Transvaal News Triggers Market Selloff and Mixed Trading
Adverse reports from the Transvaal push London markets lower while New York and Boston see limited activity. The session ends with a small rally as belief grows that the US and London trouble spots may ease, aided by cheap money. Company disclosures include Atchison earnings and American Thread Company assets and liabilities.
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Transvaal
London
New York
Boston
New York Traction
Atchison
Goss Caes
American Thread Company
Springfield
Mass
George A. Mixter
New “Curb Exchange
Coney Islands
Exchange
Endowments and Policy Distributions Summary
The excerpt outlines policy endowments and matured claims totaling 1.55 million in ledger assets, with net premiums in collection about 555 million and gross assets near 2.95 million as of December 1899. Liabilities show reserve in Massachusetts standard 26.5 million, unpaid distributions 149 thousand, approved death and endowment claims 90 thousand, and reported death losses 70 thousand.
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Dee Saask Oe
Prissianoarae
Entering Lake Superior Cow Pastures at April Dog Show
A builder envisions entering the Lake Superior cow pastures, sometimes called mines, in the April dog show with a belief he can win at least half a dozen blue ribbons in the pups class. Local railroads show activity amid consolidation talks, with Boston & Maine and Fitchburg leases under public discussion and stock movements noted. The market and mining news follow, including copper stock chatter, bond offers, and corporate earnings, with various prices and company names cited.
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Lake Superior
Central Massachusetts
Fitchburg Preferred
Tutte
Fitchburg
Massachusetts
Vanderbilts
Boston & Maine
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Boston
New York
New York Funds
Prem
Isroman Ros Tase Weslesees
Aiai Cos Rask Tee Westeinie
United States
Boston News Bureau
State Street
Treasury
Old Colony Trust Company
New York Stock Exchange
Old Pullman’s Palace Car Company
Butte
Mess Consolidated
Bennett
Rutland Railroad
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain
Bay State
Fortuna-Republica
Little Tiger
Boston & Montana
Standard Oil and Allied Interests
Butte & Boston
Butte Inter-Mountain
G. M. Hyams
Marcus Daly
Amalgamated Copper Company
Henry W. Jackson
Francis Henshaw
Brookline
Boston Stock Exchange
Pinkham
Market Report Showing Daily Highs Lows and Prices
Boston session records list the day’s top and bottom sales prices along with the closing bid and asking levels. The data reflects today’s trading activity and market margins.
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Boston
Distressing Stomach Disease Promised Cure Tonic
Distressingly florid ad proclaims a South American Nervine Tonic as a universal cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It claims immediate relief and certainty of cure with the first dose, touting safety and global efficacy. Sold by GkU, C, GOODWIN Co., Vruggist, Loston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gku, C, Goodwin Co
Vruggist
Loston
Wheat market gains as Paris and London lift prices
The Wheat market shows strength with May wheat up to 105 1/2 cents as Paris and British consols retreat. Liverpool open steady and close higher while Chicago opens 4 to 6 cents firmer on Paris demand. Damage reports from the Interior and continued cold weather support buying. Northwest arrivals total 377 cars versus 656 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard, Crosby &Co
Paris
Liverpool
Chicago
Northwest
Tuttle Denies Vanderbilt Interest in Boston & Maine Lease
President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine says he knows the opposition sources behind anonymous interviews outside Massachusetts and notes those statements about Vanderbilt involvement are false and malicious.
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Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Massachusetts
Vanderbilts
Wool High and Special Demand for Woollen Goods Rise
R G Dun Weekly Review notes light new business in some sectors yet large advance bookings in woollen goods. Wool sales rise with unprecedented weekly transactions, while iron and steel ease. Cotton demand moderate. India famine may curb British cotton sales. stocks and water shortages affect output. Dead woman mystery report appears in separate spoil text.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Bessemer
India
Textile World
United States
Canada
Corn Export Totals Climb Amid Strong Seasonal Trade
Last year corn exports for the week total 3,526,834 bushels, up from 2,695,733 bushels a year earlier. Since July 1 this season exports reach 125,556,908 bushels, compared with the prior period’s 715,923 bushels.
Mystery of Helen F Hyland Death Baffles Police
The unidentified woman known as Helen F Hyland died at 286 Shawmut Avenue on Thursday. She deleted clues from letters and photos to hide her real name or origins. Despite police efforts no relatives or claimant have appeared, and the body remains unclaimed.
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Mut Avenue
Helen F. Hyland
Shawmut Avenue
Woollen goods lead demand amid mixed trade signals
Bradstreet's notes active orders for woollens for fall delivery and strong spring dry goods demand. Prices firm in cotton goods. leather and boot retail softening. coffee and sugars stay strong. iron, rails, and structural metal sales rise. bank clearings dip while rail earnings rise. Wheat exports show year over year changes.
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New York
Bradstreet
Boston
New England
Regnier 70 Visit Harvard for French Poetry Lectures
French writer Henri de Regnier chosen as third annual Cercle Francais de l Universite Harvard lecturer for 1900 speaks on French Modern Poetry beginning March 1. He will visit Adelphi College, Alliance Francaise, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale and more. Born Dec 28 1864 at Honfleur, Regnier rose to prominence with Decadent and Symbolist poetry and received the Prix Vitet.
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Cercle Francais de l’Universite
Harvard
Harvard University
Monsieur Henri de Regnier
M. de Regnier
Adelphi College of
Brooklyn
Alliance Francaise
New York
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Cercle Francais de l’Alliance
Boston
University of California
University of Chicago
Columbia
Cornell
Mt. Holyoke
Packer Institute of Brooklyn
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
San Francisco
Vassar
Wellesley
Wells
Williams
Yale University
M. Henri de Regnier
Honfleur
Havre
France
Lomasney's Tantalus
A portrait of Martin M. Lomasney the Boston politician who manipulated two rival organizations yet never left his ward to win wider battles. The piece frames his lifelong fights and his enduring political reach.
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Boston
Spirit Love Tale Shared by Boston Man
In dim light a Boston man speaks with the pure spirit of another world to which he has pledged his truth. The accounts describe love crossing mortal sight to touch the unseen and the veil between worlds thinned by devotion.
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M. de Regnier
Paul Verlaine
Stephane Mallarme
Arethuse
Societe du Mercure de France
Jeux Rustiques Et Divins
Social Grown Matrons Duel For Society Leadership
In Boston's elite circles two young matrons vie for control of the set. A social supremacy campaign unfolds where wit and beauty are the decisive tools in a high society duel.
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Boston
A Policeman’s Lot Described by Boston Official
A high Boston police official outlines the tough path for ambitious youths seeking a place in the force. The librettist notes the grim humor of a policeman’s life while aspirants chase salary and glory amid demanding ranks.
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Brass Button Brigade
Boston Force
Boston Man Describes Murder Trial to Pardoned Release
A Boston man recounts his journey from jury verdict of guilty to death penalty and subsequent pardon as hours drag between fate and mercy. The narrative captures the emotional swing from doom to release after a death sentence.
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Boston
The Sorrowful Queen Faces Africa’s Bloodshed
A Britishwoman recounts Queen Victoria’s grief over the Transvaal war as soldiers perish and empire glory offers no consolation. The piece portrays the monarch’s sorrow amid Africa’s bloody conflict and public strife.
The Fighting Briton at the Front Companions
A companion picture depicts the Englishman at the front as he fights and jokes while dying, while the Boer shoots and prays and lays new traps for trusting generals.
Boston Legislators Propose Bold Beacon Hill Measures
Boston lawmakers reveal the city's urgent needs in the Legislature. Hub representatives offer radical ideas. Representative Jerry Watson contributes a spirited note to Beacon Hill literature.
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Jerry
Watson
Beacon Hill
Princely Rascal Outshines Rival in Stage of Crime
A description of a new rogue rival to Claude Duval, a Chesterfieldian scoundrel, noted for dazzling crowds and draining victims. The piece claims the rascal resolves the biblical lion and lamb problem in social life, presenting exploits that fascinate and mislead.
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Claude Duval
Rascal
A Buke's Love Story Headline
Aristocratic English youth faces love trouble and seeks forgetfulness amid war. He leaves amid Boer bullets, Cupid and Fate clash, and he returns to marry as a bride awaits a ducal coronet.
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Post Office
Businedger
Benj. F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Seo'y
Mascotte Gold Mining Co
Ceolorado
Colorado
Kendrick Promotion Co
Denver
Treasury Department Office
Washington
Globe National Bank of Boston
Marsachusetts
Daniel G. Wing
Charles Gc, Dawes
Congress St
Howard Crois
Chestnut St.Phila
Wail St
Aero
Michigan
Montana
C& C
Napa
Quincy
Santa Ysabel
Trimountain
Lim
Utah
Victoria Eee
Lin
I'S
Winona See Ee
Wolverine
Scella
NEOOD
Boston Elee Light
Boston Land
Erie Tel
Federal Steel
al Huy
Mergenthale Teres
the Pullman Co
United Fruit
United Shoe
West Electric
Sewer
Amalgamated
SG & A
Vohay Am Ag Chemical
Injial
Ureka
Isle Royale
Fox
Boston Stock Sales
Am Bell
Hoost
Central
Chicago Junction
O&n
Dominion Coal
Til Steeles
T&spf
Boston & Albany
Central Mass
Kk C
Bt & BM
Ccs
Nor & War Rights
GC Jelony
Pere Marquette
Eree
Eee Uv
West End
Aetna
Teeta Tee
Alyot Am Zine
Arcadian Eee
Arnold . O
Bingham
Bostton & Mont Tr. Io
PRN
Buite
St Hon
Ilumet & Hecla
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
Ekclipse Oil
Bay State Gas
Boston Consolidated
Hartford Gold & Copper
Settee Eee
Little Tiger Mining
Boston Little Circle
Sete Wee Aou
Copper Crown
Utah Consolidated
Arizona
Arizona Copper
NEW York Stock Exchange, Railroads
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Great Western
Ri& Pacific
Ao& St Loanis Sa
Louisville & Nash
Manhattan I
Metropolitean
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Minn & St Louis
Missouri Pacific
New Jersey Central
V/A
Norfolk & Western
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Ontario
Pennsylvania
St Louis
San Fran
St Paul
Southern Pacific
Qrn
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
Wheeling & L E. Seae
Anaconda Mining
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Morado Fuel & Iron
Continental Tobacco
Eae
General Electric
Nat Hoa International
Laclede Gas
National Biscuit
Whal
Ational Steel
Pacific Mail Ooo
People’s Gas
Ccses
Tenn Coal & Iron
United States Leather
ODOT
de Pressere
Republic Iron & Steel
Do Pref . Ee
Chicago Markets
Jily Eere Eens
Tasked
President Tuttle
IRON
Gaston
Iron and Steel
Helen IF. Hyland
Boston Wool Sales
Regnier
Cercle Francais
le Trefle Blanc
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Revue de Paris
French Academy
Vitet
AML
Gaston Boissier
Academy
Fowcen
Legion of Honor
Jose Maria de Heredia
M. Pierre Louys
Aphrodite
Philadelphia
Angora Manufacturing Company
Lizzie Blackburn
Lomasney
Tantalus
Martin M. Lomasney
Tommy Atkins
Queen Victoria
Africa
Boston’s Legislators
Buke
Aristo
Cratic Youth
England
Fate
Cupid
Mars
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