Fire Destroys Old Colony Paint Shop Car on Dorchester Avenue
A blaze at the Old Colony Railroad paint shop on Dorchester avenue started when a naphtha soaked car was ignited by a torch. The car valued at $6000 burned, trains blocked for half an hour, and workers Joseph Murphy, William Fuller, and Alexander Pitkishly suffered injuries while rescuing a coworker. Murphy may not recover from burns and smoke inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony Railroad Company
Dorchester Avenue
Joseph Murphy
William A. Fuller
Alexander Pitkishly
Murphy
Pitkishly
Pukishly
Fuller
Labor Day Parade Preparations by Craft Unions
About 600 carpenters and joiners met to arrange a Labor Day picnic and parade with straw hats for the carpenters. Trains depart from Eastern depot at 9 05, 10 30 and 12 30. Divisions form on Charles street and march at 7 30 am, with police escort for 40 officers and bands secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters and Joiners
Wells Memorial Fall
Carpenters’ Division
Charles Street
Boylston
Amalgamated One Trades Counsil
Lagrange Street
Wais Memorial
Salem
Tremont Street
F. F. Connell
H.J. O’brien
Boston
Cambridge
Edward Driscoll
Michael Norton
John P. Burke
Furniture Trades
Vicinity
Harles Street
Beacon
Tortilita Mines Inspire Investor Excitement
A letter from Kansas City relays a Tucson trip to the Tortilita mining camp in Arizona. The writer describes eight mines active, six in operation, with ore easily reachable and a small five stamp mill producing $600 to $800 daily, while plans for larger twenty stamp mills loom. He predicts the Owl's Head district will astonish the world with vast deposits and urges investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Los Angeles
California
East
Owl’s Head
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tucson
Colorado
Camp Post Office
D. T. Elmore
Jesse Benton
Tom Benton
Elmore
America
Atlantic Express
Chicago
Minneapolis
Connecticut
Crocker House
Hartford Evening Post
E. F,. Denszow
Albany and Central Vermont rate dispute heads to hearings
The complaint seeks the commissions’ ruling on section four’s application. Albany lowered local rates about 25 percent to keep business through, while Central Vermont kept its local rates under the trunk line plan. Griffith Owens & Co of Fair Haven Vermont withdrew their complaint against Delaware and Hudson. The commission sets sessions in Chicago on Sept. 9 and Minneapolis on Sept. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Vermont
Griffith, Owens & Co
Fair Haven
Delaware & Hudson
Chicago
Minneapolis
Bank Robbery Investigation Narrows Saco Loss to 268 500
Bank Examiner Richards reviews bonds at the Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution and confirms the defalcation totals 268 500 after finding 11 000 in St Louis bonds among stolen securities. The missing clerk McNeally remains at large with speculation linking a veiled woman passenger to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Richards
Saco and
Biddeford
Goodale
Examiner Richards
McNeally
Kelly
St. Louis
Examinerichards
Harry McNeally
Montreal
True
New England
Arthur W. Merrill
Merrill
Farmington
Burraro
N. Y
Michigan Central
Canada
Boston Polls Show Four Thousand Gain Over 1886
Boston assessors report polls assessed this year totaling a gain of 3937 compared with 1886. The figures indicate a significant increase in polling activity in the city this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Suspension of Captain Thayer Over Offensive Partisanship
The Record reports Collector Saltonstail suspended Captain Joseph W. Thayer from acting captain of night inspectors for alleged offensive partisanship. The office is claimed to be fictitious and not on the payroll, with work reassigned to a day man while Thayer keeps pay as before. no proof was presented to the collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltonstail
Joseph W. Thayer
Thayer
Coveney
Lawrence Democrats name uninstructed delegates to State convention
The Lawrence Democrats held ward caucuses last evening electing uninstructed delegates to the State convention including Ward 1 Cotter and Conroy and Ward 2 Murray and O Sullivan among others. Ward 5 had no caucus due to insufficient attendance and Ward 6 Kilbride and Dineen head the list. In Woburn a Republican club organized with officers Griffin Place as president and a 30 day term before next election. Ashland Democrats named delegates to State convention and local officials for senate and county posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Democrats
William J. Cotter
W. T. Sellers
Ebc. Conroy
F. W. Korb
Thomas H. Murray
R. Frank Manders
John ©. Sanborn
Edward £. O'Sullivan
William J. Barry
Timothy O’hearn
Michael F. Sullivan
Thomas J. Morrissey
John M. Lynch
Patrick
Griffin Place
Charles D. Adams
Fred J. Brown
William B. Grammer
W.N. Titus
C. F. Spear
Fred H. Lewis
N. J. Simonds
B. F Kimball
E. F. Dwyer
William Beggs
H. M Eames
John S
E. £. Thompson
William Ellard
Burgess
A. Crosby
M. J. Feeney
F. W. Ray
New Stock Showcased by J. H. Pray Sons & Co
The advantages of a completely new stock are demonstrated daily to customers refurnishing up holiday goods at J. H. Pray, Sons & Co. The article highlights updated lines and improved selections amid seasonal shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Pray, Sons & Co
Baltimore and Ohio President Garrett Forced to Surrender
New York reports Robert Garrett yields control of the Baltimore and Ohio to a New York Philadelphia London syndicate. The deal ends Garrett era, puts management in syndicate hands, and seeds harmony with Pennsylvania and Reading lines. Western Union may control telegraph lines. Pullman takes sleeping cars. Funeral-like language hints at Hovey horticultural mentions irrelevant to the railroad story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio
Philadelphia
London
Staten Island
Pennsylvania
Reading
Western Union
Pullman
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Edward Lauterbach
J.S. Morgan & Co
Baring Bros. & Co
Brown, Shipley & Co
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Brown Bros. & Co
Drexel & Co
A. J. Cassatt
The
Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Consolidated
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Charles M Hovey the eminent florist and horticulturist
Charles M Hovey of Cambridge a renowned florist and pomologist died at his Broad Way home at 77 after a heart paralysis. Born 1810 in Cambridge he built a major seed business and nursery, edited horticultural journals, authored fruits of America, and led the Massachusetts Horticultural Society including its Tremont Street building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hovey
Broadway
Cambridge
Mr. Hovey
Phineas Hovey
Hovey
Phineas B
Cornhill
Boston
Somerville Line
Europe
Magazine of Horticulture
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
America
Tremont Street
England
London
Captain Baker McNear Dies at 78 in Winthrop
Captain Baker McNear, famed old shipowner and shipmaster, died of pneumonia at his Winthrop summer home. A native of Wiscasset Missouri, he was 78, eldest of three sea‑going brothers, longtime partner with M and C Chapin grocers of Commercial Street, helped found Boston Marine Insurance Company, and retired from the sea to focus on shipbuilding. He leaves a widow, one son, and two married daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker McNear
Winthrop
Captain McNear
Wiscasset
M. & C. Chapin
Commercial Street
New England
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Flo
Ivers J. Austin
Watertown
Bishop Harris Dies at 60 in New York
Bishop William L. Harris of the Methodist church died last night at his home 38 East Eighty-first street New York from fatty degeneration of the heart and stoppage of the heart valves He was 60 and had preached over forty years Born in Mansfield Ohio in 1817 he studied at Norwalk Seminary and became a minister in 1886 He served as principal of Baldwin University Berea Ohio and of the State University at Delaware Ohio He was made a bishop in 1872 and was noted as a strong abolitionist active in debates over the secession of the Southern Methodists from the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Harris
Methodist Church
East Eighty-first Street
New York
Bishop Harris
Mansfield
Norwalk
Baldwin University
Berea
State University At
Delaware
Rainy Grand Circuit meet yields fast times at Charter Oak Park
Hartrorp Conn Sept 2 The fourth day of the Grand Circuit at Charter Oak Park saw slow tracks due to rain yet fast times. Kenilworth impressed with four hard heats while Gossip Jr was booked favorite in pools. Argyle delivered a remarkable 2 14 mile after a poor start, and Governor Hill won a 2 21 heat in the 2 33 pace with Lilly Freer close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartrorp
Conn
Charter Oak Park
Kenilworth
Hogan
Gossip, Jr
Argyle
Governor Hill
Lilly Freer
John Mahy
B. G. Kenilworth
Budd Doble
Charlie Hogan
Ee van Nest
B. Argyle
Rev . van Neas Gossip, Jr
I Stanley
B. G. Little Mackae
A. Niel
Scania Tang
W. Powell
They Were Willing to Die in Ohio Tragedy
In Cincinnati at English woods near the city a man named Frank Hammond a Canal Street butcher lay across the chest of dead Lizzie Tate a Liberty Street widow after a revolver shot. A German letter found stated both were willing to die and indifferent to others opinions. Hammond died before aid arrived and the cause of the fatal act remains unclear whether suicide or murder followed by self-inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
English Woods
Frank Hammond
Canal Street
Lizzie Tate
Liberty Street
Hammond
Lizzie ‘Tate
Chicago
Fall Styles in Hats at Jackson & Co
Jackson and Co at 69 Tremont Street announce fall hat styles for men. Shoppers are assured of good goods and courteous service as the season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson & Co
Tremont Street
Fire in Brighton Barn Damages Day Cordage Estate
An alarm was sent from Box 574 at 8 35 pm for a fire in an old barn on the Day Cordage Company estate on Everett street Brighton. Damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Cordage Company
Everett Street
Brighton
Fire losses hit mills and stores across several cities
Reports describe multiple fires on September 2 causing extensive damage. Hadley Mill Co on Race street Holyoke loses about 50000 dollars with 70000 pounds yarn destroyed. Halsey farm estate near Silver Spring burned. Braley's Station on Old Colony RR burned with stock and building losses. Deborah Bean house in Cherryfield destroyed. Warner Lamp Co store in Montreal damages and Beckett Bros near total loss. Atchison Moffatt block Amherst Nova Scotia also destroyed with insured losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Hadley Mill Company
Race Street
Holyoke
Halsey
Silver Spring
Aaron Milkman
Milkman
New Bueproro
Cherryfield
Deborah Bean
Millbridge
Montreal
Warner Lamp Company
G. R. Prowse
Beckett Bros
Prowse
London
Norwich
E.R. Lundy
Hautfax
N.S
Atchison Moffatt
Amherst
Wanted the President Respected
Members of O. J. Crane Post G A R adopt resolutions disapproving any disrespect toward the national government’s executive. They condemn such demonstrations as subversive to G A R principles and urge the St Louis convention to show the organization is not political and not for malice or hatred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lawrence Gardener Dies After Car Accident
Lawrence September 2 John Doherty 62 a gardener of Andover was run down by a car in Andover and severely crushed his left leg He died at Lawrence hospital within an hour leaving a widow and grown children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Sreerau
John Doherty
Andover
Lawrence Hospital
No Sales on Saturdays Until Further Notice
Administrators sale notice from Suffolk County details two Brighton district land parcels in Boston to be auctioned September 5 at noon. The description covers boundaries along River Street Western Avenue Samuel Davis and George Burbank properties with a second parcel of 13 912 square feet including a court lot. Joseph F. Kelley administrator announces the estate sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Supreme Judicial Court
Sarah F. Ware
John Shackford
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Malden
Granite Street
Shackford
Hall
Flisha M. Hall
E. Hayden
Elisha M. Hall
County of
Brighton
River Street
Western Avenue
Samuel Davis
George Burbank
J. Lakeman
Joseph F. Kelley
Denis Kelley
Centre Street
Creighton Street
Jamaica Plain
Ostoh & Providence Railroad
W. A. Gaston
School Street
Burroughs
Gurroughs Street
Financial Index of Bonds and Shares Listed in 19th Century Ledger
A dense catalog of bonds and shares across banks railroads and utilities. Entries include Natl Bank Gloucester Merchants Natl Bank West End St Ry City of Omaha 6s 1895 stock and Ogdensburg L C Ins 2 shares with varied maturities and face values. The list reflects a brokered portfolio with diverse issuers and maturities from 1850s to 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
Gt. Falls & Com
West End
Saco & Ports
Vt & Mass
Boylston Mut
Ins
Lewis Wharf Co
Dorchester Gas Mies Co
Chelsea
Boston Cab Co
Boston Consolidated St
W. End
Worcester
Rutland Rd
Istmort
Ishare
Bank of No. America
Bank of Commerce
Nat
Bank
Exeter M‘t’g Co
Exeter
West End St. Ry
Grand Ave
Cable Ry
Kansas City
City of
Chi, Kan
West
Mt. Bond Scrip
Ate
Air Line
Ogd
IL. Champ
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Old Colony
Hartford
Advice
Hartford Post
Tortilita Gold and Silver Mining Company
Arizona
Evening Post
Vate
Post
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Bia
Boston Post
W. A. Field
Attest
Theo. C. Hurd
Cora B. Moore
Lowell
Frank R. Moore
Camridge
Cora Belle Smith
A. D
Cora. B. Moore
Theo
C. Hurd
Tileo
Ward
Mentary
Baltimore and
Ohio
Reed
Itt
Downing
Sheldon
Dana
Thura Hovey
J. D. Hovey
Cambridgeport
Horticultural Society
Abraham Wood Seaver
Northboro
Mr. Seaver
Samuel Seaver
Cyrus Gale
Seaver
Milo Hildreth
Shrewsbury
Mr. Mandell
Jtarger
Jackson, Mandell & Daniell
Edwin
Francis Seaver
Manufacturers’ Bank
Kenilworth and
Charter Oak
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchangee
First Stoor
Boston Stock Exchange
Ihares N. City BR
Nffolk N. Bank
Howard N. BR
Lowell Mfg. Co
Lyman Mills
Everett Mills
West End Railway Co
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Fitchburg RR
Newton Electric Lt. and Power Co
Fitchburg RR. Co
Boston & Maine B.R. Co
Brookline National Bank
Charles River Embankment Co
Do Shaw Stocking Co
Consolidated RR. of
Rutland RR
Boston Water Power
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Maine Central Con
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
John ¢ C. . Wilmerding
SY Wilmerding
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Horatio Harris & CO
L. Foster Marsh
Omice
Warren Street
Commissioners’ Sale
Wentworth Estate
Creighton
Daniel 8. Burnham, L. Foster Morse, Benjamin FP. Anthony
Atwood & Weld
AUC
Lioneers
Sears Building
Seaverns
Centre and
Burroughs Streets
R. Knights & Co
Washington St
Main St
Norman Street
R. Lb. Daw «& Company
Brokers & Appartiversy No
Si State St
Luchamge Building
Pirstol
Hashares
Gins Core
Natl Bank
Atlas Ao
Gloucester
Masa
Natl Exchange Bank
BS Cam
Copes Cor
Everett Mille
Bates Mfg. Co
Secretary's Department
the Commonwealth
Henry B. Peirce
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
Ikomeopathica Chemists
Charles L. Bly
Stearns & George
Telegraph & Telephone
Pearl ST
Mass
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