Weather forecast for New England states May 18
Indications from Wasnutington predict warmer conditions in Maine with rain Monday evening, while New Hampshire Vermont see warmer air and increasing clouds with local storms. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expected to warm with rains after fair periods, and eastern New York to experience rising clouds and rain with afternoon storms and a southerly wind.
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Wasnutington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Observations Elsewhere Brief Report
Observations were recorded from external sources with notes noting that the material originated outside the main reporting area. The entry lists observations from various locations but provides no further context or details about the subjects observed.
Naval Orders See Major Moves Across District
Washington May 18 Lieutenant Thomas M Brumby assigned as assistant to lighthouse inspector third district Lieutenant George T Emmons ordered to the Pinta 21st July Ensign William J Maxwell sent to ordnance instruction at Washington Navy Yard several officers detached from the Enterprise and ordered to proceed home or settle accounts and await orders with three months leave for Hodgson multiple detachments and movement noted for the fleet and shore staff
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Washington
Sreerau
Thomas M. Brumby
Third District
George T. Emmons
William J. Maxwell
Washington Navy Yard
A. C. Hodgson
R. R. Ingersoll
Herman F. Frickbohm
Samuel C. Lemly
Richard T. Mulligan
Percival J. Worick
G. W. Kleine
C. J. Herndon
James Entwistie
F. M. Bennett
Enterprise
Roceed
Aymaster J. A. Mudd
Salem Normal School graduates host twelfth triennial convention
Salem on June 25 will see the twelfth triennial convention of past graduates and members of the Salem Normal School at South Church. The event marks Prof. Hagar's 25th year with the school, adding special interest to the exercises. A large Newfoundland named Cunningham ran loose in town, biting several dogs before officers killed the dog and seven others bitten in the pursuit.
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Salem
Salem Normal School
South Church
Hagar
Cunningham
Maritime notices and Melin's Food praised in ad brevity
Lonpox reports sailing dates for steamers Virginian bound to Boston from Liverpool May 16 and Sonora from New York May 16 with May 18 listings in London and Gloucester. Q Oakdene sails to Glace Bay for loading to Montreal while Mellin's Food is extolled as satisfactory nourishment for delicate stomachs and strong health properties.
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Lonpox
Virginian
Liverpool
Boston
Towerlill
London
New York
Sonora
Norfolk
Sloucester
Fatal Havana explosion at Ysasi store leaves many dead
A fire at Ysasi's hardware store ignited a powder barrel, blowing the building apart in Havana on May 18. Thirty four killed including four fire chiefs and the Venezuelan consul Senor Francesco Silva, with over a hundred injured. Debris removal proceeds as authorities mourn and search continues.
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Havana
Ysasi
Senores Mussel Sencovicch
Oscar Conill
Francesco Ordonez
Senor
Francesco Silva
Three Steamers Clear Queenstown Harbor for New York
London May 18 three steamers sailed from Queenstown for New York within an hour of each other City of Rome Alaska and Aurania left at 12 30 p m 1 20 p m and 2 p m respectively all at full steam and racing bets rose on the outcome as they cleared harbor
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Queenstown
New York
London
Anchor Line
City of Rome
Young
Guion
Alaska
Murray
Cunard
Aurania
Dutton
Queenstown Harbor
Boulanger dissolves Boulangist national committee
Paris reports that General Boulanger, writing from the Island of Jersey, says he seeks no intermediary between himself and supporters and dissolves the Boulangist national committee. In London sources say the dissolution note does not renounce his claims but calls for no medium between universal suffrage and him.
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Paris
General Boulanger
Island of
Jersey
Boulangist National Committee
London
Boulanger
Boulangist National Commission
Address to the Czar on Siberian outrages remonstrated
The Universal Review in London publishes a remonstrance to the Czar against outrages on Russian exiles in Siberia. Signed by 254 distinguished figures from Lords, Commons, and arts. Many signers also back a diplomatic approach to Russia. Gladstone notes Russia may answer any note with a counterpoint about Irish Mitchelstown killings.
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London
Universal Review of London
Siberia
House of Lords
House of Commons
Remonstrance
Gladstone
Russia
Mitchelstown
Crédit Foncier Governor Defends Record in Copper Case
Paris May 18 M Chistophle governor of the Crédit Foncier testifies to strong prosperity since 1877 dividends raised from 12 to 63 francs and assets total 258 million francs with 180 million in treasury bonds and 70 million in rente. Copper syndicate trial reveals fictitious profits by Société des Metaux director Secretan and a 10 million franc quick profit. defense argues penal code misapplied. Hentche Gonbert and Laveissiere face company law breaches. Hentche admits ignorance of Comptoir d Escompte dealings with Société des Metaux. board ignored managers reports.
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Paris
M. Chistophle
Crédit Foncier
Frances
M. Secretan
Société Des Metaux
MM. Hentche
Gonbert
Laveissiere
M. I Hentche
Comptoir d’ Escompte
French Opinion on Bismarck Retirement and German Ties
Paris May 18. The Matin prints Des Soux's interview after days at Friedrichsruh with ex chancellor Bismarck. He calls retirement a first class funeral yet remains alive and busy. He denies barbarity over Paris bombardment and says Germany would aid Austria if Russia acts against it and Russia would defend France if attacked.
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Paris
The
Matin
Des Soux
Friedrichsruhs
Bismarck
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
German Advance Seizes Mikindani and Coast to Zanzibar
Bern dispatches report Major Wissmann captured Mikindani on the 14th inst. and secured the coast from Mikindani to Zanzibar, placing the area under German control.
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East African
Mikindani
Zanzibar
Bern
East Africa
Wissmann
Zanzbar
Brazilian banking laws spark Rio Grande do Sul unrest
Monteviero May 18 telegram reports rising at Puerto Azegre where troops fired a volley, killed and wounded many, then joined citizens in deposing the Governor. Advices confirm disorders across Rio Grande do Sul as the population vows to oppose Dr Barbosa's new finance laws by force if needed.
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Monteviero
Puerto Azegre
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Dr. Barbosa
Passion Play at Oberammergau Draws Eight Hundred Visitors
In Bern on May 18 the dress rehearsal of the Passion Play at Oberammergau drew eight hundred English and American visitors. The tableaux were excellent and Mayer was marvellous as Christ, while all other actors performed well except Judas who overacted. The play runs eight and a half hours.
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Bern
Oberammergau
Mayer
Christ
Judas
Labor Action Abroad Affects Sunday Work Across Europe
Reports from Presta Prague and Chemnitz confirm strikes ending as engineers and weavers resume or adjust work. Hungary moves to ban Sunday labor with a 24 hour rest. Paris delegates plan a permanent eight hour movement league. The women and girls proposal limits work to ten hours and bans night shifts for ages thirteen to eighteen.
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Presta
Pracur
Curmnitrz
Paris
Central Committee
Russian Maneuvers to Start on Eastern Frontier in August
Vienna reports Russian forces will hold maneuvers on the Eastern frontier in August lasting three weeks. Troops will come from Poland Lithuania Odessa Charkoff and Moscow under Generals Gourko and Dragomiroff. Railways in the district will be controlled by the military. Nuns at a Catholic convent in Durno have been evicted and the nunnery turned into a magazine.
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Vienna
Poland
Lithuania
Odessa
Charkoff
Moscow
Gourko
Dragomiroff
Durno
Six Persons Drowned Off the Irish Coast
The steamer Harold bound from Bilbao to Glasgow foundered off the Irish coast with six passengers drowning. Other items note Socialistic Deputies in the Reichstag seeking new economic inquiry powers, an anti Semitic meeting in Halle with arrests, and various international briefings including a Brazilian gold duty decree, a horse race won by Puchero, and a Pittsburgh cab accident.
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Harold
Bilbao
Glasgow
Braun
Reichstag
Halle
Sonneberg
Paris
Baron A. de Schikler
Puchero
Perplexe
Yellow
Wardance
Sydney
N.S. W
Balmain
Portsmounth
Eng
Thomas McCheane
United States
South Sea Castle
Here
Qurrre
Mer. Blais
Germanicropolis
Mer
Langevin
Rimouski
Cardinal Taschereau
Chicoutimi
Sherbrooke
Ottawa
Nicolet
Three Rivers
Heliographing feat marks 215 mile signal link
Prescott May 18 Toes Lt Wittenmeyer achieved a record heliograph signal of 125 miles from Mt Reno to Mt Graham with Captain Murray relaying to Fort Huachuca 90 miles more, totaling 215 miles via an intervening station. Earlier records stood around seventy miles. M F Loughman of New York receives gold medal for saving Commander Charles H Rockwell of the U S N from a West India mail train at Port Tampa April 28 1889.
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M. F. Loughman
New York
Massachusetts Humane Society
Charles H. Rockwell
U.S.N
United States
Yantic
Port Tampa
Fla
Tariff debate erupts as Bynum censured in House clash
A heated House session centered on the tariff bill as amendments were debated and a lengthy controversy over a Campbell affidavit sparked uproar. Mr Bynum of Indiana faced censure after exchanges with Mr Bayne and Mr McKinley, with the chamber voting 126 to 104 to censure.
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McKinley
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Berlin
Bynum
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Dockery
Missouri
Carruth
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
O’neil
Ptecore
New England
Mr. McKinley
Outhwaite
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Bayne
Pennsylvania
James Campbell
Pittsburg
Penn
Wilson
West Virginia
I. Bynum
Campbell
Cheadle
Mr. Campbell
Theentleman
Cutcheon
Holmes
Mr. Bynum
Furnishing a Flat in Apartment Houses
Furnishing a flat article notes flats date from May and a high demand for apartment house furniture this season. The firm specializes in small sized pieces and combination units to fit reduced space, arguing over-sized furniture causes annoyance while smaller styles improve comfort in compact rooms.
Bynum Censured by House After Rowdy Session
In a tense House scene at the Republican opposition, Mr. Bynum faced censure for remarks that breached rules. The Speaker read the formal order, Bynum accepted the censure as a decoration of honor while Democrats applauded and the chamber adjourned.
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Mr. Springer
Hecce
William D. Bynum
Senate Passes Grants For Harvard, California Observatory Tower
In Washington on May 18 the Senate approved a bill granting Harvard College and the University of California the right to forty acres atop Wilson's Peak near Pasadena for observatory use. It also passed a bill increasing a Grant statue appropriation to 300000, after omitting the word equestrian. Other measures included port and public building bills and pension proposals for Civil War survivors and widows, with income limits and service requirements.
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Washington
Senate
Harvard College
University of California
United States
Wilson’s Peak
Pasadena
Cal
General Grant
Canada
Beecher’s Falls
Norwich
Conn
Farwell
Mr. Ingalls
Steamers Arrived in Atlantic Ports in Mid May
A list of steamers arriving or reported at major ports from Boston to Yokohama with origins from London, Hamburg, Liverpool, Montreal, New York, and other hubs. Entries include ships such as Italia, Etruria, Saale, Italia, Orinoco, and City of Rio de Janeiro, noting origins like Hamburg, Liverpool, and Bermuda and destinations including New York, Boston, and San Francisco. The compiled notices track schedules and port calls through May 18.
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Boston
Stockholm City
London
Dodona
Mediterranean Porta
Gambetta
Baracoa
Boton
Alfred Dumois
Banes
Uba
Tangier
Sagua
Baltimore
Carthaglaian
Liverpol
New York
Richmond Hill
Critic
Shields and Dance
Italia
Hamburg
Augustine
Para
Orinoco
Bermuda
Apollo
Hull
Etruria
Liverpool
Saale
Bremen
Starlight
Palermo
Southampton
Elbe
Bonn
Elsie Marie
Lake Neptgon
Montreal
Lake Ontario
Norseman
Wisconsin
Umbria
Thomas Anderson
Phelphia
Port Adelaide
Philadelphia
Dover
Wieland
Haming
Tropic
Havre
la Bretagne
Kinsale
Counsellor
New Orleans
Scilly Islands
the Lizard
Main
Brow Head
Runiec
Pernambuco
Maranhouse
New
Yokohama
City of Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Hong Kong
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Labor Action Abroad
Hungary
General Foreign News
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