Holmes Prepares for Gallows as Legal Cloud Looms
At Philadelphia on April 3 H H Holmes, the condemned murderer, appears in surprisingly good health and spirits though he has 33 days to live. His estate remains tangled in a legal cloud and his attorney Samuel P Rotan fears the last wishes may not be carried out. Holmes, a believer in Bob Ingersoll, jokes with the keeper about a shadow on the floor. He has arranged with counsel for his body but will not reveal disposal plans. He may draft a statement about the Pitezel children but is unlikely to detail his crimes.
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Hiladelphia
H. Holmes
Chicago
Fort Worth
Samuel P. Rotan
Appy
Holmes
Bob Ingersoll
Washington Birthplace Shaft Placed at Wakefield Virginia
A telegram to Colonel Wilson reports the George Washington birthplace monument shaft was positioned yesterday at Wakefield in Westmoreland County Virginia. Wilson will inspect the monument soon before acceptance from contractors, with no dedication plans yet arranged.
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Washington
Wilson
Corps of Engineers
George Washington
Wakefield
Westmoreland County
Handel and Haydn Society St Matthew Passion at Music Hall
The Handel and Haydn Society with a Symphony Orchestra chorus and a Emmanuel St Paul Harvard College boy choir performed Bach St Matthew passion music at Music Hall last evening. The audience offered restrained applause in places yet fully valued the rich choral blending, organ and violin solos, and standout arias. Notable moments included Mrs Henschel’s All from Love My Savious Dieth and Mr Rieger’s tenor enunciation. The final Rest Ye Softly moved the audience deeply as the youths’ voices joined the orchestra.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Emmanuel
St. Paul's
Harvard College
St. Matthew
Music Hall
Boston
Mrs. Henschel
Savious Dieth
Horatio Parker
Mr. Rieger
Mme, Albani
Messrs. Davies and
Whitney
Granite Cutters Mass Meeting Planned in Boston
The Boston branch of the Granite Cutters National Union votes to hold a mass meeting for all granite cutters in Boston and nearby on Thursday April 9. Prominent labor figures will address the gathering including Central Labor Union President O'Sullivan Building Trades Council President E J Ryan Henry Abrahams Thomas Tracy Frank Thompson D Sheen M J Devitt and F W Pritchard.
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Boston
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Vicinity
O'Sullivan
The
Central Labor Union
E. J. Ryan
Building Trades Council
Henry Abrahams
Thomas Tracy
Frank Thompson
D. Sheen
M. J. Devitt
F. W. Pritchard
Picture swindler in Amesbury
Amesbury April 3. A new swindle arrives as an agent offered free crayon portraits but charged for frames. He collected payment in advance and disappeared, leaving residents wary of similar schemes.
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Amesbury
State House Surprises Show City Government Proposals
Reports from the committee on metropolitan affairs detail a Boston scheme to form a single legislative chamber via a 27 member board of apportioned city councilors with staggered terms and a $2000 salary, plus separate departments for care of children and penal institutions and a registrar salary of $3000. Dissenting votes are noted from several senators and representatives.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Municipal League
Boston
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
Messrs. Creed
Shaw and
Boutwell
House
City of
Children’s Institutional Department
Insane Institutions Department
Institutions Registration Department
Public Institutions Commissioner
Registration Department
Messrs
Sprague
Perkins
Senate
Barnes
Tuttle
Committee On Taxation
Merchants’ Municipal Committee
Quincy
Committee On Ways and Means
State House
F. C. Lowell
Back Bay
Australia Endures Epic Heat Wave And Floods
New York reports describe an Australian crisis marked by record heat up to 120 degrees, epidemics of typhoid and diphtheria, dried wells, water famine, and widespread deaths. Storms, earthquakes, fires, and floods across colonies caused crop ruin, livestock losses, and severe destitution, with rail, mining, and telegraph lines disrupted.
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New York
Australia
Melbourne
Alexander
Wagga
Waterloo
Tasmania
New Zealand
Queensland
Adelaide
Hopetown
Swan Hill
Bourke
Mildura
Alps
Sydney
Payneham
Gympie
Women Clerks Organize Boston Benefit Association
An association named Women Clerks Benefit Association forms among Boston women clerks. Dues at one dollar yearly, with quarterly payments. sick benefit of three dollars weekly and death benefit of fifty dollars. Supported by Dry Goods Clerks and led by officers from Jordan Marsh Gilchrist R White and Co and others. Next meeting Monday night April 13 at 264 Boylston Street in the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union rooms.
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Women Clerks of
Boston
Women Clerks’ Benefit Association
Dry Goods Clerks’ Benefit Association
M. B. Rourke
Jordan, Marsh & Co
M. H. Walsh
Gilchrist & Co
Mae E. Parker
H. White & Co
H. G. Barrett
M. McDevitt
A. O'Neill
Fourth district Republican convention held in Waltham today
Ten district committee members met in Young's last night E F Hutchinson of Lexington chosen to preside There are four candidates including ex Mayor Low of Fitchburg Charles H Moulton of Waltham Thomas Talbot of Billerica and ex Representative Weymouth of Fitchburg Weymouth carried most Fitchburg caucuses with Low winning two wards The contest is seen ending with Mayor Low as the likely winner
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St. Louis
Waltham
Young
E. F. Hutchinson
Lexington
Low
Fitchburg
Charles H. Moulton
Thomas Talbot
Billerica
Republican State Committee
Weymouth
Messrs
Talbot
Moulton
Lecture by T A Mullen at Grand Opera House
Thomas A Mullen private secretary to Mayor Quincy will lecture at the Grand Opera House Sunday evening April 19 under St James Young Men's Sodality auspices. The topic is Under Italian Skies and a pre-lecture concert by artists directed by Walter J Kugler organist of St James Church will precede the talk.
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Thomas A. Mullen
Quincy
Grand Opera House
St. James
Portland letter carriers cheer back overtime pay
Portland Maine April 3 jubilant over allowance of seven thousand to eight thousand dollars in back overtime pay claims by the Portland Post Office letter carriers as a result of recent settlement or decision.
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Portland
Portland Post Office
Boston Theatre and Museum Shows Next Week Deal
Actress Eleonora Duse opens a brief seven day run at the Museum with Camille and Magda, while Davenport brings La Tosca to Boston Theatre. Bernhardt stars at Tremont in Adrienne Lecouvreur, with La Tosca and Camille at the matinee and evening shows.
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Mme
Eleonora Duse
Museum
Boston
Camille
Cavalleria Rusticana
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Acribe
Legouve
Mme. Bernhardt
Tremont Theatre
France
Rachel
Boston Theatre
Bernhart
Adrienne
Darmont
Maurice de Saxe
New England
Mme, Duse
Sarah Bernhardt
Ratinee
la Tosca
de Wolf Hopper
Wang
Tremont Theatre Abbey
Schoeffel & Grau
Perf Geri Ces
Sarah Gernhardt
Theatre DE LA Renaissance
Paris
Eleuavra Duse
MAGDA
LA Locandiera
Bowdoin SQ
Chas. F
Atkinson
John
Manola Mason
Tony Farrell
Garry Owen
Columbia Theatre
Laxton
Ohminatown
Aluminum yacht designed for prince sails and steam power
Naptha Grusser New York April 3 A Zurich built aluminum desig named naptha yawl cruiser yacht aims to serve as sailing vessel and steamer. Trial runs on Lake Zurich and off Genoa show speed with a five compartment hull and mahogany interior. A naphtha motor fuels a fifty hour run, possible near 1000 miles unaided by sails. Saloon converts to Pullman style sleeping compartment at night. Hermetic doors and air-filled room protect cabin in storms. Lead keel adds stability. ballast light due to light hull.
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New York
Escher, Wyss & Co
Zurich
Prince of Wield
Lake of Zurich
Mediterranean
Genoa
Kathleen Mavourneen echo in Riley tribute
A lyrical piece laments the composer of Kathleen Mavourneen and praises James Whitcomb Riley. The poem recalls the song’s enduring charm and speaks of the master’s silent absence, urging inspiration to return to the poet and his mournful refrain.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Kathleen Mavourneen
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