Julia Arthur Marries Benjamin Cheney In New York
Julia Arthur weds Benjamin P Cheney son of the late B P Cheney in New York after a romance marked by her illness and a season at Hollis Street Theatre. Cheney, a popular First Corps of Cadets member, gains inheritance wealth and a steady, respected life while Arthur emerges from hardship to success.
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Benjamin P. Cheney
Percy
Benedict
Julia Arthur
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
New York
Cheney
Parker House
B. P. Cheney
First Corps of Cadets
Jim
Haing Woune
Miss Arthur
Daughters of 1812 Hold Massachusetts Anniversary Meeting
About fifty members of the Massachusetts Society United States Daughters of 1812 met at Legion of Honor Hall to celebrate the group’s formation anniversary. President Mrs. Nelson V. Titus presided and a peace resolution was wired to President McKinley. They voted to incorporate soon and named Mrs. Thres wand One secondary and Mrs. E. Scott Burton to lead the effort. Mrs. Titus received authority to arrange beach preservation of the frigate Constitution. Guests were served refreshments and music was provided by Miss Grace M. Dow and Miss Helen Fogler.
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Massachusetts Society
United States Daughters of 1812
Legion of Honor Hall
Nelson V. Titus
McKinley
Thres Wand
E. Scott Burton
Titus
W. H. Alline
Burton
Grace M. Dow
Helen Fogler
Cuban Relief Efforts Amid Reconcentrados Atrocity Urged
Telegrams reveal Gomez letter to President McKinley praising U S charity for Cuba and pledging aid. General Lee reports food fuel and clothing deliveries to destitute in Havana and Matanzas amid famine. Consuls Brice Barker note thousands starving, mortality rising, with dire scenes across six provinces.
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Washington
Cuba
Congress
Maine
Lee
Havana
McGarr
Cienfuegos
Brice
Matanzas
Hyatt
Santiago de Cuba
Barker
Sagua la Grande
General Lee
Pinar del Rio
Habana
Santa Clara
Puerto Principe
Gomez
McKinley
Spain
M. Gomez
Clara Barton
Sagua
Cvil
American Relief Committee
Hunger and disarray in Cuba as US consul reports
Consul Hyatt describes widespread starvation in eastern Cuba with dying crowds, unburied corpses, and decimated houses. He notes two-thirds of residents missing, beggars at doors, and a looming death toll unless relief arrives. He also cites Cuban forces targeting American sugar planter Rigney amid ongoing fighting.
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Lee
State Department
Department
United States
Matanzas
Cuba
Chance
Santiago
Consul Hyatt
Mr. Hyatt
Spain
Mr. Lora
Pando
Rigney
Manzanillo
Boston Elevated Railway Plans Detailed for Roxbury to Sullivan Square
The Boston Elevated Railway Company presented official specifications for an eleven station elevated line over seven miles from Dudley Street Roxbury to Sullivan Square Charlestown with a Roxbury terminal at Zeigler Street. It would use tight loops and center street uprights on narrower sections and require demolition of 23 houses on Porter Street. Completion is estimated at about two years after starting.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Washington Street
Columbia Theatre
Castle Street
Harrison Avenue
Beach Street
Atlantic Avenue
Causeway Street
Union Station
Emerald Street
Boston & Maine
Corning Street
Porter Street
Shawmut Avenue
Tremont Street
New Bridge
City Square
Charlestown
Main Street
Sullivan Square
Zeigler Street
Northampton Street
Dover Street
South Union Station
Boston & Revere Beach
State Street
Hanover Street
North Union Station
Pleasant Street
Jeane
capZe
Jamaica Plain
Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Wessé
Arnold Street
Mil Brewster murder trial resumes with Wheeler as key witness
In Montpelier Vermont on April 11 the Mil dred Brewster murder case resumes with Jack Wheeler the central witness. He recounts intimate relations with Mildred Brewster and statements of love while denying promises of marriage. Wheeler's cross examination is strict as Miss Brewster and family react. Adjournment follows after letters and late night visits are discussed.
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Miss Brewster
Wheeler
Joseph D. Rogers
Mildred Brewster
Harvard Play Delights Cambridge In Le Medecin Malgre Lui
The Cercle Francais of Harvard staged Le Medecin Malgre Lui in Brattle Hall Cambridge last evening to a large fashionable audience. R L Hoguet led in Sganarelle with strong support from H F Robinson E L Dudley G H Mifflin and B F Bell as Lucas. The Pierian Sodality provided the orchestra and the three ballets impressed the crowd.
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Moliere
Cercle Francais
Harvard University
Brattle Hall
Cambridge
M. Gibbe
R. L. Hoguet
Sganavalle
H. F. Robinson
Geronte
E. L. Dudley
Martine
G.H. Mifflin
Leandre
Kb. F. Bell
Lucas
Pierian Sodality
Boston
Charles W. Elliot
Louise Agassiz
Longfellow
Mile. Bocher
Ocher
M. H. Morgan
F. C. de Sumichrast
G. L. Goodale
L. B. R. Briggs
Dean Briggs
Charles Peabody
Barrett Wendell
Copley Hall
de Sumichrasthaps
Cle
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Murphy
Leopold Morse & CO
Cor
Brattle
Weyler
Department of State
U. S
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Molina del Sur
Guines
Catalina
Nadruga
Cataline de Guines
Nese
Gen. Booth
Booth
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Salvation Army
Lorimer Hall
Shawmut Furniture Co
Tremost ST
Opp
Hollis ST
Bost Ton
Mackintosh
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Court Sts
Rosenthal Rubber Co
Ealers and
Jobber
Rosenthal Rubber: CO
COR. Tremont and
S.S. Pierce
General Gomez
Day
Secretary of the Navy
Santa Clara Province
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Gol Lars
Ote Colla
Prince Poniatowski
Sierra Nevada
San Francisco
Butte
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Winter St
Harvard
Snow
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Ihac
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Northern Pacific Railroad
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