Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Forecast for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut calls for fair weather with light local showers on the Maine and Massachusetts coasts and variable winds. Eastern New York will be fair, then occasional showers Thursday night with warmer, variable winds. Blue Hill predicts fair and cooler conditions Thursday, then rising temperatures.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Blue Hill
Page Mayor Grant advocates an international ex position in New York in 1892
Horace Wadlin named supervisor of the census for Massachusetts district while the Boston area pages note foreign bond issues with Peru and general Irish Liberal reactions to Parnell. The London press calls the Boulanger indictment weak.
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New York
Horace Wadlin
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor
District of Massachusetts
Peru
Wimbledon
Massachusetts
Parnell
Special Commission
Paris
Boulanger
Atlantic Mail Service
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Philadelphia
Gentlemen of
Gloucester
Train wreck near Mt Carmel kills two in Illinois
An early report states Cairo Vincennes northbound No 2 derailed two miles south of Mt Carmel Illinois. The freight car jumped track causing a ten foot embankment and injuring twelve to fifteen passengers seriously. Conductor Charles Long and others were among the injured with medical aid arriving within an hour.
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Inprannapolis
Ind
the Journal
Vincennes
Charles Long
Danville
Porter
Terre Haute
Daniels
Fairfield
Tll
McMahon
Carmi
Luela Cox
Greene County
Cox
Jonesboro
W.C. Johnson
Mt. Carmel
Miners Train Wreck Near Shamokin Penn Causes Many Injuries
A Pennsylvania Rail Road passenger train carrying 200 miners home from Hickory Ridge colliery was wrecked near Shamokin. Two miners Join Rouss and Aaron Shipe were killed. Dozens were injured including Norton Weaver Levi Albright Irwin Kushner and others. Runaway freight cars detached at a colliery滚滚 down a heavy grade, forcing jumps from windows. many escaped to their homes before officials could compile a full injured list.
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Shamokin
Penn
Pennsylvania Road
Rouss
Aaron Shipe
Norton Weaver
Levi Albright
Irwin Kushner
John Baker
James Hodges
Patrick Britten
Mike Britten
J. Miller
Jere Fredericks
Jacob Kulp
John Thomas
Joseph ©. Smith
Conrad
Kumnheiser
John Mellugh
William Linderman
John Metz
Albert Reed
Michael Gabel
John Caroll
Hickory Ridge
Constitution Making At InSMARCK Dakota Convention
At the Dakota convention Judge Cooley urged caution in constitution making warning against overreaching legislative restraints. He stressed allowing future legislatures to address evils and regulate corporate power. Across Montana Sioux Falls and Olympia conventions debated land, suffrage, gambling limits, and railway issues with no decisive outcomes.
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Joint Commission
Helena
Mont
Public Lands
Montana
Olympia
Wash
Colchis Mining Co. Mill Delays and Immediate Dividends
A historic note reports the Colchis Mining Co. new mill grinding will not proceed with the water passed, yet immediate dividends follow. The brief links the mill’s anticipated operation to swift profit for investors.
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Colchis Mining Co
Parnell Commission Hearings and Harris Testimony
London reports on July 17 detail cross-examination of MP Matthew Harris at the Parnell Commission. Harris could not confirm Egan’s alleged $530,000 from America and said he met Egan Walsh and Sheridan in New York in 1883. He denied inciting crime and compared landlords’ harm to Ireland with tigers. A London Evening Post note notes satisfaction at Parnell withdrawal, defense fund strain, and solicitor George Lewis maintaining oversight.
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Matthew Harris
House of Commons
East Galway
Parnell
Patrick Egan
America
New York
Paris
Egan
Walsh
Sheridan
Harris
Ireland
Tropics
SprcrAt
Evening Post
Pigott
George Lewis
Boulanger Denies Indictment as Falsehoods
General Boulanger rejects the Paris indictment as a tissue of falsehoods and says the charges are weak and easily refutable. Newspapers hostile to him condemn the case as wordy and ineffective, noting embezzlement as the sole serious accusation.
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London
General Boulanger
Paris
Gloucester Defeats Philadelphia in Eight-Wicket Cricket Match
In London on July 17 the Philadelphia cricketers ended their second innings at 249 with Brewster scoring 45, Newhall 7, Bailey 10 not out, H I Brown 5, and 9 extras. Gloucester replied in their second innings and won the match eight wickets to spare.
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London
Philadelphia Cricketers
Gentlemen of Gloucester
Brewster
Newhall
Bailey
H. I. Brown
Gloucester
Canadians Win Kolapoor Cup at Wimbledon Rifle Meet
The Canadian team won the imperial challenge cup with 687 points against Britain 684. They also took the colonial prize of 180 pounds, as the Massachusetts riflemen endured a heavy storm while displaying skirmish drill. Scores included Huddleston 191, Doyle 166, Hinman 128, Hussey 114, and others. Spectators cheered the rapid, accurate fire.
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Wimbledon
Massachusetts
Vna
Huddleston
Doyle
Hinman
Hussey
Sergeant Bull
Johnston
Private Bull
Farnsworth
Edes
Bumstead
The Leicester Meeting Portland Stakes Result
The second day at Leicester saw the Portland Stakes for two year olds won by Riviera son of Isonomy from St. Marguerite. Heaume Hermit out of Bella was second and Formidable Isonomy out of Katrine third. Needles won the Appleby plate handicap five furlongs with Miss Ethel second and Noble Chieftain third.
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London
Leicester
Riviera
Isonomy
St. Marguerite
Heaume
Hermit
Bella
Formidabile
Katrine
Needles
Miss Ethel
Noble Chieftain
Labor Congress Presidents Elected in London Meeting
London July 17 M Allemane French delegate and Mr Brown American delegate were elected jointly to preside over the Labor Congress. Bowen of the Knights of Labor spoke on organizing difficulties in America due to immigration. European workers' sympathy may depend on action on immigration. Additional notes cover Allan Steamship Co expansion and railway disaster relief funds.
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Allan Steamship Company
Corporation of London
Armagh
Ireland
England
William
Whitechapel
Brrunn
Frederick
Braunfels
Betarope
Brussels
M. Beernaert
Chamber of Representatives
Mysterious disappearance of Inventor Campbell's air ship
New York report notes that at midnight the air ship and its navigator Professor Hogan were still missing. The case remains a mystery with no new clues or sightings since the previous night.
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New York
Campbell
Professor Hogan
Railroad bill faces amendments amid NH opposition
The Concord and Boston Concord Montreal line bill was loaded with amendments to block consolidation with Boston and Maine and to ensure Lake Shore completion before any merger. Debate shows fear of loss of NH railroads, with resistance led by younger lawmakers. A separate measure seeks $60,000 for Plymouth State Normal School buildings amid opposition that the sum is insufficient. Senator Blair denies reports of a third-term decision. An additional bill to raise National Guard funding failed 170 to 51.
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Specran
Concord
Boston
Concord & Montreal
Boston & Maine
Lake Shore
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Montreal
State Normal School
Plymouth
General Marston
A. Sulloway
Blair
Washington
National Guard
Defrauding suit filed over boot and shoe firm collapse
In Providence Rhode Island July 17 Peter Mulvey sues Colton and Van Zile the assignee W B Vincent Gardiner Estes and others alleging fraudulent assignee sale and seeking accounting of funds since Mulvey left the firm Mulvey funded the business while Colton and Van Zile put in little capital liabilities at assignment were 16000 assets 31000 creditors settled at 25 cents on the dollar since then operation allegedly intended to defraud Mulvey seeks the difference of about 15000 plus funds from the assignee sale and a 10000 writ against the deputy sheriff who removed Mulvey from the store.
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Providence, R. L
Colton, van Zile & Mulvey
Mulvey
Supreme Court
Peter Mulvey
Equity
Messrs. Colton and
van Zile
W. B. Vincent
Army and Navy Gazette July 17 1911 Hindon
Army orders extend leaves for Captain Henry Burton and Captain A C Taylor by one month each. Captain Thomas Britton, Sixth Infantry, retires after forty years. Naval orders assign Ensign Frank W Kellogg to Naval Observatory and James M Pickell to Richmond Locomotive Works. Forsyth leaves naval home to command Felipoo rs. Charles Bowman detached from Boston. Ensign W Hoggatt granted three months leave.
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Naval Home
Philadelphia
South Atlantic
Charles G. Bowman
Boston
W. Hoggatt
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
Virginia Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket at Lynchburg
The Virginia Prohibition convention met in Lynchburg on July 17 and nominated a full state ticket while adopting the national Prohibition platform. The gathering solidified party aims and presented candidates aligned with the temperance movement.
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Lynchburg, Va
Yale Glee Club Performs Largest Chautauqua Crowd
The Yale Glee Club concert drew the season’s largest audience at the amphitheatre with several hundred excursionists from Lakewood and other lake resorts. The program featured eight songs including Bright College Years and Down the Road to Sally's, all encored. Lectures by Mrs. E P Ewing and Mrs. Frank Beard highlighted the day, with Donald G Mitchell delivering talks on Elizabeth and Anne and later Dr Johnson and Edinburgh founders.
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N. Y
Yale Glee Club
Lakewood
Point Chautauqua
Caren Yalen
Glanville
Matwareta
Sweesee Meyer Hemimil
Bright College
E. P. Ewing
Frank Beard
New York
Donald G. Mitchell
Mitchell
Dr. Johnson
Edinburgh Review
Miss Mitchell
Donald Mitchell
Bishop Vincent
Colby Loses Dr Pepper and Names Small as Successor
PortLane Mo July 17 Trustees of Colby University accepted the resignation of Rev G D B Pepper as president and unanimously chose Albion W Small Ph D professor of history since 1851 to succeed him Pepper cites ill health from caring for a sick son and irksome duties Small, a Colby graduate in 1876 and 1879, has studied at Berlin and Leipzig and recently at Johns Hopkins He will chair the Babock professor of intellectual and moral philosophy and Shailer Matthews will become professor of history and political economy with a German study year approved for 1890 91
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G. D. B. Pepper
Albion W. Small
Colby
Dr. Pepper
Small
Newton
University of Berlin
University of Leipsic
Leipsic
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Washington
Babcock
Shailer Matthews
Matthews
Germany
Alien labor law test case at Calais Maine
Deputy marshal served a writ on Henry F Eaton and Charles H Eaton owners of the American House for alien labor law violation. The suit centers on a Canadian plumber employed there and could trigger broad displacement as Calais and St Stephen workers fear retaliatory actions and economic harm.
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United States
Henry F. Eaton
Charles H. Eaton
Messrs. Eaton
Dominion of Canada
Milltown
N. B
Calais
British Bondholders Terms Approved by Peru Chamber
Lima July 17 The first seven clauses of the Grace British bondholders contract with Peru have been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The key clause commits Peru to pay the British bondholders committee £80,000 annually for 33 years in cash from customs funds. The provision faced heavy opposition and four days of debate, but passed 58 to 21.
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Lima
Galveston
Peru
Chamber of Deputies
Custom House
Queer Doings At Oklahoma City Charter Election Clash
At 6 o clock yesterday morning an anti administration faction attempted a charter election despite a mayoral proclamation and General Merritt order. Two polling places, soldiers, and special police staffed the scenes. Mayor Couch and the city marshal seized ball books and ballot boxes, locking them at City Hall, then moved to the second site and repeated the act. They were briefly arrested on an intimidation charge, then released after witness testimony. The anticipated clash did not occur and a charter faction meeting planned another attempt later.
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I. T
Couch
Merritt
United States
Broadway
Spears
Guthrie
Summers
Charter
Man killed by roller at Collinsville Mill
James Dinen a mill worker living at Dracut Navy Yard was crushed by a roller at Collinsville Mill this afternoon. He was sixty and left a widow in Methuen.
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Lowett
James Dinen
Collinsville
Dracut “Navy Yard
Methuen
Severe hail storms lash towns with glass shatters
Reports from Rye Brook Lynn Wareham and nearby towns describe a powerful hail storm midday July 17. Hailstones varied in size from robins eggs to walnuts, shattering windows, wrecking skylights, and damaging crops while horses reportedly frightened. Some areas noted the storm as the severest yet seen.
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Sprcian
Lynn
Fred E. Tucker
Munroe Street
W.3. Partridge
Watruam
Sercat
E. M. Clark
Satem
Newburyport
West Newbury
Newbury
Rowley
Warenam
Wareham
North Shore
Cleveland Enjoying Himself in Sagamore Fishing Visit
Ex-President Cleveland and Joe Jefferson fished private streams at Sagamore and Mashpee with host John P. Knowlton after a night at Jeffersons summer retreat at Buzzards Bay. Cleveland praised the Cape, the fishing, and the locals encountered during the trip.
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Robbed in the Woods in Worcester on July Night
Charles H. Whitney, Webster agent for Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co, was robbed near Manchaug on Tuesday night. A Frenchman in a wagon requested a ride, seized Whitney by the throat, demanded money about 21 dollars, a watch and chain, then tried to stab him and drove off fading into woods with no crew observed.
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Charles H. Whitney
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Manchaug
Whitney
Powderly Leads Labor Drive In Northwest Assembly
General Master Workman Powderly and coadjutors meet at Knights of Labor headquarters in Curiaco Illinois to review complaints and reports on the Northwest. The charter for the first assembly of France is prepared and sent to the Old Country. A coalition circular from major U S labor bodies urges unity and membership expansion across trades, with a delegates convention planned to form a definite coalition strategy.
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Ill
Powderly
Knights of Labor
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Wright
Hays
Devlin
Costello
Northwest
Assembly of
France
Old Country
Barry
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W.N. Sargeant
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman
America
Bar Harbor Arrivals: Senator Hale Guests of Aulick Palmer
Senator and Mrs. Hale arrived in Bar Harbor to stay with Mr. Aulick Palmer of Washington. Revenue cutter Woodbury moored at the port and lighthouse supply boat Fern anchored for its annual supply run. Admiral Harmony and Mrs Harmony, aboard with a lady friend, also present as head of the lighthouse supply committee.
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Steamers Arrived at Major Ports on July 17
Steamship movements list arrivals and origins across Boston New York Baltimore Philadelphia Rotterdam Hull Glasgow Hamburg London and Montreal. Vessels include Norseman Hertha Egypt Vertumnus Caroline Miller Flamborough Cienfuegos 8 Oteri Wilkesbarre Austerlitz Pirate Glenn Maryland Obdam City of Paris Lron Head Buffalo Llandaff City Malin Head Vesta Hungaria Irthington Colina Mandelay Ocean King and others with origins from Liverpool Baracoa Swansea Ports Antonio Vera Cruz and more.
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Hertha
Baracoa
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Ocean King
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