Bethlehem Iron Works Wins Major Steel Contract
Secretary Whitney awards Bethlehem Iron Works of Pennsylvania a contract to supply about 1400 tons of steel gun forgings and 4500 tons of steel armor plates at a total of 4,512,988 dollars. Bethlehem was the sole bid for both items, with the apparatus of combined bids cited to encourage competition and lower overall cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasutwaron
Whitney
Bethlehem Iron Works Company of
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Midvale
Cambria
Cleveland Rolling Mills
Bethlehem Companies
Bethlehem Iron Company
Bethlehem Tron Company
Cambria Iron Company
Gun Steel
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Bethlehem Company
Keifer to Speak Limited Minutes at Garfield Statue Unveiling
Army of the Cumberland efforts to induce ex Speaker Keifer to withdraw from delivering an oration at Garfield statue unveiling fail. Keifer remains silent and the monument committee cuts speaking time to twenty minutes to minimize his public appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelfer Ig
Garfield
Wasamineroy
Segerar
Army of the Cumberland
Keifer
Monument Committee
Monument
Washington's new dueling club teaches swords to youths
In Washington on April 14 a northwest city club formed by fourteen young men aims to master sword play. A professor is hired to train them in dueling rooms modeled on Heidel berg traditions, led by a youth whose father disciplined him after a prior honor affair with tears over blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sprorau
Heidelberg
System of undervaluation to trigger major tax reforms
Washington April 14. Special. In city, few lawmakers expect the Senate undervaluation committee to push radical changes in customs administration. Imports undervalued due to collusion with consuls and officials have harmed honest traders. Hewitt bill aimed to curb abuses but stalled. a Senate bill to simplify existing law may be introduced next winter and likely pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuinatoy
Senate
Customs Service
Hewitt
NEW ENGLAND PENSIONERS LIST AND OFFERS
Pensions granted to New England residents include numerous increases restorations reissues and original awards across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Notable names include Hannah B John F Berry Caroline E Florence Florilla E Silas H Tilley Elijah Stebbins Jr James McGee and John A Greenlow among others. An advertisement from NowPATER promotes cleaner floor coverings for summer using China matting by John H Pray Sons & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Waswanoron
Maine
Hannah B
John F. Berry
Unity
America
F. Mayhew
North Paris
James W. Potter
New Sharon
Albert P. Friend
Brooksville
Charles Johnson
Togus
Daniel Towne
Increase
Lee
Robert T. Lloyd
Orland
New Hampshire
Moses M. Quimby
Suncook
Levi Raymond
Centre Harbor
Alexis Lemro
Berlin Falls
Darwin C. Coates
Newport
Vermont
Caroline E
Nathaniel Robinson
Marshfield
Florilla E
Lorenzo G. Spaulding
Morrisville
Silas H. Tilley
Barningise
Elijah Stebbins, Jr
Vernon
Edwin Burnham
North Calais
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Women’s Home Missions Meet Highlights Indian and Utah Work
The semi annual meeting of the Women’s Home Missionary Association drew a large crowd at Mt. Vernon Church yesterday. President Mrs. J W Danielson of Providence presided while Mrs. Howells led the opening prayer. Bright Eyes told of Omaha reservation efforts and missionary misunderstandings with Indians seeking religious training and property ownership. Miss KB Brewer described Alabama schools and urgent needs for missions. Mrs. Merrill praised Cambridge neighborhood meetings for promoting missionary aims. Mrs. Tichenor Bailey reported on the West Commission in Utah where sixty young women work to curb polygamy and spread Christian faith, urging more missionaries and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Home Missionary Association
Mt. Vernon Church
J. W. Danielson
Providence
R. I
Howells
North Cambridge
Tibbles
Omaha
KB. F. Brewer
Alabama
S. G. Merrill
Cambridge
Tichenor-Bailey
New West Commission
Utah
East German Conference Opens In Boston Church
The twenty second annual East German Methodist Episcopal session met at Shawmut avenue with Bishop R S Foster presiding. Officers elected included P Puatte secretary W Gisingen assistant secretary C Reuss statistical secretary C E H Hoffrogger assistant secretary. Missionary collection totaled 4098 dollars. Hoffrogger preached the conference sermon in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Shawmut Avenue
R. S. Foster
P. Puatte
W. Gisingen
C. Reuss
C. E H. Hoffrogger
Foster
Traft
New England
C. H. Hoffrogger
Massachusetts Historical Society Annual Meeting Highlights
The Massachusetts Historical Society held its annual meeting with Dr. George E. Ellis presiding. Letters from Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson were read amid gifts and new memoirs, a $1000 Anonymous Fund was announced, and officers for the coming year were elected. A report noted library growth to about 32,000 volumes and 4,000 added items, with eight paintings and numerous photographs received. The meeting adjourned with a social reception at the president’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Historical Society
George E. Ellis
George 8
Hale
Abigail Adams
John Adams
George Washington
Salina Hale
New Hampshire
Thomas Jefferson
New England
Dr. Green
Sibley
John Langdon Sibley
A. P. Peabody
F. P. Vinton
Samuel Cooper
Copley
Dr. Lothrop
T. K. Lothrop
Goodell
Kosciusko
A. W. W. Evans
Washington
Sharpless
Major Walter
Timothy Pickering
Messrs. EK
J. Lowell
McLeary
Wolcott
Pickering
Tremont Street
Society
Charles Deane
Francis Parkman
Edward J. Young
A.M
Corcommending
Justin Winsor
A.B
Arles
Smith
Samuel A. Green
Fitch Edward Oliver
Mellen Chamberlain
William Everett
Robert C. Winthrop
Paige
Obituary for Milford businessman Henry C. Scott dies at 56
Henry C. Scott of Milford, a prominent merchant and former selectman in 1872 1873 1886 and the current year, dies. He served as a Home National Bank director and was president of the new Cooperative Bank. He leaves a brother Augustus Scott of Lexington a sister and a son. Also announced from London the death of Russian painter N Kramskoi, who had a studio in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Scott
Milford
Ile
Home National Bank
New Cooperative Bank
Augustus Scott
Lexington
London
N. Kramskoi
St. Petersbure
Beacon Hill Tunnels Propose Common and Richards Routes
The West End railway plans underground routes to connect the business district with Back Bay. Doane outlines a 1640 foot Common tunnel under Beacon Hill with surface entry at Spruce Street and Park Street gate. Richards proposes a Mt Vernon Street route from Charles to Tremont streets, 2750 feet long, with multiple exits including Tremont House and Scollay Square.
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West End Railway Company
Back Bay
Thomas Doane
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
Doane
Charles Street
Spruce Street
Park Street Gate
Tremont Street
Hamilton Place
Park Street
West End
William R. Richards
Richards
Mt. Vernon Street
Brimmer Street
Mt. Vernon and
Charles Streets
Scollay Square
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
Somerset Street
Boston University
Bowdoin Street
Hancock Street
Joy Street
Walnut Street
Louisburg Square
West Cedar Street
Joy
Wale Nut Streets
Mt. Vernon
Beacon Streets
Prescott
Beacon and
Brimmer Streets
Charles River
Park and Tremont Streets
Tremont House
Commonwealth Building
Atheneum Building
Swedenbergian Church
New Court House
Pemberton Square
Court House
East Cambridge
Charlestown
Chelsea
Revere
State House
Temple
Cambridge Streets
Beacon
Park Square
Winter Street
Merchants' Club hears informal talk at Parker's
The Hon. Eustace M. Fitz presided at Parker's last evening over a Merchants' Club meeting with sixty five members in attendance. The only guest was United States Sub-Treasurer S. N. Aldrich. Collector Saltonstall and Postmaster Corse were expected but could not attend. After-dinner remarks were informal with no set speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustace M. Fitz
Merchants’ Club
Parker's
United States
N. Aldrich
Saltonstall
Corse
The Woman's Bankier Missing Ends Bankers Career
Mrs. Sarah E Howe, who founded and ran a women only bank at No 2 Garland Street, vanished taking about 50000 with her. The bank once held 800 depositors and 288499 in claims. After a prior prison sentence she reopened as agent in Westwycord Street but has not seen at her home since last Saturday. Miss Sanderson reported depositing 79 last December for 7 monthly interest to March, then 100 expected in April. Boston police and district attorney moved for a warrant yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Howe
Garland Street
Augusta
Mrs. Howe
Weddings in Cambridge Pair Ties Two Local Couples
In Cambridge last evening, Mr Robert A Galt of Philadelphia married Miss Kate G Hurd, daughter of Theodore C Hurd clerk of courts for Middlesex. The ceremony at St Peter s Church featured a church choir and organ led by H M Andros. They will reside in Philadelphia. Also wed were ex councilman Joseph S Stearns of Cambridge and Miss Emma W daughter of Nahum Ellison at 77 Pear Street with Rev A E White officiating. The Stearns reside at Beaver Brook Waltham in a new residence purchased by Stearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Galt
Philadelphia
Kate G. Hurd
Theodore C. Hurd
Middlesex County
St. Peter's Church
Main Street
Cambridge
E. M.gushee
H. M. Andros
Hurd
Inman Street
Joseph S. Stearns
Swan & Finch Lubricating Oil Company
Emma W
Nahum Ellison
Pear Street
A. E. White
First Universalist Church
City notes recount local appointments and events
Secretary Whitney will designate Commodore McCann as the next commandant of the Charles town Navy Yard, effective May 1. The board of health urges thorough cleansing of houses and yards. City carts will remove street rubbish May 2–6 sunrise to 2 pm. after that, dirt removal at owner expense. Nantucket gunning party reports 162 ducks and geese in display at Purchase street store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
McCann
Charlestown Navy Yard
Board of Health
Mesara
Gordon Plummer
W. H. Rothwell
J. C. Morse
E. F. Sturgis
Nantucket
Broad Streets
Atlantic Bank
State
Kilby
Doane
Samuel Hatch & Co
Worcester Square
J. D. W. Joy
R. Knights & Co
West Springfeld Street
Harriet B. Cooke
Boston Assembly
the Agassiz Association
West Cedar Street
T. H. Fay
R. A. Odiorne
Hanged for assault. Thompson dies in court room
Amos Towne, keeper of the Dana armhouse, hanged himself yesterday. The gunboat Atlanta conducted a test at the sound, achieving fifteen and a half knots. In Union City Tennessee, John Thompson a colored man was examined for attacking a ten year old white girl and was hanged by a mob in the court room before a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Towne
Dana Armhouse
United States
Atlanta
Union City
Tenn
John Thompson
Thompson
Beacon Street Widening Fails to Clear Mayor's Veto
Boston Common Council debates Beacon street widening and a Cambridge bridge plan. Blume accuses a South Boston schoolhouse land deal of boodle while council sustains the Mayor's veto on the allotment for a grammar school site. The body passes several concurrent orders and approves a long term loan for the Suffolk County Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blume
Ward 11
South Boston
Cambridge Bridge
Boston
Cambridge Clam Flats
Superintendent of Sewers
South
Whitmore
Ward 12
Joseph R. Scott
Seventh
Leary
Ward 18
Scott
Richards
Haynes
Atwood
Carroll
Cochran
Coleman
Connolly
Desmond
Duggan
Fisher
Frost
J. Gallagher
T. J. Gallagher
Gomez
Harrington
Hayes
Kelliher
Elly
Mahony
McKenna
McNary
J. J. Murae
Nunan
O'Meary
Perry
E. J. Powers
Reilly
J. H. Sullivan
R. Suullivan
Sundberg
Teavena
Tracey
Tuttle
Harry
Bowman
Burr
Chamberlain
Clark
Fottler
Fowler
Ladd
Lattimore
Lauren
Light
Morrison
R. Morrison
J. Murphy
Norton
Perkins Richards
Shaw
Snow
Sullivan
Webster
Wilson
Mr. Whitmore
Camridge
Tiana
Ward 9
City of
Yeas
Grand Army
City Messenger
Suffolk County Court House
Beacon Street
Brookline
Committee On Appropriations
Roxbury
Faneuil Hall
Committee On
Grammar School
Irish National League Boston Meeting Votes for Home Rule
A special Boston central branch session at New Era Hall heard speeches against coercion and in favor of Home Rule by Hon. John Fitzgerald. Officers elected for the year include President Dominic Toy and secretaries M. J. Walsh and Harry W. Robinson. The Farnell Hall event netted 1000 dollars, with 50 dollars donated by Rev. M. J. McCaull. A plan to address surrounding branches was approved, and a committee was formed to work with the Five Dollar Fund group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Irish National League
New Era Hall
John &. Fitzgerald
Charles E. Endicott
T. BR. Fitz
D. P. Sullivan
T. M. Brady
Edward Fitzwilliams
Eneas Smith
W. W. Doherty
Michael Maynes
Thomas O'ilynn
John Hurley
P. H. Costello
M. J. Walsh
John W. Monahan
J. C. Feley
John E. Fitzgerald
Ireland
Dominic ‘Toy
John Hirley
Harry W. Robinson
Farnell Hall
M. J. McCaull
Concord
John &K. Witzgerald
L. B. Fitz
Toy
Five Dollar Fund Committee
Courts Report List of 1884 Suffolk and Federal Trials
The record lists federal indictments against James Romano Concerto Romano and Leo Boense for counterfeit coin offenses with acquittals and a one year sentence for James. Suffolk Superior Court sessions detail numerous civil and tort actions, elevator injuries, and extensive dockets across three sessions with judges Bacon and Thomison and lawyers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Nelson
United States
James Romano
Concerto Romano
Leo Boense
Concerto
James
A. Galvin
J. F. Cronan
Suffolk County
Bacon
Susan Perkins
John F. Goodman
J. A. Bennett
T. J. Barry
George R. Patterson
Charles P. Hemmenway
Augustus Hemmenway
Henry B. Rice
Rice
L. M. Child
Nathan Morse
George W. Estabrook
Insolvency filings and creditors meet in Suffolk Court
Norton and Peabody Lynn shoe makers, and C D Thames fish packers of Portland, Maine, declare insolvency. Listings include George H Walker druggists of Northampton and others across cities. Suffolk Insolvency Court held first creditor meetings with assignees named. Woodbury Foss dry goods firm and Newago Manufacturing faced actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton & Peabody
Lynn
C.D. Thames & Co
Portland
George H. Walker & Co
Northampton
John Mead
Greenfield
Mass
William E. Sheafe
Hiram Ingels
Cincinnati
Suffolk County
Carpenter
Williams Street
Charlestown
John F. Cronan
Jordan, Marsh & C
Edgar
Woodbury
Boston
Charles F. Foss
Dedham
Woodbury & Foss
Dry Goods Commission
Summer Street
Goodrich & Wagner
Milwaukee
Wis
B. K. Miller
Otto Kinsinger
William H. Osborne
Clapp & Davis
Chicago
Newago Manufacturing Company
Newago
Mich
New York
Maritime distress and losses near Halifax and Masquedoquit
Late ship news reports the brigantine Mechanic beached at Herring Cove after losing anchors, with no water and likely hauled off. The Day schooner Anna McGee ran ashore at Masquedoboit in entry to port. crew log losses include one drowned. The Clotilde sailing from St John to New York is believed lost with five hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tmartrax
Ulace Bay
Halifax Harbor
Herring Cove
Anna McGee
Pubnivco
Masquedoboit
Clarence Malone
St. Joan
N. B
Clotilde
St. John
New York
Portland
Meigs elevated track proposed as rapid transit solution
In a letter to the Post, W H. Whitmore endorses Joe V. Meigs Bolton invention for rapid transit. He argues a 22.5 inch wide track on posts can carry full engine and car trains with minimal street obstruction, less cost than tunnels, and less disruption than traditional elevated roads. The system, tested near East Cambridge, could redefine Boston transit within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
New York
Boston
London
Joe V. Meigs
Bolton
Stark
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
East Cambridge
Salvation Army
Meigs
Cambridge
W. H. Wairmone
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Washington April 14 for twenty four hours commencing 7 am Friday April 16 fair weather warmer easterly winds becoming variable New Hampshire and Vermont. For the rest of New England warmer fair weather winds shifting to east and south. For eastern New York warmer fair weather variable winds generally southerly.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women’s Home Missions
the Historical Society
W. R. Richards
the Merchants’ Club
Stearns
Galt-Hurd
City Notes
EB. W. Jacobs
Alaska
Boston Y. M. O
Edward Flanigan
Avery Street
Albrecht
Mercantile Library Association
William Ordway Partridge
Shelley
Tennyson
Keats
Lowell
Curtis
Partridge
Military Club
Parker House
W. H. H. Andrews
Francis A. Walker
B. F. Butler
Trade Club
Young’s
Common Council
Pattison
Hemenway
Doherty
B. & L. Railroad Co
Glynn
Little
Donahoe
N. Y. & N. FE. Railroad
Knowles
Pronte
Dunkel
Souther
Logan
Dockray
Timony
Blopgeert
Henry J. Bartlett
A. G. Stanchfield
H. G. Allen
B. Wadleigh
Bartlett
Stanchfield
Boston & Albany Railroad
Wyman Va. Mead
Sylvester
Same
Brockway
Nickerson
Martin
O'Connor
Rosseau
McIntosh
Taylor
Littlefield
Hilliard
Murphy
McGuigan
Crowley
Bill Va
Gregory
Barnes
McDonald
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Frank L. Bartlett
J. Dobson
Body Brussels
Washington ST
W. H. Whitmore
Observer's Office
Signal Service
U.S. Boston
Aeao
Reese
Abie Sib Ah Sayer
Rees
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