Lexow panel session tests Sheehan over bank books
New York Oct 31 The Lexow committee held a heated session as Commissioner Sheehan refused to hand over private bank books while Mr Goff accused him of grand larceny. Sheehan denied the charge and challenged the specific dates. The committee directed extracting minutes to forward to the district attorney and recessed amid rumors of a grand jury appearance.
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New York
Lexow Committee
Sheehan
Mr. Goff
Lexow
Grand Jury
Goff
New York Times
Buffalo
John C. Sheehan
Rheehan
Fred Tim
Comptroller’s Office
Mr. Sheehan
Timothy J. Mahoney
Comptroller of
Will
John
Egan
Reformers Demand Stronger City Control In Boston
The Municipal League of Boston gathered at Allston Hall near Trinity Church led by Samuel B. Capen with General Augustus P. Martin and ex Alderman Carruth among speakers. They urged abolishing the Common Council for a 24 member Alderman board, a three year mayoral term, reduced salaries, and a single legislative body. Capen, Mead and Brandeis attacked current boards for corruption and waste while advocating merit and central reform. The group plans to press its plan and return on November 22 and seek laws from the Legislature.
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Municipal League of Boston
Allston Hall
Trinity Church
Samuel B. Capen
Martin
Boston
Carruth
Mead
League
Common Council
Capen
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
Colby
Brandeis
Watch and Ward Society
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Claims
Augustus P. Martin
Police Commission
Police Board
Police Department
Wardmen Indicted for Bribery in New York
Grand jury indicted Captain John S. Stephenson ex Wardmen James Burns and George Swift, once detectives under Captain Cross, and ex Wardman Edward Glennon for bribery. They had been dismissed by the Police Board, and the indictments relate to charges of blackmailing keepers of disorderly houses on Eldredge street station.
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New York
Grand
John S. Stephenson
Police Board
James Burns
George Swift
Cross
Eldredge Street
Edward Glennon
Devery
Lumber laden vessel disappears off Cape shores
Captain Isaac G. Fisher of the Peaked Hill life saving station reports planks boards shingles and wreckage ashore at Provincetown and Pamet River after a lumber laden vessel foundered offshore. Debris includes deck frame bulwarks and a chest lid but no identifying marks.
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Provincetown
Isaac G. Fisher
Peaked Hill
Pamet River Station
Fisher
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Forecast shows showers in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with clearing or fair weather later. Winds are mainly westerly to southerly, then colder air across the region including Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York with likely fair Friday in most areas.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Big land transfer tied to Sioux Falls packing firms
Two thousand acres near the main packing plant shift from Sioux Falls Packing Co to Northwestern Packing Co. Senator Pettigrew exits. new promoters J. H. Lord of Boston and A. J. Pettingill of Sioux Falls head a Boston syndicate. Options and liens totaling 150000 dollars indicate future construction. The deal totals 285000 dollars.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux Falls Packing Company
Northwestern Packing Company
Senator Pettigrew
J. H. Lord
Boston
A. J. Pettingill
Wesleyan Names Assistant Manager and Coach
S P Love of Pittsfield Mass was elected assistant manager of the Wesleyan University baseball team. Jack Pullman class of 92 who has returned from Germany will coach the Wesleyan football team until the Trinity game, and is attending Yale Law School.
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Middletown
Conn
S. P. Love
Pittsfield
Mass
Wesleyan University
Jack” Pullman
Wesleyan
Germany
Pullman
Yale Law School
Columbias Lead Pioneer Bicycle Sets 1895 Price
The pioneer bicycle models set the price pace at 100 dollars for the 1895 season. Columbia bikes lead the market with their pricing emphasis and consumer appeal.
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Columbias
Pioneer
Fire Hits Newburyport Car Works and Nearby Shops
A major blaze in Newburyport destroys the Newburyport Car Company works and John P Leary's dwelling, with Herman Staples's paint shop saved by heroic firemen. Thefire threatens Hancock House across the street. four buildings burn, causing at least $175,000 in damage to Burley & Stevens stock and machinery. Two firefighters and several residents are injured.
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John P. Leary
Merrimac Street
Car Company
Herman Staples
Staples
Hancock House
James Delano
Company 1
Herbert Currier
Hook and Ladder Company
Eagle House
Captain Knight
Burley & Stevens
Fire Destroys Burley & Stevens Plant and Eagle House
A devastating blaze on Merrimac Street destroyed the Burley & Stevens boot and shoe factory and John P. Leary's dwelling, while the Eagle House was left a charred shell. Losses top $200,000 with hundreds of workers left idle. Fire began from an oil stove in the car company's office and spread rapidly aided by dry conditions and limited water. Firefighting included multiple towns and a tug with a pump, but the dry well and lack of river access hindered efforts.
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Burley & Stevens
John P. Leary
Merrimac Street
Merrimac
John Casey
Eagle House
Car Company
Charles Brown
Evans
Salem
Portsmouth
Haverhill
Pollard
Marden
Gordon
Newburyport
Reed
Ahler
Amesbury
E. P. Shaw
Shaw
W. O. Moseley
Celia Sliney
Man Dies of Heart Trouble in Saloon on Washington Street
Walter C. Cousins, 33, collapsed and died at William J. Logan's liquor saloon at 968 Washington Street around 10:30 PM. Dr. W. T. Slayton said death resulted from heart trouble. Cousins, a track foreman for West End Street Railroad, lived at 225 Shawmut Avenue.
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Walter C. Cousins
William J. Logan
Washington Street
Cousins
Mr. Logan
W. T. Slayton
Shawmut Avenue
West End Street Railroad
Death nears as Russian Czar's health worsens
Bulletin from Livadia reports the Emperor's left lung inflammation worsened with weak pulse and impeded breathing. Czar's doctors Zacharin Leyden clash publicly over treatment causing tensions with officials as prayers rise for recovery and a police bulletin mobed.
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ST. Petersburg
Livadia
Wynodzeff
Zacharia
Professor Leyden
Zacharin
Moscow
Tcherevi
Leyden
Nihilists Rally Against Czar as Autocracy Faces Fate
A London dispatch reports a circulating Nihilist message from Switzerland calling for revolt against Tsar Alexander II, denouncing autocracy, praising revolution, and pledging to oppose Romanoff rule. It names opponents and vows continued action until land reforms and liberty prevail.
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London
Switzerland
Russia
Alexander
Czar
Michaeloff
Russackoff
Kibaltchik
Nelotsoff
Sophie Perowskaia
Jesse Halfmann
Zacharias
Hirsches
Popoffs
Czarewitch
Vladimir
Michael
Romanoff
Prince and Princess of Wales depart for Livadia by special train
The Prince and Princess of Wales left London for Livadia at 8 45 this morning traveling via Brussels and Vienna. The Crown Princess of Denmark also set out from Copenhagen for Livadia this evening. The King and Queen stayed home unable to undertake the long journey.
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London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Livadia
Brussels
Vienna
Crown Princess of
Denmark
Copenhagen
Czar Spitting Blood Described as Coagulated Blood Claim
The Lokal Anzeiger cites Dr. Zacharia attributing the Czar’s blood spitting to coagulated blood in the lungs causing inflammation. The envoy notes the sole hope lies in absorption of the coagulated blood as the spitting has decreased this morning in Livadia.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Livadia
Zacharia
Dining chairs mirror 18th Century Boston style
The piece describes an 18th Century dining room trend in Boston homes with compact, dignified chairs. It notes comfort from concave backs and leather seats with brass nail studs, a richly carved frame, and claims the set as an inexpensive yet finest example of the old model.
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Boston
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Waitt & Bond
Boston Lunch Company
Wesleyan Athletic Matters
Newburyport Car Company
Merrimas
Gzar
Paine’s Furniture CO
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