Leaves of Maiden Hair tree planted for Gen Grant tribute
Li Hung Chang honors General Grant with a planted tree at the tomb site in New York. Yang Yu, former Chinese minister to the U S and current envoy to Russia, leads the ceremony attended by about 3000 people including Colonel Fred Grant and Mrs. Grant. The tree is Salis buria Adiantolia, dubbed Leaves of Maiden Hair, with a brief message read by the Chinese minister.
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New York
Yang Yu
China
United States
St. Petersburg
General Grant
Li Hung Chang
Fred Grant
Grandow Dagoe
Gold testimonial cup presented to Ambassador Bayard in London
At a London banquet honoring former Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard and Mrs Bayard a solid gold loving cup was given as a testimonial by the American Society in London. The cup features a giant pumpkin weighing 175 pounds grown by Captain Kramer of the Third New York Cavalry and prize winners at Schoharie County Fair and Madison Square Garden. The base bears a map of the United States with eagles at the compass points and an inscription. the portrait bust of Bayard is by Effie Stillman. The cup cost over 2000 dollars and was made by Whiting Manufacturing Co of New York.
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Thomas F. Bayard
Schoharie County Fair
N. Y
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Bayard
Columbia
Britannia
Effie Stillman
Whiting Manufacturing Company of
New York
Mrs. Hay
Ambassador Hay
Jeune
Delaware
London
United States
Newton Crane
Mrs. Bayard
Crane
Bayard
Baron Russell
Colonel Hay
England
Ulysses
France
Bayard Farewell Banquet Attended by 270 in London
The American Society in London hosted a farewell banquet for Mr Bayard with Ambassador Hay and Mrs Hay among 270 guests including high officials and notable figures. Bayard praised England and expressed warm ties as he prepared to depart.
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London
American Society
Bayard
Ambassador Hay
Hay
Creighton
Baron Russell of
Killowen
Francis
Lady Jeune
Edwin Arnold
Henry Thompson
Randolph Churchill
Anderson
Ralph Vivian
Genevieve Ward
J. Bayard
Wealthy inventor Watson dies after breach of promise case
Jeremiah M. Watson a wealthy inventor and manufacturer dies at his corner Huntington and Massachusetts avenues home after a long illness. The Milliken vs Watson case had drawn wide attention for a $40,000 claim with a verdict of $650 for the plaintiff and an appeal pending.
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Jeremiah M. Watson
Milliken
Barnes Found Guilty in First Degree Murder
Lorenzo Barnes was found guilty of first degree murder in the John Deane case from Maynard. The jury returned the verdict at 6:30 PM after two hours deliberation. Barnes showed no visible emotion, spoke calmly to counsel, and motions for exceptions were noted before sentencing.
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Lowell
Lorenzo Barnes
John Deane
Maynard
Barnes
Mr. O'Neill
John C. Burke
Two Women Arrested After Release From Deer Island
Julia A Maguire and Frances Moran, freed from Deer Island where they served drunkenness terms, were arrested in East Cambridge with crying infants. Both claim marriage but know nothing of their husbands. They face Cambridge Court again for drunkenness. Maguire gets two years, Moran one year. Children likely to be sent to a home.
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Julia A. Maguire
Frances Moran
Deer Island
East Cambridge
Station House
Cambridge
Maguire
Moran
Land takings award by jury on Tremont street disputes
Hannah and McDonald as owners of two Tremont street lots affected by Columbus avenue improvement sought jury review before Judge Gaskill. The jury awarded Mrs. McDonald 2860 dollars and Rosa Merton 1007.60 dollars for damages.
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Hannah &. McDonald
Tremont Street
Columbus Avenue
Rosa Merton
Gaskill
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Massachusetts
Hanover
Portland Streets
LI Hung Ghang
Maiden Hair
Grant
Boston
Boys’ & Childr
En’s Suits
Children’s Department
Washington St
Columbia Clothing CO
Powers
Charles Murphy
Spud
John Barnes
Thomas Powers
Decatur Street
Murphy
Ahaa Ol
Oead
Hartford
Columbus
Geremanie Catatonic Tree Roma
Covname Pope Mpg. CO
Mass
Tremont
Inig
Summer Street
Stailers
Amesbury
Fred Hamel
Dingley
Formosa Colony
India
Ceylon
Java
Inc
P. c
Ginter Grocery & Produce CO
Tremont and
Eliot Streets
Union and
Elm Streets
John Hay
Watson
Mrs. Aiken
Case
Washington
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Highland Spring Brewery
Rueter & Company
Rand Brothers
Equitable Bidg
Baby Carriages S
H. Robinson & CO
Adams Square
Doe Poses
Charles Lawrence & Co
Commercial St
Maine
Lewiston
Solon
Somerset
S. A. Isaacson & CO
Washington St. Adams Square
Cornhill
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