Curb Market Leads as Copper Prices Jump on Mixed News
The curb market in Utah shows sharp advances amid a lively but troubled session. Copper stocks swing with rumors of Tom Lawson’s influence, while financiers note a $5.2 million weekly deposit drop and a $13.3 million exchange balance. Paul W. Grierson plans a Butte office for Towle Fitzgerald. North Cliff property at Lake Superior to be floated. Pinkham notes Wisconsin Central plan, awaiting details on a $20 million first mortgage issue and $3 million preferred and common stock, with the group earning about $5 million gross at 65 percent operating rate.
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London
Adventure Arcadian
American Bell Telephone
Dan Bly
B&q
Euwukees
Boston
General Electric
Isle Royale
Mass
Minerva
Santa Fe
Feresee
Vkns
Victoria
Utah
Tom’’ Lawson
S. O. Brand
Tom
Tommyhawk
S. O
Paul W. Grierson
Calumet
Mich
Butte, Mont
Towle & Fitzgerald
Leland, Towle & Co
Charles J. Hodge
North Cliff
Lake Superior
New York
Exchange
Wisconsin Central
Pinkham
Eighteen Starters Named for Indoor Six Day Race
San Francisco February 13 eighteen men began the international six day race under the American Cycle Racing Association. The field includes Charles Miller Frank Waller 3b Force Alberts Louis Gimm John Lawson J W Nann Oscar Aaronson Teddy Hale Ed Stevens Oscar Julius Fredericks Henry Pilkington Tom Barnaby George Hannan C W Ashinger John Chapman and Charles Turville. Predictions set 2250 miles with some riders aiming to finish the first twenty four hours dismounted. The event runs 144 hours with noted speed and banking criticisms.
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San Francisco
American Cycle Racing Association of
New York
Miller
Waller
Michael
Elkes
Bald
Charles W. Miller
Chicago
Frank Waller
Oakland
Force
Boston
Rank Alberts
Louis Gimm
Pittsburg
John Lawson
J. W. Nann
Ireland
Oscar Aaronson
Sweden
Teddy Hale
Ed Stevens
Buffalo
Oscar Julius
Fredericks
Switzerland
Henry Pilkington
Philadelphia
Tom Barnaby
George Hannan
Klondike
C. W. Ashinger
John Chapman
Atlanta
Charles Turville
Gard Ey Beats O'Brien in Twenty Round Bout
Oscar Gard ey lost the decision in a twenty round bout with Jack O'Brien of New York at Kingstown. The American refrigerator barge Tillid towed from Gloucester went ashore at Woody Island Placentia Bay during last night's storm and was wrecked though some cargo was saved.
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Columbus
Oscar Gardey
Jack O’brien
New York
Kingstown
ST. John’s
N. FE
Wis
Gloucester
Mass
Woody Island
Placentia Bay
Goff Beats Johnson in Quirky Prearranged Fight
Charlie Goff of California won the decision over Charlie Johnson of Philadelphia at the People's Athletic Club in Cincinnati. The bout was tame throughout and the large crowd believed the result was prearranged.
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Cincinnati
Charlie Goff
California
Charlie Johnson
Philadelphia
People's Athletic Club
WAHNITA COPPER MINING CO Subscription Books Open
WAHNITA COPPER MINING CO notes subscription books for 100000 shares at 5 dollars per share. Books open at Boston offices 60 State Street at 10 a m on Thursday Feb 16 and close by 2 p m game day. Subscriptions via New York and Boston banks and Boston Stock Exchange must be presented at 10 a m on that date. By order of the Board Henry Pp Woopney secretary Justus Muse 14 2390.
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Wahnita Copper Mining CO
Boston
State Street
New York
Boston Stock Exchange
Board of Directors
Henry PP. Woopney
Justus
Muse
Night of Fires Envelops Boston and Somerville in Snow
Boston and Somerville fire crews battled back to back blazes amid heavy snowdrifts on February 15 1899. A tannery fire at 12 Beecham Street Charlestown caused $6000 in losses followed by a Standard Vinegar Works blaze at 46 Washington Street Somerville tying up engines from multiple units. Firefighters rescued residents including an 80 year old woman and a worker who fell into flames. total losses soared to about $45 000 with additional damage to adjacent structures.
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Boston
Somerville
Mason Street
Russell
G. F. Carler
E. M. Sweeney
Beecham Street
Charlestown
Box 15
Standard Vinegar
Frank McNally
Frank Leary
Sharkey Place
Hickey
Patrick Doherty
John Curran
John Quigley
E. G. Crafts
Engine 8
Quigley
Standard Vinegar Company
Lord & Rowe
Washington Street
Boston Department
Vinegar Company
F. E. Whitcomb
Fitchburg Railroad
Edward Jones
Jones
Fires Strikes Multiple Roxbury Buildings In One Night
Boston firemen battled blazes across several Roxbury properties including Norfolk Manufacturing at 37 47 Norfolk Street where top floor fire damaged the four story brick structure with about 5000 dollars in losses. Other fires at 1044 106 Portland Street and 326 Hanover Street to 10 10 p m caused 3000 and 2000 dollars in damage with smoke and forced evacuations.
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Boston
Norfolk Manufacturing Company
Norfolk Street
Thomas K. Meann
Portland Street
Tremont Place
Partridge Estate
Kingsley & Blake
Boston Architectural Club
Hanover Street
J. Lowrie
Martin J. Dunn
Engine 23
Station 1
Michele Trantfanglia
Homeless Woman Rescued From Cold at Davis Street
Miss Hannah Moss aged 46 lacking shelter was found in the cold in front of 15 Davis Street at eight o clock last night. She was rushed to City Hospital and her condition is reported as improving.
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Hannah Moss
Davis Street
City Hospital
Dean's Ointment Offers Instant Relief and Cure
Itching piles can be cured with Dean's Ointment providing rapid relief and a permanent resolution. Available at any drug store for 50 cents.
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Dean
The Shackles of Misery and Kidney Relief
Boston readers learn backache signals kidney strain from overworked filters. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills, citing Mrs N W Poppy of Dorchester who reports renewed health and her child’s improvement after use. The testimonial emphasizes kidney health as key to overall well being.
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Boston
Dean
N. W. Poppy
Willet Street
Dorchester
Doan
Marlboro Mystery Deepens As Four Die
Four members of the Underwood family were found dead in a disordered house and believed to have died hours earlier. Medical examiners Hoitt and Der vin pursued an autopsy while police investigated potential drug influence and the family’s troubled finances. A revived mother, her son and another man spoke briefly, but details remained unclear as officers sought the cause of death and the fate of Olive, the new worker.
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Hoitt
Dervin
Underwood
Mullen
Guy
Olive
Underwoods
Harnett
Mysterious Bottle Found in Kitchen Mystery
Police struggle to advance the case as autopsy results are awaited. City Marshal Pope notes a bottle in the kitchen once containing liquor, offering little support for asphyxiation while the poison theory grows stronger.
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Pope
Underwood Family Moves and Police Involvement
The Underwood family resided in multiple city locations for years, moved to Framingham two years ago, then returned. Mr. Underwood was a box maker by trade with some railroad work experience. McMullen may have been a boarder with the family. The police.
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Underwood
Framingham
Mr. Underwood
McMullen
Boston Soldier Jumps From Fourth Story Window
A man calling himself W. P. Daniels of 60 Clarendon Street Boston leapt from a fourth floor window at Swett's Hotel in Portland Missouri. He sustained serious injuries but is not believed to be fatally hurt. He claimed to be a soldier but would not reveal his military station.
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Portland
W. P. Daniels
Clarendon Street
Boston
Swett
Daniels
Train derailment at Fort Ticonderoga kills engineer and son
Delaware and Hudson train No 4 derailed near Utting's siding two miles south of Fort Ticonderoga New York this afternoon. The engineer W R Combs and his 10 year old son were killed. Remaining crew and passengers escaped unharmed.
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Fort Ticonderoga
N. Y
Delaware & Hudson
Montreal
Utting
Here
W. R. Combs
Dr Bull s Cough Syrup claims faster cold cure
A historic ad-like note promotes Dr Bull s Cough Syrup as a superior remedy that speeds relief from cold symptoms more quickly than rival products, highlighting its supposed effectiveness and appeal to consumers seeking rapid recovery.
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Dr. Bull
Lincoln dinner amid Roosevelt Miles and Schley crowd in New York
The Republican Club of New York hosted an Abraham Lincoln anniversary dinner at Delmonico's with Governor Roosevelt, Gen. Miles, Rear Admiral Schley, and ex-governor Morton. Depew praised Roosevelt while Miles and Schley toasted the Army and Navy. A second item reports a severe blizzard in New York causing widespread disruption, coal shortages, and mass shelter efforts.
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New York
Republican Club
Abraham Lincoln
Delmonico’s
Roosevelt
Horace White
Nelson A. Miles
W.S. Schley
Levi P. Morton
Chauncey Depew
Depew
United States
American Congress
West
East Indies
North American
McKinley
Miles
Army
Republi
Schley
Navy
Lincoln dinner reflects closer US Britain ties and Lincoln's legacy
At the Marquette Club dinner in Chicago the crowd heard John Charlton of the Anglo American Commission praise improving US Britain relations and Lincoln's life path. Charles Dawes pressed on monetary system flaws exposed by the 1893 panic, noting the endless chain of redeeming government currency.
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Chicago
Marquette Club
United States
John Charlton
British American Joint High Commission
Great Britain
Anglo- American Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Kentucky
Cromwell
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Somerset's Ball at Bethesda Hall in South Boston
The Somerset Club of South Boston held its eighth annual ball at Bethesda Hall with 20 couples dancing to the Waverley Orchestra. Notable guests included Congressman Henry F. Naphen, Representatives Sullivan Toomey and Ward 14 member Ly lon, and Councilmen Muleszhey and L ylon. The hall was lavishly decorated as Admirals Dewey Schley and Sampson watched from above.
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Somerset Club
South Boston
Bethesda Hall
Associates
Waverley
Annie Murray
Lizzie Murray
Mamie Martin
Lizzie Crowley
Priscilla Sliney
Annie Leahy
Nellie Leahy
Alice Leahy
Margaret Quinlan
Lizzie Donovan
Margaret Cahill
Julia Barry
Nellie Sullivan
Julia Sullivan
Mary McGovern
J. E. Lawson
Margaret Russell
Jeremiah J. Mackin
Robert Ll. Sullivan
Stephen J. Beecher
Thomas J. Barry
William EF. Condon
Thomas EH. Gerah
Thomas J. McGowan
Charles A. Walsh
Ed J. Smith
Michael F. Crowley
John J. Manning
John P. Casey
James L. Condon
Michael FF. Condon
Thomas J. McAuliffe
Patrick L. McGowan
Joseph A. Coughlan
Henry Donahue
Charles A. Haley
Mark 8. Lally
Frank Murphy
Jonn
Noonan
Wiliam J. Sheehan
Dennis J. Sullivan
Robert J. Sullivan
William Taylor
Joseph J. Reagan
William J. Walsh
John J. Shannon
Refund pledge for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar
A local card states refunds on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure coughs or colds and a 25 cent bottle with money back if not satisfactory. Signatories include Emery Souther and many drug firms and individuals at multiple Boston addresses, plus two hundred others.
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Greene
Emery Souther
Rust & Richardson Drug CO
George C. Goodwin & CO
B. F. Bradbury
Washington St
CG. E. Woodward & CO
Bromfield St
Joseph
Tremont St
W. A. Demeritt
Columbus Ave
J.D. Knowlton
J.P. Gammon
Dailey &J. Samuel
Wm Lawrence wrecked off Port Royal with crew missing
The steam ship William Lawrence of Merchants & Miners line, en route Baltimore to Savannah with cargo only, is wrecked near Port Royal South Carolina after a storm. Six crewmen reached land in one boat, three other boats with officers and engineers are missing, and survival is uncertain. Morissella and fellow survivors will reach Savannah by tomorrow.
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Savannah
William Lawrence
Merchants & Miners’ Line
Baltimore
Port Royal
S. C
South Carolina
Port Royal Bar
A. J. Morrisella
John Canaway
John Donahue
William Siefert
Charles Green
Frank Bolden
Captain Willis
Agent Carolan
Morissella
Life saving crew deny sighting big steamer at Swampscott
The life saving crew at Swampscott Bay deny reports that a large steamer was sighted, with the vessel allegedly blowing its whistle, after claims surfaced that they had observed such a craft.
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Swampscott
Swampscott Bay
Two Fires Hit Dry Goods Stores in Salem
In Salem on February 13 two major fires damaged dry goods stores within 100 yards of each other. Jacob Nicholson’s Essex Street three story building suffered total loss of about 12,000. adjacent Bridge and Wilkins lost 3,000. A nearby Brown store also burned with goods valued around 10,000. neighboring Cobb Bates Yerxa of Boston faced 2,000 in cellar flood damage.
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Salem
Jacob Nicholson
Essex Street
Bridge & Wilkins
Nicholson
K. K. Brown
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Boston
Brown
Walter G Maker Dead at Union Station
Walter G Maker assistant day editor at the Herald died suddenly at Union Station at 6 30 p m He suffered heart disease and died while en route home to 13 High street Malden He was born in Bristol England 52 years ago and had a long career in journalism He leaves a wife Miss Leche of Roxbury and a 19 year old son Charles Maker.
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Walter G. Maker
The
Herald
Union Station
High Street
Malden
Mr. Maker
Bristol
Engl
Journal
Advertiser
200 SLEPT IN FALL RIVER TRAIN
A Brockton-bound train became stranded in snow near Campello and two hundred passengers were obliged to stay aboard overnight.
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Fall River
Brockton
Vpeb
Campello
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