Death toll prompts warrants for Harlem tunnel directors
Coroner Levy issues warrants for five directors of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad over the Harlem tunnel disaster deaths. Warranted are Chauncey Depew, George Miller, Wilson Hunt, Joseph Park, and William Rockefeller, with Charles P Clark also named as president. Bond demands trigger rapid arrivals, with bondsmen and attorneys present as officials negotiate personal, board, and bond details.
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New York
Levy
New York New Haven & Hartford, Railroad
Harlem
Caauncey M. Depew
George N. Miller
Wilson G. Hunt
Joseph Park
William Rockefeller
Charles P. Clark
New Haven
Hobart J. Park
Henry W. Taft
Clark
Mr. Taft
Frank ‘Tilford
Park
Vegagrbt
Fifth Avenue
ham_Rockefeller
Trowbridge
William D. Bishop
Nathaniel Wheeler
Bridgeport
Plenty Robinson
Amherst Mock Trial for Baseball Fund Draws Large Crowd
A mock trial in College Hall sponsored by the Amherst baseball association featured a breach of promise suit brought by Miss Weanetta Bonbon against C O W Trotter. The event included a judge and notable Amherst faculty and students, with a jury of 12 and an audience near a thousand. verdict in favor of the plaintiff for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherstt
College Hall
Baseball Association
R. A. McFadden
R. W. Crocker
Crier
O. Basso Merrill
Washburn
Stepographers
Micky MacFadden
F. A. Hicks
N. T. Thorp
H. M. Chase
Ralph Walder Fletcher Mason
Hal C. Crocker
D. R. Knight
Kid Lane
Bar
F. Elihu Croeter
Gane
Washburn House
Smith College
Smith
H. L. Clark
Norwood Hotel
Northampton
Mays
Manisses House
Block Island
Morse
Norampton
Jacobs
Amherst-Williams
Amit
Orwood House
Hackman Godruff
Smith Roberts
McFadden
Heroes of the Wounded Knee Medal Winners Listed
Secretary Proctor awarded medals of honor to First Sergeant Jacob Traulman Corporal Paul H. Weiner and Privates Joshua B. Hartzog George Green and John Flood for gallantry at Wounded Knee Creek South Dakota in December last. The men were enlisted in Light Battery E First Artillery and Troop I Seventh Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wounded Knee
Washington
Proctor
Wounded Knee Creek
S. D
Jacob Traulman
Seventh Cavalry
Paul H. Weiner
Joshua B. Hartzog
George Green
John Flood
First Artillery
Edmund Kirke's Gift to Johns Hopkins Museum
New York writer James R Gilmore known as Edmund Kirke donates a thousand letters and autographs to Johns Hopkins University Historical Museum. The collection highlights living and deceased literary figures, statesmen, military leaders, and scholars with signatures from Holmes, Hawthorne, Greeley, Lincoln secretaries Nicolay and Hay, and Frances Willard among women of note. Dr Adams plans public access and integration with existing autograph collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commercial Advertiser
James R Gilmore
New York
Edmund Kirke
Historical Museum of
Johns Hopkins University
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Edward Eggleston
George William Curtis
R. H. Stoddard
Charles A. Dana
W. H. Milburn
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edward Everett
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Harriet E. Prescott
Park Benjamin
Dorothea L. Dix
Nathaniel P. Wills
Horace Greeley
Charles Loring Brace
J. Esten Cooke
Guy Carleton
Salmon P. Chase
L. E. Chrittenden
United States
Lincoln
Holt
J. G. Nicolay
John Hay
Mr. Gilmore
Confederacy
Union
Gilmore
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Dr. Adams
Frances Willard
Jessie Benton Fremont
Elizabeth Robbins Pennell
Elizabeth B. Custer
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Lillie Devereux Blake
Julia Ward Howe
Gail Hamilton
Lucy Larcom
J. C. Croly
James Russell Well
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Hialmar Ayesel
Henry Charles Lea
Noah Brooks
Will Carleton
Edward Everett Hale
F. Marion Crawford
William D. Howells
Charles Dudley Warner
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Richard W
Hugh McCulloch
Beauregard
Adams
Parental Home plan for homeless children argued at Boston 1891
A letter to the editor from Boston dated March 5 1891 advocates a congregate parental home for dependent children. The writer cites National Prison Association views on origins of orphans and argues for a large organized institution offering disciplined education, housing, and classed progression to form capable future citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Prison Association
Boston
Bint Boston
Lancaster to be commissioned as Asiatic flagship
The United States steamer Lancaster at Portsmouth New Hampshire will be put in commission on March 19 and sail for the Asiatic station in about a month. She will be commanded by Captain H Seely, current commandant of the League Island Navy Yard.
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Washington
United States
Lancaster
Portsmouth
N. H
H. Seely
League Island Navy Yard
Mary Ann Marcus
Howard PD
Nash
Suffolk County
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Church Street
George Parkman
Joanna Bassett
Benjamin G. Boardman
Gerge Parkman
The Australian ballot bill debate in Maine session
The article covers the March 6 debate on the Australian ballot bill in Aveusta Maine. Speakers including Callahan Alarmis Drummond Payson Harrington Nobie Drew Savage Peaks Porter White Chadbourne and Smith argued for and against. A 71 to 71 tie ended the motion to accept the minority report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aveusta
Callahan
Lewiston
Alarmis
East Machias
Drummond
Portland
Payson
Republican Party
Harrington
Norridgewock
Maine
Nobie
Drew
Fort Fairfield
Canada
Savage
Auburn
Massachusetts
Peaks
Dover
Judiciary Committee
Porter
Bangor
White
Chadborne
Biddeford
Smith
Turner
Stearns of
Carabou
Merchants' Bank Hosts Complimentary Dinner in Boston
The Merchants' Cooperative Bank of Boston hosted a complimentary dinner at the Revere House last night for President A. J. Mercer with twenty five gentlemen in attendance led by Director George T. Besson. Attendees included A. L. Thorndike, president of the Boston Co operative Bank, and other notable figures from banking and business. The piece notes dull hotel activity aside from preparations for notable visitors and lists numerous guests staying at various hotels, underscoring a city in social motion alongside the Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Cooperative Bank of Boston
Revere House
A. J. Mercer
George T. Besson
A. L. Thorndike
Boston Co Operative Bank
Messrs
C. C. Adams
J. Henry Taylor
D. J. Flanders
Vendome
Sara
Brunswick
Senator Wolcott
Nevada
Tavern
N. L. Handy
New York
Henry Taylor
Miss Taylor
San Francisco
P. W. E. B. Ward
Brooklyn
George L. Foster
Providence
United Starrs
G. W. Knight
Hopedale
J. Henry Smythe
Philadelphia
J. B
Hartford
R. H. Ingersoll
Biddeford
A. Rogers
Wife
Montreal
Cuarick
Frank I. Brown
Needham
R. E. Follett
Willimantic
Conn
F. Kirkwood
James P. Lewis
Portland
Mar. Drohan
Worcester
Brynotos
R. D. Gillette
Miss MacBranson
W. R
Thomas Cochran
C. H. Tatt
Crawtorp
A. W. Smith
Milford
N. H
E. F. Ring
Pittsfield
A. Sutcliff
Lowell
L.W. Fisher
Cotnit
A. L. Payson
Warren
J. EK. Blake
Newark
W. Hurd
Parker
H. W
W. D. Lucy
G. B. Willys
New Pedford
E. Harbeck
Detroit
J. W
J. Wilson
Baltimore
Lancaster
Linehan
Pechenook
Remarkable cure story of Miss Jennie Belcher in South Boston
A Post Man interviews Miss Jennie Belcher of 96 G Street South Boston who describes a cancerous fibroid tumor cure without surgery. She notes multiple doctors declared surgery essential and dangerous, but Dr James M Solomon treated her with a non surgical method that removed the tumor in four and a half months. She urges others with similar ailments to seek his treatment at his Boston office daily.
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Jennie Belcher
G Street
South
Boston
Solomon
James M. Solomon
Jennin Beicner
South Boston
South Braintree
Courtart Street
Cor. Brattle Street
Scollay Square
Weather forecast and synopsis for New England and national outlook
Weather forecast issued from Washington on March 16 covers fair skies in Maine and Vermont with snow in northern New England, and rain or snow in remaining New England and eastern New York. Cautious signals at Block Island. unsettled weather expected Sunday. Synopsis notes low pressure in Nova Scotia and Mexico, high pressure north of the lakes, variable winds, and recent light snow and rain across the Midwest and East with coldest readings in St Vincent and warmer readings in New Orleans.
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Washington
Maine
New England
New York
Block Island
POST
Vermont
Nova Scotia
Mexico
Lakes
el Paso
Texas
Ohio Valley
Middle States
Philadelphia
Oswego
Detroit
St. Paul
Pittsburg
Grand Haven
Green Bay
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
St. Vincent
New Orleans
Beem
Tuberculin Seen As Key With Climatic Therapy
In the Medical Record from New York Dr. A Jacobi sums up Kochs tuberculin highlighting its potential when combined with climatic treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. He notes many experiments show tuberculin may advance therapy more than any other single remedy aside from climate and selective surgery.
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New York
A. Jacobi
Koch
New Books on Greek and Roman Antiquities Standout
A review outlines William Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities third edition. It notes 800 more pages, 200 new articles, 450 new wood cuts, and substantial rewrites reflecting inscriptions and excavations at Troy Tiryns Olympia and Ephesus. It criticizes practical neglect of epigraphy and archaeology while praising literary treatment and overall value as a standard English reference.
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William Smith
Troy
William Smith, Ll.d
Willian Wayte
M.A
G. E. Marindin
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
London
John Murray
Thirteen Animals Bring $32,635 In Boston Sale
Trotting stock from L. J. Rose arrived in New York and sold thirteen animals for 32,635 dollars, averaging 2,502 dollars each. Notable lots included an 11,000 dollar bay colt by Stamboul Minnehaha and multiple fillies by Stamboul with prices ranging to 1,900 and 1,000 dollars. The sale concluded with remaining consignments and bidding.
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Boston
New York
K L. J. Rose
Stamboul
Minnehaha
J. Malcom Forbes
Georgiana
J. R. Ruppert
Alcazar
J. Hults
Claude Thomas
Paris
K. Ky
Eno T Tale
Electioneer
R. Hoe
City
Tearful departure scene in Speaker Reed room
The New York Evening Post notes a tearful scene in the Washington Speaker's room after adjournment. Republican members, individually and in groups, shook Reed's hand and voiced gratitude and affection as the 275 pound, six foot three leader visibly fought tears and struggled to speak.
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New York Evening Post
Washington
Baltimore American
Mr. Reed
Senator Ingalls
Napoleon
Fontainbleau
Manus
Carthage
Collector Beard Overruled In Fur Skin Duty Case
The United States Board of General Appraisers in New York on March 6 upheld Wotton Bros in the dispute with a Boston collector over Coney Skins. The board affirmed the appellants contention that fur skins not dressed should be admitted free under paragraph 688 instead of the collector’s 20 percent duty classification under paragraph 444.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Board of General Appraisers
Wotton Bros
Boston
Appellants
Cos
Columbia freshmen to row Harvard crew next summer
New York reports Columbia College freshmen have accepted a challenge to race a Harvard freshman crew next summer. General Gordon of the Farmers' Alliance in Atlanta announced his involvement as a United States Senator joining the alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia College
Harvard
General Gordon
Farmers’ Alliance
Atlanta
United States
Brakeman Falls From Moving Car Fractures Arm
John Walsh a Boston and Albany railroad brakeman fell from a car near Huntington avenue Tuesday morning and fractured one arm. He also sustained a severe scalp wound and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. He lives at 27 Myrtle Street Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walsh
Boston & Albany Railroad
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts General Hospital
Myrtie Street
Charlestown
Egyptian Sites and Greek Arts Lecture at New England Conservatory
The Rev. W. Winslow will lecture before the Hyverian Literary Society on Egyptian Sites and Greek Arts. The Bostonian Society will meet Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Old State House Council Chamber where Frank H. Forbes will present a paper on State Street and its surroundings between 1840 and 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Hyverian Literary Society
New England Conservatory of Music
Bostonian Society
Council Chamber
Old State House
Frank H. Forbes
State Street
Settlers Rush Cour dAlene Reservation Lands
Spokane Falls Washington March 6 news reports the passage of a bill opening the Cour d'Alene reservation to settlement has triggered a stampede comparable to the Oklahoma rush. About 2000 men have streamed into Port Falls and Cour d'Alene City near the border, with more settlers arriving each train as they await a presidential proclamation and fear Indian resistance to ceding land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane Fats
Wash
Cour d’Alene
Oklahoma
Port Falls
Cour d’Alene City
Molten metal ladle spills at Amoskeag foundry injuring several men
In Manchester, on March 6, a ladle containing 1000 pounds of molten metal toppled at Amoskeag foundery. Thirty workers were hurt, with Eugene Sullivan and John Sherry among the badly burned but likely to recover. Also noted is the death of ex Senator Joshua Hill of Georgia in Atlanta.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag
Eugene Sullivan
John Sherry
W. H. McKean
N. B. Dearborn
William Ramsay
Patrick King
Arthur Eastman
United States
Atlanta
Joshua Hill
Madison
Georgia
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Best & Belcher
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Cala
Wee
Crown Point
NEW Books
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Morris
Columbia
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Mass
Minnesota
St. Pau, Minn
Senate
Hale
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Chelsea
Miss Ransom
Cour d’Alene Reservation
Scott's
Scott
Arthur P. French
Ee Ee Wilsell
First Mortal
Denver
Curtis Street
Golq
Equitable Building
Edward R. Andrews
F. E. Storey
Atlanta, GA
Atanta
Southern Banking & Trust CO
Aspinwall & Godman
HILL
Hill, Whitney & CO
Pearl Street
WM. c. Stronc
Waban
Barnard Arnties & CO
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