Lawrence City Clerk Revises Essex District Result
The Lawrence city clerk reports a mistake in the certificate of Representatives from the fifth Essex district. James H. Derbyhill is declared elected while John Haigh and Frank McAnally are tied for the other seat with no election. Official returns are being counted for council approval. General P. A. Collins will not seek office or endorse candidates. He aims to aid the party as a whole while deferring recommendations to party leaders.
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Lawrence
Fifth Essex
James H. Derbyhill
John Haigh
Frank McAnally
Executive Council
P. A. Collins
Wolcott Won’t Support Governor Contest, Contends No Grounds
Roger Wolcott reportedly opposes contesting the governor vote and finds grounds lacking. He disagrees with David Hall Rice’s Norfolk Club speech. He also notes debate on Osborne matter from the Brookline view. Haile to decide next week. State committee officials largely back Wolcott on no contest.
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Roger Wolcott
David Hall Rice
Norfolk Club
Osborne
Brookline
Haile
Draper
State Committee
Colonel Goetting
Wolcott
Russell
Cape Cod Canal Revival Plans At Bass River
The Bass River Canal Company is to be revived to build a ship canal across Cape Cod at Bass River between Yarmouth and Dennis. Plans include an endless cable to pull vessels and an electric lighting system for the canal. Incorporators include M. P. Kennard, Reuben E. Demmon, William L. Candee, Oliver Ames, Benjamin J. Berry, Thomas Appleton, and Professor Thomson of the Thomson-Huston Company.
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Bass River Canal Company
Cape Cod
Bass River
Yarmouth
Dennis
Professor Thomson
Thomson-Huston Company
M. P. Kennard
United States
Reuben E. Demmon
Howard National Bank
Oston
William L. Candee
Brookline
Oliver Ames
Benjamin J. Berry
Lynn
Thomas Appleton
Winslow’s rink eyed as site for children riding school
Proposal before Winslow’s owners on Clarendon street to convert the rink into a riding school for kids with plans for a tan bark track and a stable housing Shetland ponies and small ponies on the premises if the venture succeeds.
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Winslow
Clarendon Street
Teachers' Benefit Association Subscriptions Rise
The fund shows a grand total of 3196 in subscriptions. A. W. Spencer William Endicott Jr and John Ruggles each donated 100 recently, boosting contributions.
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Teachers’ Benefit Association
A. W. Spencer
William Endicott Jr
John Ruggles
People’s Five-Year Suit Over Endowment Order
A Boston Supreme Court case against the People’s Five-Year Benefit Order seeks relief from a prior injunction. Harry B. Steadman and 24 certificate holders charge fraud, mismanagement, and false representations. Officers deny wrongdoing as the trial opens, with testimony from William R. McConaghy and Isaac Barrett detailing salaries, deposits, and alleged improper expenses. The case continues.
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R. M. Morse
Joseph Bennett
George W. Anderson
William R. McConaghy
Boston
Anderson
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Isaac B. Barrett
Imperial
W. L. Barrell
John France
Order
Imperial Commandery
Boylston
Winthrop National
Massachusetts
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
A Fine Church in Vienna Destroyed by Fire
A devastating blaze last night destroyed the Church of St. Michael in Michaeler Platz Vienna. The historic church dating to 1319 1321 with a Gothic fourteenth century tower housed numerous tombstones and drew visitors from around the world before being consumed by flames.
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Vienna
St. Michael
Michaeler Platz
Vespers at Harvard Led by Rev E Winchester Donald
Harvard held the first Thursday vesper service in Appleton Chapel. Rev E Winchester Donald of Boston conducted the service as he leads morning prayers. The boy choir performed well with soloist J H Ricketson of New York singing How Many Hired Servants from Sullivan's The Prodigal Son.
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Harvard
Appleton Chapel
E. Winchester Donald
Boston
J. H. Ricketson
New York
Sullivan
the Prodigal Son
Perkins Institute Annual Report Highlights Growth and Needs
The Perkins Institute for the Blind reports unbroken progress under Secretary Michael Anagnos with full classes and expanding facilities. Total connected to the institute rose to 210, including 157 at the South Boston school, 37 in Jamaica Plain kindergarten, and 16 in the adult workshop. Demand for post graduate courses is urged, while admissions remain capped by space. The Jamaica Plain kindergarten serves 37 children with no accidents, and two new deafblind children Willie Elizabeth Robin and Tommy Stringer symbolize strong training prospects.
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Perkins Institute For the Blind
Michael Anagnos
South Boston
Jamaica Plain
Willie Elizabeth Robin
Tommy Stringer
Goats Hair Duty Case Reaches Final Circuit Ruling
The long legal saga over goats hair goods ends as the Circuit Court of Appeals orders the Board of General Appraisers to uphold a 12 cent per pound duty. Judge Colt had ruled goats hair goods non dutiable, but the appellate court under Justice Gray reverses, affirming duty under the McKinley act of 1890.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
Board of General Appraisers
Beard
Circuit Court
Colt
Allen
Court of Appeals
Gray
Boston Post Office Reports November Increase in Mail Receipts
The Boston Post Office recorded November 1892 receipts of 222,673 06, up from 197,018 46 the prior year, a 13 percent rise. Special delivery letters to out of town offices totaled 7084 with 213 outside packages. foremen met with Superintendent Thomas to discuss Christmas mail handling, a custom he started to gain worker input.
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Boston Post Office
Boston
Thomas
Big Iron Deal Linked Atlantic and East Boston Boiler Works
Rumored merger unites Atlantic works with H Robinson boiler works of East Boston. Atlantic occupies Border and Maverick corner brick plant. Robinson works on Border near Cunningham Banks lumber wharf. Fire destroyed their building. Alfred E. Cox of Atlantic travels to Buffalo to finalize arrangements. A large building may be erected beside the Atlantic works for boiler makers.
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Big
Atlantic Works
H. §. Robinson Boiler Works
Boston
Border
Maverick Streets
Robinson Boiler Works
Border Street
Cunningham & Banks
Alfred E. Cox
Buffalo
Dinner Speech by Roger Wolcott Sparks Lively Laughs
Town Topic recounts a social dinner at Wolcott's club before an election. Wolcott, seated with several Democrats, gave a full campaign speech in a light tone. The guests and host reacted with amused laughter at the unexpectedly spirited address.
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Roger Wolcott
Wolcott
Beauty show at 45 Eliot street draws Norwegian daughters
A charity event at 45 Eliot street features a beauty show with about a dozen of Norway's loveliest daughters as attendants for Norsk Kirke bazaar charity booths in Foresters Pressmen's and Little's halls. The Foresters hall fair funds the Norwegian Lutheran Church building project and promises to surpass previous attractions.
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Eliot Street
Norway
Norsk Kirke
Foresters
Pressmen’s
Little’s
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Who Owns These Bonds Found by Patrolman Lombard
Patrolman Lombard found a valise with a stack of bonds on Wednesday. It is believed to belong to Charles R. White of Gardiner Missouri, and the police have telegraphed there to locate White. A man giving the name Nicholas McMahon of Montreal, 28, was arrested on larceny charges as a possible suspect. The property is thought to have been stolen from a railroad station.
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Lombard
Charles R. White
Gardiner
White
Nicholas McMahon
Montreal
Lawyer Threshie Charged With Embezzlement in Newton
Lawyer John W. Threshie of West Newton is charged as Newton agent of Henry W. Savage Real Estate Co with embezzling 331 dollars. He was arraigned in Municipal Court, asked for a continuance, and the case was held over to December 15 with $500 bail.
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John W. Threshie
West Newton
Newton
Henry W. Savage Real Estate Company
Court Street
Threshie
NOT A WALK-OVER yeret-at-Arms Adams Has a Rival
Captain Adams faces a challenge from James J. Mahoney of Weymouth for sergeant at arms of the State House as factional tensions rise over Adams bid for lieutenant governor. Mahoney, a former legislative postmaster, may join a slate of contenders while supporters and opponents clash over Adams long tenure and party dynamics.
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yeret-at-Arms
Adams
Captain Adams
Oreb F. Mitchell
F. W. Breed
Lynn
Breed
Roger Wolcott
Haile
State House
Tremont House
James J. Mahoney
Mr. Mahoney
Spottsylvania
House
Senate
Mahoney
Henry Cabot Lodge
Speaker Barrett
Lodge
Barrett
Grand Army
Rumor of Glass Combine In Boston Business Circles
A rumor spread that R Sherburne Lambert Brothers Hills Turner and Company planned a glass combine with about 600000 capital and a South Boston warehouse. All gentlemen denied comment. Sherburne quipped he would speak when Bunker Hill monument sprouts legs.
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R. Sherburne
Lambert Brothers
Hills, Turner & Company
Boston
Sherburne
Bunker Hill Monument
After That Coal Combine Ahead of Court Battle in New Jersey
In Trenton on December 1 the Attorney General asked the Court of Chancery to appoint a receiver for the Central railroad to enforce Chancellor McGill’s coal order. Arguments opened with State counsel seeking a receiver to control mine output, sale, and interstate transport to protect New Jersey consumers, while railroad counsel contended no disobedience proof exists and argued compliance issues.
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Trenton
N. J
Central Railroad
McGill
Reading Coal Combine
Court of Chancery
John P. Stockton
Stevens
Barker Gummere
Thomas N. McCarter
John B. Johnson
Robert Deforest
John R. Emery
Deforest
The
Gummere
New Jersey
Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Ex-Governor Hoyt Dies in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Ex Governor Henry M. Hoyt, born 1830 in Kingston, died shortly after 2 am in Wilkes-Barre. A Williams College graduate and lawyer, he served in the Fifty second Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War rising to general, chaired the Republican State Committee in 1875, and was nominated for Pennsylvania Governor in 1878 before returning to private life.
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Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wilkesbarre
Typhus Fever Breaks Out in New York City
The Health Board reports two new typhus fever cases in New York within 24 hours. Identified patients are Michael Shea, 26, and William Bell, 45, both lodgers at 173 Park Row. They were moved to North Brothers Island Hospital. the Park Row lodging house was disinfected and placed under observation.
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New Yorks
the Health Board
Park Row
Michael Shea
William Bell
North Brouthers Island
Rates Slashed On Western Passengers to Chicago and East
Tacoma December 1 railways slash fares from Puget Sound to Chicago and St Paul by Northern Union Canadian and Southern Pacific. Second class Tacoma to Chicago drops from 42.50 to 25 dollars with similar cuts to St Paul St Louis and other eastern cities. First class tickets reduced with selling prices around 50 dollars though listed 65 to 70 by route.
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Tacoma
Puget Sound
St. Paul
Chicago
Northern, Union
Canadian
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
New Line of Steamers to Sail Milford Haven
London December 1 shareholders of Milford Haven Railway announce after a US visit that a Montauk Milford Line of American steamers will be created with Milford Haven as port of call. Once facilities are ready the line will begin operation.
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London
Milford Haven Railway Company
United States
Montauk & Milford
Milford Haven
Grain Blockade Grows Serious in Iowa State
Reports from across the state say the grain blockade is worsening with at least two and a half million bushels stored in elevators. Railroads struggle to move grain and the Railway Commission warns the blockade may deepen over the next three weeks with favorable weather.
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Railway Commission
President-elect Cleveland Notified in Bondholders Suit
Washington December 1 The papers served on President-elect Cleveland were a notice he is a defendant in Willis B. Smith's suit against the New York committee of foreign bondholders. The Chancery Court will hear it next Monday. He may not appear in person. deposition may be taken with an attorney.
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Washington, D.C
Cleveland
Willis B. Smith
New York Committee of Foreign Bondholders
Chancery Court
Kate Harding to be stripped after wreck near Francis hull
The strong northerly gale and rain continue with clearing expected tomorrow. Kate Harding, captained by a woman, has contracted J G Thompson to strip the vessel tomorrow. The ship is badly strained with slim hopes of salvage and lies fifty yards from the hull of the German bark Francis, wrecked in 1872.
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Kate Harding
J.G. Thompson
Francis
Removal of Deputy Sheriff Tilley Stirs Newport Rumors
Newport Rhode Island December 1 Deputy Sheriff W S Tilley was removed from office for unclear reasons provoking public talk. A Democrat who served under two Republican administrations is ousted during a quiet political period amid local speculation about the cause.
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Newport, R. I
W. S. Tilley
Tilley
Yale Union and Princeton Whig Debating Societies to Debate
Yale Union has received a challenge from Princeton's American Whig and Cliosophic Society for a debate. The time and place to be set later, with the event expected to occur in New York City during February.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale Union
Yale University
Public School Union Endorses Local School Committee Picks
The Citizens' Public School Union lists six Protestants and two Catholics as preferred candidates for the school committee, highlighting Pettigrove Kennedy Hastings Paul Bispham Merritt McDonough Warren and noting their backgrounds. The group’s slate aims to avoid sectarian influence while stressing experience in education and law. The Massachusetts School Suffrage Association also endorses Bispham Dabney Hastings Kennedy Merritt Paul Pettigrove Warren.
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The
Citizens’ Public School Union
Fred G. Pettigrove
John J. Kennedy
Caroline E. Hastings
Isaac F. Paul
Henry C. Bispham
Salome Merritt
Timothy F. McDonough
Bentley W. Warren
Brighton
Paul
Bispham
South
Boston
Merritt
Messrs. McDonough
Arren
J. Warren
Martin Brimmer
Francis A. Walker
Uriel H. Crocker
John P. Brown
Mary Hemenway
Elizabeth C. Putnam
Francis E. Billings
Massachusetts School Suffrage Association
William H. Dabney
Aldermanic Candidate Mansfield Seeks Fifth District Seat
Charles J. Mansfield the Democratic Aldermanic candidate from the fifth district is young in years and appearance. Born in Marlboro Massachusetts in 1862 he trained as a plumber before starting his own lumbing business in Boston six years ago. He travels a broad continent background and is viewed as a strong challenger in a Republican stronghold district. Mansfield is active in Ward 16 Improvement Association and other clubs.
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Charles J. Mansfield
Marlboro
Mass
Boston
Mansfield
Ward 16
Censors Sweep Glean From City Show Posters
Boston censors ban several lithographs and threaten others as they sweep clean show-bill art. Lyceum offered twenty lithographs for next week but two were marked off. Grand Opera House gymnasts restricted to full ticket view. four censors barred women’s images. Babes in the Wood shown in foyer deemed too suggestive and blackballed.
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Dazzler
Lyceum
Boston Theatre
Boston
Boston Rejects Theatrical Posters Decision
The Lowell Citizen notes Boston has decided adversely on theatrical posters while continuing to embrace Tolstoi, reflecting a mixed cultural stance and lingering literary sympathy in a regional view.
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Lowell Citizen
Boston
Tolstoi
Green goods in the mails urged as continuous offence
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Rathbone proposes amending revised statutes to make mailing green goods circulars a continuous offence from mailing to destination, akin to the anti lottery act. He asks the Attorney General to draft a law embodying this and other remedies, aiming to curb green goods swindlers like the lottery firms once targeted by the act that took effect Sept. 19, 1890.
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Washington
Dec
Rathbone
Post Office Department
Buck's Bravado Ends in Hanging at Dorchester N B
Dorchester New Brunswick December first. Buck Olsen known as Buck Wheaton of Chicago was executed by hanging after a final farewell to onlookers. Ex Police Inspector Hanscom, now a Pinkerton, witnessed the scene and identified the doomed man as Buck Wheaton who shot Policeman Steadman of Moncton.
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Dorchester
N. B
Buck" Olsen
Buck
Hanscom
Boston
Pinkerton
Buck Wheaton
Chicago
Policeman Steadman
Moncton
Unknown Wreck Off Scotland Hinted To Be German Export Steamer
Wreckage washed ashore at Ullapool Cromarty shire in northwest Scotland raises fear a large steamer from a German port bound for New York was wrecked amid recent north seas storms. Bottles bearing New York and German addresses among the debris support the possibility. Officials doubt it is a regular passenger ship, suggesting a steamer en route to America.
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London
Ullapool
Cromartyshire
Scotland
New York
America
Trouble in Madrid as Mayor resigns amid prosecutions
Maprio reports the Marquis de Cubas, newly elected Mayor of Madrid, has resigned following the prosecution of municipal officers. City shops close in sympathy. The Civil Governor and the Director of Posts and Telegraphs threaten to resign unless the government halts the prosecutions against municipal authorities.
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Maprio
Marquis de Cubas
Madrid
Mr Fairchild Denies Treasury Secretary Offer
New York December 1 report said he was offered the Treasury secretaryship by Mr Cleveland. Mr Fairchild today said he had not now and never had the slightest reason to suppose Cleveland wished him to take any position under his administration.
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New York
the Treasury
Cleveland
Fairchild
Pope refutes US offer of Vatican legation idea
Telegrams from New York claimed the United States declined a proposal to establish an American legation to the Vatican. The Vatican dismisses the rumor as an invention and the Pope jokes that people think he has ideas he never imagined, warning it would embroil him with the American people.
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New York
United States
Vatican
Holy See
Horse care rates and veterinarians listed in ad
Hor ses treated and bearded at 1.50 per day with Dr Edward C Beckett Dr Daniel D Les 50c Dr Wivert Souda using regular rates Calls made by telephone 992 Trumont
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Edward C. Beckett
Daniel D. Les
Wivert Souda
Trumont
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