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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1875

Page

2

Wholesale grocers suspend as creditors meet

More Failures lists Worth and Watson at 183 Duane Street and Martin G. Bunn Co at Joy and Greenwich streets as suspended. Liabilities are $60,000 for Worth and Watson and small for Bunn. J D Ford & Co seek creditor advice. tomorrow morning’s meeting urged. Ford clarifies Christian Union Publishing Co separate from their publishing house. Henry W Sage and Henry M Cleveland, linked with Beecher, are not connected to the book business. Ford partners named Samuel Wilkeson John K Howard and Edward L Ford. Burglars fired on during attempted entry in New Windsor New York last night and fled.

Yonkers Peakskill Newburgh Erie Railway New York Lower Hudson Long Island Charley Ross Hudson Gen Peekskill Eoe Jimmie Cornwall Heights Mr Powers Thomas W. Ludlow Tom Jimmy Mr Ludlow Henry W. Sage Henry M. Cleveland Beecher Christian Union Ford Samuel Wilkeson John K. Howard Edward L. Ford Post Duncan, Sherman & Co Union Bank London Baring Brothers & Co Alexander Duncan Commercial Warehouse Company Paul J. Armour Jose F. Navarro Cuba Duncan Sherman & Co Duer Shipman Itis William Butler Duncan A. Duncan Pine Street Atlantic Fire Insurance Company Panama Railroad Company J. G. McCullough T. W. Park

Saratoga Races Tomorrow Probable Starters

Saratoga listings name the likely starters for three races on the next day. The Saratoga Cup features Springbok Aaron Pennington Preakness Grinstead Madge Rutherford Oliupa Wildidle and Vandalite. Flash Stakes Faithless Parole Leatherstocking Osseo Warlock McDaniels filly by War Dance McDaniels filly by Leamington Pastor Lille Belle Lady Clipper. Third race mile and a quarter Warsaw Hampton Court Survivor Frank Brigand B F Carver Caroline King Pin and Mc Daniels Leamington filly out of Naphtha.

Saratoga Springbok Aaron Pennington Preakness Grinstead Madge Rutherford Oliupa Wildidle Vandalite Faithless Parole Leatherstocking Osseo Warlock McDaniels War Dance Leamington Pastor Lille Belle Lady Clipper

Duncan Sherman Bank Failure Rocks American Markets

London Paris and Toronto reports trace the Duncan Sherman collapse to a major financial shock. The firm’s partners Duncan and Sherman faced suspicions about assets and transfers while the Erie and Atlantic lines tied into the collapse. A large consumer and corporate deposit base valued around 2 million persists, with several South patrons re-evaluating their banking connections amid the panic.

London Messrs Duncan, Sherman & Co Paris Rothschilds Washburne Liverpool Toronto Ont

Wall Street reacts to Duncan, Sherman & Co failure

The New York Times reports Drexel of Drexel, Morgan & Co saying the Duncan, Sherman & Co collapse shocks Wall Street but may not badly affect the money market. Gold rose to 16 16 then fell to 14 144, while stocks rallied after an initial decline. The failure stems from extensive cotton speculation and railway interests, with the South and West hit hardest.

George S. Opdyke George Opdyke & Co America New York Opdyke Northrup & Chick and Gilman, Son & Co Messrs Duncan, Sherman & Co J. W. Drexel Drexel, Morgan & Co Duncan, Sherman & Co Wall Street Drexel Cooke Europe LN Cotton Norton Norton & Slaughter, Cotton Merchants No. 41 Broad Street Times Beach Manchester England Southern Midland R. L. Edwards Gold Exchange Bank Edwards Seaceranaes New York World Cotton Exchange Liverpool Agricultural Bureau Bureau Ande Sons New England

Brainerd Bridge Disaster Wreck Claims Engine Crew

From Sr. PaIl, July 28, reports describe a rail bridge collapse at Brainerd during a crossing. The engine, tender, and two cars plunged into the river as the barge span failed, with twenty one cars total in the wreck and one brakeman escaping unharmed after leaping to safety.

Sr. Paul Brainerd Turnish

Bill to curb unseaworthy ships gains first reading

In the House of Commons Sir Charles A. repli introduced a bill to empower the Board of Trade to prevent unseaworthy vessels from sailing. The measure is set against Plimsoll’s bill and aims to strengthen executive action with more officers, allow a quarter of crew to demand surveys, and foreshadow fuller legislation next session. The bill passed its first reading with the second scheduled for Friday morning. The American Riflem en team visited the Woolwich Arsenal, viewing eighty-ton gun manufacture under Col. Campbell and staff. Thirty-one Dundee mills closed, 12,000 workers unemployed, with potential spread to 30,000 if Oldham strikes escalate. Moody and Sankey tour North Wales and will aid in laying a church corner-stone near Roseth. The steamer Adriatic arrived at Queenstown with its forward engine disabled after a 48-hour delay.

House of Commons Chas Sullivan Roebuck Plimsoll Dundee Messrs Moody and Sankey North Wales Roseth Wrexham Queenstown White Mountain Notch Charles O. Shore Fall River Granite Mills Shore Mills James Carson Brizzo & Carson Salt Lake Oakland Elliott North Conway N. H Foss Mansfield Chatham Franklin Street Congregationalist Society of Manchester Washington Choate L. H. Austin Kimball Academy Meriden George J. Cummings Dartmouth Academy John Stone Bedford Nathaniel Battis E. F. Curtis Plymouth Rock Shaw Providence Martha’s Vineyard Hudson Williamsport Bryson Miss Bryson Walker New Hampshire Dover Aman Troy George Allen

London and Liverpool Market Report July updates

Financial notes from London Paris and Frankfurt list U S and U K bonds, evie shares and bullion movements. Cotton market in Liverpool shows steady prices with 10 000 bales traded including exports and speculation at middling uplands.

London U. S Evie Bank of England Erie U.S Paris Frankfort Liverpool Orleans

Canadian Crop Report Highlights Strong Yield Prospects

Crop notes from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia indicate Fall wheat will be larger than early estimates despite being below average. Spring wheat surpasses average, oats barley and peas are heavy, Indian corn improves, potatoes and root crops are abundant, hay is average, and small fruits are plentiful though apples are scarce across other fruits.

Toronto

Beaver Utah July 28 Witnesses sworn in Brigham Young deposition refused

Several witnesses were sworn today confirming earlier testimony. Lee's cell was searched and found to contain items aiding escape. The defense sent telegraph affidavits from Salt Lake noting Brigham Young and Geo A. Smith were too ill to testify. deposition acceptance was refused. The defense asked to present affidavits and open their case by tomorrow. One wife of Le attacked the jailer when denied access and was jailed.

Beaver Utah Lee Salt Lake Brigham Young Geo. A. Smith

Dinner for Trumbull and Wattles at New Haven House

Tonight a complement dinner honored the Rev. H. Clay Trumbull and J. D. Wattles of Hartford who will move to Philadelphia to run the Sunday-School Times. The New Haven gathering included many Sunday school workers from this state and others with gifts presented to the departing leaders.

New Haven Conn New Haven House H. Clay Trumbull J. D. Wattles Hartford Paladelphia

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