Electric wire fires prompt regulation debate in city
A year of eighteen electric wire fires including Clinton Market on July 2 and Kenney & Co. on Washington Street spurs calls for liability and safety rules. The fire marshal cites overcharged and faulty wiring while new legislation proposes inspection, tagging, and city officer oversight to curb dangers.
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Chickering Piano
Tremont Street
No. 43
Mt. Vernon Street
Clinton Market
Messrs. C. H. Kenney & Co
Washington Street
Edison Company
Boyiston Street
Charles Street
Adams House
Boston Can Company
Milk Street
Western Union
State Street
Northampton Street
Fremont Street
Winter Street
J F. O. Laurie
North End
Ciatlini, Coburn & Co
Sears
Board of Underwriters
West End
Equitable Agent Found Dead in Portland Hotel
A. E. Gustave, a Special agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, was found dead in his room at the Falmouth Hotel in Portland on December 25 from apoplexy. He was from Alfred, Maine, about forty five, with parents residing in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Equitable
Portland
A. E. Gustave
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
New York
Falmouth Hotel
Alfred
Hartford
Conn
Man Struck by Montreal Express in Barre
Charles Cornwright was knocked down by the Montreal express in Barre last evening and died this morning at the local hospital. The accident occurred near the railroad crossing as the train passed through town. Investigators plan to review signal logs and witness statements to determine fault.
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Montreal Express
Barre
Charles Cornwright
Sawtell Sentenced to Die
Continued report notes a private judge and counsel conference leading to dropping an accessory before the fact charge against Isaac in a New Hampshire murder case. The remaining count of wilful murder stands, and the jury would likely convict if the murder occurred in New Hampshire. The verdict was submitted to the jury at 5 49 with the courtroom cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
New Hampshire
Sawtell Sentenced to Death for First Degree Murder in Concord
Deputy sheriffs and journalists crowded the American House as Isaac B. Sawtell stood trial for murder in the first degree. The jury returned a guilty verdict after a brief deliberation, and Judge Doe, with Judge Bingham, sentenced him to death by hanging at the State Prison in Concord on January 1, 1892. The ceremony lasted under ten minutes with Sawtell pale and stoic as the clerk read the sentence.
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Doe
Lgarnard
Bingham
Isaac B. Sawtell
Concord
Excerpts of Exceptions Raised Before Sentence Execution
Defendant's counsel submit three exceptions to Marian Sawtell's testimony to Jeannette's telegram to Isaac and to travel on marsh roads. They will be argued in briefs and the court will render a decision before the sentence execution date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Sawtell
Jeannette
Isaac
Emperor William May Visit Paris in Incognito
The article notes Emperor William’s possible undisclosed trip to Paris may strain French public sentiment and jeopardize fragile Franco German diplomacy. It recalls Paris’s hostile reception to King Alfonso and warns Alsace Lorraine remains a wound unhealed. Count Herbert William admires Paris yet stays incognito.
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William
Paris
Alfonso
Berlin
France
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Prince Bismarck
Count Herbert
Bymperor William
Hen party explained by Chicago Post readers
The Chicago Post notes Miss Virginia and Miss Mamie Inderrieden plan a hen party at 395 Dearborn Avenue on Tuesday evening. The piece recalls the term’s old origins as a Priscilla Mullins era pastime for maidens when men were away and society women later abandoned it, leaving hen parties mostly to rural youths and children today.
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Chicago Post
Virginia
Mamie Inderrieden
Dearborn Avenue
Chicago
Evening Post
Priscilla Mullins
John Alden
Ben
Indian arms surrender and distant pursuits across frontier lands
Reports from Fort Bennett Fort Sully Cheyenne and Pine Ridge describe Indian groups surrendering arms and receiving rations in exchange for compliance while other bands resist confinement. Following a escape pursuit by General Brooke forces aim to intercept Big Woot Sitting Bull and Short Bull bands as Major Carroll relays a long forced march to aid Captain Fountaine near Cave Hills. Canadian border patrols disarm United States Indians entering Canada and collect pony duties setting quiet reserves.
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Pierre
Norville
Fort Bennett
Bennett
Miles
Palmer
Hearst
Fort Sully
Sitting Bull
Rosebud
Narcisse Narcelle
Big Foot
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Pine Rwpar
S. D
Brooke
Sumner
Big Woot
Henry
Ninth
Short Bull
Dickinson
N. D
Carroll
New England City
Sa.m
Fort Yates
Fountaine
Eighth Cavalry
Cave Hills
Cave Hlls
Ottawa
Ont
Mounted Police Department
Herchmar
Train Collision Near Grinnell Damages Two Engines
A head end collision on the Grinnell & Montezuma branch in Manisoathtown Ia last night between a passenger train and a wrecking train near Grinnell left both locomotives badly wrecked. Six passengers were injured none fatally while one engineer suffered serious internal injuries from jumping.
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Manisoathtown
Town Central
Grinnell
Grinnell & Montezuma
Despondent man shootings end in double murder suicide
In St Paul on December 25 Samuel Mickles shot his daughter in the face as she ran onto the street and died on the sidewalk. He then shot his wife in the abdomen and slashed her throat. she died soon after at St Joseph's Hospital. Mickles killed himself with a gunshot to the ear in a back shed. Despondency in business cited as the motive.
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St. Paul
Samuel Mickles
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mickles
A Typical Christmas At the Nation's Capital
Washington on Christmas noon quiet streets and closed departments mark a typical holiday. Senators Dawes and Lilvar dine in the city while others homeward bound. At the White House, Baby McKee enjoys a bicycle and sled as Mrs Harrison hosts a tree, diamond gifts, and an Indiana dinner for the family and staff after a festive day.
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Washington
SprecAn
the Post
Capital
Congress
Dawes
Lilvar
Andrew
Lodge
O’neil
Rockwell
Wallace
Miss Cogswell
General Banks
Mr. Randall
White House
Benjamin Harrison McKee
Mary McKee
McKee
Indiana
Novel breach of promise case heard in Beziers France
Paris correspondent reports the first French breach of promise case heard at Beziers. A groom vanished on wedding day after public banns and dress costs had been incurred. The court awarded £160 damages for moral injury to the bride’s family and reimbursement of wedding dress costs, in a bench trial.
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London Daily News
France
Paris
Beziers
Montpellier
Beziers Bench
Trousseau
Man Without a Country Returns to Germany After Two Decades
John George Kunz, 18, left Germany for Pittsburg years ago to work in foundries, failed to obtain papers, and after spending money in both countries he returns aboard the Spree. Lacking money and citizenship, he faces possible repatriation to Germany.
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John George Kunz
Germany
Pittsburg
Lloyd
Kunz
Edward Everett Hale
Atlantic Ocean
Christmas Weddings Route Through New England Churches
Christmas day weddings fill New England regions with ceremonies and quiet receptions. Williston Lincoln and Miss Helen French Wood wed in Somerville. Arthur Hitchings and J Etta Hoogerzeil marry in Salem. Miss S Antoinette Whall and William Houghton wed in Auburndale. L Rose Gardiner and Cooledge Mason unite in Newton Highlands. Each couple’s future plans include a recent wedding trip and local home announcements.
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Williston Lincoln
Charles S. Lincoln
Helen French Wood
Somerville
M. E. Church
Union Square
George Skene
Salem
Arthur F. Hitchings
A. Frank Hitchings
Salem Custom House
J. Etta
Peter Hoogerzeil
Beverly
Newton
Samuel J. Whall
Evergreen Avenue
Auburndale
S. Antoinette Wharl
William C. Houghton
Rockport
Edward L. Houghton
Randolph
Mr. Houghton
Daring Train Robberies On European Rails
A Paris telegraph letter reports two daring assaults on speeding trains. In the Monte Carlo to Toulon line a thief gagged and robbed a woman of nearly £200 before leaping from the carriage unhurt at about thirty miles per hour. Later, an incident on the Paris Lyons line between Etoile and Valence saw two men, Brémont and an unknown Italian laborer, threaten a passenger with a knife, extort £2 and a hidden £4, then flee the moving train where pursuers captured the robber after a high speed chase across fields.
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Paris
London
Monte Carlo
Toulon
Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean
Etoile
Valence
Brémont
Lyons
Chemin-De-Fer
London Saturday Evening Music At Exeter Hall Planned
The London Daily News reports a new Saturday evening program for central residents. The Young Men's Christian Association and College of Organists plan high quality organ recitals at Exeter Hall starting January 3, with a four-manual organ by Walker & Co. Dr. E. H. Turpin directs programs featuring leading organists and occasional foreign guests, alongside vocal items.
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London
Young Men’s Christian Association
Council of the College of Organists
Sexeter Hall
Mendelssohn
Johann Schneider
Messrs. Walker & Co
E. H.turpin
College of Organists
Bow and Bromley Institute
Exeter Hall
Christmas Dinner Fatality Stuns Pawtucket Resident
Providence Dec 25 Owen Slavin 65 of Tidewater street Pawtucket died while eating Christmas dinner roast pork a bone lodged in his larynx medical examiner Kelliher reported no inquiry needed as the circumstances were reviewed and deemed accidental death by choking
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Providence
Owen Slavin
Tidewater Street
Pawtucket
Kelliher
Lillie Brothers Arrested Over Union Pacific Wreck
Lincoln Neb Dec 25 Dave Jim and George Lillie brothers are arrested on charges of placing the obstruction that wrecked the Union Pacific passenger train near Holmesville last Sunday. they have made a confession.
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Lincoln, Neb
Dave
Jim
George Lillie
Union Pacific
Holmesville
Kent and Father Ignatius Letter Sparks Church Argument
A Boston letter writer defends Father Ignatius and the Benedictine tradition while challenging Kent's critique of Anglican practices. The author argues for historic monastic influence, clarifies church titles and orders, and questions Kent’s scriptural authority in a spirited defense of Anglican Catholic perspectives.
Weather Indications Forecast Snow Across New England
Forecast through 8 p.m. Friday calls for snow in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with easterly winds and warmer temps by Friday night into Saturday. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expected general heavy snows with high northeasterly winds and little temperature change. Eastern New York to see heavy snows with easterly winds and mild warming except the north. Storm signals displayed from Norfolk to Boston.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Norfolk
Boston
Weather Forecast Southerly Storms and Northeasterly Winds Today
Northern New England sees increasing clouds and snow toward evening with northeast winds and rising temperatures. Southern New England faces a northeast snowstorm today with rising temperatures and unsettled conditions into tomorrow. Eastern region dominated by high pressure in the north and low in the south, while the west shows opposite pressure patterns. A Northwest storm brings wind and clouds with no major precipitation yet. Temperatures vary, with 20 degree plus changes seen in Montana and North Dakota and readings dipping to 16 below in Ontario.
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POST
New England
Ontario
New York
Rockliffe
Albany
Santa Fe
N. M
Texas
Knoxville
New Orleans
Fort Assiniboine
Mont
Gulf of Mexico
Lower Lakes
Canada
Tennessee
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Washington
Pittsburg
Lake
Kansas
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Fort Custer
Dodge City
Kaw
Rockiilfe
Vermont
New Hampshire
Northfield
Nantucket
Block Island
Boston & Lowell Railroad Annual Stockholders Meeting
The Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation calls a stockholders meeting at the passenger station Moston on Wednesday January 7 1891 at 10:30 a.m. to elect a new board of directors approve issuing one million dollars in bonds due 40 years from April 1 1892 and retire an equal amount of 7 percent bonds. Only stockholders may travel free on Lowell System and Boston lines on meeting day with stock certificate, per order of the directors, Boston December 23 1896. James T. Furber, General Manager.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Moston
Boston
Lowell
James T. Furber
South Market Street
T. G. Hiler
Massachussetts
City of
Suffolk
Boston and Maine Railroad
Commonwealth
E. Ff
Snow
Pine Point
Scarboro
Maine
John P. Squire
Frank O. Squire
Fred F. Soaco
John P. Squire and Company
Boston Post
Ivory Soap Endorsed over Imitations in Advertisements
Many white soaps claim to be as good as Ivory but fail to match its special qualities. Counterfeits lack the genuine character, so ask for Ivory Soap and insist on getting it. It is sold everywhere.
Dr Koch's Tuberculosis Remedy Seen As Experimental Yet Promising
The speaker argues Koch's method remains experimental and may extend some lives while shortening others. He notes one seventh of humanity dies of tuberculosis, critiques patenting risks, compares antiseptic and vaccine approaches, and pledges $3000 plus free Murdock Liquid Food to aid consumptives after medical failure. He cites dozens of cured paralytics and numerous consumptives aided by his program.
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Dr. Koch
Koch
United States
Murdock
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Murdock Liquid Food Co
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