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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1897

Page

6

Copper Market Falters Then Rallies Amid Strong Grangers and Speculation

The market for copper shares shows uneven activity with Leather preferred weak and bouncing from 60 1/2 to 68 1/4. Calumet & Hecla advances while Tam arack slips. Quincy climbs amid dividend chatter and a hoped near 100 for Montana. Union Pacific and other notes record earnings declines, while large share movements push Butte and adjacent stocks toward notable liquidity changes before mid January.

Delaware & Hudson Leather New York Calumet & Hecla Tamarack Quincy Boston & Montana Montana Davis Houghton, Mich Centennial Calumet Atlantic Transcript Arnold Merced Santa Ysabel Pioneer Chicago Burlington & Quincey Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Butte & Boston Old Colony Loan & Trust Company Pinkham Atchison Eee Cheaipeake Ohio O & St Louis Kansas Texas Erie & West Lake Shore Louisville & Nashville Long Island Manhattan Missouri Pacific New Jersey Central New York Central West Northern Pacific Northwest Pacific Mail Pullman Palace Car Co Rock Island St Paul St Paul & Omaha Southern Railway Tenn Coal & Iron Texas Pacific Western Union Wheeling & Lake Erie

Daily Market Summary with Open High Low and Close

Official report of sales shows the day's highest and lowest prices and the closing figures including bid and asked rates. The data reflects intraday volatility and market liquidity as of the reporting period.

Colorado Mining Stock Exchange Denver E.G. Davis & Co Washington St Boston Anacodad Bangkok

Towboat Winthrop Gets New Master and Harbor Updates

A new commander arrives in Boston harbor taking charge of the Winthrop towboat from Fall River. Captain Leonard Hand, long associated with steam colliers, replaces Captain Cummings for the winter. Also noted: Regalia sold to Captain Barrow with Boston as home port. Bonavista repair plan after damage. Luce Brothers chartered as towboat. Augusta E Herrick sails to Tampa with 2300 bushels of potatoes. Bermuda fastest time from Trinidad. new liner British Trader expected. Scotsman carries cattle to Liverpool. Mongolian and Canada rivalry showcases Halifax to Boston service. The Landsman O’Connell Assembly No. 7174 meets Sunday in Logan Hall.

Winthrop Fall River Cummings Leonard Hand Lebanon Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Captain Hand Lébanon Regalia Rockport Andrew Blake Joseph N. Barrow Boston Boothbay Harding Burnham’s Atlantic Works Luce Brothers Newburyport New Haven Haley& Appleton New York Smith Triton Robert S. Bradley Bermuda Trinidad O'Hagan London British Empire British Crown Scotsman Dominion Line Liverpool Portland Canadian Atlantic Steamship Service Halifax Allan Line Canada O'Connell Assembly Logan Hall Charlestown

State Board Reappoints Agents Except Walton

At a Board of Education meeting the state agents were reappointed with George A. Walton of West Newton declining. Walton cited last year’s Legislature ban on pecuniary interest in textbooks for agents as reason. Appointed agents include John T. Prince West Newton Andrew W. Edson Worcester G T Fletcher Northampton John MacDonald Stoneham Henry T. Bailey North Scituate L Walter Sargent North Grafton.

State Board of Education George A. Walton West Newton Walton John T. Prince Worcester G. T. Fletcher Northampton John MacDonald Stoneham Henry T. Bailey North Scituate L. Walter Sargent North Grafton

Senator Palmer III Stricken By Illness In Springfield

Senator John M. Palmer was taken ill again and confined to bed in Springfield Illinois His physician warned against leaving his room and said he faces pneumonia He had spoken at a tribute to Lyman Trumbull before the Illinois Supreme Court and was to appear in Sangamon Circuit Court to defend the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway in two damage suits today

Springfield Ill John M. Palmer Palmer Lyman Trumbull Ilinois Supreme Court Sangamon Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway

President nominates postmasters for Massachusetts in Senate

The President sent to the Senate nominations for postmasters in Massachusetts including Frank F. Philbrick of Merrimac and William H. Torrey of Foxboro.

Washington Senate Massachusetts Frank F. Philbrick Merrimac William H. Torrey Foxboro

VESSELS ASHORE

The Hamburg America steamer Fuerst Bismarck ran aground at Blankenese on the Elbe while outbound but was not seriously grounded and expected to be floated at high water. The British ship Africa with Captain Johnson is ashore at Clova Island off Ireland and is a total wreck, though the crew were saved.

London Hamburg-American Steamship Company Fuerst Bismarck Blankenese Elbe Africa Johnson Queenstown San Francisco Dublin Cloveland Island Ireland

Suffolk County Superior Court Civil Docket Highlights

The record lists multiple juries and cases from the October general, December special, January general, and divorce lists. Notable actions include the Braley case for fatal injuries to a plaintiff's intestate, various motor and railroad injury suits, and a contract action with a verdict, plus numerous ongoing and ended dockets across several sessions.

Suffolk County Superior Court Braley John MecDonough Hugh MecDonough J. S. Sutherland F. G. Cook J. Lowell, Jr Olson Anderso Baker Seavey Cady Boston & Maine Kt. N Coyne Same Clark Boston Ramsey West End R. R Abbott Moir Rogers Cobe O'Neil Kkinn Berman Hamilton Cohen Jackson Minton Sherman Twannie Bornstein Lynn & Boston Railroad Company Chelsea Bridge C. Q. Tirrell C. SK. Cobb John Lt. Murch Thomas Wilson's Sons BR. D. Weston-Smith T. H A. H. Russell Page Old Colony Thompson Wiles Mureh Thomas Wilson Nickerson Pearl Bates College Old Col. R. R Ellis J. Joseph J. Giles B.C. Swift S. D F. Hutchinson Charles Davis Mitchell Davis Charles A. Jones Huntington I. R. Clark J. Cavanaugh A. Hemenway G. Dickson Laskey Ford Troefer Connors Bost McCarthy Whittier Met. Co Levy Hennessy Murphy Tebor Gray Young Beattie Boston & Me Partington Norton Bell N. Y N. H H. BR. R Walsh R. R. 4476—Fletcher Willis Clifford Jenness Crowley Tighe Susman Stobinson Feltman Harrington Courney American Exp. Co

Mortgagee Announces Dorchester Real Estate Auction

Public sale of multiple Dorchester parcels under a 1896 mortgage. Sale planned for February 1 1897 at noon at 97 Bowdoin Avenue with 200 cash down. Purchaser assumes prior mortgages on several lots and parcels. Mortgagee John B. O’Brien notes properties include seven lots and additional parcels with specific bounds and prior liens.

Mortgagee's Sale of Real Estate in Roxbury on Bainbridge Street

Mortgagee John B. O'Brien offers for sale at public auction the Bainbridge Street property in Roxbury Boston described by plan, with buildings, measuring 178 square feet, bounded by Bainbridge Street and adjacent lots, subject to a prior $3,000 mortgage and a $200 cash deposit. Sale date set for February 1, 1897 at eleven in the fore noon.

Thomas Fee Elizabeth M. Fee Thomas John B. O'Brien Suffolk Bowdoin Avenue Dorchester Boston William Kelly Gaylord Street Cook Street Washington Street Hannah J. Lewis Georgia B. Sumner William H. Cook George G. Cook Mortgagors Donaldson Elizabeth Mason Melvin O. Adams Thomas M. Mosely Norfolk Powers James V. Devine Josep B. Russell S. A. Walker Thomas Lee Bainbridge Street Roxbury William A. Garbett Alexander Beal Julia A. Beal Boston Five Cents Saving Bank

Mortgage Foreclosure Sale of West Cedar Street Parcel Boston

Assignee Charles C Barton Jr announces sale of the property mortgaged by James R Connolly and Mary Connolly in Suffolk Registry. The Boston parcel on West Cedar Street, 19 by 80 feet, bounded by plans Lib 238 Fol 7 and lot 5 7, will be sold at public auction January 21 1897 at 3 30 PM. A cash payment of 300 is required.

James R. Connolly Mary Conolly Paul Adams County of Suffolk Boston West Cedar Street Mary Abigail T. Otis Charles C. Barton, JR Devonshire Street

Weather and Tide Timings Reported

The entry lists sunrise at 7 13 a m and sunset at 4 30 p m giving a 9 hour 17 minute length of day Moon sets at 10 34 p m and high tides at 3 a m and 3 15 p m The word ARRIVED is noted without context.

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