Market Underscores Firm Tone in Jersey Central Strength
Dull and narrow market undertone persists yet remains remarkably firm. Jersey Central shows strength as the market feature and guiding influence amid cautious trading.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
6
Copper market flat as stocks drift in cautious session
Copper shares moved little as New York opened steady then firm with light volume. Jersey Central and St. Louis & Southwestern led gains while bond strength supported earnings notes. Boston Maine expansion news and Bay State Gas transfer changes influenced sentiment amid copper market uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Jersey Central
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis & Southwestern
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lawrence
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Boston & Maine
Nathaniel Thayer
Boston
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Birmingham
Washburn
Pere Marquette Railroad
Street Railway and Illuminating Properties
J. Edward Addicks
Bay State Gas Company
Bay State Gas
Delaware Corporation
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Wisconsin Central
Pere Marquette
Fletcher
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Atchison Eeeeveeeseseeens
Baltimore & QD
Canadian Pacific
Ohio
Chicago
I & L Wef
Ohb
Chicago & Northeatern
CC & St Louis
Col Southern
Udson
Delaware
Denver & Rio Grande
Illinois Central
Hocking Valley
Iowa
New Jersey Central
Norfolk & Western
D Pacific
Gheanre & Western
Weweewes
Pennsylvania
Reeves
St Louis & San F
St Louis Southwestern
St Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Aes Union Pacific
Wabash
Wheel & LE F
United States
Esere
Eesredeee
Bteel & Wi PO
Ceee
Tansonte Mining Co
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Continental Tobacco
Federal Steel Energese General Filectric
Pacific Coast
Eeeseees Mail Eeesese
Pacific
People’s Gas Naenesee Es Pressed Steel
Oal & Iron
Western Union
Republic Iron & Steel
Boston Bond Market Prices Today
Boston stock report lists the highest and lowest sales and the closing bid and asked prices for the day on bonds. The brief item notes market activity with emphasis on bond offerings and trading levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
China troops to Manila after Nagasaki route
The U S government announced that about 7000 troops bound for China will instead proceed to Manila via Nagasaki, with 6000 still available for current needs. Secretary Root said no further forces are sent to China unless developments demand it. The German response is viewed as recognizing the existing Manchu regime in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Sés
Far East
Manila
Nagasaki
Root
Taku
Hancock
Chaffee
Department
War Department
Meade
Third Cavalry
United States
Ami
Chinese Letters Outline Foreign Powers’ Stance after Kin
The Department of State released three memoranda and a reply from Li Hung Chang detailing negotiations after Kin’s fall. The notes span Aug 19 to 22, with Li’s Aug 19 note stating ministers agreed on the allied expedition’s aim and foreign status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Li Hung Chang
Lina
Ling Chang
Palace Gate Clears as City Is Left Quiet
An unnamed report notes a decisive action at the palace as the city nears full clearance with the palace gate scene described and the surrounding area nearly emptied of occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dp Ie Pal
Battle report of Captain Reilly and allied forces
Aug 15 reports Captain Reilly killed on the Chinese wall while directing his battery. The battery pressed the gates as infantry cleared streets amid stubborn Chinese resistance. A French battery nearly hit the Americans while showing the diphthia features of the situation. Several listed infantry officers were wounded or mentioned in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reilly
Chaffee
Conger
Pbkin
Che Foo
Eral Ee Ans A. Con
Fempany Cc
Ninth Infantry
Robert EK
Conny E
Dahiel
Acompany B
Jamerc Co
Wieb
Coe Edward
B.emitchell
Companteenth Infantry
Peggy Pope Hinckley Day on Floating Hospital
Yesterday the floating hospital for sick babies celebrated Peggy Pope Hinckley Day funded by Mrs. A. A. Pope who paid 100 dollars for the day and named it after her granddaughter. Attendees included numerous Boston and Cambridge notables such as Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. P. Jaynes, Dr. Edward Hitchcock, and Mrs. George D. Ford, who toured the boat and inspected care facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peg Pope Hinckley
A. A. Pope
Pope
Medical Mission
Hull
Miss Churchill
Homeopathic Hospital
F. A. Stark
Medford
Alice Prescott
Roxary
Charlestown Driver Suffers Injury After Crash
John H Horrigan a teamster at 3 Essex street struck by a fit and fell on City square near Park street. head cut and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Lydia A Webster 683 Tremont street real estate agent arrested on larceny warrant for $350 from Wallace 145 Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Square
Charlestown
Park Street
John H. Horrigan
Essex Street
Charlies H. Callahan
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lydia A. Webster
Tremont Street
Inspector Mahoney
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
A Wallace
Washington Street
United States and Allies Move Toward China Crisis Resolution
Reports outline troop movements toward Pekin with Meade and Warren at sea and Logan set to sail September 1. General Chaffee reports disrupted rail and telegraph lines but cooperation with allied commanders to restore transport while awaiting further instructions from Washington.
British Commander Describes Pekin Assault and Gate Grabs
General Gasselee reports a rapid advance toward Pekin with Allied forces concentrating five miles from the city. He chronicles cavalry assaults at the water gate, a successful breach of the central gate of the Tartar City, and American and Russian elements aiding the attack before nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gasselee
Pekin
War Office
Chinege
Punjab
Temple of Heaven
Legations
MacDonald
Tartar
Legation
Chaffee
Seation
Despatch from Tokyo on Pekin palace tie up
Unclear dispatch reports from Tokyo mention tensions with Pekin and the Japanese palace tie up in the day’s communications. Fragmentary text obscures details and names.
Burials at the American Legation Cemetery Reported
The action which subsequently proved at all. Privates were buried in the grounds of the American legation in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Siege relief for Pei Tang Cathedral amid Pekin fighting
Pei Tang Cathedral north of Pekin, held by 30 French and 10 Italian sailors, was relieved by Japanese and British forces. The defense was praised as heroic. Allies post sentries in palace areas to curb looting as they pursue the remaining fighters. Empress Dowager’s whereabouts are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Pei Tang
Fall River Soldier Frank L Whitehead Victim in Pekin
Fall River native Frank L Whitehead, long serving in the Fourteenth Infantry, is listed among eight soldiers shot in Pekin. A son of the late Richard Whitehead, he served in the Spanish War, reenlisted after mustering out, and rose to first sergeant in Company K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Chaffee
Frank L. Whitehead
Fourteenth Infantry
Pekin
Richard Whitehead
Pekin Divided In Districts In Multi-Nation Control
Tokyo advices to Washington dated Aug 23 report the city split into districts to restore order. Japan holds the northern half while Japan and the Allied powers assign officers to administer. Prince Tuan's residence burned. the naval detachment suffered five killed and eight wounded. Foreign and native Christians were rescued from confinement by occupying Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Foreign Office
Tokio
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Prince Tuan
Imperial Palace
Sanderson Academy Dinner Attracts Noted Speakers
Ashfield Aug 23 The twenty second annual Sanderson Academy dinner featured Harvard’s Professor Charles Norton presiding with Rev John Chadwick of Brooklyn Professor Josiah King Harvard President G Stanley Hall Clark Worcester and Richard H Dana of Cambridge as guests Norton announced the academy fund would surpass 1000 this year raising the total to 15000 funds used for special work not current expenses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. F. Pease
Plantsville
Ann
Norton
Academy
Fire at Mrs Atkinson's restaurant on Washington street
Firefighters under Assistant Chief Cheswell tackled a blaze at Mrs Atkinson's restaurant on Washington street near Pie alley last evening. An overflowing kettle of fat in the basement started the fire which quickly spread to the roof via a ventilating pipe, causing slight interior damage and a total loss of only a few dollars.
Water front dispatchs on naval ships and freight movement
Captain Dickens brings the Indiana to the station for the trial trip of the new Alabama as the Osceola and other vessels join ceremonies. Hamburg American Assyria carries 3000 tons sugar and cargo for Philadelphia with Krupp guns bound for variag. J. M. Harlow refits after a leak. A. White coal cargo for city institutions. steamers overhaul and new schooner William C Carnegie load coal at Baltimore for Portland.
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Dickens
Indiana
Rockland
Alabama
Osceola
Winthrop
Navy Yard
New Bedford
Assyria
Hamburg
Meyerdiercks
Mystic Wharf
Philadelphia
Variag
J. M. Harlow
Mt. Desert
A. White
Long Wharf
Nathaniel.p. Doane
Pe Ann
Burnham's
Gloucester
City
Cpere
Cape Ann
William C. Carnegie
Baltimore
Portland
William A. Grazier
Provincetown
John C. Dunham
Carrie D. Knowles
R. George Parker
Polar
Albert Iger
Boon Island
Maurice Powers
King
G. Powers
Francece Whalen
Haddock
Thomas W. Knight
Al‘fread Dumois
Simpson
San Domingo
Yarmouth
Prince George
Florida
State of Maine
Armouth
New England
Liverpool
London
Minstrels at Winthrop Crowns Summer Show
The annual Winthrop minstrel event opened with Horace C. Pratt arranging and selecting the program. Local prominent men joined in, including Bancroft, Brown, Gipson, Kershaw, Nutting, Stephenson, Belcher, Byram, Hilly, Nelson, Osborne, Whelpley, and Wadsworth. The opening chorus led to solos, parodies, and a grand finale amid broad applause, with a repeat performance slated for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Beach
Constitution ‘Hall
Horace C. Pratt
Winthrop
James L. Bancroft
Harry J. Brown
Harry M. Gipson
William T. Kershaw
Clifford P. Nut
Charles F. Tewksbury
Mandy Lee
William Kershaw
F. J. Hubbard
Eeny Co. Nelson
Fred . Bird
Frederick T. Strachan
George A. West
Clarence E. Billings
F . Bird
Dominic
Post
Waltham Bicycle Thief Captured in Boston
A 22 year old man named George Diamond was arrested in Boston with a stolen bicycle and taken to the Tombs for safekeeping. He offered no home and refused to talk. He will be returned to Waltham where authorities believe he is responsible for a spate of bicycle thefts near city buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George Diamond
Waltham
Waltham City
McKenna
Assault on Green Street Ends in Arrest
Ayers Plummer of 19 Bartlett street was attacked at the corner of Green and Pitts streets around 12:30 last night. Attended by Dr. Andrews, he was taken to City Hospital in Station 1’s ambulance after a fall injuring his head. One assailant fled. the other, Herbert Gray, 28, of South Boston street, was arrested and booked for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers Plummer
Bartlett Street
Green and Pitts Street
Andrews
City Hospital
Plummer
Herbert Gray
Street
Boston
Hoyt Mental Conduct Inquiry Proceedings Ended
Justice Fitzgerald in New York Supreme Court signed an order today discontinuing the effort to appoint a commission to examine the mental condition of playwright Charles H. Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court Today
Charles H. Hoyt
Rioting in Akron Ends as Fire Burns City Hall
Rioters tried to storm Akron City Hall after rumors about a jail escape. They looted a hardware store, battled fire crews, and set Columbia Hall ablaze while police and soldiers established downtown patrols and temporary post office quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Harris
Hill Street
Broadway
Buchtel Hotel
Mayor Young
Akron mob heads for Cleveland after Peck outrage
Cleveland authorities report a mob of about 30 men left Akron for Cleveland bent on vengeance against Peck for the Wednesday night outrage. Peck begged jail officials for an immediate hearing and removal to Columbus, saying a life sentence would be preferable to a trial in Akron. Police could not verify the Akron dispatches claiming the mob movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Akron
Peck
Columbus
Lynching reported in Livingstone parish Louisiana
Sam Fields, a young Black man, was shot to death by a white mob near Kitehall Livingstone parish after allegedly attempting to assault a white woman. He was taken from officers and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sam Fields
Kitehall
Livingstone Parish
Fields
Prinstein Loses Medal After Trip to Quincy
Myer Prinstein of Syracuse University, world champion broad jumper, is visiting this city when his heavy gold medal for the national intercollegiate broad jump title disappears during a trip to Hough's Neck Quincy. He valued the trophy highly and efforts to locate it have failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myer Prinstein
Syracuse University
Hough's Neck
Quincy
Esterday
Boston
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