Baltimore's Resurrection In Progress After Devastating Fire
City agencies, Governor and Mayor convened to coordinate relief and reclamation efforts. Officials announced Baltimore would rely on internal and state resources, with an advisory legislative commission planned. Fire lines tightened as passes were revoked for 48 hours. Amid ruin, commerce and labor mobilized, with offices opening in temporary spaces and ads seeking workers. Vaults largely intact, with over 200 million recovered from one trust company, boosting morale. Continental Trust, Grow Bros Bank, and Mercantile Trust remained unharmed.
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Rally Yields Strength as Markets Rally on War News
Wall Street gains amid earnings weathered by war fears and Baltimore calamity. Investors priced insurance risk shifts to foreign firms, with money rates steady to firm. Copper and other shares fluctuated as Amalgamated Copper manipulation questions surfaced. gains were modest across miners and industrials.
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Labor notes cover local union activities and meetings
Electrical Workers Union 104 guided delegates to a Second District Council meeting in Hartford with eighty delegates expected. Six applicants admitted. Land and Tipcart Teamsters’ Union to hold its fourth annual ball at Union Park Hall. Floor officers named. Special meeting at 8 Bennett Street Sunday afternoon to discuss organization issues. Mass meeting for waitresses planned tonight at 24 Auburn Street with Fred B Hobby speaking. Picture Frame Makers Union 251 admitted sixteen members and received eight new applications. Stone Masons Union 9 held smoke talk at 45 Eliot Street. Floor Layers Union reported a working agreement submission to the Master Builders’ Association before May 1. Industrial Insurance Agents Union 1 voted to join Knights of Labor for a charter. Der Assembly 30 has the application under analysis.
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England Telephone and Telegraph Company Dividend Notice
England Telephone and Telegraph Company declares a 1.50 per share dividend to stockholders of record January 30. Transfers closed February 1 to February 13. Payment scheduled for Monday February 15, 1904. Signed William B. Driver, Treasurer. January 27, 1904.
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Arrest at Shawmut Avenue Raid Seizes Surgical Instruments
Captain O Lalor and Station 6 officers raided 465 Shawmut Avenue last night and seized several surgical instruments. The resident, Sophia Duff, was arrested and identified herself as the occupant.
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Reverend G Campbell Morgan Receives Chicago Call
The London preacher has been invited by Second Presbyterian Church at Michigan Avenue and Twentieth Street. Dr. Morgan is considering the call. Since 191 he has lived in Northfield Massachusetts and worked at the Moody School during summers.
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Boston Post Reports First War Battle Online
The Boston Post led New England in publishing the first account of the Russo Japanese War battle at Port Arthur. Newsboys cried Extra Post as readers drank coffee and rolls, marking a world changing moment with rapid press dissemination.
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Fire destroys West Roxbury stable injures two firemen
A stubborn blaze in West Roxbury last evening burned six horses to death and caused $15,000 in damage. Firemen John McDonald and Richard P. Talbot suffered frostbite or frostbitten extremities, while Patrolman John J. Donovan was overcome by smoke. The flames started in Frost Brothers stable and spread to a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop, a carriage factory, and a dwelling.
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Vorenberg's Big Store Offers Customer Quarters Off Prices
The one quarter off sale at Vorenberg's Boston promises genuine reductions as customers select any suit or overcoat from the stock and mark down their own prices. Crowds grow as shoppers appreciate the new discount approach at The Big Store.
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Spectators Flood Burned District As Fire Fades
Baltimore crowds pour into the burned district with residents and visitors arriving by train and car. Spectators line streets along the fire zone as crowds fill Charles street near the post office, creating traffic congestion rivaling peak Broadway hours.
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Maryland to care for fire victims after conference
In Baltimore on February 9, Mayor McLane and Governor Warfield agreed Maryland will assume care for fire afflicted victims. Warfield announced sending a special recommendation to the Legislature to appoint an unpaid commission to draft emergency legislation for the general assembly's action.
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Non Union Sailors Moved Under Cover of Night
Under cover of night a tug carried a load of sailors toward tied up schooners in President Roads, part of a strike by the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union. Police escorted the trips to the outside buoy, and the Addie M Lawrence also received sailors. Secretary Frazer said union calls are being filled and ships will soon take on more of his men.
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Norwood Typo Strike Talks Continue In Boston Area
No new developments in the printers strike. Two hundred thirty-two typos remain out, with Griffith Stillings and Walker Young Co as the only pressmen involved. Seventeen establishments report some strike presence, twenty-nine report none.
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Bank Officers Entertainers Symphony Hall Concert
A large gathering attended an event at Symphony Hall hosted by the Bank Officers Association. The program opened with an organ recital followed by a concert by the Amphion Club of Melrose with soloist Mme Caroline Gardner Clarke, drawing strong interest.
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Caroline Gardner Clarke
Kneisel Quartet at Potter Hall with Busoni as guest
The Kneisel Quartet offered its fifth concert with Ferruccio Busoni as assisting pianist. The program included Mozart and Franck piano quintet. Busoni showed fine ensemble skill in quiet moments but overpowered the chamber setting during vigorous passages. Despite criticism, the quartet’s ensemble was praised and the audience applauded. The final concert will be Tuesday evening February 23.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Kneiisel Quartet
Cesar Franck
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Franklin A A Defeats Ecoory 4 3 at Franklin Field
Yesterday afternoon at Franklin Field the Franklin A A ice hockey team defeated the Ecoory combination 4 to 3. It was a clean well played game with both sides avoiding rough play.
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Miss Ade laide Camp Dies in Mattapoisett
Miss Ade laide B. Camp, recently a kindergarten teacher in Boston schools, died in Mattapoisett after a lingering illness. The obituary notes her professional work and local passing on February 9.
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Adelaide B. Camp
Boston
Hay Aims To Rally Powers For China Security
Secretary Hay has sent notes to several European powers asking them to join in pledging that during hostilities and afterward the neutrality and territorial integrity of China must be recognized. The move seeks to limit warfare to the smallest possible area and may affect Manchuria and Corea.
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