The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-26


per cent into fine copper from New
YORK and Baltimore for the week end
ing July FL, as per custom house re.
turns, and compiled by the New Yorl
Iletal exchange, amounted to POPS ton:
OF E40 pounds. Total since July
amounted to 454S tons. The imports o.
copper at New York port for the three
weeks ending July q, as compiled by
ne New York metal exchange, amount.
ca to 9o71 tons.
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The head Of a Rockefeller stock COM
mission house says to the representa-
tive OF the Boston News Bureau: 1--WE
feel bullish for the long pull, rather
bearish for the time being, speculative
considerations being temporarily I'M
favorabie. That about reflects the
general feeling as advanced in the re-
marks OF representative brokers'.
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany dividend of $50, payable Aug. l, is
an increase of so over previous semi
annual dividend.
Prlyate experts now In northwest fig
ure that Minneapolis and two Dakotas
VIII have 50,00Q00 bushels more wheat
than a year ago
Paine, WehIoer & Colt is as true as
1t is para9oxical that the higher the
price the greater the attraction, and
ment m
PMme telegraphs from Chicago: "The
temperature still continues high, al
Enough the heat has been somewhat
mitigated by rain during the last eight
or 10 hours. Rains also fell in the
southwest. These conditions are not
strictly favorable for our present crop
surroundings, and threshing of winter
wheat is more or less delayed. The
weather. however, continues very good
for corn. We have all sorts of reports,
as is usually the case at this time of the
syear, with regard tor the outcome Of the
spring wheat crop in Minnesota and
Dakotas"
N. Es-Sub-treasury operations show
loss to banks since Friday $1,116,000.
The london stock exchange will be
closed Saturday, Aug. 5.
A gentleman in the sugar trade says:
Vein the sugar trade are bulling Sug-
ar stock from a-trade standpoint. We
see, shat the company Ynust be making
large profits and that there is not much
7of q warsany longer with the indepen-
dents.
Opposition to the American Wooden
Company is the purpose Of an import
ant German concern that intends to es-
tablish d great wooden mill in Chicago
within % year. The land and buildings
will costsebout 100000 and the macnin-
cry about as much more. The looms
and other machinery will be brought
fronhE England. It ls,expected that many
trained workmen from the company's
plant in Germany Wilt employed in
the new mills here.
Regarding the revival of the rumor
IN New York city that the Vanderbilts
had gained control of the Boston &
Maine, it is authoritatively stated that
such is not the fact. This story has
been industriously going the rounds
with spasrnodic regularity for some lit
tie time past, and the transfer about a
week ago Of 1000 shares Of the Sinclair
estate to New York parties has again
awakened it. This transfer has no sig
niffcance whatever. The fact is, the
Sinclair estate simply offered these
shares in order to facilitate settle
ment which the trustees are now ar
ranging. These shares are but a small
drop in the bucket in the large floating
stock of the Boston & Maine. They
never for moment held even an APP
proach to a balance of power. 1t is GER
tain also the New York Central has no
desire to acquire territory east of Bos-
tom