Fixing Their Tackle In Senate Judicial Probe
A sub committee of Congress led by S P Wolverton arrives in Boston to review alleged disreputable U S court practices. They spend day arranging hearings and examining naturalization entries and state naturalization law. They plan public or private testimony and may issue a statement. Hallett expected as first witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee of Congress
S. P. Wolverton
Pennsylvania
F. C. Layton
Ohio
Case Broderick
Kansas
Washington
United States
Boston
Elal Jett
O. K
Hallett
Her Wandering Boy Returns After Thirty-Two Years
Edward Dimock, who left Middletown thirty-two years ago and was presumed dead, returns from California to his old home this morning. His elderly mother reacts with overwhelming joy. his father is dead. He has two sisters now married whom he had never seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mippietown
Cond
Edward Dimock
Middletown
Ince
California
Nome
Taunton Baptist Association Social Union Organized
Fall River newspaper notes a Taunton Baptist Association social union organized tonight with A. J. Jenning of Fall River named president. Supper for 200 served at Music Hall. Speeches by Hon. A. J. Jennings the Rev. A. J. Gumbar of Boston the Rev. M. C. Clough of Doodle India and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairy River
Social Union of the
Taunton Baptist Association
A. J. Jenning
Fall River
Music Hall
A. J. Jennings
A. J. Gumbar
Boston
M. C. Clough
Doogle
India
Deer Island Superintendent Cleared In Prisoner Assault Suit
Superintendent Gerrish of Deer Island institutions was acquitted in a $1000 damages suit by ex-prisoner William Walker over alleged assault in February 1891. Testimony described Walker’s claim of forced seating, choking, and injuries, while Gerrish denied threats and noted Walker’s profanity. Judge Gurke ruled for the defendant in Municipal Civil Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrish
Deer Island
William Walker
Burke
Walker
Black
Richardson
Ryerson
Upton
Spaulding
Board of Commissioners
Mayor Acts to Reinstate Park Laborers Suspended Feb 11
Mayor Matthews announced prompt action after a park laborers delegation complained that despite a large appropriation for parks the 400 suspended workers remained out of work due to an unsigned city treasurer draft. The park commissioners then voted yesterday afternoon to reinstate the laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Commissioners
Matthews
Six Girls With Guns At Harvey Ranch Bandit Hold Up
Near Harvey's ranch sheriff and posse trapped a gang tonight as six bandits stepped from the road to seize the stage. The culprits proved to be Harvey's six daughters in male disguise trained by their parents. Proceeds were sent East to avoid suspicion and one girl confessed the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon Crry
Tda
Harvey’s Ranch
Harvey
Over the Dam to Death in Mass Drowning Tragedy
A drowning accident at Willis Place Colerain on Deerfield river left five youths and a girl dead after a boat capsized by a dam. One survivor, Caroline Frink, was saved by grabbing a pole thrown to her. Names include Joseph Eager 35, two Lord youths 15 or 16, their sister about 18, and Eugenig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GreenField
Mass
Gscisveld Manufacturing Company
Willis Place
Colerain
Deerfield
Joseph Eager
Lord Boys
Eugenig
Caroline Frink
Minister Montt Bids Harrison Farewell at White House
Washington April 4 Senor Don Pedro Montt Chilean minister to the United States called at the White House with Secretary Blaine to bid farewell to President Harrison. He will soon leave with his family for Europe en route to Chile where he will enter Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Don Pedro Montt
United States
White House
Blaine
Harrison
Europe
Chile
Congress
Street Railway Bill and Taxation Debate Dominate Session
In the House committees moved to recommit double taxation relief for foreign stocks and to limit street railway labor to ten hours a day with a 100 dollar penalty, while a liquor licensing bill faced changes. The Senate laid over gas company investigations and weighed trade mark and witness fee reforms, with a pardon hearing for James Nicholson potentially delayed due to counsel conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Massachusetts School ‘Teachers’ Association
Committee On Public Service
Richmond
Freetown
Meyer
Boston
Richardson
Winthrop
Berlin
Warren
Judiciary Committee
Mr. Sprague
Barrett
Dolan
Leonard
Waltham
Liquor Committee
Perkins
Cutler
Taunton
House
Harvard Man for Yale In Elocution Lineup
New Haven April 4 Yale divinity school catalogue lists Samuel S. Curry PhD as instructor in elocution. Curry teaches elocution at Harvard and the Newton Theological Seminary and runs the School of Expression in Boston. Arthur M. Fairbanks of Dartmouth elected to head the new course in social ethics, listed for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale Divinity School
Samuel $. Curry
Curry
Harvard
Newton Ideological Seminary
School of Expression
Boston
Arthur M. Fairbanks
Dartmouth College
The President Nominates Military Appointments
The President sent to the Senate today nominations for medical director John Mills brown as surgeon general and chief of the bureau of medicine with commodore rank. Also named are Commodore J A Grear as rear admiral Captain Henry Erden as commodore Captain Thomas E Rose of the Sixteenth infantry as major First Lieutenant W McFarland Sixteenth infantry as captain and Second Lieutenant G C Cartwright Twenty fourth infantry as first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
John Mills Brown
Bureau of Medicine
J. A. Grear
Henry Erden
Thomas E. Rose
Sixteenth Infantry
W. ©. McFarland
G. C. Cartwright
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Two and a Half Million Loss in New Orleans Fires
New Orleans April 4 reports total fire losses still around two and a half million dollars. The number of cotton bales burned is now believed not to exceed 60,000, affecting the local economy and cotton trade.
Stable petition hearings near Newbury and West Chester park
The Boston Board of Health wrapped up a hearing on Kenney and Clark's request to build a stable at the corner of Newbury Street and West Chester Park. Advisors will now review the matter. Neighbors E Rollins Morse and Dr. Francis B. Greenough supported the petition while remonstrants included George R. Swasey and J O Teele, with lettered objections from Oliver Ames and James H. Paine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Kenney & Clark
Newbury Street
West Chester Park
Messrs. E. Rollins Morse
Francis B. Greenough
W. W. Jordan
J. Montgomery Sears
George R. Swasey
G. T. Edwards
J. O. Teele
Joshua B. Kendall
Oliver Ames
James H. Paine
George S. Sillsbes
Boston Professor Challenges Clerical Wire-Pulling Claims
A large Bromfield Street Church audience heard Professor Townsend of Boston University try to substantiate his allegations of clerical politics and ecclesiastical wire-pulling within the Methodist elect, remarks first made nine weeks ago and later attacked by Dr. J S Chadbourne two weeks afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromfield Street Church
Townsend
Boston University
J. S. Chadbourne
Boston police identify 1891 murder suspect linked to McArthur
John A. Simpson alias Stillwell known in Boston area was accused of killing Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Smith of New Hampshire on May 6 1891 during a horse theft arrest attempt. He once preached in East Cambridge and wrote for the Christian Register and the Watchman. Inspector Thomas Gerraughty is credited with the identification if valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Edmund M. Wheelwright
William P. Fowler
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Frances R. Morse
Alfred J. Turner
Thomas M. Babson
Andrew J. Bailey
Robert Grant
Boston Water Bourd
LeForrest A. Hall
John Taylor
Augustine H. Read
Edward N. Capen
Patrick O’shea
Daniel T. McCarthy
Joseph Tondorf, Jr
Thomas Hills
Board of Assessors
Wheelwright
Lews
Frances E. Morse
West End
West End Street Railway
Alderman Lewis
West Ndt Street Railroad Company
Lewis
Committee On Railroads
Boston
Alderman Keenan
West End Street Railway Company
West Ind
Cambridge
Whitney
Alderman Flood
West End Street Railroad Company
John A. Simpson
Stillwell
McArthur
Charles H. Smith
New Hampshire
East Cambridge
Christian Register
the Watchman
Thomas Gerraughty
Boston Police Department
Strike Ends at Doe Hunne Well & Co Furniture Works
Through the intercession of the State Board of Arbitration the strike of the furniture workers and cabinet makers at Doe Hunne well Co s was declared off yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Arbitration
Doe, Hunnewell & Co.’s
Norwegian Bark Prince Alfred Aboard Sinking Vessel
The Norwegian bark Prince Alfred, bound from Brunswick to Hamburg with 3334 barrels of resin, sank after a gale and heavy seas. Alfred Dumois rescued the crew of twelve, including Captain Bent Sternsen and mates T. Gundersen and M. Christensen, after distress calls at 1:30 p.m. the day signals were answered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dumois
Christie
Banes
Cuba
Prince Alfred
Bent Sternsen
Brunswick
Hamburg
Germany
T. Gundersen
M. Christensen
R. Speilberg
K. Andersen
P. Andersen
Albert Wison
John Burns
K. Olsen
H. Flack
M. Tomansen
J. Bentsen
Lectures for Ladies by Dr Grene at Tremont Temple
A series of free illustrated lectures for women led by Dr Grene of 34 Temple Place Boston will be held at Tremont Temple on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons April 5 and 6 at 3 o clock. The talks promise clear dissolving views and address women’s health issues. Admission is free and expected to draw large audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grene
Temple Place
Boston
Tremont Temple
Governor Saylor to Speak at Tremont Temple Lecture
Governor Saylor of Tennessee will deliver The Fiddle and the Bow at Tremont Temple next Friday evening. He will be introduced by Governor Russell. Saylor is famed for fiddling his way to Congress and his mountain home humor. The talk centers on rural life, dialect, songs, and courtships among mountain people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saylor
Tennessee
Tremont Temple
Russell
Laylor
Congress
Taylor
Boot and Shoe Recorder Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Tomorrow the Boot and Shoe Recorder marks ten years of publication. The offices at 82 Lincoln Street will be decorated by Colonel William Beals while publishers Terhune and McDermott host guests from 12 to 3 p.m. The journal, the largest trade weekly with nearly 150 pages, issues a jubilee edition of about 200 pages. Around August 1 it will move to a six story building at 11 and 18 Columbia Street between Bedford and Essex Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Jincoln Street
William Beals
Messrs. Terhune
McDermott
Columbia Street
Bedford and
Essex Streets
What Can We Do for Boston Mass Meeting
A morning Fast Day meeting at South Congregational Church corner Exeter and Newbury streets invites all Boston Unitarian clubs. Invited speakers include WW H Baldwin Rev E E Hale D D Rev Howard N Brown Rev Minot J Savage Rev James De Normandie Rev Edward A Horton. The Suffolk Conference Eaton Association of Ministers and Benevolent Fraternity of Churches call the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Congregational Church
Exeter
Newbury Streets
Boston
WW. H. Baldwin, Esq
E. E. Hale
D.D
Howard N. Brown
Minot J. Savage
James de Normandie
Edward A. Horton
Suffolk Conference
Eaton Association of Ministers
Benevoent Fraternity of Churches
Shipping notices and sailings listed for April departures
In Boston and New York ports multiple vessels are noted with April 3 and April 4 sailings. From Antwerp, Liver pool and Lon don routes appear alongside references to New York, Antwerp and Bremen transits. The fragmented list mentions ships Alfred Dumois Rialto Parisian and America with various origin points and a Bremen to Southampton leg scheduled for the April outline.
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Boston
Virginian
Aleppo Vayne
Rialto
Antwerp
Alfred Dumois
Cuba
Portland
Parisian
Liverpool
New York
America
Lonon
Lizard
Rhyal
Tenet
Eee
Bremen
Aller
New Woes
Southampton
Elbe
Preaen
Scocsedel Ou P. m
Mrs Cleveland's Lakeside Life Draws Envy and Affection
A New York society piece portrays Mrs. Cleveland at her North Woods cottage in Lakewood. It highlights her serene home life with husband and baby Ruth, her gracious demeanor, and community warmth. A colorful anecdote with a Red Bank drummer illustrates her tact and quiet charm as a devoted wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
North Woods
Lakewood
Ruth
Mr. Cleveland
Sam
Grover Cleveland
White House
Cleveland Always Bourn April 4 Citizens Democratic Caucus
At a meeting in this place on Saturday N H Chamberlain was elected chairman and Charles S Raleigh secretary General Charles A Whittier and Nathan H Chamberlain were elected delegates to the district convention William K Gibbs and Charles J Chamberlayne were elected delegates to the State convention Albert H Howes was chosen as alternate The delegates were instructed to vote for Grover Cleveland The resolution praised Governor Russell for fisheries protection as Commonwealth policy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzards Bay
Russell
Massachusetts
Fires Hit Moseley Premises. Jennie Murphy Arrested
Springfield reports three small fires broke out at Fred F. Moseley’s Westfield property last night. Jennie Murphy, a domestic employed by the Moseleys, was arrested this morning and charged with incendiarism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Fred F. Moseley
Westfield
Jennie Murphy
Old State House Transit Hub Prominent Boston Stop
No. 3 Old State House under Mr. L. H. Palmer has become a popular transportation hub in Boston. Tickets or drawing-room car seats for Short Line express trains or for the Colonial Express between Boston and Washington are always available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Boston
Washington
Big Real Estate Sale Near Washington and Avery Streets
Negotiations are pending for the sale of Louis P. Ober estate at the southwest corner of Washington and Avery. Rumor suggests a Boston hotel man plans to build an elegant hostelry. Ober declines to comment. The property spans multiple parcels with frontage on Washington 50 feet and Avery 175 feet, extending to Haymarket place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Ober
Washington and
Avery Streets
Boston
Ober
Washington Street
Avery Street
Haymarket Place
Washington
No. 14
No. 16
Eminent Poets and Authors by A Shuman Co
A new spring 1892 publication from A Shuman & Co. offers a compact gallery of eminent authors with biographical sketches and quotes. It complements the Century of Presidents and includes a brief directory of menswear and furnishing goods, plus a view of Shuman's Washington and Summer streets building at the landmark corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Shuman & Co., Clothiers
Washington and
Summer Streets
Shuman’s Corner
Storm at Cove Picnic Kills Four In Arkansas
Four picnickers died and two others were mortally wounded after a storm struck an Alliance outing at Cove Arkansas Saturday. A large crowd had gathered when trees were blown down in the woods, causing the fatalities and injuries in the violent weather event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Cove
Alliance
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New England
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Gash House Furnishers
Washington St
J. J. McFadden
M. J. McFadden
City Hospital
East Chester Park
East Springfield Street
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Stoughton Street
Committee On
Mt. Washington Carnival Association
South Boston
Committee On Armories
National Lancers’ Armory
Finance Committee
Columbus Avenue
Folsom
Monty
Joint Special Committee On Administrative Boards
General Court
Selectmen
Newbury
Parker River
Parkman
Suffolk
Provin
Hampden
Thayer
Worcester
Fernald
Middlesex
Nicholson
James Nicholson
YALE
Professor Townsend
Blancmard & Farrar
GE Faneuil Hall Sa
Ideal iLife
Mrs. Cleveland
Jennie
A. Fortin
Arthur
Waisseys
Fusel
Sgnature
Chester H. Graves & Sons
West Chester
Huntington
Alls Safety Vault
Werepoly
Waret F. Nool
Huntington Ave
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Sen
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The
Traveller
Traveller Publishing Company
State Street
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