Maritime Nations Seek Share in Netherlands Gains
Agencies fret governments get a portion of concessions as ex Speaker Keifer notes Ohio Republicans back Sherman for president. Keifer’s speech at Garfield statue dedication cut short by artillery noise. New Boston NH visited by 40000 fe. Saratoga NY to get a new daily. Pennsylvanias passes high license bill. 21 Newton Village NH buildings burn, loss 60000. Yale sophomores win athletic events. Harvard defeats Penn in intercollegiate shooting. baseball results include Philadelphias 9 Boston 4. New Yorks 9 Washingtons 8 Chicago 11 Indianapolis 6 Detroit 18 Pittsburgh 2.
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Netherlands
Keifer
Ohio
Sherman
Garfield
New Boston
N. H
Selden E. Marvin
Troy
N. Y
Robert W. Jacobs
Pring
Unadilla
Ostego County
Academy
Saratoga
Luce
Waltham District Court
Pennsylvania
Newton Village
Yale
Woods
United States Supreme Court
Army of the Cumberland
Washington
Vail
National Trotting Association
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Watertown
Philadelphias
Bostons
New Yorks
Washingtons
Chicagos
Indianapolis
Detroits
Pittsburgh
New Boston Fire Totals Fourteen Buildings Lost in Village Blaze
A May 11 fire in New Boston wiped out part of the village after noon. A wind fed flames from Abram Atwood’s stable, destroying a church, chapels, a store, a shop and seven dwellings along with the Town House. One resident burned and another shocked. Losses total about 40,000 with roughly 15,000 insured, most in the town company. A portable engine spark caused the blaze.
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Manchester
N. H
Union
New Boston
Abram Atwood
Goffstown
J. Flanders
A. P. Brigham
Baptist
Town of New Boston
Presbyterian Society
A. Wason
W. McLane
Neil McLane
James Tuttle
H. M. McNeil
Henry Farley
Notice to Public at Reception to Queen Ka piolani
Public notice directs carriages for the Mechanics Building reception to enter Huntington avenue from Dartmouth street then exit via West Newton street, go to the Central door and return by the same route, with no deviation permitted. Signed T. R. Mathews Chief Marshal. By Leonard Co Real Estate Personal Property Bromfield Street.
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Leonard , CO
Bromfield Street
Tenth Annual Meeting-Election of Officers and Appropriations
The grand council of Massachusetts Royal Arcanum opened its tenth annual session in Knights of Honor Hall. Officers were elected and appointed. key posts filled by Willis P. Burbank and Jisell M. Thompson among others. Readies for Supreme Council in June and new headquarters debated.
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Grand Council of Massaschusetts Royal Arcanum
Knights of Honor Hall
Willis P. Burbank
Lowell
Jisell M. Thompson
Somerville
George Robinson
Palmer
Henry Goodwin
Charlestown
Henry 8. Worrall
Boston
Alfred T. Turner, Jr
J. Warren Bailey
Charles M Martin
Lawrence
F. D. Dickinson
Springfield
A. F. Cummings
Dedham
E. G. Woodward
State Street
John 8S. Hayes
North Somerville
William N. Swain
Washington Street
F. W. Dickinson
M. L. Daggett
Taunton
J. Loring Thayer
Supreme Council
Charles F. Loring
Weather Indications For New England May 12
Weather forecast issued from Washington on May 11 calls for cooler, fair conditions over Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with northwesterly winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York can expect cooler, fair weather with northerly turning to northeasterly winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Observations Elsewhere and Local Arts Notices
Meteorological record of yesterday up to 10 p.m. with synchronized observations across stations. Price's drama On the Rio Grande to be staged again at Baton Theatre tonight. Hermann to begin a limited series of performances Monday showcasing dexterous feats.
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Rk Price
Rio Grande
Baton Theatre
Hermann
Montreal audience exceeds two thousand as editor speaks
Editor William S. O'Brien addressed over 2000 listeners in Montreal while the Commons debated the crimes act. In New Brunswick floods caused darkness in Fredericton and a bridge was carried away, highlighting regional distress amid political tensions between France and the Vatican.
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Cléture
House of Commons
Pope
France
Vatican
William S. O’brien
Montreal
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Weather and society notes from a 19th century page
A compiled list of items includes cooler fair weather, a mysterious death at City Hospital with foul play suspected, and the opening of the ninety seventh annual Protestant Episcopal meeting in Massachusetts. Also noted are centennial Fusileer Veteran Association events, American Oriental Society annual meeting, New Hampshire Club dinner, Queen Kapiolani’s visits, and a Royal Arcade tenth meeting. The stock market shows activity buoyancy. Atchison records a 116 score. features mention Mexicans and water power.
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William Meakin
Protestant Episcopal Churches of
Massachusetts
Fusileer Veteran Association
American Oriental Society
New Hampshire Club
Queen Kapiolani
Wellesley College
Waltham Watch Factory
Governor Ames
Royal Arcanum
Atchison
New Haven Chamber Banquet Features Senator Hawley Speech
The New Haven Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at the New Haven House drew guests including Governor Louns bury United States Senator Hawley of Hartford Mayor Winslow of Worcester and Yale President Timothy Dwight. Hawley spoke on the toast The President of the United States praising the President and asserting American pride in the nation’s leadership.
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New Haven
Conn
United States
Rumford Medal Presented to Langley at Academy Meeting
A meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at 107 Marlboro Street honored Professor Samuel P. Langley of Alleghany University with the Rumford medal for radiative heat research. President Joseph Pickering presided. Langley spoke on his radiant heat investigations and spectrum measurements. A biographical notice of Harvard’s Ephraim Whitman Gurney was read, and Dr. Jacques demonstrated an instrument for undulatory electric currents while Trowbridge showed advances in solar spectrum photography.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
William Watson
Marlboro Street
Harvard
Joseph Pickering
Edward C. Pickering
William H. Pickering
Charles R. Cross
Edwin H. Hall
John Trowbridge
Gaetano Lanza
Serena Watson
Charles Carroll Everett
John C. Gray
James B. Thayer
W. W. Goodwin
Justin Winsor
Hermann A. Hagen
Tufts College
Amos E. Dolbear
William L. Klooper
George E. Ellis
Francis A. Walker
Stephen M. Sharpless
Merrill Wyman
Cambridge
Edward H. Morse
Salem
Samuel Abbott
Benjamin 3. Cotting
Henry G. Denny
Henry V. Haynes
Academy
Frederick W. Putnam
The
Natural History Society
Charles Deane
Augustus Lowell
Martin Brimmer
Richard Hodgson
London
Society For Psychical Research
Rumford
Samuel P. Langley
Alleghany University
Pennsylvania
Smithsonian Institution
Harvard University
Charles F. Dunbar
William W. Jacques
Saratoga Union to Start as Daily Paper June 1
Albany May 11 report that Judson and McDowell plan a new Saratoga daily named the Saratoga Union. A prospectus indicates the paper will debut June 1 and be controlled by a stock company.
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Aubany
N. Y
Sprerau.j
Four-Gun Battery to Open at 2 P.M. in Garfield Oath Ceremony
Washington diplomats clash over a salute plan as a four-gun battery is ordered to fire at 2 PM during the unveiling of the Garfield statue. Ex-Speaker Keifer predicts Sherman for president and Foraker for governor, while supporting Blaine only if nominated. Keifer aims to deliver a lengthy oration, about a thousand words longer than expected, amid protests from his supporters and committee members. The event includes remarks by General Sheridan and the President, with a staged rush before the ovation and questions about the battery’s timing. The article also lists numerous names and restorations across multiple states linked to political and public notices.
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Wastuncroy
Keifer
Ohio
Garfield
Sherman
Blaine
Foraker
Committee On
Angry at the Dutch Concession Proclamation Sparks Diplomacy
Washington discusses the Dinzley shipping bill relief for the Netherlands prompting protests from foreign ship operators. Diplomats question alleged discrimination favoring Dutch vessels as officials defer formal comments pending protests. Officials say reciprocity could extend to Belgium and other nations.
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Washington
France
Netherlands
United States
Bureau of Navigation
Morton
Post
Adee
Belgium
Germany
Condition of Associate Justice Woods Alarming in Washington
In Washington on May 11, reports say Associate Justice Woods of the United States Supreme Court is in a critical condition with a complication of diseases. Friends fear death may follow if his health deteriorates.
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Washington
Woods
United States Supreme Court
New England Pensioners List Pensions Noted by Washington
May 11 report from Washington lists pensioners from Maine and New England. Names include Ira P. Hill Tops field Charles H. White Augusta John Susie Oldtown Benjamin H. Dodge Seal Cove Bartholomew rown Togus Edward Mink Thomaston Florace B. Washburn Brewer Lewis Brewster Rockland Alonzo L. Thayer Bangor William Wallace 2nd Mill bridge Elijah C. Towns South with increases noted for some recipients.
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New England
Washington
New
Interior official urges reargument in Maxwell land grant case
Acting Commissioner Stockslager recommends filing a motion for reargument in the U S Supreme Court and asks the recommenda tions be carried out. General K F Butler is expected to be employed for the case.
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Washineton
Secretary of the Interior
Stockslager
United States Supreme Court
Maxwell Land Grant
Carrie
K. F. Butler
Union Pacific Affairs in Washington Hearings
The Pacific railroads investigating committee heard Amos H. Calef as first witness, detailing his roles with Missouri Pacific and other lines, doubts about consolidation dates, and lack of records. Addison Cammack testified on director votes for consolidation, citing rate protections. Oliver Mink described over 3 million dollars gained from the union, with Denver Pacific bonds and Denver stock movements. The session anticipated Russell Sage and Jay Gould on subsequent days.
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New York
Pacific Railroads Investigating Committee
Amos H. Calef
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Fort Scott
Kansas Pacific
Ifis
Denver Pacific Road
Gould
Calef
Denver
Denver Pavitic
Addison Cammack
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific Roads
James R. Keene
Union Pacific
Jay Gould
Judge Dillon
Union of Interests
Kansas Pacific Road
United States
Denver Pacific Stock Front Trust
Pattison
Oliver M. Mink
Denver Pacific
Consolidated
Yale field sophomore meet shows Shearman breaks Yale broad jump record
At Yale field on May 11 New Haven announcer reports I G Shearman cleared 21 feet 2 inches in the running broad jump and nearly matched the intercollegiate mark. The meet featured C H Sherrill winning the 100 yards in 11 seconds and multiple events with top finishers Bradner Hinckley Platt Berger Sherrill Shearman Richards McQuaid among winners and place finishers with times listed.
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New Haven
Ann
Yale
I. G. Shearman
C. H. Sherrill
T. G. Shearman
J. Bradner, Jr
E. B. Hinckley
R. T. Platt
H. A. Smith
C. B. Berger
Fire Devastates Newton Village Twenty One Buildings Burned
A midnight blaze in Newton Village New Hampshire destroyed twenty one buildings starting at George H Hoyts livery stable. The fire caused about 60000 in losses with many homes stables and businesses including the Twilight Hotel meat market and town hall. Local steamer units Grant and Merrimac aided extinguishment.
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Haveruitn
Newton Village
N. H
George H. Hoyt
W. Craft
Samuel Hayford
Grant
Haverhill
Merrimac
G. H. Hoyt
Dr. Axtell
Hayford
Hatch
J. B. Merrill
E. B. Hoyt
Town Hall
J. Hoit
Multiple small fires report across Boston area
Yesterday afternoon and morning several minor blazes prompted box alarms on Bond and Prince streets, Spring street in West Roxbury, Meridian street East Boston, Sherman street Charlestown, Stanhope street, Commercial street, and Oliver street Somerville. Notable incidents included a stable fire at 7 Stanhope street causing $500 damage and an extinguished brush fire at a vacant lot on Oliver street.
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Bond and
Prince Streets
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Engine 9
John Moriarity
Meridian Street
East
Boston
Osgood & Hart
Sherman Street
Charlestown
Stanhope Street
C. H. Minot
Barnes & Dunklee
Offeer Carr
Station 1
Commercial Street
Somerville
Oliver Street
Fire destruction and blazes sweep several towns
On May 11 multiple fires damaged buildings and forests from Guoverster to Reapine. The high school building suffered near total destruction in Guoverster with insured losses. Other fires hit depots, factories, a creamery, a seed works, farms, and extensive woodland near Wareham, Plymouth, and Methuen, with large unconfirmed losses and ongoing timber fires toward the Sandwich line.
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Guoverster
Washington
Boston
Merchants
Providence
Prescott
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Marevur Heap
Sewell Street
Carroll & Bridges
Nashvillle
Tenn
Dyas Knitting Company
Robin Jones
Merchants’ Exchange
Promta
Lil
Union Seed Drill Works
Selby, Starr & Co
Hovnron
John Stewart
Lawrence
Sreeaut
Methuen
Stephen Barker
John Crowther
L. H. Edmonds
Barker
Middleboro
Wareham
Buzzard's Bay
P. Kelley, Jr
Harwich Centre
Plymouth
Collins’s Crossing
Bourne
Bourndale
Sandwich Line
North Roads
Fires Ravage Towns Across New England and Maine
A sweeping fire report details multiple blazes from Maine to Massachusetts on May 11. It lists burned houses, barns, a tannery engine house, a saw mill, and various outbuildings, with losses ranging from a few hundred to $125,000 and few insured. One tragedy notes a two year old girl dying in Robbinston.
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Tewkesbury
Havernitt
Sherman Hazeltine
North Main Street
Thomas Chase
Spirks
Princeton
James Fenlason
Ames
Henry Fitch
Baptist Parsonage
Robbinston
Charles Spires
Spires
Shaw Bros
Grand Lake Stream
Priersoro
N. H
Charles C. Cleveland
Joss
Raymond E. Rideout
Merritt
Rideout
Bancor
Katahdin
New Beprorp
Mass
Alice White
Scontient Neck
Fairhaven
Cripp
Rochester
Sprinarreto
G. H. Allyn
Holyoke
House of Commons Debates Coercion Bill in May Vote
The House of Commons resumed committee work on the coercion bill as Peter McDonald urged an amendment shielding witnesses from preliminary inquiries unless perjury is involved. Balfour opposed the change, calling the clause essential to obtain testimony, while Stuart and Healy criticized it as a criminal law innovation and a defense of English jurisprudence. A division followed, with 265 to 162 in favor of the government.
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London
House of Commons
Peter McDonald
North Sligo
Balfour
Ireland
James Stuart
St. Andrew's University
T. M. Healy
W. H. Smith
Treasury
Yachting News On Sail Amendments And Cape Ann Cup
An adjourned New England Yacht Racing Association meeting failed to pass the proposed sailing regulation change to smaller class sails. Cape Ann Yacht Club was not dropped as reported. The club will receive printed rule cards and sail regulations are available from the secretary for 10 cents. A. J. Forbes presented a silver cup for the coming season. Races listed include May 30 at Gloucester, June 22 pennant, July 1 open sweepstake at Annisquam, July 27 Magnolia club race, Aug 10 pennant, Aug 22 open regatta, Sept 7 pennant.
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New England Yacht Racing Association
Parker House
Cape Ann Yacht Club
Cape Ann
Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland Opens in Washination
The Society of the Army of the Cumberland gathered at 10 o'clock with about one hundred members attending a business meeting. Reports were read and approved. Evening exercises at Congregational Church featured General Sheridan and other officers, with General Sherman General Rosecrans Governor Curtin and General Black among speakers. The event moved to a symposium afterward.
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Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Congregational Church
General Sheridan
Sherman
Rosecrans
Reynolds
Albert Ordway
Sheridan
Henry M. Dutfield
National Trotting Association fills vacancy after Vail resignation
May 11 report from Cucaca states the board of review pressed Secretary Vail to resign or be removed. Vail chose to resign. The vote to accept his resignation was 9 to 1. Nicol R. Morse of Pawpaw Illinois was elected to the vacancy.
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Cucaca
National Trotting Association
Board of Review
Vail
Srass
Grant
Ey ‘i
Nicol R. Morse
Pawpaw, Lll
Welcome for Sheridan Post Members Returns From Battlefields
Phil H. Sheridan Post No. 34 G. A. R. extends a welcome to members who returned from visiting Southern battlefields. The sloop yacht Maydower was moved from winter quarters to Foster's wharf Beverly for commissioning preparation. Manager Fessenden of the Salems released Phinney Hendershot and Chatterton. A number of new players will be signed on trial, William Shackley employed by J. P. Moxie. A man along Rugg block on Washington street fell after a rope break, fatally injuring him.
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Phil H. Sheridan
Maydower
Foster's Wharf
Beverly
Fessenden
Salems
Phinney
Hendershot
Chatterton
William Shackley
J. P. Moxie
Rugg
Washington Street
O'Brien at Montreal Rouses 2000 on Lansdowne Evictions
Editor O'Brien of United Ireland told a packed Albert Hall crowd of over 2000 that Lansdowne’s Irish eviction policy tears homes apart in Queens County Ireland andIreland’s cause demands action. He urged Canadian sympathy not charity and warned of further decrees as he named the bailiffs and cited brutal scenes of old and vulnerable tenants being forced out into hail and snow.
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Montreal
O’brien
United Ireland
Albert Hall
Irish National League
Lord Lansdowne
Canada
Luggacurran
Ireland
Parnell
Henry Mulhall
Gorry
Queens County
Earl Cowper
Royal Commission
Land Commission
Denning
Mr. O’brien
Quebec
Kingston
Toronto
Ottawa
Kingtons
Orangemen
Unadilla Principal Jacobs Missing After Bank Run
Robert W. Jacobs, principal of Unadilla Academy in Otsego County New York, vanished after leaving a bank with about 800 dollars. He missed a train, dined at a hotel, then walked along the track and was last seen there. His fiancée is Miss Kate Leverage. A bloodstained pocketbook and detectives are involved in the case.
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Aupany
N. Y
Sprerar
Robert W. Jacobs
Unadilla
Osego County
Kate Leverage
Sunda
Death of Rev. Timothy C. Pitkin Expert Episcopalian divine
The Rev. Timothy C. Pitkin an eminent Episcopalian divine died in Detroit Michigan yesterday. Born December 12 1816 at Farmington Connecticut he graduated Yale in 1836 and held charges in Louisville Kentucky Rochester New York New Haven Connecticut Albany and Buffalo New York and Detroit. He came from a distinguished Connecticut family.
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Detroit
Mich
Farmington, Conn
Yale
Louisville
Rochester
N.Y
New Haven
Uxbridge
Second District
Worcester
John L. Platt
Dover
N. H
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