Murderous assault shocks Bordentown as woman is robbed
Mrs Delia T S Parnell 80-year-old mother of Charles Stewart Parnell is attacked by highwaymen in Bordentown New Jersey as she walks to cash a check. Robbers escape after theft and Parnell sustains a head wound with possible fatal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordentown
N. J
Delia T
Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Daniel Griffin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Justice Steele
Burlington County
Ironsides
Budd
Shipps
Terrill Reprimanded Over Turkey Dispatch Attitude
Washington reports detail the 1894 foreign relations volume focusing on Turkey news. Secretary Gresham rebuked Minister Terrill for remarks implying U S intervention and miscasting constitutional naturalization during talks with the Turkish foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Turkey
United States
Miss Melton
Amadi
Terrill
Department of State
Gresham
Great Britain
Manhattan Club Annual Reception Held in Berkeley Hall
The Manhattan Club hosted its annual reception in Berkeley Hall yesterday from 1 to 6 PM. The event featured dancing and music by the Lawrence Quartet and was organized by President Thomas Maker. Guests included Congressman John F. Fitzgerald Mayor Ed es A Curtis and Aldermen Flood and yar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Club
Berkeley Hall
Lawrence Quartet
Thomas Maker
John F. Fitzgerald
Edes A. Curtis
Flood and
Yar
Potatoes Still Imported Despite Domestic Growth
The April report from the Agricultural Department statistician notes twenty nine million four hundred ninety five thousand bushels of imported potatoes over ten years ending June 20 1894 worth eighteen million one hundred fifty five thousand four hundred thirty one dollars. The net import excess was twenty four million three hundred forty seven thousand four hundred five bushels. Major import sources include the United Kingdom Scotland and British North American provinces with Cuba the British West Indies and several American and Caribbean regions as key export destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
United States
Cuba
British West Indies
North American
Mexico
Central America
Colombia
Venezuela
Hawaiian Islands
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Scotland
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Bermuda
West Indies
Banqueted at Brockton for Brockton Times staff
The Brockton Times staff was hosted at Hotel Keswick by owner William L. Douglas. Colonel J Armory Knox chaired, Judge Warren A. Reed acted as toastmaster. Prominent attendees included H N Davidson Alexander McColl C G Smith Mayor Whipple District Attorney Harris and other city leaders. The event signaled the paper's ambition to become Brockton's metropolitan daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Warren A. Reed
Judge Reed
Mr. Douglas
Colonel Knox
Whipple
Douglas
Honest Money League to counter free coinage drive
Chicago April 19 Tomorrow afternoon an organization to counteract the free coinage movement in Illinois will be formed at the Palmer House styled the Honest Money League Leaders include Adlai E. Ewing John M Palmer S F Seeberger W T Baker Washington Hessing and others aligned with the administration opposition to the 16 to 1 idea It aims to oppose Altgelds plan for a free silver convention across the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Palmer House
Honest Money League
Adlai E. Ewing
John M. Palmer
S. F. Seeberger
W. T. Baker
Washington Hessing
Income tax projected at fourteen to fifteen million
Washington April 19 Commissioner Miller of the Internal Revenue Bureau said that official and semi official estimates place the income tax aggregate at 14 million. When corrected returns are in and penalties collected the total will approach 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Connecticut SAR awards prizes for Revolutionary essays
The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution announces prizes for essays on the American Revolution. James Moss Ives of Danbury wins $20 in the high school series and Lawrence A. Howard of Hartford wins $20 in the common school series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
James Moss Ives
Danbury
Lawrence A. Howard
Wilde and Taylor arraigned for further examination in London
Oscar Wilde and Albert Taylor faced Bow Street Court for further examination. Witnesses described Wilde and Taylor involved in a marriage ceremony with Taylor in women's clothes, followed by a wedding breakfast and orgy. Evidence included checks payable to Mavor and telegrams between Wilde and Taylor. They were committed for trial at Old Bailey. bail was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oscar Wilde
Albert Taylor
Bow Street
Wilde
Charles Parker
Taylor
Chapel Street
Mavor
Wildered Taylor
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Wilde seeks bail in Queen's Bench court
London April 19 counsel for Oscar Wilde announced plans to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for bail. They argued that a prisoner charged with or indicted for a misdemeanor is entitled to bail under the statute law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oscar Wilde
Court of Queen's Bench
In London Welcome to American Society Inauguration
The Daily News and Daily Telegraph praise the American Society in London as a sign of warming relations across the Atlantic. They note reduced distrust since Hawthorne era and expect mutual goodwill and benefits from the institute for American visitors and British hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Society
The
Daily News
Atlantic
Daily Telegraph
Merited Reward Lydia Pinkham Medicine Ad
A promotional notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female ailments including ovarian troubles womb displacement and spinal weakness. It claims high success against leucorrhea and early uterine tumors and notes accompanying Liver Pills and Sanative Wash as partners. Correspondence is invited from Lynn Massachusetts and drugs stores carry the remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia £. Pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sheriff Arrest Fails as Indian Police Overpower Marshal
Sheriff Mullen traveled to the Winnebago Reservation to arrest Indian police at Westerman's ranch. He was overpowered seven miles from Table Tables Turned and handcuffed by armed locals, then released by Captain Beck after a tense standoff. Dispute centers on land leases between Flournoy Land Company and agency leases to Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penden
Neb
Mullen
Winnebago Reservation
Westerman
Beck
Flournoy Land Company
Captain Beck
The
Land Company
Flournoy Company
Shorthand Harmony Emerges From Public School Convention
Mrs. Mary Anderson Chandler keynote at the first public school shorthand convention in Association Hall. She declares the event marks an epoch in shorthand and public education and outlines a five point modern system for teaching amanuenses in a single year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Hall
Mary Anderson Chandler
Burglars Blow Safe At Boston Dairy Office Charlestown
Early morning blast at the Boston Dairy Company on 111 Austin Street wrecked the office safe. Three well dressed men, age about 28 to 30, escaped after the explosion, leaving only small change. A prison guard reported watching three suspects near the prison from Thursday night. Police, including Inspectors Bogan and McGarry, investigated, noting the clock stopped at 2 07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Boston Dairy Company
Austin Street
Fitchburg
Bogan
McGarry
Bell Telephone charges embezzlement in Worcester
Thomas F. Kendall aged 34 was arrested in Worcester by Inspectors Stone O Day and Officer Craffey. He is wanted in Saratoga New York on embezzling 169 dollars from the Bell Telephone Company where he previously managed the Saratoga office. Kendall formerly resided in Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone
Worcester
Thomas F. Kendall
Stone
O’day
Craffey
Saratoga
N. Y
Bell Telephone Company
Kendall
Bell Company
New England Historic Genealogical Society Marks Fifty Years
The New England Historic Genealogical Society celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at Old South Church with Gov Greenhalge presiding and Charles Carleton Coffin as lead speaker. The event recalled the society’s founding by William H. Montague fifty years earlier and noted its later quarters in Somerset Street. Attendees included officials, historical writers, and members from allied societies followed by a commemorative dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Old South Church
Greenhalge
Albert A. Folsom
Thomas Weston
Benjamin B. Torrey
Court Square
Square
Massachusetts Block
Somerset Street
Old South
Society
New England
Massachusetts Historical Society
The
Bostonian Society
American Antiquarian Society
Pilgrim Society of Plymouth
Fire destroys Tatay in Calamianes. two thousand houses burned
The government reports Tatay in the Calamianes province of the Philippine Islands was destroyed by fire. About two thousand houses burned and one person is reported killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Tatay
Philippine Islands
Calamianes
Stead to Edit the London Echo
London reports that Mr William T Stead will soon take the position of editor of the Echo. The announcement cites Stead as a noted journalist joining the paper in a leadership role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead
THE
London Echo
London
William T. Stead
Echo
Two Killed as Crane Beams Fall at South Chicago Yard
In Chicago on April 19 four steel hoisting beams collapsed onto a steamer under construction at the Chicago Ship Building Company yard in South Chicago. Patrick Harvey and Henry Blake died instantly, seven others injured, with John Conly and J. J. Hand fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Ship Building Company
South Chicago
Patrick Harvey
Henry Blake
John Conly
J. J. Hand
May Boycott the Road Details in Atlanta Ruling
Judge Lumpkin upheld a traffic association’s right to boycott a road that does not conform to its rules in the Seaboard Airline case. The Western & Atlantic can be excluded from boycott limits on local-origin traffic but may apply boycott rules beyond Chattanooga for business with the Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lumpkin
Seaboard
Western & Atlantic
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Associated Lines
Nashville, Chattasnooga
Chattanooga
Judge Allows Dividend for Old Colony Distilleries Bondholders
In New Haven Judge Prentice orders George A. Butler trustee to pay a 10 8 10 percent dividend to second mortgage bondholders of the Old Colony Distilleries Company The practical settlement ends a three year process involving stockholders nationwide The firm was once part of the Whiskey Trust
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Prentice
George A. Butler
Old Colony Distilleries Company
Whiskey Trust
Public Meeting for Atlanta University Fund
A public meeting will be held at Old South Church Back Bay on Sunday night April 21 at 7 30 in support of Atlanta University. Speakers include Mrs Julia Ward Howe Dean Hodges Cambridge Dr Thirkfeld Methodist Seminary Atlanta President Burns stead and Mr Batley Wilson with Dr George A Gordon presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South Church
Back Bay
Atlanta University
Julia Ward Howe
Dean Hodges
Cambridge
Thirkfeld
Methodist Seminary
Atlanta
Burns Stead
University
Batley Wilson
George A. Gordon
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Boston
Otis
Monnay
Vienna
Paris
Summer ST
Gilroy
Easy Street
William L. Douglas
Times
Bail
Lydia E. Pinkhaw
N. E. Historic Genealogical Society
N. B
E. C. Almy & CO
Washington, Cor
Essex St
OLD Colony Distilleries
Osgood
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