Markets Steady as Grangers Hold Firm in New York
Stock headlines show strong and active early trading in New York with gains for C B Q St Paul and Rock Island stocks. Sugar slumped then partly recovered while Montana Coal & Coke plans $500000 bonds to build 300 more coke ovens and boost output. Fire at Calumet is easing but origin remains unclear. Cochiti to run at full capacity next week. Centennial Tobacco declares 1.5 percent dividend. Boston and Maine prepares track and roadbed improvements and oil for dust laying.
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New York
Grangers
St. Paul
Rock Island
Boston
Calumet & Hecla
Montana Coal & Coke
Montana
Connellsville
Butte
Anaconda
Boston and Maine Railroad Company
Will of Mrs Hiller Prompts Probate Action and Executorship
The will, involving Wilmington real estate and an estate likely not exceeding $60,000, is to be probated with Lucy C. Hill of Demarara and Mrs. Jeens named as executors alongside Henry Hiller. A conflict with niece Mrs Laura McIntosh is hinted at, with possible settlement to avoid court action. Mrs Jeens arrives from Bristol to assist. appraisers named. anticipated public disclosure of property.
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Robert A. Jordan
Lucy C. Hill
Demarara
British Guiana
Hiller
George H. Abbott
J. Alfred Anderson
James H. Woods
M. A. Jeens
Bristol
Eng
Frances B. Hiller
Wilmington
Majestic
Jeens
Laura McIntosh
Mrs Hiller Will Petition For Admission Of First Document
Boston May 31 A petition was filed at East Cambridge for the admission to probate of Mrs Frances B Hiller of Wilmington s first will The estate is mainly bequeathed to Yale University and the Baldwinsville cottages The second will to Mrs Wilers second husband Peter Survette also Henry Hiller 2d has not been filed and the move may urge probate before July 10 Francis W Kittredge files the petition on behalf of interested parties.
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Boston
East Cambridge
Frances B. Hiller
Wilmington
Francis W. Kittredge
Dom Paul Kruger Tales From An Australian War Reporter
Australian correspondent A G Hales recalls Kruger anecdotes from his stay in a Boer camp. Kruger rebukes a pompous German diplomat, advises a hungry party, and dismisses pretenders with blunt humor. He rescues an old woman on horseback and jokes about Elijah and crows. He confesses he has read the Bible daily for decades and plans to read Shakespeare and Goethe after.
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A. G. Hales
Kruger
Transvaal
Paul Kruger
Johannesburg
Dom Paul
Solomon
Paul
Filijah
Elijah
Goethe
Shakespeare
Straw hats and caps on sale this special day
Local hat shop advertises new straw hat styles with Canton and coarse braid options priced at 23 cents and 50 cents for men and boys. Highlights include plain and fancy bands and a Russian yacht navy blue trim feature, all pushed as daily specials.
Corner Stone Relaid at Pentucket or Ceremony of Masons
The article describes a cornerstone ceremony with readings on duty and the plumb line, the works of the craftsman, and the final proclamation that the cornerstone is level and firm. The event features the Worthy Master, senior and junior wardens, an architect, a hymn, and a benediction, with observers including Levi Sprague.
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Winslow B. Clark
Horace C. Page
Harry Prescott Graves
America
Carter
Our
Pentucket Or
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Caumet
Cochiti
Centennial Toibbacco Company
Wtoday
Bright, Sears & Co
New York Market
Sugar Ref. Co
Seeneer
Senee
Atchison
Mig
Thy Atchison Pfd
B&o
Oe Ae
Brooklyn R
Can. South
Chesa
Mor Pacific
Pacific
Bo. Pacific
Third Ae Rail
Exas & Pac
Il West Union
Wheeling & L. E
Chicago
Fitchburg
Pfd
Mining Amalgamated
Butte & Boston
Calumet
Coohitl
Vanklin
I & le Royale
Osceola Se Eee
Id Dominion Aoe Wy
Arrott
Tamarack
Utah
Wolverine Bile
N. B. Tel
Oom
Putnam & Son
Central St
Rogers, Peet & Co
Lowell
ANCY
New England
Oxford
American Mills
Ogers, Peet & CO
Wales
Amer
OYS
Gner
BIG Boys
Sang Ae
Milan
Levi Sprague
Charles L. Hildreth
New Ipswich
N. H
Montreal
Canada
Cape Town
Lees
Toronto
Magill
South Africa
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Quebec
Boston Transcript
Timally
Ella
Chicago Evening Post
Sulu
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