New York Stock Market Opens Firm Amid Broad Gains
The New York market opened firm with Amalgamated Copper at 35 percent and major names like Atchison, Canadian Pacific, Reading, and U S Steel showing notable activity. Early advances faded under selling pressure, but a late rally lifted Reading, Atchison, and Amalgamated, while bonds remained steady.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Missouri Pacific
Ew York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Sugar
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
U. S. Steel
Wabash
London
New York Central
Tennessee Coal
Denver & Rio Grande
Pennsylvania Group
Amalgamated
American Car
Pressed Steel
General Electric
Texas & Pacific
American Foundry
Chicago & Alton
Stock exchange cheer as prices firm on Kaffir aid syndicate
London sources report a cheerful stock exchange after the account passed without expected failures. Consols rise and the boost from South African magnates supports Kaffirs with a syndicate of ten million dollars to back their interests.
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London
Stock Exchange
Kaffirs
Futures Opened Firm in New York Times Oct 16
Futures opened firm in New York with futures quotes for October through July. Values shown include October 9.42, November 9.48, December 9.59, January 9.62, February 9.64, March 9.68, May 9.75, June 9.74, and July 9.75 with gaps on April.
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New York
Wool, leather and living costs ease as markets adjust
Prices for money rates are unusually low for the season while wool supply tightens and higher costs loom for manufacturers. Leather weakens from lower hides, yet buyers may gain. T Jefferson Coolidge Jr resigns from Union Pacific board leaving Oliver Ames as sole Boston director. Dun’s indexes show commodity prices and living costs easing from last year’s peaks.
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T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Union Pacific
Boston
Oliver Ames
Another Hawaiian Scandal Under Grand Jury Scrutiny
Honolulu officials report a federal grand jury is probing a legislative scandal linked to House vouchers for the session expenses. Vouchers are said to have been destroyed, raising questions about the integrity of the process and potential misuse of funds.
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Honolulu
Federal Grand Jury
House
Doan's Kidney Pills Earn Local Endorsement
A Lowell community praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain relief after five years of darts and fatigue. Lizzie Nevins of 36 Alder Street recounts buying at Ellingwood & Co. and urges others to use this remedy for prompt, lasting relief. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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Dean
Geores of
Lowell
Lizzie Nevins
Alder Street
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Mercantile Agency Reports Improvement in Widespread Trade
Special advices from the International Mercantile Agency indicate easing money conditions and stronger crop outlook across the U S and Canada. Western and southern merchants expect briefer demand growth as corn and wheat yields rise. wariness over Wall Street declines has faded amid better mercantile collections and renewed credit, with loans expanding due to numerous new national banks chartered between 1902 and 1903.
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New York
International Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Texas
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Northwest
Wall Street
Cincinnati
Canadian Dominion
Comptroller
Petition for Logue clemency heard in State House chamber
The pardon committee hears Thomas F Logue petition in the State House council chamber on Tuesday October 20 at 1 15 pm. Hearing notes cite fatal illness and potential release. Dowd, Logue’s associate with a long criminal record, is described by Lawrence police as a bad man while a Logue brother in lawrence common council helped gather signatures.
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Thomas F. Logue
Council Chamber
State House
E. F. Hamlin
Logue
Dowd
Lawrence
Common Council
Moncton Officer McKenzie Recovers From Illness
Police Officer John R. McKenzie who has been ill for over a year is recovering in Moncton New Brunswick where he will spend the winter. His wife Mrs McKenzie has been in Lowell and plans to return to Moncton. Selectman Charles H Kohlrausch of Billerica enjoys a vacation in the New Hampshire mountains. Chester W Clark of Wilmington rests in Vermont before resuming his senator campaign.
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John R. McKenzie
Moncton
New Brunswick
McKenzie
Lowell
Charles H. Kohlrausch
Billerica
New Hampshire
Chester W. Clark
Wilmington
Vermont
Grandson Unveils Sherman Statue in Washington Ceremony
Washington October fifteenth witnessed the unveiling of an equestrian statue to General William Tecumseh Sherman. Little William Sherman Thorndyke, grandson of the fallen leader, drew back the curtains as President Roosevelt, the diplomatic corps, and the cabinet observed. The event featured Marine Band music, a salute, and addresses praising Sherman and the Civil War leadership.
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Washington
William Tecumseh Sherman
Thorndyke
Diplomatic Corps
Cabinet
Armies of the
Cumberland
Tennessee
Ohio
Potomac
District National Guard
D. J. Stafford
Marine Band
Grenville M. Dodge
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Sherman Statue Commission
Fourth Field Battery
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Thomas
McClellan
Meade
Hancock
Logan
Grant
Sherman
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Abraham Lincoln
General Sherman
United States
Free
Republic
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Army of the Cumberland
Gen. Sherman
Savannah
North Carolina
Mr. Henderson
Booth, Guiteau
Czolgosz
Army of the Tennessee
Charles Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Thomas J. Henderson
Illinois
Society of the Army of the Ohio
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Daniel E. Sickles
Trade Unions and Just Cause at Civic Federation Meet
Chicago hosts the National Civic Federation conference with leaders from major unions and industries. Speeches urge lawful, peaceful organizing, warn against coercion, and stress balance between labor and capital while predicting gradual social changes and public welfare priorities.
Defence alibi in the Lamar assault trial at Coney Island
In Freehold New Jersey on October 15 the Lamar Eastman and co defendants faced testimony about lodging at a Coney Island hotel on July 8 and staying the next day. Lamar said guards were unarmed and he discharged them on July 6 before leaving with Mrs. Lamar for New York. He learned of the McMahon assault July 9 and later wife told him Eastman was not the attacker.
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Thompson
Seabright
Lamar
Eastman
New York
McMahon
Platt Marries Lillian Janeway In Private Ceremony
New York reported that U S Senator Thomas C Platt wed Mrs Lillian T Janeway at the Holland house last Sunday. Rev Dr Burrell officiated in private with only close families present. The couple plans a brief city departure that evening for a short trip.
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New York
U. S
Thomas C. Platt
Lillian T. Janeway
Holland House
Dr. Burrell
Seward Recalled In Shipbuilding Investigation
New York Oct 15 Frederic Seward former director of the U S Shipbuilding Company recalled at the inquiry. He says he joined in 1902 at Deming of Alexander Green request and acted as incorporator for 50 to 75 firms. Witness details dummy directorate and stock handling as bondholders may challenge first board acts.
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New York
Oliphant
Frederic Seward
U. S. Shipbuilding Company
Corporation Trust Company
U.S. Shipbuilding Company
Deming
Alexander & Green
Untermeyer
Seward
New Jersey
Guthrie
John W. Young
Untermyer
Horace 8. Gould
Kenneth McLaren
Max Pam
Charles M. Schwab
Shipbuilding Company
New Hampshire Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary Opens Convention
The P. E. Woman's Auxiliary of Concord meets at St Pauls church for its annual convention led by Bishop Niles. Holy communion was held at 11 and delegates visited Millville diocesan orphans home for tea in the afternoon.
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Concord
N. H
Woman's Auxiliary
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
New Hampshire
St. Paul's Church
Niles
Millville
Obituary notice for Dunlavy and Flemings families
Joseph Dunlavy aged 22 died this morning at 72 Davidson Street leaving a mother two sisters Catherine and Margaret and four brothers James John Thomas and George of Waltham. Elizabeth Flemings aged 9 months 18 days daughter of Martin and Mary Flemings died this morning at 185 Lakeview Avenue.
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Joseph Dunlavy
Davidson Street
Catherine
Margaret
James
John
Thomas
George
Waltham
Elizabeth Flemings
Martin
Mary Flemings
Lakeview Avenue
First Accident in Ten Years at Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams October 15. A freight train inside Hoosac tunnel caused long steel columns to slide from a car, ripping eastbound rails and wrecking most of the train. Wreckers from Mechanicsville, N Y, aided but hours passed before traffic could resume. no injuries reported.
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North Adams
Hoosac Tunnel
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mechanicsville
N. Y
London Visitor Reports Banquet Robbery in Boston
Gerard S. Phillips of the Honourable Artillery Company of London lost 200 dollars in cash a 500 pound letter of credit and his return steamship ticket at a banquet hosted by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts at the Somerset Hotel He suspects a waiter as the thief Police have stopped payment on the letter of credit and notified the steamship line to cancel and replace the London ticket
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Boston
London
Gerard S. Phillips
The
Honourable Artillery Company of London
Phillips
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Somerset
Steamship Company
Pastor Kambour Faces Assault Charge in Templeton Case
Rev Gabriel B Kambour pastor of Congregational Trinitarian church is summoned to Worcester district court on a charge of assault and battery against H E Hawkes 11, amid a dispute that started in Templeton Centre school yard where Hawkes and Kambour sons studied. The minister will appear with counsel on Saturday after a pursuit and capture of one Hawkes child following a carriage incident.
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Templeton
Gabriel B. Kambour
Congregational Trinitarian Church
Worcester District Court
H. E. Hawkes
Arthur L. Hawes
Kambour
Henry A. Turner
Hawkes
Brass fittings found in pos session charged as larceny
Identified items from Coburn Shuttle works were traced to C. B. Coburn & Co. warehouse in Ayer City. John J. Carey and John Smith face larceny charges when appearing in court next week.
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John J. Carey
John Smith
Coburn Shuttle Company
C. B. Coburn & Co
Ayer City
Carey
Smith
Notice of administrator for John Sheridan estate in Lowell
The subscriber Charles H. Dolan is appointed administrator of the estate of John Sheridan late of Lowell Middlesex deceased intestate. Creditors must present demands and debtors pay to Dolan at 186 Washington St Boston Mass. Dated October 1 1903. 09-16-23
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John Sheridan
Lowell
Middlesex
Charles H. Dolan
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Tate
John J. Ganey
Probate Court to hear guardians petition in Lowell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court cites next of kin in the estate of Huien Fife an insane person of Jowell for Christina Fife guardian to mortgage real estate to raise 350 dollars for debts and ward maintenance. Court to be held October 20 1903 at nine in the morning. Service by personal delivery or three weekly notices in Lowell Daily Courier. Winess Charles J McIntire First Judge. H S Folsom Register.
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Middlesex
Huen Fife
Jowell
Christina Fife
Lowell
Lowell Daily Courier
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Stock Marae
New York Market
London Market
Dun
Colton & Co
New York Consolidated
Central Block
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Wall Street, New York
State Street
Easton
Boston & Maine
Mercantile Agency
Mr. Cover
President Roosevelt
Oscar Straus
Civic Federation
Steinway Hall
National Civic Federation
Wm. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employee of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
S. S. McClure
A. N. Waterman
Capital
T. F. Woodlock
Oscar S. Straus
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
John M. Stahl
Straus
Waterman
Howard W. Taylor
Harrison
Monk Eastman
Platt
Janeway
P. E. Woman’s Auxiliary
Honourable Artillery CO
Pastor Militant
Massachusetts
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