Auction Sale of Stocks and Notes Across Major Firms
A long list of securities and notes from various companies and banks is offered at auction. Entries include National Car Co to Windsor Bank, East Tennessee Land Co, New England Mint Co, Bristol County National Bank Taunton, and many railroad and manufacturing stocks with dates in 1890 and 1892. Jotted lots include 42 Congress Street brokers, city and railroad bonds, and collateral notes with executrix orders and guardianships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vlao 3
National Car Co
Windsor Nat. Bank
Windsor
Payne Coal & Iron Co
McKay
Asso
Lao Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
E.& T. Fairbanks & Co
New England
Mtze. Sec. Co
Tuly
East Pennessee Land Co
Cocheco Miz. Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
American Fire & Marine Insurance
F. Fairbanks Co
Mass
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Det. KR
Bur
N. RK
Khan
City
Maine Cell RR
Milwaukee & St. Paus RR
Debate Over Constitutionality of Bill and Governor's Role
Lawmakers argued the bill's constitutionality had been settled by the Legislature and court opinions would be unnecessary. Chase questioned Saxton's sincerity while Fassett called the message executive theater and asked for a veto if doubt remained. The resolution passed party lines in both chambers, 14-12 in the Assembly and 69-50 overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
ST. Chase
Arbitration Talks on Northwest Freight Rates Fail
New York March 25 Representatives of New England Northwestern and trunk lines and Western lake transport firms met to adjust seaboard to Northwest freight rates. Chairman Blanchard presided. They adjourned without agreement. The dispute centers on a differential rate via Chicago and Milwaukee, lake routes conceding $10 higher on first class goods but rail routes deeming it too high. The lake group refused further concessions. An arbitration plan was adopted for the tomorrow meeting. The issue covers west bound classified items, excluding coal salt lumber and cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Northwestern
Trunk Lines
Western Lake Transportation Companies
Seaboard
Northwest
Blanchard
Central Traffic Association
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lakes
Washington
Candler
Commission
Carlisle
Kentucky
Belden
Mr. Lawler
Illinois
Lawler
Mr. Belden
Grant Monument
M. Belden
Cummings
Benedict Arnold
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Senate
Flower
Spinola
Friends of Chicago
Raines
Tammany
Ludlow Street
Yeas
Judiciary Committee
Messrs
Wests and
George
Sle
Reagan
Mr. Sherman
Mr. George
Blair
Sherman
Platt
Ingalls
Harris
Coke
Mr. Ingalls
Stewart
Hoar
International silver coin proposal from Pan American Conference
Washington reports the monetary convention committee discussed without a conclusion. The majority report proposes an international American monetary union anchored by a legal tender international silver coin, to be issued by all represented nations. A Washington commission from each nation would set quantity and value, meeting within a year after adjournment. Port dues committee to report tomorrow. harbor dues unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washieton
Committee On Monetary Convention
Mexico
Alfonso of Chili
Silva
Colombia
Zelagya
Honduras
Velarde
Bolivia
International American Monetary Union
Washington
Sheriff Flack to resign amid mental and physical breakdown
New York March 25 The Mail and Express reports an official source says Sheriff Flack is rapidly breaking down mentally and physically and will positively resign. He may defer final decision until Friday when a motion about Sunday verdict will be argued, but his mind is set to tender resignation and make it public when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
the Mail and Express Tonight
Flack
Ife
Woburn Aldermen Elect Ferrin Chief Engineer and Auditor
The Woburn board elected A A Ferrin chief engineer of the fire department and Charles W Ames assistant engineer after four ballots. W E Blodgett won the city auditor post as the fifth Woburn Lawn Tennis Club salaried city official. The council backed the Middlesex Canal project and urged legislators to pass its incorporation bill. The LeathBequest land for a city hall was recommended for rejection.
Grand jury blasts New York sheriff's office in presentment
The grand jury at Court of General Sessions calls the sheriff's office a disgrace to the city and civilization. It brands it a black record of violated law tardy justice forced settlements corruption and bribery. It urges immediate action and asks copies be sent to the Governor and the State Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Jury
Court of General Sessions
Fitzgerald
Fires Touch Several Cities In Broad March Blaze Span
A string of fires across multiple towns on March 25 caused extensive damage. In Lywn a stove fire endangered Gilbert Bradley’s family at 64 Western Avenue, with smoke and clothes burning but the family escaping unharmed. A major blaze in LarEpCo caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the business district, partly insured. In Plymouth a small house in Stumptown burned, an infant rescued with difficulty. In Medicine Lodge a house fire claimed L B Root’s three young children and burned the mother. In Bisasrarchk an incendiary fire destroyed the Opera House, a laundry, and a photograph gallery, with fires also touching two nearby houses and a lumber yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lywn
Gilbert Bradley
Western Avenue
LarEpCo
Plymouth
Stumptown
Charles Danforth
Medicine Lopgce
Kan
May King Stallion Sold for $20,000 in New York Sale
Gurns Fauts, N Y March 25 reports May King the celebrated stallion was sold by W Spier of this village to Sibley Miller of Frankfort Penn for $20,000. May King was bought a year ago for $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May King
Gurns Fauts
N. Y
W. &. Spier
Village
Sibley & Miller
Kfrankfort
Penn
Maying
Astor to Install Bronze Doors at Trinity Church
New York on March 25 reports William Waldorf Astor plans two massive bronze doors worth $100,000 to be set at the church main entrance as a memorial to his father John Jacob Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trinity Church
William Waldorf Astor
John Jacob Astor
Newton Club Bowling Team Edges Casino Club in Inter Club Match
In Newtonville this evening the Newton Club bowling team defeated the Casino Club of Roxbury by a score of 60 to 28 and 11 to 25 in a dual inter club bowling tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Newtonville
Newton Club
Casino Club of
Roxbury
City Council Contemplates Charter Change to Abolish Common Council
Salem city officials meet as they form a joint special committee to study amending the charter to abolish the Common Council. The move aims to set a path for potential structural reform in city government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Senate discusses bills on funds and anti trust measures
In Washington on March 25 the Senate introduced a fund plan from public land proceeds and a $2000 yearly widow’s pension for General Crook. A constitutional amendment to empower Congress against restraints on trade was proposed as a joint resolution. A land and Alaska fur seal inquiry bill passed, while debates over anti trust legislation and committee referrals dominated proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Morrill
Farwell
General Crook
George
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Treasury
Central and
Union Pacific
Dawes
Hoar
Montana
Mr. George
Judiciary Committee
Morgan
Judiciary
Wilson
Iowa
House
Sherman
Reagan
Railroad Wreck Near Noxon Burns Cars and Kills Messenger
An east bound Northern Pacific train wrecked near Noxon Montana six miles east of the Idaho line. Cars burned except two sleepers. An express messenger Miles is believed burned to death. Two emigrant passengers, two women travelers, a child, baggage master, postal clerk and tourist sleeper porter injured. Separately in Berkeley California John Brown and three young children struck by a train. Brown and two children killed, the third seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
West Berkeley
Brown
Abbott Attacks the Wage System at Chicago Meeting
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott of Brooklyn denounced the wage system as inherently evil at Central Music Hall in Chicago. He argued it denies laborers profits or work and fuels poverty, urging wealth distribution and an industrial government to ensure wealth for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Abbott
Brooklyn
Central Music Hall
Chicago
New York
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Barrett to Stage The Miser in Boston Theatre Showing
Boston theatregoers anticipate Wilson Barrett in The Miser at the Boston Theatre on Wednesday afternoon with a stage adaptation of Dr. Weir Mitchell's poem The Masque. The program also includes A Clerical Error and Chatterton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wilson Barrett
Miser
Boston Theatre
Weir Mitchell
Protest Meeting Over Russian Atrocities In 1890
A committee of citizens calls for a public meeting at Faneuil Hall on Monday evening March 31 1890 to protest despotism in Russia and brutal treatment of political prisoners in Siberia. The meeting is organized by American citizens with Chamberlin Taylor and Brown on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil
Russia
Siberia
Faneuil Hall
Pwin M. Chamberlin
David Taylor
HH. W. Brown
Committee On Call
Dr. Pierce and Sage Remedies Promised to Heal
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier for scrofula ulcers and disordered blood, claiming complete cures with a money-back guarantee. It also touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as able to cure the worst cases, presenting a stark confidence in patent remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Sage
Protests at tariff huddle urge specific duties over ad valorem
The Ways and Means Committee faced strong protests from Frazier Knight and others for specific duties, while junketing sugar men from Louisiana pressed against changes. Traders and manufacturers from Boston and New Orleans warned that shifting to ad valorem would cripple beet and Louisiana sugar, scar cement and lime, and threaten fireproof building costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Louisiana
Ways and Means Committee
Frazier
Knight
Philadelphia
Morrow
California
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Treasury Department
Sugar Trust
Trust
Manila
Justice
Justice, Bateman & Co
Messrs. Lawrence
Harpster
Morocco
Andrew
McKinley
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Abram Frenchy & Co
Richard Briggs
Norcross, Mellin & Co
Charles E. Wigwin & Sons
Howe & Hammond
George K. McFarlin
New Orleans
Germany
France
Nebraska
Kansas
United States
Massachusetts Builders Protest Higher Lime Tariff
A widespread petition from Massachusetts builders and tradesmen urges Senators and Representatives to oppose any increase in the federal duty on imported lime. They argue regional Rockland Maine producers, aided by Canadian competition, already control prices and that higher duties would raise costs for construction, harming consumers and industry. A prominent local figure warns the tariff would raise prices on Portland cement plaster lime brick tiles zinc lead window glass and tin plates, slowing new building projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Uius
Congress
Paris
Boston
Maassachusetts
Massachusetts
Canadian
Female Parliamentarians Form Study Class at Tremont Temple
In Tremont Temple's dim committee room the independent women voters' ward and city group held a secretish meeting. Mrs E Trask Hill presided and supported a parliamentary law study class led by Mrs Harriet Shattuck, hinting at a push toward Cushing's Manuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
Independent Women Voters
E. Trask Hill
Harriet Shattuck
Cushing
Flower Show Opens With Vast Massachusetts Horticultural Display
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts a three day spring flower exhibition starting at noon today and running until 9 PM Friday. Notable contributors include F L Ames with orchids, J L Gardner with boronias, D Zirngiebel with Bugnot pansies, and N T Kidder with Indian azaleas. Hundreds of palms, decorative plants, and exotic species from Harvard Botanic Garden and Bussey Institute enrich the show with rich displays and valuable silver plate prizes to be awarded during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
F. L. Ames
H. H. Hunneweil
E. W. Gilmore
John L. Gardner
N. T. Kidder
Milton
Joseph H. White
Brookline
Joseph 8. Fay
Wood’s Hall
A. W. Blake
J. L. Gardner
England
Denys Zirngiebel
W. E. Doyle
F. Becker
Semple & Beard
Botanic Garden
Harvard College
Bussey Institute
Auction Sales Notice by Horatio Harris & Co
Horatio Harris and Co auctioneers and commission merchants announce public sale services at 227 State Street offering estate and merchandise liquidation guidance and representation for consignors and buyers seeking timely auction outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Day & CO
Horatio Harris & Co., Suctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wembers
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Lombard Investment Co
Cleveland & Canton RR
Top
Santa Fe RR. Co
Central Mass
Lombard Invest. Co
Payne Furnace Co
Dennison Oe & Land Co
Lombard Inv. Co
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
de Jenison Land & Investment Co
Fort Payne Investment Co
de Manchester Mills
Ft. Payne Coal & Tron Co
McKay Metallic
City of Minneapolis
Minn
St. Louis
Western RR
St. Louis & San Francisco RR
Minnois Coal & Coke Co
Fidelity Real Estate Co
Minneapolis
Igoshares Pemigewasset Valley RR
Framingham
Norwich
Dak. Loan & Trust Co
Watertown
Dak
Bristol County Nat. Bk. of
Taunton
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
WISO
Boston Exchange
Gt. Falls Man. Co
Edwards Man. Co
AISO
Eliot Ins. Co
Vo Shoe & Leather Nat. Bk
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Dao Lowell Mfg
Bates Mfg. Co
Nashua Mfg
Gcocheck Man
Middlesex Co
Fitchburg RR
Cheshire RR
Northern Rh
Saco Water Power & Machine Shop Co
Fort Payne Coal & Iron Co
Jenison Lands& Investment Co
City of
Burlington
Eastern RR
New Ilampshire Trust Co
Lombard Luy. Co
Boston, Concord
Montreal
Scott & Memphis
Burl & Quincy RR
Fall River
Los
Lso
Oriental Coffee
Louse Co
Cecheco Mig. Co
East Site Electric Ry. Co
Stockton
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
Metropolitan Vel. & Telegraph Co. &S
N. Bank
Howard
Bank
Guardian
C. C. Fore
J. H. Burl
Henry C. Moore
F. A. Keily
J. C. Brown
J. E. Daniel
Wim. McKiney
International Silver Coin
Sheriff Flack
Woburn City Affairs
Aldermen
A. A. Ferrin
Lee and Ahern
Station 3
Costa Abrahams
Willard Street
Salem City Government
Northern Pacific
Women’s Ward
Steamship
Brunel
Messina Oranges
Palermo
Pier 2
South
Trears
S.S
Gate City
Lewis Wharf
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress St
Huntington Avenue
Murdock Hospital
REAL
Tate
Zinlpah J. Shaw
Willard S. Shaw
County of Suffolk
Charlestown
Cottage Street
Willards, Shaw
Francis Sprague & CO
Gisce, TY
Milk Street
Escston
New York & New England Railroad
de Ruyter
Antwerp
Toney
Imratl
Ktoston
C.s. Williams & CO
Devonshire St
Quincy House
Roston
City of Fort Worth
Sakean & Co
Bankers
GEO
A. Lewis, Agh
Pevonshire St
London
Berlin
John Munroe
Devens
Lyman & Go
Seldon Commission
J. H. Currier
Washington Street
the Eastern Banking CO
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammett
Days. & Co
School Street
SECUL
John Jefferies & Sons
Devonshire Street
B. M
Bos
Ton Post
SWEVG
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Chelsea
Miss Ransom
Mtciell’s Boys’ School
Billerica
Boston & Lowell
M. C. Mitchell
A.M
M. Knowlton
Narcourt Building
Irvington St
Chairmory
Sr. Duveneck
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