Market Boom and Copper Stocks Dominate Frontier Trading
A bustling market report highlights Washington Mining, Parrott, and Standard Oil activity with bullish talk and expected gains. Bonanza Development and Cochiti option plans draw tied-to-Oil interest as dividends, new lodes, and mining progress shift investor attention across Washington, Parrott, Fortuna, and Dominion Coal amid a mixed, volatile trading day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawson
Standard Oil
Washington
Keweenaw
Arnold
Parrott
Holter
Butte, Mont
Seven Devils
United States Oil Company
Bonanza Development
Santa Rita
Bonanza Development Company
Bonanza Company
Cochiti
Tunis
Boston Stock Exchange
Dominion Coal
New England Gas & Coke
Bay State
Fortuna
Boston
A. C. Burrage
Quicksilver
Aetna
Napa
New Idria
Western Union Executive Committee
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
D. C
Atlantic
Baltic Rock
T. G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Whce
William van Horne
van Horne
Planters’ Compress Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Ames Building
New Trust
Old Colony
Boston News Bureau
St. Louis
Ose
Puno Monek
Cscs
Eee Exchange
Sossks
Charles KB. Boynton
Fortuna Gold Mining Company
la Republica Gold Mining Company
Bond Market Summary from Loston on June 13
The report lists highest and lowest bond sales including closing bids and asked prices. It shows figures for various bonds such as $1,000 bonds at 101 percent, and other entries with limited legible data including 28,000 Bolg and 5,000 644 65 in the est. and bid categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loston
Atch
T& Spf
BNO Abq
Atchison
Chicago Great West
Chicago
Ill
del & Hudson Co
den & Rio G
Erie
Great Northern
Central Se
Lake Erie & Whelan
Louis & Nash
Manhattan
Met Street
Minn & St L
Missouri Pacific
Qvui Mo
St Louis S
Sweer
St Paul
St P & Om
Southern Pacific
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
Hol
Wheel & L E
Wis Central
Aim
Steel & Wire
General Electric
Brooklyn Transit
Eners
Pacific Mail
Pullman Palace
TC & Iron
Western Union
Total sales Bonds and stock holdings detailed
The record lists total sales bonds of 93660.00 dollars, mst ed stock 57684, and unlisted shares 12542, presenting a concise summary of financial holdings and values.
Barry Elected Unanimous Ninth Regiment Company E Captain
The East Armory election of officers for Company EF Ninth Regiment M V M chose John J. Parry as captain with full support. Daniel P. Sullivan won the first lieutenant post in a tight vote over Thomas Devane, 28 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Regiment
East Armory
John J. Parry
Daniel P. Sullivan
Sullivan
Thomas Devane
Devane
Heatwave Hums Through Boston Slang and Sweat
A sweltering Boston day drives people to drink as humidity soaks the city. Laundrymen and ice sellers profit while collars and undershirts wilt in the heat. Even poets and street singers falter under the oppressive humidity and lack of rain.
Tax Commissioner Grell Instructed to Get Information
Mazer investigating committee sessions in New York reveal two main inquiry threads. Tax Commissioner William T. Grell faces questions on whether oil sugar or tobacco interests paid taxes on personal property held by trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mazer
Tax Department
Moss
William T. Grell
Thomas M. Mulvey
van Wyck
Lakewood
Charities
Mulrey
Richard Croker
Mr. Wilson
Captain John J. Barry Unanimously Named Captain of Company E
Captain John J. Barry was unanimously chosen captain of Company E Ninth Regiment last night. Barry, long associated with the Ninth, previously served in Company B and FE, and rose from private to captain at Santiago. He aims to enforce strict military discipline and raise the militia’s efficiency. Lieutenant Sullivan, from Company FE since 1890, also served in Santiago and is brother of Major John J. Sullivan. The election was led by Major George F. H. Murray with 54 members present. the unit is praised as well organized in state service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Barry
Barry
Ninth
Santiago
Brimmer School
St. James V. Mso SD
Robert Fulton Council
Knights of Columbus
Garfield Council
American Legion of Honor
United States Service
Sullivan
Company FE
United States Volunteers
John J. Sullivan
George F. H. Murray
Sixth Massachusetts Elects New Captain and First Lieutenant
In Concord Massachusetts on June 13 the Company I officers elected First Lieutenant Joseph S. Hart as captain and Second Sergeant Francis T. Jackson as first lieutenant to fill the vacancy created by Captain Cyrus H. Cook's promotion to major. Second Lieutenant W. N. Decker and First Sergeant J. W. Hagerty declined promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Massachusetts
Cyrus H. Cook
Joseph S. Hart
Francis T. Jackson
W. N. Decker
J. W. Hagerty
Drought Hurts Vermont Crops Across Champlain Valley
The western Vermont drought alarms farmers as hay crops fall to scarce yields. Corn remains the only crop showing activity, while many farmers fear losing more than half a crop and seek returns for old hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millbury
Vermont
Champlain Valley
Brewery Combine May Fail In Boston, Rumors Spread
Rumors say the planned Boston brewery combine may collapse as Colonel Harrison W. Huguley resigns from the prospective trust. Boston brewers fault the New York promoters for unmet promises and repeated delays, signaling no renewed entry while suspicions grow among local brewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Breweries
Harrison W. Huguley
Combine
Boston
New York
Strike at Lynn leather factory over wage raise
In Lynn on June 13 a major strike began at the John B Renton Company leather factory after management refused wage increases for three workers. The walkout spread to other rooms and 25 men left their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
John B. Renton Company
No Case Found Against Pigquart and Counsel in Dreyfus Case
The chamber of indictments in Paris ruled there is no case against Lieutenant Colonel Piequart charged with forgery in the Dreyfus affair or against his counsel Maitre Leblois linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Indictments
Piequart
Dreyfus
Maitre Leblois
New Home for Dreyfus in Dalmatia
Vienna reports Mme. Dreyfus has hired an agent to find a house in Gravosa Dalmatia where Captain Dreyfus will reside at least temporarily to recuperate after his trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Mme. Dreyfus
Gravosa
Dalmatia
Convictions and Sentences From Superior Criminal Court
In yesterday’s session Judge Dewey sentenced Tred Brooks to two years and six months at the House of Correction and James Colbert to two years. Both are colored and convicted of assault and battery. George Seymour got twenty months for breaking and entering. Frederick Shea received two years for breaking and entering. Thomas F. Myers got three months for larceny. James Frith was found not guilty of breaking and entering and discharge. John Perry, a colored boy under 14, sent to Lyman School for robbery. Mary Farley, for drunkenness, sent to Sherborn for a year. Harry Atkins sent to the Massachusetts Reformatory for breaking and entering. John Mac Donald, indicted for breaking and entering, placed on probation. James Hutchinson sentenced to two years at the House of Correction for larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Dewey
Tred Brooks
House of Correction
James Colbert
George Seymour
Frederick Shea
Thomas F. Myers
James Frith
John Perry
Lyman School
Mary Farley
Sherborn
Harry Atkins
Massachusetts Reformatory
John MacDonald
James Hutchinson
Season Begins Early at Nantasket Beach Amid Ruins and Plans
June reports crowds flocking to Nantasket Beach ahead of the formal June 17 opening. The Burkhardt Brewing Company will not rebuild the Hollis hotel after a fire, following park commission discussions. Turner and Howard push a large hotel and amusement project while music hall crowds test capacity. Kitty Mitchell and a roster of acts entertain this week. Next week features the Washburn sisters and Baby Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket
Harry Morrissey
Hollis
Burkhardt Brewing Company
Park Commissioners
Messrs
Turner and
Howard
Boston
Kitty Mitchell
Clerisessiers
Emma Krause
Lottie Brill
May Mooney
Masse
Marion de Boise
W. J. Talbot
Washburn Sisters
Ida Russell
Baby Grace
Big Crowd At Winthrop And Revere Beaches
Large weekday crowds flocked to Crescent Beach and the State bath house but few people swam as water temperature held around 70 degrees. Rev M R Deming of the Seashore Home began summer philanthropy aiding mothers and children. Reports say a dog and cat poisoner is at Winthrop Beach with several pets poisoned in Cottage Hill over the past six weeks by small meat laced with strychnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Beach
Winthrop Beach
Cottage Hill
Brief Washington Cabinet Meeting Delayed by Manila Dispatches
Washington June 13 The Cabinet meeting was brief and uneventful with the President asking each member for input and all replying negative. Much time was spent reading press despatches from Manila and General Otis reports on fighting south of Manila. The reported death of General Luma along with Otis dispatches is viewed as favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manila
Otis
Luma
Zionites Choose Delegate for Baltimore Convention
Zionistic societies of Postons and suburbs elected Mr. S. Bloomberg as delegate to the national American Zionites convention in Baltimore. The gathering opens next Sunday and will involve about 1000 Boston adherents, with Boston Hebrews showing strong interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postons
Benet Israel
Cooper Street
Boston
Baron Christiani Sentenced to Four Years in France
Paris June 13 Baron Christiani who assaulted President Loubet with a cane at the Auteuil races June 4 was sentenced to four years in prison and to pay trial costs. The audience expressed surprise as the verdict was delivered and the prisoner showed little reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Fire Protective Association Holds Boston Convention
The National Fire Protective Association held its first annual convention in Boston at the New England Insurance Exchange. President M C Crosby welcomed delegates who discussed fire prevention and control. The secretary reported 452 fires this year, up from 201 last year, and noted demand for a fire extinguisher investigation station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fire Protective Association
Boston
New England Insurance Exchange
M. C. Crosby
the Exchange
Crosby
Missing South Boston husband leaves wife and five children
John O. McMahon has been missing from 9 Boston Place since May 27 leaving a wife and five small children dependent on him. The wife says it is desertion and that he has left before, neglecting to provide. The family faces eviction from their tight quarters unless funds arrive promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. McMahon
Boston Place
South
Boston
Post
Yesterday's Accidents Spare No One at Home and Work
Several individuals suffered injuries in yesterday incidents. Max Robimovitz of 8 Poplar Street fractured his thigh after a fall at home and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. David Regan of 58 Dunston Street, a gas house laborer, had both legs fractured when a pile of stone collapsed and was admitted to the same hospital. Phillips Bell of 62 Berkeley Street slipped on cellar stairs, injuring his left arm and was taken to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Robimovitz
Poplar Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
David Regan
Dunston Street
Phillips Bell
Berkeley Street
Hos- Po
Dayton coal worker shoots fellow, kills wife, injures man
In Dayton Tennessee Sam Springs shot and killed his brother's wife and wounded Russell Wright after discovering them together. The assailant, a coal company worker, faced no arrest as about 400 locals debated possible lynching if Wright survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dayton
Sam Springs
Russell Wright
Charles
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Sam
Wright
Aevolver
Springs
Fisher Chosen School House Agent as Board Debates Architect
Horace B. Fisher is named to the new post of school house agent after a three ballot vote, with a salary of 3200 annually. Harrison H. Atwood is again recommended by the committee as architect for the Normal School, while Stickney & Austin are urged by a minority report. The board also approves loans and leaves of absence for longtime Boston teachers Caroline Crozier and Emma M. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison H. Atwood
Horace B. Fisher
Strange
Horace R. Fisher
Rabbi Fleischer
Seaver
Bateman
Charlestown
Berridge
Warren
James Mulcahy
David Woodbury
Chelsea
Mulcahy
Dr. McDonald
F. W. Chandler
Woodbury
Leaver
Caroline S. Crozier
Charleston
Miss Crozier
Winthrop
Emma M. Smith
Agassiz
Knights of Honor Holds 26th Annual Session in Detroit
The twenty six annual session of the supreme lodge Knights of Honor met in Detroit at Hotel Cadillac. The gathering began at 2 pm and will run daily for a week or more. Supreme dictator J Warner Goheen of Philadelphia, ending his second term, delivered the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Honor
Hotel Cadillac
Washington and
Michigan Avenues
J. Warner Goheen
Philadelphia
Amelie Rives's ex husband judged insane in New York
John Armstrong Chanler former husband of author Amelie Rives now Princess Troubetzky has been declared insane and ordered detained at Bloomingdale Asylum. He has been confined since 1967 and is described as paranoid and incurable with delusions of poisoning and a belief his stomach is a Leiden jar and his body a magnetically tarnished silver box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Armstrong Chanler
Amelie Rives
Princess Troubetzky
Bloomingdale Asylum
Chanler
Rigo Seeks Divorce From Peasant Wife in Kaposvar
Budapest June 1899 court calendar marked June 12 for gypsy band director Jancsi Rigo to face divorce from Hungarian wife Mariska. Rigo failed to appear, sending a Cairo dated letter proposing 1% florins a month for ten years in exchange for relinquishing rights and divorce. His wife, preferring to keep her Rigo, resists the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Kaposvar
Jancsi Rigo
Chimay
Rigo
Cairo
Mariska
Monsieur Jean Rigo
Janesi
Trampled by Horse Claims Life at Elm Park Stable
In Fairhaven Virginia on June 13 Rufus Benson 21 son of Chauncey O Benson proprietor of the Elm Park House was crushed by a horse in his stable this afternoon and died from his injuries later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhaven
Rufus Benson
Chauncey O. B Benson
Elm Park House
Directors and prominent businessmen listed by city and trade
Brighton beef wholesaler and Emerson Shoe maker Henry B Goodenough of Brighton is named alongside Andrew J Chase of Boston a Chase Capitalist from Quincy Market. Frank W Homans of Gloucester a wholesale fish and ice dealer. Alonzo Elliot a banker of Manchester NH Thomas S Hoyt a retired capitalist of Winchester MA and Robbins B Grover of Brockton MA are listed as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Goodenough
Brighton
Mass
Andrew J. Chase
Boston
Quincy
Chase
Frank W. Homans
Gloucester
Alonzo Elliot
Manchester
N. H
Thomas S. Hoyt
Winchester
Robbins B. Grover
Brockton
Woman sues Kauffman department store for damages
Miss Maggie Meldahl of Meldahl's, West Virginia, filed suit in Parkerburg claiming 25,000 damages. She alleges three pairs of gloves were defective and that in Pittsburg she was shamed and detained by store staff, abused, and charged with attempted fraud, causing her nervous distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Maggie Meldahl
Meldahl's
Th's County
Kauffman Department Store
Pittsburg
Change in Hoboken Proposes American Wife for Montana Rancher
John Norden, a Montana rancher now in Hoboken, seeks a wife after years abroad. He hired lawyer John C. Skelly to screen applicants, stating he wants a good, loyal partner rather than beauty, and that money is not a condition for marriage. He plans no imported wife, preferring an American-bred partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Norden
Hoboken
Norden
Billings Station
Mont
Amsterdam
John C. Skelly
Wealthy Brazilian Marquis Faces Mortgage Trouble in New York
Dom Eugenio Faria Gonzales de Teixeira, Marquis of Agusta Branca, once rich with an estimated 109 million, now fights a default on a 5000 mortgage for his mansion at 105th Street and West End Avenue. Threats loom to sell the property as money winds through real estate channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dom Eugenio Faria Gonzales de Teixeira
Agusta Branca
Brazil
One Hundred and Fifth Street
West End Avenue
Dom Fugenio
Spain
Marquis
Dom Pedro
Fatal Freight Yard Crushing in South Boston
Walter Scott aged 25 a married teamster for 8S Lombard & Co. was crushed between two freight cars near freight shed 1 off Congress street South Boston yesterday morning and killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Franklin Street
Charlestown
R. Lombard & Co
Congress Street
South
Boston
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Bonanza
Pinkham
Altho
Russia
Howard, Crosby & C0
Cc B & N
Fee Cc
B & Q Con
Con
Vt Os
Coin Coal
Ee Dgr&c W
Brie Tel
Eee Erie Tel
West End
Mad
T& SF
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Central Mass
Fitchburg
NH & H
Old Colony Sane
Rutland
Union Pacific Ee Eree
Ee. da
Allouez
Arcadian Pe
Atlantic Eeeerate
Altie
Oly Bost
Mont T P
Franklin
Michigan
Isle Royale
Marsden Co
Swift & Co
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
New State Street
Lombard Liquidation
van Choate Electric
Cove
Ogee
Central Mass & R
Fremington Coal & Coke
National Mining Ees
United Telegrams
Seeer
Copper King of Arizona
Fortuna Gold
Frenchman'’s Bay Land
Cambria Mining
Bay State Gas
Boston & Cripple Creek
NEW York Stock Exchange, Railroads
Molrey
Icemen and Laundries Gay
Bowey
Nene
Weather Bureau
McClellan
Mack
Washington Street
Dew
Wss
Soren
Grell
Ceed
Pigquart
Nantasket Beach
Revere
Christian
President Loubet
Auteuil
Solar System
Rootbeer
Normal School
the Liquid Air Refrigeration and Power Co (Incorporated
A.J. Chase
Sudbury
ULAR
Big Department Store
Scott
E. B.davis
D.D.S
Winter St
Cor. Tremont
Workingmen’” Credit CO
Washington St
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