Prices Suffer Some Reaction On Wall Street
Monday trading followed last week’s activity as New York stocks fell about half a point on average. Amalgamated weakened, dropping 27-8 points to 71-2, while Metropolitan and Rock Island also declined. Lackawanna rose 101-4 amid a big speculative pool, with Delaware & Hudson up 21-2 and Western rail Southern Pacific among the strengths.
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New York
Northern
Bears
Amalgamated
Metropolitan
Rock Island
Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Western Railroad
Southern Pacific
Trimountain
Lawson
Butte
Hamlin, Hastings
Bigelow
Boston
Dominion Common
Aes
Aitchison Ps
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific Reece
Canada
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Ind & Louis
Chicago & Eust Illinois
Chicago & Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Rii& Rede
Chicago Ter & Trans
St Louis
Gilogado Easaley
Linie Dl&w
Denver & Rio
Erte
Tee
Hocking Valley
Lake Erie & West
Louisville & Nashville
Manhattan L
Metropolitan St Ry
Minnealis & St Law
New Jersey Central
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western Pennsylvania
St Louis & San
St Louis Southwestern
Anne St Paul
Toston
Southern Pacific Seceenre
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Aw Md
Toledo
Eat
Holy To Union Pactic
T&r
Geneas
Ee B & Q
United States
Am Car & Foundry
Ft S & M
T & T Fie
Eeeereteee
Anaconila Minin
Brooklyn Rapid
Ogg
Allouez Mintagy i
Colorado Fuel & Ion
Consolidated Gas
Amn Ruger
Latlede Gas
Wwodo Seri
Pacific Mail
Tennessee Coal & Iron
Atlantic Mining
Union Bag & Paper Co
U S
Boston & Any
Boston & Maine
Coebill Mint
Mtr Spa -West
Atv Dom
Iron & Steel
Edison Kk
Trial Narrative Details Mercury Findings in Rice Case
New York February 3 A chemist Dr Rudolph A Witthaus testified in the murder trial of Lawyer Patrick over William Marsh Rice He said portions of the body were given for examination and he found half a grain of mercury in the intestines and about a quarter grain in the kidneys He noted a larger brain portion suggesting more mercury earlier but stated the amount found could not be linked to death He said embalming fluid analysis would be needed to determine pre death presence and another witness claimed Rice died from irritant gas during long cross examination.
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Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
International
Great Northern
Boston & Maine R. RK
National Oil Reporter
Hoosac
Boston & Maine Railroad
New England
Keystone
New York
Rudolph A. Witthaus
Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Witthaus
H. R. Lewis
Rice
Funeral of Patrick E. Riddle at St Margaret's Church
The funeral for Patrick E. Riddle who died Sunday at 122 East Cottage Street will be held tomorrow at his family home and mass will be offered at 9 o'clock at St. Margaret's Church. He served as a Democratic representative to the Common Council from Ward 20, now Ward 17, and influenced many political aspirants. He never married and lived with his sister Catherine and brother John at 122 East Cottage Street.
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Patrick E. Riddle
East Cottage Street
St. Margaret's Church
Riddle
Mr. Riddle
Catherine Riddle
John
Explosion injures two at old Stewart mansion site
A heavy dynamite blast at the site of the former A. T. Stewart mansion on Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue severely wounds Morris Harnett, a watchman, who suffers a fractured skull, and Ferdinand Holly, a furniture designer, cut in the thigh by flying debris. A building foreman in charge was arrested as the grand jury was ordered to probe the late tunnel disaster.
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New York
A. T. Stewart
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Morris Harnett
Werdinand Holly
Jeffries Fitzsimmons Contradict Earlier Match Terms
In New York ed the Jeffries and Jim Kennedy of the Yosemite A C San Francisco discussed a proposed bout with Bob Fitzsimmons. Jeffries rejected the terms Fitzsimmons had accepted and Kennedy proposed an equal third split of gross receipts and picture rights while Jeffries reviews options with manager Billy Delaney.
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New York
Jim Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
Jim Kennedy
Yosemite A. C
San Francisco
Fitzsimmons
Kennedy
Billy Delaney
Delaney
Boston Baptist Social Union Evening With College Presidents
The Boston Baptist Social Union met at Tremont Temple with about 300 members and 75 guests. A reception and supper preceded a business session in Gilbert Hall where several new members were elected. Samuel N. Brown gave a memorial for Irving O. Whiting. Addresses by Amherst College president George Harris and Clark University president G Stanley Hall covered themes on the college, church and race attitudes.
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Boston Baptist Social Union
Tremont Temple
Gilbert Hall
Samuel N. Brown
Irving Oo. Whiting
The
Union
George Harris
Amherst College
Thea College
Church
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Gift Funds New Exeter Building And Lot
A deed transfers a 30000 dollar building and adjacent land to Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter New Hampshire as a gift from Dr Abner L Merrill of Boston. The donation includes a building on a town street and an adjoining plot, enriching the academy’s facilities.
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Exeter
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
Abner L. Merrill
Boston
Waterfront Steamers Tangle With Gale and Quarantine
Steamer Sylvania from Liverpool anchored at quarantine amid smallpox fears. Gloucester Howard also arrived from Baltimore and Norfolk during the storm. Algonquin and City of Macon faced delays at Lewis pier after repairs and route changes. Barge Jenna Hughes dragged across Baker Palmer. Bar No. 6 stranded between Deer Island lights. Fishermen and tug Juno assisted, with minor damages and several mutiny rumors aboard Fannie Palmer resolved as sick sailors cleared. British steamer Mira, awaiting total loss risk, and Mystic from Louisburg report rough seas and long voyage, while Fishing schooner Massachusetts grounded on Quero Bank after anchors parted in gale.
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Sylvania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Gloucester
Howard
Baltimore
Norfolk
Algonquin
Lewis Pier
City of
Macon
New York
East River
Jenna Hughes
Spectacle Island
Baker Palmer
Newport News
Palmer
James Hughes
Consolidated Coal Company of
Deer Island Light
Deer Island
St. Nicholas
Nantasket Roads
William A. Morse
Juno
Kemp
Fannie Palmer
Guardian
Creighton
Yarmouth
Louisburg
Catalone
Mira
Mystic
Dawson
T,aken
Everett
Massachusetts
Quero Bank
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Feb 4 Ocean Arrivals and Clearances
Shipping news item lists sun and moon data for Feb 4, then details arrivals and clearances of steamers and sailing vessels. Vessels Sylvania Mystic Admiral Farragut Governor Dingley and others arrive with merchandise and passengers from various ports. others cleared include Toronto Briardale and H G Johnson. wind and gale conditions noted for James B Whitney Hector and Bay State among others.
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Sylvania
Barr
Liverpool
Alexander Martin
Mystic
Dawson
Louisburg
C. B
Farragut
Hopkins
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Indian
Crowell
Philadelphia
B. Sampson
Dimock
Baker
City of Macon
Savage
New York
Dingley
Dennison
Portland
Howard
Nickerson
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
Gloucester
James
Algonquin
Staples
Jacksonville
Arleston
Toronto
Hull
Briardale
H. G. Johnson
Buenos Ayres
Nimbus
Havana
Three Marys
Whitney
Hector
Newport News
St. Croix
Bay State
Fight to finish begins against Woollen Trust in Olneyville
In Olneyville on February 3 a strike wave erupts as 6500 workers, backed by Rhode Island Textile Councils and independent mills, join a fight against the American Woollen Company. Lockout of 6500 operatives and 300 weavers adds pressure while Lawrence and New England mills face orders. Independent manufacturers back the workers, with plans for new mills and machine upgrades signaling a broader challenge to the Woollen Trust.
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Olneyville
American Woollen Company
Woollen Trust
Rhode Island
Washington
Lawrence
New England
Trust
American
Fletcher Woollen Company
Pocasset and
Thornton
Atlantic Company
Earnscliffe
Post
City Overhaul At Street Department Drops Twenty Two
Twenty two survey division workers of the street commission will be discharged under Mayor Collins retrenchment plan after a $71 000 appropriation was vetoed ten days ago. Non residents lead the list with remaining cuts targeting loyalists. The move trims the division to about 50 staff and aims to save around $26 000. further cuts and new department chiefs are anticipated. Civil service protections loom for new janitors and law changes March 1 shift postings. Several aldermen react with dismay as appointments bring political shifts and rivalries into focus.
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Street Commission Department
Collins
Montague
Buildings Department
Doyle
McCarthy
Roxbury
Stephen Ryan
Ward 12
Democrus
Joseph W. Smith
Ike Allen
Julius
Chappelle
Ward
Edward Fitzwilliam
Daniel F. Barry
Donovan
James R. Towle
Cow Pasture
Oakes and Freeman
Eugene S. Sullivan
Ward 5
Isaac Rosnosky
Kelly Nawn fight unsettled labor pressure grows
Superintendent Donovan said the pay deputyship dispute between Kelly and Nawn should be settled in a few days. A delegation of labor men urged Kelly's appointment on the Mayor, expecting a decision before Feb 1. Backers warned of trouble if Kelly is not chosen, a contingency Donovan regards as serious.
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Donovan
Kelly
Nawn
Earthquake Shakes New Brunswick Town at Dawn
A distinct earthquake shock lasting about a minute was felt in Farthquake town near New Brunswick. The tremor was later reported at Cartland eight minutes afterward. No damage was reported.
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Farthquake
New Brunswick
Poumanbyon
N. B
Cartland
Salem Mayor Hurley Courts Rumor Of Kissed Marshal
In Salem on February 3, Marshal-Mayor Hurley oversaw police business and joked about a kiss scandal involving Ed Knight. He warned successors about the kiss claim and discussed displacing marshals, hinting at advice for Mayors attending a Massachusetts banquet. He also attended a testimonial dance and hosted a late-night officers’ lunch at the station.
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Salem
Hurley
John B. Skinner
Mr. Knight
Post
Mayors’ Club of Massachusetts
Young's Hotel
Seven day tours from Boston by Pennsylvania railroad
Seven day tours with hotel stays meals en route and longer stays in Washington stopovers at Baltimore Philadelphia and New York depart Boston under the personally conducted system on February 21 March 7 and 21 April 4 18 and May 2. Tour details by D N Bell Tourist Agent 2 Washington street.
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Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Massachusetts Hearing on Labor Hours and State Work Rules
The Massachusetts State House in Boston will host hearings by the Committee on Labor on House Bill No 83 regulating hours of labor and pay for state and court employees, along with House Bill No 92 fixing hours for mechanics and other state workers. Also on the agenda is the annual Bureau of Statistics of Labor Public Document 15, with sessions in Room 249 on Thursday February 6 at 7:30 a.m. Chairman Samuel Ross announces the session. A separate hearing by the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs will consider William Davis’s petition and accompanying bill to authorize the Metropolitan Park Commission to build a boulevard connecting with the statewide park system in Winchester. The meeting is set for Thursday February 6 at 10:30 a.m. in Room 436. George R. Jones chairs, A P Russell is clerk.
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Getts
State House
Boston
Committee On Labor
Carey Haverhill
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Samuel Ross
Thos. Donahue
Massachusetts
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
William ] Davis
Metropolitan Park Commission
Metropolitan Park System
Winchester
George R. Jones
A. P. Russell
Stockholders meetings at Boston firms in February 1902
Several Boston companies announce annual or special meetings at the treasurer s office 100 Summer St including Columbian Mfg Co Boston Duck Co Thorndike Co Otis Co and Cordis Mills with dates from February 11 to February 12 1902 for election of officers and other business including real estate conveyance.
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Columbian Mfg. CO
The
Summersty
Boston
W. W. Stevenson
Boston Duck Company
Boston Duck Co
Summer St
Peder Olsen
Thorndike Company
Thorndike Co
Otis Company
Otis Co
Cordis Mills
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Cor
Origina Troleum Company
Ittn
Texas
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Trinity
Neches
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Keystone Crude Oil Company
Higginsow & Fuel Company
Houston
F. S. Colton & CO
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A. Ie
Eevese
Lake
Jesse Lewisohn
United Metals Selling Company
Metal Exchange
Li Broadway
American Car & T Foundrys
William H. Allen & Co
Allen
Messrs
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Shawmut Bank
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Moseley & Co
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Pere Marquette Railroad
Old Dominion
Steel Trust
Towle & Fitzgerald
Heath
General Electric
Guanajuato
Isle Royale Mining
Mass Electric
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Old Colony Mining
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Quincy Mining
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Am Santa Ysabel
Tamarack
Trinity Mining
United Froit Sete
Utahining News
Victoria Mining
Western Tel
Winona Mining
Wyandot Mining
Patrick Gase
Combined Oil Land Company
Albert E. Hall Company
Combined Oil Land Co
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Lawrence Wena
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Clinton Peeree
Harcut & Freese
B’way
N.Y
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P. E. Riddle
St. Margaret’s Church
W.F. Dever & CO
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Hotel Savoy
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Baptist Social Union
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Dr. A. L. Merrill
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