Stock Market Opens Irregular in New York Trading
New York stock market opened irregular with Amalgamated at 64 1 2 and Southern Pacific at 69 5 i 8, while other names like Louisville and United States Steel showed pressure. Futures opened steady with October at 8.42 and January near 8.58, trading dull and fluctuations limited.
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New York
Amalgamated
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Erie First
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Steel
Wabash
Louisville
Atchison, Illinois Central
United States Steel
Historical Boston area business notes and dividends
A fragmented financial list shows holdings and notes from firms like Weetamoe Mills fall River Amoskeag Mfg Co Boston Belting Co and Boston Storage Warehouse Co. with entries for river rail lines Mass Fireproof Storage and Whse Co fractional scrip and ex-dividend notices amid city loans and property firms. Names include Am oskeag Mfg Co Boston and Maine R R and Francis Henshaw Co with various percent values and dates.
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Manchester Mills
Merrimack Mfg. Co
Boston Belting Co
Seni
Einiassciete
Boston
Providence
R. R. Cor
Realty Co
Boston Investment Co
Mass
Francis Henshaw & CO
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Boston and Maine R. R. Com
John P. Squire Corp
Old South Building Trust Pal
Pn Aliens Teeter Cassceee
St. Mary’s Mineral Wand
Boston Storge Whse. Co
Swift & Co
Whse. Co
Cost of White Star Line Under International Mercantile deal
London October 30 Officially announced the purchase price of the White Star line joining International Mercantile Marine company totals 53 497 180 dollars. Of this sum 15 736 180 is cash 25 174 0 in preferred shares and 12 587 000 in common. Shareholders receive 50 000 for each 1600 shares.
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London
White Star Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Schooner J H Goodey Hits Rocks Near Digby
The schooner J H Goodey from St John to Mereghan N S went ashore on rocks inside Boars Head Petite Passage Digby last night and filled with water. The crew were saved.
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Halifax
N. S
J. H. Goodey
St. John
Mereghan
Boar's Head
Petite Passage
Digby
Steamers Arrive From Liverpool Southampton and New York
Boston dispatch notes arrivals of the steamer Cestrian from Liverpool and Southampton on Oct 30 and the steamers Southwark and St Louis from New York also on Oct 30.
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Boston
Cestrian
Liverpool
Southampton
Southwark
St. Louis
New York
METHODIST BISHOPS MEET IN NEW YORK
Methodist Episcopal bishops open their regular council in New York with sessions running through Monday. Most bishops are expected to attend except Bowman Foster retired Warne in India and Hurst in frail health. Key topics include winter and spring episcopal visitation plans and church missionary and educational interests.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Del
Bowman
Foster
Warne
India
Hurst
City hall meetings set and health reports reviewed
City clerk to meet precinct officers at city hall tonight at eight to issue election day instructions. Sewer committee to meet tomorrow morning at city hall and education panel to discuss a proposed grammar school in Central ville. Twenty two typhoid cases this month prompt health board to note no new cases since the 18th.
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City Hall
Committee On Education
Centralville
Board of Health
Brigh Sears & Co Special Attention for Lowell Orders
Brigh Sears and Co directs special attention to the orders of residents in Lowell and nearby areas, urging prompt fulfillment and careful handling of all shipments from its local agency.
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Lowell
Vicinity
Wu Hopes China Will Accept Arbitration on Gold or Silver Indemnity
Washington reports Minister Wu urges The Hague arbitration to decide if indemnities should be paid in gold or silver. He warns gold payments could ruin China, which cannot meet the nearly 450 million taels in gold. Hay supports the plan, but others must agree.
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China
Washington
Hague
United States
Hay
Rockefeller Offer Spurs Teachers College Fund Drive
New York on October 30 report that six days after John Rockefeller offered a half million dollars to the Teachers College, contingent on raising 440000 by trustees, pledges for nearly all of the required 440000 have been secured, making success of the canvass practically assured.
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New York
John Rockefeller
Teachers’ College
Senator Sparks and Butler Ames Address President Mills
Senator Sparks and Lieut Col Butler Ames wrote to President Mills of the Mohair Cricket Club to express regret at their inability to attend tonight’s dinner. Representative W H S Hayes will respond to the toast Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Sparks
Col
Butler Ames
Mills
Mohair Cricket Club
W. H. S. Hayes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Chelmsford News Briefs: Hallowe'en Event and Local Developments
Thomas Curtin, longtime Chelmsford resident, is seriously ill after a fall from an apple tree injuring his spine. A Halloween masked party for current and former high school students is planned at Odd Fellows hall Friday night. Chrysanthemum party slated for town hall on Friday November 7. Election lists available at post offices. Polls open Tuesday at 6 a.m. Centre and North villages, 7 a.m. West Chelmsford. close 3 p.m. Lowell Gas Light has laid pipes on South street and began work on North street Thursday morning. town hall to be lit by gas.
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Thomas Curtin
Odd Fellows
West Chelmsford
Lowell Gas Light Company
South Street
North Street
Prosecution Rests in Molineux Case as Defence Gains Point
The prosecution rested its case in the Molineux trial with the defense gaining a point. Key evidence was excluded, affecting the proceeding. The report notes that important evidence was kept out, shaping the trial’s direction.
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Molineux
Counsel for the Accused Nears End in New Jersey Witness Dispute
In New York on October 29 Justice Lambert ruled to exclude testimony from Mamie Melander and Joseph Farrell from the prior Molineux trial, as they reside in New Jersey. Prosecution witness Ames testified handwriting linked to the poison package and letters, while defense maintained no concession on disputed writings. The court adjourned to tomorrow as ex-Gov Black indicated the defense could finish in two days.
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New York
Lambert
Roland B. Molineux
Mamie Melando
Joseph Farrell
Molineux
New Jersey
Miss Melander
Farrell
Newark
Black
Osborne
Daniel T. Ames
Ames
Barnet
Amey
Andrew S. Knowles
Mechanics National Bank
Justice Lambert
Dolan Block Owner Optimistic Over Contractor Accord
Henry J. Bardwell inspected the wrecked Dolan block at Concord and Andover streets with architect Millard F. Davis and owner James J. Dolan. He suggested resolution between Whit tet & McDonald and mason Hands, with police experts if needed, blaming rain for mortar failure. Restoration expectations hinge on a settlement. the center wall may be held with props while repairs proceed.
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Henry J. Bardwell
Boston
Dolan
Concord
Andover
Bardwell
Millard F. Davis
Davis
James J. Dolan
Whittet
Whittet & McDonald
Stephen W. Hands
Rufus R. Wade
Mock hanging turns real death in Oxford incident
Emmanuel Crump a 14 year old boy who witnessed a recent lynching in Oxford Mississippi tied a noose and stood on a milk jar to hang himself. The jar slipped and he died from the hanging. The event followed a prior mob hanging of Mathis and Lester.
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Oxford
Miss
Emmanuel Crump
Mathis
Lester
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Thanksgiving Date
Washington issue announces Thursday November 27 as the national day of Thanksgiving. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims a day for all citizens to cease work and give thanks to Almighty God for a year of peace and abundant prosperity, urging deeds in duty and worship across the land. Secretary John Hay signs as a witness to the proclamation dated October 29, 1902.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
The Missing Jewelry Returns Twenty Years Later
In Rochester New York, Mrs. Cora M Elliott receives a long ago stolen jewel set mislaid in Ogdensburg and rediscovered in a makeshift oblong box mailed from Prescott Ontario. The recovered pieces include a heavy gold chain crafted by Mrs Elliott's husband with each link bearing a gold dollar.
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Rochester
N. Y
Cora M. Elliott
Ogdensburg
Eleventh Hour Tract Caves In At Prosperity
In Joplin Missouri on October 29 a section known as the Eleventh Hour tract at Prosperity near the city caved in to a depth of about 100 feet. The Stewart mill and seven mining shafts over two acres gave way while fifty miners escaped unharmed after warning cracking noises signaled danger.
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Joplin
Stewart
Prosperity
Commissioner Langerman sails for Tangier to lure Moroccan exhibit
Gibraltar Oct 29 Commissioner Langerman of the St. Louis exposition departed for Tangier and Fez to enlist the Sultan of Morocco and secure an important exhibit for the fair amid the disturbed interior conditions of Morocco.
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Gibraltar
Morocco
Langerman
St. Louis
Tangier
Fez
Inquest Not Held After Coroner Injury
Owing to an accident to Coroner Hobson the adjourned inquest on the death of Miss Olive Broad supposed murdered Aug 20 was not held today. County Attorney Matthews and officers informally examined six or seven new witnesses but no information was given out.
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Cornish
Hobson
Olive Broad
Matthews
Pleasant Party at Rice Home with Oak Dining Set
Wednesday evening at the Rice residence a pleasant party was hosted by Mr and Mrs Rice. Rice, a Boott mills overseer, received a handsome oak dining set. Miss Bella Lavigne led the entertainment with Mrs Greeley on piano. Harry Richardson catered with assistants Lottie Rice Jessie Hynes and May Taylor helping. Dancing followed later in the evening.
Preliminary tour of anthracite strike commission begins
Washington Oct 29 the coal strike commission departs for Scranton to map a preliminary tour of the anthracite fields before hearings. The panel includes Labor Commissioner Wright General Wilson Bishop Spalding and others. Hearings start after miners and operators file formal claims. report likely within two months.
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Washington
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Scranton
Carroll D. Wright
John M. Wilson
Bishop Spalding
E. E. Clarke
Order of Railroad
Moseley and
Neill
New Chinese tariff specifies specific duties on imports
United States Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai sent to the state department a copy of China's new tariff schedules and the agreement with US special commissioner T. S. Sharretts. The changes shift from ad valorem to specific duties calculated on a gold basis, boosting the rate under the five percent plan. The tariff takes effect on the first day of the tenth Chinese moon, with English text prevailing in case of discrepancies.
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Washington
United States
Goodnow
Shanghai
State Department
China
T. S. Sharretts
Mrs Stanton Buried In Quiet New York Funeral
The funeral of Elizabeth Cady Stanton was held at her New York residence with few close attendees. Susan B. Anthony Lillian Devereaux Blake and Mrs. Wilbour attended on behalf of Sorosis. Rev Martin D Conroy and Antoinette Brown Blackwell spoke. interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery with Phoebe Hanaford delivering an address.
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New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Lillian Devereaux Blake
Wilbour
Sorosis
Martin D. Conroy
South Place Chapel
London
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Elizabeth
N. J
Woodlawn Cemetery
Phoebe Hanaford
Wages Advance for Chicago & Alton Shop Workers
Chicago reports a wage increase for about a thousand Chicago & Alton shop workers starting November 1. The compromise raises machinists to 30 cents hourly, boiler makers slightly less, and general workers 25 cents, about ten dollars total.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
the Tribune
British panel likely to oppose general shipping subsidies
The St James's Gazette reports the British parliamentary committee investigating shipping subsidies will probably report against broad expansion of state aid. It notes exceptions could arise for services rendered to the government such as potential increases in mail subsidies on certain routes.
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London
St. James's Gazette
Dynamite Vault Robbery Hits Sodus Bank in Rochester Area
Thieves dynamited the vault of Charles K. Knapp's private bank in Sodus early this morning and escaped with what is believed to be about $5000 in cash. The vault was wrecked and the robbery was not found until daylight. The owner would not disclose the exact amount.
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Rochester
N. Y
Charles K. Knapp
Sodus
Butler Ames Secures Free Letter Carrier Transport Bill
Butler Ames won passage of a bill compelling street railways to transport letter carriers at no charge. The measure aims to ensure mail delivery workers can move between offices and routes without paying transit fees.
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Butler Ames
Adv
Railway officers reaffirm old pass agreement plan
In St. Louis on October 26 executive officers of the western and southwestern railways reaffirmed the prior understanding on issuing passes to officials and employees, keeping the existing system in place.
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St. Louis, Mo
Western and Southwestern Railways
Strike Against a Reduction in Wages by Shipyard Workers
London reports about 200 shipyard joiners on the northeast coast paused work to protest a five percent wage reduction. The action signals intensified labor unrest as workers resist pay cuts amid economic strain.
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London
Bank Heist at Gardner Illinois Ends With Marshal Tied
Six men blew open the Ex change National bank vault with dynamite in Gardner Illinois early today and seized between three and four thousand dollars. They seized Town Marshal Edmonson, tied him to a chair at the bank, and later tied him to a chair at the schoolhouse with a rope around his neck to threaten hanging. The robbers boarded a train at 4:40 a.m. bound for Chicago.
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Gardner
Exchange National Bank
Edmonson
Chi Cayo
Unique Signs From New Orleans Signs of Curious Local Color
A Times-Democrat reader from New Orleans notes unusually crafted storefront signs. He cites a cisterns made and delivered here sign and a funeral furnisher sign, praising local originality while joking that furnisher may mislead about the business.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrac
How to Get in the Smart Set
Parody list from New York Herald urging wealth, marriage, and social manipulation as routes to society. Advises buying luxury properties, a yacht, hotels, and leveraging scandal while prioritizing status, money, and connections over family life. Includes provocative tips on marrying foreigners for titles and using cooks and churches to climb society ranks.
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Earth
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Mount Desert
Florida
North Carolina
Europe
Pew
New York Herald
Col Butler Ames for Congress Ady Ad Reads Policy
Col Butler Ames, during the Spanish war, commanded a district in Porto Rico as populous as the fifth congressional and five times as large. Is he not capable of representing you in Congress.
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Col
Butler Ames
Porto Rico
Ady
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