Money Market Firm Amid Strong New York Exchange Figures
Boston money market held firm with clearing house loans at 4 percent and time papers at 5 to 6 percent. New York exchange totals rose to 113,560,019 dollars, while Boston's daily totals fell to 194,650 bonds and 22,660 shares as rail stocks shifted on bear talk and a weak Emperor William.
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Telegraph
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Bank
Savannah
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United States
National Bank
Eas
Paris
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William
Atchison
Atlantic & Pacific
California Southern
Sonora
Southern Kansas
Gulf
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
New Mexico
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Spencer, Trask & Co
Union Pacific
House Committee On Pacific Railroads
Pacific Railroad
Flint
Pere Marquette
Wisconsin
Oston & Lowell
Worcester
Nashua
Brookline Land Company
Equitable Building
Riverdale Park
Brookline Village
Jamaica Pond
Thomas N. Hart
Jarvis D. Braman
Frederick 8. Taylor
Dwight Braman
Alfred D. Foster
Alfred D. Chandler
Frenchman’s Bay
Maverick
Cutler
Boston Land
Aspinwall
San Diego
Florida Midland Railroad
Boston & Montana
Larrabee
Calumet & Hecla
Mies
Etue
Boston Lake
Calumet Red Jacket
New York Financial Report Highlights Market Weakness
Money on call easy at 2 to 3 percent with last loan at 3. Government bonds dull and firm. rail bonds quiet and heavy. Reading St Paul Lackawanna lead the day’s stock activity, with late weakness and a broad market decline. Railroad bonds saw some activity but maintained a heavy tone with list-wide softness and notable losses in Reading and St Paul.
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New York
S. Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
St. Paul
Reading
Lackawanna
William
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Detroit, Mackinay
Foreign Financial Markets Report London Paris March 7
London Consols quoted at 101 ¾ for money and 102 ¼ for the account. Atlantic & Great Western firsts 33 34.5. Mexican ordinary 47 58. St Paul common 78 44. Pennsylvania 65 ½. Reading 32. 1.30 p m Paris advices show 3 per cent rentes at 82 francs 56 centimes. Money 2 2½. Discount for short bills 1.4 percent. Bar silver 43 34d per ounce. India council bills allotted today at a decline of 3 32d. Berlin diverse flat on rumors of failures in St Petersburg.
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Allouez
Arnold
Seeee
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Feiss
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Ives
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Trenton
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Hoston & Lowell
Hoston & Maine
Hoston & Prov
Keartarge
Eternal Metal
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India Council
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Railroad men meet as 1888 excursion rate talks proceed
A large gathering of New England and other regional railroad officials, led by George L. Connor, debated Boston and New York rate structures. An exhibition of the Barry automatic lamp extinguisher for cars drew a crowd, promising automatic lamp extinguishing and fire prevention. The device, tested on Central Vermont cars, may soon be adopted by Concord railroad and others.
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New York State
Pennsylvania
George D. Haven
New York
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
W. H. H. Beck
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. M. Burt
West Shore Railroad
Theo Kampmann
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Frank Moore
W. R. Babcock
Providence & Stonington Steamship Company
Robert M. Barton
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
C. E. King
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Co. T. Hempstead
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
M. L. French
Chateaugay Railroad
M. B. Waters
People’s Line
E. J. Richards
New York Central
Hudson River
F. B. Hibbard
Albany
New York Day Line
John Foy
Niagara Navigation Company
R. C. Carter
Thousand Island Railway and Navigation Company
T. P. Carpenter
Lake Superior Transit Company
Theo Butterfield
Kane
Watertown & Ogdensburg
Boston
George L. Connor
Old Colony Railroad
Central Vermont Railroad
Boston & Lowell
Canadian Pacific Railway
Central Vermont
United States
Concord Railroad
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Boston
A list of buyers from multiple cities and firms across the United States, including Alleghany Penn-Chies Sher Bloomington and many named companies and individuals. The passage ends with a local Boston apothecary note about physicians' prescriptions offered at low prices and standard apothecary goods at moderate figures.
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Alleghany, Penn
Raymond and Russell Mercantile Agency Case Continued
The Raymond Russell case in the Superior Civil Court resumed with witnesses including Asa Patten and Charles Osgood detailing bank discounts and stored reports. Testimony covered reports from Russell & Co and Dun & Co, shipping goods to outlying stores, and questions over taped notes and the authorship of comments about Raymond’s finances.
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George J. Raymond
Russell Mercantile Agency
Superior Civil Court
Barker
Asa K. Patten
Springfield
R. G. Dan & Co
Charles F. Osgood
National Security Bank
Dabney
Raymond
Patten
Morse
Russell & Co
George J. Raymond & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Dun & Co
James Bartlett, Jr
Providence
R. L
R.G. Dun & Co
Charles H. Dow
E. Russell & Co
Horace Partridge
Dutton
Houghton & Dutton
Grove
Simonds
Bailey
Partridge
St. John
Edward Russell
Ciief
Hunt
Edward B. Russell
Mr. Morse
Russell
Commodities Mixed With Steady to Fair Demand Across Markets
Wool and corn show firmness while millfeed and poultry tone dull. Butter cheese and eggs hold steady though certain items like ducks, geese, quail, and some fruits remain quiet or in light supply. Lambs and pork show fair to steady movement with overall durable demand in farm products.
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Florida
Excursionists to California depart from Fitchburg station
About 125 travelers embark this afternoon under Raymond & Whitcomb for California. Route via West Shore Grand Trunk to Chicago then Rock Island Santa Fe. Carroll Hutchins in charge. Read lists many named New England participants and their cities.
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California
Raymond & Whitcomb
Fitchburg
West Shore
Grand Trunk
Chicago
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Carroll Hutchins
New York
Rotterdam Junction
New England
Wool Market Steady with Firm Prices Across Regions
The wool market remains steady with scarce high quality lots and firm prices. Ohio Pennsylvania fleeces and Michigan wools show strong demand. Texas and California markets stay quiet at old quotations while territory and foreign wools hold firm amid limited supplies.
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Territory
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Georgia
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Nebraska
Maine
Fine Valley
Medium Valley
Washington Territory
Montevideo
Cape
Melbourne Exhibition marks Australia centennial event
Australia prepares for a grand Melbourne international exhibition to celebrate a centenary of settlement. It opens August 1 for six months with $50 000 appropriated by Congress and officials to represent the United States. Duty free goods and free motive power space are offered by Victoria authorities. John M. Ives returns from the antipodes with blank space applications and invites applicants for exhibits to contact Chester, N.Y. at once.
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Australia
Congress
United States
Victoria
America
John M. Ives
Antipodes
Af H. H. Warner & Co
Chester
BASstly and cheaply you can fit out your boys
G. W. Simmons & Co. offer an affordable clothing solution for boys at 32 North Street. The ad targets anxious mothers seeking value and ready outfits.
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G. W. Simmons & Co
Wool Supply Dispute Between Lynch and Bureau Estimates
A letter to the New York Commercial Bulletin disputes the agricultural bureau wool figures, arguing Lynch's estimates are more reliable. It compares yearly totals from 1875 to 1887, notes large gaps from 1880 onward, and questions bureau sheep counts and yield assumptions.
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New York Commercial Bulletin
James Lynch
Agricultural Bureau
Lynch
Agr
Wis
SSBL
Census Bureau
Dodge
Bureau
Ecukouenans
Ras Aia
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Ida D. Sweet
Mabel G. Sweet
Attleboro
H. K. Swinscoe
Clinton
R. S. Taylor
I. F. Taylor
A. W. Upson
Kensington
Charles Y. Woerd
Waltham
H. C. Wyman
Waterbury
Charles L. Young
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