Coppers Rally as Treasury Buys Bonds and Copper Stocks Jump
The market shows a buoyant tone after the Treasury announced a $25 million purchase of government bonds, sparking demand for copper shares. Amalgamated Copper led gains while Arcadian and Isle Royale rose. centennial stock surged, signaling a predicted copper boom with analysts optimistic on earnings and dividends in the near term.
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Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Boston
London
Sub-Treasury
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Morgans
Treasury
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Montana
Butte
Arcadianh
Parrot
Utah
Isle Royale
Calumet & Hecla
Cochiti
Rock Island Railroad Company
Standard Oil
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Butte & Boston
Osceola
Centennial
Arcadian
Mass
Elm River
Victoria
Washington
Danvers
State Street
Isle Royal
Amalgamated Copper
Boston News Bureau
Amalgamated Copper Company
Washoe
East Boston Company
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Boston & Maine
Messrs
Lewissohn
Representir O
Copper market notes and Red Cross train tale in Natal
Financial items show copper supplies and stock movement with prices and company actions. In Natal, an armored train carrying Durban and Dublin troops faced Boer fire near Estcourt, with several men wounded and Lt Churchill praised for bravery as efforts to aid casualties continued under difficult conditions.
Escaped Convict Seen At Mystic Wharf Cape Cod
Cape Cod police search for Marshall N Benson the escaped Barnstable County jail inmate who may have sailed on the steamship Peruvian from Mystic wharf bound for Glasgow. Artist Fimil Hesse reported a man resembling Benson to investigators who denied knowledge of the sighting. Local officers warn of possible Cape Cod routes and monitor ships and vessels from the south shore.
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Marshall N. Benson
Mystic Wharf
Hesse
Cape Cod
Benson
Bass River Bay
Hyannis
Cape
Cheaperade
Sncoeng
Two Jurors Chosen in Molineux Poison Case NY
New York November 16 two of the twelve jurors for Roland B Molineux trial on the death by poison of Katherine J Adams have been seated. Mathias L B Martin retired stock broker and William G Post confectioner were named. Seven of twelve jurors were excused for capital punishment scruples, three for language or knowledge, one for circumstantial evidence conscience, one because of police duties. Trial resumes tomorrow.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Mathias L. B. Martin
The
Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
William G. Post
Martin
Revere Beach Railroad Holds Annual Meeting
The Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad held its annual meeting at the Boston Terminal station. Treasurer’s report shows net earnings of 65 314 48 on capital 850 000. Henry R Reed presided and the old board of directors was re elected: Joseph B Ricker Henry R Reed Amos F Breed Elijah B Stoddard Henry F aan Melvin O Adams John A Enno.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Boston Terminal
Henry R. Reed
Joseph 8. Ricker
Amos F. Breed
Elijah B. Stoddard
Henry F. Aan
Melvin O. Adams
John A.enno
Musgrave Trial Proceedings Continue as Pratt Testifies
Linwood Pratt recounts statements to officers claiming he was upstairs when the incident occurred and that his wife fell on the knife. He denies telling police he was in the same room or by the table at the time, as testimony continues.
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Musgrave
Rasnslandter
Linwood Pratt
Hga
Ain
Prominent Hotel Man Files Bankruptcy Petition
Henry E. Crans of Highland Falls New York filed a bankruptcy petition in New York City stating a partition action and listing claims tied to the Crenswell Hotel and the West Point area.
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New York
Henry E. Cranson
Highland Falls
N. Y
West Point
British Disaster in Boer War Ambush Continues Losses
The British learned a painful lesson as they walked into a deliberate trap. The Fusiliers report fifty killed or missing and the Durban Infantry forty. Most were taken prisoner by the Boers while some wounded were brought back by a locomotive and tender from an armored train.
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Paget
Fusiliers
Durban
Boers Press Advance Near Estcourt Natal
Boers draw nearer to Estcourt with several commandos seen south of the Tugela. About 600 Boers seized Cheveley station and blew the railroad before withdrawing from a British force. Ladysmith defenses are being strengthened as the Boers face supply issues and renamed Dundee Meyersdorp.
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Estcourt
Natal
Tugela
Keyser
Ladysmith
Cheveley Station
Be Ing’s
Royal Rifles and Mounted Infantry
London
Colenso
Cheveley
Schalkburger
Zululand
Moor River
Newcastle
Dundee
Reports on General Joubert Death Discredited
London November 16 reports of General Joubert death are not believed here. The war office says there is no confirmation and the rumor has no solid foundation.
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London
Joubert
War Office
Pretoria Volkstein Reports Blake Wounded in Durban
The Pretoria Volkstein announces that Blake, the American colonel of the Irish Boer Brigade, was wounded in Durban on November 15. Specific details about the incident remain sparse, but the report confirms his status and involvement with the brigade.
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Durban
Pretoria
Volkstein
Blake
Blake of Arkansas Known as Give-a-Damn Blake in Boer War
John Filmore Blake a former U S Cavalry lieutenant and West Point graduate from Arkansas joined the Boers in the Transvaal during the war. Described as a daring cowboy type and nicknamed Give-a-Damn Blake, he and Vander, commandant of the Johannesburg police, are not wounded.
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Vander
Johannesburg
Blake
John Filmore Blake
Sixth
United States Cavalry
West Point
Arkansas
Transvaal
Native reports big fight at Ladysmith
A missionary arriving from Ladysmith says Boers suffered a crushing defeat near the town on Friday November 10 as volunteers drew them into a trap and regular troops under Sir George White outflanked them. He notes more than 2000 Boer burials and two trains carrying the wounded.
Harvey Becomes Harper Head as North American Editor Remains
J Henry Harper announced Colonel George B M Harvey was elected president and managing director of Harper Bros with John W Harper moving to first vice president and J Henry Harper remaining as second vice president. Harvey will continue editing the North American Review and purchased about 1 million dollars in stock at 160 a share, with a consolidated plan abandoned.
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New York
J. Henry Harper
Harper & Bros
George B. M. Harvey
The
North American Review
Harper Bros
Colonel Harvey
I loWws
G. B. M. Harvey
John W. Harper
Clarence W. McIlvaine
James Thorne Harper
Henry 8
Harper
Harvey
Doubleday & McClure
Couple Arrested in Cambridge Bicycle Theft Case
Inspector Cleary and Patrolman Gordon arrested Sutton C Belmont and his wife Catherine of 373 Common Ave Cambridge on larceny charges for a bicycle stolen from John H Walker of 849 Columbus Ave. Police found valuables including diamond jewelry in their room after a search. Belmont claimed Cuban heritage. his wife said she was American from Pennsylvania.
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Inspector Cleary
Headquarters
Gordon
Cambridge
Sutton C. Belmont
Catherine
Common Avenue
John H. Walker
Columbus Avenue
Belmont
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Mr. Walker
Chieatts
Cambri
Murder on the J. B. Van Dusen Vexes Bay of Fundy Jury
An inquest in St John New Brunswick finds Captain George E. Baisley killed at sea near Split Rock Light Musquash Head Bay of Fundy. The jury holds seaman Elmer Maxwell personally responsible for murder with a knife. Trial location pending for Maxwell at the first American port touched by the Van Dusen.
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ST. John
N. B
J. B. van Dusen
Bay of Fundy
Maxwell
Baisley
New York
van Dusen
Sherrard
Doherty
McPartland
George E. Baisley
Split Rock Light
Musquash Head
Elmer Maxwell
Dog Leads Search to Man Found Dead in Dorchester Pool
A petted dog drew a search party to a pool near Dorchester avenue and Day street where James McDonald aged 53 was found dead in his night robe. Family says he had been mildly insane recently and had wandered from home before disappearing. The body was sent to the medical examiner for cause of death.
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James McDonald
Dorchester Avenue
Day Street
Mr. McDonald
Schooner Tacoma Wrecked Near Fortune Island
The Tacoma sailed from Guantanamo Oct 18 for New York with mahogany and cedar. A gale drove her ashore on Fortune Island Oct 29. the crew saved some cargo but the vessel is a total loss. Six distressed crew members were rescued by the Olinda, which arrived from Cuban ports with other passengers.
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New York
Olinda
Tacoma
McKetchie
Fortune
Guantanamo
Fortune Island
Sulzer Backed for Democratic House Leadership in New York Banquet
The New York State Democratic congressional delegation met at the Democratic Club banquet with all members present except Scudder McLellan and Bradley. A resolution unanimously endorsed William Sulzer for Democratic leadership of the House. Daly of New Jersey pledged his state's two Representatives to Sulzer's candidacy.
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New York
New York State
Democratic Club
Scudder, McLellan
Bradley
William Sulzer
House of Representatives
Daly
New Jersey
Sulzer
New Agen Club Holds Flourishing Annual Meeting
The New Agen Club met at the club house on Commonwealth Avenue with a large attendance. General Charles H. Taylor presided and Joseph H. Goodspeed was elected secretary pro tem. Officers elected included Taylor as president, Thayer and Rice as vice-presidents, Rollins secretary, Loring treasurer, and an executive committee with three-year terms.
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New Ageneen Club
Charles H. Taylor
Joseph H. Goodspeed
Nathaniel Thayer Nehemiah
Rice
Washington B. Thomas
Lucius Tuttle
Johnson Little
Josiah H. Benton, Jr
Charles H. Rollins
David Loring
E. V. R. Ter
Horace Wadleign
N. W. Jordan
Hugh Cochrane
James P. Stearns
Solomon P. Stratton
Rge FE
WW. H. Sherman
J. Nelson Parker
George E. Barnard
Mos Cotting
Henry M.nowles
Jeremiah Williams
Phineas W. Sprague
Derelict schooner towed into Bermuda by Crescent
The American schooner William E Downs, abandoned near Bermuda on November 3, was towed into Bermuda port today by the British cruiser Crescent after drifting in heavy seas. The crew reached Savannah on October 26 and New Haven on November 9.
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Bermuda
William E.downs
Crescent
William E. Downs
Savannah
Uct
New Haven
Santiago Chile Chamber Adopts Sonnets on United States
Fragmented OCR notes show a Chilean chamber adopting sonnets about the United States. No clear date or speaker is readable. remaining text references adoption and ties, likely a literary or cultural item.
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Santiago DE Chili Es
President McKinley Hosts Methodist Bishops in Washington
President and Mrs. McKinley entertained visiting Methodist bishops and clergymen at the White House. Cabinet members, families, and numerous military officers attended. Notables included General Corbin, Mrs. Corbin, Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Dewey, Admiral Crowninshield, Philippine Commissioner Denby, and Justice Harlan.
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Washington
McKinley
Kite House
Army
Navy
Corbin
Panera
Wilson
Dewey
Crowninshield
Denby
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Fifty Killed in Armenia Conflict Report
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports a clash between Armenians and Kurds in the Vilayet of Erseroum Armenia. Fifty people are said to have been killed in the fighting, with details described as a heated exchange and casualties.
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The
Frankfurter Zaitung
Belck
Heae
Erseroum
Armenia
Boston Girl Describes Cure With Dr Williams Pink Pills
Miss K A Dunbar of Massachusetts Avenue Boston tests the tonic claims of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She suffered pallor loss of appetite headaches and fatigue but reports quick improvement after taking six boxes and no relapse.
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Boston
Dr. Williams
Anne
Astor among the directors in Telephone Telegraph and Cable bid
John Jacob Astor sits among directors at a preliminary meeting of the Telephone Telegraph and Cable Company of America as it prepares to place over 9.7 million dollars of stock on the market. The company, rival to Bell, claims options on most East rivals and lists Knickerbocker as controlled in New York City.
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New York
Telephone, Telegraph & Cable Company of America
John Jacob Astor
Latta
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company
Bell Telephone Company
Thomas Dolan
William L. Elkins
Charlies R. Flint
Francis M. Jenks
W. H. Gelshenen
Martin Maloney
Emerson McMillin
Frank Telford
P. A. B. Widener
Charles E. Adams
Oakes Ames
J. T. Holbrook
Boston
W. H. Crocker
San Francisco
Bell Company
Knickerbocker Telephone Company
W. H. Eckert
People’s Telephone Company
Darwin R. James
Eben Jordan and Thomas Lawson Excel at New York Horse Show
At Madison Square Garden on November 16 Eben D. Jordan and Thomas W. Lawson dominated classes amid top national entries. Jordan’s Living stone II won hackney brood mares, while Prince Compton defeated rivals in stallion and harness divisions, as Lawson’s Glorious Bonnie earned prizes in ponies and roadster pair events.
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New York
Eben D. Jordan
Thomas W. Lawson
Borton
Madison Square Garden
Hackney Brood Mares, 14 Hands and Under 15. Mr. Stevens
Sutton Lily
Pharma II
Livingstone II
E. D. Jordan
Plymouth Hackney Stud
F. G. Bourne
Glendale
Miss Glenn
Phalma II
Mr. Jordan
Prince Compton
Donegal
Chesterbrook
Cadet
A. J. Cassatt
Dr. Parke
Glendower
Glendower Stock Farm
Glorious Bonnie
Laird
James G. Marshall
Ework
Alert
E. G
Boston
Lawrence Kip
Seco
Griegance
Br. m
Br. G
Glorious Douglass
Glosrious Oath
B. G
Lee BM
A Moston
Lee Doy
Dicate
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