Coalers Lead Stock Market Gains On Strong Friday
The market was firmer and more active with bull tips on Amalgamated. D. L. W. advanced ten points from yesterday’s close and Sugar rose. Early quotes include Mexican Central 27? to 28? and Erie 15% to 19? for old issues, with various notes on bonds and other firms.
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Amalgamated
Boston
Mexican Central
Erie Telephone
Mass
Electric
Adventure
Old Dominion
Osceola
Quincy
Trimountain
Wolverine
Dominion Coal
Erie
Stock market opens irregular in New York
The January 17 opening shows scattered gains and losses with no dominant trend. Amalgamated Copper 69 14, Atchison 76 44, Erie 40, Reading 55, United States Steel 42, Sugar 121, and Southern Pacific 59 1/2 lead modest moves as trading stays dull and uneven. Sugar fell back slightly.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baaltimore
Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Mainhattan
Missouri Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Southern
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Steel
Manhattan
Cotton futures open steady with varied January to October prices
New York reports cotton futures opening steady as of January 17 with bids and offers across months from January at 7.93 to October at 7.68. Futures show active trading bias amid month by month price levels.
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New York
Erie Tel Co Set To Hold Annual Meeting In January
The Erie Telephone Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting on January 30 to implement the sale to American Co. Plans propose reducing directors from fifteen to five for a one year term. Two men hold nearly all Tri Mountain stock, with unclear aims during a soft copper market, while insiders remain net buyers as public demand wanes. Prospect of 52 value sparks local bargains.
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Erie Tel. Co
American Co
Trimiountain
Trimountain
Advertiser
Prominent Citizens Back Jackson Street Extension Petition
A Lowell city petition seeks to extend Jackson street from King street westward across railroad tracks to Middlesex street, beneath the Nashua and Lowell line. Signed by notable residents, the plan would widen Brewery court and create a 100 foot wide public highway, with costs apportioned by benefiting parties.
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City Hall
Jackson Street
Committee On
Middlesex Street
School Street
Lowell
King Street
Dutton
Thorndike
Brewery Court
Nashua and Lowell Railroad Company
Branch Street
Jackson Avenue
Central Street
J. W. Bennett
Eugene N. Morrill
A. L. Bateman
George McElroy
Wm. H. Randlett
Davis & Sargent
Chas. S. Lilley
George W. Fifield
Samuel P. Hadley
A. D. Mitten
Alanson Gray
Upton & Gilmay
Arthur P. Knapp
Peter
Murphy Lands It Appointed Junior Counsel for Toppan
James S. Murphy of Lowell is named junior counsel for Miss Jane Toppan who awaits trial in Barnstable jail on charges of poisoning Mrs. Mary D. Gibbs of Cataumet. Chief Justice Mason of the supreme court and Judge Fred M. Bixby announced the appointment. Murphy will review all evidence the defense will present.
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Boston
James S. Murphy
Lowell
Jane Toppan
Barnstable
Mary D. Gibbs
Cataumet
Murphy
Mason
Supreme Court
Fred M. Bixby
Brockton
Miss Tappan
Transatlantic Arrivals Report Inbound Steamers and Boer Prisoners
Boston reports the steamer Colorado from Hull Teutonia from Rotterdam Altonia from Liverpool arrive Jan 17. Southampton notes Zeeland from New York Jan 17 Havre sees L Aquitaine from New York Jan 17. Hamilton Bermuda confirms Montrose transport arrived from Cape Town with another detachment of Boer prisoners.
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Boston
Colorado
Hull
Teutonia
Rotterdam
Altonia
Liverpool
Southampton
Zeeland
New York
Havre
L'Aquataine
Hamilton
Bermuda
Montrose
Cape Town
Weather bulletin warns of severe storms at sea
Boston dispatch reports at 10 a m the weather bureau warned that steamers sailing west from English ports face likely severe storms in mid ocean today.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Middle Ocean
King Edward Opens Parliament Amid South Africa Tensions
London Jan 16 King Edward's throne speech outlined foreign relations with the United States and Brazil while calling for famine relief in India and land reform in Ireland. The ceremony drew mixed crowds as guards and police held back spectators and the royal procession faced delays. Proceedings in both houses featured spats over Cape Colony martial law, Ireland policy, and Boer negotiations, with Chamberlain defending government actions and Redmond asserting political timelines.
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Italy
India
Ameer
Habib Ullah
Afghanistan
Ireland
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
Life Guards
South Africa
Houses of Parliament
Victoria Tower
Queen Alexandra
Duke of Devonshire
House of Peers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Earl Percy
Kensington
Galway
Col
Arthur Lynch
William Court Gully
William Vernon Harcourt
Cape Colony
Cape
Mr.Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Prince of Wales
Earl Halsbury
Earl of Harrowby
Earl of Lytton
Lord Salisbury
Farl Spencer
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Dr. Kuyper
Holland
Europe
Seven Masked Men Hold Up Train In Oklahoma
Fort Smith Arkansas January 16 seven masked men held up the southbound Kansas City Southern passenger train half a mile north of Spiro Indian Territory entering the express and mail cars They rifled the mail car and reportedly secured registered mail A rough tally suggests about 2000 dollars stolen Three miners were arrested and jailed in Poteau US marshals scour the countryside in pursuit of the culprits
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Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Spiro
I. T
U. S
Poteau, I. T
Irish Defeat in Cork Elections Hits United Irish League
Cork on January 16 reports show Eugene Crean M P for Cork south east Roche and other United Irish league nominees defeated. The loss is linked to Crean's campaign remark that King Edward would be hooted if he opened the international exhibition in Cork.
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Cork
Eugene Crean
Roche
United Irish League
Crean
Edward
Ambulance Responds To Sprained Ankle On Middlesex Street
Ambulance crew removed John Runels from 525 Middlesex Street to the Emergency Hospital after a fall on Middlesex Street left him with a sprained ankle. He resides in Concord Junction.
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Middlesex Street
John Runels
Runels
Concord Junction
Arm Injury Report From Daisy Harris at Local Mill
Daisy Harris a 15 year old resident of 37 Blossom Street sustained a right arm injury while working at a United States hunting mill yesterday. She received treatment at the Emergency Hospital.
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Daisy Harris
Blossom Street
United States
Cuban reciprocity debated by Ways and Means Committee
Washington date January hearing on Cuban reciprocity drew Cuban delegates and sugar and tobacco interests. New York Produce Exchange leaders urged relief, claiming U.S. duties cut would ruin Cuban planters, while opponents warned against sugar trust influence and pressed for fair terms. Cuban negotiator Place proposed 50 to 70 percent tariff cuts and future free trade, with a pledge to control market share.
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Washington
Ways and Means
New York Produce Exchange
Evan Thomas
Cuba
Produce Exchange
United States
McClellan
New York
Charles Rabidan
C. P. Armstrong
The
Robertson
Louisiana
Armstrong
Louis Plaes
Representative Long
Kansas
Place
Havana
Richardson
Tennessee
U. S
Senate
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Senate in Session Passes Porto Rico Deed Bill and McKinley Memorial
Senate convened in Washington on January 16 and adjournment moved to next Monday. The body passed a bill allowing Porto Rico and Philippines residents to execute deeds for real estate in the District of Columbia and U S territories. The House adopted a McKinley memorial, February 27, and senators discussed commerce department plans and The Hague treaty provisions. Hoar revisited Bermuda duty inquiry, noting U S has not adopted the Hague article. the inquiry was referred to foreign relations. Senate action included a $30,000 appropriation for the Charleston government exhibit.
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Senate
Hale
Porto Rico
Philippines
District of Columbia
United States
Hoar
Bermuda
Foreign Relations Committee
House
McKinley
Mallory
Fla
Clay
New York
Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
Nelson
Department of Commerce
Tillman
Army Transport Service
Charleston
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Congress
The
Local store opens mark down sale today and tomorrow
Economy chances that overshadow even our unrivalled bargains of the past will be offered here today and tomorrow. A mark down sale is now in progress throughout our house that offers opportunities no careful buyer can afford to miss.
Seasonal Coat Sale List Scraps Downward Prices
A newspaper fragment outlines a series of coat price reductions with multiple tiers. Coats originally priced from ten to twelve fifty, fourteen to eighteen, and twenty to twenty five are trimmed to lower final amounts. Quality items priced at five seventy five drop to seven fifty and ten dollar qualities fall further.
Debates On Isthmian Canal And Commerce Bill
The Senate debated the Isthmian canal and a new department of commerce. Mallory and Clay denied statements about canal views in a New York article. Lodge proposed a state department liaison. Hale and Tillman clashed over bureau transfers. Several bills passed, including funds for Charleston expo and Alaskan lighthouses, with a Burke death tribute to close.
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House of Representatives
Mallory
Fla
New York
Senate
Panama
Mr. Clay
Canal
Nicaragua
Department of Commerce
Nelson
Minn
Lodge
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Hale
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Coast and Geologic Survey
Navy Department
Tillman
Charleston, D. C
Alaska
Clay
Philippine tariff aims to cut duties on Philippine goods
Washington January 16 Senate Philippine islands committee adjourned without reporting the House tariff bill after adopting Republican amendments. Key changes cut duties by 25 percent by counting 75 percent of Dingley rates, and allow export duty credits. Other fixes allow foreign vessels in island traffic and adjust the Philippine fund deposits. Lodge expects a report Monday and a total sugar reduction near 35 percent. Democratic members seek further cuts.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Philippine Archipelago
Secretary of the Treasury
Interior
House
Treasury Department
Customs
Senator Lodge
Comittee
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Detroit Tribune
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Daniel W. Kaufman
Marquette, Mich
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Michigan
Grand Rapids and
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Manistique
Northern
Shingleton
Duluth
South Shore
Atlantic
the Development Company of America
American Finance and
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Lowell, Mass
Jackson ST
Marine News
King Edward
John Redmond
Mr. Chamberlain
Irish Parliamentary Party
Privy Council
Mr. Redmond
Arkansas
Arthur S. Leland & CO
N. Y
Boston Stock Exchanges
Broad Street
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James M. Abbott
Telephone
Perity
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O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
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Mitchell
Ore
Immigration
Robert I. Burke
Texas
Philippine Tariff
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