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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1897

Page

7

Centennial stock and market wrap highlights

Tuesday market notes show Centennial leading the list with a drop from 12 to 978 amid heavy selling. Brokers report borrows and short covering behavior as insiders predict possible assessments. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Atchison earnings rise while West End rights sell off.

Centennial Chicago Burlington & Quincy Atchison West End Kidder Pioneer Pioneer Mill Cochiti Fay Boston News Arnold Mining Company Copper Falls Company Arnold Company Arnold Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Wisconsin Central First Mortgage Pinkham

Lumber Yard Listing at 44 Kilby Street

Southern Pine Northern Hard Wood Southern Pine Spruce Lumber On hand and sawed SY dimensions. Alpheus M. Stets & N, 44 Kilby Street.

Alpheus M. Stets&n Kilby Street

Weathered seas slow liners and dockside activity near Boston

The Catalonia anchored below Boston light 9:15 p m and reached East Boston 11:30 a m yesterday, thirty six hours late from Liverpool. She faced stormy seas and logged 175 miles in one day. Eleven steerage passengers were held for investigation. Plus other vessels, cargoes, and port moves describe a busy harbor with several ships delayed or damaged and new Cunard steamers planned for service.

Cunard Catalonia Tom Stephens Boston Light Boston Liverpool Queenstown Billings Immigration Department William and John Rodgers Frederick Waugh J. R. Walton Herbert Moss Katie Sheehan Sara Reisa Aaron Irene Pinkos Tig Kate Jones Provincetown Ethel Montevideo Bay Eastern Railroad Pacific Ocean Montauk Dunkirk Swansea Montreal Hyosac Clyde Line Charleston S. C Jacksonville Pawnee Lewis Delaware William King Minta Halifax Lewis Wharf Chattahoochee Curlew Cunard Company Tyria Pavia Odessa Cypria Mediterranean Gulf of Mexico Inman Potter Meridian Street East Volunteer Harbor No. 4 S. 2 Music Hall Henry Stone T Wharf Swampscott Association Belle J. Neal Ned Doane Nellie Ernst T. Lee Navy Yard William S. Seccombe Cephalonia San Diego Tract and Land Company McKie East Boston William B. Herrick Thompson & Pike John M. Richmond Providence R. 1 Lawley H. C. Hallenbeck New York Pryon & Co

Stevenson joins North American Trust Co as Western counsel

Former Vice President Stevenson has accepted the post of Western counsel to the North American Trust Company and will join its board. He returned from abroad to report for the Monetary Commission, with headquarters likely in Chicago.

New York Stevenson Monetary Commission North American Trust Company Chicago

Boston Fire Underwriters Face Rate Debate Over City Losses

At a Boston Board of Fire Underwriters meeting the executive committee outlined why rates in the business district should not drop. They cited past heavy losses in 1889 and 1893, plus ongoing immunity from fires, as factors, and warned that future reductions depend on continued low disturbance.

Boston Board of Fire Underwriters Mrchants’ Association Boston

Was It Insane Ear Judge Probes Spearing Death

Judge Fairbanks opened a private inquiry into W G Spearing death at Medfield Insane Asylum. Witness Daniel Gordon described severe ear scarring, and experts speculated insensitivity to touch may exist in inmates. Attendant F Osmer Hill faces negligence charges and is missing. Hearing to continue next week with grand jury decision at Dedham.

Fairbanks Medfield Asylum Medford F. Osmer Hill Spearing Medfield Dedham

Jones Bought Arsenic in Killing Case at Dover

Alfred W. Jones faces a hearing on a charge of killing his mother by arsenic poisoning. A new witness Dr Henry F Virtue a former Exeter veterinarian says Jones bought forty grains of arsenic eighteen months ago claiming it was for a sick horse. An envelope with Virtue name was found among Jones personal effects.

Dover N. H Alfred W. Jones Henry F. Virtue Exeter Jones Dr. Virtue Alfred Jones Milton Hills

Third meeting of creditors for Boston debtor Abrams

In Suffolk County Massachusetts the Court of Insolvency schedules the third meeting of creditors for Joseph Abrams of Boston on December 31 1897 at 10 am at the Court of Insolvency in Boston. Creditors may attend to prove claims, and the assignee Rosenthal will present his account of receipts and payments regarding the estate.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk Eliza H. Flint Boston Simon Davis Boston Post John W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Joseph Abrams Adolph Rosenthal

Insolvency Notice for Charles Gould Assignee Meeting

Suffolk county notice lists Charles Gould of Beaton as insolvent. The assignee S. Johnson will convene the second creditors meeting on February 4, 1898 at 10 in the forenoon at 8 John Street Washington Street Boston. Creditors must attend and prove their claims.

Suffolk s#s Charles Gould Beaton Johnson Washington Street Boston

Insolvency creditors meet for Morse claim proofs

The third meeting of creditors in the George Morse insolvency case is set for January 14 1808 at ten o clock in the forenoon at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk. Creditors may prove their claims and object to the assignee's accounts.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk George M:rk Morse Eee Boston

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