Stock Market Opens Easier as Early Declines Limited
New York stock market opened with slight ease as prices sagged modestly. Early leaders showed minor gains in Pennsylvania and Missouri Pacific while many issues drifted on light turnover. By 11 a.m. losses widened to fractions with declines in St Paul, Reading, Norfolk and Western, Louisville, and other names. Sugar and Pere Marquette preferred fell, and Sloss-Sheffield Steel slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amalgamated
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Colorado Southern
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Rock Island
Norfolk and Western
Wabash
Tennessee Coal
Sugar
Pere Marquette
Sloss-Sheffield Steel
Futures Open Firm On Grain Contracts In New York
In New York on September 16 futures opened firm with settlements showing September at 8.65 October 8.34 November 8.47 bid December 8.53 January 8.52 February 8.24 bid March 8.35 May 8.36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brighton Abattoir Transfer Signals Beef Plant Merger
Directors of Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines declare a regular monthly dividend of three cents per share payable Oct 9. Boston Globe notes Brighton abattoir has moved to Swifts and transfer completed, not yet filed at Suffolk registry. Merger of beef and packing plants viewed as proved, with the Brighton facility among the country’s finest, located on Market North Beacon Wexford and nearby streets along the Boston & Albany railroad line. Assessors value the property at 262,800 dollars. purchase price reported as well above this amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Company
Boston Globe
Brighton
Boston & Albany Railroad
Chelmsford parade excellence by Putnam farm manager
In Chelmsford the Putnam farm parade display earned praise for manager George E Emerson who also predicts success at the Middlesex North fair, while local life events include the death of Edward H Lovering infant and a new Brown birth on Bartlett street. J E Warren and Mrs Fiske visited Rev Granville Pierce in Townsend. All Saints Guild supper is planned for Saturday with services on Sunday including holy communion at 10 and sermon at 10 45 plus Sunday school at noon.
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Putnam Farm
Chelmsford
George E. Emerson
Middlesex North Fair
George
Edward H
Minot H. Lovering
Frank H. Brown
Bartlett Street
J. E. Warren
Fiske
Townsend
Granville Pierce
Guild
All Saints
Funeral Services for Arnim Harmon in Edson Cemetery
Funeral ceremonies for Arnim L Harmon, who drowned in Lake Mascuppie, were held at Edson cemetery chapel with Rev. Smith T Ford officiating and singing by Harry Stocks and Mrs. Floyd. Burial followed at Edson Cemetery under Undertaker Currier. Also, Mary A Reynolds’s funeral proceeded from 174 Fourth Avenue with a Mass at St Patrick's Church and burial at St Patrick's Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Fr. McHugh, with Undertaker Savage overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnim L. Harmon
Lake Mascuppie
Edson Cemetery
Smith T. Ford
Harry Stocks
Floyd
Edson
Currier
Mary A. Reynolds
Fourth Avenue
St. Patrick's Church
Fr. McHugh
Thomas Tighe
James McHugh
Thomas Campbell
Edward McDermott
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Savage
Lynn Man Poisoned by Mistaken Medicine
James McKenney of 11 Harbor Street was taken to Lynn Hospital after unintentionally swallowing medicine containing morphine. He was in serious condition briefly but recovered enough to be pronounced out of danger, aided by a neighbor who was alerted when he sought help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
James McKenney
Harbor Street
Lynn Hospital
McKenney
Spencer Trask & Co Bankers Firm Note
Spencer Trask and Company bankers located at 27 and 29 Pine Street New York operate as members of the New York Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Spencer Trask & Co
Pine St
New York
Coal Strike Talks Yield Cautious Hope From Mitchell In Indy
Mitchell in Wilkes Barre says no settlement date. Harrisburg talks with Gov Stone and anthracite leaders produced only discussion. He reports 25,000 miners left region, 130,000 remaining to be cared for, and a strong defense fund at Indianapolis headquarters. Bishop Fallows' Chicago role noted. Pittsburg operators wary but hopeful for quick settlement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
The
News Today
John Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Harrisburg
Gov. Stone
Pennsylvania
Guv. Stone
J. P. Morgan
Mitchell
William Flinn
H. K. McMullin
Bishop Fallows
Illinois
Chicago
Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph
Trustees Clear Dr Quinby. No Merit to Death Claims
Worcester trustees conclude inquiry into charges by 25 former nurses against Dr Hosea M Quinby superintendent of Worcester insane hospital. They find accusations of mismanagement neglect unfounded and that hospital is well run.
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Worcester
Worcester Insane Hospital
Hosea M. Quinby
Thomas Russell
Cambridge
Sarah E. Whitin
Whitinsville
Frances M. Lincoln
Samuel
Samuel 8B. Woodward; Dr. Thoms H. Gage; George W. Wells of Southbridge
Rockwood Hoar
Socialists of Lawrence Lowell and vicinity elect delegates
Lawrence municipal political action described as a historic legal convention. 20 delegates from Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, and Reading attended in Saunders Hall. James Wilkinson nominated for Congress and Henry Richardson for councillor with L. B. Talbot and Fred Tepper named to leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lowell
Saunders Hall
Fred Tepper
Louis Talbot
C. E. Robinson
Reading
Frank Bingen
Mark Steveley
Tewksbury
Jeremiah F. Murphy
Lawrence Oe
L. B. Talbot
James Wilkinson
Methuen
Frank Burgess
Christopher Harris
Joseph Shingler
Kronprinz Wilhelm Sets Westward Atlantic Record
The Kronprinz Wilhelm, returning from Bremen via Southampton and Cherbourg, reached Sandy Hook lightship at 4 07 this morning after leaving Cherbourg Sept 10 at 9 10 pm. The 3047 mile westward run took 6 days 11 hours 57 minutes at 23.09 knots, beating its own record by 3 48 and Deutschland by 26 minutes. Daily legs were 349, 674, 574, 581, 573 and 396 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Paris Man Takes Paris Green Poison In Family Troubles
Austin Kelliher of 141 Tremont street, about 22, attempted suicide by ingesting Paris green near Tremont and Suffolk storehouse. Ambulance and Dr Sullivan rushed him to St John's hospital where a stomach pump and emetic were used. He lay in critical condition, then gradually improved. doctors reported improving but uncertain prognosis.
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Austin Kelliher
Tremont Street
Paris Green
St. John's Hospital
Tremont & Suffolk
Sullivan
Arrivals Enter Boston Harbor From Europe and Canada
Boston reports the steamer Etruria arrived from Hamburg and the Laur entian arrived from Glasgow. The notices note the respective dates of arrival as September 16. The brief item records two transatlantic ships docking in Boston on the same day.
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Boston
Hamburg
New York
Laurentian
Glasgow
Relief for Miners in Wilkesbarre Strike Region
Sheriff Jacobs and a large force gathered at the court houses as a potential mine outbreak loomed. Outside Old Forge an Italian was badly beaten by strikers but no large demonstrations occurred. A key conference at strike headquarters is set for tomorrow to discuss a relief plan with possible proposals from Mr. Gompers to sustain miners through the winter.
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Wilkesbarre
Jacobs
Old Forge
Gompers
Judge Fessenden Handles Norfolk County Case
A year-old girl case was reported to Judge Fessenden in the Norfolk county superior court. The trial occurred last week, the jury was dismissed, and the court ordered the defendant held in 5000 bonds to await another trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fessenden
Norfolk County
Narrow Escape for Diver Moran Off Seal Island
Diver Ed ward Moran of Captain Sorensen's Boston crew owes his life to four fellow workers who rescued him after a gaff burst loose and sank their boat while placing a chain around the sunken Bath schooner Alice M. Davenport in 20 fathoms off Seal Island. The rescue left the air pump and apparatus lost as the Alice M. Davenport, carrying 800 tons of coal, sank three weeks ago.
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Rockland
Edward Moran
Sorensen
Boston
Alice M. Davenport
Bond found by German consul for U S woman’s old Daguerreotype
U S Consul General Guenther in Frankfort on the Main forwards a $500 U S bond to redeem for Mrs. Martha Schnell of Bornheim. The 1867 bond with 28 coupons shows interest ceased in 1879 and a government warrant for 687.81 dollars covers principal and interest to 1879. The faded portrait case marks Worcester Massachusetts as the origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
U.S
Guenther
Frankforton-the-Main
Germany
U. S
Martha Schnell
Bornheim
Roberts
Schnell
Catholics Targeted as Boxers Kill Converts in Szechuen
London dispatch reports from Pekin that 200 to 1000 Catholics have been killed by Boxers in the Szechuen province. The extremist violence reflects the Boxer campaign and Catholic communities face deadly attacks amid ongoing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
Szechuen
Balance sheet of Foreign Missions board shows surplus
Boston Sept 15 The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports for the year ended Aug 31 1902 total expenditures 74130335 receipts 74276447 leaving a balance on hand Sept 1 1902 of 1461 12 Gains from legacies and women's boards. The prior year debt 10234138 has been canceled through pledged redemptions from the Hartford meeting last October.
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Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Hartford
Panic in crowd at new synagogue dedicatory rites
In St. Paul Minnesota on September 15 a crowd of about 1000 gathered for the dedication of the Sons of Zion synagogue. Temporary steps collapsed sending about 500 people into a heap. Police kept the crowd from crushing. no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Sons of Zion
Maine girl Mae Maxfield vanishes in Providence
Charles H. Maxfield of Belfast Maine seeks help locating his 11 year old daughter Mae Maxfield who disappeared from the New Haven & Hartford station in Providence on Tuesday Sep 9. She is described as five feet five inches tall with light hair and blue eyes. She was last seen after leaving the soda fountain while her fiancé Lewis L Boyden bought train tickets.
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Boston
Charles H. Maxfield
Belfast
Mae
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Providence
Fairfield
Maxfield
Electric Light and Gas Company
Miss Mae
Lewis L. Boyden
Charlies H. Boyden
South Walpole
Young Boyden
Electric Light and Power
Brooklyn
Soyden
Miss Maxfield
City of
Lowell
Mansfield
Boyden
Czar Addresses Cantonal Elders in Kursk Region
In St Petersburg on September 15 the Czar summoned elders from Kursk Poltava Kharkoff Tchernigoff Orel and Voronezh to Kursk where he spoke on peasant plunder incidents last spring urging obedience to local nobility and honest labor He visited Kursk and the Zenamowski monastery with the Red Cross Sisters of Mercy and attended a noble assembly unveiling a statue of Alexander III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Czar
Kursk
Poltava
Kharkoff
Tchernigoff
Orel
Voronezh
Potava
Kharkots
Zenamowski
Red Cross Sisters of Mercy
Mayor Allows $1000 Claim Payment Without Signature
The order to pay a $1000 claim to Harry Prescott Graves becomes law without the mayor's signature. The mayor may sign veto or permit nonveto passage of measures in this process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
Harry Prescott Graves
Confesses Murder in St. Thomas Farm Case
Wm. King, a farm hand in St. Thomas Ontario, has confessed to killing 15 year old James Freeman, an adopted son of a local farmer. Authorities report King acted out of jealousy over the boy’s privileges and wanted the boy’s place in the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas, Ont
Wm. King
James Freeman
Lowell & Pelham Street Railway seeks stock issue approval
Boston officials report the railroad commissioners held a hearing on the Lowell & Pelham Street Railway company petition to approve a $10,000 issue of original stock. E. B. Fuller appeared as counsel and there was no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lowell & Pelham Street Railway Company
E. B. Fuller
Lafleur and Stevens Marry at West Meadow Road Home
Mr Harvey A Lafleur and Miss Nellie Harris Stevens were wed at 10 AM in the bride's residence 44 West Meadow Road. Rev Fr R G Osborne of the House of Prayer officiated with only relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey A. Lafleur
Nellie Harris Stevens
West Meadow Road
R. G. Osborne
House of Prayer
Deny Report on Steel Rail Prices Control
London reports Guest, Keen & Co deny a Daily Mail story that a British steel rail combine was formed to fix prices and regulate output, naming Guest, Keen & Co and other major concerns as not true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham
Guest, Keen & Co
Daily Mail
British Steel Rail
Nine New Boats Ordered by British Admiralty
London September 16 The British Admiralty has ordered nine more torpedo boat destroyers from private firms. Only one will have turbine engines and all will be more sturdily built than existing types. Their speed will be 25 knots compared with the present 30 knots.
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London
British Admiralty
Hyde Park Assault Case Ends in Juror Disagreement
Dedham September 15 a jury reported a disagreement in the trial of Howard E. Smith a Hyde Park locomotive fireman charged with assaulting Elizabeth Mecuregor. The jury could not reach a verdict on the charges relating to the Hyde Park incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Dedham
Howard E. Smith
Elizabeth Mecuregor
High School Regiment Forms Eight-Company Unit
The school regiment met at the armory with Lieut. Herbert Horn acting colonel and Lt. John Leggatt as regimental adjutant. Second lieutenants led the companies. The student body is large enough to add two new companies, creating eight in total.
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Herbert Horn
John Leggatt
Leutenants
Funeral for former Connecticut chief justice Andrews
Funeral services were held at St Michael's Episcopal church in Litchfield for ex Gov and former chief justice Charles F Andrews. Many members of the Connecticut bar state officials and other prominent men attended and Senator OH Platt served as an honorary pallbearer.
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Litchfield
Conn
Connecticut
Chas. F. Andrews
Connecticut Supreme Court
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
OH. Platt
Four Danish officers drown after boat crashes
In Karlekrona Sweden on Sept 16 four officers from the Danish training squadron aboard a boat that upset in the night, resulting in their deaths. The accident occurred while the squadron was in transit, with authorities investigating the circumstances.
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Karlekrona
Sweden
National debt shows rise due to South African War
London reports the national debt as of March 31 at 3,842,216,930 pounds, an increase of 515,597,540 pounds driven by costs of the South African War. The figure reflects gross liabilities from the latest issue.
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London
Prison Congress Hearings Spotlight Warden Beucher
Philadelphia September session of the National Prison Congress featured addresses from Warden N F Beucher of North Dakota at Bismarck who urged reform and unity in prison administration along with talks by Dr N T Gilmour of Toronto and D W Bussinger of Philadelphia on discipline and convict-criminal relations.
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Philadelphia
Tediy
National Prison Congress
N. F. Beucher
Lord Hope Reaches Cash Settlement With Creditors
London Sept 1 Lord Francis Hope settles with creditors on a cash composition of 2.50 pounds per 1 each, totaling 169100 dollars. A claim by his divorced wife May Yohe for 45935 pounds is repudiated by the debtor.
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London
Francis Hope
May Yohe
Lord Hope
Wholesale Mortality Among Cod Fishers
London dispatch reports nine French cod fleet vessels foundered in North Sea during recent gales with fifty Oshermen drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Calais
France
North Sea
Youth Falls Twenty Feet at Bleachery Injury
Denis Sheehan aged seventeen fell about twenty feet while at work at the Bleachery this noon. He suffered a contusion to the lower back and was taken to the Emergency hospital for treatment before returning home to 44 Whipple Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Sheehan
Whipple Street
Odd Fellows Open 78th Session in Des Moines Rally
Thirty thousand attendees greet the Sovereign Grand Lodge as Gov. Cummins and Mayor Brenton welcome the Odd Fellows. Reports reveal 127 grand lodges with 12,792 subordinate lodges and 2,780 encampments, total membership around 1.2 million. Financials show revenues near 16 million, expenses about 8.7 million, with surpluses and invested funds noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Soveregn Grand Rudee of Odd Fellows
A. B. Cummins
Brenton
W. Newman
Iowa
Ida van Horn
Iowa Rebekahs Assembly
Nine Witnesses Summoned in Craig Death Inquiry
Nine persons who rode on the car that struck President Roosevelt's carriage near Pittsfield were summoned as witnesses to the inquest on Secret Service Agent Craig's death. The list includes Mrs. Jacob Moore William McLaughlin Robert Conlin J M Bance Walter Dutton former Alderman A W Gaton former Mayor Walter F Hawkins Clarence W Gordon and H Neil Wilson. The hearing was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Craig
Jacob Moore
Wm. McLaughlin
Robert Conlin
J. M. Bance
Walter Dutton
A. W. Gaton
Walter F. Hawkins
Clarence W. Gordon
H. Neil Wilson
Narrow escape for railroad employee after car incident
A.D. McDonald, 30, a Boston and Northern street railway worker, was thrown from an electric car when his feet were struck by an unknown object. He suffered a severe cut to the chin and lower lip, needing seven stitches at Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.D. McDonald
Boston and Northern Street Railroad
Shoemaker Fred Alsley Ends Life in Pasture
Hudson Sept 15 Fred Alsley a 41 year old shoemaker killed himself with a throat cut this forenoon his body was found in a pasture He had been depressed over the coal strike and told his wife they could not get along this winter He leaves a widow and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Fred Alsley
Revival of the Dress Carriage Returns to Court Style
The article notes an early revival of the dress carriage once prominent in Queen Victoria's era. King Edward dislikes current sombre processions and hints dress carriages may return for evening court functions. Described as lavish with coronets, gold and silver, and brocaded silk, costs vary with purse size. Accidents on farms are mentioned, recommending Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Buckingham Palace
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Philip R. Hovey
Investment Securities
State Street
Fisk & Robinson
Cedar Street
Worcester Asylum
Dr. Quinby
Quinby
Danvers
Bruce
Sparks
Mr. Bruce
Marine News
Kronprinz
Kelliher
Cidal Intent
Tremont and
Suffolk Storehouse
A. B.C
F. M
Missionary Society
Maine
Graves
Boy
Lowell & Pelham
New Company
Lafleur—Stevens
High School Regiment
Courrier-Citizen
Middle Street
England
May
ODD Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Thomas
Balta Beer
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Huntington St
Lowell, Mass
Arthur A, Harmon
Broadway
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