Market Decline Follows Maryland Trust Failure On Oct 19
The Baltimore Maryland Trust failure sparked a weak session with broad liquidation. Stocks including Baltimore & Ohio United States Steel and Amalgamated Copper fell 1 to over 2 points in early trading while major gains were scarce. foreign selling and Eastern fear fueled the downturn as New York and London markets opened weak and continued lower through midmorning.
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Maryland Trust Company of
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio and Southern Railway Preferred
U. S. Steel
Amalgamated Copper
London
New York
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
Atchison, Southern Railway
Amalgamated
American Car
Tennessee Coal
Smelting
Republic Steel
Locomotive
Pope Pius Telegrams Jubilee Honor For Fr Mangin
Pope Pius X sends congratulatory telegram to Rev Fr Mangin O M L on fifty years in priesthood. Message to be read at banquet honoring the venerable priest this afternoon.
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Pope Pius
Fr. Mangin
Pope Pius X
O M. L
Steered Airship Easily Over San Francisco
Dr August Groth, after a year of work on an airship, sailed over San Francisco for two hours directing his machine with apparent ease. This flight marked the first ascent with the craft free from tethering rope, following prior captive tests, and signaled a potential solution to key aerial navigation challenges.
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San Francisco
August Groth
Groth
Port Arthur Docks Workers Discharged Amid Manchuria Exodus
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese workmen at Port Arthur docks have been discharged and a continuing exodus from Manchuria ports. The Telegram notes no excitement in Tokyo and public confidence in the government’s policy.
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London
Reuter’s
Tokio
Port Arthur Docks
Manchuria
Brandt Burial After Fatal Assault At Faneuil Hall
Louis Brandt, who died after a Thursday night assault in Faneuil Hall square, was buried today in Forest Hills cemetery. Police officer Edward F. Lewey is held responsible for the death.
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Boston
Louis Brandt
Faneuil Hall Square
Edward F. Lewey
Forest Hills Cemetery
Battle Flags Moved to Rhode Island State Capitol
Rhode Island militia and regiments escort battle flags and relics from Revolutionary, Civil and Spanish American wars to the new marble State Capitol in Providence. Over 3000 marchers, a holiday, decorated streets, and a sermon by Brown University president precede the transfer. The flags are stored in vaults as officials praise veterans before a luncheon and ceremonies.
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Providence
Rhode Island
New
Marble State Capitol
L. F. C. Garvin
State House
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Charles Warren Lippitt
Garvin
Elisha H. Rhodes
Horatio Rogers
Post Mortem Vindication in Jones Case
Mrs. E. G. Leslie, a missionary in New York, pursues innocence for George Jones the convict who died in Alameda jail after 19 years. She cites a dying confession from a New York hospital and questions jewelry tied to Lorenzo Dutil. Jones could not explain possession of the items and conviction doubts arise from 1896.
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Oakland
Cal
E. G. Leslie
New York
George Jones
Alameda
Leslie
Jones
Lorenzo Dutil
San Francisco
Smallpox at Bangor will not close public spaces
Bangor Me Oct 17 The board of health at a special meeting decided that it is unnecessary to close public places despite several new smallpox cases. Health officials expect to stamp out the disease with extra precautions and daily vaccination of hundreds.
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Bangor
Board of Health
Obituary notices for Sloan Smith and Horton in local city paper
Horace J. Sloan aged drug clerk dies at 93 Westford Street after months of illness linked to Spanish American War porto rico service. Rev. Edwin Smith longtime Union church Ballardvale pastor dies after Bowdoin and Bangor Seminary training. Catherine Horton, 32, found dead at Fay's Yard Davidson Street. death due to natural causes. left husband and two children.
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Horace J. Sloan
Westford Street
Mr. Sloan
Porto Rico
Ambulance Corps
Sloan
Edwin Smith
Union Church
Ballardvale
Mr. Smith
Searsport
Bowdoin College
Bangor Theological Seminary
Chestnut Street Church
Lynn
Barre
South Braintree
Maynard
Bedford
Smith
Arthur F. Belcher
Portland
Melville H. Smith
Harvard
Edwin R. Smith
Farmington
Pawtucket
Catherine Horton
Fay’s Yard
Davidson Street
Irish
Time Table Change Triggers Fatal Collision in Maine
A head on wreck at Westbrook on the Worcester Nashua and Portland line injures George Reynolds of Rochester New Hampshire, likely costing him a leg. The crash follows a schedule change causing the freight to be late. fog and a sharp curve prevented late collision avoidance. Irvin D Cobb of Portland piloted the freight.
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Portland
Nashua
Worcester, Nashua
Reynolds
Westbrook
Gorham
Irvin D. Cobb
A Cold Winter Looms Over Dawson District
A Dawson special reports freight backups and record prices as winter tightens. Hay is $130 a ton in Dawson, snow covers Mayo district, streams freeze, and gold output may fall about a million from last year. Many residents plan to move outside, with departures outpacing last autumn.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dawson
Mayo
Funerals for Joseph Dunlavey and Elizabeth Fleming
The funeral of Joseph Dunlavey was held at 1:30 PM from 72 Davidson Street with a 2:00 PM service at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Fr. Lawrence. Bearers included Patrick McCarthy and others. burial in St Patrick's Cemetery. Elizabeth Fleming’s funeral followed at 4:00 PM from her parents’ home 135 Lakeview Avenue. burial also at St Patrick's Cemetery. Undertaker Molloy directed both services.
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Joseph Dunlavey
Davidson Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Fr. Lawrence
O. M
Patrick McCarthy
John Fay
John Farrell
Joseph Moriarty
William Manning
James Hickey
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Molloy
Elizabeth Fleming
Martin and
Mary
Lakeview Avenue
Savage Street Fight After Franklin Union Pickets Attack
Chicago, Oct. 17. A savage street fight followed days of disorder tied to the Franklin union of press feeders strike. A gang of men declared to be Franklin union pickets attacked a workman, leaving him badly beaten and the incident marked a violent escalation in labor unrest.
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R. R .Donnelly & Sons Company
Frank Lahen
Donnelly
Frank Ketchum
John Macher
Charles Smith
Franklin Union
Chicago
Western roads tighten passes for 1904 shipments
Chicago October 17 western roads prepare strict pass limits for 1904. Shippers and merchants will lose passes entirely and exchange passes will be curtailed. No annual passes exchanged with eastern trunk lines. Return passes for livestock shipment officials will be cut off.
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Chicago
Western Roads
Eastern Trunk Lines
Minister Fined Ten Dollars in Assault Case
Rev. Gabriel B. Kambour of Templeton received a ten dollar fine from the Northern Worcester district court for assault on H. E. Hawkes, an eleven year old. The incident stemmed from a dispute with two of Kambour’s sons, and the minister allegedly horsewhipped Hawkes for mistreating his son. The court offered to place the case on file, but defense counsel declined and the fine was recorded. The case was appealed.
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Templeton
Gabriel B. Kambour
Northern
DIED FROM EXCITEMENT AT ATLANTA HOSPITAL FIRE
A Grady hospital fire in Atlanta on October 17 killed two black women due to excitement after embers from a laundry stove ignited the negro ward. The ward was destroyed but most patients were moved to safety. twenty men and twelve women were relocated with minimal property loss.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Murder charge looms in Kirby death case at Horse Neck
New Bedford October 17 Angles Snell charged with murdering Tillinghast Kirby on September 9 at Horse Neck beach was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing. Judge Milliken found evidence of murder, noting a rope attached to the body and contrasting statements from Snell. The defense argued contradictions in the Commonwealth case while cross examining witnesses.
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New Bedford
Commonwealth
Snell
Milliken
Tillinghast Kirby
Kirby
Burglars Hit Bank of Nova Scotia in St Andrew’s NB
A group of burglars shattered the Bank of Nova Scotia in St Andrew’s New Brunswick early today, looted the vault of several thousand dollars, and fled by hand car toward the railway. Police in St Stephen Calais and nearby towns are alerted. investigators suspect links to summer thefts in Brewer Maine and aim to cross into the United States.
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St. Andrew's
N. B
Passaraquoddy
Bank of Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Maine
St. Croix
Boston
Montreal
Charlotte County
Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
St. Stephen
Calais
Brewer
Savings
Halifax
Murder in Little Italy Leaves One Dead
In Boston on Merrimac street a quarrel ended with Alberto Malone shot between the eyes. Rosario Bertano is under arrest for murder after firing at Malone during a street confrontation. Bertano later surrendered at his home as police arrived. He offered no statement about the cause of the quarrel.
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Boston
Merrimac Street
Alberto Malone
Rosario Bertano
Malone
Bertano
Dredger Contract Awarded to Gilchrest in Belfast
G A Gilchrest won the government dredger contract for about 1000 tons at $125000. Work to be completed by July 1 1904. Keel length about 1380 feet. Gilchrest previously built the Cumberland and was the lowest of seven bidders.
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Belfast
G. A. Gilchrest
Washington
Russian envoy named for seal conference in November
N A Komarov, Russia's representative in The Hague seal arbitration, is appointed a delegate to the November seal conference. The US reportedly offers two thirds of 500000 to Canada’s sealing fleet, with Russia contributing one third. Ambassador McCormick returns from London. Ten men robbed a Danabourg Pleskov train, overpowering conductors and fleeing with cash and baggage. A Moscow court acquits Russians in the William Ska horse race case, which had $10500 at stake.
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St. Petersburg
N. A. Komarov
Hague
United States
Russia
McCormick
London
Danabourg
Pleskov
Boston Players Inspired by Emerson, Chicago Hints
The Chicago News suggests Boston baseball players draw inspiration from Emerson, praising the team and Chicago's faith in Boston as amenzing, reflecting a vibrant cross-city sports dialogue.
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The
Chicago News
Boston
Emerson
Chicago
New York Tenements Under New Law Bring Change
New York City has seen major progress under the Low administration with the 1901 tenement law prompting $40,000,000 in new construction this year. The reform provides light, air, and ventilation, filling apartments from the start and keeping them fully rented at fair rents. The lower East Side is rapidly rebuilt with law-compliant houses, and mortality rates decline as healthier homes emerge under Mayor Low’s leadership.
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New York
Lower East Side
Low
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Snow First This Season At Saranac Lake
Snow fell at Saranac Lake marking the season's first fall after a heavy 24 hour rain. The thermometer dropped to freezing with signs of a further drop likely tonight.
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Utica
N. Y
Saranac Lake
Marconi wireless telegraphy inaugurated between Pekin and coast
Pekin marked the inauguration of the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy today linking Pekin with the coast. The event signals a new era in long distance communication for the area.
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Pekin
Marconi
Alaskan boundary commission backs U S claims
London reports the Alaskan boundary commission verbally agrees to most American contentions except the Portland canal which goes to Canada. The decision, viewed by the U S State Department as a clear victory, grants Canada Tearse Island though deemed inconsequential.
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London
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Portland Canal
Canada
Washington
Associated Press
State Department
United States
Tearse Island
The Folly of Old Molly A Third Class Actor Turns Hero
The tale follows Walter Wait a modest actor in Australia who endures years of toil and hunger. He cares for a dying actress and her children, marries the woman on her deathbed to protect the orphans, and later earns the boys' respect as a devoted but misunderstood figure in a poignant final act.
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South
Walter Wait
Wooly
Walter
Withal
Australia
Macbeth
Long Tom Coffin
Omeo
Juliet
Wait
Romeo
Melbourne
Molly
witLee
George Darrell
Coral reef at Battery Park aquarium faces feeding trial
Custodian Spencer tends delicate tropical coral in Battery Park, quelling crowd pressure by feeding three times weekly with minced clam and oyster bits. The reef dwellers survive on water kept by Ulva aeration, despite unchanged long-term conditions, while a rose coral specimen died after repeated handling to entertain visitors.
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Spencer
Aquarium
Battery Park
Bay
New York Tribune
Brief exchange ends engagement over love triangle
An actress tells her fiancé she cannot marry him because she loves another. The actor asks for the man’s name and address, and the actress questions whether to insult him. The actor replies he plans to set the man up with the engagement ring.
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New York Market
R. Day & Co
Tremont National Bank
Pees
Atlas National Bank
Northern Railroad
N. H
Lyman Mills
Old Colony Rai Road Co
Manchester Mills
Concord
Portsmouth R. R. Co
Concord & Mont
Francis Henshaw & Co
West End
St. R. R
U. S. Standard Scale Co
State National Bank
Fourth National Bank
National Union Bank
National Bank of Redemption
State Manchester Mills
Iéegret Lowell
Andover Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Brandt
Nicholas G. Norcross
Central St
Lowell
F.S. Colton
New York Consolidated
Stock Exchange
Central Block
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
Tico2
Wall Stree
State Street
Philadelphia
Am. Smarling
Battle
State Capitol
Helb
St. Andrews
N. B., Bank
Little
Italy
Saranac
Wireless
China
Courier-Citizen CO
Alaskan Commission
U. S
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