Embargo Forces Disembarkation On Abyssinia Expedition
Last moment placed an embargo on Aschineoff s expedition to Abyssinia and compelled missionaries and party members to disembark. Cannon and stores were worshipped. Government opposed the expedition for its irregular character. Romer. Dec 25 Count de Foresta named secretary of the Italian legation at Washington and Signor Dennitto to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aschineoff
Abyssinia
Romer
Count de Foresta
Washington
Brussels
Signor
Dennitto
Militia Rifle Shoot at Malden Ranges Draws Big Crowd
Dec 25 at Bear's Den range hosted by Company L Malden Rifles with many state militiamen. Erickson won a watch for an 88 score. Dorkins, Whittekind, Whitt elkind, and Richards claimed prizes. First class medals went to Dickson and others. second and third class prizes awarded to Shaw Boardman Dunn Prescott. Civilians Avery Blake Chase also earned prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Whittekind
M. L. Richards
E. Dickson
Company F
F. A. Shaw
Company L
John Boardman
J. W. Dunn
O. T. Prescott
F. E. Avery
F. R. Blake
L. P. Chase
Christmas Shooting Match Between Cambridge Units
The second team of Company B Fifth Regiment Cambridge faced Company M Eighth Regiment Somerville at Cambridge range yesterday morning. Scores followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company M
Company B
Cambridge
Fifth Regiment
Eighth Regiment
Somerville
S Range
Baseball indoors in Philadelphia draws crowd for first indoor game
Professionals wintering in Philadelphia played indoors at the Pennsylvania State Fairgrounds in two clubs Up town and Downtown. Downtown beat Up town 6 to 1 with Clements Andrews Welch Burns and Fussel bach on the Downtown side. Kilroy and Knouts led the Up town lineup as about 2000 spectators watched the unpolished, low scoring affair in a small diamond with a poor ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PuitapEenpuia
Pennsylvania State Fairgrounds
Clements
Andrews
Welch
Burns
Fusselbach
Kilroy and
Knouts
First polo on bicycles played at Newport rink
Newport reports the first bicycle polo game on the skating rink with Star bicycles. W Van Wagoner defeats Arthur Cummins in six of eleven games. Also: Pawtucket Free Wanderers beat Lowell Rovers 9 to 1 in football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
W. van Wagoner
Arthur Cummins
van Wagoner
Cummins
Providencre
Pawtucket Free Wanderers
Lowell Rovers
Olympics
Fall River
Maatpen
Malden Athletic Club
Cochrane
Messrs
Muldoon
Cuniff
George Scott
Cambridge
W. Fuller
Messrs. Fuller
Miller
McGraw
Olsen
Small
Melross
Melrose
Iay
Bay States
Satem
Dee
Sprcian
Salem Independent Rifle Association
W. G. Kussey
G. A. Ropes
J. M.ilasn
W. J. Redigrass
Corp
Corporal Osgood
Welundon
Wellington Range
Field
Webster
Perry
Melcher
Snow
de Rochmont
Schaefer
Chase
Sanborn
Edwards
We Rochmont
Bond
Swift
Grim's
Wribble
Nichols
Farx River
The
Rovers
Thorntons
Rhode Island
Clippers
Wheeler
Congdon
Reappearance of Charles Jacque Welcomed in Paris
Paris reports the reemergence of Charles Jacque, famed Barbizon master of animals, with two Salon canvases after a 20 year gap. Critics hail his vitality at 75, praising memory driven work, precise anatomy, and a career spanning etching and painting. Jacque hosts visitors at his studio, shares anecdotes on Millet and Barbizon, and plans a six work exhibit next year.
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Charles Jacque
Paris
Millet
Rousseau
Paul Huet
Jules Dupré
Decamps
Flers
Francais
Troyon
Diaz
Corot
Barbizon
Jacque
France
Miltet
Boulevard de Clichy
Géréme
Pau
Jacques Barriett and the counterfeit art problem
A critique notes that Jacque has not mentored pupils and few seek his guidance, yet his works are widely counterfeited. The writer warns American buyers to beware of counterfeit Jacque reproductions and to look for the genuine T. H. Barriett pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacque
Jacques
T. H. Barriett
Christmas Day Violence Strikes Lowell Streets
Lowell reports a Christmas Day of street brawls with a Worthen street melee lasting around 30 minutes. Police detained suspects after assaults on Paul Flannigan and Henry Klein, plus beatings of Ducherme and railroad workers. Additional arrests anticipated as investigations continue.
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Lowell
Worthen Street
William Murphy
William Flemis
James Desmond
Paul Flannigan
Henry Klein
North Common
Ducherme
Little Canada
Chelmsford
Sad ending of a spree in Bridgeport
Frederick Smith a 21 year old Bridgeport Connecticut youth killed himself this Christmas morning after a spree with acquaintances in Waterbury and the loss of his money valuables and gifts that had been given to him the day before His mother had died recently and his father attempted suicide upon hearing the news The family are highly respectable and the affair caused a sensation in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bripceport
Conn
Frederick Smith
Waterbury
Fourteen Prisoners Escape From Hamilton County Jail
Cuattanooga Tenn December 25 Fourteen prisoners escaped from the Hamilton county jail at 2 o'clock this morning by cutting six iron rods an inch in diameter and sliding down a blanket rope to the ground Officers have been scouring the country in all directions but none of the fugitives have been recaptured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuattanooca
Tenn
Hamilton County
Humane trials pick gas over chloroform for dog killing
In New York the city’s new dog pound conducted public experiments to decide humane methods. About 110 stray dogs were killed by illuminating gas and 20 by chloroform under the observation of medical officials and officials from the board of health. The test favored gas as faster, cheaper, and more humane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NY. Tribune
One Hundred and Second Street
Charles 8. Roberts
Bellevue
5. K. Johnson
Inquiry into Mixed Marriages Circul ar Letter from New York Archdiocese
Mer Preston, vicar general, issued a circular to Roman Catholic priests in obedience to the Inquisition’s request to bishops in the United States. It asks for ten year counts of mixed marriages in parishes, numbers under dispensation in disparity of cult, and whether the required promises and dispensations were observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NX. Y
Exclusion of Foreign Actors Stirs Debate in American Theatre
Freund's Music and Drama argues that while tours by top foreign companies may be allowed, the goal is to keep American stages filled by American actors. Critics note American leading men struggle in dress-coat roles, and fear a general ban on foreign plays. Public sentiment and secrecy over movement plans shape the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freund
America
Irving
Charles Wyndham
Missouri Pacific to Abolish Secret Service
St Louis December 25 Missouri Pacific officials announce the end of the railway secret service after January 1. The spying organization aimed to monitor employees will be discontinued as the present management deems it bad policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railway
Fatal Accident at Franklin Involving Stone Gear Wheels
Franklin December 25. Three men were jolted from a stone gear apparatus when wheels lurched. William Keefe about 26 died instantly. Bert Rhodes was injured internally but likely to recover. The third man jumped and escaped unhurt.
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Franklin
William Keefe
Bert Rhodes
Marblehead in Ashes continued from first page
Fire causes heavy losses across several New England sites. Wentworth block hotel in Canton loses 1800 with 5000 building damage insured for 1500. P. M. Lord’s grocery beneath the hotel suffers water and stock losses. Mrs Hiallahan rooms rear suffer minor losses. Incendiary suspected in Hudson blaze at Samuel Acorn holdings with cattle losses. Abban flour mills in Waltham burn. Plymouth store at Chiltonville losses aggregate 2500 with insured stock. Minor fires in Somerville and Cambridge Street drug store cause small damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Wentworth
James Wentworth
Harris
P. M. Lord
Hiallahan
F. Davidson
Maracoro
Mass
Dee
Samuel Acorn
Hudson
London
Waltham
Plymouth
Chiltonville Village
Plymouth Cotton and Woollen Company
Joss
George Finney Bartlett
Calvin Bearce
Our Quarrel with Hayti ends with US seizure of Haytian Republic
Kineston Ja December 25 189? Hayti ruler General Legitime rises then falls in days. United States Navy under Rear Admiral Luce asserts control of the steamer Haytian Republic, demands surrender, and compels return of the vessel to American crews. Galena and Yantic carry out the operation, firing 21 gun salutes and delivering the prize for transport to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kineston
Hayti
General Légitime
Haytian Republic
Peters
Atlas
Légitime
Yantie
Heyerman
Meigs
Thompson
United States
Galena
Compton
Haytien
Déssalines
Angry dramatist Vacquerie attacks failed play Jalousie
From the London World Auguste Vacquerie criticizes his new work Jalousie produced at the Gymnasse as a failure due to lack of exposition and unclear plot. He withdraws the piece calling out public sneers while lamenting the audience’s distraction and the Paris theatrical elite’s appetite for first nights.
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London
Auguste Vacquerie
M. Vacquerie
Victor Hugo
Jean Baudry
Comédie Française
UN Fauteuil
Tragaldabas
la Funérailles de Honneur
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon
Paris
Sarcey
Indian Chief Chaska's Wife Bears Child at Fort Bennett
Mrs Chaska a former Miss Corn Bell Fellows becomes mother to a son born December 28 at Fort Bennett. The couple, who married after social sensation, have lived beyond means, spending much on travel and luxury goods while neglecting farming. The pair recently moved to Swift Bird's camp seeking medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bennett
Cak
Chaska
Corn Bell Fellows
Swift Bird’s Camp
Silver Star Sunk After Striking Sunken Wreck Near Whales Back Light
The passenger and freight steamer Silver Star of Bar Harbor sank about 1:30 a.m. three miles east of Whales Back Light after striking a sunken wreck. The vessel went down in three minutes in twelve fathoms. Captain W. H. Parker and eight crew members escaped in boats with only their clothes. Owned in Harbor by Stephen L. Kingsley and others, valued at $11,000 with no insurance, the crew took the noon train to Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Silver Star
Bar Harbor
Whales
Boston
W. H. Parker
Or Harbor
Stephen L. Kingsley
Parker
Nail Factory Shut Down Discharges 250 Workers
In Pottstown Pennsylvania 250 employees of the Pottstown Iron Company's nail factory were discharged. They were paid and informed that the pay is in full of wages to date and terminates employment. Managers cite dull trade as the reason for the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Pottstown Iron Company
Pottstown
Strikers Return to Work After Union Pacific Move
Denver December 25. Union Pacific officials told striking switchmen here to return to work at once or be replaced by new hires. After two rounds of talks, two crews resumed duties this afternoon and additional crews planned to return tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deenveer
Col
Union Pacific Railroad
A MATTER OF TASTE
The London Truth reports Sir Frederick Leighton faulting British taste in art, calling it false and degraded. It argues the public is misled by Academy leaders and questions whether rulers of the National Academy have given beauty fair chance to be seen or understood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
Frederick Leighton
Sir Frederick
Academy
National Academy
Plaquemine Hanna disaster kills sailors and crew
A steamboat fire near Plaquemine claims lives including Dan Carroll Jim O Neil John Gibbons and Louis Welch. survivors praise local helpers led by Mayor W L Brule. Captain Holmes perished after aiding passengers. Powell and others died in the river as flames swept the vessel. The special report lists five white and sixteen colored known to be lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Carroll
Jim O'Neil
John Gibbons
Louis Welch
Josie W
Plaquemine
W. L. Brule
John Gratton
Mr. Powell
Powell
Texas
Times-Democrat
Holmes
New Orleans
Willie Higgins
Barkeeper
Kate Adams
Higgins
The
Picayune
Hanna
Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County on December 4
A roundup of property transfers listing buyers and sellers across towns including Dalton street, Ballard place, Sheate street, Jamaica Pla tinum, South Boston, East Boston, Chelsea and wider areas. Notable entries include Ballard place lot 3286 square feet for 647 dollars and parcels on Marion street and Maverick street with prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Street
William Bassett
Robert Rolston
Ballard Place
Cornelia Richards
Eli W. Smith
Patrick McManus
Sheate Street
James J. Costello
Sarah Loderson
Jamaica Platin
Frederick H. Putnam
Caroline D. Putnam
St. John Street
Boston
Lizzie
Townsend
Laura EK
Halma
Boston Place
Mortgages Recorded on December 4 in Boston Area
Patrick McManus mortgages to Isabel M Fowler on Ballard Place land for 678 dollars. Warren N Frisbee mortgages to Harvey B Saben for 2000 dollars on Silver Street property. Daniel W Bohanan mortgages to Homestead Cooperative Bank for 2000 dollars on Saratoga Street East Boston. Joan K Blakemore mortgages to E Gerry on Brown Avenue Roxbury. Mary Ann Farrington mortgages to Moses F Clark on Farrington Avenue for 500 dollars. Bohanan mortgages to Homestead Savers Bank for 2000 dollars on Saratoga Street East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McManus
Isabel M. Fowler
Ballard Place
Warren N. Frisbee
Harvey B. Saben
Silver Street
Daniel W. Bohanan
Homestead Cooperative Bank
Saratoga Street
Boston
Joan EK. Blakemore
E. ¥. Gerry
Brown Avenue
Roxbury
Mary Ann Farrington
Moses F. Clark
Farrington Avenue
Daniel Bohanan
Sareers Tive Bank
Three Drownings in Round Bay Near Lake Village
In Round Bay near Lake Village New Hampshire three people were drowned while skating this afternoon George B Renou 40 Burtel L Renou 13 and Ammen Veasey age unknown. Veasey’s body had not been recovered.
The Lief Ericksen Burned Off Alkali Point Disaster
The propeller Lief Ericksen carrying thirty three aboard burned last evening off Alkali Point five miles west of here. Five to seven lives were lost. Captain John Nieube tried to abandon the boat and rescue passengers as the fire spread from a lamp or possible demijohn ignition. The Skagit Chief and Mountaineer aided in rescue, saving nineteen passengers. one man died later. The vessel valued at four thousand dollars was uninsured and had a light cargo. Survivors were taken to Charity Hospital after arriving by train.
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W. T
Lief Ericksen
Alkali Point
Here
Seattle
Sidney
John Nieube
Nieube
Annie Tollner
Bertha Tollner
Skagit
Charity Hospital
Carroll
Baton Rouge
P. C. Montgomery
Harpin
Board of Underwriters
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Shoot
Malden
Bear’s den Range
Company M Re Ant Kirk
I. Whitten Ese Eee
Tie Os
Is Ee Ees
I. AV. Whitten
Young Sse
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Daley Eet
Stauiford
Eeneveve
Sullivan
Eere
Philadelphia
Providence
Cellini
Bridgeport, Conn
Marblehead
Fitchburg
Somerville Avenue
L. H. Leavitt
Cambridge Street
Harrison Avenue
Thomas Gay
Vacquerie
Paris Gymnase
Suffolk County
Kate S. Gunn
Warren T. Frisbee
James H., Bunton
Nathan Morse
Mary Donovan
Marion Street
Mary K. Lane
John Jeffries
Ellen Melandy
Maverick Street
Willian G. Emery
George T. Hartford
Brooks Street
William G. Emery
Paris Street
Chelsea
Gregg
Jason
Bailey
Broadway
Third Streets
Round Bay
Pacific Coast
Crocker, Burbank & CO
Fitchburg, Mass
Mackins & Co
Border Street
Boston Chico
State St
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
Massachusetts Bicycle Club House
Newbury Street
Dartmouth
Gymnasia
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Florida Oranges
City of
Macon
Florida
M. T
Snow & CO
Fulton Street
Valencia
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Hana
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
New York
Navy Department
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
N. Y
William C. Whitney
Secretary of the Navy
Tompkinsville
Postoffice
New York City
Frederick Rodgers
U.S.N
C. S
High Street
John J. Clague
Tavywy
U.S. Navy
Massacito
Sells
Suffolk
Superior Court
Justrces
Holden
County of
Willard E. Baker
Florence N. Baker
A. D
Florene N
Commonwealth
Willard Ke, Baker
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boston Post
Florence
Jos
A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Chauncy Hall
Boylston Street
Ivry
Cesar
Brunhild
W.H.C
H. C
Guiney
Auburndale
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