Cheaper Postage Rates For Merchandise Packages Proposed
Postmaster General Wanamaker may urge Congress to merge third and fourth class mail at the third class rate halving current charges for merchandise. The plan aims to simplify classification, cut costs, and shift more packages from rival express services, though opposition from carriers is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wanamaker Lone
Congress
Postmaster-General
Wanamaker
Post Office
Allen
Lowell
Post Office Committee
Future of the Indians Convictions From General Morgan
General T J Morgan, commissioner of Indian affairs, argues in his annual report to end the reservation system and absorb Indians into American life. He calls for individual rights, education, and breaking tribal relations while urging honest administration and opposition to land grabs. Morgan notes 147 Indian schools with 6956 pupils at a cost of 869075.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washeton
T. J. Morgan
Indian Affairs
Morgan
Severalty
Fire Record of Multiple City Blazes Across U S
West Andover farm buildings owned by George Cuttle burned with loss over 4000 dollars as no water was available. A West Sixth street building in Kansas City owned by Peter Tiernan housing a sub print and Kellogg Newspaper Co. burned with 80000 dollar loss insured. Hanson Bros steam mill in Dover New Hampshire sustained minor fire damage. Pearl street chair works in New York suffered 20000 dollar loss insured. John Bixby home and farm near Saccarappa burned with livestock losses totaling 3500 dollars, insurance 2000. Butler Art Glass factory in Fos toria Ohio destroyed, loss 60000 dollars with 30000 dollar insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
West Andover
George Cuttle
Kansas City
West Sixth Street
Peter Tiernan
A. N. Kellogg
Dover
N. H
Hanson Bros
New York
Pearl Street
Joseph Partridge
Saccarappa
John Bixby
Gorham Road
Bixby
Cleveland
Butler Art Glass Manufacturing Company
Fostoria
Army and Navy Gazette Orders Major Medical Offiers Assigned
Washington dispatch lists appointments and station changes for medical and ordnance officers. First Lieutenants Willcox McVey Frick receive new posts. Curtis on leave. Lissak to inspect steel wire for gun manufacture. Retirements and transfers affect Baylor Whittemore Flagler Parker. Naval orders include multiple lieutenants ensigns and paymasters assigned or waiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Gazette
Washington
Army
Medical Department
Charles Willcox
Fort Columbus
New York
Harlan E. McVey
Fort Mackinaw
Michigan
Euclid B. Frick
Fort Keogh
Montana
Arthur F. Curtis
Orland M. Lissak
Trenton
N.J
R.A. Robbins
Ordnance Department
Hale
Sixteenth Infantry
Louis M. Mans
Fort Patre
N.Y
Fort Stanwood
New Mexico
Michael Leahy
Eighteenth Infantry
Thomas G. Baylor
Rock Island Arsenal
Ilinois
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
James M. Whittemore
Island
Watervliet Arsenal
West Troy
Arctic House of Refuge Opens at Point Barrow Alaska
News from New London says the Arctic House of Refuge at Point Barrow is open and in charge of Captain G. B. Borden. The shelter provides care for shipwrecked crews and supports whaling fleets, with hopes for further stations at Hast Cape East Cape and Point Howe to curb illicit Siberian trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Arctic House of Refuge
Point Barrow
Alaska
G. B. Borden
Congressman Cox
Arctic
Pacific
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Government House
Point Hope
Hast Cape
Point Howe
East Cape
Siberia
Cronin Case Sewer Find Spurs Prosecution Link
A Chicago sewer fragment near the Carlson cottage is linked to the Cronin murder case. The discovery strengthens the case against suspects as authorities reexamine sewers and confirm blood and hair evidence from experts Tolman Belfield and Haines.
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Curiaco
Lake View
Carlson
Dr. Cronin
Longenecker
J. 5
Simonds
Evanston
Hubbard
Couchlin
Alexander Sullivan
Cronin
Baker
Haines
Rush Medical College
Wing
Tolman
Mr. Forrest
Professor Tolman
Belfield
Carlson Cottage
Surgeon Dr Dun can sues Brooklyn for damages
Dr Robert H Duncan, surgeon on the Pacific Mail steamship Colon, sues the city of Brooklyn for 60000 damages claiming harsh treatment after he was quarantined amid tests for yellow fever. The suit cites ill health from intermittent fever and alleged improper quarantine action by health authorities.
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Duncan
Brooklyn
New York
Robert H. Duncan
Pacific Mail
Colon
City of
Colorado blizzard claims two cowboys near Sierra Grande
From Trixmap Col Nov 10. John Martin and Henry Miller froze to death near Sierra Grande amid a week’s blizzard. Four others missing. at least twenty men believed lost. Jolly and Wise escaped with frostbitten hands and tell of brutal cold and herd stranding as rescuers search the range.
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Trixmap
John Martin
Henry Miller
Sierra Grande
Folgom
Jolly and Wise
Martin
Jolly
Miller
Wise
Rhode’s
Obituary: Rev James A Sanderson Dies at Fifty Five
The Rev. James A Sanderson died last evening at Bymons aged fifty five from a paralytic stroke. Born in Lowell he was Dartmouth 1859 and Berkeley Divinity School graduate. He served parishes in Eastport Maine Wickford Rhode Island Pierpont Manor New York and was an assistant at the Church of the Messiah Boston. He became rector of Christ Church Plymouth in 1878 and retired from active service. His funeral is set for Tuesday at 2 pm. Also dying yesterday was John H Jenifer a prominent New Bedford citizen aged seventy two years ten months a former slave from the South who for over twenty years was a court-house janitor leaving a widow and a son in Newport Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Sanderson
Bmymons
Lowell
Dartmouth
Berkeley Divinity School
Rollins
Veazey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastport
Wickford
R. I
Pierpont Manor
N. Y
Court House
Newport
Elijahs Flight to Wilderness Ignites Debate on Religion and School Policy
In a First Church sermon Rev Stopford W Brooke cites Elijah’s retreat and renewal to urge self reliance and faith. He attacks Catholic school influence arguing Rome seeks control and parochial schools as liberty’s threat, linking it to Canadian politics and Irish Protestant predominance.
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Marlboro
Berkeley Streets
Stopford W. Brooke
Elijah
Jezebel
Ahab
Baal
Beersheba
God
Mr. Brooke
Israel
Diversified 19th Century News Highlights
Across Conemaugh river a temporary bridge at Cambria City was swept away cutting travel to Johnstown. Eighteen Navassa rioters face murder charges in Baltimore. California appoints twenty delegates for the national silver convention in St Louis. World’s Fair fund reaches 120 368. total 2 636 620. A Frenchman on trial for assault kills himself. Mormons in Canadian Northwest threaten polygamy test case clashes. Hatfield McCoy case affirmed. life terms and a hangings ordered. Huntsville prison escape ends in deaths and capture. Pan American excursionists reach Philadelphia. locals host. Anarchist memorial in Chicago subdued. Lucy Parsons flags down. Three men die and others injured in Hazleton mine boiler explosions. Two Kansas City cable trains collide. several injured and wrecked.
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Conemaugh
Cambria City
Penn
Johnstown
Navassa
Baltimore
Waterman
California
St. Louis
Elmon Labadie
Wiggin
Franklin
Canadian Northwest
Dominion
Court of Appeals
Louisville
Pike County Court
Hatfield-McCoy
Valentine Hatfield
Pryant Mahorn
Doc Mahorn
Tolbert McCoy
Ellison Mounts
Alias McCoy
Huntsville
Tex
Philadelphia
Citizens’ Committee
Chicago
Lucy Parsons
Milwaukee Avenue
Pardee’s
Hazleton
John Burke
Frank Munck
Joseph Rand
Kansas City
Massachusetts and Southern sue South Carolina towns over bonds
The Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company files suits in the U S Circuit Court against South Carolina and several townships plus the Boston Safe Deposit Trust Company to compel delivery and payment of bonds issued to aid the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. The case, involving $254 000, will be heard on the first Monday in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D.C
Massachusetts & Southern Construction Company
United States
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Cincinnati & Chicago
South Carolina
United States Circuit Court
Yale Divinity Student Frederick B Otis Dies
Frederick B Otis of Yale Divinity School died at New Haven Hospital from typhoid fever after a three week illness. His relatives reside at Olivet Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YALE
New Haven
Conn
Frederick B. Otis
Yale Divinity School
New Haven Hospital
Olivet
Mich
Errico Bros Exhibit Highlighted at Maritime Show
Notice notes an error in the Nové suburb of Venice as the Italian production site for the ware. The Maritime Exhibition featured a program including Meyerbeer Coronation march, Tannhauser overture, Lohengrin bridal chorus, Verdi Otello cornet solo by Miss Letitia Fritch, Soldiers' Chorus and Seventh Regiment Band. Today's program promises baritone George W. Stewart and further vocal selections by Miss Fritch plus a grand chorus and band accompanying the American Hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errico Bros
Italy
Novara
Nové
Venice
Meyerbeer
Wagner
Tannhauser
Lohengrin
Letitia Fritch
Seventh Regiment
Boy Shot In Roxbury While Playing
Ten year old John Batcheller of 3 Mindoro street Roxbury was accidentally shot in the leg by a pistol held by a companion. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital after the incident yesterday afternoon in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Batcheller
Mindoro Street
Roxbury
Massachusetts General Hospital
Toner Free and Discharged After Grand Jury
No bill was returned by the grand jury against John J. Toner in the killing of Roderick McKinnon on October 24. Toner was discharged from custody following the proceedings.
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John J. Toner
Roderick McKinnon
Looking to the Future at City Churches Appeals
Reports from Boston churches describe Rev. B Fay Mills urging youth toward religion at People's Church, with a large crowd and a post service renewal of commitment. Rev C A Dickinson preached at Clarendon Street Baptist on Matthew eighteen and moral formation before a mixed audience.
A Creed War Draws Orange Meeting in Boston
The Music Hall gathering of Boston Orange men featured Mrs E Trask Hill and speakers denouncing Catholic influence in public schools. James Hughes of Toronto warned of Jesuit aims, urging Protestant supremacy and a November 30 convention ticket excluding Catholics and others.
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Music Hall
Orangemen of
Boston
Brother Bradbury
E. Trask Hill
Robert J. Long
James Hughes
Toronto
United States
Canada
Rome
Tiber
Wendell Phillips
Ontario
Ofuebec
The Four Gospels Vesper at Young Men's Union
President Baldwin led a vesper service at the Young Men's Christian Union with responsive exercises and music. Edmund H. Bennett spoke on The Truth and Harmony of the Gospels, arguing the four gospels record Christ’s life and that internal and external evidence support their genuineness and harmony despite skeptical critique.
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Young Men’s Christian Union
Baldwin
Edmund H. Bennett
Lord Jesus Christ
Six Portraits of Artists by Mrs Van Rensselaer
A review of Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer’s Six Portraits introduces her two guiding principles for artists and critics natural truth through temperament and a catholic_VIEW of art. The six subjects Correggio Blake Fuller Homer and others receive concise, sane sketches rather than didactic sermons.
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Correggio
Adam
Arcady
Eden
Babylon
Blake
Liz
Schuyler van Rensse
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Assignee’s Notice on Insolvent Lowell M Maxham
The undersigned Thomas J. Olys is named assignee of the estate of insolvent debtor Lowell M. Maxham. A second creditors meeting will be held at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on December 6, 1889, at 10:00 AM for creditors to attend and prove claims.
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Massachussetts
Suffolk
Boston
Julius Barnott
Isaac Soloman
Copartners
J. Barnett & Company, Clothiers
Court Square
John B. Fitzpatrick
Sheets Essenger
Massachuisetts
John E. Maynard
Henry F. McKeever
School Street
Lowell M. Maxham
Thomas J. Olys
Elm Street
The Viking Age reviewed in two volumes
A critical notice discusses detailed Icelandic customs and illustrations in The Viking Age by Paul B. du Chaillu. It notes minute depictions of birth, death, courtship, marriage, and everyday life with many cuts. praises printing and illustrations while finding the prose uneven and occasionally pretentious.
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du Chaillu
Paul B. du Chailly
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Howells and Howells Critics Reviewed in Literature Note
A 19th century review critiques Charles Howells selection in Character and Comment favoring natural dialogue over gems of expression while deeming the volume insipid. It also surveys Edgar Fawcett's agnostic essays with Ingersoll’s prologue, calling Fawcett youthful yet lacking religious depth and criticizing Browning from an agnostic angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Fawcett
Ingsoll
Mr. Fawcett
Fawcett
Browning
Ouida
Ingersoll
Edgar Vancett
Robert G. Ingersoll
Chicago
Belford, Clarke & Co
Wealth talk at Shawmut Avenue Universalist Church
The Rev. George L. Perin urged careful use of wealth to aid employment and housing. He warned against wealth becoming a badge of status and called for rich donors to support urban housing and church endowments. He said every able person should work and suggested considering broader social duties. Next Sunday he will speak on Domestic Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Perin
Shawmut Avenue Universalist Church
J. Perin
Perin
Bullets in the Wind Injure Local Barber on Cragie Bridge
Fortunato Amante, a 59 Barton Street barber, was shot around 11 pm while crossing Cragie bridge. Four men quarrelling fled after a volley of four shots. Amante was struck in the mouth and cheek. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where the bullet was removed and he is expected to recover. He believes the shot was not aimed at him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortunato Amante
Barton Street
Cragie Bridge
Amante
Massachusetts General Hospital
Viking Age offers rich notes on Northmen daily life
A review of P. B. du Chailly’s two volumes on the Viking Age notes the author’s independent study and broad gathering of sources. While the work revisits familiar ground on origins and myth, its strength lies in a broad, readable compilation of daily life among the Norse and their global reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. du Chailly
Mr. du Chailly
England
North
du Chailly
Imitation Threatens Johann Hoff Authorship
A burglar’s courage sparks imitators as Johann Holts Malt Extract gains popularity. Counterfeit signatures read Johann Hoff on many bottles, with Eisner and Mendelson Co. acting as sole New York agents at 6 Bar Clay Street.
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Johann Hoff
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Barclay Street
New York
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