New York Digging Out After Blizzards Wreak Havoc
The March storm paralyzed New York and neighboring states, suspending rail travel and telegraph service. By today many main lines resumed, delays persisted on some routes, and crews work to clear snow. Officials report rising meat prices, improving mail service, and widespread street cleaning as ships report heavy seas and several search and rescue efforts continue along the coast.
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New England
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
British Dominion
New York & New Haven
New Rochelle
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Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
East
New Haven
Bridgeport
Hewitt
Canton
Dak
Dakota
Fargo
Atlantic Sea
Wheat Belt
Axupany
N. Y
Boston & Albany
Pittsfield
Mass
Hudson River Road
American Express
Delaware & Hudson Road
Troy
Fitchburg Road
North Adams
Delaware & Hudson Canal Road
Fitchburg
Povacaxrrisit
Hudson River
New York and
Massachusetts
Newburg
Dutchess & Connecticut
Somerville
Bound Brook
Jersey City
N. J
Union Hill
Carrie Fuss
Lena Mauk
Homestead
Columbia Street
Marritruck
S. J
Samuel Randall
Yahank
Suffolk County
New Brunswick
John Hennman
Milltown
Here
Raritan
Stormy Weather Delays Tell How Railroads Recover
Reports from Boston note minimal local disruption with trains returning to schedule and telegraph lines restoring. Food supplies remain stable, though milk collection slows countrywide. meat and poultry are plentiful. Merchants see limited impact on New England trade, while New York faces greater delays affecting shipments and remittances.
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New York
Boston
Washesington Street
New England
Connecticut
New York State
Minor basement wood fire at 44 Newbury Street
An alarm from Box 9 at 8:21 last night reported a small fire in wood in the basement of 44 Newbury Street rooming with E. A. Dana. No damage was sustained.
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Newbury Street
E. A. Dana
Smallpox Concern Spurs Closures at Cumberland Mills
SACCARRAPPA Me March 15 There is continued excitement over small pox at Cumberland Mills The board of health has closed the rag rooms of Warren Co s paper mills where contagion is suspected and quarantined Libby s boarding house where one case exists Also two private dwellings show one patient each A G Young M D secretary of the state board of health arrived tonight to aid the local board in precautionary measures.
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Saccarrappa
Cumberland Mills
Board of Health
Warren & Co
Paper
Libby
A. G. Young
State Board of Health
Steamers Arrived at New York March Fifteenth
Steamers arrive in New York with Wans & Hurt and Marsajla from Wamburg Lydian Monarch from London Allsa from datmel.
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New York
Wans & Hurt
Marsajla
Wamburg
Lydian Monarch
London
Allsa
Datmel
Late Ship News Sails From New York Harbor
Sailed, steamers Lahn for Tremen Deuark for London Iritwank for Liver pool City of Alexandria for Havana in the late ship news from New York dated March 35 noting departures and destinations of several vessels.
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New York
Lahn
Tremen
Deuark
London
Iritwank
Liverpool
City of Alexandria
Havana
Hartwell Club Dinners Honoring J R Hartwell At Revere House
The Hartwell Club hosted 120 members to honor J R Hartwell with a substantial Revere House dinner. Speakers included Henry P Lovering and ex Senator Alger, toasts by P H Doherty and Bowditch, with a club history recited and remarks by Sholes.
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Hartwell Club
Revere House
Joseph W. Hill
Charles R. Byram
J. R. Hartwell
Henry P. Lovering
United States
Lovering
Cleveland
Alger
Massachusetts
P. H. Doherty
Boston
E. C. Sholes
W. N. Bowditch
990Th Artillery
Weather Forecast From Blue Hill Observatory March 16
For the next twenty four hours fair weather with a rising barometer and northwest wind. High pressure approaches from the west, bringing continued fair conditions. Report by H. H. Clayton, Observer.
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Blue Hill
Royal funeral scenes and imperial greetings abroad
From the Old World reports the Prince of Wales viewing the late Emperor William’s remains and attending funeral ceremonies with Czarowitsch and grand dukes. Streets on Unter den Linden are fully draped, crowds gather, and archways and busts mark the somber pageant. In Vienna, Bismarck praises enduring Franco-Austrian ties amid royal succession notes.
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Bert
Prince of Wales
Czarowitch
Unter den Linden
Winterfield
Count Radolinski
Nicholas
Michael
Emperor William
Reichstag
Prince Bismarck
Count von Moltke
Dead Emperor William I remembered across Europe
Tributes pour in from Britain, Persia, France, Russia, Denmark and Germany as the monarch’s death prompts memorial services. The Crown Prince William’s advised policy favors peace through Russia and just wars, while royal families and governments extend condolences and dispatch envoys to Berlin for the funeral.
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William
Russia
The New Emperor Arrives at Charlottenburg Palace
Berliw March 18 Emperor Frederick refuses a sedan chair ascent strikes two steps at a time writes until 1 a.m. then keeps to routine. He breakfasts with the Empress and children, meets Prince William, and holds long talks with Bismarck. The oath and funeral questions cloud public mood.
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Berliw
Frederick
Charlottenburg Palace
Prince William
Prince Bismarck
Oberhaus
Anerhaus
Charlottenburg
Berlin
Lincoln
Prussia
Frederick III Proclaims Empire in Address to People
The new German Emperor Frederick III pledges to continue the Prussian led unity, honor William I's legacy, and govern with fidelity to the crown. He vows peaceful progress, strength through devotion, and to be a faithful king in happiness and sorrow as he carries out the imperial mission.
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William
Germany
Council of the Nations
Watherland
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick
General Boulanger in Trouble Over Paris Visits
General Boulanger faced disciplinary action for visiting Paris without war office leave on Feb 24, March 2, and March 10, sometimes in disguise. The government decree deprives him of command for the breach. he says he sought to see his ailing wife and rejects ties to republic opponents. John L Sullivan vows to stay in glove contests and returns to Liverpool. Prince Oscar of Sweden wed Miss Munck at Bournemouth with royal guests in attendance. A Danube crossing accident near Neusatz ends in drowning of sixteen wedding party members.
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Paris
Journal
Officiel
Boulanger
War Office
Carnot
General Boulanger
London
John L. Sullivan
Liverpool
Oscar of
Sweden
Miss Munck
Bournemouth
Carl
Eugene
Crown Princess
Denmark
Duchess of Albany
Pastor Bestrow
Stockholm
Neusatz
Hungary
Danube
Coal Barges Wrecked on Ohio River Collision
Navigation on the Ohio River nearly ended after eighteen loaded coal barges, about 400000 bushels valued at 40000 dollars, sank in a wreck near Brown's Island five miles above Steubenville at 2 PM. Towboat Ed Roberts struck a sand bar then Sam Clark and Eagle crashed into the stranded fleet, piling barge upon barge and blocking the channel. Some coal may be recovered in low water, with recent river losses totaling between 75000 and 85000 dollars.
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Prersnure
Penn
Ohio River
Brown’s Island
Steubenville
Ed Roberts
Louisville
Sam Clark
Eagle
Pilin
Indian Outbreak Feared in Northwest Territories
A Winnipeg dispatch reports settlers along the North Saskatchewan foresee a looming Indian outbreak in the far Northwest Territories. The warning underscores growing unrest and potential hostilities in the frontier region.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
North Saskatchewan
Far
Northwest Territories
Four Engines Open New Jersey Division Snow Drift Chase
Four engines pulling two wrecking cars with a hundred men departed Easton Pennsylvania to clear Lehigh Valley line into New Jersey. The party faced heavy snow drifts and made progress until a large drift on a short curve near Three Bridges New Jersey was reached. Speed was increased as the engines pressed through the obstruction.
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Theodore Apgar
South Easton
Cooney Derr
Andrew J. Bullman
Easton
Isaac Pixley, Jr
Apgar
Bullman
William Shields
Morris & Essex Railroad
Washington, N. J
Hackettstown
Baker
Phillipsburg
Stewartsville
New Jersey Central
Hampton
John Unversall
David Freyman
Siegfried’s Bridge
Emays
Penn
Peter Jacoby
Allentown
Wrecks and Losses Amid Strong Storm Offshore Maryland Delaware
A Cambridge Maryland letter dated March 13 reports Lavinia North capsized off Hill Point with Captain James North Sr and James Thomas drowned. Julia Cook of Cambridge lost with all aboard. General Logan wrecked at Castle Haven with Captain C R Eaton and six crew drowned. Snow and fallen trees hindered search. Lewes Delaware notes over a dozen lives lost and 26 vessels wrecked or damaged. Two Philadelphia tugs presumed to have foundered. a British bark blown to sea unlocated for four days.
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Wilamcron
Del
Cambridge
Lavinia North
Hill Point
James North
James Thomas
Cramerick’s Bay
Julia Cook
General Logan
Castle Haven
C. R. Eaton
Lewes
Delaware
Philadelphia
Five Hundred Engineers Strike On Railroads Across US
Five hundred locomotive engineers and firemen on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe struck in midafternoon, halting 8200 miles of rail. Union Pacific engineers returned to work after being told they need not haul Chicago Burlington and Quincy freight. The Reading railroad strike ended with no rehiring of strikers, as the company maintains it will not take them back.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Burlington
Cov&er Brorrs
Union Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Parapetmia
Penn
Reading Railroad
Reading Company
Fatal Explosion Destroys Milwaukee Street Building
An explosion at 174 176 West Walter Street causes a major fire with 425000 in damage and 250000 insured. Firemen buried. Herman Lechner dies of injuries. Cabman Thomas Cleary and others fatally hurt. North wall wrecked. adjacent saloon and Johnson Electric Manufacturing Company building destroyed. Gimbels dry goods damaged. Atkins Ogden & Co cited as principal losers.
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Milwauker
Walter Street
Herman Lechner
Thomas Cleary
Jake Doll
Richard Langton
Johnson Electric Manufacturing Company
Gimbel
Atkins, Ogden & Co
Waldo County Petition and Tax Assessments Update
In Augusta on March 15 the governor and council met as the Waldo county petition for salmon fishing was dismissed pending law court decision Thompson vs Down. They approved printing 6000 Bodwell memorial copies and set railroad tax assessments including Maine Central 47136 10, Boston & Maine 44260 38, Grand Trunk 14618 10, and others across numerous lines and towns.
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Waldo County
Law Court
Grand Trank
Portland & Ogdensburg
Portland & Rochester
New Brunswick
Rumford Falls
Buckfield
Somerset
Sandy River
St. Croix & Penobscot
Bridgton & Saco
Green Mountain
Bangor & Katahain Iron Works
Franklin & Megantic
Monson
York Harbor & Beach
Sebasticook & Moosehead
Old Orchard Beach
Rockport
Portland Horse
Lewiston & Auburn Horse
Beef for the French Army in Denver Contract Award
The Denver cattle trust has signed a contract to supply the French government with 150000 head of beef cattle annually. Details of the price are not public. Shipments will go to Chicago for slaughter.
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Denver
Col
Chicago
Legal contest over Mrs Stewart will in New York
The will dispute of Mrs Cornelia M Stewart widow of A T Stewart opened in New York before Surrogate Ransom. Miss Hosalie Butler cousin of Prescott Hail Butler filed the contest alleging undue influence by ex Judge Hilton in securing the papers.
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Cornelia M. Stewart
A. T. Stewart
New York
Hosalie Butler
Stewart
Prescott Hail Butler
Hilton
Mails and Telegraph Reform After Boston Dispatch Delays
Boston received only a dribble of New York mail since Monday with fourteen pouches and 185 sacks of second and third class matter. Western and Southern mail blocked by storms. Telegraph lines partially restored with eight wires to Albany, six to New Haven, four direct to Buffalo, and four to North Sydney, aiding recovery. Extra workers and boats dispatched to reroute traffic as officials push to clear accumulated mail and resume normal service.
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New York
Old Colony
Fall River
New York City
Jersey City
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston & Albany
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Albany
Springfield
West
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Road
Boston & Alpany
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Norwich
Boston & Albany Road
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Here
New Haven
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Western Mal Telegraph Company
Westo
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North Sidney
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