Straining Over the Line The Vancouver Chinese Arrivals
The Empress of India brought 400 Chinese to Vancouver amid rising emigration despite the poll tax. Customs officers gate them through a precinct, tallying each, while smugglers and white accomplices run a shadow route from Victoria to Puget Sound. Tacoma and Seattle debate Chinese presence, with officials varying on the economic role and labor needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y Sun
Empress of India
Vancouver
British Columbia
Charley Lee
Charley
The
Sun
Canada
Bac
Victoria
Everyody
Puget Sound
Coun
United States
Hong Kong
Fokhien
Tacoma
Seattle
the Sun
Dickinson
Northern Pacific Railroad
Portland
The Salient Point in George Jones Editorial Career
The late George Jones began editorial leadership at 65, rising from business to run a major journal after Raymond’s death. He thwarted rivals, gave freedom to editors within his lines, and held the Times through two decades of fierce competition and public feuds, shaping a remarkable late-life transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Raymond
Andrew Johnson
Republican Party
Jones
Times
Mr. Raymond
Mr. Jones
Harvard Professor Wins Harward Square Car Ride Lesson
An 19th century Harvard professor contests a Cambridgeport end of route on a horsecar. After a scuffle, the Municipal Court rules the professor was entitled to Harvard square fare and the conductor and drivers must continue the ride. The professor is carried to Harvard square and claims victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Sunday Courier
Boston
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Cambridgeport
The Flurried Passenger and the Cool Train Boy
A stout man rushes to Montreal car at Lowell station as a Northern express starts. Two stout women chase the moving train, braked by two brakemen who pull them aboard. The train boy then seizes the hand-rail and swings onto the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Northern Express
Montreal
Lumber Merchant Shoots Wife Then Almost Fatally Self Inflicts
Ottawa Kan Aug 17 E B Preston a North Ottawa lumber merchant shot and killed his wife yesterday and attempted to kill himself. His wound is probably fatal. Cause domestic infelicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
E. B. Preston
KILLED IN THE CABOOSE ACCIDENT
Bricaron Col Aug 17. Charles McCallop and J McMarden were killed in the caboose by escaping steam in a railroad accident yesterday. Dave Flaherty was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricaron, Col
Charles McCallop
J. McMarden
Caboose
Dave Flaherty
Beach Bathing Tragedy Strikes Willie Turney
At Fairfield Beach in BripaEerort Conn on August 17 Willie Turney was swimming when he suffered heart failure and collapsed into the water. Bystanders pulled him ashore but he could not be revived. Local authorities began a routine inquiry into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BripaEerort
Conn
Willie Turney
Fairfield Beach
The Counterfeit Hancock Twos and Treasury Response
A Washington despatch reviews the two dollar Hancock counterfeit scare. Secret service says $100 to $200 in circulation, likely by one operator. New windom vignette notes delayed by plate redraw and specific paper, with small denominations to meet Western demand. Banks confirm few fakes, warnings to scrutinize old bills to aid anti counterfeiting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N.¥.Evening Post
Philadelphia
United States
Hancock
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Windom
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Boston Man Shot in Neck in New York Streets
Bartholomew Callahan, a Boston arrival, was shot in the neck in front of the Washington Hotel at 3 o clock yesterday and is in Chambers Street Hospital in a supposed dying condition. Callahan, a laborer, lived at 62 Cabot Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Bartholomew Callahan
Washington Hotel
West Street
Chambers Street
Cabot Street
Horace W Macomber Sails Long Voyage Charter
The four masted schooner Horace W Macomber at New Beprorp has been chartered for a long voyage to Brunswick Ga to load lumber for Liverpool. She will sail in ballast to the West Indies to pick up a cargo and return to a port north of Hatteras. Captain Bray expects a four month trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W. Macomber
Brunswick. Ga
Liverpool
Ing
West Indies
Hatteras
Bray
Woman plunges from carriage near Narragansett Park
Bridget Farrell aged 68 of 63 Diamond Street a widow killed when she jumped from a carriage on a Narragansett Park hill while out driving with a female companion. The tired carriage swerved and she leaped thinking she would be thrown out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Bridget Farrell
Diamond Street
Narragansett Park
Electric Car Smashes Carriage at Main and Union
Springfield Aug 17. An electric car collided with a two seated carriage carrying Frank Gunn, a ticket agent, his wife Mrs Preston A Noble and child at Main and Union. The crash left all four on the ground. Mr Gunn is feared fatally injured. others escape with severe bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frank Gunn
Preston A. Noble
Main
Union Streets
Malone Held For Embezzlement At Fay River
Fay River August 17 John Malone is held at the Central Police Station on the charge of embezzlement brought by John F Welch proprietor of Union Market Welch says he lost 2000 dollars worth of goods over months and suspects Malone was selling stock to cooperative customers at reduced rates with no returns to the cashier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Seattle
Dickinson
California
Oregon
Helena
Hllensburgh
Fay River
John Malone
Central Police Station
John F. Welch
Union Market
Welch
Malone
Sam Jones Names Cleveland as Brave President Figure
At Prohibition Park Staten Island on a Saturday Rev. Sam Jones voiced a wish for a President to be named every four years. He suggested naming a man as brave as Julius Cagar, stating Grover Cleveland was the bravest President this country has had.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Cleveland
New York
Prohibition Park
Staten Island
Shad
Julius Cagar
Grover Cleveland
Prominent Manufacturer John R Fales Dies at 68
John R. Fales of Fales & Jenks Machine Co in Central Falls died aged 68 from a fever contracted in Mexico. He leaves two sons. In Syracuse James Buckingham known as Professor Delve died after balloon ascent and failed parachute rescue in Onondaga Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provivenes
John R. Fales
The
Fales & Jenks Machine Company
Central Falls
Mexico
Professor Delve
Syracuse
N. Y
James Buckingham
Onondaga Lake
Bridgeport Alderman Bribery Charge Filed
James Hurley was arrested in Bridgeport charged with attempted bribery. The accusation stems from a $500 offer to Alderman Wood to vote with the Democrats amid recent police troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
James Hurley
Alderman Wood
Money and Stocks Prices Higher All Around
The Boston money market eased with abundant funds and bank surplus rising. New York funds at discounts, calls offered at 5 percent with loans at 6 to 7 percent. Stock market extended a bullish run, lifting many issues amid sharp activity and volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clearing House
New York
Boston Bank
Inc
Railroad and rail stock dividends and splits report
A list of semi annual and quarterly stock splits and dividends from several railroads and companies. Entries include Maine RR, CaLtuMeT & HEOLA Mintna Co, Siicaco & ALTON RR, EINER onLinetox & Quincy RR, CoLumarva Hockine Coat & Iron Co and others with rates such as 81 p sh, 214 pcon pref stk, 4 g pcon pref stk, and dates ranging Aug 30 to Sept 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A & Maine
Bparox & Moytaxa Misting Co
Caltumet & Heola Mintna Co
Siicaco & Alton
Einer onLinetox & Quincy
CoLumarva Hockine Coat & Iron Co
Illinois Central RR
Southern Mass Ten Co
St Paul & Duluther
Bell Tel
Do Inc
B. U. Ty
M. It. LG
N. Sf
Do 2d Con. Inc
L.c. Cons
N.C.M
Wis
Atchison
Atl & Pac, Eee
Bost, & Alb
Esse
Maine
Mass
Cleve
Canton
Fitenburg
Snes
Flint
P. M
N.Y
N. Ane
Secare
Old Colony
Atlantic
Franklin
Huron
Kearsaree
Annes
Quincy
Eee
Aspinwall
Boothbay
Hoston W
Boylston Street
Ain
Samson Cope
Val
Cotton
T. Wees
Detroit
Wayne Elec
Do A. T. Ree
New York Financial Markets End With Strong Day
Money on call easy at 2 to 3 percent with last loan at 2. Government bonds dull. Railroad bonds active and strong. In stocks, Erie led with 1% gains, others like Atchison, Chicago, Louisville, Rock Island rising, market closing at day’s high. Volume large. market remained active and firm after delivery hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Atchison
Mexican Central
Exican Central
Nion Pacific
N. Y
N.E
Wisconsin Central
Summit Branch
Oregon
Est End Railway
Central Massachusetts
Atlantic & Pacific
Centennial
Calumet & Hecla
Butte & Boston
Boston & Montana
Atlantic
Kearsage
Osceola
Quincy
Tamarack
Alionez
Pullman
Thomson-Houston
Westinghouse
Detroit
Fort Wayne
Lake Superior
New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Bar _ silver
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Erie
Buffalo
Rochester & Pittsburg
Flint
Pere Marquette
Louisville
Northwestern
New York Central
Missour Pacific
Illinois Central
Market Broadens With Gains In Active Issues Across Bonds
The market broadened materially with most gains in active issues. Major upswings included Atlantic & Pacific 48 rising 2% to 72, incomes to 1242, Rochester & Pittsburg consols to 11442, St Paul La Crosse sevens to 110, and several others such as Northern Pacifics, Milwaukee Lake Shore 6s, and Missouri Pacific consols up to 108.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore & Western
Atlantic & Pacific
Rochester & Pittsburg
St. Paul
la Crosse
Southwest
Northwestern Sinking Fund
Cleveland & Cantons
Hocking Valley
Erie
Chicago & Erie
Fort Worth & Denver
Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Chicago & Northern Pacific
Peoria & Eastern
Pittsburg & Western Fisis
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf
Oregon Short Line
Missouri Pacific Collateral Trust Ves
Foreign Financial Reports from London and New York
Overseas market notes show consuls and rail shares with mixed quotes in London and New York. Major listings include New York Central 102 percent and Reading 1548, along with Mexican and Canadian issues. Paris advices report 3 percent rentes at 96 francs 22 centimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Canada Pacific
Erie
Illinois Central
St. Paul
New
Paris
Oil Market Update and Certificated Cottonseed Notes
Reported oil market figures show shipments and averages per gallon with refined oil priced at 6.75 cents and totals around 104,218 units since the first. Cottonseed oil certificates opened with practice closings noted, amid scattered pricing and activity.
Electric Stocks and Electrical Companies Listing
A compact pricing and company roster notes various electric stock listings. Firms named include Eastern Electric Cable Co. and Thomeon-Houston Electric Co with pid references, Wayne Electric Co and Westinghouse related receipts. European Welding Co and Detroit Electric Co appear in the compilation along with banked identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W- Prescott & Co
Devonshire Street
Eastern Electric Cable Co
Thomeon-Houston Electric Co
Thoeon
Houston Electric Co
Wayne Electric Co
Eeee Wees
Westinghouse
Sseere Lise
Ie European Welding Co
Seveseessee
Detroit
Eiectric Cosgurs
Eteuesaeee Oe
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Y. Evening Post
Wall
Western Railroad
New York Stock Exchange
U.S
Buston Stock Exchange
NEW York Stock Sales
Compmc
Alton & I. Hy
Central Pacific
Cot. L
Canaia Pacific
Central
Iowa
Canada South
Ches, & Vluo
Chi
Pen. & AG
Lena
Lou
Green Bay
Pacine
Peim
Nash
Long Island
Lake K
Lilia Ale Wii
Lake Shore
Ee Mobile
Cem
Minn
StevYe Nor
Mary
Voy Ou Bolus Bays New Aly
Che
Wa. Zoo
Ee Eee
Ava Vret
Soo
Sane
N. Be
N. J. Central
Risig l
St Savas
Ates Aaee No. Ami, Co
West
St. Line
Anne Zilbe Uhio
Misa
Stanby
Sock Island
Tuly Duch
W. P
Saan
Southern
Lac
Texas Pacific
O. G. Sane
Pacific
Ta U.P
D.& Gu If
GUO
Silly W.& L. E
Naells
Abush Pac
W. UU. & Bulle
Ins
OSAD
Adam
Brunswick
Del
Oregon Sm
Pal
Sear Petroleum
Weiiica
N. P
Doys Wee OF
Imp. Lata
Ihc
Teg
Vox
P. Mob
Tex. P. R
N.Y. C
U. Pac
J.C. In
Shore
Nor. Pa
Allco
Eees Col. Coal
Gould & Curry
Hocking Coal
Ontario
Eeere
Union Con
Yellow Jacket
Eeeres
NEW York Financial
Brown Brothers & CO
Brown, Shipley & CO
Geo. B. Bullard
Louis Curtis
State Street
F. W. Prescott & Co
D. Y
Chartera, Crnde
Equiv
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Railroad Company
Mile ST
National Bank of North America
Bow
Mazeppa
Bates-Hunter
SAN Miguel Consolidated Gold
Cohen
Benj. F. Butler
Colorado
G L
Colorado Mining Investment Company
Jas. Gilfillan
Treas
U. S.1
Ames Building
Boston, Mass
Specialty Mfg Corporation
Universal Cash Register CO
Advertiser Building
Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co
American Loan & Trust Co
Stommon Wealth OF
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Michael Boutsalk
Court Square
Fred LU. Seavey
H. C. Williams
GEO
Alpheus Sanford
Massachusseits
Daniel A. Brown
Said County
Rosetta J. PF. Brown
Snow
Dexter D. Bowman
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elwau George
Register
Massacususetts
Samuel Lradlee
Francis Parown
Gaid
Beneft
Ann Bradlee
Samuel Joseph Bradlee
Moray
Prostee
Sayne
Moaton
Salt Court
Ashby
Joan W. McKim. Esquire
Elway G Korg FE
District of Massachusetts
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Massachuestts
Samuel Williston
Canbridge
Circuit Court
John G. Stetson
U. S. Circuit Court
James
C. Hyde
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