Boston Voter Fraud Bill Draws Senates Attack
Senator Quinn and colleagues defend Boston voters against Hutchinsons proposed reform bill amid a tense Senate clash. The measure would require registrars to mark a voters list with residence and age and to leave a blank for a shame note if requested by an officer. Debate centers on constitutionality and partisan motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
Ward 2
Boston
Hutchinson
Ward 17
Senate
Quinn
Gilbride
Corbett
Committee On
Butler
Iail
Lator Darling
Apescee
Senate Ce Ber
Suffolk
Republican Party
Darling
Norfolk
Bogus Check Swindle Hits Pittsfield Stores
In Pittsfield on Saturday night a well dressed stranger used a bogus $13.50 check made out to C. B. Hume and signed J. H. Butler to buy goods at Reid & Parnfather grocers and Monroe & Smith clothiers. Each shop handed over $25.30 in cash before the fraud was discovered Monday. Police are unable to identify the suspect, a 30 year old man with a small mustache who posed as a Butler employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Reid & Parnfather
Monroe & Smith, Clothiers
Third National Bank
C. B. Hume
J. H. Butler
Butler
God
Andover
Joseph Squire & Co
Express
Sarah J. Bucklin
S. J. Bucklin
Fund to honor late inspector Gerraughty in Boston
Friends seek a public subscription to aid the widow and six children of Thomas F. Gerraughty long a Boston police inspector. Colonel Henry Walker spearheads the drive to help beyond bankers and brokers, with E Rollins Morse named treasurer at 38 State Street.
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Thomas F. Gerraughty
Boston
State Street Bank
Gerraughty
Houghton
Board of Police
Henry Walker
State Street
British steamer Ethelred fired on by Spanish gunboat
The British steamer Ethelred en route from Boston to Port Antonio was fired upon off Cape Maysi Cuba by a Spanish gunboat. After stopping and boarding, the ship continued its voyage with Captain Hopkins reporting the incident and the flag hoisted as a warning shot was fired.
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Kingston
Ethelred
Boston
Mass
Port Antonio
Cape Maysi
Cuba
Eethelred
Alliance
Hopkins
Insurgent clashes near Baracoa as Spanish troops pursue
Havana reports the gunboat India found a stranded fishing smack at Duaba near Baracoa. its captain dead and two sailors captured claim twenty two insurgents landed. Insurgents killed the captain after threatening landing points, then fled when Spanish troops engaged with a mostly bloodless skirmish. Leaders Maceo and Combret may be with the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Santiago Province
Yndia
Duaba
Baracoa
Maceo
Combret
Salcedo
Holguin
Martillo
San Andres
Santiago
Lydia E Pinkham Women Health Remedy Ad
An 19th century style advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for menstrual irregularities and female complaints. It claims relief from bearing down sensations backache and irritability and notes a Sanative Wash for local use. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co solicits correspondence from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Disputed Orinoco Mouth Sparks U S Involvement
The diplomatic dispute centers on the Orinoco estuary where Venezuela and Great Britain contend for control. Britain holds Punta Parina at the mouth and a Trinidad naval station, while U S citizens gain new concessions near Patos Island, a site rich in asphalt.
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Washington
Fairbault
Minn
Donald Grant
W. H. Fisher
Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad
J. A. Bowman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Venezuela
Orinoco
Trinidad
Fisher
State Department
Great Britain
United States
South America
Brazil
Punta Parina
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Trinidad Island
Patos
TURF TALK AND BREEDERS' NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Charles Haley ships Gil Curry and Edgemark colt to Baltimore this week as a money earner. Trainer W T Greene at Concord NH touts Simbrino and Lady Helen wintering well and aiming under 2 20. Maud 8’s record cited as 2 08 ¾. New Hampshire Breeders' Association names officers led by President C C Mayberry. New England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association meets this afternoon at the American House.
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Charles Haley
Gil Curry
Edgemark
Baltimore
Jim Dustin
Directum
W. T. Greene
Concord
N. H
Simbrino
Lady Helen
W. W. Blair
Maud
California
McDowell
J. Montgomery Sears
Boston
John E. Thayer
Moth Miller
Alcantara
Dusty Miller
Triceps
New Hampshire Breeders’ Association
C. C. Mayberry
Whitefield
H. M. Kimball
Newport
F. L. Gerald
Laconia
W.M. Leet
N. E. Martin
George M. Stevens
Warren Daniels
Chester Pike
W. C. Clarke
N. A. Dunckiee
W. H. H. Moody
Samuel Hodgdon
C. Kendrick
C. W. Davis
S. K. Boyce
We . Foster
W. M. Leet
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Adi
Boc
America
Bink
Taffeta
Ima
Ze I
Piner
Ciach Platt
Valenciennes
Roger & Gallete
Lily of the Valley
White Rose
Iria
New Mowney
Essee
G&c
Castile
Pitth Avenue
Jaffray & Co
Sane
Affray & Co
Gilchrist & CO
Winer St. A
Winter St
Swept
E. S. Jaffray & CO
New York
Maine
Priestly
Hamburgs
Hamburg
Edger
Worth
At. Sc
Royal Worcester
Giarisw
City of
Holyoke
Blair
White
Democratic Party
Fabrica
Barcain
B.C. Almy &Co
Washington, Cor. Execs
A & Co
E. & Jaffray & Co
E. Jaffray & Co
Ite
Lack
Uewf Sc
Wwe
Taftray & Co
Inc
Joseph Squire
North ST
Joseph Squire & i
Ain
Ridlon
OS Vas
Prince Albert
Otis
Gale
Vienna
L.ov
L.of
Yankee
W. M. Barrick
Dr. Hasbrouck
Nicholson House
Little Ethan
Ms. R. Bailey
Amesbury
Massé
Newburyport
ALC
Tapster
Rueter & Co., Brewers
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