Rumors Denied on Boston Collectorship and Foreign Mission
Hon Everett Saltonstall denied any knowledge of a Boston port collectorship and any offer of a foreign mission. He praised President Cleveland as honest and united with his cabinet and emphasized support for civil service reform. He cited family ties preventing a Washington or abroad posting and defended Cleveland's view of Prince's nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Cleveland
Post
Saltonstall
Washington
Bayard
Endicott
Manning
Whitney
Lamar
Republic
Salt
Mr. Saltonstall
Prince
Massachusetts
Nashua Citizens Form Capitol Fire Insurance Company
Nashua New Hampshire citizens meet to organize a mutual fire insurance company with a $58,000 guarantee fund under state law. Incorporators include C V Dearborn and J M Fletcher. Woodsville meeting planned under Capitol Fire Insurance charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Capitol Fire Insurance Company
Nashua
N. H
C. V. Dearborn
E. J. Copp
Woodsville
Capitol Fire Insurance Company of
New Hampshire
John A. Spaulding
Charles H. Nutt
Charlies Holman
Orren C. Moore
M. K. Buxton
Fred A. Haton
C. S. Russell
N.S. Whitman
J. M. Fletcher
W. O. Clough
J. H. Goodale
R. M. Sawyer
D. Chandler
F. D. Cook
D. W. King
Torchlight anti Chinese meeting marches through Seattle crowd
A large torchlight procession in Seattle drew crowds for an anti Chinese gathering. Delegations from multiple towns joined about 2000 marchers with banners advocating free labor and denouncing monopoly and Chinese labor, ending at the Opera house for speeches by agitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wyo
Black Diamond
Renton
New Castle
Franklin
Whatcome
Laconner
Libery
New Castile
Opera House
Miller Holds the Fort at Mansion House
In New Bedford on October 25 the landlord S T Viall and Charles Cook, aided by Abbot P Smith, attempted eviction from Mansion House. Charles Miller, son of the landlord, fired a gun from a window to deter them, sending Smith fleeing. Boarders departed and the house appeared deserted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Mansion House
S. T. Viall
Charles Cook
Abbot P. Smith
Viall
Smith
Dedication Address Marks Opening of City Fountain
The opening address recalled the predecessor 10 office 50 years ago. Hon. Robert C. Winthrop’s remarks impressed by his white locks. Mayor O'Brien read a regret from Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. Mrs. F. P. Whitney sang The Fountain and the water was turned on. Calixa Lavallee conducted a descriptive musical fantasy dedicated to Hon. Nahum Capen. About 2000 people attended. the fountain cost about 7000 dollars and was designed by M. D. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman
Robert C. Winthrop
Marshall P. Wilder
O’brien
F. P. Whitney
James Russell Lowell
Calixa Lavallee
Nahum Capen
M. D. Jones
Smallpox Alarm in Montreal College Scandal Over Isolation
Montreal physicians report nearly 3000 smallpox cases with 333 deaths last week. At St Laurent College near the city 40 American students faced illness and attempts at vaccination, with expulsions and clashes over isolation. College officials and health authorities plan a public statement denying current cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Laurent College
United States
Pennsylvania
Father Cushing
St. Michael’s College
Toronto
Canadian Pacific Company
St. Laurent
Board of Health
Massachusetts
Carter
Trepanier
Central Board of Health
Brown to press disbarment action with Suffolk Bar backing
At a Suffolk Bar meeting a judiciary committee report urged pursuing a petition filed in superior court seeking disbarment of Edward P. Brown for unprofessional conduct. If the present plaintiff Naz does not act, the bar association will take action. An advisory committee was elected for terms up to three years including William G. Russell Augustus Kuss Solomon Lincoln and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
Norway Plains Savings Bank
Superior Court
Edward P. Brown
Bar Association
Association
William G. Russell
Augustus Kuss
Solomon Lincoln
Charles P. Greenough
Lauriston L. Scaife
Moses Williams
George O. Shattuck
Nathan Morse
Robert D. Smith
John Lowell
Robert M. Morse, Jr
Henry W. Putnam
Henry M. Rogers
Winslow Warren
Statement on Spiritual Temple troubles at Newbury and Exeter
A letter to the editor clarifies a years‑long dispute at the Spiritual temple. Miss Helen Marden denounced a claimed spirit message defaming a member and implicating president M S Ayer. After withdrawal, managers erased her name from membership and recorded the vote without charge or hearing. She asks others not to associate her name with the temple or its leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Post
Spiritual Temple
Newbury and
Exeter Streets
Post
Helen Mar
Crystal
E. R. Dyer
M. S. Ayer
Miss Mar
Theft of clothing at boarding house prompts arrest
A missing overcoat valued at 18 dollars and an undercoat worth 12 dollars belonging to boarder George A Campbell led to police involvement. Patrolman Crane of division 4 arrested fellow boarder Charles Henry, who is jailed at the tombs awaiting a municipal court appearance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Avenue
George A. Campbell
Crane
Division 4
Charles Henry
Henry
Mass Meeting in Albany Backs Parnell and Ireland
Mrs. Parnell addressed a large Albany audience at the Leland opera house with Catholic clergy present. Resolutions expressing sympathy for Ireland and admiration for Parnell were passed amid enthusiasm, and a $2500 subscription was raised to support Irish representation in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Parnell
Leland Opera House
Ireland
Body Found Off Spectacle Island Linked to 1909 Drowning
Charles McManus on Spectacle Island found a man’s body floating near the isle at about 9 am yesterday. He retrieved the body by dory, and harbor police took it to the North Grove street morgue where Samuel Everett Payson was identified by his father. Payson had been one of three youths drowned off Spectacle Island on October 9 alongside Daniel Rotter and H D Currier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Ann Fennell Trumbull
Charles O'Neil
Charles McManus
Spectacle Island
North Grove Street
Samuel Everett Payson
Payson
Daniel Rotter
H. D. Currier
Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
Bacon Works
Luther P. Wiggin & Co
Wiggin
Water shortage grips Laconia mills and shops
In Laconia New Hampshire on Oct 25 serious water scarcity raises fear for mills and shops. Steam power is used in many plants and electric lighting fails part of the time due to insufficient water to drive wheels. Reports say Lake Village dam holds water back for Merrimack river manufacturers. Many wells are extremely low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
N. H
Lake Village Company
Lake Village
Merrimack River
Henry W Shaw laid to rest in Lanesboro service
The remains of Henry W Shaw known as Josh Billings were buried in his native Lanesboro on Saturday with a well filled Congregational church service. Rev Dr Wheeler of Poughkeepsie officiated and delivered the obituary address. Hymns sung included Jesus Lover of My Soul and Nearer My God to Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Shaw
Josh Billings
Lanesboro
Congregational Church
Wheeler
Poughkeepsie
Jesus
Ex Senator Conkling Denies Attacks on Blaine in New York
Special Despatch reports Ex-Senator Conkling denying quoted remarks about Blaine and other Republican candidates. It covers his stance on Grant Johnson affairs, notes about Senator Miller’s forestry bill, land titles in New Mexico, and officials voting plans in New York elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conkling
New York
Blaine
Grant-Johnson
General Sheridan
the Post
General Grant
President Johnson
Depew
Grant
Johnson
General Rosecrans
Miller
Forestry Commission
Department of Agriculture
Land Office
Treasury Department
Signal Service
Senate
S. W. Dorsey
New Mexico
Albany
Fairchild
Manning
Coon
New York City
Bay State Nominations Reported Across Parties in Mass
Franklin county and senatorial Democratic conventions nominated J A Richmond Buckland for senator and Charles H Green Northfield for county commissioner along with Edwin Stratton for register of deeds and Frank W Foster for county treasurer. Worcester Milford and Pembroke districts nominated several candidates while Republicans and Prohibitionists announced nominees. registration showed notable additions and Lowell lists down by about 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Grinnell
Greenfield
J. A. Richmond
Buckland
Charles H. Green
Northfield
Register of Deeds
Edwin F. Stratton
Frank W. Foster
W. S. Carson
F. O. Griswold
Worcester
Milford
John Stratton
Alonzo W. Bennett
Uxbridge
Cleveland
Plymouth
Pembroke
Charles L. Tilden
Marshfield
Halifax
Hanson
George B. Pond
West Medway
Charles R. Tucker
Millis
Norfolk
Paul H. Kendricken
Suffolk
Thomas F. Temple
Suffolk County
Edwin M. Stowe
Hudson
Middlesex
Barre
Albert E. Rice
Dana A. Rowe
Gardner
P. H. Babbitt
I. W. Hutchins
Templeton
State Central Committee
Charles A. Cowee
Fairhaven
Frederick C.S. Bartlett
George P. Brown
Democrats of
Beverly
Justice Perry
Natick Democrats
Democrats
Melrose
John W. Farwell
Fall River
Job M. Leonard
Somerset
John Stuart
Peter Nebon
John B. Whittaker
John C. Milne
Robert Henry
Charles W. Turner
Dighton
Daniel Grayson Dies at Lodging House After Drinking Spree
Daniel Grayson aged 50 died suddenly last evening at the lodging house kept by John Fowler at No 2 Tucker place. He had returned Saturday from the island where he served a sentence for keeping a house of ill fame and being drunk. He had been drinking heavily and it is believed liquor caused his death. His body was taken to the morgue and Medical Examiner Harris notified.
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Daniel Grayson
John Fowler
Tucker Place
Grayson
Harris
H. C. Graves
First Baptist Church
Haverhill
Springfield
Montreal
Frederick Ellis
Third Regiment
New Bedford
Emily Carter
Beckett Centre
Robertson
New Bedford Signal
Taunton
Michael O’donnell
Worcester
E. L. Farrill
Hopkinton
N. H
Lebanon
Cumberland House
Portland
Portland and
Rochester
Lowe & Davis
Newport
Leonard Andrews
Biddeford
Knights
Odd Fellows
John Canniff
New Haven
Conn
Northampton
Tinbridge
Westfield
Channing Memorial Church
Charles W. Wendte
William Murray
H. P. Wiles
Lake Village
Albert Hines
Warren
Aaron Starrett
Parents Dig Up Body In Smallpox Death Case
State Detective Pease reports that the parents of a young man buried in Russell for a smallpox death two years ago have exhumed the body and moved it to Lee. The act may lead to potential prosecution and has stirred Russell into excitement, initially thought to be grave robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Pease
Russell
Lee
Sunday saloon closures observed in Cleveland taps keg incident
The Cleveland police reported that the chief of police Sunday order closing saloons was generally followed with no arrests. One man opened his doors, tapped a sidewalk keg, and served passersby free. a patrolman burst the keg faucet and ended the crowd. No other disturbances were logged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Man injured after fall from fence on Canton Street
Joseph Robinson of 26 Hamburg Street fell from a fence on Canton Street yesterday afternoon. He struck his left side sustaining internal injuries likely to prove fatal and was rushed to the city hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Robinson
Hamburg Street
Canton Street
First Toronto smallpox death shocks city
Reports say the first death from smallpox occurred in Toronto today while other world news notes Sofia fortification talks, Alexander declines to fortify, a Glen Alice murder suspect captured, mass vaccination urged in Quebec churches, unfounded desertion murder report from El Paso, Mexican annexation talk in Chihuahua, Francis Joseph gloomy on Hungary, Philadelphia cable car victim in critical condition, Wichita Falls bank suspensions cause unrest, Le Canadienne reports Gulf fisheries failures amid heavy gales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Sofia
Prince Alexander
John C. Thompson
James C. White
Glen Alice
Tenn
Oneida
Quebec
Corporation Board of Health
el Paso
Tex
Samuel Dunbar
Mexican Central Railroad
Sabinal
Mex
Chihuahua
United States
Francis Joseph
Hungary
White
Philadelphia
Wachita Falls
Exchange Bank
W. Israel & Co
Henrietta
le Canadiene
Gulf
Middlesex Club Dinner Honors Prince At Quincy House
The Middlesex County Democratic club held a dinner at the Quincy House to honor Hon. Frederick O. Prince and other state nominees. Speakers including William E. Russell, F. C. Prince, Henry H. Gilmore, John L. Fitzgerald, and Leopold Morse urged unity, debated poll tax voting, and criticized Republican delays on labor issues and local self government. The event underscored Democratic loyalty to President Cleveland and the push for reform in state and city administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Middlesex County
Democratic Club
Federick O. Prince
Quincy House
William E. Russell
Cambridge
F. O. Prince
Henry H. Gilmore
John £. Fitzgerald
Leopold Morse
Boston
O’brien
Henry M. Cross
Newburyport
Braley
Fall River
A. A. Haggett
Lowell
A. R. Brown
Somerville
Middlesex
William C. Otis
Nahant
W. E. Plummer
Newton
W.S. Ruggles
Reading
W. N. Osgood
John M. Cate
Wakefield
Charles D. Lewis
Democratic State Committee
John W. Corcoran
Clinton
S. K. Hamilton
Thomas H. Hill
Woburn
Republican Party
State House
Commonwealth
Salem
Middlesex County and the Dems A Boston Orator Speaks
A speaker recounts his Middlesex ties and shifts from Webster Whig to Democrat. He contrasts Democratic reform sincerity with Republican inaction, cites war-time taxes, tariff issues, and president’s early reforms, and warns of a defenseless coast facing potential enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Oregon
Evolution of the Republican Party Commentary by H H Gilmore
Hon H H Gilmore of Cambridge delivers a detailed address tracing the rise of the Republican Party from its Lincoln era origins to its lasting dominance. He likens the party to a dinosaur in politics, urging reflection on its direction and warning that history may repeat itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Gilmore
Cambridge
Republican Party
Lincoln
S. P. Chase
Washburns
Sumner
Wilson
John A. Andrew
General Pierce
Democratic Party
Party of the People
A Practical Presentation of the Campaign Issues
Hon John E Fitzgerald is warmly received as he reflects on the Worcester convention. He praises Middlesex county’s role in the ticket and lauds Prince for mayoral leadership, civil service reforms, and minority rights, while praising Boston and Massachusetts democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Fitzgerald
Middlesex Club
Worcester
Middlesex County
Middlesex
Prince
Boston
Massachupepe
The Garden of Eden and Theosophical Thought Sermon
Pastor J T Duryea preaches on Revelation and the Garden of Eden linking human progress to rising from nature to the divine. He argues the true world is ahead, condemns mere nature as natural life, and urges independence, conscience, and a personal God beyond past visions. Dr Walter Gates opens a theosophical series detailing mind spirit and matter relations and the path to a divine human state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Duryea
D. D
Garden of Eden
Paradise
Adam
Jesus
Earth
God
Earths
Gates
Preacher Paul in Prisoner Sermon at Bowdoin-square Church
Rev W W Downs addressed a large Bowdoin-square congregation noting his heavy burdens and limited strength while delivering a sermon from Acts 24 25. He likened ministers to white satin and urged temperance righteousness and accountability in both pulpit and pew, stressing God’s mysterious ways and Paul’s example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin-square
W. W. Downs
Paul
Rome
Gentleman
Pauli
Downs
Livery Stable Employee Injured By Horse Kick
Thomas Franklin, employed at Foster's livery stable on Concord Street, was kicked by a horse early yesterday. He suffered a compound fracture of the lower jaw and a severe chin wound. A married man, Franklin lives at 984 Harrison Avenue and was taken to the city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Franklin
Foster
Concord Street
Franklin
Harrison Avenue
City Hospital
King Alfonso's Health and International Turmoil
King Alfonso's health improves and he attends the autumn races in Madrid. News briefs report English shippers boycotts Cork cattlemen, Bulgarian Eastern Roumelia union, Sofia delegates arranging a Bulgarian regime, and military movements across the Balkans including troops to Rangoon. European diplomacy advances as the Anglo Turkish convention on Egypt is signed and Parliament set to dissolve November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Madrid
Cork
Cork Packet Company
England
Cipriani
Oliver Paine
Carrara
Bulgaria
Roumella
Sofia
Philippopolis
Frederick William
Germany
National Gallery
Berlin
Johann Strauss
Gypsey Baron
Church of England
Great Britain
Constantinople
Rangoon
King Theban
Bacchante
Richard
Zanzibar
Egypt
Adrianople
London
Duke of Abercorn
Italy
London Uncertainty Controls Public Confidence in Elections
Politics and finance in London show dampened public confidence due to election uncertainty. The Bank of England may raise the discount rate next week as gold drains continue. American securities boom amid rumors of a Vanderbilt consolidation, with Erie, Lake Shore, Norfolk and Western, and Reading rising. Spanish bonds falter on King Alfonso’s health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of England
Economist
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
American Securities
Vanderbilt
Erie
Pennsylvania Company
Philadelphia
Reading
Lake Shore
Norfolk and Western
King Alfonso
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Inter-State Insurance
Sion
Paul Bengle
Eaton Square
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Theodore Lyman, Jr
Brown
Suffolk Bar
Dland
R. L
Walter Chadwick
Hammett’s Wharf
Chadwick
Carlisle
WoopsTock
Charles Carlisle
California
G.O. Taylor
Roscoe Conkling
Davenport
Assul
Senator Sherman
Virginia
South
Ohio
East
Mugwump
Agassiz
Coast Survey
Mayself
Boss Manning
Suce
Washington, D.C
Alton B. Parker
Deak Sig
Grover Cleveland
Dan
Lamont
Hill
Bell Patents
Department of Justice
Bell
American Bell Telephone Company
Globe Telephone Company
Washington Telephone Company
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioners of Patents
Montgomery
Commissioner of Patents
Daly
Brickley
Curtin
Knox
McFarlane
Watts
Charles Irving
Walter Newell
Richard Lang
Warren Lewis
John Wilson
Charles E. Payne
J. Hubert Blake
Galveston
San Antonio
Dublin
Irish Land Commission
Thomas Burke
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Phoenix Park
Canon Farbrahr
Canon Farrar
Trinity Church
Hamilton Place
Tremont Street
Bay State
Levi Mustard
First National Bank
Richmond
C. H. T. J. Southard
W. 8. Stoutenburgh
State Street
John Anderson
Anderson
Uanlap
Watil
Massachusetts Democracy
Hon. F. C. Prince
WM. KE. Russell
Old Middlesex County
Old Bay
F. C. Prince
Porter
Congress
Springfield Reublican
Ook
Roger Willams
Old Grimes
MR. Fitzgerald
Dr. Duryea
Pastor Downs
Walter Gates
Arlington
Society of Theosophists
No. 5
Park Street
Pastor Bowns
NEW England Notes
Pyle
Bata
Bucharest
Copenhagen
Estrupp
Patriotic Union of Ireland
the Patriotic Union
Irish National League
League
Carro
Khartum
Slatin Bey
Lupton Bey
Cuzzi Bey
Omdurman
Mecca
Sennar
Belgrade
Skuptschina
Tasic
Popovic
Cacak
Berne
Politics and Finance
Marglars
Union Institution For Savines
City OF
Washington St
Hayward Place
Degoskte
Amery
K. Bugh O'Brien
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