Financiers tremble as money shortage shocks Wall Street
New York dispatch notes widespread concern over tight money and plunging markets. Banks hoard funds as tariff and revenue drains shrink circulating currency, prompting calls for Treasury action and possible policy shifts to relieve credit.
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New York
Spromar
Times
Wall Street
West
New England
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Wade Hampton
Cleveland
Wall Street Bank
York
Stock Exchange
Windsor Hotel
Treasury Department
Washington
A Vision for a Royal Tour of Knowledge
The narrator imagines assembling famed scholars and collectors for a UK tour, naming Owell Norton Gray Agassiz Wyman and Boyd Dawkins as guides. He notes this imagined crew would need sharper senses and memory, while conceding nature favors new beginnings. Separately, sixty Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange members begin a four day trip to the White Mountains.
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United Kingdom
Mr. Owell
Mr. Norton
Professor Gray
Professor Agassiz
Jeffries Wyman
Boyd Dawkins
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
White Mountains
Mugwumps and Judge Thayer in Boston Politics
A reader lampoons Judge Adin Thayer and the Boston Mugwump movement, arguing Mugwumps oppose party machines and seek honest candidates. The letter accuses Thayer of hypocrisy, cites Blaine and Simmons, and defends reform-minded independents, ending with a dig at Thayer’s routine conventions and hotel politics.
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Daily Advertiser
Thayer
Simmons
Boston
Blaine
Daniel
Massachusetts
Adin
Cleveland
Gorman & Co
Ames
Popular Spirits Sell Well in Boston Drugstores
The G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whisky enjoy steady sales backed by Chester H. Graves & Sons in Boston. The proprietors note fifteen years of distribution through top druggists and grocers who strive to offer the best to customers.
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Paris
France
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Boston
Woodbury
Phillies Down the Detroits Again New Yorks Win at Pittsburg
In Indianapolis the Boston club escaped a costly fielding lapse as the home nine allowed six unearned runs. The New Yorks beat the Pittsburgs at home with solid defense and timely hitting. Washingtons were blanked by Chicago as the league leaders slipped further in the standings.
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Phillies
Detroits
New Yorks
Pittsburg
Washingtons
Bostons
Indianapolis
Chi
Chicagos
Philadelphias
Senee
Pittsburgs
Warringtons
Lowells Triumph Over Salems In Contested New England League Game
The Lowell team defeated the Salems in a tense NE league clash on Sept 20. Salem rallied with four runs in the seventh to tie, but Lowell won with late hits by Duffy and Morgan Murphy in the seventh and eighth. Final score lines reflect a tight contest.
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Indianapolis
Radbourn
Johnston
Hornung
Conway
Bostons
Po.a. F. K.bu
Kelly
McGeachy
Efl
Nash
Brown
Wise
Glasscock
Sutton
Oj Shomerg
Gardner
Morrill
Seery
Myers
Hackett
Mofritt
WotlOtla
Ruuns
Mofrill
Valentine
Picrssure
Penn
Pittsburgs
Welch
Miller
Smith
Carroll
Whitney
Giants
NEW Yorks
Gore
Tiernan
Ward
Coleman
Connor
Beecher
O'Rourke
Dalrymple
Kainey
Rich
Kuehne
Murphy
Galvin
Gillespie
Pittsburgs B.cceeseseese
Womeran
Miler
Trainey
Kittsvargs
Doescher
Philadelphias
Detroits
PO. A. E. Ft
O Ferguson
O Dunlap
Farrar
Oj White
Irwin
Bennett
Clements
O Q Hanlon
Casey
Idetroits
Core Escatan Se
Hanlon
Brouthers
Rowe
Ferguson
Andrews
Dunlap
Daniels
Caiiaco
Senators
Lowell
Lowells
Salems
Duffy
Morgan Murphy
Towgue
Wiscc
Baseball Scores and Results from City Matches
In Cincinnati the Cincinnati team defeated Louisville 4 to 2. Baltimore beat Brooklyn 6 to 3. Staten Island Metropolitans won 11 to Athletics. At South Framingham, South Framinghams edged Naticks 13 to 11.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnatis
Louisvilles
Baltimore
Baltimores
Brooklyns
Staten Island
Metropolitans
South Framingham
South Framinghams
Naticks
Retained by the Anarchists in Pryor Case
General Roger A. Pryor says he has been retained in the Anarchists cases and will appeal to the Supreme Court. He denies any knowledge of General Benjamin F. Butler being employed in the case.
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New York
Roger A. Pryor
Supreme Court
Pryor
Benjamin F. Butler
Ladies to sue city over central detention house plan
W. S. Rogers, counsel for a ladies committee, urged Assistant Attorney General Shepard to allow a suit against the Boston police commissioners and city to compel compliance with the Legislature's act establishing a central house of detention for women and the placement of matrons in Boston police stations. Mayor O'Brien will be notified and a hearing time set.
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W. 5S. Rogers
Shepard
Boston
Meteor at close range sighted by Cunard captain
Captain Walker of the Cunard steamer Cephalon ia reports a brilliant meteor seen on the night of September 15. It appeared to the east northeast with sparks from the center and a long fiery tail, lighting the sky for six seconds before plunging into the sea about half a mile from the ship.
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Walker
Cunard
Cephalonia
Fires in a Two Story House and Outhouse in Jamaica Plain
Local alarms report a morning blaze at 4 McLean Street caused by bedclothes catching fire from a man’s pipe. Damage was slight. At noon, paper burned in an outhouse on Lamartine Street in Jamaica Plain. Box 513 alerted with no damage.
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McLean Street
Lamartine Street
Jamaica Plain
Major fires scorch several towns in New England and Ohio
Reports from Dovrr New Hampshire Lima Ohio and SanForp Me describe multiple fires. Buildings burned in Merrill's block with various insured losses. A Lima railroad shop blaze caused extensive damage and losses around fifty thousand dollars. A Springvale stable holding household goods burned with unknown cause. An incendiary fire damaged a historic Dwight's crossing structure once linked to Henry Ward Beecher. Two young men were arrested for conspiring to assault and rob a bartender at the Adams House with one armed by a sandbag and the other with a black jack. both were arraigned.
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Dovrr
N. H
Kire
Third Street
Merrill’s
Joseph Merrill
Merrill's
B. F. Estes
Hadley
James Meserve
Moore
Chadwick
Charles Twombly
Stone
Cleveland
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Lima
Sanforp
Springvale
Howard Frost
H. Cook
Palmer
Dwight’s Crossing
New London Northern Railroad
Henry Ward Beecher
Amherst College
John Crawford
Decatur Street
Joseph O'Hagan
Harry L. Cobb
Adams House
Hanscom
Mr. Cobb
East Springfield Street
Crawford
O’ Hagan
O’hagan
City Notes Highlight Civic, Cultural Events in Boston
The Union Association of Boston forms to maintain reading rooms with Richard Connors as president and George W. Westcott as treasurer. W S Smith attends a Niagara convention. Concert ticket sales and rehearsal seat lines, coal contract awards, and a new 810000 court house draft are reported. Street widening, pipe bids, and the Dorchester Yacht Club regatta are noted alongside theatregoers and a shipyard accident. Commodore Pickering and others stay at the Parker House as Niagara Falls showcases and antique exhibits intrigue visitors. The milk consolidation plan is dropped and Edward Everett Hale closes the Old South course with a centennial celebration. The Boston Theatre presents A Run of Luck with horses and hounds in the spotlight.
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J. B. Bradford & Co
Barry
The
Water Board
Dorchester Yacht Club
Dorchester
Mile. de Lussan
Ideal Opera Company
Boston Theatre
John Harrington
Tudor’s Wharf
Massachusetts General Hospital
Governor Ames
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Commodore
Charles W. Pickering
U.S.N
Parker House
Mechanics’ Association
Kling
Niagara Falls
Arctic
Mt. Vesuvius
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association
Edward Everett Hale
Washington
Memorial stall planned for Jennie Collins tribute fair
A meeting at the Children's Mission organized a fair to benefit the Working Woman's Home. In about six weeks at Horticultural Hall a memorial stall will feature items from Boflin's Gower and a room in the home will be fitted as a lasting tribute to the late philanthropist Jennie Collins.
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Children’s Mission
Horticultural Hall
Boflin
Gower
Jennie Collins
Pillsbury Likely Republican Nominee for Attorney General
The Springfield Union notes Albert E. Pillsbury of Boston appears unopposed for the Republican nomination for attorney-general. It highlights his legal abilities and strong legislative backing, and observes Boston’s recent dominance in GOP nominations, with previous nominees Brackett Beard Adams Ames and others.
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Springfield
Albert E. Pillsbury
Boston
Pillsbury
General Butler
Massachusetts
George D. Robinson
Chicopee
Alanson W. Beard
Oliver Ames
Olam Quincy Adams Brackett
Sherman
Courts Hear Demurrer in Patent Reissue Case
United States Circuit Court hears demurrer in Cot. J. Hiram H Jenkins et al vs Charles T Stetson over validity of reissued letters patent for shoe shank making machines. Judge rules second reissue broader claim void but overrules demurrer overall. Parties: Ferguson Drew McLeod Rice appear for plaintiffs and defendants.
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United States Circuit Court
Hiram H. Jenkins
Charles T. Stetson
J. Hyslop, Jr
Supreme Court
Joseph W. Ferguson
C. H. Drew
W. A. McLeod
Stetson
D. Hall Rice
Ferguson
Seaman Tried on Charge of Impeding Ship Master
United States District Court session on Sept 20 with Judge Nelson presiding. Frank Stevens, a seaman aboard the Eva L. Harris, was tried on a charge of preventing Oscar St. John, the ship’s master, from exercising command. Case submitted to the jury.
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United States District Court
Nelson
J. Jumes
Frank Stevens
Eva L. Harris
Oscar St. John
Executor contest over Mrs Needham will at Chelsea
James Marble as executor sues Sarah A Small in appeal from probate of Mrs Needham's will. Jury finds the will properly executed with sound mind and no undue influence. Estate valued around $2000. A Hemenway represents executor, P H Hutchinson for appellant. Jury excused. another jury to hear remaining cases Tuesday.
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James Marble
Sarah A. Small
Needham
Chelsea
A. Hemenway
P. H. Hutchinson
City of Lowell Cases and Damages From Winter Injuries
In Middlesex County Superior Court on September 20 Judge Pitman presided. Verdicts found for plaintiffs in two cases: Charles H. Burt v City of Lowell for $1 and Duncan McNabb v John M. Gumb for $21. Henry McGuigan v Lowell is on trial. plaintiff alleges January sidewalk ice and frozen snow caused a fall injuring his left leg with claims for damages and medical care. Attorneys Conant for plaintiff. Qua for defendant in Burt v Lowell. Edward McVey for plaintiff. William F. Courtney for defendants in McGuigan v Lowell.
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Superior Court
Middlesex County
Pitman
Charles H. Burt
City of Lowell
Duncan_ McNabb
John M. Gumb
Conant & Carmichael
J. W. Qua
Henry McGuigan
City of
Lowell
Linden Street
Edward McVey
William F. Courtney
Fire safety orders for theatres and amusements
Police orders require movable scenery venues outside Boston to install fire proof curtains to stop flames spreading from stage to auditorium, following a recent English theatre disaster.
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Boston
Resolutions on Charles Whitney Boston Lumber Trade Mourns
The Boston lumber trade resolves to mourn Charles Whitney a long time member and respected businessman. The resolution notes his friendship and character and extends sympathy to his family by order of the Lumber Association dated September 20, 1887.
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Boston
Charles Whitney
Lumber Association
Improving the Parker House Dining Room
The Parker House dining room is undergoing renovation with robin's egg blue and drab and gold walls and ceilings. Windows are renewed with exquisite stained glass. Daylight offers a subdued effect, while pendant chandeliers and wall brackets provide bright illumination when needed.
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Parker House
The Cigar Makers Lockout Captures City Attention
The cigar manufacturers and union workers clash as C Abrahams Son plans to recall workers while other firms threaten to hire new hands and relocate. Shops may reopen tomorrow with old or new staff, signaling a prolonged dispute.
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C. Abrahams & Son
License Charge Against Insurance Agent Fined
John Hopper agent for Equitable Reserve Insurance Company was fined 200 by Judge Curtis for doing business in the state without a license. He appealed the ruling.
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John Hopper
Equitable Reserve Insurance Company of New York
Curtis
Ford F French annual clearance sale on Sudbury street
Promote savings on old carriages and wagons at Ford F French & Co. Prices shown in the Post indicate substantial dollars saved. Sale targets all pocketbooks with a range from a small amount to $700, inviting buyers to upgrade with risk and style.
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Ford, F. French & Co
Sudbury Street
G W Simmons Co Leads Boston Custom Tailor Trade
The Boston tailor shop G W Simmons Co reports the largest custom department and a long list of patrons. They urge new customers to place fall suit orders with a sample at 32 North Street.
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Boston
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Bargains in Carriages Annual Clearance Sale
Our annual Fall Sale of carriages offers large reductions from actual value. Each carriage in the list will be available for examination at our Warerooms 14 to 22 Sudbury Street with numbers and lowest prices shown in plain figures.
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Sudbury Street
Auction of Carriages and Wagons Shows Broad Selection
A lengthy listing details numerous horse-drawn vehicles from landaus and rockaways to phaetons and top buggies. Items note builders such as Brewster & Co. and J. Hall & Son with prices and conditions.
Creditors Meet Over Davenport Tin Practice
A creditors meeting for Frank C Davenport dealer in tin plated metals was held at 10:00 am in the Bauitable building. Henry G Nichols chaired with A E Dennison as secretary. Unsecured liabilities include notes and sundry items totaling over 64 thousand with contingent notes. Unencumbered assets are about 83 thousand. Davenport owes the Merchandise National Bank over 31 thousand secured by notes and warehouse collateral. General Samuel E Merwin named trustee in Wheeler & Co insolvency. bonds set at 200 thousand. assets projected under 150 thousand. William A Chase calls meeting of his creditors in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Frank C. Davenport
A. E. Q Dennison
Henry G. Nichols
Mr. Dennison
Davenport
Wheeler & Co
New Haven
Conn
Argwonis
Ee Gkeel
Merchandise National Bank
E. S. Wheeler & Co
Merchandise Bank
J. K. Moors & Co
William A. Maddox
Lawrence
Mass
Sullivan Bros
Newport
R. L
Frederick W. Wood
New York City
Nathan A. Chedsey
Charles McKiernan
Clinton
Samuel E. Merwin
E.S. Wheeler & Co
Robertson
William A. Chase
Lynn
New Banking Firm E C Davis & Co Opens in Kilby Street
A new banking firm E C Davis & Co located at No 30 Kilby Street immediately takes a leading position in stocks bonds grain and petroleum trading. Connected to New York by private wire it conducts cash or margin transactions and invites investors to consult Messrs J C Davis & Co for expert service.
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E. C. Davis & Co
No. 30
Kilby Street
New York
Messrs. J. C. Davis & Co
Minister Titus Resigns From Somerville Church
The Rev. Edward A. Titus of Plint Street Church Somerville has resigned his pastorate and given up his position in the Methodist conference after charges were preferred by a member of his congregation.
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Edward A. Titus
Plint Street
Somerville
Methodist Conference
Eureka Consolidated Mining Declares Dividend
The Eureka Consolidated Mining Company declares a dividend of 25 cents per share to shareholders. The announcement states payment will be made on a specified date to recorded holders of stock.
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Eureka Consolidated Mining Company
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Merrill
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Martin Pennell & Said
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UGG Jiu Crise
Ferd. F. French & CO. Limited
Tremont Street
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Messrs. Jennings
Fall River
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E. H. Haskell
MR. Titus
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Mt. Diatne
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Hale & Norcross
Yellow Jacket
John McManus
John Monahan
East Stoughton
House of Correction
Marky
Kentucky
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
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