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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
8
A dull weak trading session left prices heavy with little buying interest. Amalgamated’s 2 percent yearly dividend barely moved the market while copper stocks fluctuated, Calumet & Hecla rose, and Sugar led declines amid broader losses. News from mines and railrelated topics appeared, but the overall mood remained cautious with liquidity tight and values soft.
Boston on January 15 reports varied trading with all young stocks listed at highest and lowest prices, ex-dividend status noted. Total activity shows 18,376 listed shares, 886 rights, 14,982 unlisted shares, and bonds totaling $91,000 with no bonds listed for unlisted issues.
In Superior Court Edward Barker faces a criminal case for marrying Eleanor May Young while his wife was alive. The record shows both Barker and Worthy married others after believing their spouses were dead. Barker once ran a restaurant at 1814 Washington Street. jury to return a sealed verdict today.
The Rev Daniel T Fiske, longtime pastor of the Belleville Congregational Church in Newburyport, died today at age 55, ending a 55 year tenure that shaped the church and its community.
George H. Hayes nine year old of Wickelow street Brighton was fractured his left leg when a double runner ran into him while coasting down Lester street last night.
A six year old Boston Statistics Department reports on its progress and urges city government to back a full program. Trustees describe two main lines of inquiry, call for annual detailed asset and liability statements, ward level census data, and a corps of trained investigators with a 350000 dollar annual appropriation to build an effective bureau.
Professor Leo Weiner formerly with Boston University German department resigns at month end to take up a new role as assistant professor of Slavic languages at Harvard University. He plans to devote his full attention to the Harvard position.
Washington dispatch reports President nominates Charles H. Mar chant to be collector of customs for Edgartown Massachusetts. Nomination sent to Senate for confirmation.
Charles B. Burns of Boston armed with two large knives and a revolver created a panic at a Forest Street restaurant in Portland Missouri. He threatened to kill someone and attacked Mrs Martha Jones the proprietor’s wife. She sought refuge in a grocery store while a threatening crowd pursued him. He then hid in a drug store where police arrested him.
At the Somerville Board of Aldermen meeting Mayor Glines nominated Walter T. Littlefield for public buildings commissioner, with a narrow 11 10 vote to suspend rules and delay confirmation. John P. Pritchard won confirmation as street commissioner by 17 4. Chief Hopkins urged firing Michael J. Kennedy for desertion at Armstrong cooperage works. action postponed. Alderman Hatch faced ruling after criticizing irregularities in the department.
Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh today secured an option for the purchase of the Philadelphia National League Baseball Club. The option expires Sunday. He met with John S. Rogers treasurer and joined the interested parties in the proposed deal.
Cardinal Lucido Mary Parocchi, sub-dean of the Sacred College and vice-chancellor of the Catholic Church, died today in Rome of heart disease. Born in 1832, he was Italian and elevated to cardinal in 1877, a veteran prelate of the church.
The text notes lingering tension between the Pope and Cardinal Parocchi as Parocchi was removed from the post of vicar of Rome amid belief he sought to become pope. The pope, though, was moved by Parocchi's death and prayed, saying the frequent deaths made him feel old.
Frederick Be. Hurd assistant attorney general of Massachusetts died in Denver Colorado likely on Wednesday. News reached the State House yesterday of his death and that the body is en route. Hurd had suffered from pulmonary trouble for years and went West for health reasons some time ago.
New York January 15 George J Gould plans final charter drafts for a $300,000,000 securities company to unite his east of the Mississippi railroad properties under Pennsylvania law. The move follows his victory over the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Western Union dispute. The initial capital will be nominal with a clause for increase. Readiness is near to absorb Wabash Wheeling & Lake Erie Ann Arbor Western Maryland West Virginia Central Pittsburgh lines and others around Pittsburgh. Chicago Great Western Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Wisconsin Central eyed as Gould holdings with Oppe nheim of the Chicago Great Western returning from London with control of that road for Gould.
President Dolan announced committee chairmanships for the coming year with ward designations for Building Fitzgerald Ward 9 and Finance Cauley Ward 3 among others. The full appropriations Finance and Claims lists named Dolan Simms Maynard Nichols Crowley Howes Carter Reagan Cauley McDermott Clark Barrett Weber Walsh Gove Conway Lane Flaherty Lyons Upham Ware Lacey McGonagle McKnight Spillane Colman and measures include half-holiday for city workers and polling place expansions.
Philadelphia report on January 15 describes the anthracite coal strike commission hearing as mostly corroborative. Erie company witnesses accuse Miners Union of restricting coal production. union opposes contract bidding practices and asserts contractors, not miners, drive unsafe conditions and wage disparities.
Mrs KF Galloupe of Boston ingested paris green and is not expected to live. A physician says she took enough poison to kill four. She has stayed with C O Hopkins at Royalton Hill since last summer. her age is 49.
Councilman Callahan of Ward 16 introduced a measure in last night’s council meeting to pursue criminal proceedings against alleged coal dealer collusion in Boston. The proposal was referred to the appropriate committee for consideration.
William D. Hall imported by Bennett Moulton for a week's entertainment faced constant ironical applause and hissed performances. After another roof roast yesterday afternoon he quit on the spot and fled to Philadelphia. Brockton report dated January 15.
Springfield dispatch reports Miss Millie Cota of 64 Bliss street obtained a marriage license to wed Charles Hover of 14 Howard street, abandoning her prior fiancé who named Guy Wilbur. The jilted lover swore vengeance after learning of the news.
In Brockton on January 15 the District Attorney Jerome probe in New York reveals a suspect once wanted locally. The man named is John Reed, a renowned confidence man who allegedly swindled a farmer in West Bridgewater out of thousands of dollars. Reed’s accomplice remains undisclosed.
Mrs Lizzie Needham recovered after an ice fall and her bag was found and returned containing 69 dollars. William G Cheney surrenders, denying arson after a kerosene lamp incident at his home. A robbery at Mrs Osgoods home on Stephen Street saw a gold watch and two rings stolen. Two young men were seen leaving Miss Tenney’s residence while Mrs Humphrey arrived.
A small blaze erupted from an ash barrel inside a house at 54 Hanks Street Lowell. Mrs. Mary Dunlap, nearby this morning, attempted to extinguish it but was overcome by smoke before help arrived.
January report from Haverhill Massachusetts describes Thomas Sanders needing aid after a snowbound drive from Vermont. Abner Livingston, with both feet frozen, was found stalled near South Acworth New Hampshire and brought to his home for care.
It is reported that a union station may be built near the present Boston and Maine railroad at Ayer Junction. Plans call for an expanded yard complex on the Fitchburg division with about 200 acres purchased. Current freight cars handled at the station will rise to about six thousand, and over 100 workers are expected to be employed in the yards. East Pepperell date January 15.
In Beverly on Bow street a grocery wagon horse bolted, eluding Officer E I Ellis who slipped on ice. The horse veered onto the sidewalk near City Hall and the wagon toppled, striking six year old Esther Plaisted of Central street, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Plaisted.
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