Consolidation talk and rail deals capas reform headline
Governor Pillsbury denies selling the Seo road noting only a consolidation plan with the Soo and other lines, while a traffic arrangement with Canadian Pacific links Consoli dated line and M S S Marie to provide through passenger and freight service. A Providence dispatch reports a new bridge across the Thames at New London by NYP&B to replace the ferry, steel spans, and a long three year build with wide ship passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury
Minnesota
Soo
Minneapolis & Pacific
Aberdeen & Bismarck
Canadian Pacific
Consolidated
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Thames
New London
New York
Navy Yard
Gage
Dept of Man
Winthrop’s Point
A. J. Heath
Piteuburg
New Brunswick Railroad
St. John
W Heath
W Heath’s Long Service In Theassenger Departments of the Ester, Boson & Maine
Boston & Lowell
Fitchburg
Heath
Charles P. Clark
New Haven
Northern Pacific Railway
Cascade Range of
Tacona
Tacoma
W.T
Northwest
Hoosac
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad
Keeler Co Sacrifices Cretonnes and Velours Stock
Keeler and Co offers last season Cretonnes and Velours at reduced prices as summer approaches. The stock features rich colors and designs, with options affordable for humble households or refined enough for those with fastidious tastes. All items are plainly marked and prices are compared after a 10 percent deduction by rival houses.
New England and Eastern New York Weather Outlook
Washington reports a 24 hour forecast starting 7 pm May 7. warmer conditions in New England and eastern New York, then cooler with fair weather. Light to fresh westerly winds shifting to variable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
New York
First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery reception by President Cleveland
A list mentions the Philadelphia and Reading railroad disaster with light lives lost, thirty injured, twelve cars wrecked, and seventeen buildings destroyed. It also notes a duel in Lima Valley, New Mexico, where Mary Le Moore shot and killed rival Sarah Bolton after a confrontation over a cowboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Reading
First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association
Cleveland
Lima Valley
N. M
Mary le Moore
Sarah Bolton
Whitman
Miss le Moore
Schooner Edward E Webster Lost Near Cape Horn
Gloucester May 6 Special A telegram from Captain John Harris reports the schooner Edward E Webster lost near Cape Horn after leaving Gloucester October 27 with Mollie Adams for Seattle. Built Essex 1876, ninety tons, owned by Solomon Jacobs and insured by Boston Marine Insurance Company. dismasted at Montevideo after January 19 departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
John Harris
Edward E. Webster
Cape Horn
Webster
Mollie Adams
Seattle
W.T
Montevideo
Solomon Jacobs
Essex
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Steamers Sailed From Liverpool to North America Today
In Loxpon on May 6, steamers Roman sailing from Liverpool to Boston and Canopus leaving Liverpool for Montreal set courses today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Roman
Liverpool
Boston
Canopus
Montreal
Maritime arrivals and departures list from May 5
Shipping news chronicles multiple passenger and cargo movements across world ports including Boston Bristol Ibremen Havre Liverpool London Vort Said Yokohama New Orleans Philadelphia New York Montreal St Kitts St Jago/Nassau and other routes with destinations from Baltimore San Francisco Hong Kong Vera Cruz and more detailing vessel names such as City of Rio de Janeiro Bernard Hall and Restormel along with origin points like New York Liverpool Havre and Gibraltar. The expanse shows diverse lines indicating transatlantic and Asia-Pacific departures and arrivals on various dates in early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Wee
Wyortland
Northfield
Boston
Clear Brook Island
Eee
Albany Settee
New York
Philadelphia
Nantucket
Norfolk
Hatteras Eee
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Montgomery
New Orleans
Jose
Clear
Shreveport
Loudy Fort Smith Ee
Fair Galveston
Knoxville
Memphis
Fair
Cleveland
Detroit
Clear Grand
Mackinaw City
Marquette
Chicago
Dia
St. Paul
Green Bay
Des Moines
Eva Bo
Saugeen
Can
Montreal
Cloudy Rock Cliffe
Eenee Yarmouth
Leavenworth
Huron
Rain Vincent
Hismarck
Fort Buford
Fort Assinaboine
Custer
Fair Helena
Q. Cheyenne
Rapid City
North Platte
Denver
Fair Santa Fe Dodge Cit
Easselae
Azalea
Sagua la Grande
Samana
Port Antonio
Jam
Bristol
Cartagena
Baltimore
Ibremen
Ale
Southampton
America
Barcelona
Comorin
Havre
Panama
Liverpool
Bernard Hall
New Oreans
London
Marengo
Pomerania
Alunda
St John
Vort
Scrapis
Jediah
Yokohama
City of Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Haytien
Vera Cruz
Wick Bay
Rio Marina
Bishan Prince
Marbwila
Dorian
Alaska
Sagua
Tantallon
Trieste
Viking
Baracoa
Wergland
Chateau Wane
Marseilles
Glaucus
Winthrop
Portland
la Bretagne
Moville
Oregon
Queenstown
Restormel
Newport News
Second Wind Life Insurance Bond Ad
National Life Insurance advertises a bond adapted to the public use and benefit. Jed Phelps, agent, 153 Devon Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed. Phelps
Agt
Boston
Carl Schurz in Berlin and German American Ties
Carl Schurz reports two Berlin meetings with the Crown Prince and Bismarck, highlighting German sympathy for America after Kaiser Wilhelm's death. Bismarck passions centered on American life, with hope European peace endurances. Schurz departs for Hamburg amid cordial German regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Prince
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Carl Schurz
Berury
Bismarck
America
Mr. Schurz
Kaiser Wilhelm
Thiergarten
Count Herbert
Foreign Office
Schurz
Europe
Boganovich
Ignatieff
France
Berlin
Hamburg
Boulangers Gain Support as Elections Continue in France
In Paris on May 6 the League of Patriots names General Bou langer as national party leader. Two million copies of his book on the German invasion will be distributed free next week. Municipal elections yield shifts with Nantes returning 24 Conservatives and 9 Republicans, replacing a prior mix. Chauviere, a revolutionary Socialist, wins in Javel quarter Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Boulanger
Gratis
Paris
League of Patriots
National Party
France
Nantes
Javel
Chauviere
Emperor Frederick Suffering From Throat Abscess
May 6 report from Brerum states the Emperor Frederick has another throat abscess with fever and gas discharge. He remains in bed, exhausted, breathing hard, but his eyes stay bright and he writes with difficulty. Empress has recovered and visited Empress Augusta in Berlin. The Crown Prince and nobles were received, and the Emperor pledged to continue patronage of historical societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brerum
Berlin
Augusta
Count von Winterfeld
Count Eulenberg
Berling Historical Society
Royal Society in London divided over politics and lecture uproar
London reports of political strife within the Royal Society of British Artists as members accuse leaders of courting aristocratic favor. A lecturer on Palestine was booed at Oxford Music Hall by Socialists. Other items note a liquidation petition adjournment in Europe, Cody troupe sailings, Indian hailstorms with casualties, Russian rail deficits, and shifts in European diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Society of British Artists
Warren
Palestine
Oxford Music Hall
American Exchange
Europe
Con
Debate Over Women Lay Delegates At Methodist Conference
Still debating in New York May 6 as the general conference adjourned without settling women’s eligibility as lay delegates. Resolutions proposed by Dr D H More would admit lady delegates and hold a 1890 general election on the question for all members over twenty one to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
D. H. More
Denver University
Methodist Church
S. E. Pendleton
Metropolitan Opera House
Methodists
New York City
Charles H. Fowler
D.D
Ll.d
San Francisco
Jesus Christ
Webster Murder Mystery Ends with Two Arrests
Worcester detectives Hayter and Shaw arrest Dixon R. Cowie in Meriden Conn for the Webster murder of Miss Lilla Hoyle. Cowie, once of Webster, was brought to Oxford and Webster for arraignment as the case is adjourned to May 19. In New York, Thomas B. McQuade, 21, long associated with the Hoyle case, is arrested as part of ongoing efforts to solve the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Cowie
Thomas McQuade
Lilla Hoyle
Webster
Alabama
Worcester
Hayter and Shaw
Dixon R. Cowie
Meriden
Conn
Timothy Aldrich
Oxford
Webster Highway
Jillson
New York
Thomas B. McQuade
Mass
Massachusetts
Byrnes
McQuade
Harvard Memorial Halls Windows by Crowninshield Unveiled
In Frederic Crowninshield’s New York studio two Harvard Memorial Hall windows depict Hector and Andromache with child. Installed by the class of 1563, they aim for high viewing, rely on glass and lead for color, and reflect modern American art with restrained flesh tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederic Crowninshield
Harvard
New York Evening Post
Hector
Andromache
Astyriax
Crowninshiel
Desperate Character Kills In North Carolina Store
Thomas Frazier, an employee of Joshua H. Cox, shot Cox in the back after a liquor refusal. Frazier fled but was captured, then taken by masked men from prison to the murder scene and shot many times. He had a history of multiple murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washination
N.C
Thomas Frazier
Joshua H. Cox
Cox
Frazier
Governor Marble doubts Blaine authorized campaign
Portiano Maine May 6 Governor Marble today dismissed the Philadelphia Times story as a canard and said Blaine has not authorized an aggressive campaign. He called the Florence letter sincere and doubted Blaine’s nomination chances. Marble prefers Depew to carry New York and may return to the Senate. He remains in the field for Maine governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portiano
Sorctan
Marble
Philadelphia Times
Blaine
Florence
Depew
Phil Sheridan
New York
Maine Statesman
Senate
Marbie
Imitating the Senate in a Mills Bill Debate
Washington May 6 The House sparked a spicy debate on the Mills tariff bill with sharp exchanges where members hurled terms like liar and falsehood. The dispute entailed Cobden Club ties and Republican protection, plus clashes over lumber labor and Canadian workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Senate
Bland
Missouri
Burrowe
Nevada
Great Britain
Cobden Club
Bayard
Carlisle
James A. Garfield
Sherman
Murat Halstead
Woodburn
A.S. Hewitt
New York
Bryce
Spryece
Brumm
Pennsylvania
Mr. Bryce
Bynum
McCormick
Russell
Massachusetts
New England
Mr. Perkins
Fire Record: Coal Mine and Salt Works Burned in Waltham
A mysterious blaze hit the St John Coal Mine and Salt Works at Waltham yesterday, leaving 500 workers unemployed with losses around 75,000 dollars. Separate incidents across Illinois, Georgia, Michigan, and Massachusetts involved barns and stores damaged or destroyed, insurance details given for several properties, and a reported assault tied to a barn fire in Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal Works
Waltham
Dungavorn
St. John
North Street
Belmont
Nathan Morse
Court Street
Boston
Waltham and
Waverley
Morse
Edward Peterson
Massachusetts Convalescent Hospital
Sr. Ignace
Mich
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad
Sandersville
Harris Street
Haverhill
James
Frye
Morse Street
Rockland
Elbridge Everson
Hingham Street
Everson
Salem
Globe Clotting
Essex Street
L. E. Master
Sinclair & Coxswell
W. H. Gardner
Fire and alarms report damages and blazes in city area
Late Saturday afternoon a fire damaged a cottage on Hrad Street Avenue Beachumont belonging to W G Farum with losses in the several hundreds. An 8:05 PM alarm from Box 221 cited a chimney fire at 49 Linden Place with no damage. A 1 PM call from Box 616 reported grass fire on Williams Street in a vacant lot with no damage. A store fire in a restaurant at No 9 Water Street triggered an alarm from Box 41 at 4 63 PM with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrad Street Avenue
Beachumont
W.G. Farum
Linden Place
Williams Street
No. 9
Water Street
Vega Yacht Arrives at FlaALigax For Inverness Rail Inspection
The schooner yacht Vega of the Eastern Club squadron arrived this afternoon from Beaston with Edmund M Ferguson owner A W Mellen and Henry Hayes of Pittsburg Walter Ferguson and I K Allen of New York aboard. They head to Cape Breton to inspect the Inverness and Richmond railway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaaligax
N.S
Vega
Eastern Club Squadron
Edmund M. — Ferguson
A. W. Mellen
Henry Hayes
Pittsburg
Walter Ferguson
I. K. Allen
New York
Cape Breton
Inverness & Richmond Railway
Alabama Race Troubles Deepen in Lowndes County
Additional details from Lowndes county report two negroes fatally wounded after clashes with officers. Both men were found, one in swamps and one in a negro cabin. Nine more arrests bring total to forty one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Lowndes County
A Singular Accident Kills Eight in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia and Reading derailment near Locust Gap, Mount Carmel, killed eight people and injured thirty as a freight train split, exploding powder in a car. Seventeen buildings destroyed and property loss estimated at 75000 dollars. Families such as Quinn and Kerwick were among victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
John Quinn
Quinn
Simon Kerwick
Mary
Willie Cavanaugh
Daniel Kerwick
Alice Kerwick
Kerwick
Miles Dougherty
Mathews
Miles
Andrew McEwell
John Donlan
Patrick McManus
Locust Gap
Mt. Carmel
Singer
Dr Miner’s Forty Year Pastoral Milestone Marked
Dr Miner celebrated forty years with the Columbus Avenue Universalist Church amid greetings from parishioners and clergy. He noted fifty years in ministry since his Chester startup in 1838, listed prior pastorates, and detailed a prolific record of 6000 formal discourses, 2108 funerals, and 2737 weddings over five decades. He stressed Universalist faith, urged constant church attendance, and the duty of believers to reflect hope through everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miner
Columbus Avenue Universalist Church
Chester
N. H
Universalist
Methuen
Mass
Lowell
School Street
Boston
Gardner Greenleaf
Henry T. Spear
Charlies H. McKenney
Dudley Williams
J. G. Adams
D.D
John B. Finch
George KR. Coburn
Charlies River
State Board of Education
Temperance
Paul
Jesus Christ
Father
Zion
God
Mer
Suit filed in St Louis over barbed wire royalties
St Louis on May 6 reports the Southern Wire Company will enter suit in the United States Court tomorrow against Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company of Worcester Massachusetts to recover all royalties paid for several years for the privilege of making certain barbed wire. It is understood this is one of several similar suits to be brought against Washburn and Moen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States
Southern Wire Company
WashBurn & Moen Manufacturing Company
Worcester
Mass
Washburn & Moen
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Hammond
Railroad Matters
N Wa
Keeler & Co
Gretonnes and Velours
Washington St. Corner Elm
Rammond
Mammond Typewriter CO
Washington St
Nassau St
West
Signal Service
U.S. A
Irish Woollen Manufacturing and Export Co., Limited
Dublin
Hill & Sons
Lucan
O'Berien Bros
Cork
Calidon's Mills CO
Tyrone
Pripseyvy Mills Cyu
Reveixgston’s Mills
Tiraleer
Mulendr
W'S Mills
Tipperary
Bansta Mills
G. W. Simmons & CO
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Voorhees
Ingalls
Pacific Coast
Concord
Page & Bearnard
Lynn
Lawrence Perseus Hickok
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Dartmouth
Methodist Conference
Pendleton
Wiespaden
Emperor of
Brazil
Milan
Colonel Cody
England
Burmah
India
J. Benjamin Palmer
State Street
West End
New York & New England
A. A. Miner
Music Hall
Alexander McKenzie
Harvard Chapel
Cambridge
F. H. Rindge
Atchison, Union Pacific
Weat Ena
Boothbay Land
Clearing House
New England Telephone Company
Kansas City
Clinton & Springfield
Boulanger
Romer
Tribuna
Rome
Naples
Tawaigi
Maprio
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Palos
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Bouanger
Emperor Frederick
General Foreign News
Cern
Cody
Hull
Wilson Line
Mandelay
Ciuet
Delhi
Moradabad
St. Petersburg
Russia
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Four Seasons
Women’s Industries
Glasgow
Durnin
League
Limerick
Peterssure
General von Schweinitz
William
Maine
DR. Miner
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