Westinghouse Offers 16 Million Convertible Bonds to Stockholders
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company invites stockholders to subscribe pro rata to $16,000,000 face value of Convertible Sinking Fund Five Per Cent Gold Bonds at 9 percent interest, due 1931, with optional conversion into assenting stock after 1910. Bonds redeemable at 5 percent premium, annual sinking fund $500,000, and bonds not to exceed $20,000,000 subject to earnings tests. Subscriptions window February 5 to February 14 1906 with initial $200 per bond and installments through June 1906.
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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Messrs. Kuhn
Loeb & Co
New York City
United States of America
United States
Broadway
New York
Children Hold Off Infantry at Viatka Water Works
At Viatka in the Viatka government a band largely made of schoolboys and schoolgirls seized the water works and held it for 15 hours against a battalion of infantry. Two revolutionary companies attacked the troops from the rear and were driven to a fortified house. A two hour bombardment then captured the house, and the colonel commanding the troops was among the dead.
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Petersburg
Viatka
Lumbermen Seek Snow as Mild Winter Hampers Logging
In St John New Brunswick lumbermen report insufficient snow hindering timber drainage from woods to streams. While headwaters of the St John River run smoothly, several camps have suspended operations due to the lack of snow for log hauling.
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ST. John
N. B
New Brunswick
Millionaires From Copper Stocks Stir Wall Street Debate
New York reports claim Heinze liquidated Amalgamated Copper holdings last week, boosting his profits near 6 million dollars with friends adding about 4 million. Levi, Rogers, and Stillman are said to have gained millions from Anaconda, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Soo stocks as insiders regrouped to push prices higher. Mrs Daly reportedly did not sell any Anaconda shares despite renewed offers.
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New York
Wall Street
Heinze
Amalgamated Copper
F. Augustus Heinze
Jefferson M. Levy
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Soo
Mr. Levy
H. H. Rogers
James Stillman
Market Review and Outlook Suggest Big Price Rise Ahead
The week saw roughly equal advances and declines with some liquidation by large investors. Henry Clews notes possible manipulation but predicts continued liquidation until big holders reduce surpluses, then a scramble to exit by small traders and a self‑driven decline. The tone remains cautious yet expects higher prices despite risks. Copper shares fluctuated week to week, as detailed in the accompanying table.
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Henry Clews
Saugus Masons Hall Burned In Franklin Square
Saugus January 28 The Masonic building in Franklin square East Saugus owned by William Sutton Lodge of Masons and partly occupied by tenants was partly destroyed by fire today Perkins Tobey grocers on the ground floor suffered a 5000 loss and upper floors used by a school and the Masonic lodge rooms will total 2000 All losses are insured A defective electric wire is believed to have started the blaze
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Saugus
Masonic
Franklin Square
East Saugus
William Sutton Lodge of
Masons
Perkins & Tobey, Grocers
Masonic Lodge
Wounded in a Ballroom Feud Sparks Citywide Alarm
In a Tammany Hall dance by the Metamora Social Club Antonio Platanio a young barber is hospitalized with a serious back wound from a gunshot. The shooter Jack Mc Keon 18 fled the scene after firing amid a crowded East Side ballroom. The incident stems from ongoing local feuds and heightened tensions in the area.
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New York
Metamora
Tammany Hall
Antonio Platanio
Jack McKeon
East Side
Three More Bodies Recovered From Valencia Wreck
In Victoria British Columbia on January 28 three more bodies were recovered from the Valencia disaster. The victims include a middle aged man a young man and a woman about 20. The woman wore two rings a red stone and a pearl but none of the bodies bore identification.
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Victoria
B. C
Valencia
White Star liner Romanic reaches Charlestown after swift voyage
The White Star liner Romanic docked at Charlestown at 1 16 PM with nearly 800 passengers. Among them 723 steerage travelers included 29 returning Americans, 200 Portuguese and a dozen Greeks, with 473 from Sunny Italy. Most new arrivals head to Lowell and Lawrence. Nine Arabs aboard departed with cheerful farewells. Teressa Lodores of Naples, photographed leaving the clock room, plans to live with a Fleet Street Boston cousin.
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White Star
Charlestown
Hner
Sunny Italy
Teressa Lodores
Naples
Fleet Street
Boston
Lowell
Lawrence
Guiseppe Monteleoni
Brooklyn
N. Y
Guiseppe
Sage May Face Health Board
New York January 28 The Board of Health may be called to abate a nuisance at 8 West Ninety third street the Sage mansion after thieves and hoboes smashed sewer connections and looted the four story brick house built in 1888. The property deteriorated after foreclosure and years of neglect tenants and neighbors now complain of sewer gas vomit and a shell of a dwelling once pretentious.
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New York
Board of Health
West Ninety-third Street
Russell Sage
Upper West Side
Eighty-sixth Street
Harlem River
Sage
Vicious Stallion Fights Another Horse in North Brookfield Barn
In North Brookfield on Jan 27 a large stallion escaped its stall and attacked another horse in the Adams block barn. The fight tore flesh as onlookers called for aid from Fred W. Hill and Kennedy’s stable owner John Kennedy. Ropes failed to separate the animals until Hill used a pitchfork to drive the stallion away.
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North Brookfield
Fred W. Hill
Adams Block
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Fire destroys most Main Street shops in McGraw
Binghamton N Y Jan 28 Fire in the village of McGraw four miles east of Cortland wiped out 12 of 15 stores and shops on Main street at an estimated loss of 60000 dollars official.
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Binghamton
N. Y
McGraw
Cortland
Boose By The Load Captured In Somerville Raids
Police raided multiple locations between 2 AM and noon, seizing 128 gallons of wine, 16 gallons of lager beer, and 237 empty bottles at Louis Quidoboni’s Garden Court house. Six men, named Mort, Nicol, Tarsinari, Alberghini, Quidboni, and Vedo, were detained after a loud gambling disturbanc. A second search yielded substantial liquor, leading to further arrests as officers expanded their sweep to London and Fitchburg streets.
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Louis Quidoboni
Garden Court
Sharry
Peters
Ray
C. E. Byrnes
Joseph Mort
Alfonso Nicol
Celso Tarsinari
Charles Alberghini
Louis Quidboni
Bossea Vedo
Somerville Avenue
Carter
Damery
Carlton
Chisholm, Lynch
Bolton
Daniel Callahan
Patrick Bradley
London Street
Fitchburg Street
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