Stock Market Opens Irregular With Sharp Gains and Losses
In New York the stock market opened irregular with several moderate gains and losses. Amalgamated Copper and Atchison listed higher early, while St Paul, Sugar, and Reading fell from opening. By mid-morning traders showed broad activity with mixed moves as some names rallied and others slipped below initial prices.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Pacific
Southern
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
American Department
London
St. Louis
San Francisco
Illinois Central
Pacifics
Futures Opened Steady With Varied December Through September Prices
Futures opened steady with December at 8.52 and September at 7.92, while January 8.56 February 8.31 March 8.38 April 8.34 May 8.33 June 8.34 July 8.32 and August 8.18 as the market posted opening levels across the forward curve.
Marine News Arrivals From Major Ports
Boston reports the English King arriving from Antwerp on December 23. New York notes the Kroonland also from Antwerp and the Trave from Naples on December 23. Hamburg records the Deutschland from New York and Queenstown logs the Oceanic returning from New York on December 23.
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Boston
Antwerp
New York
Kroonland
Trave
Naples
Hamburg
Queenstown
Oceanic
Death of George Webster at North Chelmsford home
George Webster a 70 year old machinist at Moore's mills North Chelmsford died suddenly at his home on 21 Webster Street yesterday around noon from heart disease. He had not worked recently due to a mild illness and collapsed near his kitchen stove just as mill bells rang, dying minutes later.
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George Webster
Webster Street
Moore's Mills
North Chelmsford
Multiple Funerals Held Yesterday Across City
Funeral services were held yesterday for James Dalton at 2 from 8 Nobles Court and burial in St Patrick's cemetery under Undertaker Molloy. William Moran's service also at 2 from 8 Tilden Court with burial in Sedion cemetery by Molloy. Mrs Ellen Mountain's service at 3 from Undertaker Molloy rooms, burial in St Patrick's family lot. Abigail Boynton's service from Charles Boynton’s Middlesex Street home, large attendance. burial in Edson cemetery by Young & Co. Geo S Griggs's service at 6:30 pm at Currier's rooms. body sent to Canada. Mrs Margaret Hogan's service from Middlesex Street depot at 9:30 am. burial in St Patrick's cemetery by Undertaker Savage. bearers named. Funeral services noted as held in Boston.
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James Dalton
Noble's Court
Broadway
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Molloy
William Moran
Tilden Court
Tilden Street
Sedion
Ellen J. Mountain
Abigail Boynton
Charles
Middlesex Street
R. A. Green
Henry
James
Frederick Boynton
Edson
Young & Co
Geo. S. Griggs
Currier
C. E. Fisher
Canada
Margaret Horgan
Boston
Obituaries and notices from local city listings
A sequence of obituaries and notices from this city dated December 21 to 23. Included are Joseph A Jeffrey nine months at 557 Middlesex street. Clarence P Spaulding 48 at Dunstable. Mary Flynn 76 of 61 Dummer street. Lillian Jones 6 years six months at 51 Franklin street. Pierre Godin 70 at 1 Watson avenue, with survivors noted. Also a donation note from A G Pollard to the Ladies Baptist Social Circle of Plaistow, NH and a Putnam's market turkey promotion.
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Jones
Franklin Street
Lillian Jones
Godin
Watson Avenue
Pierre Godin
Frightful Death at Rumford Falls Postal Card Plant
Albert E K Sardo aged 60 superintendent of the Oxford paper mills postal card factory was disemboweled by a switching engine Coroner Fred A Porter of out of town conducted an inquest A witness said no warning was given by the engineer Sardo long employed in government press work in Washington had lived in Rumford Falls since the Oxford contract began He leaves a widow and five adult children He was a member of the Washington lodge of Masons.
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Rumford Falls
Albert EK
Sardo
Oxford Paper Mills
Fred A. Porter
Washington
Oxford Company
Washington Lodge of Masons
Tobin to Die February Ninth in Electric Chair
Thomas Tobin was sentenced by Justice Davy to die in the electric chair during the week beginning February 9, 1903, for the murder of Captain James B. Craft of Glen Cove. The defense’s request caused a related manslaughter case against Thomas Sharkey to be deferred to today.
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New York
Thomas Tobin
Davy
James B. Craft
Glen Cove
L. L
Thomas Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Anarchist Blast Damages St Peter's Cathedral Entrance
A dynamite cartridge exploded at the entrance of St. Peter's cathedral in Geneva last night, damaging the doorway but causing no serious injuries. Authorities suspect an anarchist behind the act.
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Geneva Cathedral
Geneva
Switzerland
St. Peter's Cathedral
Parts of a human body found in ravine near Perth Amboy
Police investigate after boys find an arm and part of a foot in a city ravine on the outskirts of Perth Amboy New Jersey. Evidence and whereabouts of the rest of the body are not yet known.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Three Young Men Donate Skin For Burned Printer Nick
In Rochester New York three Lockport men Alfred J. Clark Ralph G. Goble and Harry G Few allowed a physician to take skin from their arms for grafts to Nicholas Donner the printer's devil who was severely burned three months ago. The four hour operation grafted eighty pieces of skin onto his body.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lockport
Alfred J. Clark
Ralph G. Goble
Harry G. Few
Union-Sun
Nicholas Donner
Nick
Barbershop Boiler Explosion Wrecks Waldner Shop
Medina New York December 23 A boiler in John Waldner barber shop exploded tearing a floor hole and throwing Leo Waldner and broker John T Wallbrook to the ceiling causing injuries and $5000 in damage. The entire shop was wrecked.
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Medina
N. Y
John Waldner
Leo Waldner
John T. Wallbrook
General Greene Appointed Police Commissioner
New York on December 23 General Francis Vinton Greene was named police commissioner succeeding Col Partridge whose resignation takes effect January 1.
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New York
Francis Vinton Greene
Col. Partridge
Fraternal meeting on possible joint installation discussed
Minnequa council No. 7 Daughters of Pocahontas met at Odd Fellows Temple Monday. A Passaconiway Red Men committee asked to discuss a joint public installation of officers. date not fixed.
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Minnequa Council
No. 7
Daughters of Pocahontas
Odd Fellows Temple
Passaconiway Tribe of
Red Men
Fire causes investigate at Cooper's Cloak and Suit store
Fire officials will probe the cause of a blaze at Cooper's Cloak and Suit on Gorham Street after an alarm from box 225 at 4 10 Monday afternoon. Fire in 3385 Worthen Street started when a small boy playing with matches ignited front room curtains. firemen arrived after the curtains were burned and carpet scorched.
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Cooper's Cloak and Suit
Gorham Street
Casey of
Haverhill
Lowell
Hosmer
Worthen Street
Senator Dwight M. Sabin Dies in Chicago Hotel
Former Minnesota senator Dwight M. Sabin died suddenly in his Au ditorium Annex apartments after being a hotel guest since November 2. He suffered heart failure about 11 pm and passed peacefully with his wife and daughter at his side after a brief period of consciousness.
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Chicago
United States
Dwight M. Sabin
Minnesota
Auditorium Annex
Senator Sabin
Mr. Sabin
Simple funeral for Hosea Knowlton draws dignitaries
In New Bedford Massachusetts on December 22 Secretary Moody Governor Crane and other federal state and local officials attended the simple funeral of Hosea M Knowlton at the Universalist church. The service featured scripture prayer and hymns with honorary and active pallbearers and city department offices closed for the afternoon. The body lay in state 11 to 12:45 and was then moved to Rural Cemetery tomb.
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New Bedford
Massachusetts Judiciary and Bar
Hosea M. Knowlton
Universalist
State House
Crane
Bristol County Bar
Taunton
Oliver Prescott, Jr
Dartmouth
Parker House
Elmer H. Capen
Tufts College
O. Howard Perkins
Herbert Parker
Justice Hammond
Supreme Court
Justice Braley
Geo. C. Davis
Boston Bar
Jas. F. Jackson
Fatt River
Railroad Commission
Thomas M. Stetson
Wm. W. Crapo
Chas. W. Clifford
Eliot D. Stetson
Edwin L. Barney
New Berdford
Frank W. Hamimond
J. Mott Hallowell
Frederick B. Greenhalge
Boston
Arthur KE. Perry
Otis Seabury Cook
J. E. Norton Shaw
New Bedford Bar
Benjamin I. Prownell
Alfred G. Wilbur
Universalist Church
Arthur W. D. Gooch
Cambridge
Rural Cemetery
Infant's Body Found in Cemetery Box
Three boys discover a new box at the St Patrick's cemetery junction with St Peters. Inside is the body of an infant boy wrapped in cloth and newspapers. Superintendent Maher and Undertaker Molloy assist, police investigating the case.
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St. Patrick's Cemetery
St. Peter's Cemetery
Dennis Maher
Molloy
City halts wood orders as demand remains high
Purchasing agent stopped taking wood orders yesterday after having more supply than deliverable. Ambulance yard wood is sold. Streets superintendent assigns six teams to haul wood from the city farm. Two carloads of soft coal were delivered yesterday. A barge with hard coal waits outside Boston harbor and will be unloaded by Friday. Acting mayor investigates all destitution cases before aid, aided by volunteers. a $50 fund from citizens supports relief. City messenger cleans council chambers ahead of inauguration.
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Ambulance Yard
City Farm
Boston Harbor
War Declared as Knollys Plans Royal Gazette
Port of Spain Trinidad reports an official act by acting Governor Sir Courtenay Knollys to issue a special royal gazette declaring war on Venezuela. The move formalizes the blockade proclamation.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Courtenay Knollys
Venezuela
Sperber to join Schecter's squadron in Venezuelan waters
Berlin reports the small cruiser Sperber, freshly rebuilt, ordered to join Commodore Schecter's Venezuelan squadron. It will sail from Wilhelmshaven in two or three days, carrying 75 men to man the Restaurador, captured from Venezuela. The blockade of the Venezuelan coast will endure until a definitive arbitration agreement is reached.
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Berlin
Sperber
Schecter
Wilhelmshaven
Venezuela
New Foot and Mouth Case Reported in Massachusetts
Boston reports a new foot and mouth disease case at Westford with suspicious cases in Arlington Cohasset and investigations by cattle bureau agents underway. Quarantine on Quincy Braintree and Easton cattle lifted inspections continuing at Bridgewater and Brockton with expected favorable results and quarantine removal soon.
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Boston
Westford
Arlington and Cohasset
Cattle Bureau
Quincy
Braintree
Euston
Bridgwinter
Brockton
Connecticut Quarantine Removed Over Foot and Mouth Disease
Washington officials announce the secretary of agriculture will lift the quarantine on Connecticut previously imposed last month due to the foot and mouth disease outbreak. The action reflects updated epidemiological data and aims to resume normal commerce and movement.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Connecticut
Relief Promised Coal for Point Judith Stations
A letter to Supt. Knowles from Chief Kimball of the life saving service in Washington promises immediate coal relief for Block Island Bren ton's Reef and Point Judith stations. The Seminole ship, then at Portsmouth New Hampshire, will deliver forty tons of coal to be shared among the three stations, averting possible closures.
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Point Judith
R. L
Supt
Knowles
Chief Kimball
Life Saving Service
Washington
Block Island
Brenton's Reef
Portsmouth
N. H
Marconi Receives Royal Congratulations in Canada
Glace Bay Nova Scotia reports Marconi's wireless telegram to King Edward as received with congratulations from Lord Knollys, the King's private secretary. The note recalls the inventor's early experiments on the Royal yacht Osborne in 1898 and praises his efforts to develop a vital invention.
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Glace Bay
N. S
Canada
Edward
Marconi
Lord Knollys
Osborne
Five-year-old Fatally Struck by Worcester Train Near Home
In Central Falls Rhode Island on December 22 Louis Foss aged five was run down near his home on the Consolidated road by a Worcester bound train. The incident occurred within 50 feet of the boy’s home and in the presence of his helpless mother who could not aid. The accident is under investigation.
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Central Falls
R. I
Louis Foss
Worcester
Mayors reelect Boothby in Portland after two votes
In Portland on December 22, the aldermen and councilmen in a joint session re elected Hon. Frederic Boothby Republican mayor for a third term after voters failed to choose in two elections. Boothby was inaugurated immediately.
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Portland
Irederic
Boothby
Mascagni Drops Out Of American Tour Again
Chicago notes Mascagni and his Italian Opera company halted as air dates canceled amid personal attachment for 134 dollars. The strain from these financial and legal troubles left him unable to perform, forcing the company to cancel plans to depart for a western tour.
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Chicago
Pietro Mascagni
Mas
Auditum Amnex
Gni
Prolong Life Through Blood Health and Dyspepsia Cure
An old health propounds strengthening the blood as the foundation of longevity. The stomach shapes blood quality, and the pink Andrews Only Dyspepsia Cure pellets are claimed to purify blood and boost vigor. Manufactured by E. C. Andrews Co. of Lowell, Mass.
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Andrews
E. C. Andrews Co
Lowell, M
Crown Princess of Saxony Fled in Odd Elopement Tale
Dresden reports the Crown Princess vanished in a midnight escape on December 11 12, with a dummy figure found in her bed at Salza burg. Police, courts, and European search followed, with theories ranging from elopement to mental derangement linked to royal domestic strife.
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Dresden
Saxony
Dresden Journal Today
Europe
Salzeburg
Kingdom
Vienna
An Atrest
Dresden Court Theatre
Lewisohn Case Reveals Gamble House Question
In New York on December 22 Jesse Lewisohn answered yes when asked if he knew Richard Canfield, alleged proprietor of a gambling house. He refused to answer if he had been in Canfield's place before December 21, 1897, then, after counsel advised that the five year statute of limitations removed a constitutional privilege, he said he had not. He again declined to say if he had visited the house recently.
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New York
Jesse Lewisohn
Richard Canfield
Canfield
Lauterbach
Lewisohn
Artist Folchi seeks annulment to wed Donna Elvira
Rome December 22 Count Filippo Folchi the artist who eloped with Donna Elvira second daughter of Don Carlos in November 1896 is trying to obtain annulment of his marriage to Countess Folchi so he may marry Donna Elvira. The wife obtained a judicial separation in February 1898 with alimony of 60 dollars a month.
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Rome
Filippo Folchi
Donna Elvira
Don Carlos
Folchi
Count Folchi
Miles Arrives at Port Arthur as Russians Send Him Toward Taku
Pekin dispatches report Lieut Gen Miles was welcomed by Russian officials at Port Arthur on arrival and is now being sent to Taku aboard a cruiser. The brief note notes the transfer in the ongoing Russo-Japanese context and confirms the movement of senior American military liaison.
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Pekin
Port Arthur
Miles
Taku
Tunnel franchise signed by Mayor Low in New York
New York December 22 Mayor Low signed the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel franchise today, formalizing a long debated agreement. The action transfers rights for tunnel construction and operation under city oversight, marking a key infrastructure milestone.
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New York
Mayor Low
Postmasters Appointed in New Hampshire and Vermont
Washington December 22. The following were appointed postmasters today New Hampshire West Rindge C W Fletcher Vermont Highgate Centre Geo FY Cattlin.
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Washington
New Hampshire
West Rindge
C. W. Fletcher
Vermont
Highgate Centre
Geo
FY Cattlin
Murderers Life Policy Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
Washington December 22 The United States Supreme Court delivered an opinion by Justice Brewer affirming the ruling that a life insurance policy on a murderer is invalid. S. M. Burt of Travis County Texas was insured, the policy paid to his wife then executors, who sought payment after the wife’s death and Burt’s execution. The decision upholds the lower courts confirming the policy cannot be collected as it violates public policy.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
S. M. Burt
Union Central Life Insurance Campang
Woo
Burt
Travis County
Texas
Insurance Company
Court of Appeals For
Fifth Circuit
Todays
Court of Appeals
Vibert
Finishing Touches On Maine Battleship Ready For Commission
The Maine at Cramp's shipyard in Philadelphia has finishing touches completed and steam up for commission. The hull is painted white and electric lights illuminate the decks. Armament includes four 12 inch rifles, 160 6 inch rapid fire guns, six 3 inch rapid fire guns, eight 6 pounders, six 1 pounders, two Colles, two B inch rapid fire field guns, and two submerged Whitehead torpedo tubes.
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New York
Navy Department
Maine
Cramps
Philadelphia
Hes
Delaware River
White House China to Go as Roosevelt Set Arrives
The Washington Post reports a likely White House sale of official china with the arrival of the Roosevelt set. Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, and other presidential sets will be auctioned, with collectors and society figures awaiting an official notice likely in February or March. The sale would include the Live Elonse and other interior pieces, replacing state dinners and ceremonial use. Past auctions show Lincoln pieces fetch high prices, while Hayes and Grant fetch varied sums. records note substantial inventories by 1909.
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Washington Post
Roosevelt
Wedgwood Pottery
White House
Lincoln
Grant
Dent
China
Hayes
Havilands
Limeses
France
Theodore A. Bingham
Presidential
Garant
Arthur
Cleveland
McKinley
Joseph W. Ratcliffe
Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Fee
Liz
Mrs. Harrison
Jackson
Buchanan
Carnegie’s generosity sparks playful auction tale at Skibo
A Philadelphian guest recalls a summer visit to Skibo Castle where Andrew Carnegie hosts a dinner partner draw. Carnegie draws his own name, then auctions the prize to himself before promptly declining to sell his wife, adding a wink about luck.
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Mr. Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Bishop Whitehead’s Convert and the Methodists’ Shout
Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead recalls tales from his Pittsburg era at Church of the Nativity in South Bethlehem. A Methodist convert, known for interrupting services with Ament and Hallelujah, sat through a sermon on dignity, then quipped she needed no thanks for keeping him from shouting.
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Cortlandt Whitehead
Pittsburg
South Bethlehem
Episcopal Church
Tle
Ayr Man Seeks Tyson Millions for Jerusalem Temple
A Scottish Ayr man has sent a formidable document to Melbourne authorities asserting, on Biblical testimony, that James Tyson’s millions should fund the rebuilding of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem. The claimants worldwide continue to pursue the fortune.
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James Tyson
Ayr
Scotland
Melbourne
Tyson
Jerusalem
Remembering public office and the great trust it holds
A Washington Star quote contrasts an earnest warning about public office with a senator’s retort about the trust placed in him. The exchange underscores differing views on duty and accountability in government roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sensator Sorghum
Washinston Star
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Ladies’ Baptist Social Cirrele of
Plaistow, N. H
A. G. Pollard
Putnam's Market
Spencerrask & Co
Pine St
New York Stock Exchange
Philip R. Hovey
Investment Securities
State St
U. S. Steel
U.S
Captain Craft
General Greene
MR. Knowlton
Bedford Church
Moody
Gov. Crane
Baby
Germany
Knollys
Mascagni
Lewisohn Case
Man
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell Mass
Runels
Davis Square
Welch & Danahy
Courier
Citizen CO
NEW Maine
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