Porter and Pope Recalled in Wartime Correspondence
A Marlboro Times piece recalls Gen Porter meeting Gen Pope at Warrenton Junction and contrasts their bearing. It notes Porter's later valor, Pope's alleged falsity, and a planned reception by the Threeotyne club in Boston once Porter's congressional vindication arrives, with Generals Weld and Martin likely in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Theodore F. Randolph
New York
Marlboro
Mass
Gen. Pope
Little Brown House
Warrenton Junction
Aquia Creek
Pope
McClellan
John Pope
Lee
Virginia
Congress
Threeotyne Club
Stephen M. Weld
Young’s Hotel
Boston
Gren
Augustus P. Martin
Drowning of Eastport man near Point Lepreaued
New England News reports Jumes O Brien of Eastport, single, five years old, drowned Thursday near Point Lepreaus from a fishing vessel. The Portland firm Thomas and Jordan had a burglary, value of goods not yet ascertained. Mr Hammond of Gouldsboro, survivor of the City of Columbus Gisuser, received 140 dollars from friends he aided at the wreck ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jumes O’ Brien
Eastport
Paurscay
Point Lepreaus
Thomas & Jordan
Portland
Hammond
Gouldsboro
City of Columbus
Gisuser
Portsmouth brewery outputs 184507 barrels of ale last year
Hon Frank Jones of Portsmouth reports 184507 barrels produced in the prior year. Dinsmoor of Langdon elected president of the Connecticut River National Bank Charlestown replacing the late Elwell. Retired U S N Lieut Chelsey returns home after over two decades in service. Cheshire blanket Marlboro halves payrolls and cuts wages about 1 percent. Monadnock Marlboro plans nearly 10 percent pay reduction starting Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
Djohn G. Dinsmoor
Langdon
Connecticut River National Bank of
Charlestown
Robert Elwell
James A. Chelsey
Wakefield
Cheshire Blanket Company of
Marlboro
Monadnock Company
Stolen horse and sleigh tied to Orange resident
A valuable horse and sleigh with harness and robes belonging to William Howard of Orange were stolen on Wednesday at Barre. William J. Lambert, a Burlington mail carrier, was arrested Thursday on the charge of robbing the mail and will have a hearing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard
Orange
Barre
William J. Lambert
Burlington
Springfield milkman fined for extending his milk
A Springfield milkman was fined 50 dollars and costs for extending his milk. In Worcester, State Detective Lean der C. Lynde’s indictment for illegally charging witness fees was not pros'd. A legislative committee visited Sandwich to study dividing the town. Bradford Moses of Springfield won the glass ball match state title at Worcester by 46 to 45 over C. B. Holden of Worcester. Henry Combs of Springfield, 25, cut his throat with a razor Thursday and died shortly after, with delirium tremens noted. Cape Cod Ship Canal officials and Boston guests visited Sandwich Thursday. canal work continues with progress toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Leander C. Lynde
Worcester
Legislative Committee On
Chumber
Sandwich
Bradford Moses
C. B. Holden
Henry Combs
West Brookfield
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
Boston
Train Wreck Near Towantiee Crates Heavy Damage
A New York and New England train struck a large rock near Towantiee eight miles from Waterbury. The engine and baggage car derailed, plunging 60 feet down an embankment after leaving the track. Engineer Warren Boght and Fireman William Fenn of Hartford were trapped and rescued. Both badly scalded but not fatally. Conductor, two brakemen, express messenger and baggage master injured. no passengers harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and New England Railroad
Towantiee
Waterbury
Warren Boght
William Fenn
Hartford
Notable Severs With Haviland & Co And Boutilliant Firs
A terse collation notes Mr T H Dwyer ending ties with Haviland and Co and Boutilliant firs. It reports Miss Susan B Anthony visiting the city as guest of Mr and Mrs William Lloyd Garrison and mentions a Bath Maine benefactor planning a $10000 library gift. Other captions touch on John F Dore in town, a Dover New Hampshire concert, and a police clerk race in Marblehead. Also Capt Vance survives two days adrift and James W Kimball receives a diamond ring and pen from engine companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Dwyer
Haviland & Co
Boutillian, Firs
Susan B. Anthony
William Lloyd Garrison
Bath
John F. Dore
Boston
Joan
Portland
Hoadly
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Dover
N. H
Hosea B. Perkins
New
Augusta
James W. Kimball
Fice
Chemical Engine No.1
Department
Engine Company No. 4
Chemical No. 1
Water Power No. 1
Nso
Rivers Recede as Flood Ravages Allegheny Monongahela Valleys
Floods sweep Pittsburgh and surrounding towns with thousands homeless and millions in damage. In Cincinnati and Covington water reaches upper stories as bridges, mills, and rail lines suffer, while Wheeling and other Ohio River communities report widespread destruction and aid efforts underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritspunrg
Allegheny
Monongahela
John Jacobs
Sharpsburg
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
West Pennsylvania
Beaver
Fallstone
Cleveland and
Ohio
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Cincinnati
Covington
Licking River
Newport
Second Street
Common Council
Kxy
Marietta
Wheeling
W. Va
Tottingsberger & Garon
Daily Intelligencer
Bridgeport
West Wheeling
Wheeling Cheese Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
CosnocTon
Muskingum
Tuscarawas
Walhondinga
Zanesville
Catlettsburg
N. Y
Main Street
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
LoGan
Manayunk
Schuylkill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greenlane
Fall River Mills Face No Change in Machinery Plans
The Fall River strike does not prompt a move to change spinning machinery. Only Tecumseh mills consider ring frames. most mills lack funds for massive upgrades. Old mule frames remain viable where labor conditions and costs favor them. ring frames offer labor savings but require different skill. The broader dispute centers on weekly pay and labor organization, with a possible general shutdown as a remedy, while a weavers union forms separately amid 8,000 local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Tecumseh Mills
Lowell
New Hampshire
Nalls
Atlantic
Lawrence
Lowell Mill
Yall River
Hremedy
Fann River
Mass
Board of Trade
Young Springfield Teller Confesses to $5000 Bank Embezzlement
Wm J Lander aged 20 a Hampden Savings Bank teller in Springfield Massachusetts admits stealing 5000 dollars from the bank over three years. He logged deposits correctly in the ledger while falsifying the day book and took cash from the till forging depositor names. He says he stole to buy a home for his parents and that conversion in December spurred confession. He was arrested this evening and expects to be mailed tomorrow with friends to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Wm. J. Lander
Hampden Savings Bank
Ife
Young Lainden
Landen
Absconding Troy City Chamberlain Church in defalcation
Troy New York February 7 Chamberlain Church of the city has absconded with defalcations exceeding 80000 dollars. Ex mayor Kemp and H O Gleason run the office as the search continues. Church held the post nine years and may have been quietly dealing in stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Fitzgerald
Chamberlain Church
Benjamin H. Hall
Church
Hell
Lowell and Framingham railroad elects new board
In South Framingham Massachusetts the annual stockholders meeting elected a new board for the Lowell and Framingham railroad. The roster includes S A Aldrich Marlboro James W Clark Framingham H A Blood Fitchburg Jacob Nichols Lowell D E K Harding Mansfield John Fietcher Acton Frank A Day Boston J H Butterick Lowell William Brien Fitchburg Charles F Choate Boton S B Rogers Sudbury N Thayer Jr Lancaster. Resolutions passed regarding the death of former director Daniel Wetherbee of Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
Mass
Lowell and Framingham Railroad
District Court Room
S. A. Aldrich
Marlboro
James W. Clark
Framingham
H. A. Blood
Fitchburg
Jacob Nichols
Lowell
D. EK. Harding
Mansfield
John Fietcher
Acton
Frank A. Day
Boston
J. H. Butterick
William Brien
Charles F. Choate
Boton
S. B. Rogers
Sudbury
N.thayer, Jr
Lancaster
Daniel Wetherbee
Senate Bill Aims at Shipping Tax and Patent Reforms
Washington reports the commerce committee backs a new shipping relief bill with foreign ship provisions and duties changes. It includes three months extra wages limits, hospital tax shifts to federal funding, and a 90 percent drawback for foreign materials in U S ships. Also noted are patent term reforms, deputy marshal abuses in Alabama, and other miscellaneous items from hearings and Senate activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Frye
Senate
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Post Office Department
Committee On Commerce
Gordon letter signals British retreat from Egyptian rule in Sudan
A London letter reports Gen Gordon endorsing England’s decision to abandon guaranteeing Egyptian supremacy in the Sudan. He supports a quiet settlement with the local people, arguing that sinless England should hold through good governance rather than conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gordon
Hugland
England
Sinkat
Gladstone
Tewhik Bey
Suskim
Osman Degma
Suakim
Evelyn Wood
Mediterranean
Malta
Suahim
Cairo
Berber
Khartoum
Poonah
Portsmouth
Tokar
Baker Pasha
Lecture on Persistence by Rev James De Normandie
Rev James De Normandie of Roxbury addressed the Young Men's Christian union on Persistence as the method to attain moral virtues and wealth, noting sustained perseverance as key to all great achievements and citing historical figures and reformers. The piece also covers a tariff debate with Robert P Porter criticizing Morrison bill, misprints, and tariff theory, plus a local billiards tournament result and schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James de Normandie
The
Christian Union
Roxbury
Young Men’s Christian Union
Eriven
Fox
Thomas Brassey
Renen Thomas
Brookline
Manlines
New England Fish and Game Officials Meet at Parker House
A convention of fish and game commissioners from New England states convened at the Parker House to discuss reforming statutes for wildlife preservation and to plan a uniform region wide approach. Changes include extending the lobster close season and increasing prohibited lobster size. Banquet follows with Gov. Robinson and other dignitaries in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Game Commissioners
New England
Parker House
Maine
E. M. Stillwell
Henry ©. Stanley
J. H. Kimball
New Hampshire
EK. B. Hodges
Edward Spaulding
Luther Hayes
Vermont
Hiram A
KE. H. Lathrop
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Fish and Game Association
John Lettler, Jr
Governor Robinson
George A. Bruce
Charles V. Whitten
James S. Grinnell
E. A. Horton
Fottler
Gov. Robinson
W. H. Hudson
Hiram A. Cutting
E. H. Lathrop
David Thayer
Charles Levi Woodbury
Jamess. Grinnell
C. W. Stevens
Fire alarms report multiple blazes across Boston area
A Thursday of fires includes a two floor Centennial brewery blaze at 8 Longwood avenue caused by benzine can explosion in Louis Schreiber’s hands. Schreiber burned and hospitalized. Engine 6 doused a Leverett Street lodging house fire caused by a gas stove, $10 damage. Steamer 7 and Protect. No. 2 fought a South Street blaze at Miles Cahill shop, $150 damage. State Street cigar factory fire at 164 burned to a tea store above, $50 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Centennial Brewery
Longwood Avenue
Charles A. King
Louis Schreiber
Schreiber
City Hospital
Leverett Street
Everline
South Street
Miles 5
Cahill
State Street
Samuel Gryzmiseh
Testimony Continues on City of Columbus Wreck Hearings
The Columbus disaster hearing progressed with witnesses including fireman Thomas Leary and purser William Spaulding describing watch shifts, deck awakening, passenger counts, and liquor handling aboard the vessel. Capt. Burnham noted upcoming testimony from Captain Wright and possible Glaucus officers, with senate notices and transfers of stock discussed alongside routine committee actions and adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Columbus
Thomas Leary
Glaucus
William C. Spaulding
Boston
Andrew F. Pitman
Columbus
Fall River
Fuller
Sckness
Quartermaster Clark
Quartermaster McDonald
Capt. Burnham
Philips
Wright
Fire Commissioners Fund for Wendell Phillips Statue
Circulation sent to city engine houses invites voluntary pledges toward a Wendell Phillips statue to be placed on Boston Common or another public site. Donations range from 10 cents to 1 dollar. The fire board later states contributions must be entirely voluntary and not an official fund action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Monumental Fund
Wendell Phillips
Boston Common
Sir
Globe Office
D. L.adamson
City Hall
Cit
Parkman
Ward
Board of Aldermen
Messrs. Parkman
Denny
Blume
Donovan
Chas
J. Bateman
Ceeceeeree
William Fo Welchie
Thomas F. Ringsccses
Esseccese
Lawilot
John S. Camrell
Thomas A. Scottsccic
Icc
Eae Ee
Messrs
Welch
Ring
John A. Scott
Daniel C. Dugan
Messrs. Scott and
Dugan
Messrs. Campbell
Hull
Francis B. White
P. J. Maguire
Henry M. Wightman
Thomas W. Davis
Faneuil Hall
Julia Werd Howe
John G. Whittier
J. M. L. Babcock
A. A. Miner
Parker Pillsbury
Theodore D. Weld
P. A. McKenna
Hudson
J. M. Devine
Jesse H. Jones
James M
Petitions Presented on Suffrage and Liquor Vote Powers
A long list of petitions presented including women suffrage and voting on liquor business, remonstrances against Brockton as a half shire town, and salary increases for county commissioners across multiple counties. Also petitions from Mary Going for damages, sheep protection, Wellesley college trustees opposition, and dissolution of Hamilton parish with transfer of property to the Hamilton Congregational society. Reports cover railroads, claims, finance, and military matters with several withdrawal actions by lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Plymouth
Hampshire
Worcester
Bristol
Franklin
Essex
Middlesex
Springfield
Board of Aldermen
Mary Going
Field’s Corner
Old Colony
Melville
Centre Street
Melden
Lynn
Tucker Manufacturing Company
Hunt
Rockland
L. A. Bradbury
Commonwealth
Burr
Seekonk
Blanchard, Fuller & Co
Davenport
Fall River
George White
H. P. Harriman
Bahcroft
Boston
Mr. Dresser
George A. Stearns
Sarah A. Richardson
Mr. Gleason
Douglas
F. B. Kellogg
Mr. Palmer
Groton
T. J. Burns
Transfer of Appropriations and City Buildings Actions
Conccurred Papers report on survey and petitions including leave to withdraw for J S Meserve to build and Catherine Mahoney personal injuries pay. Also reports on skating on Jamaica pond, building permits for Choate Burnham, drafting building law amendments, ferry widening advisory, Winchell school damages settlement, lease cancellation for J Nicolini Co Warren Bridge. Ordinances reports on paying city council members a salary. adjourned at 2 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. Meserve
Catherine Mahoney
F. W. Parker
Jamaica Pond
Choate Burnham
Ferries
Battery Street
People’s Ferry Avenue
Winchell School House
J. Nicolini & Co
Warren Bridge
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Boston Post
Post Publishing CO
Mulk
Washington St
Saily Bsg
ATLY
Boston Weekly Post
A. P. Moore
Hoston
Telegraph and Mail
Fine Arts
Tuarrd
Fitz J HN Porter and
NEW England News
New Bampshire
Connecticut
Burnham
Wade
State Force
James Brown
Water Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Valley OF the Ohio
American National Life and Trust Insurance Company
Benjamin Noyes
Noyes
Peter Heany
George Cook
Boston and Inland Railroad Company
J. ©. Adama
P. K. Ames
Colgate Cooley
E. Lambert
D. Moore
KE. Phelps
A. Phelps
Robbins
Sac
Allentown
Falling Walls Hill
Grossman & Klucker
Charles Miller
William J. Lehr
David Clauss
Mahlon Bitting
John Handschue
Peter Moyer
Harry Kurtz
Emanuel Kemnert
Charles Bohlinger
Frank Saeger
Peter Beisel
Edward Martin
Henry Wetherhold
Clauss
Bitting
Grossman and
Kruenter
Rew Haven
New Haven, Conn
Stoddard
Superior Court
Talcott H. Russell
Lowell& Framingham Railroad
Minneapolis
Minn
Dakota
Minnesota
Dalutha
Rowand
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia Council
Committee On Railroads
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Hot Springs
N. M
House of Refuge
Rochester
XN. Y
Simon Marshall
Newark
N.J
Depue
New Jersey West Line Railway Company
American Dock and Improvement Company
Communipaw Bay
E. B. Wiegand
Department of Justice
House Committee On
Turner
Alabama
Paul Strobach
Strobach
Hr. A. Wilson
Wiegand
Georgia
North Carolina
Covington County
Ala
Mr. Platt
Committee On Patents
Platt
Collins
Committee On the Judiciary
State National Bank of
Court of Claims
Long
Rockport
Morse
Naval Affairs
Chelsea
Brooklyn
Annapolis
House
House of Representatives
Yeas
Beck
Committee On Civil Service
John Dudley
G. H. L. Graves
Graves
Partment
Gen. Sherman
Park Club
Bow Street
United Ireland
Speed
Smkat
Paris
Times
Academy of Medicine
Leipsic
Protectionists
Tariff Commission
Morrison
Robert P. Porter
Commission
Philadelphia Press
Ways and Means Committee
Mer. Porter
Mr. Morrison
Aids
Mr. Porter
Marshall
Gilman
C. F. Campbell
Baker
Eames
Gilmin
Tay
Yatter
Smith
Allen
Hartrckp
Conn
Gublet
East Hampton
Hendrick
New Haven
Fish and Game
New England States
Maine State Temperance Society
Maine Temperance Society
Nev. L
Lucent Gardiner
Bb. C. ‘Orsey
Winthrop
Elisha Atkins
Woodbury
Auburn
Montreal
Guv. Bell
Lady of
Victoria Rink
Lansdowne
Medical Colleges
Seate House
Cram
Henry R. Reed
Harbor and Land Commissioners
D. J. Cutter
Mill Creek
Dorchester
North River
Salem
Bex County
Quincy House
Committee On Prisons
New Bedford
City Wall Notes
Water Board
Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corporation
Old Roxbury
Moon Island
Long Island
Rainsford Island
E. A. Marshall
W. M. Gulmaen
Stoughton
Legislature
W. S. Rice
Chesterfield
F. H. Dawes
Cummington
Eugene H. Stevens
Worthington
Hampden County
Westfield River
Francis A. Hanscom
Michael Rinn
State
John A. Prince
Andrew
Lee, Higginson
Thayer
Committee On Education
Joyner
Washburn
Loring
State Mutual Life Insurance Company
Stevens
T. 8S. C. Lowe
Morristown
Lowe
Martin Griffin
Committee On Public Heart
Norwich and
Massachusetts Woman's Christian Prohibitory League
Harugari
Grand Lodge
Seiler
P. Kolb
L. Fiedier
O. Cotthous
Ch. Weintz
Ch. Zielinger
P. Benninghof
Ph. Gahm
A. Franke
Jul, Flick
J. Rothfuchs
Marden
Cooke
George H. Hunt
Eliza C. Reed
Meigs Elevated Railway Company
Kingsley
Cambridge
Beard
Weston
Newton
Joint Judiciary Committee
O’gorman
Howland
Ernst
Dresser
O'Neil
Bailey
Somerville
Committee On
R. M. Morse, Jr
Charles J. Exmes
Fire Department
Health Department
Paving
East Boston Ferries
French
Ward 11
Wharton
Committee On Finance
Bromwich
Ward 14
Fraser
Phillips
John Daley
Pier 6
Grand Junction Wharf
Mast Boston
William Dickson
Walden Pond
Enoch McDonald
East Boston
James Quinn
George Walker
P. J. Doherty
Boston Veteran Firemen’s Association
Law and Order
Tremont Temple
Lyman Abbott
W. C. Styles
Law and Order League
B. H. Paddock
Tufts College
Boston Commercial Exchange
Leon Chotian
Boston Produce Exchange
France
Music Hall
Pierce Light Infantry
Armory
Washington Light Infantry
Charleston
D. C
Park’s
Montgomery Ple
Jim Gaston
Bosworth Street
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