Eighty Years Attained by Lynn Mentor James N Buffum
The Lynn octogenarian James N Buffum celebrated his eightieth birthday with a cloudless sky and warm affection from friends. Notable visitors included Paul Adams and William Lloyd Garrison Jr, while tributes came from John G Whittier and Governor Ames. The Massachusetts Club and Middlesex Club sent felicitations, and a chorus of letters and flowers marked the day. Buffum remained bedbound yet engaged, enjoying readings of letters and a poem from Garrison read by his daughter.
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Boston
William S. Bowditch
Middlesex Club
Thomas J. Marsh
Samuel O. Upham
Massachusetts Club
Charles Field
William Lloyd Garrison
Lynn
Ee N. Hart
Charles Sprague
Samuel Stewart
Loranus Crowell
Buffum
John G. Whittier
Amesbury
Janes N. Buffum
Lam
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Ames
Commonwealth
James N
Young's Hotel
William Chatlin
A. W. Beard
William W. Doherty
R.T. Davis
A. C. Walworth
Z. A. Smith
Henry B. Blackwell
John P.S. Churchill
John L. Whiting
Francis J. Garrison
Wendell Phillips Garrison
Nation
Theodore J. Weld
Samuel May
Leicester
Oliver Johnson
New York
Brackett
Charles K. Whipple
Newburybort
Philadelphia
Rock Hill
Mr. Gladstone
Pleading for Ireland at Lowell anti coercion meeting
A grand anti coercion gathering in Huntington Hall Lowell drew hundreds, after an outdoor Catholic procession. Speakers including Governor Ames General Butler and Lieutenant Governor Brackett urged aid to Ireland, condemned the coercion bill, and adopted resolutions backing Irish self government and Gladstone and Parnell.
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Huntington Hall
Ames
Abbott
General Butler
John Donovan
Brackett
John J. Hogan
John H. Morrison
Morrison
Gladstone
Parnell
John J. Donovan
Donovan
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England
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Glastorie
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Hadley Lam
Continental Congress
Irelan
United Colonies
John Jay
United States
Magian
Jett
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John Ring
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Charles 8
R. A. McKenna
John Boyle O'Reilly
Michael O’brien
William E. Gladstone
London
Butler
J.C. Apportz
Charles 5. Parnell
Embroidered Robes Marked Down to Half Price
Embroidered Ecru Batiste Robes, imported for $5.00, now offered at $2.25. Patterns include 4 1/2 yards narrow and 4 1/2 yards wide embroidery plus 14 1/2 yards cloth, exact match for embroidery. Social note warns every Embroidered Robe in store, white and colored, in India Linen Batiste Cambric Chambray and wool fabrics, is marked down to actual half price.
Groton shooting shocks town as Nutting kil ls man
This morning Henry Winch was shot and killed by Nathan Nutting in Groton. The brief item notes the fatal incident and names the involved parties amid a day's news covering trials, legal actions, and political events.
Weather warms as trends rise in Boston area
The day brings far warmer conditions with a forecast of continued warmth. Edmund Gordon remains held at $10,000 for grand jury consideration after a stabbing in South Boston Sunday night.
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Beverly Jones
Boston
Grand Jury
A.J. Lee & Co
G.F. Burkhardt
Dorchester Yacht Club
South Congregational Society
Phillips Brooks
Gregg
Moxon
Methodist Social Union
San Diego
Chicago
Burlington & Northern
Bell Telephone
Wheat Market Surges on Chicago Exchange Day
May 16 Chicago wheat opened at 87 1 4 cents and moved to 87 1 2 cents amid clique-driven strength, export clearings, and a 2,000,000 bushel drop in visible supply. June rose to 87 1 2 at noon and near 89 before easing to 85 55. Prices showed active trading as shorts submitted to buying pressure and forecast 90 cents.
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Weather outlook for New England and nearby states May 17
Weather bulletin from Washington predicts 24 hours starting 7 am Tuesday May 17: Maine New Hampshire Vermont to see warmer fair weather with light variable winds generally southwest. Rest of New England and eastern New York to have slightly warmer conditions with fair weather and high variable winds.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Meteorological Record of Yesterday Across Stations
Observations compiled for yesterday up to 6 p.m. taken simultaneously at all stations. The record notes meteorological readings across locations, documenting temperature, humidity, wind, and cloud cover as observed at common time marks.
Late Ship News Surprises at Sea Off South Shoal
Suriprise May 18 reports Thetis from Gloucester saw a large schooner bottom up near the new South Shoal fightship. The wreck, likely an American fisherman, appeared to be anchored as tides moved, but darkness prevented certainty. Captain Vallier tried to cut a hole and sink it, but rough seas halted the plan. The wreck blocks navigational track. Also, May 16 at Lospoun. steamers Grecian Boston and City of Cheater New York off Brow Head tonight.
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Thetis
Vantier
Gloucester
New South Shoal
Vallier
Lospoun
Grecian
Boston
Glasgo
City of Cheater
New York
Brow Head
Liberal split over coercion bill and Irish policy in Commons
London reports detail Mr Smith’s adjournment plan for Whitsuntide leaving only four nights for debate on the coercion bill. Sir William Harcourt seeks a secret inquiry exemption for public meetings and agrarian actions. Gladstonians vow to test the amendment while Hartington consults Salisbury and Goschen to hasten passage.
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London
Smith
House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Gladstonians
Lord Hartington
Marquis of Salisbury
W. H. Smith
Goschen
George O. Trevelyan
Eighty Club
Gladstone
Ireland
House of Lords
Swansea
Wales
Henry Hussey Vivian
Henry
Kenenee
Mr. Gladstone
Miners Strike Rises in Hainault Province
In Brussels on May 16, workers in Hainault including Mona join a broad strike. Governor warns miners against violence, pledging harsh action. Troops hold garrison, several detachments guard mining districts. Cri du Peuple claims 10,000 strikers with more joining hourly. A dynamite bid to blow the bridge over the Hain near Binche failed.
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Brussels
Hainault
Mona
Cri du Peuple
Hain
Binche
Treasure hoard found in Gwalior palace vaults
May 16 Lonnox The financial secretary of India reports discovery of an immense treasure estimated at over 25 million dollars secreted in the palace of the late Maharajah of Gwalior. Workmen unearthed it under Zenana vaults after lifting six feet of earth and flagstones. Plates recorded each pit’s value and the officials who aided the hoard. Government claims the hoard as a loan from the young Maharajah, provoking native papers to protest. Parliament may question whether the investment is seizure in disguise.
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Lonnox
Financial Secretary of
India
Gwalior
Zenana
Heneath
Balkan King Charles as Bulgarian Prince Rumor
Reports from Bucharest on May 16 state Bulgarian regents consider proclaiming King Charles of Roumania as Prince of Bulgaria, suggesting a unified Danubian kingdom with Roumania’s consent and English initiative, German approval. Berlin papers urge mobilization if Boulangist plan succeeds and call withdrawing reserves from Alsace Lorraine due to risk of German use. London reports Manchester Ship Canal contract worth £5,000,000 contingent on full capital subscription, now claimed secured.
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Bucharest
Charles of
Modest Ward at Garfield statue unveiling in Washington
Journal notes sculptor J Q A Ward, long time New York resident and bachelor, as the most modest figure at the Garfield statue unveiling. Ward, famed for his Central Park works including Indian Hunter and Shakspere, often visits his elegant studio and horse rides after work. It also mentions James Steele Mackaye as a model for Shakspere’s statue.
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LW. A. Creffut
Washington Post
Garfield
J. Q. A. Ward
New York City
Ward
New York
Central Park
Shakspere
James Steele Mackaye
Mackaye
Jacob Sharp's Trial Begins in New York Court
Jacob Sharp faced a charged start in the Court of Oyer and Terminer as Judge Barrett presided. Fifty four witnesses were examined by afternoon adjournment and a single juror, Louis W. Maires, a Christopher Street chair maker, was seated after a Judge Barrett overruled a challenge. The panel's view of guilt appeared unanimous among those questioned.
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Jacob Sharp
New York
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Barrett
Sharp
Louis W. Maires
Christopher Street
West Fourteenth Street
Nelson
Mr. Maires
Defense seeks new trial in oil conspiracy case
Buffalo, May 16. Attorney Coggswell moves for a new trial in the oil conspiracy case. Judge Haidt grants twenty days for exceptions and fifteen days for amendments, suspends sentence pending motion decision, and keeps bail at $2000.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Coggswell
Haidit
Brewers Strike Expands as Workers Walk Out in Several Breweries
The strike at A. J. Houghton continues with twenty five workers quitting yesterday while fifty remain. A dozen leave G F E Buckhardt's, and Suffolk Brewery, South Boston, faces a similar walkout. Continental Brewery workers threaten to strike next morning as Roessle's and Pfaff's positions are quickly filled and some former employees return.
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A. J. Houghton
Continental
Roessle’s
Pfaff’s
General Butler Sought for Maxwell Land Grant Rehearing
Washington May 16 General Butler is urged by Commissioner Sparks to be employed by the Attorney General to argue for a rehearing in the Maxwell land grant case. Butler, an expert in Spanish land grant law from Vigil and St Vrain near Pueblo and Mora near Las Vegas New Mexico, aims to reverse the Supreme Court decision as Mexican grants hinge on similar grounds.
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General Butler
Maxwell
Supreme Court
Sparks
United States
Vigil
St. Vrain
Pueblo
Col
Las Vegas
N. M
General Land Office
Arminio
Murder at Groton Ends in Fatal Shot Near Old Crue Site
Ayer May 16 Henry Winch cabinet shop employee was shot and killed by Nathan Nutting in Groton after a quarrel over a refused order. Nutting and his wife were arrested. Nutting known as a dangerous man.
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Henry Winch
Nathan Nutting
Groton
Maria Crue
Prescott
Winch
Nutting
Record Of Fires In Chelsea And Nearby Towns
Fire reports show Samuel Cabot’s storehouse on Marginal Street Chelsea burned with $1500 loss, partly insured. Hawley Street buildings 35 and 37 suffered under $500 loss. J W Tufts soda factory on Bowker Street had $25 damage from a gas jet. In Windsor Nova Scotia the Avon River bridge burned partially. Ryan House at Borssoarn Manitoba burned. Wealthy cattle dealer Duncan McLean burned to death, foul play suspected. Beverly Farms S Bs Sewall barn damaged $500, insured.
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Chelsea
Samuel Cabot
Hawley Street
J. W. Tufts
Bowker Street
Haufax
N.S
Avon River
Windsor
Borssoarn
Man
Ryan
Duncan McLean
Beverly
S. B. Sewall
Beverly Farms
Prince Edward Island MP Seeks US Reciprocity Over Spain Treaty
Mr. Wech of Prince Edward Island told the House of Commons he would prefer the imperial government authorize negotiation with Washington rather than Spain. He cited PEI farmers facing disadvantages next to Ontario and urged a reciprocity pact with the United States and free access to the US market, insisting Canada should retain fisheries until a fair treaty is secured.
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Ont
Wech
Prince Edward Island
House of Commons
Charles Tupper
Spain
Washington
United States
Ontario
Canada
They Don't Believe the Mate’s Story in Rockland
In Rockland Maine residents doubt the mate’s tale that Captain John Harkness wrecked his vessel en route from Havana to New York. Harkness, a Rockport native, had a tarnished reputation. Shipowners warn that the loss is a heavy financial blow to both owner and captain, and a letter from Harkness questions the mate’s credibility citing prior quarrels.
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Rockland
John Harkness
Havana
New York
Harkness
Rockport
Hooper
Funeral of Justice Woods Held at Family Home
The funeral for the late Supreme Court Justice Woods was held at the family residence at 8 pm with invited friends and many dignitaries present including the President and Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, General Sheridan, Admiral Porter, Justice Strong, and numerous senators and generals. The Rev. Dr. Giesy conducted services. Remains to be interred in Newark, New Jersey.
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Wasmer Tox
Supreme Court
Sheridan
Admiral Porter
Xjustice Strong
Schenick
Morrill, Sawyer
Jair
Dolph
Pugh
Eustis
Green B. Baum
H. V. Boynton
Giesy
Epiphany Church
Newark
N. J
Commencement Roles And Busy Week In Harvard Athletics
The academic committee selected J H Mack for the law school oration and G P Furber F E E Hamilton B Stanton J H Woods for dissertations and disquisition with H E Peabody and F C Southworth on Latin oration. Baseball matches come this week with Harvard facing Brown Yale Cornell and Princeton. The freshmen beat the sophomores 14 to 18 in the class championship series yesterday.
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Law School
J. H. Mack
G. P. Furber
F. E. E. Hamilton
Harvard
Princeton
Reception for Universalist Ministers at Capen residence
President Capen hosted a reception for the Universalist Ministers' Club at his Professors' Row home yesterday afternoon. Ministers and friends then toured Goddard Chapel and heard Rev. Mr. Snow of Haverhill discuss The Ministers and the Churches. They visited Barnum Museum, the new library, Goddard Gym, and other Hill landmarks.
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Capen
Universalist Ministers’ Club
Professors’ Row
Goddard Chapel
Mr. Snow
Haverhill
Barnum Museum
Godlard
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