Grand Trunk chief denies Ottawa subsidy claim in press clash
Montr real report details Grand Trunk railway general manager Mr Sergeant refuting Sir Charles Tupper s assertion in a Toronto Empire piece of March 20 He says no subsidy was promised or requested and he kept notes of the February 25 conference asserting errors in the earlier statement by Sir Henry Tyler and Hector Cameron as to what occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Macdonald
Cameron
Sergeant
Henry ‘Tyler
Grand Trunk
Charles Tupper
Seargent
Grand Trunk Railway
Gran Trunk Railway Company
Edmondston & Salisbury
Seargeant
Boston Stableboard Rate Increase Sparks Meeting
Stable keepers of Boston area met at Young's Saturday evening and voted to raise horse boarding from six to seven dollars per week due to higher grain costs. The change reflects ongoing rises in feed and care expenses impacting horse owners in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
Young’s
O'Malley the New Orleans detective at Memphis hotel
Memphis reports reveal O'Malley, accused of bribery, registered under an assumed name and claims he will expose Mafia operations. He says he aided in the Clay statue affair and traveled from Houston to Corsicana, Brinkley, and Memphis with plans to return to New Orleans. Indictments for bribery loom as grand jury probes Hennessey murder. Italian threats and mob mood widen across New Orleans and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
O’malley
New Orleans
Houston
Tex
Corsicana
Brinkley
Ark
Matranga
Mafia
Hennessey
New Onveans
James Cooney
Thomas P. McCrystal
O'Malley
Canada
Toronto
Ont
United States
Michael Basso
Troy
N. Y
New England Club
Young
Parkerson
Canton Mystery Man Found Hanged Near Canton Corners
Canton March 22 Nathan Crane found a man hanging in his barn. The unidentified 22 year old, about 6 feet 5 inches, with brown hair and beard, wore a brown diagonal coat and gray underflannels. He appeared not to be a tramp and may have been seen near Canton Corners between 11 and 12 o'clock. Medical Examiner Holmes notified.
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Canton
Nathan Crane
Crane
Holmes
Canton Corners
Alliance Campaign Opens in New England With Simpson
Rep. Jerry Simpson leaves for New England on March 23 to join Ralph Beaumont of the Citizens' Alliance. The Alliance campaign opens in Concord New Hampshire Wednesday evening with speeches in Manchester Augusta and Portland through the weekend and a Parker House Boston conference with Grange and labor groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
New England
Washington
Jerry Simpson
Boston
Ralph Beaumont
Citizens’ Alliance
Concord
N. H
Simpson
Manchester
Augusta
Portland
Parker
Supreme Court Upholds Commercial Agency Cash Deposit Law
Sioux Falls March 22 The State Supreme Court upheld the constitutional requirement for commercial agencies doing business in the state to deposit 50000 in cash with the State Treasurer as a guarantee fund for judgments from mis representation of firms credit Bradstreet withdrew after the law's effective date while RK G Dun Co challenged the act arguing interstate commerce protections The case will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
8. D
State Supreme Court
Bradstreet
RK. G, Dun & Co
United States Supreme Court
Parnell Boycotted Meeting Sparks North Sligo Riots
Dusuth March 22. Priests denounce Parnell meeting as boycott ensues. Mayor and Sheriff skip event while Parnell repeats remarks. Riots flare at Tiroragh with police intervention. In Dusuth a Cork election confab discusses resignations amid sharp exchanges. Parnellite attacks continue in Sligo market clash with Harrington assaulted before police separation.
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Parnell
Tiroragh
Dusuth
Cork
Maurice Healy
Accidental Death Verdict In Utopia Disaster
In Gibraltar March 22 a jury found the Utopia disaster caused accidental death after a three hour deliberation. Captain McKeague stated the sequence of events including ording half speed then slow, and misjudging the Anson’s ram due to strong currents and water depth. The first and third officers supported his actions. Twenty eight jurors ruled the death accidental. One hundred bodies recovered. relief sums collected. 182 survivors returned to Naples aboard the Assyria.
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Utopia
McKeague
Relief Committee
Naples
Assyria
Bombardment Reported at Antofagasta by Insurgents
A Chilian report from Buenos Ayres dated March 22 says Antofagasta is being bombarded by Hampure insurgents. It adds that the Chilian government has purchased several fast steamers through Hamburg agents to be outfitted as cruisers to fight the insurgents.
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Buenos Ayres
Antofagasta
Hampure
Hamburg
Senator Weber Sinks After Lashing Gale Strands Crew
The Swedish ship Senator Weber, Captain Winck, sailing from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, took heavy gale damage off the English coast. After being dismasted and leaking, she sank on March 11 while attempting to rescue the schooner Logo, drowning fourteen crew members.
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London
Senator Weber
Winck
Cardiff
Rio Janeiro
England
Winek
Indications That a Formal Treaty Has Been Concluded
Despatches received by the foreign office from St. Petersburg point to a concluded formal treaty. The report notes developments from Berui dated March 22 and reflects cautious government confirmation of an accord. Officials did not release full terms but indicated diplomatic progress and near agreement among negotiating powers.
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Berui
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
France and Russia Finalize Alliance in Paris Accord
The long contested treaty text from 1887 gains the Czar's approval, completing a formal alliance with France. As a corollary, President Carnot receives the grand cordon of the Order of St. Andrew, a decoration once reserved for sovereigns connected to Russia.
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France
Russia
Paris
Carnot
Order of St. Andrew
Prince Bismarcks Candidacy Faces Liberal Support
In Bern on March 22 the National Liberal committee backed Prince Bismarck for Reichstag at Geestemunde with April 15 election date set. Socialists nominate Herr Schmalfeldt and Progressist Herr Waltemath to oppose him. The Emperor’s visits to Minister von Boetticher heightened tensions as he shows support for the minister, while easing prospects of improved ties with Bismarck waning.
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Bern
National Liberal Party
Prince Bismarck
Geestemunde
Herr Schmalfeldt
Herr Waltemath
von Boetticher
Newfoundland Arbitrators Vote Confidence in Government
Rome and Paris dispatches report the Italian Chamber of Deputies approving the government during the budget debate by 256 to 98. Admiral Peyron was named president of the French Senate commission to study Newfoundland convention questions. The Pope announces the reestablishment of the Vatican observatory donation and praises scientific progress.
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Paris
Admiral Peyron
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
Noble Fall River matron Mary Young dies at 76
Mrs Mary Brayton Young of Fall River dies at 1 20 am in her 77th year famed as mother of Bradford Durfee and donor of the 750 000 Durfee High School gift to the city Her wealth centered in Durfee Mills and local trusts She endowed a high school deed with stipulations and a 60 000 fund Funeral likely Thursday industries may close in her memory
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Fane River
Mary Brayton Young
Bradford Matthew Chaloner Durfee
Durfee
Yale College
South Somerset
Mass
Fall River
Israel Brayton
Miss Anthony
David Anthony
Bradford Durfee
Joshua Young
Andover
North Main Street
Durfee Mill Corporation
B. M. C. Safe Deposit Company
First National Bank
Old Colony Railroad
Fall River & Providence Steamboat Company
American Linen Company
Themerican Printing Company
Fall River Manufactory
Granite, Mechanics
Metacomet, Pocasset, Sagamore, Troy and
Union Mills
John 8. Brayton
Hezekiah Brayton
Elizabeth Brayton
Dwight Hitchcock
New York
B. M. A. Durfee High School
Eliot
Harvard
Young
First Congregational Church
Political Corruption Allegations Hit Brockton Chief Appointment
Brockton on March 22 reports Mayor Keith vetoed the plan to appoint a permanent fire chief. He charged attempts to pledge City Council candidates to back measures favoring certain men. A council committee to investigate was set for Monday, with members from both branches to act. The public awaits the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Henry Winthrop Gray Named Receiver of United Lines
Henry Winthrop Gray was appointed receiver of the United Lines Telegraph Company by Judge Ingraham in a foreclosure suit filed by Farmers' Loan & Trust Company. The bond is fixed at $25,000.
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United Lines
New York
Henry Winthrop Gray
United Lines Telegraph Company
Ingraham
Superior Court
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Easter Millinery at Jordan Marsh
Choicest pattern hats and bonnets from Paris modistes. Large assortment of trimmed hats and bonnets designed by our artistic trimmers. Full range of millinery rooms with new materials ribbons laces passementeries ornaments and standard trimmings. Imported French flowers are described as indescribably beautiful and the largest in the United States in any retail house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
The Dead Actor Private Funeral in New York
The Broadway Theatre closed for mourning as Lawrence Barrett lies in state. Funeral plans set for Windsor Hotel with Rev Father Sherman officiating and private family burial in Cohasset. Updated tributes arrive from actors and officials as Booth and Barrett Company adjust performances.
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New York
Broadway
Lawrence Barrett
Mr. Booth
Mr. Barrett
Marshall P. Williams
Barrett
Boston
Bromley
Booth and Barrett Company
Windsor Hotel
Sherman
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York Press Club Building Fund
Shakspere
Lawrence
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Secretary Bookcase Promised As Durable Value
Strong, beautiful and versatile secretary bookcase offered at 17 dollars. Described as well made with three shelves holding 90 volumes, a spacious writing desk, locked cabinet, drawer, bevelled French plate mirror and ample shelf space. Guarantee and stamped backing stress quality even as cheaper options exist.
Army and Navy Gazette reports reorganization and transfers
The retiring board at New York is dissolved and a new army retiring board appointed. Captain Edward S. Godfrey of the Seventh Cavalry receives four months leave. Second lieutenants Alfred C. Merillat and Maurice G. Krayenbuhl are reassigned to new artillery vacancies. Engineers William W. Harts and Robert McGregor promoted to replace officers. Major Albert B. Kauffman granted three months leave. The board details list Colonels Otis and Alexander among others. Governor Bulkeley seizes access to rooms with a crowbar after a locked door incident in Hartford.
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Washington
Sreerait
Edward
Godfrey
Seventh Cavalry
Secretary of War
Alfred C. Merillat
Fifth Artillery
Buckman
Maurice G. Krayenbuhl
Fourth Artillery
Stone
Corps of Engineers
William W. Harts
Shunk
Robert McGregor
Lucas
Twentieth Infantry
Charles I. Alexander
Richard Loder
Johnson V. D. Middleton
Wiliam L. Haskin
Caton Martin B. Hughes
Ninth Cavalry
A. Nava R. Couden
Atlanta
Bureau of Ordnance
W. 8. Moore
Bureau of Steam Enineering
J. P. Mickley
William H. Driggs
Policeman Shocked by Dangling Telephone Wire in New York
Police Officer James J. Kiernan of the Eleventh Precinct touched a hanging wire at Hester and Chrystie streets and was knocked senseless. He suffered burns to the right hand and neck, was treated at Gouverneur Hospital, and later sent home. The wire, a broken Metropolitan Telephone Company line, fouled a live electric wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Kiernan
Eleventh Precinct
Hester and Chrystie Streets
Howard
McAdam
Eldridge Street
Hester Street
Gouverneur Hospital
United States Iluminating Company
Metropolitan Telephone Company
Indian Commissioner Morgan Denies Resignation Demand
In Puttapgetratta Penn on March 22 Indian Commissioner Morgan, visiting the city, says he has heard no word from President Harrison about demanded resignation over Catholic teachers. He cites only the Green Bay agent replacement and a Catholic sister’s dismissal as a single local incident, and states no religious discrimination in teacher appointments.
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Puttapgetratta
Penn
Morgan
Harrison
Washington
Jennings
Green Bay
Wis
Kelsey
Widowed Soldier Turns Beggar After Robbery on Bowery
Ernest Vogel, a veteran who served five years in the Northern army and three years in the navy, was jailed six months for begging from a civilian officer. He traveled from Hampton, Virginia, seeking a pension of 2000 dollars and recalled a life of past prosperity, including a 7000 dollar loss to a trusted brother, with history at the Soldiers Home in Augusta, Missouri, and a prior stint as a New York merchant in 1857.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Vogel
Blackwell’s Island
Vogel
Navy
Army
York
Hampton
Bowery
National Soldeirs
Augusta
San Francisco
Steamers Arrived and Sailed in March Atlantic News
Shipping notices list numerous arrivals by Boston New York Philadelphia Newport and Liverpool from March 21 to 22 with vessels from London Bremen Havre Amsterdam and Glasgow plus departures to Hamburg London and Havre. Reports include cargo details and late ship notices such as Amy D Lewellyn discharging coal for Western Counties railway.
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Boston
Cephalonia
Liverpool
Navarro
London
Embleton
Danizic
Ortland
New York
Fulda
Bremen
Rotterdam
Amstersdam
Philadelphia
Montana
Swansea
Halifax
Steinhoeft
Hamburg
Antwerp
Gothenburg City
Newport
Boston City
la Bretagne
Havre
Rave
Lons
Don
Servia
Amsterdam
Dover
Burgermeister
Petersen
Paula
Kehrwieder
Glasgows
British Empire
Lizard
la Gascogne
Portland Bill
Ontario
New
Dpejly
Harry Stewart
Trentony
Cuba
Alao Seh
Seraphine
Amy D. Lewellyn
Pausboro
Western Counties Railway
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Tallapoosa
Globe Bldg
Leonard & CO
Turkey
Shiraz
Afghanistan
Daghestan
Carrabak
Khiva
Bohkara
Kazak
Ispahan
Causeway St
Geo. H. Lloyd
Washington, St
Bromfield St
Province Court
Providence
KR. J
Narraganset Electric Lighting Company
Henry Hilton
William Libbey
A. T. Stewart & Co
Charles Fortin Foe
Pees Ae
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Samuel Atherton
Sony Fenno
Cyrus P. Beebe
Nee
Suez
Samuel Carr
Stephen M. Crosby
ME Jones
Benjamin F
Moses Kimball
Henry A. Rice
Frask
M. Beenouds
Edward Whitney
Frank W. Reynolds
Page
Len
Oxford
Cambridge
Bismarck
Weber
Antofagadis
Dublin
Frederick B. Taylor
Hart
Brooke Herford
Arlington Street
Alexander Young
Minot J. Savage
Howard MacQueary
Are
Wilbur F. Dame
O.A. Taft
Point Shirley
Prang Art Educational Couter
Ence
AZO
Levi C. Wade
A. 5
Gumphart
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Sir Charles Tupper
Gran Trunk
Melvin
R. Hollings &Co
Washington St
Adamslouse
Ins. CO
J. T. Phelis
State Age, Et. Dev
Lew Orleans
Jerry
South Dakota
Captain McKeague
The
Queenstown
Timothy
William Lane
Timothy Healy
Fox
Brighton
Galway
Sigley
Timothy Harrington
Mr. Harrington
Market Place
Emperor
General Foreign News
Newfoundland
Jordan, Marsh
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Cohasset
Army and Navy Gazette
Bulkeley
Harbrord
Conn
Capitol
Staub
New Boas Sewing Macnuxe
Tremont Street
Paine
Canal ST
South Wes Side
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