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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
8
Wednesday's listless trading saw minimal moves across exchanges with sugar advancing about 2 percent on short coverings and U S Leather rising amid bull activity. American Tobacco showed strength while railroad issues lagged as traders eyed earnings reports and dividends, including Baltimore and Ohio holding re election of directors and Illinois Central declaring a 2 1/2 percent semiannual dividend.
Cursory market update notes lower wheat supply this year and U S figures, plus a call for selling when markets wobble. Dividends declared by North Packing and Provision Company set for February payouts. Balance sheets from Pennsylvania Furnace and related firms shown with assets liabilities and cash positions. Norwich & Worcester plans preferred stock offering at $7.15 per share with a dividend in April and subscription deadline February 23. Curbstone trading highlights Little Myer strength, and miner reports from treasurer I H Noyes on mine mill progress and delayed dividend payments due to a death in the family. Dominion Coal and New England Gas ties to the Wainwrights amid Zinc Trust chatter as Boston zinc miners post mixed November results.
Railroads list closing high bidding sales with firms like Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio. Figures show total values and percentages, including Chicago Great Western and other lines, with specific amounts such as 38,770 and 2,140 and monthly percentages.
Measrs Howard Crosby & Co report Liverpool wheat cables show only a small drop this morning, keeping U S cash wheat firm. Bears push for a break later on, while an Australian crop estimate and European surplus news weigh. Northwest receipts and a CTD ruling against puts and calls shape trading conduct.
The Boston Merchants Association met for its annual gathering with officers elected and Secretary Jones detailing harbor work. He noted progress widening and deepening Boston Harbor and incomplete Broad Sound channels due to limited funds, with plans to advance the matter. Reports from trade groups indicate strides toward consular reform and better foreign trade conditions. Interchangeable mile-
The group discusses road bill proposals for postal reform and aging tickets policy. Annual assessment fixed at 25 dollars. Officers elected include President James Richard Carter and Vice Presidents A Shuman and Alden Spears. Directors list and clerk Beverly K. Moore named. auditing committee set as Frank F. Davidson and William Worcester.
Descriptive itineraries for a series of tours to Washington with optional side trips to Old Point Comfort Get tysburg and Richmond are ready. Tours depart Boston February March 2 16 and 30 April 13 and May 11 under the personally conducted tourist system of the Pennsylvania railroad and may be obtained from D. N. Bell tourist agent 205 Washington street Boston.
J M Sears known as Joshua M Sears leads Boston in real estate and personal tax payments with 56 360 82 due on 3 927 200 of land and 37 000 of personal property He is hailed as the Astor of the Truth and controls major properties including 12 Arlington Street and the Washington and Court streets building The Post plans a series profiling Boston's heaviest taxpayers.
Count and Countess Boni de Castellane sail from Havre for the United States and will stay with Mr and Mrs George Gould at Georgian Court Lakewood and in New York at 857 Fifth Avenue. A Feb 10 dinner and musicale for twenty four with Mme Emma Hames is planned, their first visit since marriage five years ago.
Mrs. Segee testifies that many omen smile outside and commit sins against domestic life as Samuel A. Segee seeks separation from Lydia Segee. Six witnesses, including the wife and sister, testify as the divorce case unfolds with the eldest daughter denying love for her father. Decision reserved. Irving K. Stow sues for separation from Margaret C. Stow with cross-libel dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
G C Willey haberdasher assigns to Howard Poor. Liabilities total 12000. assets about 2000. Apollo Club concert at Music Hall featured David Bispham performing old English songs. Encore featured Wiplings Danny Deever. Next Apollo Club concert set for March 7 with Gertrude May Stein as soloist.
A magazine offers a Golden Contest to count gold dollars on three trees and stones beneath them for a $250.60 prize. Entrants must mail their count, with optional 10 cent poem offer, to MACDONALD (Cashier) at P.O. Box 2431 New York.
In Easton Pennsylvania Mrs Sarah P Rosser wife of William Rosser died at 10 pm after predicting her own death earlier that day. Friends and husband recalled her calm certainty as she spoke of the church and her impending end. The death occurred about 10 o clock following a period of nervousness and a final quiet, composed passing.
A wife of Harry Hunter vents on elopement woes blaming her mother-in-law for misery. She warns prospective couples to gauge the mother-in-law early or risk broken homes and family furniture van calls.
The fourth annual Utopian Club theatricals debut at Copley Hall with The Shiddachs or the Match maker a three act musical comedy. Myer Goldman wrote the piece described as his masterwork. A chorus of over eighty voices, elaborate music costumes and scenery prepared for this major club production featuring Sam Robinson Lew Goldman Henry Myers Ed Goldman Lew Hamillburg Rose Greenwald Ollie Abrams Estella Dann Annie Spinoza Rose Gushaver and others.
Funeral services for Charles N. Marsh longtime town clerk since 1855 were held at the new North Church. Masons and state officials attended, with a large crowd and half mast flags. Interment followed at Hingham Cemetery.
The Cuban Land and Steamship Company of Boston offers 500 for evidence to convict libel writers about its La Gloria Cuba colonization project. It cites rainfall delays and asserts La Gloria will become a modern city with a U S post office and mail ships. It warns against emigration without sufficient capital and recalls pioneer investment mindset.
The New England Whist Association announces a midwinter tournament at Hotel Vendome on January 19 and 20. Events include open and club matches with Howell or Mitchell systems, eligibility open to mixed gender teams, and souvenirs for winners. Table fees apply for open events and club trophy.
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