Fire Devastates Wyeth & Bro. Plant and Nearby Properties
Fire in Philadelphia engulfed the Wyeth & Bro. chemical works at 1412 Walnut Street, with the front part of the building collapsing and burying rescuers. Several firms damaged, including a retail drug store at 1414 Walnut and an annex at 1404 Walnut. Losses estimated at 600000 with over 300000 insured. Hotel Stratford sustained about 40000 in damage. Other fires reported across New York and Wisconsin caused additional losses and investigations.
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Philadelphia
John Wyeth & Bro
Walnut Street
George Showers
Abraham Lavery
William Buzzard
Wyeth & Bro
Frank E. Morgan
No. 1416
Wyeth
Broad Street
Stratford
Wyeth & Bros
George C. Boldt
Morgan
New York
Hester Street
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
N. J
New York Bay
Rocuester
N. Y
Mount Morris
Livingston County
Main Street
Mt. Morris Lodge of
Masons
Belwood Lodge
Odd Fellows and
Altoona
Penn
Humbert
Cresson Springs
I. G. Humbert
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Sulphate Fibre Company
Monica
The Saturday Clubs at Parker's Reform Dinner
Massachusetts Reform Club members and guests gather to discuss tariff policy with Winslow Warren asserting free trade trends alongside protection. The meeting features talks by Farlow Walker Atkinson Everett and about fifty attendees.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Parker’s
Farlow
Winslow Warren
Francis A. Walker
Edward Atkinson
William Everett
Warren
Garfield
America
England
Boston
W. F. Duff
Young’s
Middlesex Club
M Avor Hart
Massachusetts
New England
Hammer and Tongs Society
Institute of Technology
New England Paint and Oil Club
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Hotel
Barker
van Slyck
John C. Wyman
Valley Falls
R. L
William B. Blanding
Club
Senate
Thompson for Civil Service Commission Nominated
Governor Thompson, praised by Secretary Fairchild and Senator Dawes, is nominated to the civil service commission. He advocated merit based appointments, reformed schools, and opposed patronage. Support argues his education work and reform record fit the role. opponents fear partisan influence.
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Manning
Treasury Department
Massachusetts
Thompson
the Post
State Military Academy
Columbia Male Academy
South Carolina College
the Treasury
William E. Smith
New York
Fairchild
Butler
South Carolina
Civil Service Commission
Edgerton
Oberly
Judge Edgerton
Harrison
Eugene Higgins
Patrick Maguire
Judge Koman
Arthur
Pendleton
Dawes
Committee On Civil Service
Cleveland
Lyman
Books Received Last Week A List of New Titles
A catalog of recently received works from Appleton Putnam and Scribner includes translations and essays in science philosophy and religion. Notable items cover Leon de Tinseau W Preyer William Carpenter Laurence Oliphant Epimenides in Maine Hu Maxwell E J Donnell Condict Cutler Susan Hale N D Anvers and Frances Hodgson Burnett with publishers in New York Philadelphia and Buffalo.
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Cinderella
Leon de Tinseau
New York
D. Appleton & Co
W. Preyer
William T. Harris
A.M
William Bb. Carpenter
Laurence Oliphant
Buffalo
Charles A. Wenborne
West Gates
Maine
Helen Pandrick Johnson
Gaz
York
D. Ableton & Co
John Rose Larus
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Edward T. Bartlett
John P. Peters
E. D. Putnam’s Sons
Golden Shore
Hu Maxwell
E. J. Donnell
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Condict W. Cutler
Mexico
Susan Hale
N. D’anvers
Scribner & Welford
Theo
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Philadelphia
Peterson & Bro
Senate Passes Fortification Bill Amid Political Clash
Washington notes show the Senate and House debating eastern and northern Texas jurisdiction, Indian Territory court needs, and a fortification appropriation including a 200000 torpedo allocation. Discussion on Union Pacific funding and militia organization follows as postoffice pay debates continue.
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Washington
Senate
House
Texas
West
Judicial Committee
Dawes
Indian ‘Territory
Fort Smith
Committee On Appropriations
Union Pacific
Mitchell
Central Pacific
Stewart
Congress
Hawley
District of Columbia
House debates post office bill and election violence remarks
The House discussed the post office appropriation totaling 66 559 344 dollars with revenue estimates of 82 506 658 dollars and raises for clerks and mail transport. Mr Mason attacked Southern Democrats over alleged suppression of black voters in South Carolina, recounting alleged irregularities and intimidation across several precincts and praising a free ballot and fair count. The remarks touched on Governor Elliott Smalls and general election issues spanning Adams Run Fort Mott Providence and Mt. Pleasant precincts.
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Washineton
Senate
House
Mason
Chicago
Elliott-Smalls
Seventh
South Carolina
John Smith
Congress
Arkansas
Elliott
Mr. Mason
United States
Adams Run
Smalls
Fort Mott
Providence
Calvassers
Eliott
Mr. Mason, “If General Schenck
General Smalls
Colonel Illiott
Lincoln
Bugler Le Caron Misidentified as Union Major
Inquiry shows Le Caron did not serve as a major in the Union army. He joined Company A, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry as a bugler in 1862, became chief bugler in 1863, and later joined the Thirteenth United States Colored Troops as second then first lieutenant before mustering out in 1866. Officers deny the major title and attribute promotions to officer scarcity.
Minister Phelps Returns Home From England Mission
United States minister to England E J Phelps returns to New York aboard the Lahn with Mrs Phelps and their son after a stormy voyage. His daughter remains in London with her husband. Phelps may resume Yale professorship and will report to the State Department in Washington.
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New York
E. J. Phelps
United States
England
Lahn
Phelps
Court of St. James
Lord Sackville
Bayard
Mr. Phelps
Washington
State Department
Cleveland
Vermont
Yale College
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
Belt Line road strike ends with scab replacements
In New York on February 10, thirty drivers who returned to work were discharged and replaced by strike workers. Later that night they and others obstructed tracks on tenth avenue between Twenty sixth and Thirtieth streets. Police deployed, several officers boarded a car and were attacked. car heads struck and Thomas Watts, a self described blacksmith, was arrested.
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New York
Belt Line Road
Tenth Avenue
Twenty-sixth
Thirtieth Streets
Thomas Watts
Lowell Pastor Attacks Sunday Newspapers
Rev. Henry T. Rose of John Street Congregational Church criticizes Sunday newspapers as enlarged, sensational, and unscrupulous. He argues they dull literature, lower taste, and hinder reverent churchgoers, wishing for a place with no Sunday papers.
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Lowell
John Street Congregational
Henry T. Rose
Rescue of a Boston vessel in heavy seas near Bermuda
The three masted schooner William E B Merrick of Boston grappling from Portland to Cardenas ran bow on a wreck 365 miles W N W of Bermuda on January 29. Blowing hard from the north west the collision opened the Herrick’s lower hull. water flooded in while heavy seas swept decks. The captain’s wife and stores were saved aboard a dry after house until landfall at the island on February 2. The deck load and all deck gear were sacrificed to keep the vessel afloat.
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Brermupa
William
Herrick
Boston
Kelly
Portland
Cardenas
N. W
Bermuda
Obituaries note Dr Flavius Searle longtime dentist founder leader
Dr Flavius Searle oldest Springfield dentist died yesterday of neuralgia of the heart at 74. He practiced until ten days ago and founded the Connecticut Valley Dental Society serving as its first president. He sat on the Boston College board of examiners and leaves one daughter. Funeral set for 3 pm Wednesday at Chapin Memorial Chapel. Also noted are George Allen of Waldoboro Maine a former collector of customs and Medomak Bank cashier and Emily Weed Barnes daughter of Thurlow Weed and wife of William Barnes of Albany New York.
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Flavius Searle
Springfield
Searle
Connecticut Valley Dental Society
Boston Dental College
Chapin Memorial Chapel
George Allen
Waldoboro
District of
William H. Harrison
Medomak Bank
Emily Weed Barnes
Thurlow Weed
William Barnes
Albany
N. Y
Concerts and musical notices in Boston and surrounding
The column lists upcoming performances by Baermann and the Kneisel quartet in Brookline, Anton Strelezki in Boston, Estelle T Andrews with Carl Faelten, and Arthur Weld's Wagner lectures. It notes Verdi Requiem and Mendelssohn at Haindel Haydn Society, Bach Society season openers in London, and Sarasate in Berlin, plus new works by Goldmark and Weld's compositions.
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Baermann
Kneisel
Union Hall
Brookline
Anton Strelezki
Detroit
West
Boston
Miller Hall
Estelle T. Andrews
Carl Faeliten
Bumstead Hall
Carl Faelten
Charles E.tinney
Arthur Weld
Richard Wagner
Edward Robinson
Brunswick
Mackenzie
Charles Holliss
Manchester
Mme
Nordica
Hope Glenn
Edward Lloyd
Manchester Guardian
Francis Hueffer
London Times
Music Hall
Bach Society
London
Bach
Wachet Auf
Mr. Joachim
Mr. Leben
Leipzig
Liza Lehmann
Emily Hinnig
Wade
Plunket
Beethoven
Anna Williams
Lena Little
Watkin Mills
Sarasate
Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanford
Otto Hegner
Sebastian Bach
Schumann
Chopin
Liszt
Carl Goldmark
Philharmonic
Perth
Arthur P. Schmidt
Mr. Weld
Farewell Sermon Ends Wells’s Eight Year Pastorate
The Rev. J. H. Wells of the Baptist Church preached his farewell sermon amid tears as he resigns after eight years. A window fastener project bred church dissension involving a capital loan by a member. Wells’s referee finding angered parties, prompting his departure to Baldwinsville.
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DrpuAm
J. H. Wells
The
Baptist Church
Marshfield
Weils
Wells
Baldwinsville
Watertown Woman arraigned in arson case
Mrs. Roxana A. Bates of Watertown was arraigned in District Court on two counts for being accessory to an arson attempt and to an attempt to burn insured property. She pleaded not guilty and was held in $3000 to obtain counsel.
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WaAtrHam
Roxana A. Bates
Watertown
Highwaymen Target Saugus Real Estate Agent in Robbery Attempt
Lynn reports a nighttime highway robbery attempt on Frank Pike a real estate agent in East Saugus. Pike fled and kept his $75 after a pursuer demanded cash. The town also notes a tariff lecture series and the Franklin Park trotting park sale to Oliver B. Roberts of Lynn.
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Saugus
Lynn
Frank Pike
East Saugus
Franklin Park
Oliver 8. Roberts
Noted Boston Confession Column And Egotist Reverie
A reader proposes a confessional column by an impersonal figure under the name Taverner to publish readers secrets. The letter commends the idea, notes egotists, and relates a tale of a doctor reading Robert Elsmere from a Bible-bound Atheneum edition amid Boston life snobbery.
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Taverner
Sam
Mr.faverner
The
Spectator
Boston
Back Bay
New Boylston Street
Chaucer
Robert Elsmere
Atheneum
H. H. Cambridge
Mass
Auction Sales by Albert Howe and Co Brighton
Real estate and general auctioneers offer sales of real and personal property. Horse and carriage sales every Wednesday at the Brighton salesroom. Private sale items include new custom built farm and road carts hay wagons grocers express wagons and harness. Residence 159 Warren avenue Boston.
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Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
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Tyler Street
Sherman
N. W. Wadd
Reform Club
Benvenuto Cellini
H. Berlioz
M. Voyrich
NYMN
Rob
Adele Aus der
Max Voyrich
Voyrich
Miss Aus der Ohe
Berlioz
Haydn
Fuchs
Gericke
C. v. Gluck
A. Dvorak
L. v. Beethoven
Savage
Democratic Party
le Caron
Minister Phelps
William EB. Merrick
E. van Noorden & Co
Harrison Avenue
Haverhill
Fall River
News OF
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Gouverneur M. Smith
Medical Record
New York Herald
Moore
Army
Daffy
Charles W. Sawyer
Washington Street
Globe Building
State Street
State Sreet
First National Bank
Chandler
Taylor and Shattuck
Henry W. Bragg
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Florida Oranges
Gate City
Florida
Valencia
Kansas
Oliver St
East India
North Market St
Fulton St
California
Arthur H. Stock
Alfred B. Wilton
Suffolk
Dorchester
Mary W. Sumner
C. D. Capen
Tolman Street
I. W. Robertson
Gorge K. Gannett
Alfred LB. Wilton
A. & J. RK. Churchill
Devonshire Street
Loston
Municipal Court
Thomas Arthur James
Charles H. Wetmore
John M. B. Churchill
William Veazie
Suffolk Leeds
Chipman Street
Jas. W. Currier
John. W. McKim
L’robate
James M. Soule
Chelsea
Shawmut Street
Congress Avenue
Elizabeth F. Lorr
Dorr
Peter Demmenway
Shawmat Street
Middlesex Street
Maverick Street
Alonzo Lewis
James Soule Wilson
Richards & CO
Emam
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