Testimony on interstate law questioned Canadian roads
Chauncey M. Depew told the Senate committee that the interstate commerce law favors large roads by forcing smaller lines to publish rates while prohibiting rebates. He argued Canadian roads and Grand Trunk influence hurt American railroads and urged pooling be legalized and rebates allowed to balance the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Fifth Avenue
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
Erie
Depew
Senator Cullom
Grand Trunk
United States
Chicago
Canada
Harris
Reagan
Welland and
St. Lawrence Canals
Joseph Hixon
Grand Trunk Railroad
Hixon
Montreal
Portland
Blair
Northwest
Michigan
O. M. Felton
Erie Road
Cullom
Charles Francis Adams
Union Pacific Road
Crapo Russell Alliance Rumored in Gubernatorial Race
In a days long chatter at the State House and in political circles, ex-Congressman William A. Russell of Lawrence was said to favor W. W. Crapo of New Bedford for the Republican nomination for Governor. Lieutenant-Governor J. Q. A. Brackett voiced his candidacy, while Crapo announced his decision to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Russell
Lawrence
W. W. Crapp
New Bedford
State House
Russell
Water Street
Post
Crapo
J. Q. A. Brackett
Eoo
Springfield
Union
Schow Lee
William W. Crapo
H. S. Hyde
New Beep
W. Crapo
Ames
Theremont House
William F. Draper
Hopedale
Balch's Special Auction Sale of Horses and Carriages
Balch's Special Auction Sale at 166 Portland Street begins at 10 30 a m Thursday May 9 drawing heavy interest. Horses on exhibition include noted sires owned by E F Fenno Henry Saltonstall George Silsbee William Mason of Taunton and other prominent men. Forty four horses comprise a fine lot of animals to be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balch
Portland Street
E. F. Fenno
Henry Saltonstall
Orge Silsbee
William Mason
Taunton
Cohaunet
Nutwood
Wedgewood
Alcavtara
Lalch
C.K. Walker
R. H. Stevenson
Ned Harris
Matty
Kentucky
Abdallah
Black Hawk
Mitty
Maine
Phosa
Alcaza
Alcantara
Ledo
Cohannet
Mass
St. Mary
Sir Walkill
Sally Clay
Dexter Mohawk
Wm. Mason
Minzard
Blood Bay
Becky
St. Elmo
Abner
Hazard
Beecky
Bay Chief
Alcazar
St. Patrick
Light Bay
Henrye Patchen
Mr. William Mason
Glendon
M. H. Smith
Glenview Stock Farm
Louisville
Miss Ada
Aldine
Maud
Almont
Fanny Witherspoon
Piedmont
Mother Hubbard
Lister
Smoke
Verbena
Betsy Baker
Gondola
Toronto
Belmont
Alexander
Viking
Miss Russell
Maud S
Cora Belmont
Pilot, Jr
Jay-Eye-See
Kenneth
Col. H. Ss. Russell
Bonanza
Blanco
Smuggler
Lady Balch
Rising Sun
Judith
Young Rolfe
Nelson
Columbia
May Gould
Mbiack Trotter
Jack Pacer
Ray Hambletonian
Major
Daylight
Imp
Orion
Sheridan
Black Warrior
Virginia Maid
Sam Purdy
Virginia
Rene
Coach Morse
Belle Miller
Boston
Black Oak
Gen. Lee
Black Sutton
Gen. Knox
Mbay Miowse
Adams
Merrimac
Mambrino Hatch
Mambrino Patchen
Wanda
Mary Anderson
Brookline
Ilding
Dunraven
Kentucky Prince, Jr
Kentucky Prince
Chenery
Gray Eagle
Arren
Peter Butler
Winooski
Walkill Chief
Daniel Lambert
Lynn Boy
Charlie
Knox
Gladstone
D. PB. Nichols
Brewster
South
Frank N. Gay
Robert B. Leuchars
Suffolk
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Coniaiuin
Eighth Street
William Tudor
East Eighth Street
Atlantic Street
Gay
Charles A. Cotting
Samuel K. Williams
Frank N. Gayton
ApamMs & Blinn
Court Street
John G. Kestgen
Benjamin E. Smith
Roxbury
Marcella Street
William B. Adams
William Gupptill
Guptill
William Bassett
Nathan Matthews
Back Bay
St. Paul Street
Falmouth Street
Frnser and Whitney
Lot
Matthews
Aspirants to the Lyceum stage on trial at Adams House
Mr. F H Sargent of the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts examined applicants at Adams House for potential admission. He discussed origins, education, and travel shaping acting talent, noting best pupils come from the West and that natural ability wins over trained pose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams House
F. H. Sargent
American Academy of the Dramatic Arts
Lyceum Theatre
New York
Tea Post
Sargent
Germany
America
Canada
West
Bernhardt
Boston
Booth
Margaret Mather
Mary
Lyceum
Angtry
Notice on G W Simmons & Co advertisement for boatmen
Boatmen and yachtsmen are urged to note the advertisement from G W Simmons & Co in today's issue detailing offerings to mariners and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co
Bostons beat Cuban Giants and other league winners in yesterday's baseball slate
In Trenton New Jersey the Bostons defeated the Cuban Giants 12 to 3 as Boston pitching and fielding dominated. Cleve land and Chicago also played a tight game with Chicago winning 5 to 3 after a lengthy sixth inning. Philadelphia defeated New York with Buffington’s effective pitching and Ward’s fielding standing out. Indianapolis edged Pittsburgh 6 to 3 after Sullivan sparked a late comeback, with Miller and Sullivan hitting home runs and multiple players contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
Bostons
Cleveland
Chicago
Bakely
Clevelands
Stricker
van Haliven
Indianapolis
Pittsburgs
Sullivan
O'Carroll
Myers
Maul
Carene Bassett
Kuehne
Schoen’ck
Miller
Boyle
Smith
Hanlon
Lasscock
Power
Carroll
Dunlap
Beckley
Lynch
Harvard Baseball Class Series Ends In Seven Inning Rout
The seniors and sophomores competed in a lively class series game yesterday with free hitting and loose fielding. Wood of class ’91 was hammered out early as 89 players won 19 to 13 in seven innings. Yale freshmen set dates for championship events with a first on May 22 and a second at New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphias
NEW Yorks
R. BH. PO
A. E. Rk. BH
ALE. Wood
Gore
O Deleh’nty
O'Tiernan
Fogarty
Ward
O Thompsonrf
O O Connor
O Mulvey
O O’rourke
Andrews
O/Rich
Farrar
O! Whitney
Clements
Brown
Buftinton
Crane
Richardson
Wood
Buffinton
Curry
Fessenden
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Sullivan
Harvard
Yale
New Haven
Danmark Passengers Arrive After Disaster
About six of the Danmark steamer survivors reached the city from New York and were welcomed by F. Nelson, the New England passenger agent. They praise the carrier’s care, report friends here, and note many companions have headed to Minnesota and the West for new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danmark
New York
F. Nelson
New England
Thingvalla Steamship Company
Mr. Nelson
Kneeland Street
Roxbury
Beverly
Minnesota
Business troubles force assignments in Lynn shoe firm
Buckley, Finney and Hinchcliffe shoe makers of Lynn have assigned to D. W. Quill of Beverly after Hinchcliffe bought out partners. An attachment by a Lynn morocco manufacturer left the firm with about 2000 dollars in debts and no assets. Edmund Keyes of Charlestown assigned the coal wood and hay business to E. Hosmer of Boston firm Hosmer, Crampton and Hammond. Liabilities around 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley, Finney
E. Hosmer
Hosmer
Crampton & Hammond
Commercial Street
Boston
Western Steel Trust forms amid Chicago mill mergers
The new Steel Trust combines North Chicago Rolling Mill, Joliet Steel, and Union Steel with mills in Milwaukee and Dodge county Wisconsin. It controls fourteen blast furnaces and includes directors Nathaniel Thayer, Francis Blodgett, and William J. Rotch. Critics say the move regulates rather than raises prices, facing strong Pennsylvania competition and import remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Steel Trust
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
Joliet Steel Company
Union Steel Company
Milwaukee
Dodge County
Wis
Nathaniel Thayer
Francis. Blodgett
Boston
William J. Rotch
New Bedford
B. M. Jones
B. M. Jones & Co
Oliver Street
Pennsylvania Rolling Mills
Oliver Street Steel
Gon
Pennsylvania
Fisherman Found Dead Near Sargents Wharf Harbor
Harbor police recovered a body floating in the water near Sargents wharf yesterday morning. The man, believed to be a fisherman, remained unidentified at midnight, with authorities continuing the investigation into his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent’s Wharf
Market Men Praise Spurr & Co for Baseball Innings Display
The Market Men commend Howard W. Spurr & Co for presenting baseball games by innings on the front of their building at the corner of Commercial and South Market streets, visible along South Market Street to Faneuil Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Spurr & Co
South Market Streets
South Market Street
Faneuil Square
Merchants Week Draws Incoming Tradesmen to City Tents
Fair weather boosts Merchants' Weeks as about 100 visiting tradesmen arrive with families, with estimates of 500 more expected today. Local wholesalers stage entertainments, cut prices, and offer stock and job lots to lure customers while firms like Brown, Durell & Co. cut staple prices. Attendees lodge at Quincy, Crawford, American, and United States houses with seating reserved for 200 to 400 guests for tonight’s Tremont Temple event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Churchill
Messrs. Brown, Durell & Co
Tremont Temple
Morey, Churchill & Morey
Immigrants arriving. families detained at port
The Allan steamer Siberian brought 787 steerage passengers with Glasgow, Derry, and Galway departures. Among Catalonia passengers are Catherine Develly and her children, denied landing due to inability to care for themselves. Annie 16 is described as an idiot. The Mt Bellew Workhouse Union aided the family, who will be sent back to Ireland. Also detained is 15 year old Nes Cook, with no known relatives, destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Derry
Galway
Catalonia
Catherine Develly
Annie
Catherine
Michael
Margaret
Ellen
Patrick
Waltham
Mt. Bellew
Special meeting at General Theological Library chaired by Claflin
Ex Governor Claflin chaired a special meeting held yesterday afternoon. The corporation accepted the Governor and council offer to the committee for premises and authorized delivery of a proper deed to the Commonwealth. Seven members join the committee on new location. Andrew G Weeks elected director replacing Robert C Winthrop. Weeks from Weeks Potter druggists. Library premises not vacated for a year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Theological Library
Claflin
Commonwealth
Samuel E. Sawyer
William O. Grover
William G. Means
Andrew G. Weeks
Network of Trade Names Across Regions
A list of attorneys and firms from multiple cities spans Altoona to Wilkesbarre, detailing names and firm affiliations in terse entries. Notable names include Fox, Gramling, Eichengreen, Brown, Goff, Ferriss, George, Weir, Breath, Hendricks, Patterson, Coleman, Bernstein, Pincus, Gregg, Weimer, West, Bell, Upham, Curtis, Tedcastle, Ullman, Collatt, Osterman, Curley, Desnoyers, Baum, Nettleton, French, Bear, and Lowenstein linked to various law and business firms across Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Penn
G Fox
Fox & Curtis
U S. S
Arsega
R Grammling
Gramling, Spalding & O
Kewn
Eichengreen
Burlington
A Brown
TW Barhydt & Co
Tre
Goff
Stone, Goff & Co
Chicago
Ferriss
Ferriss & Co
Cedar Rapids
George
Weeks
Goldsboro
U—S
Weir
We & Bro
Galveston
Tex
Breath
Willis & Bro
Indianapolis
Ind
K Hendricks
Hendricks & Cooper
Kansas City
H Patterson
Patterson, Thomas & Co
Macon
S T Coleman
Coleman, Burden & Co
Mobile
Ala
H Bernstein
Norfolk
M Pincus
Lowenberg, Pincus & Co
E. Pittsburg
J R Gregg
Gregg & Elliott
Philadelphia
Li Weimer
Weimer, Wright & Watkin
F West
West & Sons
H Bell
Bell, Walt & Co
Quincy
P Upham
Upham & Gordon
Reading
W Curtis
Curtis, Jones & Co
Rome
W Tedcastle
Proposals for Cumberland Coal for the Main Drainage Works
Sealed proposals due May 15 at 12 noon in Boston for furnishing 1500 tons Cumberland coal to the Main Drainage Works Pumping Station. At least 300 tons by June 1 and the rest by June 15 1889. Bid price per ton includes weighing and stevedoring. Bond or certified check required. contracts may be awarded to any bidder. proposals to Charles Morion Supt of Sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Boston
Cumberland Coal
Charles Morion
Divorce Petition in Suffolk for Isabella R White
Isabella R White of Boston seeks a divorce from William H White of Cambridge on grounds of desertion since December 1 1882 after living together in Massachusetts. The libellant requests custody of their daughter Josephine Francis born July 11 1877 and dated May 4 1889 in Suffolk County Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachu
Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
Isabella R. Will TE
William H. White
Cambridge
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Josephine Francis
L’ost
Ney
Isabella R. White
County of
Boston Post
Lester
William H
Jos. A. Willard
Massachu Jsetts
Alice H. Smith
Zimro A. Smith
Leavenworth
Kansas
Hadydon
Maine
Zimra A. Smith
A. D
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THE
Draper
Mr. Crapo
Franklin H. Sargent
Chicagos
A.E. R. BH
Vieffer
Faatz
Tener
Radford
Burns
Tebeau
Flint
OjSnyder
Dwyer
Ryan
Pfeffer
Anson
McKean
Fantz
Snyder
Barnum
Hillies
Western Steel Trust
OUR Country
Page
Hyde Park
J. F. Newell
Gardiner
R. E. Crapp
C. A. Clazhorn
Wallingford
Tufts
Alstead
N. Ww
G. Reed
B. R. Seymour
A. A. Fletcher
Middlebury
Viet Campbell
A. F. Chayer
Burling
Toms V Ties Aesoserrill
Woolwich
J. L. Gordon
Guilford
Men
G . Jones
New Durham
N. H
George H. Trask
Rochester
Vity
George Oo. Davis
Marshfield
Dennis
E. P. Kenrick
B. Fursington
J Fairfield
A. Batchelder
Ja D. Simmons
Lebanon
Charles Thatcher
Bennington
J. D . Sleeper
Rutland
F. W. Putnam
Charlestown
James E. Pollard
Chester
N.P. Wheeler
D. Jameson
White River Junction
Quincy House
L. Northup
Lanesboro
C. B. Allen
Burlineere
H. D. Brown
Pittsfield
N.H
C.S. Parker
Montgomery
A. E. Hurd
L. Wilcox
Morristown
B. E. Allere
Stowe
G. E. Black
East Perna
Edgar Hunt
East Hardwick
H “Bane
Raymont
N.dh
D. C. Foye
Wath
J. M. Cameron
Waterbury
C. J. Cobb
Peereern
Albert Brown
Seringfeld
V Nichols
Newmarket
J. F. Taylor
Rockland
Crawford House
M. Cutler
William A. Lord
T. L. Wood
Vy. W. Felton
Hull Hinesburg
Greenwood
New London
N. C
William R. Field
Brunswick
J. Beal
Winchendon
F. Beal
Keene
Windsor
Thomas Riley
W. Eaton
Three Rivers
C. V . Keilowe
F. A. Warren
Wheater
Charles W. Tose
Foitisfield
Ireland
Lamkin & Foster
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co
Iva
Congress Street
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington Men’s Fine
Devonshire Street
United 28
Warren
J. F. Swain& Co
Union St
Lynn, Mess
Jos
A. Willard
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
North Anglia
Messina
Palermo
Fiske’s Wharf
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
John J. Henry & Co
Boots & Shoes
Devonshire
Richards & CO
Samuel AL Hatch
Z CO
Congress St
Bostorn
Joy Street
Cambridge Street
C. J. Goodwin
Indian Orchard
Boston & Albany
BY A. M. Bates
Maverhill Street
East Side
Boston & Maine Depot
A. F. Bates
Fletcher
Adams Farm
Milton, Mass
W. P. Balch
George A. Fletcher
Milton
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
Mortgagee
Pee Devery
George E. Howe
Ton
F.C. Sturtevant
Brartford
Conn
M. B. Faxon, Seedsman
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