General Forsythe Relieved After Wounded Knee Affair
General Forsythe is relieved of command of the Seventh Cavalry pending investigation of the Wounded Knee case. Major Whitesides takes command and deems the affair an accident. He notes the fighting began after the squaws were seen assisting the searching party with bundles. The relief centers on troop deployment to the fight.
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Forsythe
Seventh Cavalry
Wounded Kneé
Whitesides
Orsythe
Commissioner reviews Pine Ridge agency situation
The Indian Affairs Commissioner answered a telegram from Pine Ridge Agent Roger stating no Scouts or police joined hostiles. Captain Seward allowed three into the hostile camp for their families, who have not returned. Police and scouts aided defense and fire stopped possible agency fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuineron
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Roger
Pine Ridget
Seward
Pine Ridge
Miles
Pinedge
WANTED ON THE FIELD Curcaco Jan 4
Assistant Adjutant General Corbin left for the Indian country after telegraph orders from General Miles. Captain E L Higgins said Miles's command reportedly met hostiles near Clay Creek with one Indian killed and one wounded. Corbin called to the field as Miles’s chief of staff, but details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Seat of War
Moss
Miles
Sixth Cavalry
Capen Kerr
Clay Creek
Corore
Stockbridge Savings Bank Defaulter Confession Shocks Town
The Stockbridge Savings Bank treasurer Charles H. Willis confessed to defrauding the bank of about 25 000 dollars over a dozen years. He admitted using funds for his own business while keeping deposit records that hid the theft, with examiner Chapin suspecting larger losses once the books are reviewed. A temporary treasurer will run the bank, and Willis faces possible grand jury action next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirtsfield
Charles H. Willis
Stockbridge Savings Bank
E. P. Chapin
Springfield
Sicte ‘Savings Bank Commissioners
Glendale Woollen Mill Company
H. J. Dunham
Willis
Chapin
Mr. Wills
Charles C. Callender
Daniel B. Fenn, Jr
J. M. van Deusen
Henry J. Dunham
F. W. Adams
Henry Plumb
Dean
Adams
Time and Place of Meeting of American Institute of Instruction
The American Institute of Instruction held a Boston meeting to set the next annual gathering. Directors discussed possible sites, favoring Bethlehem among several towns, with Bethlehem ultimately chosen pending railroad rate arrangements. A memorial fund of 10,000 was proposed to honor Henry Bernard LL.D. for his service to education.
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American Institute of Instruction
Boston
Mason Streel
Ray Greene Huling
William E. Sheldon
Charles W. Hill
Thomas H. Barnes
Charles W. Parmenter
William F Bradbury
James 8. Barrell
Herbert H. Bates
Frank 8. Cutler
Cambridge
Daniel W. Jones
Roxbury
Albert J. Manchester
Providence
Joseph G. Edgerly
A. Eugene Nolen
Fitchburg
Bethlehem
Old Orchard
Narragansett Pier
the Weirs
North Gonway
Portland
Henry Bernard
Ll.d
Indiana convention censures Harrison and Wanamaker
By a standing vote the Indiana commercial travellers convention censured President Harrison and Postmaster General Wanamaker for appointing an Oswego New York editor as postmaster at that place. The editor had previously attacked commercial travelers as a menace to good society.
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priAnArours
Indiana
Commercial Travellers’ Convention
Harrison
Wanamaker
Oswego
N. Y
Labor and Capital Explained to the Central Labor Union
The Central Labor Union in Boston held a meeting in Type Hall with speakers from the morocco strikers in Lynn. They reported twenty-one weeks of strike, hopes for a settlement within a week or two, and noted losses to manufacturers. A resolution expressing solidarity and urging liberal contributions to Lynn leather workers was adopted. The session also touched on faction harmonization in clothing workers and routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Type Hall
R. J. Anslow
Messrs. McCarthy
Q.flaherty
Morocco
Lynn
O’flaherty
United States
Frank K. Foster
Typographical Union No. 13
Leather Workers
Boston
Brothers of
Borties
Hhe
Wade
Workers rally over 300 Park layoffs at Chickering Hall
Park employees, clothing operators, freight handlers, tailors and others met at Chickering Hall to denounce the Park commissioners action in discharging 300 workers. A plan to lobby aldermen and the mayor was approved, with a push to reinstate the laid-off staff and to back Patrick Maguine for park commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Enmployees
Chickering Hall
Washington and
Northampton Streets
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Matthews
Patrick Maguine
Bay State Hall
P. Harris
N. Newman
GB. Slipton
A. v. Feltz
H. Lithro
Ghlogas
Central Labor Union
P. Harrs
W. J. Filliz
J. Finn
I. Goldman
S. Hyams
Pythian Hall
B. F. McIntosh
I. White
Potts
Frank Clapp
Thomas J. Quinlan
Knights of Labor
Greystone Hall
Union Park Hall
John Cheliman
M. J. Kelly
Augustus Holstein
Andrew Golding
James Murphy
Timothy McCall
Patrick Welton
Charles Meinhardt
Caledonian Hall
Patrick McDermott
Timothy Scannell
John Brennan
Thomas Griffin
John Connor
George Crump
Jeremiah Sullivan
Robert White
James McKenna
John F. Sullivan
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
M. C. Sullivan
James D. Sheehan
Jeremiah Wrenn
Daniel O’keefe
Bridgeport
Conn
The Struggle in Scotland Builds to Critical Week
Glasgow January 4. Officials and men expect the coming week to be crucial as a general railway resumption after holidays tests the companies. Success or failure in handling large freight traffic will shape the outcome, with workers hoping concessions follow if demand is unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaasgow
Postal clerks vote to strike in London protest
London authorities report postal clerks striking to test voluntary over time duty while protesting increased use of female clerks. Many long serving workers displaced after twenty years in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Falmouth House Raider Arrests Bartender
Joseph Holly and Officer Colby arrested George Wilson for violating the Sunday liquor law at the Falmouth House on Causeway street. Seized were 119 gallons whiskey eight gallons mixed liquors forty three gallons brandy fifteen gallons gin 122 gallons ale ten gallons porter fifty five gallons wine and three quarts cider. Station 5 officers made five seizures and two arrests. Station 4 conducted four seizures.
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Falmouth House
Joseph Holly
Law and Order League
Colby
Station 2
Falmouth
Causeway Street
George Wilson
Station 5
Station 4
Fires Rage Through Multiple Plants and Properties
A string of fires reports severe damage across cities including Ricumono and New York. The Yienling brewery near Ricumono losses reach 40,000 with 18 insured, Richmond Cedar Works loses 10,000 in goods, and Geneva Mills in Ovidence suffer about 200,000 total loss with 200,000 insured. Other incidents include George Youlding's house fire in Broad Street, Newton incendiary blazes in unoccupied houses, and a major New York blaze causing 567,000 in total losses with many insured parties hit.
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Ricumono
Yiengling
James River
J.T. Betz
Philadelphia
Richmond Cedar Works
Ovidence
Geneva Mills
Morris
Ullmann
George Youlding
Broad Street
Newton
Seecran
Hamilton Street
Newton Lower Falls
N. B. Atherton
SaLem
Sprcrat
Haskell
North
New York
Herrmann
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Gilsey
Harry C. Miner
Fanny Davenport
Broadway
Gulsey Estate
J. J. Slater
National Cash Register Company
J. B. Crook & Co. Sporting Goods
Peru
Staten Island Dyeing Company
Joseph P. Hermann
D. Roth
D. Carmichael
J. H. Grojean
J. C. Devon
Co. ‘ Brooks
Herrmann’s ‘Theatre
Sturtevant House
West Twenty-eighth Street
Sea Fox Arrives with 30000 Pounds of Fresh Fish
The Gloucester schooner Sea Fox returned from Cape Shore to port with 30,000 pounds of fresh fish. The flag flew at half mast for crewman David Ernst who was swept overboard and drowned at 4 am during a gale ninety miles east of Thacher's Island. Captain Stevens reports the crew met disaster while most were below deck. Ernst, twenty three, of Chester N S, left a widow, mother, and an invalid sister dependent on him.
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Sea Fox
Gloucester
Cape Shore
Stevens
Thatcher’s Island
David Ernst
Ernst
Chester
N. 5S
The Age of Little Papers and Indiscretions in Paris
M Damion laments the era of memoirs journals and petite gossip marking the end of the century. He critiques the rise of little papers Coulisses du Boulangiam and the voracious appetite for daily gossip fueled by telegraph reporters and a culture of indiscretion.
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M. Stanislas Damion
Paris
Pandora
Dipublic
M. Pessard
M. Thiers
Petit Bourgeois
M. Thiérs
General Boulanger
Duchambre
Telegraph
Comte de Paris
America
Sara Bernhardt
Centu
City Aldermen Close Year With Tax and Charter Reforms
The final meeting of the Board of Aldermen reviewed the Dec 31 1890 ordinances on terms for city officials including city messenger and clerk of committees. The city clerk is exempt from the ordinance while the rest face new term rules. A renewal of edicts to allow poles for wires was sent to the next council. The treasurer and auditor reported balances and expenditures for 1890. Alderman Power Wilson was thanked for presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Corporation Counsel
Richardson
Carruth
New England Printing Telegraph Company
McLaughlin
William Power Wilson
Wilson
Boston Herald
Boston Herald A Few Days Since, Which Said “But It (the Committee of One Hundred
Chicago
Baltimore
Commonwealth
Municipal government reform ideas from Hart letter
A letter to the Post argues Hart’s farewell message contains valuable municipal reform proposals. It urges separation of executive, judicial, and legislative powers in city government, ending political solidarity, longer mayoral terms, and a private-business style executive board or assistant mayor to improve efficiency and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Mr. Hart
Commonwealth
St. Louis
Board of Public Works
John E. Cheney
Matthews
Separation of City Legislative and Executive Powers
Letter from Wm. Minor Jr. of Boston argues for separating legislative and executive functions, stopping the city as a political asset, and instituting a working chief executive beyond the ornamental mayor. He cites widespread consensus among experienced local leaders and urges public discussion.
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Wm. Minor
Boston
Jan
The Jews of Boston Address on Nihilists at Tremont Street
Stepniak, the Russian Nihilist, spoke to the Jewish Education Society at 241 Tremont street yesterday afternoon. M. Katz presided as Stepniak urged asking questions and expressed that Russian Jews could gain freedom if liberal government arrives, though persecution has dulled their empathy. He said British and American liberal leaders spur Russia toward emancipation and that the czar underestimates the Nihilist threat, while discontent among the persecuted grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepniak
Jewish Education Society
Tremont Street
M. Katz
Russia
America
Weather Indications Forecast for New England States
Weather indications forecast local snows and varying winds across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut eastern New York. Eastern states see slight to warmer temperatures with clearing in day and stationary Rhode Island. Northeasterly or easterly winds noted.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Ocean storm along NC coast brings light snow to New England
An ocean storm moving up the North Carolina coast is expected to bring light snow to southern New England with variable winds and little temperature change. Snow likely along the northern coast with northerly winds and modestly higher temps, while Tuesday should be fair with northwest winds and falling temperatures. The weather synopsis notes cloudiness from the storm near Cape Hatteras, with pressure readings around 30.08 to 30.14 inches in the southeast and 30.32 inches in Northfield Vermont, indicating overall light, variable winds across most regions. Coldest readings hit northern New England with a 14 below zero in Northfield Vermont yesterday, and temperatures elsewhere ranged modestly, with Nantucket at 34 and lower lakes in the 20s to 30s along the Midwest and South.
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North Carolina
New England
Cape Hatteras
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
New York
Albany
Portland
Cleveland
Virginia
Middle Coast
Memphis
Northfield
St. Vincent
Minn
Santa Fe
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Nantucket
Lower Lake
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kentucky
Kansas
Missouri
Gulf States
December Observations At Blue Hill Observatory Report Cold Month
Observations for December at Blue Hill Observatory show a colder than normal month with the mean temperature below the past six Decembers. Precipitation exceeded average due to three severe storms, while bright sunshine was above average. Snow covered hills beyond thirty miles west and northwest of Boston most days. Northwest winds totaled 17,709 miles with a mean speed of 23.8 mph. hourly peak was 65 mph on the 18th. Precipitation totaled 5.26 inches, 4.29 inches as rain and .97 melted snow. The greatest daily fall was 1.92 inches on the 17th. Ten days had rainfall of .01 inch or more, and snow depth reached twelve inches.
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Blue Hill Observatory
Boston
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Scotland
M. Stanislas Danion
Boston Board of Aldermen
City Hall
City of
Lake Side Street Elevated Railroad Company
Church Street
Charles River
Chariel
Charles
Fall River
Puritan
Park Square
Oi Colony Railroad
Falls River
OLD State Mouse
Park Square Station
Old Colony Railroad
J. BR. Kendrick
Geo
L. Connor
Gen
L. H. Palmer
Gla State Douss
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Se Enee
Momieter, Oe
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Hiamarck
Fair Chicago
Ae Eee
CIA Sues
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None Ewes
Ri Paso
Kasse
Helena
Mone
Fair Marquette
Mich
New
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Sete City
Wis
American Midland Railway
Joel Hayden & CO
Congress Street
Auro
Johnn Jefferses & Sons
Devonshire Street
Keene Optical CO
Washington St
C. F. Libbie & CO
Hayward Place
Selfinewell Collection
Boston Heating Com Frany, & Corporation
Commonwealth of Massachussetts
Boston Eating Company
American Loan & Trust Company
Nortwest
Atlantic Avenue
Fort Hill Wharf
John L. Batchelder
Boston Heating Company
Elisha Thayer
Suffolk Libro
Harbor
Suffolk Weeds
Hyvez, Dickinson & Howe
Joint Committee of Congress
Adiment
Frank W. Palmer
Washington, D. C
R W. Palmer
Stonington Line
Senis
J. W. Richar
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