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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1894

Page

5

Quiet Market Shows Cautious Hope In Financial Outlook

Thursday market notes a calmer sentiment after the Pullman boycott collapse and hints at possible rate relaxation as money remains abundant. Key points: New York funds heavy, Boston loan shock, government receipts and pension expenditures, sugar refinery injunction, railroad bonds, and a stockholder letter urging restraint on a Hayes committee plan.

Pullman Pittsburg Boston New York New York Cities Supreme Court Barker American Sugar Refining Company Atchison Treasury San Francisco Hayes Committee

Black Wonder Gold and Silver Mining declares 9th dividend

The board of directors at a July 5 1894 meeting declares the ninth quarterly dividend of three cents per share. It will be paid by check on International Trust Company Boston to stockholders of record July 23. Transfer books close at end of business July 23 and reopen August 1 at 9 a.m. by order of the board.

Black Wonder Gold & Silver Mining Company Washington Street Boston Mass International Trust Company Joseph H. Allen Joseph W. Brown Jennie L. Valentine Suffolk West Roxbury West Roxbury Land Company T. B. Moses Norfolk Bell Avenue Guy P. Walton

Black Wonder Stock Sale For Tunnel Project

We seek funds to finish the Black Wonder 700 ft cross cut tunnel, depth 636 feet. A small block of stock is for sale at 70 cents per share par 1.00. Dividend paying, 18 percent last year on current price. Orders by July 23 receive quarterly 3 cent dividend. Agents: The Consolidated Mining Brokerage Co. 244 Washington St. Boston MA.

Consolidated Mining Brokerage Co Washington St Boston Mass

Waterfront dispatches from Boston harbor scene

Tugs Kate Jones and Vesta assist the cruiser Minneapolis while a crowd tours the vessel. Several ships dock for repairs, including Hattie A Howes and Frank W Howe, with others in dry dock. A collision aftermath, pilots changing, and an Arbutus tow prep for Africa finish the waterfront update.

Kate Jones Vesta Boston Tow Boat Company Messrs. Cramp Minneapolis Hattie A. Howes New Bedford Fisher Carver's Harbor New York Frank W. Howe Burnham Brunswick Julia Whalen Simpson

Poles In Lowell Face Poisoning Probe Over Doves Hearts

Police investigated an alleged poisoning plot at 92 Lawrence corporation after a Polish couple Edi Twovik and Kataryna Twovik were heard in court. A boarder Elibila Nowak claimed the wife sprinkled powder from dove hearts on breakfast food, asserting a local legend. The couple left the station together.

Lowell Lawrence Corporation Edi Twovik Kataryna Twovik Poland Elibila Nowak McIntire Street

Outing and dances mark Rockland House event with notable guests

The South Shore report notes a complimentary dinner hosted by Hon. F. S. Risteen for the committee on public charity institutions, followed by a moonlight sail. Guests include Senators Blanchard and Champlin and Representatives Curtis and Bicknell. A Sea Foam House hop and weekly entertainments begin. Also covering a Roxbury Mission Church choir outing, Nantasket hotel dinners, and local hotelkeepers with long service and an octogenarian birthday.

F. S. Risteen Committee On Public Charity Institutions Rockland House Blanchard Suffolk County Lawyer Danvers Drury Lowell Thurston Endfield Horton Attleboro Clark Palmer Champlin Chelsea Curtis Marlboro Zachariah Bicknell Weymouth Waveland Messrs Danforth & Hodgman Nantasket B. F. Thomas Quincy Amos W. Hall Cambridgeport Zenas Loring Centre House Centre Hill

Attorneys Seek Loophole in Prendergast Case

In Chicago on July 12 authorities report Prendergast's lawyers plan to claim juror Steinke was insane at the time of the trial to win an escape. Two more attempts to save him occurred, with habeas corpus and commutation motions underway as Judge Grosscup weighs the writ today. Darrow traveled to Springfield to press Governor Altgeld for mercy.

Chicago Prendergast Steinke United States Darrow Springfield Altgeld Grosscup

Death of William Coholland at Kneeland street station

William Coholland aged 27, of 369 Federal street, was killed at the Old Colony railway station on Kneeland street while loading a Howe express wagon. The horse bolted and dragged him beneath the wagon wheels. An ambulance was called to Emergency Hospital but he died before arrival.

William Coholland Federal Street Old Colony Kneeland Street Howe Coholland

Markers laid at graves of Adams Paine Bowdoin lineage

President Barrett Vice-President Nathan Appleton and Henry A May placed markers at the resting places of Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine both signers of the Declaration of Independence. Also commemorated were Governor James Bowdoin and his son James Bowdoin Jr who died in Dorchester and are buried together. Bowdoin Jr was at Dorchester Heights with Washington and crossed to Boston after evacuation.

Barrett Nathan Appleton Henry A. May Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Samuel Adams Boston Robert Treat Paine James Bowdoin Continental Congress Massachusetts James Bowdoin, Jr Dorchester Dorchester Heights Washington Bay

Diego La Donne Sentenced for Assault With Intent to Murder

Diego La Donne was sentenced by Judge Fessenden in the Superior Criminal Court to four years in state prison for assault with intent to murder Fortune Amante. The June 13 North End shooting involved four revolver shots, with two bullets lodged in Amante’s arm. The defendant, previously jailed for threats, pled guilty to the indictment.

Grand excursion to trial trip of cruiser Minneapolis

The Kennebec Steamboat Company plans a voyage tomorrow at 7.30 sharp aboard the Sagadahoc to witness the start and finish of a time race on the ocean. Excursionists will enjoy ocean breezes and views of the South Shore scenery. Return voyage puts them in Boston about 4.30.

Kennebec Steamboat Company Minneapolis Sagadahoc Fboston

Transatlantic Fare War Shifts to Liverpool Route

New York reports that continental lines including Hamburg American and North German Lloyd cut New York to Liverpool fares from 25 to 18 dollars. White Star Line soon ordered a further drop to 10 dollars to Liverpool or Queenstown, prompting speculation on resulting traffic shifts.

New York Continental Lines Hamburg-American Packet Company North German Lloyd Red Star Rotterdam British Isles Liverpool Great Britain White Star Queenstown Boston Cunard Pavonia Cephalonia Bothnia Catalonia Scythia England Ireland Scotland Alexander Martin

New Chance for Wiman in Forgery Case

Judge Barrett of the Supreme Court granted a certificate of reasonable doubt in Erastus Wiman’s forgery case. Wiman, convicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for forging Bullinger’s indorsement on a 5000 dollar Dun & Co. check, may be released on bail pending appeal to the Supreme Court.

New York Barrett Supreme Court Erastus Wiman Court of Oyer and Terminer Ingraham Bullinger R. G. Dun & Co Wiman

Suit for divorce in Moncton area a long desertion case

Kate L. Jones of Malden Massachusetts seeks a divorce from Risdon D. Jones. She states they married in Saulsbury New Brunswick on May 23, 1882 and lived as husband and wife in Moncton. They have three children Daisy May Jones Ednad Rose Jones and Ruby Pearl Jones. Risdon deserted her December 18 1888 and has remained absent for more than three years. Kate has resided in the Commonwealth five years and asks custody of the minor children and a decree of divorce.

VT. Tre Middlesex Kate L. Jones Malden Risdon D. Jones Saulsbury Westmorland Province of New Brunswick Moncton Daisy May Jones Ednad Rose Jones Ruby Pearl Jones Commonwealth

Notarized Massachusetts Acknowledgment 1894 by Ferrell and McKeen

Massachusetts Commonwealth Suffolk court records show John A. Ferrell and William A. McKeen personally acknowledging a deed before Justice A B Scott on June 28 1894. The Secretary of the Commonwealth Office in Boston issued a true copy witnessed by Deputy Secretary Isaac H Edgett.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk Boston John A. Ferrell William A. McKeen A. BE. Scott the Commonwealth Isaac H. Edgett S.thwing Hawthorne Leonard G. Roberts a.Probate Court Boston Post John W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register

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