Assistant Attorney General to Recommend Postal Law Changes
This morning's news notes the assistant attorney general for the Post Office Department will propose several changes in postal laws. The items also cover burglaries at Chestnut Hill Newton, assaults in Wilton Connecticut, and the Bennington battle monument capstone installation. Foreign news includes Canadian salmon packers urging removal of the Chinese immigrant tax. Further letters detail Emin Pasha imprisonment and relief expedition adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Quincy Shaw, Jr
R. R. Bishop
Chestnut Hill
Newton
Wilton
Conn
Bennington Battle Monument
Stanley
Emin Pasha
Dinner by the Dorchester Yacht Club
A report notes a dinner hosted by the Dorchester Yacht Club for officers of the squadron of evolution. Speeches by Commodore Soley Admiral Walker Lieutenant-Governor Brackett and Mayor Hart are highlighted on page 1.
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Dorchester Yacht Club
Squadron of Evolution
Commodore Soley
Admiral Walker
Brackett
Hart
Paine
Samuel Capen
Board of Aldermen
Page
The
Baptist Social Union
Congregational Club
Horticultural Hall
Weather Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday calls for fair weather in New England Tuesday and Wednesday with colder air from the northwest. Eastern New York will be fair until Wednesday night, then much colder, followed by rising temperatures Wednesday with northwest winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
New York
Cotton Region Bulletin Report for Nov 25 1889
For the twenty four hours ending Nov 25 1889 at 8 p m regional data summary covers the 75th meridian time.
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Cotton Region Bulletin
Observations Elsewhere Noted at 8 P M
Observations from another location recorded at 8 p m note the time of the sighting or event. Details include the location and any visible activity or objects observed during the period.
Portraits and letters illuminate Thackeray’s youth
By his daughter Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie new portraits of the great novelist and facsimiles of his boyish letters and drawings are presented in a recent exhibition highlighting early life and works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Future of National Banks Recommendations to Be Made
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency will propose changes to national banking law to ease currency contraction. The study shows 3319 national banks with $620 million capital, 3209 reporting in September, and a net addition of 168 banks that year.
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Washington
Texas
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Alleghanies
United States
Cmptroller
Comptroller
United States Bonds
Lights for Small Craft At Marine Conference
The International Marine Conference reassembled at Washmaron for a session on lights for small craft. Debate focused on a pilot vessel signaling requirement with red and green lanterns, and an amendment to strike that provision was defeated. The conference adjourned without disposing of the report.
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Milton
Washmaron
Admiral Nares
Great Britain
Goodrich
Richard
France
Flood
Norway
Hall
Bennington Battle Monument Capstone Laid In Vermont
In Bennington Vermont this afternoon the capstone of the Bennington battle monument was laid with a doxology and the hymn America. The 301 foot 10 1 2 inch shaft will soon rise to nearly 309 feet with a ball and star cap. Built since 1887 the monument stands 44 by 44 feet at the base and tapers to a pointed summit 400 feet above the village. Two guns marked sunrise signaling the capstone placement while flags and a Masonic emblem honored the event.
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Bennington
Bennington Battle Monument
America
M. L. Severance
Old First Church
Waloomsky
United States
Mysterious Death After Farm Abuse Near Wilton
In Wilton, Connecticut, Mrs. J. E. Turner and her daughter were assaulted by Carl Anderson, a Swede hired on the farm. Anderson fled after knocking down neighbor Mr. Lott, who later was found dead in his room with laudanum nearby. The two women are badly hurt and a search for Anderson is underway.
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Norway
Conn
Wilton
J. E. Turner
Carl Anderson
Anderson
Lott
Fire alarms and blazes hit multiple New York firms
Last night Box 64 reported a $100 fire at Bonce & Crawford shoe store in New York under United States ptel. Hecla Iron Works and nearby buildings in Williams burg Brooklyn burned tonight with losses near $250,000 insured. The fire may leave 1000 workers unemployed. Edwardsville Jr reports Kehler Bros ware house mill and elevator destroyed with losses around $250,000 and insurance $125,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonce & Crawford
United States Ptel
New York
Hecla Iron Works
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Edwardsville, Jr
Kehler Bros
Kehlor Bros
Voyages and Arrivals From Ports Abroad to U S and UK
Shipping notices list numerous vessels arriving at Boston Baltimore New York and Liverpool from London Banes Cuba Mediterranean Havana Marseilles New York and other ports. Entries include ship names such as Serica Tordenskjold Devonshire Benguela Chateau Lafite Norge Seneca Servia Nuestria and more with origin ports and arrival dates late November. Environmental conditions not provided.
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Boston
Serica
London
Halifax
Tordenskjold
Banes
Cuba
Devonshire
Mediterranean
Baltimore
Mentmore
Liverpool
Alcides
Glagow
New York
Benguela
Chateau Lafite
Bordeaux
la Bretagne
Havre
Norge
Christiansand
Seneca
Havana
Servia
Boreaux
Nuestria
Marseilles
Rossmore
Oxenholme
Cape Grianez
Navy
Edam
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Polynesia
Dover
Marsala
Hamburg
Main
Bremen
Lord Gough
Philadelhia
la Bourgogne
Paula
Harburg
Leith
Beaconsfield
Hong Kong
City of Peking
San Francisco
Glasgow
State of Pennsylvania
Antwerp
Rhynland
Britannia
Hagre
Duncarville
Philadelphia
Bristol
Ringeel
Rydalholme
Montreal
Isle of Wight
Anchoria
Inchgarvie
Savannah
Queenstown
Nova Scotian
Altimore
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition Amid Mutinous Camps
An urgent report from Henry M. Stanley recounts Emin Pasha and Selim Bey with officers and 65 followers arriving at a camp near Kavalli. Rebels, conspiracies, and arrests erupt as Stanley mars the march to Wadelai while fever and deaths thin the expedition.
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London
MacKinnon
Emin Relief Committee
Henry M. Stanley
Kizinga Uzinja
Mr. Stanley
Emin
Selim Bey
Stairs
Ituri
Selim
Duffle
Kavalli
Stanley
Emin Pasha
Wadelai
Ferida
Parke
Egypt
Mazambonis
Casati
Continuation of Henry M. Stanley Letter from Africa
Stanley recounts delays and dangers as he advances toward the Ituri region with 124 men, noting shifting news from Emin and Jephson. He details a rebel outbreak, prisoner status, and the spread of rumors that sparked a large rebellion among Egyptians and station officers.
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London
Henry M. Stanley
Ituri
Mr. Jephson
Emin
Ituri River
Lleft Stairs
Parke
Nelson
Plains
Lake Albert
Gaviras
Kavalli
Jephson
Durrim
Pasha
Lahore
Abdul Waal Effend
Egypt
Khedive
Nubar
Khartoum
Testimony in Rebuttal in Cronin Trial Advances
W Mertes testified again for the prosecution and discussed a post discovery conversation with police. Kunze’s former employer and other witnesses contradicted Carlson’s claim about timing of renting the cottage. The State pressed rebuttal on Camp 20 actions and Curran’s impeachment, with court adjournment until tomorrow. M Lessar, a Russian frontier surveyor, transferred to St Petersburg for service in northern Afghanistan.
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Chcaco
William Mertes
Cronin
Mr. Forrest
Carlson
J. W. Fralick
Kunze
Dyer Thompson
O'Sullivan
McBride
Union Street
O’sulivan
Henry McBride
Thompson
Burke
O’sullivan
Lake View
Forrest
Patrick Curran
James Lyman
Dr. Cronin
Battery D Armory
Foster
Lyman
Curran
Beggs
O’connor
Foy
Wood
The
Daily News
Earth
Heaven
Harry O’connor
Schaack
Crown
Mertes
Alfred Kettner
Peter Koch
Dan Coughlin
M. Lessar
Liverpool
Asia Department
St. Petersburg
Afghanistan
Chinese Immigrant Tax Targeted by Canadian Salmon Packers
A major delegation of Canadian salmon packers arrived in Ottawa to press the government to remove the $50 head tax on Chinese immigrants and to seek changes in fishing regulations. They argue Chinese labor is essential to prevent industry collapse and call for reducing a 33 percent duty on mining machinery. They also expect a favorable Behring Sea settlement with U S indemnity for seized British vessels.
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Ottawa
Ont
British Columbia
United States
Dominion
China
Behring Sea
Writing Desk-Cabinet-Book Case Promises Superior Craft
A catalog description extols a combined desk cabinet and bookcase. The design features a five-shelf bookcase with space for 100 volumes, double thick glass, a modern lock, and strap hinges. The cabinet includes four wide shelves, two bevelled mirrors, and fretted lattices. The desk offers a carved lid, sliding supports, ink recess, pigeon holes, a pen rack, two drawers, oval knobs, and festoon escutcheons. An illustrated catalogue with over 300 engravings is mailed on request.
Dorchester Yacht Club Hosts Naval Guests in Grand Dinner
A Dorchester Yacht Club dinner honored Commodore Soley Admiral Walker Lieutenant-Governor Brackett and Major Hart with a royal reception aboard the cruisers. The hall sparkled with flags paintings and flowers as Baldwin’s Cadet Orchestra played and guests praised Boston’s hospitality.
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Parker
Dorchester Yacht Club
Squadron of Evolution
Dorchester
Boston
Baldwin
Burgess
Halsall
Katrina
National Signal Code
Panchard
Commodore Soley
Admiral Walker
Brackett
J. A. Howell
Atlanta
Hart
Saltonstall
IK. O. Mathews
Peach
James O’kane
Lambert
Dalton
Carpenter
Homer Rogers
H. B. Robeson
Chicago
J. W. Ryckman
Bridges
H.G. Allen
F. FE. Chadwick
Yorktown
William Power Wilson
Dr. Dean
T N. Whitehouse
Pold Morse
Otis Eddy
C. L. Perin
Harry Knox
J. R. Soley
John ©. Ropes
H Harris
W.R. Richards
H. T. Perkins
Benjamin Calef
Sigourney Butler
W. H. Schuet
J. H. Sleeper
H. W. Grinnell
Samuel Fish
E. R. Price
Bar H. W. Pickering
Charles A. Prince
Abbott Lawrence
Charles Fairchild
Stante W. B. Everett
Rk. Whirton
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London Coats
Charles Macintosh &Co
G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
Oak Hall
Leonard & CO
Bromfield Street
OF the
Fanning
Astrachan
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Sevency Hospital Remedy Company
Toronto
Canada
Sheppard Homan
Pe Shane Erences Einai
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York
D. H. Buckley
Gen
Devonshire Street
Leonard Ware & Sons
Atlantic Ave
Grand Central
Xrat
J. T. Phelps
Fuller’s
Springfield
Mass
Army and Navy Gazette
Department of the Platte
Samuel Whiteside
Seventh Cavalry
David R. Burnham
Fifteenth Infantry
William Hoffman
Eleventh Infantry
James D. Adams
Navy Yard
Dolphin
Charles H. Hewes
Norfolk Navy Yard
Robert $. Boyd
Bussey
Commodore White
Portsmouth
Recorder Trotter
Harvard Park Square
Weeee Dean Daily
Weeeeses
North West
Rainstat
Wilmington
Eeeae
Charleston
Savana Augusta
Ween Stereos
Montgomery
Eeereeers
Mobile
Galveston
Wickgdute
Little Rock
Memphis
Saat
Mometer
Albany
Buffalo
Bismarck
Dak
Cheyenne
Cincinnati
Detroit
Fair Duluth
el Paso
Tex
East Ort, Me
Helena
Mont
Jacksonville
Des O
Kansas City
Marquette
Vic
New Orleans
Fair Portland Me
Salt Lake City
Clear
N.C
Ere
ST. Nicholas
Thackeray
Little Alvilda
Hjalmer Hjorth Boyesen
Walter Camp
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Theodore Roosevelt
Frederic Remington
CIRLS
Nora Perry
Reginald B. Birch
Tue Century Cow
Future OF National Banks
Bennington Monument
Parco
Furniturace
Canal ST
Maine Depot
Dor.chester
CLUS
Parker House
Major Hart
E. M. Dennie
L. M. Clark
Commodore Merry
H. K. Torry
cEwen
Mann
Vey Baineinee
Eer McAllister
E. We
Thomas Talbot
P. T. Lowell
R W. King
Y. AH. Wilde
J. D. Frich
J. J. Roche
W. H. Wilder
S. H. Bennett
Benj. Kimball
Olives
G. King
Sage
N. Peirce
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