Market Narrow as Atchison Dividend Stirs Traders
A slow New York market Wednesday sees activity constrained by the Atchison 2 percent dividend and rumors of a further receivership. Heavy short covering in Brookyn Rapid Transit boosts one issue while Wabash and St Louis Southwestern stall. Guanajuato and Mayflower rise on mining hopes as rail stocks edge lower and bonds trade cautiously.
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New York
Atchison
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Annual
Shorts
Lake Erie & Western
Jim’ Keene
Bigelow
Erie Telephone System
Ennis & Stoppani
Boston
Mayflower
Guanajuato
McDonald
Westhe
Egming
Mexico
J. B.haggin
Hammond
Rothschilds
Santa Ysabel
Humboldt
P.O. Square
Old Dominion
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lawrence
Mass
Fitchburg
Lucius Tuttle
Samuel C. Lawrence
Medford
Richard Olney
A. W. Sulloway
Franklin
N. H
Joseph H. White
Brookline
Walter Hunnewell
Wellesley
Henry R. Reed
Lewis Cass Ledyard
H. M. Whitney
H. R. Dimock
William Whiting
Holyoke
Charles M. Pratt
Alex. Cochrane
Pinkham
Wall Street
Haicut & Freese
B’way
N. Y
State ST
Sumner St
Brattle St
Harvard Ag
Boston Stock Quotes Opened With Tight Trading
Boston on October 9 reported the day’s highest and lowest sales and the closing bid and asked prices. The list reflects market activity across major issues, with traders noting narrow ranges and subdued volatility during the session.
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Boston
River and Harbor Congress Adjourns Without Endorsement
The river and harbor congress finished its deliberations in Baltimore and adjourned. A resolution expressing confidence in President Roosevelt was declined and sent to a committee. A set of resolutions lamented Congress failures to fund river and harbor improvements, with a committee appointed to present the issue at the next session.
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Baltimore
Congress
Roosevelt
National Congress
Transylvania Stakes Attracts Starters In Lexington Trotting Derby
Transylvania stakes for $6000 to be run in Lexington tomorrow with top trotting talent. Onward Silver favored at $200 in the pool selling tonight. starters include Dolly Dilloy Dolly Bidwell Chain Shot Chestnut King Neva Simmons All Right Susie J Four. Four other races scheduled.
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Lexington
Boralma
Silver
Dolly Dilloy
Dolly Bidwell
Chain Shot
Chestnut King
Neva Simmons
All Right
Susie J
Dinners at Boston Hotels Highlight Local Groups
Clerks' Association of Police Municipal Courts of Massachusetts held a Social evening at Young's Hotel with about 25 members and officials as guests. Somerville Schoolmasters' Club met at Young's Hotel with about 20 members. New England Paper Box Manufacturers' Association hosted ladies night at Hotel Lenox with around 102 guests. Boston Tufts alumni dinner at Parker House with 35 attendees featured Dr George A Bates as speaker. Columbian Mystic Circle dined at Hotel Lenox with speakers A Moritt William L Crosby and John L Findley.
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Clerks’ Association of the Police Municipal Courts of
Massachusetts
Young's Hotel
H. W. James
Somerville Schoolmasters’ Club
Southworth
New England Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association
Lenox
W. P. Fletcher
Boston and
Tufts
Parker House
F. S. Fogg
George A. Bates
Columbian Mystic Circle
Hotel Lenox
William Lincoln Crosby
A. Moritt
John L. Findley
Six Day Walking Match Narrows Lead at Industrial Hall
Philadelphia report notes weary pedestrians dropping from the field during the six day walking match at Industrial Hall. A veteran walker maintains a slim lead as the race continues.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Industrial Hall
Rockefeller Bride Weds Son of Standard Oil Boss at Warwick Neck
John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Green Aldrich wed at the Aldrich summer home Warwick Neck Rhode Island in a ceremony attended by legislators and financiers. The bride wore ivory duchesse satin with lace and orange blossoms. guests included prominent figures from Providence Boston New York Washington and Cleveland. The reception and breakfast followed in a near two-room display of gifts likely valued over a half million dollars. The couple departed for a lengthy wedding tour afterward.
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Providence
R. I
United States
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Abby Green Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich
Warwick Neck
Rhee Island
Newport
Sroom
Standard Oil Company
Bay
Aldrich
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Aldrich Mansion
Tea House
Thomas B. Reed
Elsie Aldrich
James G. Vose
Beneficent Congregational Church
Everett Colby
Rockefeller
Messrs
Stuart Morgan Aldrich
William Truman Aldrich
Richard Steere Aldrich
Lefferts M. Dashiell
Lauriston H. Hazard
Theodore F. Greene
William L. Mauran
J. Halsey de Wolfe
Russell House
Schley court testimony cites mental excitement claim
In the Schley naval court of inquiry, three new witnesses testified including Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor and Lt. Cmdr. Templin Potts. Potts said Schley showed signs of extreme mental excitement during the Colon bombardment while detailing conversations aboard the Massachusetts. He noted Schley planned to fire deliberately and move toward the Colon with the Iowa.
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Washington
Schley Naval Court of Inquiry
Mark L. Bristol
Henry C. Taylor
Indiana
Spain
Templin M. Potts
Massachusetts
Edward F. Leiper
New Orleans
Admiral Taylor
Santiago
Brooklyn
Potts
Colon
Advocate Lemley
Commodore Schley
Schley
Higginson
Lemly
Mr. Rayner
Fell 11 Stories to Death in New York Hotel
Melvin A. Heilbrun, dealer in ladies furnishings, 18 Tremont street, fell from an eleventh story window at Herald Square hotel in New York and died instantly. He was connected with Filene firms and lived with a widow and daughter in Brookline. Lincoln Filene traveled to New York to assist, Heilbrun born in Philadelphia, about 38, leaves a widow and Edna Heilbrun. Lexington votes to build new high school costing 57500.
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Melvin A. Heilbrun
Tremont Street
Herald Square
York
Heilbrun
George T. Laumiers
Edward A. Filené
William Filene & Sons
Connes & Co
A. Lincoln Filene
New York
Decased
Philadelphia
Edna Heilbrun
Beech Street
Brookline
Boston Food Fair Draws Crowds
Business was brisk at the Boston Food Fair as hundreds of women queued before 10 to be among the first 1000 admitted for a giveaway. Excursionists from New London Stonington Newport Tiverton and Cape Cod joined a large crowd. the program featured Collins's First Regiment Band Bowen R Church cornet soloist R H Deuel trombone soloist a duet by H J Harding and Franz Hain and lectures by Nellie Dot Ranche on Luncheon Tables and Bread and Rolls. A Day in the Alps drew thousands.
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Boston
New London
Stonington
Newport
Tiverton
Cape Cod
Ceeereay
Collins
First Regiment
Bowen R. Church
R. H. Deuel
Messrs
H. J. Harding
Franz Hain
Perkins School Needs Room As Overcrowding Grows
The Perkins Institution in South Boston held its annual meeting with General Francis H. Appleton presiding. Officers were elected including President Appleton and Secretary Anagnos. Anagnos warned that increasing enrollment among blind children has outgrown available space, with the Jamaica Plain Kindergarten for the Blind over crowded and dozens denied instruction.
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Corporation of the Perkins Institution For the Blind
South
Boston
Francis H. Appleton
Amory A. Lawrence
Edward Jackson
Michael Anagnos
William Endicott
Charles P. Gardiner
Joseph B. Glover
Henry Marion Howe
J. Theodore Heard
George H. Richards
Richard M. Saltonstall
S. Lothr
War Likely in Afghanistan
Despatch from St. Petersburg to the Daily Mail reports a likely Afghan civil war driven by Mohammed Umar Khan’s claim to the throne with Russia backing him. Telegrams instruct large Russian reinforcements toward the frontier to seize Herat if needed.
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London
Afghanistan
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Ameer
Mohammed Umar Khan
Russia
Kush
Herat
Gibson Trial Opens Over Broadway Shooting Case
Charles Gibson the young express driver faced trial in Municipal Criminal Court before Judge Adams for the Sept 27 Broadway extension shooting that left John E. O'Brien and Edward Williams wounded. Government evidence was presented, with witnesses including O'Brien Williams Montague Hogan Pitman Breck who seized the revolver.
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Charles Gibson
Express
John E. O’brien
Edward Williams
Broadway Extension
Adams
Municipal Criminal Court
O’brien
Williams
Walter Montague
John J. Hogan
Irving L. Pitman
W. E. Breck
Breck
Broadway
Curve Street
Gatn Gibson
Tyler Street
Gibson
O'Brien
Carnegie Institute plans largest tech school in world
Pittsburg Oct 9 Trustees adopt a plan to build a vast technology school at Carnegie Institute with a multi million dollar cost. Andrew Carnegie may provide at least 5 million for maintenance. Pittsburg city to furnish 60 acres for the site. Belief is strong the plan will succeed.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Carnegie
Faunce Praises Rockefeller Wedding at Tremont Temple
Brown University President William H. P. Faunce praised the Aldrich-Rockefeller wedding during a Ladies Night event at Tremont Temple. He voiced renewed hope for American youth, noting a young couple’s union and a man of pure heart and strong work ethic, inspiring faith in schools and civic life.
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William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Aldrich-Rockefeller
Tremont Temple
Baptist Social Union
President Faunce
Vanderbilt Coach Sets New Travel Record for Fast Philly Run
Vanderbilt coach Alfred Vanderbilt James Hyde and Morris Howlett led a coaching party that left New York at 5 65 am and returned after midnight, breaking all records with 15 horse changes and 72 horses used. The Paris built coach and nine men on board completed the cross state trip despite green horses and no meals, costing around $2000. The party reached Rahway New Jersey at 1112 pm and Philadelphia near midnight, then returned toward New York arriving shortly after 1 am.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Philadelphia
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
James H. Hyde
Morris F. Howlett
Rahway
N. J
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Howlett
Here
Newark
Paris
Bellevue Hotel
Strike Fears in Fall River Cotton Mills Rise
Fall River workers debate a possible strike over a 5 percent wage increase after unions vote to hold meetings. Carders and weavers plan special sessions while spinners show near unanimous opposition to striking. Textile Council requires unanimous union votes for action as business leaders seek to avert disruption.
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Fall River
Textile Council
Melrose Knights Entertain Massachusetts Commanderies
Hugh de Payens Commandery of Melrose hosted a reception for the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island St. Omer's Commandery of South Boston De Molay Commandery of Boston and the South Shore Commandery of Weymouth with their ladies at the Masonic Asylum Wyoming. About 600 knights and ladies attended the event followed by a banquet.
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Melrose
Hugh de Payens
Knights Templars
Grand Commandery
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
St. Omer's Commandery
South Boston
de Molay
Boston
South Shore
Weymouth
Masonic Asylum
Wyoming
Somerville High Triumphs Over Mechanic Arts 17 to 0
Somerville High defeated Mechanic Arts yesterday at Tincoln Park in a loosely played contest by 17 to 0. Key contributions came from Jones Blackwell and Goode in the 454, with Kelley and Burrier also notable for Somerville.
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Somerville High
Mechanic Arts
Tincoln Park
Somerville
Jones
Blackwell
Kelley
Burrier
Vittney
Bold attempt at badger game shocks society in Montre al
Montreal October 9 The defense alleges one of the boldest badger games as a $20 000 suit for alienation of affection unfolds. Captain Frank Fisher a Victoria Rifles officer is accused of plotting with Miss Ethel Moore of Millville N J and her husband C E P Lyon to blackmail. The case centers on a marriage to Lyon claimed last year and Fisher’s alleged failure to meet demand for money.
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Frank Fisher
Victoria Rifles
Crack
Ethel Moore
Millville
N. J
Lyon
Fisher
Hogie
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