Romanian statesman Jean Bratiano dies in exile era
Despatch from Bucharest reports the death of Jean Bratiano born 1862 in Bucharest. A prominent liberal leader, Bratiano helped guide Romania from principality to independent kingdom, led ministries during the Russo Turkish War era, and advocated direct succession to the throne. He later faced political shifts and supported emancipation efforts, authoring works on Romanian affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Bratiano
Bucharest
M. Bratiano
Paris
Polytechnic
Demetre Bratiano
Austria
Orsini
Romania
Turis
Alexander Couza
Democratic Party
Bratiano
Constantine Rosetti
Napoleon III
Charles of
Catargi
Fospodors
Bratianu
Constantinople
Labor and Capital to Take the Strikers’ Places
The Boston Central Labor Union opposes the franchise bill as labor and capital prepare to fill roles left by striking workers. The dispute centers on franchise rights and economic control, with labor leaders warning of broader impact on workers.
Too Many Carpenters in Boston
At Stone Siding near Wash may 17 400 negro miners and families arrived to take jobs at Franklin Oregon Improvement Company mines amid union strife. Boston carpenters face wage pressure from influx of provincial tradesmen and cutthroat contracts as late spring labor disputes unfold across industries.
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Seattile. Wash
Stone Siding
Northern Pacific
Oregon Improvement Company
Franklin
C. J. Smith
Pirrrey RG
Penn
West Overton
Valley
Redstone
Frick Company
Fric Company
Read
Curcaco
Lll
Supreme Council of Federated Railway Employees
Yeas
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Brooks
Northwestern Railroad
Central Labor Union
Type Hall
Washington Street
McCarthy
West End
Boston
New York
Parks
Franklin Park
Naval Battalion Drill in Bad Weather On Boston River
In poor weather the naval battalion parade shifted from a dress parade on Boston Common to a boat drill on the Charles River. Four companies formed at the South Armory, then boarded launches and cutters for maneuvers, with a submarine mine explosion marking the drill. The 196-strong unit, under Lieutenant-Commander Soley, conducted line of battle and other maneuvers despite mud and rain.
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Naval Battalion
the Charles
Boston Common
Soley
South Armory
Exeter Street
Charles River
de Blois
Atts
Paul
Wood
Weeks
Again Victorious Rain Causes Dead Wickets
A weather disrupted match across the New England states left wickets fallen and play halted repeatedly. Players struggled in wet conditions as teams adapted strategies to secure a win amid persistent showers.
Boston Nines Defeat Harvard In Rain-Interrupted Cricket
The Boston Athletic Association Cricket Club beat Harvard University at Longwood 51 to 23 after a rain delay. George Wright and Cracknell bowled well for BA A A, with Skinner and Pettitt contributing timely hits. Other scores noted include Cincinnati 8 Boston 4 and Boston 95 Louisville 3 in separate leagues.
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Boston Athletic Association Cricket Club
Somerville
Harvard University
Longwood
Harvard
George Wright
Cracknell
S. Skinner
G. Wright
Busby
Fom Pettitt
Skinner
Garrett
C. Skinner
Cincinnati
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
American Association
Louisville
Athletics
St. Louis
Baltimore
Buffalo
New Haven
Rochester
Providence
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Exeter
Phillips Exeter
Williams
B. Wright
Shirner
D. Wright
Crackn
T. Pettitt
D. Garrett
L. Mansfield
B. Skinncp
B. Skinner
S. Wright
Eeseeeves Association
Mansfield
Griswold
King
B. W. B. Garrett
Presbey
D. Garreth
Dings
Cesses
Eeeeres
Columbus
Bibes Yas
Washington
Eoane
Peed
Algonquin Club Case Contends Over Building Projections
A Boston letter to the editor details clashes over the Algonquin Club building on Commonwealth Avenue. Officials claim the club violated deed restrictions with oversized projections and seek removal. J. Sanford and others cite court rulings upholding removal orders. The correspondence and Supreme Judicial Court extracts frame a long dispute between the club, architects McKim Mead & White, and city authorities.
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Algonquin Club
Harbor and Land Commissioners
Ianner
Joan & Sanford
McKim, Mead & White
Harbor and Land Commissioners’ Office
Boston
Tesh Algonquin Club
Messrs. Aickim, Mead & White
Lough
Commonwealth
Joun
Sanford
John E. Sanford
AxTour G. Everett
Grand Excursion to Yellowstone National Park and Western Resorts
Union Pacific offers a July 1891 grand excursion from Omaha to Yellowstone National Park and other western points. Six horse Concord coaches transport tourists Beaver Canyon to the park and return, with camping gear and hotel stays en route. Price is $250 per passenger covering rail Pullman stage meals and hotels for 30 days. Limited to 35 passengers, early application urged. No children allowed. Auction sale at Shreve Crump & Low attracts crowds while items fetch below worth.
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Yellowstone National Park
Union Pacific
Omaha
Great Shoshone Falls
Idaho
Oxden
Salt Lake City
Garfield Beach
Denver
Clear Creek Canon
Loop
Concord
Beaver Canyen
Shoshone Station
Beaver Canon
Ait
Hatey P. Deuel
Far
Playgrounds and Open Spaces for Boston’s Dense Areas
A Boston Post reader urges the city to focus on more playgrounds and open spaces rather than extending the sea wall and boulevard along the Charles River. The letter cites the Charlesbank Gymnasium and parade grounds as proof that youths need safe areas for baseball and football, proposing new gyms in the North End, South Boston, and near Dover Street.
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Sir
Charles River
Charles Bank
Public Garden
Commonwealth Avenue
Charlesbank
North End
Boston
Dover Street
American Oriental Society elects officers at closing session
The closing session of the American Oriental Society elected officers for the coming year. Rev. Dr. William Hayes Ward will serve as president, with Daniel C. Gilman and Henry Thayer as vice presidents. List includes Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and other prominent professors as secretary, librarian, treasurer, and directors. Thirty-one papers were submitted, twenty on Semitic, Sanskrit, and Persian topics.
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Gaines
Merrimacks 2d
Andovers 2d
Albions
Cambride
Andovers
Merrimacks
Kings County C. C
Lowell Cricket Club
Lowell Cricket and Athletic Association
J. J. Hart
J. D. Kendall
J. Gibson
Fred Butterick
C. J. Glidden
C. Palmer
Percy Parker
J. H. Comber
W. E. Farrar
J. Thorpe
T. M. Hart
E. L. Sherwood
W. Meikelsohn
A. M. Spencer
KE. T. Abbott
F. Walsh
Lowells
Robert Mudie
Longwoods
George Wright
Haverford College of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Longwood
New Havens
New York Boston
Chambers
American Oriental Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
William Hayes Ward
New York Independent
Daniel C. Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Henry Thayer
Harvard University
Isaac H. Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
David G. Lyon
Charles R. Lanman
Penn
Charles W. Kenton
University of Minnesota
Adolph A. Berle
Shattuck Scholar
Lester Bradner
I. Yale
James H. Breasted
Yale University
M. W. Easton
University of Pennsylvania
Carl J. Elofson
Yale
Robert F. Harper
W. R. Harper
James T. Hatfield
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
E. W Hopkins
Bryn Mawr College
A. V. Williams Jackson
Columbia College
James 2. Jewett
Brown University
Charles F. Kent
George N. Newman
Hanns Oertel
Vanderbilt University
George A. Reisner
Herbert C. Tolman
William D. Whitney
M. Bloomfield
Johns Hopkins
Weather Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Weather indications from Washington on May 17 show forecast through 8 p.m. Monday generally fair conditions in New England and eastern New York with slightly warmer temperatures Monday night and northwest winds.
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WasmingtTon
New England
New York
Post's Forecast for New England Weather Today and Tomorrow
Northern New England shows slightly cloudy skies with westerly winds and rising temperatures, turning warmer tonight. Southern New England stays nearly clear with west or southwest winds and higher temperatures. Tuesday looks fair and warm with night showers possible. Rainfall varied across the region, with amounts up to 1.74 inches near Portland and 0.70 inch at Shreveport.
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Post’s
New England
Ohio
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Newfoundland
Vermont
Portland
Maine
Fort Custer
Mont
Helena
Kansas City
Memphis
St. Louis
Oswego
Shreveport
Atlantic
Boston
Jacksonville
Hartport
Nantucket
New York
Washington
Charleston
Mercury
St. Paul
St. Vincent
Deaths in Paris and Renderings by Noted Historian Chernel
Paris mourns historian Pierre Adolphe Chernel born Rouen January 17 1809 a prolific scholar who held posts from professor at the Royal College of Rouen to rector of several academies and member of distinguished societies. He earned the Legion of Honor in 1863 and produced major works on Rouen and French governance along with biographies and dictionaries. Other deaths noted include William F. Graham editor of the Meriden Republican and Henry H. Bunnell banker and stock exchange member both described with biographical details and succession plans for their respective organizations.
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Paris
Pierre Adolphe Chérnel
Rouen
Caen
Antiquary Society of
Normandy
Royal College of Rouen
H. Wallon
Academy of Strasburg
Academy of Poitiers
Académie Des Sciences Morales Et Politiques
Henri Martin
Legion of Honor
France
Philippe
Louis XIV
Dicionnaire Historique Des Institutions
Marie Stuart
Catherine de Médicis
Fouquet
Sami-Simon Considere
Louis IV
Mazarin
William F. Graham
The
Meriden
Conn
Republican
Colorado Springs
Mr.Graham
Merriam Post
New York Infantry
Graham
Henry H. Bunnell
New Haven
Bunnell & Scranton
Bright
New York Stock Exchange
Bunnell
Floating body found in the Charles River near Fruit Street
Frank B. Miller, a watchman at Charles Park Bank, found a badly decomposed body of an unknown man about 80 years old in the Charles River at Fruit Street. The corpse, 5 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds, with dark complexion and a moustache, wore layered clothing and carried papers marked T. P. McGrath in a pocket. The body was taken to the North Grove Street Morgue by police.
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The
Charles
Frank B. Miller
Charles Park Bank
Charles River
Fruit Street
Miller
Division 3
North Grove Street
T. P. McGrath
MIT corps prize drill winners announced in Mechanics Building
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology held its annual prize drill in Mechanics Building on Saturday. Company A under Captain R B Adams and Company BR under Captain W H King won team prizes. individual winners were Sergeants Cheney and Ames of Company A. General Fran presented the spoils.
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Corps of Cadets
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanics Building
R. B. Adams
W. H. King
Cheney
Ames
Court Docket List of Civil Case Names and Orders
A dense docket listing multiple civil cases by surname and docket numbers. Entries include Frene v West End, MacGuerty v Haile, Going v Fay, Keller v Jam, Fowle v Wilbur, Lynch v Tyler, Crosby v Pierce, Collins v Grant, Goodrich v Hearn, Jebreets v Story, Lugbee v Rayner, Allen v Boston, Williams v Lewin, First Ward Nation Bank v Quinn, Adams v Herrick, Kakas v Rogers, Boardsman v Young, and numerous others across sessions. The record reflects adjournments and ordering in sessions and notes highest numbers in order.
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Hogarty
West End
MacGuerty
Haile
Railway
Going
Fay
Keller
Jam
P. L
Fowle
Wilbur. Co
Lynch
Tyler
Crosby Y. Pierce
Collins
Grant
Goodrich
Hearn
Jebretts
Story
Lugbee
Court docket notes and case listings in Cambridge
Superior Court Middlesex docket entries list cases including Murphy v. Robil, Bowker v. Hovey, Brown v. Inhrits of, Guthro pro ami v. Lexington, Parwer Ex. V, Allaire v. Onge, Lynde rep. v. Par, Vens v. City of Ker, Stiles v. Saunders, Hutchinson v. City of Boston and Evans v. Bradgon. The record indicates judge Hammond and clerks Woodward and Onge with multiple docket numbers.
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Murphy
Robil
Bowker
Hovey Eard
Brown
H’t’s
Guthro Pro Ami
Lexington
Monahan
Parwer, Ex
Allaire
Onge
Woodward
Benjamin O. Peirce v Bradlee estate action in Norfolk Court
Superior Court Norfolk County May 15 lists multiple cases including Benjamin O Peirce vs J W Bradlee administrator for labor on an estate, verdict for plaintiff at 129, and John Failon vs Thomas Forsythe and trustee for trespass damages with court directing verdict for defendants.
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Superior Court
Norfolk County
Dedham
Thompson
Benjamin O. Peirce
J. W. Bradlee
J. M. Browne
F. O H. Williams
John Failon
Thomas Forsythe
E. ©. Bumpus
Edward Everett
P. R. Blackmur
George W. Gardner
Weymouth
J. W. Converse
James Humphrey
George R. Swasey
Thayer Guard
McManus
Daniels
Jarwood Mfg Co
Same
Shute
City of
Uincy
Browne Y. Y.&n
U KR. R. Co
Nawn
City of Bos
Gallazherry
Westton
End Street
Duel wounds Signor Barzilai in Rome conflict
In Rome on May 17 a duel occurred stemming from the May Day riots during labor demonstrations in the Chamber of Deputies. Signor Barzilai, a deputy, and Captain Bozzi dueled. Barzilai was wounded in the arm and head as a result of the fight.
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Signor Barzilai
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Barzilal
Bozzi
Summer Homes for Ample Vermont Boarders Offered
A Vermont winter canvass found 5560 residents ready to host summer boarders at four to ten dollars weekly and 275 hotels offering accommodations. An illustrated book titled Summer Homes Among the Green Hills of Vermont and Along the shores of Lake Champlain provides full information. Copies are available by request to T. H. Harney in Boston or W. Cummins in St. Albans Vermont.
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Green Hills
Lake Shores
State of
Vermont
Lake Champlain
T. H. Harney
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
W. Cummines
St. Albans
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Boston Central Labor Union
Post
British Provinces
Nova Scotia
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
Wells Memorial Hall
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Pythian Hall
New England States
Boston Nines
Harvards
Central Park
Boston Or
Fick
Beacon Street
Shreve, Crump & Low Company
Tremont
Weat Streets
Albany
AG Fair Loston
Isismarek
Cheyenne
Detroit
Eeeceres
Puluth
el Paso
Texas
Eastport
Loudy Helena
Fla
Montreal
Marquette
Mich
New Orleans
Pierre Adolphe Chernel
TECH
Edinboro
A. B. Crocker & CO
Essex Street
Boston, Mass
Supreme Ce
Eee
Allen
J. Willard A. Bullard
Charles Wood
Smith
James J. Lawton
Atlantic Compressed Yeast Company of
Hartford
Edward Avery
L. G. Blair
C. B. Southard
Elizabeth Gray
George W. Parke
Suffolk, Ss
Barker, J
Frene
Globe B. H
Hicks
Starbuck
M. Co
McDonald
Mogan
Aworth
Reed
Chapman
Leary
Brookman
Reynolas
Lawler
Boston & Me
R.rik
Haines
Flint
Foster
Glover
Fitenburg
Shaw
Sup. Assem
R.S
G. F
Bishop
Bono
Puli
Manual. Car Co
Griffin
Merrimack
North Chelmsford
Merrimack River
Robert Brothers
Andrew Hardy
Huntoon
Yale Theological Seminary
Gordon
Old South Church
Center Church
Middlesex
Cambridge
Hammond, J
G. ©. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Virgil Practice Clavier Company
Mason & Hamlin’s
Tremont Street
the Post Publishing CO
W. Nper
la Crosse
Wis
Mfr
Splend
stainpe ARC_E. MFG, CO
Racine
Les Lep
Bnew
Reed’s
Harrison Avenue
Eliot B. Mayo
Albany Street
Pinckney
Yrtle Street
Dorchester Avenue
S. H. L. Puerce
South End
Columbus Ave
West Brook
Newton
Auburndale
Dorchester
Columbus Av
Charlestown
John Reade
Main Street
Watts
Everett
Belmont Hill
Mets
R. S. Higgins
Hancock St
T. J. Mansfield
B Arnold
Washington St. O
Tremont &J
Worcester St
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