Dull Market as Gold Exports Rise and Dividends Grow
The marketday closed heavy with little feature as gold engagements thin and copper gains bolster exports. Illinois Central raises its semi annual dividend to eight percent payable Sept 1, while General Electric plans capital stock expansion to retire bonds.
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United States Steel Treasury Stock for Sale
Only 860 shares of United States Steel Company Treasury stock are for sale at present price. For particulars and prospectus apply to J Ransom Bridge & Co fiscal agents 53 State St Boston.
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Market Report From Boston Shows Day's Highs and Lows
In Boston on July 18 the daily market summary lists the highest and lowest sales and the closing, bid, and asked prices. The report reflects quick shifts across multiple securities and market activity for investors.
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China Attacks Blagoveshchensk Across Amur River
Chinese forces across the Amur River bombard Blagoveshchensk, the chief city of Amur province, with about forty guns facing the northern bank. On July 14 artillery opened fire as around 2000 Chinese troops held position while Russian transports on the Amur were fired upon.
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Foreign legations under siege near Tien Tsin July 1
Dispatches report that four foreigners were killed and thirteen wounded as Chinese troops bombarded the legations in Pekin and the British, Japanese, Russians, Americans held their positions. Marines failed to seize a coastal gun while tensions rise among European powers over the railway and Yangtze patrol plans.
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China crisis deepens as foreign legations under siege
Reports from Tokyo and St Petersburg indicate Germany and Russia oppose a Japanese commander for a Chinese army corps delaying mobilized divisions. Foreign officials note no formal notes on force sizes and anticipate each power sending what it can spare. Crisis worsens with Boxer movement, foreign injuries, and massing troops around Pekin, Mukden and Tien Tsin.
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St Stephen’s Picnic Draws Big Crowd at Oak Island Grove
The St Stephen's parish field day and picnic at Oak Island Grove in Revere attracted many attendees. Prominent guests included Congressman John F Fitzgerald and Fathers Farrell and Killilea. Sports saw St Stephen's beat St Mary's 12 to 2, North End Parks 11, St Stephen's Seniors 3, and a relay won by St Alphonsus over St Francis de Sales. Bert Lafferty won the shot put. M J Kiley directed the morning events with D T Methy guiding the evening festivities.
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Haverhill School Teachers Elected Assistants
The Goehool Room met in Haverhill on July 18 and elected Miss Sue E. Merrill Bradford Miss Isabel Mann Fitchburg and Miss Marjorie F Wellington Adams as assistant teachers in the High School. Principal selection not decided but Charles Harper Quincy is named as likely choice.
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New England Street Railway Association Names Officers
The New England Street Railway Association met at Young's Hotel last night and organized with officers chosen: President H. B. Bradford Marlboro Vice-President H. M. McLean Newton Treasurer George H. Burgess Leominster Secretary HH Derrah Boston.
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Pekin Toll Reported With Four Dead and Thirteen Wounded
A late dispatch from Tien Tsin via Che Foo and Shanghai reports four deaths and thirteen wounded among legation guards in Pekin. The July 13 to 14 timeline suggests ongoing violence and casualty details are being confirmed.
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The Incandescent Oas Goes to City Lights
Burrows Licht promises the most brilliant and cheapest artificial light saving 80 percent of city gas for consumers. Experts are dum founded by the coming commercial light from The Incandescent Oas Co at 0 Haverhill St.
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Rumor fuels panic as townsfolk fear inevitable massacre
Residents based on unverified chatter spread alarm expecting a mass killing. Officials urge restraint while investigators pursue facts, though no credible evidence has emerged to confirm the threats or identify any perpetrators.
Invasion of Siberia amid Manchuria disturbances
London reports the Amur frontier in turmoil as Cossacks clash with Chinese workers on the Russo Manchurian railway. Chinese forces resist near Aigun while Russia mobilizes 60,000 troops and 112 guns, demanding stern retaliation yet avoiding full war.
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Allied fleet reconnoiters Shanghai harbor lights intact
A Shanghai despatch reports five allied cruisers including the Ter rible reconnoitered Shan Hai Kuan on July 17 finding harbor forts intact and few Chinese in sight. The fleet, ready for action if forts show activity, held fire. Eight warships lay off Shanghai and nine between Shanghai and Woo Sung. A Che Foo despatch cites concentrating Chinese fleet and expected hostilities.
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Troops to Sail for Orient Aug 1 From Presidio
Troops now at San Francisco Presidio expected to depart for the Orient around August 1. Meade and Hancock transports identified for the move, with Batteries I O A and D assigned to Alcatraz Presidio and San Diego. News lists East Coast units en route likely bound for China and ships pressed into service upon port arrival.
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Wood Arrives in Washington for Cuba Troop Withdrawals
Governor General Wood met with Secretary Root at the War Department as it was announced the United States would withdraw another Cuban regiment for possible service in China. Four Cuban regiments will be withdrawn, leaving about 4000 troops on the island.
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German commander recalls Tien Tsin siege and rail line control
In his account of July 14 fighting at Tien Tsin the German commander notes sixty two captured guns and claims regular railway communication between Taku and Tien Tsin would reopen on July 18. Senior officers on the station would control the line until civilian authorities take over. The British admiral favored immediate handover, while Russians repaired and occupied the line.
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Hudson Women Seek Transfer to China Service
In Framingham a petition from wives mothers and sweethearts requests that Company M of the Fifth Regiment be transferred from state service to the United States army for service in China. The petition lists forty signers led by Sergeant Patricks B Haley and names officers Second Lieutenant Charles H Groves Sergeant J Dupree Sergeant Thomas B Travers and Sergeant James P Sullivan.
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Casualties at Tien Tsin Reported By War Dept
War Department bulletin gives first official casualty figures from the Tien Tsin attack. Killed are Colonel E. B. Liscum and seventeen enlisted men. Wounded include Captain C. R. Noyes Major J. Reagan Captain E. V. Beckmiller Lieutenant L. B. Lawton and Lieutenant F. R. Lang along with seventy two enlisted men. Two enlisted men missing. Coolidge, Lieutenant-colonel Ninth United States Infantry. Sixty two guns captured in the action.
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Marines Deploy Color Company of Fifth Battalion
Company C of the Fifth Battalion of Marines, ordered for West duty from Charlestown Navy Yard, will not depart before Saturday unless higher orders arrive. It includes 128 men with three commissioned officers led by Captain L H Moses from the battleship Indiana, plus two lieutenants, a gunnery sergeant, four sergeants, and five corporals. The unit blends crews from Charlestown Navy Yard Portsmouth and Newport with ships Indiana and Massachusetts.
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Desembarkation of Japanese Troops Nears Taku
Shanghai reports 15 000 Japanese troops moving toward Taku. Tai Yen in Shansi sees a massacre on July 9 with 40 foreigners and 100 native converts killed. MacArthur cable says Liscum's body buried July 17 at Tong Ku. Boxers and Chinese near Korean frontier cause alarm as Ping Yang natives flee. Promotions follow Liscum's death for Robe and O'Brien in the Ninth and Seventeenth Infantry.
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Bicycle Notes From The Circuit Scene
Cooper McFarland and Stevens delay Paris trip until August 1 for the international championships. Belcher of Attleboro suspended until Aug 15 for insubordination at a Providence meet. Hartford track opens July 30. Jack Prince stays out financially. Waller Myers pace matches in Springfield. Stinson matched with Dudley Marks and Gately. Albert Champion retires from racing. Press Cycling Club braces for record turnout Sunday. George Dorr recovered a stolen wheel and exonerates Carl Anderson. Major Taylor may race paced tandems in Fitchburg. Moran seeks early suspension relief for circuit meet.
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Somerville Aldermen Approve Schoolhouse Plans Heating Upgrades
The Somerville Board of Aldermen met last evening to authorize the mayor to obtain plans for six room schoolhouses in Wards 2 and 6 and to approve new heating ventilating and sanitary appliances for the Knapp schoolhouse and new sanitary accommodations for the Charles Gu Pope schoolhouse.
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