Market Opens Weak as Stocks Tumble Across Pacificains
Trading began with heavy selling across major Pacifics and rails. Amalgamated Copper, Atchison, Canadian Pacific and U S Steel faced declines while St Paul and Southern Railway rallied later in the morning. Dealers reported large-scale activity with narrow gains in a few names as the market dipped then bounced.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario &Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Sugar
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Wabash
Southern Railway
Kansas & Texas
Union Pacific and Southern Railway
Locomotive Preferred
People’s Gas
Reactim
Eries
Baltimore
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Detroit Union Railway
General Electric
New Haven
Cotton Prices Hold Gains Amid Speculation and Corner Talk
Short interest and poor crops boost bulls in cotton futures with renewed corner chatter around the New York field. The Journal of Commerce notes buying by W. P. Brown and a New Orleans claim of strong spot demand while New York spot rises 40 points but overall market remains driven by speculation. New Orleans reports demand but many Southern spots show little or no sales as print cloths stay active yet fail to lift raw cotton prices. Spinners stay out of line amid the uncertain market dynamics.
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New York
New Orleans
W. P. Brown
Journal of Commerce
South
The Southern Merger Circulation to Cotton Mills
The Boston Journal of Commerce critiques a proposed southern cotton yarn mills merger detailing circulars, asset valuations, stock splits, and vendor allocations. It questions who benefits, the future worth of the new company, and whether current mill owners will gain meaningful returns.
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Boston Journal of Commerce
Merrimack Square Horse Nerves At Passing Auto
D J Donahue's horse grew frightened by Edwin J Hylan's car in Merrimack Square yesterday afternoon. The animal contorted and fell, then recovered with no damage to horse or auto. Albert S Guild banker offers 4 and 5 percent investments for sale.
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D. J. Donahue
Edwin J. Hylan
Merrimack Square
Albert S. Guild
Gamache Not the Murderer of F J Connelly Held on Another Charge
Lawrence police hold Joseph Gamache on suspicion of the Connelly murder. He denies involvement, claims to have worked for Tyngsboro and shows $60 cash, with 27 cents found on him. Officers note he resembles Ralph Colman in part and will be examined again Tuesday. Witnesses include Hugh Boyle and Patrick Boyle, with Colman linked by George Barnfield’s account. Colman, a machinist turned tramp, once lived in North Andover and has a deceased wife. two children’ whereabouts unknown.
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Lawrence
Ralph T. Colman
Lowell
Gamache
Joseph Gamache
Donaldson
Atkinson
Indian Orchard
Libby
Flint
Tyngsboro
Woodon
Hudson
Joe” Norman
Higgins
Hugh Boyle
Colman
Patrick
Connelly
George Barnfield
Mechanical Department
Lawrence Teleayam
Hampshire
Essex
Barnfield
Ralph Colman
North Andover
Davis & Furber Machine Shop
Sherman Cadets
Battery C
Lawrance
Labor Troubles Spark Riot and Work Return in City Mills
About 1400 carpenters returned to work in Philadelphia and New York on June 8 under a compromise of 45 cents an hour for a 44 hour week. Police used clubs and revolvers to break up crowd actions as about 2000 Italians confronted crews on First Avenue and 125th Street, with reserves dispersing the mob. Municipal authorities planned to compile a list of plants employing more than 500 workers amid fears of a general sympathy strike.
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New York
First Avenue
111Th
115Th Streets
1St 126Th
125Th Street
Second
Third Avenues
Philadelphia
Kensington
John & James Dobson
Falls of the Schuylkill
Manayunk
Weaver
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Master Carpenters Association
Zionist Convention Sees World Greetings Read in Pittsburgh
At the Pittsburgh Zionist convention on June 8 eminent Jews sent telegrams praising the gathering. Herzl, Nordau, and Israel Zangwill urged urgent action for Russian Jews facing Kishinev violence, urging emigration, safeguards, and a united Zionist program for a future their people can call home.
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Pittsburg
Federation of American Zionists
Vienna
Dr. Herzl
Russia
Basle
Biarritz
Max Nordau
Kishinev
Israel
America
Israel Zangwill
Groffs Indicted In Bribery Case In Washington
The special grand jury found true bills against Samuel A. Groff and Diller B. Groff for offering bribes to A W Machen former superintendent of free delivery at the post office department. Indictments issued the same day as Machen's. Bonds set at 10000 for Samuel Groff and unchanged 10000 for Diller Groff. The cases move to the fall term of court. James N Tyner, former assistant attorney general for the post office department, to face separate charges following a rifling incident.
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Washington
Groff Brothers
A. W. Machen
Post Office Department
Machen
U. S
James N. Tyner
Samuel A. Groff
Diller B. Groff
Church unity urged for vast church consolidation
New York reports Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis at Plymouth church Brooklyn calls for organization like the industrial world. He warns that the next twenty years require unity not 167 competing church sets and criticizes wasted millions due to redundant church plants and mismanagement.
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New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
City flies swarm near crematorium garbage plant
Residents report swarms of flies near the citys limits feeding on refuse near a local cremation area. The nuisance is blamed on a nearby garbage plant and the citys refuge disposal site. This ongoing issue prompts calls for cleanup and action from officials.
Water Spout Hits Brooklyn Elevated Train
A water spout rushed from the sea and slammed into a citybound train on the Brooklyn elevated line near Broad Channel Jamaica Bay. The motorman accelerated to pass but water flooded between cars while crowded platforms emptied to railings. Thousands of passengers were drenched but no serious injuries occurred as the train remained on the rails.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rockaway Beach
Broad Channel
Jamaica Bay
Forest fires on Long Island alight out by rain
Sayville reports from across Long Island that forest fires have been extinguished by rain. Weather brought relief after days of smoke and danger to woodlands and settlements.
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Sayville, L. L
Long Island
Invasion of swarming flies disrupts New Bedford streets
New Bedford on June 8 reports an unprecedented invasion as countless flies fill the northwest part of the city. Houses, barns, fences, sidewalks and streets are alive with insects and doors opening unleash clouds that drive residents indoors in alarm.
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New Bedford
Wealthy Columbus Man Fatally Struck by Train
John Brown, a wealthy horseman from Columbus, Ohio, was struck by an outward bound train near South Union station while crossing the tracks to reach a car of blooded stock. He was thrown about 25 feet, found unconscious, and doctors say his injuries are fatal.
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Boston
John Brown
Columbus
Ohio
South Union Station
Sentenced for Arson in Police Court
Lawrence June 8 Geo Nicholson a 15 year old boy who confessed to setting three fires last Thursday was sentenced in police court to the Concord reformatory for an indefinite term.
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Lawrence
Geo. Nicholson
Concord Reformatory
Parks Fight for Walkin Delegate at Union Meeting
District Attorney Jerome disclosed a $2000 check to Samuel Parks, business agent of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen, claimed to settle the May 1902 Hecla Iron Works strike. President E Poulson said Parks was offered the payoff to call off the strike, and the lockout may extend to next month despite the union vote on June 20 to elect four walkin delegates. Parks resists efforts to unseat him amid ongoing labor tensions.
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New York
Jerome
Samuel Parks
E. Poulson
Hecla Iron Works
Himeé
Parks
Poulson
Hecla
United Board of Building Trades
Housesmiths’' and Bridgemen’s Union
Tenth annual convention of Masters of Dancing opens
The Normal School Association of Masters of Dancing of the United States and Canada convenes in Pittsburg with 218 delegates. The session runs through the week to promote uniform instruction for dancers across the U S and Canada.
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Pittsburg
Normal School Association of Masters of Dancing
United States
Canada
Medal for Loubet Presented in Paris
Paris on June 8 reports President Loubet received a duplicate gold medal honoring President Roosevelt for the Louisiana purchase centenary. Commissioner La Grave delivered the gift during a reception at the Elysee Palace.
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Paris
Loubet
Roosevelt
Louisiana
la Grave
Elysee Palace
Stenographer Dies At Somerville Grade Crossing
Mrs. Effie A. Sylvester, a Somerville stenographer, was struck by a train at the Boston and Maine crossing in Somerville and killed instantly today.
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Boston
Effie A. Sylvester
Somerville
Boston & Maine
Dr Augustin Thompson Dead In Boston Hospital
Dr Augustin Thompson died at 2 15 yesterday in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Boston from a carbuncle at the base of the brain after two unsuccessful operations. He came from a long line of settlers tracing back to John Thompson of Wales and Mayflower passenger lineage. A veteran of the Civil War he served as captain and was brevetted lieutenant colonel after 71 engagements. He practiced medicine in this city for 20 years before leading the Moxie Nerve Food business, later moving operations to Boston. He was a Republican and Spiritualist, member of several fraternal orders. Survived by his second wife Flora Forbes and two children, prayers set for Thursday morning at his Boston residence and funeral Thursday afternoon at 2.
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Augustin Thompson
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Boston
John Thompson
Wales
America
Plymouth
Samuel Holdy
Spring Hill
Mary Cook
Francis Cook
Halifax
Dr.Thompson
New Hampshire
Union
Maine
Massachusetts
Saratoga
Great Britain
Mehitable Richards
England
James Thompson
Harriet Maxfield
Thompson
University and
Homoeopathic Medical College of
Pennsylvania
Gen. Banks
Port Hudson
Congress
Moxie
Market Street
Worthen
Branch Street
United States
Masons
Odd Fellows
Grand Army
Royal Arcanum
Sarah Stewart
Francis Edward
Harry A
Lowell
Flora Forbes
Providence
R. L
Varney Street
First America's cup trial postponed by fog at Sandy Hook
Weather at Sandy Hook June 8 forced cancellation of the first trial race on the 30 mile course between Reliance Constitution and Columbia. A southeast 15 knot breeze and dense fog prevented racing today, with hopes of rescheduling if conditions improve tomorrow.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Reliance
Constitution
Columbia
Police Nab 114 Drunk Riders Overnight Across Boston
In a crackdown on intoxicated riders, Boston police arrested 94 men and 20 women after following car boarding rules. Of the men, 46 claimed local residence while the rest came from numerous nearby towns and cities including Somerville Brockton Quincy Chelsea Medford Cambridge Waltham Everett Lexington and Lowell among others.
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Boston
Board of Police
Somerville
Brockton
Quincy
Chelsea
Medford
Cambridge
Waltham
Everett
Lexington
Maplewood
Stoughton
Bangor
Arlington
Uxbridge
Irish Nation League Meeting Suppressed by Police
In Dublin on June, Irish Nation League members planned a meeting at Tallow Waterford but were blocked by police. The group gathered in a nearby field, hearing speeches from James J. O'Shea and Thomas J. Condon MPs who denounced Waterford's plan to address King Edward during his Ireland visit.
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Dublin
Irish Nation League
Tallow
Waterford
League
James J. O'Shea
Thomas J. Condon
Edward
Ireand
French Cruiser Tage Sails From Baltimore Harbor
Baltimore June 9 The Tage after lying at anchor in Baltimore harbor set sail for New York this morning under the command of Admiral Rivart.
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Baltimore
Tage
New York
Admiral Rivart
Complaints Filed Against Railways Over Cotton Rates
Washington June 8 The Planters Compress company of Boston filed with the interstate commerce commission against the Big Four Lake Shore and Michigan Southern New York Central Erie Illinois Central Boston and Maine New Haven Delaware Lackawanna and Western Wabash Pennsylvania Terre Haute and Indianapolis Pittsburg D C and Indianapolis Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis and the Southern Railways alleging discrimination against round bale cotton in foreign rates.
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Washington
Planters Compress Company of
Boston Today
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Big Four
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
New York Central
Erie
Mllinois Central
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Delaware
Lackawanna & Western
Wabash
Pennsylvania
Terre Haute
Harty named Archbishop of Manila by Vatican
Rome announces Rev. J J Harty, pastor of St Leo's Church in St Louis, has been appointed archbishop of Manila. The formal Vatican statement confirms the appointment as of today in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Harty
Manila
Rome
Vatican Today
J. J. Harty
St. Leo's Church of St. Louis
Deaths and funeral notices from city headlines
Death notices list Sarah Nestor aged 11 months 6 months formerly of the city. Mrs Jacob Drake aged 86 6 months dies at 36 Puffer Street with funeral from that address Wednesday at 23 oclock. Samuel Young aged 76 dies with funeral from 62 Sixth Street Wednesday at 2 39 oclock. Euphemia Swett died in Manchester New Hampshire June 7 wife of William L Swett buried at Edson cemetery Wednesday at noon. The adage notes a woman screens windows then leaves door open.
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Nestor
Salem Hospital
Sarah Nestor
Drake
G. EB. Marshall
Puffer Street
Jacob Drake
Sixth Street
Swett
Manchester
N. H
Euphemia Swett
William L. Swett
Edson
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Kensing
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Nicholas G. Norcross
Central St. Lowell
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