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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1891
Page
6
Atchison notes and general market commentary report money demand steady at 8 percent, loans at 2 percent, New York funds discounted, and call loans around 4 percent. Stocks rose with broad gains, Atchison led advance amid bullish outlook and heavy trading. Executors discuss treasury income and possible bond issuances while market notes compare past peaks and harvest effects.
Dedication day at Troy for the Rensselaer county Soldiers and Sailors monument on Washington Square. General Woodford delivered the dedicatory oration praising Union victory, condemning slavery and secession, and urging lasting loyalty through memorials to both North and South dead under a shared flag.
Providence dispatch says Governor Ladd signed papers to deliver George Elwood alias Martin, wounded in Worcester after a Hartford burglary attempt. Detective Parker carries documents to Governor Russell, aiming to bring Elwood here by Friday for charges of entering C. B. Humphrey’s house and seizing jewellery at pistol point.
The Rev. Brother Bartholomew of St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary is jailed after firing on trespassers. Edward Doyle is wounded fatally according to doctors. Doyle and others were caught stealing from the seminary orchard when Bartholomew, armed, ordered them away. The attackers reportedly threw stones as the priest fired. Bartholomew surrendered a heavy revolver claiming it was used in the assault.
In Incon on September 15 the Chronicle reports Cardinal Manning told Mills a Trades' Union Congress delegate that world congresses could greatly aid international peace and universal brotherhood. He called the subject vital for the welfare of global labor and plans to prepare a paper for the Chicago Labor Congress.
Alfred L. Jules, 40, a painter at Hinckley and Edgeliy Iron, was killed in Bancor Maine when he grabbed two live street railway wires attached to the building. He was instantly killed and his flesh burned from both hands. He leaves a widow.
London reports the British steamer Sorata passing through the Straits of Magellan sighted a roughly fifteen hundred ton steamer ashore on Astrea Rock. The vessel appeared abandoned as a strong gale blew and gas broke over the wreck, obscuring its name.
Letters from aboard the California report Gilbert Nelson Hunt a New Bedford boy and cabin boy drowned after being lost overboard. The incident occurred while the vessel operated out of its port. News notes the peril of whaling voyages and the fate of the missing seaman.
Bt Petersiuns Sept 16 Russian corn merchants on the frontier are despondent over the idea that the German trade will find channels and never return to Russia.
A state commission held a second session at the State House to determine each town and city's share of Metropolitan Sewer costs. Boston, Brookline, Newton, Waltham and Watertown were represented as engineers and solicitors presented area, population and property data. The hearing adjourned to Friday with Mystic system cases set for the following Tuesday.
William O Day John J Smith and James Cooney were found guilty of highway robbery on Shawmutaverns before Judge Donnbar. Day and Smith received five years in Charlestown State Prison and one day solitary confinement. Cooney got three years without solitary. Walsh and Doyle were found guilty of breaking and entering and sent to Reformatory Prison. John J McDonald was found guilty of breaking and entering and sentenced to two years at the House of Correction with hard labor.
Simon Harris also known as Kushinzki appeals a June Municipal Court sentence of 81x months in the House of Correction for selling a watch bought on installments. He contends he was under 17 at sentencing and his parents were not notified. The case is set for Friday before Judge Morton in Suffolk County Supreme Court.
Paris dispatch reports Cardinal Rotelli papal nuncio gravely ill with typhoid fever. He was given extreme unction as doctors battled the illness.
In South Carolina pine forests bee hunters pursue honey by spotting bee trees and felling them. They plug the entrance, smoke the hive, and split the trunk for honey while bears raid the same nests, swarming and stinging hunters. The article, from the Times, notes the sport, danger, and the prized fall honey flavor.
Governor Russell arrived in Boston from his down east trip and went to the State House for a private talk with Adjutant-General Dalton. He declined to sign Illinois papers seeking extradition of Pedro W. Dettlinger for embezzling 1600 dollars from Chicago’s Wage Earners’ Loan Association, citing insufficient grounds. He left for Barnstable at 4 10 p m and planned to attend the agricultural fair today.
A fragment list shows quarterly stock, preferred stock, and par values for multiple firms and railroads. Items include Am Bev Tri Co, American Screw Co, Boston & Albany RR, Chicago Gas Trust, and others with dates in September, October, and November indicating quarterly or preferred stock details.
Money on call was easy at 3 4 in New York. Prime mercantile paper ranged 5 to 7 percent. Bar silver 97. Sterling weak yet steady with bankers bills 4.81 for sixty days and 4.53 for demand. Government bonds dull and heavy while railroad bonds were active and strong. Trading remained active after noon with gains across leading shares and Lackawanna rising to 143 1 2.
Stocks opened higher but faced selling as prices rose, with Union Pacific falling briefly before recovering. Distillers and Erie advanced, Gould stocks showed strength, and Atchison trading remained heavy. Rail bonds were active with gains, led by Atchison and Reading seconds, ending at the day’s high and a firm overall close.
United States and Canadian securities show gains as the Stock Exchange steadies after the Mitylene incident scare. Money and bond quotes feature Consols, Erie, Illinois Central, New York Central, and Mexican issues with mixed movements.
Trustees announce public sale of the Vine Street Motor Railway Company's line and all appurtenances in Jackson County Missouri. The sale follows default on interest due January 26 1891 and will occur October 2 1891 at the Jackson County Courthouse Kansas City Missouri. Cash down payment required and balance due NY date.
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