Schwab Morgan deal shocks markets and rumors swirl
New York finance presses reveal Charles M. Schwab bought controlling Bethlehem steel stake and charged the public via a shipbuilding stock pool with J. P. Morgan & Co. Possible informal sales ahead of others spark market demoralization. Dresser testimony threatens pillars of the Morgan empire and Wall Street jitters rise as legal probes loom.
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Herris, Gates & Co
Shipbuilding Company
Schwab and Morgan
Schwab
Mr. Morgan
Harris, Gates & Co
Mr. Schwab
Morgan
Calasses
Dresser
New York
Leroy Dresser
Charles M. Schwab
J. P. Morgan & Co
Jay Gould
Erie
Wall Street
Mr. Gates
Morgan & Co
Bethlehem
Messrs. Dresser and Nixon
Charles Gates
Morgan and Schwab
Charles MacVeagh
Jennings, Stetson & Russell
Steel Trust
Shipping Trust
Mr. Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
Lost Helen Brewer: Big Boston Trader Vanishes At Sea
Over seven months have passed since the Helen Brewer sailed from Sourabaya on March 7 with 27 aboard to Philadelphia. The ship, captained by Mahony, is declared lost after a long voyage from Glasgow built in 1891. The captain's wife and crew remain missing. authorities say the fate may never be known.
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Sourabaya
Java
Helen Brewer
Boston
Lloyds
Philadelphia
Mahony
Malden
Charles Brewer
Port Sourabaya
McCurdy
Jersey City
Glasgow
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Nerve Tonic Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as the best nerve tonic for debilitated men and women. It promises renewed vitality and improved strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
Factory raid closes Fall River lace factory over child labor
Acting on AFL Illinois? No Fall River raid by Factory Inspector Tierney and local labor leaders found four underage boys working at Hanson Bros lace factory on Pocasset Street. Doors locked, entry gained, factory ordered closed and one proprietor to face court.
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Fall River
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Worcester
John S. Tierney
Joseph G. Jackson
Edward Acton
American Federation of Labor Convention
Tierney
Hanson Bros
Pocasset Street
Boston Forecast Says Partly Cloudy With Brisk Northeasterlies
The forecast for Boston and vicinity projects Saturday partly cloudy with high northeast winds. Sunday is expected to be fair with moderate breezes.
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Boston and
Threat by Highbinders Stirs Chinatown Fear Over $3000 Bounty
A single red paper with black characters incites terror in Chinatown as it promises to slay all fees of the Highbinders on Sunday and offers a $3000 head bounty on C Lieu Tuy. Reporters observe panic and seek translation. C Lieu Tuy confirms Bow How Dogs are behind the threat.
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Chinatown
C. Lieu Tuy
Post
Seek to Avert War in Far East Anglo French Accord urged
London reports that England and France are pressing to prevent a Russia Japan war. A private understanding directs Delcasse to urge pacific measures in St Petersburg and Lansdowne to restrain Japan. The effort aims to safeguard the Anglo French arbitration treaty and entente gains.
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London
East
England
France
Russia
Associated Press
Far East
Japan
Delcasse
Pacific
St. Petersburg
Lord Lansdowne
American ship Benjamin Sewall Lost Near Pescadores
A Lloyds dispatch from Formosa reports the American ship Benjamin Sewall and her cargo totally lost at the Pescadores. Only 13 aboard survived, including the captain. the crew numbered 18 to 20. Built in 1874 at Brunswick Maine, 1320 tons, 202 feet long, 38 feet 9 inches beam, 24 feet 1 inch depth.
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London
Lloyds
An Ping
Formosa
Benjamin Sewall
Pescadores
Halsted
Singapore
Boston
Mass
A. M. Sewall
Brunswick
World famed swimmer Samuel P. Avery disappears from Boston
Samuel P. Avery of Winthrop, New England agent for Midland Linseed Oil Co of Minneapolis, left Boston September 15 with his business books. An expert accountant will report on his standing as his wife moves household effects to Chicago. Avery, noted for sprint wins, last appeared at the Sportsman's Show in Mechanics Building.
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Samuel P. Avery
Winthrop
Boston
Avery
New England
Midland Linseed Oil Company
Minneapolis
Oliver Street
Chicago
Brookline Swimming Club
Sportsman’s Show
Mechanics’ Building
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Collins
the Shipbuilding Company
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Jrea
United States
State Street
Stock Exchange
Phillippi
Young
Pittsburg
Penn
Jimmy Collins
Dineen
Phillipp
Pirates
Huntington Avenue
Baston Ship and
Garded
Delaware Breakwater
White House
Denbigh
Roosevelt
Ondon
Sevan
Eliot
Eerie
Vernon
Medford
California
Hanover Street
Cobe
Scollay Square
King's Bohemian Beer
Sphon
Hishbinders
Formosa Channel
Amoy
Chickering
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