Copper strength boosts miners as rail shares slip
Wall Street turned lower after six sessions of decline with copper stocks leading gains among miners. Calumet and Hecla hiked its dividend to 15 cents, signaling copper demand steadiness as Amalgamated and Copper Range rose on a firming market.
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State Street
Calumet & Hecla
New York
Amalgamated
Allouez
Mohawk
Tamarack
Parrot
Bingham
Mass
Santa Fe
Trinity
Utah
Wolverine
Heinze
American Telephone
Massachusetts Electric Preferred
Ba8
United States Oil
United Fruit
Dominion Securities
Iran
Boston Mining and Stock Exchange
Bay State
Rotary Ring
Jupiter Steel
Heath
Boston Market Bonds Ex-Rights Texas Dividend
Total sales include 16 104 shares of listed stocks 8386 rights 62 500 bonds and 90 738 unlisted shares in a market report focusing on the Boston market and security movements.
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Cm&s P
Fk S & M
U P
Allouez
Amatiga
Tel & Tel Ee
Arch
Top & SF
Bingham Con M
Boston Elevated
Roston & Albany
Cal & Hecla
Centennial
Mereur
Cumber Tel & Tel
Daly-West
Dom Coal
Dom Ir & Steel
Edison el Ill
Ats Elm River
Fitchburg
Michigan
Mont & Bos
E Tel & Tel
NH &H
Ola Colony
Pullman Co
Quincy
Rhode Island
Santa Fe
Shannon
Tamarac
Trinity
Union Pacific
United Fruit
United Shoe Ma
US Coal & Oil
Utah
Vermont
Mass
Victoria
West End
Winona
Wolverine
Io Wa Wyandot
Jamaica Plain Fire Erupts at Brookside Avenue
Jamaica Plain firemen battled a two alarm blaze that started in a two story wooden building at 1138 Brookside Avenue. A passer-by raised the alarm at 11 53 p.m. and crews contained the fire with $1500 in damage. Cause unknown.
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Jamaica Plain
Brookside Avenue
Jamaica Plain Lumber Company
Cotton Record Broken Again on New York Exchange
On May 18 the cotton market saw wild activity with Liverpool leading, spot cotton rising about 22 points and futures up 36 to 20. New Orleans buyers spurred shorts to cover as May reached 11.68 cents and July 11.26 cents, later jumping to 11.05 cents before a midday decline.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
New Orleans Bull Clique
Ten Senators Sue to Silence Corruption Charges Seen Substantiated
Ten business men testifying before the Senate investigation deny corruption in the Legislature, backing Senator Foster. George J. Raymond alleges efforts to suppress evidence, with Raymond demanding the attorney general’s involvement and urging witnesses be summoned.
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Credit Men's Association
Senate Investigation Committee
Senator Foster
George J. Raymond
Foster
Raymond
Miss Brown
James J. Munroe
Witness
Credit Men’s Association
Messrs
Reed
Pike
Knowles
Church
Legislative Committee
Sullivan
Ainsley
Mexico
Soule, Apsey
Nye
Senate
Munroe
Payne calls upon officials to explain Tulloch charges
Washington May 18 Postmaster General Payne sent letters to the Treasury comptroller and the Post Office auditor asking for explanations on ex Cashier Tulloch's statements. He described charges against the auditor and comptroller as serious and promised investigations into improper acts, with focus on possible pay dirt and use of improper funds.
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Washington
Payne
Comptroller of the Treasury
Post Office Department
Tulleeh
Tulloch
Perry
Willett
Mr. Bristow
Mr. Tulloch
Rights to passageway at Hotel Cecil and Park Theatre in limbo
The Supreme Court full bench will not decide the right of way between Hotel Cecil and the Park Theatre before autumn, possibly November. William A. Miller claims exclusive control under a lease from Lotta M. Crabree and will pause further action pending the court’s ruling. Theatre managers contemplate major renovations but will delay while the legal status remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Supreme Court
Hotel Cecil
Park Theatre
William A. Miller
Lotta M. Crabree
Emerson Hall of Philosophy at Harvard Secured Funds
Professor Hugo Munsterburg announced in Cambridge last night that $150000 needed for the Emerson Hall of Philosophy had been secured. The erection of the edifice now seems assured, contingent on completing the work before Emerson's birthday.
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Emerson Hall OF Philosophy
Harvard
Hugo Munsterburg
Emerson
Cambridge
Emmerson
Somerville Man Named Webster Dudley School Superintendent
Ernest W Robinson of Somerville has been elected superintendent of Webster and Dudley schools from 88 candidates. He will earn 1800 dollars annually and begin duties August 1. The appointment was announced by a Webster Telegram special.
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Worcester
Webster
Iirnest W Robinson
Somerville
Webster and Dudley
Massive granite columns head to New York cathedral project
Captain Alfred Sorensen wins contract at Lewis Wharf to deliver eight granite columns weighing 120 tons each in four pieces from Vinal Haven Maine. The $20,000,400 project will begin around June 1 and take three to four months aboard the wrecking lighter Franklin and tug Clara Clarita.
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Alfred Sorensen
Lewis Wharf
New York
Episcopal Cathedral
Grant
Franklin
Clara Clarita
Vinal Haven
Maine
Ross
T Wharf
President Roads
Catharine
EljJen
Gloucester
Annie
Jennie
Frances Whalen
Henrietta G. Martin
Allen H. Jones
Angie B. Watson
Sylvie M. Nunan
Rose Cabral
Frank Foster
I. J. Merritt
Haddock
Pacific
Newport
R. I
Calacutta
Colombo
Dobbs
Boston & Maine
Boston
Swazi
Bucknall
Lascars
Stokehold and Engineer’s Department
William M. Forest
Mr. Forest
Far East
Theall
Charles L. Jeffrey
Captain Theall
Ruth Robinson
Chelsea
John Fawcett
Portland
Bosnia
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Of Arrivals And Exports
Shipping notices list arrivals of steamers Swazi Dobbs Calcutta Colombo and many others to A C Lombard s Sons Florence Williams Rotterdam Eidvfeld Beren Stein Louisburg C B Charles F Mayer McLeod Baltimore for Portsmouth N H with barges and tugs. Cleared vessels include Turbin Gibara Eidsvold Louisburg Dorchester and more with multiple barges and tugs. several ships sail from Portland and New York to London Sydney St Johns and Rockland.
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Dobbs
Calcutta
Colombo
A. C Lombard's Sons
Florence
Williams
Rotterdam
Eidvfeld
Berenstein
Louisburg
C. B
Charles F. Mayer
McLeod
Baltimore
Portsmouth
N. H
C. C. Co
Reading
Wadman
Philadelphia
Marion
S. O. Co
Meyeldrick
Bayonne
N. J
Tamaqua
Hatch
Shawmont
Preston
Phenix
Lynn
Piedmont
Sundberg
Lykens
Lloyd
Grard
Merriam
Abbie G. Cole
Machias
Cole
Mayaguez
P. R
Mt. Hope
Green
Wilmington
N. C
Helen G. Moseley
Gray
Susan N. Pickering
Haskell
Fernandina
Thelma
Spofford
Alice J. Crabtree
Perkins
Addah
Mary F. Parrett
Sargent
Oliver S. Barrett
Campbell
Cto
R. D. Spear
Richardson
Perth Amboy
Annie L. Henderson
Mundy
Port Reading
Lucy E. Friend
Chatfield
New York
William P. Hood
Smith
Charles H. Klineck
Mehaffey
Metropolis
Portland
Turbin
Gibara
Cuba
Eidsvold
Dorchester
Norfolk
Seminole
Jacksonville
Charleston
S. C
Chattahoochee
Annie M. Allen
Hillsboro
N. B
London
Britannic
Sydney
H. BF
Dimock
State of
Cienfuegos
Rockland
Rutherford
Salem
East
Lorberry
Spartan
Brookside
Newburyport
Corbin
Bangor
Leader
Estie . C
Gloucester
Joshua Lovett
Grace
Scranton
John B. Manning
President Roads
Charles L. Jeffey
Ruth Robinson
Aldermen Delay Actions Amid Absences and Speed Limit Edict
Absence of Aldermen Yo masney and Stewart kept the board from acting on loan orders. The trolley speed ordinance was amended to 10 mph downtown and 12 mph in outlying districts. Alderman Nolan’s order to file the East Boston grade crossing plan with the Superior Court was passed, directing the mayor to seek necessary steps.
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Yomasney
Stewart
Board of Aldermen
Nolan
East Boston
Superior Court
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