Market Drifts in Narrow Trading Amid Stock Rally Hints
The market opened lower, then rallied and turned irregular as Brookyn Rapid Transit and Sugar bids lifted others. Despite thin turnover around 235,000 shares, analysts see no broad decline, urging profit taking on rallies. Dividend news includes New England Telephone's 1.50 share payable Aug 15, Westinghouse 1.125% pay Aug 15, and GE increasing capital stock to 25.2 million. Copper stock activity remains strong in Boston with many names advancing while Utah Consolidated reports significant output.
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Wormsers
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Brooklyn
New York
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
General Electric Company
Albany
N. Y
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
American Sugar Refining Company
Hawaii
California
Boston
Baltic
Trimountain
Centennial Eureka
Isle Royale
Osceola
S. O
Montana
Anaconda
Butte
Parrot
Utah
Utah Consolidated
Highland Bay
Saya
Boston ‘Financial News
Highland Bay Company
Mohawk
Franklin
State House
Heinze-Clark-Closkey Press Agency
Heinze
O'Farrell & Co
8. O
Boston News Bureau
Massachusetts Electric Companies
Northern Pacific
United States 8 Steel Co. Coin Set for July 27
A Didone style cent issue from United States 8 Steel Co. is dated July 27. Miller serves as treasurer and oversees the arrangement.
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United
States 8 Steel CO
Miller
Treasure
Market ledger reports Boston trading totals and prices
Boston July 25 summary shows highest and lowest sales and closing bid and asked prices. Total sales list bonds worth 40,100 dollars and stocks 8 556 shares. unlisted bonds 12,000 dollars and stocks 029 shares.
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Boston
Central Vt
A, T&s F. Cove
Boston & Albany
Boston Elevated
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Kc, Ft
Oot Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Eeveesee
West End
Cocveces
Adventure
Eceese
Arcadian
Reece Buttonhole
the Pullman Co
United Shoe M Prf
Econeune Am Sugar
Amalgamated Eee
Am Ag. Chemical
Baie
Am Tel & Tel Sewer
Boston & Mont Tr
Isle Royale
Centennial Eureka
Mass Hlec Pref
E Gas & Coke
Oy Tak N BE Gas & Coke
Oe Ee Swift & Co
Publishers Meet in New York Forming American Association
In New York on July 2 publishers from major houses including D Appleton and Co, Century Company, Dodd Mead Co, Harper Bros, Houghton Mifflin Co, Macmillan, Putnams, Scribner met to form an American Publishers Association. They will discuss correcting book sales abuses and compare with England’s model. Authors' royalties discussions are excluded.
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New York
United States
D. Appleton & Co
Century Company
Dodd, Mead & Co
Harper & Bros
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
D. Macmillan Company
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Charles Scribner’s Sons
American Publishers’ Association
Tall Beaver Plans Bryan Campaign Tour Across West and South
Tall Beaver, chief of the Comanche, will wear war paint and tour the country in support of William J. Bryan. He has contracted with the Democratic National Committee to stump the nation beginning next week through the West and South. Details on the route are still undecided.
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Chicago
Ill
Tall Beaver
William J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Tall Beaver Aims to Garner Indian Vote in Midwest States
Tall Beaver, a Haskell School graduate famed for oratory among his people, predicts at least 60,000 Native voters in the United States and plans to push the Democratic party to grant voting rights to all red men. His initial speeches will hit Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.
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Tall Beaver
United States
Bryan
Democratic Party
Haskell Indian School
Whits
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
New York Plans Narrow Nine and a Half Story Hotel
Plans filed in the New York department of buildings reveal a unique hotel rising nine and a half stories on Forty-fifth Street near Sixth Avenue. The 213 foot lot will feature a terra cotta and limestone front. Architects Buchman & Fox submitted drawings for Gustavus C. and Charles J. Weber who expect to spend 90000 dollars on the project.
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New York
Department of Buildings
Forty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
Buchman & Fox
Gustavus C. and
Charles J. Weber
Boston Harbors Needs in Suter Report
Colonel Charles R. Suter estimates 645,500 dollars for general Boston Harbor improvements and 133,000 dollars for completion of Broad Sound channel projects. The figures appear in his annual harbor report dated July 25 from Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Charles R. Suter
Boston Harbor
Broad Sound Channel
After the Garbage Plant a Nuisance City Board Action
The Board of Health asks the city solicitor to begin proceedings in court to abate the nuisance posed by the Cow Pasture garbage plant. The move aims to force closure or mitigation of the facility.
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Board Health
Widow Flees From Vengeance in Port Norris Riot
Mrs Della Campbell, widow of Pot Norris New Jersey, is a fugitive charged with assault and battery and threatening to kill Mary Reed and George Reed. The dispute over a dress led to a Sunday night disturbance at Port Norris Methodist church as Campbell burst from the vestry with a revolver, wounding a confrontation before members separated the combatants. Reed has sworn out a warrant. Campbell is at large.
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Bers
Methodist Church
Port Norris
Mrs.Campbell
Mrs. Reed
Miss Reed
Mrs. Campbell
Mr& Della Campbell
New Jersey
Reed Blacklisted by Republican National Committee
Thomas B. Reed has been blacklisted by the Republican national committee and will not be asked to speak for the national ticket or be recognized as a party leader. National headquarters cited his sarcasm as tiring several well known Republicans in New York.
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Chicago
Thomas B. Reed
Republican National Committee
National Republican
Reed
New York
Embezzlement Suk of Neely in Cuban Post Office Scandal
The report details Neely’s staged stamp destructions and cash embezzlements totaling at least $131,713 with later estimates up to $150,000. It describes forged destruction reports, double bills, and bribes tied to post office furniture contracts at Havana and Muncie, plus unauthorized per diem and lavish travel by Director-General Rathbone.
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Department of Posts
Havana
Neely
Tecotas
Rathbone
F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
W. H. Reeves
Island of
Cuba
D. Marfield
Bureau of Registration
Reeves
Muncie
Ind
Neely Printing Company
Cowan
Cowan & Co
Cuban Postal Service
Union National Bank of
West Indies
South America
A. P. Taylor
Philip Troutfetter
Colorado
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Smith and Fosnes
Postmaster-General
Burton
Fraudulent and Duplicate Warrants in Cuban Postal Funds
The report details Director-General Rathbone issuing two $500 warrants for his own use before a Cuba tour, with trip expenses charged to one warrant and improper accounting for the rest. A later $0 warrant and a $500 warrant in the U S followed with no accounting. The record accuses Rathbone of unlawfully appropriating $1000 of Cuban postal funds, and cites numerous unvouched expenditures totaling about $6,290.58.
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Rathbone
Burton
Treasury
Cincinnati
Hamilton
United States
Cuba
New York
Havana
Island of
W. E. Wilmot
E.G
Washington
Department of Posts
Neely
Embezzlement Scandal In Cuban Postal Service Traced
A report details embezzlement by E P Thompson Havana postmaster in 1899 and broader allegations against Director General Rathbone. It outlines false entries, cash withdrawals, and personal expenditures from Cuban postal revenues, with multiple officials under arrest and a push for Rathbone’s removal.
Boston Chinatown Chinese Laundries Face Boycott Fallout
Chinese merchants in Boston report declining weekly receipts as a boycott linked to troubles in China affects patronage. Americanized laundries seek offsetting sales while insiders warn stores may close if losses persist. Revere’s Chinese farmers sell produce only to Chinese customers, avoiding American trade impact.
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Boston
Chinatown
Celestial Empire
China
Revere
Philippine mayor in Vigan installed under Young’s supervision
General MacArthur reports the establishment of another municipal government in the Philippines at Vigan Luzon west coast where Young’s forces pursued Aguinaldo. Alcalde Rivero and the municipal council were installed under General Young’s supervision with allegiance tendered to the United States government.
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Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Vigan
Luzon
Young
Aguinaldo
Manila
Alcalda
Rivero
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pittsburg & Western Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Pinkham
Acston Mont
aPy
J. H. Calderhead
O. M. Holmes
Robt. B. Smith
Calumet & Hecla
Blackfoot Copper CO
Oliver M. Holmes
Helena
Morrill Smith & CO
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Sal Co
sTos CK
Financial World
Boston News
Exchange Place
Boston Stock Sales
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
O. 7
State Street
Goldore Mining
Eeeeeeeevenseves
Needle Notch
Copper King of Arizona
Bay State Gas
Altham Inter
Fortuna-Republica
Eas
Bonanza Development
Commonwealth Zinc
Eeeaesee
International
Cecceeeseeessevers
Norman Cameron & CO
Bay State Goe
Eclipse Oil
Boston Consolidated
NEW York Stock Exchange
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Pacific
Canada Southern
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Ches & Ohio
Bi & L
Rl& PF
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Po Erie
Illinois Central Louis Ban
Manhattan
Bop
Missouri Pacific
NJ Central
Escvee
Beuthera Pacific Kneeeee Reis Railway
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REN
Eeeweeeeereres
Wabash Pre
Wheeling & L. B
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Am Smelts & Ref
Am Steel Oop
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Ersecees
Federal Steel Eecerestes
National Steel
NY Air Brake
Pacific Mail
People’s Gas
Pullman Pal
Tenn Coal & Iron
Escseses
U S Rubber
Ceseccaee
Western Union
Ceserce Repeee Eteconee
Salon
New York's
Ala
Tora
Boston Harbors
Navy Yard
Department of Construction and Repair
Charlestown Navy Yard
Tom’ Reed
National Committee
Coree
Neely’s Printing Plant
Furni
Ture
Keyless Lock Company of
Indianapolis
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis
G. Rathbone
E. P. Thomp
E. P. Thompson
Thompson
Case
Moya
Mascaro
Rich
Paris
Boston Post
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