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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
8
Boston stocks showed holiday influence with dull opens and later activity. United Copper led gains with a 3 percent rise. North Butte, U S Steel and U S Mining moved higher amid a generally buoyant close. Copper output and future dividends signal demand into 1906, while caution remains on money and credit conditions.
The market opened with fractional gains and little movement ahead of the holiday. By late morning prices rose selectively while Metropolitan securities dipped and Third Avenue rallied, with Anaconda jumping to 200 and U S Steel common at 39 1/2 amid broad but narrow fluctuations.
New York December 23 weekly clearing house banks show a surplus over legal reserve requirements of 4,159,400 dollars. Loans up 1,543,100 deposits up 1,138,900 circulation down 11,000 legal tenders down 1,510,400 specie up 1,993,700 surplus reserve up 188,325 and U.S. deposits up 6,324,250 with a rise of 211,775.
A holiday lowers quotations in cotton coffee and sugar markets while New York Stock Exchange shares traded at 93 000, up 2000. Bear activity fades after early gains. Copper Range Co dividends rise to 1 50 per share. Rumors swirl about Standard Oil capital changes amid looming Russia factors and pressed steel orders.
A brief notice lists gifts for ladies in Merrimack Street offered by Rhodes Mair. The event appears as a local sale or promotion with items suitable for women, though details are sparse in the OCR fragment.
Lynn December 23 District Attorney W Scott Peters ordered an inquest into the September death of Mrs Jennie P Chase of Swampscott a member of the Phillips family found unconscious at home three days earlier The inquest began this afternoon in Lynn police court with Medical Examiner Jos G Pinkham as first witness and is expected to last several days with numerous witnesses.
Annapolis Md Dec 23 The court martial of Midshipman Tranmere Coffin Jr third class for hazing Midshipman Jordone P Kimbrough fourth class will begin next week likely Thursday After Coffin’s trial the same court will try Midshipman Warden A Vanderveer second class for neglect of duty in failing to report the hazing or its aftermath
New York December 23 The request by Missouri Superintendent W D Van Diver that New York Life Insurance supply a list of Missouri policy holders was refused by President John A McCall. Van Diver said the names would support a plan for a purely mutual organization.
A lull settled over the New York state assembly speakership race as James W. Wadsworth Jr. left for Washington to spend Christmas with his family. Meanwhile E A Merritt Jr. issued many letters asserting his continued candidacy and seeking support from fellow assemblymen.
The U S cruiser Minnesota carrying the American astronomical expedition that observed the solar eclipse in Africa arrived at Norfolk today. Rear Admiral Chester, in charge of the expedition, and others aboard the Minneapolis, are expected to depart for Washington, D C tonight.
The Fisk Rubber Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unreasonable and discriminatory freight charges on rubber tires for bicycles and vehicles, imposed by railways operating west of Chicago.
In Pittsburg on December 23 a Westinghouse Machine Company stockholders meeting approved raising capital from 5 million to 10 million dollars. The move aims to fund expansion and new ventures, signaling growth plans for the firm.
A garbled OCR record lists various companies and financial figures with January dates. Entries mention Am Tel and Tel, Androscoggin, Arlington Mills, Atlantic Cotton, Boston area firms, and copper shares. The text is incomplete, with many misspellings and fragmented names, preventing clear extraction of actions or outcomes.
Cadres of troops and police clash with revolutionists in Moscow and St. Petersburg amid barricades and mass arrests. At least 11 killed and about 159 casualties in Moscow. Elnia killings amid rail line attacks. Kursk lynchings reported. Bombs demolish Moscow police prefecture. many agitators detained. Paris dispatch notes open roads and continued tension in Russia.
In Vladimir and several provinces dated Dec 23 hostile peasants attack railroad houses. Agitators are killed, two policemen slain while attempting to save one. In Kursk the strike leaders declare a provisional government seeking a Russian republic. Other cities report work stoppages and railway workshop standstills as strikes spread.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports barricades on Tverskala street in Moscow with revolutionists holding the line. Police, Cossacks, and dragoons venture to move prisoners to jail amid repeated attacks. Troop patrols use machine guns against the militants.
Troops surrounded a Moscow school house where workmen gathered, fired blank shots to intimidate them, and the men replied with guns and bombs. Artillery then arrived and bombarded the building until the survivors surrendered.
Moscow reports traffic opened with troops and railroad battalion assistance. Lines to Nixeshni Novgorod Yaroslav Kazan and the Nicholas road to St Petersburg are normal. Only coming trains run on Windau and Voronesti lines. Tie up complete on Ural and Kursk lines.
A historical notice advertises a free consultation with Dr Temple for December. It touts cures for head, throat, stomach, and bladder ailments and invites three to inquire, promising no charge and a path to improved health.
A holiday is observed on the cotton and coffee exchanges and the wager market in New York today. London also marks a stock exchange holiday as December 18. Some local references mention a dance and unclear events at Dracuterenge and Xmae Hight with dubious names and phrases.
President Roosevelt approves Secretary Wilson's grazing rules for forest reserves effective January 1 1906. The plan charges small stockmen a fraction of value, prioritizes near homesteaders and regular reserve occupants, and limits transient stock. Roosevelt emphasizes supporting actual settlers and sustained pasture protection.
Rome. On December 28 the pope abolished the collective reception of the sacred college for Christmas greetings. Cardinals went to present their greetings individually. The pope said he had received many sympathetic messages, especially from Ireland and America.
Rev Dr Alexander Mann rector of Trinity Church Boston announces Rev Appleton Grannis from New York to assist serving in place of Rev Ward Travers appointed chaplain at West Point Military Academy New York area clerical appointments signal a reshuffle within church leadership and academy duties.
fragmentary report records an evening event involving Bryan and Unis at a location associated with Van J. Reever. The text is garbled but implies a social or local gathering with these names present. Further detail is not readable.
James Sloss and William Gaynor alias Jim Gefferson, both nineteen, were arrested after noon for stealing 200 pounds of sheet lead from Salman Sirk property on French street Boott corporation. They carried the lead in a bag and confessed the theft saying it covered three nights of work. Sloss home is Holyoke. Gaynor born in the city but not resident for three years. John Hogg, aged 15, was arrested for alleged complicity with lead thieves, suspected in the roof disappearance at Sirk's building.
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