Montreal Meeting Set Over Strained Railway Ownership
Cols Grimmore Hub bard and eastern townships gentlemen arrive in Montreal for a stockholders meeting of the Montreal Portland and Boston railway. The dispute centers on control after stock sale by Bradley Barlow and bonds held by Canadian Pacific. A clash for possession is anticipated as the line links Southeastern and American networks to Boston.
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Montreal
Cols
Grimmore
Hubbard
Montreal, Portland and
Boston Railway
Southeastern
Bradley Barlow
Road
Canadian Pacific Railway
Boston
Murder case of Kennedy continued to March term
New London Ga Jan 20 The case of John F P Kennedy who murdered his wife with an axe last June was continued to the March term on motion for depositions from Stockton California. The testimony will show his mother is insane and that he is afflicted with creditor insanity. If Kennedy is insane much testimony will be needed to convince the jury and acquaintances. After the murder Kennedy conceived the idea he must be insane and claimed his mother was in an insane asylum for four years.
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New London
Genn
John FP. Kennedy
Stockton
Cal
Kennedy
London
Rugger Glawcon polygamy case argued in Utah court
Salt Lake City January 2 The Rugger Glawcon polygamy case was argued before the territorial supreme court and taken under advisement. Issues include an open renire and Mormon exclusion from juries. C W Penrose editor of the Deseret News was sought on a polygamy warrant but not found. Angus M Cannon vice president of the state was arrested for polygamy and bailed for examination tomorrow. he is brother of apostle George Q Cannon.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Territorial Supreme Court
C. W. Penrose
Deseret News
Mormon Church Organ
Angus M. Cannon
George Q. Cannon
Notorious fake doctor arrested with partner in Philadelphia
Dr. John Buchanan and a woman calling herself Dr. Rebecca Russell were arrested in Philadelphia for issuing bogus medical diplomas again and for forgery by signing prominent physicians’ names to the fake diplomas. Buchanan was committed in default of 22000 bail, Russell in default of 1000 bail after a hearing this afternoon.
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Philadelphia
John Buchanan
Rebecca Russell
Buchanan
Russell
Court of Appeals Rewrites Telegraph Tax Battle decision
In Albany on January 20 the court of appeals ruled on the comptroller versus Gold and Stock Telegraph, Western Union and others over capital stock taxes. The court removed the interest from the lower court judgment and affirmed the principal tax as modified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Labor unrest ends as mills resume after pay deal
In Springfield Massachusetts the Laimnson and Goodnow Cutlery company at Shelbourne Falls resumes production after grinders accept terms. In McKreswort Pennsylvania puddlers and the National rolling mill manager reach a compromise with plate iron at 450 per ton and raw pig iron at 50 per ton, and the mill and tube works prepare to restart with minor wage concessions.
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Springfield
Mass
Laimnson and Goodnow
Shelbourne Falls
McKreswort
Puddiers
National Rolling Mill
Congress urged to act on bankruptcy bill on Feb 2
A joint NY meeting of the chambers groups and the national bankrupt law convention appointed a three member committee to urge Congress to move the bankruptcy bill on February 2. Resolutions urged New York members of Congress, especially those absent on January 5, to use all means to pass the Senate bankruptcy bill before this Congress ends.
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New Yorks
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade and Bar Association
Congress
Bhi
Senate
Lard Rendering Tank Explosion Kills Three at Sioux City Plant
In Sioux City Iowa on January 20 an explosion in the lard rendering tank at the J E Booge & Co pork packing plant collapsed part of the building. John A Worrell Joseph French and John Keel were instantly killed and Joseph Brewer was fatally injured. The plant employs 270 men and the accident could have produced more deaths if it occurred moments later. The damage totaled about 25.000 dollars.
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Sioux City
Iowa
J. E. Booge & Co
John A. Worrell
Joseph French
John Keel
Joseph Brewer
Alliance Landed Marines at Aspinwall in Panama Row
On Monday night the man of war Alliance landed marines with a Gatling gun at Aspinwall to guard railway and canal property and then hauled in to be ready for a week. The landing caused great native excitement that faded when it was learned the marines were sent ashore at the president's request.
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Panama
Galveston
Alliance
Aspinwall
Americans patent holders in Canada contest sprinkler seizure
Montreal January 20. Authorities seized Grinnell sprinklers but no bad faith or intent to defraud Canadian customs law is alleged. The case centers on whether Americans with Canadian patents may build patented articles in Canada from U S produced parts. The issue is a statutory construction with broad interest to American inventors.
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Montreal
Grinnell
Canada
United States
Judge McCay Petitions Release From Insane Hospital
United States Judge Henry K. McCay of the northern district of Georgia appeared before Judges McKenna and Butler in Philadelphia seeking release from the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in West Philadelphia. The court announced it would decide the matter in chambers tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
United States
Henry K. McCay
Northern
District of
Geo
McKenna and
Butler
United States Court
Pennsylvania
Hosital For the
West Philadelphia
Chambore
Law case covers promissory notes totaling 1.55 million
Montreal January 29 The case of George Stephen and others versus Bradley Barlow and others seeks recovery of promissory notes totaling 1 550 929 with defendants in default. The court condemned the defendants jointly and severally to pay the sum plus protest costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
George Stephen
Bradley Barlow
Freight Trains Collide Near Grand Crossing. One Engineer Killed
Two Nickel Plate freight trains collided near Grand Crossing this morning. Four engines were badly damaged and an engineer named Obas Eilis was killed. The others escaped with injuries. Loss pegged at 320000.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Grand Crossing
Bedly
Obas. Eilis
Wheat Crop Outlook Favors Spring Wheat Reduction
The Farmers' Review reports from western states and others indicate a likely decline in spring wheat acreage. The Wheat situation is described as pointing toward a reduced plantings level, with expectations of lower spring wheat areas across the region.
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OnicaGy
Drowning tragedy at mill pond claims two skaters
Providence, Jan. 20. William Orker, 20, and Alice Emily Hey, 17, broke through thin ice while skating on the mill pond at Wauskuck in ward 10 this evening. Rescuers fought to save them but both drowned.
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Providence
BR. I
Wm, Orker
Alice Emily Hey
Wauskuck
Police Chief Receives Threat Over Sunday Taverns
An unsigned letter warned the Monterral police to stop intervening with Hockeleya tavern keepers for keeping open on Sundays or the writer will blow up the city hall with dynamite.
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Monterral
Hockeleya
Capital dispatch on Wright labor chief and Speer district judge
Special despatch reports Carroll D Wright named labor commissioner with broad praise. Emery Speer, a young Georgia congressman turned district attorney, secures a district judge post amid controversy over his ethics and legal qualifications. John Davis and W A Richardson receive unanimous confirmations as chief justice.
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Boston Post
Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Emery Speer
Speer
Georgia
United States
John Davis
Ww. A. Richardson
Interesting Statistics On Car Imports And Exports
Washington reports in response to a Senate resolution detailing foreign trade of Mexico, Central and South America, the Spanish West Indies, Haiti and San Domingo. It shows England leading exports of cotton goods and iron products, with the United States a distant second, and France third, plus a complex view of totals, imports, and duties among the major powers for 1883.
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Washington
Jan
Aldrich
Senate
Secretary of State
Mexico
Central and
South America
Spanish West Indies
Haiti
San Domingo
Frelinghuysen
England
United States
France
Central
Central America
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mogi
Europe
Oklahoma settlers threaten resistance to federal authority
The adjutant general of the army received a telegram from Perry G Augur stating that settler numbers on the Oklahoma lands now approach 400 and that resistance to federal authority is threatened. Gen Augur was instructed to concentrate more troops and remove invaders as peaceably as possible. The report also notes unrelated items in education, navigation safety, pensions, and trade mark law.
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Washington
Adjutant General of the Army
Perry G. Augur
Department of the Missouri
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Avugur
The
Congress of Educators
Election fights roll call for U S Senate seats
In Albany New York the senate nominated William M Evarts after a roll call with 19 Republicans backing Evarts and 13 Democrats backing Edward Cooper The assembly followed with Evarts 75 Cooper 51 Evarts nominated The house adjourned Teller to be elected in Colorado seen as likely The Rhode Island and Connecticut results followed with various lawmakers re elected or nominated including Jonathan Chace and O H Platt
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
E.G. Lapham
Wm. M. Evarts
Frdoward Cooper
McCarthy
William M. Evarts
United States
House
Edward Cooper
Teller
Colorado
Denver
Col
Secretary Teller
Senator Hill
Dennis Sullivan
Tabor
Hit
Vance
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Dan
B. Vance
Tyre York
Mr. Vance
Mr. Reid
Cameron
Harrisburg
United State
William A. Wallace
J. D. Cameron
W. A. Wallace
Mr. Cameron
Nace
Rhode Island
Providence
Jonathan Chace
Chace
Willi P. Sheffield
Isaac Bell, Jr
Newport
Platt
Hartford
Conn
O. Hi. Platt
W. i. Barnum
O. H. Platt
W. H. Barnwn
West
Jefferson City
Ford
Green
Brockton Shoe Firm Bookkeeper Charged With Forgery
William T. Ray, 23, a bookkeeper for J. A. Beals & Co. shoes, was arrested on forgery charges in Brockton Massachusetts. He allegedly manipulated payroll funds and entries to cover extravagant living, with the largest alleged theft about $625. The case was taken by the commonwealth and he is to appear in district court.
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Brockton
Trockton
Mass
William T. Ray
Rey
J. A. Beals & Co
Javier
Ray
Cooper
Beals
Iis Postession
Pexls
Commonwealth
District Court
Final Arrangements for Montreal Carnival Opening
Montreal officials finalize plans for the January 26 opening featuring toboggan slides skating promenades and the unveiling of a mammoth ice lion. The event includes fireworks electric illuminations and hockey at Victoria rink with a snow shoe club procession and castle attack planned for Wednesday night.
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Montreal
Victoria Rink
St. Helen’s Island
Victoria Skating Rink
Ice Palace
Condora
New York Reports Havana News and Cuban Fiscal Cuts
Mail advices from Havana on the 15th cite November customs receipts in the island at 875 054 dollars, down from 1 301 752 the prior year, a drop partly due to tariff reductions. Spain plans large military and marine expenditure cuts, with an expected yearly saving of about 4 million, plus a 2 million savings noted by Diario de la Marine. The Diario and Dissio mention gold shipments to Cuba for urgent local needs, and Gaceta notes Spain granted Belgium the same privileges as the United States in Cuba and Puerto Rico after a March treaty request.
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New York
Havana
el Cristol
Cienfuegos
Diario de la Marine
Treasury
Diario
Marine Department
Dissio
Spain
Cuba
Gaceta
Mthrist
East Forty -Second Street
Enco
Boston
Chicago
Post Office Department
Congress
Dakota
Florida
Department
Thos. L. James
Nawum Caven
Lincoln National Bank
Old Man Chas Mullens Found Frozen Near Danville
In Danville Kentucky an elderly man named Chas Mullens was discovered frozen to death in nearby thickets. Friends say he was diligent and habitually sought lonely places to pray, and he likely died after becoming chilled and unable to rise in a prayerful pose.
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Danville, Ky
Chas. Mullens
Miles Ogie Pleads Guilty To Counterfeiting In Memphis
Miles Ogie admitted counterfeiting in Memphis Tennessee on Monday and was sentenced to six years in prison plus a $25 fine and ooRTB. A New Orleans despatch reports high water at Point Pleasant has halted work as the levee overflows and the contractor abandons the project. Various other items note Captain Phelan recovering after being stabbed, Edgar Allan Poe's wife Virginia Clemm buried then reinterred in Baltimore, Bankers' and Merchants' Telegraph employees protesting salary delays, Carl Schurz's visit to Raleigh, a Kansas Senate motion opposing a national cattle trail, and remarks on Halifax fishery convention conditions risking friction with American fishermen.
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Miles Ogie
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Point Pleasant
Phelan
Richard Short
New York
Admiral Powell
Columbian University of Washington
Naval School
Naval Academy
Edgar Poe
Virginia Clemm
Fordham
N. Y
Poe
Baltimore
Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company
Carl Schurz
Raleigh
N.C
Senate
Kansas State Senate
Congress
Joseph Doutre
Q. C
Canesda
Halifax Fishery Commission
Free Delivery Reform Echoes From Nahum Capen Letters
Boston stage of postal reform emerges as Nahum Capen presses for more carriers and protective hand pouches. He cites Boston 1884 mail volumes and calls for congressional action while Postmaster General James backs expansion, arguing free delivery benefits nationwide and promises study of needs.
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Nahum Capen
Nalum Capen
Spa
Doxcuester
Mass
Dyan Sim
Boston
Washington
Congress
Department
Sam
Nawumm Capen
Tfon
F. Hatton
Washington, D. C
Sim
James H. Man
Nuum
Capen
Ida
Dorchester
Inn
Tobey
Post Office Department
Hall
New Bridge Move Gathers Cambridge Support
Cambridge citizens met in Union hall to push a Boston Cambridge bridge over Charles River. Ex Mayor Saunders chaired as speakers urged immediate action with support from embankment company and local leaders. A five-per-ward committee was formed to press city councils and endorse Front Street location against rivals.
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Boston
Cambridge
Union Hall
Charles H. Saunders
Wm. Jewell
Charles River
Beacon Street
Boston and Albany Railroad
Land and Harbor Commissioners
Cealied
Messrs
Emmons Raymond
Samuel L. Montague
W. McDaniel
H. O. Houghton
Frank A. Allen
Charles E. Raymond
Charles River Railroad
Cambridge Embankment Company
J. M. W. Hall
Legisature
Issa
A Council
Utis
Marey
Back Bay Park
Europe
America
Front Street
Simco
Houghton
Riverside Press
Seamen on the Beach and the Dingley Bill Debate
Report from Boston on destitute sailors amid a dull carrying trade and new restrictions from the Dingley shipping bill. Clergy, shipping agents, and boarding-house keepers describe hardship, the lack of advance wages, and calls for a sailors home to protect tar from exploitation.
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Jack
Hind
Lhw
United States
Boston
Swan
Battery
Commercial Streets
Post
Leutenant
Henry A Cooke
Boston Baptist Bethel
Trouble in Bowdoin Square Baptist Church
Rev. W. W. Downs refused to resign after a costly church remodel dispute at Bowdoin Square Baptist. A largely attended parish meeting backed the pastor, swept out old committeemen, and signaled a split between older members and younger backers. A petition against resignation circulated, with accusations and counterclaims, while observers warn the breach could flare into open revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Baptist Church
William W. Downs
Downs
Deacon Story
Deacon Wilbur
Prudential Committee
Mr. Downs
Downe
No. 50
West Cedar Street
New York
Messrs
Josefu Story
A. W. Lewis
S. A. WinLaun
E. P. Coleman
W. G. Anderson
A. F. Graves
Powdoin Square Baptist Church
Boston
W.W. Downs
W G. Anderson
Second annual informal reception at New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory of Music held its second informal reception for trustees officers and teachers on Tuesday evening. A large number of invited guests and prominent musicians attended the event at the conservatory showcasing the school’s active cultural circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Marshall and Little in cushion car rom tournament
Marshall defeats Little 150 to 123 in 79 innings, average 71-79, with Stowe and Henry Blake atop scoring staff. Evening Gilman beats O Neil 150 to 115 in 71 innings, highest runs Gilman 12, O Neil 9. Officials unchanged from prior game. Afternoon match Barnard vs Kane expected to be a highlight of the series.
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Marshall
Little
Marshall's
Stowe
Henry Blake
Marker
George Metloud
Gilman
O'Neil
Barnard
Kane
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Waldo Kigeingon
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Proctor
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Thomas Proctor
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J. M. Pulsifer
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WH. Lee
Denny
Freved
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J. H. Lee
B. Mi. Pabsiter
T. J. Eeer
Sleeper
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Weeks
George
Lurner
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Joshua Kent
William A. Rust
Eustace
Ozer N. Blake
Johns. Paine
J.C. Wetherrud
Massra, Macallar, Walker & Co
Sonoanes
Phillip Sest Brewing Co
Milwaukee
L. Speidel & Co
N. E
Water Street
W. Baker & CO
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