Albany Convention Chaos Over Hill Factional Fight
Albany N Y Feb 21 Senator Hill spoke of smooth seas as a split Democratic party moves toward a national convention. Delegates fluctuate with Murphy Croker Boody Thatcher named as likely leaders, while ex Mayor Grace and Brooklyn forces plan a rival assembly. Union Hall protests loom as calls for primaries and a new state convention rise amid unit rule debates.
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Albany
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Senator Hill
John Boyd Thatcher
Edward Murphy
Troy
Hugh McLaughlin
Brooklyn
Cook
Rochester
Percy Belmont
New York
Richard Croker
Boody
Murphy
Croker
Thatcher
Edward Murphy, Jr
Delavan
W. Bourke Cochran
James J. Martin
Thomas F. Gilroy
Sheehan
Beebe
State Board of Claims
Daniel E. Sickles
Clerk DeFreesy
State Committee
David B. Hill
Hill
Legislature
Hill's Snap Convention Today Feature
Will be pictured for Post readers tomorrow by a corps of staff correspondents. The Albany gathering draws readers across parties from Republican to Mugwump. Mellin's Food claims to strengthen babies against heat and cold, providing a health benefit.
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Albany
Mellin
The
Mrs Deacon Seeks Divorce After Public Intrigue
Cannes February reports Mrs Deacon accuses her husband of neglect and contempt and says she carried on an affair with M Abeille with his knowledge. Deacon to be confronted in court, says he plans action after interviews and detective surveillance. Abeille described as entertaining and a family visitor whose death is mourned.
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Cannes
Deacon
M. Abeille
Wreck at Cannon's Station Follows Signal Miss
Danbury Conn Feb 21 The Housatonic road suffered its worst wreck when Engineer Ford did not heed a signal from a brakeman. The milk fast freight collided at 30 mph destroying fifteen cars and the locomotive. Ford's body recovered Luckey and Keating injured but not fatally. loss exceeds 25000 dollars.
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Danbury
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Cannon's
Housatonic
Ford
Luckey
Keating
Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan Opens in London
Oscar Wilde's new play at St James Theatre failed to impress critics. Recalls occurred after each act and Wilde faced a tepid reception. Review notes weak dramatic action, heavy dialogue, and a stream of epigrams, deeming him more a novelist than a playwright. It suggests a moderate run at best.
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London
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere
St. James
Wilde
Secretary Foster denies silver meeting talk
Washington February 21 Secretary Foster tonight declared there is no truth in reports that a Monday meeting is planned between himself Senator Teller and Senator Aldrich and other leaders on the silver question to push a compromise. The group would seek an international monetary conference if Republicans favoring free coinage would block a free coinage bill this session. Teller and Aldrich are out of the city and not expected back soon. Foster plans to leave for New York tomorrow en route to Europe.
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Charles 8. Fairchilds
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Matthew E. Hale
E. Ellery Anderson
Grave
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Robert G. Munroe
Lawrence E. Sexton
New York Committee of Fifty
Anderson
Yok
Brooklyn
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Union Hall
Grace
United Press
Edward M. Shepard
J. J. Morrison
A. A. Healy
George F. Peabody
A. L. Sessions
J. W. Green
J. B. Moffatt
F. W. Henrich
S. P. Sturgis
P. J. Frady
E. F. Sumner
T. M. Buckley
C. A. Haviland
B. R. Western
Washipton
Foster
Teller
Aldrich
New York
Europe
Weather Indications Forecast For New England And New York
Cloudy with light rain along the coast, then cooler and fair conditions forecast for Monday night and Tuesday. Northeast winds elevated over eastern New York and New England, with rain along the coast and colder Tuesday. signals shown from Wilmington to Woods Hall, except at Baltimore.
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Washincton
New England
New York
Wilmington
Woods Hall
Baltimore
Come to My Arms Says He To Her Rheumatism Theme
A brief quip framed as dialogue. He offers a romantic plea while she cites rheumatism and pivots to salvation oil as a solution. The exchange reads as a light humorous vignette capturing social banter.
Boston's Real Four Hundred Of Accomplished Bostonites
The Post rebukes the Herald and Record lists of Boston’s Four Hundred as showy and inherited, praising a self made, action oriented roster of men and women who have accomplished something for themselves or for the city. The Post argues for merit over social pedigree and calls for replacing snobbish lists with a more real account of public achievement in Boston.
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The
Herald and Record
the Post
Allright
Herald and
Record
Post
Sunday Herald
Ward McAllister
Men of Action
Notable list of Boston figures continues on fourth page
A long roster of prominent Boston names including Adams Ames Aldrich and Brooks is continued from the first pages. The column cites figures such as Charles Francis Adams Oliver Ames Samuel Barrett and Benjamin Butler among others in a historic roll call.
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Charles Francis Adams
John Quincy Adams
J. Edwin Addicks
Alexander Axassiz
Samuel N. Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
H. G. Allen
Hugh A. Allen
John F. Anderson
John F. Andrew
Frederick L. Ames
Oliver Ames
Nathan Appleton
William F. Apthorp
Edward Atkinson
BR. A. Atkinson
Edward Avery
FE. M. Bacon
William H. Baker
Francis V. Balch
William H. Baldwin
Samuel J. Barrow
T. Dennie Boardman
Mathew Bolles
George
Boutwell
Vincent Y. Bowditch
A. Brackett
Bradford
Frederick W. Bradlee
Grenville
T. W. Bramanuis
D. Brandeis
Ohn
L. Bremer
Martin Brimmer
Phillips Brooks
Francis H. Brown
W. H. Brine
Benjamin F. Butler
Peter Utler
W. 5. Butler
Rushed for the Electric Ends in Tragic Death on Main Street
Last evening at 6:45 Charles Francis a young Black man attempted to catch an electric car on Main Street Cambridge when he suddenly threw up his hands and collapsed dead. Bystanders carried the body to Litchfield's undertaking rooms for examination.
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Charles Francis
Main Street
Cambridge
Francis
Litchfield
Tragic Fire Claims Three Camp Children in Snowoon
Snowoon Michigan February 21 a deadly blaze consumed a residence killing Albert Marie and Charles Camp ages seven five and two years Several prominent citizens were seriously burned when they rushed in to rescue the youngsters with efforts thwarted by the fast spreading flames The community mourns the loss as investigators begin to probe the cause
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Snowwoon
Mich
Albert
Marie
Charles Camp
El Paso Bucks Billy Lewis Defeats Golding in Fifth Round
Billy Lewis of El Paso and Sparrow Golding of Philadelphia fought for 5000 a side before about a thousand spectators. Lewis rushed the bout and knocked Golding out in the fifth round with a right-hand swing to the throat.
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Paso
Tex
Billy Lewis
el Paso
Sparrow Golding
Philadelphia
Lewis
Golding
Possible Boundary Redraw Threatens Arizona Towns
Report cites a Sonoran official claiming a resurvey could transfer sixty miles of U S soil to Mexico affecting Tucson Yuma Tombstone Nogales Bisbee Willcox Benson Gila Bend and San Diego along with mining properties and the Southern Pacific line. The claim is disputed though a survey is set to begin at Fort Bliss with troops and engineers to map the border this year.
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Sonora
Mex
Hermosillo
Mexico
Tucson
Yuma
Tombstone
Nogales
Bisbee
Willcox
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San Diego
Cal
San Juan
Capisrance
Southern Pacific Railroad
Arizona
Finley
U.S.A
Fort Bliss
Y Ex
A Chilly Baptism at Packerville Revival
In Packerville near Plainfield Connecticut a revival drew farmers and factory workers to a primitive church. Today thirteen converts endured an icy baptism in the Quinnebang River as crowds cheered from the banks and sang.
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Plainfield
Conn
Packerville
Quinnebang
Who Was She Steamer Steinboest Reports A Signal Exchange
The Steamer Steinboest arriving from Hamburg says on February 11 at lat 15.83 N long 49.20 W it signaled with a presumably broken down steamer. The unidentified schooner had a yellow funnel with a large Jetter T, signal letters M. D. & B, and was headed eastward with full sail.
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Steinboest
Hamburg
Wild chase as robber hijacks locomotive
A desperado rifles a car and steals a locomotive, pursued by another engine in a running battle across miles. The train is abandoned when its steam dies. a swamp escapes capture. Sheriff’s posse closes in and the man yields the name William Cross. No loot from the safe is reported.
Desperate Central Hudson Train Robbery Ends With Shootout
Rocuelver New York February 21. A bold attempt to rob the American Express money car on Central Hudson train No 81 led to a gunfight and a long chase. An express messenger was shot at and the robber fled on a following engine, pursued by railway crews and a sheriff's posse. The money car carried specie and bank funds. Daniel McInerny supervised the money car on the perilous trip. The attempted raid triggered a running duel from car to engine across miles before the desperado was captured in a swamp.
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Central Hudson Railway
Central Hudson
American Express Company
New York
Buffalo
Express Company
Chicago
United States Treasury
West
Seciecy
Daniel McInerny
Syracuse
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