New French Premier Rouvier Chosen to Form Cabinet
Paris reports President Carnot selected M. Rouvier to form a cabinet with himself as Premier. He is expected to reappoint the former ministry except for Fallieres Guyot and Barbey. the new appointments are not yet named. Rouvier, born 1842 at Aix, rose from Marseille lawyer to national statesman after opposing the empire, serving as Finance Minister and as a deputy with a strong grasp of commercial and financial affairs.
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Paris
M. Rouvier
Finance
M. de Freycinet
Carnot
Rouvier
M. Fallieres
M. Yves Guyot
M. Barbey
Aix
Marseilles
Napoleon
Empire
Sedan
Bouches-du-Rhone
Egypt
France
Chamber of Deputies
Palaise Royal
Houvier
Ronvier
Mrs Deacon ordered to return to Grasse in Cannes shooting case
Paris, Feb 23. Mrs Deacon wife of Edward Parker Deacon who shot M Emile Abeille at the Hotel Splendide Cannes Wednesday night last is ordered to return to Grasse from Paris where she has consulted with friends and counsel. Grasse examines Mr Deacon today with no new key evidence expected until the formal hearing next Thursday. Abeille’s family has employed counsel and interesting evidence is anticipated.
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Paris
M. Abeille
White House Reception Sets Attendance Record
The President and Mrs. Harrison hosted an informal public reception at the White House this evening, drawing an assemblage scarcely ever equalled in the mansion’s history. They were joined by Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Noble, Mrs. Elkins and Mrs. Rusk, with Secretaries Elaine Tracy Noble Rusk and Postmaster General Wanamaker also in attendance.
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Washincron
Harrison
White House
Executive Mansion
Blaine
Foster
Noble
Elkins
Rusk
Elaine
Tracy
Wanamaker
Pleasant Reception At Mrs Woods Home On Canton Street
Songs and recitations marked a pleasant gathering at the residence of Mrs John F Woods 237 Canton street last evening. The guest list included Annie Blanche Kate Blanche Blanche Walsh and H Lonsdale among other professional figures. The program featured songs recitations and instrumental selections shaping a refined social event.
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John F. Woods
Canton Street
Dainty Annie Blanche
Kate Blanche
Blanche Walsh
Marie Wainwright Company
H. Lonsdale
The
Museum Company
Cleveland Democrats elect Gaffney as chair in anti-Hill group
GrouerstrrR Feb 23 The Democratic city committee organized by electing Frank H. Gaffney chairman George H Morton secretary Isaac N Story treasurer. Harmony prevailed in the city committee which is understood to be anti Hill.
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Grouerstrrr
Frank H. Gaffney
George H. Morton
Isaac N. Story
Detective claims arrest of Chicago murder suspect
Tworanapolis Indiana February 28 Detective Webster says L S Harrod of Afton Iowa has found W B Tascott, the man who killed Chicago millionaire Snell and will depart immediately to arrest him.
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Tworanapolis
Ind
Webster
L. S. Harrod
Afton
I. T
W. B. Tascott
Snell
Chicago
Boston Firm Offers Gold valued Whisky Trade
A Boston firm, C. H. Graves & Sons, advertises a cash offer for a dozen bottles of their reputed whiskey. They guarantee the liquor is pure and will satisfy physicians and connoisseurs, with payment acceptable by postal note post office money order or Boston New York funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Taylor
New England
Boston
New York
C. H. Graves & Sons
Mass
Third-Party Fight Roils Georgia Delegates at Convention
At St Louis the Industrial Confederation convention elected Colonel L L Polk president and Frances Willard vice president. Georgia delegates clashed over the Alliance while Post and Moses were embroiled in quarrels. The platform committee debated resolutions on subtreasury, free coinage of silver, farm mortgages, and prohibition as Donnelly signaled likely inclusion of key planks.
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St. Louis
Industrial Confederation
L. L. Polk
Frances Willard
John W. Hayes
Post
French
Livingston
Georgia
Democratic Party
Moses
Ellington
Branch
Platform Committee
Jerry Simpson
Alaska
Hayes
Platform
Wilson
Kelley
Kansas
Congress
Georgia Alliance
Willets
Committee On Platform
Ignatius Donnelly
Lone Star Cotton Picker Co stock sold with talk of progress
The Gotion Picker and J C Price of Salisbury NC appear in a promotional pitch praising the cotton picker venture. It argues emancipation from cotton picking, foresees profits from machine use, and urges prompt stock purchase at 31 Milk Street, touting land and future gains in a booster tone.
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Lone Star Cotton Picker Co
J. C. Price
Sailsbury
N. C
Milk Street
Chicago
Lone Star Cotton Vicker Co
Baseball Men Wall Met Dorchester Athletic Club
Bloss and Donahoe to be matched at forty yards and Boston to send a large delegation to Worcester Games. Jack McAuliffe to box in Music Hall. Soden received notice of the League meeting in New York. Schedule committee to report. Bostons to host holidays, and July 4th assignments to major cities. Season opens in April with games in Boston by May 27.
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Bloss
Donahoe
Boston
Worcester
Jack McAuliffe
Soden
Bostons
New York
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
John O'Brien
Darby
Boston Reds
Willy McGill
Bucke
Con Daily
Brooklyn
Selee
Brooklyns
John Ward
Haddock
Providence
Suffolks
Trimounts
Connor
J. F. Moakley
W. H. Ryan
Walter Hodgkins
and Pettis
Joe Doyle
Dowling
Jim Doyle
Carlos
Tommy Connelly
Johnnie Daly
Coopers
Lon Stingel
Suffolk Club
Ninth Regiment
A. C
East Armory
Music Hall
Bobby Burns
John Graham
Hopkinson Boys
Dorchester
KR. O’ Doherty
Clark Boys
Connors
Danny Long
Harry Cornish
Suffolk
Back Bay
Bardeen
Endicott
Beaudette
Cornish
Phelps
Milton Academy
Pettis
Crane
Ex President Cleveland’s Detroit Visit Draws Crowd and Honors
Ex-President Cleveland arrived by special train from Toledo and was greeted by Governor Winans Acting Mayor Coots and city officials. The Fourth Regiment lined the station and resolutions with city freedom were presented. He attended a public reception at the Hotel Cadillac with about 15 000 people passing by. General Alger and Senator Dolph met him and an elderly woman’s attempt to hug him amused the crowd. Cleveland and party depart for New York the next day.
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Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Toledo
Winans
Coots
Alger
Dolph
New York
Has She Passengers at Cobb's Island Sighting
Anxiety grips New York shipping men over a large stranded steamer near Cobb's Island Virginia feared to be a passenger carrier. Merritt Wrecking Co sent help from Norfolk but received no word. J D Jones and Rescue dispatched. gale reported near Hatteras risks further danger. Ward liner Orizaba arrived in port after the incident.
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New York
Cobb’s Island
Norfolk
Merritt Wrecking Company
J. D. Jones
Merritt Company
Hatteras
Ward, Mallory, Morgan
Baldomero Yglesias
Havana
Ward
Orizaba
Treasury Secretary Foster Seeks International Silver Conference
New York Feb 23 Secretary of the Treasury Foster will meet with England's Chancellor Goschen to discuss an international conference on the silver question. Foster said international action is almost absolutely necessary and England should contribute to good silver money. He saw no reason for financial disturbance amid gold shipments.
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New York
Treasury
Foster
England
Goschen
Fire damages multiple slipper factories in Haverhill
At 11 45 tonight a brisk blaze in the Bullan glock occupied by J A Hayes H I Pinkham and Godell Bros slipper manufacturers caused heavy losses. Hayes suffered 8000 to 5000 dollars Pinkham 25000 Godell Bros 2000 to 3000 with partial insurance. The Paes damage will amount to 1000 fully insured.
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Haverhill
Bullan Glock
J. A. Hayes
H. I. Pinkham
Godell Bros
Hayes
Pinkham
Cake Walk Sparks High Hopes At Music Hall
Wilt fans await the cake walk billed for tomorrow night in Music Hall with the New York winner Dandy Luke Blackburn among the participants. The show promises diverse acts including the wing dance and buzzard lope, ending with a Virginia reel to show goodwill. Blackburn praises his match and a New York observer notes stylish, well dressed performers, including a celebrated octaroon partner and Mrs Johnson preparing a cream silk gown with white illusion.
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Wilt
Music Hall
Luke Blackburn
New York
Luke
Johnson
West End
Sons and Daughters of Veterans Night at Newton Carnival
Newton carnival in Knot Hall drew about two thousand attendees for Sons and Daughters of Veterans night last evening. Post members report over fifteen hundred season tickets sold, reflecting strong community support for the event and organization.
Delaware & Lackawanna stockholders elect new directors
The annual meeting of the Delaware and Lackawanna railroad stockholders was held this afternoon in New York. The old board was re-elected except for Russell Sage and Sidney Dillon, replaced by J. Rogers Maxwell and George D. Laker.
Lottery Ticket of 1759 Referenced for Boston Neck Pavement
A reader from West Somerville Massachusetts sends a Post letter about a Boston lottery ticket from August 1759. Ticket No 4407 grants any prize drawn under Lottery No Eight for paving Boston Neck with no deduction. Signed Bent Austin. J H Woops.
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Boston Neck
Boston
General Court
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
Bent
Austin
J. H. Woops
Somerville, Mass
Potter trunk dispute at U S Circuit Court hearing
In a long hearing before Judge Aldrich and Judge Webb, Asa P Potter sues Receiver Beal to recover a trunk from Maverick Bank vaults said to hold private papers. Testimony covered trunk custody since 1884, contents alleged private, with bank papers and life insurance policies tied to Potter's family. Awaiting Thursday morning decision.
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Aldrich
United States Circuit Court
Asa P. Potter
Beal
Webb
Hyde
Howe
Potter
Allen
Wyman
Joseph W. Work
Maverick Bank
Mr. Potter
Nto
Kellogg
Kelloge
Blyde
Hutchins
Ewer
Garrett
Florida
Hanson
United States
Mr. Allen
Mr. Hyde
John D Gilmary Shea Historian Dies in New Jersey
John Dawson Gilmary Shea LL D historian and editor of the Catholic News died in Elizabeth New Jersey. Born in New York in 1824 he studied law and briefly joined Jesuit aims before dedicating his career to American Catholic history and translation. He leaves a widow two daughters and a library of over twelve thousand volumes.
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John Dawson Gilmary Shea
Catholic News
Elizabeth
N. J
New York
James Shea
General Schuyler
Nicholas Upsall
Winthrop
Boston
Shea
United States
Mississippi Valley
Belgium
Charlevoix
New France
de Courcey
Washington
Cobden
Germans salvage efforts resume on Hitler steamer
Heavy seas in the English Channel force wreckers to suspend salvage on the stranded Hitler. Fore holds cleared, divers locate hull damage, and contractors express confidence in saving the steamer.
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London
English Channel
Hitler
Readers invited to submit tips to The Post by March 1
The Post offers ten dollars for the best news tip or suggestion from readers. Public service ideas are especially welcome. Send to The Editor, The Post.
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The
Post
Candle Contest Estimates Tallies From Various Respondents
Numerous candle estimators submit figures with hours and minutes including J N Harvey Brighton 650 10 5 and J P Snow 53 State Street 200 30 30 among many others across towns like Dorchester East Bridgewater Canton Buckfield Me Charlestown Providence R I Provincetown and Ipswich.
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J. N. Harvey
Brighton
J. P. Snow
State Street
H. R.talbot
Edson Street
Dorchester
Frederick T. Strong
East Bridgewater
D. Murphy
Canton
C. F. Mann
Edwin Joy
Buckfield
E. Fb. Atwood
All About the Candle Burns for a World’s Fair Trip
A six foot beeswax candle will be lit at noon on March 11 with a three inch deep socket. Readers are asked to estimate its burn time. Governor Russell guesses 700 hours, Mayor Matthews 600 hours, with thousands of estimates from readers. The three closest estimates will win ten all expenses paid excursions to Chicago’s World’s Fair.
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Russell
Matthews
The
Post
Chicago
Estimate Early and Often Perry Portrait and Habits
A 26 year old man, Oliver Curtis Perry, 5 6 or 7, slight build, 180 pounds, dark brown hair, brown eyes, high forehead, wrinkled between the eyes, thin lips, long nose, large knuckles, scars on forehead left arm and right breast. Described as gentlemanly, nervous, with girlish tones, neat dress, gloves, frequent hand washing, and a taste for fashionable clothes.
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Oliver Curtis Perry
Desperado
Perry
Fifteenth Annual NEIA Convention Opens in Burrao N Y
The National Electric Light Association begins its fifteenth annual convention in Burrao New York with President C R Huntley delivering the annual address on Niagara Falls power transmission. M J Perry of Providence Electric calls for keeping wires above ground while Wilmerding credits underground work as practicable though costly.
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Burrao
N. Y
National Electric Light Association
C. R. Huntley
Huntley
Niagara Falls
M. J. Perry
Providence Electric Light Company
Wilmerding
Unknown vessel ashore near Little Kinnaket station
A life-saving station keeper reports an unknown vessel ashore near Little Kinnaket North Carolina. The crew was saved except for one drowned man and the captain who had a broken leg.
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Washington
Little Kinnaket
N. C
Wreck Seen Off Connemara As Crew Vanishes
London reports another wreck off Connemara on the west coast of Ireland. At low water near Slyne Head the hull of a large vessel is visible, presumably heavily laden, with lower yards about fifty feet long. No trace of the crew is found.
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London
Connemara
Ireland
Slyne Head
Somerville Marks 50th Anniversary With City Festivities
The fiftieth anniversary of Somerville's incorporation will be observed on June 17 with festivities expected to attract thousands of visitors to the city.
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City of
Somerville
Dime Wonders Delighting Boston Post Readers
The Dime Wants in the Boston Post bring joy to many readers who have used them with results, proving the penny paper format delivers practical value and entertainment.
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Boston Post
Pool Tournament Continues at Washington Billiard Parlor
Sullivan defeated Ingraham 75 to 61 in last night’s pool tournament at the Washington Billiard Parlor. The top run was Sullivan with 19. MecMinin and Irving are set to play today.
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Washington Billiard Parlor
Sullivan
Ingraham
Sullivan’s
MecMinin
Irving
Braman and Dewey Wed in Newton Home Ceremony
Miss Margaret P Braman daughter of George H Braman of Newton married William R Dewey of Boston last evening at the bride’s father home on Ivanhoe Street. The ceremony united two prominent New England families in a quiet townhouse wedding with close relatives in attendance.
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Margaret P. Braman
George H. Braman
Newton
William R. Dewey
Boston
Bede
Ivanhoe Street
Nervura Promised as Cure for Nervous Ailments
A grateful user touts Dr. Greene's Nervura as a universal nerve and health restorer. The ad urges caution in spring health, claims vegetable ingredients, and cites testimonials of relief from nervous weakness backache and insomnia. It invites readers to consult Dr. Greene in Boston or New Bedford for free symptom guidance and letter replies.
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Dr. Greene
Furniture pioneer atop Boston showroom frames vast seven story display
Mr. LeSeur guides a Post reporter through B A Atkinson & Co seven story Boston furniture premises covering ten acres of in transit samples. The tour reveals vast departments from repairs to folding Gunn beds and a massive chair and table collection. Atkinson, chief executive, oversees operations from a top-floor office.
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LeSeur
Washington Street
Boston
Gunn
House of
B. A Atkinson & Co
B. A. Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson
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Mary Schubert
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AYERS
J.C. Ayer & Co
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WM. Rouvier
Gleveland
Tascott
Cnsus
Gotion
Lone Star
Wall
League
Phillips
Arlington ‘Boat Club
J. Frank Bacon
G. D. Phillips
New York A. C
Fuller
Mr. Phillips
Post Portrait
Portrait Gallery
Asa Potter
Electricity Reviewed
Dewey—Braman
B.A. Atkinson & Co
Johnson & CO
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