The Canadian Crisis Priests Support Sir John Macdonald
The Daily Graphic publishes Marquis of Lorne analysis on Canadian independence and annexation fears. He argues colonies are de facto independent, warns against U S tariff changes, and predicts Canada would resist American governance while Britain remains committed to Canada. Priests in Quebec pledge support for Sir John Macdonald with Archbishop Fabre urging loyalty to preserve liberty, language, religion, and laws.
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Daily Graphic
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Canada
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Montrest
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Quebec
John Macdonald
Fabre
Norwegian cabinet resigns over foreign policy dispute
Christiana reports the Norwegian cabinet has resigned after the Storthing passed a Liberal motion censuring the government's foreign policy by a 59 to 55 vote. Liberals seek greater independence in Scandinavia while the government argues such a shift could dissolve the union with Sweden. In Hamburg, Prince Bismarck declines a Reichstag nomination citing personal and domestic reasons.
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Scandinavia
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Enthusiastic Dedication of the New Shoe Factory at Pepperell
The Leighton Bros. new shoe factory near Pepperell was dedicated with a village parade led by Alden Lawrence and the Pepperell Cornet Band. Delegations from Fitchburg Boston and Worcester arrived as fifty teams marched to the factory. Guests toured the plant, enjoyed a collation for about 1100, and the evening featured speeches music and a social dance.
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Leighton Bros
Fitchburg
Boston
Worcester
Alden Lawrence
Pepperell Cornet
Father Sherman's Thanks for the Sympathy from New York
The Sherman family returns from the funeral train to Manhattan and issues a letter of gratitude to the public for the nation’s condolences on General Sherman’s death. Father Thomas E. Sherman signs the message, expressing deep appreciation and asking friends to accept this token of thanks. The note notes the heavy sorrow and the nation’s support sustaining the family.
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General Sherman
St. Louis
Thomas E. Sherman
Sherman
Tuomas E. Sherman
Resolutions Condemning Quorum Falsification by the Speaker
In a House debate Illinois representative Scott Wike introduced for reference to Judiciary a preamble and resolutions denouncing falsifications of the House journal by the Speaker. The measure calls for an amendment to Congress to impeach or remove the presiding officer who alters journal entries to show a quorum.
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Newton High School Battalion Prize Drill Exhbition
Relatives and city officials filled Eliot Hall to see Newton High School Battalion’s sixth annual prize drill with battalion, senior and junior drills, sword squad, dress parade and prize awards. Cole's Orchestra provided music as junior prize winner G W Gilbert and senior prize winner Colbeare received medals. J Edward Hollis presided.
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R.S. Cardingly
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E. H. Huxley
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A. W.tarbell
Lampman killed on Brooklyn elevated road
New York February 23 a lampman named William Delehanty was killed at the Kings County elevated railway bridge station. A backing Fulton Ferry train silently struck him in the back as he walked the track near the platform crushing his back and crushing his right hand. Passengers witnessed the accident and the body was dragged under the platform.
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A Vein of Alabaster Found near Canon City
Denver reports a major alabaster quarry discovery in the foothills near Canon City. The ledge is thick and extends for miles and blocks of any size can be quarried. Specimens range from pure white to rainbow hues and polish well. Some varieties resist 10,000 psi. Plaster of Paris and hydraulic cement uses noted. Rumor of a Dutch New York and St. Louis syndicate optioning the emery at a fabulous price.
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Paris
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Maine Meteor Bursts Over Madison at Early Morning
A large meteor, about the size of a full moon, was seen over Madison Maine at 4 15 this morning. It burst with a loud report scattering blazing fragments in all directions. The concussion shook houses and woke hundreds as it rumbled like thunder and flashed like lightning.
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Madison Village
Nova Scotia Horror Disaster Appeals for Aid in Spring Hill
A major mining catastrophe in Spring Hill Nova Scotia left about 117 dead with 51 widows and 157 orphans. An appeal for 70000 dollars was issued to Canada and the United States for relief funding while a relief fund committee led by the mayor and town council gathered subscriptions. Funeral arrangements and burial efforts continued amid shortages and distress.
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William Harr
A. McLeop
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Peter Gallagher
Daniel Lockhart
Oliver Dupee
James
Conway
Rescued from a mine in Jeansville Pennsylvania
Five entombed men found alive hours after tapping sounds led searchers to them. John Tomaskusky led in strength, others weak from hunger and thirst. They will not be moved to surface for days and will receive careful nursing as doctors treat injuries and exhaustion.
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Tomaskusky
John
Sequel to a lynching in Colorado details new version
Denver February 23. The Salida murder and subsequent lynching of Oliver Reilly are recast. Reilly, in charge of the coal chute, was attempting to drive away a worker when Conductor Sullivan ordered him off. After a quarrel Reilly shot Sullivan. Mob tried to seize him. several shots were fired, four wounded, including Reilly. He was hanged at a railroad crossing and will face a full investigation for the mob action.
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Judge Hines Moved to New York From Proctorsville
Rutland Vermont February 24 Judge C C Hines of New York once partners with President Harrison who suffered paralysis at his Proctorsville summer home has recovered enough to be moved to his Gedney House New York where surgeon Dr Fletcher of Indianapolis expects his probable full recovery in two years He now uses his right side and his left is improving and he stood the journey today better than expected
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Indianapolis
Tail Collision At Remington Station Aboard Two Trains
At Remington station the east bound Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern express collided with the rear of a local west bound passenger coach. The engineer mistook the main line for the siding, reversing too late. Conductor Gallagher and several passengers were injured but none fatally. victims named include Mrs Retta Clayton Miss Mary Fox W H Fox and Mrs Phil Hall.
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Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Remington Station
Gallagher
Retta Clayton
Fayetteville
Mary Fox
East Matins
W. H. Fox
Dodsonville
Phil Hall
New York Recount Fight Fails in Census Committee
The House Census Committee adopted Representative Sherman of New York’s report opposing a New York City recount. The panel ordered Flower’s recount resolution to be reported to the House with a recommendation that it not pass. Only Representative Washington of Tennessee opposed the action, arguing the city’s case.
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House Committee On the Census
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Tennessee
Dem
Dundomachie Insane A Scottish Land Agitator Committed
In EpixnpurenH on February 23 Alexander Robertson known as Dundomachie, a noted Scottish land agitator, was committed to an asylum after striking Lord Inglis on Prince's street with a stick, causing only a slight head injury. He was arrested and placed in an asylum by the magistrate.
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Robertson
Dundomachie
Lord Inglis
Prince’s Street
Weather Forecast and Synopsis for New England to Midwest
The report forecasts warmer southerly winds and fair weather for New England and eastern New York, with increasing cloudiness and rain by Wednesday. It notes a central anticyclonic area near the lakes moving off-shore, a deepening storm west of New York, and general warm-up with scattered snow in the Northwest. High temperatures emerge near lakes and across Southwestern regions, with Fort Sill reaching 86 degrees.
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the Lakes
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Duluth
A Lively Milk Can Thief nabbed in Salem
Special to the Post out of Salem Feb 23 J J H Gregory complained of missing milk cans from Dennis Kellys doorstep on Aborn street. Police watched the place and today caught Thomas Sutherland in the act. An officer took him to his house to recover more cans when Sutherland fled through a window and escaped.
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Salem
J. J. H. Gregory
Dennis Kelly
Aborn Street
Thomas Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherlan
Whole family drowned in Missouri River flood
The heavy snow followed by rain flooded the Missouri River near Kansas City. Frederick Warner, his wife and three children lived in a riverside house that was undermined by rising water. The structure toppled into the river and the entire family perished.
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Missouri River
Frederick Warner
OLD IN TEMPERANCE WORK Fifty-seventh anniversary observed in public meeting
Latem Feb 23 special to the Post Henfield Division No 2 oldest Sons of Temperance in New England observed its forty seventh anniversary with a public meeting in the Calvary anee church. Speeches marks were made by Gideon gale George A Phinney and George F nes.
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Sons of Temperance Organization
New England
Calvary Anee
Gideon Gale
George A. Phinney
George F.nes
Lat and Ship News Summary from New York Harbor
The Feb 23 shipping column lists vessels including Archiv Indiana Barrow Clare McLeod Auckland Vigilant Santa Cruz Johan Hansen Buenos Ayres Talisman London Guispee Leghorn St Marie Nellie Pickup Ponce PA Harry Smith St Jago Saved steamer Bayonne London bark Gonsayaer Port Elizabeth cleared Qgana Rockwell Gonalyes.
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Archiv
Indiana
Barrow
Clare McLeod
Auckland
Vigilant
Santa Cruz
Johan Hansen
Buenos Ayres
Talisman
London
Guispee
Leghorn
St Marie
Boston
Nellie Pickup
Ponce
Harry Smith
St Jago
Bayonne
Gonsayaer
Port Elizabeth
Qgana
Rockwell
Gonalyes
Eloquence at Portland Dine and Discuss Politics
Portland Maine February 23. The Young Men's Democratic Club held its first dinner at the Preble House with 325 members. President Robert A. McClachey opened the meeting and Nathan Clifford Jr acted as toastmaster. Hon D H Ingraham read letters from leading Democrats including a regret from Grover Cleveland dated February 13 1891.
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Young Men’s Democratic Club
Preble House
Robert A. McClachey
Nathan Clifford, Jr
Clifford
D. H. Ingraham
Democrats Banquet Toasts and Speeches in Portland
In Washington and Albany letters dated February 1891 officials decline Maine Young Men’s Democratic Club banquet invitations due to duties. Cleveland era speakers at the Portland event praise Jeffersonian Democracy, municipal politics, Reed rulings, and the 1892 campaign. speeches honor George Washington as the club adjourns at 1:30 AM.
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George Washington
Banquet of Brockton Young Men's Democratic League in 1891
Brockton February 23 the Young Men's Democratic and Tariff Reform League held a Washington's birthday banquet with about eighty prominent men present. Ex mayor Douglas presided, with Dr William Everett James Russell Reed J H Slade and Matthew Cushing among guests. Letters from Grover Cleveland and E Russley read aloud and praised the club.
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Srpeedax
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Quincy
James Russell Reed
Boston
J. H. Slade
Matthew Cushing
Middleboro
Everett
Cleveland
Russell
New York
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Young Men’s
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Democratic Party
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Hampden watch foreman dies in bicycle fall
Arthur L. Kellar foreman at Hampden watch works was killed this morning in a bicycle accident. He traveled from Elgin to the site when the fatal fall occurred.
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Arthur L. Kellar
Hampden Watch Works
Elgin
Flower de Hundred praised by reviewer for Mrs. Harrison
A reader lauds Mrs. Burton Harrison for Flower de Hundred as a vivid Civil War era novel. The review compares its wit refinement and lifelike characters to The Anglomaniacs, praising detailed depictions of home life ancestral halls and the Throckmorton family with Miles’s return home from Garibaldi service.
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Mrs. Ackley
Miles
Garibaldi
Victor Emanuel
Throckmortons
Flowers de Honared
Talleyrand Memoirs Spark Paris Gossip Wave
London Telegraph reports on M Pallain new work Ambassade de Talleyrand & Londres 1830-34 arguing Talleyrand backed non intervention policy and shaped French diplomacy. Thiers praises his Belgium policy. Dover arrival anecdote contrasts 1830 reception with 1792. First part of a planned series.
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Charles X
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Belgium
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The Lively Old Man London Letter on Gladstone
The Providence Journal London Letter praises Mr. Gladstone's latest speech against division between Catholics and Protestants. It notes his 82 years of vitality and describes Tenniel's cartoon of a youthful Gladstone denying retirement. The piece compares his sustained vigor to a young man entering career.
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Punch
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Canary Accomplice Ring Nabbed After Bird Box Heist
London Daily News reports a Liverpool scam where a trio used a canary in a paper bag to distract a tavern landlady while accomplices stole a cash box. Five men suspected of posing as swell-mobs are captured after an escape attempt.
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London Daily News
Liverpool
Architect misattributed for Jamaica Plain church
The architect of the Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain was clarified as H. W. Stephenson, another local resident, not the late Stephen W. Mansfield as previously reported. The correction notes Stephenson’s residency in Jamaica Plain.
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H. W. Stephenson
Jamaica P
Labor and Capital Grievances Of The Employees
Rio Janeiro February 23. A conference of Pennsylvania Railroad Company officials in this city to address employees grievances is the largest ever held here. Every superintendent and chief is present, and the men's grievance committee awaits the outcome as strikes paralyze business.
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Bates Mill beamers strike ends says agent Pratt
Lewiston Maine February 23 Agent Pratt of Bates Mill reports the strike by beamers is ended and every vacated place is filled without price concessions The full product of the mill has been maintained through the settlement
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Labor Troubles at Rio Janeiro Paralyze Rail Traffic
Rio de Janeiro reports widespread labor strikes extending through the city and surrounding areas. Central railroad workers have struck, halting traffic and cutting beef supplies from the countryside. Military forces are under arms and deployed to maintain order amid the disruption.
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Central Railroad
Dockers' Strike Partially Pauses as Unionists Work Elsewhere
London February 23 The dockers dispute shows a calmer morning as unionists resume work on ships not owned by the Shipping Federation. Authorities keep a large police force ready to quell any disorder if it arises.
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London
Private dancing party at Tremont Hall Newtonville
A private dancing party hosted by George H. Snyder and H. A. Flinn at Tremont Hall Newtonville drew about fifty couples with Cole's Orchestra providing music. Another brief item reports the Fifth Avenue Theatre wall collapse on Twenty eighth Street in New York flooding water mains to Sixth Avenue and east of Broadway with no injuries.
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Tremont Hall
Newtonville
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H. A. Flinn
Cole
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Wall Falls
New York
Samuel J Ham of Peabody Died at 67 in Satem
Samuel J Ham of Peabody died at his home last night at age 67. His wife died last September and his coachman died within a month from injuries suffered when thrown from a team a short time ago.
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Sordan
Samuel J. Ham
Peabody
Steamers Arrived Across Ports in Late February
Ships docking in New York Philadelphia Havre London Hull Bremen Liverpool and other ports report arrivals from cities including Liverpool Hamburg Glasgow New York Copenhagen Boston and Halifax. Vessels listed include Aurania Suevia Hibernian La Gascogne Kepler Colorado Lider Wisconsin Servia Abyssinia Toledo Navarre Bohemia Martillo Island and more with origin and date details in February.
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Kepler
Hull
Eng
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Lider
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Boston
Bohemia
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Childe Hassam Exhibition Highlights City Life on Canvas
Review praises Childe Hassam for capturing Paris street vitality and American urban scenes in New York. It highlights Rain, Union Square and The Heart of the City, along with Fifth Avenue snow studies and Boston views, noting his bold color, lively composition, and continued discovery of new urban subjects.
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