Money at Drops Stocks Soar in Boston Market
The Boston stock market opened firm with copper and Union Pacific showing strength. Amalgamated traded down to 100 percent, while Anaconda hit 275 and Amalgamated rose to 106 from 100 as money rates spiked to 15 percent on call before easing.
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Boston
North Butte
U. S
New York
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
St. Paul
New York Central
Anaconda
Boston Consolidated
Utah Copper
Wall Street Opens Irregularly as Stocks Rally Then Fall
New York morning trading shows gains in Canadian Pacific and Virginia Carolina Chemical but general weakness in many issues. By 10:30 a.m. a firm rally lifts some rail stocks while others slide. at noon prices rise further on easing money pressure. by 2 p.m. Anaconda swings wildly with a 30-point jump to 275 before retreating to 258 and 268 later.
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New York
London
Canadian Pacific
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
Tennessee Coal
Colorado Fuel
Chicago
Great Western
Consolidated Gas
Pressed Steel
Pittsburg
C. C
St. Louis
St. Paul
Brooklyn Transit
Republic
New York Central
Corn Products
Manhattan
Union Pacific
Tennessee Coal and Smelting
U. S
Cotton Futures Open with Mixed Dec 28 Prices
New York on December 28 reports futures opening with bids in December 11.24 and May 11.70, July 11.76, August 11.61, September 10.90, and October 10.75. March shows 11.54, while January 11.22, February 11.30, and June are unavailable. Spot market closes quietly, 5 points lower, middling upland 11.90, middling gulf 12.15, 150 bales sold.
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New York
Bready
Uplands
Gulf
Market news briefs reflect tight money scare easing
With the money scare easing, bulls expect a clear field and financiers debate rates and dividends. Reports cite 95 percent cash markets, 2.50 per 1000 overnight, Boston auction pricing, and looming 1906 dividend resumption from U S Steel. Massachusetts Electric officers re-elected, textile equities show growing confidence, and New York January dividends total 26.58 million.
Football Rules Reform Conference Aims to Curb Brutality
Representatives from 68 colleges met in New York to revise football rules and form a national intercollegiate association. Chancellor MacCracken urged reducing brutality. President Wilson urged abolishing interference and paid coaches, and shortening the intercollegiate schedule. Several schools sent letters but did not attend.
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New York
MacCracken
New York University
National Intercollegiate Football Association
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
University of California
Leland Stanford
Chicago University
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
English Women Humorists in Meynell's Analysis
Alice Meynell argues in the North American Review that humor wit and derision span three kingdoms in comedy. She cites Austen Eliot Ferrier Burney and others to show women writers often deride while some humor rests on childlike behavior, with Eliot using irony toward children and realism justified in literature about youth and its genuine humor.
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Alice Meynell
North American Review
Miss Meynell
Miss Austen
George Eliot
Miss Ferrier
Fanny Burney
Mary Wortley Montagu
Mrs. Trollope
Elizabeth Inchbald
Steamers Arrived at Dee 2 1 2 Percent Saxonia and Georgian
Steamers arrived at Dee on Saturday with the Saxonia from Liverpool and the Georgian from London. Details of the arrivals and the official seal area were noted in the annex as part of the maritime update.
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Dee
Liverpool
London
Pass of Melfort drives ashore off Vancouver Island
The British bark Pass of Melfort, Capt. Cougal, en route from Ancon to Puget Sound, wrecked on the rocks near Amphitrite point on Vancouver Island during a southwest gale. All aboard are lost, with bodies washing ashore. wreckage including the ship’s barometer, figurehead, and logs found along the beach. The 2346 ton steel bark, built in 1891 at Glasgow, vanished with its crew as search efforts continue.
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Victoria
B. C
Pass of Melfort
Cougal
Ancon
Puget * Sound
Vancouver Island
Amphitrite Point
Straits
Melfort
Barkley Sound
John Houston
Jas. Gauden
Marine and Fisheries
Uclulet
Quadra
Glasgow
Gibson & Clark
Court martial begun for Lieut Roy I Taylor
New York December 28 court martial opened for First Lieutenant Roy I Taylor stationed at Fort Mackie Connecticut with the 125th company coast artillery. He is charged with humiliating an under officer by ordering him to move from a theatre seat to accommodate a woman in Taylor’s party.
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New York
Roy I. Taylor
Fort Mackie
Conn
Coast Artillery
Taylor
Butler
Dominican Minister Seeks Talk With Secretary Root
Washington Dec 28 Mr Joubert the Dominican minister here called on Secretary Root to discuss Dominican affairs. He carried a cable from Senor Tejera announcing that Gen Caceres the vice president at Puerto Plata would reach Santo Domingo City tomorrow and be inducted into the presidency. He had no word Morales was wounded and doubted Morales would attempt another revolution.
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Washington
Joubert
Root
State Department
Senor Tejera
Caceres
Puerto Plata
Morales
Santo Domingo
Bonds in Haste We Furnish Prompt Bond Service
We furnish bonds on short notice including Cost Bonds and Bonds in Attachment and Replevin. Our agency system covers the country enabling us to wire agents to provide security for responsible concerns instantly. Businesses with wide transactions reduce risk by consulting us for swift bonding solutions.
Moscow Strike Weakening Amid Barricades and Casualties
A frontline dispatch describes Moscow fighting with walls torn down, barricades built from telegraph poles and doors, and delayed artillery support. Revolutionists failed to halt convoys, while civilians suffered amid shelling and gunfire across Tverskoi Boulevard and Hunters Row as troops advanced toward Konnyidvor.
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Prokhoroff
Drajina
Tverskoi
Continental
Hunters Row
Konnyidvor
Martial law proclaimed as Odessa ends strike
Odessa declares martial law on December 28 as authorities report the strike nearly finished. Local officials confirm the action aims to restore order while workers and residents assess impacts on daily life and mobility.
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Odessa
Artillery firing reported on Sadovia Street in Moscow
In Moscow on December 28 artillery was heard on Sadovia Street while shops along the main thoroughfares remained open. The report notes no further details on casualties or damage.
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Moscow
Sadovia
Strikes Weaken in Warsaw Amid Turmoil and Loot
In Warsaw on December 28 the general strike weakens as shops reopen and cabs run, though factory and streetcar workers remain idle. Vistula railway staff have struck and occasional clashes with agitators involve soldiers, with fatalities and injuries reported. A district treasury safe was dynamited and $250,000 stolen by revolutionists in Lomza government.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Wysokie-Mazowiechie
Lomzha
Russia not recall debt interest says Russian agent
Washington December 28 Mr Vilenkin financial agent of the Russian embassy today assured holders of Russian securities of safety and reliability Russia has never curtailed interest on debts and will not do so now He noted a latest shipment of goods to Berlin to bolster the money market as proof that Russia has more than enough gold to meet all obligations
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Washington
Vilenkin
Russia
Berlin
Revolutionists Foiled in St Petersburg Action
Dec 28 reported in St Petersburg that government crackdown has defeated the revolutionaries. Leaders widely arrested and most arms caches secured. Remaining leaders in hiding urge followers that the struggle continues.
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St. Petersburg
Pullet Profit Outshines Hen Egg Production
An exchange notes pullets begin laying at six months and reach eighteen months with high egg output, suggesting double the profit of keeping hens four years. Feeding a standard hen costs about $1 a year, while well cared for pullets produce fourteen dozen eggs annually, making them more profitable for egg production.
Denial of Payn Report Tied to Prussian Insurance Move
Testimony traces Payn denial narrative and prior talks with J Rider Cady about admitting Prussian insurers to New York state. Cady, hired by Husted for the Prussian interest, recounted attempts to influence Mutual Life and questions of retainer, while other officials denied knowledge of year end loans and noted strained relations with Equitable Life.
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Payn
New York
J. Rider Cady
McCurdy
Husted
Peekskill
Insurance Commission
Albany
New York State
New York City
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cady
State Insurance Department
Mutual
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Cady
Insurance Department
Mutual Life
Lady
Hughes
New York Life Insurance Company
Prussia
State Department
Washington
Robert H. Hunter
Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Hunter
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
H. R. Powell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Powell
Equitable Life
George G. Haven
Haven
Finance Committee
Notices of annual bank meetings and a Carlisle real estate sale
Notices announce stockholders meetings for Lowell banks on January 16 1906 and January 3 1906 with directors to be chosen and other business to be conducted. An administrator sale of Gilman Nickles estate in Carlisle Mass follows, listing parcels of land to be sold at public auction January 12 196, cash terms $100, and attorney details.
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Prescott National Bank of
Lowell
Central Street
BE. Sawyer
Mass
Wamesit National Bank
C. E. Goulding
Deelith
J. F. Sawyer
Carlisle
Gilman Nickles
Otis H. Korbush
Acton Centre
Middlesex
Concord
N. A. Taylor
James Taylor
Nathaniel Hutchinson
Mrs. Lakin
Prescott Nickles
John Howe
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Twenty-S
Benjamin Barrett
Amos T. Monroe
Simon T. Fletcher
Fletcher
Barrett
B. N. Webster
Webster
James W. Nickles
Admr
Revere Ave
Boston
W. F. Kimball
Court St
Secretary Shaw Defends Walsh Over Bank Closings
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived from Washington and in an interview said there would be no criminal proceedings linked to the Chicago National Bank and the Home Savings Bank closings. He asserted John R. Walsh did not take any money dishonestly and that depositors will recover every dollar before government responsibility ends.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Washington
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
John R. Walsh
Rail timetable draft for Boston and Maine lines
Corrected to October 3. The text lists Boston and Maine Railroad passenger schedules for many routes including Boston, Lawrence, Salem, Haverhill, Newburyport, Rochester, Somersworth, Lewiston, Rockland, Skowhegan, Bangor, Eastport, Woburn, Ayer Junction, Fitchburg Divisions, Amherst, Manchester and Concord, Montreal and Quebec service, and Sunday and weekday runs.
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Bosvo
Igi
Ads
Wai
Wits
Sin Bays
Lawrence
A. m
Wil
P.m
Salem
Mass. i
Heverhill
Cen
Newburyport
Apesa
Ports
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
Raguete
Bath
Waterville
Lewhten
Rockland
Skowhegan
Bangor
SUN
T. Dome N Sy Tmalitas
Ayer
Fitchburg
Amherst
Milford
Witton
Wureenfeld
Bennington
Baber
Millsboro
Warner
Hradford
N.hl
Claremont
Junction
Montreal i
Quebec
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Bright, Sears & Co
Merrimack St
Union Bank
C. Ne Woodward
Mgr
Boston Stock
NEW York Stock Exchange
New York & Boston
Murd
Albert S.guilo
Bulls
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Lake
Bears
United States Steel Corporation
Massachusetts Electric Companies
Massachusetts
The
American Pneumatic Service Co
Gorey, WI
Uren & CO Ladlters and Brokers
State Street
Mexican Central Copper
Tremont & Suffolk
Appleton Bank
Appleton Co
Lowell Hosiery
Hill Mfg. Co
Lowell Gas
Merrimack Common
Wamesit Bank
Lowell Trust Co
James M. Abbott
Curtis
Sederquist
Bankers
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
Penn
N. Y. Central
Se. Pacific
Lowed
Telearam
Central St
F. W. Mills
Congress St
Broadway
Atchison
Atch
Teather Pfd
Ches & Ohio
Chi & Gt W
St Paul
Rock Island
CCC St
Erie RR
Erie
Erie 2d Pf
L &N
St Ry
MK &T
MK & T Pfd
Nyc
NY Oe«W
Pac Mail
Penn Rail
Uu Peo Gas
Rypfd
W U Tel
We&le
W & LE
Boston Market
B&a
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Arcadian
Allouez
Atlantic
Bingham
Cal & Heola
Franklin
Michigan
Quincy
Rhode Island
Shannon
Trinity
At&t
Astase . Com
Pina Catia
R. LL. Day
Reston Nat Bank
Eal Rail
Nat Bank
the People's Nat Bank
Roxbry
Eam
Cot
Lawrence Manchester
R_Co
Francis Henshaw
Tate Nat’ Bark
Sec. Root
American Surety Company of
Waehg & Sons
Erman H
FLTC
Sidney A. Bull
Biller Mose
Lowell National’ Bank
F. N. Chase, Cashier
Lowell, Mass
Prescott National Bank OF Lowell
Union National Bank OF Lowell
Walsh
Boston & Maine Railroad
Sever Ib
Courier-Citizen Office
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Highlands
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