Market Fluids and Rail Deals Shape April Trading Notes
The report covers irregular trading with bears pressing fees and a London buying presence. Third Avenue stock moves from 117 1 4 to 12 , closing 117 1 2, while New York banks boost cash for sub treasury operations. Corporate actions include Robert Bacon becoming a director of Northern Pacific and a 1 percent quarterly dividend on preferred stock. The piece also notes bond oversubscriptions for Western Union and formal lease talk between Third Avenue and Metropolitan railways with a long term lease plan and stepped payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Third Avenue
New York
Sub-Treasury
Robert Bacon
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Charles H. Coster
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna & Co
Wheeling & Lake Erie Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Metropolitan Street Railway
Metropolitan Company
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Railway Company
Third Avenue Company
Walter S. Johnston
Edward E. Leland & Co
New England ‘Telephone & Telegraph Company
Boston
Montana
Arcadian
Franklin
Osceola
Algamated
Tamarack
Arnold
British Columbia
Cochiti
Coppermon
Centennial
John Gillies
C. S. Batterman
Butte & Boston Company
Gillies
Anaconda Company
Federal Steel Company
Penta Ding
N. L. Amster
Joplin
Dividend announcement to stockholders on record date
Stockholders of record on or before April 16 will receive the quarterly dividend. The amount is 25 cents per share on a par value of 10 dollars, with a price quoted at 8.50 dollars per share.
Old Colony Zinc & Smelting Company financials offered for report
The text advertises a full financial statement for Old Colony Zinc & Smelting Company with earnings stated at 14.829 per year. It cites Wm. Franklin Hall as public accountant and W. O. Crosby as MIT mineralogy professor endorsing the properties in the Joplin district. It notes a $431,800 stock held in trust offered to fund extensive developments and mentions market rates, copper drillings, and various mining and curb market items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill-Sullivan
Index Mining District
Boohomish County
Washington
Skykomish
Index
Great Northern Railway
Sunset Copper Mining Company
Gaid River
Sashion
Bunker Hill and
Sullivan
Ethel
John D
Treasury
Joshua T. Nowell
State St
Boston
Mass
Wm. Franklin Hall
Public
W. O. Crosby
Mass. Institute of Technology
Old Colony
Joplin
Old Colony Zinc & Smelting Company
New York
York
Peate
Catonagon Herald
New Ridge
Butler Lode
No. 3
Knowlton Lode
Evergreen Lode
Fortuna Republica
Bay State Gas
Boston Curb Stock Exchange
Oneco
Boston Consolidated
United Verde Ext
Boston & Buffalo Idaho
Avery Chemical
Helvetia
American Hide and Leather
Copper Crown
Harvard
Mount Jefferson
Goldore
Butler Mining
Rialto
International Zinc
Boston & Aurora Zinc
United States Steel
Continental Tobacco Company
Edward W. Hooper
Suffolk Savings Bank
William Endicott
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Pinkham
Eclipse and Copper Firms Named in 19th Century List
A fragmentary OCR list names firms including Eclipse Of, Catalpa Mining, Boston and Texas Copper, Dunkin Mining, and Mexican Tel with associated figures. The item appears as a ledger-like notice or directory snippet from a period publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclipse of
Catalpa Mining
Boston & Texas Copper
Joseph Ladue
Dunkin Minin
Mexican Tel
Wheat market opens firm amid government crop outlook
Wheat advanced with a 15 point drop in condition to 82.1 from December as reports from Paris and Antwerp showed mixed moves. Corn rose about 4 cents while Northwest and Chicago showed strength. Rain and cold in the Southwest influenced trends with a generally hopeful view on U S winter wheat prospects and foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Howard, Crosby & Co
Lic
Paris
Liverpool
Antwerp
France
New York
St. Louis
Northwest
Chicago
Southwest
Men of Might and the Electric Belt Cure
An advertisement claims that strong men have vitality and weak men lack it. It promotes Dr McLaughlin's Electric Belt as a sleep worn device that sends electricity into the body, pledging permanent cures and offering a free 80 page book. It targets ailments like lame back rheumatism kidney and stomach weakness and nerve drain.
House Defeats Sunday Concert Limitation Bill
Debated in the Massachusetts House over extending restrictions on Sunday entertainments. The bill, urged by Rev. M. D. Kneeland, was rejected 108 to 7 despite arguments about Sabbath desecra tion and public recreation. Speakers cited rights of the working class, cultural access, and police control concerns. The measure failed on a roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Kneeland
Boston
Police
Board of Aldermen
R. Newton
Everett
Saunders
Newton
Mille
Newburyport
Archbishop Williams
Odlin
Lynn
Howland
Chelsea
Minton
House
Henry Higginson
Julia Ward Howe
Engstrom
Judiciary Committee
Federated Clubs Reform Meeting in Tremont Temple
A conference of presidents of the Federated Women's Clubs of Massachusetts met in Chipman Hall Tremont Temple with Miss O M E Rowe presiding. The group discussed proposed by law revisions and the minority report favoring state or territorial federations where no state federation exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Women’s Clubs of Massachusetts
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
O. M. E. Rowe
State Federation of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
General Federation
Massachusetts Federated Clubs
Theeneral
Anna D. West
Committee of Correspondence
Milwaukee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New York Stock Exchange Suspends Trading for Long Weekend
The board of governors announces a suspension of trading from Thursday April 12 at 3 p m until Monday April 16 at 10 a m. Intervening holidays include Good Friday and the following Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Governors
New York Stock Exchange
Girls Glee Club Concert At Boston University
The third concert of the Girls' Glee Club of Boston University was held last evening in Jacob Sleeper Base Somerset Street before a large enthusiastic audience. The club was assisted by Mrs Helen Carter-Wright vocalist Ella Morse cornetist and Mr George A Marsh violinist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Glee Club
Boston University
Jacob Sleeper
Somerset Street
Helen Carter-Wright
Ella Morse
George A. Marsh
Free to All Send Name for Two Weeks Free Treatment
An advertisement promises a free two week nerve restoring treatment by mail from M. Be Gole and Co. at 180 Main St. Homer Michigan. It touts relief from rheumatism back pain insomnia and numerous nerve related ailments and urges immediate mailing of name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Be Gole and Co
Main St
Homer
Mich
Jeffersonian Dinner Planned by Bryan Club of Massachusetts
At the Bryan Club executive meeting plans were finalized for the Jeffersonian banquet at the Quincy House tonight with attendance from leading Democrats, Populists, and silver Republicans. George F. Washburn will preside. speakers include George Fred Williams Thomas Gargan Charles Fleischer Gamaliel Bradford and Alexander Troup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Club
Massachusetts
Quincy House
George F. Washburn
George Fred Williams
Dedham
Thomas J. Gargan
Boston
Charles Fleischer
Gamaliel Bradford
Alexander Troup
New Haven
Great American Democrat
Boston Merchants Association Advances Harbor and Post Office Repair Efforts
The Boston Merchants Association met at Young's Hotel. President Carter and attendees to travel to Washington to lobby the harbor and river committee for Boston Harbor improvements and the appropriation committee for post office and sub treasury renovations. A resolution urged abolition of internal revenue taxes on express and transportation receipts and telegrams. Thorp & Martin was unanimously elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Carter
Washington
Harbor and River Committee
Boston Harbor
Internal Revenue
Thorp & Martin
Concord Man Learns He Is Wife’s Sixth Husband
Fred K. Smith of Concord reveals his wife has a history and that he is her sixth husband. He claims to have been duped by her. police declined to prosecute her previous marriages and separations. The couple no longer lives together amid neighbor ridicule and a tale of past marriages including Kalispell Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Fred K. Smith
Smith
Commonwealth
Mr. Smith
West
Dakota
Africa
J. A. Cochran
Martin
DeWitt C. Howe
Montana
Drunkards Easily Cured by Secret Remedy
Mrs. Howard Tarleton of Lebanon Ohio says she cured her son of drunkenness using Golden Specific a tasteless odorless powder mixed with food. She received a free trial package by writing Dr J W Haines 1884 Glenn Bldg Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Tarleton
Lebanon
Ohio
Tme
J. W. Haines
Glenn Bldg
Cincinnati
Union May Drop McKinley From Chicago Union Card
Labor leaders report President McKinley may be dropped from the Masons and Bricklayer Union of Chicago where he holds an honorary card. They allege the Idaho petition to keep troops in Shoshone county is mostly fictitious or from former officers, and claim Standard Oil mine owners largely prepared it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Masons and Bricklage Union
Chicago
Byersons
Idaho
Shoshone County
John R. Sovereign
Samuel R. Gompers
Standard Oil
Messenger Boy Jiggers Smith Heads to Transvaal
A Philadelphia High School boy messenger, known as Jiggers Smith, sails from New York to reach the Transvaal aboard the St. Paul. He will first go to The Hague to present a message to Queen Wilhelmina, wearing a Household Guard uniform and avoiding the lens of cameras. The piece notes his swift travel and playful bravado as he embarks on this imaginary mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Boston
Smith
New York
Transvaal
Dom Paul
Philadelphia
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
East Side
Netherlands
Household Guard
Kruger
Kodak
Wiggers
Jiggers
St. Paul
Famine Threat in India Grows as Relief Strains India
United States Consul Fee in Bombay reports 3.5 million people affected by famine, area spanning 300000 square miles with 40 million in population, daily relief costs at 84000 dollars. He warns relief demand strains state authorities and fear England may divert aid due to the South African war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Navy Department
India
United States
Fee
Bombay
Storm Hits West and Midwest Weather Streak Continues
A storm grips the West and Southwest including Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio with rain and snow and temperatures from 165 to 30 degrees below normal. Denver reports eight above zero and Dodge City eighteen above as frost blankets the wheat belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wheat Belt
Denver
Dodge City
Kas
Judge orders conservator for West Haven woman
In New Haven on April 11 Judge Cleveland of the Probate Court placed Miss Angelisa Livingston of West Haven under conservatorship. Livingston, who has property valued at $30,000, opposed the move as several Boston nieces sought the guardianship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Cleveland
Angelisa Livingston
West Haven
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Boston Goppers
Bunker Hill-Sullivan Copper Mining, Co
Kingtonmi
W. J. Freefield
H. Walta Roby
Melrose
Jonr. Brooks
Pouchkeefe
N.Y
Stuart Rice
Tacoma
Stoneham
Maas
Congress Street
Boston Stock Exchange
NEW York Stock Market
Railroads
Central Vt
Chicago Junction
Dominion Coal
Ftss & KC
Clin
Eee
Do Inc
Mexican Central
Eve
T&s F
Albany
Tt Iit
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Central Mass
Mexican Center
Nh&h
Pere Marquette
Union Pacific
Butte
Calumet & Hecla
Aere Dominion Coal
Humboldt
Erteseettees
Winona Eeeweeteses Wolverine
Eeseses Wyandotte
Saar Miscellaneous
Bell Tel
Bos N . Erte
Orn
Mer Unier
Pullman Co
United Shoe
Am Sages
Baltimore
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
RI & Pacific
Iit
Oocc & St Louis
Delaware & Hudson
Lack & Western
Denver & Rio Grande
Erie
Hockin
Hocking Valley
Kan City
Pitts & Gulf
Lake Er
Minn & St Louis
Missouri Pacific
Newew Gersey
Central
Sagged & Western
Northern Pacific
Ontatto
Western
Ieee
Reading
St Louie & SF
St Louis Southwestern
St Ageeed
Seena
Southern Pacific
Ceesee
Eemener Railway
Sesbeoreerenees
Texas
Pacific
Wabash
Wisconsin Central Ee
Anaconda Minin Co
Ansit
Brooklyn
Eereesereses
Weeern Union
Bales
Lison W. Way & Co
Bay State
Bbs
Ceeseerssonsesestartese
Consolidated Exchange
Chicago Exchange
U. S
Howard, Crosby
TRE
Chicago Market
Aenesereener
Trans Vances
Ciansuedesele
Eeseeeeteses
eBid
Dr. M. OF
Mclauchlin
Adway
Newton and
Bill
Federated Women’s Clubs
Stock Exchange
Be Gele
Fred Smith
Mrs. Howard Tarleton
UNION
M’kinley
Messenger Smith
Senger Boy
Presient
England
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