Information on Russian laws limiting Jewish citizens
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs reported a joint resolution seeking information from the President on whether Russian laws restricting Jews affect American citizens in violation of the U S Russia treaty. Rep Chipman notes the issue concerns all Americans and stresses non discrimination by creed or birthplace under our constitution and treaties. The report cites Russian laws creating unease among Jewish Americans.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
United States
Washington
House
Representative Chipman
Chipman
Republic
Empire of
Terrifying assault on girl aboard London train
Passengers aboard a Ruabon bound train in London heard piercing shrieks from a car restroom. A 13 year old girl explained she was assaulted by an unknown man inside the compartment. She fled onto the footboard and the man leaped off at a station as police were alerted. No trace of the assailant was found.
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London
Ruabon
Denbighshire
Wales
Fire destroys wood yard and railroad station at New Durham
A large fire in New Durham, Auton, wipes out about 1500 cords of wood and bark and timber worth 8900, plus the Boston and Maine station valued at 2500. Rochester fire companies arrive in time to save many buildings. George W. Anderson and Co. of Rochester are principal losers as the blaze continues to spread locally.
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Auton
N. H
New Durham
Boston & Maine
Rochester
George W. Anderson & Co. of
Special Edition Postill News Three Hours Later
Special edition claims to contain items three hours after they appear in any other Boston morning paper. Publication emphasizes speed and exclusive timing for readers seeking earlier updates.
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Postill
Boston
Convention Democrats Put Up Four Delegates at Large
Delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention appear likely to include Collins and Corcoran with John E. Russell among probable picks. Western Massachusetts contenders Colonel Walter Cutting and A C Houghton vie for the fourth at large slot as Boston prepares Tremont Temple offices and credentials for a large, orderly gathering.
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Tremont Temple
Cleveland
Collins and
Corcoran
John E. Russell
Russell
Walter Cutting
Pittsfield
A.C. Houghton
North Adams
John A. Cummings
Fall River
Boston
Albert C. Houghton
Tremont House
Foster E. Swift
Internal Revenue
F. J. Pratt
Greenfield
Henry 5. Lyons
Charles E. Hibbard
Houghton
Freen
West
Colonel Edgerly
Colonel Cutting
Mr. Houghton
Massachusetts
Chicago
Commonwealth
Post
Arnold Print Works
State Committee
Berkshire County
Democratic State Committee
John W. Cummings
M. M. Cunniff
Matthews
John F. O’brien
O'Neil
John H. McDonough
Josiah Quincy
John J. Donovan
Lowell
Breen
Lawrence
C. Vey Holman
Woburn
Buckley
Edward Avery
Stabbed Man Twice in Street Fight Near Green and Stamford
Joseph J. Savage and Daniel O Neil clashed at Green and Stamford early today. Savage allegedly stabbed O Neil, wounding him on the head and left arm. O Neil taken to Station 8 with Dr Thompson attending. Savage arrested, charged with assault and battery with a knife. O Neil held as witness. Savage, 25, lives at 290 Beacon Street, Somerville.
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Joseph J. Savage
Daniel O'Neil
Green
Stamford
Savage
O’neil
Thompson
O'Neil
Beacon Street
Somerville
Fire at Ham's Livery and Boarding Stable
Early morning fire at Ham's livery and boarding stable 72 to 76 Charles Street caused 3100 in damage. Alarm from Box 19 at 3 30 a.m. watchman found smoke in the office. Fire started from a defective stovepipe. Could have been worse if spotted five minutes later as 100 horses were housed above.
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Ham
Charles Street
Boston Man Killed on Train at Fairmount Crossing
Irving A. Howe fifty of 883 Washington street Boston was struck by the 3 25 down train at Fairmount crossing of the New York Providence and Boston railroad in Woonsocket this afternoon and instantly killed. He ran the Hub Shirt Company at that address and also rooms there. He was well known in trade circles for years.
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Providence
Irving A. Howe
Washington Street
Boston
Fairmount Crossing
New York, Providence & Boston
Woonsocket
Mr. Howe
Hub Shirt Company
Bombings Shake Cordova in Madrid Distract City Night
Maprio April 6 reports two bombs exploded in Cordova during the night. One blast near the bishop s palace and another at the stone bridge caused no injuries. The city trembled as residents fled, searches and fear spread through nearby districts. No arrests were made.
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Maprio
Cordova
Webster's Body Found in Charleston West Virginia
The dead body of Rev. J. J. G. Webster, who disappeared from Baltimore Monday evening, was found in Charleston West Virginia. Germain H. Hunt and other clergymen learned details at the Associated Press office and mourn his loss. An impromptu meeting planned to call Baltimore pastors to Wesley Hall tomorrow.
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Baitimorg
J. J. G. Webster
Charleston
W. Va
Germain H. Hunt
Dr. Webster
Associated Press
Ali
Baltimore
East Baltimore
West Baltimore
Wesley Hall
Belfast triple murder shocks city as family slain
Belfast reports a brutal case as Allan Spiller killed his wife then his two children. He used a hammer to batter and a knife to cut throats, leaving the family dead and the scene filled with horrific injuries.
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Belfast
Allan Spiller
Spiller
Dorchester Yacht Club Approves Regatta Rule Revisions
The Dorchester Yacht Club met to review the regatta committee report proposing sailing rule revisions. Key changes include adjusting sailing length measurements, ballast rules, and requiring a racing flag in all races. A spindle buoy for Half-Tide Rocks was debated but postponed. a special meeting is set for April 13.
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Dorchester Yacht Club
Aarticle 4
Fred ©. Blanchard
Dorchester
Savin Hall
Massachusetts
Weather Indications Forecast Fair and Cooler Over Northeast
Washington April 6 forecast for Thursday calls for generally fair weather and slightly cooler temperatures in New England and eastern New York with high northwest winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
England and the Big Fair
London April 6 Sir Henry Wood chairman of the British commission on the Chicago fair says he understands the government will at least double the grant made for the British exhibit.
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London
Henry Wood
Illegal Promotion Arrest in Worcester Dog Fight Case
Patrick Sullivan was arrested by an officer of State 11 about 7 o'clock last night charged with promoting a dog fight in a field off Hancock Street Worcester Belmont Land Auction Fast Day See ad.
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Patrick Sullivan
Sation 11
Hancock Street
Worchester
Byington Wins New England Genealogical Council Seat
The New England Historic Genealogical Society ends a three month dispute with Ezra Hoyt Byington winning the council vacancy 48 to 38 against Francis H. Brown. A public vindication comes as the society announces new residents including Arthur Latham Perry Edward Ingersoll Browne and more, while an honorary member is named William Marwell Evarts.
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
Ezra Hoyt Byington
Francis H. Brown
Thomas M. Clark
Rhode Island
William Wheelwright
South America
Brown
Dr. Byington
Society
A. Miner
Byington
Miner
Council
KE. O. Jameson
William Marwell Evarts
New York
Arthur Latham Perry
Williamstown
Edward Ingersoll Browne
Boston
William Taggard Piper
Cambridge
Amory Appleton Lawrence
Arthur Lithgow Devens
Charles Sanders Tuckerman
Salem
Samuel Dennis Warren
John Parkinson
William Henry Lyon
Henry Dexter Warren
William Burnham Stevens
Stoneham
George P. Brinley
Newington Junction
Conn
Joseph Payson Clark
George Winthrop Sargent
Modus Vivendi Talk With Britain Aims At Sealing Season
Washington April 6 British minister met with President at the White House to finalize a modus vivendi for the sealing season. A key issue remains the number of seals lessees may take on the Pribylev Islands. Sir Julian Pauncefote pushed for a quick settlement before his June trip to Carlsbad for rheumatic treatment.
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Washington
White House
Pribylev Islands
Julian Pauncefote
Bebri
Quarrel Looms Over U S Consul at Ponape
The Journal des Debats reports a potential clash between Spain and the United States over the appointment of H Rand as consul at Ponape in the Caroline islands. Spain refuses to grant exequatur while the U S stands by the appointment, leading to a deadlock.
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Paris
Journal Des Vebats
Spain
United States
H. Rand
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Mr. Rand
Missionary Rand
Carolines
Rand
Not Guilty, Says Ryan
Norfolk county jury at Dedham returns final report for the session. John Ryan of Brookline is found not guilty of manslaughter for an incident on March 1 when a chair was thrown at his wife and struck his son Timothy, who died five days later. Eugene W. Clayton case remains open pending fresh evidence. Belmont land auction today. An aluminum dental plate at 20 Beacon Street.
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Depram
Norfolk County
Dedham
Mason
John Ryan
Brookline
Ryan
Timothy
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Eugene W. Clayton
East Braintres
Sarah A. Sradbury
Dover
Gunfight at Helenwood Follows Town Election
In Helenwood near the Kentucky line Sam Cowan, elected town marshal, faced a drunken mob of about a hundred. Shots rang out on Main Street as Cowan defended the town, taking bullets through shoulder and ear while fatally wounding the leader and injuring two others. Cowan remains at large.
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Nashville
Helenwood
Kentucky Line
Sam Cowan
Cowan
Main Street
ENO STILL AT LARGE IN LAWRENCE
Peter Eno remains missing after shooting his wife Tuesday night in Lawrence. Police scour trains and roads, with a Boston line freight train sighting possible escape by Eno but no trace found. investigators consider he may be hiding nearby.
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Lawrence
Peter Eno
Waterman
Daniel Collins
Boston & Maine South
Eno
Boston
Somerville
Brown Gets His Money for Miltons Cunningham Case
Capuam April 6 The Milton selectmen have sent Frederick W Brown of Boston a 20460 check the final step in the reward chain for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Cunningham’s killer Giuseppe Ignazio De Lucca was convicted in Dedham in 1889 for manslaughter and is serving a fifteen year term in Charlestown State Prison Brown received a 2500 reward for his information that helped seize De Lucca and secure the conviction PMID
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Capuam
Edward Cunningham
Milton
Frederick W. Brown
Boston
Brown
Cunningham
Giuseppe Ignazio de Lucca
Norfolk Superior Criminal Court
Dedham
de Lucca
Charlestown
Licensing at Dawn in Lawrence Licenses Granted
Lawrence Aldermen met at 4 AM to issue forty four liquor licenses amid crowding and police guards at City Hall. By 6 PM the list was released showing seventeen new dealers while many prominent liquor figures were excluded, sparking widespread excitement.
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Lawrence
City Hall
W. H. Donovan
Charless H. Crowe
Arthur 8. Dodge
John J. Cummings
W. J. Hanahan
Charles J. Keefe
William T. Nichol
Adolf G. Boeim
George Ford
John A. McGowan
Beers Pension Held Up By New York Life
New York April 6 William H Beers was granted a 37500 annual pension by trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company upon retirement from the presidency but his successor John A McCall says no payment will be made until a court validates the contract He adds he was not on the trustees when the pension was voted and would not have voted for it.
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New York
William H. Beers
New York Life Insurance Company
John A. McCall
McCall
Mr. Beers
Canada's Right to Make Commercial Treaties Proposed
Ottawa April 6 The Hon David Mills liberal has given notice he will move a resolution that Canada should have the right to make its own commercial treaties and that the government should establish resident agents at major world commercial centres.
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Ottawa
David Mills
Canada
Mrs Wyz Sues for 100000 Over Improper Person Claim
New York April 4 Mrs William Sumner Wyz sues Mr and Mrs Henry Burgoyne Wilson and Dr Louis Fiske Bryson for damages totaling 100000, each suit seeking 50000. She alleges they claimed she was improper and once an inmate of a questionable Boston house. Salvation Oil ad appears.
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New York
William Sumner Wyz
Henry Burgoyne Wilson
Louis Fiske Bryson
Boston
Miser Robbed of 40000 Bonds as Grandson Is Arrested
Boston police and Sheriff Cobb arrest two men for attempting to dispose of two $1000 bonds in a Brattle Square pawn shop. Grandfather George Babbitt of Mansfield is said to have hidden about 40000 to 50000 in bonds in barrels around his home. The arrested Seward, aged younger man, claims the bonds belonged to him and that he found them on the floor, while John W. Grant aided to sell the bonds for his own liquor business. The case ties to a prior 22000 bond theft and a guardian request for the elderly miser. The men await District Court actions.
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John W. Grant
George W. Seward
Gerraughty
Brattle Square
Civant
Great Falls
N. H
Seward
Mansfield
George Babbitt
Grant
Boston
Gerraudty
Sheriff Cobb
George M
Babbitt
Young Seward
New Jersey
Cobb
Mr. Babbitt
Houghton
Electric Car Collides with Brewer Wagon on North Avenue
An electric car traveling on North avenue Cambridge collided with a brewer's wagon after the driver tried to brake. The wagon driver was thrown out and injured, and beer bottles shattered along the street as passengers in the car suffered jolts.
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North Avenue
Cambridge
Name Value Centers a Century of Trust for Pray Sons Co
A representative of John H. Pray, Sons & Co. notes the firm has been in the community for three quarters of a century. The name Pray stands in the public mind for reliability in goods and liberality toward customers, reflecting the business’s enduring reputation as carpet and upholstery dealers on Washington Street opposite Boylston Street.
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Messrs. John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Washington Street
Boylston Stret
Neither Party Will Elect Their Governor Candidate
The assembly will elect the governor as neither party will nominate a statewide winner. Republicans appear likely to control the assembly while Senator Aldrich seems assured of re election. In Newport technical questions arise over acts. Wardwell wins Providence by about a thousand votes. Democratic gains occur in Newport and other areas with the largest state vote ever cast.
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Aldrich
Newport
Wardwell
Providence
Democratic Assembly
Rhode Island Vote Favors Republicans Despite Strong Democratic Push
Providence reports a heated election with Democrats making strong gains yet unable to unseat Republicans in key offices. Early returns show a possible Republican plurality statewide, with Aldrich likely elected to the U S Senate and several state officers leaning Republican. Newport may elect one representative, Pawtucket and Woonsocket show mixed results, and Providence tilts Democratic in city results though assembly tickets vary. A dispute in Woonsocket over ballot law may lead to prosecution if evidence holds.
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Republi
Aldrich
United States Senate
Newport
Butone
Brown
Bureton
Gilbert
Wardwell
Rhode Island
Providence
City Assembly
Pawtucket
Woonseecket
Democratic Assembly
Woonsocket
Common Council
Peckham
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