Various 19th century Boston area highlights and deaths
Obituary note for Hon. Augustus L. Soule former Massachusetts judge and railroad counsel who died at Sugar Hill. Baseball league winners listed. Legal rulings on Ives case and Jacob Sharp stay. Albany pacing results include Clara, Prince Wilkes and others with times. Saratoga winners include Los Angeles and Maggie Mitchell. Ozark Bald Knobbers unrest and a possible rescue. Clara of Manistee wreck on Lake Michigan with loss of captain and sailor. Newport tennis in rain. Labor Day plans in Plymouth County. Goulding mill sold at Malden. Wool imports decline. Canadian Pacific to add a steamer. Governor Hill’s party in Gloucester. Brockton strike at Douglas’s factory near-riot. Bar Harbor regatta postponed due to no wind. New Hampshire debates Sunday trains. Alabama sentiment pro-Cleveland per William Coates. Government to distribute work for manufacturers and farmers. Lothrop resignation rumor as US minister to Russia.
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Augustus L. Soule
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Boston & Albany Railroad
Sugar Hill
Bostons
New Yorks
Philadelphias
Washingtons
Bookstaver
Ives
Potter
Jacob Sharp
Clara
Prince Wilkes
Governor Hill
Sperm
Island Park
Albany
Saratoga
Los Angeles
Doubt
Wary
Maggie Mitchell
Abraham
Ozark
Thistle
New York
Manistee
Mich
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Newport
Plymouth County Knights of Labor
South Weymouth
Goulding Mill
Malden
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Gloucester
Douglas
Brockton
Bar Harbor
Eliza Howard Powers
Washington
New Hampshire
William Coates
Alabama
South
Cleveland
George Lothrop
United States
Russia
First guns fired for commercial union at Shefford
Montreay August 25. An attentive audience heard the first calls for commercial union in Shefford. Speeches by Clays Fisher Auger E P Johnson and H M Rider drew long applause. Fontaine of St Hyacinthe spoke in French urging French Canadians to back the movement. The meeting closed with cheers for the Queen and the President.
Uproar in Ozark as Bald Knobbers Case Nears
In Ozark Missouri nearly 2000 residents gather amid fears of a jail break as indictments for murder of Charles Green and William Edens loom. Armament and camp building surround the town while court hearings shift between misdemeanor charges and security concerns.
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Ozark
Charles Green
William Edens
Gladstone Proposes Motion Over Irish National League Proclamation
In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone moved to address the Queen and pray that the Irish National League proclamation not stay in force. A long debate followed as the Dublin Nation urged branches to continue work. An item notes American capitalists seeking Russian permission to work Ural gold mines. Ayoub Khan escaped from Persia. An enthusiastic meeting at Shefford in P. Q. supports commercial union.
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Gladstone
House of Commons
Irish National League
Dublin
League
Ural
Ayoub Khan
Persia
Shefford
P. Q
Wreck report blanks steamer Merrimack disaster
In the city weather was fair and temperature steady. Burnham and Savage reported the Merrimack wreck blaming the pilot alone. Janitor Bixby was discharged on larceny charges. Common council took no action due to no quorum. Druggists' Association held talks and banquet in Odd Fellows Hall. Stock market remained weak with Atchison, NY&NE and West End as features.
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Burnham
Savage
Merrimack
Bixby
Common Council
Druggists’ Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Atchison, New York
New England
West End
New Hampshire Legislature Debates Sunday Train Restrictions
The legislature considers an act to ban railway runs on Sundays except for necessity or mail. Provisions set fines, restrict freight handling, and cap fares on Sunday trains. A second bill would outlaw excursion trains on the Sabbath with penalties up to 500 dollars.
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Concorp
N. H
Soxcray
United States
Gladstone Proposes Address Over Ireland League Proclamation
In London Mr. Gladstone moved a humble address to the Queen protesting the Irish viceroy’s proclamation of the National League as a dangerous association. He argued Parliament must have grounds for action and urged disclosure, while opponents cited evidence of league coercion and boycotting. The debate adjourned with mixed support from Liberal and Unionist figures.
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London
Gladstone
House of Commons
Ireland
National League
League
Wellington
Peel
Catholic League
Balfour
R. . . League
Mr. Balfour
Land League
Parnell
William Vernon Harcourt
Sir William
Harcourt
Harrington
Buchanan
T. W. Russell
Bradlaugh
Radical
Fires cause widespread damage across several towns
A series of fires late August 25 cause varying losses. In Newburyport a dwelling at 2717 Washington Street suffered about 200 dollars in damage. Walker’s block in Newburyport, owned by J A Walker, faced 500 dollars in fire damage. Boston's Beard & McCartney logging a 10 thousand dollar loss, Smith & Knapp millinery 4 thousand, S J White tailor 3 thousand with 1500 insured. J M Akerman reports 500 loss with uninsured. In Kennesmcroft Maine the Rev Dr Edward L Clark's cottage burned with 7000 loss and 300 insured. In Brockton a small shoemaker shop on Perkins Street suffered 200 damage. J H Sanford stocks 500 insured. In Providence Miller Iron Works storehouse fire caused 500 to 700 damage. In Lowe Extended Riley & Greenwood woollen yarn mills faced 1500 loss for building and machinery.
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Newburyport
J. H. Sanford
Providence
R. I
Miller Iron Works
Lowe
Riley & Greenwood
Lavanta Tobacco Tower Ad at Faneuil Hall
Wholesale and retail Lavanta tobacco from the tower shown at Faneuil Hall. J. Al. Ashton operates the Boston stall at 0 State Street.
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Faneuil Hall
Lavanta Tobacco
J. al. Ashton
State Street
Boston
American syndicate eyed for Ural gold mines deal
In St Peterspurre reports claim a powerful American capitalists syndicate led by a Vanderbilt heir negotiates with the government to work the Ural gold mines. They would pay annual rent and boost output, a claim echoed by the Bersen Zeitung as Berlin financiers note potential basis.
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St. Peterspure
Vanderpilts
Ural
Bersen Zeitung
Berlin
Tiheran
Ayoub Khan
America
Doneraiel
Inventors seek whiskey aging method approval in Washington
Illinois inventors Glass petition the internal revenue bureau to permit bonded warehouses to pass aged whiskey through an air injected process under storekeeper supervision claiming no loss of quantity or proof and improved quality. Deputy Commissioner Henderson declines to authorize liquor experiments in bond. Colonel Switzler to publish a global wool industry statistical work with tariff history. George Lothrop to Russia may resign, though no official notice has been received.
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Washington
Sprecran
Illinois
Glass
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kentucky
Henderson
Bond
Switzler
Bureau of Statistics
Congress
George Lothrop
United States
Russia
Geneva
Paris
State Department
Ashfield Dinner and Lectures Celebrate Sanderson Academy
The ninth annual dinner in aid of Sanderson Academy in Ashfield drew about 500 attendees and nearly $500. Speakers included Williams College President Franklin Carter Johns Hopkins Professor J Stanley Hall Charles Dudley Warner and George William Curtis. Curtis outlined the academy’s history praising Norton and Curtis for reviving the tumble-down building and turning it into a learning center. The event also featured an autograph quilt and rare books by Tennyson Browning Arnold and Lowell with signatures from Curtis Norton and others.
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Asurgento
Ashfield
Sanderson Academy
Carter
Williams College
J. Stanley Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Charles Dudley Warner
George William Curtis
Curtis
Post
Academy
Alvin Sanderson
Congregational Church
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Norton
James Rial Lowell
America
England
William Dean Howells
George W. Cable
J. WW. Chadwick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cummington
Professor Norton
Mr. Curtis
Academy Fund
Mr. Norton
Tennyson
Browning
Matthew Arnold
James Russell Lowell
McWilliam
Morocco
Rovenr Browne
Theuseum and Library
Field
Hall
Franklin Carter
Williams
Curtis, Norton
Hail
Warner
Mark ‘Twain
Howells
Ashfiel
George
Sheldon
Deerfield
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Aace
Garfield
William Cullen Bryant
Mark Hopkins
Tam
Hamilton
Brown
Plainfield
Bryant
John W. Field
Labor Excitement at Brockton Factory Closes Quietly
In Brockton on August 25 about 200 people gathered near the Douglas factory as shifts ended. Police kept order with a twelve-man detail. a taster named Charles Corson was struck after being called a scab by an unknown assailant. Corson may identify the attacker. another laster reportedly assaulted, unverified. Mayor Whipple witnessed the scene and the crowd dispersed as all factory departments operated, yielding about thirty cases daily.
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Brockton
Douglas
Charles Corson
Corson
Laster
Mayor Whipple
Distinguished party aboard steam yacht Noaris visits Growcester
Steam yacht Noaris of the New York Yacht Club arrived this evening en route to Bar Harbor with Governor Hill General George J. Magee John C. Noyes Frederick Lovejoy and wife Austin Lothrop and others. The party came ashore and visited various local sights.
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Growcester
Noaris
New York Yacht Club
Bar Harbor
Governor Hill
George J. Magee
John C. Noyes
Frederick Lovejoy
Austin Lothrop
Extradition Conference Sets Rules for Fugitives
At the third session in New York the committee on forms and practice proposed a code for extraditing criminals. It requires the prosecuting officer to swear he has sufficient evidence and that his agent has no private interest. Minor offenses prompted a deprecation of extradition unless special circumstances apply. The conference adjourned to meet in Washington during Congress sessions, with a bill to be urged to enact the rules.
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New York
Committee On
Charles J.phelps
California
Boykin Wright
Georgia
Washington
Congress
Martha's Vineyard Club to host sports series and fireworks show
Corrace Crry reports elaborate preparations by the Martha's Vineyard Club for a week of sports events followed by a grand fireworks display. The notice notes community anticipation and schedules to be announced.
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Corrace Crry
Martha’s Vineyard Club
Transatlantic Ship Movements and Origins Listed
A long list details ships arriving and departing from ports including Antwerp Liverpool Sydney Southampton Queenstown New York Baltimore Philadelphia Rio Janeiro Halifax Genoa Rouen Rotterdam and London with vessels such as Mariposa Portuense Kenilworth Plessy Boston and more, naming origins like New Orleans San Francisco Para and Barcelona and destinations including Bremen Liverpool and New York with dates in August.
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Antwerp
Marina
New Orleans
Orsino
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Baltimore
City of Rome
New York
Sydney
Nsw
Mariposa
San Francisco
Southampton
Eider
Bremen
Queenstown
Nevada
Celtic
Honolulu
Auckland
Portuense
Para
Burgundia
Mediterranean
Kenilworth
Port Antonio
Toledo
Bona
Plessy
Nova Scotian
Barcelona
R F Matthews
Hamburg
Amalfi
Genoa
Powhattan
Rouen
Mallamshire
Rotterdam
Maritana
Atristol
Brooklyn City
London
Chicago
Ft Sue
Glenfruin
Shanghai
Gibraltar
Bernicia
Indipendente
Alsatia
Marbella
Ives Failure Proceedings Halted by Judge Order
The Davis reference case against Henry S. Ives & Co. to compel missing books was stopped by Judge Donahue based on an affidavit from John J. Davis. The hearing was postponed to 2 p.m. to allow Sullivan, as assignee’s counsel, to seek rescission. Judge Bookstayer orders continued investigation into Lees & Co. books whereabouts.
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New York
Davis
Henry S. Ives &Co
Donahue
Common Pleas Court
John J. Davis
Ives
Sullivan
Bookstayer
Noah Davis
Lees & Co
Weather Indications For New England and Nearby States
For twenty four hours from 7 am Friday Aug 26 fair weather expected in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont northwest winds become variable with steady temperature except Vermont slightly warmer. Rest of New England fair with northerly winds and small temperature changes eastern part. western part slightly warmer. Eastern New York fair with northerly winds turning easterly and a slight rise in temperature. Blue Hill Observatory reports fair weather for southeastern New England for twenty four hours starting tonight at 12 o clock.
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Washtneaton
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Gloucester Schooner Arrives With Light Mackerel Cargo
The Gloucester fishing schooner Mattie Winship, Captain Tiernan, arrived from North Bay with seventy three barrels of mackerel. The American ship Marianne Nottebohm, Captain Nugent, from Philadelphia with 6957 barrels of petroleum, arrived for repairs after a leak. London steamers Basila and Para sailed for New York on Aug 23 and Vancouver for Montreal.
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Harneax
Gloucester
Mattie Winship
Tiernan
Dome
North Bay
Marianne Nottebohm
Nugent
Philadelphia
Amsterdam
London
Basila
Para
New York
Vancouver
Liverpool
Montreal
Newport Polo Opens With Vanderbilt Joust and Yacht Collision
In Newport on August 25 the juvenile polo match for Vanderbilt silver cups drew a fashionable crowd as Yellows beat Blues 9 8 1 while Eighteen games favored Fellows. Earlier the schooner Charlotta of New York collided with the fishing schooner Joe Hooker at anchor, damaging its mainsail jibboom and headgear. The Casino grand subscription hall hosted a lavish season closing ball with a German dance led by JT Howard and Mrs. Burke Roche, ending around 1 am with continued dancing.
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Newport
R. I
Charlotta
New York
Joe Hooker
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. H. Vanderbilt
C. C. Baldwin, Jr
C.C. Baldwin
Ulues
J. T. Davies, Jr
Je T Davies
J. A. Burden
Dike Burden
Fellows
Blues
Vanderbilt
Baldwin
Burden
Fearing, Jr
Moses ‘Taylor
Sheene
JT. H. Howard
Burke Roche
Farmers convention in Syracuse delegates reach nine hundred plus
Syracuse N Y Aug 25 913 delegates attended the farmers conference convention in this city meeting at noon with Watertown Times editor Beeman Beckaway presiding Temporary chairman General A S Diven led others and Clay Bascom of Troy was elected permanent chairman after speeches and committee announcements the convention adjourned to 9 am tomorrow.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Rochester
Rryt Beeman Beckaway
Watertown Times
A.S. Diven
Cc. W. Robinson Story
Ae Clay Bascom
Troy
Bascom
Canadian Pacific to Add Steamer Link Between Portland and Vancouver
Advices say within thirty days a powerful steamer will operate between Portland and Vancouver, creating a new route from the Columbia River to the coast. The move is expected to boost trade in canned goods and wool with connections to New York, Boston, and Chicago.
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Chiaco
Canadian Pacific Railway
Portland
Vancouver
Columbia River
New York
Boston
Chicago
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Mary Lyon
Alvan Clark
Cambridge
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H. H. CuAyrton
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