Jerry Callahan Sells 455 Posts in One Day News Boy Fame
The Boston Post's penny policy drives a huge day for newsboys led by Jeremiah Callahan. Other boys Stoney Cosgrove McEleney sold hundreds as 7 o'clock extras and exclusive letters spark town talk. The Post plans three reps for the World’s Fair.
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Jeremiah
Boston
New England
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Post
Jerry Callahan
Stoney
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D. Cosgrove
C. McEleney
Newsboy
West End
New Post
Louisiana Republicans Nominate Ticket at State Convention
New Orleans reports the Republican State convention adopted a platform praising the Harrison administration and named a full ticket: Governor A H Leonard. lieutenant governor H Dudley Coleman. secretary of state T Voisin the only Black nominee. treasurer G B Darra. auditor Charles A Fontelien. attorney general John Yost. superintendent E S Stoddard.
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Harrison
A. H. Leonard
Caddo
H. Dudley U Coleman
T. Voisin
St. John
G. B. Darra
St. Mary
Charles A. Fontelien
Iberia
Eneral
John Yost
Point Coupee
E. S. Stoddard
Voisin
British steamer rescues crew of sinking Frederick at sea
The Stalwart reports sighting the Norwegian ship Frederick off latitude 42.40 44.17 on Jan 8, badly damaged after a gale. The Stalwart rescued its captain and eighteen crew members before transferring them to the steamship Hardon bound for Rotterdam.
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Stalwart
Liverpool
Frederick
St. Johns
Fleetwood
Hardon
Rotterdam
Gorman Practically Re-elected U S Senator by Maryland Legislature
Annapolis Md Jan 19 Arthur P Gor man was practically re elected United States Senator by the Maryland Legislature for six years from March 4 1893 to succeed himself He received 20 of the 2 votes cast and the House gave him 80 of 5 votes A single ballot for his successor to the late E K Wilson produced a scattering vote A result is expected on Thursday
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Arthur P. Gorman
United States
Maryland
Gorman
House
E. K. Wilson
Abolish Sweating Report and Mexican Awards Stir Senate
The Senate debated a new labor label bill to require origin tags on apparel and prevent sales of unlabelled goods produced in unhealthy conditions. Senator Hoar led the measure, tied to a Boston league, while Mexico’s 1868 awards were reviewed with $3,865,000 paid in instalments and minimal pending distributions. The day ended with continued discussion on the Mexican award bill and an executive session before adjournment.
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Hoar
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Massachusetts
Congress
League
Crowley
New York
Cavey
Secretary of State
Senate
Blaine
Mexico
Morrill
United States Naval Observatory
Committee On Naval Affairs
Naval Observatory
United States
West
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Naval militia prepares for possible Chilean war threat
The article discusses potential US coast defense against a Chilean attack, naming Marblehead Gloucester and Provincetown as key bases. It notes enlarging the naval militia to two battalions, describes ready ships and despatch boats, and reports Commander Soley’s view that war is unlikely.
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Atlantic
Uncle Sam
United States
Boston
Marblehead
Gloucester
Provincetown
Newburyport
Barnstable
Wellfleet
Hyannis
New Bedford
Foley
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J. Edwin Addicks
Adelita
N. C. Nash
Corona
E. C. Taft
Haukul
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D.S. Ford
Melissa
Eaton
Sheerwater
John M. Forbes
Wild Duck
Soley
Italy
New Orleans
Garrett
Naval Battalion
Harvard Commencement Punch Sparks Debate Across Campus
A Post reporter gathers opinions from Harvard faculty and students on the custom of serving punch in dormitory rooms during commencement reunions. Professors Bolles and Eliot weigh in with mixed views while students recall rooms cleared for a light lunch and punch. Porters describe the mess and lingering tobacco scent, and alumni leaders like Holmes resist commentary.
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New Post
Harvard
Chamberlain
University Hall
Frank Bolles
College Yard
Cambridge
Sanders ‘Theatre
Memorial Hall
Eliot
Hoe
Holworthy
Thayer
Matthews
Alumni Association
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Henry Parkman
8. A. Green
Francis M. Weld
Judge Holmes
House Debates Public Printing Bill Then Adjourns
Washington reports the House resumes debate on a public printing and binding bill. Key votes to postpone and table the measure fail or pass amid party dynamics as the rules committee prepares printed proposed rules. The chamber subsequently adjourns.
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Washington
House
Richardson
O’neill
Missouri
O’ Neill
Springer
Illinois
O'Neill
Committee On Rules
Supreme Court Admits Sampson and Brigham to Practice
The United States Supreme Court admitted Calvin P. Sampson of Boston and Clifford Brigham of Salem Mass to practice. The court announced it would adjourn from February 1 to February 19.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Calvin P. Sampson
Boston
Clifford Brigham
Salem
Mass
Flint in Washington Pushes International Bank Bill
Mr. Charles R. Flint of New York, delegate to the Pan American Congress, visited Washington to promote a bill to form an international bank. The measure, drafted by Flint, failed in the last Congress but had committee support and will be reintroduced with minor changes. He conferred with Mr. Bacon on banking and currency. Also, E. H. Goss to lecture on Paul Revere at Eid Union tonight with stereopticon views.
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Washington
Charles R. Flint
New York
Air
Flint
United States
Bacon
Banking and Currency
E. H. Goss
Eid Union
Parmenter Street
Paul Revere
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Diamond Ring Case
Max Goldberg was arrested yesterday charged with embezzling a diamond ring valued at 100 dollars from Millie C Cutting who lives at 9 Asylum Street. Goldberg says Cutting also known as Cameron owed him 40 dollars but refused to pay.
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Millie C. Cutting
Asylum Street
Goldberg
West Chester Park
Beacon Street
Daniel Sullivan
Patrick Cronin
Bookline
Quincy
Brookline
Samuel Skelton
Woburn
Robert Chalmas
Daniel F. Murphy
Mengen
Danvers
City Hall
Converse J. Smith
New England
International Steamship Line
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St. John
N. B
White Granite Company
New York
Cambridge
The
Indian Rights Association
Massachusetts Indian Association
Sanders Theatre
Lyman Abbott
Brooklyn
Austin Abbott
University Law School
James Bb. Thayer
Harvard Law School
Justice Field Seeks Explanation Over Lobbyist Charges
Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court wrote a courteous note to Senator Power of Montana seeking explanation of charges that he was a lobbyist for unnamed judges in the interest of land grant railroads. Field called the charges false and said he was surprised by the misrepresentation.
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Justice Field
United States Supreme Court
Senator Power
Montana
Irrigation Congress
Helena
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Apain
Chicago
Spartacus at the Grand Opera House Review
The Grand Opera House hosted Mr. R. D. MacLean and Miss Marie Prescott in Spartacus last evening before a large audience. MacLean’s Gladiator performance recalled the late John D. McCullough though not fully equal, while Prescott gave Julia with grace and dignity. The company included W. S. Hart and others, and tonight Cleopatra with Prescott in the title role will be repeated.
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Marie Prescott
Grand Opera House
John D. McCullough
MacLean
Julia
W.S. Hart
Maclyn Arbuckle
George Montgomery
Agnes Maynard
Mark R. Robbins
Cleopatra
Miss Prescott
Young burglars arrested in South Boston shop theft
James Lee 16 of 10 Gold Street South Boston Henry Morgan alias Thomas Sullivan 18 Charlestown and Albert Stewart 17 homeless were arrested by Station 6 officers for breaking and entering Simon Car millo shop 150 West Fourth Street South Boston on January 11 and stealing thirty pairs of second hand shoes part of the property recovered.
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James Lee
Gold Street
South Boston
Henry Morgan
Thomas Sullivan
Charlestown
Albert Stewart
Station 6
Simon Carmillo
West Fourth Street
War not probable as dockside work begins on Baltimore
London reports a shift in securities after a Chilean incident. The Baltimore is in the stream with workmen aboard and dockyard forces ready to clear vessels within a month if current staff stays on. Chilean securities slide as traders note no official confirmation of the U S actions.
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London
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Yorktown
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United States
Chilean naval tensions rise as Esmeralda aids ship ashore
Commander Evans reports Esmeralda sails from Valparaiso to assist the British steamer John Elder ashore 160 miles south. Balmaceda refugees remain aboard Yorktown, avoiding capture. In San Diego sources warn war with the United States is likely. Chileans expect foreign help to build or buy ships. Charleston to sail soon awaiting the paymaster.
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Busted Benefit Case Shocks Bay State League Ex-Treasurer Arrested
Augustus N. Doe, ex treasurer of the Bay State League, was arrested by Inspector Dugan for allegedly embezzling 15616 78 from the league funds. The league, once the largest fraternal order with over 22000 members, is in receivership under Clement K. Fay. Doe, 61, of 71 Rossetter Street Dorchester, denies taking the money. The receiver report details cash receipts of 41425 67 and judgments against failed entities, with liens and claims pending. The receiver urges distribution to at least 80000 and audits all claims.
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Order of the Golden Grail
Commonwealth Loan and Trust Company
Kansas Corporation
Suffolk Trust Company
North National Bank
Weather Review: Snow Storm Eases After Evening Bluster
The Boston weather report notes a snow storm that began strong but eased by midnight. Snow ploughs operated all evening and one electrical delay occurred at Tremont and Dartmouth. Temperatures fell from 53 to near 37 degrees, with forecasts showing clear skies this afternoon and a rise in temperature tomorrow.
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Tremont
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Albany
Annual Meeting of Winthrop Yacht Club
The Winthrop Yacht Club held its annual meeting at Young's Hotel with a dinner led by Commodore J Stearns Cushing. Officers for the coming year were elected as Commodore J Stearns Cushing Vice Commodore Joseph B Cann Secretary Charles G Bird Treasurer George A Foxcroft Measurer Harry Hutchinson.
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Winthrop Yacht Club
Young’s Hotel
Commodore J. Stearns Cushing
Commodore
J. Stearns Cushing
Joseph Bb. Cann
Charles G. Bird
George A. Foxcroft
Harry Hutchinson
Charles C. Hutchinson
Clarence H. Lillings
William H. Crone
Edgar A. Cook
Lyman S$. Meston
Willard M. Bacon
Frank MacConnell
William A. Garratt
Charles A. Waggett
L. T.* Harrington
C. B. Belcher
G. L. Cade
John MacConnell, Jr
H. O. Riggs
F. E. Hanson
R. PD
Ireland
A. W. Chatterton
John G. Cuthbertson
Lyman
Meston
Commodore Cushing
Pope Grips Illness Reported In Rome
Rome reports the Pope suffers an influenza attack causing concern among the faithful. His private physician Dr Ceccarelli says there is no immediate cause for anxiety.
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Rome
Ceccarelli
French Deputies Spark Duels and Struck Lawmaker Incident
Paris January 19 Deputies clashed as M Constans struck M Laur in the face prompting duels and violent quarrels in the chamber and lobbies. The cabinet backed Constans and Floquet adjourned amid turmoil with plans for further confrontations and a police summons issued.
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Chamber of Deputies
Floquet
M. Laur
de Freycinet
M. de Freycinet
Tribune
House
Hisses
M. Laar
M. Constans
M. Delpech
Castelin
M. Demartiel
M. Castelin
M. Despoch
M. Boudeau
Questeurs
M. Floquet
Premier de Freycinet
Senate
M. Counstans
Henri Rochefort
Chamber
Boudeau
Body of Cardinal Manning Taken to Brompton Oratory
The late Cardinal Manning’s body was moved from the arc episcopal residence to Brompton Oratory for the final funeral rites. A plain hearse carried the coffin with little ceremony as children from the nearby orphanage lit candles. About 60,000 have viewed the remains since Saturday.
London dynamiter Deakin confesses after Walsall interview
Deakin, arrested in London and moved to Walsall, confessed after a lengthy cell interview with Inspector Melville. Reports say fellow prisoner Ditchfield also confessed. Bomb models found at the Walsall foundry are said to be made by innocent workmen unaware of their intended use.
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Deakin
Walsall
Melville
Ditchfield
Kipling Marries Carolyn Balestier Quietly in London
The author Rudyard Kipling wed Miss Carolyn Balestier, sister of the late American litterateur, in All Souls Church London yesterday. Henry James and Edmund Gosse signed the register. The couple reportedly left for a country honeymoon afterward.
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Rudyard Kipling
Carolyn Balestier
Atlantic
All Souls Church
Henry James
Edmund Gosse
Spanish Opposition Demands Inquiry Over Trade Treaty
In Maprio Jar on January 19 Senor Gamazo attacked the Government for concluding the commerce treaty with the United States. He called for a committee of inquiry to reconsider the pact. The Minister of Foreign Affairs defended the treaty but agreed to the inquiry.
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Chamber of Deputies
Senor Gamazo
United States
CARE F UL LIVING AND COD LIVER OIL PROMISE
A brief health appeal highlights that a plump baby is generally healthier and suggests careful living as the key to wellness. The text promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil and offers a free booklet about it.
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Democratic national convention site still uncertain in Washington
In Washington on January 19 the Democratic national executive committee arrives amid speculation on convention venue. Rumors favor New York, with Cincinnati backed by Senator Brice. Delegations from six cities including New York, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Milwaukee press their bids as about twenty committee members roam for leads.
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Jan
Democratic National Executive Committee
New York
Brice
Cincinnati
Tammany Braves
Richard Croker
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
New Officers Elected by International Press Clubs
In San Francisco on January 19 the International League of Press Clubs elected officers for the coming term. M. H. DeYoung of the Chronicle was chosen president, with vice presidents including John A. Cockerell, C. H. Taylor, George W. Childs, and Felix Agnus. An executive committee from multiple cities was named, and St. Paul, Minnesota was set as the site for the next annual meeting.
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International League of Press Clubs
M. H. DeYoung
The
Chronicle
John A. Cockerell
Advertiser
New York
C. H. Taylor
Globe
Boston
George W. Childs
Ledger
Philadelphia
Felix Agnus
American
Haitimore
P.V. Deuster
Seebote
Milwaukee
Sallie White
New England Press Association
C. W. Price
Electrical Review
Thomas J. Keenan
Pittsburg
Stephen O'Meara
Journal
John Freiderich
P. C. Boyle
Commercial
Toledo
H. P. Schmall
News
St. Paul
H. D. Vaught
Courier
Buffalo
Willam Berri
Standard Union
Brooklyn
John B. Campman
Herald
Reading
Penn
G. Lapham
Syracuse
St. Paul, Minn
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