Money Market Notes and Stock Market Slump amid Labor Tensions
Boston money market remains firm with 4 percent clearing rates and time paper 5 to 6 percent. Bills scarce. New York exchanges fall versus last year. Treasuries show varied gains and losses. Local stock list shows irregular, feverish trading as labor troubles and royal events weigh on sentiment. several rail and mineral shares move with notable volumes and shifts.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Ban Francisco
New Orleans
Bank
Savannah
Charleston
United States
National Bank
William
Athchison
Kansas City
Sears
California Southern
Atlantic & Pacific
Union Pacific
Burlington & Quincy
Cleveland & Canton
Summit
Springfield
Memphis
Flint & Pete Marquette
Portland Water Co Bonds Offered In Exchange
The Portland Water Co offers bonds at 103 and 6 percent interest in exchange for Portland Water Company 6s maturing April 1 1888. Omaha Water Works 6s, twenty years to run, are offered in exchange at par and interest. Omaha bonds equal Portland in security. city size and growth noted. A descriptive pamphlet will be mailed on request.
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Topeka City Railway
Topeka Belt and Circle Railway
Frenchman’s Bay
San Diego
Tia Juana
National City & Otay Railroad
Tia Juana City
Calumet & Hecla
Seabury
Osceola
Joseph W. Clark
Albert 5. Bigelow
Charles van Brunt
George F. Bemis
John N. Dennison
Ree Bigelow
Omaha Water Works
Portland Water Company
Omaha
Portland
New York Financial Market Slips After Early Activity
Money on call easy at 2 to 4 percent with last loan at 3. Prime mercantile paper 5 1/2. Bar silver 94 3/4. Sterling quiet. Government and railroad bonds dull to heavy as market fades after 12 o'clock. Reading and Lackawanna show some activity, but overall prices retreat to day’s lows. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy court protection adds firmer tone. several bond issues quoted lower with mixed declines across various railroad and trust receipts.
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Eastern Railroad of Minnesota
Duluth
New York Trust Company
Manitoba Company
Superior
Hinckley
Mexican Central
Mexican Central Securities
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Cambridge
Fitchburg
Trunk Line
Boston
New England
Pearson
New York
Vermont
Trank Line
New York Central
Boston & Albany
Northern
Arthur
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Central Massachusetts
Amherst
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Messrs. L. , Hills
E. F. Cook
Oregon
Central
Louisville
Evansville & St. Louis
Atchison Land Grant
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
Atchison Plain
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Lamson
York Manufacturing
Amory
Bell Telephone
New Ian
Topeka
Topeka Land and Development Company
Treasury
Eail
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bulness
Reading
Lackawanna
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chesapeake & Ohio
Denver & Rio Grandeis
Northern Pacific Trust
Peoria
Decatur
Foreign Markets flat as London quotes and Paris notes bullion shifts
Foreign financial markets report mixed quotes with Paris bonds listed at 82 francs 3.21 for the account and various U S and Canadian securities. The London Stock Exchange and continental bourses are flat as bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England totals 30000 pounds with weekly gain of 259000 pounds and reserve ratio moving to 45.42 percent. Paris reports a weekly Bank of France gold decrease of 2,726,000 francs and silver drop of 4,475,000 francs.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Brokers’ Board
Mar
Lamson SS
Cesses
AGM
West Und
Eees
B& Mont
C & Hee
Franklin
Escares
Mass
T & SF
At & Pac Inc
Eastern
Ny&nets
Aspinwall
Boston
Diego
West End
Crescent
Kearsarge
T&s
Ny&ne
Col
Rutland
UN Pac
At & Po Ing
K &W
Evy
St L
Ee Am Bell Tel
Amory Mitls
Amoskeag
S York Mitz Co
B. Eeneee
San Diego
JOL
At&p
B&q
S& P
Bay West End
Wisc
T&s F
Oslos
P & Ark
UOC Co
Erie
Roy
Boston Land
Wee
Gol
Csscveee
Kearsarge K
Old Stoc
Tamarack
Cl & Cant
A. Kitch
Cd Kc, Sp& M
NYWNE
Cues
Pfd
London
Paris
Atlantic & Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Ilinois Central
St Paul
New York Central
Pennee
Reading
Mexican Central
London Stock Exchange
Bank of England
Bank of France
Commercial Matters Overview of Market Conditions
Leather and hides are dull while boots and shoes maintain steady output. Flour corn oats and meal products show mixed but firm or moderate demand with several staples quiet or unchanged. Butter cheese pork lard ham and other animal products vary from steady to fair demand as fruits vegetables and other commodities display similar mixed activity.
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Florida
RAYMOND TESTIFIES IN CIVIL COURT INQUIRY
The Raymond versus Russell case advanced in Superior Civil Court before Judge Barker with Raymond’s testimony about financial dealings. Witnesses described Raymond’s credit, bank accounts, and prior business history, including insolvency and prior stores in Boston and New Brunswick, as the court adjourned to continue proceedings.
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Raymond
Russell
Lowell
Grove
Grove Had Said. Witness Never Looked Into the Motives of Mr. Grove
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Dabney
Mr. Grove
Raymonds
Mr. Russell
Mr. Morse
Dabney
George P. Bott
National Exchange Bank
Deail
Louis Wolf
Gay & Wolf
Raymond Good
Samuel Clark
Burgess & Goddard
George J. Raymond
Cogswell
Woodstock
N. B
Boston
S. S. Houghton & Co
Washington Street
George J. Raymond & Co
Newman
Witness
New Brunswick
Tremont Yow
Court Street
St. John
Minneapolis
Minn
Agawam Cooperative Shoe creditors meet at Tapleville
Creditors adjourned meeting at the company factory in Tapleville as W Scott Dickson of Lynn reported the books in confusion and a machinery bill of sale for 1300 with 640 paid left 660 due. The committee urged full power to sell the plant and the report was adopted.
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Agawam Cooperative Shoetan
Taple
Ville
W. Scott Dickson
Lynn
R. F. McCriltis
Meagan
Ezra Mallosk
Harrison Square
Dorchester District
Deblois & Co
Gvetaneia N. S
W. Bennett & Co
Montreal
H. H. Pike & Son
Stablers
Cambridge
Calix Vigneault
Grocer
New Bedford
Trow & Eaton
Nashua
N. H
F. M. Shefford
Isaac M. Seabury
Turner Bros
Boston
M. E. Crowell
F. Kk
Mcdonald
Charles J. Hollis
Joan I’, Ferrell, Woollens
Helc
Wheat Market Dulls Then Rises on Emperor William Death
The Chicago markets report dull but steady wheat with a late upswing after news of Emperor William's death. Corn oats and pork show mixed movements as traders weigh unrest and potential succession reports. Receipts and hog prices are listed with daily estimates for today and tomorrow’s grain car loads.
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Farnum, Reardon & Co
William
Leather and Hides Market Shows Dull Trade and Low Prices
Leather and hides markets remain quiet with buyers covering only immediate needs. Wax and hip leather steady to soft in buyers favor. brogan leather steady. boot grain demand moderate. oil grain firm. bull leather steady with moderate stocks. Hides dull. foreign hides easy but ample. southern hides weak. goat skins steady. kiel stock active. Sole leather prices quoted for hemlock, union leather, rough leather and finished leather across multiple grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
Gale
Brogan
Market quote list for hides and leather supplies
The itemized market notes list prices for cows and steers by weight and locale, including New England green salted hides, Brighton and West regions, and Southern hides. Prices show per unit in cents, with numerous quality grades and types such as dry flint, sole leather selections, and Buenos Ayres to Montevideo consignments.
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Deighton
New England
New Englan
Brighton
West
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Ary el Grande
Entre Rios
Trade in boot and shoe industry shows steady, urgent shipments
The boot and shoe trade remains steady with buyers eager to ship goods quickly. Factories push late orders, with robust sales in brogans, plough shoes, and cheap buff and grain lines. West reports favorable conditions when weather improves. trade is uneven, some firms overwhelmed, others short on labor.
Market Reports March 8 Wheat and Corn Prices
Grain market notes from Beerbohm's London cablegram date March 7 1888 report United Kingdom and Continent trade flows for wheat maize corn with weekly export totals and price quotes for flour corn oats and feeds. Includes domestic quotations by grade for flour and cereal products and notes on market firmness and activity.
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Beerbohm
London
United Kingdom
Othe
Atlantic
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
Sec
Ryu
New No 1
New York
Maur
Butter Prices Hold Steady Amid Mixed Creamery Quotations
A steady demand is noted for Burrrr at old quotations. Western creameries sell at 20 30c for round lots, with most sales at 26 28c. Northern creameries show scarcity of September and October makes, with choice lots at 24 28c. Summer creamery prices run 24 26c. Demand for extra mont new mil dairies at 26 28c. old dairy stock sells around 22c. Ladle packed.
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Mining and Stock Exchange
Sonora
Lake of
St. Jo
Union Pacific Gs
Ps Ihe
Qo Inc
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Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Boston & Prov
Cal
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B.&n
Sie Cleve
Canton
Flint & P
Gulf
R & Ft S
E. & St. Weeee
N. Y
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Old Colony
Union Pacific Ees
Bell
Ser
Pullman Palace
RST
Mont
Sonia
B. SG
Pontiac
Allonez
Arnold
Bonanza
Sb. Louis
Bowman
Mary's. Breece
Security
South Side
Dunkin
Hanover
Burton Car
Humboldt
Len
Chiair
Huron
Lord Tel
Mesnard
Jo Minnesota
Arte
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Ulloa & Bets Ve
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Land and Ee Companies
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Pacific Mail
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Union
N. W
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Pedx
St. P
C. & Kan
N.J. C
N. Pac
I. Pac
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W. Shore
Adams
Wells Far
American
Amador
Mono
Best & Bel
C & Va
Imperial
Savage
Nevada
Treasure
OFI
Portland Water Co
C. H. Venner & Co
Congress Street
Kidder, Peabody & CO. Bankers
Devonshire Street
Nassau Street
Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co
Europe
California
Philadelphia
Williams & CO
Ec Atlantic
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Texas Pacific
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Boosstown
BR. C. Downer
F. C. Squire
W. R. Dresser
Chicago Markets
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