Panama scandal mystery money sent to the U S
The text discusses a $2,500,000 transfer linked to the Panama affair and mentions Charles de Lesseps testimony praising the value of the assistance obtained. It notes curiosity over who benefited from the funds and what was bought, citing figures like Carnegie and Wanamaker in comparison. Some speculate that "Uncle Dick" Thompson could reveal more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
United States
Charles DE Lesseps
Carnegie
Wanamaker
Presidency
Cabinet Office
Panama Company
Thompson
A Blow to the Trust and Central Railroad Receiver Acknowledged
Chancellor McGinty granted the Attorney General's petition to appoint a receiver for the Central Railroad of New Jersey to sever its illegal relations with the Reading. If the road withdraws from the combine it can run itself. if not it passes into receivership. The decision ends the coal trust as a combine and may affect coal prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Anthracite Coal Trust
McGinty
New Jersey
Central Railroad of
Reading
New Jersey Road
Panama Canal Bribery Scandal Recap in France
The text discusses the Panama Canal crisis worsening as details emerge from court. De Liesseps admits a wholesale bribery scheme while Errre admits plundering the company of millions. The outrage prompts government instability yet the French populace shows restraint and duty to preserve the republic.
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Panama Canal
Young de Lesseps
M. Errre
Republic
Paris
France
Tax Them All Inheritance Tax Debate On Constitutional Line
The piece argues for taxing all inheritances to avoid constitutional issues with collateral versus direct legatees. It asserts that current opposition views the 1891 act as healthy and proper, and proposes universal taxation of all estates to cure alleged defects without repealing the law.
Enforce and strengthen existing law, reject repeal
The passage argues that the tax on collective fortunes is not a hardship and must be enforced. It cites administrators and officials who have obstructed the law, urging the Legislature to enforce it as written and to strengthen it to ensure operative effect, while ruling out any repeal.
Boston Gas Monopoly Taxed Consumers One Thousand Dollars Daily
The piece argues Boston gas consumers pay a daily tax of about 1000 dollars to a Delaware owned monopoly profit on fictitious capital of 10 million dollars. It claims plant value and rates far exceed real costs and urges a law capping gas price at no more than one dollar per thousand.
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Boston
Boston Gas Company
Boston Company
Bay State Company
Delaware
Boston fire lesson urges private water readiness
The week’s Boston fires show owners in the business district should fund rapid water delivery at the fire scene. Even a fraction of Tuesday’s losses could have bought equipment like that advocated by Edward Atkinson, capable of checking or partly extinguishing blazes. Public resources are efficient but cannot meet all conditions.
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Boston
Edward Atkinson
Delayed discovery of reporter Barker’s body sparks outrage
The body of Mr. Barker of Tran Script was found after sixty hours, buried at the spot where it fell. The delay is blamed on multiple departments and deemed discreditable, an outrage to the public and to the family, highlighting a city’s misprioritization of life over property.
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Barker
The
Transcript
General Burner Remembered For Character And Influence
The death of General Burner prompts widespread tributes from diverse Americans. The press highlights his wartime service and political role, praising his character, distinctive ideas, and intellectual force that left a lasting imprint on the nation beyond partisan divides.
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Burner
Bur Lee
Plymouth editor Candidate for Plymouth Postmaster
The friends of Mr. D. W. Andrews, longtime editor and publisher of the Plymouth Tree Press, present him as a candidate for postmaster as the current term expires. Andrews has run the county’s only Democratic paper for 21 years, enjoys community respect, and shows no prior office seeking intent while the office seeks him as the March expiry approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Andrews
Plymouth Tree Press
Aveeny
Andrews
Plymouth County
Overhead Wires Seen as Hazard After Great Fire
In Boston the push to make the city safer calls for removing overhead wires. After Tuesday’s large conflagration, the smaller fires that followed show fewer obstructions and less danger from wires, aiding emergency response efforts.
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Boston
Underground Wires Urgently Needed to Fight Fires
A lesson shows the maze of electric wires at fire sites increases peril to property and life. It is demonstrated that wires can be buried underground. Some telephone telegraph and fire alarm lines are already underground. the rest should follow swiftly.
The Observant Citizen Sees Boston Shifts in Heart of Trade
The writer notes shifting business centers from Scollay Square to Winter Street then to the Boylston Washington corner and Park Square becoming a distribution point. He recalls past figures Bradshaw and Frost, comments on honesty, and memories of the Press Club election with Haskell Alexander Barker and McNamara nicknames. He praises Officer Wise and recalls a North Street tenement fire heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Scollay Square
Winter Street
Boylston Street
Washington
Park Square
Sccollay Square
Mr. Bradshaw
Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom
Oliver Wise
North Street
From Boston to Salem by Street Car
Electric road linking Lynn Salem opens with city officials aboard. Car runs 44 minutes to Salem, lunch at Fraternity Hall, then return to Lynn. Regular trips start Saturday. fares 10 cents. Vision of broader Boston to Gloucester street car network noted.
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Lynn
Salem
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Hayes
Fraternity Hall
Palfray
Alderman West
Rantoul
Brookline
West
Joe’ Peterson
Colonel Cunningham
Frank Cousins
D. Herbert Sweetser
Boston
Gloucester
Twine trust fights and sly misers in humorous snippets
Illinois farmers unite to oppose the twine trust while a careful West Philadelphia man shuns a Mason grip. A baker’s dozen of brief quips cross the nation from Philadelphia to Buffalo, Concord to Boston, including jokes about prize fights, snoring music, and a jail clock carved by burglars.
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Picayune
Illinois
West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Buffalo Express
Florida
Indianapolis Journal
Messenger Boy
Yonkers Statesman
Concord Monitor
New York
Iowa
Philadelphia Ledger
Ethel
Regie Rex
Nurse
Regie
Clara
George
Jennie
Mamma
Texas Siftings
Daniels
Malden Public Schools
Judson
Boston
Fresh Books and The Battle of New York
A catalog of 1892 titles reviewed includes Along the Florida Reef by Charles Frederick Holder and Digging for Gold by Horatio Alger Jr. plus stories by James Gilmour of Magnolia and The Girls and I by Mrs Molesworth. Also notes on The Best Reading series, English classics for schools, and The Battle of New York by William Q. Stoddard about the draft riots.
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Florida Reef
Charles Frederick Holder
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Horatio Alger, Jr
Philadelphia
Porter & Coates
California
James Gilmour
Magnolia
Richard Lovett
Fleming H. Revell Company
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Land of the Celestials
Molesworth
London
Macmillan & Co
W. B. Clarke & Co
Julia Dubring
J. B. Lippincott Company
Lynds E. Jones
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
American Book Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
Irving
Roger de Coverley
Spectator
Addison
Steele
Budgell
Carrian le Favre
Fowler & Wells Company
Science of Health
A Bid From Lowell in Progressive Massachusetts
The Boston Post notes remaining gubernatorial timber in the progressive Democracy of Massachusetts and observes that some of it is growing here in Lowell.
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Lowell News
Boston Post
Massachusetts
Lowell
Russell's Idea Endorsed by Pilot in Mass Fast Day Critique
The Pilot endorses Governor Russell against the Massachusetts Fast Day, calling it a farce and noting broad Christian sentiment in the state backing its abolition.
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Massachusetts
Russell
The Winners Compliments to the Editor
Frank E. May N Aun Danvers Mirror thanks the Post editor for a $10 gold piece awarded in the How to Run a Newspaper competition. He praises the paper’s principles and predicts continued success and greater readers’ interest.
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Post
Frank E. Maynauan
Danvers Mirror
Art scene in Paris and Boston exhibitions stir collectors
The Spitzer collection will be exhibited and sold in Paris in April and May under Durand-Ruel. A 50 franc subscription catalog and two printed volumes plus 68 plates accompany the sale. Notable artists include A. C. Fenery and Marietta Ambrosi. Boston events feature Scott Leighton and reflections on engraving progress. Audience members and juries attend eagerly as paintings and studio shows unfold.
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M. Spitzer
Paris
Durand-Ruel
Spitzer
Durand
Ruel
New York City
A. C. Fenery
Mark Waterman
Boston Art Club
Art Club
Marietta Ambrosi
Chickering Hall
Marietta
Stacey Tolman
Pierce
Waterman
Caliga
Attwood
Monks
Fenery
Halsall
New England
Mechanics
Scott Leighton
Messrs. John A. Lowell & Co
Anent Reporter Barker’s Death in Haverhill Gazette
The Haverhill Gazette recalls reporter Barker’s death and notes journalism history full of personal bravery. It honors his courage and places his sacrifice among notable examples within the field.
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Barker
Haverhill Gazette
Boston learns hard lesson on burying wires after sharp city lesson
The Haverhill Gazette notes that after yet another tough experience in Boston, city officials may conclude that the prudent course is to bury electrical and communication wires rather than surface them, reducing hazards and visual clutter.
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The
Haverhill Gazette
Boston
Butler Funeral Arrangements For General Butler
Washington dispatch details funeral plans for General B F Butler. Body moved to Lowell for Monday service at St Ann s Church with G A R escort. his son Paul and niece Charlotte Stevens attend. A White House telegram exempts Grand Army of the Republic members from 1:30 p m duty to attend. President Harrison visited the house, and local G A R posts meet to honor him.
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Washington
B. F. Butler
Paul
Department
Department of the Potomac
Butler
Lowell
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
Merrimac Street
Dr. Chambre
Paul Butler
Charlotte B. Stevens
Nottingham
N. H
O. D. Barrett
A. C. Drinkwater
South Braintree
Cilley
Boston
Farrington
Dimick
J. B. Batchelder
Hyde Park
White House
Cabnet
Grand Army of the Republic of the
E. W. Halford
Charles Foster
Harrison
Butler House
Kit Carson Post No. 2
General Butler
Funeral arrangements for General Butler in Lowell
The Lowell Bar Association met to plan public observances for General Butler's funeral set for Monday. A military escort is proposed, with a battalion of militia, two cavalry regiments and one artillery unit. Bishop Clark of Rhode Island could not attend to officiate, and the family has not yet voiced wishes.
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Dimon
Chambre
St. Anne’s
Bishop Clark
Rhode Island
Lowell High School
Lowell Bar Association
J. N. Marshall
A. P. Binney
S. P. Hadley
G. F. Richardson
J. N. Marsh
C.S. Lilley
W. H. Anderson
John Davis
Jeremiah Crowley
J. H. Carmichael
Frederick Lawton
Butler in the eyes of many papers reflects mixed legacies
A collection of impressions from Boston and New York papers portrays Butler as a complex figure. Some praise his patriotism, leadership, and daring, while others question his ethics, timing, and methods. The medley shows him as powerful, controversial, and deeply influential across factions.
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Boston Herald
Boston Globe
Boston Advertiser
Boston News
Boston Record
Butler
Solier
New York Herald
New York Times
New York World
New York Tribune
New York Recorder
New York Sun
London Chronicle
London Telegraph
America
Springfield Republican
Providence Journal
Manchester Union
Providence Telegram
Portland Advertiser
Ben Jonson
Ben Butler
Lowell Times
Lewiston Journal
Waterbury American
Salem News
Worcester
Brooklyn Standard-Union
Lowell
Lowell Courier
General Butler
Springfield Union
New Bedford Mercury
Hartford Post
Haverhill Gazette
The Military Escort at General Butler’s Funeral
The Sixth Regiment of Infantry under Colonel Parsons will represent infantry. Light Battery First Battalion Artillery commanded by Major Duchesney will provide artillery support. Troop F Cavalry under Captain Wilson will cover mounted service. Brigadier-General B F Peach Jr will command the detail. The Butler Club to Meet Today announces a gathering at House Bean 12 Friday at one o clock for action regarding General Butler’s death. members urged to attend.
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Butler
Parsons
Duchesney
Wilson
Cavalry
Mounted Service
B. F. Peach, Jr
Noah A. Plympton
J. Mitchel Galvin
Butler Club
General Butler
Bean 12
Through Truths Camera. Lodge in focused, graceful grace
The Washington Post profile highlights Mr. Lodge in sharp, respectful terms, praising his public service and poised presence. The piece underscores his leadership style and the aura of dignity surrounding his political role.
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The
Washington Post
Mr. Lodge
Massachusetts Votes for Harrison and Reid
A reflective note from the Lower Citizen reflects pride in Massachusetts for backing Harrison and Reid. The idling crowd laments few supporters remaining, signaling waning enthusiasm and a sigh of resignation.
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Massachusetts
Harrison and
Reid
Too Many Lawyers in the Legislature
The Haverhill Gazette quotes a remark criticizing the legislature for having "by half too many lawyers" among its members, reflecting public discontent with legal expertise dominating lawmaking.
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Haverhill Gazette
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New
Post Publishing Company
Boston Ofice
Washington Street
A. Frank Richardson
Tribune Building
E. A. Grozier
Rob
Major Frost
Joe Barker
Press Club
E. B. Haskell
Herald
E. L. Alexander
Club
Mr. Alexander
Jim Frost
Haskell Party
Mr. Haskell
Alexander
Jim Prost
Frost
J. J. McNamara
South Boxton
Natchez, Tenn
Fred A. Werner
Little, Maxwell & Co
Eva Christine Briel
Natchez
Tremont Street
Herald, Globe, Post and News
Purchase Street
D. Lothrop & Co
Ludden
Waltham
Charles J. Pease
American Rattan Company of
Toronto
Ont
Novelty Rattan Company
Armerican
Barker House
the Bar Association
Truth
William Burke
Springfield
Mass
Dana Sarsaparilla CO
Dana
Sirs
Burke
B. Noble
Chesnut St
Belfast
Maine
WM. Burke
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