Double Tragedy Rocks Danbury Shooting Chief Suspect Arrested
Danbury Connecticut awoke to a morning shooting that may become a double murder. William Flitcroft is in custody after killing Frank Ketchum and mortally wounding Willis Tomlinson, two companions of a night out. The assailant warned intruders at a residence on Wildman’s Lane before opening fire with a double barreled gun.
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Danbury
Conn
William Flitcroft
Frank Ketchum
Sborne Street
Willis Tomlinson
Beaver Street
Ketchum
Tomlinson
Wildman’s Lane
Main Street
No. 12
Mary Fisher
Lizzie O’brien
Flitcroft
Flitecroft
Rufus Garing
Theodore Weedenberg
Thomas Marasco
Charles Young
Farmingdale
N. J
Breckerle & Co
New York City
Fircroft
Cuban Elections Fire Under Halfhearted Cast of Cubans
Elections for thirty Cortes seats were held with only the Union Constitutional party fielding candidates. Turnout was light. Havana deputies elected include Marquis Aperteguia and Santos Guzman. others span Guanabacoa Juarco Pinar del Rio and Matanzas. Reports say fighting around the trocha continues and Cuatro Caminos in Havana province was burned by patriots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Union Constitutional Party
Marquis Aperteguia
Santos Guzman
Antonio Lopez
Simon Vendrele
Eduardo A. Cuervo
Rafael Gesset
Guanabacoa
Wenceslao Retana
Juarco
Jose
Alfred Fatagati
Remedios
Martin Zozaya
Sancti Spiritus
Augusto de Figuero
Santiago de Cuba
Manual Quintana
Carlos G. Rothvoss
Francisco Ugarte
Madrid Imparcial
Senor Figueroa
Heraldo
Senor Canalejas
Senor Gallago
Senor Retand
Weyler
Philippine Islands
Senores Aperteguia
Castenada
Trocha
Aroles
Maceo
Cuatro Caminos
Mirabel
Berlin Editorials Hope Calm Cuban Crisis Menace
In regard to the action of the United States Congress concerning Cuba the inspired Post expresses hope that the Spanish cabinet will prevent demonstrations against the United States and keep the public calm. Anti American disturbances might enlarge the Cuban situation into a general internal crisis full of danger to Spain. The Neuste Nachrichten believes Madrid will show prudence in judging the American Congress decision on Cuba.
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Berlin
United States Congress
Cuba
Inspired Post
Washington
United States
Post
Spain
Neuste Nachrichten
Madrid
Lawyer Up for Forgery in Northport NY
Frank C. Smith editor of Edwin Thompson law works was arrested on charges of grand larceny in the first degree and forgery. Earlier a Boston man accused him of forging a $600 check prompting an Edward Thompson Company inquiry. Smith held key ABA and NY Bar Committee posts and earned about $4000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northport
N. Y
Frank C. Smith
Edwin Thompson
Smith
E. E. Davis
Boston
Mass
Edward Thompson Company
American Bar Association
New York Bar Association
American Lawyer
Republican caucuses nominate delegates in Hunterdon county
In Flomptonville New Jersey on April 12 voters held Republican caucuses to select delegates for the Trenton convention and thence the St Louis convention. McKinley received strong indorsements in many townships with Harrison second. Delaware township instructed its delegates for Reed.
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Flopmington
N. J
Trenton
St. Louis
Hunterdon County
McKinley
Harrison
Delaware Township
Reed
Innes at the Boston Theatre with noted soloists
Innes and his famous band organization performed at the Boston Theatre last night with Mme Kate Rolla as prima donna soprano and Bertha C Webb as violin virtuoso. The well-chosen programme pleased the audience and the smiling conductor obliged with several encores.
Barn Fire in East Hartford Kills Man and Destroys Stock
Hartford reports a barn owned by G W Darlins in East Hartford burned at 10 tonight. Twelve horses and ten head of stock perished. A stone mason named Brennan, who slept in the barn, is missing and presumed dead. Several wagons and harnesses were burned. Loss set at $7000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
G. W. Darlins
East
Brennan
Missing man McNamara linked to wife statement
J Xnn F McNamara of 143 Bud 50M Street was reported missing days ago. His wife said yesterday that her left hand had been found and was safe, and she dismissed newspaper reports about his disappearance as a mistake.
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Jxnn F. McNamara
Bud 50M
Penobscot Open Clears River Navigation
The Penobscot River authorities announced that the Penobscot River is open to navigation today after ice and obstructions were cleared. Local mariners and merchants expect shipments to resume along the waterway.
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Penobscot Open
Penobscot River
Payne's Song and the Red Clay Incident at Indian Grave
The article recounts the Tennessee Georgia boundary clash at Red Clay near Tuckaleechee, the arrest of John Howard Payne as an incendiary, and his discovery of the Indian chief Rattling Gourd slain at his wife and child’s graves. Payne composes and sings "Home Sweet Home," earning release from confinement.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Ross
Major Ridge
John Howard Payne
Council House
Payne
Oo-chee
Bishop
Sweet Home
Atlanta Constitution
Adrift on Ice Off Conception Bay Missing Men Feared
About twenty to forty men slipped from the ice at Conception Bay overnight. Two government steamers searched but found no castaways. Most may have reached inaccessible points. several are feared dead as ice remains near the coast and crowds gather on hills hoping for sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s
N. F
Conception Bay
Beecham's Pills for Constipation Ad Campaign
Beecham's Pills offered for constipation at 10c and 25c with a druggist recommended book. The note claims annual sales exceed 6,000,000 boxes, emphasizing widespread use and consumer familiarity with the product.
Sullivan Dies After Fractured Skull in Jamaica Plain quarrel
John J. Sullivan aged 63 and his son Frank A. aged 24 were arrested after a Saturday quarrel at their Carolina avenue home in Jamaica Plain. The father died at City Hospital from a skull fracture likely caused by a blow or heavy fall. the autopsy was pending. The son’s account was unclear and police withheld details.
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Station 13
John J. Sullivan
Frank A
Carolina Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Dr. Young
City Hospital
Young Sullivan
Far Reach of Winthrop Summer Improvements
North Shore notes describe a spring rush to summer homes in Winthrop and Beachmont. Builders upgrade Crystal Cave flats, new steamboat landing, yacht club expansion, and extended hotel facilities. New cottages, stores, and a schoolhouse site appear amid bustling real estate activity and upcoming theatrical guests.
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Winthrop
Shirley Street
Crystal Cave
Winthrop Steamboat Company
Providence American Shipbuilding Company
Winthrop Yacht Club
Cottage Park
Bartlett Park
Simon Donovan
Orlando Belcher
Bartlet
Adams House
Leighton House
Waldo, Root and Burke
Banta
S. Byrne
Ricker
Sturgis Street
Ellen Baker
Worcester
Highlands
Jeremiah Green
Temple Avenue
J. Otis McFadden
Sagamore Avenue
Shirley and
Sturgis Streets
E. E. Richards
Clara Lane
Castle Square
J. K. Murray
Jack Mason
Marion Manola
Trixie Friganza
Mr. Keene
George Fortesque
Mrs. Harris
Blanche King
Beachmont
April
Boston
Newfoundland
Boston Land Company
Selectmen
The
Revere Yacht Club
Short Beach
C. E. Hall
Kaisers and Italian rulers meet in Vienna visit
In Venice and Vienna the Kaiser and Empress arrive aboard the Hohenzollern for talks with King Humbert and Queen Margherita. An official interview aims to deepen Dreibund ties amid reports the triple alliance renewal is not on the agenda.
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Berlin
Venice
Humbert
Germany
Italy
Vienna
Dreibund
William
Victoria
Hohenzollern
Margherita
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Rudini
Lanza di Busca
Kaiserin Augusta
Vesuvio
City of Dallas Foundered After Machinery Damage
The steamer City of Dallas sank eighty miles from this city after serious machinery damage. The captain and part of the crew reached shore with a boat arriving here today. Assistance is being sent to passengers who landed at the Concepcione River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
City of
Dallas
Concepcione River
American sulphur abroad shocks Sicilian producers
Consul Bruhl reports Sicily's sulphur industry in decline and highlights a New York clipping about a newly opened sulfur mine near Lake Charles Louisiana. Owners including Rockefeller, Porter, and Squire are named. The claim of abundant US deposits near rail and port, with modern machinery and limitless capital, alarms Sicilian interests and could threaten European demand for Sicilian sulfur.
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Washington
Bruhl
Sicily
United States
Catania
New York
Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
Louisiana
Mr. Rockefeller
Robert P. Porter
F. R. Squire
Seaboard
America
Somerville Church Clears Debt With Special Service
A Broad Way Congregational Church service in Somerville raised 10 500 dollars to pay remaining church debt. Alterations brought total cost to 24 000 dollars as repairs proceed without fairs or fund entertainments. Earlier last Sunday 13 500 dollars was raised.
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Broadway Congregational Church
Somerville
Despondent Worker Found Dead In Merrimac Canal
Charles Carpenter a longtime mule spinner for the Lawrence Company disappeared last week after losing his job. His body was recovered from the Merrimac Canal this morning. Authorities deem death by self inflicted despondency. He leaves a widow and eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Charles Carpenter
Lawrence Company
Merrimac Canal
SAME OLD WOMAN Bickers Over New Woman Idea
A dialogue between a couple unfolds around the new woman concept as she embraces broader roles and self reliance. He approves while she worries about appearances, noting a shift from trivial concerns to real life issues. The exchange ends with her panic about her hat being crooked.
Woman’s Wrongs and Modern Notions in a Caution
A brief, lyrical meditation on redressing women’s grievances and the danger of letting their wrongs fade away. It weighs competing impulses between reform and restraint, hinting at societal shifts while preserving a measured, skeptical tone.
Next Pope unsettled talks amid Venice monarchs gathering
At Venice the papal succession looms as Leo XIII nears end. Dr Kraus, sent by Chancellor Hohenlohe with instructions, meets Vatican officials to gauge conclave direction. Kaiser’s aims and German-France diplomacy feature in Berlin and Breslau outlets amid debate over German influence.
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Berlin
Venice
Leo XIII
Prince Hohenlohe
Paris
Kraus
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Kopp
Breslau
Kaiser
San Felice
Naples
Rome
France
Sayn-Wittgenstein
Chigi
Adowa
Germany
Berlin Post
National Zeitung
Reed Favored by Maine Republicans at Portland Convention
Augusta dispatch reports the Republican State convention in Portland will nominate electors and delegates for the national meeting. Hannibal Hamlin may preside, Reed supporters aim for demonstrative display, and Maine’s delegation includes Cleaves Hill and Littlefield with four at large to St Louis. Debate over Reed’s chances and Blaine faction opposition noted amid broader party divisions.
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Augusta
Portland
Hannibal Hamlin
Ellsworth
New York Times
Reed
Cleaves
John F. Hill
Hill
Powers
St. Louis
Amos L. Allen
York
Charles E. Littlefield
Rockland
Edwin C. Burleigh
Harrison Hume
Robbinston
George M. Seiders
Allen
Burleigh
Messrs. Littlefield
Hume
George P. Wescott
Amos IL. Allen
Alfred
Charles H. Prescott
Biddeford
Charles E. Townsend
Brunswick
Harold Sewell
Samoa
Seth M. Carter
Auburn
Fritz Twitchell
Bath
Waldo Pettingill
Rumford Falls
Hiram Ricker
Poland
Manley
Forest Goodwin
Skowhegan
Charles A. Marstom
Blaine
Republican Party
Maine
Mr. Reed
Hayes
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Death of Baron Von Schrader After Duel Incident
April 12 in Eerlin reports the death of Baron Von Schrader, Prussian court master of ceremonies, from a wound sustained in a duel with ex-court chamberlain Lieberecht Von Kotze. Public anger grows as Conservative newspapers demand strict legal punishment and equal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eerlin
Baron von Schrader
Lieberecht von Kotze
Reichsbote
National Zeitung
Volks Zeitung
Lawrence Produce Merchant Dies in Lowell at 62
Lawrence April 12 William P Clark a produce merchant died suddenly in Lowell this afternoon of heart trouble He was 62 and came to Lawrence in 1863 He served as president of the Lawrence National He leaves a wife and two daughters
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Lawrence
William P., Clark
Lowell
Death of Cypress Woman Mrs Glennon at Forty
Mrs Michael Glennon of Cypress place died at 1 30 p m yesterday from cancer. She was about forty years old and left several children. One daughter Miss Mary Glennon worked as an operator at the Brookline Telephone Exchange.
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Michael Glennon
Cypress Place
Glennon
Mary Glennon
Brookline Telephone Exchange
Boston Albany No 7 First class coaches schedule
Boston to Albany schedule lists multiple trains departing Boston with names like No 7 No 15 No 19 and No 28. Includes details on dining and sleeping cars Wagner Car connections to Chicago and St Louis via various rail lines. Also No 683 night express Boston to New York and a New York Limited with vestibuled drawing room cars.
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Boston
Albany
Wagner Buffet
Wagner
Chicago
L. S. BR
M. C. BR
Ware
Utica
Michigan Centra
R. R
Cincinnati
Big Four
St. Louis
Detroit
Wagner Freaves
HART
New Shaven
New York
Springfield
Buffet
NEW York Limited
Reliceton St
Kneeland St
Bosmmij
Hangon
OLD Colony
Park Square
New Haven
New London
Shore Line
M.L
Air Line
Middletown
Fall River
Stonington
Norwich
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Providence
Seskice
Newport
New Bedford
Nantucket
Kneeland Street
Pall River
Ib P
Axew
Bedford
pkoviNc Brown
Chatham
Sae D. Hsa
A. m. Wood
HOLL
Ee & Albany
BR Marlboro
FuchnuRra
Marlon
Reg L
Park i
Kap Street
Fall Rive
Duaily
L. HL. Palmer
Soston F
Seald
Geo
Coupee ]Gallen
Pass
Railroad Schedules From Portland and Nearby Towns
A dense list of train and boat departures across routes from Portland to Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor Concord Lewiston Manchester St John Halifax St Stephen St Andrews North Conway Intervale Glen Crawfords Fabyan Twin Mountain JeffersonLancaster and connections to Quebec and Maine Central lines with weekday and Sunday times, including steamer links to Castine Deer Isle Sedgewick Jonesport Machiasport Eastport Calais and St Andrews.
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Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Concord
S. H
Lewiston
Manchester
N. H
ST. John
Halifax
Jtser Tee
ST. Stephen
N. B
ST. Andrews
North Conway
Intervale
GLEN
Crawfords
Fabyans
Eee Jefferson
Lancaster
Grand Trunk R. R
Maine Central
M. i
Wisc Asset
Homaston
Rockland
Quebec
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Bae Harbors
Pee Ot
Jonesport
Machtasport
Eastport
Calais
ST. John N. B
Train Schedule for New England Rail Lines and Connections
Comprehensive list of rail service times and stations across Southern Division Manchester Concord to Montreal and Vermont routes. Includes daily, Sunday, and weekday frequencies, connecting branches, and notable corridors such as Nashua, Belmont, Laconia Weirs Ely Mouth, St Johnsbury, Montpelier Burlington, and Chicago West via G T BY. D J Flanders, General Passenger Agent.
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Manchester
Concord
Bias
New Boston
North Weare
Benniker
Hooksett
Suncook
Pittsfield
Suncoor Oe
Peete
Sunays
Nashua
Ed Bog
Belmont
Tilton
Quarreport
Meredith
Ashland
Laconta
Weirs
Ely Mouth
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Campton
North Woodstock
Sta
Pemigewasset Valley
A. m
Lisbon
Aileton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyans
Franklin
Lebanon
One River Junction
Bristol
Claremont
Norwich
R. Bradford
ST. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrook
Quebec
ST. A.& JC
A. Montpelier
Burlington
White River Junction
Montreal
Boston Air Line
Chicago
the West
G. T
CG Ry
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Danbury, Conn
Willian Flitcroft
Patriots
New Jersey
M'Namara
Beecham
Jon J. Sulvan
North Shore
Kaiser and Humbert
Hanied
Entente
Cely
Dr. Kraus
Will
Clark
Lawreng
Railroads
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Maine
R.R
City Ticket Office
Ington Street
Western & Eastern Divisions
Union Station
D. J. Flanders
Gen
Fitchburgion Station
Insteay
Caieb
Hoosac Tunnel
Fitchburg
North Adams
Williamstown
Troy
Saratoga
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamiton
Toronto
Cleveland
Cincinnnati
Points
Bowton
Fast Express
Stoe
Binghamton Pacific Express
Lake Champlain
Keene
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Whitehall
Port Edward
Glens Falls
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
St. Albans
Matone
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Vermont
Northern
Ney
Canada
Ttn
Boron
Sontren
Enger
Washington Street
Causeway Street
J. R. Watson
New York, New Haven & Hartford
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