Boston Market Closes Strong After Bullish Trading
Boston stock market shows gains with shoe machinery leading at 90, Copper Range steady near 69, Massachusetts Gas strong demand at 47, and Union Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio drawing attention. London buyers, improved commission activity, and a 2:30 p.m. rise from 69.5 to 72 mark. Delaware & Hudson and Illinois Central highlight New York activity.
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New York Stocks Open Higher With Gains in Rail and Steel
New York trading opened with prices slightly above yesterday's close as grain stock orders arrived. Reading, Erie, and Union Pacific rose amid confident buying. Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson hit new highs later, while some groups sagged and overall sentiment fluctuated through the morning.
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Cotton futures open steady on New York market
New York reports futures opening steady with September at 10.52 to 10.54 and December at 10.76. October 10.68, November 10.71, January 10.85, February 10.91, March 10.98, April 10.95 bid, May 10.98. Spot market quiet with middling uplands 10.85 and middling gulf 11.10, sales 1042 bales.
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Market Wraps and Rail Merger Hopes Stir Wall Street
Amalgamated shows ambiguous signals while sugar edges higher and Arcadian hits $3. Brooklyn Rapid Transit reports record business and expansion talk looms over railroad mergers soon. Steel preferred dividends trigger little price drop as Steels gain favor and Massachusetts Gas rises. Greene shares traded heavily.
Copper and stock notes from Boston exchanges
Consolidated holdings are registered in New York. The next Calumet & Hecla dividend may be $15 per share. Mexican Central remains quoted daily and could benefit from a continental system. Wheat crops show winter threshing near completion. rust in spring wheat mainly in the Dakotas. Oats and corn prospects are favorable. Cotton shows regional improvement in several states. A Boston Stock Exchange committee is set to nominate officers, including Bowen and Tilton. United Shoe Machinery trading for New York account may reach $100 per share on a strong dividend. Greene Consolidated Copper directors to meet for dividend action. Col Greene expected in New York for the meeting. Boston Consolidated ships 250 tons daily to Bingham smelter. ore rich in gold and silver. company solvent with $75,000 in Salt Lake City banks. Arizona copper output ~21,000,000 pounds monthly, Montana 20,000,000, Michigan 18,000,000. estimates claim Arizona tops production for the first time in these districts.
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Building Collapse Traps Dozens Amid Albany Store Debris
A store collapse in Albany trapped over a hundred people, many workers and shoppers, with several rescued and others missing. Rescue teams cleared debris while workers escaped through back fire escapes as the structure settled and plaster rained down. One injured survivor was Mrs. Richard O Bassett, and Robert M Chalmers suffered a broken leg. Elevator crew William Garrison and Edward Haswell survived undamaged after the shaft was pinned by a beam.
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Trainmen Fatally Injured by Bridge Collision
Boston report states Edward J. Monahan and Jacob Fries were seriously injured riding atop a freight train and striking a bridge in South Boston. Both men suffered brain concussions and skull fractures. recovery viewed as doubtful at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Peace Envoys Arrive for Portsmouth Reception
Russian chief plenipotentiary M Witte and Japanese minister Takahira arrive for a formal welcome at Portsmouth navy yard. Rear Admiral Mead leads ceremonies with a Marine escort, salutes and a breakfast at the yard while Gov. McLane and New Hampshire officials greet the dignitaries.
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Archbishop Chapelle Holding His Own
New Orleans reports from the bedside of Archbishop Chapelle indicate he remains about the same today as he battles yellow fever. The venerable prelate shows cautious signs of stability amid the illness.
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Steamers Arrived in Boston with Artemisia Hamburg
Steamers arrived in Boston as Artemisia Hamburg reported docking status.
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Old Orchard Excursion Slated August 10 From Central Street
All grades of coffee offered by O'Brien Bros at 227 Central Street promote the trip to Old Orchard on August 10. Round trip by Boston & Maine R. costs $1.50. Headlines note a Washington Star quote about a doubt near a trust promoter who owns an automobile.
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All Will Depend on Japanese Terms
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 8 M Witte rose early and began work with M Wil mistenoamnn to dispatch business under Japanese terms as the situation developed in the day’s report from the port city.
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Russian minister Pokouiloff arrives at Grand Central
New York August 8 Mr Pokouiloff Russian minister to Pekin and one of the peace envoys reached Grand Central from Chicago by the Twentieth Century at 9 30 this morning and departed for Portsmouth at 10 o clock.
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Two Eclipses This Month In Moon And Sun
An August lunar eclipse occurs Monday the 14th with a total phase lasting up to two hours depending on the moon’s path through Earth’s shadow. It will be visible worldwide and rise around 7 o'clock in Chicago. A solar eclipse follows on August 30, total in northern regions and partial across the eastern United States.
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OLD JAPAN GENEALOGY AND THE MIKADO IN DIPLOMACY
The piece traces the Japanese imperial line as one of the world’s oldest dynasties, arguing its 2500 year continuity vs European rivals. It notes the Mikado’s capable ruling house, praising Japan’s current diplomatic potential after earlier wartime exploits, per the New York Times.
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Fever Quarantine Easing In Louisiana Urged By Officials
New Orleans reports suggest potential relaxation of yellow fever quarantine rules as Gov Blanchard presses for state board action. Dr Souchon signals progress with opened St Landry parish freight under fumigated cars. Legislature backs $100,000 in emergency aid while uniformed naval surgeons take formal control. New Orleans totals rise modestly with four new cases to noon and 115 deaths overall. outside New Orleans 22 cases and 32 deaths, Paterson hosts most outside cases mostly Italians.
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Conditions at the detention camp in Shreveport report
Dr Gold berger of the U S marine hospital service released details on detainees at the camp outside Shreveport. The men listed include Barney Tracey Edward Hastlitt Edward Jones and Albert Miller all diagnosed or suspected as yellow fever after attempting entry to the city. they were quarantined and screened with no city cases and no danger of spread observed.
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Yellow fever cases reported near Bon Ami Louisiana
State Health Officer Taber reports two yellow fever cases at Bon Ami Louisiana with one suspect dead. The two men are Italian refugees from New Orleans. A Texas border remand for troops as guards was declined by Dr Taber and the governor.
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Yellow fever cases reported in Mexican Republic
The superior board of health officials report five yellow fever cases in the Republic with four in Vera Cruz and one at Cuatzacoulcos. One patient died at Vera Cruz Wednesday and another case was found the same day. All five cases are thoroughly isolated as the fight against the mosquito continues with daily reports from areas where the disease may appear.
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Montgomery Declares End of Yellow Fever Bulletins
The Montgomery Alabama board of health announced that yellow fever scans in the city are entirely past and there is no further need for bulletins.
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Eight passengers and crew to Hoffman Island for observation
In New York today the steamer Alliance from Colon had eight passengers and four crew members taken to Hoffman Island for observation due to elevated temperatures. Of 588 passengers aboard, 25 were Panama Canal employees, either on vacation or retiring from work.
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Stevens’s Case Continued In West Peabody Fire Attempt
Captain Walter C. Stevens of the state militia signal service corps was arraigned in Peabody and the case continued to September 11 at the government’s request. He is charged with attempting to burn a dwelling in West Peabody on July 21.
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