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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1900
Page
10
Friday session held a steady but wary tone early, then strengthened around noon on the Atchison September statement. heavy selling cooled, with a strong rally into close. Boston curb stock plans formed while copper shares fell and Isle Royale prospects drew debate among traders.
Boston on October 26 reported the day’s highest and lowest sales and the closing bid and asked prices. Data reflects intraday price extremes and final market quotes for the session.
The fall tournament of the New Fing land Whist Association opened at Hotel Vendome with 21 pairs in the Howell system. Winners were W A Potter and F S Wilcox of the Providence Whist Club plus 26 and 61 2, while G F Curry and Colonel D H Vincent won the Mitchell morning pairing with plus 10. Evening events saw Potter and Wilcox repeat in the Howell with plus 12, and various other top placers including M H Bush and G H Nicholson in the Mitchell north west, Mrs Balloux and Mr Fletcher in east west, and W A Graustein and C N Still victors in east west. A women men team event was won by the Winktham quartet. Today features more pair matches and a junior trophy competition.
Mrs George W Yeaton hosted a private whist party at Allston Hall Brigh ton last evening for the Charity Club Hospital. The event drew a large crowd and ran until after 7 pm with dancing to midnight. About 1% attended. A large sum was raised.
Boers are raiding in northern Natal with reports that Washbank railway station was burned and a culvert blown up. The action marks intensified hostilities as the fighting progresses in the region.
R G Dun & Co reports after the pear election confidence lifts in iron and steel markets. Demand for rails and structural forms remains strong, while tin weakens and silver hits a four year high. Cotton and wheat slide amid cautious engagements and steady material costs. A self-registering electric ship log by Warren H. McCurdy is praised for precision.
Bradstreet's review notes an overall encouraging business situation despite weather irregularities and cautious trades ahead of elections. Industrial activity rises with the coal miners strike near resolution, while shoes leather and wool markets improve eastward due to better distribution. Cereals show little change with continued heavy receipts, and a new feature is a growing scarcity of railroad cars west of the Mississippi.
A large arrival of Cunard and other liners from Liverpool Hamburg Hull Rotterdam and Antwerp fills the harbor with passengers cargo and fish markets. Notable ships include Sylvania Armenia Ontario Saxon King and Orpheus with a mix of first and steerage passengers. Weather delays stall tugs while trades shift with Santuit entering West Indies fruit work and a wedding announces Mr Joseph N Brown and Annie Doyle.
In Suffolk Superior and US courts, Joel G. Tyler faced trial for funds abstraction from Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg with questions on jury challenges and evidence. Separately, Jewett of Lawrence seeks resentence after a seven year misappropriation sentence. cases involving Union Welding Company v John McCarter and Morang perjury conviction also noted. The docket lists numerous bankruptcy petitions and civil actions, including injuries, false representations, and subway explosion cases.
Massachusetts Governor candidate Robert Treat Paine Jr addresses a Pittsfield Democratic rally, posing pointed questions to Governor Crane on Spanish returns, taxation without representation, Porto Rico duties, and imperial policy. Naphen and Fitzgerald urge unity, defend anti imperialism, and stress the district's pivotal role in shaping the next House.
The Naphen forces held two large rallies in Dorchester and Quincy, Music Hall Field's Corner packed with about a thousand cheering fans. Hon. P. A. Collins led the Dorchester meeting praising Henry F. Naphen and attacking trusts, urging return to Congress for his old neighbor's continued work. He warned of rumored attempts to buy votes and said the election would reveal public sentiment. He criticized McKinley era policies and the current administration as pro trusts, urged enforcement of laws, and denounced lavish dinner parties as a misstep against workers while pledging focus on imperialism.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania coal firms in the Wyoming Valley prepare to restart Monday. Underground mules move back into workings and operators ready plants for a 10 percent wage rise, with Kingston Coal likely to post notices tomorrow after a meeting with Delaware Lackawanna and Western lines president Daniel Edwards.
Nominations for Aldermen, Councilmen, delegates to the municipal convention and ward committees expired at the Democratic city committee HQ at 8 PM. Francis Lally withdrew in East Boston. M M Lomasney has a walkover as Ryan and Murphy failed to file in Ward 8. Naphen withdrew from McNary ward. Joseph P. Lynch added in Ward 6. Ward 14 Norton faction backs three men. Flood side has seven withdrawing. Ward 18 Robert C. Murray delegation withdrawn to Drohan tickets.
The fifth anniversary of Division 32, A. O. H., South Boston, was observed at Clan-na-Gael Hall with a literary and musical program and speeches. Rev M C Gilbride and Hon M J Jordan spoke. President James J Guthrie presided. Notables in attendance included William Troy, Mary Kiley, Thomas Colton, Nora McCarthy, and many others, with guests Hon William S McNary and John E Baldwin among them.
The Bavarian government orders rebuilding of the tombs of ancient German Emperors in Spires Cathedral. The piece notes Dr Theodor Barth criticizing Vosber grekow on limiting US access to the most favored nation clause, warning tariff war would hurt Germany. Ephraim Emerton writes on higher education in the United States for Deutsche Rundschau. Le Courrier du Soir reports the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Paris exposition last June with a secret stay to avoid demonstrations.
Boston and Maine adds a weekly Thursday 1 pm tourist car from Boston to Chicago with connections via Fitchburg West Shore and Wabash. Eastbound cars depart Chicago at 12 40 pm on Thursdays and Mondays thereafter. The service expands Boston to Chicago and West tourist runs, with westbound cars from Boston on Tue Wed Thu Fri.
In New York on October 26 an offer may transfer A T Stewart's famed Fifth Avenue mansion at Fifth Avenue and Thirty Fourth Street to a member of the Astor family.
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