Local Market and Rail News Highlight Busy Week
The MAR and foreign markets show activity with noted movements across commodities and currencies. Rail matters feature schedule updates and freight notes as shipping lanes report steadier demand. Obituaries and marriages are listed among local records alongside mining notes and real estate bids in continuing coverage.
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Dinners at the White House and Political Potshots
Contemporaries note six wines at White House dinners and chafe at minister to England's closeness to Mr Dear Granville. Senator Hale seeks GOP Campaign Chair, Blaine not favored. Fiscal year surplus may total 150 million, guiding jobbers profits. Mrs Mary Hull seeks Hartford bar admission. court fate unclear. Minnesota constitution permits impeachment for corrupt conduct. Senate finds drunkenness falls under corrupt conduct and votes to impeach Judge Cox.
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Political circus looms over Manitoba directory feud
Ottawa expects a lively political clash as factions in the Manitoba Southwestern directory split between the Canadian Pacific syndicate aligned with the government and the opposing Northern Pacific. In Canada rail questions often drive party formation, so the opposition may back the Northern Pacific.
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Gloucester collectorship note hints at hidden appointment
A Cape Ann Advertiser special correspondent reports pressure around the Gloucester collectorship. The piece argues the expected appointee cannot be named yet and warns premature disclosure could delay Massachusetts appointments, suggesting possible political blind spots and a Bowman connection.
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Dorsey’s Health Rumors Stir Star Route Fight
Col. George Bliss claims Dorsey fled to New Mexico to dodge charges and urged arrest. The New Mexico paper counters that Dorsey traveled for health, predicting his death within days. Washington officials suspect a hoax while Dorsey still serves as secretary of the Republican National Committee and remains capable.
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Waterfront bill veto spurs outrage over New Jersey railways
The waterfront bill vetoed by Gov. Ludlow would grant five miles of water frontage to railroads and the Hoboken Land Improvement Co. Taxpayers already shoulder heavy taxes as rail interests own $70 million in Jersey City and Hoboken real estate. Angry property owners threaten action. lawmakers linked to the bill face public fury and potential harsh retribution.
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Longfellow Dies After Peritonitis at 75 in Cambridge
The obituary recalls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dying of peritonitis after a period of illness marked by alternating consciousness. Family and close friends attended private services at his residence then at Appleton Chapel. The report includes details of his final hours, funeral proceedings at Mount Auburn and the church, and notes on his marriage to Mary Appleton, plus reflections on his life and lineage.
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Trial of Crow Dog Ends in Guilty Verdict in Sioux Murder
A St Paul despatch reports Crow Dog found guilty for the murder of Spotted Tail in a case drawing U S Supreme Court review. The trial raised knotty evidentiary questions, many witnesses being Sioux, with interpreter needed. The incident followed a Sioux national feud and a constitutional fight over Indian law.
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Cabinet Moves At White House Seavey Likely Navy Post
Special Despatch reports strong push by Republican Committee for W E Chandler to be Secretary of the Navy with Senate action possible Tuesday. Teller expected interior post to aid Camerlo and Logan. Kirkwood’s tenure seen as limited as changes to clerical staff anticipated. Cunningham seeks Gloucester collector post while Beard appointment looms in days.
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Lowell bill backing petition from New York Board of Trade
The New York board of trade and transportation sent a petition to Congress urging passage of Judge Lowell Massachusetts bankruptcy bill. It notes 2000 firm names signed quickly and argues for equality economy and uniformity, warning against the Equity scheme and citing interstates commerce. The report also covers star routes costs and trials in Maryland, funeral of Rear Admiral Gustavus H Scott, and brief notes on congressional inaction and Alaska arms requests.
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Destructive Richmond Conflagration Claims One Life
A major Richmond fire on March 26 destroyed the southern bridge area and several tobacco factories, with one death and multiple injuries. The blaze, driven by strong winds, consumed T. B. Rutherford & Co. and others, causing an estimated loss of $500,000 to $600,000, much uninsured, and forcing aid requests to Washington. Local casualties included a 15 year old boy killed by a collapsing wall and several escaping workers injured.
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Diplomatic Row on Peru Guano Affair Deepens
Special despatch reports Secretary of State informing the House Foreign Affairs Committee of Minister Morton's reply to the Peru Chile nitrate inquiry. Morton asserts no US intervention entanglement while details reveal a six year clause tied to US mediation, with Credit Industriale seeking stability and Morton Bliss & Co. pressure to remain bound.
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The Great Flood Desolation Along Lower Mississippi
Report from New Orleans dated March 26 describes rising floodwaters across Baton Rouge and the Grosse Tete region with levee breaches endangering the sugar district, widespread destitution, refugee crowds, and livestock losses. Vicksburg notes a drop in river level while towboats reach St. Louis with survivors and a sinking vessel, Iron Mountain.
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Real Estate and Memorial Notes From Local News
Real estate activity rises with many new houses planned this season including two by J P Russell on Cross street near Ferry and another by J Edward Knowlton on Cedar street plus a five thousand five hundred ninety five square foot sale on Lynn street to Dayla Kellogg. A proposal to move Boston and Maine railroad machine shops from Lawrence to Oak Grove is mentioned. A memorial service for poet Longfellow is reported with readings and recitations. Brief items note perfect punctuality at West school, upcoming Teachers Association meeting, botanical lecture by Frank S. LoS, a near finish of the drawing school term with a public exhibition planned, a Whittier paper by G B Hatch at a Boston convention, Centre school alumni meeting, First parish annual meeting, and upcoming Sunday school officer elections.
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Silver Wedding at Dr. Martin Home on Oakland Chestnut
On Saturday evening a large party visited Dr. Martin at the corner of Oakland and Chestnut to celebrate the 26th anniversary of his marriage. Friends presented an office chair from Malden and Medford, with many neighbors and Oakland club members offering best wishes.
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Sermon Remembers Roxbury's 1631 Church Founding Legacy
Rev J G Brooks at Eliot Square Unitarian Church commemorates the 250th anniversary of Roxbury's first established society. He cites Cotton Mather and passages about Wells and Eliot, praising their efforts for education and Native outreach while noting dates, debates on founding, and the persistence of historical memory.
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Native American Visitors Attend Church and Gather at Cambridge
Native American delegates visited Cambridge with Prof. Putnam to tour the college grounds hear lectures on North American archaeology and attend athletic events. The party met city officials, enjoyed Sunday services at South Congregational church, and shared in prayers and songs led by Rev. Hale and Mr. Cushing. They planned further visits to Deer Island and to musical events, bridging cultural exchange with hospitality at Hotel Cargill.
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Change in Boston Daily Advertiser Ownership Contained in Incorporation Papers
Articles of incorporation reveal a group led by James L. Little K F Waters S L Thorndike James Lawrence Alphonso Ross George Putnam George O Shattuck Charles F Dunbar Er W Gurney plan to reorganize the Boston Daily Advertiser from an association to a corporation. Shares bought with aid from Oliver Ames. George Putnam holds them in trust awaiting decisive action. current management to continue briefly.
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