Market Review and Outlook for 1908
Last week showed cautious signals in markets nationwide with some upward drift in specials but momentum faded. Analysts warn of lower prices ahead within three months, despite iron and copper sectors snapping gains. Notable changes in New York and Boston stocks suggest renewed volatility as insiders weigh copper settlements and trust effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
New York
Amalgamated and
Sugar
Calumet & Hecla
Amalgamated
Montana
Henry Clews
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Jersey Central
Northwestern
Reading
St. Paul
Steel Common
Big _Four
General Electric
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Boston
Copper Range
Dominion Tron and Steel
Dominion Coal
Mexican Central
Atlantic
Mohawk
Osceola
Quincy
Trimountain
Utah
Wolverine
Rutland
Max in sinking state after collision with Walla Walla
The French bark Max is heavily damaged and towed toward San Francisco after a Thursday morning collision with the steamship Walla Walla. Ninety two survivors from the Walla Walla have arrived, with 42 dead or missing after accounting for duplicates. Rev. Henry Erickson, among the survivors, is hospitalized with his wife and three children among the dead or missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Max
Walla Walla
George We Elder
Portland
Aeme
United States Revenue
McCulloch
Point Reyes
Eureka
Pomona
Henry Erickson
Nome City
Welty challenges Corbett after Denver debut
Featherweight champion Young Corbett opens a four week engagement in Denver and receives a challenge from George Welty the Australian bantam. Manager Kennedy says Corbett is eager to meet challengers and Terry McGovern will get the first chance. The champion will give exhibitions in 15 weeks across multiple cities including St Louis Louisville Chicago Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati Pittsburgh Toledo Indianapolis Buffalo New York Reston Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Young Corpett
George Welty
Young Corbett
Kennedy
Terry McGovern
St. Louis
Louisville
Chizago
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Toledo
Indianapolis
Buffalo
New York
Reston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Collins Becomes Mayor Today Amid City Government Prep
The Hon. James Donovan will represent the Democratic committee as Collins assumes office. Galleries are reserved for the mayor elect family and new officials, with twenty five seats for General Collins and limited tickets for aldermen and councilmen. The city messenger handles admission notes amid a busy setup as Mayor Hart departs with only his hat and coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donovan
Democratic Committee
Collins
Hart
Troubles for New Mayor and City Hall Sweeping
The incoming Democratic mayor General Collins begins a slow purge of Republican staff at City Hall. James Donovan may oversee the street department after mid month once confirmed by the Aldermen, with many appointments delayed by one week. Lamp and printing departments also await new chiefs, as existing officials anticipate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
City Hall
James Donovan
Donovan
John Drohan
Thomas F. Whalen
Jackson
Monahan
Edward P.sands
B. T. Wheeler
Paige
Public Buildings Department
Sands
John L. Kelly
Ward 21
Quincy
Harry Nawn
Kelly
Nawn
Doyle
Board of Aldermen
John H. Lee
Brighton
Nann
Welly
Lee
Dawn
William Peard
Dorchester
Peard
Ward 9
McConnell
Towboat Shuffle Roils Charlestown and Boston Harbor
Captain Warnock resigns from the General Ayres and Captain Mellin takes temporary master duties. Captain Learson wins the permanent post amid a bustling harbor scene with tug crews, shipyard news, overdue liners, and coastal arrivals.
City Breeities Police raids and fires feature in Boston note
Sergeant Canney and Division 4 officers raided 4 Oxford place arresting five Chinamen at gaming premises. Fire alarms hit 44 Athens street 130 Dartmouth street and 20 Broadway causing minor damages. Division 4 later arrested six Chinamen at 6 Oxford place with a fan tan layout and other gaming items. Delia Hillen arrested for liquor law violation at 121 Brookside avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canney
Oxford Place
Athens Street
Bartholomew Flaherty
Mary Norton
Dartmouth Street
J. Cunniff
Broadway
Boston
Division
Division 13
Delia Hillen
Brookside Avenue
West Roxbury
Newsboys Quartet Sings for Local Unions in Brockton
The Newsboys' Quartet of Brockton performed at the Brockton Grand Opera House last night under the Brockton Central Labor Union in aid of Meat Handlers Local 221 of Boston. The quartet members are William Freedman Daniel Mulkern Leon Victor and Hyman Vigoda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Installation in Cambridge Central Labor Union Officers
Cambridge Central Labor Union installed officers Friday night with Frank H. Mac Carthy of the Massachusetts State AFL officiating. Elected officers include President Thomas J. Edwards. Vice President George H. Coolidge. Recording Secretary L. Harding. Financial Secretary John Sheehan. Treasurer Max Merk. Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Frank H. MacCarthy
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Thomas J. Edwards
George H. Coolidge
L. Harding
John Sheehan
Max Merk
Michael Sullivan
Identified Remains Of Man Killed At Huntington Ave Station
The remains of the man killed at the Huntington avenue station of the Boston and Albany railroad on December 18 were identified yesterday by a brother as Frederick Brown a 24 year old single man from Brockton He took charge of the body which will be barred from the family home in Brockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Avenue
Boston & Albany Railroad
Frederick Brown
Brockton
Bryan's Boston Visit Plans and Speeches This Week
The Hon. William Jennings Bryan arrives at the South Terminal in Boston next Thursday with two possible arrival times. He will stay at the Quincy House, attend a Commonwealth Club reception, luncheon, and a public reception from 6:30 to 7:39 p.m., followed by a banquet and speeches. Speakers include Lt. Gov. Bates, Mayor Collins, and Morse, with Bryan's Harvard talk titled The Patriot in Peace and a later Harvard address on A Conquering Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Boston
South Terminal
Mr. Pryan
Bryan
Washburn
Quincy House
Quincy
Mr. Bryan
New England
Commonwealth Club
John N. Bates
Collins
William A. Morse
Holyoke
Cambridge
John H. H. McNamee
Warvard University
Harvard
George F. Washburn
Green Lodge
Westwood
Inauguration Day Arrangements for City Hall Assent
The article outlines a simple formal inauguration with Mayor elect escorted to City Hall. Ex mayors Calvin Hart and others invited. ceremonies in council and aldermen chambers. Oliver Davenport chairs council. Lomasney leads Board. Holmes administers oath. O Callaghan offers prayer. new mayor to read inaugural. adjournments and appointments loom as power struggles unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Hart
Quincy
Matthews
Curtis
Green
Martin
General Martin
Common Council
Oliver F. Davenport
Dorchester
Martin M. Lomasney
Womasney
General Collins
Holmes
Mgr
Denis O’callaghan
City Messenger
Council Chamber
Justice Holmes
O'Callaghan
Doyle
Arthur W. Dolan
Lomasney
Davenport
Collins
Portland to Return Hamburg Steamer Sparta and Pilots Meet
Portland plans to return with the Hamburg American steamer Sparta loaded for Hamburg and announces the annual Boston Pilots Association meeting at Lewis Wharf a week from tomorrow. The bark Edward L Mayberry with Jamaica logwood has had misfortune after being seen near Booth Channel. Ida M Chase towboat, owned by George Chase, now in service under Captain Henry Dalby, previously on Resolute, joins local operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warnock
United States
General Ayres
Kate Jones
Boston
Navy Yard
Charlestown
William Mellin
Dudley Pray
William H. Clark
Mellin
Fort Warren
Army
Uncle Sam
Civil Service Commission
Richard Learson
Drone
Lexington Street
Reuben Stubbs
Learson
John M. Brooks
Harbor View
Edward Burgess
New England
Maine
Europe
Petunia
Mediterranean Sea
Shawanese
Perth Amboy
Furness Ner Cambrian
London
Allan
Glasgow
Puritan
Storm King
Antwerp
Kennett
Cardenas
Trapani
Nova Scotia
Long Wharf
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Seal Island
N. S
John R. Curzon
Harry Anderson
Michael Grady
William Uhann
William Phalen
Archibald
John J. McDonald
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Company
City of Gloucester
Central Pier
Gloucester
Yarmouth
Charles F. Ward
Cockburn Harbor
Mystic Wharf
Salt Trust
Vineyard Haven
Red Star
Wrestler
Gladiator
Apalachicola
Portland
Samuel Avars
East Boston
Lewis Towboat Company
Lewis Wharf
Doane Company
Nathaniel Doane
Hokendauqua
Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Joseph Riley
Wentworth
Provincetown
Tearson
Washington
Nelson F. Bloomer
Jacob C. Neafie
William Smith
Searson
McMillan
Sparta
Hamburg
Boston Pilots’ Association
Edward L. Mayberry
Jamaica
Booth Channel
Rumor Of Fatal Carriage Accident At Bowdoin Square
A circulating rumor claimed a child was thrown from a carriage near Chardon Street Bowdoin Square and died after being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, but police and hospital officials could not verify the report amid news suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chardon Street
Morocco Bound Postponed to Thursday at Park Theatre
Park Theatre manager and A H Chamberlyn announce postponement of Morocco Bound from Tuesday Jan 7 to Thursday Jan 9. Delays due to desire for perfect staging with elaborate scenery and costumes. Tickets purchased for Tuesday will be valid for Thursday opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
A. H. Chamberlyn
London
Boston
Morocco
AVIRE
The
Virchow Injured in Street Car Fall in Berlin
German scientist Professor Rudolf Virchow slipped while alighting from a street car in Berlin and sustained a serious thigh injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virchow
Berlin
Rudolf Virchow
Bryan Pleads For Boers At Cleveland Meeting
Four thousand people attended a pro Boers meeting in Gray's Armory Cleveland with Hon. William Jennings Bryan and Mayor Johnson as speakers. Bryan urged support for the Boer cause praising the farmers and criticizing England while urging official U S sympathy and a lengthy resolution to be sent to the President. The resolution urges continued war policy and calls for enforcing the 1871 treaty denying British vessels access to U S war supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gray's Armory
William Jennings Bryan
Johnson
Messrs. Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
England
United States
McKinley
Washington
Police Have Gold Feet Force Drills in Frigid Armory
Boston police complain of freezing conditions during a new daily drill at the Irvington street armory. Captain Donovan leads squads as no heating is available, leaving energy and morale strained but drills continuing despite frosty toes and bitter wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Police Department
Darling
Irvington Street
Donovan
Boston
Hals
Boers Ambush Scots Greys Near Bronkhorst Spruit
Near Bronkhorst Spruit east of Pretoria a Boer ambush killed six Scots Greys and wounded 13 last Saturday. The clash occurred along the railway near Bronkhorst Spruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Scots Greys
Bronkhorst Spruit
Somerset Associates Elect Officers at Large Meeting
A largely attended Somerset Associates meeting elected officers for the coming year. President William P. Hickey. vice president John J. Teevans Jr.. financial secretary Joseph J. Norton. treasurer Charles A. Walsh. recording secretary Edward J. Dixon. sergeant at arms John V. Curran. Board of managers includes J Frank O'Hare chairman, P H A Hogan, chard F. O Leary, William F. Condon, Mark S. Lally, John J. Toomey. An arrangements committee was named for the 10th annual ball on Monday evening April 7 at Bethesda Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Associates
William P. Hickey
John J. Teevans, Jr
Joseph J. Norton
Charles A. Walsh
Edward J. Dixon
John V. Curran
Board of Manners
J. Frank O'Hare
P. H A. Hogan
Chard F. O'Leary
William F. Condon
Mark S. Lally
John J. Toomey
Bethesda Hall
SAILORS TROMPED BY DISASTER ON SINKING CLIFTON
The Clifton’s three masted schooner foundered after a gale and hull damage near Halifax. Captain George Fisher and officers including David Campbell and James Pellie survived with most crew. Finn Victor Kortee was swept overboard before rescue. Exeter City picked up the remaining sailors as Clifton burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clifton
Exeter City
Bristol
Sandy Hook
George Fisher
David Campbell
James Pellie
Arthur McDonald
Charles Kennedy
Arthur Simon
Victor Kortee
Jack
Chatham
N. B
Halifax
Kortee
Exeter
Cat
Two Alleged Bandits Caught Near Old Cemetery
Officers of Station 4 arrested Ralph H. Morgan and John Miller after a pursuit by the old cemetery. Stern identified them as the men who robbed him on December 12 of a watch chain and charm valued at 112 dollars. They will be arraigned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 4
Henry Stern
Ralph H. Morgan
John Miller
Stamford Street
Old Burying Ground
Stern
Clifford and
Driscoll
Old Cemetery
Tey
Medford
Gaelic schools discuss ancient Ogham script and inscription
At 1151 Washington street the Gaelic School held a session led by P. J. O Daly Miss Mary A O Neil and Miss Ellen Keohane. A 6 pm general meeting covered the Ogham Chraobh alphabet and a monument inscription found 20 feet underground in Fermaugh County Ireland with peat dating suggesting knowledge of Irish letters before the Christian era. The Eve O Irish Language School at 1171 Tremont street Outlook Hall met for its usual session led by D F P O Callaghan Timothy Cashmann and Patrick O Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
P. J. O'Daly
Mary A. O'Neil
Ellen Keohane
County Fermaugh
Irc
Cashmann
O'Callaghan
Bombs Reported In Caracas Amid Venezuelan Turmoil
A report from Willemstad Curacao says last night a bomb exploded at the Caracas residence of Venezuelan finance minister Tello Mendoza. The blast damaged the house but caused no injuries. Caracas remains unsettled as General Friri, jailed Friday, is paraded in the plaza. Many revolutionists have left the island to join uprisings. General Beira, briefly returning from the coast, remains in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Curacao
Haytien
Exec
Caracas
Enezuelan
Tello Mendoza
Juan Fieitri
Castro
Antimano
Plaza Bolivar
Fidri
Matos
Venezuela
General Beira
Vela e@ Cora
Libertador Lands Men and War Material Off Venezuelan Coast
The Libertador formerly Ban Righ, with General Matos and 300 volunteers plus munitions, anchored off Uchire near Rio Chico after departing Fort de France on Dec. 31 and sailed from Uchire that afternoon. Three Venezuelan war vessels were cruising the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Curacao
Haytien
Libertador
Ban Righ
Fort de France
Martiniauve
General Matos
Uchire
Rio Chico
Venezuela
Machurucuto
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Bark Max
Sinking State
Welty
Corbett
Newsboys
F. Brown
Cuban Investments
Jeion J
St. Augustine's Church
South Boston
the Park
Irvington Street Armory
Somerset Associates Elect
ST. Jacobs
South Africa
Great Britain
Hobson
Navy
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Richmend P. Hobson
John H. Bankhead
Garagas
Manhattan
Cape Town
St. Vincent
T. Ryan
Duke of Edinburgh
Kimberley
Arizona
New Orleans
Harry Walsh
Brabant
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Mystic Lake
Winchester
Hermann Dudley Murphy
Winchester Boat Club
Libby
Harold Spurr
Arlington
Spurr
Charles P. Price
Middlesex Fells
Lyman Lise
Frank
Edward Trott
Herbert Marvel
Committee of Safety
Shelton
Harry Shelton
West End Coliseum
George Tracey
Kinderhook
N. Y
Tracey
George Noremac
Electrical Workers 103
St. Andrew Hall
Wells Memorial Building
Electrical Workers’ Union 104
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