Stock Market Opens Steady Amid Mixed Week Start
New York reports a steady opening with Amalgamated Copper and other leaders slightly higher. By 11 a.m. buyers overwhelmed supply then tempered gains as Rock Island weakened from 23 1 2 to 22 1 2 and broad weakness appeared in Reading, with Brooklyn Union Gas advancing modestly amid mixed action across rails and utilities. In cotton a volatile session saw early declines, sharp rallies, and renewed bull support with July cotton around 14.11 in New Orleans and the entire list showing firm strength at times.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Erie First
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Sugar
St. Paul
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Consolidated Gas
Brooklyn Union Gas
New Orleans
Futures Open firm on New York Markets
In New York on December 23 futures opened firm with January at 13.22, February 13.27, March 13.48, April 13.52, May 13.62, June 13.64, July 13.65, and August 13.23, outlining early trading levels for the year-end contracts.
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New York
Obituary for Mabel Burch Died at 16 at 22 Columbus Ave
Mabel B. Burch daughter of Arthur S. and Martha B. Burch died this morning at 22 Columbus avenue aged 16 years, one month and five days. Besides her parents, she leaves one sister, Hilda M. Burch.
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Mabel B. Burch
Arthur S
Martha B. Burch
Columbus Avenue
Hilda M. Burch
Funerals Reported For Emma Irish Mary Corbett and Michael Real
Funeral services were held for Emma Irish at her daughter's home in North Chelmsford with Rev. Dunbar presiding and burial in Riverside cemetery. Miss Mary A. Corbett's service occurred at Star Rogers rooms and St. Peter's church with burial in St. Patrick's cemetery. Michael H. Real's funeral mass followed at St. Peter's church with burial in the same cemetery. Undertakers Weinbeck Rogers and Molloy arranged details.
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Emma Irish
Truby
North Chelmsford
Mr. Dunbar
Thomas Roberts
Charles Brunell
M. Truby
Charles Wilstead
Riverside
Weinbeck
Mary A. Corbett
Rogers
St. Peter’s Church
Fr. McDermot
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
John Lyman
Terrence Maguire
Mr. Harvey
James Gerry
Michael H. Real
Tyler Street
Mullin
James Tobin
James Oldroyd
Charles Cox
Frederick Stark
James Barrington
Peter Tierney
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Molloy
Mabel B. Burch Dies at 16 in City Home
In this city on December 23 at 22 Columbus Avenue Mabel B. Burch aged 16 years one month and five days. Funeral services will be held from the late residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends invited.
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Burch
Columbus Avenue
Mabel B. Burch
Miners Restive Spark Local Grievances in Nova Scotia
Halifax on December 22 reports the provincial workingmen's association secretary summoned to Springhill as coal miners express dissatisfaction with working conditions. The miners had recently resumed work after a general strike.
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Halifax
N. S
Provincial
Springhill
Births at 98 Cosgrove street a daughter for the Tice family
A daughter was born December 21 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Tice at 98 Cosgrove Street. The item includes a quip about Professor Mommsen and Herbert Spencer and an advertisement for Hood's Lotion promising relief for dry skin and chafes with large bottles priced in cents.
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Tice
Cosgrove Street
Albert
Hood
Oliver Bank Limping Into San Francisco With Masts Broken
The British ship Oliver Bank, 60 days out from Shanghai for Royal Roads, sails into San Francisco with three of four lower masts broken off below the tops and jury rigged. The hull remains sound except for starboard bulwarks amidships. Crew of 19 plus officers safe. Built 1892 at Port Glasgow for $90,000. sister ships include Clifford and Gosford. Captain Henderson’s wife aboard. ship overdue for some time.
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San Francisco
Oliver Bank
Shanghai
Royal Roads
B. C
Port Glasgow
Clifford
Mussle Rock
Gosford
Point Conception
Henderson
Dutch Training Ship Goes Ashore Near Flushing
Antwerp report recalls a large Dutch training ship that ran aground in fog near Nieuwerstuis close to the Fin land grounding site last Saturday. The incident follows earlier trouble near the same coast with the Red Star line steamer.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Nieuwerstuis
Flushing
Holland
Red Star Line
Finland
Hamburg to Cherbourg Trip Listing by Bluecher Line
New York reports on the Bluecher steamship line with routes from Hamburg to Southampton and Cherbourg listed for December 23, detailing a hurried schedule across major European ports.
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New York
Washington a Magnet for Wealthy Social Wintering
The Philadelphia Press notes Washington's rise as the winter home for society and culture. It reports brokers renting homes at high annual rates, Major General Corbin selling his Washington residence, and a growing permanent and floating elite drawn by climate, diplomacy, and arts. Apartment houses multiply to meet demand for entertaining, with furnished options scarce in the capital.
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Department of the East
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Henry Watterson
Philadelphia Press
Burial Carriages Marked in First Union Label Funeral
Chicago dec 22 members of the livery drivers union discussed arbitration to end their strike as a union label funeral for John J Kelly was held under cover of darkness. Undertaker G M Marks arranged the procession with six carriages bearing union scale placards before the hearse departs by wagon to a railroad depot and on to St Paul Minnesota.
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Chicago
Livery Drivers’ Union
G. M. Marks
John J. Kelly
St. Paul
Minn
Scarlet fever patients improving at Children’s Friend Society
Providence reports the 11 scarlet fever patients at the Children’s Friend Society home are improving. Four child inmates of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children were recently exposed to diphtheria and isolated on the third floor. No one is seriously ill and no serious outcomes are anticipated.
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Providence
Children’s Friend Society
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Killing by Whitecaps in Lincoln County Mississippi
Eli Hilson, a Black man living eight miles from Brook Haven, was shot while returning home in his buggy. Whitecaps had warned him last winter to leave the area and earlier fired into his house. This is the second Black man killed in Lincoln County in a month, causing great alarm among Black residents.
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Brook Haven
Miss
Eli Hilson
Hilson
Whitecaps
Lincoln County
Boston Officials Weigh North Station Saloons
Boston, Dec 22. Gov Bates and the Boston police commission met to discuss the rise in crime within the city and consider transferring from the streets leading to North Station several retail liquor stores. A hearing was held for residents who protested against saloons near the station.
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Boston
Gov. Bates
Boston Police Commission
Steel Works Start
Pittsburg Pa Dec 22 The W Te Wees sheet mills of American Sheet Steel at McKeesport have resumed work in all departments After weeks with only three of 17 mills active A portion of the Boston iron and steel mill department of National Tube Works has also resumed after a six week shutdown At Glassport the 8 inch department of the Pittsburg Steel Hoop company has resumed after two months suspension
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Pittsburg
Buried at Arlington Honors 42 Private Soldiers
remains of 42 private soldiers who died in the Philippines were returned aboard the Kilpatrick and buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery today.
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Washington
Kilpatrick
National Cemetery
Arlington
Christmas tree festival at Theodore Edson Orphan home
The Theodore Edson Orphanage invites friends to donate useful gifts for a Christmas tree festival at the home on Christmas Day at 3 30 p m. Donations may be sent anytime before the hour. The home is at 13 Anne Street.
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Theodore Edson
Anne Street
City Claims Committee Overrules Council On Damages Claim
An unlikely action by the city claims committee overturns a council decision to deny a $300 damages claim from a sewer project. The panel, guided by a verbal city solicitor opinion, suggests it can rescind prior votes, undermining established council rules and hinting at a city hall fear of lawsuits. The piece warns of creeping committee initiative over council authority and questions the practical outcome of such suits.
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Centralville
Committee On Claims
Committee On Streets
Neil
City Hall
Novel order lets lawyer test counterfeit nickel moulds
Elmira December 22 Judge Hazel granted attorney Samuel D Aulls permission to experiment with moulds used to manufacture counterfeit nickels. The case involves William F Summer of Wayne Steuben county held for the federal grand jury meeting in January. Aulls plans to have a blacksmith forge actual nickels in court under his supervision.
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Elmira
Samuel D. Aulls
John R. Hazel
United States Court
Aulls
William F. Summer
Wayne
Steuben County
Federal Grand Jury
Summer
Federal
Speculation Alleged in Windham County National Bank Case
Mrs Ella S Russell of Killingly seeks receivership of Windham County National Bank Danielson alleging bank officers including president Comfort Burlingame and directors conspired to borrow and use bank funds for stock speculation. They allegedly moved funds to meet margins, loaned to outsiders, paid dividends while capital was impaired, and may face bankruptcy filings. New York reports $259000 in deposits against a $50000 capital stock.
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Hartford
Conn
Windham County National Bank of
Danielson
Superior Court
Gager
Ella S. Russell
Killingly
Russell
Chambers
Mrs. Russell
Comfort Starr Burlingame
Brooklyn
Charles P. Backus
James Perkins
John A. Payne
Albert D. Putnam
Burlingame
New York
Backus
Windham County
District Court of the United States
District of Connecticut
Bond Deal Signals North Shore Sale in San Francisco
The Call reports North Shore railroad bonds totaling 1.5 million dollars deposited with Mercantile Trust in San Francisco. The purchasing syndicate fulfilled its requirements before the time limit expired last Saturday. Indications suggest negotiations are being conducted on behalf of E. H. Harriman.
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San Francisco
North Shore Railroad
Mercantile Trust Company
E. H. Harriman
Thompson Hardware Co Lamp Sale
A good present option appears with an Incandescent Gas Lamp from Thompson Hardware Co offering a fine assortment for gift ideas and home lighting.
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Thompson Hardware Co
NO CABINET MEETINGS DURING HOLIDAY RECESS
Washington report states no cabinet meetings will be held during the holiday recess. Cabinet business will be handled by officers individually with the President unless an emergency calls the cabinet to convene. President Roosevelt rode out with a friend while Moody briefed him on Panama isthmus reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Moody
Navy Department
Panama
Convicted mail frauder hangs himself in prison
Charles D. Fenstemacher aged 48 who was yesterday convicted in the U S district court of using the mails to defraud hanged himself with a towel in his prison cell. He had posed as a bookkeeper for a firm of commission merchants and for 30 years exploited farmers nationwide by mail to secure produce consignments he did not repay. Victims from North Carolina Georgia Ohio and New York testified against him. He was remanded to county prison pending appeal for a new trial.
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Philadelphia
Charles D. Fenstemacher
United States District Court
Fenstemacher
Commission
Holden
North Carolina
Georgia
Ohio
New York State
Adjourned creditors meeting on Gross and Strauss debts
An adjourned meeting of the creditors of the Gross & Strauss company, women’s garments dealers, was held at Young's hotel, awaiting the formal composition offer. Boston and New York creditors estimate about 30 percent payment. total debts now listed at 176000 dollars. An adjournment was taken without day.
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Boston
Gross & Strauss Company
Young's Hotel
New York
Medals of Honor Awarded to Boston Officers
At a Boston police commission meeting bronze medals were voted for bravery to Sergeant Wm Rubens and Patrolman Michael J Hankard of division 7 for the East Boston burglars raid after the Metropolitan Coal Company safe robbery. Medals were also approved for Patrolman M J Sullivan for capturing a prisoner and Patrolman Thomas Connolly for stopping a runaway horse.
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Boston
Boston Police Commission
Wm. Rubens
Michael J. Hankard
Division 7
East Boston
Metropolitan Coal Company
M. J. Sullivan
Thomas Connolly
Rescued Sailors From Wrecked Steamer Jacobs Arrive
Six of the crew of the fishing steamer Alice M. Jacobs, wrecked at Cape Race, have arrived in Halifax. Captain Sol Jacobs and others are due tonight. The Navahoe crew, wrecked at Pancake Island, also expected to reach Halifax tonight. both crews proceed to Boston by the next steamer.
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Halifax
N. S
Alice M. Jacobs
Cape Race
N. F
Sol Jacobs
Navahoe
Pancake Island
Boston
Arraignment in Sarah Martin murder case linked to Totterman
Emil Totterman, held in the Sarah Martin murder inquiry, was arraigned before a coroner in New York. Witness Henry Gray testified they were discharged from the schooner Fred B. Balano in Bridgeport and Totterman was later arrested in South Street sailors HQ. Totterman pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for an inquest. In Newark, Frank Downey, 46, was arrested on suspicion after blood-stained clothing surfaced aboard Capt. Sanders vessel. Police say Downey and Totterman are known to be chums and Downey awaits New York authorities.
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New York
Emil Totterman
Sarah Martin
East River
Henry Gray
Fred B. Balano
Bridgeport
Gray
Totterman
South Street
Newark
N. J
Frank Downey
New York City
Downey
Sanders
Marion Cobb
Kelly's
Nielson
Dentists Must Register In Newport Raid
Newport R I Dec 22 police raided dental parlors pursuing a state registration law. They arrested a Fall River man named Dukesbury for practising without registration. He may be compelled to leave the state. Other Fall River dentists said to be employed locally.
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Newport
R. L
Fall River
Dukesbury
Drés
Simple funeral held for Frederic R. Coudert at St Patrick’s
Frederic R. Coudert was given a low mass at St Patrick's cathedral with final absolution by Archbishop Farley. The ceremony was described as the simplest possible.
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New York
Frederic R. Coudert
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Father Lavelle
Farley
Munyon's Paw Paw praised by Prof. Clark as digestive aid
Prof E Warren Clark of New York lauds Munyon's Paw Paws as a universal remedy for indigestion and nervousness after world travels. He reports appetite gain, better sleep, strengthened system, and urges trials for dyspepsia or despondency. Available from druggists in large bottles for $1 and Laxative Pills for 25 cents.
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E. Warren Clark
Thomas Street
New York
India
Munyon
Parker Talbot wedding at 142 Chestnut street
Theodore Edson Parker and Harriet Talbot wed at 3:30 pm yesterday in a simple home ceremony at the Talbot residence. Rev. Charles T. Billings officiated before a small group, with the bride attended by her sister's children and five pieces from the Symphony Orchestra of Boston providing music. A reception may follow later in the season.
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Theodore Edson Parker
Harriet Talbot
Talbot
Chestnut Street
Chas. T. Billings
Taylor
Haverhill
Symphony Orchestra of
Boston
Parker
Judge approves stock assessment call for Asphalt firms
In Newark on December 22 Judge Kirkpatrick of the U S circuit court signed an order allowing Henry Tatnall the receiver of National Asphalt to issue a call. Shareholders of Asphalt Company of America must pay 24 million dollars, representing unpaid stock capital. The move faces opposition from various stockholders as Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia sues on behalf of bondholders.
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Newark
N. J
Kirkpatrick
U. S Circuit Court
Henry Tatnall
National Asphalt Company
Asphalt Company of America
Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia
Nicaraguan Minister Corea Arrives Aboard Seguranca
New York reports Don Luis F. Corea a Nicaraguan minister traveled aboard the Seguranca which reached the port today. He declined to discuss Central American views on Panama, citing diplomatic discretion.
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New York
Don Luis F. Corea
Nicaragua
Panama
Five dead in St Louis power house explosion
The St Louis Transit company reports five workers killed in the Geyer avenue power house blast. The remains of one foreman were recovered today as crews continued investigations into the deadly incident in St Louis Missouri last night.
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St. Louis
Geyer Avenue
Furs Are Stylish at Boston Cloak and Suit
Retail notice from Boston Cloak and Suit promoting coats capes scarfs and muffs with emphasis on low prices. Compact classified style highlight for readers shopping fur apparel today.
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Boston Cloak and Suit Store
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted for All Stages
A historic advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by taking it internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. It offers $1000 for any case uncured, urges sending testimonials, and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills. Includes a hardware ad line about tool chests from Thompson Hardware Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tri
Framed Pictures and Mirrors at Greatly Reduced Prices
George E. Maker at the corner of John and Merrimack Streets advertises discounted framed pictures and mirrors with today and tomorrow sale terms.
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George E. Maker
Cor. John & Merrimack Sts
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Lowell, Mass
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