Three Big Electrics Crash Into Teams
Three separate electric carriage accidents occurred in one day, injuring three people seriously and demolishing two wagons. Slippery rails and snowy streets caused collisions involving Miss Flora Barnard, Davis Pitznoff, driver Charlie Schofield, and Thomas Burns, with multiple injuries and ongoing doubts about recovery.
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Flora Barnard
Morton Street
Davis Pitznoff
Canal Street
Travers Street
Jamaica Plain
Station 1
Patro
Cain
Hanover Street
Elliott
Barnard
Charlie Schofield
Mutual Express Company
Milk Street
Washington Street
East Boston Electric No. 228
Isaac Higgins
Schofield
East Boston Electric
Hawkey Street
Express
Thomas Burns
George W. Gale Lumber Company
Front Street
Harvard Bridge
Burns
Walnut Court
Goods Recovered by Boston Detectives Identify Stolen Articles
Station 4 in La Grange street sees large visitor turnout as Captain Gaskin and his Special Officers Cowboy and Whitman recover goods from two fences linked to ex convict Rogers and the Mahoneys. The recovered trove, tied to over a hundred larcenies, includes inscribed silver spoons and varied items traced with help from Woodward and Kramer of R H White & Co. Most goods identified. owners sought for remaining items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 4
la Grange Street
Captain Gaskin
Cowboy and
Whitman
Charles W. Rogers
Jerry
Annie Mahoney
Rogers
Florence Street
Woodward
Kramer
R. H. White & Co
Boston
Harry B Seamans Dead at 27 in Brookline
Harry B. Seamans of 12 Harvard Street Brookline died of pneumonia after a week of illness. A son of F. F. Seamans he was 27 and a well known Brookline figure active in local and patriotic movements and promoter of clean amateur sports before his marriage drew him from club life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Seamans
Harvard Street
Brookline
Puritan Club
Post headlines spurs talk of rail slump and cabinet shift
The Post the morning edition offered readers a lively mix of rail slump developments in Reading and the potential that President McLeod may not face a Waterloo. Washington dispatches discussed Josiah Quincy joining Cleveland's Cabinet while Amy Robsart’s Harvard Annex interview and Rob Roy’s Burge and Myers note drew sport and stock insights. Suburban residents push for uniform railroad fares amid broader daily forecasts and features.
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The
Post
Reading
McLeod
Waterloo
Washington
Josiah Quincy
Cleveland
Amy Robsart
Gilman
Harvard Annex
Rob Roy
Burge
Myers
Open the Books Dollar Gas for Boston Citizens
Captain Henry M. Cross urged a bill to let gas be sold to all Boston residents at $1 per thousand feet with profits for manufacturers. He argued capital limits block full city coverage but favored consolidation to uniform rates. The discussion covered Brookline entry, inner and outer territories, and potential city ownership financed by gas bills.
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Henry M. Cross
Committee On Manufactures
Boston
Captain Cross
Brookline Gas Company
Brooklyn
Boston Gas Light Company
Moody Merrill
Merrill
Gas Commission
Cross
Brookline Company
Milwaukee
Sumner C. Chandler
Lowell Company
Chandler
Mr. Coffin
Mr. Cross
Columbus Ball Promises Spectacular Night of Pageantry
Promoters trumpet a grand Columbus celebration with an electrical display a thirty six foot high arch statue and a prismatic fountain. Tickets are limited to two thousand with sales brisk despite a storm and attendees promised from across New England including many prominent actors and actresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reynolds
New England
Mechanics
Columbus
Boston Board of Trade Backs Tax Cuts for Whiskey Trust
The Boston Associated Board of Trade met at Youngs Hotel and issued resolutions denouncing the Whiskey Trust monopoly and urging tax reductions. The committee on rapid transit opposed using the Common for rail purposes beyond necessary tunnel access and rejected surface cars plus a Public Garden switching station. William B. Rice criticized the Legislature’s report on auctioning new railroad stock, saying lawmakers bow to railroad interests, and a committee was formed to seek legislation favorable to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Young’s Hotel
Whiskey Trust
Committee On Rapid Transit
William B. Rice
State House
Mayor Names Fire Investigation Commission in Boston
Boston Mayor Matthews names ex Alderman Carruth John Shepard and J M Meredith to a citizen committee to investigate fire management and fire department spending. He urges thorough study to guide city action and cites past charter and public institution committees as precedent.
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Matthews
Herbert S. Carruth
John Shepard
J. M. Meredith
Boston
Carruth
Shepard
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Meredith
Meredith & Drew
Board of Aldermen
City Council
Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Fire Underwriters
Messrs. Herbert 8. Carruth
N. Matthews, JR
Flood
Strafford County
New Hampshire
Long Island
Rainsford Island
Charlestown
Alderman Maguire
Rainsford’s Island
Charrlestown Almshouse
Committee On Public Institutions
Alderman Flood
Populist House Preservation Stressed by Governor Lewelling
Governor Lewelling issues a written statement asserting that Republicans seek to erase the Populist House. He argues inquiry will show Populists never abandoned the essential goal and warns Supreme Court action against Populist laws would invite fierce public backlash. He recalls Judge Trescilian’s execution as a grim precedent.
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Torricka
Kan
Lewelling
Supreme Court
Trescilian
Theatrical Rumor Seeks Dudley Street Opera House Deal
Rumor in Roxbury centers on a syndicate of theatrical men and financiers considering buying the Dudley Street Opera House to convert it into a first class variety theatre. George Everett, once linked with John Stetson, denied involvement and warned the venture would require large funds and a safe market. The existing building would need extensive repairs to host regular performances. The alleged overtures to Agent W C Blodgett could not be confirmed. many dismiss the plan as myth.
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Roxbury
Dudley Street
George Everett
John Stetson
Everett
Dudley Street Opera House
W. C. Blodgett
Reduced excursion fares to Cleveland inauguration
The Royal Blue Line offers excursion tickets to Washington for March 2 3 and returnable by March 7 1893. The 6 excursion rate from New York is eight dollars. The event is expected to draw crowds nationwide from the station at foot of Liberty Street New York.
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Cleveland
Royal Blue Line
Washington
New York
Liberty Street
Legislature Aims for May Adjournment Amid Debate
The legislature, led by Speaker Barrett, pursues an early adjournment on the first Wednesday in May, but amendments render the move questionable. Bennett and allies clash over rules, while various committees report on mercantile stock sales, grade crossing abolitions, and fishing seasons.
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Barrett
Bennett
Everett
Providence
Old Colony Railroad Company
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. A. Hall
Mount Hope Cemetery
Baker
Essex
E. F. Blodgett
Fisheries Committee
List of Applications Filed at City Registrar February 20
With best intentions a list of pairs filed at the city registrar includes Joseph J Crowe and Jennie F Cook Howard W Glover and Pertha C Smith James Hughes and Mary A Mektroy Thomas Cawley and Eliza McKennan Otto Hellar and Margaret Stevenson Frank Mack and Rose Flobden John A Jones and Florence C Cook Thomas Fermoyle and Elizabeth Noonan Joseph Fluster and Kate Simons Steven Berryman and Annie Wiecpert
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Crowe
Jennie F. Cook
Howard W. Glover
Pertha C. Smith
James Hughes
Mary A. Mektroy
Thomas Cawley
Eliza McKennan
Otto Hellar
Margaret Stevenson
Frank Mack
Rose Flobden
John A. Jones
Florence C. Cook
Thomas Fermoyle
Elizabeth Noonan
Joseph Fluster
Kate Simons
Steven Berryman
Annie Wiecpert
They Were Married. Marriages Reported to City Registrar
In this city on February 19 and 20 two marriages were reported by city officials. The Rev A Butelle performed Gia Rosso and Concetta Rosso on February 19. The Rev S Reinstein united Jake Miller and Annie Cohen on February 19.
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A. Butelle
Gia 1 Rosso
Concetta Rosso
S. Reinstein
Jake Miller
Annie Cohen
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O'Callaghan & CO
Grand Rug Sale
Sanford & Smith
Washington St
J. Steinberg
Tremont Row
Alles
Graves
Maryland
Signa
Ture
Chester H. Graves & Sons
the Post
IPS News
H. It. Cross
Boston Prices
East Boston
Brighton
Old Boston Gas C
Columbian Ball
Zai
Agne O
Ae Rib
Braham
Mullaly
Board OF Trade
Fire Investigation Commission
Kearsarge
Rine Park
Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Admiral Farragut
Marine Park
Samuel W. Clifford
Maynard. Stiles
Gil
Court Street
DR. Dewey
Tremont St
Mc Pongall
Pr. Dewey
Tremont Street
Losaton
Elmwood Street
Dougald McDougall
Raymond
California
Keeston
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
Bureau of Information of
Los Angeles
Mexico
Sandwich Islands
In Francisco
Raymond & Whitcomb Grant
Fair Grounds
Raymond & Whitcoms
Mass
Pullman
G. W. Cook
Beostone
Boris
Wilson Bros
Dodge
Belmont
Lucy Sherman
Yougest
Frederic and
Eugenia L. Dodge
Fish
Moses W. Fish
Grover
South Boston
Oscar A. Grover
Jarvis
John Bradbury Jarvis
J. Pf. Jarvis
King
Ann M. King
Kimball
Chelsea
Sylvester Kimball
Lane
Roslindale
Samuel G. Lane
Larrabee
Ppeus Monia
Angeline Larrabee
Benjamin Larrabee
Portland
Perkins
Allston
Emma E
David G. Perkins
Karl Fletcher
Robinson
Elizabeth H
Frank R. Rootuson
Sturdivant
Somerville
Targiet Sturdivant
Tate
Malden
Elizabeth L
George C. Tate
Taft
Miss Elizie Ge
Davie W. Taft
Wolkins
West Roxbury
Louis Frederick
Fred L
Sadie Wolkins
Wheatland
Salem
George Wheatland
Whittier
Nancy Pierce
FE. N. Whittier
Boylston Street
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