Grangers Boost Atchison Stocks. Market Ends Strong
The stock market opened uncertain on a favorable bank statement and strengthened through the day. Atchison common and preferred led gains in the last half hour, with American Sugar showing some resilience after early weakness. Rumors of a large stock issue and Havemeyer control buoyed sentiment, and indicators point to a strong market next week as closing prices reached new highs.
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Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Havemeyer
Washington
Atchison Common
Preferred
Boston Market Opens Quiet With Copper Weakness
Boston reports a dull morning as copper shares weakened speculative activity. The list showed strength beyond copper, with gas securities holding up. Massachusetts Gas rate at 86 percent and common at 5 to 34 percent. Swift & Co. slid at open to 139 percent, then rose to 141, touching 140 and recovering to 141.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Swift & Co
Irregular Market Opening with Mixed Rail Stocks Drift
New York markets began uneven with Amalgamated Copper and other major shares showing small gains that soon faded in several rail names. Some industrials fell while Rock Island advanced, and overall activity remained dull though certain blocks traded, with Amalgamated and Atchison moving on and off in fractionally varied sessions.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Rock Island
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Fuller Construction
Union Bay
Futures Open Steady as Cotton Prices Edge Higher
New York July 12 futures opened steady with July at 8.68, August 8.46, September 8.12, October 7.94, November 7.84, December 7.81, January 7.81, February 7.83, and March offered at 7.85. Spot closed quiet with middling uplands at 5 16, middling gulf 99 16, and sales totaling 1,628 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf
New England Shoe Trade Shows Strong Activity But Weak Tone
R G Dun reports New England shoe shops busier than any time this year with shipments from Boston improving versus last year. Full delivery contracts come forward, factories run full time, but overall tone remains weak. Local retailers cut Oxford stocks after hot weather, export orders for cotton goods disappoint, and woolen reorders stay active with quick delivery sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
New England
Boston
Chicago
Texas
England
Market cautions amid unsettled crop outlook and metal flow
The piece notes caution in the market as crop prospects remain unsettled and reserves shift at a center. Gold exports faltered, domestic production and Klondike arrivals keep supply steady while London benefits from Transvaal receipts. Investors face light declines with solid support, and railroad stocks look appealing on pullbacks. Bank reserves rose and deposits fell as investment demand persists. Wall Street links the anxiety to an artificial corn market corner and warns of potential losses if the pattern holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Transvaal
Haven & Stout
Southwestern
Pacific
Chicago
Wall Street
Flood's Work Spent Night in Parks Amid Flood Suffering
Des Moines July 11 hundreds of homeless flood sufferers spent nights in school yards and downtown parks. Some begged food. Officials fear the flood’s relief will take days and fear malaria and typhoid outbreak when waters recede. Damage estimated around a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Limited capacity shops to expand to full force soon
A report notes shops currently operating at restricted capacity will soon resume full operation. Officials indicate planned easing will restore normal hours and services, aiming to boost commerce while maintaining safety measures. Local businesses expect improved revenue as constraints ease.
Suicide attempt by hotel porter in Springfield
Springfield July 11 Gasper Rollinger 16 a hotel porter tried to hang himself with a cord tied to a wall bolt by rolling from a sofa to the floor. Employee Robert Bedere found him, police notified, Lif e Lie ut Perkins revived him after about thirty minutes and he became delirious. He recently arrived from Germany and is believed to have acted in despondency over homesickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Gasper Rollinger
Robert Bedere
Perkins
Rollinger
Germany
Crop report shows broad gains in corn acres and varied grain conditions
Washington July 11 crop report indicates corn planted up about 3.5 million acres 3.9 percent from last year. Wheat oats barley rye oats and potatoes show mixed but generally strong conditions with several states above 10 year averages and hay pastures benefiting from rains while fruit crops face declines though apples and peaches hold sizable yields and grapes look strong.
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Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota
Washington
North Dakota
New York
Wisconsin
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
President Roosevelt Reviews Vatican Negotiations At Sagamore Hill
Glorious weather marks the sixth day of the President's Sagamore Hill sojourn as Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou handle Vatican negotiations over withdrawing friars from the Philippines. Secretary Root reports the Pope's note from Rome. no official statement will be issued until negotiations conclude or fail.
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Oyster Bay
L. IL
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Vatican
Philippine Archipelago
Root
Pope
Gov. Taft
War Department
Rome
Washington
Weavers Vote to Return Pending New Plea at Plymouth
Plymouth July 11 The striking weavers of the American Woolen Co Puritan mill who voted to return to work on Monday have reconsidered and deferred further action until Saturday night The delay aims to allow absent Plymouth weavers who left and might return to take part in the final vote in the evolving dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
American Woolen Co
Steam launch capsizes. three drowned near Long Beach
New York July 11 A steam launch capsized at Point Lookout near Long Beach L I, drowning three people. One body was recovered and the names of the drowned were not yet learned.
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New York
Point Lookout
Long Beach
L.il
Secretary Shaw Arrives in Boston Aboard Revenue Cutter
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw reached Boston with his family after a sea trip aboard the revenue cutter Gresham from New York. He said the voyage was beneficial and planned several official visits in Boston before continuing to Vermont tonight or tomorrow.
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Boston
Gresham
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Vermont
City Hall Notes on Second Brigade Tour Passes
City government members received passes for the Second brigade M V M tour at Lakeville from July 12 to 19 courtesy of Acting Captain Joseph S. Gillow. Sergeant John J. Walker was honored with a banquet by the Lowell Reform club Thursday night while John J Harrington and others called on Acting Mayor Badger yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeville
M Company
Joseph S. Gillow
John J. Walker
Lowell
Topeka River Rises Flooding Lowlands and Homes
The Kaw River in Topeka Kansas has risen one foot since yesterday and continues to rise. Lowlands flood, several North Topeka families abandon homes as water covers Garfield and City parks and submerges street railway tracks in outlying areas.
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Topeka
Kas
North
Garfield
Waterford Saranac mills reopen after long strike
In Waterford R 1 on July 11 the Saranac mills of the American Woolen company resumed work with over 200 of 450 employees. Seventeen local weavers had returned. most strikers did not reapply. Fourteen strike-breakers arrived, guarded by armed deputies, while 88 foreign weavers had been sent in two days. No disturbances occurred as workers and guards patrolled the yard. Union leaders anticipated little trouble and expected continued operations inside mill gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford
Saranac Mills
American Woolen Company
Blackstone
Two fingers amputated after carding machine crush
John Bogocki of 10 Perrys Court, employed at the Bigelow Carpet company, suffered a crushing injury to his right hand in a carding machine yesterday. Ambulance took him to Lowell Hospital where two fingers were amputated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bogocki
Bigelow Carpet Company
Perry’s Court
Lowell Hospital
Fowler firms sold to Swift & Co of Chicago
Liverpool July 11 at shareholders meetings resolutions in favor of adopting an agreement for the sale of Fowler Bros and Fowler Son and Co to Swift Co of Chicago were passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Fowler Bros
Fowler, Son & Co
Swift & Co
Chicago
Steam shovel injury on Auburn branch trestle
A New York Central work crew extending the Auburn branch across Solvay to the main line used a steam shovel and seven cars that went through a trestle today in Syracuse injuring seven men, two seriously.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Auburn
Solvay
Central
Epworth Leaguers Convene in Worcester at Grace Church
Epworth league convention in Worcester opened day two at Grace church with over 1200 attendees. J W Russell led a sunrise prayer meeting from Somersworth N H. Rev W T Pearin of Boston delivered the morning address on The World for Christ as Rev Geo R Lock Tilton N H Rev H Knight New Orleans University and Bishop W R Mallalieu of Massachusetts spoke in the afternoon.
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Worcester
New England Epworth League Association
Grace Church
J. W. Russell
Somersworth
N. H
W. T. Pearin
Boston
Christ
Geo. R. Lock
Tilton
H. Knight
New Orleans University
New Orleans
W. R. Mallalieu
Massachusetts
Bank Fails in Paris Insolvency Declared at Commerce Court
Paris July 11 tribunal of commerce declares the Caisse Generale des Familles insolvent with liabilities about 40,000,000 francs. Mention of economic context notes profits of shad fisheries along the Atlantic coast totaling about 1,500,000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tribunal of Commerce
Caisse Generale Des Familles
Atlantic
Mystery shooting near Ion Belt in Ironwood kills Hill and wounds Rei beck
A dawn shooting at Ion Belt on Ironwood's west range has left Hill dead and Rei beck grievously wounded, with both men found near the depot after several bullet wounds. Authorities race to determine whether the pair fought among themselves or an unknown shooter was responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood
Mich
Iion Belt
Hill
Reibeck
Union Pacific orders striking shopmen to return or face loss of jobs
Omaha July 11 Union Pacific Railroad formally calls its striking shopmen to return at once or forfeit their positions. Vice President Wilson of the Machinists union asserts the notice will have no effect on the men. W R McKeen, superintendent of motive power, says the company plans to begin operations in all shops with sufficient men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Wilson
Machinists’ Union
W. R. McKeen
Motive Power
Remember the Maine in the New Battleship
New York July 12 The battleship Maine under construction at Cramp’s shipyard since 1899 will leave for builders test off the Delaware capes on Tuesday afternoon The Maine plans to be the fastest 18 knot battleship matching the Retvizan and was launched July 27 1901 Sponsor Miss Mary Preble Anderson of Portland Maine The ship is 388 feet long 72 feet 2 1 2 inches beam 23 feet 10 4 inches draft and 12 500 tons displacement
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New York
Maine
Cramps
Delaware Capes
Philadelphia
Herald
Cramp Yard
United States Navy
Retvizan
TY ‘Cel
Havana Harbor
Mary Preble Anderson
Portland
Commodore Preble
Baptists' Convention Opens Third Day With Patriotism and Sail
Providence R I July 12 The Baptist Young People's Union of America holds its third day with morning prayers by Rev Walter Calley of Boston on The Equipment for Service and Rev E P Tuller of Detroit on Light on the Path. An afternoon excursion aboard steamboats to Narragansett Bay drew nearly 3000 delegates as banners from each state were shown and explained. A new general secretary is to be chosen at the evening session.
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Providence
R. L
Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America
First Baptist Church
Walter Calley
Boston
E. P. Tuller
Detroit
Mich
Infantry Hall
F. L. Wilkins
D. D
Gloucester
L. Wilkins
Massachusetts
Narragansett Bay
Newport
National Organization
L. L. Hanson
Pardon bid for Walter McAllister in Bosschieter case
Paterson New Jersey July 12. Word comes of an application to the court of pardons for Walter McAllister the alleged leader of the quartet who murdered Jennie Bosschieter He testified at the court and showed no change from prison life His father sold his silk business and mill to devote effort to securing his sons liberty The pardons board made no decision and set July 16 for further consideration Campbell and Death await word Kerr has no chance and the public mood favors a decade of wait before any pardon The case remains highly controversial with little support for clemency
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Paterson
N. J
Court of Pardons
Walter McAllister
Quartette
Jennie Bosschieter
McAllister
Walter
Berty
Board of Pardons
Campbell
Death
Kerr
Dynamite Charge Against Carlson Found Probable
Judge Avery rules probable cause exists against Charles Carlson for hurling dynamite at Geo. B. Ellis’s house on July 3. Ellis’s assault and malicious mischief charges are dismissed for lack of prosecution. Carlson ordered held in $1000 for September grand jury term.
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Quincy
Avery
Charles Carlson
Geo
BE. Ellis
Ellis
Cough Remedy Praised By Editor In Warily Croup Defense
H J Strickfaden editor of World Herald Fair Haven WA credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with preventing serious illness in his son. He states it saved him from several attacks of croup and possible pneumonia. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
H. J. Strickfaden
World-Herald
Fair Haven
Wash
The Real Comfort of a Vacation Trip
The piece argues true luxury in travel is minimal baggage and comfort. It notes most travelers overpack, returning exhausted, missing the ease and ease of light travel.
Three Men Injured by Split Bullet at Willow Dale Shooting Gallery
Sergt John J Walker, John J Harrington, and John Kennedy narrowly avoided serious harm Friday afternoon at Willow Dale when a bullet shattered after striking the target. Kennedy suffered a flesh wound to the upper lip, Harrington a cut above the right eye, and Walker a small ear abrasion. The incident occurred as the men chatted on a settee near the target board. Ballon-goers gathered as medical aid attended Kennedy, who faces possible risk only if infection develops. Manager Tibbetts blamed seating position. Walker defended the arrangement amid post incident discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Walker
Philippines
John J. Harrington
John Kennedy
Willow Dale
Harrington
Walker
Kennedy
Mr. Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Half a loaf ends Chicago boiler makers strike
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad boiler makers strike, starting July 1, ended with workers winning half of the demanded wage increase. About 600 men on the system will return to work after the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern
Chicago and Northwestern
Funeral of John Sheridan Passed in Market Street Parlors
The funeral proceeded from Molloy's parlors in Market Street at 8 80. A requiem mass followed at St Patrick's Church at 9. Miss Helen Hosea sang at offertory, Mr Fred Bond led the closing hymns, and the bearers were John Kelly Frank Vallely William Warren and John O Neil. The body was sent to Cambridge on the IL o clock train for burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery this afternoon. Cr H Molloy supervised the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sheridan
Molloy
Market Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Fr. Walsh
Helen Hosea
Fred Bond
Uxwearer
M. J. Johnson
John Kelly
Frank Vallely
William P. Warren
John O'Neil
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn
Cr. H. Molloy
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Grangers
Boston Market
New York Market
Henry Clews
American Telephone
NEW England Telephone
Bright, Sears & CO
Middlesex St
Boston Stock Exchange
Wall ST
Haent & Freese
Way
Hildreth
Amer. Sug. Res. Co
Am. Wool
Ches. & Ohio
C. & G. West
del. & Hudson
Ill
L. &Nusscvececescoes
IAS
Sos
N.Y
Southern Pacsteee
Southern Ry
So. Rail
St. L
T.C
Texas& Pac
Union Pac
Steel
U.S
Wabash Oteeseerenes
Wabash Pfd
U. Tel
Flood
Crop Report
Washington, D. C
Plymouth Weavers
City Hall Notes
SWIFT
Epworth Leaguers
Fisk & Robinson
New York Stock Exchange
Cedar Street
TE Street
Chicago Junction
Weisece
Bingham
Bees Bly
Iron & Steel
Mohawk
Osceola
Old Dominion
Old Colony
Rhode Island
Trinity
U.S. Mine
Winona
Amer. Wool Pfd
N. E. Gas
A. Tel. & Tel. Co
Western Tel
N.E. Tel
Spencer Rask & Co
Sti
SRIG
Thomas M. Anderson
U.S.A
Baptists’ Convention
M’allister
Philip R. Hovey
Investment Securities
State Street
Conway Transfer Co
Northern Depot
Mitche and Central Streets
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
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