No Market as Storm Halts New York Communications
Boston reports a nearly silent stock day as a brutal storm blocks New York lines. Only one long distance line offered meager quotes. New York prices looked firm yet trading was sparse. Highlights include Boston & Maine up a point while Boston & Albany and Pullman slipped. rumors of market trouble persisted. Spencer Trask & Co. faced suspension questions, later denied. Providence and home offices debated liquidity. West improvements, GE funding, and banking earnings shaped the dull scene.
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Boston
New York
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Pullman
Chicago Gas
Northwest
Spencer Trask & Co
Providence
Stock Exchange
New York House
Adams, Blodgett & Co
Messrs
Newport
Saratoga
Long Branch
Atchison
Union Pacific
General Electric
Connecticut River
Merchants’ National Bank
Sterling Exchange
Sterling
Superior Court
Mason
Bruce W. Hobbs
Legg, Hobbs & Co
Charles E. Legg
X. B
Union Pacific Bonds Sought for Early Extension
The Union Pacific Railway Company asks bondholders to send assenting bonds to Union Trust Co. or its Boston agent to stamp and add coupon sheets. Receipts will be issued, bonds held until enough are deposited to guarantee extension. Registered bond interest will be paid. extension time ends Sept 1, with a $3,800,000 limit.
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Union Trust Co
Broadway
New York
Union Pacific Railway Co
Ames Building
Boston
Mass
Tire Trust Company
New York & New England Rail Service Highlights
Advertisement extols the New York and New England railroad noting courteous staff and flawless equipment. It lists several services including the White Train to New York from Boston, a noon Boston to New York limited train, the Washington night express with Pullman cars, the Isabella Express to Chicago via the Erie line, and the Norwich line boat train to New York with connections to New London and Boston. Passengers are urged to route tickets via the NY & NE for best service.
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New York & New England Railroad
New York
Boston
Summer Street
Hartford
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Reading
Chicago
Erie
Newburgh
Niagara Falls
New London
Worcester
New England
Norwich
Long Island Sound
Laugh at the Howard street liquor dealers clash at Atheneum
A row over playbill bills at the Howard Atheneum during Ten Nights in a Bar-room leads to dealers and actors feuding. The advertising agent moved next week’s bills after a dispute, a principal man reacts in anger, and the crowd drinks with the proprietor as frames are ejected.
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Howard Street
Lothrop
Howard Atheneum
March
White Defaulted After Typhoid Claim In Municipal Court
Robert White a striking employee of contractor Nevins failed to appear in Municipal Court yesterday on a charge of obstructing the Northampton street sidewalk during the strike. Judge Hardy defaulted him despite a doctor’s certificate that he was bedbound with typhoid fever. Counsel sought time for an appeal and bond but the judge stated there is no appeal from a default. The officer reported White seen on the street later. the judge warned a later sighting would lead to proper default and bondsmen not yet estreated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert White
Nevins
Northampton Street
Lyons
Shawmut Avenue
White
Hardy
Fuller
Poor-Foore Family Triennial Reunion Set in Lawrence
The Poor-Foore family reunion will be held September 6 in Lawrence Massachusetts. Due to unforeseen reasons the planning committee moved the meeting to the first Wednesday of September 1893. All descendants of the Poor daughters and related surnames are invited to gather at the Congregationalist Church on Lawrence Street in Lawrence for the event.
Two lawmakers chosen to present silver question in Congress
Senator Daniel Wolsey Voorhees of Indiana and Congressman John R. Fellows of New York are named by the administration to present the silver question in both Senate and House. Voorhees, born 1827 in Butler County Ohio, long served in law and politics and became a U S Senator in 1877. Fellows, born 1832 in Troy New York, served in the Confederate Army, later held New York and federal prosecutor roles and entered Congress in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Fellows
New York
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
Butler County
Daniel
de Pauw University
United States
National
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Oliver P. Morton
Voorhees
John R. Fellows
Troy
N. Y
Camden
Ark
Arkansas
Shiloh
van Dorn
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Arkansas State Senate
Sanderson Scarce. Creditors Seek Missing Firm Funds
The E. F. Sanderson & Co store at 1154 Tremont street is under sheriff control for three weeks amid conflicting rumors over the proprietor's status. An assignment to creditors is proposed with $1000 cash or 50 cents on the dollar, as meetings to finalize a compromise loom. Writs against multiple firms total about $10,000, with stock and property values debated and many creditors calling at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Sanderson & Co
Tremont Street
Kelley
Sanderson
Brown
Sullivan
Foster
Post
Mr. Sanderson
E. Frank Sullivan
Francis Sullivan
Down East
Morrill
Manchester
N. H
Boston
R. Augustus Duggan
Cornhill Street
George F
Charles P. Lincoln
Frye, Phipps & Co
James E. Leach
Charles F. Hollis
Newton
A. M. Boardman
BE. Howard Watch and Clock Company
Holbrook & Quimbly
Sheriff Kelley
Duggan
H. N. Allen
C. R. Morse
Josiah Quincy
National Cash Register Company
Holt & Co
Devonshire Street
M. R. Warren
Washington Street
Mosler Safe Company
C. HB. Osgood
Oxley & Wilson
You and Your Friends News Item of Various Local Incidents
A storm yesterday cost James Troy of 212 North street several fingers on his right hand after he jumped from an electric car to recover a hat. He was taken to City Hospital. Also in court yesterday a Boston man’s dress suit stolen from an express wagon led to arrests and sentences for John Kirby, Bert Baldwin, and Thomas McAuliffe. Charlestown improvements at the Almshouse include yard drainage, new fences, and interior overhauls with painters and plasterers at work. garden crops look promising.
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James Troy
North Street
City Hospital
District Court
Augustus Shuman
Court Street
Boston
Rutherford Avenue
Moore
John Kirby
Bert Baldwin
Charlestown
Thomas McAuliffe
Kirby
McAuliffe
House of Industry
Baldwin
Charlestown Almshouse
Chandler Eastman
Yachts Drift From Moorings Off H Street Amid Strong Winds
Several yachts anchored off the foot of H street were blown from their moorings by yesterday morning's high wind. All were recovered without damage. The Rev. Frank Haven Hinman, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, returned yesterday from vacation. The remains of David Dawford of Somerset Lodge 25, K of P, were buried from his residence at 1761-2 N street. services were well attended and interment occurred at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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H Street
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Frank Haven Hinman
David Dawford
Somerset Lodge
N. Street
Forest Hills Cemetery
Windsomber disrupts harbor as Olivette blocks slip
In severe harbor winds yesterday morning the steamer Olivette, from Lewis wharf, blocked the South Ferry slip on the Boston side causing about twenty minutes delay to boats. In the afternoon the remains of Thomas Keating, longtime island resident, were burned from his home at 241 Trenton street. Rev. Mc Donald of Central Baptist Church conducted services to a large gathering, with interment at Woodlawn.
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Olivette
Lewis Wharf
Boston
Thomas Keating
Island
Trenton Street
McDonald
Central Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Lawn party postponed at Richard P. Hallowell estate
Yesterday's storm dampened plans for a large Boston crowd expected at the lawn party on Richard P. Hallowell's estate. The event is rescheduled for this afternoon and evening, with Old Prob promising agreeable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Hallowell
Boston
Freeman and Clark Cleared in Liquor Sale Case
Apothecaries Freeman and Clark were found not guilty of unlawfully selling liquor by Judge Bosson yesterday morning. The trial of Landlord Murphy of the City Hotel was postponed to August 31 due to the principal witness absence.
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Freeman and Clark
Bosson
Murphy
City Hotel
Annual picnic and games of United Catholic Temperance Societies
The annual picnic and games, postponed from last Monday, will be held at Melville Garden next Tuesday. The event gathers members of the United Catholic Temperance Societies for outdoor activities and fellowship at the city park venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Catholic Temperance Societies
Melville Garden
SH MONGAYS STORM FARRAGUT LOST NEAR SHAGE MARBOR
Gloucester Aug 24 The schooner Farragut ashore near Shage Marbor N S is a total loss and crew saved. She is about two years old and was engaged in shack fishing. W H Wonson & Co owners. Also reported ashore near Liverool N S is the Grace L Fears ashore full of water. Fears 265 tons built at Essex in 1874 owned by Hon D L Robinson commanded by Lewis Johnson insured in Gloucester Mutual Captain George Johnson will go to the scene for underwriters' interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Johnson
Gloucester Mutual
George Johnson
Unknown man found on Mystic wharf bench Charlestown
A body aged about 60 was found on a bench near Mystic wharf at the foot of Pearl street Charlestown early yesterday morning. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 140 pounds, with sandy chin whiskers and a bald head. He wore black trousers and vest a dark brown coat congress shoes white woollen stockings a black felt hat with a patch blue woollen outside shirt and gray woollen under shirt. The remains are at the morgue awaiting identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Wharf
Pearl Street
Charlestown
Fires Not Caused by Over-Insurance Sparks Boston Debate
Boston insurance circles debate Captain Brophy’s claim that recent city fires stem from over-insurance. Fire officials and firm representatives dispute the charge, citing causes such as carelessness and technical details of the Hecht fire, with losses and insurance figures noted for Federal Street properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Brophy
Worcester Fire Department
New England Insurance Exchange
National Association of Fire Engineers
Milwaukee
Murphy
Hecht
John C. Paige
Louis Hecht
Hecht Bros. & Co
Fred R. Smith
Horace Partridge & Co
Lincoln Street
Whitcomb
Webber
Fire Department
Wagon From Chicago To Vermont Exhibit Here
Bishop Ash, once of Irasburg, Vermont, arrived after a forty three day overland journey of more than one thousand miles from Chicago. He began sixteen years ago heading to Minnesota, then Oregon, then the Pacific coast, and returned to visit Irasburg driving in a covered wagon drawn by two ponies. In Chicago he viewed the World's Fair and Ash and his team were admitted free to the White City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irasburg
Bishop Ash
Chicago
Minnesota
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Mr. Ash
Ash
White City
Grand Fireworks and Illumination Fete At Pines
A grand fireworks display of seven pieces with novel effects is planned for tomorrow evening at the Point of Pines. The event includes a grand illumination fete modeled after The Wooded Island illumination at the World's Fair, creating a double celebration. Grand concerts are scheduled for both day and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point of Pines
Wodaded
Police arrest James Williams for selling policy chances
Officers of Division 2 arrested James Williams aged 49 yesterday afternoon at No. 81 Kingston street for selling policy chances. Williams resides at No. 8 Brookfield street.
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Division 2
James Williams
No. 81
Kingston Street
No. 8
Brookfield Street
Water Front Excursions Hit By Yesterday's Gale
The yesterday gale kept many excursion steamers and short route boats in port from about 3 am to 6 pm, causing several services to cancel. A small unknown schooner ran ashore near the harbor as vessels kept moored. Freight shifted to rail while the Nantasket steamer Twilight earned a silver ice cooler gift for Captain Walter Rathburn from regular passengers, praising his leadership.
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East
Ward
Longfellow
Plymouth
Stamford
John Brooks
Lynn
Boston
Bass Point
Point Shirley
Twilight
Pemberton
Rathburn
Walter Rathburn
SHIPPING NEWS MINIATURE ALMANAC FRIDAY AUG 25
High water times and day length. vessels sailing and sailing destinations listed. Steamer Kitty Savng to Boston with fruit. William H. Connor from Searsport to Manila. Parthenia from Seaboyer to Arecibo with sugar. brig L F Munson from Boston to Newport News. Coastwise steamers include City of Savannah and Norfolk routes. Foreign steamers Leon and Olivette sail to Cuba and Halifax respectively. Sailed many steamers with listed ports and operators.
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Kitty
Savng
Port Antonio
Jam
Boston Fruit Company
Yarmouth
MeeGgay
William H. Connor
Searsport
Pendleton
Manila
H. W. Peabody & Co
W.J. Connor
Sagadahoc
Bakery Bath
Portland
Snowman
George A. Chaffee
Godfrey
Gloucester
Parthenia
Seaboyer
Arecibo
Porto Rico
A. Winsor & Son
L. F. Munson
Boston
McKowen
Newport News
City of Savannah
Savage
Savannah
Richardson & Barnard
Fairfax
March
Norfolk
Beltimore
A. M. Graham
Halifax
Stanwood
D. G. Hall & Co
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Storm
The
Union Pacific Railway Company
Executive Department
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Alex. E. Orr
Edwin F. Atkins
N.Y. Consolidated Stock Exchange
Consolidated Stock
Rostan Stock Exchange
BU Gas
B& Con
West End
Best & Mont
Franklin
Kearsarge
Marack Jr.sevese Incy
S.ceeesure
Boston W P
Bell
Bay State Gas
NEW York Stock Sales
Ing
Cot Oil Eenetene
East Conn
I Hockings Valley
Sas
Kan & Tex
Lake Shore
Louis & Nash
Missouri Pac
Sly Dtm
Rock Island
Southern Pac
Nike Aly
St Paul
St P & Ommu
Eeaetee
Sugar
Tenn C & I
Tex Pa
Western Union
Whe&le Weete Vo
NEW York & New England
Voorbees
TY V
Sage
Criti
South Boston
Medford
Chelsea
Dorchester
SH Mongay
Worcester Electrical
Vermont
Shipping News
Cumberland
Eastport
Bath
Penobscot
Bangor
the Atlantic
Border St
White Star Line
U. S. and
Royal Mail
Queenstown
Liverpool
Coth
Teutonic
Majeatic
Atlantic
A. Adams & CO
State St
Corner Broad St
Red Star Line
Antwerp
HE. A. Adams & CO
Cor
Broad St
Cunard Line
Cuna
Pool
Queenstown Wharf
Cephalonia
Catalonia
Pavonia
Scythia
Cavin
Secon
England
Ireland
Scotland
Compouis
Alexander Martin
P. M. Denon
Dana
Denon
Dover St
Dover
Dana Sarsanarilla Co
Belfast
Maine
M. Denom
Calais
St. John
N. B
Campobello
St Andrews
N.B
Maritime Provinces
Nova Scotia
St.eer
M. R.R
Bart
Hp. m
St.John
Washington St
A. J. Simmons
Steamboat
E. A. WAI+ DRON
Leyland Line
Nces
Philadelphian
Lancastrian
Columbian
Bostonian
W. al
Lincoln
State
Warren Line
Sagamore
Angloman
ROMAN
Kansas
Warren & CO
Milk Street
American Line
Southampton
London
Chester
Hortest
Moat
Empress Jack
Havre
International Navigation CO
Bowling Green
L. H., Palmer
Old State House
Savannah New England and
Savannah Steamship Co
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Sound Lines
Ocean Steamship Company
Wit Central Railroad
Georgia
Florida & Western Railway
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
A. P. Lane
A. Dew. Sampson
B. F
W. Ry
Act
Central Ry
Richardson & Barnard, Agts
Atlantic Ave
Merchants
Miners Transportation Co
Bos Noer Okrighe
Thureday
Tenn. & Ga
Agt
Whadf
J.C. Whitney
Clyde Steamship CO
Great Southern Freight
Charleston
South
Ejer
East River
Algonquin
Lroquois
J. A. Flanders
Oston
Theo. G. Eger
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line
Spartan
Parthian
Long Wharf
Savannan
Wilmington
F. P. Wing
E. B. Sampson
Gen. Mgr
State Street
Fiske Bidg
Waausraer
North Atlantic Steamship CO
Atlantic Avenue
Port Hawke
Abbury
Pictou
Charlott Town
Carroll
Po Hawkesbury
Picton
Charlotte
Cape Breton
Prince Edward Island
R. B. Gardner
L. H. Palmer
Savannah Pier
North Side
Lewis Wha
P. EB
Fulgrave
Pidston
Charlottetown
Richardson & Batnard
India Wharf
Interior Pointe
F. WI
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