Copper gains lift Boston market with Amalgamated hoped to rise
In a buoyant morning trading spree copper shares lead gains across the Boston list as Amalgamated’s closing impact looms. Copper Range climbs over 4 points Osceola up 5 Utah 3 Tamarack 12 Old Dominion near 2 with broad participation while New York stocks show dull open and bond market steadiness. Futures open steady with multiple contracts around 9.80 to 9.93.
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Amalgamated
Boston
Osceola
Utah
Tamarack
Old Dominion
New York
Mex Central
Adventure Ee
Atlantic
Bingham
Cal & Hecla
Elm River
Franklin MA MH
Mass
Mohawk
Amer
N. BE. Tel
U. B. Ou
Oo A. Tel
Tel Co
Stock Gossip and Market Movements in Montana
Market report notes copper prices at the top as Amalgamated mines may affect Open market copper. San ta Fe shows good buying. Western Telephone offered at 82 with 74 bid. Bank reserves rose while deposits fell. U S loans declined. Western Union uses nonunion staff slowing service. phone delivery aids rush messages. Judge in Mexico refuses to halt liquidation for International Banking and Trust, manager Scales empowered to push liquidation. Questions looming over partly paid stock holders and balance settlements.
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Western Union Telegraph
Boston
Civil Court of
Mexico
Sutended
International Banking and Just Company
Scales
Judge Hadley Frowns on Liquor Raffles at Brissette Case
In yesterday's Hadley court two cases highlighted illegal liquor schemes. Emile Brissette pleaded not guilty to illegally keeping for sale intoxicating liquors linked to a raffle at 8 Ward street on Oct 18, with beer awarded to ticket buyers. Brissette was found guilty and fined 50.
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Hadley
Emile Bris- Sette
A. O. Hamel
Brissett
Ward Street
Brissette
Hamel
Victor Gelinas
Gelinas
Moody Street
Duncan
Ankinson
Merrimack Street
Grady
Thomas McCloughrey
Gelinas’s
Walsh
Peter Rentgen
Achille Gelinas
Emma Brown
Arthur Dufresne
Frank Toupin
Constantinos Pappagovermos
Jefferson Street Bridge
Kon
Josephine Turcotte
Ferdinand Neault
Market views on securities and industry conditions
Henry Clews & Co argues potential gains from remaining assets would boost liquidity and that deep declines may be overdone. Dun & Co notes modest textile orders abroad but overall weak cotton goods demand. Haven & Clement say Wall Street remains doubtful about industrials due to poor results from firms like Crucible Steel and limited capital, though some stock liquidation may be near completion.
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Henry Clews & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
East
Haven & Clement
Wall Street
Crucible Steel Company
Peril of Slippery Rail Shown at Frye Village
Andover Oct 23 Two cars of the Lawrence Reading line of the Boston Northern street railway collided during the night at Frye Village. Three women passengers were slightly injured Miss Mary Reardon Melrose Highlands shoulder and back hurt Miss Bessie Frazer Andover cut in the head and Miss Alice Murray Andover prostrated by the shock. Car 249 bound for Reading stalled by a broken trolley wire and car 124 from Reading became unmanageable on a slippery rail striking the other car near the foot of Main street hill. The momentum was greatly reduced or the accident would have been more serious.
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Andover
Lawrence & Reading
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Frye Village
Mary Reardon
Melrose Highlands
Bessie Frazer
Alice Murray
Reading
Main Street Hill
McCarren Opens Brooklyn Campaign Headquarters
Senator Patrick H. McCarren moved into his new campaign headquarters in the Thomas Jefferson building Brooklyn with his clerks. John L. Shea, chairman of the Democratic executive committee and nominal Kings county campaign head, greeted him and explained the recent leadership changes. He said he would remain head of both committees and noted a McCarren advisory panel with three lieutenants.
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New York
Patrick H. McCarren
Thomas _ Jefferson building
Brooklyn
John L. Shea
Democratic Executive Committee
Kings County
Democratic Campaign Committee
Shea
McCarren
Diplomats Press Prompt Trial for Supao Prisoners
The Shanghai based Supao editors, a Chinese journal denounced Manchu rule, face rapid trial by the mixed court in Shanghai after a Taotai consular agreement, a Pekin disavowal shifts the case to foreign ministers.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Supao
China
Shanghai Taotai
Put Up a Fight Flynn Brought to Station After Struggle
John Flynn a 31 year old scrappy city character was arrested yesterday at West Third and Bridge streets by Officers Palmer and Deering after a gingerly altercation. He resisted as Wagon Officer Hickson joined, was brought to the station and kept awake by thrashing until finally falling asleep in a cell.
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John Flynn
West Third
Bridge Streets
Palmer
Deering
Flynn
Hickson
William M. Parlee
Charles F. Bacon
W. H. J. Belle-Isle
James Sunderland
John F. Leary
Edward F. Maguire
William H. Dever
State Farm
John H. Flynn
John E. Shaw
Held for Grand Jury in Chinatown Murder Case
Wong Chung and Charlie Chinn two Celestials were held for the grand jury by Judge Bolster of the municipal court on the murder of Wong Yak Cheng on Oct 2. Wong Wah Ling testified from a nearby cell that Chinn urged Chung to claim he did the shooting and that Chung said he fired four shots at Cheng.
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Boston
Wong Chung
Charlie Chinn
Bolster
Wong Yak Cheng
Wong Wah Ling
Station 4
Cheng
Home Again Returns of London Artillerymen in Liverpool
The Dominion line steamer Columbus arrived in Liverpool from Boston with the Honourable Artillery Company of London aboard. The detachment had just visited the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts and received a large, enthusiastic reception before departing again for London.
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Liverpool
Dominion Line
Columbus
Boston
Honourable Artillery Company of
London
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
Cabinet Meeting Brief in Washington October 23
The cabinet meeting in Washington on October 23 was very brief and produced no significant outcomes. Four members attended, Hay Cortelyou Payne and Knox, while five others were away. Payne said Bristow's post office investigation report will go to the President by tomorrow or Monday. public release timing remains undecided.
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Washington
Hay and
Cortelyou
Payne
Knox
Bristow
Post Office
Barkeeper killed after credit dispute in Huntington
Huntington W V Oct 23 Trim ble Sparks a bartender was struck and fatally hurt today by a Black person named William Daniels who refused to give a drink on credit Daniels escaped and is thought to have crossed into Kentucky An armed posse of citizens is in pursuit of the suspect in this serious case
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Huntington
W. Va
Trimble Sparks
William Daniels
Daniels
Kentucky
African prince to study in Winfield for two years
Winfield Kansas reports that King Lewanton of Lia Luli in Basutoland Rhodesia seeks to send his son to America. O of this city has arranged a course of study over the next two years to learn the ways of this continent.
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Winfield
Kan
Lewanton
Lia Luli
Basutoland
Rhodesia
America
O'Connor
Lewanica
Knoxville Tenn Man Found Dead Near Clinton Identified
An unknown man found dead near Clinton Tennessee was identified as Marshal Mynatt from Stony Point Tennessee. Initial speculation linked him to HB T Wentz, the missing Philadelphia heir, but confirmation named Mynatt instead.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton
Marshal Mynatt
Stony Point
HB. T. Wentz
Philadelphia
Two Ordinances in Lowell on Gunpowder Storage
Two ordinances are drafted for the Lowell special committee on explosives to restrict gunpowder storage. One aligns with proper precautions the U S Cartridge company would adopt. the other is described as radical and could push Cartridge to suspend or close in Lowell if enacted. Public fears include fewer jobs at the plant, while many locals harmed by a recent explosion urge stricter laws. The issue remains unsettled and likely to wait for municipal caucuses.
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Special Committee On
U. S. Cartridge Company
Cartridge Company
Lowell
United States Cartridge Company
Miss Ropes Will Provides Broad Benevolence From Salem
The will of Miss Mary P. Ropes of Salem leaves about one million to her sister Eliza O. Ropes for life income then distributes remaining assets to public and charitable institutions. Essex Institute gains home and grounds to be public, with a botany school funded by 6000 in bonds. Harvard receives the Nathaniel Ropes chair of political economy and a railroad stock block. The Peabody museum and the Nathaniel Ropes Jr. scholarship also receive benefactions, along with various Cincinnati and Salem institutions.
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Salem
Mary P. Ropes
Eliza O. Ropes
Essex Institute
Essex Street
Harvard University
Nathaniel Ropes
Miss Ropes
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Nathaniel Ropes, Jr
Cincinnati
Interior estimates slash federal pension and Indian budgets
Washington reports the secretary of the interior has sent a budget estimate to the treasury for the year ending June 30, 1905. Total department appropriations drop to 153 million dollars, about 3 million less than this year, with pensions cut to 136.8 million and Indian bureau reduced by 1.3 million. The five civilized tribes budget is set at 259,695 dollars. The pension cut follows deaths projected by the commissioner of pensions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Indian Bureau
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Commissioner of Pensions
Personal Quarrel Sparks Trainmen Assault Charge
Arthur Carpenter of Albany and Fred Avery of Northville, two New York Central trainmen, were arraigned in Albany police court on assault with intent to rob the Montreal express safe. Both pleaded not guilty. case adjourned to November 5. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Officials say the incident stemmed from a personal quarrel between Wallace and Avery.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Arthur Carpenter
Albany
Fred Avery
Northville
New York Central
Thomas W. Wallace
Wallace
Avery
Robbery Suspects Fought Officers After Post Office Heist
In Marquette Michigan on October 23 two men were arrested at Ispeming on suspicion of the Superior Wisconsin post office robbery. The pair were taken from a train after a sharp gun battle in which several shots were fired and both suspects were wounded.
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Marquette, Mich
Ispeming
Superior
Wis
Carnegie Steel Plant to Resume Operations at Midnight
Notice posted at the Ohio works of the Carnegie Steel company states that operations will resume Sunday at midnight. The works have been closed for some time and about five thousand men are affected.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Ohio Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Massachusetts Republicans Boost Campaign Activity
Reports to the Republican state committee across Massachusetts show growing optimism for a favorable election outcome. Governor Bates draws strong crowds in the western counties, while candidates like Joe D Upton and William E Westall gain ground in Lowell wards. Criticism targets Cecil L Adams in the 26th district as opponents fear his political momentum. Independent candidacies are offset by party workers pressing for favored contenders, and the city council remains in the public eye as new candidates enter the race.
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Republican State Committee
Bates
Massachusetts
Cecil L. Adams
Stern and Machen case in rural mail satchel straps hearing
The preliminary hearing in Washington on Leopold J. Stern of Baltimore and August W. Machen, former head of the free delivery service, resumes as Post Office Inspector Sullivan testifies Stern said in May he was released from supplying straps due to leather price increases tied to the Spanish war and that no waiver exists in department records.
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Washington
Leopold J. Stern
Baltimore
August W. Machen
Free Delivery Postal Service
Post Office
Sullivan
Stern
Naval officers assigned to new commands and boards
Washington reports multiple reorganizations in the navy. Capt. Duncan Kennedy is to join the naval examining board here, relieving Capt. H. B. Mansfield who moves to command the battleship Iowa. Captain Veeder is assigned to command the training ship Hartford, now in the bureau of appointment.
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Washington
Duncan Kennedy
Prairie
Naval Examining Board
H. B. Mansfield
Iowa
Veeder
Bureau of Appointment
Hartford
Guard House Planned on Pekin Wall for U S Troops
Washington Oct 23 The war department authorized a guard house to be built on the Tartar Wall in Pekin China for the use of soldiers stationed there as a liaison guard. Other nations with troops in Pekin have erected similar structures on the wall.
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Washington
War Department
Tartar Wall
Pekin
China
Northeastern Dentists Hold Clinics Then City Trolley Tour
Boston October 23 delegates at the Northeastern Dentists convention completed their business session and attended 42 clinics. They later joined a trolley excursion to points of interest in and around Boston.
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Boston
Dentists’ Convention
Waterson Delivers Lecture on Society at Carnegie Music Hall
Henry Waterson spoke on Society at Carnegie Music Hall Allegheny Pittsburg on October 28 before a thin, enthusiastic crowd. Unusually cold weather kept attendance low.
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Pittsburg
Henry Watterson
Carnegie Music Hall
Allegheny
Burglars Loot Deutsch Jewelry Storeroom
In Cleveland on October 28 burglars forced entry to the Deutsch Jewelry company storeroom at 228 Euclid avenue and carried away diamonds valued at $6000. Police report no leads or arrests yet.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Deutsch Jewelry Company
Euclid Avenue
Lynchings Feared After Flushing Mob Clash
In Flushing Ohio marshal John G Elliott was killed and William Smith a colored man was fatally wounded in a tunnel fight with a mob of about a dozen laborers and foreigners. Six rioters were arrested as deputies and locals pursued others, with tense guard lines around the tunnel. Belmont county officers rush to scene to aid in the pursuit and hold the area under gunfire threat.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John G. Elliott
Flushing
Ohio
William Smith
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Marshal Elliott
Belmont County
Enos Arden Story Seized Barrels Over Improper Labels
Court records show liquor seized for mislabeling consignor name address and barrel contents. Judge Hadley noted fine writing on tags later. shipper Harry Driscoll admitted authorship. Several defendants faced penalties or continuances for varying charges including larceny, drunkenness, non support, and assault.
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Hadley
Harry T. Driscoll
J. H. Costello
Harvey
Mad den building alterations near completion at Fayette and East Merrimack
The Madison building corner at Fayette and East Merrimack nears completion with two ground floor stores. One is occupied by a dress goods dealer, the corner space suited for a drug store as planned by Madden. Fayette Street links southeastern city areas to Immaculate Conception church and St John's hospital. A Republican rally is set for Huntington Hall on Monday night.
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Madden
Fayette
East Merrimack Streets
Immaculate Conception Church
St. John's Hospital
Spiritualists Elect Officers at National Convention
The National Spiritualists association concluded its annual convention in Washington on October 23 and adjourned to meet in St. Louis in 1904. Harrison D. Bennett of Boston was chosen president.
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Spiritualists
Washington
National Spiritualists’ Association
St. Louis
Harrison D. Bennett
Boston
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Enoch Arden Story
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