Melancholy tragedy ends at Cambridge home
Mrs Matilda Stevenson wife of painter William A Stevenson was found dead by suicide in her Cambridge home between 10 30 pm and 6 30 am after she had shown intent to end her life. Her husband had kept watch as a precaution. A little boy was taken out as requested by the deceased before the tragedy. Dr Ready attended and confirmed the death from suspension by rope.
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Matilda
William A. Steven
Glock
Cambridge
Natenaea
Meland
Ant
Reid
Mrs. Stevenson
Dr.eady
Mrs. N
Swindler Targets Bunker Hill Bank in Fraud Ring
Reports from Boston warn that checks drawn on the Bunker Hill National Bank are being forged in the name of a Boston Manufacturing Company. Suspects pose as a sales agent, presenting forged company checks to cash in New York, Philadelphia, Denver, and Chicago. Dozens of checks have been sent east for collection. more are expected. The company has no account.
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Boston
Washington St
State St
Bunker Hill
Bos- York
Philadelphia
Denver
Chicago
Thenufacturing Company
Ompany
Militia hearing backs one man rule and reform plan
Colonel Pew defends a military board to select officers noting past regimental troubles in the Eighth Infantry. He cites a 1893 adjutant general report and recounts captaincy disputes involving O Reilly. The committee examines investigation methods and adjourns to continue in the morning.
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tNo
Pew
Eighth
Legislative Committee On Military Affairs
Dalton
Peach
Essex County Regiment
Adjutant-General
Eighth Infantry
George A. Copeland
O'Reilly
Richard P. O'Reilly
Philip Moore
O’reilly
Moore
Embury P. Clark
Maccabe
Framingham
Thomas F. Edmands
First Corps of Cadets
Freight Wreck Closes Fitchburg Line Near North Adams
Two freight trains collided near Brown street between North Adams depot and Braytonville at 4 10 pm. Engineers and firemen escaped with minor injuries as wreckage blocked both tracks. Eastbound was on left track due to repairs on right, blame undetermined. passenger train passed post wreck with minor damage. Western track to be cleared within a day.
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North Adams
Fitchburg
Brown Street
Braytonville
Greylock
Blackinton
Ives Scores Big Run to Top Garnier in Balk Line Match
Frank C. Ives defeated Albert Garnier of Paris in the New York series at Madison Square Garden. Ives built a 527 to 151 lead, posting a high run of 200 as he overwhelmed Garnier with rapid, precise play including a strong anchor shot. Schaefer and Ives to meet again tomorrow night.
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New York
Frank C. Ives
Napoleon
Albert Garnier
Paris
Madison Square Garden
Ives
Schaefer
Garnier
Ivories
GOOD SCHOOLS FOR EVERETT HEARING ON HEATING VENTILATION AND NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
The Everett Board of Aldermen and the school committee discussed appropriations totaling 28 000 for heating and ventilating three school buildings and for a new four room primary school. Ex Mayor Batchelder urged higher figures noting three schools faced inadequate ventilation and Mt Washington Glendale and Winslow were closed for days. He warned 240 scholars would need space in September making a new building imperative.
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Everett
Glendale
Winslow
Mt. Washington
Batchelder
Lithographers Return to Work Amid Arbitration Talk
NEW YORK March 31 The 500 lithographers, on strike for seven weeks, returned to work pending arbitration by Bishop Potter.
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New York
Bishop Potter
Chicatawbut Club Speakers Address Boston Harbor Plans
The Chicatawbut Club met in Young's last night with Henry B. Blackwell presiding. Speakers included Massachusetts Senate President George P. Lawrence, House Speaker George V. L. Meyer, Alfred S. Roe, and W. H. Lincoln who urged biennial elections clarity, noted Massachusetts intends to invest about 150000 to improve Boston Harbor, and predicted Boston would gain a first class port. Meyer defended Reed and the sound money plank, while Roe urged old State House preservation and Lincoln touted harbor improvements and Broad Sound survey.
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Chicatawbut Club
Young
Henry B. Blackwell
George P. Lawrence
Massachusetts Senate
George v. Ll. Meyer
House
Alfred S. Roe
W. H. Lincoln
Lawrence
Meyer
Massachusetts
Boston
Reed
Roe
Worcester
State House
Greenhalge
Bulfinch
William H. Lincoln
Quincy
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Broad Sound
United States
Bismarck to mark eighty first birthday with ceremonies
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Bismarck’s eighty first birthday celebrated with torches and greetings. A grand procession is planned at Friedrichsruhe though many tickets have been claimed. Count Herbert Bismarck, Franz Lenbach, and Dr Schweninger attend. Wilhelm Bismarck ill in Königsberg.
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Count Wilhelm Bismarck
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Eugen Wolf
Prince ‘Bismarck
Madagascar
Herr Wolf
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Count von Rantzau
Workmen Unearth Skeleton at Auburndale Site
Workmen on Washington Street near the Hotel at Auburndale exhumed nearly a full skeleton from a gravel pit when they were removing earth for a field plot. The mass burial appears to be years old and connected to a fuel pit excavation.
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Thomas F. Mague
Gington Street
Auburndale
Outburst over women voting on liquor licenses at State House
Massachusetts legislators debated a bill granting women qualified to vote for school committee to also vote on liquor licenses. The crowd applauded as suffragists urged approval. No final action taken. session adjourned close to the third reading. Other measures included execution-venue attendance limits and liquor license refund bills.
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State House
Committee On Election Laws
Corbett and Blodgett
Gene Moriarty
Senate
House of Representatives
Thomas E. St. John
Sanderson
Howard K
Lynn
Senator Quinn
Charles W. Eliot
John B. O'Brien
Robert M. Morse
E. Winchester Donald
J. G. Thorpe
Robert Treat Paine
Milan Cc. Ayres
Burns
Middlesex
House
J. H. Mellen
Worcester
Boston
Commonwealth
Savings Bank Commissioners
Roe
Worcester County
Charles Devens
Court House
Said County
Committee On the Judiciary
Spanish Defeat Report From Cuba March 24 Action
Havana dispatch notes a major government defeat as nearly 2000 patriots led by Varona and Sosa attacked the Wadras battalion between Guana and La Fe in Pinar del Rio. Patriots captured much of the convoy while government troops retreated after heavy fighting and losses. Also reports of a patriot camp near Guantanamo and executions in Guantanamo. Weyler retirement rumors denied at Madrid.
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Havana
Varona
Sosa
Wadras
Guana
la Fe
Pinar del Rio
Lazo Fajado
Barges
Guantanamo
Santiago de Cuba
Matrid
Weyler
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Matilda Stevenson
Swinzler Abroad
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W. Preston B. Keith
Rominent
Brockton
Uniform Avenue
Field
Parkers
Brocktonnton Street Railway
Howard
Montello
Plain and
H Avenue
L. E
Ayor
O’reily
Fitchburg Road
Hood
Chicatawbut
Bismarck
Bill
Terest
A. W. Wheeler & CO
New England
Tremont St
J.b.wildes
Keith’s Theatre
Geo. A. Plummer & Co
MR. Damrell
Charles Lowe Damrell
Damrell & Upham
All Souls’ Church
Elm Hill Avenue
Warren Street
Roxbury
Joshua Lincoln
Goddard
William H. Lyon
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C. H. Goodwin
M. P. Kennard
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Young Men’s Christian Union
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Lemuel N. Ide
W. H. Halliday
Daniel Webster Colbart
Portsmouth
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American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornhill
Marry ME
Warren
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Sheppard
Gavin
This City
Leighton Parks
Simon T. Sheppard
Emma N. Gavin
Crane
Montpelier
Frank EF. Crane
Isabella Dodd
Chapel of Second Church
Boviston Street
J. Newman & Sons
Boston & Albany Railroad
Albany
Wagner
L. S
M.S. RK. Re
Utica
Michigan Central B. R
Cincinnati
St. Louis
R. R
Detroit
Hartford
New Haven
Springfield
NEW York Limited
Washingto St
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A. S. Ttanson
Nile
Hill Mediciny Co
19Th St
New York City
Sena
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Irs
Dewey Medical Co
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Western & Eastern Division
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C.i.e Bae Portland
Puuuays
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Concord
Lewiston
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Fabyans
Tain
Whitefield
Jeffer Tfr
Te Eit
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Thomaston
Quebec
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Machiasport
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Tilton
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Aslant
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ST. J
L. C. Hi R
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Burlington
White River Junction
Montreal
Boston Air Line
WST
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D. J. Flanders
New York, New Haven & Hartford
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Hyannis
Woood
Holl
Nantucket
Boston & Albany
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Leominster
Clinton
Old State House
Park Square Station
Park Squar
Kweelan Street
L H. Palmer
Old State
Geo L. Connor
E. @ ALLEN
C.kendally
Fitchburg Railroad
Union Station
Causeway Street
Hoosac Tunnel
Williamstown
Troy
Saratoga
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Telfale
Niagara Falls
Hamiton
Toronto
Cleveland
St. Lou
Points
Keene
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Whitehall
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Matone
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