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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1904

Page

8

Wall Street Week Ends Mixed After Record Day Lifts Stocks

The market swung into profit taking late, after stocks hit new high levels earlier. United States Steel, Reading, Amalgamated and Missouri Pacific led gains while Union Pacific and Norfolk and Western sagged. copper rose and Sterling remained strong as London buyers backed steels and Southern Pacific.

Wall Street Bull Move Lifts United States Steel Shares

New York trading sees stock market vigor with bullish sentiment and new price records led by United States Steel. Preferred stock rose over 2 points and common over 1 as railroad issues regained ground and Wabash, Reading, Erie, Missouri Pacific and others showed notable gains. Total sales reached 235,160 shares.

New York United States Steel Louisville & Nashville Misson Pacific Reading Erie Atchison Pennsylvania John Filkins & Co Congress Street Amalgamated Arch Top & SF ABE Chi Mil & St P Chi, RI & P Com E-Se Ee Southern Pacific Union Pacific U .S Steel

Curleys Must Go To Jail Declined Supreme Court Appeal

Judge Holmes refused to allow the Curley appeal in the Curleys case. Alderman James M. Curley and Rep Thomas F. Curley of Ward 17 Roxbury were ordered to two months in jail for impersonating Bartholomew Fahey and James J. Hughes in a civil service exam for letter carrier. Enforcing the lower court sentence will proceed once official documents reach Boston marshal’s office.

Curley United States Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes James M. Curley Thomas F. Curley Ward 17 Roxbury Francis C. Lowell United States District Court Bartholomew Fahey James J. Hughes Curleys United States Marshal’s Office Boston

Boston Market aFx Dividend and Asset Totals

Boston Market reports a Fx dividend and paid assessment. Total sales include listed stocks 65 555 shares bonds 13500 unlisted stocks 37068 shares.

Chicago Grain Quotations From Ennis and Stoppani

Ennis and Stoppani report in Chicago grain letters that wheat opened lower with large sellers for May and December, little outside trading, and a trader-driven market likely to persist. Corn shows strength in key regions but Nebraska yields disappoint. May corn may drift down while later prices rise. Oats arrivals are ample with good cash demand and futures lacking notable features.

Ennis & Stoppani Chicago Board of Trade State Mutual Chicago Nebraska

Greene Consolidated Copper Company Balance Sheet Summary

The Boston Stock Exchange reports Greene Consolidated Copper Company on its regular list with 864,000 authorized shares. City Trust Boston acts as transfer agent and State Street Trust as registrar. The April 30 1904 balance sheet lists assets including mining investments, government bonds, cash, notes, receivables, and depreciation reserves totaling 16 853 961. capital stock and profits align with invested surplus and reserves. Temperature yesterday averaged 59.1 to 24.

Boston Stock Exchange Greene Consolidated Copper Company City Trust Company of Boston State Street Trust Company

Arrests in Melrose horror case raise questions of safety

Judge Sweetser finds Percy C Hawkins and Roy E Fenton criminally negligent in loading a dynamite wagon for Hast mans Melrose express. Hawkins arrested for manslaughter, released on bonds. Fenton also charged and to be arraigned. City lighting faults noted as contributing factor. officials blamed for unsafe explosive deliveries.

Judge Sweetser Malden District Wolf and Rooney Boston Fuller Melrose Devonshire Street Hawkins Bruce Malden Fenton Sweetser Street Railway Company

Roosevelt Removes Rocie After Slocum Inquiry

President Roosevelt ousts Robert S Rocie supervising inspector of the steamboat inspection service second district New York amid findings from the General Slocum disaster inquiry. Secretary Metcalf to pursue removal of two hulls and bollers inspectors as directed. Roosevelt learns Rocie held a presidential appointment and sends removal papers.

Washington Roosevelt Robert S. Rocie Steamboat Inspection Service New York National Commission Metcalf James A. Dumont Thomas H. Barrett Rocie Secretary of Commerce and Labor Department of Commerce and Labor Department

Port imports and exports show strong week for foreign trade

Returns of the port's foreign commerce reveal imports at 1 757 758 dollars and exports at 1 118 184 dollars for the past week. Portland led apple exports with 33 076 barrels, followed by Boston 28 612 and New York 16 586. Atlantic ports totald 4 854 barrels versus 162 813 a year earlier. Coal trades and fleet movements occupied vessels, with 14 landings totaling 296 600 pounds of fish and a busy coal fleet bringing in about 560 000 tons. The Leyland steamers Winifredian and Philadelphian arrived after long passages, docking at Grand Junction docks and East Boston.

Portland Boston New York Atlantic Haddock Evelyn L. Smith Kernwood Sylvia M. Nunan Mildred V. Nunan Olive V. Hutchins Bertha M. Bailey Mary E. Cooney Emily Cooney George Willard Carrie F. Roberts Joseph P. Johnson Harvester Tecumseh Mary E. Stowe Cape Thomas W. Langon Newport News George W. Wells Baltimore T. Carleton Henry Leyland Shepherd Liverpool Grand Junction Docks Derrickson London Cunard Landsman

Beedle fatally mangled in mill shaft accident

Oscar Beedle of Gardiner Maine a carpenter at Hollingsworth Whitney paper mill was caught in a speed shaft late today and killed. His body was badly mangled one leg torn off both arms broken and the head split open. A wife and one child survive.

Gardiner Oscar Beedle Hollingsworth & Whitney Paper Company Beedle

Shipping News Miniature Almanac for October 18

Shipping news lists arrivals and clearances with steamers such as Winifredian and Admiral Dewey, noting passengers and cargo to firms in Philadelphia and New York. Also covers schooners from Liverpool, saling routes, and autumn expositions with travel packages including Royal Blue line tours. Includes times for sunrise, sunset, and high water.

Winifredian Shepherd Liverpool Rederick Leyland & Co Philadelphia Dickinson London Admiral Dewey Israel Port Antonio Jam City of Macon Askins Savannah BE. H. Downing Wremning Farnham New York Boston Triton Hersey David Wallace Ellenville Metacomet Teaser Chandler Providence R. I Boswell Haley Norfolk Beattie Honey Brook Durkee Port Johnson Ges O. R. R Salem Joshua Lovett Baker Cohocton Pequest Hoboken Weehawken Daniel Willard Fitzgerald Stroudswns Hackensack Riverside Tamaqua Miller Franklin Preston Carlisle Lloyd Cto Bear Ridge Knickerbocker Mahanoy Hokendauqua Ryder Perth Amboy Buttress Bonito Bonanza Portland Cuba Bartlett Newport News Washington Joseph P. Taggart Washington Street Mass Cunard Line Queenstown Abin Oston Ivernia P. Mom Saxonia N York Lucania Campania

Registration Closes as Boston Hits New Voter Record

The Boston election board reports 111,101 registrations by last night with estimates of 1,500 more in the next two days, aiming for nearly 113,000 by 10 o'clock Wednesday, the largest in city history. At the main office about 200 names were added as Democrats push to register every eligible voter for the upcoming state and local elections. President W. T. A. Fitzgerald of the Democratic city committee said totals will exceed 113,000.

Boston Election Board W. T. A. Fitzgerald Democratic City Committee

Col Dammers Elected Dept Commander of U V U

Members of Hancock Command U V U Chelsea are pleased by Colonel Dammers election as department commander of the organization.

Col. Dammers U.V.U. T W. 8S Hancock Chelsea Colonel Dam

Massachusetts Union Veterans appoints commander at Lowell

The Union Veterans Union of Massachusetts named a new department commander in Lowell. The appointee is a Civil War veteran whose son served in the war with Spain.

James Dammers Union Veterans’ Union Mers Union Veterans’ Union of Massachusetts Lowell Dammers Spain

Ovation for Booth Tucker at Tremont Temple

Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army received a large ovation at Tremont Temple in Boston last evening. He delivered his farewell address before departing for Europe, praising supporters among business leaders clergy and the press for their continued aid to Salvation Army work in New England.

Booth Tucker Salvation Army Tremont Temple New England Europe Tucker Boston

Palatial Tailors Open New Store in Tremont Street

Splaine Fitzpatrick, noted Boston tailors, relocate to 22 Tremont Street offering elite merchant tailoring. They employ only skilled cutters and promise elegant, perfectly fitting menswear. Read their Friday Post notice for details.

Messrs Splaine & Fitzpatrick Tremont Street D. W. Fitzpatrick

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