Metal Ties on Railroads Declared Ready for Practical Use
Washington reports the forestry division finds metal track on railways moves beyond experiments. E. L. Tratman notes European success with steel cross-ties like the Post design, with trials in England France and Holland. In the U.S. trials by Pennsylvania Boston & Maine and others show mixed results but promise on main lines. The report cites cost, durability, and maintenance effects, and calls metal ties a practical option as timber supplies decline.
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Washington
Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
E. £. Russell Tratman
Europe
England
Pennsylvania Railroad
France
Holland
Post
Permanent Way
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Asia
Sumatra
London & Northwestern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Hartford
United States
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Tratman
American Forestry Congress
Atlanta
Late Cheese Sales Report From Utica and Little Falls
On June 10 cheese and butter sales listed with numerous box counts and prices in Utica and Little Falls, including 700 boxes at 7 percent, 8154 at 7 7c, and 2688 at 8c, plus private terms, commissions, and dairy terms. Butter and dairy items noted with 34 pigs of dairy and creamery at 1c per pound.
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Utica
Little Falls
Mine Roof Falls at Gaylord Mine Kills Four Workers
A roof collapse at the Gaylord mine in Plymouth, Wilkes-Barre area, this morning trapped miners in a large breast. Four men Reese Lloyd Pat Garley William Williams and Matthew Davis were killed and two others suffered severe injuries. Insufficient supporting props caused the roof failure.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Gaylord
Plymouth
Reese Lloyd
Pat Garley
William Williams
Matthew Davis
Missing Pastor Smith Found in San Francisco
The Rev. Charles Hudson Smith, 82, pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church at Upham's Corner Dorchester, has been located in San Francisco. He disappeared after claiming a suicide attempt by throwing his hat into the Charles River. Authorities hold him for identification. his fate and mental state remain unclear.
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Charles Hudson Smith
San Francisco
Smith
Charles River
Back Bay
Crowley
Small
Boston
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Upham’s Corner
Dorchester
Boston Public Library
Akron Street
Roxbury
Campbell
Callaway
Nebraska
George S. Smith
Canadian Pacific ties with US lines and a new Pacific road
Railway Age notes Canadian Pacific subsidized routes divert U S traffic from transcontinental lines while expanding steamship links to China Japan and Australia. It cites Maine subsidies as a strategic shortcut and mentions a Midland and Pacific survey from Pierre Dak to reach the Pacific. Officials from Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Chicago & Western Indiana railroads are listed along with a NYCentral bond rumor and a Chicago & Western Indiana year report showing a $344 383 surplus.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
Canada
Canadian Pacific
China
Japan
Australia
California
Maine
Dominion
Cars Down An Embankment In Train Crash At Sugar Notch
A westbound Lehigh Valley train near Sugar Notch, Wilkes-Barre, broke an axle on a forward coach causing the car to derail and plunge down an embankment. Two severely injured are John McGrompty, deputy county treasurer, and Attorney George H. Troutman of Hazelton.
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Wilkesbarrre
Penn
Lehigh Valley Road
Sugar Notch
John McGrompty
George H. Troutman
Hazelton
Bank Robbery in Archison Revealed After 1888 Heist
Archison Kansas June 10 A long buried bank robbery story comes to light detailing a September 1888 intrusion at First National Bank. A buggy arrival, a cashier distraction, and bonds and cash totaling about 23000 were taken. Funds recovered in March, $800 unendorsed, and the Treasury held the bank liable for the circulating notes.
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Gome
Archison
Kan
First National Bank
Denver
Treasury Department
Bank closes in Clay Centre as assignee named
The Clay County Bank the oldest in the Republican Valley closed its doors on Saturday. UD H Meyer president of the First National Bank was named assignee. Liabilities total 102000 with assets unknown. John Higginbotham of Topeka owned the bank and H G Higginbotham ran it.
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Clay Centre
Kan
Clay County Bank
Republican Valley
John Higginbotham
Topeka
H. G. Higginbotham
UD. H. Meyer
First National Bank
Deaf mute N.B. Dyer dies by suicide in Unity Ohio
Be rnst Me June 10 Ebenezer P Dyer aged 67 a deaf mute shot himself over the heart Sunday morning at Unity. He had been despondent for some time and has lived with Hon Joseph Farewell for twelve years.
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Ibenezer P. Dyer
Unity
Dyer
Joseph Farewell
Lowell firm files $124000 claim over Quebec seizure
Ottawa June 10 The firm of J Ayer & Co of Lowell Massachusetts has entered a claim against the government for over 124000 for damages linked to the seizure three years ago of the firm's establishment at St Johns Quebec. The Exchequer Court ruled the seizure untenable.
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Ottawa, Ont
Lowell, Mass
St. Johns
Que
Labor Trouble at Avon Settled
Avon June 10 The dispute in the lasting department of FE Tucker & Son factory was settled by Secretary Brady of the Lasters Union. The disagreement stemmed from a price reduction.
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Avon
Tucker & Son
Brady
Lasters’ Union
Hollings Firm Offers Elegant Banquet Lamp Gifts
SPEAKING OF LAMPS R Hollings & Co manufacturers and importers 647 Washington street offer new designs in exquisite shades as wedding gifts The Hollings patent extension or banquet lamp makes an elegant gift both useful and ornamental.
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R. Hollings & Co
Washington Street
Hollings
London Lancet Endorses Montserrat Lime Beverage Over Beer
The London Lancet warns hot weather drinks should avoid beer and stimulants. It praises Montserrat Lime-Fruit Juice as absolutely pure and preferable to any alcoholic beverage for relief in heat.
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London Lancet
Montserrat
Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston
The Money Market opens steady with good business paper at 4 to 5 percent and collateral loans from 1 3 to 3 percent. Exchange totals show large sums in New York and Boston, with premiums and discounts across several cities. The local stock market starts dull then strengthens, with Atchison and Chicago lines moving, Union Pacific unchanged, and Wisconsin Central active on close. Frenchmans Bay and Aspinwall Land trades noted, Tamarack Mining declares a July dividend.
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Poston
New York
Chicago
St Louis
San Francisco
Telegraph
New Orleans
Commercial
Bank
Charleston
Savannah
Potter, Lovell & Co
Nashua
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Holyoke
Reichsmarks
Boston
Reserve Sons
Atchison
Boston News Bureau
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
St. Paul
the Journal
Buffalo
Duluth
Lake Superior
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Philadelphia
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Villard
Adams
Wisconsin Central
M. Charles L. Colby
Wisconsin Central Company
Joseph L. Colby
Northern Pacific
Colby
New England
Hastern
Boston & Providence
Central Massachusetts
Frenchman’s Bay
Bears
Aspinwall
Tamarack Mining Company
Boston Stock Exchange
Allouez
Arnold
Atlantic
Bonanza
Mont
Butte & Boston
Cal
Hecla
Catalpa
Crescent
Central
Franklin
Huron
Qi Ironton
Kearsarge National Re
Quincy
Ridge
Santa Pei
Boothbay
Hipston
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Boylston Street
Brookline
Essevees
Campobello
Veeseesere Gly
Fast
Wportis
Payson
Penobscot
San Diego
Sullivan Eee
Topeka
West End
Winthrop
Wollaston
Seree Enews
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At. & Pac
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A. C
Be & Q
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G. Ts
K C
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M. Gs
L. KR
Pts
St. L. V. Guss
Oregon
L. Gs
Rutland Gs
Southnern Kan
Sonora
Wis
Cen
Lit &S
Atch
Top. & S. Ae
Aide Atlantic
Pacific
Boston & Alban
Boston & Lowel i Eeet
Boston & Maine
Boston & Prov
OW Iadesak
K. C
Be & Gull
E C
N & Bee
St. Ti
Maine
Thane
Rutland
Ee Eneet
Summit
E Union Pactics
GO Dee Viness
Wheat Market Dips After Opening Strength Fades
The Option Markets in Chicago report a stronger opening for wheat followed by a quick weakening as longs sold on rising visible supply. Export demand is light and foreign crops are favorable, limiting purchases. Corn shows strength, oats dull, and provisions mix with pork and lard firms.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Boston
Gilman, Cheney & Co
C$ Williams & Co
Conn
Minneapolis
New York
Lumber Loan Deal at Walnut Mills in Nashville Tenn
A party offers to advance 30 per 1000 feet for logs at mill yard with 7 per 1000 soon after saved. Owner pays 1 percent monthly for use of money and $10 monthly to the man coordinating funds. Logs to be sawed for parties’ interests. Mills in healthy town. Prices: 75 for firsts and seconds, 40 rejects, 27 culls fob. Rates from mills to Boston 43 cents. Address W A Spevenson Southern Lumberman Nashville Tenn.
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Mill Yard
Nice
Boston
W.A. Spevenson
Southern Lumberman
Nashville, Tenn
Commodity market snapshot shows mixed livestock and produce trends
Flour firmer while corn dull and oats quiet. Rye and oatmeal steady to dull. Butter firm, cheese strong, eggs higher. Potatoes easier, potatoes and sweet potatoes quiet. Poultry firm, hay steady, straw in fair demand. Truck active, pork quiet, corned beef steady, fresh beef easy. Apples dull, oranges steady, lemons quiet or higher. Molasses strong, tallow tame.
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Graham
Market Tangles Turn Positive After Noon Trading Rally
New York June 10 money on call easy 2 to 3, prime mercantile paper 3.5. Sterling steady with 4.8714 bid for sixty day bills and 4.88% for demand. Vanderbilts lead gains as Lake Shore and Jersey Central rise. Afternoon rally lifts all shares, coal and steel rails boost margins, then slight profit-taking near close. Railroad bonds firm. total sales 1,244,000 with varied price moves across numerous issues.
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Brokers’ Board
Se Seis Am. Bell
Chic. Gas Tr
Eastman Car Heater O Lead Trust
Lamson
Kcm&hbs
Seeewee
Cotton Oil Trusts
Pneumatic Tool Co
N. W
Ho & Ont
Nav
Liverpool Co
O&lc
Lynn Gas and Electric Bo
Lynn & Boston RR
Ee D
Mt.esert
East Shore
Rutlana
Malden Electric Co
Erie
New York
North Chicago
Mater
P. de
Kell Teli
TS Cas
Thormson-Houston Elec
Lamsons
Union
J.C
Tex. P
Bonanza
Winnisimmet Co
N. W. Cons
W. Shore
Col . HaGisevisa
Santa Fe
Lee Ballion
Tamarack
Belle Isle
el Cristo. i
Taker
Floreka
Exchequer
Sullivan
Hole & Nor
Hock
Noses Petree
Fitchburg
West End Ry
Mee
Cal So
KK & Wine
NY & NE
Ox &Lc
Ee Amwell
Aspinwall Land
Brookline
East Loston
B & Mont Mining
B& Nowees
C & West Mich
F & Pere Mar
Ev & St
Leaweey
Wis Cen
Fdison Phon
Des & Last
Des Il
Thom-Houst Elec
Pala
Prime Mercantile
Kar
Sterling Exchange
Vanderbilts
Lake Shore
Canada Southern
Jersey Central
St. Paul
Atchison
Burlington
Rock Island
Chesapeake & Ohio
Kansas & Texas
Mackinac & Marquette
Metropolitan
Pennsylvania
Manitoba
East Tennessee
Kalamazoo & West Pigeon
New York & Northern
Iron Mountain
Print Cloth Market Quiet in Fall River Quotations Hold at 3
The print cloth market in Fall River reports steady activity on June 10 with prices holding at 3 percent for 64x64s. Business remains moderate as buyers and sellers maintain cautious engagement in the market.
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Fall River
Melbourne wool market report 1888 89 insights
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency reports Melbourne and Sydney wool exports at 36724 bales for 1888 89 up from 21913 bales last year. American buyers show rising interest in colonial sales as direct wool purchases increase and prices generally firm through October.
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency
Victora
Melbourne
Sydney
London
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Railroad Matters
Pierre
Dak
Pacific Coast
Minneselia
Black Halls
Missouri
Midland & Pacific
Ilinois Central
Ony Fopeka & Sent
Atchison, T & Santa Fe Railroad Company
J. ‘Chase
B. French
CU. E. Towne
Ae Dewitt
D. L. Gallup
Norman Williams
Ey Kenny
B. P. Cheney
Shomes & Bath
H. W. Bishop
A. F. Towne
Matichicago
Santa’ Fe & California Railway Company
C. L. Hutchinson
Edson Keith
W. K. Strong
J. #. Morrison
A. Kent
Nelson Morris
William J. Watson
QO. W. Peabody
Is Cheney
Abram Poole
G. C. Magoun
Irf McCook
Sheeee Railroad
C. H Peters
E.S. Washburn
W. B. Strong
J. B. Morrison
New York Central & Hudson River Company
Ayer & CO
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Eastman
Edison Phon
Beacon Electric
Frenchman’s Bay Land
Penobscot Bay
Desert
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Texas Pacific
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Pacific Mail
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American’ Oil
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Ophir
Betes
Chroular
Bodie
Savage
Sierra
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Gould & Carfy
Seeee
Hale & Norcross
Utah
Martin White
Yellow Jacket
North Belle Isle
NEW York Financial
John E. Welsh
Boston Markets
Bush
City Mill
City Mall
Minnesota
New York & New England Railroad
Boston & Albany Railroad
Hoosac
State
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
Treasur
Brown Bros. & CO
Lou Curtis
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
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