Butte mystery and stock deal exposed in Boston Montana pact
New York January 3 1898 the Post prints the Boston and Montana Mining Company agreement detailing a scheme with Butte and Boston Mining and 60 000 Boston Montana shares exchanged for 200 000 Butte Boston shares to control voting and mine operations through 1898. The document outlines conditions for stock exchanges and mining activity aimed at stabilizing insiders profits amid a volatile market.
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Butte Boston
State Street
Outsiders
Butte
Ames
New York
Boston & Montana Minnne Company
Montana
Boston & Montana Mining Company
Butte & Boston Mining Company
Boston & Montana
Butte & Boston
Giant copper stock raid reshapes Butte Boston group
A covert exchange plan buckled by diverging terms led a large operator to back a massive buy up of Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston shares. By May end, the bloc controlled over 140,000 Butte and Boston shares and 600 Montana shares, with new management foreshadowing unified control of Boston copper stocks.
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Butte & Boston
Boston & Montana
Butte
Montana
Montana Company
South Shore
New York
Miller Flagler
Boston
Hobson the Naval Hero Pedigree and Early Life
A Washington dispatch profiles Lieutenant Hobson, hero of the Merrimac, detailing his distinguished ancestry from Major Joseph Williams and Colonel John Williams to Richmond Pearson and Hugh Lawson White. It traces his Annapolis years, hazing battles, graduation second in his class, and rise through construction duties, including leading a post graduate course and advocating sea duty for constructors.
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Washington
Hobson
Merrimac
Joseph Williams
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
John Williams
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
United States
Tennessee
Richmond M.M. Pearson
North Carolina
James M. Hobson
Naval Academy
Academy
Annapolis
Sac
Construction Corps
Greensboro
Hale County
Ala
Southern University
Hilary A. Herbert
Congress
Montgomery
Herbert
Mobile
Sharpsburg
Chicago
Mediterranean
South American
Paris
Ecole Nationale Superieure du Mines
Ecole Applicatione du Genie Maritime
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bunce
Admiral Sampson
New York
Santiago Bay
Key West
Mc Hobson
Europe
United States Naval Institute
Tokio
Donata Guerra
Philadelphia
John Morehead
Richmond Pearson
Colonel Williams
Hugh Lawson White
Heroic torpedo attack described by Cushing in Civil War tale
A companion questions survival as Lieutenant Cushing recounts a daring raid on the Albemarle. The plan relies on Estrella batteries and searchlights to confuse gunners, with torpedo and boarding maneuvers near the wharf. The cutter passes the picket and ram amid hostile fire, aiming to strike the ironclad near the logs.
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Hobson
Estrella
Albemarle
Cushing
Southfield
Miller's devoted wife seeks news on Merrimac commander
Mrs. Miller wife of the Merrimac commander arrived from Washington to learn his fate. She says her husband would stay with his ship to the finish and vows to return to his daughters in Washington as she pursues any available details about his whereabouts. Her mother lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
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New York
Merrimac
Mrs. Miller
The
Kansas City
Secretary Long Praises Merrimac Sinking Heroes
Secretary Long praised the Merrimac sinking as a display of naval courage saying he is proud of every man involved and that the crew embodies the stuff of heroes. Colonel Hilary A. Herbert, former Secretary of the Navy and Alabama congressman, noted Hobson's appointment to the mission.
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Long
Merrimac
Hilary A. Herbert
Navy
Congress
Alabama
Young Hobson
Naval Academy
The Venus of Medici Described as Small Yet Powerful
The passage praises the Venus of Medici as a small yet perfect feminine form, contrasting her diminutive size with the grand Venus of Milo. It notes her central placement in Florence’s Tribuna and suggests Cleomenes aimed for ideal proportion where she stands equal to the more imposing sculpture.
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Venus of Medici
Uffizi
Florence
Cleomenes
Venus
Milo
Spanish Censorship Tightens as Naval Moves Hidden
June report from Madrid notes Captain Amon orders admiralty staff to avoid sharing information on naval preparations and to guard against visits under questionable pretexts. Havana dispatch says Ardilla gunboat and a cattle steamer have arrived there. General Blanco bans foreign correspondents from Cuba under spy penalties.
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Madrid
Amon
Marine
Admiralty
Havana
Blanco
Cuba
Heroes of the Merrimac list fallen sailors and kin
A historical notice catalogs sailors from the Merrimac and New York, naming Richmond Pearson Hobson and crew on the shipwrights, with birthplaces ages enlistment dates and next of kin. Entries include Daniel Montague George Charette Osborn Deignan George F Phillips Francis Kelly Randolph Clausen and J C Murphy with family details.
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Osborn Deignan
Merrimac
Stuart
Iowa
Julia Deignan
George F
John P.) Phillips
Boston
Andrew Phillips
Cambridgeport
Mass
Francis
John) Kelly
Norfolk
Francis Kelly
Randolph Clausen
New York
Teresa Clausen
Cherry Street
J.C. Murphy
Lovwa
Naval officer Hobson warns cadets on escape plan from Morro
Lieutenant Hobson, a top naval constructor recently at Annapolis, lectures on ship design and survival tactics. He describes a plan to swim to a dinghy under Morro Castle if attacked, choosing fight if outnumbered and surrender only as a last resort.
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Lfe
Morro Castle
Hobson
Annapolis
Remembering Cushing’s Albemarle Torpedo Mission at Plymouth
The article recounts Lieutenant W B Cushing’s daring October 7 1864 descent into Albemarle Sound to destroy the Confederate ram Albemarle with a new torpedo device. Despite heavy fire and losses, Cushing and his small group escaped by river and swamps, paving the way for Plymouths recapture by Union forces.
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Cushing
Plymouth
North Carolina
Albemarle
W. B. Cushing
Lee
Navy Department
Monticello
Sound
Why She Did Not Weep
An English preacher noted his entire congregation except a single girl sobbing during a Sunday sermon. He appealed to the child with vivid pictures, but she remained dry-eyed, saying she belonged to another parish when asked why she did not cry.
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England
Cilcago
Raw Americans and the Irish Vote in New York Society
Max O Rell’s caustic essay portrays American politics as a liberal profession and attacks party loyalty and democracy. He argues England’s constitutional monarchy is freer, cites New York as under Irish sway, and contrasts national governance with British reform ease.
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New York
America
Max O’rell
M. Blouett
England
John
White House
Congress
United States
New World
Ireland
St. Patrick’s Day
Africa
Gaul
Erin
France
Republic
George III
American Congress
Ers
Shot at craps leads to Cambridge shooting arrest
Joseph Frye a Cambridgeport visitor shot 17 year old Moses Cheek during a Sunday gambling session near Pearle Street. Cheek was wounded in the left shoulder, Frye fled but was arrested later in Geston after police traced him by his aliases The African Dodger and Black Joe.
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Joseph Frye
West Cedar Street
Cambridgeport
Moses Cheek
Pearle Street
Boston
Frye
Goddess of Fortune
Mr. Frye
Cambridge
Cheek
Beacon Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Murdock Street
Somerville
Robert
United States
Jackson Cheek
Dodger
Joe
Joe Walcott
Gilmore
Phillips Street
Family Woes In Celebrated Charnley Family
Los Angeles reports a second Charnley family member has shot himself after a history of ill health and despair. The elder Charles Charnley Sr once led a Chicago lumber business and served as treasurer for Presbyterian groups. His son J B Charnley died by his own hand in Milwaukee months earlier, after using an assumed hotel name. The pattern of suicides draws sharp commentary in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. M. Charnley, Jr
Chicago
Charnley
Charles Charnley
National Organization In
Presbyterian Colleges
Charmley
Charnleys
Glencoe
Charnley, Sr
J. B. Charnley
Milwaukee
Wardrobe Alternative Built Into Closet Recess
A New York Post feature describes a clever closet space hack for rooms lacking a wardrobe. Install hooks under the recess headboard for skirts, hang cretonne to cover dresses, and use a brass rod and curtain to conceal the fabric bag. This compact setup stores waists bodices and skirts efficiently without a full closet.
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New York Post
Can a Politician Be a Christian Debate Prompted
Local statesman Mr. Greatmann weighs in on a question from a citizen about whether a politician can be Christian. He replies that he believes it is possible but predicts political defeat. New York Weel reports the remark.
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United States
England
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Hobos Story
Miller
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New York Herald
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Heroes OF the Merrimac
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Aln
John M. Morehead
Pearson
Daniel Montague
Kate Golden
Horatio Street
George Charette
Lowell
Alexander Charette
Swan
Woodman
Macomb
Charney
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