Stock Market Opens Weak as Banks' Reserve Woes Loom
New York stocks opened weak amid banks' reserve concerns after Saturday’s bank statement. Missouri Pacific tumbled over 3 points on block sales, while declines spread to Union Pacific, Reading, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Texas and Pacific, and Louisville. A late rally emerged as supporting orders checked losses and St Paul edged above Friday. U S Leather saw notable demand.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Colorado Southern
Pine
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Ontario and Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
Western Union
Wabash
Baltimore & Ohio
Texas & Pacific
U.S
Futures Opened Firm in Early Trade on Cotton Market
New York headlines show September at 8.76, October 8.73, November 8.70, December 8.74, January 8.82, February 8.60, March 8.59, April 8.55, May 8.60, with steady bid activity as traders gauge expectations.
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New York
Lowell Gas Light to issue 1500 shares of new stock
Lowell Gas Light plans to raise 1500 shares by increasing capital from 650000 to 800000. Old shares carry three rights, with 13 rights needed for one new share. Rights traded near 2.50, expected to stay in demand. Funds go to construction and rebuilding the gas plant to be among the nation’s finest with energy savings.
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Lowell Gas Light Company
White House China for Mrs Roosevelt to Cost 30000
Albany dispatch reports Mrs. Roosevelt will retire with a new White House china and glassware service worth about 30000 for 800 pieces or more. Charles M. Van Heusen inspected factories, selecting 78 designs before finalizing a simple colonial pattern with the great seal enameled, made by Wedgwood. The design will be exclusive and copyrighted, ready by January.
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Albany
N. Y
Hayes
van Heusen
Faulkner Daughter Marries Horace Tower Fogg
Miss Laura Isabella Faulkner daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Faulkner formerly of this city wed Horace Tower Fogg in Norwell on September 17.
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Laura Isabella Faulkner
Fred Faulkner
Norwell
Horace Tower Fogg
Resignations and appointments in Tremont and Suffolk mills
Daniel W. Bugbee resigns after 25 years as overseer and 36 years in mill work at Tremont and Suffolk. J. C. Norcrop returns from seven years in the South to Brockton as Edison Electric Illuminating Company superintendent. Miss Isabella Faulkner returns to Norwell after a European summer.
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Daniel W. Bugbee
Tremont and
Suffolk Mills
J.C. Norcrop
Brockton
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Isabella Faulkner
Europe
Norwell
Funeral service for Joseph C Swan at residence Saturday
The funeral for the late Joseph C Swan was held at his residence Saturday afternoon. Rev C W Huntington D D officiated. Burial followed in Lowell Cemetery with J B Currier in charge. Bearers were Jason Fuller N D Keablea J W Jordan and EK P Park. Music by High Street church choir.
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Joseph C. Swan
C. W. Huntington
D. D
Lowell Cemetery
J. B. Currier
Jason Fuller
N. D. Keablea
J. W. Jordan
EK. P. Park
High Street Church
No Change in Strike Says UMW President Mitchell
New York on September 22 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said his advice regarding the coal strike showed no change in the situation He planned to depart New York later in the day and return to his duties amid ongoing labor dispute discussions.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Steamers Arrivals Report From Atlantic Ports
Marine notices from Boston and New York announce arrivals from Mediterranean and European ports including Cambroman Kensington Minnehaha Lahn Georgia and more. Kensington has been laid up at Newcastle for oil fuel plant overhaul with limited tests completed on the voyage to Southampton.
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Boston
Cambroman
New York
Kensington
Southampton
Minnehaha
London
Lahn
Naples
Georgia
Liverpool
Newcastle
England
Albanian Chief Izza Boljetinaz disrupts Mitrovitza rail link
Constantinople Sept 22 The rail line between Mitrovitza and Vuchitra was torn up by followers of Albanian chief Izza Boljetinaz delaying Turkish troops protecting the Russian consul. Boljetinaz, surrounded by troops, remains in Mitrovitza and has fortified his home with 2000 Albanians ready to confront the envoy.
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Constantinople
Mitrovitza
Vuchitra
Izza_ Boljetinaz
Boljetinaz
Vienna
London Daily Telegraph
Entries Close for Women's Golf Championship in Brookline
New York reports that entries for the women’s golf championship will close tomorrow and are likely to exceed previous United States Golf Association totals. More players from across the country seek to qualify as the field expands from 16 to 32. The Brookline Country Club links host the event from September 20 to October 4 with rounds on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
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New York
United States Golf Association
Brookline Country Club Links
Row in Ireland fuels British education bill opposition
New York reports that the proposed British educational measure to abolish direct popular control of schools provokes widespread excitement and fierce opposition. Women lead protests with the slogan No rate without control, as Premier Balfour braces for parliamentary action this year.
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New York
Balfour
Tribune
London
Great Britain
Pope Receives Notables During Audience in Rome
Archbishop Guidi and Father O Connor met the Pope, who also gave a private audience to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lady Laurier. The Pontiff showed interest in Canada and followed Laurier's London conference.
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Guidi
Philippine Islands
Father O'Connor
San Silvestro
Wilfrid Laurier
Premer
Canada
Lady Laurier
London
Chelmsford Republicans Approve Delegates for Caucus
The Chelmsford Republican town committee selected delegates by category including state, congressional, councillor, senate, and representative groups for the upcoming caucus. The list names Royal S Ripley, John T Monahan, Joseph E Warren, Charles Scribner, Wm H Hall, John H Redman, Arthur Salmon, Arthur Warren, and others. The funeral of Merrie Stevens followed from his home with two sung selections and bearers listed. burial at Pine Ridge Cemetery under Undertaker Walter Perham.
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State
Royal
Ripley
John T. Monahan
Joseph E. Warren
Charles F. Scribner
Wm. H. Hall
John J. Monahan
John H. Redman
Arthur F. Salmon
Arthur M. Warren
Charles E. Bartlett
Moses A. Warren
R. Wilson Dix
Edwards Cheney
Charles A. Vinal
Arthur J. Mallalieu
James McKinley
Ervin W. Sweetser
Geo. F. Snow
James
Autopsy on Mrs Pulitzer confirms knife wound in murder
New York reports an autopsy shows Mrs. Pulitzer died of a knife wound with head blows, not chloral. Police link to Wm. Hooper Young. a stranger resembling him left a key at a restaurant. Chicago trunk linked to Elling found, awaiting claimant. police alert to NY connection.
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New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Fifty-eighth Street
Morris Canal
Louis Bowker
Hooper Young
Bowker
Young
Pulitzer
Patrick Ahearn
Ahearn
Capt. Schmittberger
Clarence Snow
Lawrence Taylor
J. L. Woods
Taylor
Mormon Church
Titus
Detective Bureau
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Chicago
C.S. Effling
Wells-Fargo Express Company
C. S. Elling
52Nd Street
10Th Avenue
Polk Street
Andrew Rohan
Chicago Detective Bureau
Rohan
Riot report from Berrysburg kills three Italians
A report from Clarksburg West Virginia says a bloody riot occurred Thursday night at Berry sburg Barbour County. Three Italians were killed and one badly hurt in the violence.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Berrysburg
Barbour County
Riot at speak-easy ends in multiple deaths in coal town
In a Southern Coal and Transportation Co. speak-easy riots broke out among Italian miners. A melee left Brown Sciehcon, Tony Merrick, and Alton Merrick dead while Tony Sciehcon was wounded. Approximately fifty shots were fired.
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Southern Coal and Transportation Co
Brown Sciehcon
Tony Merrick
Alton Merrick
Tony Sciehcon
Wall Falls Fatal Accident Near Old South Church
In Boston on September 20 a wall collapse at the Old South block site on Washington and Milk streets killed worker John Burke and injured four others. Injured were Arthur Stanley J Pelley John Herman and John Ray, all hurt by debris. Crews cleared debris and transported the wounded to hospital.
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Boston
Old South Church
Washington
Milk Streets
John Burke
Arthur Stanley
T.e
J. Pelley
John Herman
John Ray
Burke
Dead at Shiloh church panic rises to 115
Birmingham news reports the Shiloh church panic death toll climbing through the morning with about 87 identified by 11:30 and a total list reaching 115. No white fatalities among the dead, though white visitors were injured. Police and firemen struggled to restrain the crowd as deaths were attributed to suffocation and crush injuries.
Search for bodies as crowd floods undertakers in Birmingham
Birmingham crowd of delegates to the national negro Baptist convention gathers at undertakers seeking missing friends after last night's stampede at Shiloh Baptist church. Panic arose from a fight and a cry of fire. About fifty bodies identified by 9 am, with many visitors among the dead. Police guard the sites as officials work to identify unclaimed remains. Several crushed victims were found in a vacant lot beside the church after midnight.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Negro Baptist Convention
Shiloh
Sverdrup Recalls Fram Arctic Expedition Details
Capt Otto Sverdrup described the Fram voyage from Ellesmere Land winters to 76.48 north 39 west with sledges and polar wildlife. He cited a May 1900 ship fire near Kayaks, a summer 1900 traverse of Jones Sound, winter cold of 45 degrees below zero, sledge expeditions in 1901 1902, and the Fram breaking free to Godhaven August 1900 with no Eskimos sighted though ancient dwellings were seen.
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Christiania
Otto Sverdrup
Stavanger
Arctic
Fram
Associated Press
Ellesmere Land
Godhaven
Cape Farewell
Transfer Plea to Speed Island Transfer to U S
More than 1000 leading residents of these islands including merchants planters and householders petition the Danish ministry to expedite the transfer of the islands to the United States, according to a Herald correspondent in St Thomas.
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New York
Islands
United States
Herald
St. Thomas
Life Sentence For Murder In Connecticut
Joseph Guseewich, a 27 year old Russian Pole, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting his brother in law Stanley Morris of South Windsor during a struggle over a revolver. He received a life term in State prison, claiming self defense but admitting intent on cross examination.
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Hartford
Conn
Joseph Guseewich
Stanley Morris
South Windsor
Guseewich
Morris
Engineer Killed At Manchester Shoe Plant
Philippe Tetrault an engineer at Crafts and Green's shoe shop in West Manchester was fatally injured this morning when found under the main belt pulley shaft with a severe head wound. He died from a skull fracture after being rushed to the hospital. It is believed he was pulled into the belt and hurled over the shaft. he left a large family behind.
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Manchester
N. H
Philippe Tetrault
Crafts & Green
Tetrault
Haytians anxious to end civil war in Hayti
Port au Prince Sept 20 The provisional government moves to end the civil war amid reports that the United States might intervene. Three government columns head to Gonaives Arcadale St Marc Mirabalais and Las Cohabas Gen Nord will attack at Plaisance. Southern Hayti and Port au Prince are quiet. The chamber of deputies adjourned after electing four of 39 Senate members.
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Las Cohabas
Gen. Nord
Plaisance
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
Sam
Forest fires threaten Pearl town in Colorado
Word from Pearl Colorado reports a fire line within a mile of the town. All residents have mobilized to combat the flames and protect surrounding meadows as strenuous efforts continue to hold the fire back.
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Laramie, Wyo
Pearl, Col
Siberian butter export plan via Vladivostok proposed
A St Petersburg despatch reports officials in the ministry of railroads are weighing a plan to cut rates to ship Siberian butter from Pacific ports to the United States by way of Vladivostok, aiming to boost exports and trade routes.
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London
St. Petersburg
Ministry of Railroads
Pacific
United States
Stable on Lowell Road Robbery in New Hampshire
Nashua Nashua dispatch reports a horse and carriage stolen from Abraham McLucas’s stable on Lowell road, Dover pasture abandonment tied to a statewide horse theft surge. Police pursue the robbers as recent break ins near Col. Patten and Col. Collins stables are noted, with hounds driving off suspects in at least one case.
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Nashua
N. H
Dover
Abraham McLucas
McLucas
Lowell
New Hampshire
Charles P. Patten
Chas
A. C. Wheelock
Tyngsboro
Gen Herrera Hears What’s What At Last
In Colon Colombia on September 20 the Cincinnati cruiser delivered a communication to Gen Herrera the revolutionary commander via his agent a lieutenant at Matachin. The report states no fighting will be allowed on any part of the railroad line and Herrera’s lieutenant is to return an answer probably today.
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Colon
Colombia
McLean
United States
Cincinnati
Herrera
Matachin
Swiss Ministers Presented by Federal Council Lunch
In Berne on September 20 the federal council hosted a lunch for newly appointed Swiss ministers to foreign capitals. All attended except Dr. C D Bourcart who declined the U S post and remains minister to Great Britain after ten years in London.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
C. D. Bourcart
Great Britain
United States
London
Washington Post
Piloting Princes in London by a Malay Sultan
In Blackwood September, Hugh Clifford recalls guiding Malay royalties in London during coronation festivities. The Sultan of Perak and his chiefs marvel at London’s cold weather and the novelty of beds and sleeping mats, praising European bedclothes and ingenuity while noting royal pride in their distant realms.
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Blackwood
Hugh Clifford
Perak
London
Mr. Clifford
James Doel the Oldest English Actor Dies at 90
James Doel, born March 1804, died at his Plymouth residence aged 90. He saw Napoleon aboard the Bellerophon and once acted with Edmund Kean at Exeter. A veteran lessee, he hosted stars like Kemble and Bancroft, later ran an inn, and remained sharp on memories until his final days.
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Stonehouse
Plymouth
Doel
Rirdmund Kean
Napoleon
Exeter
Devonport Theatre
Kembles
G. W. Brooke
Charles Mathews
Buckstone
Alfred Mellon
Liston
Squire Bancroft
England
Lyceum
London Times
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