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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1900
Page
10
The market steadies with slight gains as Bell Telephone recurs as a feature. Quiet trade masks selective strength in rail and steel issues while bank and gold flows hint at cautious sentiment ahead of the weekend.
Boston reports the highest and lowest sales along with the closing bid and asked prices for the day May 4. The figures summarize trading activity on the Boston Stock Exchange in a compact daily update.
The regular monthly dividend of five cents per share on the Cordelling and Lead Mining Company stock is declared payable May 16 to stockholders of record May 12, 1900. Transfer books close May 12 at 3 PM and reopen May 16. J H Allen treasurer. Edward C Davis & Co financial agents 2 Kilby St Boston.
The stock certificate transfer books will be closed May 7, 1900, at 6 o'clock p m for the annual meeting on June 4, 1900. They will reopen June 5, 1900, at 10 o'clock a m, per Secretary WM G Rockefeller.
Competitors attempt to match our service and at times manage to match it, though they rarely sustain the level we offer.
The report covers stock moves with Howard Crosby markets, Erie Telephone subscriber gains in April reaching 120,772 total and 6,625 awaiting connection, Pacific Coast Telephone adds 2,012 subscribers to 73,196 total with 18,688 in San Francisco. Goldore Mining directors elected in Kittery Maine. Shawmut Mining reports mine progress and a 100 ton daily concentrating mill planned, funded and due by July. PINKHAM.
Howard Crosby reports wheat opened slightly lower then rebounded half its loss while Argentine shipments rose to 2.688 million bushels for the week. Corn eased early but recovered. Northwest receipts reached 324 cars today. Argentine visible supply stands at 3.620 million bushels.
Arrived steamers listed with cargoes and passengers to multiple clearances. Sailed and cleared vessels include steamers bound for Hull London and New York with extensive port calls and towing operations noted in detail.
An old advertisement offers suspensory Electric Belts priced from 1.00 to 610.00 with a bond of 5060 and a money back guarantee. It claims instant felt effects and invites readers to visit 1060 Washington St Core of Compton to test current, request a free booklet, and reaffirms quality after three years in Boston.
Dun and Bradstreet's weekly review notes failures in April were modest and real estate risks limited. Iron and steel prices ease while nails and plates fall. Cotton goods and boots show weakness yet overall demand steadies. exports rise for breadstuffs and grain tours. Labor strikes rise to 160,000 and bank clearings dip 10 percent from last year.
George M. Pullman and Mrs. Frederick V. Bowers, staying at the Hotel Gerard, prepare to go abroad within weeks, abandoning summer plans at Deal Beach New Jersey. The couple, facing suits by Frederick V. Bowers for alienation of affections and divorce, decline to discuss details of prior marriages or dates.
Isaiah Wears, longtime member of the Underground Railroad network, dies in Philadelphia. For thirty years he was a leading Black educator and benefactor, well known across the United States for his work and influence in the community.
Providence Rhode Island May 4 Brown University must raise 300000 by June 20 to obtain John D Rockefeller's conditional 250000 gift. Already 150000 cash added, with legacies and gifts surpassing 700000, aiming for 1000000 by commencement day.
Emperor William telegraphs Lord Curzon expressing sympathy and announcing Berlin has approved a relief payment exceeding 500000 marks for India. The funds are ordered forwarded for immediate use to assist in the distress.
Officers from Division 14 arrested Charles T. Nickerson of 61 Wexford street Brighton on a warrant for embezzling 64 dollars from George T. Barnes of Needham on May 2. Nickerson served as a collector for Barnes.
Reports from Buffalo on May 4 describe the return to work of New York Central car repairers after an agreement with Nickel Plate to adopt the Central scale. Erie division supervisor negotiations failed, Lackawanna talks were partial, and Western New York Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley demands await higher official decisions. City freight congestion grows as the strike persists.
P J Daly at 9 Harrison Avenue was shut Thursday by police commissioners but reopened for lunch yesterday amid a public dispute. An adjoining property owner with interests on both sides prompted the action, with the commission stating no alternative was available.
B. 8S. Chase, convicted April 11 in the United States District Court of concealing assets from his trustee in bankruptcy, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Lowell to a term of one year in the East Cambridge jail. The case will be appealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on a bill of exceptions.
Edward H. Dunning a Harvard student expelled for painting John Harvard’s statue died of an internal hemorrhage days after a boxing bout with his friend McPherson Kennedy Jr. The 21 year old, six foot tall athlete sparred with Kennedy in April and fell ill two days later. The funeral was held at Cedarhurst Long Island amid gossip linking the bout to his death.
Barefoot and half starved, Mrs Mary Hanrahan missing since 8:30 pm was found in a Canton area swamp at 6 pm in a half demented condition. Over 200 searchers including police fire cemetery workers and residents hunted woods and ponds since last night. She did not know where she was and was found by Joseph Kelly and Wentworth.
A Canton woman under the delusion that police were pursuing her fled her home. A search party of over 200 scoured the countryside for hours before locating her behind a rock, torn and bleeding in tatters.
They discovered her behind a rock on the way home. Kelly stayed with Mrs Harrahan while Wentworth notified police. Constable Buckley brought a carriage to take Mrs Harrahan home after persuasion. Kelly says she fled fearing police custody and nearly was found several times, recovering somewhat on the way but still believes police pursue her.
Claus Fahrenholtz, about 42, living at 14 Chelsea Street East Boston, was pulled into a belt near the engine room at the American sugar refinery as night crew began. He suffered extensive injuries including facial damage requiring forty stitches, possible internal injuries, and serious wrist trauma. doctors say recovery odds vary.
Ferdinand Tremblay aged 68 of Salem was struck by an inbound train near Castle Hill this afternoon and killed. He was thrown about fifty feet and suffered extensive injuries though only a bruise appeared on his forehead.
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