Irregular stock market open in light New York trading
On June 17 the New York market opened irregular with light volume. Amalgamated Copper and several rails posted fractional gains while Sugar and Ontario & Western dipped. By 11 a.m. liquidation pressed Sugar low and St Paul and Canada Southern slipped below yesterday’s close as US Steel eased.
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New York
Amalgamated ‘Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Western Union
Virginia- Carolina Chemical
American Car
Canada Southern
Futures Opened Easy in New York Market
In New York on June 17 futures opened easier with contracts for June at 8 92 and July at 8 57 while August runs at 8 29 and September 8 02. October sits at 7 88 and November 7 84 with December and January at 7 82. March trades at 7 84.
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New York
Marine News Steamer Arrivals At New York
New York on June 17 reports the arrival of the steamer Trave from Genoa. Also on June 17 the steamer Blucher from Hamburg and Southampton arrived in New York, adding to the late 19th century marine traffic data.
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New York
Trave
Genoa
Blucher
Hamburg
Southampton
Swarthmore College to Seek $400000 Funding Boost
President John Swain of Indiana University has accepted Swarthmore College presidency starting next September. He asked for a $400000 fund to enlarge campus and broaden the curriculum. Trustees announce $490000 already subscribed with expectation of further gains.
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New York
John Swain
Indiana University
Times
Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Swain
Swarthmore
Notable Movements and Visits Hit Local Circles
Miss Helena Gallagher to spend summer with sister in Pawtucket Rhode Island. John Ashworth resigns as cashier at N Y N H and H R R and will become private secretary in England. Ashworth receives a toilet set from colleagues. Israel Sternberg resigns as claim agent for Boston and Northern Street Railway. Callahan of Lynn covers temporarily. Miss Jennie Warfield visits city. Rev S M Dick to preach at First Congregational Church on Sunday June 29 before departing for Chicago.
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Helena G. Gallagher
Stackpole Street
H. F. Tessier
Pawtucket
R. L
John Ashworth
N. Y
N. H
England
Boston and Northern Street Railway Company
Callahan
Lynn
Sternberg
Jennie EB. Warfield
F. A. Warfield
S. M. Dick
Providence
R. I
First Congregational Church
Chicago
Obituary: Rufus Norman of Lowell Dies at 76
Rufus Norman, longtime Lowell resident, died Monday at 64 Nineteenth Street. Born March 15, 1826 in York, Missouri, he lived in Lowell since 1849 and worked at Merrimack Manufacturing and Bigelow Carpet Co. He trained as a machinist, served as assistant superintendent of repairs, and was a prominent Odd Fellow affiliated with Oberlin lodge and Wannalancit encampment.
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Rufus Norman
Lowell
Nineteenth Street
Mr. Norman
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
The
Bigelow Carpet Co
York
Ebenezer
Hannah Norman
Lowell Company
Norman Rites Set for Rufus Norman at 76
In Norman, Rufus Norman aged 76 died. Funeral services will be held at his residence 64 Nineteenth Street on Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock. Friends invited.
Hobson Applies for Three Month Medical Leave
Constructor Hobson asked Secretary Moody for a three months leave of absence due to eye condition while on special duty at Elizabethport New Jersey. Moody plus Admiral Taylor Bowles and Surgeon General Rixey approved the request though naval needs are high. If no improvement occurs at the end of the leave a retiring board will decide his fate.
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Washington
Hobson
Moody
Elizabethport
N. J
Admiral Taylor
Bowles
Rixey
New Hampshire National Guard Brings Five Day Camp
Concord date June 16 The First brigade under Gen Tolles began a five days tour of duty in camp today. About one thousand men mobilized and marched in review from the railroad to the state grounds. Major John P Wisser of the regular army is present by detail.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire National Guard
J. E. Tolles
John P. Wisser
U. S
Verdict Awarded to Widow in Park Avenue Tunnel Death
In New York on June 16 a jury awarded Amanda Cox 15000 damages in the suit over the death of her daughter Amanda Florence Howard. The claim cited the Park Avenue tunnel crash that killed Amanda Howard and her husband.
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Amanda Cox
Park Avenue Tunnel
New York
New York Central Railroad
Amanda Florence Howard
German dinner honors American rear admiral in Berlin
Berlin June 16 Admiral Von Tirpitz hosted a dinner for Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil U S N recently back from Dusseldorf where he attended the naval congress A number of German ministers and naval officials of high rank attended the event to meet the American admiral.
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Berlin
Admiral von Tirpitz
the Admiralty
Charles O'Neil
Dusseldorf
Naval Congress
Royal procession at Germanic museum centennial celebration
In Nuremberg on June 16 Emperor William and the Empress along with King William of Wuerttemberg and Chancellor Count von Buelow attended a grand semi centennial celebration at the Germanic Museum. A large gathering of royals and notable figures accompanied the event.
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Nuremberg
Bavaria
William
William of Wurtemberg
Count von Buelow
Germanic Museum
Elevator Fall Injures 11 In New York Building
A six story elevator in a New York building on Broom Street plunged from the sixth floor to the basement. Twenty five people were aboard. two were seriously hurt and nine slightly injured. The crew believes the cables held, preventing a worse disaster.
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New York
Broom Street
Cleveland to receive first JD in U S at Aug College
Philadelphia June 16 Former President Cleveland will be awarded the doctor of jurisprudence degree at the Augustinian College of St. Thomas commencement exercises tomorrow He will be the first person in the United States to receive this degree.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Augustinian College of St. Thomas
United States
Senate panel backs commutation plan for federal prisoners
Washington June 16 Senator Hoar from the judiciary committee reported favorably a House bill granting commutation of sentences in federal prisons for good behavior at five to ten days per month.
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Washington
Senator Hoar
Committee On Judiciary Today
Entire Wetzel family perished in Swiss farmhouse fire
In Basell Switzerland on June 16 a farmer named Wetzel his wife and five children perished when a farm house in the Adelsberg district Baden caught fire. The tragedy left no survivors among the Wetzel family.
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Basell
Switzerland
Wetzel
Adelsberg
Baden
Senate Rejects Hoar Amendment on London Dock Charges Bill
Washington June 16 summary of Senate actions on the London dock charges bill and isthmian canal debate. Hoar amendment rejected 9 to 36. Discussions cover carrier charges, Panama route merits, and naval and army appropriations. Includes pension adjustments and memorial resolutions.
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Senate
Mr. Hoar
London
Washington
Teller
Colorado
Congress
Cuba
United States
Kean
New Jersey
Messrs
Hoar
Fairbanks
Pettus
McCumber
North Dakota
Nelson
Minnesota
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Hale
Maine
Cullom
Illinois
Kittredge
South Dakota
Panama
Spooner
Isthmian Canal Commission
Messrs. Hale-Perkins
Tillman
S. D
Maritime Canal Company
Nicaragua
Proctor
Foraker
House
Allison
Mr. Tillman
Special Conference Committee
House debate on Philippine civil government bill dates
Wisconsin Congressman Cooper sought unanimous consent to set the Philippine civil government bill as a special order from June 19 through June 26. The resolution allowed five days for general debate starting at 11 oclock.
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Washington
Cooper
Wisconsin
House panel votes party line to table Taylor dismissal query
Washington June 116 The House committee on reform of the civil service voted six to two along party lines to table a resolution seeking information from the secretary of war about the dismissal of Becca J. Taylor a clerk in the war department.
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Richardson
Cooper
Gillett
Massachusetts
Civil Service
Secretary of War
War Department
Rebecca J. Taylor
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Washington
House Committee On Reform
Becca J. Taylor
Funeral Obituaries for Quigley and Hagan
The funeral of Mary Quigley was held yesterday from Undertaker Savage at 2 PM with burial in Edson Cemetery. Catherine Hagan funeral began at 8:20 PM from her home on Lagrange Street, a 9 PM Mass at St Patrick's with Fr McHugh celebrant, bearers Thomas Wallace John Laverty Charles Mulholland and John Fitzpatrick, burial in St Patrick's Cemetery with committal by Fr McHugh, J F O'Donnell was in charge of the undertaker duties.
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Mary Quigley
Savage
Edson
Catherine Hagan
Lagrange Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Fr. McHugh
Thomas Wallace
John Laverty
Charles Mulholland
John Fitzpatrick
Thomas Disbrow's Fate In Brooklyn Bridge Death
Thomas Disbrow of Richmond Hill L I father of Louis Disbrow questioned whether the man who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge yesterday could be his son. He said the description fit in part, but he knew of no reason his son would take his life, though notoriety from the Good Ground tragedy might have unsettled him.
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New York
Thomas Disbrow
Richmond Hill
L. I
Louis Disbrow
Sarah Lawrence
Clarence Foster
L. L
Brooklyn Bridge
Disbrow
Body of man recovered by tugboat off Whitestone L L
New York dispatch reports a tugboat crew recovering a male body off Whitestone L L, estimated 25 to 39, matching described features of Disbrow though lighter. The body will be held for Wisbrow’s friends’ examination. Good Ground L L officials met on Foster case and may disinter Foster’s body for closer study.
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New York
Whitestone
L. L
Disbrow
Wisbrow
Good Ground
Foster
Christian Science Receives Zurich Court Affirmation
In Zurich the cantonal supreme court ruled Christian Science practice is legally authorized. Earlier two practitioners were fined under medical laws, refused payment, and appealed. The higher court overturned the lower ruling, upholding Christian Science as valid therapeutic practice.
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Boston
Switzerland
Supreme Court of
Canton of
Zurich
Venezuelan revolt shells La Guaira port and Caracas suburb
Advices from Willemstad Curaçao report that revolutionists attacked La Guaira on Saturday June 7. Government forces fired on Maiquetia from forts and the Miranda warship. Only peaceful women were killed. All commercial houses at La Guaira were closed as inhabitants panicked.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
la Guaira
Caracas
Maiquetia
Miranda
Roosevelt Considers Western Autumn Visits
Washington June 16 Invitations pour in for President Roosevelt to visit several Western locations this autumn. He said he would be glad to accept if arrangements can be made.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fourth Brigade of Patriarchs Militant Camps at Quinsigamond
The Fourth Brigade of the Patriarchs Militant from Massachusetts went into camp for three days on Lake Quinsigamond near Worcester. Local officers departed the city on the 11.59 train to Worcester, including Lieut. Col. M. D. Brown Commandant George A. Dickey and Ensign Sherman J. Wilstead of Chelmsford. A few more canton members are expected to join today.
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Patriarchs
Massachusetts
Lake Quinsigamond
Worcester
M. D. Brown
George A. Dickey
Sherman J. Wilstead
Chelmsford
Canton
Minister to Cuba Sent by Madrid Government
Madrid announces the government will appoint a minister to the Cuban republic. The decision was communicated today, June 16, reflecting ongoing diplomatic steps with Cuba.
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Madrid
Heat Prostrations Reported in Boston Two Deaths
Boston on June 16 reported two heat prostration cases at police headquarters, one ending in drowning death. The incidents highlight extreme heat conditions affecting residents and prompting public safety warnings.
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Boston
Lightning safety guide and claims debate summary
A Washington Star excerpt explains 1900 lightning fatalities and injuries in the United States, urging open-air refuge and CPR-like first aid. It contrasts city and rural risk, advises immediate resuscitation steps, and notes subsequent medical care and observations after a lightning strike. A New York Evening Sun column condemns backdoor court of claims practices, urges rigorous subcommittee review, and criticizes some senators for herd behavior in distillery claim cases.
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United States
United States Weather Bureau
Washington Star
Platt Backs Kentucky Distillery Relief Bill In Senate
Senator Platt of Connecticut urged reading a bill for relief to a Kentucky distillery firm whose property was allegedly seized unlawfully by revenue officers. The claims committee favored a favorable report, aiming to waive the statute of limitations and have the court of claims hear the case on its merits. The President pro tempore queried if the bill should pass as Platt began to eat a “mild” remark.
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Senate
Court of Claims
Senator Pratt
Platt
Warren
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Claims
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
United States
Pittsburg
Treasury
Connecticut
New York Evening Sun
Kentucky
Committee On Claims
Congress
Trades for the Blind conference lists favored occupations
A Gardener's Trust for the Blind meeting reviewed trades for the blind. Henry Stainsby cited recommendations from 100 institutions, ranking basket and brush making, piano tuning, mat weaving, hair caning, music, mattress making, knitting, typewriting, and clerical work top. New roles include telephone exchange work and linotype. Four blind girls employed earned £250 last year. Rev St Clare Hill discussed workshop methods, wages, and lodging for workers.
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Gardener's Trust For the Blind
Henry Stainsby
General Institution For the Blind
Birmingham
Stainsby
St. Clare Hill
Southwark
London Chronicle
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Marine News
Fisk & Robinson
New York Stock Exchange
Cedar Street
State Street
American Telephone
NEW England Telephone
Bright, Sears & CO
Middlesex St
Boston Stock Exchange
Ior
Hamilton Mfg. Co
Harvard Brewing Co
Lowell Trust Co
Mass. Cotton Mills
Merrimack Mfg. Co
Mass
Middlesex Co
Old Lowell Bank
Prescott Nat. Bank
Tremont and Suffolk Mills
Stony Brook R. R. Union National Bank
Traders’ National Bank
A. G. Walsh
Kilby Street
P. O
Telephone
Andover Street
Lowell, Mass
Constructor
First Brigade
Admiral O’neil
Mr. Teller
McCleary
Bramwell
Ohio
Minor
Miers
Ind
Gaines
Tenn
Sulloway
Southard
Republican
McLellan
Fort Green
Brooklyn
I McCleary
Minnip
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Fredericksburg
Hugh Mercier
Stevens
Minn
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Underwood
Ala
Philippine
Mr. Clayton
Mr. Stevens
Slayden
Tex
Claxton
Committee On Indian Affairs
House Committee
Miss Taylor
Courier
Christian Science
Venezuela
West
Him
Queen Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina of Holland
Castle Schaumberg
Laha
Bears
Spencer Trask & Co
Pine St
Philip R. Hovey
Bowler Bros
St. Vincent's Hospils
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell Mass
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