Bank Repudiates Treasurer Letter Amid McNeally Case
In Halifax on December 26 Frank C. and Harry McNeally left for Maine after Harry claimed their brother could not yet cross to the United States. Stipendiary Morton handed over the Kelly letter to Consul Phelan. Harry asserted the Saco bank will not lose money from the embezzlement and offered no details on stolen bonds. Public opinion suggests the bonds have been returned or are under bank control.
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Hallifax
N.S
Frank C. McNeally
Harry
Maine
States
Morton
Phelan
Kelly
Harry McNeally
Saco Bank
Reading
Knights of Labor
Frank McNeally
Halifax
New York
Dee
Frederic A. Potts, Jri
Frederic A. Potts & Co
Broadway
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Jerse
Miners’ and Laborers’ Association
Delaware
Lehig
Potts
Philadelphia & Reading Company
West
Buffalo
Brave color sergeant shot in ambush near Crawtorp
William Stance color sergeant in the Ninth United States army cavalry was shot dead last night on the road from Crawtorp Neb to Fort Robinson. A strict disciplinarian he was believed killed by a fellow soldier. He earned a bravery medal for rescuing children from Indians.
Rev J C E Foss resigns Beacon Street Church post
The Rev J C E Foss pastor of the Beacon Street Church for three years preached his farewell sermon yesterday after accepting a call to Florida.
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Florida
Bath
J. C. E. Foss
Beacon Street
Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Christmas Dinner for 100 Workers
In New York on December 26 Mrs F W Vanderbilt hosted a Christmas dinner for over 100 workmen on her new house project. Most guests were from Boston, highlighting a generous gesture amid the holiday season.
Trains Run Near Shamoken and Williamsport. Jail Escape Reported
Two Reading road freight trains operated with slight opposition near Shamoken. Three others moved at Williamsport. Page 1 mentions Jack Krauz, a witness in the Greenwall murder case linked to Lyman Weeks in Brooklyn, who recently escaped from jail. Page 6 notes further details.
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Reading Road
Shamoken
Willamsport
Jack Krauz
Greenwall
Lyman Weeks
Brooklyn
Fitchburg Railroad projects expand with multiple construction sites
The Fitchburg Railroad Company scales new work with nearly 2,000,000 feet of lumber for a grain elevator at Rotterdam Junction and continued progress on bridges and stations. Crews raise the Irving iron bridge, the Green River bridge foundation advances, and a handsome Hudson passenger station begins foundations. Waltham freight yard nears completion, West Cambridge yard fills, and Troy Union station HQ is updated.
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Fitchburg Railroad Company
Rotterdam Junction
Tonawanda
Irving
Green River
Greenfeld
Hudson
Waltham
West Cambridge
Union Station
Troy
Shipping Movements and Arrival Dates Across Atlantic Ports
A chronicle of passenger and cargo ship arrivals and departures with entries from New Orleans, Portland, Newark, New York, Baltimore, San Francisco, and Liverpool. Vessels include the Parisian, Normandie, Belgi c, and others with December 23 to 28 dates noted across Havre Yokohama Rotterdam and related ports.
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Oi Brow
Belize
San Francisco
Long Kong
Rotterdam
Leerdam
New York
Baltimore
Bengore Head
Barrow
Sorrento
Hamburg Island
Copenhagen
Llandaff City
Swansea
Hartlepool
Huelva
Bona Vista
St Johns
Plymouth
Amalfi
Havre
la Normandie
Glasgow
Lord Lansdowne
Liverpool
Norfolk
New Orleans
Parisian
Portand
Coastal Shipping Movements In New England Ports
Maritime brief notes report arrivals and sailings on December 24 to 26. Vessels include the schooners Ira D. Sturgis from Mlaisdeil and Bessie Carson from New York, with others bound for Boston Portland Belfast and Rockland. One vessel Mary Ellen towed after main boom damage and later arrived at Rockland.
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Lewis
Charlottetown
P.E
Charity
McGee
Portland
Belfast
Ira E. Wight
Kenney
Portsmouth
Wilson
Willard
Kelly
Jonesort
Bonhomme
Trahan
Boston
Mary Ellen
Bracket
Woodbury
Rockland
Wiscasset
Willam FB
Leggett
Kittie Lawry
Matilda
Cofin
Park Agate
Powers
Barbados
Students Rioting Spreads From St Petersburg To Warsaw
A St Petersburg despatch reports university students rioting after being confined to campus. They demand rector dismissal new statutes and the release of arrested peers. Mendelsoff promised impartial report. prefect opened doors and dispersed crowd. Minister Delianov resigning not yet accepted as Czar withholds audience.
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London
St. Petersburg
Mendelejeff
Mendeleseft
Romise
M. Delianow
Warsaw
Keiff
Crown Prince Shows Improvement In Health Update
Dr. Mackenzie reports the crown prince is markedly better with the throat growth nearly gone. A slight left ventricular band swelling remains and only time will reveal the disease's nature. Mackenzie plans a trip to England Wednesday and suggests Hamman Arsa baths near Algiers as potential benefit for respiratory and rheumatic ailments.
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San Remo
Mackenzie
England
Hamman Airsa
Algiers
Engadine
Mr Gladstone's Journey Across Britain to Continent
Mr Gladstone leaves Hawarden for the Continent with five thousand cheering supporters in Chester. He faces mixed cheers and groans in London as crowds gather. Earl Spencer and Lord Northbourne host him at Sandwich and later at Northbourne House. he thanks the press for Christmas greetings.
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Lonton
Gladstone
Hawarden
Continent
Chester
London
Earl Spencer
Hugh
Childers
Sandwich
Lord Northbourne
Mr. Gladstone
Emperor Joseph Sends a Christmas Gift to Count Andrassy
The Times in St Petersburg reports cautious German assurances from Prince Bismarck. Austria will halt Galicia reinforcements and Russia may follow. Emperor Francis Joseph’s gift to Count Andrassy honors hospitality and signals support for his policies, with a proposed title refused by Andrassy who accepts an autograph letter instead.
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London
Times
St. Petersburg
General von Schweinitz
Bismarck
Austria
Galicia
Russia
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Count Andrassy
Berlin
Observer Rebuts Gallant Sentence and Irish Affairs Update
From Loxpon December 26 the Observer denounces the Doherty verdict as biased against a drunken offence verdict. Gladstone departs Hawarden for the Continent amid a Chester welcome. Davitt urges farmers to wait for cheaper land and a nominal rent. Mitchelstown greets Mandelville on release. a Killaloe magistrate fire incident injures but no arrests. Mahmoud Aje aleddin becomes finance minister in Constantinople amid silver market fears. Pope directs Irish prelates in Rome and Dublin news.
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Loxpon
Observer
Daniel Doherty
Graham
Justice Stephens
Gladstone
Hawarden
Chester
Lord Randolph Churchill
Michael Davitt
Steep Bridge
Sexton
Smith
Kilrain
Aquarium
Dusain
Mitchelstown
Mr. Mandeville
Spaight
Killaloe
County Limerick
Rome and Vatican Await Conciliatory Stance On England
Rome plans public ceremonies as the Pope accepts a jubilee gift from the Duke of Norfolk. The article notes the British Abyssinia mission faced delays and distrust, while King John granted an audience but refused Major Beech. A separate Paris note reports a German traveler escaping custody and future penal system studies in Germany.
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Rome
Ben Victoria
Duke of Norfolk
Abyssinia
Rasalula
King John
Major Beech
John
Massowahi
Paris
Zangerle
Pagny-sur-Moselle
Beruwn
Yodee Aschcrott
Germany
Maprip
Funeral for Daniel Manning Held in Albany
The funeral of Daniel Manning will be held tomorrow afternoon from his son’s residence at 149 Lancaster Street Albany. Requiem at St Paul’s Church with Rev J Livingston Reese officiating. Pallbearers include Manton Marble Rufus Peckham and Roscoe Conkling. Remains placed in rural cemetery vault until spring. A presidential party travels from Washington to Albany for the services.
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Albany
N. Y
Daniel Manning
Tomorow
Lancaster Street
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s
J. Livingston Reese
D.D
Reese
Washington
Bayard
Fairchild
Lamar
Vilas
Garland
Lamont
Manning
Whitney
New York Limited Express
Endicott
Massachusetts
Treasury Department
Durham
Shelly
Freret
E. O. Graves
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
R. L Miller
Division of Loans and Currency
E. L. Youmans
Maynard
Trenholm
Williams
T. D. Keleher
Treasury
Walsh
G. W. Albright
McConville
New York
Cleveland
M. . Manning
Jersey City
Loudon
Pennsylvania Road
Philadelphia
West Shore
Weehawken
Maine Board of Health Holds Last Quarterly Meeting
Aveusta Me December 26 The State board of health met at the State House with all members present except Stephen J Young in Europe The secretary reported water analyses totaling sixty four from across the state and the board authorized further systematic testing of major supplies. Sanitary inspections of schoolhouses will continue in larger towns and new editions of disease prevention circulars were approved including diphtheria contagion and household sanitation guidance
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Aveusta
State Board of Health
State House
Stephen J. Young
Europe
Boards of Health
Herr
Reading employees refuse strike as Knights of Labor split deepens
In Reaping, December 26, Reading employees decline to join the strike and send a committee to Philadelphia to press for a return to duty. Officials say non-union crews will man trains, rail and coal operations adapt, and the dispute threatens a long, bitter conflict with mass layoffs possible.
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Reapina
Penn
Reading
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading
Knights of Labor
Palo Alto
Port Richmond
Pumapetraia
Employees’ Convention
Shamokin
Pottsville
Mahanoy City
Williamsport
Tamaaua
Assembly 7007
Reading Company
Broad
Callowhill Streets
Willow Street
Bethlehem
Chester Branch
Park and Wayne
Third
Berks Streets
Coal and Iron Company
Coal and Iron Compan
McLeod
Assembly No
Tomorow
Elizabethport
Philadelphia & Reading Road
Union Coal Company
Lenox Coal Company
Walliamsrort
Reading Road
New Owners Open Academy of Music in Grand Julius Caesar Night
Gilmore & Tompkins took possession of the Academy of Music in New York and opened with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett in Julius Caesar. The evening featured a superb production, a crowded fashionable audience, and receipts of 4700 dollars. After each act Booth and Baxxett were called before the curtain.
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Julius Caesar
New York
Messrs
Cigar Makers Organize to Fight Tenement System
In Dec at Prrrssure Pennsylvania 1700 cigar makers formed a Knights of Labor national trade district to combat tenement work. They seek International Union cooperation for a bitter contest and plan boycotts against nonjoining tenement workers while avoiding direct conflict unless tenement practice continues.
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Prrrssure
Penn
Knights of Labor
International Union
Weather forecast for New England and New York area
Indications for the 24 hours from 7 a m Tuesday December 27 show Maine and New Hampshire warmer with snow and light to fresh northeasterly winds. Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island warmer with snow and variable winds generally northerly. southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island slightly colder with fresh to brisk winds. Vermont and eastern New York warmer with light snow and light to fresh variable winds.
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Waskington
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York
Observations Across Stations at Simultaneous Moment
Observations were recorded at multiple stations at the same time, noting consistent conditions and readings across all locations. Data indicate synchronized measurements with minor local variation, supporting a unified snapshot of the event at the observed moment.
Detec tive Power's claim sparks bank dispute in Saco
In Saco Maine on December 26 the claim by Detec tive Power of Halifax for the reward in the McNeally case triggered a bank vote repudiating Treasurer Kelly's unauthorized letter. Prosecutor H H Burbank says the indictment and prosecution rest with county authorities. McNeally is not yet returned.
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Saco
Detective Power
Halifax
Saco and
Biddeford Savings Institution
McNeally
Power
Kelly
Harry McNeally
Nova Scotia
Smith
Harry
H. H. Burbank
Frank C. McNeally
Banka
Record of Fires Across Several Cities and Losses
A series of fires reported from Beach Street Cambridge Everett House in Sovurn Fram MincHAm Wakefield PurapEeLeuta Taunton Rockland and other locations caused multiple buildings to burn. Notable totals include Everett House with 8000 in building and 3000 in furniture losses, insurance uncertain. other fires caused hundreds to thousands in damages and left families homeless in various towns.
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Sovurn Fram Mincham
Everett House
Para Rubber Shoe Company
Boston
A. H. Bedell
Wakefield
Wis
PurapEeLeuta
J. W
Sean
Sailie Watso
Pacer
E. C
Message
Messenger Chief
Taunton
Charles R. Richmond
Rocklanp
West Washington
Solomon E. Hopkins
Whitefield
Lora Bowman
Lane
Cashier Hood Arrested on Embezzlement Charges in Norwich
Thomas A Hood, former cashier of the board of water commissioners, was arrested at his Franklin street home in Norwich. He waived examination in City Court and was held for trial in Superior Court in 7500 bond on embezzlement for 6500. He could not post bail and was remanded.
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Norwich
Conn
Thomas A Hood
Board of Water Commissioners
Franklin Street
Smallpox Cases aboard Rhaetia Quarantined Passengers
On the steamer Rhaetia arriving from Hamburg there were three smallpox cases among 206 steerage passengers. The ship was fumigated and the patients detained at quarantine while the remaining travelers are cleared to land tomorrow.
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New York
Rhaetia
Hamburg
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