Prisoner Kept in Cellar Says Blanchard
Mrs Julia Blanchard of New Britain Conn testifies in Jefferson Market Court that James Clarey of 118 West Twenty sixth street held her prisoner in a cellar for twelve days. She says she was drugged robbed of jewelry worth 495 dollars and forced to submit to indignities before escaping. Clarey admits she visited but says she was not a prisoner and took her jewelry only as security for board. Magistrate Crane bound him for examination.
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New York
Julia Blanchard
New Britain
Twentysixth Street
Clarey
Mrs. Blanchard
Crane
Suffolk County H A L D Convention of Directory Delegates
A large Suffolk County directory convention met in Dexter Hall with County President Cronin presiding. Delegates from Somerville Cambridge Hyde Park Quincy Lynn and many divisions from Boston Roxbury South Boston Charlestown Brighton Dorchester Upham's Corner Revere and Neponset attended. The annual report showed over 3000 new members increase and 24 449 spent on sick and death benefits with 5000 for charitable purposes. A monster parade plan and formation of three new divisions including a military unit were approved.
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Suffolk County
Dexterell
William J. Cronin
Somerville
Cambridge
Hyde Park
Quincy
Lynn
Charles McCarthy
Daniel O'Donovan
Felix Asher
Martin J. Roche
John A. Ryan
Boston
Michael Cavanagh
East Boston
John Dolan
Roxbury
Francis Cassidy
James J. Shea
Charlestown
Thomas F. Fitzgerald
South Boston
John J. Seanton
Edward Dalton
Jerome C. Dolan
Patrick Cronin
Chelsea
Michael J. Collins
John Lane
Revere
Edmond Ward
T. Whyte
Francis Daly
Hugh E. McClellan
Peter B. Murphy
Edmond Coffey
Dorchester
James Calnan
John T. Galvin
Cornelius J. Keyes
John J. Reynolds
Upham’s Corner
Thomas P. Harrington
Jamaica Plain
John M. Cotter
Rodh McCarron
Edmund Phelan
Thomas O’connor
John F. Murphy
J. L. Spear
Michael J. Cavanagh
John A. Toomey
Cornelius J.coughlin
Andrew Trahey
F Edward J. McCauley
E. G. O'Leary
John W. Corliss
D. J. Falvey
James A. Fitzgibbons
John Duggan
Eremiah J. Manning
Micael Dillon
John J. Teevans
W. A. Ryan
Thomas Barker
A. J. O'Connor
Michael J. Kelly
Patrick McGeever
James Hagarty
James Mantle
John B. O'Higgins
Michael McGillicuddy
Peter P. Veale
John Ahern
Denis Higgins
Denis FE. McCarthy
B. G. Bates
D. J. Harrington
John J. O'Keeffe
John Helmund
Francis Campbell
Order
Carney Hospital
New England
Axe Attack in North End Building Falls On Mary O'Dwyer
Last night at 4 Wigsin street near North Bennet street in the orth End a fight broke out. Mary A. O'Dwyer on the middle floor was said to be struck with an axe by Kate Shappee and kicked and beaten by James McAleer on the ground and upper floors. O'Dwyer suffered severe scalp wounds a cheek cut and facial and body bruises.
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Wigsin Street
Bennet Street
Orth End
Mary A. O'Dwyer
Kate Shappee
Mary
James McAleer
O'Dwyer
O’dwyer
Murdered and robbed relief funds in Asiatic Turkey
From Washington March 31 Minister Terrell reports Yussuff Yunnan who distributed relief funds at Saïrd Asiatic Turkey was murdered and robbed under the assumption he aided the relief effort. Terrell requests recovery of the stolen money and the arrest and punishment of the guilty parties.
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Washington
Department of State
Tergell
Instantinople
Yussuff
Yunnan
Saird
Asiatic
Turkey
Terrell
Mutiny on the Greetlands Ends in Violent Arrests
Captain Couillard reports mutiny aboard the iron steamship Greetlands after shipmate Gilman and others attacked laborers on Exchange Place Wharf. In the ensuing clashes Mate Alfred Couillard and crew were injured, Mulvey and Gilman were jailed, and officers secured the men for arraignment on assault, battery, and mayhem charges. The Greetlands, owned by Ross & Co of Quebec, had been docked after taking on cargo at Cardenis amid smallpox concerns.
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Messrs. Lombard & Sons
Mulvey
Gilman
O’brien
Alfred Couillard
Eugene Boulanger
Alexander Gerard
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T. M. Albers
N. Vogt
Post
Exchange Place
John Souter
Charlies Markinson
Kingston
Ilman
Haiti
Jamaica
Cardenis
Souter
East
Boston
Emmons
Pass That Bill Tonight For Nurses Home Site
A. Shuman and L. G. Burnham leading trustees demand passage of a bill to secure the site for the nurses home. They oppose any land deal related to the site, urging the common council to act now to ensure the $100,000 nurses home is provided by bequest. They appeal to the council’s duty and constituents.
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A. Shuman
City Hospital
L. G. Burnham
Gas Leaks Prompt Investigation Near Tremont and Boylston
Witnesses described recurring gas odors in buildings around Tremont and Boylston streets for three months before a December explosion. They noted delayed gas company responses, ongoing leaks after subway digging, and a suffocated cat in the cellar, with multiple workers recalling earlier notices and repeated alerts.
Senate Keeps Treaty Arbitration Vote In Secret Session
The Senate met in secret session for three and a half hours to decide key amendments to the general treaty of arbitration but failed to fix a final vote time. Voting resumes tomorrow at 4, after which no new amendments will be allowed. Senators discussed a possible substitute resolution supporting arbitration in principle without immediate ratification, but objections were raised. The day featured votes on Chilton amendments, a proposal for separate courts per case, and procedural hurdles over timing and paired votes.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Hoar
Mr. Oar
Chilton
Mr. Chilton
Foraker
Mr. Davis
Mr. Stewart
Cuba in the Senate resolution on Cuba obligation
In the Senate this morning Mr Mills offered a resolution directing the committee on foreign relations to inquire what obligations the United States has assumed toward the Cuban people by asserting a right to prevent European acquisition and Spain dominion The resolution went over until tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Cuba
Spain
Whitehead Leaves East Boston for Worcester Home
Joseph J. Whitehead, America's amateur champion oarsman, will relocate from East Boston to Worcester this Sunday. He will row under Worcester Boat Club colors, challenging Ned Ten Eyck and Joe Maguire in a potential match race and aiming for the Philadelphia championships this year.
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Joseph J. Whitehead
America
Boston
Worcester
Whitehead
Wachusett
Joe
Riverside
Gaelic League Boston Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
The Gaelic League of Boston marked its fourth anniversary with an Irish literary and musical festival at Alpha Hall. President E. T. Haynes gave an address as Mary E. Gill played piano, with numerous Gaelic songs and readings by a lineup led by Miss Mary Drinan and Pat rick Kelly.
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Gaelic League of Boston
Alpha Hall
E. T. Haynes
LL. B
Mary E. Gill
Mary Drinan
Caithin Mo M. Mhuirain
Grace Sullivan
T. J. Hurley
Patrick Kelly
Mrs. J. Hamilton
George Finneran
Lottie Marks
John M. Doran
Annie Smith
Steamships in the Ice Sighted by Huron Near Grand Banks
The British steamer Huron reports three steamships in Arctic drift ice east of the Grand Banks on March 27. One vessel belonged to Cunard from Liverpool to Boston. Huron tracked the ice for over 989 miles, with ice extending northward as far as visible.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Arctic
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Huron
Dantzic
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Boston
City Council divided on hospital nurses' home funding
Ward 4, 3, 6, 9, 13 and 12 councilmen split over a $100,000 Land purchase for a nurses home. Mahoney supports smaller funds, Carroll backs building, Rowan cites bread over beds, Leonard doubts need, Mahoney opposes large sum, O Toole demands under $75,000 amid land deal suspicions. Eminent domain cited with $57,000 value option.
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Cndliam E. Mahoney
Ward 4
Henry B. Carroll
Ward 3
Firence Committee
John A. Rowan
John A.rowan
Ward
City Hall
Michael Leonard
Ward 9
James T. Mahoney
Patrick J. O'Toole
Ward 12
Thurman Club smoking talk features Sheridan lecture and nurses bill pledge
A Thurman Club event in Columbia Hall East Boston drew a grand crowd with a Sheridan lecture by Thomas A. Mullen private secretary to the mayor. Alderman Donovan and Joseph A Conry spoke in support of the nurses bill. A portrait of Mayor Quincy was presented and music by East Boston Mandolin Club and local vocalists accompanied the program.
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General Sheridan
Thomas A. Mullen
William J. Donovan
Joseph A. Coury
Quincy
Thurman Club
Columbia Hall
Boston
James Connors
Donovan
Joseph A. Conry
Boston Post
Boston University Needs Aid for Major Expansion
The Boston University year book outlines a severe funding gap across all departments. Bequests total past year include 5000 from Lyman Jefts for a scholarship, 2000 from the Massachusetts Society for Women Education, plus smaller gifts. Assets as of Aug 31, 1896 stood at 1,586,943.93. The report notes grants with international university partners allowing AB graduates to study abroad without tuition. Total student body across colleges and schools reached 1,327 with 391 women and 936 men.
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Boston University
Lyman T. Jefts
Hudson
Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women
Oliver Crane
College of Liberal Arts
Huntington
Edward H. Dunn
James F. Almy
Salem
Chester C. Corbin
Chester
James M. Battles
Boston
National University At
Athens
Royal University At
Rome
Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences
Corporation
University Council
College of Agriculture
School of Theology
School of Law
School of Medicine
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Brookline Holds Quiet Town Meeting and Elections
Brookline held its annual town meeting and officer election with 1395 votes cast from 2900 registered. Incumbents Candage Stearns and Talbot were re elected to the board of assessors. school race saw Marvin and McLaughlin win while the Citizens caucus trio Dunbar Hoar and Walker prevailed. Walker’s win seen as a win for younger voters.
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Rufus G. F. Candage
Charles H. Stearns
Thomas H. Talbot
W. T. R. Marvin
Old School Board
Henry V. McLaughlin
Longwood
Citizens’ Caucus
Messrs. Dunbar
Hoar
Walker
Mr. Walker
American Wringer Company Installment Advert
Diamonds watches jewelry silverware clocks manicure sets and basquet lamps offered on instalments. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention from the American Wringer Company Broadway extension Boston successor Met. Manufacturing Co.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Boston
Met
Manfg. Co
Guardian Seizes Custody Of Pearl Johnston In School Abduction
In Waltham on March 31 Pearl Johnston, 12, was removed from South Grammar School by guardian nominee Mr Stanley after Probate Court order. Grandmother Mrs Rachel Allen, who feared abduction since December, disputes Stanley mortgage repayment and contends motive is not philanthropy. Pearl left with nurse’s note for clothes, alarmed grandmother believes note forged. Principal Smith unable to block court action granting custody to Stanley.
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Waltham
Rachel Alsten
Little Pearl Johnston
South Grammar School
Pearl
Stanley
Cyclone devastates Chandler Oklahoma region
March 31 report from Guthrie dispatches forty five killed and many injured as a cyclone hit Chandler last evening. The business district burned, the courthouse toppled, and rescuers searched ruins while fires smoldered and a night rainstorm possibly saved the town.
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Guthrie
C. T
Chandler
Dale
Shaman Corner Tie In Elegant Faille And Silks On Sale
Elegant neckwear offered this week includes Shaman Corner Ties crafted in Faille Française and Cuire Silks with refined patterns and colors. Priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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Faille Francaise
Cuire
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