SEA'S PREY VESSELS LIST OF OVERDUE SHIPS
Anxious families await news as a revised list shows several eastern vessels missing after blizzards and heavy seas. The brig Stockton, Governor Ames, Georgie L. Dickson, Fortuna, S. G. Hart and others are overdue or feared lost, with crews numbering up to nine on some ships.
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Boston
Stockton
N. W. Bridge
George W. Allen
Turk’s Island
Warner & Jarvis
Governor Ames
Fall River
C. A. Davis
Salem
Mass
Norfolk
Highland Light
William Crane
Baltimore
Kill Devil Hill
N. Co
Dickson
Georgie L. Dickson
Thomas H. Kelley
Providence
R. I
C. and
J. F. Baker
Clark’s Cove
Norman McLeod
East Boston
W. B. Browne
Boothbay
Smith & Townsend
Joel F. Sheppard
H. A. Daniels
Joel Sheppard
A. T. Stearns Lumber Company
Cape Hatteras
Emma J. Meyer
Charleston
New London
Snow
Woodward Abrahams
Captain Snow
Hampton Roads
Gulf Stream
Bermuda
Masked Ball Knife Fight Ends with Hospitalized Man
At a Boston Italian masquerade on Prince Street a masked dancer insulted a woman. Domenico Esposito and Angelo Moretto confronted him. Esposito swung a knife. Michael Jannella stepped in, Moretto fetched a revolver, and Esposito struck. Jannella was wounded in the neck and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital after police found him on the street. Descriptions of the assailants were issued. Esposito had previous assault with a razor conviction and was jailed.
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Prince Street
Michael Jannella
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jamelia
Boston
Domenico Esposito
Angelo Moretto
Esposito
Jannella
Moretto
Domenico
Ross and Brown
Eliot
House of Correction
Thousands Pay Tribute at Douglass Funeral in Washington
A massive turnout at Metropolitan AME Church honors Frederick Douglass with white and colored mourners, including Senators Sherman and Hoar, Justice Harlan, Susan B. Anthony, and May Wright Sewall. The service features remarks from Howard University president J. K. Rankin and Hutchinson singers, plus a Haytian tribute, before the casket travels to Rochester after a three hour service.
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Washington
Lincoln Emancipation
Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick Douglass
Cedar Hill
Anicostia
Sons of Veterans
New York
Annapolis
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Wayman
Haytien
Hientjens
B. F. Auld
Frederick Dougass
Eastern Police
J. G. Jenifer
Sherman and Hoar
Justice Harlan
Susan B. Anthony
May Wright Sewall
Woman’s National Council
Anna H. Shaw
Rachel Avery Foster
Woman’s Council
B. K. Bruce
W. H. A. Wormley
John R. Lynch
John F. Cook
E. C. Messer
J. K. Rankin
Howard University
Douglass
John Hutchinson
Boston
Mr. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Abolition
Mr. Douglass
England
Hayti
Nicholas
Haytien Legation
United States
Durham
Bishop Wayman
Maryland
Moses H. Hodges
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Miss Anthony
Staton
Stanton
Nis
Bishop Williams
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Railroad
Capitol City
Capital City Cadet Corps
Insane inmate Patrick McCarthy dies at Worcester asylum
Patrick McCarthy 24, a chronic insane patient at Worcester Lunatic Hospital, hanged himself Friday by tearing bed clothes and using a shutter hinge. Committed about three months ago from 111 Highth Street South Boston, he is a son of Charles McCarthy. Burial return revealed the death today.
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Worcester
Patrick McCarthy
Worcester Lunatic Hospital
McCarthy
Highth Street
Boston
Charles McCarthy
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Forecast for Tuesday calls for rain or snow in Fort Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with colder northwest winds diminishing. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut may see fair but colder conditions with northwest winds in the west. Eastern New York should be fair with showers in the north and colder northwest winds.
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Washington
Fort Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Leaves Elderly Couple Dead
Dayton report states G W Weaver and his wife were found amid the ruins of their home two and a half miles southwest of Trottwood Montgomery county. Fire detected at 4 am. Authorities suspect burglars murdered the couple and set the house ablaze to conceal the crime.
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Dayton, O
G. W. Weaver
Trottwood
Montgomery County
Weaver
Carnegie Steel Works shuts mills halting 1500 jobs
About 1500 workers at the Carnegie Steel Works in Homestead Penn are idle as several departments including the converting mill and multiple size mills 10 inch through 40 inch close due to a lack of orders. Production will resume once orders return.
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Homestead
Penn
Carnegie Steel Works
Les Huguenots in Boston At Mechanics Hall Draws 11000 Fans
Boston audiences crowd the Mechanics Building to hear Meyerbeer’s opera Les Huguenots. The cast shines with Melba and de Reszke delivering strong performances, Nordica falters in later acts, and the venue’s acoustics and design dampen the experience. Tonight Otello leads a new bill with Emma Eames and others in the cast.
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Nordica
Edouard de Reszke
M. Plancon
Mile. Bauermeister
Signor Ancona
Signor Vanni
Signor Rinaldini
Signor Viviani
Signor de Vaschetti
Mlle
Giuri
Otello
Emma Eames
Signor Tomagno
Victor Maurel
M. Mauguiere
Rheumatic Cure Promised by Local Patient
Mrs Louise Summers of 50 Park Street Lynn Massachusetts suffered five years of rheumatic pains and insomnia after rheumatic fever. An eminent Boston physician wrongly warned of dropsy. She reports full recovery and now sleeps through the night after treatment she credits to a specific remedy.
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Louise Summers
Park St
Lynn
Mass
Boston
Brookline Fire Devours Old Taylor Mansion Third Floor
A Brookline fire at the Old Taylor mansion, owned by Mrs. Taylor and occupied by A. T. Baldwin, gutted the third story after brakes and streams battled flames spreading between partitions. Firefighters controlled the blaze by 3 pm. injuries to Benjamin Baxter and two others occurred. Insurance covers building damage. estimated loss under $10,000.
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Brookline
Benjamin Baxter
Cypress Street
Washington Street
Cogswell
Boston
Bowker
Francis
Baldwin
Taylor
Patrick McCue
James Christie
Fire destroys Crown Lithographing and Housekeeping Pub plants
A blaze in Minneapolis at Seventh street and First avenue south destroyed Crown Lithographing Company and Housekeeping Publishing Company facilities at 3 30 p m. Loss pegged at 300000 with light insurance.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Crown Lithographing Company
Housekeeping Publishing Company
Seventh Street
First Avenue
South
Have They Eloped in Nashua
Nothing has been heard from Lena Fonter the town clerk who left today. It is believed she escaped with her lover Edward Burns a Rochester shoe shop employee. Burns arrived here Saturday and it is considered an elopement. Lena Fonter’s parents live in this city.
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F. S. Brown
Philadelphia
Wiscasset
Captain Brown
R. T. Rundlette
John H. Cannon
Joseph H. Harrison
Jacksonville
New Haven
Walter, Friend & Co
Oliver
Nashua
N. H
Lena Fonter
Edward Burns
Rochester
Burns
Kolon Leaks After Arrival at Boothbay Harbor
Schooner Kolon of Calais en route to New York with a cargo of laths arrived today at Boothbay Harbor leaking and hauled to the wharf for inspection and repair.
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Boothbay Harbor
Kolon
Calais
New York
City Ticket Office Moves to 366 Washington Street
The Boston and Albany Railroad announces the City Ticket Office has relocated to 366 Washington Street, opposite Bromfield Street, guiding passengers to the new pickup point.
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The
Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
Bromfield Street
Opera night in Boston greets seven stars of Les Huguenots
Society graced the opera as seven renowned performers filled the stage for Meyerbeer s Les Huguenots, drawing a record crowd to Mechanics Building. Report notes improved seating, new folding chairs, widened promenades, and orderly entry with Metropolitan Opera ushers. Highlights include Miss Heloise Hersey and her seventeen pupils arriving in evening gowns, while officials were absent from boxes.
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Boston
Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Mechanics
Tremont
Melba
Margherita di Valois
Jean de Reszke
Raoul
Secalchi
Meyerbeer
Huntington Avenue
Victoria
Exeter Street
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Heloise Hersey
Chestnut Street
John B. Schoeffel
George Babbitt
Baldwin
Nordica
A. W. Cooke
Miss Ryder
Henry Abbey
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New England
OF the
Park Street
W. H. Holloway
Tribute To Dead
Boston Singers
Hutchinson and Hodges
South Boston
Carnegie
X-Zalia
Grand Opera
Mechanics’ Building
Dallas
Dana
Old Taylor Mansion
Minneapolis
Tate
West Newton Street
Milady
Paine Furniture CO
Canal Street
Friend Street
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