Market dull but steady as war clouds loom over finance
The dull heavy trading day sees professionals dominate the market with United States Oil rising to 16. The Boston Gas seconds offer 70 for 60 days while earnings for Boston and Maine improve with cotton demand. Pinkham reports stock changes, transfers, and new share issues at Quincy Mining.
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United States
Pioneer
Boston Stock Exchange
Morrison, Kekewich & Co
London
Corey, Milliken & Co
Chynoweth
Centennial Mining Company
Calumet
Butte & Montana
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
New England
Wisconsin Central Preferred
New York
Boston Gas
Atchison Preferred
Atlantic & Pacific
Atchison
Prescott & Arizona
Boston & Maine
Bell Telephone
William R. Todd
Quincy Mining Company
Pinkham
City Law Board Approves Settlement of City Claims
The Board of Aldermen approved an order by Alderman Lee allowing the city solicitor, with Mayor and claims committee approval, to settle suits filed by the assignees of Elisha Littlefield and by Neil McNeill. The cases relate to contracts for hospital erections at Pierce and Austin farms and buildings at ng Island and a South Boston engine house.
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Board of Aldermen
Alderman Lee
Committee On Claims
Elisha Littlefield
Littlefield
Pierce and
Austin Farms
Neil McNeill
Ng Island
South Boston
Cove Street Extension Aimed at Connecting Dorchester and South Boston
The Dorchester and South Boston crowds would gain a major thoroughfare as the city considers extending Cove Street and building a bridge over Boston Terminal Company tracks at Fort Point Channel. Alderman Lott pushed the resolution and Alderman Barry urged teaching colonial history through Bradford's Journal printing.
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Alderman Lott
Boston Terminal Company
Dorchester
South Boston
Southeston
Cove Street
Boston
Compan
Fort Point
Barry
Bradford
City orders transfer station proposal for West Bend Railway
The board, on Alderman Donovan's motion, asks West Bend Street Railway to report at the next meeting on establishing a general transfer station at New Washington and Hanover streets and to issue transferable checks for any car passing that point. the location serves all city and suburban routes.
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W. J. Donovan
West Bend Street Railway Company
New Washington and Hanover Streets
Appropriation Bill Passes After School Repair Provision Struck
The board defeats Mayor Quinsys plan to let the public buildings department handle school repairs by striking the clause in the appropriation bill. The measure saves 1 212 500 dollars while approving funds for school building and repairs.
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Quincy
Public Buildings Department
Band Concerts on Patriots' Day Citywide Plan
Alderman W J Donovan of East Boston urged band concerts in South and Eas Boston Charlesbank Charlestown and Brighton for Patriots Day. The council concurred with a celebration for the city government seventy fifth anniversary and a joint committee was appointed including Aldermen Dyar Donovan and Lott.
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W. J. Donovan
East
Boston
South
Eas Boston
Charlesbank
Charlestown
Brighton
Dyar
W. F. Donovan
Lott
Cost to widen Exchange Street and extend Boylston Street
The Board of Street Commissioners reported that widening Exchange Street from State to Dock Square would cost 1,000,000 to achieve a sixty foot width. Extending Boylston Street in West Roxbury through Chauncy Place from Washington to Walnut would cost 46,000. The council passed the resolve to ask the Mayor to petition Secretary Long to send the Constitution to Boston.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Board of Aldermen
Exchange Street
State Street
Dock Square
Boylston Street
West Roxbury
Chauncy Place
Washington Street
Walnut Avenue
Maps for the Council Plan Approved by City Committee
The printing committee passed an order to buy 3000 copies of a new Boston map for the City Council. Each member gets five copies, with the remainder distributed by the printing committee. The mayor’s appointees to the municipal statistics department were confirmed: Laurence Minot, Davis R. Dewey, B.
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Committee On Printing
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted With Patient Testimony
A Boston advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney blockages and related ailments. It cites a Malden case from J. L. Fairbanks at 31 Lowell St. praising one box for relief and urges readers to buy at 50 cents or mail order from Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Dean
Boston
Malden
J. L. Fairbanks
Lowell St
Knight’s Pharmacy
Hanover and
Court Sts
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Memorial Day Appropriation Approved by Alderman
Rodman Weld, Sumner B. Pearmain, and Edward M. Hartwell are named in the memorial day appropriation. The order to appropriate funds for the Memorial Day celebration under the Grand Army posts of the city is called up by Alderman Lott and passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman Weld
Sumner B. Pearmain
Edward M. Hartwell
Grand Army
Lott
Mayor Reappoints Three Principal Assessors for Three Years
The Mayor reappointed Frank A. Drew John Pierce and John Maguire as principal assessors for three years beginning May 1.
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Frank A. Drew
John Pierce
John Maguire
First Horseless Carriage License Sought for City Point to Cambridge
The board received the first application for a horseless carriage license yesterday. Petitioner Joseph Phillips proposes service between City Point and Cambridge and the petition was referred to the licenses committee. Julia Ward Howe and others seek an iron fence along Boston’s original boundary lines and filed a petition.
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Joseph Philips
City Point
Cambridge
Committee On
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Unes
Five Hundred Minor Appointments Ordered by City Board
Mayor Quincy forwarded a list of about 500 persons to fill constables hay and grain weighers and other minor posts. The appointments were laid over for one week under board rules. Alderman Barry moved to schedule the next meeting for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Hey
Barry
Boston Associated Board of Trade Hears Reports on Rail and Harbor
The Boston Associated Board of Trade held its last regular meeting of the season at Young's Hotel with sixty members present. Reports covered the elevated rail line lease and 5 cent fare, harbor improvements in Boston Harbor, a request to back a dry dock at Charlestown, and the Greater Boston bill. The monetary affairs committee urged forming a monetary commission and planned meetings in Washington.
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Boston Associated Board of Trade
Young’s Hotel
Boston Harbor
Secretary of the Navy
Associated Board of Trade
Charlestown
Funeral rites for ex Senator Daniel Voorhees held in Washington
The funeral for Indiana's ex Senator Daniel W Voorhees was conducted at St. John's Church with honorary pallbearers including Senators Morrill Turpie, Jones Il son Butler Bright and Cullom. The Benedictine burial service followed, and the family will bring the body to Indianapolis for twenty four hours in state at the Capitol before burial in Terre Haute.
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Washington
Daniel W. Voorhees
Indiana
St. John's Episcopal Church
Morrill
Vermont
Turpie
Jones
Arkansas
Il Son
Butler
South Carolina
J. G. Lawrence
Weldon
Richard J. Bright
Cullom
Illinois
Episcopal Church
MacKay-Smith
Wilson
Indianapolis
Capitol
Terre Haute
Medford City Council Approves 200000 Bond Issue and Fish Rights Sale
The Medford Common Council and the other city branch met last evening approving a 200000 municipal bond issue. They also confirmed the constables Charles H. Hillman John A. Papkee and Fred W. Montague and authorized the fish committee to sell Mystic River fishing rights between Labor in Vain and Cutter's Mill for an estimated 1500 dollars annually.
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Medford
Common Council
Charles H. Hillman
John A. Papkee
Fred W. Montague
Fish Committee
Mystic River
Cutter’s Mill
W. A. Grozier After Whales and Woman Captain
The whaling schooner William A. Grozier captained by John A. Dunham sailed from Provincetown on April 12. Built in 1865 in Kennebunk Maine the 111 ton vessel is famed for prolific blubber hunts and remarkable voyages led by Captain William Roberts who achieved consistent success with his wife onboard despite old superstitions about a woman at the helm.
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Provincetown
William A. Grozier
John A. Dunham
Grozier
Kennebunk
William Roberts
Roberts
Horace Bragg of Chelsea Found Dead in Chelsea
Miss Kittie Carex found Horace S Bragg a 3 year sign painter dead in the Chelsea apartment 32 Broadway with a handkerchief over his face and two chloroform bottles nearby Police say he overdosed after habitual use of the drug.
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Kittie Carex
Isaac Fernald
Chelsea
Broadway
Smith and
Anderson
Sawyer
Horace 5S
Bragg
American Wringer Co. Installment Offer Ad in Boston
Advertises installments for diamonds watches jewelry silverware clocks manicure sets and banquet lamps. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention. The American Wringer Company Broadway extension Boston successor Met. Manufacturing Co.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Boston
Met. Manfg. Co
Protective agreement for First Mortgage Bonds of railway company
A committee for bondholders of Union Pacific Lincoln & Colorado Railway Company invites deposits of bonds with Old Colony Trust Company Boston or Guaranty Trust Company New York under a protective agreement. Receipts issued. deposits due by June 1 1897. committee may set terms thereafter. Charles E. Cotting, chairman.
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Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Sai Ola Colony Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
Secretary Alger says flood danger passes in Mississippi valley
Secretary of War Alger states the worst flood risks in the Mississippi valley have eased and that War Department forces and local relief committees will prevent unchecked suffering. He orders offices distributing rations to avoid drawing destitute laborers into cities, as they will be needed for levee work and field labor once waters recede.
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Washington
Alger
Mississippi Valley
War Department
Ruggles
Davis
Memphis
Secretary of War
Sentences handed down for multiple breakins in court
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Blodgett sentenced George B. Scott and Willis H. Colby for breaking and entering two stores to five to seven years in State Prison. Albert Todd received three to four years for breaking into an office on Sargent's wharf. George Woods alias Kippingham got four to five years for breaking into stables in South Boston. Moran A. Davidson pleaded guilty to polygamy after marrying Nora Dolan in 1894 while another wife existed. he drew two years in the House of Correction.
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Superior Criminal Court
Blodgett
George B. Scott
Willis H. Colby
Albert Todd
Sargent’s Wharf
George Woods
Kippingham
Boston
Moran A. Davidson
Nora Dolan
Minnie Barrow
House of Correction
Greek irregulars poised for decisive battle at Grevena
Athens dispatch reports the main body of irregulars ready to clash in Grevena. The proclamation pledges liberty for Greek lands and swears liberty or death as a watchword, invoking divine support and unity among Brothers and Soldiers of Christ and Liberty.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Athens
Grevena
Pa Eed
Alderman Attacks Mayor Cate In Board Session
Alderman Hatch demanded the chair and sharply attacked Mayor Cate over a local newspaper article signed by the mayor. Hatch defended the board’s actions, rejected unfit nominations, and urged explicit charges from the mayor.
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Hatch
Ponce
Everett Board of Aldermen
Cate
Board of Aldermen
Bicycle Rider Hurt In Second Street Collision
James Seaman an 18 year old cyclist was tossed from his bike on Second Street near Vicksburg around 7 pm after a collision. He suffered a head contusion, was taken to Station 12, treated by Dr Wills, and returned home to 81 Dove Street after regaining consciousness.
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James Seaman
Second Street
Vicksburg
Domestic burned as dress catches fire at 20 Massachusetts Avenue
Mary Folin aged 84, a domestic at Mr. Dexter s home, was toasting bread at the range when her dress caught fire. She suffered severe burns to the lower body and was taken to City Hospital where she probably will die.
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Mary Folin
Yonkers Savings Bank Robbed by Two Men
Two professional thieves robbed Yonkers Savings Bank at midday, seizing $4400 from the counter and fleeing after holding Cashier Cobb at revolver point. An inner man blocked access to the burglar alarm as they escaped down Hudson street toward the river. No arrests reported.
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New York
Yonkers
Cobb
Bank Hall
Hudson Street
Hudson River
Collision at sea ties Nellie Smith. Duchesse crew saved
On April 9 a foggy voyage 135 miles south of Scotland lightship ended when the Plant steamer La Grande Duchesse collided with the bark Nellie Smith bound for New York with sugar from Sagua. The bark sank in minutes. Captain Dodge and two mates perished. Three crew saved and passengers donated 175 to share among the rescuers.
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P. H. Hanlon
Plant
Olivette
Provinces
New York
Savannah
Scotland
Nellie Smith
Sagua
Charlestown Navy Yard
Kittery Navy Yard
Ellot
United States
Galena
John Allen
Rockport
Mass
Penobscot
Bangor
Boston
City of Bangor
Argus
Annie W. Weston
Western Belle
Newport News
Lewes
Del
Norfolk
Brookline
Long Wharf
Jamaica
Agnes E. Manson
Baltimore
David Crockett
Hampton Roads
To Honor the Queen Victorian Diamond Association Meet
The executive committee met last evening at Hotel Savoy with President George B. Perry presiding. Reports from committees were positive and McNair and Dubois of Providence outlined British Americans aims. Invitations went to prominent men and responses came from Sir Charles Tupper and others, with letters from Lords Roberts and Wolseley.
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Victorian Diamond Association
Hotel Savoy
George B. Perry
Messrs. McNair
Dubois
Providence
Charles Tupper
Lords Roberts and
Wolseley
French critic Brunetiere lectures on Moliere at Harvard
Ferdinand Brunetiere eminent French critic and Revue des Deux-Mondes editor lectured yesterday at Sanders Theatre Cambridge to Harvard Radcliffe students. It opened a trio of lectures on Moliere under Harvard French department invitation.
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M. Ferdinand Brunetiere
French Academy
Revue Des Deux-Mondes
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Harvard
Radcliffe
Moliere
Harvard French Department
Boston hearing on city board of commerce and street projects
The Massachusetts Committee on Metropolitan Affairs will hear petitions from Boston mayor and Chamber of Commerce officers seeking a municipal board of commerce and finance, permission to borrow beyond debt limits to widen India, Commercial and Cross streets, extend Cross Street, and to study a tunnel from Boston to East Boston. Hearing set for April 14 at 10 a.m. in Room 357 State House.
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State House
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
City of
Malden
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Wellington
Mystic River
Municipal Board of Commerce and Finance
Chamber of Commerce Et Als
India
Second meeting of creditors for John Bruns estate
Assignee Torrance Warker calls a second meeting of Bruns creditors at the Court of Insolvency Boston on April 23 at 10 a.m. Creditors may prove claims. Also notices third meeting for George R Henderson insolvent estate in Cambridge Middlesex on July 22 at 9 a.m. Assignees Frederic E Wood and William E Hutchins will present accounts and creditors may object.
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John Bruns
Bruns
Boston
Torrance Warker
Washington Street
Mass
Middlesex
George R. Henderson
Cambridge
Frederic E. Wood
William E. Hutchins
Court of Insolvency Notice for Herbert L. Vroom Meeting
The third meeting of creditors of Herbert L. Vroom insolvent debtor will be held at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk on June 11 1807 at ten oclock forenoon. Creditors may attend and prove claims. Assignee S Lewis B Noyes to present account for allowance. objections may be made. Boston March 15 1897.
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Suffolk
Herbert L. Vroom
Boston
S Lewis B. Noyes
Auction of two land lots by court order to settle estate
By order of the court two parcels in the city will be sold at auction. On Thursday April 15 1897 at 3 pm the corner of Columbus avenue and Walpole street offers 4828 square feet with 68 by 55 feet frontage suitable for building. A second parcel on Mozart street from Centre Street near Lowell School covers 9058 square feet with 71 by 144 feet frontage suitable for 1 2 or 3 family houses. Cash deposits of 300 and 200 required at sale with balance due in 10 days. Richard M Saltonstall Trustee. Public Police Department notice precedes the sale and a separate item references chickens and an auction on the 14th.
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Columbus Ave
Walpole St
Sversee
Mozart St
Centre St
Lowell
Mozari St
Amily
Richard M. Saltonstasel
City Carts Registry Rules and Qualifications Adopted
The office requires in person applications to register owner carts with the superintendent of streets. Carts pass inspection, are branded and registered for Boston street department work with clear owner name and registry number, capacity 40 cubic feet for double carts and 20 for singles, side and end boards, branding, and duplicates if needed. Drivers must be 21 or older, able bodied, and carts with tires four inches wide preferred.
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Boston Street Department
Etreeia
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Chatham Street
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L. Foster Morse
Warren St
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Parisian Remey CO
Tremont St
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Herman
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Warren Remedies CO
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Anson
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Somerset
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S. H. Folsom
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