News offices to receive full briefing at two this afternoon
An official stated briefly that newspapers would be given complete news coverage after noon, with the briefing set for 2 o'clock.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1891
Page
6
An official stated briefly that newspapers would be given complete news coverage after noon, with the briefing set for 2 o'clock.
Boston money markets show demand for New York funds with premiums near 5 cents, loans tight and call money around 4 percent. Boston bank statement reports rising deposits and loans, with New York surplus dipping. The stock market ends weak then rebounds as bulls push portfolios. Concord and Montreal class 2 stock declares a $2 dividend. Mexican Central reports solid road conditions. railroad earnings list mixed results for several lines.
Major Henry Winn discusses weak Massachusetts results and a rising People's party. He cites strong growth in Kansas Ohio Indiana and Nebraska and argues currency reform and broad taxation are needed. He notes party clubs forming across the Commonwealth and predicts independent action with allied farmer groups.
A large meeting organized the Irish Federation branch at Lyvenm Hall East Boston with William J. Burke presiding and Philip Smith as chairman. Hon Joseph F Fox MP urged Americans with Irish blood to back home rule, praising English sympathy and noting Emmet lineage. The group cited chapters in Philadelphia New York Holyoke North Hampton Chicopee Lowell Lawrence Marlboro and Springfield and planned officers elected next meeting.
In the Eighth Aldermanic District Republican convention Thomas Talbot presided with W. E. Shedd as secretary. Delegates renominated Weston Lewis for Alderman. Christian a Black delegate urged action for Black voters and warned against overreliance on polite tactics, saying a candidate must win the rabble’s support. A campaign committee was formed including Shedit Krebs Chris ore Ward17 Houghton and Hichborn.
Prohibitionists plan to file nomination papers for their city ticket if official returns show they failed to reach 3 percent of the vote. They also expect to endorse the School Committee nominations women voters will make at Meionaon at 2 this afternoon, though the women remain noncommittal about their ticket. A West reporter found Tremont Temple rooms busy with activity yesterday.
Special Officer Abbott of Station 3 arrested William Hamilton of Cambridge at midnight Saturday on suspicion of robbing Henry Kachep of 41 Beden Street Dorchester Thursday night. Kachep identified the prisoner Sunday morning as one of two men who seized him on Green Street and Crescent Place, choked him, and took a gold watch, gold eyeglasses, and a small sum of money. Hamilton, a former Cambridge House of Correction inmate, admits being with the party but says he gave no help.
The Treasury Department ruled that fish sal tilled from nets of New Brunswick natives aboard the Gloucester schooner Schuyler Colfax are dutiable when brought to the United States. Assistant Secretary Spaulding notes right to protest under section 14 of the 1850 act and to seek Board of General Appraisers review.
Havana reports weak week with buyers seeking lower prices as holders push high asks. Molasses sugar polarized at 225 to 2374 gold per quintal, centrifugal 92 to 96 degrees. stocks in Havana and Matanzas include 28 boxes, 270,000 bags, and 100 birds. Week’s receipts total 41,500 bags with all exports to the United States. freights moderate and exchange firm at Spanish gold 235 to 235.
Patrons on the late Fitchburg train to Watertown complain of riotous conduct by a few roughs. Saturday night officers arrested James Slattery and Fiddle Brean for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. The men had fought from Cambridge and arrived in Watertown battered.
The Waltham fire department answered a Sunday noon alarm for a blaze in a dwelling on School street. Owned by J. N. Macurdy and occupied by J. E. Kendall, the fire started in the cellar from an overheated furnace. Damage not to exceed $150.
Officers of Station 1 arrested Tuccenzo Manetto for assaulting his cousin Raffalio Manetto with a razor with intent to kill. Raffalio suffered severe neck and shoulder cuts and was taken to the City Hospital where he will recover.
The Stradivarius violin used by Mr. C. M. Loeffler in Saturday’s symphony concert belongs to Mr. J. Montgomery dears and is valued at $4,000.
The Post reports no England patent application for a Berliner patent, while Bell Telehpone Co gains a seventeen year exclusive right. It covers Boston & Maine politics, Erie dividends and annual meetings, copper exports and prices, Northwestern earnings, and stock exchange timings. Banking houses press London hours. Santa Fe copper mines show strong strike progress. Tamarack Junior becomes a producer. Fort Payne shareholders plan Dec 2–3 travel. markets show week totals for bonds and stocks.
A garbled list presents assorted company bonds shares and stock descriptors with scattered dates and quarterly or quarterly like notations. It mentions Amex Co Acushnet Mills Co Crigago & Alton and other firms with quarter notes and pref stock references, plus railroad and orchestra items amid unclear values.
Lowell Massachusetts city council authorizes 10000 fire department bonds. Columbus Ohio council approves 7 percent four month loans totaling 317500 for police overdue payments and 5000 for street purposes. New banks include Garden City Banking & Trust Company Chicago with 500000. Bank of Arcadia AkCapian Kansas with 5000. Graham Safety Deposit Company Chicago with 100000. Morganville State Bank Morganville Kansas with 5000.
Official daily report lists highest and lowest prices, total shares traded 317700, with 177800 yesterday and 301900 Friday. Includes closing bids and asks for bonds and mining stocks, highlighting U S 45 bonds, Norwest, Erie yards, Wabash, St Louis listings, and notable mining issues like Homestake and QuickSilver.
A fragmented list shows several manufacturing firms with stock per share figures and dates. Nashva Manufacturing Co declares 15 dollars per share effective December 1 with year end and New Year promotions. Wamsutta Mills issues a semi annual dividend of 3 dollars per share on December 1. MaebaRe Manufacturing Co also declares a semi annual dividend of 5 dollars per share with unclear date. York Manufacturing Co lists 37.50 dollars per share as of December 1. OLp Colonial Railroad quarterly figures show 82 and 90 per share for December 1.
London markets were quiet with bonds mixed across Consols and Canadian Pacific while Paris rentes quoted. A £225,000 bullion transfer to the Bank of England and Brazil gold shipments supported a softer silver market and easier rates amid undercurrents in the money market. Repudiation of the Virginia settlement by the Stock Exchange is noted, with bondholders unlikely to convert.
The Oil Market reports activity from Prescott & Co of 64 Devonshire Street on pipe line certificates with opening bids and closing notes for Nov 21 and 22. Crude shipments, averages and refined prices are listed amid fluctuating values and certificate figures for November.
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