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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
7
Tuesday's Boston market shows quiet trading in small lots with a firm tone. Amalgamated leads activity in New York as tax law concerns and czar assassination rumors unsettle traders. Copper Range and Greene Consolidated decline. U. S. Mining stronger on demand.
New York opening prices show gains and losses within small ranges as Amalgamated Copper declines while Union Pacific and U S Steel retreat modestly. Buying orders emerge for Reading Union Pacific U S Steel preferred and Amalgamated Copper lifting slightly, but action dwindles by noon and bears dominate later in the day with several leaders down 1 to 1 percent leading to dull turnover.
New York June 6 futures opened barely steady with June at 7.85 and later months scattered around 7.9 to 8.25 bids. Spot market closes hull with middling uplands 8.40 and middling gulf 8.65, sales 133 bales.
Copper remains quiet and unchanged. Lake and electrolytic at 14 percent. Amalgamated statement issued amid cautious mood. Short interest in Steel sues shows unease. Russian loan talks in Paris and Berlin fail. Atchison system May income highest so far this year. Surface looks dark yet large short interest could pressure the market. Boston & Worcester Street Railway May earnings $40,006, up $7,216 from April. Chicago & Eastern Illinois and St Louis & San Francisco railways declare 1% quarterly dividends. books close mid June, reopen July 3. Daly-West directors unable to form a quorum.
A 60 cent quarterly dividend per share will be paid July 15 to stockholders of record July 10. The Montana supreme court denied a rehearing in the Minnie Healey case, affirming Heinze's possession of property. Copper news reports suggest Amalgamated’s May production steadied the company despite Parrot mine shutdown. April output neared 20 million pounds, with Washoe smelter producing over 13 million pounds.
Boston June 6 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology conferred degrees in Huntington hall this afternoon. Eighteen candidates received the master of science degree while 244 were awarded the bachelor of science. President Henry Pritchett welcomed attendees and praised the graduates.
On June 6 Tilton New Hampshire observed the centennial celebration of the Tilton Methodist Episcopal Church with afternoon meetings including reminiscences by former pastors led by Rev. Wm Warren of Lawrence Massachusetts. Bishop Charles H Fowler of New York delivered a lecture on Abraham Lincoln in the evening.
A serialized jumble about debt, missteps, and the dangers of unchecked spending notes how households exhausted funds on luxuries and drinks, failed to insure life, and avoided written agreements while failing to retrench as debts rose. Then a medical tonic ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for indigestion and kidney trouble. It mentions Ellingwood & Co and a hardware store offering croquet sets, and cites China scripture circulation exceeding a million copies.
The Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen held an open meeting at the Building Laborers hall in Middle Street. Leaders including John Barrett Hugh Gallagher State President Mitch Shumway and International President Thomas Healey spoke on keeping unions free of party politics praising new firemen licenses and education to improve efficiency and cost saving.
Abbott comments raise possibility case could be dropped. Tobine could not post bond so authorities planned to take him to Woodsville jail this afternoon.
Canaan New Hampshire June 6 The Canaan police stated that Frank Tobine lessee of a Grafton farm told them that Ernest Braley’s two year old child Elwyn was killed at the Braley home last April The baby disappeared on April 27 and a week long search failed to find a trace Tobine was arrested last night on a Braley warrant alleging the defendant assaulted him Sunday last
Marine news notes steamers arrived with Finland from Antwerp and Cretic from Naples listed among ships coming into New York on June 6. The brief item catalogs arrivals and origin ports without extra details.
Plymouth June 6 The trial of Antonio Carpinito and James Del Grosso for the alleged murder of Patrolman Thomas C Malloy of Brockton on Feb 8 resumed in district court. District Attorney French outlined the case while witnesses testified Malloy was a police officer. Mrs Lucy A Merrill said she heard a loud noise, saw a team with a white horse, and later reports of gunfire.
Edwin J Little died at his home 815 Moody Street after a brief illness at age 58. A Civil War veteran and lifelong resident, he spent 22 years as a fire department driver. Survived by seven children Chas S Little Edward F Little Nellie V Little Gertrude Little Katherine Little and Paul Little, with various employers including W. E. Stone Co Curtis & Sederquest C G Coburn Mansfield Whitham Co and A G Pollard & Co.
Washington reports the federal appointment of fourth class postmasters on June 6, naming James Mathieson for Maine Indian Rock and Mary E. Curtis for Norwell, Massachusetts.
London reports Secretary Hay remains largely confined to his hotel while staying in contact with the embassy. He is set to sail for New York tomorrow on the Baltic, following his prior schedule.
An Iowa woman credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing twelve years of asthma after a severe cold, saying a single fifty-cent bottle ended her long ailment. The letter from Mrs. Adolph Buesing of Davenport cites medical doubt prior to use and urges early treatment to avoid years of suffering. Falls & Burkinshaw and local stores advertise the remedy.
The Massachusetts legislative delegation led by former Congressman John R. Thayer and President Wm. H. Dana of the senate began their 7000 mile trip to the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland Ore. The group departed from North station in a special Pullman car and will visit points of interest along the route.
Paris on June 6 reports Foreign Minister Delcasse has resigned and Premier Rouvier will temporarily head the Foreign Affairs portfolio. Delcasse cited policy failure in Morocco after a ministry council at the Elysee, with Rouvier taking over pending a successor, possibly Jules Cambon or M. Barrere.
D Apniieton & Co announce a spring list heavy with American authors and a few foreign works. Notable titles include Mauar ten Maartens The Poor Relations and Theodora Wilson Wilsons uwangbarrow Hail. The Wing of Love by Katherine Mary Cheever Meredith is described as pastel in tone. Other items include The Truth About Breathing the Bloody by James Compton and Tredway Eliotts frontier autobiography The Mutiny. A Hawaii romance The Girl From Home by Isabel Strong frames a Kalakaua era court scene with vivid island life and Malay oversights.
A roundup of new and notable publications includes Lucy M. Mitchell’s A History of Ancient Sculpture in one affordable volume by Dodd, Mead & Co. My Automobile helps owners track runs and expenses. Connolly’s On Tybee Knot, illustrated by Charlotte Ditzler, explores harbormen’s sea work near Savannah. Popular magazine debuts Romances of the Race Course in June, with serial The Private War. Boston Cooking School May issue features Aunt Patty and several artfully illustrated dishes and timely departments.
The article notes H. Rider Haggard’s early novels including She and Allen Quatermain earned only ten pounds, a discouraging start, before King Solomon's Mines propelled him to instant fame.
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