Beecher Stricken. Death Looms as Rally for Kansas Quieted
Henry Ward Beecher suffered apoplexy on Saturday morning and was said to be near death at 3 this morning. Other items note Speaker Carlisle abandoning politics for Kansas settlement, Rosecrans named coast survey head, and various political and local incidents across multiple states.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Carlisle
Kansas
General Rosecrans
Coast Survey
Randall
Appropriations Committee
Senator Beck
Kentucky
Barnegat
West Virginia
Commodore Lull
U.S.N
Webster Avenue
Cambridge
Nathan Moulton
Newburyport
New Labor Organization
Salem
East Cambridge
Beers
Thomas Smith
Robinson
Washington
Washington Post
Trotter
Knights of Labor Organization
Philadelphia
Worcester
Edwin Wood
Lawrence
Beecher Near Death as Doctors Say Attack Fatal
Longtime Plymouth Church pastor Rev. Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn lies dying at Hicks Street home. Doctors Searle Hammond report stroke with right brain bleed causing gradual left side paralysis and likely permanent loss of function. Beecher's mental powers may not fully recover.
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New York
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Congregational Church
Dr. Searle
Mrs. Beecher
Mr. Beecher
William A. Hammond
Beecher Nearing End as He Lays in Coma
New York reports Reverend Henry Ward Beecher in a deep coma at his Brooklyn home. Family, officials, and clergy crowd the street as doctors warn recovery is unlikely. A bulletin notes he may die within hours or days with no nourishment possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Samuel Scoville
Stamford
Conn
Colonel Beecher
Henry Ward Beech
Birmingham
W. 5. Searle
Clarke and
Hicks Streets
DeWitt Talmage
Edith
Talmage
Brooklyn
Seth Low
Whitney
Preston
8. V. White
Hitchcock
Union Seminary
W. J. Helmuth
W. A. Hammond
New York City
Horatio King
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn Academy of Music
William C. Beecher
Trans-oceanic yacht race opens 1857 season at Sandy Hook
The Dauntless and the Coronet prepare for a 1 PM start from Sandy Hook as the yachting season begins. The newspaper shows openings for uniforms, catalogues, and spring goods across departments including hats, military items, and ready-made clothing.
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Sandy Hook
Boston engraving notes and foggy scene at harbor
G. W. Simmons & Co of Boston reports effort to obtain a correct drawing but the engraving process spoiled the design. The note mentions tugs in the offing and dense fog shrouding the area.
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P.S
Fires Damages Buildings in South Boston and Cambridge
A Saturday night blaze at 15 Spring Street South Boston damaged a small wooden building used as a provision shop owned by Elliot and slightly harmed Judge Fallon’s nearby residence. Total loss under 1000 dollars, fully insured. Early Sunday a Cambridge bakery fire destroyed Morse’s stable and oven, with six horses and harnesses lost. total approx 8000 dollars with 1000 dollars insured. A minor fire at 197 Charles Street caused 5 dollars damage.
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Spring Street
Joseph D. Fallon
Seventh and
F Streets
Boston
Elliot
West Seventh Street
Cambridge
Peter Morse
Malden Street
North
D. Woolfe
Charles Street
Striking bootmakers receive aid from Hibernian Guards division
Worcester reports the Hibernian Guards Division 24 AS Ofrk voted to allocate 50 from their treasury to aid striking bootmakers and support members on strike. Many members will contribute personally. The Union St. Jean Baptiste Society weighs a similar measure.
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Worcester
Marek
Spectal
Hibernian Guards
Division 24
Ofrk
Union St. Jean Baptiste Society
Washingtons Inauguration Suit Sold for Relic Value
Thorndike Rice bought the silk suit worn by George Washington at his first inauguration. The coat waistcoat and knee breeches with gold buckles came from Washington to his brother and remained guarded by descendants. The set includes letters claiming the Bible kiss on April 30, 1789 and the price asked neared 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. Y. Sun
Thorndike Rice
France
Westmoreland County
New York
Texas
Capitol
Meteorological Meeting at Appalachian Club
The Appalachian Mountain Club will hold a meeting next Wednesday at 3 PM where Prof W M Davis will present Results of Meteorological Observations at Appalachian Club Stations in the White Mountains During the Winter of 1886 87. Chapin will recount his ascent of Mr Blane and the session includes other talks at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Mountain Club
W. M. Davis
Appalachian Club
White Mountains
Ac MG Es
Resignation shocks cabinet. Balfour to succeed Hicks Beach
The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach resigns from the cabinet and the Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour is appointed to succeed him. The Marquis of Salisbury calls the resignation a national calamity. Nine officers and civilians shot at Rustchuk for revolts. Bulgaria urged to act against rebels. Nearly 150 miners dead in fire damp explosion. American college project proposed for Rome. Alsace election results bolster the war party in France per the North German Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hicks-Beach
Arthur J. Balfour
Marquis of Salisbury
Rustchuk
Bulgaria
Rome
Alsace
War Party
France
Resignation of Ireland Chief Secretary Sir Michael Hicks Beach
The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach resigns as chief secretary for Ireland due to cataract. Arthur Balfour succeeds him as secretary of state for Scotland, after a Windsor formal acceptance, while the Marquis of Salisbury cites the resignation as a national disaster and discusses Irish policy and legal reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hicks-Beach
Ireland
Arthur J. Balfour
Scotland
Michael
Mr. Balfour
Windsor
Marquis of Salisbury
National Conservative Club
Michael —Hicks-Beach
Westminster
Badood
London
Weather and local events mirror a mixed day in the city
Light rains give way to fair weather as Dr. Bartel outlines fifty years of his pastorate. Labor meetings at 176 Tremont street discuss the Metropolitan road right of way. The West End syndicate gains control of the Metropolitan Horse Railroad stock. The Institute tug of war team defeats Harvard. Strikes at Bowker Torrey and Co. works mark a busy scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartel
King’s Chapel
Tremont Street
Boston
Emerson
Fifty-sixth Regiment Association
Pavonia
West End
Metropolitan Horse
New York
Institute
Harvard
Bowker, Torrey & Co
Wreckage Spreads Along New Jersey Coast After Storm
It is feared a steamer bound for a Northern port was wrecked off Campen New Jersey during the Thursday storm. The beach between Barnegat Inlet and Seaside Park is strewn with wreckage. Crates and barrels of southern fruits and early vegetables wash ashore. No clue to the vessel's name has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campen
N. J
New Jersey
Barnegat Inlet
Seaside Park
Musicians Weigh In On a Nickel Scaled Contest
Three leaders of prominent bands gathered at the Parker House lobby to test a coin operated scale. P B Gilmore weighed 189 pounds, I W Reeves 204 pounds, and J Thomas Baldwin 195 pounds. Their combined total reached 588 pounds as the scale settled.
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Parker House
Gilmore
New York City
1. W. Reeves
American Band
Providence
R. J
J. Thomas Baldwin
Boston Cadet
Reeves
Baldwin
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Weather bulletin indicates light rains for twenty four hours starting 7 a m Monday March 7 followed by fair weather and warmer temperatures. Winds will be westerly as conditions improve across New England and eastern New York.
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Washington
New England
New York
Boston Lecture Focuses on Forgiveness Doctrine
The Suffolk conference course at South Congregational Church covered Christian Forgiveness as Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody delivered the third lecture. The session occurred last evening with the Weather Office finalizing the signal report at 7 45 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
South Congregational Church
A. P. Peabody
Revolt violence across Europe reports executions and diplomatic reactions
Nine officers and civilians were shot in Rusreaux after the revolt. Sentences of condemned rebels were commuted to fifteen years. Captain Ballman, spared, will be handed to the German consul amid protests. Russia, Bulgaria and other powers urge leniency and caution in subsequent actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Flesch
Kavraveiou
T'sanoff
Porte
Soria
Orsova
Servia
Nebelsine
Roumania
MM. Benderete
Grueff
Vienna
The
Tagblatt
Bucharest
Beri
Russia
St. PetersourGe
St. Petersburg
Silistria
Bulgaria
Explosion at Qua Regnon colliery kills hundreds
An explosion of fire damp at Qua regnon colliery near Mons leaves 144 bodies found underground and 50 bodies brought to the surface. The King sends 2000 to aid victims’ families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Quaregnon
Mons
Alsace Elections Strengthen French War Party
The North German Gazette reports that Alsace election results bolster France's war party. If war erupts the annexed provinces would bear responsibility, and Germany would not repeat the liberal approach shown after the 1870 war with Alsace Lorraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAR
Bern
Alsace
France
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Financial moves signal large Austrian Hungarian loan plan
Frankfort reports quiet bourse with weakness in prices while Credit Anstalt Berlin Discounting Society and Rothschild groups prepare 70 000 000 florin gold loans for Austria and Hungary. London notes James Gordon Bennett sails Namouna to Penang with Bennett aboard.
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Frankfort
Credit- Anslt
Berlin Discounting Society
Rothschilds and Bleuchroders
Stockholm
Oscar
Rigstag
London
James Gordon Bennett
Penang
Mr. Bennett
Constantinople
G. Harris Heap
United States
Paris
The League's Eight Clubs Meet in New York
President Young received a letter from Kansas City secretary Menges withdrawing all transfer propositions concerning St Louis franchises and players. Young doubts Kansas City intends to repudiate its earlier proposal, while Indianapolis official Treat urges the committee to New York with full powers and backing as Western membership controversy looms.
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Wasuincrox
Sprcau
New York
Young
Menges
Kansas City Club
Pittsburg
St. Louis
I. I. Menges
Ndie
Cowboys
Kansas City
A. J. Treat
Indianapolis
Mr. Young
Knights of Labor plan daily paper from Journal of United Labor
In PaiapetpriA Pennsylvania on March 6 the Knights announce a new enterprise a daily paper focused on their interests. They will relaunch the weekly Journal of United Labor as a daily in the North Broad street area and later expand to about a dozen city branches for simultaneous publication with a central office to be located in Chicago or St. Louis.
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Paiapetpria
Penn
Knights of Labor
the Order
Journal of United Labor
North Broad Street
Chicago
St. Louis
Winter Snow Sweeps Several New England Areas
Snowstorms dump heavy totals from Vermont to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Brattleboro Vermont reports fifteen inches in a day the largest storm of the winter, while Windsor County and northern towns record heavy falls. Worcester Massachusetts cites fifteen inches with rain and freezing to roads and rails. Some coastal areas report over two feet with drifts but no disasters reported.
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Brarritenoro
Windsor County
Hanover
N. H
Worcester
Labor Meetings Address Poll Tax Repeal and Union Plans
The Central Trades Union held a large gathering at New Era Hall to condemn the poll tax and form a resolutions committee targeting House members who opposed repeal. The Tailors' Union at Preble Hall decided to join the Federation of Labor and plan a ball on March 21 plus a national convention in late June. Mr N E Chase chaired, with speakers John Wilkinson of Cambridge and William F Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trades Union
New Era Hall
House of Representatives
Tailors’ Union
Preble Hall
Tremont Street
Large Melros caucus nominates town officers
One of the largest caucuses in Melros assembled at Town Hall to nominate selectmen for next year and other town officers for the annual town meeting. Walter Babb was chairman and George KR White secretary. nominees include John Southers Daniel Norton Sidney H Buttrick for selectmen and H G Field John Singer Jr and Mrs Eunice B Phinney for overseers.
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John Singer, Jr
Eunice B. Phinney
Wingate P. Sargent
John Larrabee
George Newhall
F. Eastman
George C. Starbird
George F. Boardman
Moses Briggs
Daniel Russell
Special session called for West Virginia legislature
Governor Wilson will issue a proclamation reconvening the Legislature on the third Wednesday of April. Senator Kenna arrived home from Washington and says the body will have to elect a Senator at the special session, despite the governor’s belief to the contrary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanteston
W. Va
Wilson
Kenna
Washington
Beecher House Sailor Reports Condition Improves Slowly
The final sailor to depart Mr Beecher's house says there is little change in his condition and it is a test of endurance. Mrs Beecher is described as prostrated by grief and exhaustion amid the latest reports from New York.
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New York
Mr. Beecher
Life and Career of Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher, born June 24 1813 in Litchfield Connecticut, rose from a modest New England upbringing to become a noted Presbyterian preacher. After Lane Seminary training he led a growing church in Lawrenceburg Indiana, gaining fame for his eloquent sermons amid frontier conditions and expanding influence in the Midwest.
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Tienry Ward Beecher
Litchfield
Conn
Lyman Beecher
Brimstone
Roxana Foote
Henry
Lane Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Beecher Timeline in Brooklyn to 1875 Trial Saga
The text traces Henry Ward Beecher’s rise from early ministry in the West to his Brooklyn pastorate at Plymouth Church in 1847, his abolition stance, Civil War activities, editorial leadership, silver wedding, and the 1874 75 scandal and trial involving Theodore Tilton. It covers his public defense, the lengthy court proceedings, and the ultimate course of events up to May 1875.
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Second Presbyterian Church
East
William T. Cutter
New York
New Plymouth
Brooklyn
American Home Missionary Society
Beecher
Plymouth Society
Plymouth Church
Phillips
Garrison
Abolition Party
John Brown
England
Liverpool
United Kingdom
America
Sanitary Commission
Walla
Fort Sumter
Christian Union
Theodore Tilton
Tilton
Beecher Durin
Siton
William J. Gaynor
Cas
Mr.Tilton
Mr. Beecher
Francis D. Moulton
Moulton
Neilson
the Plaintif
William M. Evarts
Roger A. Pryor
Mr. Tilton
Court of Appeals
City Court of
General Pryor
Fullerton
William A. Beach
D. Moreris
Benjamin F. Tracy
Thomas G. Shearman
Maverick
Evarts
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G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
Young Men's Christian Union
Renen Thomas
Brookline
Horace L. Wheeler
Newton Centre
Young Men’s Christian Union
Michael Hicks - Beach
Boulanger
Besseges
Roux
American College
Mer
Straniero
Berretta
Cardinal Gibbons
Lisson
Lisbon
Observer's Office
Signal Servick
U.S. A
Ieez
Suia
Inonic Paleanie Anaeenenmrenmer Pearenies
Big Cripts
Federation of
Labou
Melrose
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