Not to the lowest bidder for cruiser No 13
Secretary Tracy explains why Bath Iron Works lost the cruiser No 13 bid to Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia. Reasons cited include inability to furnish domestic engine plants, sub letting risk, longer construction time, and Cramp’s proven capability to guarantee 21 knots for four hours at sea. The contract is awarded to Cramp & Sons at 2,690,000 after bid reduction of 55,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snail
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath
New York
Department
Messrs. Cramp
Thetis Fleet Warns Vessels On Arctic Cruise Plan
Secretary Tracy received a telegram from Commander Cotton of Thetis in Alaska detailing arrival dates at Sand Point and Pribyloff, warnings issued to eight vessels, and plans for a two weeks cruise. The Rush warned four vessels and seized the British schooner E H Marvin. The Margin to be sent to Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy
Cotton
Thetis
Ounalaska
Alaska
San Francisco
Sand Point
Pribyloff
Alert
E. H. Marvin
Victoria
Portsmouth Navy Yard foremen chosen and one hold pending probe
Secretary Tracy approved the board’s report naming best qualified candidates for yard foremen at Portsmouth Navy Yard. The master boat builder position is deferred for investigation into threats by the incumbent Stevenson. Two changes were made: Joseph H. Gardner named best qualified as quarterman painter and Charles Bartlett as foreman laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Tracy
Stevenson
Quarterman Ainter
Joseph H. Gardner
Ards
Charles Bartlett
Cash in the Treasury Increase Boosts Public Debt Payment
The Treasury Department estimates a $4,500,000 rise in available cash for paying the public debt since the first of the month. Under the old debt statement form this would appear as a debt reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Treasury Department
Bennington Centennial Parade Delegates Named
Governor of Vermont extends invitation to National and State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution for the Vermont admission centennial and battle monument dedication on August 19 1891. District of Columbia society appoints Vice President Levi P Morton Secretary Redfield Proctor General Franklin G Butterfield General Henry V Boynton General J Breckinridge U S A Colonel Marshall Mc to represent the district society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
District of Columbia Society
A.W. Greely
Levi P. Morton
Redfield
Proctor
Franklin G. Butterfield
Henry
Navy color blind officer to retire from service
The Naval Retiring Board has reported to Secretary Tracy that Lieutenant J. F. Meigs, afflicted with color blindness, should be placed on the retired list of the navy. The case awaits final action by the President. The officer was examined and found deficient in color sight, then ordered before the retiring board for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Retiring Board
Tracy
J. F. Meigs
Navy
Retiring Board
Winchells Shoe Factory May Close in Haverhill
J H Winchell and Co may shutter the Haverhill plant after partner Whitcomb’s return next Monday as stock is counted. Labor unrest from the Lasters Union seeks a half cent raise per pair, but the firm cites weak business and contemplates moving operations to Exeter or Lynn or keeping partial production in Haverhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
Exeter
N. E
Haverhill
Baby left with caretaker amid Maine woman scam
Fall River July 31 a woman calling herself Mrs Huard duped Rev Father Beland and Mrs Joseph Charland by posing as a needy Miss Huard from Waterville Missouri. She abandoned a 5 month old infant believed to be in poor health and likely to be sent to a foundling asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Father Beland
Joseph Charland
Huard
Waterville
Goslin
Flint Village
M Huard
Maine
Beland
Foundling Asylum
Funeral for General Pitkin Held in Montpelier
General Perley P. Pitkin’s funeral was held at his Montpelier home with nearly 400 attendees including prominent state figures. Members of Brooks Post, the Business Men’s Association, Lane Manufacturing employees, and Loyal Legion members served as pallbearers, with escorts to Green Mountain Cemetery. Clergymen Rev. J Edward Wright presided at the residence and cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain Cemetery
J. Edward Wright
Opening of Ninth General Conference of Christian Workers
In Northfield July 31 stormy night, 800 attend the opening meeting of the Ninth General Conference of Christian Workers. Speakers include Rev. Arthur T. Pierson and Rev. A. S. Gumbart, with R. L. Vorrey of Moody’s, George C. Stebbins, Ira D. Sankey, and Mr. Moody presiding. Rev Yorrego addresses why the Bible is the Word of God. L. W. Munhal of Philadelphia present in audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
General Conference of Christian Workers
Arthur T. Pierson
Philadelphia
A. S. Gumbart
Boston
R. L. Vorrey
Moody’s Training School
Chicago
George C. Stebbins
Ira D. Sankey
Mr. Moody
Mr. Yorrego
God
Evangelist L. W. Munhal
Paris Interview Boosts Chicago Fair Plans
M Fayette head of France commerce and industries granted Chicago Fair Commissioners a cordial over two hour interview at the ministry. He set a Saturday meeting to discuss details and praised the visit. The deputation then met Mr Reid the American minister, and were hosted by Ribot and other French ministers at the Foreign Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Fayette
Ministry of Commerce and Industries
Reid
Foreign Office
Ribot
M. Ribot
Missing Vessels Prompt Fear In Shipping Circles
Two ships are listed as missing in a Maritime Exchange bulletin. The three masted schooner D. W. McLean sailed from Laguna May 12 with cedar wood and a twelve man crew under Captain Parker. it is presumed lost. The British ship City of Florence left Antwerp January 10 for San Francisco under Captain Leask. a March 22 sighting placed her at 4 S, 27 W with about thirty men aboard. owned by George Smith & Son of Glasgow. The North Weare extension case in New Hampshire records that the Boston & Maine railroads injunction against Concord & Montreal to halt construction to Henneker remains perpetual, with no transfer of legislative authority found.
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New York
Specrat
Maritime Exchange
D. W. McLean
Laguna
Parker
J. Rayner
Norwalk
Conn
Florence
Leask
Antwerp
San Francisco
George Smith & Son
Glasgow
North Weare
Concern
N. H
Boston & Maine Raiload
Concord & Montreal Railroad
Henneker
Supreme Court
Concord & Montreal Road
Physical Training School Exhibition At Harvard Gym
Harvard Summer School of Physical Training showcased a five week program at Hemenway Gymnasium with 62 women and 37 men performing calisthenics, wand drills, Indian clubs, Swedish gymnastics, parallel bars, and vaulting under Dudley Sargent. The event featured 500 invited guests, a formal march led by Miss Owen, and a concluding reception and dance supervised by Mr. Barker.
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Hemenway Gymnasium
Harvard University
Cambridge
Dudley Allen Sargent
Clarence J. Blake
O.M
Henry P. Bowditch
Walter Channing
Thomas Dwight
George W. Fitz
Charles L. Scudder
J. Gardner Smith
Myles Standish
Daren J. H. Ward
Samuel G. Webber
John W. Bowler
Christian Eberhard
Hartwig Nissen
Jennie Bb. Wilson
Eberhard
Barker
Berkeley Athletic Club
New York
Groener
Miss Ringheim
Miss Kingheim
Ag Ag Rr
Nissen
Sargent
Miss Wilson
Bowler
Stuents
Dr. Sargent
Ballintine
Boynton
Stoughton
Landon
Patten
Harriet Isabell Ballintine
Alexander Edward Wilson Barker
Mary Edwards
Emil Groener
Gmnastics
Charles Asbury Inchee
Siveri Lorinda Ringheim
Ada Hooper Stoughton
Albert Whitehouse
Mary Willits
Eda
List of names from compiled biographical index
A long roster of individuals from various U S states and international locations is listed, including Jessie Hubbell Bancroft of St Paul and Lavilla Bilger of Clinton La, alongside many others with affiliations or titles. The compilation spans cities such as New York Philadelphia Boston Cambridge and Chicago with items referencing professions and degrees. The list seems to be a registrations or membership roll with no narrative context.
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N. Y
Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
St. Paul
Minn
Lavilla Christina Bilger
Clinton
Mary Elizabeth Bissell
Warwick
R.L
Rosa Winifred Blake
Philadelphia
Penn
Harry Belknap Boice
A.M
M.D
New York
John William Bowler
Boston
Mass
Frances Nichols Boynton
Lockport
Charles Frederic Bredé
A. M
Germantown
Frank Edward Bruns
Brooklyn
N.Y
Amos King Butler
Farmington
William Chase
Lowell
Anna , Barclay Chidester
Iobbs Ferry
Ysine
Eliza Smith Clark
Newton
Margaret Emily Clark
Somerville
Mariana Cobb
Goldsborough
N. G
May Belle Cormack
San Francisco
Cal
Thomas Cooper Daniels
Newberne
Sarah Osgood Dodge
Fairfax
Iowa
Susan Alzir Dodge
Providence
RK. L
Ella Dowd
Charlotte
N.C
Walter Sewell Dunscomb
Harriet Boal Bills
Oxford
Ohio
Mark Ohl Fisher
Washington, D.C
Walter Andrew French
Lewiston
James Wallace Frew
Cambridge
Otto Grisabel
Chicago
Ill
Gustavus Fisher Guild
Medford
Ida Rosana Hamaker
Meadville
Ida Hatfield
Ottumwa
Frances Anastasia Henry
Frederick Lewis Hoffman
Melrose
Martha Cornelia Holmes
Mary Elise Beatrice Holmes
Bowman’s Bluff
Vendla Margareta Holmstrom
Gothenburg
Sweden
Henry _Chester Jackson
A. K
Wiscasset
Katherine
Theresa Keyes
Nettie Dausman
Kimberlin
Detroit
Mich
Alvin Ernest Kinderwater
Josephine Florence King
South Paris
William Alexander Lambeth
Thomasville
Thomas Durland Landon
Bordentown
N. J
Laura McCaskey Lanigan
Reading
Clara Semple Livermore
Ellen Louise Lowell
Calais
Adelaide Mabie
Asheville
N. C
Mary Tylden Marshall
Abbie Shaw Mayhew
Eau _ Claire
Wis
Oscar Garland Mclotire
B.C
Jewett
Fred Eugene Parker
Stroudwater
Maine
Henry White Patten
Prb
Clintonville
Conn
Bertha Justina Raemisch
Eliza Maria Read
Mas
Jessie Maud Rich
Maria Elizabeth Seabury
Walde
Enoch Walter Sikes
Edward Augustus Webb
Worcester
Bertha Marie Werkmeister
Elsie Marie Wilbur
Albany
Gertrude Wilder
Flint
Jennie Blanche Wilson
East Longmeadow
Kate Wilson
Eau Claire
Mary Caroline Wilson
Watertown
Scott Wilson
West Cumberland
Fannie Neal
Obituary of Rev George C Sutherland Chelsea Pastor 86
The Rev George C Sutherland died at his Chelsea home aged 86. Born in Boston he trained at Masters Payson School and Newmarket Institution. He joined the New England Conference at 21 and served multiple circuits including Rochester Middleboro Brookfield Marblehead Woburn and Chelsea before retirement due to asthma. Funeral Sunday at 9:50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Sutherland
Chelsea
Boston
Master Payson
Pleasant Street
Newmarket
Wilbraham Academy
New England
Rochester
Middleboro
Mass
Brookfield
Hedding
Marblehead
Sutherland
Com
Woburn
Veteran Mason William Hacker dies at 82 in Indiana
William Hacker, lifelong Mason of Indiana and Ohio connections, died in Shelbyville at 82. Initiated in 1832, he rose through all degrees, led many Masonic bodies, and edited Masonry works for decades. Also noted are Edmund W. P. Smith of Bogota and Thomas Dagyr of Sanks aged 90. Governor Jones opens pursuit for missing insured D B Whilden amid multi company suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hacker
Shelbyville
Ind
Hacker
St. John’s Lodge
Dayton
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Knights Templars
United States
Council of High Priests
Edmund W. P. Smith
Legation
Bogota
Carthagena
Colombia
Bright
Smith
Washington
Pan-American Congress
State Department
Thomas Dagyr
Sangus
Adam Dagyr
Lynn
Marriages and deaths from city notices July entries
In this city July 29 30 and 31 several marriages are recorded by various reverends including Hud gins Pearson McKay Webster Partelo Irons Stohl Anderson Caldwell and others. Announcements include Mary Caldwell 74 and Harrison R Dexter 69 with other obituaries and young children noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Caldwell
Mary Caldwell
Dexter
Boston
Harrison R. Dexter
Madden
Grace
John Madden
McCabe
Charlestown
Charles H
James
Rosana McCabe
Piper
Cambridge
Carleton Lawin Piper
Henry C
Jennie O. Piper
Powers
Mary E
Daniel E. Powers
Sisson
Highlands
Thomas Rodman Sisson
Whitley
South Boston
Bertha Isabella
William and
Isabella Whitley
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Tron Works of
B. F. Tracy
Office of the Register of the Treasury
Comptroller of the Currency
Secretary of the Treasury
Banke
Lacay
J. H. Winchell & Co
Charland
General Pitkin
Christian Workers
Hemenway
Tennessee BirmingHam
Ala
Jones
D. B. Whilden
Portland
Ore
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Whilden
Tennessee River
Mutual Life Company of
Birmingham
Rass
N. E. H. W. Bigelow Company
Dsteads
Bredsteads
Washington St. Wacturers
NEW Publications
Associated Press
Dodd, Mead & Company
James Ferguson
F.R.S
America
Rupert Kerr
King’s College, London
Ferguson
London Saturday Review
Asia
India
London Times
D.C.L., F.rs
Lucy M. Mitchell
Man
Wokeman
Wilhelm Lupke
J. B. B. Formst
Broadway
Saratoga
Boston & Albany R. R
RODIL
John Hogg
Henry R. Beal
Albert H. Higgins
Alexander Henderson
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hoston
Leal, Higgins & Henderson
Mito
Jean Hogg
Albert N. Higgins
Joan Hogg
Henry KR. Seal
Ae Alexander Henderson
Suffolk
John Flogg
Albert Ul. iHigsins
Charles P. Searle
EK Resorts
Mountain View Hotel
Dilmanton
New Hampshire
Switzerland
Tyrol
Pyrenees
Gilmanton
Frank McAuliffe
HOTEL
Churchill
Brant Rock
Rooima
H. N.andrews
Back Rock House
Jerusalem Road
Nantasket
Rowe Annex
South Shore
Hotel Bellevue
Beacon Street
R. Smith
Surf Side Hotel
Nantucket, Mass
Sherburne
Bay View
J. Patterson & Son
Wolfboro
N. B
Kingswood - House
Lake Winnipiseocee
G. R. Stimpson
Pine Clift Hotel
Lake Warren
Alstead
Openstone
Keene
Bellows Falls
Glo
E. Newman
Saratoga Springs, N
Congress Hall
Saratoga Springs
Lakewood
H. S. Clement
Huestis
Saratoga Sperings
South Broadway
W. B. Huestis
Cedar Bluff
Saratoga Lake
Bridge
Cedar Bluz
Fitchburg
Ss. H. Phillips
Congress Park House
Congress Spring Park
H. W. Slocum
Graves
Ss. Graves & Sow
Washington St
Newto
Allen Brothers
West Newton
Highland Military Academy
J. A. Shaw
B. H.johnson
Nome
Newbury Street
RK. W
Uranus
Tremont Temple
Isis
Arbaces
Egypt
Temple
Tremont F Place
Northampton St
M.S. Stabweather
Boston Museum
R. M. Fiel
Esse Cosa
Abbott & Teal
Comedy Company
Curiosity Hall
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Real Es State
Charlesgate
Charles Gate
Backay Park
Charles River
Hannsome Restaurant
Temple Place
Park and
Commonwealth Avenue
River Basin
Beacon Streets
J. Murray Howe
School Street
Campobello Island
Tyn-Y-Coed Hotel
International Line
Commercial Wharf
Eastport
M. R. Sh
Haymarket Square
Campobello
T. A. Barker
Alex
Porter
Exchange Building
Norwell
Hanover Depot
O. C. BR
R. Price
Jane Delano
St. Mark Ave
Tolet
Fort Hill
High and
Hartford Sts
W. E. BP. Weeks
Devonshire Ste
Liberty Square
Cor
Kilby
Water Streets
James& Ansbot
Battleing
Brookline
Co Hill
J. W. Touckerman
Devonshire St
Beacon
Washington Sts
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
Amos Binney
State Street
J. M. Wade
Odgbe
Tremont Street
BRICE
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
S. H. Hooper
State Stree
Tchelors
Somerset and Puritan Club
C. EB. W
WM. v. Allens
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