Windom Remains Arrive in Washington for State Funeral
The Windom funeral train arrived in Washington after a solemn procession from Jersey City. President and Cabinet officials met the casket at the station, then formed a long cortege to the secretary’s Massachusetts Avenue home. Mrs. Windom and daughters received visitors privately before the public viewing.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Delmonico’s
Washington
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Tracy
Ker
C. M. Hendley
Liberty Street
Jersey
Ambrose Snow
James B. Talcott
Arnoux
Seth Thomas
Darian KR. James
William H. Wiley
Board of Trade and Transportation
Windom
Solicitor Hepburn
Trgceary Eee Aee
Tichenor
Board of Appraisers
Tree Department
Treasury Departmenty
Morton
Blaine
Proctor
Wanamaker
Noble
Rusk
Scofield
Taft
Company 6B
Treasury National Guard
Moore
Genera Miller
Hepburn
New York Board of Trade
New York
Messrs
Darwin James
James Talcott
F. G. Thurber
W. H. Wiley
Norman
Bentley
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
the Navy
Willets
Treasury
Pennsylvania Avenue
Vermont Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Chamber of Death
Windom Death Triggers National Mourning and Senate Calamity
Official notice from Washington dated Jan 30, 1891 reports the sudden death of Treasury Secretary William Windom in New York at age sixty four. President Blaine orders thirty days of mourning, flag half-mast, and department closings on Windom's funeral day. Senate adjourns amid solemn tribute by Mr Morrill to the late distinguished public servant.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Department OF State
William Windom
the Treasury
United States
New York
Congress
Hhe
Treasury Department
James G. Blaine
Senate
Windom
Morrill
Arrany
N. Y
Sv. Paun
Minn
Winona
Board of Trade
Bartmore
Baltimore
Resolutions Remember Secretary Windom by Congress
The House offered resolutions mourning the death of William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury, noting his decade as a Senate member and long service. A nine-member committee was appointed to attend the funeral, and adjournment followed to honor Windom's memory. Reports from New York and various states echoed the tribute with similar honors and adjournments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
McKinley
Messrs
Mills
Dannell
Holman
O'Neill
Pennrene Forey
Vandever
Blount
Sayer
General Sensation in London Over Windom’s Death
London reports a sudden death of William Windom, secretary of the US Treasury, causing wide sorrow among Americans in the city. The loss prompted half mast at the US Legation and Consulate. Consul General John C. New was a close friend, having received Windom’s final letter detailing Britain’s financial situation. New answered with requested information via cable.
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London
William Windem
United States Treasury
Windom
United States Legation
United States
Associated Press
John C. New
Mr. Windom
Mr. New
Morrocco strike talks as Lynn mayor pushes settlement
Lynn Massachusetts January 20 Mayor Fogg seeks to end a six month morocco strike. He met secretly with the Board of Trade executive committee and Knights of Labor four reps. Porter Sprague and Rohrer appointed to confer with morocco manufacturers. In London delegates plan a series of strikes targeting the Shipping Federation beginning in Liverpool and London. Glasgow reports Scot rail strikers resuming work on all lines except Caledonian Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Fogg
Morocco
Board of Trade
Knights of Labor Assemblies
Messrs
H. D.porter
H. B. Sprague
A. L. Rohrer
London
Shipping Federation
Liverpool
GalasGow
Cherokee Strip Intruders to be Removed and Access Barred
The Secretary of the Interior orders removal of all stone quarry workers from the Cherokee strip and bars entry by anyone without proper authority. The move aims to prevent boomer activity as reports say settlers may push into the strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmeron
Secretary of the Interior
Cherokee Strip
Stewart Bill Grants NYC Rapid Transit Powers
Albany Jan 30 The Stewart bill to give New York City rapid transit has passed both Houses. It allows passenger conveyance by any traction except animals and lets the elevated railway add a track, provide terminal facilities, and prohibits erecting structures on Broadway south of Thirty third Street or on Madison Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Stewart
New York City
Rapid Transit Commission
Broadway
Thirty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Steamers Arrived in Port with Diverse Cargoes
Ship arrivals list multiple steamers at Boston New York and Liverpool from London Jamaica Glasgow Bremen and Bordeaux plus passages and routes. Included are Navarre Venetian Ethelwold Ethiopia Werra Columbian Minister Mayback Ohio Lahn Wyoming Amsterdam Ottoman La Place Panama and other lines with origins and destinations. An unrelated health ad urges Hoods Sarsaparilla as a cure for catarrh.
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Boston
Navarre
London
Liverpool
Ethelwold
Jamaica
New York
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Werra
Bremen
Columbian
Geestemund
Minister Mayback
Ohio
Breman
Lahn
Pastnet
Wyoming
Boulogne
Amsterdam
Kinsale
Ottoman
Bostom
la Place
Panama
Bordeaux
Politicians Debate Silver and City Power at Municipal Club Dinner
At Parker House the Municipal Club held its second annual dinner to discuss silver, the danger of cities to the Republican party, and nonpartisan city government. Speakers included ex-Representative S. W. McCall Homer Rogers Horace G. Allen and others.
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Municipal Club
Parker House
W.H. Preble
William E. Speare
S. W. McCall
Winchester
Homer Rogers
Board of Aldermen
George N. Swallow
8. W. McCall
England
Germany
France
Republican Party
Massachusetts
New York City
Boston
Horace G. Allen
Allen
Smith
W. H. Campbell
Presho
Curtis
Burlen
Weather Indications Forecast for New England and East Coast
Forecasts for Maine New Hampshire fair but colder with westerly winds Saturday. Massachusetts Rhode Island fair and slightly colder with rain or snow Saturday night or Sunday. Eastern New York fair and slightly colder with rain or snow Sunday. Cautionary signals cut from Narragansett to Eastport. Weather synopsis notes fair conditions south of the lakes, with snow in the Northwest and rain in the Mississippi Valley. Temperature declines widespread with the coldest at St Vincent and highs reaching 70 at Montgomery.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Narragansett
Eastport
POST
Atlantic
Lake
New England
Vermont
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa
Dakota
Montana
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Pittsburg
Huron
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Shreveport
St. Vincent
Montgomery
Northfield
Nantucket
Portland
Boston
Jameson and Knowles Boots Sale Continues Next Week
Jameson & Knowles at 15 Winter Street announce ongoing marked-down boots and shoes sale for the coming week. The store has drawn crowded crowds for ten days with many bargains on ladies and gentlemen’s footwear, and a visit is urged to find exactly what you want at their spacious shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jameson & Knowles
Winter Street
Naval lecture on smokeless powder and naval ordnance
Lieutenant-Commander W G Eaton spoke to the Naval Battalion on naval ordnance and smokeless powder. He noted no smokeless powder meets all naval tests, described rapid firing guns, calibers shrinking toward magazine rifles, and cited a government gun Eaton believes superior to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Eaton
U.S.N
Naval Battalion
Munroe
Lowell Institute
Eaton
Class of '87 reunion and hotel arrivals page
The Class of 87 at English High held a fourth annual reunion at Young's with J. S. Blair presiding. Officers include RK. M. Lovett president and Charles H. Innis secretary. Dorchester Club and Norwich University Alumni Association events followed with several dinners and arrivals listed for numerous guests from New York to Montreal and Boston venues.
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English High School
Young’s
J. S. Blair
M. Bruce
W. Clarke
J. F. Rollins
RK. M. Lovett
W. Rodgers
Charles H. Innis
Green
Dr. Hayden
W. G. James
H. R. Lane
Chester Wing
A. F E. Pearson
KE. F. Smith
H. W. Brown
C. N. Stowe
F. T. Hathaway
Dorchester Club
Quincy House
John D. Wayne
E Snow
J. F. Scott
W. F. Sherburn
Norwich University Alumni Association
Thorndike
Joseph Stedman
J. Q. A. McCollister
Brunswick
J. O. Woodruff
New York
Henry Archibald
Charles H. Armstrong
Montreal
P. Q
F. A. Foster
Newton
William H
T. H. Hawkes, Jr
Caoluth
ClaRk
A. A. Grant
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles W. Drake
Middleboro
M. Krantz
Eugene O'Neil
Chicopee
Wmn. Barry
Adams
H. E. Clark
Palmer
R. K. Hawkins
Springfield
Ashley
New Bedford
A. G. Thomas
Sherbrooke
P.Q
F. W. Reynolds
Worcester
J. English
New Haven
Boston
E. W. Hallet
K. D. Brown
Providence
Kk. W. Richards
Winchester
J. W. Richmond
Washington
E Revere
William Dalziel
Pomeranian
Kert Chapman
Portland
A. E. Robinson
Oxford
C. I. Gerrish
Manchester
Lincoln
Neb
Samuel Lapham
Charleston
H.L Pierce
Charles E. Jose
Parker
Fred E. Wells
Troy
E. J. Hume
Oswego
W. H. Gregg
Wilmington
Del
A. B. Valentine
Vermont
F. Hathaway
A. Park Hammond
Rockville
Conn
George H. Bayne
Halifax
N.S
C.8. Walker
St. Johnsbury
J. A. Remick
John C. Swallow
Massachusetts School Suffrage Association Meets in Boston
The annual meeting at 5 Park Street presided by Mrs. Ednah D Cheney drew many women. Officers elected for next year include Ednah D Cheney president Eva Channing secretary and S Frank King treasurer with several directors named. Henry H Tutlie & Co announces an annual shoe sale on February 2 featuring misses and children's footwear with bargains and near new goods.
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Massachusetts School Suffrage Association
Park Street
Ednah D. Cheney
J. Salome Merritt
School Board of
Boston
Eva Channing
Frank King
Judith W. Smith
A. H. Speulding
Abbe W. Foster
Mary J. Buchanan
Sarah A. P. Dickerman
Lydia E. Hutchings
Lavinia A. Hatch
Harriet Lemist
Lucie Peabody
Sarah W. Whitman
Salome Merritt
Henry H. Tutlie & Co
Washington and
Winter Streets
Massachusetts Cities Dominated By Urban Growth In 19th Century
The American Statistical Association meeting at Rogers Building MIT featured H G Wadlin's talk on the growth of Massachusetts cities. He traced early population to fishing villages Nantucket Salem and Gloucester and showed Massachusetts became a state of cities with urban wealth and production rising while agricultural towns declined. Conference covered tax reform land speculation cooperative banks and tenement legislation as remedies. The meeting also elected officers led by Francis A Walker and noted 268 members with two dozen new entrants. Resolutions urged better government statistics and a permanent census office.
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American Statistical Association
Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
H. G. Wadlin
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Salem
Gloucester
Itis
Associaon
Tokio
Japan
Vy T. M. MacNair
Francis A. Walker
George O. Shattuck
Hamilton A. Hill
Carroll D. Wright
Richmond M. Smith
Edward Atkinson
John S. Clark
Davis R. Dewey
John Ward Dean
Robert W. Wood
Samuel W Abbott
Robert P. Faulkner
Walter C. Wright
Lyman Mason
George O. Carpenter
Julius L. Clarke
Robert C. Waterson
Samuel A. Green
National Board of Trade
Arlington Bowls Past Newtons In Inter-Club Tilt
In Arlington on January 30, the Arlingtons widened their lead in the Inter-Club Bowling Tournament by beating the Newtons by 229 pins. The home side opened with a powerful 818-pin first string, Whittemore posting 217 to lead all bowlers. Boat Club members showed pace in the second string and threatened the 2561 aggregate record set by the B. A. A., but slumped in the third string.
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Arlington
Arlingtons
Newtons
Whittemore
Savage
Boat Club
Stevens
Walter Hill
Flanders
Sacseeessee
Follett
Taiiley
Boston Athletic Club
Woodland Parks
B. A. As
B. A. As. Ist 2A Bowler. String, String, String. Total Hill Eeeereenee
OG Cape
Richards
Louge
Ceves
Loring
Ceseeevees Pearson
Eee
Keith
Csee Aenee
Dole
Aeeenees
O Raymond
Teeee
Woman's Charity Club Fair at Music Hall opens Feb 23
The Woman's Charity Club announces a week long fair at Music Hall starting February 23 to benefit the Free Surgical Hospital at 38 Chester Square. Committees report many tables pledged and an art department directed by Mrs. E A Richardson with Mrs. Emily Sellinger among the featured artists. The event opens with a Martha Washington tea party on Monday evening.
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Woman's Charity Club
Music Hall
Woman’s Charity Club Free Surgical Hospital
Chester Square
Woman’s Charity Club
Bromfield Street
E. A. Richardson
Emily Sellinger
Martha Washington
Lottery Mail Seizure in Campen New Jersey
Postmaster Brown seized about seventy five circulars from the Louisiana Lottery Company addressed to Campen residents. The notices claim a February 17 drawing with prizes under $1000 cashed in Boston and larger prizes in New Orleans. The material was forwarded to General Wanamaker in Washington.
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Wanamaker
Sun
Farmers Alliance Demands at Omawa Convention
Report from the Farmers Alliance convention in Omawa Nebraska outlines resolutions against monopolies and current government, calls for a Feb 22 1892 convention to nominate candidates, favors abolition of national banks with land-secured loans, nonpartisan stance, free silver, currency up to 50 per capita, equal paper money to gold, direct US Senate elections, liquor laws to protect morals, and passage of the Conger lard bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omawa
Neb
Farmers’ Alliance Convention
National Farmers’ Alliance
Congress of the
United States
Eee
the United
White Elevation Plan Presented for Boston Transit Charter
Reynolds White asks for an elevated railway charter from Postoffice Square to Martin Park in South Boston. He claims West End Railway will not build an elevated line and offers $250,000 per mile funding. Route, power options, and a five cent fare are proposed with a two year completion, or one year if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds ST. White
Boston
West End
White
Postoffice Square
Martin Park
South Boston
Southston
Waite
Rapid Transit Commission i8
Army and Navy Gazette Special Notes on Officers
Special to the Post Army orders extend leave for Captain Wede Meyer of the Sixteenth Infantry who is incapacitated. Major Henry C. Dunwoody and Captain Richard E. Thompson of the Signal Corps remain on duty with the chief signal officer. Thompson serves on the World’s Columbian Exposition board. Lieutenants Leo Febigar and John M. Glass receive one month leave extensions. Captain William Stephenson proceeds from Columbus Barracks to Fort Wayne for temporary duty.
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Army and Navy
Wshington
Wm. G. Wedemeyer
Sixteenth Infantry
Signal Corps
Henry C. Dunwoody
Richard E. Thompson
Thompson
Leo Febigar
John M. Glass
Sixth Cavalry
William Stephenson
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Mich
Harvard University Calendar and Fire Alarm Update
The Harvard calendar lists events from February 1 to February 5 including Chapel services, lectures, and conferences. The Mutual Steam Electric Fire Signal Company reports new closed circuit automatic fire alarms installed at multiple buildings in Boston, with external circuits weathering storms and ensuring protection as many fire alarm boxes were disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Steam Electric Fire Signal Company
Jordan
Kingston
Bedford Streets
Macallar, Parker & Co
Frederick F. French & Co
Roberts
Channing
Linseed Oil Price Advance Announced by Makers
New York January 30. Linseed oil manufacturers have agreed to raise prices by 1 cent per gallon or 60 cents per barrel. The move covers both raw and boiled oil and includes all mills nationwide representing about 13 million bushels of linseed consumed annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Commodore track falls: Con. Cal. & Vai at Crown Point race
Beat and Belcher results show Con. Cal. and Vai Crown Point with Jhureka Con, Gault and Carr at 2.60, Union Con. with Hale and Norcross at 1.50, Yellow Jacket 4 finishing 2.36.
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Hamilton
Chase
Sherman
Bayard
Simmons
United States Circuit Court
Mitchell
Benedict
Lacombe
United States Court
New York Clearing House Association
Clearing House Association
Tapvan
George 8. Coe
John J. Knox
J. Edward Sommers
Avansta
Mayor Fogg
Stewart Bil
New York Legislature
Silver and
Mometer
Buffalo
Ismnarck Dakom
Cheyenne
Jacksonville
Fla
Helena
Kansas City
Maquette
New Orleans
Clear Port and
Salt Lake City
Weahington
The
Massachusetts Association
American Statistics
Association
Long Grove Hall
Tremont Street
Scully Square
A. V Loehr
Herdic
Farmers’ Alliance
Leeds
Street Railway Committee
Harvard University
Appleton
Edward Everett Hale
Sever
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
University
Divinity School
Ll Gilman
Sevel
Vesper Service
Apple
SAN Francisco Mining Stocks
Hood
C. J, Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell, Mass
Railroads
Boston & Albany R. R
Datty
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Southwestern Limited
Wagner Buffet
Wagner
Toledo
BR. R
Detroit
Hartford
Easork
New York Limited
Washington St
Kneeland St
Hanson
Royal Blue Line
Philadelphia
Central Railroad OF
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading RR
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Liberty St
North River
Washington Street
Pilgrim
Pack Square
Old Colony
Fall River
Jersey City
Old State House
Park Square
Old Colony Railroad
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Gen’l Paas
LH. Palmer
New Lonndon
Hartland
New Loudoun
Willanwoth
N.Y
Springheld
New Louion
Speluxiele
New London
Stonington Line
Seatain
Park Square Station
Stonington
J. W. Miller
Chas
O. H. Briggs
Scat Ee Agt
Parker St
Huntington Ave
Roxbury
H. W. Bigelow Company
Mass
Century F
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Railroads
Cora E. Everett
S. Augustus Winslow
New York and New England Railroad Company
Norwood Central
Norwood
Joseph Bennett
Prederic W. Bliss
Benjamin F. Brlickett
Charles
Ensign
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