Portland Eventful Thursday With Diverse Civic Actions
Portland saw a busy Thursday as the Art club building was dedicated and Republican caucuses favored Marquis F. King for mayor. A colored citizens meeting urged Congress to reimburse Freedmen’s Bank depositors, while U S Graves was found guilty of mail fraud and sentenced to $5 fine and eight months’ jail. The Maine Grand Lodge of the I O O F established a large Rebekah lodge in Bridgton with Grand Master J H Croskett officiating. Over 300 petitioners sought a charter for the lodge. In Lewiston a Maine and Western Maine Beekeepers meeting, led by F O Additin and J A Morton, reviewed president and secretary reports amid a honey and hive display.
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Art Club
Portland
Marquis F. King
Congress
Freedmen’s Bank
U. S
Grand Lodge of Maine
Bridgton
J. H Croskett
Maine and Western Maine
Bee Keepers’ Association
Lewiston
F. O. Additin
Dexter
J. A. Morton
Bethel
Bequests Leave Pittsfield Widow’s Estate To Three Societies
The late John L. Thorndike of Pittsfield wills 250 to the American Home Missionary Society, 250 to the American Missionary Association of New York City, and 250 to the American Board for Foreign Missions. In Dover the Strafford county grand jury reported 23 indictments. William Wiggin of Portland pleaded guilty to stealing a team and was sentenced to five years in the state prison. Ine Istaw of Great Falls pleaded nolo contendere to stealing a water and was sentenced to three years. Orrin Seward of New Durham pleaded nolo contendere to stealing a trunk and clothes and two indictments for breaking and entering, with a five year prison term. Premier Boudoir of Great Falls faces manslaughter charges in the Eddie Grant case and has pleaded not guilty.
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Pittsfield
American Home Missionary Society
American Missionary Association of
New York City
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Dover
Strafford County Supreme Court
William Wiggin
Portland
Frankine Istaw
Great Falls
Orrin Seward
New Durham
Premier Boudoir
Edward Grant
Cape Cod Folks case yields mixed verdicts and damages
Jury finds for defendants on the first count and for the plaintiff on the second in the Cape Cod Folks case, with damages set at 1095 dollars. Nantucket faces drainage issues and a town survey for a sewer system is advised. Gloucester horse railroad franchise plan projects spring track work from Eastern station to the fort and Main street to East Gloucester.
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Nantucket
Committee On Sewerage
Gloucester
Eastern
Fort
Main Street
East Gloucester
Troy
Boston
Aden
Petersburgh
Trevel
Pownall
J.J. Peach
Kansas
North Adams
Peach
Business New
Haverhill Thursay
Ohio
Daniel Goodrich Wa
A L. Kim Dall
Weeks
Doara
Providence mill sale to Lucius Briggs after Union company transfer
The Arctic mill at Providence, part of the Quidrick company's property, was sold Thursday by the Union company to Lucius Briggs of Glasgow, Conn., for $175,000. In Providence custody of a child was contested Thursday by divorced parents, with the mother in law supporting her son-in-law.
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Providence
Quidrick Company
Union Company
Lucius Briggs
Glasgow
Conn
Carysfort Lands Marines at Suakim amid Pacific News
The British man of war Carysfort lands 115 marines at Suakim. Reports claim a ceasefire between Hai phong and Tuigon is complete. A large cotton mill fire roars in Tourcoing northern France. Matthew Arnold to publish impressions of America with lectures from the United States. Ten thousand copies of the queen's diary sold on first day. second edition due by month's end. A mass of ice near the Caspian Sea sinks fishermen. all are feared drowned. Mr Gladstone was attacked on Bond Street. the assailant alleged to have acted on a wager as he headed to the House of Commons.
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Suakim
Haiphong
Tuigon
Tourcoing
France
Matthew Arnold
America
United States
Gladstone
Bond Street
London
House of Commons
Freight wreck at Hudson and Niagara park vote in Ontario
An up bound freight train at Hudson New York was telescoped by an extra northbound train, damaging the engine, destroying the caboose and burning two cars for a 15000 dollar loss with no injuries. In Ontario the legislature passed Harcourt's motion for copies on Niagara Falls international park plans after a long speech. A mixed train fell through a weakened bridge near Weedsport drowning engineer Burr Ridgeway fireman John Straight and brakeman Timothy Dunnahay. Mrs Charles Chamberlain of Kingston Pennsylvania was arrested after her husband accused her of poisoning his pie by mixing green ingredients. she admitted purchasing sugar or lead at a drug store.
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N. Y
Ontario
Harcourt
Niagara Falls
Southern Central Railroad
Weedsport
Burr Ridgeway
John Straight
Timothy Dunnahay
Charles Chamberlain
Kingston
Chamberlain
Lawrence Editor backs Speaker Warden for Congress
Editor Merrill of Lawrence favors Speaker Warden as congressman to replace Russell. A hectic social scene unfolds with trips planned to New York Washington and California. Local notables including Hon J Tf Berry and Mrs Sarah Davis are mentioned in routine society notes.
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Lawrence
Warden
Russell
Iroquois Club
Chicago
Tilden
Sarah Davis
Giddeford
Saco
Republican Riny
Vermont
Geo. Nichols
E. J. Ormebee
Edmund Wilson
Maine
Uipey House
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Walter Allen
Portland Press
Boston Advertiser
Argus
Walter de Allen
J Tf Berry
Rockland
Berry
Registere
Quincy House
New York
South
Portland
California
R. M. Richardson
W W. G. Davis
Miss Davis
M. v. Emery
New Trial Granted in Hasselbach Divorce Case
Judge Edwards grants a new trial in the case of Mary A Hasselbach versus Theodore Hasselbach. Earlier divorce petition was denied but marriage annulled for missing recorded decree. Evidence showed Theodore is the eighth husband of the plaintiff, who is still young, with roots in Lewiston Maine and Aroostook County.
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San Francisco
Edwards
Mary A. Hasselbach
Theodore Hasselbach
Theodore
Plaintiff
Mary Grant
Lewiston
Aroostook County
Saine State
Washington hearing sketches tariff and policy debates
Special despatch from Washington notes woollen schedule hearings with manufacturers opposing any tariff change. A craftsman named Amidowna argues the Morrison bill would force wage cuts or shutdowns. Other items cover Arthur’s political plans, district convention delegates, and promotions and nominations including Lieutenant Rhodes, Commodore Simpson, and Francis A. Osgood.
Senators Still Bebating the McPherson Bill Substitute
In the Senate today Mr Beck urged the national bank circulation bill allowing notes against United States bonds, while Mr Morrill offered a substitute with staged percentages of bond-backed notes and cautions on gold and 4 per cent bonds. Amendments from Mr West and Mr Morgan were printed to authorize treasury notes and state bonds substitutions, with limits tied to par value and prior deposits. Debates also touched tariffs on woollen goods, sugar duties, pilotage, and pensions, amid broader House discussions and educational remarks from the president.
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Beck
United States
Morrill
National Banking Association
Secretary of the Treasury
West
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City of New York
Morgan
Committee On Ways and Means
John L. Hayes
Boston
National Woollen Manufacturers’ Association
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Bigelow Carpet Company
John Sloane
New York
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J. L. Houston
Hartford Carpet Company
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Philadelphia
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House
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Ray
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Missouri
Cook
Iowa
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Emery
House Committee On Shipping
Dingley
Beckwith
New Orleans
Railroads Near Finish Purchases and Rate Decision
Chicago February report states the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway nearly completes the California Southern railroad purchase from San Diego to Colton, 130 miles, and seeks negotiations to acquire the Needles to Mojave section of the Southern Pacific line, about 240 miles. Eastbound pool agents keep current Buffalo rates through March 1.
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Atchison, Fopeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
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Logan Boom Faces Arthur as Brooklyn Moves Against Machine Methods
Special correspondence from Washington notes heavy talk on the presidential race as Republicans split over John A Logan and Arthur. Republicans in Brooklyn plan a conference to block machine methods and oppose the president with Edmunds favored by leaders, while veterans and pension politics color support.
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Pilden
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Julia Lorun
Montoneros dispersed in Sea and Canite by Frias forces
Lima reports El Bien Publico confirms the complete dispersion of the Montoneros in Sea and Canite. Colonel Maximilliano Frias units will return to Lima. A telegram from Arequipa notes a waterspout causing extensive damage and at least several drownings with the loss around 100,000 sales.
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el Bien Publico
Canite
Maximilliano Frias
Arequipa
Murder suspected in Smith Point death near ice hole
Evidence from a preliminary hearing points to Meyer as the shooter of Krauser on Smith's point. Blood contains brain matter and sled tracks plus missing pants found nearby support the theory. If the body cannot be recovered soon, Meyer may be held for trial.
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Lake Champlain
Krauser
Lapham Bay
Smith
Blumenthal
Meyer
Mever
Witnesses in Washington Describe Danville Riot Fear at Polls
Washington reports began with Walter B. Withers describing November 3 clashes in Danville. He recalled whites with pistols, colored crowds fleeing, and threats to vote or be harmed. Other witnesses, including Jack Redd and Ned Hatcher, testified of intimidation, violence, and the fear that kept colored residents from voting in the election three days later.
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Danville
Walter
Withers
Vance
Committee of Forty
Col. Cabell
Ned Hatcher
Cabell
Hatcher
L L. Ivey
Jack Redd
New Haven Trial Opens Over Elopement With Gardner
In New Haven Mrs Mary Blair stands trial for leaving her husband to run away with Springfield Mass man William Gardner. Testimony from the mother brother and Blair's 17 year old son shapes the case as the court hears her potential remarks with her lawyer forbidding speech. Meanwhile Yale officials address race policy amid intercollegiate rules pressure and flood relief plans pivot to mobilizing aid for Ohio valley victims.
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Conn
Mary i. Blair
William Hi. Gardner
Springfield
Mass
Gardner
Col. Robertson
Yale
New London
Ohio
Lewis
Resignation Triggers Board of Selectmen Shuffle
After Preston R Mansfield declines another term D R Beckford resigns from the board effective the 21st instant. Rumor of a three member board surfaces as voters anticipate March elections. Howard Colburn and Henry Smith expected to gain a majority vote, with A J Norris named as a possible candidate to fill vacancies. A heated race forms around the rain question as campaigns begin.
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Preston R. Mansfield
D. R. Beckford
Selectmen
Beckford
Messrs
Howard Colburn
Henry Smith
A. J. Norris
Mansfield
Srong
Tariff essays declined by the New York Sun
The New York Sun reports a literary Boston correspondent has sent tariff specimen articles but the paper respectfully declines all contributions on the tariff. The note expresses a humorous, pointed stance toward tariff writing.
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Boston
Sun
Treasure on Winthrop Beach Rekindles Kidd Legend Yet Hidden
Local reports describe coins found along a Winthrop beach near a large boulder, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries. A 1627 Spanish gold piece and a 1735 English guinea were among recent finds, with others from American Dutch Portuguese and English mints. Sightings spurred crowds and speculative searches for Kidd’s cave while experts urge cautious explanations of a wrecked Dutch vessel and later claims of a hidden chest in nearby cliffs.
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Captain Kidd
Charles Fredericks
Beachmans
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Boston
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Nahant
Point Shirley
Great Head
Charles Sturgis
Weavers Union Forms Strong in Fall River Mills
Fall River officials report the Weavers union held its third meeting and added several members. Delegates will join the Spinners union collectors on visits to other cities. Barnard mill spinners will meet to consider a strike over filler supplies. American linen weavers struck, demanding more warp and better gas light. mill refuses. Linen mill employs 1,160 workers with a weekly payroll of $5,000, producing 10 500 pieces weekly.
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Mass
Weavers’ Union
Barnard Mill
American Linen
Will of Thomas Kinvella Filed in Kings County
The will dated July 20, 1880, filed in the Surrogate's office of Kings County, authorizes executors to collect rents and profits for five children, with earnings from real estate sales reinvested for the same heirs. Ten shares of Brooklyn Eagle are to remain intact unless selling is justified for the children. An annuity of 1500 dollars is left to the first wife, and the Brooklyn residence and personal estate go to the children. A separate suit in Kings County Supreme Court seeks 9.75 million dollars from Mount Morris Mining stockholders and trustees for alleged overvaluation, with a request for a receiver. A mass meeting at Cooper Union endorses Assemblyman Roosevelt's bill transferring mayoral appointment power to the mayor, bypassing the board of aldermen. a committee will travel to Albany.
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Thomas Kinvella
King’s County
Brooklyn Eagle Association
Brooklyn
Mount Morris Mining Company
Clinton B. Fisk
Andrew V. Stout
Jose DeNavarro
Charles H. Fowler
Ford H. Rogers
Kings County Supreme Court
Cooper Union
Roosevelt
Albany
Prisoner Escapes From Municipal Court In Broad Daylight
A three year house of correction inmate jailed for breaking and entering witnessed a municipal court case on Thursday and, amid noon time confusion, climbed the fence and slipped away from the courthouse. He was seated in the dock area when he vanished, startling officers and leaving the court in an uproar.
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Siberian Exiles Lectured By George Kennan At Institute
George Kennan addressed the Institute of Technology on Siberian exiles arguing against sensational reports of mines and cruelty. He traced exile origins to the 17th century, outlined banishment methods, noted 19 000 yearly exiles and 159 755 over 20 years, and described zones of exile while criticizing punitive aims and proposing eventual abolition in Russia.
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Institute of Technology
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London Standard
Kennan
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Moscow
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England
Sembrich Triumphs as Lucia in Cincinnati Run
Sembrich has achieved immense success as Lucia at Cincinnati, praised as a superb artiste. Margaret Mather shines as Leah in a Wednesday performance drawing ten recalls, with upcoming matinee The Lady of Lyons. Saturday evening she plays Rosalind in As You Like It. The Hunchback will open Monday as Irving-Terry season at the Boston theatre runs one week with tickets going on sale Monday.
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Irving-Terry
Boston
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