Worcester Baptists recognize new South Church after secession
A council of twenty two churches in Worcester decided to recognize the South Baptist Church formed last fall after about ninety members and their pastor Rev Henry A Rogers seceded from the Main Street Baptist Church. Old church leader Joseph H H Walker defended the group while a protest claimed the split was unnecessary and pastor driven. The council voted decisively to recognize the new church.
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Woxcrster
Main Street Baptist Church
Henry A. Rogers
South Baptist Church
Joseph HH. Walker
Worcester
Walker
Weather Indications for New England and Eastern New York
For 24 hours beginning 7 am February 2, fair weather in New England followed by light snow and warmer temperatures with variable easterly winds. Eastern New York should expect rain or snow with warmer temperatures and winds shifting from easterly to southerly.
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D. C
New England
New York
Morning news highlights from the era
Reporting in brief covers Emmons administrative duties in Washington, Belmont absence delaying foreign affairs fisheries talks, Cleveland's Hawaii treaty message, patents granted in New England, sundry civil appropriation amendments, labor unrest in New York and Newport, arrests in Chicago and Boston, political moves in Texas and Worcester, a proxy marriage involving Nina Van Zandt, deaths and resignations, and foreign war rumors with stock market jitters across Europe.
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Geological Survey
Emmons
Washington
Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cleveland
House
Hawaiian Islands
New England
Senate
New York
Spencer
Newport
R. L William Knox Haines
Boston
Chicago
Reagan
United States
Texas
Worcester
Monaco
Boodle
O'Neil
Cincinnati Sun
Fitchburg Railroad
Troy & Greenfield Railroad
Father McCoy
Westboro
Stutz
Navy
Folsom
Weather and Society: Snow Forecasts and Local Events
Fair weather precedes snow with a Montreal snowshoe club visit noted. Reports include Expressmen resisting absorption by an American company, Welch denying talks with Meucci for Bell, Cambridge railway fares cut to five cents, and veterans welcoming William Daily home. Marriages, banquets, legislative activity, and market tones also appear.
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Les Trappeur
Montreal
E. B. Welch
Meucci
Bell Telephone Company
Cambridge
William W. Daily
F. Marland Darracott
Juliet Ager
Jamaica Plain
John A. McLaughlin
Pharmacy Commission
Board of Agriculture
Atchison
Union Pacific
Famous French crown diamonds put up for public sale
London Telegraph reports that renowned French crown jewels will be auctioned with proceeds invested in government stock. The total jewel value reaches 21,267,000 francs, though experts expect auction yield around £200,000. many pieces preserved as art.
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London Telegraph
Mme. de Pompadour
Gay
Order
Jacquemin
St. Simon
Europe
Charles X
Dey
Algiers
Denmark
Dauphin
Louis XVIII
New York
Eugénie
Sedan
Chislehurst
Prince Imperial
Zululand
Bonaert
Newark
Transatlantic and coastal arrivals list several vessels
New York and London ship news record numerous arrivals and sailings. Vessels include Warwick Avonmouth Glauens Eleanora City of Fitchburg New Bedford Llandaff City Bristol Parks Mediator Seville Antonio M Alexandretta Jennie Leavens Fortune Bay Williams Jordan James B Pace George H Tarbell Lucy F E Friend Rodney Parker Albert W Smith Jonathan Bourne Twilight A G Ireland Charles W Church Harry Whiton B R Woodside Jennie Armstrong Phebe J Woodruff Gleaner St John London Jersey City Polynesian Martalla Otranto and Martalla arrivals noted with ports and destinations.
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New York
Warwick
Avonmouth
Glauens
Boston
Eleanora
Portland
City of Fitchburg
New Bedford
Llandaff City
Bristol
Parks Mediator
Seville
Antonio M
Alexandretta
Jennie Leavens
Fortune Bay
N. F
Williams Jordan
James B. Pace
George
Tarbell
LE. H. Thurber
Lucy FE. Friend
Gloucester
Rodney Parker
London
Jersey City
Brow Head
Plymouth
Kansas
Liverpool
Martalla
Newcastle
Otranto
Ilull
Longshore strike spreads across New York piers and beyond
The strike expands to North River piers with about one thousand Longshoremen from Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, DL&W, and NY Lake Erie & Western quitting. Knights of Labor plan to withhold rent to fund strikers, while coal shortages affect district offices. Other towns report dock coal fights, factory layoffs, and shipments halted as the nation braces for continued disruption.
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New York
Jersey Central Road
Longshoremen’s Union
North River
Lehigh Valley Road
Pennsylvania
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
New
Patrick McGarland
The
Ocean Association
Knights of Labor
McCready
Old Dominion
United States
Marshal MacMahon
the Tribune
District Assembly 49
District Assembly No. 49
Canal Street
Quinn
Brooklyn
Newport
R. 1
Old Colony
City of Brockton
Fall River
Bristol
Plymouth
Lowertz
United States Cartridge Company
Connecticut
Rocxranp
Dover
N. H
W. H. Rich
Great Falls
Worcester
Spencer
O'Neil Found Guilty in Bribery Case Verdict
In New York on February 1 Colonel Fellows wrapped up for the government and the defense moved to dismiss for insufficient evidence. Judge Barrett charged on bribery and conspiracies while denying several defense requests. The jury found O'Neil guilty after twenty minutes deliberation, prompting defense claims of an unfair charge by Justice Barrett.
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New York
Fellows
Barrett
Fullgraff
Vaily
Katie Metz
McLaughlin
Brooke
Wedding at Cambridgeport As Fabyan Daughter Wed Chandler
The residence of Joshua E. Fabyan hosted a pleasant wedding last evening for his daughter Hattie Florence to Lewis B. Chandler proprietor of the Dana Hill market. The ceremony was led by Rev. James McWhinnie with assistance from Rev. J. K. Chandler. The bride wore white cashmere trimmed with morass pearls and a tulle veil. Ushers included Gilbert E. Chandler Elmer E. Chandler John Locke and Warren Higgins.
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Joshua E. Fabyan
Nman Street
Cambridgeport
Messrs
Gilbert E. Chandler
Elmer E. Chandler
John Locke
Warren Higgins
Union Pacific to End Free Passes After Interstate Law
Cuscado reports that the Union Pacific Railroad Company will stop issuing all free passes as soon as the interstate law takes effect. The move signals a broader shift in travel discounts and carrier practices across railroads.
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Cuscado
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Fitchburg Assumes Control of Troy and Greenfield Line
Norra Adams reports Fitchburg railroad gains control from the State over the Troy and Greenfield line. George E. Dudley named North Adams manager. W J Lemain serves as Locke's secretary. Several Fitchburg officials take over while state staff retires. Freight and passenger operations largely continue as before. A cog railway project to Greylock is revived with inspections planned.
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Norra Adams
Troy & Greenfield
Fitchburg Railroad
Adams
Crocker
Smith
Messrs
Hartwell
Stewart, Gassett
Fitchburg
George E. Dudley
North Adams
Fitchburg Company
W. J. Lemain
Locke
Bond
Purcell
E. B. Blake
Boston
Greylock
State Road
Married by Proxy in Anarchist Case Near Jefferson
August Spies and Nina Van Zandt were wed by proxy with Henry Spies acting for August. Justice Englehardt drew up the proxy and presided as ceremony was conducted with August’s siblings present. The license remains unreturned though issued three weeks ago and the 30 day period runs out.
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Curcaco
August Spies
Nina van Zandt
Henry W. Spies
Justice Englehardt
Jefferson
August
Gretchen
Spies
Nina
Henry
Chris Spies
Henry Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies
Miss van Zandt
Beaten in the Soudan Prompt New Italian Reinforcements
Premier Depretis told the Italian Chamber of Deputies of severe fighting in Soudan operations with Abyssinian forces. An attack on Saati failed, Abyssinians defeated, Italian troops annihilated. Massowah later reinforced with a $1,000,000 bill approved as mass contingents. Rome street reaction sharp with excitement.
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Romer
Rassalula
Saati
Monkullo
Massowah
Cambridge Horse Railroad rows end in wage accord
Cambridge horse railroad officials and workers reached a settlement after a lengthy meeting in Harvard square. The agreement mostly favors employees with higher wages and hours, while the company expects an annual $25,000 extra cost. many demands remain unsettled or partially implemented.
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Cambridge Horse Railroad Company
Harvard Square
Cummings
Bancroft
Swan and Reardon
Messrs
Pike
McGuire
Cooney
Ellis
Parkins
Knights of Labor Assembly
Roberts’s
Lawyer William Knox Haines Arrested in Boston Fraud Case
William Knox Haines, a Boston lawyer, was arrested on a Massachusetts fraud indictment from September 1884. He advertised cheap remnants of silk, took $1 from Mrs. Francis Thompson of East Boston, and sent back twenty-four spools of sewing silk. He was held in $2500 bail and sought a habeas writ with a hearing scheduled tomorrow.
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Boston
CaicaGo
William Knox Haines
Haines
Massachusetts
Francis Thompson
United States
Mayne
Submarine Tunnel Planned Between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
Ottawa February 1 A new company with capital of 6 million dollars forms to build a submarine tunnel linking Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick if the government guarantees 4 percent interest on expenditures. Provisional directors include Senator Ironlan I R Jones of St John NB R H Bull and A B Hales of New York and E J Dwyer of Kingston.
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Berlin Post
Paris
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Ottawa
Ont
Liverpool
Canadian
Senator Ironlan
I. R. Jones
St. John
N. B
R. H. Bull
Panic on Paris bourse over Boulangist influence
Paris financial markets tumbled as three per cent rentes slid to 1.76 70 amid Berlin Post reports that General Boulanger's power is growing and could threaten stability. Berlin paper warns of France at the edge, while other European dispatches note censorship and shifting alliances.
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ANIC
Paris
Berlin Post
Prince Bismarck
General Boulanger
M. Boulanger
Thiers
Gambetta
France
Sr. Peterspure
Vienna
Council of Ministers
Kalnoky
Austria
Russia
Germany
Pusu
Pesther Lloyd
Porte
Bulgaria
Panics in London and Berlin shock markets
London stock market faced a wide selloff with English buyers only partially steming declines as Paris dealer failures loomed. Bond and stock prices plunged in Berlin with Prussian consols and Hungarian and Italian securities tumbling amid Paris and Vienna signals.
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London
Berlin
Stock Exchange
Paris
Hungaan
Berury
Vienna
Sight Exchange
Mail contracts settled for transatlantic service
The government has settled mail contracts designating White Star steamers from Liverpool on Wednesdays and Cunard steamers on Saturdays to carry mails. Both lines’ vessels will call at Queenstown. Inman Line ships from Liverpool on Tuesdays and North German Lloyd ships from Southampton on Thursdays will carry mail if endorsed.
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Loxpon
White Star
Liverpool
Cunard
Queenstown
Inman Line
Lloyd
Southampton
War rumors in the press warn of possible conflict
The Cologne Gazette questions war apprehensions amid reports of French frontier preparations. It says Germany would take vigorous measures to defend Alsace Lorraine if war breaks out. The North German Gazette notes Vienna and Perth still hope Europe avoids war, the only light amid Danube gloom.
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Berary
Cologne
Germany
Aljsace-Lorraine
Europe
Vienna
Perth
Danube
London Wool Sales See Prices Hold Firm Amid Strong Demand
London reports firm wool prices as home and foreign buyers push ahead. Victoria and New South Wales led with large bale volumes across scoured greasy and locks and pieces, while South Australia Queensland and Cape of Good Hope and Natal also recorded steady falls and varied rates.
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London
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Queensland
New Zealand
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Sharples portraits debated by Massachusetts Society
A detailed rejoinder to Mr Walter's claims on the Sharples portraits outlines committee findings. It cites stylistic similarities to Walter, questions about destroyed letters, and alleged discrepancies in dates and eye color changes in Washington images.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Walter
Major Walter
Washington
Cary
Sharples
Mr. Walter
London
Robert Cary & Co
Firth
Charles Phillips
New York
Elihu Burritt
Burritt
Tentu
James Sharpless
Sharpless
Major’ Walter
Lord Lyndhurst
le Marchant
Arthus B. Ellis
America
Major
Times
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Boston
Expressmen oppose American Express plan to control Boston & Maine traffic
Seventy seven local express companies warned they must pay freight bills and buy tickets from the American Express Company after March 1, signaling a push to centralize operations. Local lines, key routes to Lynn Salem Beverly and Marblehead, fear a monopoly and mobilize to resist through legal action and legislative support.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
American Express Company
Eastern Express
Lynn
Salem
Beverly
Peabody
Marblehead
American Company
Court Square
Messrs
Pettingall
Danvers
Fogg
Newburyport
Ayers
Haverhill
James Furber
Furber
James Eggleston
Atery Ager
Eggleston
American Office
Boston & Maine Raila
Lawrence
Dover
Portsmouth
Gloucester
N. H
Supreme Court
President Cleveland Transmits Hawaiian Treaty Documents
The President sent to the House a report from the Secretary of State with accompanying papers in response to a House resolution seeking the treaty or convention with the Hawaiian Islands. He notes that no convention has been agreed to and ratified by the President and Senate, but the documents showing executive and Senate action are provided.
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Washineton
House
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Secretary of State
Representatives
Executive
GnroviEr Cleveland
Not a time for internal strife among English speakers
The New York Tribune argues that internecine conflicts between English-speaking races are unthinkable and counterproductive. It contends that moral and industrial powers will prevent war, and warns against admitting helplessness in the face of conflict, urging a firm stance for a great nation.
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N. Y. Tribune
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Halsall
T. H. Hinckley
George L. Brown
Benjamin Constant
E. Colman
Sonntag
Leon Richet
Fegen
Perrin
Thomas Hill
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Picknell
A. F. Tait
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Ale
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Longshoremen’s Union Order
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Chandler
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London Wool Sales
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