Copper Shares Decline Amid Market Dullness And Shifts
The day’s trade shows a dull irregular market with profit taking and reduced short interest easing the decline. United Fruit glides on a Cuba sugar plant claim while Erie Telegraph and Telephone fills a board vacancy. Westinghouse dividends, Canadian iron and coal moves, and a record smelter output at British Columbian Copper round out a day of varied activity.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago & Great Western
Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel
Delaware & Hudson and
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Edgerley & Crocker
United Fruit
United Fruit Company
Cuba
Contra
Messrs
Edwin F. Atkins
Miguel Mendoza
Roosevelt
Southern Fruit Companies
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
Yucatan
Mexico
Illinois Central Railway
Middle Western States
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
Henry R. Wilson
James T. Morse
Morse
C. W. Morse
Inion Iron
Montreal
Henry M. Whitney
Boston Financial News
Dominion Coal
Dominion Iron
Wah
Braté Street
Perayes
New England
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Bears
Brie
Utah Consolidated Company
Highland Bay
Central Oil Company
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
H. H. Rogers
E. C. Converse
J. A. Blair
William. Edenborn
E. H. Gary
Max Paw
Isaac Mann
A. F. Luke
C. M. Schwab
D. G
Pinkham
Market Summary From Boston Trading Floor
Boston reports today show the highest and lowest sales for the session along with the closing bid and asked prices. Details indicate price ranges and final quotes for key securities traded in the market.
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Boston
Referendum Vote Fallout Highlighted in Boston Legislature
Boston lawmakers who opposed the Washington street subway referendum faced consequences as party caucuses and public pressure shaped the district’s stance. Richard Garrity of the Central Labor Union was ousted as president for voting against the referendum, signaling a broader clash between party discipline and constituents ahead of the next General Court session.
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Washington Street
Richard W. Garrity
Central Labor Union of Boston
Ate
General Court
Democrats
D. J. Barry
A. Harrington
H. Borofsky
J. Hayes
E. D. Bunyan
W. C
Healey
J. F. Chase
F. J. Horgan
L. B. Coolidge
N. Kelly
J. L. Donovan
J. P_ Lomasney
J. D. Fenton
M. J. Lydon
M._M. Gaddis
W. H. Marnell
I. P_ Gammon
J. I. Toland
R. W. Garrity
J. A. Watson
League
Public de A Urasue
Darren
Crdrman
Paine Divorce Case Likely to Be Settled Out of Court
The case of Sumner B. Paine against his wife appears headed for an out of court settlement to all parties. Attorneys say a private agreement is likely, though custody of the couple's child and alimony may require negotiation. A brief timeline recalls threats against Peter F. Damm, events around July, and ongoing negotiations.
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Sumner B. Paine
Paine
Peter F. Damm
Strike Looms Over Onions Mill Wage Talks in Fall River
Oct 24 Fall River reports a looming crisis as Borden mills raise wages twice, with a possible third 5 percent hike planned for January. Labor leaders confirm a strike if 10 percent demands by Textile Council are not met by Nov 4. Local M C D Borden agents bid higher to clear markets, signaling pressure on workers.
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Fall River
Borden Mills
Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Council
M. Co. D. Borden
Borden
M. C. D. Borden
Porto Ricans Tour Boston Visit Public Library
A group of Porto Rican merchants touring Boston visited the Public Library and explored its English language collections and art treasures. They expressed interest in building a small library in San Juan and admired the library’s mechanical equipment and distribution system. Escorts included W. H. Lincoln Curtis Guild Jr. and HH. B. Goodwin who also toured the Food Fair with the visitors.
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Boston
San Juan
Porto Rico
Mbrary
W. H. Lincoln
Curtis Guild, Jr
HH. B. Goodwin
Guild
Porto Rican Delegates Entertained in Springfield Banquet
Springfield Board of Trade hosted a reception and banquet at the Cooley House for Porto Rico delegates. John B. Stevens of Ludlow Manufacturing chaired as Mayor William Hayes Congressman Frederick H. Gillett and Porto Rican delegates spoke.
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Springfield
Porto Rico
Springfield Board of Trade
Cooley House
John 8. Stevens
Ludlow Manufacturing Company
William Hayes
Frederick H. Gillett
Marion Duncan Weds Rev. John Moore McGann at Trinity
Miss Marion Clifford Duncan, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Ramuel Duncan, married the Rev. John Moore McGann at Trinity Church at noon yesterday. The groom serves as rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan and was assisted by Rev. E Winchester Donald. the ceremony was led by Rev. Theo Irving Reese of St. Michael’s Milton, a groom classmate.
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Marion Clifford Duncan
John Moore. McGann
Trinity
Ramuel Duncan
Church of the Holy Spirit
Mattapan
E. Winchester Donald
Theo Irving Reese
St. Michael's, Milton
Veterans' Union encampment concludes at Handel Hall
Members of the Union Veterans' Union wrap up their 16th annual encampment at Handel Hall Chicago. Officers elected include Commander-in-chief General Robert Dyrenforth of Washington D C and inspector general General W L French of Brockton Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Union Veterans’ Union
Handel Hall
Robert & Dyrenforth
Washington, D. C
W. Lu. French
Brockton, A
Miller Funds Damaged New York Court Action Seeks Freeze
An application to Judge Thomas in the United States District Court seeks an injunction against all New York safe deposit companies to prevent deliveries to Edward Schlesinger William F Miller or Robert A Ammon without court order. The move aims to stop Schlesinger from reclaiming a $115000 package Miller placed in his name nearly two years ago. Schlesinger, a former Miller partner in the Franklin Syndicate, has been a fugitive since November 1899 and is believed to be returning from Europe to recover the money.
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New York
Thomas
United States District Court
Edward Schlesinger
William F. Miller
Robert A. Ammon
Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Schlesinger
Europe
Breaks in Brookline House Reported at Columbia Road
A bold break occurred last night at 12 Columbia Road in Brookline, near the Brighton line, in the home of Mrs. Louisa R. Guild. Police link to a similar break in the past 36 hours but say the two incidents are not connected. The raid left the upper floors ransacked and likely several hundred dollars in losses including apparel and jewelry.
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Babcock Hill
Brookline
Louisa R. Guild
Columbia Road
Brighton
Death of Mr Holbrook in Brookline
Mr Holbrook died Wednesday evening at his Brookline residence after a surgical operation. He was known in Boston for his role in the independent telephone movement and had recently resigned as president of the Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Co to lead the American and Core Electrolytic companies. He had been a Methodist minister and an official of the U S Treasury, active in politics, linked with Lamson Store Service of Chicago, and involved with Josiah Quincy projects in Boston.
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Z . Holbrook
Brookline
Holbrook
Boston
Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Colny
United States Treasury
Lamson Store Service Company of
Chicago
Haden
Josiah Quincy
Fire destroys half Somerville mill on Washington Street
A morning fire at the two story wooden mill of I. H. Brown and Co. on Washington and Concord streets in Somerville caused about half the building to burn and damaged property estimated at five thousand dollars. The blaze, started in the left room, prompted two alarms from Box 225.
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Somerville
Washington and
Concord Streets
I. H. Brown & Co
Chase
Pan American exhibition lights feature and rail route
The Pan American shows 240 500 electric lights on a single switch highlighting a ray to brightness and its display. The Boston and Albany Railway runs a direct double track between New England and Buffalo Niagara via the BosTa pipes offering special rates. The B A operates 17 express trains daily between Boston Buffalo and Niagara.
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New England
Buffalo
Niagara Talis
B. A
Boston
Niagara
Robbers Loot Tenement Watches In Two-Unit Heist
Flat workers entered the tenement at 208 West and seized one silver watch from a room on the second floor. They then went to Patrick Sheas top floor apartments and took three more watches belonging to Mr Shea and his family.
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Trick ‘Er
Patrick ‘Shea
Roosevelt Criticism Divides Colored Ministers Over Washington
A large gathering at Zion Methodist Church heard William M. Trotter denounce Booker T. Washington as a political leader and defend Washington as an educational figure. The meeting endorsed Roosevelt for inviting Washington to dinner but lamented the President’s lack of consultation with Black political leaders on Southern policy.
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Massachusetts Racial Protective League
Zion Methodist Church
North Russell Street
William M. Trotter
Harvard
Booker Washington
White House
Washington
Booker T. Washington
Yale
Yale University
South
Roosevelt
Teamoh
Trotter
W. H. Scott Awelt
P. Thomas Stamford
J. Allen Kirk
Left Hospital Sailor Delirious After Fractured Skull
Frank M. Richardson, a sailor, walked away from City Hospital while with a fractured skull and is now between life and death at 282 Shawmut Avenue. He grew delirious after leaving the hospital and Dr. W. B. Cutler warned he may not survive, though quiet rest could aid recovery.
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Frank M. Richardson
City Hospital
Shawmut Avenue
Richardson
W. B. Cutler
Dover Street
Cutler
Drowning at Sea and Busy New England Fish Market
The fishing schooner Mary A Gleason reported a crewman Edward Williams drowned 18 miles off Chatham while hauling trawls. A busy fish wharf saw 490000 pounds landed with buyers hustling as the Gladiator and Nellie Dixon loaded halibut and cod. Bananas and oranges flows planned with extra sailings to supply Thanksgiving demand.
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Mary A. Gleason
T Wharf Ae
Edward Williams
Chatham
Governor Russell
Gladiator
Nannie C. Bowlin
Haddock
Red Star
Wrestler
New Haven
National Fish Company
United Uir Company
Jamaica
Tyr
Funder
Admiral
Fruit Company
Admiral Farragut
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Schley
Boston
Knowlton
Montevideo
Tripoli
Samarang
Java
American Sugar Refining Company
Albert Ross
Fifth
Diamond Shoals
William P. Frye
Sewall
Vineard Sound
Union
Bath
New York
San Francisco
Caroline Frye Briggs
Auburn
Senator Frye
Lena Sewall
Lockwood Company
Katahiri
Lynn
Edward Drake
South Gardiner
Martinique
Tndsman
McNally Drops Suit Against Voorhees in Boston Incident
The $50,000 alienation of affections suit by James W. McNally, the so called green goods king, against Frank Voorhees was settled privately. McNally alleged his wife was found with Voorhees in a Boston hotel last April, triggering a dramatic cab chase and pursuit to a library steps before officers intervened.
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James W. McNally
Frank Voorhees
New York
McNally
Boston
Voorhees
New
York
Mrs Hanna Settles With Her Husband In Europe Return
Mrs Dan Hanna of Cleveland arrives with her three sons aboard the Deutschland after a European absence to avoid court writ. She declines to discuss court outcomes but says the boys will remain with her and expresses relief over their safety and comfort. The Hanna family connection to United States Senator Hanna is noted.
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New York
Dan Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio
Europe
United States
Senator Hanna
America
Garbage Suit Before Supreme Court Over City Payment
The garbage case comes before the Supreme Court today to decide whether an injunction restraining the city from paying the company 140000 will be granted. City Treasurer Crocker is notified. South Boston citizens and counsel James R. Murphy expect to win. Company officials remain secretive though prepared to contest. Some Citizens Association members refused to sign the injunction petition, amid tensions among opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Crocker
South Boston
James R. Murphy
Garbage Company
Citizens’ Association
Ships Collide in Mersey Damaging Corinthian and Leaking Oron
In Liverpool the British steamer Corinthian collided yesterday with the Oron in the Mersey. Corinthian arrived Oct 22 from Montreal and is awaiting damage news. Oron returned to dock leaking. In New Zealand Mokolas reported arriving at Auckland with 1385 passengers and 79 crew, towing the Morogal overdue a week.
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Liverpool
Corinthian
Montreal
Mersey
Filington
N. Z
Morogal
Auckland
Pan American losses feared at four million
Buffalo reports stock and bondholders and contractors of the Pan American face about 4 million dollars in losses. Other dispatches note crops, taxes, executions, fires, snow, embezzlement charges, and a suicide in separate towns.
Train Plunge Kills Suspectedly Injures Many Near Exline
Ottumwa reports a Chicago Burlington Kansas City passenger train derailed near Exline, Iowa, about 60 miles away. Two people were probably fatally hurt, five seriously injured and several others slightly harmed when the train left the rails and plunged down a 40 foot embankment while in rapid motion.
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Ottumwa
Burlington & Kansas City
Exline
Hammerstein to transform Victoria Theatre into first class playhouse
Oscar Hammerstein announces a shift for the Victoria Theatre from a music hall to a leading playhouse. The Russell brothers finish their engagement with Sweet Marie before upgrades and higher prices take effect. The Way of the World by Clyde Fitch will be the first piece under the new regime.
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New York
Oscar Hammersteiner
Victoria Theatre
Russell Brothers
Hisse de Wolfe
Clyde Fitch
Notable Boston Liquor Dealer John F Callahan Dead
John F Callahan a prominent wholesale liquor dealer and Democratic figure died at his Nantasket Beach cottage from typhoid fever after a three week illness. He left a large family including daughters Miss Mazile and Marie and sons Frank and Joseph, with two other children in California. He was about 50, had led a successful career from Conlon’s shop to his own federal street business, led Union Brewing as president, and owned Mt Jefferson and Rhode Island mines in California. He was praised for generosity and strong community ties.
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John F. Callahan
Jerusalem Road
Nantasket Beach
Miss Mazile
Joseph
Mr. Callahan
Marie
Frank
George
California
Callahan
Fort Hill
John Conlon
South Street
Conlon
Federal Street
Union Brewing Company
Oakville
Mt. Jefferson
Rhode Island
Walnut Avenue
Dale Street
Roxbury
Safer Ferryboats Urged After Staten Island Sinking
Washington October 24 The annual report by General James A Dumont supervising inspector general of steam vessels shows 9178 vessels inspected in the last fiscal year with a total ferryboat and steamship loss of life at 340 an increase of 140 from the prior year. The Northfield tragedy prompted a call to amend Section 4490 to require at least three watertight compartments on all passenger and ferry boats 600 tons and up and to cap passengers on routes over three miles.
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Washington
James A. Dumont
Ducnant
Staten Island
Northfield
Local Man John Neth Injured in Auto Horse Collision
John P. Neth of 322 West Fourth Street was seriously injured when his team collided with an electric car on East Fourth Street. He was thrown from the wagon and taken to Carney Hospital where recovery is considered doubtful.
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John P. Neth
West Fourth Street
East Fourth Street
Carney Hospital
Plot Against The Shah Reportedly Found In Teheran
News from Teheran via St. Petersburg reports a serious plot against the Shah. Claimed leaders include the Shah’s two brothers, the grand vizier Sadr Aasam, and the Shah’s son in law. The two brothers were banished for life to Ardebil.
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London
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Sadr Aasam
Ardebil
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Boston Stock Sales
Gas & Cokers
Moses
Frankine Telee A. In
Mernthaler
Michigan
Gas & Coke
Swift
United
Utah
Victoria
West End St
Wealin
NEW York Stock Exchange Railroads
Atchison
Canadian Pacific
Ore Canada Snathers
Esapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Tecores
Ind
POL
A&n
RI & Pacific
Erm & Trans
Louis
Colorado Southern
Delaware, & Hudson
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Est
Tae
Hocking Valley
Town Central
E & W Foniecine
Manhattan Tauee
Metropolitan
Soha Eevee
Minn
Issour
Pacific
Central
Cauger
Ontario
Estern
Pennsylvania
Touts
San Fran
Youle
St Paul
Southern Pacific
Denese People's
Tenn Coal & Iron
U S Leather
Western Union
J. Lowell Co
H. Allen
W. Amazeen
W. A
Amphrey
Keene
N. M. W. Tongley
J. Udon
Bartlett
Oh MacCord
W. Bateman
I. McKinley
Belcher
Bigelow
A. C. Methven
N. Boylston
Radice J. E. Odlin
Summer Paine
Mw’gann
Dungan
Union Veterans
Miller Funds
Mrs
Independent Telephone
M’nally
Mrs. Hanna
TN Court
News of the World
CABLE
Telegraph
San Jose
Cal
Ill
Aibany
N. Y
Adirondacks
Portsmouthyw
N. H
William H. Moore
Ene Riy
Portsmouth
Moore
Lakeport
N.H
Charles Clark
Woodsville
George Poore
NEW York Theatre Change
Columbia
Miss
Bill Morris
Jo Ball
Balltown
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