Market Review and Outlook Signals for April Pause
A compact market briefing notes a short trading week with potential for a late April uptick. It cites New York gains, copper wait times, Amalgamated dividend uncertainty, and Big Investor support. lists notable weekly moves and a mixed Boston showing, with expectations of steadiness until after April 1.
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New York
Morgan
Amalgamated
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Big Four
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Erie
General Electric
Illinois Central
International Paper
Louisville & Nashville
North American
People’s Gas
Pullman
Reading
Rock Island
Rubber Goods
St. Louis
San Francisco
St. Paul
Sugar
Tennessee Coal
Union Pacific
Pacific Mail
Steel
Boston
Dominion Coal
Rutland
Daly West
United Fruit
Centennial
Arcadian and Shoe Machinery
New England Gas and Coke
Dominion Iron and Steel
American Telephone
Heath
Silver to be Philippines monetary standard under bill
Washington reports the administration backs a bill to set silver as the Philippines monetary standard. The Senate Philippines committee plans to report it, prohibiting free silver expansion to the United States. Philippine coins would be valued as silver bullion in the United States and circulate only at market price.
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Washington
Philippines
Senate Philippines Committee
Senate
United States
Cantillion to Officiate Western Intercollegiate Baseball
Chicago March 23. Last year's American League rules govern this season in leading Western universities intercollegiate baseball. Joe Cantillion, former American League umpire, will probably officiate college games.
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Chicago
Joe Cantillion
Somerville Mayors Widen Salaries Spark Aldermen Clash
The Somerville Board of Aldermen prepare for a lively session on the upcoming budget as Mayor Glines seeks more than 3000 in salary increases for several officials. Aldermen argue the charter limits executive power and demand specific salary lists to protect city interests. Mayor cites population growth new streets and public works needs with no tax-rate increase.
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Board of Aldermen of
Somerville
Glines
Kann
Board of Aldermen
Albert B. Fales
Vincent
Frank E. Merrill
James R. Hopkins
Fire Department
Walter T. Littlefield
Finance Committee
Public Works Department
Pyromaniac Blames Drink In Fire Confession
Edward J Farley, the young arsonist who claimed nine Astor House fires and as many as 300 total, was held in Central Street Police Court on $000 bail, pleaded guilty, and remanded to the Tombs. He attributed his acts to whiskey, saying he intended no harm and always tried to prevent damage.
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New York
Edward J. Farley
Astor House
Brann
Central Street
Thomas F. Freel
Farley
Funeral for Charlestown sailmaker Benjamin D Wiley
The obituary notes Benjamin D Wiley a Charlestown resident and navy yard master sailmaker. The Universalist Church hosted services led by Rev Willam M Kimmell with Grand Army of the Republic and Knights Templar rites performed. Abraham Lincoln Post 11 members served as escorts to Woodlawn for burial.
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Benjamin D. Wiley
Charlestown
Navy Yard
Universalist Church
Willam M. Kimmell
Grand Army of the Repubblic
John G. Tilden
Louis G. Stone
Abraham Lincoln
G. A
Woodlawn
Reverend A Z Conrad resigns from Old South Church
Worcester report states Rev. A Z Conrad, pastor of Old South Church, resigns effective May 1 due to poor health. The announcement lists health reasons and marks the end of his tenure at the Worcester church.
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Worcester
A. Z. Conrad
Old South Church
Strikers Plan Line of Action in Rhode Island
In Providence Olneyville strikers held a mass meeting denying mill managers' reports that 1400 looms were running. They said 70 percent of workers are learners needing six months to qualify. Delegates from Pascoag Plymouth Saranac Sterford mills met with Olneyville leaders to arrange a line of action including meetings, picketing, and fund collection and disbursement.
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Providence
R. I
Olneyville
Pascoag
Plymouth
Saranac
Sterford
Less Than 300 Men Out In Allied Freight Strike
Ten days after the Allied Freight Transportation Council ordered men back, fewer than 300 remain out. About 60 teamsters and others still out. many have found other work. Metropolitan line workers to resume. Boston and Maine, Albany and New Haven lines largely back. R. B. S. Brine Co. expanded contracts. extra lumpers needed for loaded shipments.
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Allied Freight Transportation Council
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
James Sheehan
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Hall
R. 8 S. Brine Company
Teamsters
Loring
All Gars Guarded in Norfolk Rail Lines
Norfolk Va March 23 All cars of the Norfolk Railway and Power Company are being guarded tonight by 50 deputy sheriffs to watch suburban lines. A repeat of last night’s trouble could lead to recalling the Seventy first Regiment. A C Worrell and George Wynn, arrested last night on charges of attempting to wreck a car, were released in $500 bail each. police say Wynn had a revolver.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Power Company
Seventy-first Regiment
A. C. Worrell
George Wynn
Wynn
Fatal labor dispute in Pascoag saloon ends in stabbing
In Providence March 2, a quarrel stemming from scab weaving led to the death of Simon White, 27, who was stabbed in a Pascoag saloon last night. Peter Carr, an Anchor Mills striker, is held on charges of being responsible for the deed by officers.
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Providence
R. I
Simon White
Pascoag
Peter Carr
Anchor Mills
Al McMurray to bid on Jeffries Fitzsimmons bout
Savannah reports matchmaker Al McMurray of the Southern A. A. of Charleston will go to New York to bid and post a forfeit for the Jeffries Fitzsimmons fight. The contest is planned for the exposition grounds beyond Charleston city limits with McMurray acting as the exposition corporation’s representative.
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Savannah
al McMurray
Southern A
Charleston
New York
Jeffries- Fitzsimmons
McMurray
Exposition Corporation
Exposition Grounds
Shake-up Expected in Boston Police Department
Boston police officials anticipate a major personnel shake-up rivaling any in years. Captains near retirement and transfers from downtown to outlying divisions are among the changes discussed, with rumors naming Captains Foster Gaskin Wescott and Wyman as potential movers amid the Brine strike and ongoing unrest.
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Boston Police Department
Probable resignations reshape city police divisions
Commissioners may allow retirement of Captain Hunt and Captain Coleman while Captain Irish resists. rumors of others including Donovan and Libby surface as transfers loom. The shakeup could spur ambitious lieutenants, with Libby seen as a strong future captain candidate after ward 21 election fraud prosecutions.
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Coleman
Division 9
Hunt
Aptain Irish
Station 7
Libby
Sheehan
Ward 21
Five convicts cremated in prison blaze in Mississippi
Five county convicts died in a stockade fire at Kosciusko Mississippi last night as they attempted to burn their way out of confinement. The blaze consumed the stockade house where they were housed and all five inmates were cremated.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Italians flood Boston as direct line to Mediterranean opens
The Dominion line’s new steamers bring a surge of Italian arrivals to Boston. Since last year’s small movements, more than 3000 Italians have landed, with 1700 on the Cambroman en route. Italian Consul Brindisi says most intend to travel on to New England, not remain in Boston, leaving only about 500 of the 3000 staying locally. About 20,000 Italians live in the city now, marking a sizable population increase.
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Mediterranean
Boston
Italy
Dominion Line
Brindisi
New York
New England
Macedonian uprising talks tied to Armenian committee
London dispatch reports that M. Sarafoff, head of the Macedonian committee, is in contact with the Armenian revolutionary committee to arrange a general uprising in Macedonia. The Porte informs powers that plans have been made to suppress any Macedonian revolt.
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London
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
M. Sarafoff
Armenian Revolutionary Committee
Macedonia
Porte
Man Breaks Windows in Charlestown Stores
Jeff rey Keating of 16 Cambridge street Charlestown, 41, deliberately shattered four large plate glass windows last night. Two broke at John H. Cawley’s 548 Main street and two at William Patton’s 656 Main street. He allegedly pushed through a crowded sidewalk to Patton’s store to continue the vandalism.
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Jeffrey Keating
Cambridge Streets
Charlestown
John H. Cawley
Main Street
William Patton
Keating
Patton
Harriman Special Train Returns From Mexico Frontier
The Harriman special train returning from Mexico crossed the frontier at 3 p m. today with E H Harriman Julius Kruttschnitt and B M Felton of the Chicago Alton aboard The journey visited major Central and Southern Mexican cities including Durango Guadalajara City of Mexico Cuernavaca San Luis Potosi Tampico and Monterey The party departed for San Francisco that night.
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Faglp Pass
Tex
Harriman
Mexico
E. H. Harriman
Julius Kruttschnitt
M. Felton
Chicago & Alton
Duarango
Guadalajara
City of Mexico
Cuerravaca
San Dlnis Potosi
Tampico
Monterey
San Francisco
Loom Fixers Vote on Strike Autonomy in Lowell Wages Row
At a National Loom Fixers Union executive committee meeting in New Bedford on March 28 the Loom Fixers Union of Lowell was authorized to decide on striking at its own discretion after Lowell manufacturers refused a wage increase demand.
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New Bedford
National Loom Fixers' Union
Loom Fixers'’ Union
Lowell
Harvard Astronomical Observatory Chief Takes Carnegie Post
Professor E C Pickering director of the Harvard Observatory accepts an appointment as director of the Carnegie Institute observatory in Washington. He will retain his Harvard position as an advisor to the Washington observatory.
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E. C. Pickering
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Carnegie Institute At
Washington
Harvard
Observatory
Phillies Ready for Washington Practice Trip
Norfolk reports the Philadelphia Baseball Club manager Shorts and 14 players arriving by Clyde Line, bound for Washington for practice. All players are in good shape.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia Baseball Club
Clyde
Hiladelphia
Washington
Colliers Horses Burned to Death
New York March 23 The hunting stable of P F Collier at Eatontown New Jersey housing 16 valuable hunting horses was destroyed by fire before daylight with an estimated loss around 100000 dollars A party hosted by Collier the previous Saturday saw the stable ablaze on their return the blaze likely incendiary marking the third such fire within two weeks damaging valuable property at his Greenfield estate
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New York
P. F. Collier
Eatontown
Agitation in Brussels marches for universal suffrage
Liberals and Socialists paraded in Brussels halted before City Hall to present a petition for universal suffrage and proportional representation. Burgomaster to submit to Parliament. No disorders. Socialist students shouted for suffrage as Prince Albert left a theater. Bombings blamed on suffrage agitation in La Louviere and Binche.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Albert
Leopold
la Louviere
Hainaut
Belgium
M. Dorbaise
Binche
Passengers From Waesland Sinking Arrive in Philadelphia
Passengers rescued from the steamer Waesland after its sinking off Holyhead on March 6 reached Philadelphia tonight aboard the Belgian steamer Noordland, to which they were transferred at Liverpool.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Waesland
Holyhead
Eng
Noordland
Liverpool
Why Gould Was Moved After Sequel to Sunday Liquor Sale
The report says Patrolman Gould from Division 5 was transferred from his long route after ward politics influenced a police commission complaint. Earlier Gould, under orders, sought evidence of two illegal liquor sales by a Columbus Avenue druggist, prompting the shift pending investigation.
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Division 5
Gould
Ward 10
Columbus Avenue
City Brevities: Multiple arrests and a hotel fire
Mary Scarini and Mary Butters were arrested for liquor violations at their addresses. An alarm from Box 93 reported a fire at Mrs. C. R. Miller’s lodging house on Dartmouth Street. Mrs. Jessie Mason was found dead in bed at 285 O Street, death due to natural causes per Dr. eenan. Several others were arrested for gaming and burglary at Hanover Street and Washington Street, with watches and jewelry valued at $50 stolen. Agnes Green, injured in the Bowdoin Square Hotel fire, was moved to City Hospital for possible surgery.
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Mary Scarini
Lyman Place
Mary Butters
Grove Terrace
Division 3
C. R. Miller
Dartmouth Street
Jessie Mason
O Street
Boston
Eenan
Joseph Roshisky
Ludwig Miller
John Page
William Rogers
Joseph Smarensky
Division 1
Hanover Street
Alfred W. Rowe
Washington Street
Robert Greene
Lamartine Street
Division 13
George Finneran
Arcilli Carboro
Dominico Grollio
Gardino Gubitaso
Raffaello Gubitaso
Cambridge Street
Antonio Cheruiallo
Gerardo Derogo
Agnes Green
Bowdoin Square
City Hospital
Funeral for Mrs Amy Knowlton Woodward on Chelsea stage
The funeral for Mrs Amy Knowlton Woodward known as Miss Imogene Knowlton was held at the Stockwell residence Chelsea. The service was led by Rev L B Bates with actors and Actors Fund of America in attendance. Interment followed at Woodlawn. She died Friday at Frost Hospital after a long illness. Formerly on stage, she had dazzled audiences in Australia and abroad. She was widow of John Anson Woodward once a Boston treasurer's clerk who embezzled 190000 and fled to South America.
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Amy Knowlton Woodward
Imogene Knowlton
J. R. Stockwell
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
Actors’ Fund of America
Knowlton
L. B. Bates
D. D
Meridian Street
M. E. Bethel
Boston
Australia
John Anson Woodward
Treasurer’s Department of
South America
Marconi to Build Wireless Station at Table Head
Signor Marconi has decided to locate a wireless station at Table Head Glace Bay Nova Scotia. Machinery has been ordered and work will begin immediately. The station will be constructed before the one at Cape Cod.
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Halifax
Marconi
Table Head
Glaceau
C. B
Cape Cod
Palm Sunday Observed Across Archdiocese Churches
Palm Sunday marked the start of Holy Week with services in all city churches. At the Cathedral a high mass blessed the palm, while at the Church of the Immaculate Conception palms were blessed, a Sunday school procession held, and solemn mass conducted. Vesper featured Haydn Stabat Mater, followed by a sermon by Rev. George A. Fargis S. J., and benediction.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Haydn
George A. Fargis
S. J
Death of James Rehill in South Boston
James Rehill of 151 D street South Boston died yesterday at 8 pm in emergency hospital after arriving unconscious with epilepsy.
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James Rehill
D Street
Boston
Free public healing by Dr Henson at Bromfield church
Thousands applaud as Dr Henson resumes free healing at the Methodist Church on Bromfield street every weekday from 10 to 11 in the morning. He claims to cure a wide range of ailments by laying on hands with no charge at the church, while offering paid consultations at Hotel Beacon. He asserts past cures and promises restored sight hearing and mobility, with refunds for gray hair.
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Henson
Methodist
Bromfield St
Pak
Boston
Bromfield Street
Henson Ha
Quincy House
Hotel Beacon
Beacon St
Signal Corps Detachment Attacked in Mindanao
Brigadier General George W. Davis reports 17 signal corps men attacked by about 200 Moros near Paran Paran Mindanao. One signal corps member was killed and the detachment's transport was captured, including four pack mules. The US transport Buford has arrived with a Twenty-seventh Infantry detachment, Eleventh Cavalry squadron, and 50 pack mules aboard.
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Manila
George W. Davis
Zamboana
Island
Mindanao
Signal Corps
Paran
United States
Buford
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Eleventh Cavalry
Aguinaldo Described by Returning Soldier as Pantherlike Leader
Claude Hadesty, a U S soldier just back from the Philippines, portrays Aguinaldo as a pantherlike figure with swift, treacherous tactics. He recalls Aguinaldo’s multilingual swearing, vanity in dress, contortionist flexibility, poetlike letters to girls, fondness for checkers, and poker games showing his good loser nature.
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Tamaqua
Penn
Aguinaldo
Otis
Manila
Claude Hadesty
Philippines
Evek
Golden Brides for Army Officers in Philippines Auction
$500000 dowries offered by General Ozario for two Senoritas Ozario as wives to commissioned American army officers. Reported by Lt Van Schaick, auctions of Filipino brides have appeared since U S occupation with few officers taking heiress brides. Ozario restricts to commissioned officers, others less particular.
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San Francisco
Pines
Cavite Ozerio
Cavite
Ozario
Philippines
Islands
Louis J. van Schaick
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