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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1900
Page
5
Trading interest centered on Sugar People's Gas and Brooklyn Rapid Transit with fractional shifts in prices. Reports from Boston and New York note improved refined sugar demand and ample raw sugar supply with upcoming crop arrivals. Spain-US trade parallels show large raw cotton exports and rising iron ore imports, framing broader economic activity.
In New York financial circles the market is seen liquidating for the first time in weeks due to political conditions. Traders foresee lower values before the election and urge sales of B and O, New York Central, Union Pacific, St. Paul, Burlington, Louisville and Nashville, and high priced stocks like Sugar and People’s Gas. Pool holdings are shrinking in Sugar and in Atchison, Burlington, and Quincy due to crop prospects in Kansas and Nebraska. Quincy’s mill adds three stamps. two more heads to come by October 1. Current output is 2100 tons of rock versus 1800 previously, with production increases expected to persist.
Boody, McLellan & Co state the nation will not wait for the election and that railroads now earn more than in the previous boom year. They urge buying stocks on market reactions, expecting favorable developments and an inevitable upswing.
Washington Aug. 20. U.S. Spain trade recovered fully with exports to Spain reaching 13,399,680 and imports 5,950,047 in the 1900 fiscal year, near the all time high. The year surpasses 1897 figures and tops 1899 by over 10 percent, led by cotton breadstuffs mineral oils and other goods.
Chalmers T Piper of Rockland an instructor at the Concord reformatory shoe factory died at Massachusetts General Hospital Monday from injuries after Saturday operation. He was impaled Friday evening while attempting to jump a fence returning from an entertainment with a friend. Born in Bakersfield Vermont about 43 years ago he moved to Rockland and worked in local shoe factories rising to superintendent at times. A musician and long time Rockland brass band member he also sang in the Congregational church choir. Survived by wife son and daughter Eleanor A Piper of the Melba quartet.
Miss Amy Graves daughter of Henry Graves and a popular Hud son resident, died by her own hand last week Wednesday in the Assabet river. After grip illness last December she was taken to Westbrook Insane Asylum, improved, then returned to Hud son to live with her brother H. E B Graves. She disappeared Wednesday morning and was found by a local officer Saturday. authorities believe she had been in the water since her disappearance. Born in Bolton, she was 29 years old.
A serious trolley carriage crash on Main Street near Park injures Mrs. E. E. Goodwin of 483 Ferry Street Everett and the coachman. Willard P. Turner of North Reading and Selectman Joseph B. Gowing were shaken but uninjured. Turner's horse died from the impact. Goodwin's horse was shot after a broken leg. An alarm also reported a major fire at Elm Street Wakefield Park, destroying a home and furnishings with about $2,500 in losses, partially insured.
By order of the Merrimack Mfg Co 82 shares of new stock are offered and issued under the corporation’s authority. This item notes the action taken by Merrimack Mfg Co and the quantity involved.
The Herald reports limited demand for plain cotto n goods with buyers seeking immediate needs but resisting restocking. Producers fear rising cotton costs, with forecasts suggesting prices may climb toward 12c and mills potentially shutting without price relief. Trade in China shows signs of resumed commerce, while Fall River printing cloths remain dull.
The August issue features sketches of Marcus A. Hanna Joseph H Manley Platt and other senators with portraits of Joseph A Coram and Massachusetts governor. The American Boy section offers railroad farm and roller coaster stories a six thousand mile yacht Gazelle voyage and many boy oriented features battleship adventures and science crafts along with ample illustrations and notices from exhibitors and boy activities. Sprague Publishing Company Detroit offers the publication at one dollar a year.
Berry F. Tatum known as Buck Taylor, celebrated as Rough Riders comrade and Buffalo Bill performer, died of consumption in Providence hospital Washington. Born in Montgomery, he later worked as census clerk under Merriam and Roosevelt. He had been ill for months and collapsed at Cabin John’s Bridge before passing Sunday night. Two brothers, Haywood and Griffin Tatum, remain in Montgomery.
Denver Times recounts Cincinnati's Commodore Meg Cullough and the failed side-wheeler Flora Belle venture on the Ohio River. The vessel burned heavy coal, earned little revenue, and drew local ridicule as natives refused to sail or stock livestock aboard. A theatre crowd anecdote follows, with the Commodore loudly urging buyers to "Buy the Flora Belle" during a par ouette.
Dracut residents report a pair of fires near Pleasant street and a boarding house, with kerosene traces found at both sites. Andrew Leblanc alerted the blaze at the boarding house, and police investigated alongside local citizens. A man seen fleeing fields remains at large as the town braces for possible arrest within days.
A still alarm sent part of the fire department to John J Donovan’s shuttle shop on Tanner Street yesterday noon to extinguish a fire in a pile of shavings in the boiler room. Minor damage reported with insurance by Charen.
A still alarm at 2 30 a m summoned Hose 7 to a small fire in the kitchen of the three story tenement at 56 Auburn Street. Fire damaged wall and ceiling. occupants were awakened by crackling sounds. Cause unknown. Estimated damage under 25 dollars. Building owned by H B Hill.
The text notes a superstition linking pilgrimages to Jerusalem with misfortune for royal couples. It cites the new king and queen of Italy visiting Jerusalem ten days before Humbert's assassination, and recalls Archduke Charles Louis and Archduchess Sophie’s tragic death after an Austrian imperial visit, then mentions another imperial couple.
Marquis de Fontenoy notes a string of disastrous outcomes for royal figures after Holy Land visits. Crown prince and princess of Austria, Frederick of Schleswig Holstein, and Emperor William’s sister and others suffered deaths, illnesses, or scandals upon returning to Europe. The pattern suggests many royals travel alone to avoid further tragedy, according to Philadelphia Press.
Bradstreet's notes a major engineering feat in Burmah as an American bidder won the contract by promising half the time of the closest English offer. Thirty five American mechanics faced floods and long supply lines to build a 2800 foot iron bridge, with towers up to 320 feet and a 25 ton lifting crane. The span connects Rangoon to China, signaling American prowess in a global project amid British government influence.
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