Pendleton Homebound From Berlin Talks War Risk
New York January 31 United States minister to Berlin George H Pendleton arrived for a short home visit He plans to report to Secretary Bayard in Washington then visit Cincinnati before returning to Berlin He discusses European tensions noting moves toward war yet believes most people desire peace despite public policy in Europe being decided by a few leaders.
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New York
Sreciay
George H. Pendleton
United States
Berlin
Washington
Bayard
Cincinnati
Europe
Pendleton
von Moltke
Reichstag
Germany
Bismarck
France
General Boulanger
Strange upheaval at Third Pond Blue Hill Maine
Reports from Blue Hill Maine describe a rare natural disturbance at Third Pond where ice rose in tidal waves and a large ice sheet emerged from the water. Local officials measured a seven foot by twenty nine foot block weighing about ten tons and noted mud at the bottom indicating subterranean origin. Theories point to mine shafts or frost as causes while investigators trace the disturbance from bottom to surface.
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Eltsworts
Blue Hill
Reuben Gray
Third Pond
Mr. Gray
KE. E. Chase
Maine
Chase
Blue Hill Copper Exchange
Kyanthine
Pthbe
Retail Store Announces Postponed Reopening and Deep Discounts
A retailer closes January 29 to February 2 for stock inventories and overhauls all departments. Reopening at 9 am Wednesday with extensive price cuts on vests coats suits overcoats boys items and furnishing goods plus custom room remnants and January prices for seven days only.
Tin Trunks and Gash Boxes Feature Heavy, Quality Craft
The thirteen to twenty inch boxes are extra quality and very heavy, have sunk handles, flat steel keys and handsomely finished.
War prep and policy moves across Congress
Resolutions call on the President to report steps for possible war with Canada while the House passes an agricultural appropriation bill. Senate debates fisheries resolutions, civil service funding, and other issues as Diners in Boston, Malden, and Salem report burglaries and strikes.
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House
Army
Navy
Canada
Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Naval Committee
Allison
Civil Service
Beriigs
John A. Logan, Jr
Washington
Youngstown
Edmunds
Young Elmont
United States Supreme Court
United States
San Francisco
Boston
Winchendon
Tsve
Malden
H. M. Brooks
Maxwell
Preller
McKean & Appleton
Salem
Somerville School Committee
Cummings
Monarch Insurance Company
Des Moines
Manning
Treasury Department
William L. Scott
Erie
Penn
George H. Pendleton
Europe
Alaskan
William W. Goodwin
Philadelphia
Meucer
Fall River
New York
Jersey Central Railroad
Jersey City
Raymond Belmont
August Belmont
Ellsworth
Paine
National Opera Company
Guyandotte
Old Dominion Line
Long Branch
Boston Board Looks At Wage Assignment Ordinance
Mayor recommends ban on assignment of city employees wages at aldermen meeting. Also noted are reports from street, health, and public institutions. a Charlestown store fire. Father Harkins named bishop of Providence. youths jailed and loot recovered. fast trains advocacy. Chelsea counterfeiters arraigned. South Boston Horse Railroad workers demands. state education and arbitration reports to Legislature. stock dull with Lamson West End strong and Bell Telephone weak. Boston bank surplus up.
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Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
O. & F. L. Curtis
Charlestown
Matthew Harkins
St. James’s Church
Providence
Boston
New York
Chelsea
Hallett
South Boston Horse Railroad Company
State Boards of Education
Lamson and
West End
Bell Telephone
Boston Bank
Gunboats Not Men of War Aims Beside Fisheries Policy
Ottawa reports the imperial government will send one or two gunboats next spring to aid the marine police in enforcing Canadian fisheries rights. The move follows prior understandings with home authorities, delayed last season by lengthy Canada England correspondence and late policy decisions.
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Toronoo
Ottawa
the Mail
United States
Canada
England
Supreme Court Grants Stay For Maxwell Appeal
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City issued a stay of execution for H. M. Brooks alias W. H. L. Maxwell until April 1 to allow time for a new trial appeal. The execution had been scheduled for next Thursday.
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St. Louis
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
H. M. Brooks
W. H. L. Maxwell
Supreme Court Decisions in Massachusetts-Young Logan Case
The Attorney General briefed the President on the interstate commerce act in a private interview. President Gar land discussed the bill with officials and Congress members express confidence he will sign it. Buffalo lawyer Mr. Bissell, former partner of the President, may press for a veto.
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Wasuincroy
Srrciav
Garland
Congress
Bissell
Buffalo
Supreme Court Issues Five Decisions From Massachusetts
The U S Supreme Court announced five Massachusetts cases. It affirmed Hills fee ruling for naturalization papers, upheld Phoenix Mutual Life v. Raddin on policy recovery, and clarified warranty waivers. It affirmed Beard v Nichols on wool elastic webbing duties, and reversed lower rulings in Schlesmyer et al. v United States on scrap iron duty, remanding for retrial.
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Supreme Court
Wasumatoy
Dan
United States Supreme Court
United States
Massachusetts
C. H. Hill
Hill
United States District Court
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fritz H. Raddin
Circuit Court For
District of Massachusetts
F. H. Raddin
Insurance Company
Charles E
New York Life and Equitable Companies
Poe
Equitable Life Assurance Society
A. W. Beard
Nathan Nichols
Nichols
Boston
Beard
Schlesinyer Et al
Circuit Court
General Corse Returns to Boston as Whiting Resumes Seat
Wasutheron January 31 General Corse returned to Boston today. Representative Whiting was in his seat this morning for the first time since his illness. He is looking well and was the recipient of many congratulations from his associates.
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Wasutheron
SprcrAu
General Corse
Boston
Whiting
Young Logan Plans Move to Ohio for Marriage
John A. Logan Jr., son of the late Senator, advertises his real estate business for sale as he prepares to move to Youngstown Ohio to wed Miss Andrews. The prospective father in law, a Mahoning Valley iron master, may offer him an interest in the business. Mrs. Logan will stay in Washington and split time with Youngstown after the marriage.
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Young Logan
Ohio
Washingtton
John A. Logan, Jr
Youngstown
Miss Andrews
Logan
Mahoning Valley
Senator Edmunds Seeks Senate Passage on Mormon Bill
Senator Edmunds said his role as counsel in the telephone suits keeps him from meeting House conferees on the Mormon bill. He expects House amendments to be readily agreed to and will push to secure Senate passage this session.
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WasningTon
Sprcran
Edmunds
Senate
New England Pensioners Granted Earlier Lists
Pensions have been granted to New Englanders in Maine and New Hampshire. Names include Mary L. Hatch widow of George K. Hatch Pembroke Lewiston John A S Todsdon original Lewiston Benjamin H Macabaster restoration and increase Lowell Centre Lyman B Twitchell increase Willard Delbert M Sawtelle increase Dexter Thomas J Keller increase Skowhegan Thomas Rice original Togus Dudley C Royal original Dover New Hampshire Charles A Whinnie increase Jefferson Smith.
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New England
Wasa Hinaron
New
Dudley C. Royal
Dover
New Hampshire
Charles A. Whinnie
Increase
Jefferson
Smith
Names of individuals and towns listed with various statuses
A list of people and places including D Longe New Ipswich Vermont Hiram Spofford Springfield Wallace Ballou Bethel Henry Bedell West Berkshire Lewis Bates Bethel Elizabeth Bassett Sandwich John Madden Lawrence William Parsons Gloucester George Borne South Boston Thomas Larkin Taunton William Alexander Plymouth Francis Capoon South Waltham Daniel Ellis Mattapoisett all with original restoration increase or deceased status
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D. Longe
New Ipswich
Vermont
Hiram D. Spofford
Springfield
Wallace S. Ballou
Increase
Bethel
Henry E. Bedell
West Berkshire
Lewis B Bates
Massachusetts
Elizabeth A
Ezra Bassett
Sandwich
John Madden
Lawrence
William H. Parsons
Gloucester
George Borne
South Boston
Thomas Larkin
Taunton
William B. Alexander
Plymouth
Francis C. Capoon
South Waltham
Daniel 8. Ellis
Mattaoisett
British sealers seized in Alaskan waters to be compensated
Washington January 31 The Star reports Attorney General opinion that British schooners captured by the revenue cutter Corwin were unlawfully seized for fishing seals beyond the three mile limit. The government will pay damages for their detention.
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Washrneron
the Star
Alaska
Corwin
Belmont hew son Raymond dies from self inflicted wounding
Raymond Belmont twenty one son of August Belmont shot himself at his father's Fifth Avenue home after a dinner out. Leonard Behr, a night watchman, witnessed Belmont draw a revolver and after asking him to shoot a gold collar button, Belmont fired. Coroner ruled death by own action amid signs of intoxication. Belmont was a popular polo player and Harvard graduate.
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New York
Raymond Belmont
August Belmont
Fifth Avenue
Young
Belmont
Smith & Wesson
Behr
Young Remont
Sehr
Dr. Polk
Young Belmont
Erdman
Mr. Belmont
Newport
Harvard University
New Men at Work Spark Mutiny and Strikes on North River
A wave of labor unrest spreads through New York docks as boatswain Sullivan resists loading the Erin, mutiny suspected, while Stonington line deckhands strike and new crews fill ships. At Pier 11, 115 new hires load the General Whitney, boosting efficiency. Freight handlers elsewhere push for higher wages amid looming strikes.
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New York
North River
Metropolitan Line
Boston
General Whitney
Norwich
Providence
Fall River
Old Colony
Homer
L. L
Devoe’s Manufacturing Company
Nce
Everdale
Jersey City
N. J
Thingyalla Steamship Company
Island
Jersey Central
Flanagan
Pier 14
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Hoboken
Custom House
Penn
Parnell Amendment Seeks Law Reform for Ireland
London January 31. Mr Parnell proposes that the Irish land dispute be addressed not by harsher criminal measures but by reforming the land law and government system to meet Irish needs and restore confidence. He asserts relations between landowners and occupiers have not worsened under abatements tied to agricultural prices.
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MR. Parnell
London
Her
German Liberals Fear War in Manifesto to Electors
Beru ward Jan 31 The National Liberal party committee issues a manifesto warning that the danger of a great conflict is near since the Franco German war. It says no statesman can assure the future for weeks and Europe`s peace rests on the German army`s strength and moral trustworthiness. The liberals trust universal suffrage to decide rightly. An unfavourable election result could bring war, with vast losses.
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Beruw
National Liberal Party
Europe
Three Hundred Drowned in Kapunda Collision
The Kapunda left London December 11 for Fremantle and collided off Brazil with an unknown vessel, sinking with 300 lives lost. The Ada Matines also disappeared, and totals to 804 drowned. the Kapunda’s loss reduces Trinder Anderson & Co’s fleet from thirteen to twelve ships. The survivors reached Bahia, and Captain J Masson led the vessel in Kinder Anderson service.
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London
Fremantle
Western Australia
Brazil
Bahia
Trinder, Anderson & Co
Leadenhall Chambers
St. Mary’s Axe
War Rumors Roil Vienna Markets After Council Decisions
The Fremden Blatt reported Imperial Council decisions causing a heavy stock drop and near panic on Vienna’s bourse. Rumors claim a 46,000,000 florin credit will fund the regular army with further credits for the Landsturm.
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Vienna
Fremden Blatt
Imperial Council
Landstrum
Denman Moves Woman Suffrage Bill in Lords
Baron Denman moved the second reading of the woman suffrage bill in the House of Lords. On Marquis of Salisbury’s motion the measure was rejected without division.
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London
Explosion Aboard Steamer Guyandotte Injures Officers
A dynamite blast erupted in the saloon of the steamer Guyandotte off Long Branch. Captain Kelley and James Justine were slightly hurt as the ship returned to port. A young man with a brown mustache and derby hat was seen fleeing from the closet room just before departure.
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New York
Dynamite on the Traces on San Francisco Streetcars
Two dynamite cartridges on the Sutter street line near Market and near Buchanan Pacific streets exploded after being run over by horse cars. The first blast lifted a wheel and damaged a car flange. the second shattered windows and broke a wheel flange but injured no passengers.
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San Francisco
Sutter Street
Market Street
Davis Street
Buchanan
Pacific Streets
Manning Likely to Resign Treasury Post in March
Washington reports suggest Secretary Manning will leave the Treasury after March 10 and nominate Fairchild as his successor. A New York World note profiles William L. Scott of Erie as Manning’s potential cabinet successor, noting Scott’s wealth and railroad investing background.
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Washington
Sprcray
Manning
Treasury Department
Mr. Fairchild
New York Times
Mrs. Manning
Mary
New York World
William L. Scott
Erie
Penn
Mr. Scott
Scott
Monarch Insurance Company Fails in Drs Morris Iowa
The Monarch Insurance Company of Drs Morris Iowa has failed with liabilities around 64000. Creditors face losses including 16000 in Eastport Maine and a near amount in Salisbury Maryland. The firm has paid 120000 losses in the last ten months.
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Drs Morris
Monarch Insurance Company
Eastport
Salisbury
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Meuccis
Cuicano
the Evening Journal
Meucci
Bell Company
E. B. Welch
Bell Telephone Company
Milk Street
Mass
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Antonio Meucci
Staten Island
Mr. Meucci
Mr. Welch
Messrs. Lemma
Bertolino
Messrs
Lemme and
Patent Office
Mr. Meucer
Bell
Crawbaugh
McDonough
Mill Street
Main Street
Cambridge
Lemme
Mencer
Stocy
Winkley, Dresser & Co
Hamilton Place
ES Milk St
Worcester
Specian
Common Council
Combs
Fire Department
Lord Randolph Churchill
House of Commons
House of Lords
Parnell
MERCE
Onset Bay Grove Association
Michael Hicks-Beach
William White
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Lord Randolph
Iain
Ireland
Down
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Chamberlain
Dublin
Cesar
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