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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1884

Page

3

Money Matters and Rate Inquiries July 2

July 2 Fair inquiry for money use and interest rates. Prime mercantile paper at 6 to 64 percent, miscellaneous at 7 to 8 percent, call loans with collateral at 6 to 64 percent. Corporation paper around 54 percent. activity weak. Bank balances and New York funds noted with daily exchanges at $15,076,496 and balances $2,056,411.

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Market rally and bears alarmed as July charges met

New York reports buoyant share speculation with buys in leading issues. Grain prospects and Vanderbilt views lift sentiment while Vanderbilt Gould White buyers push stocks upward. In later trading prices ease but close firm with 355,300 shares traded. Erie delegation reportedly sails to guard interests.

New York Bears Vanderbilt Vanderbilt-Gould St. Paul Northwest Lackawanna Lake Shore Louis Ville Nashville Rock Island Jersey Central Missouri Pacific New York Central Northern Pacific Canada Southern Union Peecific Central Pacific Western Union Chicago Bucklington Quincy Union Pacific Lawson, Douglas & Co

Market Price Report for Commodities and Supplies

A broad scan of prices shows alcohol at 212, ashes steady, beeswax firm, crude oil 36 32c, refined 40 42c, candles steady, coal shipments steady amid old contracts, coffee unchanged, cotton unsettled with mixed futures, drugs and chemicals steady, dry goods weak, fish values mixed, flour quiet and cheaper, freight rates easing, fruit firm on Malaga and Valencia, grain dull with steadiest corn, gunpowder and gunny bagging steady, hay ample, hemp firmer, hides dull, hops up amid crop concerns.

Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Nova Scotia Cumberland Clearfield Java Jamaica Maracaibo Rio Manila Liverpool Lllee Uplands Gulf Cestor Gambier New York St. Domingo St. John Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana St. Louis Illinois London Glasgow Antwerp Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Dunedin Lyttleton Brisbane California Baltimore Portland Fall River Providence Salem New Haven New London Portsmouth Malaga Valencia Turkey Wilmington Virginia Palermo Sicily Warren Powder Mills Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Eagle Ulge & Yard Cuba Montevideo Buenos Ayres Calcutta India Lake Eglinton Paris Lyal Kentucky West Carolina Rangoon Patna Cadiz Bond Turks Island Foucauld & Co Otard Dupuy Tennessy Pellevoisin Martell St Croix Bay New England Porto Rico Fajardo Cienfuegos Arroyo PR Barbadoes San Francisco Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Japan Connecticut New York State Pennsylvania Madeira Maine Australia Llge Orleans City Chicago Canada Guadaloupe St. Iago English Island Havana Petroleum—United Tierce City Extra India Tierces Western Steam Tierces City South America Milwaukee Albany Brighton Cincinnati Toledo Detroit

Dull Business Outlook as Boot Makers Threaten Shutdown

The market remains weak with few buyers and scant new orders. Boot manufacturers plan to discharge cutters and may close factories rather than accept last season prices. This will push jobbers to cover rising costs if possible while manufacturers curb output to match demand.

Congress Street New York City Chicago Cincinnati Baltimore Indianapolis Ts Rubber Companies Eee St. Louis Cleveland Columbus Toledo Buffalo N. Y Rochester Philadelphia Minneapolis Min Ind Kansas City Chillicothe Joseph Nashville Galveston Tex Dubuque Syracuse Bae Rome New Orleans Chambersburg San Francisco Cal Denison San Antonio Lynchburg Macon Sedalia Savannah Weatherford Atlanta Knoxville Milwaukee Wis Memphis

Prices and stock movement in Boston and surrounding markets

Market prices for cattle, beef, sheep, hides, and swine show varied regional activity. Reports detail store cattle, milch cows, veal calves, and export trades, with weekly droves organized by New England states and western shipments. Prices reflect Fourth of July demand and seasonal supply shifts across multiple yards.

Swine Maine Hampshire Yvermont Massachusetts New York Canada Watertown Brighton N. B J H Fogg H Coolidge & Son Libby & Merrill Libby & Weiler Libby & Son G Allen J le Bassett New Hampshire N E Winn J O Sanborn J C Marshall Harper & Gary I B Sargent Aldrich & Johnson H A Wilcox T J Converse Dow & Moulton Bothell E F Adden Vermont Worthern J H Thomas F H Gilbert J B Remick G H Spriggs R G Kimee M G Flanders L H Smith J S Henry O E Robinson H W Robinson H Hurlburt D McCarthy Monroe Hollis & Co Hathaway & Jackson J F Stetson Farrell & McGivan E H Eames E Farrell G A Sawyer J J Donnelly J J H McCarthy Glasgow Pees A N Monroe J O Brine Tyrian W Colwell Ripon City London Gustitia Missouri Liverpool J A Hathaway R P Pollard Tice Aldrich & Johnson D. W Sloe J. H. Fogg Olge E Winns J B Sargent T J Courie Ed Moulton O F Bothell E Fadaen A Worthern Ricker & Moore Martin Scattering Watertown Yards New England A A Martin A B Eden Aldrich & Son JS Henry G B Evens MG Flanders D McC Boston Albany Stetson Farrell & McFlynn A T Stone A Williamson F H Coolidge

Auction Sale Of Oliver And Franklin Street Property

Large warehouse property Nos. 33 and 35 Oliver street and No. 232 Franklin street with land 4790 feet sold at public auction Wednesday by Samuel Hatch & Co to L. Murdock for 42100 plus taxes. Assessed value 53000 and rental 3500. Bids opened at 35000. Adjoining three story building Nos. 29 and 31 Oliver street with land 4000 feet sold to A. W. Stetson agent State National Bank for 33000.

Oliver Street Franklin Street Mating Sons T. C. Kennedy Marion Street East Boston John Mahoney Jerome Macdonald Bickford Street Boston Highlands James Harmon Albert Howe and Co James B. Varley Guardian Wicklow Street Brighton

Cotton Market July 2 Receipts and Prices Across Markets

The July 2 market report shows New York prices steady with uplands at 11 1 8 to 11 3 4 cents and Orleans around 11 3 4. Across major hubs like Chicago St Louis and Detroit, grains and provisions shift while cotton futures hold steady.

Atlantic and Western firsts and global market notes

Financial wires report mixed firsts and prices for rail stocks led by Atlantic and Great Western at 33 percent and Erie at 134 percent, with several others moving. Liverpool and London reports show wheat and corn prices steady to dull, cotton strong, and British imports of grain and flour modest against fine English weather.

London Atlantic and Great Western Erie New York Central Ilinois Central Pennslvania Philadelphia Reading Canadien Pacific St Paul Common Liverpool California Uplands Orleans Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Paris United Kingdom England

Imports at Hosten Madagascar and Atlantic cargo notes

The transit list records Bark Glide-1231 hides and rubber, 97 cases. dry sated hides 8204 and 50 cases rubber. ebony logs and rope handling. Emmerton and Co shipping coffee to Port La Tour. Mina Page reports mackerel and codfish via Port La Tour and Saint John. G Hart schooner carries birds and sugar. Neptune cargo from Barbadoes includes molasses sugar and wood ashes. Saratoga steamer, cigars from Havana. Freeman ship Freddie D reports awhales orders.

Madagascar Suzar Ee Emmerton & Co Port LA Tour Mina T J Jones & Co ST John and Auguadilla P R Hart Dana Bros Cienfuegos Bark Neptune Wood Ashes H Atkins Co Barbadoes Kioto Gossier & Co Havana Saratoga New York Pierce & Co Ve John N B Freddie D

Foreign Exports From Multiple Ports Include Flour Pork and Leather

A long list of export cargoes from Sackville Maitland and Frederickton in New Brunswick to Jam and Liverpool plus Adelaide and Glasgow details schooners, steamer cargoes, and their quantities. Notable items include flour, meal, kerosene oil, pork, beef, hides, cotton waste, and timber. Cargoes list weights counts and destinations with vessels Mary C Raymond River Clyde Justitia and others.

Sackville Mary C Maitland E Raymond Frederickton Mary George Port Antonio River Clyde Liverpool Eng Missouri Adelaide Glasgow Scot Justitia New York

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroads

A transcription of freight receipts showing extensive quantities of wool cotton oats corn flour malt milks beef pork tallow butter oleomargarine cheese hay straw leather hides skins and other staples shipped by Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Eastern Fitchburg and Lowell Railroads. The figures list bales boxes barrels and cars for July 2, including thousands of bushels and dozens of rolls and tubs across the network.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Lupider Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Railroad Nace Ontetel

Consolidation Details For Midwest Rail System Adopted

A Des Moines despatch reports Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska rail lines merging with the Des Moines Osceola and Southern to form a unified system. B L Harding will be general manager with headquarters in Des Moines. The Osceola line will be standard gauge extended to St Joseph Missouri, with work to continue in both directions. St Paul company 1884 six month results show gross earnings 190,000 with expenses 55 percent, income 150,600 and dividends 1,660,920. Latest rail earnings include Kansas City Fort Scott and Gulf.

Des Moines Iowa Wisconsin, Iowa Nebraska Osceola and Southern B. L. Harding Des Moines, Osceola and Southern St. Joseph St. Paul Company

Court records from the marine and revenue cases

Benjamin A. Higgins pleaded nolo contendere for cruel punishment aboard the schooner Amelia Chase and was fined 200 dollars. James B. Murray was found guilty of beating two sailors aboard the bark Horace Scudder and fined 20 dollars and 25 dollars. Elizabeth Hazard of Boston faced trial for selling liquor without a license under internal revenue laws. One juror was excused and the rest held for Thursday.

Benjamin A. Higgins James Mathues Higgins Mathues James B. Murray Horace Scudder Albert Shaw Harry Williams Elizabeth Hazard Boston Internal Revenue

Notable courtroom rulings on extortion and related charges

Under Judge Gardner the court found Robert Thompson not guilty of attempting to extort money while Albert T. Abbott was guilty as an accessory. Ida Braconnier was admitted to bail on her own recognizance. Hattie Arnold pleaded guilty to keeping a house of ill fame with sentence deferred, as was Charles F. Downey for indecent exposure. Daniel Cronan pled guilty to assault and battery and was fined. Thomas and George Nagle pleaded guilty to assault and battery. Thomas to stand, George to serve 14 months. A motion for a new trial in the Blood Townsend case occupied the afternoon.

Robert Thompson Albert T. Abbott Ida Braconnier Hattie Arnold Charles F. Downey Daniel Cronan Thomas Nagle George Nagle House of Correction Central Court Churchill Edward Powers John McNeil Daniel Kennedy Catherine O’ Brien Moses A Davis George G. Batchelder Beach Street Daniel P. Mahoney George Lowrey Mary Johnson James Kieran Charles Cavanah Simon Grant John B Oscar F. Wetmore James Magee Boston Frank Warde Edward Sweeney House of Industry Osmond B. Fish Azelia Smith Bunker Hill Michael Flynn

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