Stock Market Opening Steady In New York Trading
New York June 10 The stock market opened steady with Atchison 80% Canadian Pacific 136 Manhattan 131 Norfolk and Western 5644 Reading 68 St Paul 16914 Sugar 12814 Southern Railway 6314 Southern Pacific 64 Union Pacific 104% United States Steel 38% United States Steel preferred 89 10 10 Pacific Mail opened a point higher and demand for Atchison and American Car slightly. By 11 am Western and Pacific strengthened as Atchison moved to 814% Canadian Pacific fell Northwestern preferred up 2 International Power bid 75 from 70. Chicago Indianapolis Louisville declined 1 Railway Steel Spring and Peoria and Eastern down 2 Southern Railway common rose to 37% with a market hardening on the list.
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New York
Atchison
Canadian Pacific
Manhattan
Norfolk and Western
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Pacific Mail
Atchison and
American Car
Western and Pacific
Northwestern
International Power
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Railway Steel Spring
Peoria
Eastern
Southern Railway Common
Futures open firm with steady June to March bids
In New York on June 10 futures began the session firm with bids listed for June 8.90 July 8.73 August 8.49 September 8.11 October 7.97 November 7.90 December 7.88 January 7.90 February 7.90 and March 7.93.
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New York
Chelsea Drunk Rule Beyond Crime Says Judge
In Chelsea police court Special Justice Samuel R. Cutler ruled it is not a crime to be drunk but a crime to become drunk by voluntary liquor use. Alexander McDonald was found drunk but not guilty due to lack of proof the condition came from voluntary consumption, and was discharged.
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Boston
Chelsea
Samuel R. Cutler
Alexander McDonald
Cutler
McDonald
Grover
Everett Avenue
Broadway
Crane
Eer
Capt
Capt. Grover
Boliane
Philip R. Hovey Investment Securities Address
Philip R. Hovey operates investment securities business at C6 State Street as listed in historical records. The entry notes the firm name and street location without further context or dates.
Marine News Steamers Arrived From Europe
New York reports the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived from Bremen. Boston records the Bostonian arriving from London and the Lancastrian from Liverpool.
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New York
Bremen
Boston
Bostonian
London
Liverpool
Englishmen Triumph In Second Hurlingham Polo Match Six to One
In Hurlingham on June 9 the English team defeated the Americans six goals to one to take the second match in the series for the American polo cup. The lively, well contested game featured Waterbury and Keene for the Americans and Nickalls Freake Miller Buckmaster for England, with strong riding and multiple goal chances across four quarters before England secured the decisive six to one victory.
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Waterbury
Nickalls
Buckmaster
Keene
Cowdin
Agassiz
Miller
Freake
England
America
Patricia
R. L. Agassiz
J. R. Cowdin
Foxhall Keene
Lawrence Waterbury
Cecil Nickalls
Frederick Freake
Geo. Miller
Walter H. Buckmaster
Skeene
Girl Sent to Lancaster for Vagrancy and Obvious Incorrigibility
In Stoughton on June 9 Judge Marden sentenced Ernestine Hamilton to the industrial school at Lancaster after vagrancy charges were proven. Witnesses who had housed her testified they could not reform her despite efforts. Initial sensational claims of aristocratic connections were debunked as the girl, once misnamed Lydia Simmons, faced a formal determination of her youth and lack of family roots before choosing the Lancaster school over jail.
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Stoughton
Ernestine Hamilton
Sharon
Lydia Simmons
Boston
Paris
Brooklyn
Geo. H. Peabody
Fitchburg
Vose
Cambridge
Peabody
State Board of Charity
Lancaster
Little Girls Literary Party Atop Favorite Book Cast
In June St Nicholas a seven year old Ellen Biddle Shipman of the Shipman literary family selects a birthday dinner guest list from beloved books. The imagined guests include Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver among others, with reasons for their inclusion. The reflection transitions to Ray Stannard Baker praising self protected desert flora, noting cacti spines and thorny, armored plants.
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St. Nicholas
Ellen Biddle Shipman
Louis B. Shipman
Miss Shipman
Alice
Princess Joan
Mary de Morgan
Yellow Fairy
Prince Michael
Portia
Antonio
Mary
Katharine Pyle
Mrs. Kringle
Joan of Arc
France
Mowgli
Lord Fauntleroy
Mr. Hobbs
Jackanapes
Lollo
Sinbad
Gulliver
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Ray Stannard Baker
Drowned Child in Duck Pond Near Weymouth Home
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Tibbetts of Newton Street East Weymouth drowned Monday afternoon after falling into a duck pond behind their home. The body was recovered. In Pittsfield Hector Strahan aged 2 was drowned after being pushed into the Housatonic River by a dog at play Monday.
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Herbert Tibbetts
Newton Street
East Weymouth
Hector Strahan
Housatonic River
Pittsfield
Retirements of Wadleigh and Houston Head Navy List
Washington reports Rear Admiral G H Wadleigh and Captain E S Houston retire from service with Houston also receiving the rank of rear admiral. Wadleigh is noted as a resident of Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Washington
G. H. Wadleigh
E.S. Houston
Wadleigh
Portsmouth
N. H
Sulphur Rain Reported at Cape Wolf
A report from Cape Wolf Prince Edward Island states sulfur fell last night to a depth of about half an inch. The Halifax N S dispatch notes the unusual meteorological event and its local impact.
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Halifax
N. S
Cape Wolf
P. E. IL
Death of Salina Pioneer Matthew Tobin at 105
Salina Kansas report states Matthew Tobin, a pioneer, died aged 105 in the city. His first wife died in 1830 and his second wife, who survives him, is 95. Also an employment notice seeks two smart men for salaried positions, see Mr Kellogg at 12 Tyler Street after 6 pm.
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Salina, Kas
Matthew Tobin
American Jockey Wins Kempton Race Upset Overruled
London June 9 The objection to Salute ridden by American jockey J H Martin for the Kempton park two year old plate of 1000 sovereigns was upheld by the stewards. Salute had finished first but the race was awarded to Principality after disallowing the £3 breeding allowance. Ayrshire Beauty of Wm C Whitney was moved to second.
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London
Lord Dunraven
J. H. Martin
Kempton Park
Principality
Wm. C. Whitney
Ayrshire
No Clue Yet in Body Found in Merrimack
Manchester authorities report the thumb analysis shows normal thumbs with no sign of a double thumb. Waters altered the body, suggesting it had been in the river for days. No identifying clues or name.
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Manchester
N. H
Merrimack
Coopers Strike Ends as Proctor Bros. Reopens
Nashua New Hampshire June 9 workers at Proctor Bros. coopers factory end their strike after the firm agrees to recognize the union raise wages and pay weekly. About fifty men involved.
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Nashua
N. H
Coopers
Proctor Bros
Missing passenger feared lost from Halifax steamer
A young man named J. Em bree reportedly disappeared from his stateroom aboard the Halifax after arriving from Boston. Officials fear he may have fallen overboard during a roll of the vessel while at the rail.
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Halifax
J. Embree
Boston
Thousand Miles of Cable Completed in Pacific Route
London reports that the Commercial Cable Co. has been advised that a thousand miles of the San Francisco to Honolulu section of its Pacific cable, under manufacture, has been completed.
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London
The
Commercial Cable Co
San Francisco- Honolulu
Surrender of rifles cheers King Edward reception
Lord Kitchener reports in Pretoria that 2500 rifles were surrendered on Saturday and Sunday with 448 handed in by Cape Colony rebels and the rest mainly from Gen. De Wet's forces. He notes Boers cheered King Edward heartily during the events.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cape Colony
de Wet
Edward
Bitter Feeling Among Boers Over Surrender Split
In Bloemfontein on June 9 a sharp divide appears between Boers who surrender under peace terms and those who surrendered earlier in the campaign. Boer leaders refused to shake hands with earlier surrenderers, signaling lasting bitterness.
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Bloemfontein
Cuban minister sails to New York to open Washington legation
Havana dispatch reports Cuban minister to Washington Gonzalo Quesada and his family sailing for New York. He will proceed to Washington to open the legation at the Hotel Raleigh while seeking a house and pushing for swift tariff reductions on Cuban products. Colonel Carlos Garcia, son of the late Gen Calixto Garcia, will go to Hamburg as consul general.
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New York
Gonzalo Quesada
Washington
Havana
Tribune
Quesada
Raleigh
Carlos Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Hamburg
Four New Judges Begin Superior Court Terms
Boston on June 9 marked the start of new terms for Justices Robert O. Harris Lemuel Le Baron Holmes and William C. Wait. Holmes and Wait were sworn in in open court before Governor Crane with commissions read, while Harris had a formal induction last Saturday and began trial work today limiting to uncontested divorce cases for Holmes and initiating the second jury session for Wait.
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Boston
Robert O. Harris
Lemuel le Baron Holmes
Wm. C. Wait
Superior Court
Holmes
Wait
Crane
Bishop
Willard
Harris
Braley
Government denies Kitchener Boer surrender pact claim
In London on June 9, A J Balfour told the House of Commons that the government has seen no pledges or assurances from Lord Kitchener not already published. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain noted a Cape Parliament petition for suspending the Cape Colony constitution and said Imperial Parliament action would be needed before any suspension could occur.
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London
Lord Kitchener
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Balfour
Chamberlain
Cape Colony
Cape
Gen Jacob H Smith court-martial papers reach War Dept
Records of General Jacob H. Smith's court martial for alleged cruelty in Samar reach the War Department directly and will be sent to President Roosevelt for consideration. Secretary Root will present the case to the White House, with no statement available from the War Department.
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Washington
Jacob H. Smith
Philippines
Samar
War Department
Root
White House
Robbery Suspects Arrested in Waldorf Jewel Theft
New York detectives arrested two men, Nicholas Moran from Cincinnati and John Waters alias Gibbons from Chicago, on suspicion of stealing eight thousand dollars worth of Mrs Mary Kingdon jewels from her Waldorf Astoria room last Tuesday. Bell boys described two suspicious men seen near the hotel. Capt Titus staff reports ongoing inquiry into the heist.
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New York
Titus
Mary Kingdon
George Gould
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Bell Boys
Nicholas Moran
John Waters
Gibbons
Moran
Cincinnati
Waters
Chicago
Strike Off at Webster Mills Ends Labor Action
Prentiss Howard of the Chase Mills in Webster notified officials that all looms in the American Woolen Co mill are running and the strike is off. The development ends labor unrest at the Webster plant.
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Chase Mills
American Woolen Co
Boston
Saxony’s King Albert Battles Grave Illness
Berlin reports King Albert of Saxony, ill for some time, was unconscious for part of last night as family surrounded him awaiting end. He reportedly received last rites but this morning sat up, breakfasted, smoked a cigar, and resumed state business. Physicians fear a relapse, with only son Max absent from the bedside as a priest and theology professor in Switzerland.
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Berlin
Albert
Saxony
King Albert
Max
Switzerland
Funeral services for Caru fel in St Joseph church
Funeral services for David Carufel were held at St Joseph's church yesterday at 9 o'clock with solemn high mass by Rev Fr Champau OMI. Bearers included O Roberge and others. Burial at St Joseph's cemetery conducted by Undertaker Archambeault. Georgianna Gagne funeral at St Jean Baptiste church at 8 o'clock with burial at St Joseph's cemetery under Undertaker Albert.
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David Carufel
St. Joseph's Church
Fr. Campeau
Messrs
O. Roberge
D. Lebonne
M. Lefleur
P. Bastien
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Damus Carafel
Biddeford
Fr. Perron
O. M
Archambeault
Georgianna Gagne
St. Jean Baptiste Church
BE. Cognac
W. Achin
A. Guimond
H. Boucher
L. Boucher
J. Boucher
Albert
Dayton star fielder Selbach joins all American bowling trio
Selbach, star fielder for the Baltimore American league club, was today selected as a member of the all American bowling trio. The group will tour the western country to the Pacific coast next fall, showcasing top bowling talent.
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Dayton
Selbach
Baltimore
Pacific Coast
Recents Deaths Hit New England Clergy and Doctors
Rev Samuel F Lougee a retired Congregational minister of New Hampshire died suddenly in his pasture at 65. Otis Freeman long practicing physician in America, died at Freehold New Jersey. born Dec 30 1809 in New Hampshire. Dr Geo W Woods retired medical director of the US Navy dies in San Francisco. born New Bedford 1838.
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Samuel F. Lougee
New Hampton
N. H
Otis Freeman
America
Freehold
N. J
Dr. Freeman
New Hampshire
Geo.w. Woods
United States Navy
Army
Navy
San Francisco
New Bedford
The Dime Bank Debacle and a Fiery End
Henrietta narrates her failed savings scheme with a dime bank, chased by a delivery man and a kitchen breakage. She ends up burning the contraption and reckons with spending the remaining money, in a Chicago News type vignette.
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Henrietta
Kathryn
Chicago News
Mr Jeff Turner’s New Neighbors in Town Hints of Tension
A Chicago Record Herald item reports Sile Hawkins selling his farm to city buyers who replace the old barn with a tavernlike house. Locals rail at new fences and sand piles around fields while doubting the land’s productivity amid rumors of outsiders’ payments and raised land values. The piece closes with a note on the Ibi Gamin pass in the Himalayas, 20,457 feet high and snowbound November through May.
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Sile Hawkins
Hull
Ibi Gamin
Himalayas
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