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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1888

Page

6

Money Market Amidst U S and New York Clears Weekly Review

Boston as of June 2 shows easy money market with general time loans 3 to 5 percent and call loans 2 to 3 percent. New York call loans quoted 14 percent and 2 percent. mercantile paper discounts range 4 41 to 5 percent. Clearing balances at 2 percent. weekly New York Clearing House exchanges and balances given with comparisons to prior weeks and years. Foreign exchange, specie imports and exports for week and year-to-date totals reported. Bank condition table shows loans, deposits, circulation and reserves. Clearing-house weekly statement notes holiday effect and overall declines versus last year.

Boston New York Mercantile New York Clearing House Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah United States Reichsmarks Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati Lood Pittsburg Kansas City Louisville Providence Milwaukee Ouiaha Minneapolis Denver Galveston Detroit Cleveland Indianarulis Memphis Columbus Hartford New Haven Duluth Portland Springfield St. Joseph Worcester Wichita Norfolk Lowell Byracuse Grand Rapids N.Y Clearing House

Connecticut River Railroad Declares 2 Percent Quarterly Dividend

The Connecticut River railroad will pay a quarterly dividend of 2 percent on stock as of June 15, with payment due July 2.

Connecticut River Railroad

Investments in municipal and regional bonds listed

The record enumerates a sequence of bond issues including City of Newton 4s City of Lynn 4s City of Peoria Hl 48 and 41 2s City of Fort Wayne Ind 63 City of Grand Rapids 4s Old Colony Rd 4s and 6s Maine Central Rd 5s 1928 Cheshire Rd 6s.

City of Peoria City of Fort Wayne Ind City of Grand Rapids Currant River RR Douglas Axe Man’s Co Mexican Central RR Sallinaw Valley St. Louis RR Bulland Ra Ogdensvars & Lake Champ Consol, Mort Bur. & Mo. R. RR Odg. & Lake Champlain RR Air Line Pacific Canton Central Pac Ches Ohio Alton Col Del del. & L Den East Tenn Erie Fort i Ware Sautese Houst Texas Il Central Ieee Kan. & Tex Lake Abheie Yevis Long Island Lou N. Biss Beach Central St. L Tee Sear Go Wiles Pac M. & Essex Cone Nash Chat N. J W. Seegh “A Nor Northwestern Uret Cc Ohio & Miss Steves Lin West Oregon Pittsburg Reading Rich Alen Ee Rock Island Rome T.l St. Paul Pullman Pat Union A. Oodm Conal Eae Ener Petroleum Can. Sc M. W D. & ‘Trans St. L. Ace D.w& R St. P. Poe OG Kan. P St. P Lagen K. & &Lesercess N. J. C. Int N. W Plymouth Amador Nevada Valve Ontario

New York Financial Roundup Shows Dull Market Amid Mixed Bonds

New York June 2 Money on call easy at 1 2 2 to 2 with last loan at 1 and close offered at 1 1 4 percent. Sterling dull. exchange about 4.86 to 4.88. Government and railroad bonds steady. Stock market extremely dull with early declines offset by Union Pacific buy led gains, then a bank reserve drop triggered a late downdraft. Railroad bonds quiet with total sales around 660000 dollars. South Carolina seconds saw rapid recovery otherwise no notable movement.

Cordley & Co Eastern Maine New England Old Colony Providence Fitchburg Boston & Maine New York City Atchison Southern Kansas Chicago, Kansas & Western the Post Beleve Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Atchison Company Post Harvard Union Pacific New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange South Carolina

Foreign financial markets report dull London trading

June reports from London show quiet activity in foreign securities and English railways with firm prices overall. American railroad shares were irregular through the week but improved yesterday, led by New York Central with readings in Reading and Atlantic firsts noted.

London Erie St. Paul Paris Hoyland Stock Exchange New York Central Milwaukee & Louisville Northern Pacific Reading & Atlantic

Business Troubles in New Bedford Merchant's Estate

The liabilities of William T. Soule, a New Bedford dry goods merchant who recently died, total 16500 with 8500 borrowed. Assets include stock at 15868 71 and fixtures at 3808097. An investigating committee has managed the business and will continue until an administrator obtains the property or a settlement is made. Bernard McCulla, Providence liquor dealer, is attacked by J. Griffith & Co. of New York. Joshua B. Whitney Jr., baker at 776 Tremont Street, has become insolvent.

Frenchman’s Bay Land San Diego McCool Californian Southern Road Santa Ana Oceanside Los Angeles San Bernardino California Southern Bay of San Pedro San Pedro California Southern Road San Diego Land Company Bar Harbor Frenchman’s Bay Lamoine & Bar Harbor Land Company Sullivan Harbor Land Company West End Brookline Aspinwall East Boston Franklin Boston Dr. Flowers William T. Soule New Bedford Bernard McCulla Providence R. L J. Griffith & Co New York Joshua B. Whitney, Jr Baker Tremont Street

Woman injured as buggy overturns near Warren Street

Dr J E Kenny and his wife and two children were in a buggy on Erie avenue Dorchester when a passing bicycle startled the horse. The horse bolted and the buggy toppled. Mrs Kenny suffered serious injuries. she was helped home by her husband. The two children were unhurt.

J. E. Kenny Warren Street Erie Avenue Dorchester

Unknown man dies after drunken stupor near Washington and Waltham

An unidentified man about 35 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, in a brown suit, was found in a drunken stupor near Washington and Waltham streets. He was taken to Station 5, then to City Hospital after a doctor were called, and died around midnight. The death occurred at the City Hospital.

Washington and Waltham Streets Little City Hospital

Boot and Shoe Buyers Names Across The Nation

A ledger style listing of buyers and firms in multiple cities including Buffalo Chicago Dubuque Indianapolis Louisville Philadelphia San Francisco and Leavenworth. Names include Ramsdell Pratt Wells Ramsden Pickenbrook Bumphrey Hendricks Cave Daveneck Knox Murphy Bassett Hanford Foster Monroe Feder Leventrilt Rosanstock Williams among others.

Buffalo T Ramsdell O P Ramsdell Sweet & Co Bro Chicago J F Pratt Bowen & Pratt R Wells M D Wells & Co Dubuque, la M R Ramsden Lange & Amsden Dubuque Pickenbrook Tre Greenville Bumphrey Indianapolis Ind K Hendricks Hendricks & Cooper Louisville C Cave WC Cave & Co J Daveneck Mammoth Shoe and Clothing Co Leavenworth Kan A Knox Lather & Knox Layfayette D Murphy Murphy & Comstock Lexington S Bassett S Bassett & Sons Philadelphia Penn H B Hanford Hanford & Co F E Foster T L Foster & Sons J T Monroe Monroe Bros & Co San Francisco Cal Feder Rosenthal Feder & Co

Commodity Market Briefs Show Mixed Signals Across Staples

Iron remains quiet while copper, tin, and hops show dull to steady activity. Wheat products like cornmeal and rye flour are firm, oats hold steady, and millseed grows very strong. Livestock and dairy items stay firm, with butter and eggs steady, beef and pork mixed, and sugar markets stable to active.

Market quiet for American pig iron with cautious tone

The metal market shows subdued demand for No 1 and 2 iron with prices near Thomas quotations. Producers expect summer demand to lift sales, while rail, steel, and copper values drift. foreign demand remains weak and associations plan to align nail classifications across the United States.

Philadelphia Record Showas West Eastern Nail Association Philadelphia Western Nail Association Pittsburg United States London Baltimore Gray Forge Eglinton Summerlee Gartsberry Langloan Glengarnock Coltness Wili New England Shell

Boston flour and grain market report June 2

Boston markets report steady flour prices with limited demand. Quotes cover domestic flour by the barrel and include various grades from fine to spring patents. Prices shown include Michigan, Minnesota, and Canada descriptions, with ranges for bakers’ and straight grades and export fob terms.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada

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