Propit taking and markets ease in cautious session
Stocks show a decidedly easier tendency as traders digest a lively conference among policy makers and analysts. Sugar shorts cover in a brief market move, signaling shifting sentiment and modest risk appetite.
Market Notes and Dividends in Busy Trading Day
A day of profit taking across markets with New York and London gains reversing. Union Pacific declares a common 11 2 percent and a 2 percent preferred dividend payable April 8. Copper stocks rise on demand, while copper price and Amalgamated shares fluctuate. Boston banking and stock-yards news reflect ongoing capital moves and new financing plans.
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London
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Peclfic
Union Pacific Common
Union Pacific
Michigan Telephone Company
Glidden
Chicago Junction Railways & Union Stock Yards Company
Union Stock Yards & Transit Company
Chicago Junction Railway
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Philadelphia Company
Waldorf- Astoria
Stock Exchange
Watson & Gibson
Simeon Ford
Ladysmith
Boston
Puritan Trust Company
Helvi
Joseph
Ricker
F. A. Davidson
Calumet & Hecla
Amalgamated Copper
Amalgamated
Standard Oil
Standard Oi
United Shoe Machinery Company
Paterson
N. J
Sehnefield
Whicher & Co
Wheat Opens Quiet Then Advances Amid Uncertain Crop News
Wheat prices moved sharply higher after an initial quiet start as traders reacted to bad crop signals. Foreign houses bought modest amounts while a firm domestic market awaited clearer crop data. Paris closed 35 to 40 points higher with expectations of further gains.
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Messrs. Howard, Crosby & Co
Liverpool
Paris
Moths Planted Colbert Says Colony Was Distributed
J. J. Colbert of Arlington testified at a gypsy moth hearing that he and other Gypsy Moth Commission workers used state time to try to defeat Representative J. H. Crosby in Arlington. Colbert, employed since April 1893, spoke of political motives tied to moth activities.
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J. J. Colbert
Arlington
Gypsy Moth Commission
J. H. Crosby
Colbert
Gypsy Moth Committee
Alleged Moth Work Corruption Tied to State Officials
Testimony recounts March 9 1899 visits by Superintendent Williams and others to circulate a petition for continuing moth work. Allegations claim falsified figures, political pressure on towns like Woburn and Arlington, and promises of patronage in exchange for support. Colbert describes a “distributing committee” and packed meetings with board employees.
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C. G. Galloupe
Somerville
Forbush
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McKee
Galloupe
J. A. Farley
Minot
Senator Bailey
Burlington
O. A. Hubbard
John Sweeney
Woburn
Winchester
Thomas F. Doyle
Medford
Colbert
Prankfort Governor Taylor’s Wife Aides Soldiers
Mrs. Taylor the governor’s wife, about 42, mother of eight, visits the executive mansion and Capitol square daily. She assists soldiers, spends hours with the governor, and comforts troops from tents to kitchens, though viewed with mixed regard by Blue Grass society.
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Tyler
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Sion
Executive
Executive Building
Capitol Square
Shipping News Update From Miniature Almanac
Maritime brief listing arrivals and clearances. numerous steamers and schooners arrive or sail with merchandise and passengers to and from various British and American ports. Distress cases noted with vessels and barges moved. weather indicates south to east winds and foggy conditions.
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Senate ratifies extradition and Mexican boundary treaties
Washington February 2 The Senate in executive session ratified the extradition treaty with Peru and the Mexican boundary treaty marking a major diplomatic accord between the United States and its neighbors.
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The
Senate
Peru
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