Jefferson Day Banquet At Palmer House Hosts Democratic Leaders
The Iroquois Club in Chicago hosted a Jefferson birthday banquet with guests including Senator Lindsay, Judge Toley, Congressman Tom L. Johnson, and John E. Russell. The event featured new headquarters on Michigan Avenue and a decorated main room with busts of Jefferson and Cleveland. Johnson argued for free trade, denouncing tariff reform labels, while Russell and Toley spoke on administration vigor and steadfastness through adversity.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iroquois Club
Palmer House
Michigan Avenue
Lindsay
Judge Toley
Kentucky
Tom L. Johnson
Ohio
John E. Russell
Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
John P. Hopkins
Russell
William Lindsay
T. L. Johnson
Democratic Party
Senate
Aheer
Johnson
Harrison
McKinley
Tom Reed
Ways and Means
Sterling B. Toley
Louisville
Address on Democratic Principles and Tax Policy
John E. Russell reviews the national treasury state and rebuts partisan attacks. He argues taxation should reflect Jeffersonian ideals with protection tied to revenue and warns against wealth and protected interests hindering reforms. The speech urges rapid legislative action and loyalty to the public will.
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Harrison
House
Senate
Democratic Party
Congress
Republic
Jefferson
Madison
Death and injuries from sewer shed blast in Lowell
At the Centreville sewer in Lowell on April 2 John McMahon aged 22 was blown through the roof of a shanty and killed instantly. Edward McManus aged about 45, the other occupant, was fatally injured and died later. McManus leaves a family. The shed and its contents were wrecked.
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Lowell
Centreville
John McMahon
Edward McManus
McManus
McMahon
Two Roof Falls in Somerville Hospitalized Men
Two separate accidents hit Somerville yesterday. John Nogant, 36, fell from a roof at 50 Beacon Street and broke several ribs. taken to Somerville Hospital by police ambulance. John Conroy, of East Cambridge, fell four stories from Crane's block and was badly bruised and unconscious, remained in the hospital with doubtful recovery.
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Somerville
John Nogant
Beacon Street
Somerville Hospital
John Conroy
East Cambridge
Crane
Tha Pital
Lynn and Boston Railway Trouble Returns to Bargaining Table
A Lynn labor union committee and Lynn & Boston Railway Manager E Foster met for over five hours in a long delayed conference. They reportedly reached a wage reduction agreement and will submit the deal to the union for approval this evening. Neither side issued further statements.
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Lynn
Loca Union
the Federation of Labor
E. ©. Foster
Lynn & Boston
Oye Aes
Eee
Fire damages planing mill in West Newton attack
An incendiary fire last night in West Newton damaged a planing mill owned by Frank Larcas in Lucas Court. Firemen confined the blaze to a small area after a rapid response from Box 35, with damages estimated at about $100.
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Newton
West Newton
Frank Larcas
Lucas Court
Will of Elizabeth Ann Boardman Bequests Listed
Newburyport on April 2 reports the late Elizabeth Ann Boardman’s will distributing funds to charities and churches. The document includes $1000 to the Board of Home Missions and other bequests to the General Charitable Society the Aged Females of Newtmry and the Presbyterian Society among others.
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Newburyport
Elizabeth Ann Boardman
Society
Newtmryon
General Charitable Society
Beant of Foreign Missions
Ceetedan
Board of Home Missions
Hirst Presbyterian Society
Tillman Ends Riot Troop Mutiny in South Carolina
Governor Tillman proclaims order restored as telegraph surveillance remains. Captain McCaughren resigns his commission after mutiny accusations. fourteen companies of troops stationed statewide. Nine constables escape to Charleston aided by Lake City allies, Tillman stronghold tightens control while towns outside remain uninformed.
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Columbia
8. C
Tillman
McCaughren
Wewbery Rifles
Charleston
Lake City
Badly Beaten Man Patrols Justice After Street Attack
Thomas Ryan, 24, hospitalised with a broken nose and severe head wounds after a mob on Grove and Washington streets attacked him while defending Khaler. Witnesses say a brick struck his face and a club cut his head. His mother defends him, citing prior misrepresentation.
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Thomas Ryan
Germantown
Grove
Washington Streets
Post
Dedham
Ernest Kussmaul
Khaler
Grove Street
Michael Lennon
Ryan
Kussmans
Thomas Parker & Co
State House
Fisher Hill
Thomas F. Deelin
Deelin
Breckinridge Under Fire In Pollard Case Details Improper Relations
In a Washington court the defense examined Colonel Breckinridge about his affair with Miss Pollard. He described meetings at Sayre Institute and Cincinnati, threats by letters, financial arrangements, and a plan to care for a potential child. He denied ongoing relations after early 1893 and criticized the plaintiff’s conduct while acknowledging past misconduct.
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Breckinridge
Miss Pollard
Major Moore
Colonel Breckinridge
Washington
Madeline
Wing
Cincinnati
Lexington
Lexington Gazette
Madelinde
P. P. Johnson
W. A. McChesney
Butterworth
Sayre Institute
Presbyterian Synod
Wilson
Thompson
Louis XIV
Henry VIII
George IV
Fielding
Smokett
George Eliot
Major Butterworth
Mr. Lewis
Sarah Gess
Judge Wilson
Miss Ellis
Mr. Rodes
Sarah Gess’s
Rose House
Capitol
Mary
Louise
Zee
Louise Lowell
Madeline Pollard
Upper Street
Dozen shoplifters caught at Houghton and Duttons
Chief Coulter’s team and two young lady detectives nab twelve female shoplifters at Houghton and Duttons. Ten appeared in Municipal Criminal Court, two were released. Offenders aged 27 to 50, well dressed and with money, stole gloves thread handkerchiefs and thimbles. Several named defendants paid fines of five to six dollars.
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Houghton & Dutton’s
Coulter
Joe Knox
Municipal Criminal Court
Knox
Annie Wilson
Everett Way
Elizabeth Brown
Somerville Way
Smith
Bertha Sampson
Cotting Street
Annie Toomey
Mary Rosendolph
South Boston
Catherine Welch
West Fifth Street
Lizzie Sargeant
Pepperell
Mass
Helen Melz
Mary J. Morrison
Somerville
Fire destroys Day & Jobson lumber yard in Springfield
A fierce blaze in Springfield on April 2 wiped out the Day & Jobson lumber yard. Three sheds and a barn burned, with 150000 feet of lumber and 400000 shingles lost. Total damage about 18000 dollars, with 8200 dollars insured.
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Springfield
Day & Jobson
Ferry Street
Chestnut
Liberty
Providence Cycle Debt Owed to Pope Manufacturing
Providence Cycle Company submitted to judgment for 18 164 20 in favor of Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston before Judge Rogers. The obligation was incurred by the Providence Cycle Company's predecessor in business.
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Providence
Providence Cycle Company
Judgent
Pope Manufacturing Company of
Boston
Death of Actor James Owen OConnor in New Jersey Asylum
News from Jersey City reports actor James Owen OConnor died Saturday morning in the New Jersey Insane Asylum from a kidney disease. He leaves a wife and had been an inmate there for eight months.
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New York
James Owen O'Connor
Jersey City
New Jersey Insane Asylum
O’connor
Insane Asylum
East Boston Man's Dog Dies After Rampage
Michael Kelliher of East Boston faced the death of his dog after a frenzied attack on a group of children near Bremen and Prescott streets. Robert Cavanagh intervened with a heavy stick, killing the beast, while neighbors and the owner later discussed the incident and burial plans.
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Michael Kelliher
Boston
Bremen
Prescott
Robert Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Kelliher
Coxey's troops encamp in fashionable Sewickley town
Coxey's army, marching over eighteen miles, entered Sewickley Penn and set up on a vacant lot at dusk. Geneva College students arrived to listen after Browne and Coxey spoke, while spectators, wheelmen, and boys led the way along the valley route.
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Sewickley
Penn
Coxey
Geneva College
Camp Valley Forge
Browne
Ladies Night Highlights Sixth Boston Railroad Agents Event
The sixth annual Ladies Night of the Railroad and Steamboat Agents Association of Boston was held at the Vendome. About fifty couples gathered for informal exchanges, a Governor Greenhalge reception, and a banquet with decorations, music, and a notable program featuring T. H. Hawley and other dignitaries. A toast to the ladies followed, with remarks on women's advancing roles and a mix of vocal and instrumental performances.
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Railroad and Steamboat Agents’ Association of Boston
Vendome
T. H. Hawley
New England
Vermont Central Road
Greenhalge
Hawley
W. W. Halbert
Fitchburg
A. J. Simmons
Baltimore & Ohio
Boston
Corcoran
Grace May Lambkin
M. J. Dwyer
J. E. Catte
Edward McHugh
Jennie Creer
Joseph L. White
H. A. Thomas
Desmond Misses Settlement as Search Continues for Councilman
Councilman Cornelius F. Desmond failed to appear to settle the dispute with American Surety Company. A warrant for his arrest was active, and Walter I. Badger of the Surety firm prepared to prosecute. Desmond’s return and possible settlement leave his council position uncertain. Ward 12 politics could be affected if he remains away.
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Cornelius F. Desmond
American Surety Company
Coulter
Walter I. Badger
Surety Company
Desmond
West End
Badger
O'Brien
Nott
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Jefferson Day
Troquois Club
Orator
Congressman Johnson
Mr. Russell
Treasury
Gulf
Worcestershire Lea &Perrins
Teil Lea & Perrins
India
Saud
Lea & Perring
Aoun
OMN Duncan’s Sons
Park Medical CO
Boston Railway
Elizabeth A
Boardman's
Carolina
His
Riggs House
Mrs
Mrs. Blackburn
Hoffman House
Pope Company
Tragedian O'Connor
Yankee’s
Summer Street
the Big Clothing Syndicate (Corporation
Cokey
Fashion
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