Weather Outlook Brings Snow and Warmer Temps for New England
Washington reports snow threats and rising temperatures for New England starting Saturday with brisk NW winds. eastern New York sees snow and warmer conditions with NE winds. Cautionary signals posted in Wood's Hall areas. Blu e Hill Observatory notes southeastern New England snow and warmth tonight. Weather map shows three low pressure centers in Montana Colorado and Texas trending toward the lakes with a potential storm. Cold wave centered in Quebec extends across New England and eastern provinces with snow and warmer weather expected Saturday.
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Snow forecast for New England and Mid Atlantic
At 5 40 p m heavy snow is indicated for New England and the middle Atlantic states with fresh to brisk easterly winds in the next thirty six hours.
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Middle Atlantic States
Late Ship News Hekla Returns for Repairs
The steamer Hekla, on a Feb 10 return voyage from New York to Stettin, arrived leaking in the after peak. She will be lightered and repaired without unloading cargo, with eighteen cabin and seventeen steerage passengers transferred to the steamer Esser scheduled to sail next.
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Keeler & Co Cabinet Work in Cambridge Factory
Keeler and Company advertise custom wood mantels and cabinet work made to order from their Cambridge factory located at 101 Washington Ave. Cambridge.
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Keeler & CO
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Con Elm
Stranger Than Fiction Becomes Real with Hoffmeyer Saga
Chcanco Feb 10 Specian Henry Hoffmeyer a trusted Marshall Field watchman faced assault by rival guard George Hillier after questioning a claim of absence. Hoffmeyer’s past reveals a German officer turned would-be priest who endured Gravelotte Sedan and exile before arriving in America and seeking ordination.
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Hanover
Germany
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Gravelotte
Catain von Steubens
Hoitmeyer
Sedan
Paris
Uoffmeyer
von Moltke
Commune
Amsterdam
Ireland
America
Troffimeyer
von Steubens
Will of Mme Goldschmidt names Swedish university legacies
The will of Mme Goldschmidt Jenny Lind leaves legacies to Upsala and Lund universities in Sweden while the freehold estate goes to her husband. A note reports atrocious cruelty alleged against the captain of the British bark Macedon, with the story largely discredited in St John New Brunswick. Also mentions Lord Dufferin resigning as viceroy of India for private reasons and Lord Lansdowne's planned departure from Canada with Lora Stanley set to succeed.
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Jenny Lind
Upsala
Lund
Sweden
St. John
Boston Marble Workers End Nine Hour Strike
The marble workers in Boston walk out for nine hours forcing closure of all shops. This industrial action follows ongoing labor tensions with no immediate resolution reported. The event dominates local labor news and reflects wider manufacturing disputes in the city.
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New Fast Mail Contract Between Chicago and Council Bluffs
Postmaster General Dickinson signs a new Chicago to Council Bluffs fast mail contract with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy for daily service in fourteen and a half hours both east and west. The change allows Pacific Coast mail to reach Chicago and New York faster, and is described as the department’s most advantageous fast mail agreement yet.
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Council Bluffs
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Pacific Coast
New York
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Steamers Arrived at Various Ports in Early February
Shipping news lists numerous vessels arriving or sailing near Antwerp Bremen Liverpool and London with origins including New York Baltimore Havana and Rotterdam. Notable ships include Rugia Ellgiva City of Richmond Etna Cedar and Venetian with routes between the Americas and Europe and calls at ports such as Pamburg Belfast and Dover.
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Roxburgh Castle
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Galveston
Matthew Sedlington
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Havana
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Bristol
Exeter City
London
Richmond
Defending His Policy in Irish Debates in London
In the House of Commons Sir James Fergusson rejects pledges of military action for England. Balfour and Gladstone clash over coercion, statistics, and Ireland’s reform. Arrests, arrests of Gilhooly and Pyne, and a royal commission report on Irish works and railway amalgamation are noted along with Parnell’s followers planning resignations.
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Four Thousand Tenants Rally at Loughrea in Nineteenth Century Protest
A large crowd met in Loughrea as four thousand tenants led by bands and flags presented an address to Mr Shaw Lefevre thanking him for support of their cause. He responded that he and his allies would go to jail to defend a public right, claiming a moral and political victory and denouncing Mr Blunt’s arrest as misguided.
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Morley
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Loughrea
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He Will Leave Canada in March The Reason Why Lord Dufferin Resigned
The Marquis of Lansdowne will depart Canada in March and Lord Stanley will take office as governor general that month. In Carcurra the viceroy said resignation was due to private reasons, with no rift with the government. He praised his successor Lord Lansdowne and predicted broad approbation and popularity.
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Canada
Lora Stanley
Vagel
London
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Lord Stanley
Carcurra
Jennie Lind Will Details Bequest To Schools And Heirs
London news reports the will of Mme. Otto Goldschmidt Jennie Lind. It leaves her grandson the cabinet of books gifted by New York fire companies. Freehold estate from a $100,000 marriage settlement goes to her husband. A 50,000 Swedish crown legacy funds Upsala University for poor students and 5000 crowns aid students entering the Protestant ministry at Jand Sweden. Personal estate valued at £40,680.
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Triple Alliance Treaties Reported By Austrian Papers
Varmna Feb 10 Neue Freie Presse publishes text of triple alliance with Italy and Austria promising neutrality if France attacks Italy or Russia attacks Austria. Italy Germany mutual aid against France. Additional convention binds Italy to aid attacked country. Wiener Tagblatt cites possible Russia France alliance. Also mentions Czar council, generals, and Bismarck speech impact.
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Fairfax Minuting Company faces collapse tied to Industrial Manufacturing
The Fairfax Minuting Company of New York, led by Isador Noofstadt, fails as its parent Industrial Manufacturing collapses. Creditors hold mortgages and trust deeds totaling $7,190 and related units seek compromises around 40 percent. Boston players like Samuel S. Young and E. W. Beal & Co. reveal sizable liabilities with modest asset recovery expectations while a separate wine merchant D Breeze shows $80,000 in liabilities and $44,000 assets and offers 40 cents on the dollar in staged payments over two years.
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Clarendon Street
E. W. Beal & Co
Chatham Street
D. Breeze
St. John
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Grosvenor Addresses Young Republicans on Wool Tariff
Providence February 10 Young Men's Republican Club hosted about 500 guests at Infantry Hall with remarks by Congressman Charles H Grosvenor and Hon John Sherman. Sherman praised the party’s constitutional record, defense of national finances and tariff protection for home industry. Grosvenor discussed wool tariffs and impacts on Ohio wool growers amid broader tariff policy and labor harmony.
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Ohio
Cleveland's Strength in Indiana Deemed Strong for Cleveland
Washington reports ex congressman Cobb of Indiana says opposition to Cleveland's nomination is minimal and Indiana will send a solid Cleveland delegation. He prefers Harrison as the strongest Republican, noting Harrison would boost party strength if nominated, leaving Indiana doubtful and unsettled until the election.
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London copper market advances as New York market cleans out
The London copper market opened 5s higher largely due to the French syndicate, which bought about 1000 tons at £76 15s cash. A second cable showed another 5s rise to £77 with few Chile bars offered. New York had been cleaned out recently, exporters bidding 16,35 and 16,50 for March. Total transactions reached 250,000 pounds.
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Teemer Wins the Championship in Charlotte Harbor Race
In Trapura Florida a single sculling race for a $1000 purse and America’s championship was won by John Teemer of Pittsburg. Albert Hamm of Boston and John Mc Kay of Halifax trailed as the leaders swapped after the turn, with Teemer finishing in 20.04, McKay 20.08, Hamm 20.10. The trio race again tomorrow for $600.
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Atrocious Cruelty Charged Aboard Macedon Heavily Alleged
Reports from Hiogo and Philadelphia recount charges of gross tyranny aboard the British ship Macedon en route to Japan. Master Jesse Willis Jones faced claims of cruel treatment of seamen by mate Clarence N. Cox and boatswain Charles Beveridge, with five crew members dying at sea from scurvy and related abuse. A British naval court with James Troup presiding investigated, while a separate note from St John describes the assertion as exaggerated and defends Captain Jones and crew amid port relief efforts.
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Army Orders Grant Leaves For Two Officers
Washington February 10 First Lieutenant George H Hunter Third Cavalry is granted fourteen days leave First Lieutenant William W Tyler Third Infantry is granted leave after a retiring board found him capacitated for service
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Wilson urges non-intercourse as remedy in Canada traffic case
Senate interstate commerce panel heard General J H Wilson argue for a non intercourse policy to curb Canadian railroad competition. He warned that Canadian lines backed by British subsidies divert traffic from the Northern Pacific and urged Congress to restrict Canadian railroads under law to protect US commerce and border security.
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