Dull and Unchanged Stock Market With Little Volume
The Boston market opened firm but with small volume and few loans as shorts covered. London buyers were lighter in New York and the day maintained dullness with little trading. Ample attention centered on peace negotiations and the Equitable Life situation, while stocks like American Telephone rose. U.S. Steel weakened. readings remained near yesterday’s close.
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West End
London
New York
Commission House
Boston
Reading
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Ontario & Western
Brooklyn
Southern Railroad
Amalgamated
U. S. Steel
Cotton futures open steady in New York bids and spot firm
Futures opened quiet with June at 7.85 bid and May at 8.41 for April May. July 7.938, August 7.95, September 8.00 8.01, October 8.07, November 8.12 8.18, December 8.19, January 8.24, February 8.27, March 8.31. Spot closed quiet 15 points higher with middling uplands 8.55 and middling gulf 8.80. No sales.
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New York
Gulf
Boston stocks quiet as June 17 bank closures loom
Boston banks will close on June 17 and Wall Street shows little vigor as the market pivots to Boston. Calumet nears 600, the lowest in months, while Baltic 4 copper supplies rise and Osceola Copper forecasts a record 1.9 million pounds this month. John D. Rockefeller Jr resigns from Colorado Fuel and Iron board amid health concerns. Parrot Silver and Copper Mining reports Amalgamated subsidiary activity in Butte. The New York stock transfer law faces a likely vigorous legal fight and the Champion mineral cars begin service between mills and smelters, already in use at Baltic and Trimountain.
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Baltic
Trimountain
James J. Nancy
Kate
Market Notes On Amalgamated Lead and Rubber Sector
885 shares represented re elected last year's board. Shortage of trammers affecting Atlantic rock output. Production improves enough to set a yearly record. National Lead absorption by American Smelting and United Lead seen as likely. Amalgamated stock to face bears. dividend increase rumored. United Shoe Machinery declares 1½% preferred and 2% common quarterly dividends payable July 15. Schwab notes looming naval construction boom. rosy factors may halt market bearishness. Amalgamated activity in May: 133,217 shares. Boston Consolidated and Utah Consolidated also active. United States Rubber Company absorbs Rubber Goods Manufacturing with plans for more acquisitions in rubber.
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United Shoe Machinery Directors
United Shoe Machinery
Boston Board
Boston Consolidated
Utah Consolidated
United States Mining
Peace talks buoyant open boosts London stock market
London on June 8 saw a buoyant stock market at the open as peace negotiation news spurred sharp gains across all departments led by consuls. Americans participated in the broad advance.
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London
Stock Exchange
Dividend notices from multiple rail and copper stocks
A compact market update lists dividends and per share payments for several companies. Boston & Lowell R R shows percent per share on July 3, Boston & Maine com pays 1.75 per share on July 1, Chicago June Rys & U S Y Co pref 1% and com 2% on July 1, Copper Range Cons pays 1 per share on July 1, Copper Cons 4% on June.
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Boston & Lowell R. R
Boston & Maine. Com
Chio
Rys
Search for ancient wrecks targets Xerxes fleet and Pompey ship
Researchers pursue lost fleet of Xerxes sunk about 2300 years ago after successful recovery of antique treasures. Plans also move to locate the Pompey chartered ship carrying seized Athens art back to Rome, wrecked in the archipelago roughly 1950 years past.
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Xerxes
Pompey
Athens
Rome
Archipelago
New York Cotton Exchange Opposes Plan for Southern Warehouses
Members of the New York Cotton Exchange vote 53 to 40 against a by law change needed to certify cotton in southern warehouses. The amendment is sent back to the board with instruction to let membership vote on the plan itself. The proposal envisions warehouses in ten southern cities supervised by exchange officers, insured, with local offices.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Board of Managers
New York Cotton Exchange
Test Case on New York Stamp Tax Begins
New York June 8 A test case to judge the constitutionality of the state stamp tax on stock transfers opened with the technical arrest of Albert J Hatch a Stamford Conn broker for not complying with the new law Hatch a member of Wm B Deekman Co faced Justice Clarke at the state supreme court aiming for a writ of habeas corpus and certiorari The plan includes trial and parole then an appeal by District Attorney Jerome to Gov Higgins for prosecution to speed a ruling since no refund provision exists for stamps paid under the tax.
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Jerome
New York Stock Exchange
Albert J. Hatch
Stamford
Conn
Hatch
Wm. B. Deekman& Co
Chas. W. Maury
The
Stock Exchange
John G. Milburn
Justice Clarke
State Supreme Court
Gov. Higgins
Three Physicians Failed to Cure Kidney Disease
W L Yancy of Paducah Kentucky recounts a severe kidney illness treated by three Ken tucky physicians without success. After using Foley's Kidney Cure the first bottle brought relief and three bottles cured him permanently. He endorses the remedy strongly.
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W. L. Yancy
Paducah
kKy
Kentucky
Foley
Falls & Burkinshaw
A. E& Storey & Co
Davis Square
Ellingwood & Co
Appleton Company Dividend No 110 Announcement
A dividend of four per cent will be payable at the treasurer office No 40 Water street room 18 on Thursday June 15 to stockholders of record at close of business June 10 1905 A G Cumnock Boston June 7 1905 Treasurer.
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Water Street
A. G. Cumnock
Boston
O Brien Applies for Liquor License in Lowell
Denis O Brien has applied for a sixth class liquor license as a druggist at 322 Bridge street Lowell two rooms on first floor and cellar under Chapter 100 Revised Laws. By order of the Board of Police Joseph Smith Clerk.
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City OF
Lowell
Denis O'Brien
Bridge Street
Board of Police
Joseph Smith
Japan May Refuse Peace Terms Amid War Weariness
Articles in today’s papers weigh ending the war if Japan’s demands are fair, arguing a big indemnity would humiliate Russia, while Russia and Slav factions claim national unity could push Japan to reasonable terms. Delcasse retirement draws official regret as a friend of Russia and critic of the British alliance.
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Japan
Novoe Vremya
Russ
M. Delcasse
Count Lamsdorff
Great Britain
Germany
France
Morocco
Ambassador Jusserand Interviews President in Washington
French Ambassador Jusserand met with President Roosevelt on arrival day for about thirty minutes. He declined to discuss the purpose of the call and would not reveal whether peace talks were underway, saying no news could be released except by the President.
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Washington
M. Jusserand
Ambassador Jusserand
Roosevelt
Rumored Russian Assembly Manifesto Delayed
In St Petersburg on June 8 an imperial manifesto on the national assembly did not appear. An audience with Emperor Nicholas followed a Tsarskoe-Selo family council where the decision was made that peace might be possible if Japan’s terms were not too harsh.
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Meyer
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo
Japan
Japanese Offer to Sell Oldhamia Cargo
Nagasaki reports that the Japanese offer the cargo of the British steamer Oldhamia for sale. Oldhamia was captured by a Russian cruiser May 19 bound for Yokkaichi with kerosene, retaken May 27 by a Japanese warship in the Sea of Japan, and brought to Sasebo by May 30.
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Nagasaki
Yokkaichi
Russian forces repulsed near Yinyipienmen in June clash
Imperial army headquarters reports a 160 strong Russian group advanced from Suminotsz toward Yinyipienmen. They were met and repulsed on an eminence north of the town. One soldier and two saddled horses captured. No other changes reported aside from minor scout skirmishes.
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Imperial Army
Suminotsz
Yinyipienmen
Nienyiling
Losses of Rojestvensky Fleet Reported in Manchuria
June 8 Gunshu Pass Manchuria reports via Vladivostok quote naval officers detailing nine to ten thousand killed or drowned and about five thousand prisoners from Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. Gen Batjanoff addressed troops on Empress's birthday saying Russia can still win on land if sea is lost.
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Manchuria
Linevitch
Vladivostok
Rojestvensky
Batjanoff
Associated Press
Russia
Japan
Derelict Vessel Sighted East of Cape Hatteras
Boston reports that a 300 ton, 200 foot long derelict vessel was sighted about 300 miles east of Cape Hatteras by the United Fruit steamer Admiral Schley, which reached Boston from Jamaica. Captain Jansen said the wreck looked recent and likely a recent disaster.
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Cape Hatteras
United Fruit Company
Admiral Schley
Jamaica
Jansen
Parole Plan Outlined for Russian Warships
Manila dispatch details parole terms for Russian warship crews and officers after disarmament. Rear Admiral Train to remove breech blocks and disconnect engines while officers receive parole within island limits and crews within city limits under Rear Admiral Enquist.
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Train
Enquist
Oriental Palmist closes letters and reads handwriting
The Oriental Sterling Palmist, at 81 Merrimack street, stops taking new letters due to backlog. He offers in office readings with fees of 2 56 and 50 cents, and returns a batch of handwriting readings naming many individuals and traits, including fortunes and health notes, with hours from 9 to 9.
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Oriental Temple of
Pamistry
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Claim Ad
An advertisement asserts the product cures indigestion constipation dyspepsia kidney and liver disorders and all stomach troubles using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea sold as tea or tablets by Ellingwood & Co.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Ellingwood & Co
Coldest Place in the World Draws Fire Over Weather
A Brooklyn Eagle summary notes the Arctic Siberian town of Verkhoyansk as the coldest inhabited place, with temperatures 75 below zero and readings dropping to 80 or 90 below. The piece references weather bureau chiefs, angry letters from citizens, and bizarre effects on organisms as frost bursts tree stumps and shatters rocks, while explaining high pressure and dry air fuel the chill.
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Weather Bureau
Yrchoyansk
Jerchojansk
Arctic Circle
Florida
Siberia
Brooklyn Eagle
Dominion wheat crop sets record as Australia endures drought
A review of last year’s climate and agriculture notes Canada produced the greatest wheat crop in the dominion while Australia suffered severe droughts leading to near ruin of grain harvest. Millions of sheep and thousands of cattle perished in the arid conditions.
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Dominion
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