Market mixed as stocks inch higher amid strong rail, copper bets
The market showed dullness with selective strength as gains appeared in Colorado Fuel and Iron, steel shares, and sugar related trade. Railroads remained quiet while copper and Union Pacific related stocks drew interest. Boston activity persisted with several small advances in Tamarack, Boston & Montana, and others. Analysts expect a broader rise, citing bottom prices and growing orders, with U S Steel and Atchison among notable buys.
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Colorado
Tennnessee Coal & Iron
Boston
Montana
Tamarack
Paris
Berlin
London
Gary
F. S
Atchison
Union Pacific-Northwest
Manhattan
New York
Sugar Ref. Co
Steel Wire
Mt Atchison Pfd
B. Am. Tobace
Brooklyn R
Can. South
Chesa. & O
Cent
L Tob
Col. Kt. & Iro
Federal Steel
Bay A. Moet Pfd
Manhatt
Olitan
T. Pfd
Ohg
Mo. Macitio
Bly No
Pacific
Penn. Railroad
Phila. & Reading
St. P. Paul
Tees
Wheeling & L. B
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg, Pee
Hs Ton
Mining Amalgamated
Anaconda
Arcadiai Tenes
Bingham
Sil
Butte & Boston
Elm River
Venvese
Isle Royale
Edgecess - Mont
Coal & Coke
Osceola
Old Dominion
Quincy Tamarack
Scellaneous
Market calm amid lighter stock holdings by commissions
The text states that each commission house reports carrying only a small share of last year's stock. It notes these holdings are now better protected, suggesting that a potential market decline would not cause unease.
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Commission House
Obituary of Jacob D. Cox Former Ohio Governor and General
Magnolia Aug 6 Former Gov Jacob D Cox of Ohio died at Highland cottage Magnolia after yachting along the Maine coast and falling ill He was born in Montreal Oct 27 1828 and rose from Oberlin to brigadier general in the Civil War He served as Ohio governor 1866 67 was secretary of the interior under Grant and later a railroad and legal figure with ties to McKinley He authored several Civil War era works and preferred letters over politics.
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Magnolia
Jacob D. Cox
Ohio
Highland Cottage
Maine
Cox
Montreal
New York
Oberlin College
Kanawha
Kentucky
Virginia
Antietam
Atlanta
Sherman
Nashville
Thomas
Interior
Congress
Grant
Wabash Railroad
Yale College Law Faculty
Columbia College Law School
McKinley
Cuba
Gen. Cox
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Washington tonnage taxes rise to record high
Washington reports the past fiscal year saw tonnage collections total 890,482 dollars, the largest since 1884, with American vessels paying 68,640 and Cuban excess charges 36,712 refunded under February act. Hawaiian and Porto Rico exemptions reduce future receipts. July ship building produced 105 vessels totaling 33,944 gross tons, 68 on Atlantic and gulf coasts.
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Washington, D. C
Chamberlain
Commissioner of Navigation
United States
Congress
Hawaii
Honolulu
Porto Rico
Atlantic
Gulf
Caught in Canada a $110000 Farmers Fraud Suspect
Malone New York August 5 A man using names Smith Ogden Pratt and Flower is jailed in Franklin County after a string of deceitful schemes. He and accomplices posed as government assayists to test a gold brick and defrauded farmers across several states and provinces of at least $110000. He fled Montreal by boat and was captured in Malone. extradition to Massachusetts looms.
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Allan G. Lamson
Boston
Bingham Camp
Highland Boy
Utah Consolidated
Highland Bay
Bingham
United States Mining Co
United States
Utah
Malone
N. Y
Smith
Ogden
Pratt
Flower
Franklin County
Massachusetts
Springfield
Montreal
Canada
Ottawa
Cornwall
St. Lawrence
St. Regis
New York
Hogansburg
Sidney
Fort Covington
Mies
Sanderson
Onco Tichitect
Death of Rev C W Biddle Universalist Clergyman
The Rev. C W Biddle D D pastor of the First Universalist church in Brookline died after a three week illness following a grip. He leaves a widow a son and a daughter. A well known Universalist divine, he previously served Lynn and Cambridge beforeBrookline. He resigned from Cambridge amid church government tensions and received substantial parishioner support. He began Brookline duties in January 1895 and was active in missionary and Sunday school work.
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Boston
C. W. Biddle
D. D
First Universalist
Brookline
Lynn
Cambridge
Biddle
University City
Death of well known tenor William W Bullock
William Warren Bullock died suddenly at his Somerville home 27 Howe Street just after midnight Sunday. He shaped a long career as tenor and chorus master in Edward E Rice productions and as Modjeska assistant manager. He served as Civil War drillmaster under Gen Bullock and was a longtime member of Charlestown veteran firemen's association Tremont lodge and Winter Hill encampment. He leaves a wife and a 12 year old daughter.
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Boston
William Warren Bullock
W. W. Bullock
Howe Street
Somerville
Bullock
Edward E. Rice
Modjeska
Jones, MacDuffee & Stratton
Gen. Bullock
Massachusetts
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Charlestown
Tremont Lodge
Winter Hill
Harper to live on fifteen cents a day plan
President Harper of the University of Chicago contemplates a weeklong experiment living on 15 cents per day per person for family meals. He will start after his silver wedding celebration in Concord Ohio relatives will provide a big dinner and bets arise on whether he can sustain the frugal diet.
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Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
Catherine Davis
Concord
Ohio
Land claim denied for 160 acres near Argentine Kansas City
Judge Hook of the U S district court denied the claimants to land comprising 160 acres with business areas and 200 home sites plus railway yards in Argentine near Kansas City. The 1896 suit by William J Isaacs an Indian claiming to be heir of Nancy to Feather ended with a decision against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Long Tail
Isaacs
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
United States
Hook
United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Kan
United States District Court
Argentine
Kansas City
William J. Isaacs
Nancy
Feather
Boundary demarcation places Porcupine streams in Canada
American and British boundary commissioners arrived from Skagway to mark the Alaska Canada line under the modus vivendi. Titman and French for the United States and King and Arthur for Great Britain report Glacier Bowlder Rock creeks now on the British side while Porcupine river and tributaries stay American. The change follows the temporary accord, altering prior U.S. recognition of those creeks.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Canada
Skagway
O. H. Titman
C. B. French
United States
F. W. King
Mr. Arthur
Great Britain
Titman
Rioters Take Possession of Cass Lake Minn
Duluth militia ordered to Cass Lake after rioters seized the town following a circus show. Deputies were beaten while serving warrants for Park Rapids crooks. Citizens attempted to halt a train to seize warrants, the sheriff beaten, and a prisoner released at Grand Rapids. Gov. Lind asked for aid to quell the disturbance.
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St. Paul
Minn
Duluth
Cass Lake
Hubbard County
Park Rapids
Alexander
Grand Rapids
Ree
Lind
Robbery in Maine: Laundry wagon driver held up
Ernest Dufresne, driver for George Chapman’s laundry, was robbed by four highwaymen between Saco and Ocean Park last night. They halted his horse, demanded money, and fled with about 75 dollars and a gold watch. Police searched areas nearby but little prospect of capture.
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Saco
Ernest Dufresne
George Chapman
Here
Ocean Park
Old Orchard
Bay View
Assault on steamer King Phillip ends with shooting
In Fall River on the steamer King Phillip from Mount Hope a row broke out shortly before docking. Engineer Ford is alleged to have shot rioter Joseph Roch in the leg. No arrests have been made.
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Fall River
Mount Hope
Engineer Ford
Joseph Roch
Fire at Willmanset Burns Barn and Homes
A $10,000 blaze swept through Willmanset in Chicopee tonight destroying a barn owned by J. B. Stratton. The engine house and the residences of Mrs. J. H. Stratton and Geo. R. Smith were reduced to ashes.
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Springfield
Willmanset
Chicopee
J. B. Stratton
J. H. Stratton
Geo. R. Smith
President Grant Jovial at Cabinet Meetings
In a July interview in The National Magazine Judge Williams recalls General Grant as cordial in greeting cabinet members and deeply focused on work during meetings. He notes Grant’s tireless industry, preference for writing in his own hand, and limited interest in the 1872 campaign until after the election.
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President Grant
Judge Williams
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
Thomas
Farraput
Lee
General Grant
Reviewers and writers featured in August issues
The August Reviewer's list covers infant care topics by L G Frazier and M E Fitch, plus pieces by Katherine Louise Smith and Gertrude Okie Gaskill. Poems by Jessie Ewing Stokes and others headline, with departments on Nursery Talks and The Kindergarten in the Home. The Protectionist highlights include Lodge and Wolcott speeches, and McKinley Roosevelt notes, while Literary Digest presents global news, science, and art under several topic headings. Captain Reynaud contributes on Homing Pigeon Service, Audubon debates on feather dealer terms, and The Brown Book of Boston debuts. August issue features stories by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and others.
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L. G. Frazier
M. D
M. E. Fiteh
Katherine Louise Smith
Gertrude Okie Gaskill
James A. Taylor
A. M
Henry L. Sabin
A. J. Murray
Mary §. Garrett
Jessie Ewing Stokes
Edith Wyman Parker
May McDonald Strickland
D. H. Moore
Callie Bonney Marble
May Ellis Nichols
Gabriel Reynaud
Macmillan O
Audubon Department
Brown Book of Boston
Boston
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Hayden Carruth
Theodosia Pickering Garrison
Edwin L. Savin
Marguerite Tracy
Carolyn Wells
Abbie Farwell Brown
Randolph native Mary Wilkins praised for New England life
Katharine Hall lauds Mary Wilkins in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly July issue. The Randolph author, born here and raised in Vermont, writes with sympathetic realism about humble New England folk, blending indomitable will with steadfast conscience. The piece notes her enduring local ties and international recognition.
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Randolph
Miss Wilkins
New England
Stevenson at the Golden Gate in San Francisco
In a National Magazine article a friend recalls Robert Louis Stevenson in San Francisco. The description paints him as slight and frail yet capable of charm when speaking, enjoying waterfront strolls, Italian fishermen, and art studios. He frequented cheap eaterys, a Bohemian saloon on Merchant Street, and shared a recipe for Athol Brose with friends.
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National
Robert Louis Stevenson
California
Stevenson
San Francisco
Water Front
Tavernier
Rick
Virgil Williams
Merchant Street
Tms
Athol Brose
Carpets For Small Rooms Offer Short Brussels and Tapestry Lengths
Several short pieces of Brussels and Tapestry Carpets range from 12 to 18 yards each. Ideal for small rooms, these pieces are available for purchase at the stated prices.
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Brussels
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American Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckles
Russell Sage
Erie Telephone System
Quincy
Mesnard
New York Stock Exchange
T. R. Cramp
Shipbuilding Family
Philadelphia
Franklin
Bright, Sears & Co
Buuch Man
Chicago University
Kansas
Protectionist
Albert Clarke
Lodge
Wolcott
Roosevelt
D. W. Dixon
America
China
Jenkson
Mary E. Wilkins
the Golden Gate
Lowell, Wonday
A. G Pollard & CO
Wanmsutta
New Bedford
Palmer Street
A. G. Pollard & CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
Donnell & Gilbride Co
Smyrna
Axminster
O'Donnell & Gilbride CO
Middle Streets
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