Stock Market Opens Irregularly on June 23
New York stock market opened irregular with Amalgamated Copper at 53% and U S Steel at 29% among many listed issues. Metropolitan Securities jumped 4 points at the opening after the court refused to dissolve the Metropolitan Street Railway lease to the Inter urban company as prices moved on a small, uncertain scale.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
U. S. Steel
Wabash
Metropolitan Securities
Metropolitan Street Railway
Futures market report from New York on June 23
Futures opened easy with June at 12.15 bid and July at 12.26. August 11.96, September 11.06, October 10.14, November 9.85, December 9.91, January 9.78, February 9.79.
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New York
Telephone company stock issue unlikely next year
Analysts believe American Telephone will not need new stock funding in the coming year. With a cash surplus over eight million dollars now, management may skip the usual annual issue for construction needs.
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American Telephone Management
Drowned Boy in Wamesit Canal After Race
Michael McDermott a 12 year old attendant at Sacred Heart parish school drowned in the Wamesit canal near Lawrence street hill after slipping during a race with companion Robert Bovill. Body wedged between a stone wall and bridge support. his death prompts calls for fencing to block access to the canal.
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Michael McDermott
Wamesit
Lawrence Street Hill
Robert Bovill
Bovill
McDermott
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Agawam Street
Wamesit Canal
Obituary for Thomas Delaney 32 at 79 Broadway
Thomas Delaney aged 32 died at his residence 79 Broadway after a lingering illness. He leaves two brothers Rev John B Delaney of Manchester and Rev Frederick J Delaney of Cambridge and five sisters Sister Florence Louise Mrs Patrick Gilbride Mrs John O'Hearn Grace and Clotilda Delaney. Funeral is set for Thursday at 10 from St Patrick's church. Andrew Stevenis dies in Norfolk at 65, longtime city firefighter.
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Thomas Delaney
Catherine Delaney
Broadway
John B. Delaney
Manchester
N. H
Frederick J. Delaney
Cambridge
Mass
Florence Louise
Trinity. College
Washington, D. C
Patrick Gilbride
John O’hearn
Grace
Clotilda Delaney
Funeral Notices for Courchaine Dunlea Hanscomb Bordis
The obituary items report several funerals. Calixte Courchaine mourners include Desrosiers Courchaine family members and church delegates from the Third Order and Sodality of St Anne with interment at St Joseph's Cemetery. Margaret Dunlea, of 887 Gorham Street, received a 9am mass at St Peter's and burial at St Patrick's. Benjamin F Hanscomb's service was in J W Brooks rooms with burial at Edson Cemetery. Peter Bordis had services at Molloy rooms and a Greek church before burial in Edson Cemetery.
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Calixte Courchaine
St. Jean Baptiste’s Church
Diss
Amyot
Nolin
Caisse
Perreault
Mesdames Daigle
Ducharme
Tessier
Brunelle
Gervais
Morse
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Lewis
O. M.L
Albert
Margaret Dunlea
Gorham Street
St. Peter's Church
Fr. McDermot
John Redden
Wm. Redden
Wm. Corbett
Martin Kennedy
W. H. Daly
John Tarrant
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Rogers
Benjamin F. Hanscomb
J. W. Brooks
Edson
Peter Bordis
Molloy
Jaakeim J. Georges
Seven year old Miss Crabtree dies after lamp accident
Methuen reports Miss Emma L. Crabtree aged seven died early this morning after a lamp overturned at her home causing burns. A Mt Holyoke teacher remarks that men are more emotional than women noting that men sit on juries.
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Methuen
Emma L. Crabtree
Mt. Holyoke
Looting charges revived on Manila surrender loot
Manila June 22 American officers looted public buildings after Manila's 1898 surrender. Authorities had sought art objects for the municipal museum and discovered they were given to a Filipino caretaker. He offers to prove officers received pictures, and a former staff officer allegedly took a silver service from the Malacanan palace. Government may ask the War Department to investigate. Gov Taft returned from Benguet with health restored.
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Manila
Malacanna
War Department
Taft
Benguet
WILD TALe OF WIFE SHIELDING AT COLORADO PRISON
Canon City Colorado June 22 guards at the state penitentiary killed a convict and fatally wounded another during an escape attempt. Convict Kuykenham died instantly while James Armstrong the ringleader was shot and will die. The warden’s wife Mrs Cleghorn was used as a shield but released when she fainted. Two convicts escaped on horseback after stopping a wagon.
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Canon City
Col
State Penitentiary
Wires to be removed from Branch Street trees
Mayor Howe orders inspector James F. McElholm to remove electric and telephone lines from trees on Branch Street Lowell Mass. Affected residents Charles Gould W H Brown Geo H Wood S C Massey I E Wotton urge safety concerns and request proper poles or wires taken down. Letter dated June 22 1903 cites storm risk and fireworks during travel between Coral and Loring streets.
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Branch Street
Howe
James F. McElholm
Lowell
Mass
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
Charles E. Howe
City of Lowell
Coral
Loring
Ivy Day at Smith College Ivy Planting Disrupted by Rain
Northampton June 22 Ivy Day marked Smith college as the class of 1903 planted the ivy beside the student building, the ceremony shortened by drizzle. Jessie Ames gave the welcome address at College Hall, with poems read by Ruth S. Baker and a Spring Song sung by a mixed quartet. Margaret W. McClutcheon delivered the ovation and Kiara HE. Frank penned the class ode.
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Northampton
Smith College
College Hall
Jessie Ames
Lowell
Ams
T. Mitchell
Milwaukee
Wis
Ruth S. Baker
Plymouth
Marion Evans
Chicago
Pearl Sanborn
Laconia
N. H
Roma B. Carpenter
Brattleboro
Isabel Wright
Newton Centre
Eva Becker
Worcester
Strikes Declared Obsolete By Dr MacArthur Sermon
New York June 22 Rev Robert MacArthur at Calvary Baptist church urged that strikes are obsolete, calling for concessions arbitration and law and order. He praised arbitration as the path for labor and employers and warned unions against disrupting contracts or industry. He urged both sides to follow the golden rule for progress in trade and religion.
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New York
Robert MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
America
Startling evidence in Scranton ethics probe
In Scranton on June 22 the select council investigating bribery heard W P Boland testify that Councilman David B Evans demanded 500 for himself and 400 for each of ten other councilmen in relation to the Dalton street railway franchise vote. Stevenson corroborated. The league will prosecute. Evans is under arrest. more warrants will be issued.
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Scranton
Select Council
Geo. E. Stevenson
Dalton Street Railway
W. P. Boland
Dalton Railway Company
David B. Evans
Stevenson
John E. Regan
Thomas O’boyle
James P. Maloney
Thos. C. Melvin
John Naegli
Thos. Cosgrove
Edward J. Coleman
Malachi Coyne
John J. McAndrew
Richard Morgan
Mr. Stevenson
Evans
The
Municipal League
Ogden's Must Pay After Tobacco War Contracts
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone ruled that Ogden's Limited must honor contracts to pay retailers one million dollars yearly for four years, a pledge made with American Tobacco during the tobacco war. The sale of Ogden's and its incorporation into the Anglo-American combine did not relieve the obligations.
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London
Alverstone
Ogden’s (Limited
Ogden’s
American Tobacco Company
Anglo-American Combine
Amherst College Commencement Arts and Prizes Day
Amherst holds a day of exercises starting with sophomore gymnastics exhibition in Pratt gym. The wining of the Leland prize, a glee banjo and mandolin concert at town hall, and the Hardy prize debate on arbitration precede the Kellogg prize speaking contest. Senior dramatics present She Stoops to Conquer at town hall. prizes to be announced tomorrow.
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Amherst
Amherst College
Pratt Gymnasium
Town Hall
College Hall
Reports on Czar life attempt dismissed as untrue
Officials from the court and interior ministry deny an attempted assassination of the Czar. A circulating tale claimed gunfire in Tsarskoe-Selo park, but officials explained the incident stemmed from a revolver misfire dropped by a detective as the royal carriage passed.
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St. Petersburg
Court
Ministry of the Interior
Tsarskoe-Selo
Wachusett Dam Threatens Flood as Water Rises
Clinton reports the Wachusett reservoir dam in danger of giving way as water continues to rise. workers build sandbag embankments atop the unfinished dam while authorities hope for a subsidence soon. since Saturday night the level has risen three feet flooding the upper basin and submerging a long stretch of the Central Massachusetts railroad roadbed.
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Clinton
Wachusett Reservoir
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Lowells Park Commission Plea for Better Stabling
The new Lowell park commission appeals to Mayor Howe for improved stable accommodation for horses, requesting help within city buildings. Dr. Walter A. Sherman, veterinarian, corroborates the need. Signed by Chairman John J. Pickman and Secretary John E. Drury, the plea evokes city sympathy and concern.
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Lowell
Howe
General Treasury Fund
Walter A. Sherman
John J. Pickman
John E. Drury
Park Commission
Commission
Boston Journal
Nigerian Row Stresses British in Sokoto Conflict
London reports the former Sultan of Sokoto resisting British forces in Nigeria. In Durmi the 180 West African troops failed to overpower his large force, suffering four dead and sixty wounded, with enemy losses pegged around 300. Reinforcements are being sent and a British gunboat is to Garraway after recent looting of vessels.
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London
Sokoto
Nigeria
Suktan
Durmi
Kano
Garraway
Liberian
Dick Bray Hurt While Saving McDermott Boy
Richard Bray aged 48 was injured while using grappling irons to rescue the McDermott boy. He caught a grappling hook in his fourth left finger, tearing a V shaped wound that required four stitches at Emergency hospital. Bray is master mechanic of the Wamesit Power company, residing at 12 Pollard street and is well known locally.
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McDermott
Richard Bray
Bray
Wamesit Power Company
Pollard Street
Roosevelt Removes New Mexico Judge for Immorality
President Roosevelt signed an order removing Judge Daniel P. McMillan of the New Mexico supreme court after charges of general immorality. Judge Clement C. Smith of Hastings, Michigan, will succeed him. Smith is a renowned Michigan lawyer respected by Justice Department officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Daniel P. McMillan
Supreme Court of New Mexico
McMillan
Buffalo
Clement C. Smith
Hastings
Mich
John G. Milburn
Judge Smith
Judge McMillan
Michigan
Department of Justice
Death of Chicago critic Samuel V. Steele
Samuel Vernon Steele longtime Chicago dramatic and musical critic died Sunday of bronchitis. At the World’s Fair he served as second in command in the bureau of publicity and promotion. After the exposition he became an editorial writer on the Chronicle, but ill health led him to give up work several months ago.
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Samuel Vernon Steele
Chicago
Steele
Bureau of Publicity and Promotion
Chronicle
Drowning at San Francisco Wharf Angers Family
In San Francisco on June 22, a tug Priscilla near its wharf witnessed an accidental drowning of two men, J. D. Paulson an 85 year old bookkeeper and Edward Sellinger a 24 year old bartender, who fell into the bay during a friendly scuffle and drowned despite life preserver attempts.
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San Francisco
Priscilla
J. D. Paulson
Edward Sellinger
Sailor Pleads Not Guilty to Kidnapping Case
New Bedford June 22 Jos De Grasse a sailorman aboard the Josephine was arrested on arrival on a charge of kidnapping a nine year old boy. He was arraigned in the third district court and pleaded not guilty. The case was continued until next Saturday as the prosecution was not prepared to proceed.
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New Bedford
Jos, de Grasse
Josephine
Third District
Sutherland Shot Injures Shoulder Not Considered Dangerous
Millinocket Maine June 22 The wound in the left shoulder of John Sutherland after a Saturday afternoon shooting is not dangerous. The shoulder blade is shattered and the bullet remains. Sutherland was taken to Bangor hospital. No blame on Wesley Dennett.
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Millinocket
John Sutherland
Bangor
Wesley Dennett
Dennett
Sutherland
Mutinous Prisoners Quelled by Troops in Caucasus Jail
St. Petersburg reports that troops were summoned to Vladi Kavkas jail in the Terek district Ciscaucasia to quell a prisoner mutiny. Four mutineers were killed and eight wounded after they damaged the interior and fired on soldiers who opened fire.
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St. Petersburg
Vladi Kavkas
Terek
Ciscaucasia
Looted Drug Store in Malden Captures One Suspect
Malden on June 22 Patrolman F Otis Berry of Everett and Officer Berg of this city stopped four men seen leaving a Malden drug store with bags of plunder at 430 am One man was captured and identified as Joseph Murphy of Franklin New Hampshire He refused to name the other three who escaped Police plan to follow Murphy's story to Franklin to locate the others.
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Malden
F. Otis Berry
Everett
Berg
Joseph Murphy
Franklin
N. H
Murphy
Autopsy Finds Natural Causes for Mrs C F Snyder Death
In New York on June 23 an autopsy determined that Mrs. C. F. Snyder died of natural causes. Her burial in Passaic, N J, had been halted sensationally by New York coroner before the ruling.
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New York
C. F. Snyder
Passaic, N. J
Postal fraud indictments against Machen and Groffs
A Washington grand jury returned an indictment charging August W. Machen Diller B. Groff Samuel A. Groff George E. Lorenz and Martha J. Lorenz with conspiracy to defraud the United States government. The 12 counts allege a scheme involving Groff fasteners for mailboxes and kickbacks. The case centers on 1900 transactions in the District of Columbia and payments totaling $7500. Investigators Mayer Williams Farrell Warner and Lewis testified. Machen and the Groffs face continued probes but no re-arrest or new bond.
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Washington
August W. Machen
Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
George E. Lorenz
Martha J. Lorenz
Toledo
Ohio
Machen
Groffs
District of Columbia
Lorenz
Groff Bros
United States
Groff
Groff Brothers
Post Office
Walter S. Mayer
Paul E. Williams
Joseph F. Farrell
Theodore W. Warner
William R. Lewis
Taggart
Great Array of Counsel Begin Arguments In Suit
In Trenton on June 22 Judge Kirkpatrick opened the U S circuit court case of Roland R Conklin and others seeking a receiver for the United States Shipbuilding company. Lawyers for both sides spoke at length as Woolman read the bill and the defense answered. The proceedings featured detailed affidavits from Lewis Nixon and A C Gary and a disputed Republic Trust Company statement.
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Trenton
N. J
U. S. Circuit Court
Kirkpatrick
Roland R. Conklin
United States Shipbuilding Company
R. V. Lindabury
Henry Woolman
Henry Untermeyer
The
Shipbuilding Company
Chas. L. Corbin
Robert H. MecCarter
Chas. C. Deming
Woolman
Chas. M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Works
Bethlehem
Schwab
Republic Trust Company
Corbin
McCarter
Lewis Nixon
A. C. Gary
Nixon
John W. Young
New York Stock Exchange
Young
Trust Company of the Republic
Republic
Gary
Van Cott Says Not In Washington Visit Report
New York June 22 Postmaster Van Cott denied being asked to travel to Washington to explain irregularities in the department including claims that employees were forced to contribute to campaigns. He said he did not expect to go today and that employees had not been compelled to contribute to campaigns. A federal grand jury in Brooklyn revisited the sale of an automatic cashier to the post office with Post Office Inspector Oldfield as key witness and Geo F Miller present. jury reports show testimony difficulties delaying public results.
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New York
van Cott
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Post Office
Oldfield
Geo. F. Miller
Federal
Umbrian Bomb Mystery Draws Arrests in New York
New York detectives arrested Jos Fignaro and Geo Bruno after finding a paper linked to the Umbria dynamiting case. The suspects face charges as authorities pursue the bomb mystery connected to the Cunard liner.
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New York
Jos. Fignaro
Geo. Bruno
Cunard
Umbria
Itch In Piles Cure Promises From Dean Ointment
Itching piles can be cured with Dean's Ointment offering instant relief and a permanent cure. Available at drug stores for 50 cents.
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Dean
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