Senate and House debate on adjournment and postoffice bill
The Senate debated adjourning to Monday with votes 25 to 26 amid filibuster hints as the tariff bill and a Mexico coinage resolution were discussed. In the House Reed clashed with the Speaker over roll calls before resuming work on the post office appropriation bill including second class mail and stamp printing costs.
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Washington
Senate
Hill
Dem
N. Y
Harris
Tenn
Aldrich
Rep
R. I
Yeas
New York
Murphy
Irby
S. C
Brice
Palmer
Illinois
Allen
Kyle
Peffer
Stewart
Wolcott
Mexico
United States
China
Teller
Col
Lodge
Mass
England
Kan
Morgan
Ala
Mr. Aldrich
House
Reed
Maine
Post Office
Springer
Ill
Henderson
Post Office Department
Everett
State Boards of Health
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Dunphy
Drowned Man Identified as John King
Captain Cain and Division 1 officers identified a badly decomposed body found near the Chelsea ferry slip as John King a 28 year old North End laborer who disappeared on the night of December 1. Mrs King positively identified the body and Medical Examiner Harris ruled death by drowning.
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Cain
Division 1
Chelsea Ferry
John King
North End
King
Henchman Street
Rumor of Italian Heiress Hoax Detained at New York Port
A New York dispatch alleged three Genoa born Italian women were detained before a port inquiry, claimed an estate of about 3 million dollars left to one by a Boston aunt. Local Italians and lawyers dismiss the tale as a hoax, noting no such beneficiary or lawyer Berini exists in Boston.
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New York
Board of Special Inquiry
Genoa
Boston
Guisippi Berini
North End
Brindisi
Joseph Pastene
Dorchester
Berini
Arturo de Filippo
Pastene
Vienna
Truant Boys Return From New York Adventure
Willie Burn and Charlie Sawyer returned home from New York with Sawyer’s father, an Old Colony engineer, after being missing since Monday. They traveled by Boston & Albany to New York and back on the Puritan steamer. Willie, 15, is praised as an intelligent musical prodigy living with his uncle architect Mr Burn. his mother Mrs Burn is an invalid.
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Quincy
Willie Burn
Charlie Sawyer
New York
Sawyer
Old Colony
Crescent Avenue
Dorchester
Monlast
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Emmanuel Church
Boston
Albany
Willie
Burn
New Haven Road Denies Opposition to Certificates
New Haven officials deny a report that the New York New Haven and Hartford would oppose the receivers of the New York and New England issuing certificates. Vice-President J M Hall says the Consolidated road has no such plan and holds bonds totaling 115000 dollars, taken for debt, with no intent to oppose.
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New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York
New England
Consolidated Road
J. M. Hall
Hall
Police raid on Turf Club cracks policy operation
Boston officers from Square and Joy street stations raided the Turf Club at 15 Spring lane and a rear Leverett street site, seizing telegraph gear and nearly 400 policy slips. Nine men arrested for gambling room presence. names and addresses provided. all bailed out later.
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Court Square
Joy Street
Turf Club
Spring Lane
Burnett
Division 3
Gilmore
Poplar Street
Charles F. Dever
McLean Court
Orville Hall
Lynde Street
Herbert McFarland
Bowdoin Street
John Morrison
Leverett Street
College Republicans Gather at Syracuse Convention
The fourth national convention of the American Republican College League met at Crouse College Hall Syracuse with wide college representation. Speakers included William H. Mace Lindley Grant Long Herbert Fordham and Yale's William Henry Cox. Three candidates for president ran: Theodore Cox Shirley E. Johnson and Herbert L. Fordham.
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Syracuse
N. Y
American Republican College League
Crouse College
William H. Mace
Syrause University
Nathan Ottenger
Merchant Marine
Lindley Grant Long
University of Michigan
Herbert L. Fordham
Cornell
College League
William Henry Cox
Yale
Theodore Cox
University of New York
Shirley E. Johnson
Harvard
Keene Light Guards Benefit Opens With Wanita
Keene New Hampshire April 6 Governor John P Smith with staff and ladies attended the final opera benefit for the Keene Light Guards. Local talent presented Wanita with Beedles Orchestra led by manager Will A Barrington receiving praise for his three leading roles. Governor Smith and party were guests of the Light Guards during their stay.
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Keene, N. H
Will A. Barrington
Beedle
Town
Smith
Light Guards
Buoys Out of Order Reported at Rhode Island Coast
Captain Bibber of the steamer City of New Bedford reports a whistling buoy off Point Judith out of order and the bell buoy at Mishaurp Point fails to ring as the vessel arrives from New York.
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New Bedford
Bibber
City of
New York
Point Judith
Operatives Hold Firm as Lawrence Mills Strike Draws Demonstration
In Lawrence the Washington Mills strike enters its eighth week as 2000 operatives protest a 5 to 10 percent wage cut. A peaceful march with bands and banners, plus meetings in halls, shows unity across Washington and other local mills. Some workers seek outside help while officials push back with legal and political pressure.
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Lawrence
Washington Mills
Washington
Rutter
Canal Street
Washington Mill
Harvard Youths Arrested for Disturbing the Peace
Five Harvard students James A. McDonald William J. McDonald Edward F. Reardon Patrick H. Conlan and Thomas P. Mullen were arrested in East Cambridge by Patrolmen McKeown and McCorry about 1 AM for disturbing the peace. They faced charges of stealing signs and throwing a sign at the all night car. bail was posted by lawyer Conlan. Their cases were continued to April 10 with not guilty pleas.
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Harvard
East Cambridge
McKeown and McCorry
James A. McDonald
William J. McDonald
Edward F. Reardon
Patrick H. Conlan
Thomas P. Mullen
McDonald Brothers
Gray
Reardon
Hollis
Mullen
Conlan
Boston
Lechmere Square
Whale strike sinks Belvedere crewman killed
Advices from Honolulu say the steamer Belvedere struck a whale off April 15 and sank. One crewman died instantly while the rest were rescued. Other vessels from New Bedford carried sperm oil or sailed for the Arctic, while smallpox cases aboard Horatio prompted departures.
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New Bedford
Honolulu
Belvedere
Abram Barker
Arctic
Horatio
Arctic Ocean
Navarch
Alexander
Boston Dramatic Club Holds Second Grain Ball at Odd Fellows Hall
The Bostonian Dramatic Club hosted its second grain ball last night at Odd Fellows Hall West End. President Frank J. Horgan served as floor director with Stephen J. Hallahan and Minnie L. Donovan as assistants. John J. Dolan led the aids with a long list of gentlemen and ladies assisting.
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Bostonian Dramatic Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
West End
Frank J. Horgan
Stephen J. Hallahan
Minnie L. Donovan
John J. Dolan
Aids
Messrs
Frank Burke
T. J. Cronin
J. D. Dillworth
Pratt divorce case moves for legal defense fund
In New Haven Superior Court on April 6 Mrs Gertrude Hall Pratt seeks a $1000 allowance to defend her suit for divorce from husband. Her counsel introduces a certified probate record from St Louis showing Mr Pratt received $299863.99 on reaching age. Mrs Hall Pratt is granted a $250 allowance.
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New Haven, Conn
Superior Court
Gertrude Hall-Pratt
Obituary: Overseer Charles Durgin Dies in Manchester
Charles S. Durgin aged 61 died today in Manchester after a liver cancer diagnosis. A well respected resident for forty years he was noted as a prominent secret society member.
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Manchester
N. H
Charles S. Durgin
Park Gift to Springfield Public Garden Ingersoll Grove
William H. McKnight and Mary B widow of John D. McKnight donated about two acres of land at the foot of Clarendon Street to the city. The parcel known as Ingersoll Grove is described as one of the most picturesque spots in Springfield and will become a public park.
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Springfield
William H. McKnight
Mary B
John D. McKnight
Clarendon Street
Ingersoll Grove
Jablochkoff Candle Inventor M Ja Blohkoff Dead
St Petersbourg reports the death of M Ja Blochkoff, famed electrician and inventor of the Jablochkoff candle, who passed away in Saratoff yesterday.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Jablochkoff
Saratoff
Bargain Clerk Impersonator Nabbed After Goods Fraud
Henry Hale a 35 year old farmer and former installment pedler was arrested by Special Officer Abbott in Boston after using the name of Otis Farrar of Hudson to obtain watches rings and a clock valued at 376 50 from Gately and O Gorman 611 Washington Street. Hale admits the scheme and says he sold the items with little of the jewelry remaining. He faces Municipal Court arraignment.
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Henry Hale
Abbott
Division 3
Hale
Otis Farrar
Hudson
Gately & O'Gorman
Washington Street
Marlboro
Farrar
Boston
England
Union Depot
Court Martial of Captain Shepard on conduct prejudicial to discipline
Brooklyn April 6 The court martial of Captain Edwin M. Shepard of the Minnesota began after he criticized Captain Bunce in a letter. Shepard pleaded not guilty to the main charge but guilty to writing the letter. The court found him guilty in part and recommended a reprimand, with report sent to the Navy Department.
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Brooklyn
Edwin M. Shepard
Minnesota
Bunce
Newport
Rhode Island
Shepard
Marise
G. B E. Becker
New York
Captain Bunce
Sears
Navy Department
Fatal railroad accidents claim two lives in Roxbury and Otter River
Rose Crocked, 35, died at City Hospital after being found beside the New York & New England tracks in Roxbury with a skull fracture. It is believed she was struck by a train. Richard L. Kelly, 31, died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries after jumping from a Fitchburg railroad freight train. He was a weaver from Otter River.
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Rose Crocked
City Hospital
New York & New England
Bird
Dudley Streets
Roxbury
Richard L. Kelly
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fitchburg
Kelly
Otter River
North Attleboro Jeweler in Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt
George H. Adams a 37 year old manufacturing jeweller from Plainsville near North Attleboro is at Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition after a despondent act. He shot himself in the head four times with a .22 revolver. one bullet entered the right cheek another the right eye and a third grazed the temple. His status is listed as doubtful for recovery and he is married.
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George H. Adams
North Attleboro
Massachusetts General Hospital
Adams
Plainsville
Baldwin Bequest Plans Public Endowments in Will
The will of James A Baldwin filed for probate in Springfield on April 6 provides public gifts after the widow’s death. Christ Episcopal Church receives 10000 for a church tower and cloister. half of Harrison avenue real estate valued at 15000 goes to the Springfield Home for Aged Women and half to the Home for Aged Men. residuary bequests go to the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Support of Aged Widows and Orphans of Episcopal Clergymen of Massachusetts and the Society for the Support of Aged and Decrepit Ministers of Rhode Island, to share equally. Executors named are Mrs Baldwin and Francis Norton.
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Springfield
James A. Baldwin
Christ Episcopal Church
Harrison Avenue
Protestant Episcopal Society
Episcopal
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Society
Rhode Island
Baldwin
Francis Norton
President Signs Behring Sea Bill in 6:15 P.M. Action
The President received the Behring Sea bill from the Senate at 6 15 and immediately signed it into law.
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Washington
Senate
Melrose Tops Medford in Indoor High School Meet
Melrose and Medford clashed in the Suburban High School Association indoor meet at the Medford Opera House. Captain Edwin K. Carpenter led Medford with multiple wins including the standing broad jump and shot put while Cushman starred for Melrose in the 15 yard dash and running high jump.
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Medford
Barnpaugh
Suburban High School Association
Melrose
Malden
Winchester
Palm
Cushman
Locomotor Ataxia Treated With Cerebrine Case Report
Extract of the brain of the ox used in the treatment of locomotor ataxia. A 40 year old man with double vision and later ataxic gait showed marked improvement after ten weeks of daily subcutaneous Cerebrine injections with water. Sexual function, bladder and bowels, and pain improved. patient could walk with eyes closed and stairs, dose five drops. Price $2.50 for 2 drachms. Numerous druggists listed for supply and literature.
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Neurological Society
Medford Athletes Lead In Competitive Running Meet
Medford tops Melrose with nine added points from the potato race as Bresnahan Mansfield and Desmond sweep heat wins. Melrose takes pole vault and high jump by Waterhouse Strain Albee and Carpenter Cushman. Final team score Melrose 44 Medford 38 Malden 5 Windsor 3.
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Leach
Mansfield
Melrose
Cushman
Glover
Carpenter
Ames
Leslie
Dearborn
Brown
Haskell
Medford
Swain
Malden
Bresnahan
Desmond
Waterhouse
Strain
Albee
Hagkell
Winchester
W. J. Sanford
Jimers
Joseph Wiggin
Arthur Knights
W. W. White
George L. Davis
John Clausen
P. T. Campbell
John Carter
Fritz Small
Walter E. Currier
E. W. Mansfield
Strikes Calm in Pennsylvania Coke Region as End Seen
In Connellsville and surrounding towns on April 6, coke operators report quiet conditions and anticipate the end of the strike. Frick and Rainey plants pause after J H Paddock’s death but plan to restart within days. Strikers deny ending, promising renewed action once leaders recover from arrests of Davidson rioters.
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Connellsville
Penn
Frick
Scottdale
Rainey
Vanderbilt
J. H. Paddock
Rainey Works
Mt. Braddock
Elm Grove
Moyer
Paul
Fort Hill
Lemont
McClure Coke Company
Davidson
Rockland Quarryman Declares Socialist Rage and Threats
Daniel A. Anderson, a Rockland quarryman, announced he would offer William T. Cobb up as a sacrifice and was detained by the city marshal after returning. Insanity diagnosed by physicians. taken to Augusta. Officials attribute his spells to exposure to socialist writings and labor trouble reports. He sent a telegram to President Cleveland threatening assassination.
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Rockland
Daniel A. Anderson
William T. Cobb
Francis Cobb & Co
Judge Jenkins Lifts Ban on Labor Chiefs Talks
Milwaukee April 6 Judge Jenkins reads his ruling in the Northern Pacific case at 2 10 pm striking out the order that barred labor chiefs from consulting with workers about a strike.
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Jenkins
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Notary Sprague Arrested for Fraser Bros. Cash Theft
Daniel H. Sprague, notary public and justice of the peace, was arrested at City Hall on charges of stealing cash from Fraser Bros. on Weybosset street. Fraser officials say missing funds date back two years, with amounts from 38 cents to 16 dollars, totaling about 1650 dollars.
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Providence
Daniel H. Sprague
Fraser Bros
Weybosset Street
Horatio Fraser
Sprague
Fraser
Two Held for Assault on Milkman at Dorchester Avenue
George I. Shurtleff, a milkman, was attacked at 2 AM by two men near 1125 Dorchester Ave. A hammer and club were used. Sergeants Murphy and Harriman aided, Shurtleff identified suspects George McQueeny and Peter Shellant, who deny charges and are in separate cells. Shurtleff’ s injuries included a severely cut head and a damaged eye.
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George I. Shurtleff
Shurtleff
Dorchester Avenue
Murphy
Division 12
Harriman
Station 11
Brooks
George McQueeny
Peter Shellant
Allston Triumphs Over Dorchester Bowlers in Local Match
Fifteen players from Allston Club and fifteen from Old Dorchester formed three teams to settle old scores. Allston won every game and led by a total of 206 points, finishing 4244 to 4028.
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Allston
Dorchester Club
Alliston
Dorchesters
Bennett Improves After Barrel Injury in Everett
Representative Frank P. Bennett of Everett, badly hurt in the head by a falling barrel, is reported improved at a late hour with Dr. Ryder of Malden in attendance. Doctors say no serious results are expected unless condition changes in a day or two.
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Everett
Frank P. Bennett
Ryder
Malden
Robbery on Boston Street in Lynn Narrows Night Walk
Willard S. May of 283 Maple Street Lynn was knocked down and robbed of $8 at the corner of Boston Street and North Bend around 7:30 PM. Three men sprang from shadows and struck him, then searched his pockets and fled. May gave police a detailed description of the assailants.
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Lynn
Willard S. May
Maple Street
Boston Street
North Bend
May
North Carolina Defeats Vermont in Baseball Clash
University of North Carolina beat Vermont 12 to 10 in a well played game. Carolina bats troubled Cooke throughout, as they piled up runs in multiple innings. Vermont showed solid defense but could not close the gap late in the contest.
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Charlotte
N. C
University of North Carolina
University of Vermont
Cooke
North Carolina
Vermont
Marionette Show For Charity At Perkins Hall
A marionette performance benefiting Ward 16 Day Nursery takes place this afternoon in Perkins Hall at 264 Boylston Street. The program opens with The King of Italy and concludes with a marionette ballet.
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Ward 16 Day
Perkins Hall
Boylston Street
Italy
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The
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College Republicans
Keene Light Guards
McBride
Worcester County Mills
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Greenhalge
Lowell
Bostonian Dramatic Dance
Hall-Pratt
the Opera House
Ford
R. B. Lawrence
Dame
Manning
Waterman
Reeder
Brine
Twombley
Columbia Chemical CO
Washington, D
Emory Souther
Green St
F. Larrabee & Co
Washington St
Webster & Co
Warren Ave
Dudley's Pharmacy
Park Sq
Boylston St
J. G. Goddinge & Co
Dartmouth St
City Hall Pharmacy
School St
F. H. Martin
Columbus Ave
Choate Drug and Chemical Co
Revere House
B. F
Joels. Orne
Main St
Cambridge
Tom Walsh
Billy Bagley
Walsh
Phil Connors
George Shurtleff
Bennett
Boston Post
West Roxbury
WM. Harrison
the Post
Blue Hill Terrace Co
Water ST
Browning, King & 60
Mielrose Melrose Highlands
Nowell & Batchelder
Exchange
Dudley St
Alblon St
Dudley
J. L. Smith
Lawrence At
South End
Roundy & Hobbs
Court St
SS St
Roundy & Hobbs, Larestan Peg
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