Treaty Withdrawn by Cleveland on Hawaii Surprise Move
Washington March 0 President Cleveland withdraws the Hawaii treaty sent by Harrison and asks the Senate to transmit the proposal to the executive. Republicans criticise the action while Democrats split. some see opposition to annexation, others expect a new treaty. A commission to Hawaii is discussed and Senate authority for funding noted.
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Washington
Cleveland
Senate of
United States
Hawaii
Senate
Harrison
Arthur
Hawaiian Islands
Hill Visits Cleveland Amid Window of Political Activity
Senator Hill met President Cleveland in a private twenty minute interview at the White House signaling substantial interest beyond routine courtesy. Hill, from New York, arrived with a noted escort, and left with Col. John S. McEwan after the confidential audience as crowds gathered outside the Cabinet room.
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Washington
Senator Hill
President Cleveland
White House
Congressman Rockwell
New York
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Hill
Thurber
Mr. Hill
Loeffler
State of
John 8. McEwan
Buffalo
Stony Brook Gate House Prepares Amid Rising Waters
At 9 o clock last night foreman McLaughlin and crew stood watch as water rose three and a half feet. If rain continues the level may climb further upstream risking overflow. Up district residents express growing worry and call the gate house seeking reassurance and updates.
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Stony Brook Gate House
McLaughlin
Pipe leak causes damage at Avon Street Jordan Marsh Co
A sprinkling pipe on the fifth floor of Jordan Marsh Co on Avon Street broke about 3 o clock yesterday. Water damaged several departments, leaking to the street floor, with quick action to move goods. Principal harm fell on furniture woollen clothing prints quilts blankets and flannels.
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Avon Street
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Electricity in the Service of Man Talk at YMCU
Cary D. Haskins of the General Electric metre department presents a practical talk on electricity at the Young Men's Christian Union. The illustrated lecture at 48 Boylston Street will cover electrical apparatus and applications.
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Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
Cary D. Haskins
Metre Department
General Electric Company
Tufts College Class Dinner at Thorndike
Tufts College class of 18094 dined at the Thorndike last night. President Maliett presided and the toastmaster was Thomas Whittcote. Mr Dickens replied to the toast Athletes and The Ladies were complimented by Mr Henry.
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Tufts College
Thorndike
Maliett
Thomas Whittcote
Dickens
Henry
That's a very lovely baby of yours, Lawson
A brief quoted exchange from Harper's Bazar notes a playful prediction that the baby will become a town crier, suggesting a humorous view of the child's future.
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Lawson
Harper’s Bazar
Fitchburg Petition Spurs Debate Over State Rail Holdings
Petitioners urge State control of the Fitchburg railroad to shield Boston from New York rail influence and preserve competition to the West. Opponents call it speculative and unnecessary, noting current governance by the Governor and council and the unlikelihood of consolidation without a special act.
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Fitchburg
Boston
H. G. Porter
State Streets
H. & L. Chase & Co
New York Railroad
Moses Williams
Third National Bank of
Porter
F. J. Stimpson
New York
Vanderbilt J
S. A. Rortey
Ete Company
Torrey
Fitchburg Road
A Little Red Tape Kills City Horse After Street Crash
A city horse pulling a swill cart on Hanover Street suffered an ankle fracture when a West End electric car struck the animal on a steep grade. The horse stood in pain for about two hours before Ward’s drugs arrived and a bullet ended its suffering. Police and street department offered no authority to shoot, blaming red tape and uncertain responsibility for the accident. Witnesses criticized the crossing attempt on a slick track despite the driver’s alleged misstep.
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Hanover Street
West End
Ward
Ordhe Street Department
Oean
Tne
Notable Boston Art Exhibit and Studio Paintings Ahead
Miss Alice Curtis showcases water colors at her Boylston street studio while Scott Leighton paints a Poland Springs view at 3 Winter street during his exhibition. Leonard's next week sale features private collection works by Gifford, Kness, Appleton Brown, Cole, Johnston and others, plus foreign masters. Abbott Graves maintains a strong studio presence in Studio Building with E W Noyes Bromfield gallery listing rare curios and notable paintings including a Gericault work and Waterman pieces praised as colorist models.
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Alice Curtis
Boylston Street
Scott Leighton
Winter Street
Poland Springs
Leonard
George Kness
J. Appleton Brown
J. Foxcroft Cole
J. B. Johnston
Abbott Graves
E. W. Noyes
Bromfield Street
A.D. Vorce
Geredault
Waterman
Calija
Walker to etch Phillips Brooks portrait for Ticknor & Co
Ticknor and Co plan publishing a new portrait of the late Bishop Phillips Brooks by noted etcher Charles A. Walker. The work, based on the latest photograph, presents Brooks as he appeared in his later years and is praised for its high artistry and likeness to the celebrated divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Ticknor & Co
Bishop Brooks
Charles A. Walker
William M. Hunt
Bernhardt
Divine
Bishop
Ini
Phillips Brooks
Walker
Fisher machine sweeps streets for fast cleaning
The Universal Street Sweeping Machine Company holds the Fisher patents for a new street cleaner. The device sweeps collects and removes dirt as quickly as horses walk, reducing labor and avoiding dirt left on the street after sweeping. It lifts dirt to receptacles on the vehicle and can discharge without shovelling into a dirt cart that goes to the betting ground while sweeping continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Street Sweeping Machine Company
Fisher
Berne
Paine's Furniture Company Rebuilds Showrooms
Immense changes sweep Paine's Furniture at 48 Capul Street. Warerooms cleared in all departments and new rich displays for the coming season are being erected. The forthcoming exhibition will be the finest furniture display yet seen in the city.
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Paine’s Furniture Company
Capul Street
The Hoke Smith Family in Atlanta Society
Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith and his wife Bertie Cobb Smith live in a grand Atlanta mansion with thirteen rooms and a conservatory. Their children Marion, Mary Brent, and Lucy Ermina enjoy dogs, ponies, and chickens. Bertie Cobb Smith, from a prominent Southern family, speaks of open hospitality and the couple’s aim to host Southern friends in Washington.
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Hoke Smith
Mr. Smith
Atlanta
Kennesaw Mountains
Marion
Mary Brent
Lucy Ermina
Mrs. Smith
Cobb
T. R. Cobb
Bertie
Miss Cobb
Harvey Jackson
Athens
Washington
Tuckerman will case ends after two year contest
Judge McKim of the Probate Court decreed the will valid in the Salem case of Samuel Parkman Tuckerman who died at Newport in 1890 leaving over 50000 dollars to his nephew Frederick Tuckerman of Amherst while his daughter Mary was cut out. Miss Tuckerman contested the will claiming her father was insane. the lengthy hearing involved Sir Morrell McKenzie and other witnesses. An appeal is expected.
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Tuckerman
McKim
Probate
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman
Salem
Newport
Frederick Tuckerman
Amherst
Mary
Miss Tuckerman
Europe
Morrell McKenzie
Miss Mckenzie
Sir Morrell
Dr. Tuckerman
Meekim
George 8. Hale
Andrew Fiske
Diplomatic Corps Meet Secretary Gresham at State Department
Washington March 9 The State Department hosted nearly a hundred ministers and charges d affaires at noon as Secretary Gresham greeted the diplomatic corps in the diplomatic parlor. Assistants and aides coordinated the introductions while Baron Fava, dean of the corps, exchanged words with Gresham before the ceremony ended.
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Washington
State Department
Gresham
Presok
Hawaiian Annexation Commission
Wharton
Baron Fava
One Way For Stable Money
A New York cable reports President Cleveland seeking English banks and insurers to take 40 million dollars of U S government bonds kept here for nine months with no realization. The market favors securing 3 1/2 percent interest and holders of consols might swap, but American stock enthusiasm wanes amid doubts on currency stability, tied to silver purchases.
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New York
Cleveland
America
Missing Lady Lampson crew rescued near Palmyra Island
The missing boat from the ill fated bark Lady Lampson wrecked off Palmyra Island on January 16, and its five occupants, were picked up February 12 by the schooner Martha W. Tuft about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu. The Tuft arrived here last evening with the five survivors.
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San Francisco
Lady Lampson
Palmyra Island
Honolulu
Martha W. Tuft
Tuft
Freshet fears as Dedham floods threaten 1886 repeat
Heavy rain and thaw flood Dedham streets with manholes clogged by ice and snow. Charles River overflows its banks, threatening a 1886 like freshet. Post Office darkened, lamps rushed by Postmaster Riley. Transcript office lights fail in parts of town. Fall River also hit by rain and thaw with flooded basements and washouts.
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Dedham
Putnam
Charles
Riley
Transcript
Fall River
Durfee Avenue
Gold Reserve Backs Treasury Stance On Exports
Washington March 9 Treasury reports gold added at several points with New York $100,000 and New Orleans $20,000 for silver certificates. Treasury holds over $3,000,000 in free gold and expects the reserve to grow. Secretary Carlisle may use part of the gold reserve if bonds issuance threatens monetary stability, though no such necessity is anticipated.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
New Orleans
Treasury Department
Carlisle
Chicago
Federal Treasury
First National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Aldrich
Tbrookline Gas Light Company
City of
Boston
Roxbury
Hampden Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Brookling
Brighton
Beacon St
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Chinese Justice: Censors Charge Houng Tehun With Treason
In Pekin the Board of Censors accuses Houng Tehun, ex-minister to Russia and Germany and now a Tsoungli Yamen member, of treason and corruption for ceding Pamir land to Russia. They demand death. the charges stir court politics amid protection by the western Empress Dowager Tsou Hsi and Russian tensions in the Pamirs.
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PEKIN
Board of Censors
Houai Ta Pou
Soun Chia Nai
Houng Tehun
Russia
Germany
Tsoungli Yamen
Council of Foreign Affairs
Pamir
China
Tsou Hsi
Houng Thun
Rule on appointing ex-office holders to stand firm
Representative Springer asked President Cleveland if the rule barring men who have held office under him for four years would prevail and be inflexible. Cleveland confirmed the rule would be substantially firm, with rare exceptions, and indicated it would extend as far as possible to small postmasterships, including fourth-class posts.
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Washington
Representative Springer
Illinois
Cleveland
Springer
Pontes
Sugar Cure Question From Tommy in Harper's Young People
A playful exchange from Harper's Young People features Tom asking if sugar cures anything and Mama asking why he wonders. Tommy quips that he’d like to catch it, illustrating a light moment in the period’s juvenile humor.
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Tom
Tommy
Harper’s
Spring Needs Do Not Forget This In Your Health
The ad urges spring health using Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It cites Mrs Charles Krueger of New York City and Mrs Jenny Anthony of Lynn Massachusetts endorsing relief from malaria kidney liver and dyspepsia with multiple bottle use. The piece promotes strong nerves and general vigor through the remedy.
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Charles Krueger
East 84Th St
New York City
Dr. Greene
Jenny Anthony
Green St
Lynn
Mass
Greene
Temple Pl
Boston
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the Thorndike
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Meaisure
Beecuan
Nlow
Alice Rosina’ Perham
Ingraham
Supreme Court
George F. Perham
Nashua
N. H
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Sarah W. Perham
Perham
Alice
Freak J. Keller
Penfield
E. C. Benedict
Connecticut
Mr. Penfield
New Yor U K
George Woodman
Broadway
Woodman
Buxton
Gorham Academy
Gorham
Portland
Justice
Lagonia
Laconia
Parsons
Austin Corbin
The
New England Railroad
Charles Parsons
Matherson
Nebraska
Adams Express
Bridgeport, Conn
Thayer
Superior Court
Fessenden
Glover
Clapp Spooner
Adams Express Company
Spooner
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N. Y
Maine Supreme Court
Farmington
Haskell
John W. Kennedy
Avon
Eugene Carey
Bangor
Thomas Scott
Jay
H. H. Allen
Democratic Caucus
Albany
King’s County
Byrnes
Terest
Trenton
N. J
Albert Adams
Cape May
Miller
Windsor Hotel
Adams
Milwaukee
Ramadka Bros
Third Street
Cedar
Wells Street
John Kress
Albert Christine
Charles — Rafferty
Florence Donohue
Muskowx
Sebastian Brand
John Gezewski
Adolph Cotten
John Radke
Mrs. Brown
CuHicaco
Archibald Brown
Fuller
Aml
Irs
Feavey
Uushband
Jf. S. Edsall
St. Peter's Episcops“Church
Graceland
Ockefeller
Arley
Brookline Gas Light
Brookline Gas Light Company
Robert Amory
Salvator Beer
Burkhardt Brewing Co
Bottitas Ae
Hallock Street
el. Rox
Gale
Milla
Sam's Kidder
Federal ST
Tibbett
Geo
Burwell
Boston Wharf Co
Boston Postoffice
J.B. Russell
State ST
John Yerenise
Street Department
City Hall
H. H. Carter
Augustus E
Lexington
Massachusetts
Dening Land and Water Company
New Mexico
Deming
Thomas F. Hunt
County of
Grant and Territory of New Mexico
John 8. Manfall
New Haven
Mix
James Baily
East Wallingford
Aylor
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