Stock Market Moves in Forenoon at Boston Dominion and Copper Shares Rise
Boston forenoon trading features Dominion Coal near 97 and Dominion Steel recovering from 33 to 30% then to 33. Copper stocks gain with Hoy line Sat Arcadian climbing from 6% to 9%. Mass and Trinity also improve. Railroads show mixed prices, while miscellaneous issues include Dominion lines and various industrials.
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Boston
Dominions
Dominion Coal
Dominion Steel
Hoy
Arcadian
Mass
Trinity
Irregular stock market opens with mixed, modest gains
Opening dealings show small, mixed changes on an unimportant scale. Large Tennessee Coal purchases lift the market 2 percent to 70 percent, with Sugar, Brooklyn Transit and Rock Island up one point. Several issues rise in inactivity, while Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis fall 2 percent.
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Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
Atchison
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Metropolitan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Tennessee Coal
Rock Island
Northwestern Peoria
Eastern
Consolidated Gas
Colorado Fuel
American Ice
Glucose Preferred
Trust Receipts
Sloss
Sheffield Steel
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Cotton futures open steady in New York market
In New York on March 8 the cotton futures curve opened steady with bids for several months showing modest declines from March to October. March at 8.78, April 8.74, May 8.63, June 8.60, July 8.58, August 8.42, September 8.19, and October 8.01.
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New York
Stock Gossip from New York March 3 1901 Financial notes in brief
The French steamer La Bretagne brought 1 283 789 francs in specie. Arthur S. Leland & Co. publish a 1901 dividends manual. Massachusetts bonds sale of 38 500 000 dollars for 1902 was private but satisfactory. price not disclosed. Northern Securities Co. incorporation in Canada may buoy markets despite Hill denial. Floods and storms disrupt railroads. Western Union wires disrupted. Copper insiders bearish though dividends not involved. More snow in Nebraska wheat region. A large gold shipment from Paris to National City Bank expected next Saturday. traders seek hedges.
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New York
Havre
Bradford
Massachusetts
Rolston & Hooley
Northern Securities Co
Canada
Hill
Western Union
Nebraska
Paris
National City Bank
High Water Floods Massachusetts Mills and Trains
The flood halts machinery at the sills for 10 to 15 percent and leaves the river stalled at 10 30. Ice is pushed back from Pawtucket street while Hale’s brook becomes a river and an ice jam endangers Plain street bridge. Boston and Maine services adjust routes with lines to Oakdale Northampton Ayer and Lowell affected. The dam shows seven feet four inches of overflow and a cautious recovery is expected tomorrow.
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Beals
Street Department
Pawtucket Street
Hale's Brook
Tanner Street
Plain Street
Central Division
Boston& Maine
West Boylston
Boston
Oakdale
Tonga
Witter
Jam in Merrimack River Threatens Flood Damage
In Haverhill on March 3 the Merrimack river rose steadily all forenoon as ice and driftwood moved toward the sea. An ice jam six miles below the city near Rock's Bridge could flood backwater and threaten business districts. Merchants removed stocks from cellars as floods were reported upstream and precautions were taken to meet the worst.
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Merrimack
Rock’s Bridge
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives in Chicago
Chicago on March 3 hosts Prince Henry of Prussia with a packed programme at Union depot Auditorium and Germania club. A banquet choral festival grand call wreath laying and lavish decorations precede a gala ball. Officials anticipate a short sleep and a private audience with Gen. Van Sant amid guarded hospitality.
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Prince Henry of Prussia
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Auditorium
First Regiment Armory
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Gen. van Sant
Minnesota
Lincoln
Germania Club
Milwaukee
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Prince Henry
Harrison
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Parish music year set by Paige Street church
Mr Thomas Wardell engaged by Paige Street Free Baptist church to organize a quartetto and chorus choir for the coming musical year. Councilman Cecil L Adams and William G Brown return from a trip to New York to see His Royal Highness Prince Henry. They sought points on governing a big city. Miss Elizabeth K Osgood of 9 Elm street correctly solved the picture proverb puzzle in the Courier March 1.
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Thomas Wardell
Paige Street Free
Rescue at Sea Saves Crew of Five-Masted Prescott
News from Vineyard Haven reports the five-masted schooner John B. Prescott of Fall River foundered February 23 while en route from Newport News to Boston with 4209 tons of coal. Captain Harding and 12 crew were rescued by the schooner Savannah after hours of peril as the Prescott sank in heavy gale. the Savannah then headed to port with survivors.
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Fall River
Newport News
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Gould
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Pittsburg Flood Reaches New High as March Opens
Western Pennsylvania endures the worst flood since 1884 with the Allegheny River rising from 30 feet and climbing at 5 to 6 inches hourly. Streetcar lines between Pittsburgh and the nearby city are shut. mills close. hundreds of families evacuated as water fills basements and even first floors. Workers flee in their work clothes at the American Steel and Wire plant on the south side.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny
South Side
American Steel and Wire
Trains Halted by Rhode Island Floods Reflect Heavy Losses
Providence reports a statewide rain flood damaging rural districts and washing out Willimantic division near Centreville where a 140 by 50 foot washout halted trains and forced four families to evacuate by raft. Pawtuxet Valley lines suffer frequent washouts with seven electric cars stranded overnight. High Pawtuxet river water closes mills in Centreville and Clyde Print Works, while the Narragansett line awaits a first train.
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Willimantic
Consolidated Road
Centreville
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Pontiac
Lockanosset
Pawtuxet
Clyde Print Works
Narragansett
Bad Accident Averted by Swift Train Warning
March 1 Springfield reports heavy March freshets on the Connecticut river causing widespread washouts and rail disruptions. A landslide near Wendell narrowly avoided a collision with a Boston to Boston express, as the freight train alerted the passenger service. Heavy rains and landslides inflicted damage across eastern Hampden.
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Connecticut
Jones Point
Holyoke
Boston and Maine
Boston
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Wendell
Orange
Hampden
Two Killed in Building Collapse in Philadelphia
A new addition to Fidelity Trust at 82 Chestnut street collapsed this morning, killing Daniel Maginnis and George W. Harton and severely injuring Charles Anderson and Frank J. Borie. Debris crushed workers as heavy timbers toppled, possibly due to a derrick failure. Maginnis was decapitated.
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Philadelphia
Fidelity Trust Company
Chestnut Street
Daniel Maginnis
George W. Harton
Chas. Anderson
Frank J. Borie
Maginnis
Will Not Take Sword Declined by Major Jenkins in Charleston
Major Micah J. Jenkins of Bethel Military Academy Warrington has declined to accept a sword offered for presentation at the President's Charleston visit. He telegrammed Lieut. Gov. Tillman of South Carolina explaining he must decline under the circumstances, thanking him for the kindness.
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Micah J. Jenkins
Charleston
S. C
Jenkins
Béthel Military Academy
Tillman
South Carolina
James H. Tillman
Columbia
D. C
Roosevelt
M. J. Jenkins
Quarymen Strike for Eight Hour Day in Quincy
Four hundred granite quarrymen struck in Quincy after a meeting where owners refused to grant an eight hour day with nine hours pay. Two firms had already yielded, but most could not afford the longer day. Strikers vowed not to return until demands are met.
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Quincy
Almost suffocated by coal stove incident at 19 Spring Street
John McNichols and his family narrowly escaped suffocation from a coal stove Friday night. He awoke about 9 30 in a half suffocated state and cried for help. Neighbors from an adjoining tenement named Mongeau responded to find McNichols wife and six children unconscious.
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John McNichols
Spring Street
McNichols
Mongeau
Lowell Gas Light Co Sells Secondhand Gas Ranges At Low Prices
The Lowell Gas Light Co announces a sale of a large lot of second hand gas ranges. Some items are as good as new and offered at very low prices.
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Lowell Gas Light Co
Lowell Soldier Ends His Life in Troy Hotel
James P. Maxfield of Lowell, a sixth regiment veteran, died after taking poison in a Troy New York hotel. He was 36, survived by a wife and daughter, and had a history of malaria and rheumatic trouble since serving in Porto Rico. His wife cited lifelong cigarette smoking as a possible cause of mental weakness and despondency, noting no known financial distress.
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Lowell
Sixth Regiment
Troy
N. Y
City Hospital
Maxfield
Warwick Street
Sarah E. Maxfield
Branch Street
James G. Maxfield
Michigan
Soldiers
Togus
James P. Maxfield
Green School
Military Academy
Worcester
Porto Rico
Boston
Stoddard
Worst flood since 1886 hits Brockton March 1
Brockton endures its worst flood since February 1886 as Salisbury Brook overflows. Factories including Charles A. Faton & Co and E M Low close due to water in engines and basements. Streets flood near Warren avenue Bartlett street and groceries stock flooded. electric cars stalled and sand drifts hinder city routes.
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Salisbury Brook
Charles A. Faton & Company
E. M. Low
C. S. Pierce
Ellis F. Copeland
Condon Bros
Warren Avenue
Bartlett Street
F. C. Hall
Carmen
Benjamin Franklin Club Meeting and Talks
A Sunday gathering of the Benjamin Franklin Club featured essays on the Manufacture of Glass and Wishing by O Donoghue and O Donoghue, plus recitations by Higgins Warner and Mack. Frank Quell spoke on Ralph Waldo Emerson, with two membership propositions received.
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John O'Donoghue
Frank Higgins
James Warner
Timothy Mack
Frank Quell
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hair switch and wig goods sale at Rhodes store
Short stem and long hair switches with waves and front pieces advertised at 50 cents to 1.50. Gray switches 22 inches long offered for 1.00. All items made in Rhodes store under his supervision or by him.
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Rhodes
Bottlers Strike After Deadlock At Harvard Brewery Plant
Harvard Brewing bottlers remain out after three days of strike following failed talks. Union committee and company reps could not settle on one point, with manager Holloway insisting on hiring back only some workers and foreman Casey’s tactics cited as a trigger. Union leader Weigle urged focus on keeping members united while awaiting a settlement.
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Holloway
Hammond
Joyce
Thomas Casey
Union
Geiber
Casey
Boston
Machinists Union to Organize Lowell Shop Workers
At Barristers hall last night the Machinists union focused on the Lowell Machine Shop grievance over a new time docking policy. Most workers pledged to join the union or affiliate with other unions, with another meeting planned to boost organizing efforts and discuss moving to larger quarters.
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Machinists’ Union
Barristers’ Hall
Lowell Machine Shop
Big Shop
Trades and Labor Council Plans March 10 Hearing
Delegates Convery and Williams were appointed to attend the hearing on House bill 535 at the State House March 10. A three member committee was formed to interview the mayor and department heads to promote employment of only union men where available and to win over non union workers to ally with their craft.
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Convery
Williams
State House
Muff the Critical Switch Man in Cincinnati Railroading Tale
Thirty years ago Muff rose from a messenger in a Cincinnati railroad office to near a division superintendency while also serving as a construction foreman on vast railroad builds. Now back on the junction platform with one hand injured, he jokes that track work is simple and rails at the same time, praising old timer Beecher and the roughneck switchmen who live for railroading.
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Beecher
Muff
Hoghead Beecher
Tom Gaffney
Richardson
Jim Hill
Gaffney
Pacific
Kansas City
Gilroy
West End
Jim’ Hill
Cincinnati
Births in Murphy and Cuttle Families
Murphy celebrate a daughter born February 28 in the city to Mr. and Mrs. J Stuart Murphy at 1 Beacon Street. James H Cuttle and wife announce the birth of their daughter Marjorie on February 28 in the city.
Russell Obituary for Miss M. Ella Russell
Miss M Ella Russell of 764 Merrimack Street died Sunday evening. Funeral is scheduled Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 Friends invited to attend.
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Russell
Merrimack Street
M. Ella Russell
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