Market Opens Irregularly as Stocks Show Mixed Moves
The stock market opened with broad activity and mixed changes. At 10:10 a m St Paul jumped 14 4 and Missouri Pacific 14, with readings in Reading and Manhattan up a point, while Northwestern fell 1. By 11 a m higher quotes intensified but selling dragged prices, later renewed large orders lifted Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific St Paul Reading United States Steel and others, with gains of up to 2 between 11 and 11:30 a m.
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New
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Colorado Southern
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Western Union
Northwestern
Delaware & Hudson
Lackawanna
Long Island
Colorado
Gas futures steady as collateral sale opens in New York
In New York on December 17 futures for gas trade open steady with December at 8.56 and January 8.56. Bonds secured by stock collateral are to be auctioned in New York with Gas as expected bidder. Bay State Gas Co may join. Massachussetts Gas faces uncertain participation as legal options loom.
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New York
United Gas
Bay State Gas Co
Addicks
Massachusetts Gas
James Southworth and Helen Clare wed at parsonage
In this city on December 16 1902 at the parsonage 15 Ellsworth Street Rev N W Matthews united James Southworth of Dracut and Helen Clare of Tewksbury in marriage.
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Ellsworth Street
N. W. Matthews
James Southworth
Dracut
Helen Clare
Tewksbury
Ute Snake Dance Photo Graphs Captured In Denver
Southern Ute Indians were photographed performing their annual snake dance at City Park in Denver. The film includes Crow dancers from Wyoming and a ceremony linked to rain and abundance. Buckwalter’s footage aims to aid Smithsonian and anthropologists studying preserved dances and legends.
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West
Red Man
H. H. Buckwalter
Denver
City Park
Crow Agency
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Quin-chuck-a-chaw
Buckwalter
Denver Times
William Mountain Dies at 61 in City Home
In this city on December 15 at his home 7 Chapel Street William Mountain aged 61 years.
Hood's Lotion Gains Favor With Needleworkers
Hood's Lotion pleases needle workers by smoothing hands and curing roughness, praised for its melting effect. No preparation compares for softness. Large bottle, 36 cents.
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Hood
Hooley and Slade Members of New York Stock Exchange
Edwin S. Hooley and Co and Simmons and Slade of New York are listed as members of the New York Stock Exchange. The entry notes their affiliation with the exchange and their New York base.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Edwin S. Hooley & Co
Simmons & Slade
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Long Argument Against Steel Conversion Plan Publicised
Edward B. Whitney, attorney for J. Aspinwall Hodge, argued before the New Jersey court of errors and appeals to restrain U. S. Steel's $250 million stock conversion. He claims directors delayed calling a meeting to ratify the plan to avoid repeating proxies, asserts the plan deceived stockholders about bond issuance and Morgan arrangements, and contests the asset valuation as monopoly-based and inflated by $344 million.
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New York
Edward B. Whitney
J. Aspinwall Hodge
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
U. S. Steel Corporation
Whitney
Emery
J. P. Morgan & Co
Carnegie Company
Haverhill Mayoralty Case Before Supreme Court
In Boston on December 16, Judge Loring heard arguments from George Fred Williams for petitioners and Boyd B. Jones for respondents in a Haverhill mayoralty dispute. The court may take the matter to the full bench as to whether local boards of registration can be final on voter eligibility and ballot validity. The case centers on 18 votes counted for Republican Henri R. Watson, potentially changing the outcome by 6 votes if excluded.
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Boston
Haverhill
Loring
Supreme Court
George Fred Williams
Boyd B. Jones
Boards of Registration of
Parkman B. Flanders
Henri R. Watson
Wlanders
Worcester
Floods Subside in Mining Region Reports
Reports from the mining region indicate waters are receding with less damage than feared. Some mines in Pottsville and Hazleton suffered minor flood damage, but suspensions will be brief. The Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, which rose sharply and overflowed, are now falling.
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Philadelphia
Pottsville
Hazleton
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
Developments and Scope of the Associated Press Address
At the Boston Merchants Club banquet Stephen O Meara, longtime Boston Journal editor and AP director, spoke on The Developments, Character and Scope of the Associated Press and announced his retirement from the Journal the coming year. Frank A Munsey, also present, spoke briefly on The Development of the Trust Idea in Newspapers.
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Boston
Boston Merchants’ Club
Algonquin Tonight
Stephen O'Meara
Boston Journal
Associated Press
Journal
Frank A. Munsey
Depositors Paid In Full at Globe National Bank
In Boston on December 16, the bank's depositors receive final payments including full principal and six percent interest. Last disbursement totals about $200,000, covering interest after receivership. Indications point to stockholders, who were assessed 100 percent, also receiving a dividend.
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Boston
Globe National Bank
New Bedford Harbor Bill Debate Opens State Support
Boston December 16 At the Massachusetts board of trade executive council meeting Charles F Shaw presented a New Bedford board of trade communication urging deepening and widening of New Bedford harbor and asking the state board to influence Massachusetts senators and representatives in favor of the bill before Congress The recommendations were adopted by the council.
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Boston
Executive Council
Massachusetts Board of Trade
Charles F. Shaw
Committee On Commerce
New Bedford Board of Trade
New Bedford
State Board of Trade
Massachusetts
Herd slaughter orders issued near Weat Bridgewater
Inspection by an agricultural bureau veterinary near Weat Bridgewater found a herd of cows belonging to Clinton P. Howard and ordered 53 animals killed. The herd is valued at $5000.
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Weat
Bridgewater
Clinton P. Howard
Agricultural Bureau
Crazy man in Michigan slashes head of sleeper then kills self
John Best, 28, once discharged as cured from insane asylum, rose during night at La Pere Michigan and slashed Jasper Clegg’s throat nearly severing his head. He wounded his mother and sister, then shot himself dead after a confrontation with Sheriff Myers.
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la Pere
Mich
John Best
Jasper Clegg
Clegg
Best
Express Messengers Missing After Derby Express Wreck
A south bound Alabama Great Southern limited express derailed near Moundville Alabama sixty miles south of Birmingham. A rail removed near a trestle caused the wreck. Two express messengers are missing and feared trapped. No passengers reported killed. The train ran from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Moundville
Here
Cincinnati
New Orleans
New Hampshire State Grange Opens 29th Annual Session
Manchester hosts the New Hampshire State Grange opening with Gov. elect Nahum J. Bachelder presiding. An address covers agriculture, summer hotel business, foot and mouth, women's suffrage, and NH House membership. Membership reaches 25,362 in 263 granges. treasury exceeds 15,000. A public meeting to feature Gov. Jordan and other dignitaries follows.
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Nahum J. Bachelder
Commonwealth
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Emin C. Hutchinson
Order
Joseph D. Roberts
Dover
Chester B. Jordan
Aaron Jones
Indiana
National Grange
Canfield's Place Hearing Sparks Arrest Warrant
Secret inquiry led by Attorney Jerome at New York court focused on Richard A. Canfield. Witnesses were called including Jesse Lewisohn and Harry Payne Whitney with writs of habeas corpus and cer tiorari issued as the probe continued amid denials of visiting Canfield's place.
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New York
Jerome
Wyatt
Court of Special Sessions
Richard A. Canfield
A. A. Houseman
Canfield
Mr. Jerome
Mr. Sanford
Sandford
Jesse Lewisohn
Lewisohn
Harry Payne Whitney
Mortimer Schiff
Jacob A. Schiff
Kuhn Leeb & Company
Payne Whitney
Italian Claims Against Venezuela Highlight Losses
Rome reports Italy’s claims cover damages to 7618 Italian residents in Venezuela during recent revolutions. Major losses hit Poggioli firm of Elba, engineer Martini, ex-Deputy Fagi, and marble works, with miners fleeing as troops invaded. Italy plans to cooperate with British and German naval blocks but seeks no heavy action. cruiser Giovanni Bausan due to La Guaira January 4. Mayor des Planches asked Hay to seek protection for Italians if needed, and Hay agreed.
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Rome
Italy
Venezuela
Prinetti
Chamber of Deputies
Poggioli
Elba Island
Martini
Fagi
Maricual
Orsini
Giovanni Bausan
la Guaira
Venezuelan
Elba
Carlo Alberto
Canadian
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Washington
Hay
Bowen
Haitian general seeks asylum in United States legation
Port au Prince Haiti December 16 General Saint-Foix Gobin minister of the interior and rival of General Nord in the presidential contest has sought refuge in the United States legation amid heavy firing and widespread excitement in the city.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
General Saint-Foix Gobin
Interior
Nord
United States
Legation
Alexis Nord
M. Numa
M. Seneque
Senate
Haytien Congress
Callisthene Fouchard
Gen. Nord
Congress
General Nord
General Saint-Foix Cobin
Seneque Pierre
Chamber of Communes
Firine
Washington
Jerves
Secretary of Interior
Difficult Rescue At Sea Off Halifax
The captain and four crew of the Grenada abandoned a waterlogged schooner forty miles outside Sambro. Rescued by Lake Megantic crew, they saved nothing else as the deck remained awash. They were taken to Halifax harbor, with a passenger praising the perilous rescue to the government for recognition.
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Halifax
Sydney
Sambro
Lake Megantic
St. John
Liverpool
Bay
Halifax Harbor
New Hampshire Convention Defeats Tax Exemption Amendment
Concord New Hampshire December 16 The constitutional convention killed amendments to end tax exemption for property used for profit and gain and to abolish the title His Excellency for the Governor It also set elections for officers by plurality votes as a special order for tomorrow and for certain state officers by the people on Wednesday afternoon.
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Concord
N. H
Sudden Death of William Mountain at 7 Chapel Street
William Mountain aged 61 was found dead in bed at his home on Monday night around 11 by Deputy Welch and Officer Wilson. Mrs Mountain, an elderly widow, said he had heart disease but appeared normal that day. He rose for water then slept, prompting the officers to check him and contact Undertaker Molloy. Mountain worked for A C Wheelock on his buildings.
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William Mountain
Chapel Street
Welch
Wilson
Destitution Reports Prompted by Acting Mayor Endorsement
Acting mayor asks police superintendent to report destitution cases. Patrolmen list 13 cases in the city for Monday. City hall talk centers on Councilman Cecil L Adams of ward poised to win the presidency of the common council next month. Adams, seen as best dressed in city government, has quietly built support and claims pledges of a majority in the lower council.
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City Hall
Cecil L. Adams
Ward
Adams
Arguments for New Trial for Patrick Court Case
In New York on December 16 the testimony phase in Albert T. Patrick's bid for a new trial concluded. Valet Jones's counsel G G Battle testified about Jones's confession and purported immunity, while Mr Tomlinson presented the plaintiff's opening in the argument.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Rice
G. G. Battle
Valet Jones
Jones
Tomlinson
Immigration Scheme Weighs on Ontario Land Concession
London reports English syndicate negotiating with Ontario to acquire a large land tract on terms like the 2,000,000 acre offer to an American group. English investors show strong funds and keen interest in pursuing a vast immigration project.
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New York
London
The
Tribune
Ontario
Smallpox hits Shi loh community in Shi loh Shi loh
A smallpox case was found in the Holy Ghost and Us settlement at Shiloh Lisbon Falls Maine. Suspected exposure risk prompted quarantine of seven exposed members in a dedicated cottage. Mrs Susie Jenkins a New York resident attended meetings before falling ill. Dr Miliken confirmed the diagnosis and ordered health precautions as about 376 people live at Shiloh.
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Lisbon Falls
Holy Ghost
Shiloh
Susie Jenkins
State Board of Health
Milliken
Hallowell
State Board
Dewey Fleet Plans for Christmas Deployment
Washington reports that Admiral Dewey's fleet will have its Christmas orders prepared by the Navy Secretary to coordinate with the State Department over Venezuela. The strategy favors rendezvousing ships in ports near the Venezuelan coast rather than deploying to La Guaira to avoid provoking other powers.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Venezuela
Venezuelan
Dewey
Department
Navy
State Department
Mmore
la Guaira
Castro
State
Navy Department
Seventeen-year Leominster post office clerk quits amid arrest
Simeon W Burns, a 36 year old married clerk with the Leominster post office since 1885, was arrested on suspicion of stealing money from the mails. Inspectors Pendleton and McMillan say marked bills were found in decoy letters. He is jailed awaiting a U S marshal.
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Leominster
Simeon W. Burns
C. N. Pendleton
F. E. McMillan
Post Office Department
Burns
Fuel Shortage Forces Local Mills to Halt Operations
In Providence on December 16, the Queen Dyeing Company of 400 workers, Clyde Print Works with 850, and Morganville at Johnston stopped heavy machinery to stretch the limited coal. Lighter equipment remains active for several days while fuel arrives, with half a dozen mills and bleacheries facing day to day operation limits.
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Providence
R. J
Queen Dyeing Company
Clyde Print Works
Clyde
Morgan Vills
Johnston
Census in Philippines Governors Meet Officials in Manila
Manila December 16. Governors of thirty five provinces gathered to receive census guidance from General Sanger and to discuss affairs with St. Louis exposition commissioners. Taft praised the elected body and urged suppressing Ladronism while announcing plans to import Carabacs for farm work.
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Manila
General Sanger
Division of the Philippines
Taft
Death of Mrs. Margaret True in Amesbury
Amesbury on December 16 82 year old Mrs. Margaret True died from burns suffered when she overturned a kettle of boiling water last week.
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Amesbury
Margaret True
Italy's Ultimatum Delivered to Venezuela
Caracas reports Italian minister Signor De Ryva presented Italy's ultimatum to Venezuela at five o'clock in the afternoon on December 16.
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Italy
Caracas
Signor de Ryva
Venezuela
Death of Geo Butler Magoun Reported in New York
New York December 16 news reports the death of Geo Butler Magoun, partner at the brokerage firm Magoun Bros & Co. The passing is announced today and marks the loss of a noted financier in the New York financial community.
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New York
Geo. Butler Magoun
Magoun Bros. & Co
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Advised For Winter
A local notice urges prudent households to stock Chamberlains Cough Remedy now as a precaution against contagious colds. It promises prompt relief if used at early signs and notes the preparation is safe for children and pleasant to take. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Nord Controls Wants Presidency in Haiti Clash
In Port au Prince troops under Gen. Alexis Nord occupy the arsenal and fortifications amid firing and high tension. Gen. Nord, sole opponent of M Seneque, is expected to win bids as Congress prepares to elect a president.
New Hampshire State Grange Opens 29th Annual Meeting
The first evening session drew nearly a thousand people despite bad weather. Presiding officer Henry H. Metcalf led speakers including Gov. Chester B. Jordan, Gov. erect Nahum J. Bachelder, Aaron Jones of Indiana, George S. Ladd, S. Ella Southerland, and local hosts George Byron Chandler and Charles J. Hadley. The event featured music between addresses.
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire State Grange
Henry H. Metcalf
Concord
Chester B. Jordan
Erect Nahum J. Bachelder
Aaron Jones
Indiana
National Grange
George S. Ladd
Massachusetts State Grange
S. Ella Southerland
Athol
Mass
George Byron Chandler
Board of Trade
Charles J. Hadley
Amoskeag
Erie road train derails near Newburg injuring crew
A fast Erie passenger train from New York diverted into a ditch at Newburg suburb Cleveland today after slipping on slick tracks. Engineer W C Goss suffered serious injuries while fireman H H Landon was badly cut and bruised. officials report no passenger injuries. The derailment occurred after the engine hit a derailing switch and pulled the baggage and mail cars into the ditch.
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Cleveland, O
New York
Erie Road
Newburg
W. C. Goss
H. H. Landon
Critical condition of former Attorney General Knowlton
New Bedford December 16 Dr Prescott the attending physician said Knowlton's illness took a bad turn this afternoon and his condition was very critical. The report notes no further details but confirms the severity of his ailment.
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Knowlton
New Bedford
Pp. Prescott
Mr. Knowlton
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Immigration Scheme
Canada
Courier
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Philippines
Nord Controls
U. S
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Express
H. L. Bailey & Co
Merrimack Street
Bridge Street
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
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