Secretary Tracy Tours Boston Navy Yard Visit
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy inspected the Charlestown yard with Commodore McCann and officials. He praised the prison and workshops, noted plans to build steel cruisers, and discussed Congress funding and England's fleet as benchmarks. Tracy will move on to Newport and New York after leaving Boston.
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Merchants’ Weeks Association
John Fiske
Old South
John L. Sullivan
Oak Island
Tracy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Post
W. F. Johnson & Co
Benjamin F. Tracy
Boston
Portsmouth Naval Station
Charlestown
United States
Commodore McCann
Wabash
Mason
Naval Prison
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Congress
Brooklyn
Norfolk
Behring Sea
England
Globe
Newport
Naval College
New York
Ashfield Dinner Honors Norton Curtis Choate and Hall
The eleventh annual Sanderson Academy dinner in Ashfield featured after dinner talks by Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Joseph H. Choate, Dr. G Stanley Hall, and others. Funds and endowment, aided by Mrs. Eliza Field, support the academy’s revival and new building, while speakers praised education and local progress.
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Ashfield
Professor Norton
George William Curtis
Joseph H. Choate
G. Stanley Hall
F. G. Tupper
Arms Academy
Shelburne Falls
Massachusetts
Norton
Curtis
Sanderson Academy
Edwards
Loomis
Burritt and Clark
Gillett
Aldrich
Mary Lyon
Mt. Holyoke College
King
Clark University
New England
Eliza W.S. P. Field
John White Field
New York
Depew
Choate
Academy
Field
Europe
Hall
F. A. Tupper
Emerson
George Pease
England
E. R. Hoar
Senator Hoar
Evarts
Hoar
Mr. Curtis
Harrison’s Indianapolis Welcome Amid Crowds and Cheers
President Harrison arrived in Cincinnati late after an engine trouble, received at Burnet House and Chamber of Commerce, then proceeded to Indianapolis. He was greeted by thousands at Union Station, Governor Hovey, Mayor Denny, surviving Seventieth Regiment veterans, and a 21 gun salute. He spoke briefly, thanked hosts, and prepared for tomorrow’s monument events.
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United States
Western Express
Baltimore
Washington
Harrison
Rusk
Miller
Halford
John W. Garrett
Cleveland
Greenfield
Mr. Harrison
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J. B. Slack
Thomas G. Morgan
Indian Affairs
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Battery B
Ohio National Guard
Inmacc
Central Avenue
Fourth Street
Vine
Burnet House
Ohio Commandery of the
Loyal Legion
Builders’ Exchange
Sixth and
Vine Streets
Allison
Chamber of Commerce
Lowe Emerson
Bellamy Storer
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Insianapolis
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Station
Arsenal
Rexford
U.S.A
Denison
State Militia
Hovey
Denny
Seventieth
George W. ‘Tanner
Board of Trade
Tanner
J. R. Carnahan
Monument Commission
Western Freight Association Tackles New Rate Proposals
At Chicago meeting the Chicago St Paul Kansas City road said it would apply a 15 cent proportional rate to through traffic from the seaboard to intermediate points on its line, not just St Paul and Minneapolis. The Iowa Central plans similar rates from Peoria to St Paul and other western termini for Buffalo originated business. The move lowers rates to Iowa ports on through traffic from points east of Chicago. No conclusion was reached at adjournment and the matter will be revisited tomorrow.
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E. R. Chapaisn
Framingham
Natick
Dedham
Brown, Steese & Larke
Chicago
Axtell
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
Wauregan Mills
Thornton Cotton Company
Harrison
Chcago
Western and Northwestern
Western Freight Association
Chicago, St. Paul
St. Paul
Buffalo
Wauregan Mills Suffer Wide Credit Collapse and Suspensions
Providence Aug 21 two cotton mills Wauregan and Nottingham and the Thornton Worsted Company failed due to distrust after Riverside Mills and Brown Steese Clarke failures. Liabilities estimated 800000 to 1000000 with nominal assets about 2000000. Taft treasurer says Ponemah not involved. British Hosiery Company’s liabilities partly heavy but manageable. Major mills employ thousands. director says arrangements could run mills and pay interest. Weather and track detail follow with race summaries at Curiaco.
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Providence
R. I
Wauregan
Nottingham
Thornton Worsted Company
Lewis Bros
Brown, Steese & Clarke
Wauregan Mills
Riverside & Oswego Mills
New York
Arnold
Wauregan Company
Plainfield
James Y. Smith Manufacturing Company
Edward P. Taft
Nottingham Mills Corporation
Riverside Mills
Charles Fletcher
William A. Shaw
Waldon
Eames
Ponemah
Ponemah Company
Taft
Thornton
Novel photography used to track cannonball wobble
The text describes a camera-like device placed in the forward end of a projectile. When fired toward the sun, light traces lines on a plate indicating whether the cannonball maintained a fixed path or wavered during flight. This method aims to determine stability and accuracy by visualizing deviations in trajectory.
Atlantic shipping arrivals and departures listed from several ports
A dated tally notes vessels arriving and departing on August 21 and nearby dates, including ships from Liverpool, London, Hamburg, Antwerp, Glasgow, Genoa, and other ports. Entries cover Boston Baltimore New York Philadelphia and coastal stations, with routes such as Liverpool to Boston and Antwerp to New York, plus vessels heading to the United Kingdom and reverse legs.
Insolvency actions sweep several firms in New England
In Dedham a voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed for Amasa Clarke of Brookline representing Brown, Steese & Clarke. Warrant issued for Gideon P. Brown. Creditors meet for W. F. Johnson & Co. with assets around 213,842.43 and liabilities near 60,000. Lyndonville box shop and Caledonia box trade face financial strain amid attached warrants totaling about 8,000 plus 2,000. New York cases list judgments against Comegge & Lewis for 58,516. Keystone Furnace Company in ArapinG assigns assets totaling about 200,000 amid 180,000 mortgages and 60,000 in floating obligations.
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M. F. Dickinson
Dedham
Amasa Clarke
Brookline
Brown, Steese & Clarke
Baldwin
Gideon P. Brown
Brown
White
Howard Colburn
W. F. Johnson & Co
Purchase Street
David L. Webster
Griffin Place
KE. L. Shaw
Ira W. Cunningham
Lyndonville
L. A. Stern & Co
Canada
Caledonia
Eastern Township Bank of
Sherbrooke
New York
Comegge & Lewis
Courtland Street
Schichle Harrison Howard _ Iron Company of
St. Louis
Wing & Evans
Cottin & Stanton
Thomson Houston Electric Company
Pennsylvania Iron Company
Lewis
Chili
North & South American Construction Company
Comesto & Lewis
Comeggo
Araping
Penn
Keystone Furnace Company
Henry Bushong
Ccal
Unusual Royal Household Officers Noted in Parliament
Parliament lists reveal eight ladies of the bedchamber eight bedchamber women and top orders. The Queen’s fashion needs much help and some salaries seem extravagant the master of the buck hounds earning 8500 while Windsor Home Park ranger at 2500 could handle cold meat for the dogs.
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Royal Household
Order of the Garter
Order of the Bath
Windsor Home Park
Late Ship News From New York Aug 21 Arrivals and Clearances
New York Aug 21 cleared steamships State of Nebraska Prado Glasgow Saale Rich ter Bremen leutonic arsell Liverpool Winthrop Bragg Portland City of Rome Young Liverpool Belgenand Mayer Antwerp Savona wing Pernambuco Amsterdam Stenger Amsterdam Mineola Evans Glasgow berks Ingersoll Peterson Cape Town Maria DeGilia Oporto Kazonlo Razonla Lisbon Serene Legerman Port Natal Shan Lee Morgan Hull others. New York Aug 21 Arrived ships Struan Calcutta Heclanoogra Loilo Mary J Burrill Montevideo Curacoa Nemirna Buenos Ayres Thomas Jerry Rio Janeiro Vesuvio Uran Fido Barbados Surlei Caida Oliva schooners P Cow perthwaite Boston George and Albert New Bedford A Heberts Boston John Crockford Fall River Ames Rockland Linisey Rockland Joe Carleton Rockland J P Wyman Sullivan Mary Lymbarner Bangor Harriet S Krooks Rockport I Hendiorne Boston Robert Snow Seal Harbor Me.
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State of Nebraska
Prado
Glasgow
Saale
Richter
Bremen
Oporto
Kazonlo
Razonla
Lisbon
Serene
Legerman
Port Natal
Shan Lee
Morgan
Hull
Alice
Stuart
Veritas
Idle
Hamlin
St. John
Harvester
Mcleiman
Lynx
Finney
N. B
New York
Struan
Calcutta
Heclanoogra
Loilo
Mary J. Burrill
Montevideo
Cuacoa
Curacoa
Nemirna
Buenos Ayres
Thomas Jerry
Rio Janeiro
Vesuvio
Uran
Fido
Barbados
Surlei
Caidta
Oliva
P. Cowperthwaite
Boston
George and Albert
New Bedford
Behring Sea Seizures Stir Victoria Vigor and Alarm
Victoria B C August 21 Captain Algar reports US cutter Rush boarded the Allie Algar near Behring Sea on July 30 seizing 800 skins from Pathfinder and 850 from Minnie both vessels bound for Sitka. Sailors voiced discontent as indignant crowds form and Mayor Grant calls a public meeting. Montreal reports renewed Behring Sea excitement amid piracy accusations and growing demand for harsher action against US seizures.
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Minnie
Victoria
Jacobs
Sitka
Ariel
Therese
Algar
Pathfinder
Tuttie
Grant
Monttreal
United States Revenue Cutter
Rush
Department
Ottawa
Tuttle
Canada
United States
McKenzie
High Seas
Haytien man of war damages Lizzie May at Jeremie
The steamship Alene reports that on August 6 the schooner Lizzie May capt Hutchinson, at anchor at Jeremie, was struck by the Haytien man of war Toussaint l Overture and received a large hole above the water line. The man of war departed that night without determining the damage. Captain Hutchinson filed a protest through the American consul.
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New York
Alene
Lizzie May
Hutchinson
Jeremie
Toussaint l’Overture
Weather forecast for New England and Mid Atlantic region
The Weather Service reports a forecast through Thursday at 8 p.m. for Maine and New Hampshire shows fair conditions with local showers and southwesterly winds and minor temperature changes. Vermont expected showers with cooler temperatures and westerly winds. Massachusetts to see fair skies with local showers later and mixed temperatures, eastern warmer. Rhode Island and Connecticut fair with cooler pockets in western areas and southwesterly winds. Eastern New York should be fair then possible showers with slightly cooler temps and westerly winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
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