Slump in Sugar Hits Markets on Dividend Doubts
Market notes show Sugar dropping 7.5 points to around 103.5 as dividend talks loom. Third Avenue sinks 7.5 points amid fears of a $7 million cash need and potential bankruptcy, while Erie Telephone and Bell slide on restructuring chatter. Multiple rail and industrial stocks falter as insiders reportedly dump Mohawk shares and a Louisville Evansville & St Louis mortgage review highlights $2.65 million due.
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New York
James R. Keene
Sugar
Third Avenue
People’s Gas
Continental Tobacco
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Steel and Wire
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Norfolk & Western
Atchison
Boston
Shorts
Erie
Bell
New England
Western Union
Lowell
Erie Telephone
Wall Street
Mr. Stanton
The
Herald
John Stanton
Stanton
Lake
Winona
Mayflower
Old Colony
W. P. Fishbach
Louisville, Evansville
Boer Army Massing Near Bloemfontein in Disputed War Position
Reports describe a new Boer line of defence near Bloemfontein as Lord Roberts fights to push forward into the Orange Free State. Estimates suggest 30,000 Boers may be in the field with Cronje holding a stubborn position and British losses mounting in the Ladysmith corridor.
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Bloemfontein
Roberts
Orange Frege
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
Cronje
War Office
White
Mafeking
French
Daily Chronicle
Cape Colony
Paardeberg
England
Ldaily
Daily News
Lorenzo Marquez
Free State
Kruger
Pretoria
Robinson Bank
Listed NYC and Chicago addresses for Senator office sites
Readable fragments list unusual street addresses in New York Chicago and Washington. Includes 40 West 77th Street 66 Beaver Street 11 Broadway Rookery Building and references to Senator in Washington D C.
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West 77Th St
New York
Beaver St
Broadway
Rookery Bldg
Chicago
Senator
Washington, D. C
Market prices report highlights bid and asked figures
Boston suppliers listed today’s market summary with the highest and lowest sales alongside closing bid and asking prices. The brief notes guide traders on current price levels and market tone for the day.
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Boston
Bell Tel
T&s
B& Q
M&b Gn
K OM Ry & Br
Mex Central Ist Inc
Onn
Ate
T&sfe
Boston & Albany
Oston
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Fitebbu
Ctncago
High Lowing Sales Bid Figures Reported
Ambiguous OCR text shows scattered numbers and percentages with unclear titles. Records indicate an auction or bid context at AITChISOM with 2,700 and 20 percent figures, but specifics are unreadable.
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Aitchisom
Three Mines in Rich Free Milling Belt Offer Shares
Owner promotes three mines in the famous free milling belt with rich ore blocked out for milling. Development runs day and night, promising large dividends once a mill is erected. Limited development stock at 46 cents per share, par 1.00. fully paid and non assessable.
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Rialto Leasing and Mining Company
Lambert
Boston
William G. Reed
Edward L. Oppenheim
New York
John L. Hobson
Haverhill
E. B. Phillips
Wstey
Greenback
Mahala Company
Bay State Gas
Fortuna-Republica
The
Marquette Mining Journal
Arcadia
Quincey
Joseph A. Coram
Cochiti
Navaho Mining Companies
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Company
Pinkham
America
Wheat Opens Steady Then Drops on Bearish World Totals
Wheat markets moved from a steady start to a sharp decline as weekly world shipments reached 6,904,000 bushels versus 7,124,000 a year ago. On passage stocks rose 2,560,000, imports to the United Kingdom totaled 568,000 with 542,000 from Atlantic ports, and a Chicago sale of 100,000 bushels to Berlin appeared, while visible supply rose 225,000, a bearish sign despite expectations.
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Messrs
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Chicago
Berlin
Buenos Ayres
Criticism of British Tactics Quietly Filed by War Dept
Report from Washington dated February 26 notes Captain Slocum Eighth Cavalry military attache to British forces cites flaws in British operations in South Africa. Criticisms concern poor reconnaissance before advances and personnel, kept private for use in military schooling.
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Washington
War Department
South Africa
Slocum
Eighth Cavalry
Department
Military Information Division
Buller Encounters Hornets Nest at Ladysmith
London dispatch notes General Buller's march on Ladysmith marked by sharp fighting. A Pietermaritzburg report says he remains heavily engaged at Grobler's Kloof. Buller, in a Colenso despatch dated Feb 25, reports British casualties on Feb 20 as twelve killed and ninety nine wounded among the Somersets and Dorsets, with twelve officers wounded on Feb 22 and 23.
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London
Buller
Ladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
Grobler
Kloof
Colenso
War Office
Thackeray
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Sitwell
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Thorold
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Paardeberg
Leyds Optimistic on War Outcome in Europe
Brussels February 26 Dr W J Leyds Transvaal envoy in Europe remains cheerful about the war's result and believes Cronje may not surrender and could still break through British lines.
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Brussels
W. J. Leyds
Transvaal
Europe
Cronje
Plague No New Cases in Honolulu For Eight Days
Major Ennis of the Sixth Artillery reports to the War Department that one plague death occurred in Hilo on Feb 15. No new cases have appeared in Honolulu for eight days.
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Washington
Ennis
Sixth Artillery
Camp McKinley
Honolulu
War Department
Hilo
Heavy Fighting by Buller’s Forces Reported
Despatch notes terrific battles on Friday and Saturday with heavy fighting. Officers suffer hundreds of casualties among non-commissioned officers and men.
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Buller
Cronje's Guns Frustrated by British Artillery at Paardeberg
A Paardeberg dispatch to the Daily Chronicle dated February 23 reports General Cronje's attempt to mount guns was frustrated by British artillery during the fight.
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Cronje
London
Daily Chronicle
Paardeberg
Ottawa report names two Canadian officers killed in action
A cable dispatch to the government says Major Arnold of the Ninety‑Seventh Winnipeg and Pete McCreary of Sussex New Brunswick died from battlefield injuries at Modder River. The Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales cabled Lord Minto to express sympathy for Canada’s loss of gallant sons.
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Ottawa
Ont
Arnold
Ninetieth
Winnipeg
Pete McCreary
Sussex
N. B
Modder River
South Wales
Lord Minto
Sydney
N. S
New South Wales
Canada
N. Darlet
Boer War Fundraiser Comments On General Cronje Surrender
Phillip Lonter Wessels of Bloemfontein says Cronje would not surrender and fighting would continue, while George W. Van Sicklen announces $2000 for Boer widows and orphans sent to C. DeVilliers in Cape Colony. The remarks stress persistent resistance and continued war support.
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New York
Porto Rico tariff bill debate cites cross-party positions
In Porto Rico tariff bill discussions, speakers Boutell Brown Mondell Graham Reeder spoke for the bill while Bartlett Lanham Moon Williams Johnston Sutherland Jett Noonan and Wilson opposed it. Williams noted President Lattimer and Lattlefield align with McKinley on tariff matters and joked about Maine’s candidate as a running mate, sparking a quip about a barrel of brains.
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Messrs. Boutell
Brown
Mondell
Wyo
Graham
Penn
Reeder
Kan
Messrs
Bartlett
Lanham
Tex
Moon
Tenn
Williams
Ill
Johnston
W. Va
Sutherland
Neb
Jett
Noonan
Wilson
Lattlefield
Maine
McKinley
Wiilliams
Cannon
Rep
Porto Ricans Petition for Free Trade Urgency Urges Action
Secretary Root sent a Davis letter to the Senate with five petitions from Porto Rico signed by hundreds of tobacco merchants growers and manufacturers asking for free trade with the United States to relieve industrial paralysis and find markets for 1898 1899 surplus and 1900 crops.
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Washington
Root
Senate
General Davis
United States
Porto Rico
Senate handles ship subsidy bill and Quay seating debate
In Washington on February 26 the Senate opened with the commerce committee reporting the ship subsidy bill by a 10 to 6 vote. Debate over former Senator Quay's seating from Pennsylvania began with constitutional arguments from Mr. Turley and attention from colleagues. Tillman and Spooner clashed over Hawaiian government provisions as Tillman acknowledged election fraud and violence in the South while an amendment to remove voter property qualifications for state legislators was adopted. little other progress occurred.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Committee On Commerce
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Turley
Quay
Tillman
S. C
Spooner
Wis
Dewey Prize Money Claim Ruled Against Admiral
The United States Court of Claims ruled against Admiral Dewey in his claim for prize money from the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila Harbor. The court awarded him $9670, finding the enemy force not superior to his.
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Washington
United States Court of Claims
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Census work begins as 100 boxes dispatched nationwide
The census bureau started practical work for the census by shipping 100 boxes with schedules on agriculture population manufactures and vital statistics to supervisors nationwide. Another 100 boxes will be sent daily and enumerators should be ready for field work by April 15 completing census preparations.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Somerville School Board Considers Day Schedule Change
At a recent Somerville School Board meeting the rules committee report urged shifting afternoon session times for primary and grammar schools from 1 20 to 3 20 for the entire school year. The industrial education report proposed substituting natural movement in writing for the vertical system and was referred back to the board for decision, with postponement to the next meeting.
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Somerville
William P. Jones
Committee On Industrial Education
Carr
School Board
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Avaconda Mining Co
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Third Avenue Sug
T. C
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Marcin School
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Lincoln, Lawrence & Co
Bourse
Tripler
Liquid Air CO
West
89Th St
F. Capital
Charles E. Tripler
J. B. M. Grosvenor
Henry A. Kirksam
Jerome B. Landfield
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William A. Vincent
John P. Jones
Frank J. Cannon
International Banking and Trust Co
Broadway, New York
H. A. West
Kerr, Page & Cooper
W. A. Bartlett
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Charles FE
New York City
Prof. Tripler
Charles B. Tripler
Dlre
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Liquid Air Company
Tremont Building
Reuben Leland
Boston ST
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State Street
Victor Gold
Freeport & Cripple Creek
Copper King of
United Verde, Jr
NEW York Stock Exchange
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Wall St
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U. 8
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Admiral
United States Supreme Court
Somerville School Board
Willes
Debb’s
Mystic Wharf
Charleston
Ai.bany
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