Chinese funeral dominates West End entertainment
A Chinatown funeral led the West End scene Sunday reflecting the community's blend of customs. The piece notes smoky Asiatic settlers adopting Christian ways yet preserving traditional tom-tom burial elements in the ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Lingstreet to Organize Georgia Republican- Democrat Alliance
Gen Lingstreet plans a new Georgia party formed from Republicans and independent Democrats. He will use the Republican base as a starting point and woo Democrats with flattering words and concessions. Critics warn the effort could create risky alliances led by prominent Republicans in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lingstreet
Georgia
Southern cotton exchanges report prospects for the season
Reports from southern cotton exchanges on season prospects show a general rise in acreage but no improvement in yield or quality. Dry weather and occasional cotton worm damage are noted, though ravages remain sparse. With more ground under cultivation, total yield may match last year.
Nomination of Hugh O Brien as city auditor urged
The article praises Alderman Hugh O’Brien for the auditor nomination, calling him honest capable and faithful. It argues his mastery of city business and a beneficial civil service system, urging aldermen to confirm the nomination without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh O’brien
O’brien
Raleigh Negroes Demand Federal Patronage Over Post Office Hire
The text reports unrest among African Americans in Raleigh and across North Carolina who claim seven eighths of Republican voting strength but few offices. They note a delivery clerk hire at the post office as evidence of race-based patronage and threaten to withdraw support from the administration if their demands are not met, linking the movement to Gen. Grant's influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Republican Party
Gen
Grant
Bostop
Devonshire Street
Two Albany Pastry Theories Stir Polls and Parties
The passage outlines two theories on Albany pastries: bribery by administration men to elect Depew, or a rigged move by stalwarts to gain votes and favor for Conkling. It questions the decency of republican leaders and suggests their internal corruption as evidence, while warning of potential misdeeds against the Democratic opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Depew
Conkling
Democratic Party
Crowley
Cornell
Tremble
New York City
Edwards
Robertson
Boston
Catonah
Everett
Carpenter
Trimble
New York
Sharpe
F&obortson
Administration
Hurn
Bradley
Senator Sessions
Olean
Cui
Claudius V
Barse
Exchange National Bank
Albany Journal
Brauley
Assembly
Sessions
Arthur
John F. Smyth
Judge Robertson
Custom House
Gen. Merritt
Gen. Curtis
Albert Daggett
Funding 6s and 63 at lower rate of interest
Washington dispatch surveys opinions on funding 8s into 3s. Hatch of Wisk Hatch pushed continuance at 3 percent, Windom resists funding law. Census printing costs blamed on government establishment. Walker estimates savings possible via private printing. Sherman’s presidential bid questioned. Windom urged probes into Knox linkage. Railroads slow to answer census data. penalties threatened. Putney’s oath refusal cited as sign of possible dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eilott
Mint Bureau
Windom
Ior
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
A. 5S. Hatch
New York
Wisk & Hatch
Hatch
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Gen. Walker
John Sherman
Pitney
Chicago
Sherman
Knox
Putney
Treasury Department
Department Committee of Investigation
Contained jailbreak attempt and Cork march report
Liverpool reports say 309 men marched to the prison at dawn to aid McKevitt and Roberts but dispersed when warders armed. Sentries guard the prison and armed wardens patrol. In Cork Millstreet sees 15000 assemble with bands and banners. no meeting held, a priest and the bishop urge nonviolence and constitutional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Standard
Liverpool
McKevitt
Fire at Excelsior stores amid Brooklyn grain loss
A large fire at an Excelsior store complex on Atlantic dock in Brooklyn destroyed a warehouse elevator with 20 660 bushels of wheat and $40 000 of machinery. Total damage estimated at $68 000. Nine Atlantic Dock company buildings and New York Warehouse machinery suffered losses. Minor fires in Boston involved lime casks causing light damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Excelsior
Atlantic Dock
Brooklyn
New York Shippers
Atlantic Dock Company
New York Warehouse Company
Boston
Newbury Street
Mysterious New York Heiress Shoots Self in Montreal Hotel
A refined young woman, registered as Miss Fisher of New York, shot herself in the chest at a Montreal hotel. She remains alive but unconscious, taken to the Ladies' hospital. a smoking pistol lay near her. A letter addressed to Charles Fisher of New York was found. Hotel staff hush up details as detectives investigate in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Fisher
New York
Ladies’ Hospital
Notorious sharper Plin White arrested in New York for swindling Halli again
New York reports Plin White, famed for a $50,000 confidence trick on hotel keeper William L. Halli thirty years ago, was arrested after swindling Halli of $2,500 on Saturday. Halli, 70, received bonds as payment and was to give more when the scheme was uncovered. A mass meeting of striking workers voiced sympathy for brewers and offered aid, while a boycott circular targeted certain employing brewers. A parade of strikers is planned for tomorrow. Judge Speir ordered Emily Levy alimony of $20 weekly in her divorce suit from Isaac Levy. George and Isaiah Miller were arrested tonight for Westergren’s murder. Miller owned the hotel where the emigrant family stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plin” White
William L. Halli
Hall
Milwaukee Beer
Philadelphia
Speir
Emily Levy
Isaac Levy
George Miller
Isaiah Miller
Wester
Carleton County
Ont
A.D. Benson
Bath
N.Y
Hudson River Road
Aleck Westbrook
Montague
N. J
Mack Watson
Tom and
Jack Weaver
West End
Louisville
Little Rock
Ark
Pear Arkadelphia
Pleasant Gray
Russell
Thomas Laden
Albany
N. Y
Montgomery Street
Texas
Charles Sutter
D. R. Zugler
New Orleans
Stockton
Cal
John H. Webster
Finday
Robert Paragoe
Lovell Paragoe
Aldrich and
Isaacs
Chicago
Montreal
Daniel Moran
Henry Lonsberger
Atkins’s Mill
Youtsville
Louis Blakenham
Civil Engineers of
Convention of American Engineers
Kingsbury
Litchfield
Ill
Isaac Wilson
Jacksonville
Wilson
Judge Kingsbury
Archbishop Conagan Holds Holy Orders at St. Josephs Seminary
In Troy on June 11 Archbishop Conagan conferred holy orders at St. Josephs Provincial Seminary before a large crowd of visitors. Recipients included Rev J Broderick and Daniel Gleason ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Boston. deacons Rev Edward J Moriarity and Rev James Walsh for Hartford. Nicholas T Murphy ordained exorcist for Boston. minor orders to James W Allison Patrick B McManus Henry A Sullivan. Bernard F Kane ordained as elder and lecturer for Boston. Telesphere G Plante of Portland promoted to minor orders. James W Hickey promoted to tonsure for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Conagan
St. Joseph’s
Archdiocese of
Boston
J. Broderick
Daniel Gleason
Archdiocese of Boston
Edward J. Moriarity
Hartford
James Walsh
Nicholas T. Murphy
James W. Allison
Joseph FE. Keyes
Patrick B. McManus
Henry A. Sullivan
Giocese
Portland
G. Plante
Bernard F. Kane
James W. Hickey
New York Legislator Predicts Depew and Correll Rise
A private letter from a New York legislator suggests that Depew will be elected to succeed Platt tomorrow or Tuesday and that Corpell will eventually replace Conkling. The memo claims both factions of the party back the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Washington
New York
Depew
Platt
Corpell
Conkling
Brown University opens commencement with baccalaureate address
Commencement week at Brown University opened with President Robinson delivering the baccalaureate to the graduating class at the First Baptist meeting house. The sermon centered on truth in Jesus and the permanent worth of spiritual verities. Class day exercises are set for tomorrow rain or shine. Also notes Lewis College in Northfield Vermont prepares for its forty seventh annual commencement with sermons, orations, and military drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Brown University
First Baptist
Robinson
Timothy
Jesus
Society of Missionary Inquiry
George Harris, Jr
Lewis College
Northfield
F. W. Grube
Geo. N. Carpenter
Boston
Marshal
Davis Smith
Henry Martin Jones
William Howard Wilmarton
F. W. Webber
The
Boston Journal
Tufts College
Capen
M. J. Sarzge
Thomas Slicer
Sword of
Gideon
Cupen
Apostle
Paul
Capea
Alumni Association
R. F. Leighton
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. H. Weeks
Dorchester
Church of the Unity
M.J. Savage
Quarrelling Wives Spark Fatal Fight Between Husbands
In Kinston North Carolina on June 11 Quincy Gardner and Jim Bryan fought when each man sided with his quarrelling wife. The women stood nearby as the men battled with dirks. Gardner was fatally wounded with two ribs broken and lung injury and died soon after. Bryan fled into the woods after the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
Quincy Gardner
Jim Bryan
Gardner
Bryan
Steamship boiler explosion kills fireman at Cape Henry
Signal Corps dispatch from Cape Henry Virginia on June 12 reports the Baker wrecking steamer's boiler exploded at 5 A M. killing fireman Frank instantly and scalding James Turner and Sam Ward. The steamer lay at anchor beside Life-Saving Station No 1 and was at work on the schooner D F Keeling ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Cape Henry
Baker
Frank
James Turner
Sam Ward
D. F. Keeling
Storm and flood devastate Kansas towns and Ohio valley
June 12 dispatches report historic Ohio river flooding from six days of rain. Riverside park and Water street area in Steubenville submerged, 500 people evacuated, crops and property losses near $1,000,000. Warren and Brown’s Island also inundated. river traffic halted. Kansas tornado damage centers on Americus and Lyon county with extensive crop and building destruction from hail. Pittsburg reports unsafe Union bridge and drifting fires on the river. Des Moines notes funnel cloud damage to homes and orchards. A Cincinnati telegram later suggests Ohio valley losses may be under $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio River
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Riverside Park
Water Street
Cleveland and
Lhe
Brown's Island
Ohio
Warren
Kansas
St. Louis
Lyon County
Americus
Emporia
Missouri
Barry
Seven Star Spring
Union
For Wayne
Iowa
Des Marinees
Wm. Campfield
Colfax
Ohio Valley
New York
U K
Cincinnati
Deepatch
Foxhall Wins Grand Prix in Paris Heat with Tristan Close
The Paris Grand Prix for 100,000 francs featured Foxhall owned by Mr. Keene defeating Tristan and Albion in a tight finish. Foxhall led most of the way as Tristan surged at the end, finishing a head back with four lengths to third, in front of large American crowds and notable observers. The race, run about a mile and seven furlongs, attracted a grand attendance and favorable reviews despite sultry weather. Foxhall's victory amplified American pride, with celebratory gatherings reported in London and New York detailing pedigree and earnings.
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Pats
Paris
Storlam
Keene
B.el Foxhail
Haras de Clhamanto
Anc
Alay
Secord
J. R. Keene
B. c. Foxhail
King Alfonzo
Jamaica
Fordham
Haras DeChamant
Hermit
Thrift
Archer
Count F. de Lagrange
B. c. Albion
Consul
Abbess
Goater
Duke of c. B. c
Foxhall
Albion
Tristan
Arcner
Casimir
Hores
Dublin
Fidaler
Leon
Forum
Casimer
Fiddler
Douablin
Scabell
Findler
Scobell
Royaumont
Castmer
Terran
London
Washington Club
Foxhail
New York
A. J. Alexander
Woodburn
Spring Station
Woodford County
Mr. Lorillard
King Alfonso
Lexington
Fannie Ludlow
Imp Eclipse
Molly Jackson
Mr. Keefe
Imp Phaeton
Capitola
Vandal
Marquise
Mistletoe
Phaeton
King Tom
Baron Rothschild
King Craft
Hannah
Tormenter
Merry Sunshine
Fitchburg Plea Over City Neglect and Local Industry Growth
Citizens criticize city government for shrinking sidewalks and vacant parks leased for billboard use while Fitchburg manufacturing expands. Pelham Machine Co ships rock drills west and abroad, and a new refrigeration device for ships shows promise. A Unitarian lecture by Mrs. E W Howe on the Azores praised island life, geography, industry, and culture, with vivid pen portraits and artifacts displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Alvah Crocker
Pelham Machine Company
Japan
Java
Unitarian Church
Azores
E. W. Howe
Jamaica Plain
Islands
Entertainments Across Boston This Week At Several Theatres
Illusionist Mortimer updates his Mysteries at the Boston Museum this week with new tricks. Grayson Opera Company returns to the Gaiety theatre reviving Ine Mascot with the same cast as last week. H B Marin Opera at Oakland Garden performs Boccaccio with a noted cast. Haverly’s colored minstrels appear at Halleck’s Alameda in a fresh program. H. Howarth makes his U S debut in Michael Fortescue at Forest Garden with good scenery by Goodfellow. M Ginen’s annual benefit at Boston theatre tonight, with praise for his drama work. Rachel Noah and Henry Morrison plan a joint benefit Friday at the Boston theatre. George H Tyler’s Park theatre benefit next Wednesday. B F Tryon’s benefit drew a large crowd at the Howard. Billy Williams performs Fits and Hattie Tibbetts jig and hornpipe. Conlon and Clay, K H K s, Sam Lucas, Martin Hennessy, George Herbert, and Saxton’s orchestra feature in a lively programme ending with A Verrible Serape.
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Mortimer
Boston Museum
Grayson Opera Company
Gaiety Theatre
Globe Theatre
H. B. Marin Opera Company
Oakiana Garden
Jeannie Winston
Janet Edmondson
Rose Leighton
Marie Somerville
Martha Campbell
Messrs
Ellis Ryse
Wallace Macreary
Vincent Hogan
William H. Morgan
A. H
Charles Youne
Michael Fortescue
Alma Stuart Stanley
Fannie Wright
Alice Wright
E. E. Grandin
Harry Linsop
Goodfellow
H. A. M’glenen
Boston
M’gienen
Rachel Noah
Henry Morrison
George H. Tyler
Park Theatre
B. F. Tryon
the Howard
Billy Williams
Nancy Green
Notable Visitors and Movements Across Cities
A Boston group stays at Tilton cottage Newport while companions visit Moosehead lake. Albany, St. Louis, and New Bedford figures plan relocations. Gen Grant departs St Louis for Galena then Chicago. various editors, professors, and legislators travel, marry, or face illness. Notables include Cahill, Daggett, Seymour, Danforth, Hayward, Hinton, and Saxe amid broader regional activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Dow
Boston
Tilton Cottage
Newport
H.s.jones
H. A. Turner
Moosehead Lake
Thomas G. Appleton
Catherine Street
Albany
John F. Cahill
el Cameron del Valle
St. Louis
Parker House
Gen. Grant
Galena
Chicago
Charles N. Daggett
New Bedford
Dubuque
Iowa
Horatio Seymour
A. W. Danforth
Newburyport
China
Roland Hayward
Boston Society of Natural History
Rangeley Lake
Maine
R. J. Hinton
Washington Sunday Gazette
Trake
Bennington
Cullum
Illnois
Springfield
Lil
Abraham Lincoln
W. A. Winslow
Bangley Lakes
Chalmers Wood
Wm. Wood
New York
Elen Appleton Smith
John Cotton Smith
Church of the Ascension
Minnesota University
W. F
Bike
State College
Orono
Alderman Scripture
Lowell
Chapel Street
Board of Aldermen
S. I. Pickard
Portland Transcript
Oliver Dennett
Spring Street
G. W. Pickard
The
Transcript
William A. Laskey
Annie H. Bonds
Marblehead
William R. Harris
St. Michael’s
Samuel Roads
John G. Saxe
Brooklys
Saxe
POST
John McSweeney
Wooster
Ohio
White
Mr. McSweeney
Callahan
Tormie
McSweeney
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Telegraph and Mail
New Hampshire
Canada
Grand Trunk
Albany Argus
Liberia
G. C. Goss
J. W. Speulding
Richmond
J. W. Wakefield
James
MecVeagh
Pennsylvania
New England
Civil Service Reform Association of Boston
Massachusetts
Seelye
Amherst College
Dunbar
Harvard College
Hamilton
Hill
Rothers
Prof. Perry
Williams College
Comptroller of Currency
Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Sunderland
Curtis J. Hillier
Haliett Kilbourn
John E. Olmstead
Yorktown
United States
Europe
Spain
Germany
Austria
Italy
Kasson
State Department
America
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Comptroller of the Treasury
West
Nathan Alspack
Augusta
Kan
Alspack
Vendee
Internal Revenue Bureau
International Bank of Chicago
Middle Dam
Oxford County
Aldana Brooks
Waterville
Worehester County
Mass
F. A. Heywood
A. R. G. Smith
North Whitefield
Lincoln County
Dennis A. Dyer
Webb’s
Ellector
Foreign News
Ireland
Mulstreet
County Cork
Skibbereen
Baily Dehab
Skull
Land League
Wright
Clonakilly
Ye Times
MedKevitt
Roberts
Central Police Office
Times
House of Commons
Henry Fawcett
Assabay
Abyssinia
Sarah Bernhardt
Gaiety
Lionel Sackville West
Madrid
Edward Thornton
Vienna
Temasvar
Hungary
Baron Zothen
Solomon Alexander Hart
Royal Academy
Quebec
Boston Relief Committee
St. John’s Church
Gotham Gleanings
Papucanh
Illinois
Carrollton
St. Joseph, Mo
Reiphemer
Atchison County
Commonwealth
Senate
Blaine
Wall Street
Erie Canal
Icri¢ Coal Ct
Here
NEW England News
Knights of Pythias
Lewiston
Auburn
Augustus Hatch
Hockomock
Maine Central
Westbrook
Marcelus Crumett
Vassalboro
James L. Davis
Fort Tlill
Gorham
Windham
L. L. Huntington
Haynes
Thomaston
Ira Northey
Barrows
Mayfield
Skowhegan
Dalton
Athens
Alonzo Bartlett
Samuel Burton
Bartlett
Burton
King Bartlett
Selwyn McGilvery
James Miller
Belfast
South America
Bermuda
Suna
Searsport
Charles Gibbs
Lebanon
Joseph Fowler
Ducham
Congregational Society
New Hampshire Press Association
Hoosac Tunnel
Saratoga
Niagara Falls
River St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
Alexandria Bay
Plymouth
N. H
Pheodore P. Knights
Dover
Melisa Aitkin
Miss Aitkin
Knights
Supreme Court
Vermont
State Medical Society
Vergennes
Caledonia County
Bliss N. Davis
Danville
Charles Hoag
Passumpsic
H. M. Bingham
South Royalton
Vermont State Teachers’ Association
Stoughton
Blubbard
Draper
Insane Asylum
Brattleboro
Western Avenue
Addison County
Olin Smith
Addison
Fire Association
Merchants’ National Bank
Japhet Fenimore
Retreat
Mount Holly
N.J
Paris Green
Messrs. Barden & Co
Nashville
Aranza
Lorillard
E. K. Allizon
Sitting Bull
Quappelle
Poplar Creek
Dakota
Venezuela
Guzman Blanco
Curacoa
Trinidad
Antilles
Columbia
Magdalena River
Providence and Worcester
William Boyden
Worcester
Fanny
Robbins
Northville
Edward Lee
Patrick More
Sixth Street
H. Woodall
Taunton
Brockton
Pittsfield
Charles D. Kidder
Dwight Kidder, Jr
Sarah Kidder
Young Kidder
N. F. Potter
Boston and Albany
Spencer
Potter
Boston and Albany Corporation
Springfield Republican
Murphy Apostles of Temperance
Worcester Academy
Frank N. Chamberlain
Alumnii Association
C. W. Annable
D. D
Springfiela
Mr. Horr
H Walker
Hovey
Newton
Leaenworth
Geo. E. Horr
M. A. Maynard
Joseph H. Walker
George C. Whitney
C.G. Stowell
J. P. Cheney, Jr
D. F. Lamson
Anawan Street
Haverhill
John Griscom
Lincoln Park
Baltimore
William Pinkney Whyte
Democratic Conservative Party
Whyte
Half Breed Party of
Ava
John Taylor
Rockingham County
Greensboro
Connecticut
Henrietta, Tex
W. B. Hutchinson
Montague County
Christian Union
Union Hall
Thomas R. Slicer
God
Phillips
Anni
Phillips Church
Broadway
South
R. R. Meredith
Bay View
Sporting Matters
Hull
Ccur
P. A. Collins
N. Harlan
Capt
Limothy Murphy
James Dowling
David Heffernan
Land of the Land League
Union Athletic Club
Baseball Grounds
Union Club
Beacon Park
Anh
Tnion ‘Athletic Club
Box
Germania
the Mystic
Beacon
Tke Bostona
Petrons
Wlas
Mutrie
Bond
Sim
Trop
Provdence
Ramn
Yale
Amrherst
Arhhersts
Lith
Sea Foam House
Hotel Pemberton
Fred A. Plaisted
Toronto
George H. Hosmer
James H. Riley
Saratoga Springs
George Lee
James A. Jen Eyck
Orerees N. Y
G. W. Weisgerber
Charles Torrey
Union Boat Club
Patrick Burke
West End Boat Club
William Lewis
Salem
James H. O’neu
Chelsea
Frank Holmes
Pawtucket
B. F. Harrington
D. J. Casey
South Boston
F. W. Norton
Charles C. Bartwell
Luke Shea
City Point Rowing Associating
John O’ Rourk
City Point
Ralph F. Brazer
Vesper
Jowell
Driskeen
Mate
Hooper
East Boston
Daniel Breen
Jeff Shea
John Humphrey
Cambridge
Pisis
Portand
Colum Ia
Enterprise
St. Mary’s
Charlestown
Plaisted
Nor End
Cub
Yyachts
Yachtsmen
Quincy
Quincy Point
Dorchester Yacht Club
Nahant
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead Rock
John A. Andrew
Rowe’s Wharf
Beverly
Swampscott
Boston Yacht Club
Lo’clock
John Romer
D. E. Hibbard
Regatt Committee
Washington Street
Parchester Yacht Club
Louis M. Clark
J. Montgomery Sears
William Bliss
Boston and Albany Railroad
Manoning
J. H
Silvie
Thomas Nye, Jr
C. V. Whitten
Walnut Hill
Adams
Jewell
QO. M. Jewell
W. Ih
Jackson
Lot G. BD. Curtis
O. F
M. E. Baird
A.C. Adams
OY Sk Ok
AD Gee
W. Gardger
G. D. Curtis
Massachusetts Rifle Association
Company D
First Infantry
Masachusetts Rifle Association
Eng
J. B. Fellows
A. C. Gould
Irish Athletic Club
Highland Lakegrove
Norfolk
Duncan
P.d. O'Daly
Barrison Avenue
Mount Vernon
Frev
Samuel EH. Herrick
Con Len
Mount Hope Cemetery
Nantasket Beach
Pemberton
Reeves
Hantan
Spxorsn Notror
A. P. Moore
City OF
Putnam Machine Company
Entertainment Notes
W. H. Vanderbilt
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