Marsh Hall Fire At Yale Causes Major Yet Not Total Loss
New Haven December 12 Yale officials report Marsh hall the Yale forest school building suffered smoke and water damage but initial 100000 loss estimate was high. Three valuable collections on upper floors survived with light damage while first floor was gutted. Fire started in basement from steam heating. three separate fires observed as flames spread, but upper stories mostly spared. Anson Phelps Stokes said losses likely under 10000 and forest school work may resume at winter term.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Marsh Hall
Yale Forest
Anson Phelps Stokes
University
Forest School
Othniel C. Marsh
Stock Market Opens Firm In New York Trading
New York stock market opened firm with fractional gains across many issues. Amalgamated Copper and U S Steel showed notable quotes while General Electric slipped a point. By 11 a.m. prices rose gradually as demand varied and railroads and industrials advanced, with coal stocks leading activity amid seasonal weather.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Sugar
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
U.S. Steel
Wabash
London
General Electric
Futures Open Steady As Cotton Prices Quoted In New York
Decembers 12.05 January 12.16 February 12.30 March 12.38 April 12.45 12.46 May 12.49 June 12.46 July 12.46 August 12.12 12.14 Stock Gossip notes Liverpool exchange to close Dec 25 26 and Jan 1 2 Central Vermont reports year surplus 3562 over fixed charges with operating expenses 153436 for betterments earnings 156998 or 142 percent on first mortgage bonds bonds trading around 84 yielding 4 percent approximate.
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New York
Central
Vermont
Massachusetts mill names and bank entries with births note
A fragment lists mills and banks including Atlas National Bank and Naumkeag Steam Cotton, with references to Pacific MINS and Boston & Albany RR. Co. div off 24514 35 Federal Trust Co. Be os ofs 104, plus a births notice: REIDY to Mr and Mrs William B Reidy, a daughter. Ward's letter paper and engraved visiting cards advertised at A W Dows & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas National Bank
Naumkeag
Boston & Albany RR. Co
Federal Trust Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
Massachusetts Mills
Georgia
Amory Mfg
Amoskeag Mfg
Pacific
Federal Trust Co Oy
Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Merchants National Bank
Lockwood Co
Waterville
Private wires link New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago
Commission orders executed in all markets. Securities carried on margin consistent with sound banking. Daily Market Letter and a Special letter devoted exclusively to International Paper. Free upon application.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Daily Market
East Pepperell Vocal Club notes and Orange lodge events
The East Pepperell Vocal club led by E G Hood promotes a cantata The Wreck of the Hesperus with solos and choral parts. Middlesex Worcester Pomona No 8 elected officers in Leominster with minor changes and discussed a referendum. A Porto Rico letter, gramophone selections, grange notes, and references to cotton boll weevil were shared. installation planned for January at Fitchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pepperell
E. G. Hood
Nashua
Opera House
High Street
Middlesex-Worcester
Leominster
S. R. Walker
North Leominster
Frank T. Marston
Pepperell
L. E. Starr
F. R
Pillsbury
Ashby
F. N. Boutelle
Lunenburg
J. M. Scarborough
Fitchburg
Frank Knight
Townsend
Charles E. Cox
William H. Sanderson
Groton
Pomona
W. D. Hinds
Flora
Daniel Mason
Ayer
Ceres
Mars
Clara Flarity
L. A
C. L. Howard
Littleton
Akien
Porter
Victor
Mary Shaw
China
Japan
Geo. A. Mahoney
Spain
England
France
Bell
Leominster Advertiser
Grange
Rochester
Porto Rico
C. H. Dix
Leominster Orange
F. A. Patch
Ethel Jarvis
Grace Porter
Bros. Rice and Andrews
Four Seekers for Overseers Chair as Civil Service Rows Grow
Four candidates from the nine member board of overseers of the poor vie for the chair. The city civil service lists show delays since Arthur S. Cutler’s death, with Supt Conlon wavering on appointments. He has kept his friend in the office while seeking an architect post, defying a request for provisional action and proper requisitions. The article notes political maneuvering, ambulance driver positions, and opposition to transferring insane wards to state institutions under a new law.
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Board of Civil Service Examiners
State Board
Arthur S. Cutler
Public Buildings Department
Conlon
Cutler
Civil Service
James Hearn
Hearn
Board of Overseers of the Poor
McCoy
Conley
Ward 5
M. J. Courtney
Lowell
Association of Aid Officers
Masked Bandits Blow Open Pavonia Safe in Night Robbery
Five masked desperadoes robbed the Pavonia Pennsylvania Railroad station in Camden New Jersey half a mile from the State street bridge. They dynamited the safe and escaped after a running gun battle with two cops, taking about $10 from the till and $2 from a guard. The gang also looted a shanty of Oscar Till and destroyed clothing and effects.
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Camden
N. J
Pavonia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oscar Till
State Street
Cooper's Creek
Till
Frank Eppler
Ralph Haines
Tower
Schmidt
Fell
Frederick Stackhouse
Rogers Trial Reveals Chloroform Fatality Testimony
In Bennington Vermont the Rogers murder trial resumes with Dr. Wiltsie testifying that chloroform administered as alleged could cause death by asphyxiation. Defense and prosecution clash over Perham's testimony about how the bottle was obtained as jurors hear about a life policy and strained marital relations. The court adjourns to Monday.
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Bennington
Leon Perham
Mary H. Rogers
Bennington County
Perham
Rogers
James C. Riley
Republican committee debates 1900 convention venue
The Republican national committee met at the Arlington hotel to decide the 1900 convention site with Chicago St Louis Pittsburgh and Norristown proposals. Porto Rico representation and party status were discussed as exec session loomed and a 50th anniversary celebration plan was noted.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Hanna
Island
Heath
Porto Rico
Suicide by Gas at 336 River Street Haverhill
Mrs Elizabeth R Baddock killed herself at her home in Haverhill by connecting a gas radiator to a rubber tube. Illness and melancholia were cited. She attempted to die last night but was prevented by her daughter. she finished the act early today. Providence relatives notified and will claim the remains.
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Haverhill
Elizabeth R. Baddock
River Street
Providence
Panama's Progress Sets Path To Stable Panama Government
The state department reports Panama moving toward a permanent republican government with elections for a constitutional convention set for January 4 and the convention to convene January 20, per Consul General Gudger from Panama.
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Washington
State Department
Panama
Gudger
Boston Gas Consolidation Blocked by Court Ruling
In Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Judge Hammond refused to issue an injunction halting the consolidation of Boston gas companies. The decision affects the broader gas controversy sparked by Receiver Pepper of Bay State Gas Co. of Delaware who seeks to undo the sale to the Massachusetts Gas Companies. The order allows a six day notice before any consolidation vote and requires a bond to cover possible dividends. Consolidation papers for Boston Consolidated Gas Co. were approved by Commissioner Trefry, while the secretary of state delayed charter formalities.
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Boston
Pepper
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Idder, Peabody & Co. Et al
Hammond
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Boston Gas
General Gas
Bay
Commissioner of Corporations Trefry
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Olin
Snow
South Boston
Roxbury
Bay State of Massachusetts
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Post 48 G A R elects officers for ensuing year
Post 48 G A R elected officers for the ensuing year at a December meeting. J J O'Brien named commander with William Crombie senior vice commander and S N Lougee junior vice commander. C P Sartell chaplain, Dr J E Parsons surgeon, H C Sher win quartermaster, C E Craig officer of the day, W W Wentworth officer of the guard, E D Martell trustee for three years, Daniel Dickinson delegate to department encampment, C P Atherton alternate. A delegation from the Woman's Relief Corps led by Mrs Lucie S Richardson presented a framed portrait of her late husband Oliver Bartlett Richardson to the post. The scene moved many as Commander Sandford Preble accepted the tribute for Post 48. Mrs Richardson soon leaves town for Boston. Ladies bid farewell at the door. The portrait will hang in G A R hall. Pauline Culver, Lawrence milliner, returned here with her aunt Mrs Lindsay after Thanksgiving. Teacher's Bibles for 98 cents at Lawler's. see Dows windows for Christmas goods.
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J. J. O'Brien
William Crombie
S. N. Lougee
C. P. Sartell
J. E. Parsons
H. C. Sherwin
C. £. Craig
W. W. Wentworth
E. D. Martell
Sandford Preble
G. A. R. Hail
Misa Pauline Culver
Lawrence
Mrs. Lindsay
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Advertisement extols Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children’s Home. Claims cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate bowels destroy worms. Improves over 20 000 testimonials. Sold at all druggists 25 cents sample free address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Gray
New York
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N
English Education Commission Head Returns Aboard St Louis
Alfred Mosely M G led the English commission that studied US education and sailed home on the St Louis. The group toured the country, learning much but offering no further comment. Also aboard were Rhona Adair the Irish golf champion and her sister Nora. Other travelers included Captain M D Cronin U S A and several others. Calendars and Christmas postal cards at Prince's.
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En York
Alfred Mosely
America
England
St. Louis
Mosely
Rhona Adair
Haverford
Nora Adaitr
M. D. Cronin
A. F. Freeman
Walter J. Gray
J. G. Johnson
Wm. Jones
M. P
Albert IE. Kirnley
Dickinson S. Miller
W. H. Rayburn
Warrant Issued for Mrs Woods in Back Bay Assault
Boston reports a warrant was issued for Mrs. Isabella J. Woods of Cambridge on charges of assaulting Dr. Clarence C. Perry by striking him and throwing vitriol at his wife. Earlier, Woods had accused Perry of bigamy but the Middlesex county grand jury returned a no bill. The incident happened last night in Back Bay.
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Boston
Isabella J. Woods
Cambridge
Clarence C. Perry
Mrs Beatty Acquitted In Self defense Claim
Mount Holly New Jersey December 12 Mrs Sarah A Beatty was acquitted today of murder in the death of her husband Samuel Beatty July 6 last She testified she killed in self defense The jury deliberated for 18 hours
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Mount Holly
N. J
Sarah A. Beatty
Samuel Beatty
Frisco Line Offices to Merge with Rock Island in SF
The Rock Island system reports that effective January 1 the Frisco Line offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles will be merged into Rock Island agencies. Local Frisco affairs will be turned over to Rock Island Pacific agents in San Francisco as part of the consolidation.
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San Francisco
Cal
Rock Island System
Frisco Line
Los Angeles
Rock Island Company
Pacific One
Rock Island
Chicago Wins As National Republican Convention City
Delegates debated convention costs with Chicago proposed for 75 000 by guarantee after Milwaukee discussions. N B Scott West Virginia chaired the arrangements committee with Hanna Payne Hardy S New and R B Schneider. Chicago topped votes 43 to 7 to hold the convention, with St Louis and Pittsburg also in the tally. The committee set June 21 at noon for the Chicago meeting and adjourned at 1 40 p m to reconvene at the call of the chairman.
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Mayor Todd
San Juan
Republican Party
Senate
Porto Rico
Jose Brioso
Hanna
P. Raymond
Chicago
James J. Sheridan
Hamilton Club
George R. Peck
New York
R. C. Kerens
Missouri
St. Louis
Co. P. Walbridge
Walbridge
Missour
Mississippi River
Nathan Frank
Walter B. Stevens
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
John Dalzell
Dalzell
Lafayette Hall
Penrose
Norristown
Scott
West Virginia
John G. Capers
South Carolina
Cit
Stewart
N. B. Scott
Payne
Hardy
New
Indiana
R. B. Schneider
Nebraska
Howe write to Casey in Lowell December 11 1903
Mayor Charles E. Howe thanks Alderman James B. Casey for congratulations after a tight contest. Howe emphasizes mutual respect and friendship, wishes Casey success in his work and daily life, signed as mayor. Calendar and Christmas cards advertised by Lawler's.
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Howe
Alderman Casey
Lowell
Mass
James B. Casey
Esa
Charles E. Howe
Obituary notices for Smith Gannon Platt and Coulam
Multiple deaths reported Saturday in this city and nearby towns. Thomas Smith aged 34 of 48 Andrews street left a father and five brothers plus a sister. Mary Gannon aged 49 of 792 Gorham street survived by husband Charles two sons Charles and James a daughter Nellie and two sisters. Thomas Platt, long resident of Billerica, aged 82 years and 22 days, left three sons and one daughter. William H Coulam, 77 years seven months, of 290 East Merrimack street, died after apoplexy. Gannon death also listed as Mrs Mary Gannon at 792 Gotham street.
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Thomas Smith
Andrews Street
Lowell Lodge, K. of P
Mary Gannon
Gorham Street
Charles
James
Nellie Gannon
Patrick Gookin
Andrew McGarry
New York
Bernard
Thomas Platt
Billerica
Wilson Street
North Billerica
Thomas
Joseph
Sarah
William H.coulam
East Merrimack Street
Gannon
Gotham Street
Boston Indictments Include Polygamy Charge Against Keeper
Boston report notes Asa H. Josselyn formerly lighthouse keeper at Thatcher's Island indicted by Suffolk county grand jury for polygamy. Also listed: John W. White charged with second degree murder for fatal lodging house killing of James M. Gavel. Patrolman Lewey freed with no bill. about sixty other indictments reported.
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Boston
Asa H. Josselyn
Thatcher’'s Island
Suffolk County Grand Jury
John W. White
James M. Gavel
Edward F. Lewey
Louis Branat
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Yale’s Forest School
Verbarium
Stock Market
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
R. L. Day & CO
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Toy Man Bby
Onshi Cei
S.cyasct
New Bedford Cordage Co
Bristol Mfg. Co
New Bedford
Debegs
United States
Reidy
William B. Reidy
Ward
A. W. Dows & Co
lLawler’s
Bright, Sears & Co
Chas, N. Woodward
Middlesex St
Exchange Bldg
Boston Stock Exchange
NEW York Stock Exchange
F.S. Colton & Co
Bankers
New York Consolidated
Central Block
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Wall Street 4 Exchange of
Middlesex County
Conien
Wiltsie
Geis
Representa
Tion
Lawler
Dows
Mother Gray
Vir
Adair
Prince's
H.R. Barker
Middle Street
Palmer Street
Buffalo
New England
George
Mabel
Casey
Suffolk
Pat O’hara
A. We Dows & Co
Rhodes’ Hair Store
Merrimack St
Nicholas G. Norcross
Central St
Georie
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