Booth and Barrett Oppose American Actors Protection Plan
New York January 6 The campaign by Louis Aldrich and a small group to extend contract labor protections to American actors has largely stalled. Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett are cited as opposing restrictions on foreign actors, clarifying they did not back excluding European talent and that the Actors Order of Friendship was not responsible for the movement. Barrett argues the public deserves access to strong foreign productions as well as domestic works.
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New York
Louis Aldrich
Actors’ Order of Friendship
Times Today
Ford
Aldrich
Congress
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
America
Europe
Booth
Order
Order of Friendship
Barrett
Joseph Jefferson
Henry Irving
Haytien War Storm Hits Coast and Port-de-Paix
A January gale sparsely affects the Atlantic coast from Philadelphia to Eastport with winds up to 44 mph. Reports from Nantasket to Coney Island describe wrecks, flooded streets, and damaged piers while steamers delay. A Boston bound voyage recounts life near Port-de-Paix amid Legitime’s conflict, bombardments, and Haitian port defenses as American observers note military tensions and local leadership struggles.
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Nantasket
Philadelphia
Eastport
Maine
Buffalo
Detroit
Smith
Bismarck
Oak
H. F. Dimock
Metropolitan Steamship Line
New York
Whitestone
Long Island Sound
Fort Schuyler
Tremont
West End
Park
Harvard
Coney Island
Lone Brancu
N. J
Seabright
Monmouth Beach
A.T. Keasly
Methodist
William W. Shipven
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Asbury Fork
ProvidEence
Nassau
Bargain Days at Agents and Custom Department Sale
Last week the Custom Department began an annual sale of remnants in Agents and Custom Department. The sale continues with strong interest. Hats and caps are cut to 10 and 15 cents, English Sheepskin Gloves 80 cents, Boys Chamois Gauntlets 10 cents, and more. Prices reflect weather and stock.
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Custom Department
C&s
Officers Elected by 500 Laborers at Eliot Street Meeting
Over 500 building laborers met at 48 Eliot Street and chose Thomas Kiernan as president and Daniel Keefe as vice president. Other officers include doelin Brennan recording secretary John Mulloy financial secretary Eugene MccGillicuddy treasurer and James Asey Daniel Driscoll John Shea as investigators. Delegates to the Building Trades Council were elected and a joint conference at 176 Tremont Street discussed making the organization permanent and criticized Governor Ames's prison labor recommendation.
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Eliot Street
Thomas Kiernan
Daniel Keefe
Doelin Brennan
John Mulloy
Eugene MccGillicuddy
Homas Horton
James Asey
Daniel Driscoll
John Shea
Building Trades’ Council
James D. Sneehan
Jeremiah Griffin
George Crump
James Casey
James McGuire
Building Trade Council
District 39
K. of L
Central Labor Uion
Advisory Board of Carpenters
Tremont Street
Ames
Police seize liquor and arrest fourteen men after stakeout
Station 5 officers with a search warrant raided 10 Lehigh Street last evening and seized beer and whiskey. Fourteen men and two women were arrested while a further search uncovered property likely stolen, including fur trimmings and ladies garments. Some detainees were booked on disorderly conduct.
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Station 5
Lehigh Street
Howe
Maritime Arrival List From Various Ports
A long stream of vessel movements dated Jan 4 to Jan 6 lists ships arriving or reporting from Boston Bristol Genoa Havre Hong Kong Queenstown Philadelphia New York and more. Ships include Blue Jacket Corbis Bay Finance La Champagne Servia and Servin among others with origins from New Orleans New York Boston Calafornian and Rotterdam, noting routes to Liverpool Philadelphia and Rio de Janeiro.
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Boston
Liverpool
William Coulman
Port de Paix
Bristol
Elginshire
New Orleans
Llandaff City
New York
the Lizard
Blue Jacket
Coosaw
Garston
Gibraltar
George Eaton
Mediterranean
James Turpie
Bona
Philadelphia
Pontiac
Fitzroy
Bessarabia
Trinacria
Palermo
Norseman
Hay Green
West Point
Mentmore
Baltimore
Parisian
Porllard
Malta
Corbis Bay
Smyrna
Genoa
Letimbre
Havre
Henri W
Halifax
la Champagne
Hong Kong
Albany
Vancouver
Queenstown
Servia
Para
Finance
Newport News
St. Thomas
Maranham
Rio Janeiro
Reval
Prior
Charleston
Viola
Cynthia
Glasgow
Main
Bremen
Nederland
Antwerp
Barnmoor
St. Jago
Fulda
Aariath
Richmond Hill
London
Egyptian Monarch
Elmfield
Hameburg
Portland
Eng
Thames
Patras
Caroline Miller
Cape Haytien
Turk’s Island
Polaria
Servin
la Normandie
Brunel
Girgenti
Alert
Gonaives
Dover
Colorado
Brow Head
Ontario
Bristol City
New York and London Steamship Arrivals and Departures
Ships arrived and sailed between New York London and nearby ports on January 6. Vessels listed include La Normandie Havre Brunel Grenti Alert Gonaives Herman Winter Boston Winthrop Portland Wapella Jonathan Bourne Leonard A Burnham James Rothwell Calvin P Harris Eva May Eleanora Hi Dimock and others. Additional arrivals include La Champagne Polaria Servia Colorado Ontario Llandaff City at various British ports.
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New York
la Normandie
Havre
Brunel
Grenti
Alert
Gonaives
Herman Winter
Boston
Winthrop
Portland
Wapella
Jonathan Bourne
Leonard A. Burnham
James Rothwell
Calvin P. Harris
Eva May
New Bedford
H. P. Halleck
Dean
Taunton
Charles Woolsey
Fall River
C. C. Lane
Newburyport
Eleanora
Engagement at Apia Jams European ships as Mataafa fights
Official reports detail a Dec 18 clash where German gunboat Adler and forces landed near Lanly to disarm Mataafa’s followers. Lieutenant Sieger and 16 sailors were killed, 36 wounded, while Mataafa’s forces suffered 10 dead and 30 wounded. Europeans and dependents were moved aboard warships amid mounting tensions. Mataafa vows to face British and American commanders.
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Apia
Mataafa
Adler
Lanly
Vailele
Klein
Olga
Eber
Sieger
Spengler
Burchard
Letoga
Mataafaga
Mataafas
Desertion Splits Rebel Camp at Mandoub Emin Bey In Custody
A deserter from Osman Digna's force reports rebels furious over seizure of their effects and wives for tobacco violations. He says 2000 dervishes at Handoub clash with Digna over evacuation, with many desiring to retreat. Emin Bey reportedly captured and held at Khartoum. timing of any victory in September disputed.
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Osman Digna
Handoub
Emin Bey
Khartoum
Carro
French Anger Over Senate Panama Canal Debate
Paris reports the Panama Canal dispute in the U S Senate stirs ill will. A Lesseps ally cites 1877 talks with General Noyes about the U S position. Bondholders propose a new canal company with multi‑million francs capital and Boulangist support.
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Paris
Panama Canal
M. de Lesseps
M.de Lesseps
General Noyes
Panama Company
General Boulanger
Panama
Jacques Elected Paris Deputy as Boulangist Vote Contests
At the Republican Congress in Paris on January 6 M Jacques head of the Seine was proclaimed sole candidate for the Paris seat after a 234 to 870 vote against Boulangist General Boulang. In Somme General Montaudon Boulangist won by 7539 and in Charente Imereuse Duport Boulangist won by 9449 over the Republican.
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Paris
Republican Congress
M. Clémenceau
M. Jacques
Council of the Seine
Chamber of Deputies
General Oulanger
Somme
Department
Charente Imerieuse
M. Duport
Geflicken Affair Ends Amid Goverment Silence
Beruin January 6 The Geflicken affair concludes with mixed reactions. Liberal papers call it a moral setback for Bismarck while praising German judges independence, though public reaction is largely negative toward the government’s tactics. The imperial tribunal declines treason charges saying Gefficken’s awareness of treasonable intent could not be proven.
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Beruin
Bismarck
Gefficken
Imperial Tribunal
Metz fighting began a day earlier, says French journal
The Journal des Debats in Paris prints General Casseron’s letter asserting that the Metz clash started one day before August 16. It cites Major Devies quoting General Bazaine about Morier’s warning of German approach, with similar Vienna newspaper reports.
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Lonxpon
Journal Des Débats
Paris
Casseron
Metz
Major Devies
Bazaine
Morier
Vienna
Morier Affair Provokes Press Across Europe
The St. Petersburg press mocks Morier with Breron reporting January 6 that the Post accuses Sir Rh D Morier of forgery. It cites the Bazaine letter’s English phrasing as unlikely to be written by a Frenchman, while the German press warns the Morier affair tests the German press system.
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St. Petersburg
Morier
Frankfurter Zeitung
Breron
the Post
Rh. D. Morier
Bazaine
Paris C Brown Strikes Snag Sinking on Mississippi River
The steam boat Paris C Brown struck a snag at Hermitage Landing Pointe Coupée Parish and sank to the hurricane deck. Five cabin crew two firemen and one passenger are missing. The vessel carried 300 tons freight plus 150 more on the way up including 170 tons of car wheels. Built Cincinnati 1878 the ship was insured for 14000 with cargo insurance undetermined. It had 10 cabin passengers and a few deck passengers aboard.
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Western Steam Navigation Company
William Coulman
William Scott
Hayti
Boston Dyewood Company
East Boston
Post
Haytien
New York
Port-de-Paix
Légitime
Cape Haytien
Port Haytien
Tortuga Island
Belize
Haytien War Service
Haytiend
Bismarck
Scott
Dessaines
Boston
Légis Time
Port-au-Prince
Hippolyte
Salomon
Paris
Bayou Sara
Paris C. Brown
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Hermitage Landing
Pointe Coupée Parish
A. M. Halliday
G. Young
Marine Railway and Dock Company
Sugar Refining Collapse Linked to Freund Scheme
New York reports on the Electric Sugar Refining Company collapse and secret process claims. Officers allege Freund pocketed most of about 110000 to 100000 and stress Mrs Freund may hold 5250 shares, with Milan connections and relatives in Michigan. Detroit dispatch notes President Cotterill denying arrest aims and describing the process as deception in refining rather than new method.
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New York
Electric Sugar Refining Company
Robertson
Juanson N. Fuller
Freund
England
Halstead
Milan
Curiaco
H. ©. Friend
Friend
Grape and Cane Sugar Refining Company
H. G. Teed
D. Ovitt
Ovitt
Schuyler
Gardiner
Sinppenres
Detroit
Mich
Cotterill
Electric Sugar
Ann Arbor
Cottérill
Blaine Not Wanted in Harrison Cabinet Rumors Rise
Sprcrar dispatches from Washington report General Harrison opposing Blaine for the Cabinet. Senators Sherman and Allison are named as possible choices for State and Treasury, with formal offers likely weeks away. The social rift with Blaine’s faction and Mrs. Blaine's unpopularity touch the candidacy as Harrison weighs successors who can endure public scrutiny. Blaine remains hopeful but unlikely to be named.
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Wasmingron
Sprcrar
Indianapolis
Harrison
Blaine
Council
Sherman
Allison
Cleveland
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
State
Treasury Departments
Republican Party
McKee
Blaines
White House
State Department
Fatal boiler explosion at New Hope mill shocks Mercer county
In Pittspore Pennsylvania reports say a boiler exploded at William Porter's grist mill in New Hope Mercer county on a Saturday afternoon. Killed were Joseph E French Thomas Carter Levi Shields and John Wimmer. Several injured including Jerome Carter and William Carter. Cause alleged as low boiler water due to engineer carelessness.
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Sawyer
Wisconsin
Harrison
Blaine
Cabinet
Congress
Senate
Paris C. Brown
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Andover
New Hope
Rugg Manufacturing Company
Montague Centre
Bedford Avenue
N. Y
Pittspore
Penn
Mercer County
W. Va
William Porter
Joseph E. French
Thomas Carter
Levi Shields
John Wimmer
Kh Shields
Wade Spuffelbarger
Jerome Carter
William Carter
Steamer Fares Slashed for Boston Trip
A big rate cut by the Boston Halifax and Prince Edward Island line offers passage to Boston for 1.00, aimed at tightening competition with the Canada Atlantic line. The announcement comes from Hauax Nova Scotia with the date noted January 6.
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Hauax
N. S
Boston
Halifax
Prince Edward Island
President Seelye Questioned In Andover Case Hearing
The Andover case hearing before ex Governor Robinson resumed at President Julius H. Seelye’s Amherst home. Seelye declined to answer a final board vote question citing official propriety. The hearing adjourned at noon to resume Tuesday in Andover.
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Andover
Robinson
Julius H. Seelye
Amherst
Seelye
Dexter
French
Board of Visitors
Smyth
Supreme Court
Pogere
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Scythia
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Custom House
Massachusetts Humane Society
B. F. Bridges, Jr
M. Vv. M
Harry G. Stickley
C. L. Davenport
Denver
Col. Page
Bowler & Hall
Washington Streets
Julia Ward Howe
Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union
Franklin Typographical Society
Democratic State Committee
Industrial Art Teachers’ Association
Fruit and Produce Exchange
American Institute of Instruction
Bethlehem
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King’s Chapel
G. P. Foster
Yale University
James Webb
Beacon Street
Munkittrick
Haytien Ports
Phillips Brooks
Young Men’s Christian Union
Charles G. Ames
Church of the Disciples
Electric Sugar Refining Company of New York
G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
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NATL
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Labor Notes
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Deputies
Mississippi River
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