Public subscription for City of Columbus rescuer praised
Acknowledges a rescuer of the City of Columbus as a true hero and calls for a public testimonial fund. The Post will collect subscriptions, publish acknowledgments, and ensure funds reach Lieut. Rhodes, leading the subscription efforts.
Poem volumes and society notes from a January era
A miscellany of 19th century items notes Victor Hugo poetry, and re election of N Thayer as Union stock yards president in Chicago. It lists weddings and travel plans of Galvin, Benner moving hotels, Carlisle invited to a New York Free Trade club dinner, Elwell planning a Bermuda cyclist excursion, and Miss Ayer of Lowell as a notable fortune. Also mentions a reception for Knights Templar, a Lawrence democratic split over Col John P. Sweeney, a 40th wedding anniversary in West Dennis, and reminiscences of Signor Garcia at Baden Baden and Homburg with anecdotes of gambling and charity.
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Victor Hugo
N. Thayer
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Thomas F. Galvin
Clarendon
J. Wesley Benner
Metropolitan Hotel
Creighton
Carlisle
New York Free Trade Club
Frank Elwell
Portland
Bermuda
Mackay
Meissonier
Isaac B. Rich
Howard Atheneum
New York
Finance
St.Thomas
Theodocia Gray
Darien
Post
B. Dana
Guv. Robinson
Coeur de Lion Commandery
Knights Templars
Charlestown
Pearson
Miss Ayer
Lowell
John P. Sweeney
Democratic State Committee
Lawrence
Cyrus T. Fuller
West Dennis
Mass
Mr. Ransom
Mebers
Famiy
Signor Garcia
Beides
Baden-Baden
Homburg
Patti
Mr. Merry
Cafe de la Paix
Paris
Garcia
London
Rioters’ case closed. burglar shot in Chicago
News wires report River Head rioting paused for now. Dock Tanner, a noted burglar, was shot and killed in Chicago by a police officer Saturday. Also, William McHugh, thrice convicted of his wife’s murder, is slated for execution on May 2.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
William McHlugh
Allentown
Pittsburg
Edward
Tappan
Oyster Bay
L. I
Pierce & Harvey
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and
Reading General
West Shore
Henry Kendall
Louisville
Kendall
Easton
Cormick
Texas Pacific Railway
Sherman
Texas
Marshall
Ocean Springs
Miss
National Tube Works Company
McKeesport
Leroy Donovan
William Leighton
Rock Springs
Publins
W.T
John D. Lee
Mountain Meadow
Wyoming
Crink & Elkins
Hawsville
Columbia
Simon Roberts
William Walker
Nevine
Minnie Hauk
Voitke
Pitsburg
Madame Auberlin
Voltke
Mme. Auberlin
National bank bid nears its twenty thousand goal in Kolyoke
A Kanaus of brief items notes Kolyoke Massachusetts nearly meets the twenty thousand dollar target to launch a new national bank. Other items report a ten year old boy drowned while skating at Stevens pond, a burglary in South Abington, a boiler explosion at Wallace’s tannery in Rochester, and various local incidents across New England.
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Kolyoke
Mass
George Robinson
Lawrence
Stevens Pond
Quidnick, R. I
Mal
P. Gifford & Son
Washington Street
South Abington
Biddeford
Lyman
iKkennebunkport
Dayton
Charles P. Stickney
Fall River
Capt. Reynard Whitcher
Charles A. Gillen
Connecticut State Hospital
Gillen
David Lepper
Waterbury
Conn
John Merchant
Merchant
Leper
Lepper
Disastrous wreck casts gloom along New England coast
On Jan 20 at New Bedford Mass the wreck of the City of Columbus off Devil's Bridge at Gay Head spurs a grim search. Eleven bodies identified at Vineyard Haven. numerous others missing. Nellie the tug salvages survivors and reports details of the disaster and rescue.
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New Brepford
Mass
Columbus
Vineyard Sound
Edgartown
Wood's Holl
Vineyard Haven
Gay Head
Nellie
Church
Taylor
C. A. Dunning
Lawrence
Henry L. Butthelder
Boston
A. d. Merrill
James A. Merrill
Dr. Kellogg
C. E. Daniels
Pemberton Mills
C. H. Hartwell
J.H. Thatcher
New Bedford
Fred Sargent
Odd Fellows
Mr. Belyea
R.B. Belyea
Alice Atkinson
Currier
Fitchburg
Kellogg
Hart
Devil’s Bridge
City of Columbus
Devil's Bridge
Gay Head Light
Wm. Spaulding
Henry Collins
Taunton
John Hines
Ireman
Thomas Butter
Prince Edward’s Island
Wm.n. McDonald
Thomas O’leary
Michael Kennedy
Edward O’brien
St. Johns
N. F
James Brown
J. Tibbetts
Purser Spaulding
A.S. Belyea
Lynn
Alice
George Kellogg
Mr. Currier
Quartermaster McDonald
Mr. Dunning
Henry
Henry Batchelder
Gay Head Bluff
Lobsterville
Belyea
A.B. Belyea
Lyon
Atkinson
Woodstock
N. B
Batchelder
Fuller
Charles Howes
Pitman
Robert Gallant
Edwin Leary
Tibbets
Steamship Company
Noman’s Land
Woods Hall
Capt. Baker
Baker Wrecking Company
Gay-Head
Storm King
J. A. Merrill
Wood’s Hall
Rand
R. B. Belyea
Victims Readied in Beach Disaster After Steamer Calamity
Vineyard Haven reports 85 passengers and 45 crew on the City of Columbus perished with 27 survivors. Names and descriptions of the dead are listed with ages, holdings, and personal effects as authorities prepare identifications and transport the bodies to New Bedford and Boston.
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Vineyard Haven
Woop
Horr
Mass
City of Columbus
New Bedford
Samuel Dexter
Vance
Truro
N.S
Speedwell
Gay Head
Boston
Exander Leach
Capawock Hall
Alba
J. A. Merrill
Jueninin
Cromwell
W. W. Wright
Alice
Henry
Neo
Wrecked Steamship Cargo Details and Aftermath
The wreck involved the steamer Metis and listed cargo from Boston shippers to Savannah. The account recalls numerous historical ship disasters, including the City of Columbus, Narragansett, and others, with casualty figures and survivor notes. It mentions inquiries at agents F. W. Nickerson & Co and reports about the second mate’s testimony in related collision cases. The piece also notes relatives in Portland and ongoing investigations.
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Meinhard Bros. & Co
Savannah
Boston
C.H. Decker & Co
F. P. Woodbury
Hill & Co
C. A. Tanney
C. EK. Tucker
Boutwell
Ogdensburg
Colfax
Baltimore
Wilmington
New York
Dexter
Newport
Agai
Celfax
Department
Fairbanks
Gorham
Portland
Argus
F. W. Fairbanks
Columbus
Glaucus
Metropolitan Line
City of
F. W. Nickerson & Co
Boston and Savannah Steamship Company
City of Columbus
Arthur C. Wade
Providence
R. B. Belyea
The Heroic Deeds of Lieut Rhodes and the Dexter Crew
A Boston dispatch honors Lieut Rhodes Third Lieut Kennedy and Captain Gabrielson and the Dexter crew for heroic rescue of passengers from a wrecked steamer. It recounts the freezing water rescue and the life saved by their perilous efforts amid mountainous seas. It notes a farewell to a couple who perished together as a husband kissed his wife before they vanished. The report closes with a Civil War era style official record of Lieut Rhodes born in Fair Haven Connecticut and appointed in 1875.
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Providence
New York
Watch Hill
R.I
W. E. Sheridan
Globe Theatre
City of
City of New London of the Norwich and New York Transportation Co
Norwich
Conn
Thames River
Narragansett
Stonington
Connecticut River
Long Island Sound
Vineyard Haven
Dexter
Rhodes
Kennedy
Roathe
Gabrielson
Beckwith
Rockafeller
Boston
John L. Cook
Portland
Bunker Hill District
Washington
John A. Rhodes
United States Revenue Service
Fair Haven
Egyptian Affairs and London Buddha Craze
London bulletins report El Mahdi's forces advancing toward Khartoum from Suakim and Khartoum while Col Coetogon negotiates a march to Kassala. Barnum's Buddha draws society attention with royal notables visiting the elephant, and Berlin whispers of the White Lady sighting. Washington debates Porter bill, with exchanges on Grant, Slocum, and Keifer.
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Barnum
Buddha
White Lady
London
Suakim
Khartoum
el Mahdi
White Nile
Coetogon
Baker Pasha
Kassala
el Muahdi
Col. Coetlogon
Kassola
Cairo
Sinkat
Duke of Sutherland
Lord John Manners
Frederick Leighton
Edmund Yates
Lab
America
Zoological Garden
Radee
Mr. Arnold
Berlin
Royal Castle
Orlamunde
Miss Hogarth
Charles Dickens
England
Dickens
Lowell
Lowndes Square
Supreme Tribunal
Sponga
Pitely
Royal Court
Apppeal
Buda- Pesth
Herr von Majlath
Francis Joseph
Austria
Italy
Victoria
Darmstadt
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Liverpool
Boston
Fastnet
A Bet That May Wheat Hits Ninety Cents
In Louisville on January 20 a big wager arose at the Grain Exchange between a leading stock trader and a bucket shop speculator. They bet $1,000 May wheat would fall to 90 cents before May. The stake was posted on the spot. May wheat stands at $1.00, down 12 cents over recent days.
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Boston Post
Louisville
Louisville Grain Exchange
Theft Attempt Spurs Vigil at Mount Calvary Vault
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 20 the town learned a sensational report about an attempted theft of the late Rt Rev R V Wheeler bishop of the diocese from Mount Calvary cemetery vault. The intruders paused by daylight after tampering with the vault and planned a second night but were deterred by security. The sexton found the tampering and guards have since watched the vault.
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Wheeling
W. Va
R. V. Wheeler
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Denver, Colo Reports Brutal Revenge in Matthews Murder
News from Ouray and Denver recounts retribution after the murder of Rose Matthews, a 10 year old sheltered by Mike Cuddihee and his wife. The child was found near a haystack unconscious by a hunter and died hours later after Cuddihee took her home and neighbors kept silent.
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Denver
Col
Little Rose Matthews
Ouray
Mike Ucuddinee
Cuddihee
Cudihee
Ouray vigilantes hang mother and husband in child murder case
After a coroner's inquest revealed brutal maltreatment and knife wounds on the victim, Cuddihee his wife and brother in law were arrested. The couple were later executed by vigilantes outside Ouray with the wife hanged from a house ridgepole and the husband from a tree limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouray
Cuddihee
Body of Boston Business Man Found Dead in Topeka Hotel
J G Osgood, 33, widower, a Boston clothing firm manager, was found dead in his Windsor hotel room Topeka Kansas after a morphine overdose. He had recently drunk heavily. His brother Will Osgood is expected to arrive with the body today.
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Boston
J. G. Osgood
Windsor Hotel
Topeka
Kas
Will Osgood
Tim Casey Arrested for Burglary After Tremont Street Break-In
Patrolman McGovern of the tenth division observed Timothy Casey break a window and enter the apothecary store of George Hopkins at 1001 Tremont Street. Casey fled through a rear window, a high speed chase followed, and he was captured and jailed at the tenth station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Casey
McGovern
Tenth Division
Tremont Street
Casey
George 5. Hopkins
Woman Dies After Poison Attempt on Rockport Train
A well dressed woman about 25 arrived intoxicated on the 11 o'clock Rockport train. She stated she had taken poison and wished to die. Found unconscious at 9 a.m. she died soon after. An envelope marked Morphine and a parasol with the name Mary Curtis were found. Residence unknown. Death attributed to poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Rockport
Mary Curtis
Resignation of Hartford Pastor Ends 16 Years at Pearl Street Church
Rev. Dr. W. L. Gage, pastor of Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford, read a letter this morning resigning his pastorate after sixteen years. The resignation came as a surprise to the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
W. L. Gage
Pearl Street Congregational Church
Getehell Victim in Critical Condition. Chandler Remains Jailed
In Jacksonville Florida Tan 20 report Col Edward L Getehell the victim of a young Chandler's ballet is sinking rapidly and cannot live. Col Getehell's brother from Bangor Maine is here. Chandler is still in jail.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tan
Edward L. Getehell
Chandler
Col. Getchell
Bangor
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