Rochester murder case widens as suspects named
The Rochester investigation into Hiram Sawtell’s death shifts focus to Dr Blood and Edward Russell, with investigators noting circumstantial links. A Boston head search ends. autopsy to confirm instant death is planned in Dover, while Isaac Sawtell remains jailed awaiting further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Blood
Edward Russell
Blood
Boston
Rochester
Isaac
Hiram
Dover
N. H
Kivel
Isaac Sawtell
Sawtell
Nives
H. H. Burbank
Saco
York County
Montana Senate Seats Contested in Credentials Hearing
The Senate privileges and elections committee opened a Montana seats investigation in Washington. Republican claimants Saunders and Power were represented by Col Halbert E Paine. Democrats argued Maginnis and Clark hold prima facie right backed by the Silver Bow county certificate. The panel recessed for two weeks after secret session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Montana
Saunders
Halbert E. Paine
Power
Silver Bow
Jenks
United States Senate
Silver Bow County
Messrs
Maginnis
United States
House Approves Journal as New Rules Reshape Votes
Washington feb 16 the house approved the journal of Fridays proceedings with yeas 128 nays 1. several republicans absent during roll call were denied permission to record their votes. an amendment on mortgage indebtedness was adopted 98 to 63 and the bill amended passed 183 26. sparse adjournment followed as elegies were heard for Richard W Townshend of Illinois with several members addressing the house before 5 oclock adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Yeas
Naysi
Banks
Massachusetts
Pension Bureau
Richardson
Tennessee
Dunnell
Minnesota
Senate
Dockery
Missouri
Buchanan
New Jersey
Congress
United States
Richard W. Townshend
Illinois
Messrs. Holman
Indiana
Hooker
Mississippi
Compton
Maryland
Cutcheon
Michigan
Henderson
Iowa
McMillin
Williams
Cannon
Lane
Springer
Pacific Railroad Debts Proposed Reduced Interest Mortgages
A Senate committee report urges refunding Union Pacific and Central Pacific debts under a government backed plan. It endorses Oregon Short Line gains, outlines secure liens, and sets terms for mortgage bonds, interest, and payments over up to seventy-five years, with conditions for default and government protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Special Committee On Pacific Railroads
Frye
Union Pacific
Davis
Central Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Orexton Short Line
Utah Northern Railway Company
Missouri River
Ogden
Kansas City
Prairie
United States
San Jose
Sierra Nevadas
Nevada
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railway Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company of California
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Cmpany
Thur
California
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Justice
Mrs Kendal to Recite at Blaine Benefit in New York
New York Feb 16 Mrs Kendal the English actress plans a benefit at Broadway Theatre next Tuesday afternoon for Mrs James G Blaine Jr. She will adapt her recitation to the audience and has helped Mrs Blaine with her recovery. The audience demand is high and the theater is expected to be filled from gallery to orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendal
Blaine
New York
Sprecrau
James G. Blaine
Broadway Theatre
America
Mrs. Blaine
Broadway
Death of an Old Malden Citizen
Lewis R. Brown, age eighty two, an old Malden resident, died after he fell descending stairs at 145 Clifton Street. He collapsed last night and passed away a few minutes later. The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Lewis R. Brown
Clifton Street
Rights of Companies to Acquire Property and Extend Railways
Section 19 makes the Attorney-General responsible for enforcing the act and reporting annually to the President for Congress. The bill will be reported to the Senate this week and the committee seeks to place it as a special order for early March consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Destitution at Devil's Lake Indians prompts relief plea
Indian Agent Cramsie reports severe winter hardship at Devil's Lake North Dakota with 900 residents at risk and multiple deaths from starvation. Fund allocations and private donations are described, including a $3000 relief remittance from Commissioner MoNgan and ongoing appeals coordinated by Herbert Welsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pavun
Minn
Cramsie
Devil’s Lake Reservation
North Dakota
Harrison
Herbert Welsh
The
Indian Rights Association
Devil’s Lake
Dakota
Craimsie
Welsh
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Penn
Congress
Ae . T. J. Mongan
Fort Torren
N. D
Oberon
N. C
Northern Pacific
Fire Record From Gloucester and Other Cities
A Gloucester blaze on Main Street damaged the American Express and Western Union sites, a saloon, and a barber’s tenement, with extensive losses to the Grand Army and other groups. Insured losses totaled over 10,000 with multiple companies. Additional fires hit East Gloucester, New Bedford, Cohasset, Providence, Terre Haute, Pittsfield, Lynn, Bangor, and Boston areas, causing varying damages and insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Main Street
Nathaniel Webster
American Express
Western Union Telegraph
John J. Gerry
William Newman
Colonel Allen Post
The
Royal Arcanum
the Foresters
J. R. Maguire
Barber
Grand Army
Boston
Chicago
New York Bowery
Providence
Washington
City of
East Gloucester
Susan Anderson
Morgan Rothh
Orchard Street
R. L
W. H. Place & Co
Gilbert Bowen
Pacific Avenue
Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute Milling Company
W. L. Kidder & Sons
Pirtsfield
Belair Manufacturing Company
Petterbridge & Purnell
Lynn
Josiah C. Bennett
Bangor
C. A. Washburn
Gas House Explosion Shakes Northampton
A portion of the Northampton gas house exploded tonight, causing a loud blast that startled the city. No workers were injured, and losses are under $500. Firemen en route to the scene were delayed when their ladder truck overturned, injuring driver Frank Ames and Edward Chapelle, who were cut and bruised on the railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Frank Ames
Edward Chapelle
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Relation of the Bar to Medicine Speech by Cleveland
Ex President Cleveland addressed Bellevue Hospital Medical College Alumni at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the relation of medicine and law. He urged humility and duty, contrasted professional habits, noted mutual skepticism and quarrels, and urged lawyers and doctors to apply influence for the public good beyond their fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Bellevue Hospital Medical College Alumni Association
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Hardihood
Obituary notices leading figures in Britain and Ireland
London reports the death of Baron Lamington Rt Hon Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Baillie. His son W C A L Cochrane-Baillie inherits the peerage and vacates a Commons seat. Also noted is the death of John G. Rogers of Lowell grain dealer aged 59, and a London despatch on Sir Robert Kane M.D. born 1810 in Dublin, prize winner, Cork university president, Royal University of Ireland senator and education board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Baillie
Lamington
London
Thomas John Cochrane
House of Commons
W. C. Aln. Cochrane-Baillie
St. Pancras
John G. Rogers
J. G. Rogers & Co
Lowell
Groton
C. I. Hood
Robert Kane
Dublin
Royal Irish Academy
Queen’s College of Cork
Royal University of Ireland
Board of
National Education For Ireland
Norwich Line Captain Held Without Bail
Captain Jeremiah C. Gill of the Norwich Line steamboat City of New York was arrested on a complaint by Mrs. Dailey. Her husband, Captain Patrick Dailey, died in a coal barge collision with the same steamer off the Battery last Friday. Gill is held without bail for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jeremiah C. Gill
City of
Tragedy in Five Street: Father Kills Couple Then Himself
Isaac Jacob shot Herman Rogozinsky at 54 Ridge street and then wounded Rogozinsky's wife before turning the gun on himself. His target’s family and a nephew pursued him to Broome street, where he died as police arrived. Mrs Rogozinsky remains seriously wounded. Jacob left a rambling note claiming betrayals and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isaac Jacob
Herman Royozinsky
Ridge Street
Rogozinsky
Wie
Jacob
Royozinsky
No. 47
Rovozinsky
No. 54
Disappearances, disasters, and bids mark mixed week
A Quebec timber merchant Davis vanishes with a theft estimate up to 200000 while a firm investigates. Drummer Edwin Dudley dies in Providence. Two freight trains collide at Ware injuring several. a Virginia yard incident kills two and injures six. A San Francisco bank stake changes hands with investors including Hellman Schol Bros. and Levi Strauss. A New York stabbing ends fatally over a dispute. Postmaster nominee at Framingham Centre. Rochester treasurer resignation amid 101000 in city funds. New York Republicans back Platt and Reed Windom emigration stance. Miss Nellie Smith escapes surveillance in a high profile case. Barre VT polishes strike for nine hours and higher wages. Harriman bets 8000 to walk 3000 miles in 65 days starting in Indiana, aiming for San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Davis
Quebec
Bryant, Powish & Bryant
London
Eng
Canada
Davis
Edwin R. Dudley
Union
Providence
Ware
Staunton
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Bdeare Slater
Thomas Kidd
Charlottesville
I. W. Hellman
Los Angeles
Schol Bros
San Francisco
New York
Levi Strauss
Nevada Bank of
James H. Miller
Mamie Miller
George H. Waterman
Framingham Centre
Rochester
N. Y
John A. Davis
Republican State Committee of
Thomas C. Platt
Reed
Windom
Commissioners of Emigration
Nellie Smith
Dr. Ludgate
Malden
Barre
Harriman
Boston
Indiana
Everett Seeks Australian Voting Plan for Town Caucus
Several hundred residents met in Everett Hall to decide voting method for nominating town officers. The caucus on Feb 27 would use the Australian system with a single ballot listing all candidates, and ballots printed by the citizens' town committee upon written requests with $1. Candidates with the most votes would be declared nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Everett Hall
Citizens’ Town Committee
Citizens’ Caucus
Yale Harvard Athletics Dual League Debate in Springfield
The Harvard Yale conference committee met in secret with Walter Camp present to discuss athletic plans. Debate focused on a possible dual league, with Yale cautious about leaving Princeton and Harvard pressing for broader reform and track alignment. The outcome remains uncertain as factions weigh football and track implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Harvard
Yale
Walter Camp
Yale Athletic Association
Princeton
New Jersey
Crimson Standard
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Intercollegiate Association
Cambridge
Beverly and Danvers electric rail line hearing on Naumkeag road
Beverly Massachusetts on February 16 held a selectmen hearing over the Beverly and Danvers electric railroad petition to run over Naumkeag road tracks on Rantoul street to Pleasant street. Naumkeag street railroad opposes due to rail weight and future upgrade costs estimated at 8000 dollars. Executives session to decide later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brveer Yy
Selectmen’s
Beverly
Beverly & Danvers Electric Railroad
Naumkeag Road
Rantoul Street
Pleasant Street
John J. Baker
Electric Road
Shoe
Morton
Henry P. Moulton
Naumkeag Street
Hawaiian Elections Show National Reform Victory in Hawaii
San Francisco February 16 A general February 5 election across the Hawaiian islands indicates the ruling party defeated and the National Reform party winning a majority. Native labor voters favored the Reform side, with all nine Nobles and seven of eight Representatives elected on Oahu. No new smallpox cases in Meriden Conn and the outbreak is likely over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
National Reform Party
Oahu
Honolulu
Meriden
Conn
Mortgagee's Sale Auction by Snow & Co at 24 North Market
Mortgagee's sale announced by Snow & Co commission merchants and auctioneers. Auctioneer notices indicate property to be sold under mortgage terms. Sale location at 24 North Market Street and 66 Fulton Street, with terms likely set by the mortgage holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow & CO
North Market ‘T
Fulton St
John Sanderson
Sarah Sanderson
George Woollard
County of
Suffolk
Boston
East
Lennington Street
Moore Street
R. Eddy
KR. H. Eddy
John I. Butcher
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Railroad Debts
Devil's Lake Indians
A. B. Porter
Chelsea Street
Robert Grieve
Charles Sanderson
Mr. Grieve
Chelsea
Porter
Grieve
Morrill Leather Company
Isaac Gainsburg
Merrimac Street
Wyman
Hook and Ladder Jand Chemicall
R. H. J. Nagle
Middlesex and
Castle Streets
J. T. Clark
Bussey’s Park
Washington and
Centre Streets
Brighton
Norwich
Chichester
Safe and Gore
Dragsist
Takemo
Thichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq
Philada
Gov. Goodell
New Hampshire
State OF
Executive Department
J. A. Melvin
Blackstone St
Concord
Deal
H. Goodell
Hetail
Naumkeag Road Objects
Beverly & Danvers
David T. Haskins
James Kusell Lowell
Charles W. Storey
Maria Lowell
Edwin L. Hale
Said Hale
James W. French
French
Loston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Roxbury
Quincy Street
Maywood
Yioston
Wi. A. Garbett
Quincy
William ‘H. H. Tuttle
Es. Ag Morng Farm
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Rammeti
John Jefferies & Sons
Devonshire Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Place
Boston Stock Hechange
Rapid Tel. Co. Im
Cabot Mfz. Co
Pacific K.R. Im
Mass. National Bank
Kiddeford National Banke S
Lowell Mfg
Manchester Mills, Hill Mfg
Atlantic Cotton Co
Norwich & Worcester Railroad Co
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad
Maine Central Railroad Co
West End St. By. Co
Water Works of
Omaha
New England Mortgage Sec. Co
Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad
Birmingham Equipment Co
Old Colony Railroad
Lowa Falls
Sioux City Railroad
Rutland RR
Lombard Inv. Co
N. H. Trust Co
Willeans & CO
Congress ST
Devonshire St
Quincy Fiouse
San Miguel Gold Placers Co
Colorado
Benj. F. Butler
James Gilfillan
Big River
S.S
Savannah
Lewis Wharf
Valencia Oranges
Bostonian
Elwell, Hanson & CO
Commercial St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!