Hear Most On Trial What the State Expects to Prove
New York Nov 28 jurors seated for the trial of John Most. Assistant District Attorney Nicoll defines Anarchy and the prosecution’s theory that Most urged violence against judges and officials. Witnesses describe Most’s speech praising bomb violence and threats, with cross examination of Saxe and Dreyfus. adjournment set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Most
Patrick Hall
Fox
Samuel Worms
Carroll
John L. Redman
Nicoll
Howe
Cowing
Chicago
Grinnell
Gary
Supreme Court of Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Oglesby
Louis Roth
Kraemer’s
East Seventh Street
Linge
John J. Saxe
Roth
Saxe
Simon
Dreyfus
Mir
Joseph C. Bruner
Most
Patents Granted to New England Inventors in Washington
In Washington on November 23, a list of patent grants to New Englanders includes John Alexander Hartford Conn harness tenter, William Batchelder Jr Boston oil vapor heater, Sumner Bemis Springfield car truck, Eben Boynton West Newbury pocket knife and saw, Edwin Bullock Attleboro chain making machine, Luke Byrne Providence button stud locket jewelry, Daniel Carpenter New York assignor to Ball & Socket Pashner Boston glove faster, Robert Carr Mc Yarwood assignors to A E Bostworth Fall River steam boiler feed, Conant Heywood Co Gardner rattan article, and numerous others from Maine to Connecticut for devices spanning telephony, seed drills, valve gear, heating devices, and machine tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
Daniel A. Carpenter
New York
Ball & Socket Pashner Company
Boston
Robert L. Carr
Mc Yarwood
A. E. Bostworth
Fall River
H. Conant
Heywood Bros. & Co
Gardner
Thomas B. Dooley
Mesne
National Line and Cordage Machine Company
Portland
Everett C. Elwood
Green's Farms
Conn
F. Bateman
G. Draper & Sons
Hopedale
Daniel C. Frost
Springfield
Jason Giles
Indian Orchard
George Golf
East Hampton Bell Company
East Hampton
Bell
William L. Grout
K. L. Bowers
Orange
Andrew H. Uummond
Worcester
John Henney, Jr
New Haven
Ebenezer Hit
South Norwalk
David H. Judd
Bristol
Potter A. King
King Wheel Company
William W. Leseur
J. A. Lesner
Somerville
Combined Game and Advertising Board
Mdwin L. Lenox
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Leroy Ss. Lewis
Hartford
Edison Supply Company
Levi W. Lomnerd
Cartridge Shell
Eewin L. Mansfield
Charles A. Maynard
H. G. Maynard
Northampton
Ansonia
Aaron F. Smith
Lynn
Emerson C. Strange
Taunton
W. Allen Sylvester
Chelsea
William H. Waylor
C. D. Cutts
Fort Fair- Held
James #. Thayer
Providence
R. I
George H. Warren
Shelburne Falls
John P. B. Wells
Thomaston
Edward N. Winslow
Lawrence
Division and Prohibition Returns in North Dakota Territory
Official returns from Bismarck indicate Division holding about a 3000 majority as tallies come in. As more counties report the lead shifts. prohibition gains may erase the division advantage. Final figures uncertain with northern counties yet to declare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Cak
North Dakota
Record of fires sweep Midwest and South with heavy losses
Prairie and forest fires rage across Indian Territory, southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Red Fork area suffers millions of tons of hay burned, hundreds of cattle lost, two ranches wiped out. Fires push residents from homes as blazes extend from Illinois to Arkansas and as far west as Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Indian Territory
Kansas
Red Fork
Oklahoma
Okawa
Big Muddy
Illinois
Prairies
Missouri
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Mayflower
Franklin County
Mississippi River
Washington County
Miss
Cuarlston
W. Va
Fire alarms report chimney blaze and small two incidents
Alarm 129 at 1 55 yesterday afternoon for a burning chimney. Alarm 24 at 10 80 yesterday morning for a blazing curtain at the McLean hospital on McLean street causing $10 damage. Engine 8 extinguished a slight fire in the second story of a three story wooden building at No 20 Creek square occupied by R J Davis blacksmith shop. Fire caught from forge chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
McLean Street
Engine 8
Creek Square
R. J. Davis
Multiple Fires Reported Across Towns With Varying Losses
Fire incidents toll damages in several towns. George W Ander son s mill in Farmington burned with damage about 1800 with no insurance. Lovett Gardner stores in Park Hill burned causing 20000 loss. Currier residence fire in Maupen tonight with minor damage. The Calumet and Hecla mine fire near Ishpeming threatens the Hecla engine with potential huge losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. H
George W. Anderson
Farmington
Park Hirnr
Ont
Lovett & Gardner
Lee
Park Hill
Medford
Charles Currier
Ashland Street
Falln River
Rodman Street
Ishpeming
Mich
Calumet & Hecla
Hecla
Heating Railroad Cars in Germany on a Travel Route
A traveler recounts riding from Capel to Berlin aboard an unheated train until Kriensen, where charcoal brick heaters were installed under each seat. He describes the heating process with iron doors, vents, and a brick that kept the car warm for hours, noting fewer fire risks than American stoves and mentioning German accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erfurm
Capel
Gottingen
Madgeburg
Kriensen
London
Cologne
America
Berlin
Berlin Trip Describes German Rail Passenger Process
The account notes a safe arrival in Berlin at Fried rich Strasse station about 9 o clock. A policeman hands brass baggage tickets and a numbered check, porters arrange cabs, baggage, and routing for a fee of five cents per heavy item and 10 pfennigs per small item, then the cab proceeds to the Kaiserrof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Friedrich Strasse
Kaiserrof
Francis Radoux 97, Maine figure with Napoleonic past
A Port land despatch reports the death of Francis Radoux at 97 in Portland. Born in Franca on Sept 9 1790 he served in the French navy, earned release after saving an English officer, and joined Napoleon’s army. He later taught dancing in Maine, explored invention at 95, and sang La Marseillaise until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Francis Radoux
Radoux
Franca
France
Napoleon the Great
Waterloo
Boston
Jerome
Conner & Fairbanks
Waltham
Nashua
N. C
Longfellow
First Stage Struggles of a Debut in Lippincott Tale
Janet Edmondson writes of a daunting first appearance in a December Lippincott's piece. She endures a stormy, empty theatre, cue uncertainties, wardrobe chaos, and stage fright before a supportive company helps her through a tense debut with a successful, but exhausting, finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Edmondson
Lippincott’s
Mr. Z. Rose
Mr. H
Beatrice
Miss A
Don Juan dies in Brighton heirs dispute France claim
Don Juan, father of Don Carlos of Spain, dies in Brighton. Don Carlos asserts that his father’s death makes him King of France and Spain through Bourbon lineage. Don Juan was brother to Charles VI and linked to historic Carlist uprisings. Charles VI died childless in 1861, passing rights to Don Juan who married Archduchess Maria Teresa in 1847 and abdicated to his son in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Juan
Don Carlos
Spain
Brighton
England
France
Charles VI
Count de Montemolin
Maria Teresa of Austria
Modena
General Randolph B. Marcy Dies at 76 in New Jersey
Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy retired officer with forty years of service died in Orange New Jersey Tuesday evening aged 76. Born in Massachusetts he graduated from West Point in 1882 and fought at Palo Alto Resaca de la Palma and in the Virginia and Maryland campaigns. He served as inspector-general in Utah and wrote Prairie Traveller and Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border. He was McClellan’s chief of staff until November 5 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph B. Marcy
Orange
N. J
Marcy
Massachusetts
Military Academy
Palo Alto
Resaca de la Palma
Florida
Big Cypress Swamps
New Mexico
Department of Utah
George B. McClellan
West Virginia
Virginia Peninsula
Maryland
Death of Pittsfield magnate Abraham Burbank at 74
Abraham Burbank, a leading Pittsfield investor and real estate owner, died early yesterday from a paralytic shock at age 74. Born in Feeding Hills in 1813, he moved to Pittsfield at 19 and built several hotels and vast property holdings. He leaves a widow Julia Brown and eight children. estate valued around $1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Burbank
Pittsfield
Mr. Burbank
Feeding Hills
Springfield
Julia Brown
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Burbank
Notable Springfield Leader Chauncey Covell Dies at 78
Springfield Aqueduct Company president Chauncey L. Covell died Tuesday. Born in Walden Vermont in 1810, he led several local firms, served in city government, and left two daughters. Also reported were deaths of J. T. Taylor at Tilton New Hampshire. Insign Chandler of Lynn. Mrs Louisa Graves Tead of Somerville. and Dr Theodore R Varick of Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey L. Covell
Springfield
Walden
Hartford
Springfield Aqueduct Company
Chester Paper Company
Huntington
Massasoit Paper Company
Holyoke
Fire and Marine Insurance Company
J. T. Taylor
Tilton
N. H
New London
Chandler
Lynn
Common Council
First Universalist Church
Louisa Graves ‘Tead
E. 8
Tead
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Somerville
Harole
Theodore R. Varick
Jersey City
Raid on Essex Street gambling house nets tables and chips
At midnight officers from Station 4 raided a gambling house at 67 Essex street seizing three gaming tables 117 chips thirty-one chairs and sixty yards of carpet valued at 100 dollars They arrested John Jacobs Charles Henderson D F Brown Stiles Birch KE W Treat T M Owen George Brown and Thomas Elston for being present where gaming implements were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 4
Essex Street
John Jacobs
Charles Henderson
D. F. Brown
Stiles Birch
KE. W. Treat
T. M. Owen
George Brown
Thomas Elston
Copper and Tin Continue Advance in Market
New York reports copper and tin rising by half a cent per pound in the latest close. Mining companies have largely retired from selling after the Calumet & Hecla mine fire, pushing future supplies about a quarter cent above spot. London prices rise three pounds per ton on Chile copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Calumet & Hecla
London
French praise for Turgénief Tolstoi in de Vogné study review
In a Boston Atheneum edition review, de Vogné’s Le Roman Russe is praised for its luminous analysis of Turgénief and Tolstoi and for detailing contrasts with English realism. The piece notes translation losses, highlights comparisons with Dickens and Eliot, and discusses two modes of presenting moral theses in fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turgénief
Count Tolstoi
France
England
America
Prosper Mérimée
M. Ernest Dupuy
Les Grands Maitres de la Littérature Russe
Paris
M. Dupuy
Vicomte de Vogné
le Roman Russe
Boston Atheneum
de Vogné
Europe
Richardson
Dickens
Thackeray
George Eliot
Flaubert
Turgéniet
Tolstoy
Adam Bede
Silas Marner
Dinah
Lisbeth
M. de Vogné
Tolstoi
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
Javert
le Gendre de
M. Poirier
Marquis de Presle
Balzac
George Sand
Turgénier
Loistoi
E. M. de Vogné
Boston
D. Lothrop & Co
Old New England Days reviewed as family sketches
A critique finds Sophie M. Damon's Old New England Days lacking a central purpose or dramatic movement. It dismisses the work as a loosely strung sequence of experiences, with little original motive or strong local color, though noting the author's refinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Miss Damon
Sophie M. Damon
Boston
Cupples & Yard
Veterans on the Police Force Denounce Anonymous Letter
Boston veterans in the police apply for promotion denounce an anonymous Nov 21 1887 letter claiming a 10 percent boost for veterans. Civil service officials hold a meeting with veteran applicants who affirm merit as the basis for exams and condemn the letter as a gross insult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commissioners
Boston
Boston Police Department
Civil Service Board
Grand Army Post
Sherwin
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Army
Navy
Regional Shoe Firm Representatives Listed by City
A compiled roster shows shoe firm representatives across multiple U S cities including Atlanta Augusta Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Indianapolis Los Angeles Louisville Minneapolis Milwaukee Norfolk Philadelphia Richmond Rome San Francisco St Louis and St Joseph. Names include Gramling Moore Mulherin Horner Dodge Goldsmith Laws Childs Dages Weiss Hendricks Braham Jones Jacoby Bassett Owen Kilbourne Beals Singleton Pincus Foster Frank Clark Smith Baum Brown Palmer Rheinstein among others with firm affiliations such as Gramling Spaulding & Co Moore Marsh & Co Phelps Dodge Rosenthal Goldsmith S Bassett Snicliffe & Owen etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John R Gramling
Gramling, Spaulding & Co
J A Smith
Moore, Marsh & Co
Augusta
William Midherin
Mulherin, Rice & Co
Baltimore
A F Horner
AF & J
Horner
D G Rogers
Brooks, Rogers & Co
Chicago
GEP Dodge
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Ill
S Goldsmith
Rosenthal
Goldsmith & Co
Cincinnati
Laws
Laws & Co
Cleveland
S P Bryant & Co
Aoe
George L Dixon
Dixon, Mackey & Co
Gallipolis
H Andrews
J Dages & Co
Tre
Galveston
Tex
W F Breath
P J Willis & Bro
A Weis
Weis Bros
Indianapolis
Ind
V K Hendricks
Hendricks & Cooper
E Braham
W Tedcastle
R G Clark & Co
Cal
M S Cohn
Cohn
Nickelsburg Y Co
San Francisco
Rosenstock
Rosenstock & Co
On Francisco
J Kohn
Porter, Slessinger & O
St Joseph
A T Smith
Smith-Frazer Boot and Shoe Company
St Louis
Joseph Baum
J Baum & Co
A D Brown
Hamilton Brown Shoe Oo
Valdosta
J T Palmer
Wilmington
I Rheinstein
F Rheinstein & Co
Translation notes on Gritli's Children to the Post
A reader comments on Mrs Brooks translation of Gritli's Children praising its treatment of children and those who love them and referencing Mme Spyri. The letter argues in support of the work and its portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Spyri
Elsle
Klarissa
Executors Sale Notices and Investment List
A historic notice prints executors orders on November 26 1887 listing numerous stock and bond holdings for sale or distribution in varied entities including Clinton Iowa Water Works No Chicago Gas Light No Chicago Mills and Boston Gas Syndicate. Items include 2000 Clinton Iowa Water Works Co 73 1900 1590 8 shares Natl Bank and 25 shares Newton Natl Bank with many other bank rail and manufacturing company stakes across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham Manus. Co
Clinton
Iowa
Ieo
Shoe and Leather
Nat'l Bank
State Nat'l Bank
Newton Nat'l Bank
Newton
Nat’l Bank
St. Johnsbury
Arlington Mills
Douglas Axe Mfg. Co
Russell Mills
Plymouth
Mass
Ypemigewasset Valley
Eastern Rd
Cheshire Rd
West End St. Ty
Fitchburg
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Chicago Rolling Mills
Oes Gas Light Co
Lombard Investment Co
Oe Mills
Old Colony
Newport Pore
Guar
Conn
Pass. R
L. Champ
Gt. Falls & Conway Rid
Eastern
New Eng. Mort. Sec. Co
Boston Gas Syndicate
Auction Sale List of Boston Firms November 26 1887
Auction notice listing shares and securities offered by Francis Henshaw and Co on Saturday November 26 1887. Items include Mass Cotton Mills Cutter Land Co Woburn Gas Light Co City Bank Faneuil Bank Second Bank National Bank of Republic Shawmut Bank Merchandise National Bank Tremont National Bank Traders National Bank Asiatic National Bank Salem National Bank New England National Bank Mt Vernon National Bank Boylston National Bank Appleton Company Jackson Company Hamilton Manufacturing Dwight Manufacturing Everett Mills Hill Manufacturing Lancaster Mills Cheshire Railroad Boston and Providence Railroad Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Dorchester Gas Light Tube Works Co and multiple other named firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cutter Land Co
Woburn Gas Light Cog
Poten Stock Yard, and Transit Co
Do City Bk
Faneuille N. Bk
N. Bk. of Republic
Shawmut N. Bk
N. BK
Tremont N. Bk
Tradors’ N. Rr
Merchants’ N. Bk
Boylston N. Bk
Appleton Co
Jackson Co
Hamilton Mfg
Dwight Mfg
Everett Mills
Hill Mfg
Lancaster Mills
Cheshire RR
Boston & Providence RR
Mercantile Fire and Marine Ing
Dorchester Gas Light Co
N. Tube Works Co
China Mfg
Pembroke Mills
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chances For
Yankees
Germany
Mr. Z
Copper
Barber
NEW Books
George E. Hall
School Street
Snow & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneers
North Market Street
Almeria
Steamship Scandinavian
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmeeding, Hoguet & OG
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Cyrus L. Harris & CO
F. Geldowsky
East
Cambridge
Doane Street
Placeo Sale
R. Bugbef
U. L. Bearse
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Almerta
Mississippi
Stockholm
2. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
N. Bi. Salem
Meer Eze
New England N
Mt. Vernon N
Eee
Chicago & Mo. Western RR
Boston, Concord & Montreal
S. F
M. L
Manchester Mills
de Concord RR. Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR
Lawrence Mfg. Co
St. Anthony Mining Co
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Righta
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Warren Avenue
United States
Halifax
N. S
L. Saltonstall
Boston Post
POST
Milk Street, Boston
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