Kentucky Constitution Adopted After 199 Days Session
Louisville April 12 The Kentucky Constitutional Convention completed the constitution after 199 days and adjourned. It cost about 200000 and introduced many changes some seen as wise others risky. Provisions include compulsory education support, secret ballots, one election per year, corporate limits, expulsion of lottery charters, and separate schools for whites and blacks with a state a reform school.
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Winttram McCartHy Named Master Workman
Winttram McCarthy appointed Master Workman with Charles J. Wheeler, Daniel Lynch, and Alexander Peters noted among peers in the fraternal organization ceremony. The event highlighted membership of prominent local tradesmen and allied officers.
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Winttram McCarthy
Charles J. Wheeler
Danie, Lynch
Alexander Peters
Burns Criticizes English Labor Commission Missteps
John Burns denounces the English Labor Commission for biased chair choice and limited labor representation. He predicts rival reports from Tories and Liberals, urges inclusion of Irish voices, cites Davitt’s exclusion, and calls for improved labor bureau models and women workers’ direct representation. London papers split on the panel’s merit.
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the World Today
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Wage Earners Debate at Sunday Meeting in Boston
Freight Handlers Local 6572 met in Dexter Hall and backed an eight hour demonstration in Faneuil Hall on May 1. They denounced opposition to municipal gas and electric plants and urged support for the assembly bill in the Legislature. A sick benefits fund paid 40 dollars. Trade councils, unions and locals across Boston discussed organizing efforts, Sunday work abolition, and demonstrations scheduled for May Day.
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Alpha Hall
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M. J. Bishop
J. H. Buckley
L. Cohen
Joseph Finn
Cigar Makers’ Union 97
Type Hall
Esterday
Brotherhood of Railroad
Ball Committee
MecCarthy
Boston Represented At Clothing Cutters Conference
Boston delegates joined the New York convention of the American Federation of Labor affiliated clothing cutters, aiming to form a national union and set uniform wages and hours. The gathering, secret, runs three days with attendees from Boston Chicago and Philadelphia.
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American Federation of Labor
Clarendon Hall
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lowk
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Lowell
Miners Propose General Strike Executive Across Nations
Paris reports leaders of the recent miners congress plan to appoint a general strike executive with equal French English German and Belgian representation. The body would meet in Brussels if permitted, tying coal actions across Belgium and potential links to American unions. May Day factions argue over an eight hour workday while the government plans broad protest freedoms.
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Brussels
Belgium
Bochun
America
Palais Bourbon
Allemane
Explosion at Washington Navy Yard Injures Officers
An expansion joint in a fourteen inch steam pipe at the main boiler house exploded about 11 yesterday, badly injuring Lt Commander Pendleton and engine tender John C. Hardester. Pendleton suffered severe facial scalds, Hardester had a torn scalp and brain concussion with a fractured arm. A later service pipe explosion in the ordnance shop caused no injuries or damage.
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Navy Yard
Pendleton
Navy
John C. Hardester
Ordnance Shop
Indians Lose Vast Herds in Snow Storms
Reports from the Southern Ute agency indicate massive losses among tribes including Monaches Capotes and Apaches. Four feet of snow left horses and cattle starving, with about 85 percent of the 17000 head in the Monaches and Capotes wiped out, and entire sheep and horse herds perished among New Mexico Apaches.
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Col
Southern
Ute Agency
New Mexico
America
Death of Mrs Lucy Hedge Widow of Rev Frederick Hedge
Mrs Lucy Pierce Hedge aged 83 died at her North avenue home Saturday from paralysis. widow of the Rev Frederick H Hedge D D of old Cambridge she was a member of the First Parish Church and formerly active in religious work.
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Frederick H. Hedge
Old Cambridge
North Avenue
Hedge
First
Delegates From St Peters Church Might Oppose Brooks Mena
Special report notes that Episcopal conference delegates from St. Peters Church Francis Cox E Frank Balch and Charles F Carmen go un instructed yet are understood to be anti Brooks mena in the Trinity pastoral matter as of April 12 in Sanem.
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Sanem
Episcopal Conference
St. Peter’s Church
Francis Cox
E. Frank Balch
Charles F. Carmen
Brooks Mena
Ex Governor Waterman Dead in San Diego
Ex governor Waterman died in San Diego at age after a brief illness from pneumonia. The figure was a prominent state leader and former officeholder, with a career tied to early state government and regional politics. Public notices confirmed his passing on April 12.
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Waterman
San Diego
Cal
Bishop Scamell Installed as Omaha Bishop
Bishop Scamell was formally installed as Bishop of Omaha today in Omaha Nebraska, April 12, during imposing ceremonies marking the transition and official duties.
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Omaha
Neb
Scamell
Death follows a crime in Westfield train wreck case
Springfield, April 12. Erwin L. Shumway, linked to the Modoc wrecking on the Boston and Albany line, was found dead near Clayhill in a swamp. Authorities suspect possible poisoning with ambiguity about mechanism and timing. Witnesses recalled he drove to the wreck with two strangers and later to a Westfield hotel, fueling questions about motive.
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Clayhill
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Weather Forecast For New England And Adjacent States
Forecast to 8 p.m. Monday calls for fair conditions across Maine New Hampshire Vermont with cooler air and westerly winds except Northern Maine where temperatures hold steady. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and Eastern New York also see fair skies and slightly cooler conditions with westerly winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Weather synopsis and regional forecast across New England and central U S
The forecast notes clear skies in Southern New England with westerly winds and cooler temperatures while Northern New England remains fair with light shifts in wind and no major temperature change. Tuesday brings fair weather with west to southwest winds and rising temperatures as a broad high pressure system moves east. The summary describes a large fair weather area moving from the Ohio Valley toward New England, with a trough between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains bringing light rainfall in portions of the Missouri Valley and central Rockies, and reports highs and lows across states including Jacksonville Shreveport Knoxville Des Moines Fort Washakie Cheyenne Rapid City Eastport Boston and Kansas City.
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Ohio Valley
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Kansas
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Dodge City
Missouri Valley
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Salt Lake City
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Des Moines
Fort Washakie
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Jacksonville
Shreveport
Knoxville
Cheyenne
Rapid City
Spreckels Denies Sugar Output Restriction Pact
Philadelphia April 12 C A Spreckels denies a Boston despatch claiming he agreed with the American Sugar Refining Co to limit Philadelphia output to 2000 barrels daily in exchange for closure of Havemeyer and Elder in San Francisco, leaving him control of the Pacific Coast market.
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Havemeyer and Elder
San Francisco
Spreckels
Pacific Coast
Will the Italians Go to New Orleans
New York on April 12 reports 3339 immigrants landed at the barge office today with 600 Italians among them.
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New York
Atlantic steamers list of arrivals and origins
A long list of ships arriving at and departing from North Atlantic ports with dates in April. Mentmore and Minnesota arrive in Boston and Baltimore from London. Pennland and others reach New York from Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremen, and Liverpool. Several ships depart or are reported near Liverpool, the Scilly Islands, and Havre with various origins and destinations.
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Mentmore
London
Baltimore
Minnesota
Swansea
New York
Pennland
Antwerp
Columbia
Bohemia
Hamburg
Viola
Bremen
Scylla
Liverpool
Etruria
Helvetia
Elbe
Rhetta
Tancarville
Carthagena
Venezuela
Porto Xaello
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Newark
Southampton
Brave
Columbian
den Dover
de Ruyter
Atwerp
Roman
Havre
la Champagne
Scilly Islands
Gellert
New
Lizards
Gothia
Scandia
Adin
Glamorganshire
Lewis Island
Stano
Late Ship News From London April Sailings
London reports steamship movements dated April 10 through April 11 with vessels Maasdam Rotterdam for New York Georgian Liverpol for Boston Ottoman Liverpool for makee 11 Vesta Liverpool for New Orleans and other arrivals. The bulletin lists sailings and destinations in a concise late ship news section.
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Maasdam
Rotterdam
New York
Liverpol
Boston
Ottoman
Liverpool
Inakee
Vesta
New Orleans
Transfer of Management From the Trust to a Committee in Chicago
In Chicago on April 12 a stockholders meeting for the Chicago Gas Company reassembled after adjournment and formalized a transfer of management from the gas trust to a committee. E C Benedict E J Jersmanowski and Walter Ferguson were named as attorneys agents for individual property owners to supervise the property's affairs. Benedict controlled proxies valued at 20.5 million dollars and voted for the reorganization.
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Chicago Gas Company
E. C. Benedict
E. J. Jersmanowski
Waltem Ferguson
Messrs. Jersmanowski
Ferguson
Benedict
Money Recovered For Free Hospital Bed Memorial
In Philadelphia on April 12, a settlement of $4000 from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was designated to fund a free hospital bed in Altoona. The Minot family caries the memorial of Henry D. Minot, a victim of the 1890 New Florence wreck. The bed will be known as the Henry D. Minot Memorial bed.
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New Florence
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Boston
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Indians in Canada report shows generally satisfactory conditions
Ottawa April 12 The annual report of the Department of Indian Affairs notes the material condition of Indians in the seven provinces as very satisfactory They are largely self supporting The grip affected many bands across the country during the last winter and spring with reports from Atlantic to Pacific and as far north as the department has records
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Ottawa
Ont
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Atlantic
Pacific
Department
Four Italians Drown on Miller's River Ride
Four Italians aged 26 20 25 and 23 were boat riding near the New Home Sewing Machine Works on Miller's River when the craft neared rapids by the dam. They were swept over and drowned. A grappling party searched the river but no bodies were recovered by nightfall.
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Tony Jediun
Nicolo Marchese
Miller’s River
New Home Sewing Machine Company
A Black Eye for Combines in Minnesota House
St Paul Minn April 12 Lockwood’s bill prohibiting trusts and pools passed the House by 67 to 1. It declares any corporation joining a pool or trust to fix prices or limit production guilty of conspiracy to defraud and subject to a fine of 1000 to 5000 dollars.
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Lockwood
Columbus Sepulcher Plans Open to Spanish Artists
The Madrid Gazette reports a royal decree in Havana to fund a sepulchre for Christopher Columbus. A 50,000 pezos appropriation funds the tomb in Havana Cathedral, with the project opened to competition among Spanish artists to ensure top results.
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Madrid Gazette
Havana
Dunn Withdraws From Florida Senator Contest
John F. Dunn formally withdraws from the United States Senatorship contest in a letter to the Floridian. He cites his connection with national banks as a bid against him among Alliance men. He notes anti-Call factions may back ex-Governor Bloxham with a two-thirds rule.
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Novel reviews lampoon Kipling and Balzac figures
A critical survey discusses The Light That Failed as flawed for character development and narrative pace, favoring stronger works like In Black and White. It praises Phra the Phcenician for imagination, notes preface by Sir Edwin Rudyard Kipling's son and a Balzac translation The Lily of the Valley, with publication details and brief judgments.
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Guard stationed at Barnum grave amid ransom fears
Brinceport Connecticut April 12 a guard is stationed at P T Barnums grave after fears of body theft for ransom The watch will be continued indefinitely The will was admitted to probate without opposition yesterday afternoon
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P. T. Barnum
Cunard Commander Completes 501st Atlantic Voyage
New York April 12 Captain W H P Hains commander of the Etruria and commodore of the Cunard fleet completed today his 501st voyage across the Atlantic. A veteran sailor since 1838 he has commanded sixteen Cunard steamers.
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W. H. P. Hains
Etruria
Cunard
Atlantic
Worn Out Mothers and a Vegetable Cure
A New York Tribune writer warns of overwork among mothers leading to illness and aging. In Somerville Boston Mrs. Mattie Green finds relief after using Paine's Celery Compound, a vegetable remedy praised for revitalizing and renewing weak women.
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Somerville
Boston
New England
Paine
Womer
Weekly Business Failures Count Across Nations
The New York report lists 243 total failures for the week, with 211 in the United States and 82 in Canada. Comparisons show 248 last week and 256 the week before. Bradstreets records 173 U S failures, down from 216. New England reports 20, Canada 37 versus 36 prior week.
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R. G. Dun & Co
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Mercantile Agency
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