Union Pacific Declares Dividend Amid Market Dullness
The day’s trading remained quiet with a strong tilt in the final hours as Union Pacific announced a $1.50 per share dividend on its preferred stock payable April 19 to holders of record April 15. Copper shares and mining stocks showed mixed activity while the Sages move cash from Boston to New York in a staged withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Union Pacific
New York City
Iron and Steel Companies
Wesley Jones
Boston & Tuolumne Gold Mining Company
Boston
California
S. Co
Montana
Thomas’ W. Lawson
Parrot
Utah
Miners
Arcadian
Butte
Boston & Montana
Tamarack
Osceola
Butte & Boston
Old Dominion
Centennial
Santa Fe
Isle Royale
Union Pacific Road
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Sages
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Kaukauna Mining Company
A. B. Turner & Bro
Wheat Market Outlook and Trading Margin Advice
The message claims a strong wheat market rebound after a brief dip and advises buying on soft spots. It cites a 24 percent margin with $250 on 10 000 bushels and $25 on 1000 bushels and offers a free booklet and daily market letter from Howard Crosby & Co. to explain the method.
Pinkham Leads With Mixed Interest Rates Reported
Patchy OCR shows figures such as 3 1 2 4 per cent and 8 1 2 5 per cent. The reference to PINKHAM suggests a named person or firm highlighted in a financial market brief with quoted rates and a business paper.
Boston Stock Exchange Daily Report
The official report lists the day’s high and low sales, and the closing prices, bid and asked, at the Boston Stock Exchange for March 10.
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Bond Tender Notice
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company invites written tenders from holders of its second series bonds numbered five hundred one to one thousand inclusive. Tenders must be delivered to the Treasurer at 125 Milk Street Boston by noon on March 18, 1899. If more than fifty bonds are tendered, fifty will be selected at the lowest price for redemption on April 1, 1899. Maximum payment per bond is 1020 dollars plus accrued interest. tenders should be labeled Tenders of Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Milk Street
WM. B. Driver
Trennns
Mass
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Loan and Trust Company of
Indoraed
WM. Kt. Driver
Treasu
Tremont Temple Sunday services plus city church notes
The Sunday schedule lists sermons at Tremont Temple by Rev. George C. Lorimer and other pastors, with topics including The True Catholicism and In tolerant Enthusiasts. Multiple churches in the city offer services, lectures, and musical programs with free seating and broad invitations.
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D. D
John D. Pickles
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Nathan E. Wood
Boston W. Smith
Christ
Th. Dubois
Anti Diuretic Claim Targets Sleep Wetting Children
An old advertisement touts Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic as valuable for children who wet the bed at night. The copy claims it arrests the trouble at once and promotes its sale by GEO Goodwin Co in Boston.
Tom O'Brien Free King of Bunco Men Escapes Prison
New York reports that Tom O'Brien, famed bunco king who killed Kid Waddell in Paris and was sentenced to life at Devil's Island, has escaped and is en route to New York. The sensational escape follows rumors of his continued luck and danger.
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King of
Devil's Island
Dreyfus
New York
Tom” O’brien
Boston
Devil’s Island
United States
Noted American Prisoner Forges Escape From Cayenne
New York readers find relief as the convict Tom O'Brien, famed for the gold brick swindle, escapes Cayenne and heads toward Chicago. Annie Gray funded his defense in Paris, sparing him the guillotine for a life sentence. O'Brien, a West Side figure, built fortunes through schemes and gambling, with a history spanning Chicago Boston and Europe. He is in his early forties and known for daring, resilience, and a nomadic life across South America and beyond.
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New York
Cayenne
French Guiana
Sixth Avenue
Venezuela
Tom” O’brien
Waddell
Montana
Paris
West Forty-eighth Street
Annie Gray
France
O’brien
West Side
Chicago
Bost
George Post
Canada Bill
Tom’ O’brien
Calhoun Place
Gamplers’ Alley
Dearborn Street
Chevalier D’industrie
van Tripp
Tom O’brien
Van
South America
J. C. Ring
Newbury
John M. Peck
Albany
Boston
Europe
Correction on Warrington Copper Mining and Smelting Company Advisory Engineers
Correction from E A Corbett states the engineers engaged are Messrs One and Joesson of Spokane Washington not Rickett and Banks. Stock price is 1.35 per share not 5.
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Warrington Copper Mining and Smelting Company
Messrs. Rickett & Banks
Messrs. One & Joesson
Spokane
Wash
E. A. Corbstt
Curious Oversight in Alleged Murder Case
Bernardino Menechiello is said to have been murdered in Postoffice square on October 24. No inquest has been held due to a combination of circumstances. The case was in Sergeant Monroe's hands at his death, and Captain Dyer has since lost track of it. Antonio Pepe, the alleged murderer, fled to Italy, but counsel for the murdered man's family urged District Attorney Stevens to intervene.
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Bernardino Menechiello
Postoffice Square
Monroe
Dyer
Antonio Pepe
Italy
Bryan No Hobson Silver Leader Declines to Kiss a Texan
William J. Bryan rode through Brenham on his Houston trip and was greeted by a large crowd. Miss Ruby Gardner asked him to kiss her but he declined saying he was not Hobson. Pope Leo honors a New York woman for charity.
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Pope Leo
New York
Brenham
Tex
William J. Bryan
Houston
Ruby Gardner
Mr. Bryan
Hobson
Countess di Cesnola Receives Papal Decoration
In New York on March 10 the Countess di Cesnola wife of General L P di Cesnola director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art received from the Pope a rare intaglio necklace. The gift honors her work for poor Italians in New York and was presented via Sister Cabrini.
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New York
Countess di Cesnola
L. P. di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Samuel Chester Reid
Fayal
United States
Congress
Cabrini
Salesian Order
General di Cesnola
Humbert
Maurizio
Woman Tries Suicide by Train After Love Rejection
In New York on March 10 a comely young woman leapt toward an elevated track at One Hundred Sixteenth Street and Eighth Avenue calling for Jimmy. Attendants pulled her back and an ambulance rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital where Dr. Goertz declared her violently insane.
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People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Brady
John Storm
Glory Quayle
Hall Caine
Adele Oxey
Metropolitan Temple
New York
Helen Bachelder
Sam Jones
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Jimmy
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Goertz
Young Woman Found In Distress Taken For Care
A young blonde woman named Amelia Sterngruber, 26, was found brooding then taken to Harlem Hospital and later to Bellevue. She refused to reveal a precise New Jersey address, though she stated she lived there. She was well dressed in a brown tailor-made suit and brown Fedora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Hospital
Bellevue
Amelia Sterngruber
New Jersey
Bride Visits Husband In Jail Interview After Arrest
Mrs Grace Gaffney visited her husband at Charles Street Jail accompanied by Inspector Cleary. She spoke of the interview and joked about a “lark” while reassuring him they will be together after the trial. She bought papers recounting their story and looked forward to visiting days. An Hibernian feast and speeches followed, with toastmaster John Quinn and speakers on imperialism and the Anglo American alliance.
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Grace Gaffney
Charles Street
Inspector Cleary
Gaffney
Vapa
Mamma
John Quinn
John B. O’higgins
William J. Cronim
Rey
C. F. Donahoe
C. F. H. Murray
John J. Hayes
B. J. Flanagan
Thomas F. Clark
Cuba
Robert Emmet
John J. Douglas
Boston
James Mantle
Patrick Guiney
John Lane
Michael Morrison
Patrick Ahern
Denis J. Cronin
Hugh E. Scanlan
Peter Dolan
Michael J. O’connor
Patrick J. Flynn
Edward C. Fitzgerald
John J. Hickey
Mathew Brennan
Ice
James Mamtle
Calais schooner Julia and Martha weather blizzard ordeal
The two masted schooner Julia and Martha from Calais Maine arrived after a sharp northeast blizzard. Off Thatcher's Island to the Isles of Shoals the vessel was driven on its beam ends and leaked but stayed afloat. Thirteen thousand feet of lumber were lost overboard and much gear was damaged before limping into port with Captain Martin aboard.
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Julia
Martha
Calais
Martin
Thatcher's Island
Isles of Shoals
Boothbay
Freddie Eaton
Red Beach
Bridgeport
A. O. H. to Banquet in Boston Honors Emmet Birthday
The Military Division 43 of A. O. H. Boston plans a four o clock banquet at Fustier Hall 6 Hanover Street tomorrow with a general meeting before the event. The gathering commemorates Emmet birthday on March 4 and the group festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Division 43
Boston
Fustier Hall
Hanover Street
Emmet
The Orange Peel Case Sets a Novel Legal Question
Mrs. Margaret Johnston of Woburn sued the Boston and Maine Railroad for injuries after stepping on a discarded orange peel at Causeway Street Union Station in 1897. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the case proceeds to the Supreme Court for ruling on the duties of a railroad to ensure passenger safety and convenient access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Johnston
Woburn
Union Station
Causeway Street
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Suga Bond
Supreme Court
Bond
Reception by the Cadets at the First Corps Armory
Nearly a thousand Cadets friends gathered at Columbus avenue for a reception and promenade concert. The Boston Cadet Band played twelve numbers in its first public appearance under director T. K. E. Partridge. The event ended around 10:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Avenue
Boston
T. K E. Partridge
Water damages large stock at Thayer McNeil Hodgkins
Plumbers caused a flood at Thayer McNeil Hodgkins shoe store at 47 Temple Place soaking hundreds of pairs. Water shut off after delays, leading to substantial loss of American and imported shoes likely to be sold below cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer, McNeil & Hodgkins
Temple Place
Thayer, mcNell & Hodgkins
Sunderland Named Pastor at First Presbyterian Church
Washington March 10 The Rev Dr Byron Sunderland has been appointed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church to succeed the Rev Dr T DeWitt Talmage.
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Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Warren and
Woodbine Streets
Pears
J. J. Dunlop
Joseph
Fourth Presbyterian Church
South Gaston
Cherries J. Cameron
Washington
Byron Sunderland
First Presbyterian Church
T. DeWitt Talmage
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Anaconda
Bingham
Victoria
Fortuna
Trimountain
Wyandot
John Stanton
Atlantic
Paine
Joshua Brown & CO
Bankers
Wall St
State St
Howard, Crosby & Co., “Seston Ass
Pinkham
Boston Stock Exchange
Be& TS J
Wisconsin Central
Cir&sy
C & W Mich
Adams Express
Sc Seer
Till Steel
Am Cotton of
Ko,m&bgm
TOY Am Odacco
Ite
Atchison
General Electric
Hawaiian Com Co
Uy Central Mass
NH & H
Pacific Mail
Ceeeres
Union. Pacific
Tso Pullman Palace
Eee O
TC & Iron
Allouez Ee Ee
Ee Arcadian . Ee
Western Union
Arnold
Asst Pert
Eee
Boston & Mont
Aanid
Am Bell Tel Eee
Dominion Coal
Erie Telee
East Boston Land
Federal Steel
Ds Gen Electric New
New England
Pullman Palace
A. West
Elec Aa Danas
Somat
Tate Gas
Baptist
Old South Church
Third Church
George A. Gordon
Gordon
Berkeley Temple
Charles A. Dickinson
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Rossini
Barnby
Schnecker
Mrs. Stone
Ain Countrie
Saint-Saens
I. A. Kennedy
Lizzie B. Olive
Dr. Dickinson
People's Temple
Edwin &. Wheeler
Percy Jewett Burrell
Boston University
Rudyard Kipling
Tremont Street
Concord
Tremont Streets
Pasor
Epworth League
William Prudhane
Toronto
Presbyterian
Fla A. Higginson
Washington Street
Northampton Street
Gospel OF Spirit Return Society
Minnie M. Soule
Appeton Street
Paine Memorial Building
Gabriel
Gerritsh
Sankey
Wesleyan Trail
H. C. Giles
Christadelphians
Arcade Hall
Park Uare—T
Satan
Mills
Darker Memorial
Berkeley
Appleton Streets
Parker Memorial
M. M. Averr
Gents Street
Evangelistic Association OF New England
Park Street
James M. Gray
Bromfield Street
Everett
Chelsea Street
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Second Congregational Church
Washington and
Centre Streets
Dorchester
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
Stace Street
Altham Inter Motor
Rewessee Cosseeeeers
Bonanza Devel Seen
Fortuna Gold
Washington Mining
Ewe
Cleve
Anton & So RR
Boston Water Power
Santa Rita
Superior
United Shoe
NEW York Stock Market
Atchison Seewrerereeereees
Conake Pacific
Ae Joo
Rrookiva Transit
Nas
Central Lowa
Seees
Central Pacific
Thes & Obio
Chicago Great West
Chicago & BH
del & Hudson
del, L& Veeee
den & Rio Geeeenem Hoo Oy
Great Northern
Hocking Coal
RY & Illinois Central
Lake Erie & W
Louis & Nash Senor
Manhattan
Mexican Central
Oh Minn & St
Missouri
North Amer Co
Northern Pacific Sereweer
Northwest
Ontario & W
Pacific Coast
Rock Island
Rio Grande West
St Louis S
St Louis
Kevese
Wyoming
Consolidated Copper Co
Cameron & Noyes
State Street
Tom O'Brien
America
Williams
Hazel Snider
Arlington, Ind
Miss Snider
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
ILLIA
Bryan NO
Silver
Pope
Leo
Love
Armory
Thayer, M’neil & Hodgkins
DR. Talmage
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