Oriental Collection ART MANUFACTURES
Morning news briefs cover plans for Deer Island Light Boston Harbor committee report on civil service reform movements progress rumors on Pacific railways commissioners in Washington Whitney approval of Washington Navy Yard plant additions McDonough claim on speaking tele phone priority vs Bell missionary firearms Alaska Treasury Department ruling Boston Heosac Tunnel Western railroad loop Boston bishop consecration Providence funeral Trinity Chapel actor Agnes Herndon poisoning case Rahway identity Newark Mary Malbey Indian lands act decision McKean Danvers Methuen sale furniture Potentials on trunk lines commission pay abolition rail ticket sales national builders organization Worcester strike contact Bridges Old Colony line inspection Robinson poisoning bail Cambridge aldermen switchman shot near Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Island
Boston Harbor
National Civil Service Reform League
Pacific Railways
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Washington
Whitney
Washington Navy Yard
McDonough
Bell
Alaska
Treasury Department
Boston
Heosac Tunnel
J. B. Barry
National Executive Board
Worcester
Old Colony
Thomas L. Smith
Robinson
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Waltham
Dauntless Captain Leaves Vessel Over Abusive Treatment
Captain Samuels abandons the yacht Dauntless amid alleged owner abuse. The report notes fears for a Newfoundland sealing steamer with 200 workers, while distress affects the colony. Helene Hastreiter accepts the Boston Symphony Society offer. An assassination attempt targets the Czar. Prince Bismarck comments on Reichland neutrality. Alsace Lorraine legislation to return to the Reichstag. Morley condemns the Irish crimes bill as outrageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuels
Dauntless
Newfoundland
Helene Hastreiter
Boston Symphony Society
Prince Bismarck
Reichland
Alsace-Lorraine
Reichstag
Morley
Weather and society notes from the city
Fair and warmer weather today. Brighton cattle quarantine to continue. April 2 meeting of Normal Music Teachers Association. Funeral for Charles E Sellon marine editor of the Advertiser. Preparations for the Kirmess fundraiser by the Woman's Union. Boston stone masons join International Union. Disappearance of two stowaways from Liverpool. Homeopathic Hospital corporators hold important meeting. Goddard Association annual ball. Ward 1 Republicans form club. Norfolk Club dinner with two hundred ladies. Captain F W Greene reads on Our Coast Defences at the Massachusetts Reform Club. Stock market active but irregular. West End Land, Chicago, Kansas & Western, Mexican Central notes. Union Pacific stockholders elect officers and approve the Dragon Navigation lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Normal Music Teachers’ Association
Charles E. Sellon
The
Advertiser
Kirmess
Woman's Union
Boston Stone Masons
International Union
Liverpool
Homeopathic Hospital
Goddard Association
Norfolk
F. W. Greene
United States
Massachusetts Reform Club
West End Land
Chicago
Kansas & Western
Mexican Central
Union Pacific Stockholders
Dragon Navigation
Bishop Harkins Consecration Set in New Cathedral
Provence reports Bishop Harkins will be consecrated in the new cathedral on April 14 with Archbishop John J. Williams of Boston officiating. Assisting bishops are B P OReilly of Springfield and Lawrence iiohtahon of Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harkins
Provence
John J. Williams
Boston
B. P. Oreilly
Springfield
Lawrence Iiohtahon
Hartford
Attempted Assassination Reported Against the Czar
Authentic reports from St. Petersburg state a fresh attempt on the Czar’s life occurred at the Gatschina palace yesterday. The Czar escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevuix
St. Petersburg
Gatschina Palace
Funeral of Mr Travers and yacht captain dispute headlines
The article covers the funeral of William Riggin Travers at Trinity Chapel in New York with notable mourners and a royal-toned tribute from clubs. It also reports Captain Samuels quitting the Dauntless after a dispute with owner Caldwell H. Colt, and his plan to sail the Adriatic to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Speciau
Bermuda
Trinity Chapel
William Riggin Travers
Little
Twenty-fifth — Street
Travers
W. R. Travers
John Travers
William
J. McGwinni
The
Stock Exchange
New York Athletic Club
Swope
Thomas Sill
Spredan
Queenstown
Mail and Express
Samuels
Dauntless
Caldwell H. Colt
Mr. Colt
Captain Samuels
Fire Island
Colt
Iquay
White Star Line
Adriatic
New York Yacht Club
Morley denounces Irish crimes bill as coercion and misrule
Mr Morley told the Liberal Radical Union that the Irish crimes bill's venue change provision is a malignant coercion aimed at curtailing justice. He warned the government misreads Irish sentiment and that the bill would empower magistrates and worsen boycotting, tenant safeguards, and national honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpowx
Morley
Liberal
Radical Union
Liberal Party
Radical Party
National League
League
Ireland
England
Bismarck speaks on Alsace Lorraine and war fears
The Belgium paper La Meuse reports Bismarck said Germany would keep Alsace Lorraine as part of the empire, since neutral provinces require armed defense. He warned war could come, but suggested preparations remain prudent. Legislation to restore pre 1879 status for Alsace Lorraine follows in Reichstag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bressers
Belgium
la Meuse
Bismarck
Berlin
Reichland
Alsace- Lorraine
Germany
France
Prince Bismarck
Pope
Brrr
Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
Reform League's View of Civil Service Reform and Cleveland
A National Civil Service Reform League report assesses the reform movement's aims and Cleveland's position. It argues for uniform standards across states, reviews New York and Massachusetts progress, and urges transparent grounds for suspensions and removals while cautioning against inflated expectations of immediate, universal reform.
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League
Movement For Reform
Cleveland
New York
Reform
Hhis
The
Reform League
New England
Maryland
Indiana
Mississippi
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Baltimore
Sre
Congress
House of Congress
Our Coast Defences Debate at Reform Club Dinner
Massachusetts Reform Club dinner discusses coast defences. Captain Greene warns of lacking fortifications and heavy coastline risk. discussion includes costs, home steel supply, and need for congressional funding. Attendees include Saltonstall, Forbes, Morse, Russell, Barker, Lyle, Hale, and Hoar.
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William Everett
Massachusetts Reform Club
Parker
F. W. Greene
United States Engineers
John M. Forbes
Saltonstall
George A. Gillespie
Leopold Morse
T. O. Sullivan
U.S. A
John E. Russell
Lyle
Edward Burnett
A. S. Barker
U.S. N
George S. Hale
E. H. Clement
Phineas Pierce
Hamilton A. Hill
Harvey N. Shepard
A. A. Pope
Greene
Dr. Everett
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Lakes
Congress
Boston
New England
Wilkes
Trent
New York
Alabama
State House
City Hall
Spain
England
Fortification Board
Greene Long
William C. Endicott
Everett
Pennsylvania
Forbes
A. 8. Barker
U. 5S. N
America
Russia
Samuel M. Quincy
Washington
Randall
Army
Navy
Sherman Hoar
Boston Hoosac Western plans loop around mountains
Albany N Y March 30 The Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Western railway proposes an extension from Northampton to Bardwell's Station crossing the Deerfield River then along the river to the Hoosac tunnel and aidan railroad Eleven miles long Readsboro road would reach Hartwellville V6 then to the eastern terminus forming a loop north of the mountains about forty miles of new tracks would be needed and readsboro widening discussed President Smith plans depend on relations with Fitchburg New Haven Northampton Boston and Lowell and Central Massachusetts roads
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allbany
N. Y
Lorctan
Troy & Boston Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railroad
Canal Railroad
Northampton
Bardwell’s
Deerfield
Aden Railroad
Readsboro
Hartwellville
Distress in Newfoundland Rumor Eagle Sealing Steamer Lost
In St Johns Newfoundland March 30 fears spread that the sealing steamer Eagle under Jackman may be lost with 200 hands after leaving port with boilers failing and leaks. The collapsing seal fishery worsens island wealth pressures while the government faces a record deficit approaching three quarters of a million in the upcoming Assembly budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joan’s
N. F
Eagle
Jackman
National Association of Builders Formed at Chiaco
A national organization to be named The National Association of Builders of the United States was adopted at Chiaco. Members include incorporated builders exchanges representing employers in building trades. Next convention scheduled for February 1888 in Cincinnati. Officers elected: President J Milton Blair. VPs John S Stevens and Edward E Scribner. Secretary William H Sayward. Treasurer J J Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiaco
Meeting of Builders
National Association of Builders of the
United States
Cincinnati
J. Milton Blair
John S. Stevens
Philadelphia
Edward E. Scribner
St. Paul
William H. Sayward
Boston
J. J. Tucker
New York City
Body Identified Mary Malbey Newark Girl Murdered in Rahway
Rahway New Jersey March 80 Special The murdered girl was identified today as Mary Malbey formerly of Newark and an inmate of the Newark City Home Superintendent Harrison identified the photograph Mrs Winans of Elizabeth who employed Mary in January also identified it The girl was committed to the home from Newark her parents are dead two years She was paroled from the reformatory to go to work and drifted into bad associations in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahway
N. J
Harrison
Newark City
Mary Malbey
Eliza Goodwin wills and probate filing in New York
Mrs Nat Goodwins will was filed for probate by Thomas J Purdy with Andrews Purdy. It provides 8000 to her London mother Eliza Smith and the residue to husband N C Goodwin Jr with E B Callender of Boston as executors. Purdy estimates the personal estate near 650000 plus substantial real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Weathersby
New York
Speciar
Nat Goodwin
Thomas J. Purdy
Andrews & Purdy
Eliza Smith
London
England
N. C. Goodwin, Jr
E. B. Callender
Boston
Purdy
Goodwin
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Newport
Mr. Morley
National Administration
O’brien
Police Department
Bureau of Statistics
Board of Police
Commonwealth
Brooklyn
Low
Iseo
Captain Greene
Reform Club
Barker
Congressmen
Russell and
Morse
Captain Lyle
Aes Coop
Orehans
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Committee
Indianapolis
Post Office Department
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
Rahway, N. J
Newark
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