New York Stock Market Opens Irregularly
The New York market opened irregular with gains for Canadian Pacific Sugar and Reading after large block trades. Grangers and coalers led advance while Pacific Mail slid and New York Central eased. Market activity picked up mid-morning from recent lethargy with several names showing fractional declines elsewhere.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk and Western
New York Central
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Pacific Mail
Futures Opened Steady Ahead of June Trading
New York futures opened steady with contracts listed for June at 8.86, July 8.65, August 8.42, September 7.94, October 7.80, November 7.71, December 7.70, January 7.72, February 7.71, and March 7.75, reflecting a calm start to the month.
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New York
Collazo pledges support to Palma after meeting in Havana
New York dispatch reports Gen. Enrique Collazo, once a challenger to Gen. Palma, met the president and pledged sincere support. The two men spent an hour together at the Havana residence of Gonzalo Quesada amid Palma’s broader reform measures. Palma also announced firings and reorganizations in Cienfuegos police to curb laxity behind a kidnapping case and discussed expanding rural guards with a delegation of Black residents pressing for officer appointments.
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New York
Enrique Collazo
Palma
Guanabacoa
Havana
Gen
Collazo
Cienfuegos
Lopez Boy
City faces coal shortage threatens Centralville pumping
Boston coal may not arrive on time after a last week order by Purchasing Agent Rourke. Centralville pumping station risks suspension, while other city stations can manage with on hand supplies. Mayor Badger reviews Fourth of July space allocations and will attend related meetings and the Old Home Week planning session. A requisition seeks 18,000 examination papers for public schools this month.
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Boston
Rourke
Centralville
Thomas
Still King's Weather at Epom Oaks Day Ends Dramatic Downpour
London June 6 stills on Oaks day marred by rain as Edward Prince of Wales and royal party traveled by train. Crowds chose trains or conveyances. enclosures bright between showers. Sceptre owned by R. Sievier won Oaks stakes of 4500 sovereigns for 38-year-old fillies, about a mile and a half. Glass Jug second, Simeon third. fourteen starters. Sceptre had recent wins in April and May major stakes.
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London
Epom
Edward
Prince of Wales
Sievier
Sceptre
Colonel H. McCalmont
Glass Jug
Simeon
Italian Legislator Challenges Foreign Minister to Duel
In Rome on June 6 a heated Chamber of Deputies lobby dispute over Eritrea and Italian East Africa led Signor Franchetti to challenge Foreign Minister Signor Prinetti to a duel. The incident underscores tensions over colonial policy and military commitments.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Bader
Signor Franchetti
Chamber
Signor Prinetti
Kruger and delegates may go home again
The Birmingham Post reports the British government, citing Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, will waive Kruger's acknowledgment of British sovereignty over the Transvaal due to age. Boer delegates in Europe will receive safe conduct to return to South Africa.
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London
Chamberlain
Birmingham Post
Kruger
Transvaal
Europe
South Africa
British ambassador Herbert linked to Vanderbilt clan sparks Washington social shift
Washington society anticipates the June 6 appointment of Michael Herbert as British ambassador. A Roman Catholic and brother-in-law to Cornelius Vanderbilt, he arrives with elite New York connections through Leila Wilson and the Astor, Ogden Goelet, and Mason families. His tenure may intensify Vanderbilt family tensions and affect entertainment in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Michael Herbert
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mr. Herbert
Washington
Mme
Patenotte
Miss Elverson
Michael Henry Herbert
Lord Herbert of
Lea
Lady Herbert
Sidney Herbert
Earl of Pembroke
Montgomery
Cardinal Gibbons
Henry Howard
Paris
Marquis of
Dufferin and
Ava
Edward Monson
Herbert
Leila Wilson
Richard T. Wilson
New York
Ogden Goelet
Orme Wilson
Caroline Astor
Astor
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Marion Mason
Boston
Vanderbilt
Crowder Reports on Chalmette Neutrality Inquiry Findings
The June report to Congress summarizes Col. Crowder’s six point findings on Chalmette. British remount commission directs purchases. Chalmette acts as a single class military supplies shipping agency. No recruitment evidence. All shipments from New Orleans to South African ports on British admiralty charters. Totals from Oct 1899 to Mar 1902: 98,687 horses and 75,108 mules across 65 vessels in 166 voyages. ongoing supplies for the English army in South Africa. similar use of New Orleans port in 1896-97 for Cuba.
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Washington
House
Col. Crowder
Heard
Louisiana
Chalmette
Hay
New Orleans
British Remount Commission
United States
English Army Administration
Chalmette Station
Chalmetté
Commission
South Africa
Cuba
Involuntary Manslaughter Hearing Over Beauty Mask Death
Chicago coroner jury connects the May 29 death of Miss May Thompson to paralysis of respiratory organs caused by an unknown poison after a beauty mask treatment. Dr. E W Johnson is held for involuntary manslaughter, with no bail, at the county jail.
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Chicago
May Thompson
E. W. Johnson
Johnson
Grant of Fifty Thousand Pounds for Kitchener Vote
London June 5 in parliament a vote of fifty thousand pounds was urged for Lord Kitchener amid praise of his service in South Africa India and the campaign. Irish Nationalists opposed the war policy and William Redmond sparked disorder by charging he war on women and children. the closure passed 273 to 138 and the grant 380 to 44 with Irish Nationalists and a few radicals in the minority.
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London
Edward
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Lord Kitchener
Parliament
Egypt
Balfour
South Africa
Desqnate
India
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Dillon
Dillon
William Redmond
Redmond
Like a Love Feast Chicago June 5 500 steam sters ratify pact
Five hundred steam sters gathered at Corcoran hall near the stock yards to ratify the agreement between their union and packers. Albert Young and John Meyers signed for the unions, with state arbitration chief Job delivering it for signatures. Workers vote to return to work tomorrow amid riot injuries.
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Chicago
Corcoran Hall
Albert Young
National Teamsters Union
John Meyers
Job
Rocks on the Rails Scare Pittston Strike Train
A derailed Erie company work train carrying non union men to the mines in Hughestown was halted by rocks piled on the tracks. No injuries reported. Authorities suspect strike sympathizers placed the obstruction as workers from Erie mines are housed in one building and dispatched daily.
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Pittston
Erie Company
Hughestown
Funeral for John Duddy Held at St Michael’s Church
The funeral for John Duddy took place yesterday starting at 8 30 from 3857 Lakeview Avenue. A 9 o’clock mass at St Michael’s Church was led by Rev Fr Carney with organist Miss Carolyn White and choir director Mr Thomas P Boulger. Florals, bearers Houlan Crowe Durkin and Sullivan, and burial at St Patrick’s Cemetery followed under Fr Carney’s grave rites.
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John Duddy
Lakeview Avenue
St. Michael's Church
Fr. Carney
Thomas P. Boulger
Jesus
Mr. Boulger
Nano M. Gallagher
Carolyn White
Houlan, Crowe, Durkin and Sullivan
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
C. H. Molloy
Life prisoner Dr John R Hatch dies in Concord
Concord New Hampshire June 5 Dr John R Hatch a life prisoner at the state prison died last evening from brain trouble at age 44 He was committed in 1898 under a death sentence for his wife s murder at Ossipee but Gov Ramsdell commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
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Concord
N. H
John R. Hatch
State Prison
Ossipee
Ramsdell
Taft Meets Pope in Rome on Philippine Lands Talk
Judge Taft governor of the Philippines with Bishop O Gorman Major Porter and Judge Smith met Pope Pius X at the Vatican. Taft presented Roosevelt letter and Roosevelt works and discussed the church lands issue in the Philippines with Cardinal Rampolla. The audience lasted 40 minutes and the papal secretary promised to study the matter.
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Rome
Taft
Philippine Islands
Thomas O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Smith
Major Porter
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Washington
Vatican
United States
Philippines
Monsignor Bissett
Roosevelt
Two Local Workers Suffer Hand Injuries In City Shops
In Dutton street Frank Blaisdell had his left thumb crushed after a machine caught it. He, of 26 Brown street, was treated at the Emergency hospital. Lizzie Hilton of Bigelow carpet mills injured her left index finger in a gear and was also taken to the Emergency hospital. she resides at 638 Broadway.
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William K. Aldrich
Dutton Street
Frank Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Brown Street
Lizzie Hilton
Bigelow Carpet Mills
Broadway
Transatlantic Steamers Report Arrivals
Cherbourg notes the Fuerst Bismarck arriving from New York on June 4 while Plymouth reports the Pennsylvania arriving from New York on June 6, reflecting ongoing transatlantic service and port activity.
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Cherbourg
Fuerst Bismarck
New York
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
Donlan accused over city wagons and clan conflicts
The article reports claims that Superintendent Donlan owns two city wagons a runabout and a Goddard while denying it. Inquiries suggest one runabout may be held up as improper and that old wagons remain at the city farm. Donlan asserts overseers tried to steer purchases and politics affected favors and staff placements. He says he will enter his Goddard for a horse show benefiting Lowell General Hospital.
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Donlan
Goddard
T.e
City Farm
Goddara
Lowell General Hospital
Civil suits filed in Lowell court list several negligence cases
The Lowell court docket includes Thomas McCormick vs Lowell Electric Light for 15000 alleging injuries from a fall on an inadequately insulated wire in Davis square. Helen Dufresne sues American Woolen for 10000 after her husband’s death in a Collinsville mills blast. A D Mitten sues City of Lowell for 3000 over property damage from a defective sewer on Chelmsford street. Boston & Northern faces multiple claims totaling 300 to 1090 for vehicle collisions and wagon injuries. Dennis Sullivan sues Boston & Northern for 3000 after a wagon collision on Middlesex street.
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Lowell Court House
Thomas McCormick
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
Davis Square
Helen Dufresne
American Woolen Company
Telesphere Dufresne
Collinsville Mills
Margaret Cahill
Lowell
Agnes C. Andrews
Boston & Northern
Dennis Sullivan
Middlesex Street
Hutchinsons' Son Arrives in Naples for European Tour
Mr Charles C Hutchinson has received a cablegram announcing the arrival of his son Rev Charles S Hutchins in Naples on the fifth of the month. He will undertake a four months tour of Europe.
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Charles C. Hutchinson
Rev
Charless. Hutchins
Naples
Europe
Floating volcanic freaks seen near Caribbean shores
The Norwegian steamer Donald reports two floating islands after Banes voyage. Captain Warnecke says crew landed on the first isle where thousands of monkeys pelted them with cocoa nuts. The next day a second isle hosted a vivid parrots covey. He links eruptions at Martinique to island fragmentation.
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New York
Donald
Banes
Philadelphia
Warnecke
Watlin’s Island
Caribbean Sea
Martinique
The Daniels Case Details in a Custody and Domestic Case
In a separate suit Mrs. Daniels versus Joshua Daniels, Rebecca White testified to her nursing work for Mrs. Daniels at the Harrison street house and her daily visits by Mr. Daniels. She described meals, quarrels, and Mr. Daniels steady affections toward his wife, including remarks about a housegirl and clashes over family behavior. Mr. Daniels defended his conduct, denying violence, endorsing periods of affection, and noting feuds over matters of home life.
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Mr. Daniels
Mrs. Daniels
Jim
Court Martial for General Miles Foreseen by Journal
Kansas City dispatch says Lieut Gen Nelson Miles, commanding the army, may face an immediate court martial on charges of leaking official secrets. President Roosevelt summoned him from Fort Riley to Washington, and a second despatch claimed he was ordered back to face charges. Secretary Root later denied the report.
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Kansas City
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Riley
Washington
Roosevelt
Journal
Miles
White House
Cetulis
Lieut
Avnod
Culberson
Senator Culberson
Beveridge
Root
Witness recounts defense as wife protected by kindness
The testimony shows Mr Daniels pleading for his wife amid accusations about Mrs White. He denied claiming Mrs White was virtuous and described protective acts for Mary Hodge as motivated by love. Daniels grew excited and the session adjourned at four to resume at nine thirty.
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Mrs. White
Mary Hodge
Ancient Egyptian Boat Reveals Early Sea Power History
J W Holland notes in the New York Tribune on five cedar boats buried at Dahshur and one secured for the Carnegie Museum. The craft, about 30 feet long, shows early naval design, lacks a keel, and hints at sail and oar propulsion. The vessel predates Moses by about a millennium and predates Cleopatra by two millennia.
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Egypt
Dahshur
Andrew Carnegie
Edward E. Ayer
Chicago
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Brugsch Bey
Christ
Joseph
Moses
Abraham
Aaron
Cleopatra
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Charlemagne
J. W. Holland
The
New York Tribune
Bicycle chair rides into vogue in New York parks
The bicycle chair appears in New York and gains popularity as couples pedal the vehicle with an attendant steering from behind. It is a popular pastime for young couples in the park and is said to surpass the tandem in every way.
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New York
Physical Courage Displayed by Peabody Official
In Peabody on June 6 Chas H Hooper superintendent of Streets, with right arm caught in a stone crusher gearing, ordered a workman to amputate the limb. After severing the arm, Hooper descended 40 feet to the ground and calmly aided his own escape before hospital treatment. Doctors report good chances of recovery.
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Peabody
Chas, H. Hooper
Hooper
Mr. Hooper
Lady Demonstrates Ginger Fruit Cordial at Zepher Co Store
A Lady demonstrates HINES GINGER FRUIT CORDIAL at The Zepher Co store this week. She reports strong sales and positive word of mouth, praising its tonic and stomach strengthening properties. Price is 2 cents with free tastings available today or Saturday.
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Zepher Co
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