Market dull but steady on Nov. Triday trading
The market was dull yet held well on Triday evening November 1. Coal stocks led gains with Pennsylvania stock rising on extra dividend news, while St. Paul and Union Pacific weakened. The Pennsylvania Railroad declared a 2 1/2 percent semi annual dividend with an extra 1 percent. Rutland Railroad preferred fell sharply on a treasury stock subscription plan. Copper and mining updates cover Wisiss, Bigelow mining firms, and Copper Range activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vanderbilt
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
Dulness
Baltimore & Ohio
Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Lake Erie & Western
Ennis & Stoppani
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rutland Railroad Preferred
Boston
Treasury
IOANS
CIS
Iveeweys
W. A. S. Chrimes
Tamarack, Osceola
Bigelow
Wolverine
A. N. Brady
Fiugh J. Grant
Montana
Boston & Montana
Glucose Sugar Refining Company
Northern Union Pacific
Copper Range Railroad
Mass
Hancock Swelter
Pinkham
Victorian Mining Ex-dividend and ex-coupon note
The report lists mining shares and bonds with ex-dividend and ex-coupon statuses. It shows total sales for listed bonds at 10,180 and stocks at 11,540 shares, with unlisted bonds at 11,090 dollars and 5,878 shares noted.
Market Ended With Mixed Prices in Boston
Boston November 1. The report lists today’s highest and lowest sales and the closing bid and asked prices. Details show varied activity across securities with no single dominant mover shaping the session.
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Boston
Firemen Made Lieutenants In City Fire Department
The civil service lists were returned by Commissioner Henry S. Russell and two men, Patrick F. Goggin and J. F. Mitchell, were promoted to lieutenants from the pool of 18. Goggin succeeds Lieutenant Hanes, who died about three weeks ago, while Mitchell is slated for the new combination assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commissioners
Henrys. Russel
Patrick F. Goggin
J. F. Mitchell
Goggin
Hanes
Mitchell
Ladder Truck Ready for Commission at Neponset
A ladder truck will be put into commission at Neponset within the next few days with a competent crew of privates.
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Neponset
Captain Neitzke Acquitted In Gazelle Subordination Case
Berlin November 1 Captain Neitzke of the German cruiser Gazelle who was tried for not reporting insubordination during maneuvers at Dantzle has been acquitted.
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Berlin
Neitzke
Gazelle
Dantzle
Fires sweep Sanborn yard and multiple U.S. incidents reported
Telegraph dispatches from New Hampshire New York Wisconsin Pennsylvania and other states on November 1 describe a blaze destroying several buildings at the Sanborn yard in East Kingston New Hampshire. Other items report a death sentence reprieve for Fred Krist in New York, a stabbing and self harm in Wisconsin, multiple homicides and suicides in Pennsylvania and Virginia, a football accident at West Point, a judge dying in Richmond, an execution in Georgia, a sawmill accident in Michigan, a poisoning error in Rhode Island and a shooting in Newport News Virginia.
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Pxetor
N. H
Sanborn Yard
East Kingston
Newburg
N. Y
Odell
Fred Krist
Waverly
Ego County
Krist
Auburn
Milwauker
Wis
William Raash
Raash
Reading
Penn
Welter Snyder
Minnie Khsteller
Snyder
West Point
T FE. Monroe
Cavalry
Browis
Massachusett Richmond
Jud Paul
United States
Weathct
Virginia
Burg
Cartersville
Detroit
Mich
St. Joseph
Wagener
New Buffalo
Woonsocket
R. L
H Arnold
Newport News
Ianny
Louis Maffao
John
Haigh Masonic Plate Sale Yields High Prices
The Haigh Masonic collection sale concluded with strong prices for old blue plates Masonic jugs and Washington pitchers. Top item a Washington pitcher 12 inches high sold for 60 dollars with a medallion portrait. Other notable pieces include Boston State House platter 55 dollars and Harvard College pieces 28 dollars. Multiple plates and pitchers ranged from 8 to 46 dollars with various city and state views cited.
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Washington
Nath Gunnison
Alice Morse Earle
America
Boston State House
Beacon Street
Hancock House
Harvard College
Harvard Hall
Hollis
Stoughton
Holworthy
New York State
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
State House
Boston
City Hall
New York
Knights Templars
Mt. Vernon
Nahant
Fair Mount
Philadelphia
General Lafayette
Castle Garden
Merchants’ Exchange
Table Rock
Niagara
Lafayette
Union Line
Hudson River
Pittsfield Elm
Winter View
Gilpin’s Mills
Brandywine Creek
Wolfe Pitcher
Wolfe
Commodore Preble Pitcher
Preble
Tripoli
Commodore Perry
George Walker
Sale of old crockery draws eager buyers and ladies
An auction scene showcases a distinguished group of buyers purchasing old crockery and china during the week. Many ladies participate, and at the close, collectors carefully carry away their chosen pieces, signaling strong demand for the vintage items.
Car Shortage Retards Trade Across the Nation
R G Dun reports freight and transport limits slow overall business while prices rise. Footwear makers hike prices to cover costs but orders stay light. Eastern mills delay fall work awaiting more contracts as woollen and cotton goods stay firm. Bradstreet notes car shortages worsen but signals broad activity, weekly failures total 172, with historical comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Bradstreet
Boston
Krugers Advice Sought On British Executions
Amsterdam nov 11 Boer deputation summoned Leyds and Van Boeschoten by telegraph from Brussels to discuss messages from Boer leaders in the field. Burghers threaten reprisals if British executions continue while South African authorities say reprisals would be bad policy. Meeting urged Kruger to advise compliance and to use an open letter to publicize the issue. Dr Leyds has gone to Hilversum to present the matter to Mr Kruger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Messrs. Leyds
van Boeschoten
Brussels
South Africa
Kruger
Dr. Leyds
Hilversum
Skeleton Found in Quincy Woods Near Randolph Avenue
In Quincy on November 1, workers from a telephone company discovered a skeletal remains in the woods near Randolph avenue. The body wore heavy winter clothing with gloves and a right hand revolver. It is believed to have lay there about a year. Police checked for a missing local man but none was found. A Brockton drover named Taylor has been reported missing since last winter and will be investigated.
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Quincy
Randolph Avenue
Taylor
Brockton
Opposition blocks move of Boston Nursery for Blind Babies
Miss Bertha M. Snow, superintendent, denounces Mt. Vernon street opposition led by Mr. Davidson and Mr. Smith as a contemptible obstruction to relocating the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies from 3028 Washington Street to a larger West Roxbury site on Mt. Vernon Street. The Board of Health condemned the Washington Street home for plumbing and inadequate space. a two-year lease was arranged with Dennis Cronin, but last-minute protests stalled the transfer. The nursery, funded by Boston citizens, cares for gentle blind babies with six more awaiting space. neighbors have shown no objections in the current location according to matron Mrs. C. M. Tregear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha M. Snow
Boston
Mt. Vernon Street
West Roxbury
Washington Street
Smith
Board of Health
Dennis Cronin
Horace G. Allen
Nursery Board
Allen
Miss Snow
Mr. Allen
Mt. Vernon
Cronin
Davidson
Haward A. Horton
Mr. Converse
Malden
Edwin D. Mellen
William W. Davis
C. M. Tregear
Swan Pleads Guilty in 280-Count Arlington Case
Roland A. Swan once Arlington town clerk assistant pleaded guilty to all 280 larceny counts in the indictment. The court dispensed with reading the counts and Swan was remanded to jail with sentencing deferred, likely until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland A. Swan
Arlington
East Cambridge
Ambrose
Swan
Girl Had Cold Hands
John Sobesky, 31 Cooper Street, returned from farms near Winchester with a cash roll of 300 to 100 dollars. He spent it after drinks with Maggie Fallon in a downtown hotel, then awoke to find both girl and money gone. Officers Wright and Augusta of Station 5 pursued her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sobesky
Cooper Street
Winchester
Maggie Fallon
Wright
Augusta
Station 5
Margaret
Wagner Rehearsal Draws City Crowd at Symphony Hall
A large crowd gathered at Symphony Hall for a Wagner rehearsal with debutantes on the steps and bonbons in hand. Men and women waited patiently as doors opened, enjoying an excellent program featuring selections from Tannhauser Die Meistersinger and Die Gotterdaemmerung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony
Symphony Hall
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Victorian Mining
St Ry
Ayse Wyandot Mining
Ise
Boston Stock Sales
Am Bell Tel
C&s
B& QD
Domin Coal
S& M
NE Gas & Coke Ss
Vt & Mass
An Amalgamated
Am Ag Chemical
Am Sugar
Ain Tel & Tel
Am Woollen
Arcadian Mining
Atlantic Mining
Balti Mining Coeae
Bingham Con M
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Cal & Hecla
Centennial Mining
Com & M
Tom Iron & Steel
Boston Land
Us Elm River Mining
Ie Te & Tel
Mohawk Mining
Mont C & C Min
NE Gas & Coke
EF Tel & Tel
Ewe NH &H
I Old Colony RR Seer
Old Dam Mining
Osceola Mining
Verve Marquette
Phenix Mining
Pullman Co Eee
Quincey Mining
Rutland
Santa Fe Mining
Seattle
Elec
Trinity Mining
United Shoes Sence
Utah
Ayatomie Plains
Isaac van Horn& Co
Congress
State Sts
H.W. Pattee & CO
State Street
Miarketter
Standard Ba
Corbett’s. Herald Stoe’s
Wilson W. Fay & CO
State St
NEW York Stock Sales Railroads
Atchison
Chi Ter & Trans
C & St Louis
Tees
Colorado Southern
Delaware & Hudson, Ae
L& W
Denver
Rilo Grande
Erie
Great Northern
Hocking Valley
Illinois
Town Central
Louiisville & Nashville
WOO
Manhattan L
Metropolitan St Ry
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
St Louis
San Fran
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wisconsin
Weils Fargo
ROM
Am Car & Foundry
Am Smelting & Ref
Tles
Opt Anaconda Mining Co
Eit
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Eevee
Consolidated Gas
Con Tobacco
General Electric
International Paper Ee
International Power
Pullman Pal
Republic Stee
Tennessee Coal
US Steel
Western Unio
Patrick
IF. Guggin
News of the World
CABLE
Telegraph
Haigh Masonic Plate
Haigh Masonic
Boston Common
Boston City Hall
R. G. Dun & Co
Quincy Woods
Summer St
Regal Corner
Regal
Atlantic
Pacific
Partridge
Florence
David
Senate
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