Sugar Leads Narrow Closing In Boston Market
Closing prices were highest in a very narrow Boston market on Saturday noon December 20. Sugar opened 125% rose to 126% and 129 before final gains to 127% while other issues showed modest movement. The day featured mixed results, with selective support for Sugar, Kansas and Texas issues and scattered advances in a tight trade. Futures in New York opened steady with listed contracts ranging from 7.96 to 8.57.
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Southern -Acific
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Sugar
Kansas
Texas
Pacific
New York
New England Contract Awards Totals Rise This Week
The FF W Dodge company reports contracts awarded for new building and engineering enterprises in New England last week total about 2 065 000, up from 38 124 000 a year ago. Year to date totals reach 131 097 000 versus 127 884 000 last year, with roughly 48 percent for dwellings and hotels and 5 percent for mills and factories.
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New England
FF. W. Dodge Company
New York Money Transfer Lists and Cotton Market Outlook
Telegraphic transfer of 200000 dollars to New Orleans noted by the sub treasury. Bank reserves show declines in deposits and circulation, with loans and most categories down. Dun & Co reports easing in leading bleached cottons and steady but cautious activity in export grades. Woolen goods show order activity, fur futures improve, and silk shipments still strong. References to money stringency fading and South American concerns as the year ends.
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New York
New Orleans
Sub-Treasury
R. G. Dun & Co
Market optimism amid recovering industries and finances
The piece argues for careful optimism as markets stabilize. It cites a stronger money pool, improving Venezuela, and a rebound in industry and commerce. It notes robust crops, rising railroad earnings, large bank clearings, and renewed Wall Street momentum after recent fears. Reported by Bright, Sears & Co.
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Venezuela
Wall Street
Senator Saulsbury Leaks After Heavy Weather Repair Arrival
Halifax Nova Scotia December 20 The Gloucester schooner Senator Saulsbury from Newfoundland for Gloucester with a cargo of herring put in today leaking and will go on the marine slip for repairs She reports very heavy weather and will proceed after fixes.
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Halifax
N. S
Senator Saulsbury
Newfoundland
Gloucester
Steamers Arrive From Europe and New York
New York arrives news notes that the steamship La Savoie has arrived from Havre. Plymouth reports the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm arriving from New York on December 20, reflecting transatlantic travel activity and port movements.
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New York
la Savoie
Havre
Plymouth
Kronpring Wilhelm
Pope appoints Buffalo bishop as Chicago archbishop
Rome December 20 reports the Pope signed the appointment of Bishop James E F Quigley of Buffalo New York as archbishop of Chicago and Rev J F Regis Canevin rector of St Pauls Cathedral of Pittsburgh as coadjutor bishop of Pittsburgh.
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Rome
James EF. Quigley
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
J. FP. Regis Canevin
St. Paul's Cathedral
Pittsburg
Fraternal lodge to return to Lincoln hall Odd Fellows
Protection lodge of the American Benefit Society votes to resume use of the Lincoln hall in the Odd Fellows building. Next meeting and officer installation set for January 5. Also notes hosiery for men from H. L. Bolley & Co at 69 Merrimack Street.
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Protection Lodge
American Benefit Society
Lincoln Hall
Odd Fellows
H. L. Bolley & Co
Merrimack Street
HL Ll. Bailey & Co
Nine Amendments Proposed to New Hampshire Constitution
Yesterday the New Hampshire constitutional convention adjourned after submitting nine amendments to the people. They propose prohibiting trusts and granting woman suffrage, taxing inheritances and franchises, educational voting qualifications, removing Protestant from the bill of rights, a new basis for legislative representation, voting precincts, broader police court criminal jurisdiction, and officer examinations in the militia. Some amendments were defeated including free passes, initiative and referendum, and county solicitor appointments.
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Colby
France seeks equal claims treatment with other powers
The Paris foreign office states the note to Venezuela’s chargé d’affaires in Caracas requests no special preference for French claims. It aims for parity with Germany and Great Britain in forceful collection for new claims since 1899, not a coercive act.
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Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
France
Germany
Great Britain
Poison Case Ties Mrs Manson to Ashford Death
Coroner A G Bill of Denelson traveled to Willimantic to pursue leads in the death of Mrs Julia A Wilson of Ashford. Mrs Leila Manson, jailed in Brooklyn on suspicious circumstances, faces an inquest that will resume after witness statements are followed up. Investigators seek whether Mrs Manson bought poison in Willimantic last July and await a Hartford physician report on stomach and intestinal samples.
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Conn
A. G. Bill
Denelson
Leila Manson
Brooklyn
Julia A. Wilson
Ashford
Transportation service bid approved for troop shipments
Secretary Root announced the acceptance of the Boston Steamship Company bid for transporting troops and military supplies between the United States and the Philippines via Seattle or Tacoma. San Francisco service remains for now, with talks on army transports potentially being sold or chartered, allowing that port to share government traffic.
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Root
Boston Steamship Company
United States
Philippines
Seattle
Tacoma
San Francisco
Horse injures man in barn accident at Royal Street
A horse owned by D. L. Page backed into an open scuttle at noon yesterday in the barn of Geo. M. Foster on Royal Street. Henry M. Marshall of Tyngsboro, Page's employee, was removing dressing from under the barn when the horse fell and its thigh pressed him against the cellar wall. An ambulance arrived to transfer him.
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D. L. Page
Eo. M. Foster
Royal Street
Henry M. Marshall
Tyngsboro
Page
Mr. Marshall
Injured rider found after horse incident in cellar
Emergency room staff treated a rider with a lacerated face abrasions and an upper jaw fracture but injuries were not serious. The horse remained unharmed though unwilling to exit the cellar through the scuttle. He rested comfortably in temporary quarters and rescuers planned to breach the cellar wall to remove him.
Claims Heavy Loss by Lawrence Horseman in City
Daniel Lane of Lawrence a noted horseman reports in this city Thursday someone stole from him 300 in cash and a 427.50 check. He says he was at a safe stable here and is unsure if his pockets were picked or the money dropped. The check was issued by Vandike of Boston to Joseph Hubbard who endorsed it and passed it to Lane with the cash.
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Daniel Lane
Lawrence
Lane
Mr. Vandike
Boston
Joseph Hubbard
Camphor Fire Threatens Dows Drug Store
Smoke and camphor fumes filled Dows drug store on Central Street after a chimney fire caused by soot. Clerk Charles Delaney extinguished the blaze with a hand extinguisher as a carboy of camphor heated, the fumes reportedly curing headaches for visitors.
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Dows
Central Street
Charles Delaney
Jumped from Engine Near Factory Injures Worker
Joseph Baston 22 of Cushing street rode to F. P. Cheney’s box factory on the rear of a Boston and Maine locomotive after dinner yesterday. He jumped off while the engine was in motion near the factory, striking his head and sustaining severe abrasions and lacerations. He received stitches at the Emergency hospital and is not seriously injured.
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Joseph Baston
Cushing Street
F. P. Cheney
Boston & Maine
Morse
Ordinations Held at Cathedral of the Holy Cross Boston
Twenty students were ordained in Boston today at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Most candidates came from St. John the Evangelist Seminary in Brighton. After the ceremony presided by Bishop Brady, the newly ordained priests remained at the seminary while several hundred attended blessings in the basement.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
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Death of Gen Wager Swayne in New York
Gen Wager Swayne died Thursday afternoon at his New York home from a complication of diseases. Born in Ohio in 1834, he served in the Civil War, losing a leg at Saskahatchie, and rose to major general. He later led Freedman’s Bureau activities in Alabama, practiced law in Toledo and New York, and acted as counsel for corporations. He left a widow and children and was connected to Jay Gould’s law affairs.
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LAND VALUES AT ISSUE IN LOWELL TAX CASES
In Boston Chief Justice Mason hears Hamilton and Appleton firms seek tax rebates for 1899 over valuation of land and buildings. Lowell witnesses place land values from 10 to 15 cents a square foot while building values range from 33 thousand to 462 thousand dollars, with testimony noting nearby mill properties and bank sites.
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Boston
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EK. Dunbar
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Tremont
Suffolk
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Lowell
Walter L. Parker
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Stackpole Street
Courier-Citizen
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Whittier Hnd
Central Street
First National Bank
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Patrick O' Hearn
Quito Parade Shows Solidarity With Venezuela
In Guayaquil on December 19 a large Quito street parade expressed sympathy for Venezuela. President Castro answered President Plaza’s message with deep gratitude to Ecuador’s government and people, saying the national honor is saved, though the right of force reigns.
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Ecuador
Quito
Venezuela
Castro
Plaza
Secretary Hay Secures Cabinet Backing on Venezuelan Situa
Secretary Hay reported to the cabinet on the Venezuelan situation based on his diplomatic correspondence with ambassadors in London Berlin and Rome. The cabinet endorsed his actions and future plans while awaiting a three power agreement on arbitration. No notice of any blockade action has been served on the United States.
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Hay
London
Berlin
Rome
United States
Venezuela
PAYS HIS FINE FOR MAPLEWOOD DEER SHOOTING
Malden residents raise 100 to free J T Connors after violating state game laws by shooting a deer at Maplewood. Frank A Bayard paid the fine at police headquarters. Donors include Judge Pettingill and Deputy Game Warden Barney of Lynn. Connors had been jailed since Wednesday.
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J. T. Connors
Maplewood
Connors
Frank A. Bayard
Pettingill
Barney
Lynn
Bristol Rivets Arrive as Cup Boat Riveting Nears Start
Bronze rivets for the new cup boat arrived at the Bristol boat shops from Harlem River New York. Crucibles for heating plates accompany the rivets. The first vertical frames were placed atop the lead keel for a test, with framing expected to begin in a few days. Mr Iselin remains in Aiken South Carolina and may not attend until mid January.
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R. I
Harlem River
New York
Iselin
Aiken
S. C
Committee named to represent Middlesex Bar at Knowlton funeral
Boston December 19 a committee of Middlesex County Bar association is appointed to represent at the funeral of the late Hon Hose M Knowlton former attorney general along with Samuel Hoar Selwyn Bow man Edwin Hale Samuel Ilder Theodore Hurd William French Henry Bragg Fred Wier George Sanderson and John Burke headed by Wier and Burke.
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Middlesex County Bar Association
Hoses M. Knowlton
Samuel Hoar
Selwyn Z. Bowman
Edwin B. Hale
Samuel J. Ilder
Theodore C. Hurd
Wm. B. French
Henry W. Bragg
Fred N. Wier
George A. Sanderson
John Burke
Italian youth acquitted in Oll Street piano shooting case
Reading December 19 Antonio Taddai an Italian youth who on July 4 shot John Trayer Edward Hartingan and Samuel Stizel after they assaulted him during a street piano dispute was acquitted in court claiming self defense. All three victims died from their injuries.
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Antonio Taddai
John Trayer
Edward Hartingan
Samuel Stizel
Taddai
Car No 10 Derails On Joston Line In Central Street
A car derailed when it took a wrong switch at Central street near Jackson yesterday at 2 15 pm. The Mer rimack square lines were blocked until 2 45 pm, then a shoe aided realignment and traffic resumed.
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Central Street
Jackson
Merrimack Square
Lowell and Pelham street railway hearing set yesterday
The railroad commissioners scheduled a hearing on the Lowell and Pelham street railway. The city solicitor, who wished to represent the city, could not attend because of a tax cases rain delay.
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Lowell & Pelham Street Railway
Cit
Cattle Destroyed Under Federal Movement in Disease Case
Dr Leddy of the United States Department of Agriculture and attendants today slaughtered four cows on the Alger farm and five on the Mathewson place under orders from Washington. Both herds were afflicted with the hoof and mouth disease.
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Leddy
United States Department of Agriculture
Attendans
Mme Ise Alger Farm
Mathewson Place
Washington
Favors New Department Reported In Commerce Bill
Washington December 19 The House committee on interstate commerce ordered a favorable report on the department of commerce bill. The vote on reporting it was 5 to 3. The provisions including the bureau of labor within the new department were contained on a tie vote.
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Der
Jlonse Committee On
Way
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Labor
Department
Tle
Earthquake Disaster Reports Near Andijan Kills Nearly Thousand
A Russian Central Asia quake near St Petersburg and Andijan devastates Turkmen, Turco, and local communities. Nearly 1000 people reported killed, with widespread destruction across the region. Authorities warn of aftershocks and aid mobilization is underway.
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Toondon
St Petersburg
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
Yerxa's Lowell Candy Offer Promises Largest Sale
The announcement urges customers to buy the best candy, noting children eat it eagerly. It invites comparisons with similar varieties and proclaims Yerxa's at 223 Central Street Lowell as about to conduct the largest candy business under one root, with telephone contact 679-3.
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Yerxa’s
Central Street
Prices Current Lowell Market Dec 17 1902
Lowell retail prices list from Munn & Co and local grocers notes groceries coal and provisions. Coal is scarce with soft coal at about 10 dollars a ton and anthracite unavailable. Coke and charcoal have run out.
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Munn & Co
J. B. Cover & Co
D. W. Horne & Co
Killpartrick Bros
F.E. Putnam
Prescott Street
Justice Scott Dismisses Habeas Corpus in Lewisohn Case
New York December 19 Justice Scott in the supreme court dismissed the writ of habeas corpus for Jesse Lewisohn who was arrested on no warrant for refusing to answer questions about alleged gambling houses. He noted the witness may be compelled if the answer may incriminate none. Lauterbach said no appeal until after further questioning before Justice Wyatt.
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New York
Scott
Supreme Court Today
Jesse Lewisohn
Lewisohn
Canfield
Wyatt
Obituary Notes for ONeil Brunelle Reynolds Family
An obituary fragment lists Rose O Neil age 30 at 140 Church Street in this city and Deel Brunelle age 36 at 828 Market Street. John Reynolds of New York City died on December 19, father of Revo John Po Reynolds from the Sacred Heart church.
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Church Street
Rose O'Neil
Brunele
Deel
Market Street
Phelemind Brunelle
Reynolds
New York City
John Reynolds
Revo John Po Reynolds
Sacred Heart Church
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