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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Report and Boston Stock Notes

Boston money market shows little change with fair loanable funds and steady discount rates. Clearing House balances ease at 3 percent, general market time loans 4 to 6 percent, and country banks discount 5 to 6 percent. foreign exchange steady. Market dull with some weakness in West End and Sugar certificates. Atchison issues and California Southern consolidation dominate.

Boston New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah Secretary of the Treasury Reichsmarks Florina West End Atchison New York Financial News Magoun Bears L. H. Taylor & Co Philadelphia High Boston Chappell Chicago & Alton Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Chapwell Cattle Commission Alton Missouri River Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Road Chappel

Mercantile and Travelers Credits Worldwide Offered by Kidder Peabody

Kidder Peabody Co announces Gisue Mercantile and Travelers credits available in all parts of the world through Messrs. A terse trade notice indicating global access to the two credit facilities via the firm’s representatives.

Gisue Mercantile and Travellers Messrs

Baring Brothers Advertises Global Exchange Services

London firm Baring Brothers & Co and its correspondents offer buying and selling foreign exchanges and telegraphic transfers across Europe, California and the British Provinces with stock and bond orders executed in Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

Europe California British Provinces Boston New York Philadelphia

Foreign Financial Reports from London Aug 9

London reports show Consols at 981-16 for money and 983-16 for account, with Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 30 percent, Canadian Pacific at 6 7/8, Erie at 27 1/4, Erie seconds at 10 1/2, St Paul common at 7 4, New York Central at 10 9/8, Pennsylvania at 5 1/3, Reading at 2 1/4. Open-market discount on short bills at 2 5/8 percent. Paris rentes at 8 percent, 85 francs 6 centimes. Bank of England bullion balance today is £60,000.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Common New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Paris Bank of England

Railroad Matters From the Midwest and West

Despatches discuss Interstate Commerce Commission suits by Rock Island and Interstate Railway Association with Alton under oath at Chicago hearings. Santa Fe president travels east, exclusive through tariff not imminent. Alton competitors divided, potential upheaval feared. R. B. F. Pearce named receiver for Indianapolis Decatur & Western. $180,000 bonds defaulted. Rail earnings: Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City up $20,035. Denver & Rio Grande up $3,000. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western up $16,235. Houston & Texas Central to pay year's interest. Lackawanna & Southwestern and Washington, Ohio & Western seek new bond listings. Missouri, Kansas & Texas bonds flagged for principal due. dispute over branch-line leasing panned.

Boston California Southern Railroad Company California Southern California Central Railroads Atchison Company California Central Company Southern Company Central San Bernardino Los Angeles Southern Pacific Railroad Company California Central Line California Central Railway Company Redondo Beach Railway Couany Caliornia Central Railway Company Southern California Railway Company Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company California Centraband Redondo Beach California Central and California Southern Railway Company Atchison, Topeke & Santa Fe Railroad Company John P. Whitehead Milk Street Mass G. C. Macoun Aug Redondo Beach Railway Company Hugh Ing Ae Fog Ing An & Tu Pacific Atchison Air L. Pret Roch. & Paoe Scar Central Iowa Central Pacific Ches Ohio Ov Gale Chi U.S Dei Ae L Rites Oool D & Ft. Waener East Lenn Erie Fort Wayne Hocking Valley Houston Texas Centrali Reese Han Kings Lake Suaree Long Essex Ray Ient Mt & St N.E Hole Ae & Migs Oregon Wegon S. Ly Hisbu Rome St. Cs Hbo St. Paul St P.M W. Union YOO Sen G. Leis Pista Benes Do N.d. C Chicago Western Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Rock Island & Interstate Railway Association Alton Strong The Santa Fe Gentlemen’s Association Toledo, St. Louis Kansas City Denver & Rio Grande Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western

New York Financial Market Close Mixed As Sugar Trust Drops

Money on call easy at 3 to 6 percent with last loan at 3 and closing at 2. Government bonds dull, rail bonds steady. Stocks quiet but firm with fractional gains. notable strength in Gould properties and Wabash. Missouri Pacific and Northern Pacific preferred active. Oregon Railway up over 1 percent. rail and other shares show mixed advances and declines across the board.

Boston Chicago, Burlington & Northern Union Pacific New York New England West End Atchison Strate Street Henry Clews & Co Hollis & Butcher Henry Thomson-Houston Electric Company Vandepoele Electric Manufacturing Company of Chicago Thomson-Houston Company Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Sugar Trust Chesapeake & Ohio C. & St. Louis Lake Erie & Western Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific Preferred Gould Oregon Transcontinental Southern Pacific Green Bay San Francisco Chesapeake & Ohio 5S Richmond & Alleghany Firsts St. Paul St. Louis Pittsburg Houston & Texas

Glassware Trust Formed Across Three States

In PrttspurG Pennsylvania Aug 9 a giant combination of table glassware manufacturers from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia is being perfected with headquarters in Pittsburg. One management will run plants from all three states with Adams & Co Bryce Bros Higbee & Co Doyle & Co Duncan & Sons Jones Cavitt & Co Ripley & Co Phoenix Glass King Glass Windsor listed among participants.

Prttspurg Penn Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Pittsburg Table Glass Combine Adams & Co Bryce Bros Bryce, Higbee & Co Doyle & Co George Duncan & Sons Jones, Cavitt & Co Ripley & Co Phoenix Glass Company The King Glass Company Windsor Glass Company

Wheat Market Doubtful Peak as Prices Slip

The Option Markets in Chicago reports dull to active wheat trading with December dropping to 77% before recovering near 78. Hutchinson emerged as a major buyer, while exports and West supplies influence expectations. Corn and oats show lighter demand and mixed weather signals, with bears cautious but no sharp break expected. Cudahy and others reduced pork, ribs and lard prices amid near term production outlooks.

Chicago Ang Farnum, Reardon & Co Bostonj Hutchinson New York Cudahy Lo Gilman Cheney & Co Boston Long Side Minneapolis St Louis Duluth

Chinese Come By Way Of Mexico Inflow To U S

San Francisco reports a surge of Chinese arrivals from Hong Kong steamers bound for Mexico. Sixty men came a week ago and sixteen more last night, all headed for Mazatlan and Panama. They are reshipped without landing here but smuggling into Mexico through the southern border is easy. Mexico is cheaper, with no head tax, unlike Britain's $50 levy in Canada.

Mexico San Francisco Cal Hong Kong Mazatlan Panama California British Columbia Dominion

The Johnstown Fund Faces Final Flood Relief Plans

Governor Beaver writes Mayor Hart to determine the fund on hand for future and final Flood Relief Commission operations. He praises local generosity to flood stricken communities and extends appreciation for benefactions to the afflicted.

Beaver Pennsylvania Hart

Is It Any Wonder Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Sells

This boastful claim markets Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as superior for liver and blood disorders. It promises a money back guarantee if no benefit or cure, and claims to treat biliousness skin diseases scrofula and related ailments with dramatic results.

Pierce

Tomorrow's concert features Levy and Baldwin's Cadet Band at Point of Pines

Levy the great cornet soloist teams with Baldwin's Cadet Band in an augmented lineup for the eighth great Sunday concert at the Point of Pines. This afternoon at 3 30 and this evening at 8 15 the outdoor spectacle of The Apaches will be shown as usual.

Levy Baldwin Point of Pines

Reward Offered for Chronic Nasal Catarrh Cure

The manufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertise a $500 reward for an incurable case. The remedy costs 50 cents and is sold by druggists.

Dr. Sage

Commercial Market Report Signals Stable Prices Across Commodities

Mackerel higher while codfish and several grains show dull or steady movement. Butter and oleomargarine weak, eggs improving, cheese steady, pork in fair demand, lard firm, and beef and mutton trends mixed. Fruits show activity in California with oranges firm and lemons unchanged. Ragars lower and molasses nominal amid broader market softness.

California

Print Cloth Market Sparks Strong Activity in Fall River

The print cloth market in Fall River on August 9 showed renewed buying interest as quotations rose to 3 gc for 64x64s, closing firm. Brokers report the best business in weeks with total sales likely exceeding 150,000 pieces.

Fall River

Mincing Lane Market Beets Sugar Firm on New Crop

London August 9 Beet sugar firmer with a 2d rise on new crop. Cave quiet with limited sales. Coffee readily bought at full prices. Costa Rica up 2s and Rio 9d. Teas quiet. China firm. New black leaf up 3d, Indian irregular for common. full rates asked for fine.

London Mincing Lane Cave Costa Rica Rio China

Fish Trade Sees Peak Prices for Salt Mackerel

Higher prices dominate the salt mackerel market with Gloucester schooner Carrie W Babson returning 83 barrels at auction for 32 500 dollars. Eastern shore catch weighs about 200 pounds per barrel, selling at 175 per bbl. Small mackerel run 10 to 12 inches, about 550 to 690 per barrel, sold from vessel at 16 dollars fishermans order. Receipts total 1546 bbls, with 1366 from foreign sources and 179 from home ports. New England catch trails prior year.

Gloucester Carrie W Babson Block Island North Bay Liverpool Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New England Weeltreet Nova Scotia Dry Bank Halifax New York Columbia River Alaska River Columbia

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