Loss of Boston schooner Winnie Lawry off Watch Hill
A hurricane driven wreck near Watch Hill sends Captain Angus McRitchie and four seamen ashore after the Boston schooner Winnie Lawry, bound for New York with paving blocks, drags anchors and strikes Corn Rocks. Wreckers and lifeboat crews report heavy seas, possible total loss if northwest gale continues. Newport notes widespread wind and telegraph damage.
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New England
Rhode Island
Point Judith
Winnie Lawry
Boston
New York
Cape Ann
Napatree Point
Corn Rocks
Watch Hill
Angus McRitchie
Mc Ritchie
Scott
West Indies
Waldoboro
Narragansett Bay
Newport
R. 1
Six Lives Lost in Pittsburg Fire at Penn Ave Hotel
Fire at the Penn Avenue and Ninth Street building in Pittspura, Pennsylvania, used by Hotel Anderson employees, killed Janitor Irwin and his wife after flames spread from the basement to upper floors. About forty occupants escaped. loss estimated at $25,000 with insurance not known. Multiple other fires reported nationwide the same day with varying damages. A book review notes on Society as I Have Found It.
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London
Newcastle-under-Lyne
Pittspura
Penn
Irwin
Penn Avenue
Ninth Street
Anderson
Brook Ofluf
Kan
New York
Mott Street
Ottawa
Ont
SpecttAn
Colonel Lay
United States
Canars
New Haven
Conn
H. L. Judd & Co
Wallingford
PirrspuRa
McGinn
Wuiule
tLarris
St. Magdalen Catholic
Homestead
Haverhill
A. F. Tracy
Portsmouth
N. H
Sow Street
Joseph Kelley
Uncle Sam
Imperial Court of
China
McAllister
San Francisco
McAllister Pere
Bank of the State of Georgia
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Ward
California
Newport
Narragansett Bay
Europe
England
France
Italy
Germany
Baden Baden
Prussia
William
Allée Lechtenthal
Pau
Savannah
Prince of Wales
Census Apportionment Battle Delays Next Legislature Role
A New Hampshire judiciary committee debate on Senate bill No. 1 about census based representation ends with the majority report accepted. The minority report is defeated. the expeditious passage of the bill is opposed by Republicans, while Democrats align with the majority. Final adjournment motions arise as the Legislature weighs its next steps.
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Harry Bincham
Newport
Holt
Claremont
House
Ile
Greeve
Hopkinton
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Party
Hiram A. Tuttle
United States
Cheney
Amey
Stratford
Daniel Hall
Dover
Bingham
Littleton
Page
Remarkable medical miracle recovers Beverly man
In Beverly on December 4 a remarkable recovery occurred for Charles S Dennis who had been paralyzed on his left side since a stroke four months earlier. He invited friends to a darkened room and after hands were joined a rubbing touch restored circulation and he spoke clearly. Within half an hour he rose walked upstairs and declared himself well with only minor lingering weakness.
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Beverly
Charles S. Dennis
Dennis
Prospect Street
Israel Lefavon
Queen Hotel
Benjamin Larcom, Jr
F. Swasey
Mr. Dennis
Dr. Swasey
Alliance Convention in Ocala Sees Color Delegates Accepted
The Ocala Florida Alliance convention held morning reports by officers while the white and colored delegations sat together at noon amid fraternal greetings. A H Gallaher of New York Workingman's Reform League and W H Carey of Washington Anti Monopoly League urged close union with the Alliance. John Davis, Kansas congressman elect on the People's ticket, anticipated a February 23 meeting to discuss a national conference for a new party.
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Alliance
Ocala
Fla
A. H. Gallaher
Workingman’s Reform League of
New York
W. H. Carey
Washington
Anti- Monopoly League
John Davis
Kansas
People’s
Pension Appropriations Debate Rages in Congress
The House considered the pension appropriation bill totaling 123 173 000 to aid 654 715 beneficiaries the largest number yet. Critics argued the commissioner of pensions overstates needs while supporters cited established estimates and warned against deficits. The Senate then debated arms to quell Indian hostilities and the election bill with Pugh opposing federal overreach while urging state control before adjourning after an executive session.
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Cooper
Northwest
Mr. Pugh
Washington
House
Morrow
United States
Commissioner of Pensions
Sayers
Texas
Fifty-second Congress
Bhardihood
Congress
Democratic Congress
Indiana
Pension Bureau
Ailman
Kaun
Universal
Lemons Pension
Cannon
Hlinots
Baum
Fifth
Sawyer
New York
Illinois
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Senate Debates On Tariff Extensions And Indian Aid
In Washington on December 4, the Senate heard petitions from New York bankers importers and merchants seeking more time to withdraw goods from bond under former tariff rates. The Hawley joint resolution to arm North and South Dakota and Nebraska was discussed with emphasis on rapid action. Foster, echoed by Voorhees, argued policy failings and officials’ incompetence. The Sioux famine drew calls for food aid to prevent further trouble. Dawes noted remarks following Foster’s interview about rationing versus arming.
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Washington
Hiscock
New York City
Hawley
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Voorhees
Foster
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mr. Voorhees
Dawes
Indians Withdraw From Rosebud. Majority Seek Return
General Schofield reports forty lodges left Rosebud agency as camps near White River edge disperse. Brooke notes Indians largely wish to return, suggesting a quick settlement of the Sioux trouble. Treasury transmits request for 100000 to buy beef and provisions for Sioux. Belt urges speedy action to restore government trust amid land cession tensions. In Omaha, Ponca committee calls for a government of law on tribal lands and asks citizens to support equitable laws for Indians.
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Washington
Schofield
Brooke
Rosebud
White River
War Department
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Interior Department
Belt
Noble
Omana
Dee
Ponca Indian Committee
J. M. Woolworth
William J. Harsha
Leavitt Burnham
P. Lawrence Perine
Passenger Train Wreck at Jacksonville Missouri
Chicago and Alton passenger train bound for Kansas City derailed at Jacksonville. Kansas City men Fred Smith and Judge J K Kiffell were killed instantly. Judge Kiffell's head was torn from his body. W B Knight bruised and badly scalded by steam. Edwin Giles of Mount Vernon New York head injury. James E Clark of Boston leather firm injured. Wounded sent to hospital with hopes of recovery for most, Knight in doubt.
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James E. Clark
Clark, Vantassell & Co
Boston
Knight
Fatal furnace collapse at Joliet iron works toll of seven dead
An Illinois Iron & Steel Company blast furnace fell during repairs in Joliet killing seven workers and injuring eight. Names of the deceased include Nels Larson John Pederson Gus Loosa and Thompson Swanson among others. Several were trapped or cut. one man escaped uninjured.
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Joliet
Illinois Iron & Steel Company
jKillea
Nels Larson
John Pederson
Gus Loosa
Thompson Swanson
Llaus Fasineck
Frank Miller
John Matusstadis
Qoscar Lind
Joseph Mason
John Oleson
August Wenberg
A. Seisenair
Peter Erickson
John Larson
Patrick Kilcullen
Massachusetts Reform Club Annual Meeting At Youngs Hotel
The Massachusetts Reform Club will hold its annual meeting and dinner at Youngs Hotel on Saturday evening. The business meeting starts at 5 p m, with Colonel Charles R Codman likely to be chosen president for the ensuing year. Dinner guests include Hon Join Russell and Congressmen-elect Andrew ONeil Hoar Stevens Williams Coolidge and Crosby, with William E Russell invited but declining December social invitations.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Young’s Hotel
Charles R. Codman
Join . Russell
Andrew, O'Neil
Hoar
Stevens
Williams
Coolidge
Crosby
William E. Russell
Death by Self-Act Took Laudanum in Albany Dealer Death
Joseph B. Abbott confidential clerk for Sage & Co. lumber dealers Albany took laudanum and died yesterday. He was a defaulter in the sum of eighty thousand dollars.
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Joseph B. Abbott
Sage & Co
Albany
Frosty field trials near Lexington dampen with frost
Central field trials at Lexington N C opened after a night rain and frost. Early heats featured Marguerite versus Peg Wottington and Tory Lieutenant facing Whyte B Sam RR with Jan Rupert with Marguerite Trap Jr with Pheeness. Judges awarded heats amid erratic covey work and a high class showing by Tory noted as Derby winner.
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Lexington
N. C
Dee
Sprcran
Marguerite
Peg Wottington
Tory Lieutenant
Whyte B
Sam RR
Jan
Rupert
Trap, Jr
Pheeness
Tory
Whyte
Sam R
Ian
Sam
Rap. Jr
Phaness
Lrap
Seres
Lan
Law
Pointer
Rev G H Somerset Gardner praised by letter to editor
A Boston reader asserts Rev G H Somerset Gardner of London is an ordained Reformed Episcopal clergyman active in evangelistic work. He mentions corroboration by Rev A J Gordon and Rev James M Gray and signs as Non-Ritravist dated December 4 1890.
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Somerset Gardner
Father Ignatius
W. H
G. H. Somerset Gardner
London
Eng
Gardner
England
Reformed Episcopal Church of England
A. J. Gordon
James M. Gray
Old Country
Non-Ritravist
Boston
Society and taste in Ward McAlister's founder works
A fragment from a New York society critique discusses Ward McAlister's Society as I Have Founder, noting the Patriarchs, the Golden Age of Feasting, and discourses on wine and sociable manners. It contrasts American and European elites and ponders why clever men rarely enter society as ornaments.
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New York
England
Europe
Ward McAlet
Cassell Publishing Company
Paragraphs and good sense in Wendell lecture series
Professor Wendell explains that paragraphs differ from sentences, are planned beforehand, and should sum to a single sentence for unity. He divides paragraphs into solid and sparkling types, stressing coherence, parallel construction like the Lord's Prayer, and the use of connectives to dovetail ideas, all guiding fine art through good sense.
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Barrett Wendell
Lowell Institute
Wendell
Moliére
Dumas
Obituary of Surgeon General J H Baxter Dies in Washington
Dr J H Baxter longtime surgeon general of the US Army died in Washington after a paralytic stroke. He recognized his wife and a lifetime friend briefly after the stroke and left a widow Florence Tryon with two brothers Myron and William. Born Derby Line Vermont May 11 1837 he served in the Civil War and authored a vital statistics work from 100000 medical records. Burial will be Arlington with military honors. A London despatch notes Charles Marvin author of The Russians at the Gate of Herat.
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Baxter
J. H. Baxter
United States Army
Washington
McKim
Senator Edmunds
M. Louise Howland
Boston
George E. Carson
John J. Beardsley
Jedediah H. Baxter
Derby Line
Porteus Baxter
Congress
Vermont
University of Vermont
Law School
Columbia University
Supreme Court of the United States
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Volunteers
Webster
Army of the Potomac
Camp Bell
United States General Hospital
Fry
Grant
Harrison
Florence Tryon
Otis Norcross
Myron L. Baxter
William Baxter
Chicago
War Department
Arlington Cemetery
Auction Notice of Diverse Securities and Fruit Cargoes
Francis Henshaw & Co auctioneers announce sales in Boston with consignments of fruit from Snow & Co and a broad list of securities to be auctioned on December 6 and December 13 1890. Items include Bank stocks railroad bonds and real estate collateral. Auction rooms at 42 Congress Street Boston and direct consignments solicited.
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Snow & CO
Fulton St
Francis Henshaw & Co
No. 42
Congress Street
Corner Exchange
Bilace
Stock Exchange Members List Auction Details 1890
On Saturday December 6 1890 at 12 mks an auction lists collateral assets including 452 shares Dexter Woollen Mills and numerous bank and company shares such as Metropolitan National Bank Atlantic National Bank and Nashua Manufacturing Company. Also shown are bonds and notes from Otter entities including Ogd and Lake Champlain RR 1920 cons and City of Bath Me 6s Jap 1891 along with Massachusetts state 5s and Denver Water Co consol 7s and New England Telephone 68 1899.
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Nat
Bank of
Woburn
Mass
Portland
Saco
China
Ins. Co. Serip
Charleston
Cinn
Chicago RR
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Chic. RR
Charleston, Cinn
Virginia & Kentucky Coal & Mining Co
Carnegie Land Co
Minneapolis Improvement Co
Ahiares North Nat. Bank
Boylston Nat. Bank
Atlantic Nat. Bank
North Nat. Bank
Metropolitan Nat. Bank
Suffolk Nat. Bank
Winnisimmet Nat. Bank
Chelsea
Cocheco Mf
Winfield
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
Old Colony RR
Consol. RR
Western Security Co
Shaw Stocking Co
Amoskeag Mtg. Co
Cambridge Gas Lt
McKay
National Tube Works
East Tennessee Land Co
Honorine Mining Co
Kiowa
Kansas
Lombard Invest, Co
Rutland RR
Dexter Woollen Mills
Boston Atheneum
Mechanics’ N. Bank
Metropolitan N. Bank
Do Atlantic N. Bank
Do Natl. Exchange Bank
N. Webster Bank
N. Bank of Republic
N. Hide & Leather Bank
Nashua Man. Co
Col. Spe
Cincinnati RR
Passumpsic Rivers RR
Merchants’ Ins. Co
Providence
Champion Iron Co
Do FE
T. Fairbanks Co
Eliot Ins Co
Ft. Payne Furnace Co
East Tenn. Land Co
Ogd
Lake Champlain RR
Pacific Mills
Amory Man. Co
Aimoskeag Man. Co
Boston Kelting Co
City of Bath
State of Massachusetts
Denver Water Co
Lst Consol
New England Telephone & Tel. Co
Foreclosure sale of Rutland square property in Boston 1890
Samuel Stubbs and Susan Stubbs mortgage the Boston property to Otto Sharp. Due to breach, the 1900 sq ft Lot 87 at No 29 Rutland square will be sold by public auction on December 27 1890 at 11 am. Terms require 300 down balance in 10 days. Mortgagee Otto Sharp. Boston December 5 1890.
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Samuel Stubbs
Susan
Stubbs
Samuel
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Otto Sharp
Rutland Square
Ruthand Street
J. F. Fuller
Rutland Street
William Sanborn
Boston Water Power Company
Sanborn
Winchendon Savings Bank
Surgeon Wheeler Slashed In Norfolk Burglary Case
Surgeon William A. Wheeler of the Marine Hospital Service and Mrs Wheeler were seriously slashed by a negro burglar last evening in Norfolk Virginia. The incident occurred as the pair confronted the intruder at the hospital premises.
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William A. Wheeler
United States Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital
Norfolk, Va
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