A Fine Assortment Canadian Parliament Opens
Ottawa April 18 informal proceedings marked the opening of Canada’s Parliament. The Governor General’s speech will be delivered tomorrow and is expected to express hope for an amicable fisheries settlement. Steps have been taken to protect inshore fisheries. The Dominion government plans an appropriation to build a canal at Sault Ste Marie on the Canadian side to connect Lakes Huron and Superior, aiming for an uninterrupted waterway from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Parliament of Canada
Dominion
Sault Ste. Marie
Lakes Huron
Superior
Lake Superior
Gulf of St. Lawrence
National Opera Company delayed by rail charges in Omaha
The National Opera Company, wrapping up in Omaha, remains as Union Pacific demands 8400 dollars upfront to move scenery and stage fixtures. Wagner Sleeping Car Company also requires 2000 dollars to allow car movement. Manager Charles E. Locke secured a Washington Connor dispatch authorizing draws for both sums. The twenty nine cars will depart in three sections tonight.
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Omaha
Neb
National Opera Company
San Francisco
Union Pacific Road
W. C. Hayes
Wagner Sleeping Car Company
Charles E. Locke
Washington Connor
New York
Hayes
Opera Company
Indignation meeting in New York protests Russian extradition treaty
About five hundred Russian Jews gathered in New York to denounce the Russian American extradition treaty. Ex Naval Officer Rosenthal and Mme Satovich attended. Speakers praised those who plotted against the Czar and Leo Hartmann the Nihilist spoke on Russia's revolutionary mood and willingness to die for the Czar's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rosenthal
Mmeatvich
Russia
Leo Hartmann
Czar
Seizure of Scyllia Over Provisions to Gloucester Vessel
Hallifax April 13 The schooner Scyllia of Lunenburg seized by customs for illegally supplying provisions last October to the fishing schooner Carrie Parsons of Gloucester Maas The transfer reportedly occurred away from Cape Mabou with the Gloucester vessel short on provisions The Scyllia is 101 tons and was active in fishing and trading last season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallifax
N.S
Scyllia
Lunenburg
Carrie Parsons
Gloucester
Maas
New York
Cape Mabou
Dogs win at Pittsburg beach show in Echo and Fox Terrier wins
In Prrissura Penn April 18, at the international beach show of dogs Dr William Jarvis of Claremont NH won first prize with his Irish setter Echo Jr John E Thayer of Hillside kennels Lancaster MA won top prize for fox terrier puppies and dogs.
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New England
Pittsburg
Prrissura
Penn
William Jarvis
Claremont
N. H
Echo, Jr
John E. Thayer
Hillside Kennels
Lancaster
Mass
Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company Formed in New York
New York on April 18 reports the Phelps Induction Telegraph and Railway Telegraph and Telephone Company have merged to form the Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company with capital stock of 2 500 000 dollars, divided into 25 000 shares of 100 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phelps Induction Telegraph and Railway, Telegraph and Telephone Company
Consolidated Railway Telegrapph Company
Disturbance at Funeral Service Leads to Police Interruption
Mass at St Marys Church on Norfolk Street Cambridgeport was interrupted yesterday when Thomas Sheehan, suffering delirium tremens, rushed the altar and attempted to take the lead in the service. Police Captain Folsom arrived and escorted him to the station.
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St. Mary's Church
Norfolk Street
Cambridgeport
Thomas Sheehan
Folsom
Thomas
Wanted salesmen for Boys Department at sale event
In our Boys' Department a few experienced salesmen are needed for immediate service from 9 to 10 a.m. today or tomorrow. A large Saturday crowd due to warm weather, Easter eve, and a special sale of Boys' Shirts Waists and Spring Suits attracted customers.
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Suirywaists
Remarkable Bargains in Boys Suits at Boston Store
The advertisement touts notable savings on boys suits from sizes 32 to 44 North Street Boston. It promises quality material and stylish cuts, claiming the spring stock offers substantial value, enabling purchases of straw hats and new shoes as well.
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North Street
Boston
New York Assembly Passes Constitutional Convention Bill
A roundup of early 20th century Bay State and national items notes the New York Assembly approving a constitutional convention measure. Other items include Websterians and Harvard leaders, wage talks, river floods, wrecks, liquor trials, and financial market movements across East Boston and Atchison.
Hudson River ice yields six bodies in Soreayn style report
Axupany New York April 18 The Hudson is yielding more dead as ice moves out and Mohawk flood arrives. Six bodies recovered including a girl about 13 years old. the next ice breakup could bring more.
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Axupany
N. Y
Chamberlain speaks at Kilmarnock on loyalty and order
London reports Mr. Chamberlain addressing a crowd at Kilmarnock station on April 13. He defends Liberal independence, denounces lawless agitation, and urges preservation of order and the union while acknowledging grievances, noting a Liberal-leaning split and opposing obstruction. He was booed by opponents and cheered by supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Ayr
Kilmarnock Station
Liberal Party
Bright
Ireland
Great Britain
Hartington to Back Coercion Bill in Commons Vote
London Liberal Lord Hartington plans to return to vote for the second reading of the coercion bill. A Monday division will consider Sir Bernhard Samuelson's amendment, which argues the act would worsen disorder in Ireland, threaten the union and empire, and should be rejected. The opposition seeks a brief debate, with Morley to speak tomorrow and Gladstone on Monday. Parnellites issue an urgent whip for Monday awaiting the division.
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London
Lord Hartington
House of Commons
Bernhard Samuelson
Ireland
Union
Morley
Gladstone
Parnellites
Opposition to the Inevitable Mapain April 13
Leading statesmen and literary figures in Central and South America join influential politicians to push a closer Spain Latin America alliance. They seek a commercial Zollverein and political bloc to counter Anglo Saxon influence, prevent Panama Canal control by the United States, and shift Cuban trade toward Europe and Spanish American republics. Prominent leaders include Canovas Del Castello Castelar Martos and Marquis De La Vega de Armigo.
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Mapain
Central
South America
Atlantic
Central America
Mexico
West Indies
Panama Canal
America
Cuba
Porto Rico
Senores Canovas del Castello
Castelar and
Martos
Marquis de la Vega de Armigo
Europe
Victoria Steamer Ashore At Dieppe Tragedy
A Dieppe dispatch reports the packet steamer Victoria ashore in fog near Dieppe. Ninety passengers were aboard with twenty drowned. The ship is submerged. Passengers used life belts and jumped, many were swept to sea. the first lifeboat was mainly occupied by ladies and capsized, leaving only one survivor.
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Paris
Dieppe
Victoria
London Artists William Savile and Eugene Oudine Die
London reports two deaths: artist William Augustus Savile dies of heart disease in Cannes, and French sculptor Eugene Andre Oudine passes away at age 77.
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London
William Augustus Savile
Cannes
Eugene Andre Oudine
Evictions flagged on Marquis of Lansdowne estates
Desuny April 18 report that police are ordered to resume evictions on the Marquis of Lansdowne's estates next week. William O'Brien will go to Canada to denounce the Marquis's actions in approving the evictions. Berry April 15 notes a supplementary budget deemed not war threatening, funding army needs and railroad fortifications. Paris April 13 confirms Haytien consul-general denies 1874 Tortuga offer. Le Paris attacks German policy. Queenstown April 13 reports massive emigrant arrivals awaiting ships to the United States. London April 13 Nihilists deny death sentence to the Czar and push a persuasive policy. Sv. Peterss city April 13 royal family cancels Crimea trip. 260 political arrests in Odessa on Easter Sunday.
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Desuny
Marquis of Lansdowne
William O’brien
Canada
Berry
Nachrichten
Paris
Simmonds
Haytien
Journal Des Débats
Hayti
Tortuga Island
England
le Paris
Berlin Post
France
Germany
Queenstown
United States
London
Geneva
Sv. Peterssure
Crimea
Odesss
Fivanar
Knights of Labor recognition discussed after Boston conference
London reports show the Grand Lodge of Templars endorsing the reunion basis from the Boston conference. Cardinal Gibbons plans a London visit to consult Cardinal Manning on Knights of Labor questions. The Holy Office congregation favors recognizing the Knights of Labor per Gibbons's report.
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London
Grand Lodge of Templars
Boston
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Manning
Knights of Labor
Congregation of the Holy Office
Saragossa survivors reach Bermuda after prolonged lifeboat ordeal
The Saragossa, en route from Baltimore to Port Antonio, foundered March 22 three and a half days out. Captain Peter F. Miller Chief Officer Thomas twelve seamen and a passenger Wanamaker were rescued by the British bark Bachelors after twenty seven hours in two lifeboats. They were brought to Bermuda aboard the Flam borough from Bermuda arrived April 18.
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New York
Flamborough
Bermuda
Peter F. Miller
Thomas
Wanamaker
Baltimore
Port Antonio
Hampton Roads
Saragossa
Bachelors
St. George
The Railroad Thieves
Panic spreads as Pan Handle rail guards pursue 63 arrests in a wide probe. Warnings to return stolen goods flood the Union Depot with a five day deadline. Federal action looms over the breach of government bonded cars while threats target railroad officials and a continuing manhunt unfolds.
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Pirrspure
John Mimmo
Brotherhood of Brakemen
Pan Handle Road
Gripp
Brotherhood
United States
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania Company
FE. B. Taylor
Union Depot
Pittsburg
Pan Handle
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
G. W. Foresha
Colliers
W. Va
New York Assembly Passes Constitutional Convention Bill
The assembly approves a 160 delegate convention plan with 32 at large, meeting Albany in January, $820000 expenses, and a $10 per day stipend, while Governor likely veto stands. Senator Wemple backs a marriage license bill requiring licenses and parental consent for minors, with penalties and age checks.
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Arany
N. Y
Sprecrau
Assembly
Albany
Wemple
Senate
Passenger Agents in Council Discuss Travel Tariffs
Montreal April 18 general passenger agents of Canadian railways and steamship lines in session here urge the customs minister to delay new baggage regulations from the United States into Canada they warn could severely hinder or halt tourist travel. They request a postponement until carriers can present views to the government.
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Montreal
Canadian Railway
United States
Canada
Civil Service Rules Spark Worcester Inquiry
General Sherwin, chief examiner of the State civil service commission, arrived in Worcester to address irregularities in clerk appointments at City Hall. Local examiners tied to the city government clashed with Sherwin over civil service rules, leading to resignations and threatened rejections.
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Worcester
Sprovan
Sherwin
State Civil Service Commission
Ity
City Hall
Board of Examiners
Chamberlain
James E. Earley
Earley
Funeral of John T. Raymond Held at Little Church Around the Corner
New York funeral services for actor John T. Raymond were held at 10:30 this morning in the Little Church Around the Corner. An overflowing crowd of professionals and friends attended. The coffin lay in state at Mrs. E. D. Perry’s residence at No 8 East Thirty-second Street before being moved to the church, where a dirge played and Rev Dr Honeghton conducted the Episcopal burial service. The body was then taken to Greenwood Cemetery for interment in a vault until a permanent resting place is chosen by Mrs. Raymond.
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New York
John T. Raymond
E. D. Perry
East Thirty-second Street
G. H. Houghton
Harry Edwards
Raymond
Henry KE. Abbey
Henry French
Maurice Gray
N. C. Goodwin
A. Wallack
Dr. Guernsey
Louis James
John A. Stoddard
W. J. Florence
Honeghton
Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Fires at Union Park Street Tenement and Cambridge Casket Factory
A fire on the second floor of a tenement at 27 Union Park Street caused curtain and stove damage totaling 15 with kerosene lamp incident by Louis Poznanski costing 10 to repair. Officer Sullivan extinguished it. A separate blaze at Lockwood's casket factory engine room on Bridge Street East Cambridge caused about 400 in damage to building and machinery.
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Union Park Street
R. M. Gage
Louis Poznanski
Morton Street
Sullivan
Poznanski
Cambridge
Lockwood
Bridge Street
East
Fires Rage Across Towns With Heavy Losses On April 18
Reports from Wooster Ohio to Springfield Massachusetts detail extensive blazes. Currie & Co. mill in Wooster loses 25000. Janesville Minn. business district wrecked with 25000 in damage. Boomer millinery store damaged 4000 in New Reprorp. Troy NH tannery and related shops burn, building losses near 100000. Sing Sing laundry fire destroys upper floor and shirts stock. J J McGrath wallpaper shop in Curiaco razed, stock and buildings 300000 to 450000 with large insurance. Additional fires hit Taunton grocery, Maplewood woods, Palmer Union Station burn at 10000, and daily paper suspended for lack of updates.
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Wooster
D. C. Currie & Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Janesville
E. A. Boomer
Keenr
N. H
Troy
R. M. Silsby
C. H. Gove
Troy Blanket Mills
W. T. Johnson
Boston
FE. P. Kimball
O. C. Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Curiaco
J. J. McGrath
Wabash Avenue
Phenix of
Hartford
Orient of Hartford
Altna of Hartford
Michael Burns
John Heberlite
Frederick Reese
Taunton
W. A. Manchester & Co
Bay Street
Maxpen
Onercy Street
Maplewood
Springfield
Union Railroad
Palmer
American Express Company
New London Northern Telegraph
Gallup
Boston & Albany
J. A. Rhodes
A. McDermott
G. W. Armstrong
Centennial of the Name Change Celebration at Columbia College
The centennial events marking Columbia College's change from King's College opened at the Metropolitan Opera House with a large procession of alumni and students, a formal ceremony, and a long list of honorary degrees and distinguished attendees including James Russell Lowell, Senator Evaris, and Mayor Seth Low. The program featured speeches by Frederick R. Coudert, a poem, prayers, and the conferral of numerous Doctor of Letters and Doctor of Laws degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia College
King’s College
Forty-ninth Street
Madison
Park Avenues
Metropolitan Opera House
Cappa
Seventh Regiment
J. M. Mitchell
Robert ©. Cornell
Madison Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
Metropolitan
Thirty-ninth Street
Seventh Avenue
Opera House
Fortieth Street
Columbia
Senator Evaris
James Russell Lowell
John Hall
Pierson
Albany
Sinn
Syracuse
Schmidt
Bishop Potter
Hamilton Fish
William C. Schermerhorn
Morgan Dix
Samuel B
Frederick R. Coudert
George Lansing Taylor
Barnard
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
B.S. Storrs
D.D
Horace Howard Furness
Charles Waldstein
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Eng
W. C. Winslow
Egyptian Exploration Fund
Henry Barnard
United States Bureau of Education
George William Curtis
Alice Elvira Freeman
Wellesley College
J. H. Trumbull
N. H. R. Dawson
United States Commissioner of Education
I. H. Hall
Moses Coyt Tyler
George Bancroft
I. J. Child
Harvard University
W. D. Whitney
Yale College
Amelia Blandford Edwards
Abram
Hewitt
City of
Julius H. Seelye
Amherst College
J. B.angell
University of Michigan
J. O. Dalton
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Simeon Newcomb
United States Nautical Alma
Hermann Ludvig von Helmholtz
University of Berlin
J. W. Dawson
McGill University
Montreal
Daniel Manning
United States Treasury
Moritz Stein- Schneider
Hebrew School of Berlin
F. D. Huntington
Central New York
G. W. Smith
Trinity College
Hartford
Henry Augustus Coit
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Phillips Brooks
Trinity Church
Boston
John Richard Magrath
Queen's College
Oxford
Eny
Potter
Internal Revenue Officer Refuses Testimony in Maine Liquor Case
In Gardiner, Maine, State v Hall proceeds as Deputy Collector Thomas Murphy refuses to testify on retail liquor tax payments. The court orders him held in contempt and the witness may seek habeas corpus to appeal. The case hinges on whether tax records can establish payment under the new liquor law.
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Avansta
Reuben C. Hall
Gardiner
Thomas F. Murphy
Hall
Murphy
Redman
Augusta
Webb
Portland
United States Court
Internal Revenue Department
Maritime arrivals reported at Longpon and New York
Steamers Marengo Slavonia and New York amid Baltic crossings arrive near Svilly Islands and Dunnet Head. State of Georgia from Glasgow arrives with Ludwig Holberg and vessels barc Srecna P and Measina. City of Washington sails to Havana while Emelia and Clampa depart for Bilboa and Baracoa?
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Longpon
Marengo
New York
Svilly Islands
Slavonia
Dunnet
New Yoak
State of Georgia
Glasgow
Ludwig Holberg
Baracoa
City of Washington
Havana
Clampa
Emelia
Measina
Srecna
Bilboa
Floods and Ice Jam Parade Across Multiple Rivers
Reports from Axpany and several New England towns describe rising waters, drifting ice, and debris clogging rivers. Mohawk to Housatonic and Merrimac basements flood while bridges threaten, trains delayed three hours, and mills face boiler-room fires extinguished as waters fall slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axpany
N.Y
Mohawk River
New York Central
West Shore
Here
Utica
Troy
Lee
Professor Green
Crow Hollow
South Lee
Eagle Paper Mill
Housatonic
Havernut
Merrimac
Washington Street
Conroocoox
N. H
Exeter
Warrreury
Bolton
Horse Railroad War in Pittsfield Injunction Filed
A bill in equity filed in the Superior Court by Pittsfield shareholders against Boston investors seeks a receiver for the street railroad company and to enjoin payment of alleged $100000 claims by Harwood and Guild and a $2500 claim by Tole. The Pittsfield shareholders accuse insolvent condition and illegal claims. Injunction served. defendants to answer at Pittsfield on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York York Assembly
Bradley F. Calhoun
Washington
New Haven
Columbia University
Albany
N. Y
Lee
Pittsfield Horse Railroad Company
Boston & Albany
Sherwin
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Worcester
John T. Raymond
New York
Blaine
Maine Internal Revenue
Washington Conner
National Opera Company
Omaha
Neb
Michigan
Mary DeWitt
Oxford
United States
Pittsvicup
Street Railroad Company
Superior Court
Thaddeus Clapp
Pittsfield
Frank W. Harwood
George H. Tobe
Fred Guild
George H. Jackson
Boston
Wittsfield
Harwood
Guild
Tole
Newspaper Day in New Hampshire Club Dinner at Quincy House
A gathering of Boston area newspaper men with New Hampshire press figures at the New Hampshire Club dinner in Quincy House. Speakers praised the press, its role in education and state industry, with remarks on Manchester, Nashua, and regional papers and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire Club
Quincy House
Boston
Baldwin
R. Worthington
the Traveller
E. H. Clement
The
Transcript
Stephen O'Meara
Journal
J. W. Clarke
Globe
Curtis Guild
Commercial Bulletin
Eliot Lord
Advertiser
W. F. Whichex
Traveller
General Douglass Frazer
Boston & Maine Railroad
W. B. Dinsmore, Jr
Adams Express Company
New York
Waldo Adams
Adams Faperet Company
J. C. Moore
Manchester
James N. Fulsom
W. C. Harris
C. C. Morgan
Nashua
W. L. Godnew
Jefferson
C. H. Carpenter
Chichester
George (. Mann
Quincey House
Roland Worthington
New Hampshire
E. H. Clements
Boston Press Club
Europe
Boston Journal
Guild
Mr. Clarke
W. F. Whitcher
E. ©. Carrigan
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Paine’s Furniture
Canal Street
MR. WT. Tazard
Messrs. Bancroft & Dyer
House of
Paine’s Furniture Co
Leonard & CO
Bromfield Street
Canadian Parliament
G. W. Simmons & CO
Colt
Dauntless
Azores
Nova Scotia
Denis H. Tully
United States District Court
Charles K. Codman
Harvard College
Chamber of Commerce
Appalachian Mountain Club
Young Men's Christian Union
Unitarian Club
Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society
Mt. Hope
Atchison
West End
MR. Chamberlain
Current Foreign News
NEW York Assembly
Council
Civil Service Rules
General Sherwin
Daily Morning Republican
Providence, Ie
Internal Revenue
Pittsfield Company
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