Market seesaws as stocks rise and fall on copper demand
Traders rush prices up then down in a choppy New York session. Copper gains in early trading fade under London selling. broader market sentiment turns cautious after Ladysmith rumors. Amalgamated and other copper shares show mixed moves. Boston & Lowell directors reshuffle. Pacific Coast declares quarterly dividends.
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London
Ladysmith
Wall
Boston
S&s. O
Amalgamated
Old Dominion
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Old Board of Directors
Charles KE. A. Bartlett
Fred KF. Clarke
William Powell Mason
Charles FE. Cotting
Jefferson Coolidge
Edwin Morey
Frencis L. Higginson
Charles E. A. Bartlett
Pacific Coast Company
Fitchburg rail lease talks and market notes
Boston news briefs report Fitchburg railroad stock gains amid rumors of a Vanderbilt lease, with Boston & Maine discussions noted. It cites November earnings for Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line, market activity in Fitchburg and prices for several stocks, plus banking and dividend updates and local brokerage changes.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
William A. Gaston
William A. Bancroft
Robert Winsor
James M. Prendergast
Union Pacific Railway Company
Goss Suecessa
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Inge Apes Oae
Oregon
Fitchburg
New York
Boston & Maine
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Fitchburg Railroad
Boston News Bureau
Tuttle
Codman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State of
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Dividend Notice from Webb City Mills
Webb City Missouri January 1 1900 announces a monthly dividend of one percent on par five cents per share payable January 15 1900 to stockholders of record January 18 1900. Transfer books close January 18 at 3 p.m. reopen January 16. Cordell Heomphreys secretary treasurer Davis G 2 Kilby Street corner State Streetoston Mass financial agents.
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Ricks
Philip S. Davis
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Camden
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Mitchell
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Fortuna
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Heinze
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Marquette Mining Journal
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Volunteers Named From Gentlemen’s Sons in South Africa
Mr. Schomberg M'Donnell has gone to South Africa. Among yesterday’s volunteers are the names of a hundred or more sons of gentlemen.
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Mr. Schomberg M’donnell
South Africa
Choate Protests Delagoa Bay Seizures In London
United States ambassador Joseph H. Choate met with British Premier Lord Salisbury at the Foreign Office to press the issue of Delagoa Bay flour seizures. Salisbury gave no decision on whether foodstuffs are contraband of war, promising equitable treatment and a swift decision, though cabinet ministers warn the answer may take time.
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United States
Joseph H. Choate
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Delagoa Bay
Choate
Associated Press
Richard Webster
Great Britain
Leyla
Mr. Choate
Duke Marlborough Offers Not Yet Accepted to South Africa
A representative of the Associated Press reports from Lord Chesham's headquarters that the Duke of Marlborough has not yet accepted the offer to accompany the Oxfordshire yeomanry to South Africa. It is also said he will likely not go, despite earlier published statements.
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London
Lord Chesham
Associated Press
Duke of Marlborough
Oxfordshire Yeomanry
South Africa
British Hold Positions at Colesberg After Two Days
Brisk fighting in the Colesberg hills sees Boer forces retreating from key stations. British forces maintain positions south and east overlooking the town as Boers, recently reinforced, reoccupy earlier lines. British casualties total six killed and twenty wounded over the two days.
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Naauwpoort
Cape Colony
Colesberg
J. D. P. French
French Says Position Unchanged as Reinforcements Planned
War Office dispatch from London reports General French’s message dated yesterday stating his forces are in the same position at Colesberg. With small reinforcements he could drive the Boers from Colesberg, while he continues maneuvers.
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London
War Office
French
Colesberg
Kimberley Shelling and Mine Fire at Premier Fort
Boers in Kimberley show strong interest in the Premier mine using searchlights last night and shell fortifications this morning. Royal Artillery returned fire with shells landing amid enemy smoke. No casualties reported from last night’s mine explosions. Cecil Rhodes supplied new clothing to Boer prisoners.
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Kimberley
Royal Artillery
Cecil Rhodes
U S Attaché With Boers Aids South Africa War Effort
Captain Carl Reichmann of the Seventeenth Infantry and assistant adjutant general of volunteers has been detailed by the Secretary of War to accompany the Boer army in the war in South Africa.
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Washington
Carl Reichmann
Seventeenth Infantry
Secretary of War
South Africa
German Bark Seized by British at Delagoa Bay
Hamburg report says German ship Hens Wagner of Hamburg was seized by British forces at Delagoa Bay on December. The seizure adds tension in Baltic trade and widens wartime maritime actions.
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Hamburg
Hens Wagner
Delagoa Bay Dee
Fragmentary note of complaint to British foreign office
A fragment says 21 and that her agli have lodged a complaint with the British foreign office, hinting at a formal grievance directed to the government.
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Foreign Office
Doubt Cast on Medical Exam Pass For Married Man
A black mark against him rests on his marriage and his successful passing of the medical examination is doubtful, raising questions about his fitness or eligibility.
Knights of the Red Branch Back Kruger Aid
In Philadelphia the Knights of the Red Branch voted to extend aid to President Kruger. The group, mostly Irish and German, claimed 100,000 members and 250 delegates met with Grand Chief John A. Ryan presiding. Clan-na-Gael drill sessions formed 400 young men into companies for potential South Africa deployment.
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Philadelphia
Knights of the Red Branch
Kruger
John A. Ryan
South Africa
Pilcher’s Douglas Move Linked to Methuen Plan to Outflank Boers
London dispatch says Colonel Pilcher’s occupation of Douglas is the first step in General Methuen’s plan to outflank the Boers. Pilcher and General Babington’s force from the Modder River may move to the rear of trenching Boers blocking Methuen toward Kimberley. A relief attack on Kimberley could come within days.
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London
South Africa
Associated Press
Pilcher
Douglas
Boers Attack Molteno as British Forces Engage
In the Cape Colony the Boers attacked Molteno this morning. Molteno lies on the East London-Queenstown railroad about thirty miles northwest of Sterkstroom and sixty-five miles southeast of Cotesberg. General French is contending near Cotesberg as the action unfolds.
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Sterkstroom
Cape Colony
Molteno
Dutch Rebellion in Barkly District Demoralized
A Cape Town dispatch reports that rebels in Barkly district are demoralized by the British occupation of Dordrecht. The fate of the Dutch rebellion remains uncertain as events unfold.
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London
Cape Town
Barkly
Dordrecht
St Augustine Society installs new officers for 196
The St Augustine Catholic Total Abstinence Society held a ceremony installing officers for the 196 year. Rev Father Scully and Edwin Mulready attended as guests, with John J. Sullivan elected president and other officers named, followed by addresses and musical items.
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Father Scully
Cambridge
Archdiocesan Temperance Union
Edwin Mulready
Mulready
John J. Sullivan
M. J. Gilbride
Frank A. Stout
Mavel
M. J. Concannon
Arthur J. Doyle
James F. Milleahy
George P. Braphy
Robert M. Colbert
J. Kenneally
Abraman
J. FP. Met
Loyal Legion Meeting At American House in Review
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion held its monthly meeting at the American House last evening with about four hundred members present. Guest of honor was J. J. McCarthy port surveyor. Admiral George S Belknap presided. Second Lieutenant Elijah Deemes read serials from First Time Under Fire and Reminiscences of a Prisoner by Isaac I Gailoupe. Eight applicants admitted to membership.
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J. J. McCarthy
George S. Belknap
United States Navy
Elijah
Deemes
Fifty-fifth
Ilinois Infantry
Isaac I. Gailoupe
Massachusetts Infantry
Early childhood remedies Scott’s Emulsion promoted
Swelling of neck glands scaly eruptions and digestive issues signal Scrofula. Treat early with Scott’s Emulsion to enrich blood improve digestion and prevent trouble. Available at druggists for one dollar. Scott & Bowne, New York chemists.
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Scott & Bowne
New York
Tug Resolute Sunk in Collision
A collision near Putnam involved the tug Resolute and the Swatara. The Swatara pinned the Resolute and saved fifteen of its crew before rescue efforts found one missing engineer Ottobine. Ottobine, from Yarmouth, with wife and two children in Chelsea, is presumed picked up in Boston.
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Borghese steamer foundered off Cape Finisterre
Bristol dispatch says the British steamship Borghese of Glasgow foundered last Friday in a hurricane off Cape Finisterre. Twenty two crew drowned. nine survivors reached Bristol. Owned by W. H. Raeburn of Glasgow, last reported at Malta December 18 from Erganteria. Built in Sunderland in 1870, 1381 tons burthen.
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W. H. Raeburn
Malta
Erganteria
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Schooner 8 P Hitchcock Stranded Off Moriches
The three masted schooner 8 P Hitchcock from Bath Maine ran ashore at 3 am off Moriches New York eleven days from Brunswick Georgia. The ship rode the surf and life saving crews battled winter seas to rescue all aboard including Captain Colensen using breeches buoy after hours of cold wind and toil.
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Jeffries challenges Sharkey to twenty round fight
Hot Springs Ark Jan 3 Tom Sharkey received a challenge from James J Jeffries to fight twenty rounds within thirty days with all stakes on the line provided Tom O Rourke is excluded from Sharkeys corner Sharkey agreed to the terms but insisted George Siler not referee the bout.
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Tom Sharkey
James J. Jeffries
Tom O'Rourke
Sharkey
Jeffries
George Siler
Cattle Fire Destroys Methuen Farm Buildings
On January 3 a fire consumed Mrs. Charles H. Harnisch's farm buildings on Oak Street Methuen. The helper, a 66 year old German mother, reportedly left to release two cows and has not been seen since. Loss about 2000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Charles H. Harnisch
Oak Street
Methuen
Harnisch
Anniversary Parade Marks St Peter's Aid Society Day
In Provincetown on January 3 the St Peter's Aid Society marked its twenty fifth anniversary with a parade led by chief marshal Captain J J Souza. Requiem mass was sung by Rev D E Terra with assistance from Rev D B Doran of New Bedford and Rev Father Gabriel of San Francisco. Flags were cheered after the march and speeches followed in English and Portuguese before a grand ball featuring Portuguese dances.
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St. Peter's Aid Society
D. EE. Terra
D. EB. Doran
New Bedford
Father Gabriel
San Francisco
Calif
Mortgage Papers Burned at West Somerville Church Anniversary
During the twenty fifth anniversary celebration at West Somerville Baptist Church the mortgage papers were burned in the vestry. The event was organized by the Ladies' Benevolent Society work committee with supper from 7 to 8 pm followed by a musical and literary program. Rev. Arthur I. Snell burned the society’s mortgage papers after the program as the debt was paid off by 2000 shares at $1 each bought by over three hundred church members.
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West Somerville Baptist Church
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Cradle of Fire Sparks Rescue in Lynn Home
In Lynn on January 3, Thomas Connelly’s family faced a fire at 156 Pleasant Street. Milkman George W. Mansfeld rushed to save the children, including a 4 year old and an infant carried out from a cradle ablaze in the flames.
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Lynn
Thomas Connelly
Pleasant Street
Judge Lilley Resigns and Parish Ball Recap
Judge Lilley resigns as St Patrick's parish hosts its third grand reunion and ball at Mechanics' Building Paul Revere and Talbot halls with large attendance. Dennis J. Gorman and Helen Travers led the grand march while the Coachman's Benevolent Association held its 22nd concert and ball with VP A Planagan and Mary Callahan leading the march in a decoratively arranged hall.
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Mechanics’ Building
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Helen Travers
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VP. A. Planagan
Mies Mary Callahin
Wete
House debates Treasury ties to National City Bank inquiry
In Washington the House debated a Sulzer resolution seeking Treasury records on relations with National City Bank and Hanover National Bank of New York. The measure asks for all documents since March 4 187? and deposit details including interest. The committee on Ways and Means will discuss and likely report the proposal, possibly omitting bank names to generalize the inquiry.
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Sulzer
New York
Treasury Department
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Hanover National Bank
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Senate Debates Philippine War Probes and Financial Bill Start
Washington January 3 The Senate began work of the new session with many bills introduced and a plan set for the financial measure debate at 2 PM tomorrow Senator Hoar of Massachusetts objected to dispensing with resolutions seeking information on the Philippine war and indicated he would press such measures despite the financial bill The Pettigrew resolutions ask whether General Torres carried a flag of truce to General Otis on February 5 1890 whether Aguinaldo claimed fighting began accidentally and proposed a neutral zone during peace talks whether Otis was instructed to answer and what response Otis or the War Secretary gave to ceasefire requests The resolutions remain under Hoars objection
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First White House Formal Dinner of McKinley Era
The first formal dinner of the social season at the White House was hosted by President and Mrs. McKinley. Cabinet members and their wives were guests of honor with covers laid for over seventy persons.
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Washington
White House
McKinley
McLaurin Nominated for U.S. Senate in Jackson Caucus
In Jackson Mississippi on January 3 the Democratic caucus unanimously nominated Governor A. J. McLaurin for the long term of the United States senate.
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Jackson, Miss
A. J. McLaurin
United States
Improved order of heptalophs Bay State Conclave ball
Bay State Conclave 471 of South Boston and Dorchester plans its first annual ball at Berkeley Hall. A 25 member committee led by Thomas J. Beechem will organize the event with Danforth's Orchestra engaged to provide music for an enjoyable evening.
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Odd Fellows
Thomas J. Beechem
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