Sharp Reply to Comptroller Knox by Pacific National Bank Stockholders
W A Paine secretary of the stockholders executive committee says Knox’s charges are false and demands inquiry. He cites a Feb 1 1853 letter from Knox to Paine and asserts the stockholders committee represents 205 of 326 shareholders and over 614000 of 961000 in value, with the executive committee holding 141800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Committee of the Stockholders
W. A. Paine
Pacific Bank Stockholders
Buckner
Committee On Banking and Currency
Washington
William A. Paine
Pacific National Bank
Boston
Mass
Treasury Department
Comptroller OF the Currency
Lam
Pacific National Bank of Boston
Verye
John Jay Knox
W. A. Paine, Esq
Committee On Banks and Banking
Committee of Stockholders
Stockholders’ Committee
Drowning in Rankin Drive and Disappearance Alarms New England
NEW ENGLAND NEWS reports Canton Howard of Mexico drowned on Rankin's drive Canton with body not recovered. Susan Brown vanished from her father's Bath home. fears grow for her safety. West Washington elopement involves Frank T Studley and Evelyn Jones, aged 21 and 15 respectively, provoking threatened legal action by the girl's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Canton Howard
Mexico
Canton
Susan Brown
Bath
Washington
Frank T. Studley
Evelyn Jones
Child Fatally Run Down On Rochester Rail Route
Christopher Burns ten years old was fatally injured when run over by cars on the Rochester and Nashura rail road at Rochester Thursday afternoon. A report from Dover says Frank Hanson is lost at sea in a schooner he worked on. Dartmouth college plans new dorms to cost 30000 seating 600. A new library building costing 56000 will be on the Gates House site with space for 125000 volumes. Frank Otis and Harry Emerson were arrested in Dover for breaking a Boston and Maine freight car and stealing a case of tobacco. one confessed. A hearing will be held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Burns
Rochester
Nashura
Dover
Frank Hanson
Hanson
Dartmouth College
Wentworth Hall
Multiple 19th Century Local Deaths and Labor Strikes
Reports from Massachusetts describe deaths including Robert O Hearn found under a shed on North Adams and Cyprian Whiting who died four hours after a wagon accident on a highway. A mill strike in New Bedford cites shortages of roping workers and poor materials. The will of Col James A Thompson of Springfield bequeaths mostly to his widow with limited small legacies. Franklin Rubber stockholders vote a 50 percent assessment as losses mount. C H Daniels, missing since February, was found dead in Mill River near the Northampton insane asylum, likely frozen after a fall into a snow drift while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O’hearn
North Adams
Cyprian Whiting
Southbridge
New Bedford
Potomska
Col
James A. Thompson
Springfield
Franklin Rubber Company
C. H. Daniels
Florence
Mill River
Northampton
Congdon Sentenced to 12 Years for Manslaughter
Geo W Congdon, convicted of manslaughter in the July 31 killing of Christopher G Wilcox at 614 Warwick Cove, had his sentence deferred due to illness but was moved to the Kent county courthouse in East Greenwich and sentenced by Judge Siiness to 12 years in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Congdon
Christopher G. Wilcox
Warwick Cove
Kent County Court House
East Greenwich
Siiness
Actors' aid show nets about $1500 in Chicago event
A charity performance in Chicago on Thursday afternoon raised roughly $1500 for the Actors' land fund. In Georgia, Powse admits guilt for the murder of his five children at Waynesboro, with a plea of emotional insanity anticipated. A Bay City drill-house boiler blast killed two men and fatally injured three others. Baltimore saw no Academy of Music benefit performance for the Actors' fund, Miss Davenport sending $200 in lieu. California wheat forecasts project output 60 percent higher than last year, barring unforeseen factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Powse
Waynesboro
Dolson Chapin & Co
Bay City
Mich
Zavier Sorev
Wm. McCauley
John LaFountain
John Kelly
John Connelly
Academy of Music
Baltimore
Actors’ Fund
Illness in New York and social notes from Pittsfield
Mrs Nat Goodwin aels seriously ill in New York while Pittsfield hosts a golden wedding for Mr and Mrs Burbank with hundreds in attendance. George William Curtis to meet Mayor Martin at noon today, and Miss Whitney and 22 Wellesley students attend a Wagner concert then stay at the United States hotel. A fee wedding occurs at Charles H Sprague residence Salem Street Malden between Frank L Weston and Ella B Morey with Rev George F Babbitt officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Goodwin
Eliza Weathersby
New York
Burbank
Pittsfield
George William Curtis
Martin
City Hall
Whitney
Wellesley College
Boston and Albany
United States Hotel
Charles H. Sprague
Salem Street
Malden
Frank L. Weston
Medford
Ella B. Morey
Dorchester
George F. Babbitt
Palace OF Lag First Parish
Tariff Debate Opens Campaign Fallout on Free Trade
Washington voices push for revenue reform as Morrison leads tariff talk. Democrats face pressure from western and New England lawmakers, with Republicans citing 1846 and Morrill-era duties. Becken and Allison argue for a revenue tariff while pledges from 1860s debates resurface about temporary war measures and reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morrison
Chicago
Hancock
Judge Kelley
Carlisle
Ohio
New England
Beck
Frye
Maine
West
Iowa
Allison
House of Representatives
Tariff policy clash over Morrison bill and historic prods
The speaker recalls past tariff battles from 1860s onward, critiquing Morrision era reductions versus protectionist aims. He cites Dawes 1872 rates, sinking fund debates, and the 1881–83 tariff commission controversy, arguing that genuine revenue reform was blocked by vested interests and political maneuvering. He frames the political struggle between Democrats seeking relief and Republicans defending protectionist blocks.
Reward Offered for Greely Party Recovery Proclaimed
The secretary of the navy issued a proclamation offering a 25000 reward to any person or nonmilitary group that discovers or rescues the Greely expedition of Lieutenant A W Greely and his 24 companions from Discovery Harbor in Lady Franklin Sound in August 1881. The notice warns unprepared vessels against risking peril and states the reward is sole and final. The determination of eligibility rests with the secretary of the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
United States
A. W. Greely
United States Army
Senate
Hoar
Plumb
Randall
Penobscot River Flood Wrecks Orono Mills and Logs
The Penobscot River rose to its highest level in years as the Babcock mills at Orono were swept away or destroyed. One mill vanished, another partially, with stock losses in the thousands for Stockwell Adams & Co. The White boom at Stillwater broke loose about fifty thousand feet of logs, and a Main Central bridge pier at Orono was damaged. Separate reports warn Lake Village NH of a potential dam breach with Lake Winnipesaukee water at a peak since 1858, threatening floods toward Franklin. observers consider evacuating to higher ground. Contoocook NH reports rapid flood rise threatening buildings on lower slopes. The Merrimack at Concord NH runs very high and still rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancoor
Penobscot
Babcock
Orono
Stockwell, Adams & Co
Central Railroad
Orone
Liecenia
Lake Village
N. H
Lacontra
Lake Company
Laconia
Lake Winnipiscogee
Winnipiscogee
Franklin
Contocook
Merrimack
Concord
N.H
Merrimack River
Cape Cod Canal Bill Postponed Amid House Debate
The legislature shows a bad day for cooperative insurance as the Cape Cod Canal bill moves to a third reading after a brief debate. A Worcester steel works name change is reported, and safety couplers on freight cars are debated with one dissenting vote in the senate. The Phillips' oration court and a court of appeals candidate clash arise from a confrontation in Corneilson's office, with Reid injured by a cane and then cowhide used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Senate
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Washburn Iron Works
Worcester Steel Works
Thomas
Brookline
Cape Cod Canal Company
Andrew
Campbell
Sessions
State Normal School
Worcester
First District Court
Bristol
Attleborough
North River
Plymouth
Barnstable
Mashpee
Auditor of the Commonwealth
Board of Control
Massachusetts Agricultural Experimental Station
Amherst
Court of Appeals
John J. Corneilson
Superior Court
Corneilson
Reid
House
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Williams
Foxborough
House Debates Forestry Commission and Watertown Water Bill
The house met at 11 with Speaker in chair and formed a committee to push session business. A motion to reconsider the forestry commission resolution carried and postponed. The Watertown water bill failed 74 to 118 after governor objections and cross arguments about precedents and general law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marden
Messrs
Hartwell
Fitchburg
Cowdrey
Stoneham
Wilson
Salem
Ernst
Boston
Potter
Worcester
Morse
Sharon
Foley
Fall River
Hosley
Baker
Beverly
Forestry Commission
Watertown
Kingsbury
Cambridge
Whitcomb
Kingsley
Brookline
Stow
Dwyer
Coffin
House
Sullivan's Last Bout Shocks Galveston Crowd
A.L. Marx of Pennsylvania, long a resident of Galveston and worker at a cotton press, challenged the city champion Sullivan at the opera house. Sullivan knocked Marx out in 55 seconds, leaving him bruised and bleeding on stage. Marx, famed as a physical fighter, boasted six prior bouts without loss and asked for a rematch with soft gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Leader
Galveston
Tex
A. L. Marx
Pennsylvania
Gaveston
Sullivan
Opera House
Marx
William Strong Gang Seizes Jackson in Mass Threats
Advices from Jackson report William Strong leading a band of about 75 men in possession of the town. He vows to hang 75 citizens in retaliation for the hangings of Ben Strong and Henry Kilbourne, a gang member. Strong also refuses to allow Judge Riddle to hold court in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Jackson
William Strong
Ben Strong
Henry Kilbourne
Strong
Judge Riddle
Government Refuses Information as Aguero Faces Troops
Reports from Havana say the Spanish government blocks all press about Aguero and the insurgents, heightening alarm. Aguero is said to be in Cienfuegos jurisdiction after several clashes. The insurgents grow, funding themselves by levies on farmers and planters, and widespread panic has prompted country residents to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Havana
Aguero
Cienfuegos
Mexico City Negotiates 20 Million Bank Loan Split Between Administrations
The government of Mexico City is negotiating with a Franco-Egyptian bank for a loan of 20.006 million dollars, with 10 million earmarked for the current administration and 10 million for the incoming administration. Three million dollars will be advanced immediately, and officials believe the talks will likely succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Mexico
Attack on Junin by montoneros leaves two citizens shot
In Lima on April 17 1000 Caceres montoneros attacked Junin. The city prefect with 200 men fought them off and they retreated. Afterward the prefect seized two citizens Senores Vera and Jurado accusing them of intrigues with the rebels and shot both. Jurado was killed by the prefect himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Junin
Caceres Montoneros
Senores Vera
Jurado
Jarado
Lightning Strikes Milford Farm Barn. Cow Killed
Milford, April 17. W A Westcott reports his house and barn hit by lightning this afternoon. The family inside was uninjured. The barn suffered heavy damage and one cow was killed. Losses estimated at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Mass
W. A.westcott
Wagner Festival Ends With Packed Boston Audiences
The Boston Wagner festival closes after six concerts, praised for pure musical devotion despite rustic venues. Performances feature Judi as Senta, Scaria and Materna in Parsifal and Die Walküre selections, with Beethoven No.5 opening the final program and Thomas praised by all.
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Wagner
Boston
Senta
Miss Judi
Thomas
Herr Scaria
Bergher
Gotterdammerring
Frau Materna
Brunnhhilde
Herr Wink
Siegfried
Brunnhilde
Boston Post
America
Materna
Winkelmann
Scaria
Mr. Jefferson
Rosa Rand
Gretchen
Derrick von Beekman
Charles Plunkett
Rip van Winkle
the Globe
Union Square Theatre Company of
New York
Globe Theatre
Bartley Campbell
Charles Coghlin
Joseph E. Whiting
Henry Chanfrau
Julius Magnus
J. H. Stoddart
John Parselle
Lysander Thompson
Felix Morris
Eleanor Carey
Maud Harrison
Gabrielle du Sauld
Effie Ellsler
E. J. Phillipps
Mary Greepwald
Hull Yacht Club Meets at Parker House for Meeting
A meeting of the Hull yacht club was held at the Parker house Thursday evening to discuss club matters and plan upcoming activities. Members reviewed recent events and voted on committee appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Perkins
Hull
Webber
Hall Rice
C. F. Loring
Joan G. Hathaway
Charles C. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
J. H. Sherburn
New England Yacht Racing Association
Hull Yacht Club
Parker House
Republican state conventions name Chicago delegates
Reports from Trenton Nashville Dover Washington Indianapolis and Jamaica April 17 detail Republican state conventions choosing delegates to Chicago. Blaine Edmunds Arthur and Logan receive support varying by state while several delegate slates remain uninstructed. Local results include McDonald nomination in Indiana and Curtis Birdsall for Jamaica district delegates.
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Trenton
N. J
Sewell
Walter Phelps
Gardner
Fort
Chicago
George M. Robeson
Arthur
Blaine
Edmunds
Tennessee
Judge Reid
Nashville
Tenn
Frank T. Reid
Circuit Court
This
Forest
Horace S. Harrison
W.a.brown
Washington County
Logan
Delaware
Dover
Del
McDonald
Washington
Indiana Democratic Association
Kri. H. Rollins
Frank D. Furrier
Canaan
Mutrorp
Mass
Geo. W. Johnson
Wm. F. Draper
Minneapolis
Ind
Jamaica
L. I
George William Curtis
Birdsall
Loudon Khartoum affairs amid rebels and relief hopes
Despatch from Khartoum dated April 7 reports an enormous rebel camp surrounding the town, munitions running short, and Gordon likely forced to retreat toward Berber which is deemed impossible. Cairo dispatches note severe infirmary conditions at Tourah and a £20,000 reward offered for Gordon’s rescue. Other items include dynamite plot updates, Irish anarchist activity in France, fires in Rangoon and Mandalay, and various race outcomes and political notes.
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Loudon
Khartoum
Glen
Gordon
London
Berber
Central Africa
Standard
Cairo
Tourah
Zebhi Pasha
The
Soudan
Gen. Gordon
Evelyn Buring
Zebehr Pasha
Birmingham
Daly
Eagan
Paris
France
America
England
Coal Firms Agree to Joint Production Restriction
New York April 7 At a conference of anthracite coal companies it was decided to restrict production during the year to meet consumption demands with majority tonnage determining the limits. Companies will suspend operations for seven days, then three days. First suspension May 5–10, then May 23–25. next in June for three days and then a week. Pennsylvania to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
riot at Edgar Thompson steel works injures workers
In Braddock Fa. at about 1 A.M. 30 to 40 Hungarian and Polish workers clashed with pistols knives and clubs in a two hour battle. Citizens organized a vigilance committee to restore order. Three Poles were seriously injured and several others lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per¢Sburg
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
Annual Union for Christian Work meeting in Jamaica Plain
The Union for Christian Work held its annual meeting Thursday afternoon at the chapel at Centre and Walden streets Jamaica Plain. Rev Wm Bradley presided as president and officials reported 150 Sunday school members 100 in the band of mercy and a year of receipts and expenditures totaling 1569. Directors were elected for the upcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union For Christian Work
Centre and
Walden Streets
Jamaica Plain
Wm. Bradley
Band of Mercy
Dimmick Arrested for Grand Larceny Over $100,000
Lorenzo Dimmick of Crosby and Dimmick insurance firm was arrested again in Buffalo on three counts of grand larceny in the second degree. Authorities estimate the fraud exceeds $100,000. Securities listed include Charles A. Sweet of Third National Bank and Wm. B. Dimmick, his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Lorenzo Dimmick
Crosby & Dimmick
Charles A. Sweet
Third National Bank
Wm. B. Dimmick
Dimmick
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Lee Alford
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A. J. Irvine
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Chipley
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SCO
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