Coal price drop sparks rush of orders in Boston market
A fall to 39 dollars a ton for hard coal triggers a brisk buying wave in Boston as 417 tons of anthracite arrive from Scranton. Metropolitan Coal Company flags the event with the American banner, while clerks in retail offices rush to explain the new market and fill eager customer orders amid uncertain trade outlook.
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Boston
Metropolitan Coal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Scranton
Coal Imports Hit 26115 Tons at Harbor Opening Day
The port received a total of 26115 tons of foreign and domestic coal in steam and sailing ships with foreigners handling the larger share. Notable entries include Lake Michigan with 500 tons from Cardiff on its first port visit, Llanthony Abbey with 2606 from Barry, Oscar II with 3600 from Louisburg, and Albani 499 from Campbellton. The American fleet contributed 10919 tons including ships from Philadelphia New port News New York and St George Island.
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Lake Michigan
Cardiff
Llanthony Abbey
Barry
Oscar IL
Louisburg
C. B
Albani
Campbellton
Maine Dealers Act Fairfield Meeting Aims to Limit Out-of-State Coal Orders
Retail coal and wood dealers from across Maine gathered in Fairfield on November 7 to craft protective measures for their businesses. The purpose was to curb the practice of customers banding together to buy coal in car lots from out-of-state wholesalers and thus control local retail trade.
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Fairfield
Private Wadsworth Arrested for Fatal Shenandoah Shooting
Private Arthur Wadsworth of the Eighteenth Regiment, who shot and killed William Durham during strike duty in Shenandoah, is arrested by Constable William Shorall. A writ of habeas corpus was granted, rehearing ordered for January in Philadelphia, and bail set at $600.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Arthur Wadsworth
Eighteenth
William Durham
Shenandoah
William Shorall
Schuylkill County
Durham
State Supreme Court
Fleitz
Wadsworth
Philadelphia
Individual Operators Agree to Accept Coal Commission Decision
About 70 operators in the Lackawanna and Wyoming coal regions have agreed to become parties before the anthracite strike commission and abide by its findings. Colonel Carroll D. Wright and General John M. Wilson met with the President, who was pleased, and notified Judge Gray, the chairman. The commissioners outlined their work to date.
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Washington
Lackawatina
Wyoming
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Carroll D. Wright
John M. Wilson
Gray
Roosevelt
Paris Chamber Sets 33 Member Coal Miners Inquiry
The Chamber of Deputies debated a Rouanet resolution to appoint a 33 member commission to investigate coal miner conditions and advise on preventing economic conflicts. Premier Combes indicated no government objection and the measure passed 67 to 128.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Rouanet
Combes
Bribery case in Woburn Council continues with defaults
The Woburn investigation into city officials Graney Lynch Wood and Cummings Remington proceeds as the committee defaults Graney and Cummings for failing to appear. Testimony shows bonds with railroad interests and votes favoring franchise measures, with further hearings set for next Monday.
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Woburn
Graney
Lynch
Wood
Charles F. Remington
C. S. Cummings
Messrs. Cummings
Remington
Publi
Philip J. Doherty
Brady
James FF. Sweeney
Cummings
Doherty
Alderman Brackett
John P. Feeney
Sweeney
Supreme Court
Feeney
Alderman Wood
Boston
Northern Railroad
Mr. Doherty
Charles F. Remmington
State Street
Alderman Graney
Bristol County Railroad Company
Brady and Holland
Bustard
Lowell
Mr. Sweeney
Mayor Feeney
Holland
Mr. Feeney
Alderman Brady
Arrest of a mulatto in slugger case at Joy Street Station
The arrest of a carpenter about 88 years old, with a long black mustache, marks the chief feature of the slugger case. Police at Station 3 detained him last night after he offered to incite women to create a distraction. Investigations into his history and whereabouts will continue today as detectives seek to uncover crucial leads.
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Joy Street
Mason
Hungary's Emigration Bill Shifts Route to Fiume
Vienna Nov. 7 Hungarian government introduces in the Reichstag an emigration reform bill of sweeping scope. It empowers routing emigrants through the port of Fiume and blocks migration of men without military service, parents with young children, and those lacking funds or sponsored by foreign bodies. The measure may hit North Atlantic lines hard and Austria contemplates a similar Trieste route. The bill also allows banning emigration to certain countries and curbing artisans when deemed necessary.
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Vienna
Reichstag
Fiume
Hamburg
Bremen
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Austria
Hungary
Trieste
Smallpox Cases Reported Across New Hampshire Towns
Concord N H November 7 Dr Irving A Watson secretary of the State Board of Health says there are now 24 cases of smallpox in Nashua four in Hudson two in Manchester and one in Claremont The mildness of all the cases has made it difficult to stamp out the disease the existence of the disease not being discovered in many instances until the second week.
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Concord
N. H
Irving A. Watson
State Board of Health
Nashua
Hudson
Manchester
Claremont
Fishermen Raising Pay for Livers in Boston Change to $8 Per Barrel
Boston fishermen had earned $2 per barrel for livers while Gloucester workers received $3. A week ago the Fishermen's Union of the Atlantic pressed the issue and Agent Pilcher talked with the International Glue Company. The firm agreed to raise pay to $8 per barrel starting next Monday.
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Boston
Gloucester
Fishermen’s Union of the Atlantic
Pilcher
International Glue Company
Killed by another thief in Westbrook dispute
Portland dispatch reports at an adjourned coroner inquest William Thompson alias Billy Riley died at Westbrook on October 28 from bullet wounds inflicted by unknown assailants. Police theorize a pistol shot came from one of two men with whom Thompson robbed a general store and quarreled over spoils.
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Portland
William Thompson
Billy Riley
Westbrook
Thompson
Robbers Loot Hilton Home in Early Morning Break-In
In Hilton, New York, masked burglars entered Ezra Clint's house at 1 AM and beat him with an iron bar. A revolver was forced into his mouth as the intruders took about $100, prompting local authorities to investigate possible concealed cash.
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Hilton
N. Y
Rochester
Ezra Clint
Clint
Denman Thompson Illness Cancels Boston Theatre Show
Denman Thompson was unable to perform in The Old Homestead at the Boston Theatre last night due to acute indigestion. His doctor, Dr. Robert B. Dixon, said he would return for the matinee this afternoon.
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Denman Thompson
Boston
Robert B. Dixon
Ground broken for new Pennsylvania capitol
Ground was broken in Harrisburg for the new state capitol designed by architect Joseph M. Huston. The building is valued at $4,000,000 and is slated for completion in January 1906.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Penn
State Capitol
Joseph M. Huston
Notables on La Lorraine Arrives in New York
On the French line steamer La Lorraine arriving from Havre tonight were Count Raoul Chandon de Brialilles the French government representative to the New York Chamber of Commerce opening Jules Boeufve the French consul at Washington and Maurice Grau the opera manager.
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New York
Havre
Raoul Chandon de Brialilles
Texan cattle king and financier Robert D. Hunter dies at 69
Fort Worth obituary notes Robert D. Hunter, 69, a pioneer cattle king of Texas and Colorado and a prominent capitalist, died today in Fort Worth. His career spanned ranching, mining, and finance, with lasting influence on regional industry.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robert D. Hunter
Texas
Colorado
Smallpox Hits Hudson New Hampshire Town
Nashua Nov 7 four smallpox cases reported in Hudson New Hampshire marking the first outbreak in forty years. officials fear spread as authorities mobilize measures to prevent transmission and protect residents.
Charley O Rourke and Andy Watson Fight Ten Rounds
Providence Illinois November seventh report notes Charley O Rourke of Cambridge and Andy Watson of Boston boxed ten fast rounds in King Philip A C with no decision per agreement.
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Providence
R. IL
King Philip A. C
Charley O'Rourke
Cambridge
Andy Watson
Boston
Rural Free Delivery to Cost $24,000,000 a Year
The annual gross cost of a complete rural free delivery system nationwide will be about $24 million, with 40,000 carriers once expansion reaches 700,000 square miles. Extension requires 12,000 routes yearly, causing a projected postal deficit of $8 to $10 million for 2–3 years, then deficits shrink as revenue rises. Post office doctors to be abolished in cities under 500,000, saving about $10,000 annually.
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Washington
United States
Wynne
August W. Mathen
Rhode Island tobacco dealers form a union in Pawtucket
About 100 cigar and tobacco dealers in Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley organized a permanent union to combat a so called trust. The move is backed by local trades unions as dealers fear price cuts will harm quality and wages. Some unions have fined men who buy trust-made goods.
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Rhode Island
Pawtucket, R. L
Pawtucket
Blackstone Valley
Combine
Surprise 19th Birthday Party at Hotel Touraine
Miss Florence E Sawyer of Portland daughter of George A Sawyer a wholesale confectioner was surprised at a party at Hotel Touraine last evening by her uncle C E Hodgkins of Dorchester to celebrate her 19th birthday. Her father mother and sister attended.
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Florence E. Sawyer
Portland
George A. Sawyer
Hotel Touraine
C. E. Hodgkins
Florida Street
Dorchester
Miss Sawyer
College Equal Suffrage League Prizes Awarded
The College Equal Suffrage League announces prize awards for essays in favor of equal suffrage. First prize, $75, goes to Miss Belle B. Gilchrist of Mt. Holyoke College. second prize, $25, to Miss Esther W. Bates of Boston University.
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The
College Equal Suffrage League
Belle B. Gilchrist
Mt. Holyoke College
Esther W. Bates
Boston University
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