Copper stocks lead decline in stock market
The June 4 stock market showed broad weakness with copper shares hit hard. Amalgamated Copper fell to 52, Copper Range 52, Osceola 60, Parrott 224, and railroads Atchison 715 and St Paul 148. Industry leaders and utilities tumbled as heavy selling pushed markets to new lows.
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Amalgamated
Osceola
Parrott
Atchison Common
St. Paul
American Telephone
Western Telephone
New York
Pennsylvania
United States Steel
Twin City
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Northwestern
Amalgamated Copper
Union Pacific
Atchison
The
Pacifics
New York Cotton Futures Open Firm On June Trade
Futures opened firm in New York with July at 11.23 and August 10.75 and September 10.19. October 9.65, November 9.51, December 9.48, January 9.68. Spot closed quiet with middling uplands at 11.50 and middling gulf at 11.75. sales totaled 200 bales.
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New York
Gulf
Pere Marquette offer to transfer accounts at no expense
The notice states that when a person receives weekly marks letter and has an unsatisfactory account with a broker, Pere Marquette offers to transfer the account without cost or trouble. Readers are asked to reply personally or by mail for immediate attention if they approve the transfer.
Downtown Chicago restaurant workers strike broad noon walkout
Chicago on June 4 reports that waiters waitresses and cooks in several downtown restaurants walked out at noon. Proprieter response was absent as the strike was decided by the joint board of unions after reviewing reports from every downtown restaurant, finding only two proprietors had signed their schedules.
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Chicago
Doherty and Burns Tie the Knot at Watertown
A graceful Watertown wedding united Mr. Wm C Doherty of Doherty Bros and Alpine club renown with Miss Josephine Burns. The parish church sparkled with decorations as relatives attended, with Joseph Egan as groomsman and a bride’s sister as bridesmaid. A reception followed at the bride’s home before the couple departed for a wedding tour and planned residence in Lowell.
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Watertown
Wm. C. Doherty
Doherty Bros
Alpine Club
Josephine Burns
Joseph Egan
Mrs. Doherty
Lowell
Funeral for James Simonds Held at 170 Pleasant Street
The funeral for James Simonds was held at 9 o'clock from his residence 170 Pleasant Street with a funeral Mass at Immaculate Conception Church officiated by Rev Fr Tighe OML. The offertory and Mass included selections by Mr Haggerty and a quartet. Burial followed in St Patrick's Cemetery with committal rites at the grave and Undertaker Davey in charge.
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James ¥. Simonds
Pleasant Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Fr. Tighe
P. P. Haggerty
Haggerty
Susanna Butterfield Dead at 52 in City Home
Mrs Susanna Butterfield aged 52 died at her home 35 Bleachery corporation in the city on June 4. She leaves a husband a son and two daughters. Her passing was announced locally with notes of surviving relatives and residence.
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Butterfield
Susanna Butterfield
Addresses of Note at Congregational Home Missionary Meeting
In Providence on June 4 the seventy seventh anniversary of the Congregational Home Missionary society closed with an addresses program. Officers were elected for terms through 1908 and the next annual meeting was set for October 1904 in Des Moines Iowa, allied with the national council. The gathering eyed unification of Home Missionary societies and a larger national Congregational meeting. Funds and papers were presented by treasurer William Howland and speakers covered topics from immigrants in New England to church and Sunday school work and regional missions across the Northwest Southwest and Utah.
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Providence
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Washington Choate
New York
Cyrus Northrop
Minnesota
W. A. Bartlett
D.D
Illinois
D. F. Bradley
Iowa
Nehemiah Boynton
Michigan
C. R. Brown
California
Michael Burnham
Missouri
W. D. Hydg
Maine
G. E. Hall
New Hampshire
E. M. Pistes
Renen Thomas
Massachusetts
D. J. Brewer
Washington
N. M. Waters
S. B. Carter
Des Moines
National Council of Congregational Churches
New Congregational Home Missionary Societies
Wm. Howland
Joel S. Ives
Hartford
Conn
New England
W. A. Duncan
Congregational Education Society
Western
Theodore Clifton
D. D
Chicago
W. W. Scudder
Northwest
A. K. Wray
New Southwest
J. D. Kingsbury
Utah
H. B. Someillan
Cuba
NO MORE BULLETINS Lowell visit and mill firemen wage dispute
Boston labor leader visited Low ellday afternoon and gave a small union contribution. John Barrett, state president of mill firemen, said only employed mill firemen voted on the strike, about 30 of 63 firemen. Wages ranged from 16½ to 20 cents per hour. union would keep enough workers for insurance. Textile council executives met but offered no major news. Secretary McDonald expressed satisfaction.
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Boston
Lowell
John Barrett
Courier-Citizen
Textile Council
McDonald
Aim High Missionary Critique From a World Trip
New York on June 4 P N Muthuswami Naidu a Ceylon merchant and former royal family member arrived in the city. He commented on mission work in the far East saying Christians err by targeting the nobility while during famines or charitable efforts more converts are won when aid is given.
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New York
P. N. Muthuswami Naidu
Ceylon
Far East
Government Crop Report Triggers Cotton Market Excitement
In New York June 4 the government crop report showingCotton at 74.1 current average versus 95.1 last year sparked immediate market excitement. Prices jumped 6 to 10 points before easing as traders realized gains.
Fires rage across northeast as columns hold back flames
June 4 reports from Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York describe forest fires near Biddeford Saco Meredith Mont steady winds shifting smoke lifting and towns like Sherman Crystal Shirley Littleton Milford Lyndeboro Amherst and Eastport facing threats. Widespread timber losses drive demand for firefighting across multiple counties and rail lines.
Subway Riots Feared as Italians Prepare for Disorder
New York police anticipate potential violent unrest along the rapid transit subway during the Italian workers strike. Informants from multiple sources warn that rioting and arming themselves may occur soon, though earlier clashes relied on clubs and stones. Authorities plan to confront a more serious outbreak if needed.
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New York
Flooding recedes as rail terminal rebuild cost soars
Kansas City reports Missouri and Kaw rivers dropping but flood areas near Union depot stay four feet above first floors. Civil engineers estimate terminal rail system and bridges in the bottoms must be rebuilt at 5 to 10 million dollars. In Topeka, the Kan river fall slows but six unidentified bodies from the North Topeka flood are recovered. Sanitary pipes burst worsening conditions for the homeless.
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Kansas City
Union Depot
Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Ottawa
Kaw River
Cotton Bulletin Shows Acreage Rise and Late Crop
The department of agriculture reports 28,907,000 acres planted in cotton this season, up 1,029,000 from last year. May 26 condition averages 74.1, below 86.9 ten-year average, with Georgia Alabama and Texas among the lowest ever for this season. The belt is 10 to 21 days late.
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Washington
Cotton Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
United States
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Returned to Work After Carpenter Strike Settlement
Pawtucket R I June 4 The last of the 600 striking carpenters in Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley returned to work today as their demand for a 25 cent daily raise was granted. Most had gone back when the strike was announced, with the final settlement reached this morning and the remaining half hundred resuming duties.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Blackstone Valley
Yellow Day in Connecticut Valley
Springfield reports a yellow morning as smoke and ashes drift over the valley. Dense haze reduces sunlight and ash showers are noticeable on window sills and trolley car projections. Officials suspect forest fires in Maine or the Adirondacks but none nearby match the smoke's scale.
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Springfield
Connecticut Valley
Maine
Adirondacks
Forest fires threaten Willoughby hillside cottages
Forest fires rage along the west shore of Willoughby causing danger to famed summer cottages. Firefighting crews from nearby towns mobilize, dozens of schools and mills halt operations while residents evacuate as flames spread toward South Barton and St Barte, with limited water access hindering containment.
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Berton
Willoughby
St Barten
South Bartom
Villere
Newport Built Cup Defender Re Hance Leaves For Westward
Newport R I June 4 After spending the night at her moorings in the outer harbor back of the torpedo station the prospective cup defender Re Hance left early this morning for the westward The time of her sailing and whether she left in tow or under sail is not known ashore for the smoke over the bay was so thick that her anchorage could not be seen from here and even at the torpedo station the nearest land to her moorings it was necessary to go to the shore to see that she had cleared She left in tow of her tender Stun beam as it was not deemed desirable to proceed under sail with the atmospheric conditions so thick.
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Newport
R. L
Stunbeam
Exhibition of John Davis collection at city library
The last portion of the French section of the John Davis collection of prints and engravings is on display at the city library. About 125 subjects are shown, likely the most attractive part of the collection, with the current section comprising roughly one tenth of the total array.
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John Davis
Five Killed in Row Between Kansas Farmers and Cattlemen
Kansas City dispatch reports a deadly clash at St. Francis Cheyenne County in the northwest corner of Kansas. Five men were killed in a fight between farmers and cattlemen, details sketchy, from a St. Francis source.
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Kansas
Kansas City
St. Francis
Kanssy
St. Francis Io
Cheyenne County
Molders at Geol Electric end dispute with tie up
Schenectady June 4 molders at the Geol Electric company in the city have ended their difference and the strike is over the dispute satisfactory to both sides.
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Schenectady
Geol Electric Company
Wormer Arrested in Ad ventist Sanitarium Barn Fire Death
Bathe Creek Michigan reports Isaac Wormer under arrest for setting fire to the Adventist sanitarium barn. The blaze killed J. B. Paul. Wormer reportedly confessed but says he was partially intoxicated at the time.
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Bathe Creek
Mich
Isaac Wormer
Adventist
J. B. Paul
Grant Party Heads to West Point Graduation
General Frederick Dent Grant and Mrs. Grant arrived in St Louis on June 4 and left for Chicago en route to West Point for the graduation of their son Ulysses from the national military academy.
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St. Louis
Frederick Dent
Grant
New Bedford Grand Jury Delivers In Superior Court
In New Bedford Judge Holmes's court the grand jury reported this morning, returning 46 cases with six no bills. Main items include Polish priest Albert M. Dynla and Katherine Korona for adultery, Sabie Singleton of Attleboro and James Anderson for attempted murder, Alpie Wellett of Taunton for forgery, and several fall River cases of lewd cohabitation rape and adultery. Trials set to begin Monday.
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New Bedford
Holmes
Albert M. Dynla
Katherine Korona
Sabie Singleton
Attleboro
James Anderson
Alpie Wellett
Taunton
Fall River
English polo tour to America cancelled after accident
Honeon June 4 reports English polo players have abandoned plans for an American visit this year. The delay follows the serious injury of Walter Tucker at Fruttingham after a collision with Patteson Nickalls, which is said to have largely contributed to the decision.
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Honeon
America
Walter HA. Tucker Ss
Fruttingham
Patteson Nickalls
Dect-Rine
Police search without warrant leads to trial and discharge
In a police court case, Officer Prempas arrested a Greek man for obstruction on Market Street after a brief standoff. The defendant, not clearly identified, was discharged as testimony showed minimal public inconvenience and disputed motives. George Kearns was later found guilty of illegal liquor possession and fined fifty dollars on appeal, with civil action sought against officers. Three drunks received fines or probation, and seized liquor was confiscated.
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Prempas
Greece
Billie
Ephthinios Reavras
Amd
D. J. Dona
Hue
Prermpas
Regis
OfMcer
Donahue
Dooley
Hadley
George Kearns
Dummer Street
D. J. Donahue
Duncan
Kearns
Brown
Duncin
Corcoran
Mr. Donahue
Hedley
Allen
Ephrem Gelinas
Peter Valller
Frank Cruz
Nathaniel Wrigley
Plan to Relieve Tension by Joining Chicago Clearing House
Chicago bankers plan to admit the United States government as a member of the Chicago clearing house. Secretary Shaw and J. Borgan led talks with the Clearing House executive committee. If adopted, western banks would settle with the government via Chicago, reducing coin and cash transfers from New York and cutting the need for guards escorting coin bags.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Bankers of
United States
Chicago Clearing House
Secretary of the Treasury
John Sherman
Associated Banks of
New York
Sub-Treasury
Shaw
J. Borgan
Sir. Forgan
Clearing House
Passengers Startled by Man Drowning from Ferry
New York June 4 passengers on the Pennsylvania ferry Cincinnati from Jersey City to New York were startled as a well dressed man leaped from the upper deck into the river and drowned. A deck hand tried to intervene but failed. The body bearing a black derby hat was recovered and Jersey City police seek the man’s identity.
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New York
Cincinnati
Jersey City
Moher Station Firefighter Dies After Night Shooting
Michael J. Moher of Kawrence died this morning following a shooting incident during test night at the Zz station. Local authorities reported the fatality and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the event.
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Kawrence
Michael J. Moher
Fragmentary description of man in black with heavy moustache
A partial eyewitness note describes a man about 35 years old with a heavy dark moustache, dressed in black, seen in the vicinity. The report provides no further identifying details or location.
Ottawa Fire Destroys Sash Factory and More
A destructive blaze in Ottawa Ontario today burned the sash and door factory and planing mills of Davidson and Thackeray, Mortimer and Co printing and lithographic works, P Stewart paint shop, a Sparks street vacant store, and about ten Queen street dwellings. Estimated loss about 400000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Ont
Messrs
Davidson & Thackeray
Mortimer & Co
P. Stewart
Sparks Street
Queen Street
Czar Bans Jewish Real Estate Outside Pale Towns
St. Petersburg report: the Czar approves a committee decision prohibiting Jews from acquiring real estate or profiting from it except in 101 towns inside the Jewish pale where settlement is allowed until Jews laws are revised.
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St. Petersburg
Committee of Ministers
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Nicholas G. Norcross
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