Rail stocks lead bullish market gains and high year records
The market showed a continued bullish wave with new year highs as steel shares lagged but steel common and preferred trades surged. Atchison Southern Pacific St Paul led advances while copper and rail issues drove broad gains. New Haven and United Fruit also rose with notable activity across Boston and New York lists.
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New York
Boston
Steel Common
Atchison
Chicago
Port Estern
Calumet & Hecla
State Street
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Union Pacific
akEqual
bNew
Erie
New York Central
Reading
Steel
Lake Companies
Quincey
North Butte
Lake
Osceola
Mass
Amalgamated
American Telephone
New Haven
Telephone
United Fruit
Steels
Centennial
Ae Atchison
DLS
Ralt & Ohio
DLA
Pennsylvania
Roeck Island
Thy
Steel Tee Uo
Snes
Rock Island Names Successor After General Counsel Resigns
The resignation of Robert Mather as general counsel for the Rock Island has been accepted and R. H. Jackson elected to succeed him. Sumner B. Pearmain of Pearmain & Brooks arrived here today from Europe.
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Robert Mather
The
Rock Island
R. H. Jackson
Sumner B. Pearmain
Pearmain & Brooks
Europe
Davis Daly Dominates Boston Curb Market Brief
Boston curb market today features Davis Daly advancing from 438-8 to 51-16 with strong closing at 5. New York origin Boving cited for the advance. Other notable issues include Cumberland Ely Sonora Nipissing Southwestern Development Inspiration Cactus Development Ohio Copper. Hayden Stone & Co sponsors two new issues China Copper and Gila Copper making their debut. Fluctuations listed in detail.
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Boston
Davis Daly
Boving
New York
Cumberland Ely
Sonora
Nipissing
Southwestern Development
Inspiration
Cactus Development
Ohio Copper
Hayden, Stone & Co
China Copper
Gila Copper
Nevada
Arizpe
Bay State
Beaver
Ely Becee
Butte & Bal
Butte & London
Cal
Corbin Boao
Corbin Bube
Globe Peer
Laramie
Arizona
Silver Queen
Southwest
Superior Globe
Financial Market Briefs for Boston and Albany Listings
Boston and Albany calendar highlights Union Pacific common E I du Pont de Nemours powder common two percent Boston Woven Hose and Rubber preferred three dollars, common two dollars Copper Range Consolidated Borden's Condensed Milk preferred.
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Boston & Albany
Union Pacific Common
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber
Copper Range
Borden
Bond Market Notes Highlight New York and Regional Loans
The Boston Stock Exchange lists United States Rubber Company bonds for 1 year at 6 percent. New York City street railway issues 8.5 million dollars in receivers' certificates due June 15, 1910, secured by real estate. Quincy awards 40 thousand dollars in water bonds maturing 1910-39. Peabody and Reading secure temporary loans from Loring Tolman & Tupper at rates around 2.98 to 3.38 percent. Auburn borrows 50 thousand dollars for five months at 3.07 percent.
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Boston
Boston Stock Exchange
United States Rubber Company
New York City Railway
Metropolitan Street Railway
William A. Reed & Co
Quincy
Mass
Estabrook & Co
Peabody
Loring, Tolman & Tupper
Reading
Auburn
Stock dividends and book closes listed for railways and banks
Kansas Natural Gas Co announces a monthly 14 percent stock dividend with books closing June 26 and reopening July 1. Mercantile National Bank in New York sets a semiannual 2 percent dividend with books closing June 26 and reopening July 1. West End Street Railway offers a semi annual $2 dividend with books closing June 22 and reopening July 2. Swift & Co announces a quarterly 14 percent dividend with record date June 12. Chiessen, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co announces a quarterly 1 percent preferred dividend with stock of record June 15.
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Allis Chalmers
Amer Agricultural
Amer Ice Securities
Amer
Amer Tel
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Oily Transit
Brooklyn Rapid
Canaan Hacitie
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Mil & St Paul
St Louis
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Colorado & Southern
Consolidated Gas Oe
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Distillers’ Securities
Boy
Eric Pete Weveene
Eee
Eolece
General Fleetric
Great Northern
Hlinois Central
Interborough Met
Inter Harvester
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Texas
Nat Rys
Mexist
New York Central
Roy
Ontario & Western
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pitts, Co
C & St Louis
Republic Steel
Rock Island Co
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Toledo
Il, & Western
Union Pacific
United States Realty
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Utah
Carolina Chemical
Wabash Ce Fe
Western
Maryland
Westinghouse Electric
Western Union Eesaae
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central Cca
Kansas Natural Gas Co
Mercantile National Bank
New York
West End Street Railway
Swift & Co
Chiesso
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co
Unusual death feared as man sinks in swamp
Brookfield June 4. George McKay is believed to have died after sinking into Cranberry Pond swamp while a party of men searched the area tonight. The slow, unusual death is reported as the cause.
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Brookfield
George McKay
Cranberry Pond
McKay and Leroy Eaton Missing After Pond Search
McKay and Leroy Eaton went fishing yesterday. A boat on the pond drew McKay toward the far shore and he planned to meet Eaton on the highway. Eaton, delayed, went to town and later searched for McKay, but none found. Authorities will begin an official body search tomorrow at the mother's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Leroy Eaton
Eaton
Supreme Court bans free Boston ferries order
The Supreme Court ruled the Common Council move to abolish tolls on East Boston ferries illegal. The Thursday night order would have made free ferry service permanent, replacing tolls for the rest of the year and potentially forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Court
Common Council
Send Us Wives Appeal From Mindanao Seeks American Brides
An appeal published in New Haven asks young American women to marry men in the Philippines. The letter from Malabang, Mindanao, signed by George P. Grey, describes ready American suitors with farms and income and requests assistance in finding brides from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Philippine Islands
Malabang
Mindanao
P. T
United States
George P
Grey
Waltham Dogs to Be MuZZled for 90 Days
Waltham mayor orders all dogs muzzled for 90 days after a rabies case confirmed by Dr. Austin Peters the state cattle commissioner. The dog had run amuck for hours before being shot Wednesday evening.
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Waltham
Walker
Austin Peters
Bradstreet state of trade signals rising activity in crops and industry
Bradstreet reports improved grain crops with warm moist weather boosting winter and spring wheat, a record corn acreage, and rising retail and building activity. Exports show declines from last year but overall business conditions look more favorable. failures count to 191 for the week ending June 3.
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New York
Bradstreet
Mississippi
United States
Canada
Telegraph
Trade signals improve across iron, rail, and leather sectors
Dun's Weekly Review notes improving trade conditions with iron and steel showing extraordinary progress. Railroad earnings rise 14.7 percent over 1908 and 11.6 percent less than 1907, while dry goods resist price moves. Export demand dwindles except Red Sea, print cloth steady, and tanners plan price increases across leather types.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Red Sea
Dorchester Prepares Grand Founders Day Celebration
Thousands from Boston and nearby towns travel to Dorchester to mark 279 years since settlement with parades races and a series of entertainments. General O O Howard delivers the main oration as four tablets are unveiled at Everett birthplace Town Meeting Square Old Burying Ground and Savin Hill in memory of Puritans and soldiers.
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Boston
Dorchester
O. O. Howard
Franklin Field
Dorchester High
Dunbar Avenue
Edward Everett
Town Meeting Square
Columbia Road
Old Burying Ground
Post 68
Howard
Edward Everett Square
Savin Hill
Mayor Hibbard
Richard A. Humphrey
James H. Stark
John A. Fowle
Thomas Leavitt
Charles Cooney
Fire Scare In East Boston Near Box Factory
A large blaze erupted in a yard behind 260 Maverick Street East Boston near George R Tobbs wooden box factory. The fire consumed a huge stack of wooden boxes and illuminated the night lighting up the harbor as onlookers watched from the crowded area nearby.
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George R. Tobbs
Maverick Street
Boston
Washburn Bill Aims to Block Railroad Merger
Legislature fights over the Malone bill with strong dissent from Washburn of Worcester and Hargis of Montague who oppose giving New Haven expansive control. Governor Draper backs the measure, urging party unity, while lawmakers from White to Brown align against it or abstain.
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Robert Washburn
Worcester
House
Railroad
Hargis
Montague and
Washburn
Draper
Committee On Railroads
White
Brookline
Brown
Medford
New Maven
Malone
New Haven
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Boston & Maine
Malone Bill
Commonwealth
Cear
New England Investment and Securities Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
John Billard
Meriden
Conn
Harriman
Massachusetts
Garceelon
Newton
Tytus
Tyringham
Frank Curtiss
Sheffield
Martin Lomasney
Friends
Million for Insane Farms Agreement Settles Boston Claim
In Superior Court an agreement states the State will pay Boston 1 099 000 for the Boston Insane Hospital known as Austin and Pierce farms. The 6 000 000 square foot estate includes land and buildings. Corp Counsel Babson and Attorney General Malone sign for city and state. The filing avoids further court action and the State promptly paid 1 000 000 by check to Babson.
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Superior Court
City of
Boston
Commonwealth
Boston Insane Hospital
Austin Farm
Pierce Farm
Babson
Malone
Stevens
Draper
Town in Jackson Braces for Militia as Feud Flares
Jackson Kentucky reports an outbreak in the Hargis Cockrill feud with armed retainers marching in from the mountains and local officers cornered in their jail. Two Cockrill men are jailed while Hargis supporters tighten control of town police as reinforcements rush in.
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Jackson, Ky
Cockrill
Hargis
HIBSBARD HOLDS UP SALARY INCREASES
City engineers plans to raise about 80 salaries faced delay as ex Mayor Fitzgerald pressed for favored boosts. A transit man Robert Sullivan received a larger raise after intervention. The episode sparked whispers that pay envelopes may stay unchanged during Mayor Hibbard's term.
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Henry C. Mildram
Representative Mildram
Fitzgerald
Robert Sullivan
Big Tim" Sullivan
South
Boston
Jackson
Sullivan
Young Sullivan
White
Manayor
City Hall
Hibbard
Mayeor Fitagerald
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William E. Soule
Pacific
California
Standard Oil Company
Southern Pacific Company
Houston Electric Company
Galveston-Houston L Electric Company
Ae Ea
Steel Corporation
Vulture Mines Company
Old Dominion
Houghton
Caldwell
la Salle Company
Tecumseh
Greene Cananea Copper Company
East Butte Copper Company
Boston Curb
China Copper Company
Gila Copper Company
Frances Seemee
Ee. Bee
Reichsmarks Eae
Hig’ Hh
Tow
Tel & Tel Et Snes
Atl Gulf
FIS & M
West End
Fitchburg
BOM
Rutland
Vermont & Mass
Arcadian
Franklin
Greene Cananea
DA la Salle Eee
Osceola U
TOS Parrott
Shannon Oe
Superior
Tamarack Fou
Trinity O
United Propher
Utah Consel
Utah Copper Es
Wolverine Ae
Org
Fast Boston
Brig GS
Seattle
United Shoe
US Steel
Hancock
Isle Royale
Kerr Lake Pee
Newhouse
North Lake
Btoh
Swift & Co i Hee Aee Lin
Superior & Boston
Superior & Pitts
Eer
S Coal & Coal
Apex O
Ely Coppers
Cons
Ely
Giroux
Ely Central
Arizonas
Montanas
B. H. Scheftels & CO
Broad St
Monroe St
Willet
the Exchange Building Brokers
Copper Range Consolidated Company
Frederic Stanwood
James Bay & CO
UO State St
Norfolk Railway & Light
AMERICAN TELEPHONE @ TELEGRAPH CO
American Telephone & Telegraph Associated Operating Companies
Rossanette
NEW York Bonds
Japan
Allis-Chal
Mo Pacific
New
NH & H
Nor & West
B&o
Brook Tran
L & Ss
Ches Sol
Ohio
Do Ist
Chi &Alton
Seaboard
Cb&q
So Pacific
Com&st P
Ri& Pac
Aynen
Col Indus
Col
Klee Ey
D & RG
Interboro
Met
L& F
American Tobacco
Douglas
Giroux Mining
Kerr Lake
Manhattan Transit
McKinley-Daranaes
Am Copper
Nevada Tabrete
Wees
Standard Oil
United Copper
Philippines
Dun’s Weekly Review
Mary
John
Will
General Howard
Hswam
Maasorige
Oliver O. Howarn
USA
Dorchester Historical Society
Hibsbard
Heard
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