Pacific roads commission hopeful picks and political shifts
Hundreds of items cross the wire including David Littler’s possible Republican seat on the Pacific roads commission and Fairchild seen as Treasury Secretary candidate with Maynard as assistant. Reports cover a Newark murder identity, a Dartmouth baseball lineup, land sales in Salem, and a Rhode Island justice probe among many other items from politics to society and finance.
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David Littler
Illinois
Pacific Roads Commission
Albany
John G. Saxe
Trotter
Fairchild
Treasury
Maynard
Express
West Shore
Utica
N. Y
Dartmouth College
Quackenboss
Salem
Edward M. Newman
M. Levinson
New York City
Mary Maltby
Rahway
N.J
Mary Cregan
Newark
Rhode Island
Superior Court
Worcester
Warm Spring
Hartford
Providence
R. I
Cartes Charles McCrea
Buffalo
Troy
Society of the Church of Christ
Herbert Welsh
Chatto
Fort Marion
Weather and civic events headline mix across Boston area
Rain or snow expected as readers learn of authors readings at the Museum for the Longfellow memorial fund. L M Ham and Co awarded the iron floor contract for the new courthouse. Various city meetings, union gatherings, and a federal jurisdiction case loom in the day's agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow Memorial Fund
L. M. Ham & Co
New Court House
Boston Protective Department
Boston & Maine Railroad
Superior Criminal Court
United States
High Seas
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Bricklayers’ Union
New England Amateur Rowing Association
Middlebury College
Young's
House of Representatives
Our Custom Department Busy With Gentlemen’s Suits
The full force of cutters is employed in the Custom Department registering orders for men’s and boys’ suits trousers and spring overcoats at over a hundred a day. Business widens daily and customers are urged to select goods and place orders now to avoid delays. Visit this week or next between 10 and 4 to judge for yourself.
Spring Sporting Catalogue Issued With Wide Stock
Spring ready made suits and overcoats are advertised for strong demand during the coming weeks ahead of Easter. Our sales in men’s and boys’ departments are expected to remain robust as usual. An extensive sport catalog lists goods for oarsmen gymnasts and various ball sports. The new Spring Sporting Catalogue is just issued.
Spring Hats Discounted Prices Strike One Dollar Reduction
Hats offered at two fifty two dollars and one fifty reflect a one dollar cut from normal pricing. Goods sent by express on receipt of payment, enabling swift delivery and savings for shoppers.
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Express
Record of Fires and Alarms on Mt Vernon and Nearby Streets
A series of local fires and alarms reported last evening and afternoon. Incidents include a slight fire at General Theological Library, No 33 Mt Vernon street from a curtain touching a gas jet. $50 damage from an overheated stove at No 22 Phillips street. an alarm from Box 87 for a basement fire at 8 Winfred Place owned by John McCarty with unknown cause and $20 damage. a second story fire at 55 Bainbridge Street Roxbury owned by Martin Fay reported fromBox 252. a fire caused by an overheated flue with damage unspecified.
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Mt. Vernon Street
General Theological Library
Phillips Street
Winfred Place
John McCarty
Bainbridge Street
Roxbury
Martin Fay
Weather bulletin outlines rain and snow across New England rail
Washington reports: from 7 am April 1, Maine New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut expect rain or snow with nearly stationary temperatures and northerly winds. Vermont western Massachusetts fair then rain or snow warmer with northerly winds. Eastern New York rain or snow after fair northern portion with winds shifting to west and warming. Cautionary signals issued from New Haven to Boston as storm centers near Cape Hatteras with strong northerly winds anticipated.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
New Haven
Boston
Cape Hatteras
Chicago Mayor Harrison Accepted Nomination
Chicago Mayor Harrison has been induced to accept the nomination for mayor, signaling his anticipated leadership bid. The move positions him to campaign on reform and city management strategies amid ongoing municipal debates.
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Harrison
Chicago
Earl Cadogan Outlines Irish Land Movement in Lords
Earl Cadogan opened a bill to abolish dual ownership in Ireland and admit leaseholders to the 1881 act benefits. It would curb evictions, extend protection to insolvent tenants, and create a county court to ease rent issues while preserving property rights. The measure aims for a two-part plan with an early purchase bill to follow. The bill passed its first reading, with a second reading set for April 21.
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Earl Cadogan
House of Lords
Loxpon
Dublin
London
Land Commission
Lord Hartington
Ireland
Lord Gyanville
Cowper
See
Earl of Belmore
Earl of Dunraven
Gladstone
Incendiary Fires Spark Reward Offer in Troy
Troy New York March 81 The police seek crew behind several destructive fires since March 1 four or five blazes in total After the last fire the Mayor offered a $500 000 reward for conviction of the guilty party or parties No crew has been secured and authorities insist the fires were intentionally set.
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Troy
N. Y
Dartmouth Base Ball Nine picks vacation trip roster
Captain Quackenboss names Aiken Johnson Chandler Keay Quackenboss Dascomb Rawlett Scruton Artz with Hadlock and Vian as substitutes. Team to play Lowell Harvard Lynn and Manchester in April. College faculty buys land for a dedicated baseball training building. Pennsylvania House condemns English coercion measures.
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Hanover
N. H
Quackenboss
Dartmouth
Aiken
C.f
Johnson
R. F
Chandler
Keay
Dascomb
S. S
Rawlett
1. F
Scruton
C. F
Artz
Hadlock
Vian
Lowell
Harvard
Lynn
Manchester
College Facult
Baseball
Lost with all on board Eagle sealing steamer wreck
A St John’s cable reports the sealing steamer Eagle is lost with all 250 aboard after last sighting March 11 near Funk Islands. Sailors described a terrible sea and breakers near Funk Islands. Captain Jackman, famed Newfoundland master, led the Eagle, long known for luck prior to 1885.
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Hallifax
N. S
Spectat
St. John’s
N. F
Eagle
Aurora
Funk Islands
Vanguard
Hevtor
Greenspond
Bonavista Bay
Captain Jackman
Jackman
The
Newfoundland
Dumont Revokes International Rules Notice On Coastwise Vessels
A conference between James A. Dumont and marine representatives leads to a formal circular revoking the earlier order requiring seagoing and coastwise ships to follow the international navigation rules. The temporary change is deemed permanent, directing inspectors not to enforce section 24 rule 5 for vessels now exempt under the international system.
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Pumaprepare
James A. Dumont
Dumont
Mr. Dumont
Bureau of Navigation
United States
High Seas
Department
Seaboard
Graves Captured in California Murder Case Entails Self Defense Claim
Special dispatch reports Graves, the game warden killer, arrested in Eureka Hotel after posing as Kin T. Smith. He had traveled from Los Angeles to Anaheim and Oakland, mailed letters, and carried a Portland Argus copy with trial notes. Graves admits homicide, claiming self defense.
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Banacor
Oakland
Cal
Graves
California
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Planters
Eureka
Kin T. Smith
John Y. Fairbanks
Smith
Portland Argus
McFarland
Portland
Probe Finds Flaws in State Criminal Justice System
An investigating committee report on the May deal era faults in state justice assigns blame to ex Attorney General S P Colt and aide B M Bosworth for misinterpreting duties affecting writs. It criticizes prosecutors for excessive discontinuance recommendations and notes improper bail practices in Providence courts. Recommendations follow the findings.
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Provipencr
R.J
Srecra
S. P. Colt
B. M. Bosworth
Colt
Mr. Colt
Metcalf
Bosworth
Court House
Providence
Washineron Intercity Commerce Commission Meets in Interior
At 38 o'clock this afternoon the interstate commerce commission met by agreement at the Interior Department. Their commissions were handed to them and the prescribed oath of office administered. Colonel Morrison moved, Judge Cooley was chosen as chairman. A preliminary session was held with plans for another meeting tomorrow for consultation.
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Washineron
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interior Department
Morrison
Cooley
Pastor ousted as Troy church split widens
In Arpany New York on March 31 Special report says the Church of Christ in Troy has dismissed Pastor R. W. Stanchill after months of salary disputes. Stanchill, an educated eloquent speaker, provoked dissatisfaction with his direct preaching. One faction plans to leave and hold services in a hall.
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Arpany
N. Y
Church of Christ of Troy
R. W. Stanchill
Crosby high license bill passes Senate in New York
New York state news reports the Senate approving the Crosby high license bill by eighteen to fourteen in a strict party vote. Coggeshall and one other Republican crossed to oppose the measure with the Democrats in the negative.
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New York State
Amany
N. Y
Rhode Island Race Shows Suffrage and Reform Battles
The article analyzes Rhode Island politics in the Second District race. It notes Democratic weakness due to long minority status, limited anti machine organization, and a split with independents. It cites registry and property taxes as voting barriers, governor and court issues delaying a special election, and the impact on turnout and support for Governor Wetmore and Judge Bradley.
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Provence
R. I
Sprcran
Rhode Island
Bolters’ Committee
General Assembly
Wetmore
Supreme Court
Judge Bradley
Congress
Blaine
Cleveland
Senate
John W. Davis
Pawtucket
Prohibitionists
Charles S. Bradley
Republicans
Republican League
Durfee
Simmons
Anthony
Bradley
Newport
Old Bay
Democrats at Providence Mass Meeting in Music Hall
Providence March 31 Democrats held a packed mass meeting in Music Hall. Republican revolt showed in vice-presidents list including Jesse Metcalf of Providence Soups and Company and Brown University’s Professor Andrews, who pledged to vote the full Democratic ticket. Colonel Hovey presided. General P A Collins was absent.
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Providence
SrecraAu
Music Hall
The
Providence Sous and Company
Jesse Metcalf
Andrews
Brown University
Hovey
P. A. Collins
Express Messenger Wounded In West Shore Train Robbery
The Messenger Leake was shot in the shoulder during a raid on West Shore train No. 56 near Utica. The robber, masked and strong, bound Leake and rifled the safe, escaping toward the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western crossing. investigators pursue a presumed local suspect with about $2000 missing.
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Urica
West Shore Railroad
Here
Leake
Frankfort
Messenger Leake
Clark’s Mills
Utica
Desperado
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Aupany
N. Y
C. T. Leake
National Express Company
National Express
Syracuse
Express
New York
By Unters
Lake
Mary Cregan Identified as Murder Victim in New Jersey
Rahway New Jersey March 31 C H Eldredge president of Hudson River and Maine Ice Company viewed the body and says it is Mary Cregan who worked as a domestic at his Brooklyn home. She left Syracuse three weeks ago and was en route to her uncle in Brooklyn when last seen. The claim Mary Maltby is false. Maltby is alive in Newark.
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Rahway
N. J
C. H. Elaredge
Hudson River and Maine Ice Company
New York
Mary Cregan
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Elliot Place
Brooklyn, and Has Not Been Seen Since. Mr. Eldredge
New Jersey
Mary Maltby
Newark
They Object to a Mugwump in Buffalo Hull Inspector Post
In Buffalo on March 31 notable Democratic dissension arises over appointing Captain Charles McCrea as hull inspector for the Buffalo district, replacing Captain James Gibson. The role, while not highly important, is viewed as a prize and McCrea’s Mugwump alignment provokes strong opposition among the regular Democrats.
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Bufraro
Pary
Charles McCrea
Hull
Buffalo
James Gibson
McCrea
Democra
Notable Poets Read at Boston Museum Stage Tribute
A select gathering of literary figures including Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Samuel L. Clemens, William Dean Howells, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others performed readings at the Boston Museum. Charles Eliot Norton spoke, praising Longfellow and the shared civic spirit, as a memorial event cementing the poet’s enduring influence.
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Boston Museum
Thermopyle
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Samuel L. Clemens
William Dean Howells
George Wiliam Curtis
James Russell Lowell
Julia Ward Howe
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Edward Everett Hale
Charles Eliot Norton
Drury Lane
Garrick
Johnson
Burke
Comédie Française
Victor Hugo
Théophile Gautier
Flaubert
Turgéneff
George Sand
Mark Twain
Virginia City
Marjorie Daw
Mr. Howe
Colonel Higginson
Mr. Lowell
Dr. Hale
Samuel Longfellow
Anna Longfellow
R. M. Field
Curtis Guild
Charles H. Taylor
Roberts, Winthrop
Wirt Dexter
Longfellow
America
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Jackson & CO
Tremont Street
Ae Ee
Mechanics’ Hall
Huntington Avenue
N. B
Leonard & CO
Bromfield Street
Oriental Collection
ART Manufactures
Maine Veteran Association
Parker House
Tremont Temple
Boston School of Oratory
Unitarian Sunday School Society
H. Winkley
Charles Follen McKim
Irish National League
Union Pacific
West End Land
Wisconsin Central
Dunlaps
Youmans, Miller
G. W. Simmons & CO
North Street
Opsenven
Signal Service
U.S
Oston
Lotea
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
House of Commons
Oakland Postoffice
Judge Cooley
Democrats
Mary Mastey
Rahway, N. J
Longfellow Fund
Holmes
Curtis
Clemens
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