of a Jacksonville Illinois family after a playful supper table dare. Walden named Monday for the nuptials and wagers circled about the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
E. C. Walden
Bishop B.C. Walden
Cincinnati
Bessie Simma
Jacksonville
Ill
Walden
Dr. Walden
Miss Simms
Mr. Brooks
Dennis
Brooks
Simms Appears In New Gown After Knot Is Tied
Simms appeared smiling in a new gown as the knot was tied and Brooks paid his bet, marking a lighthearted moment in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Simms
Brooks
Irish Leaguers Jailed At Ballymore
Four United Irish League members were sentenced to imprisonment from one to three months for organizing meetings and giving intimidating speeches. Jasper Tully M P received one month, Donnelly M P two months, Johnson a local leaguer three months, and MacManamy another local leaguer one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballymorre
Ireland
United Irish League
Jasper Tully
M. P
Donnelly
Johnson
MacManamy
Funeral services for Henry 14 Champlin held at home
Funeral services for Henry 14 Champlin were held at the home of his son the Hon Arthur B Champlin on Revere street Revere at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon The Rev Charles A Littlefield of Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Chelsea officiated Many friends attended and numerous floral tributes were received The burial was at Garden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Champlin
Arthur B. Champlin
Revere Street
Revere
Charles A Littlefield
Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Chelsea
Garden Cemetery
Evening levee reforms at royal palaces announced
The Gazette reports that from now on the levees at St James Palace and drawing rooms at Buckingham Palace will be held during evenings. Victorian regulations remain otherwise unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Gazette
St. James Palace
Buckingham Palace
Newsboys Set Semiannual Election For Next Sunday
Newsboys across Newspaper Row gather in lively crowds as they prepare for their semiannual election next Sunday. The presidential race features Samuel A. Goldberg and Nathan Sodekson, both well known in local clubs, unions, and societies. Other hopefuls include George B. Matthies for vice president, N. Alfowitz and S. Freedman for recording secretary, N. Shanfield for financial secretary, Morris B. Dubowsky for sergeant at arms, and Michael Andelman for treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Goldberg
Nathan&. Sodekson
Goldberg
Sodekson
Michael Andelman
Bates Celebrates Christmas in New Home in Monmouth Square
Lieutenant-Governor Bates hosts a Christmas gathering at his newly purchased and remodeled house in Monmouth square East Boston. The old revolutionary residence mirrors historic days with streets named for war battles and generals. Bates, a student of revolutionary history, seeks a favorable location amid these historic surroundings.
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Bates
New House
Monmouth Square
Boston
Island
Hates
East
Bacheller Edges Parker In Boston Holiday Book Race
A lively Christmas Eve finish sees Irving Bacheller’s Dri and I narrow the lead on Gilbert Parker’s The Right of Way in Boston sales. The covers and gift appeal dominate as 12,000 copies of Dri and I sold to retailers in 10 holiday days, beating the rival title.
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Gilbert Parker
Irving Bacheller
Boston
Hach
D'ri
Parallel Deaths Shape Two Farm Novel Tales
A comparison of E N Westcott and Frank Burlingame Harris mirrors in The Road to Ridgeley’s. Westcott died amid proofing David Harum while Harris died at 2, after a career as a newspaper writer. Harris’s foreword recounts a boyhood start, early journalism, and a farm life romance with heroine Sibley Ann.
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E. N. Westcott
David Harum
Frank Burlingame Harris
Ridgeley's
Westcott
Harris
Forrest Crissey
Omaha
Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Sibley
Sibley Ann
Newton Mills
Vassar
Found Dead in Old Well in Gloucester
John Mackay a ten year old boy, son of Solomon Johnson of Lanesville, was found dead at the bottom of an old well after going missing yesterday afternoon. The curb around the well had broken, and he had fallen through it.
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Gloucester
John Mackay
Solomon Johnson
Lanesville
Death of Rev Dr Bradford in Montclair New Jersey
The Rev Dr Benjamin S Bradford died at his son the Rev A H Bradford s home in Montclair New Jersey after a two week pneumonia illness. Born in Connecticut in 1819 he spent 56 years in the ministry serving churches in Seneca and Pen an New York Charlotte Michigan and Cedar Grove New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
New York
Benjamin S. Bradford
A. H. Bradford, Astor
First Congregational Church
Montclair
N. J
Connecticut
Seneca and Penan
N. Y
Charlotte
Mich
Cedar Grove
Best selling six books chart summary list
A reader notes how a six point scale ranks first to sixth place across eight possible firsts totaling 48. It lists titles and authors including D r and I, The Right of Way, The Cavalier, Tarry Thou Till I Come, Lives of the Hunted, Truth Dexter, For Love or Crown, David Harum and more from publishers such as ME Von 4HG Wisin, LAURIAT, Howell, OLD CORNER, HOUGHTON & DUTTON.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D'r and I
Cavalier
Dexter
Pitts Kimball
D'ri
Wisin
David Harum
Jordan, Marsh
the Cavalier
D'ri and I
Sylvia
Lauriat
Marietta
Peter Newell
Howell
DE Wolfe, Fiske & CO
Blennerhassett
R. H. White
Larrabee
Jarvis
Harvard
S. R. Crockett
Cinderella
Houghton & Dutton
Pepper family back in print to travel again
Margaret Sidney guides the Little Peppers on a new adventure titled The Peppers Abroad due in spring as the seventh in the series. The lineup includes Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and other Pepper tales. First performances of Quincy Adams Sawyer as a play run in Massachusetts towns. Robert Neilson Stephens studies Elizabethan times for future romances. Elizabethan fashion is praised as more beautiful than modern styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sidney
Phronsie Pepper
Polly Pepper
Joel Pepper
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Massachusetts
Robert Neilson Stephens
Captain Ravenshaw
Pess
Sewell Holds His Own in Camden Condition Stable
United States Senator William J. Sewell, treated by physicians in Camden, was reported tonight to be holding his own. His condition has remained largely the same for several days, with a faint spell this afternoon but a recovery by evening. Doctors see no worsening anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
United States
William J. Sewell
Geoghegan Resigns, Accepts Bedford Unitarian Pastorate
Baltimore dispatch reports Reverend William B. Geoghegan who resigned as pastor of First Independent Christ's Church has accepted a call to lead the Unitarian Church in the parish of New Bedford Massachusetts. The Bedford church is described as the wealthiest and most influential in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William B. Geoghegan
First Independent Christ's Church
Unitarian Church
New Bedford
Mass
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Huston Coppers Holding Firm
Nea K
Butte
Mont
J. R. Keene
Atchison Common
Southern Pacific
Co. R. Flint
Rubber Trust
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Mr. Flint
International Crude Rubber Company
William Rockefeller
J. D. Archbold
Standard Oil
Bank of Commonwealth
W. A. Tower
R. M. Saltonstall
Lee, Higginson & Co
City Trust Company
Heinze
Boston & Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Clancy
District Court of
Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Company
Comanche
Adolph Witzstein
F. A Weinze
Parkinson & Burr
Messrs. Hayden & Stone
New England Mutual Life Insurances Company
National Hide and Leather Bank
Frederick G. Corning
NEW York Stock Exchange Railroads
Ing Atchison
Altimore &Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Chicago, Ind & Souls
jAhreat Stern
Northwestern
Chicago Ter & Tran
Colorado Southern
Delaware & Hudson
Great Northern
Illinois Central
Lake Erie & Ignsarn
Louisville
New Jersey Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
St Louis - San Fran
St Louis
Amalgamated Copper
Se Am Car & Foundry
Eeneeas
Apie Smelting
Eses Ee
Anaconda Mining Co
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Ae Oen Ok
Col Fuel & Iron
Consolidated Gas
General Electric
International Paper
Wee
International Power
Republic Steel
Tennessee Coal & Iron
U S Leather
Western Union de Pref
Boston Stock Sales
Hyannis “Highwaymen
Head House
Philbin
Irish Leaguers
Henry L. Champlin
Newsboys
Bacheller
Teason
Trilby
du Maurier
James A. Herne
Denman Thompson
Maurice Thompson
Rosalynd
Ridgeley
the Post
Sewell
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