Clash Within New York Union League Club Sparks Blackball Fallout
A long running snobbery dispute at the Union League Club ends with Charles Waite's blackballing and a club-wide probe into past elections. The controversy centers on a young elite clique accused of barring members over snobbish standards. The Coaching Club trip to Philadelphia is announced as the club seeks to restore prestige. A converted thief and a drowning death in Brooklyn are noted among miscellaneous items.
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Germany Mediation Seen Likely to Succeed in Peace Talks
London dispatches report Berlin sees chance of a congress if Russia cedes Bessarabia and expands in Asia, with indemnity to Russia. Roumanian protest grows over troop influx and occupation as Constantinople tensions rise. Turkish moves and fleet reshuffle noted. Transcripts say Russia eyeing loans in America as mediation wobble continues.
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Portsmouth dockyards quiet after war prep talk
In Portsmouth the Admiralty requested sea readiness estimates for a flotilla of 254 ton iron gunboats with twenty screws and an eighteen‑ton bow gun. Work slowed to routine. magazines planned, then countermanded, and no further forward movement is taking place.
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Drowning of Frank Loud and Local Fire Fatalities
Frank Loud son of Mr Robert Loud of Muscongus Island drowned after a skiff capsized near the narrows on Thursday the fourth. The Loud family suffers a third death in eight months. In Readfield a house occupied by Charles E. Sawtelle burned last Tuesday night at 10 o clock, Sawtelle and family away when flames appeared on the roof.
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Notable Local Deaths and Accidents in Manchester Area
Obituaries note Lucien Gale of Laconia dies at 60 after apoplexy. Elvin Rand suffers a severe leg injury from a falling boulder in Rye while laying a cellar wall. A soapstone casket housing John E. Lyon’s remains passes through Manchester on route to Portsmouth. Nashua manufactured. Dam at Goose Pond repaired and river level recedes. Dodge Davis & Co. relocates stock from woollen mill briefly. Ex Gov Harriman invited to Memorial Day address by New York Grand Army posts. Plin White linked to historical Manchestrer Galena paper libels. he was jailed then celebrated on his return. First Baptist Society of Manchester owes 20000, with 15000 mortgage to Amoskeag Bank. 2500 needed to cover interest and debt. Rev William Hayne urges payment of honest debts. Lewis W. Clark secures 2635 in subscriptions. The church building project valued at 60000 likely to resolve this year.
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Ex Sheriff Bowker Dies After Carriage Accident
The former Williamsville sheriff W S Bowker died Saturday from injuries after being thrown from his carriage near the Bennington centennial last August. A long obituary notes his public service and the accident as the cause of death.
Notable Local Items and Incidents From New England News
Sculptor D. M. Felch in Newburyport molds a bust of the late ex congressman Small of New Hampshire. A Towell boy Gray loses a leg to a long‑ago injury. The Newburyport Herald moves to a new building April 21. Pacific Mills fancy dyestuff house in Lawrence suspends work until Tuesday. Two Newburyport boys fall into the Merrimac, saved by Charles Bartlett. A North Parish child commits suicide at seven. Edward Whitehead dies in Lowell from mule‑room injuries. Supreme Court opens in Lowell Tuesday. Devlin to be arraigned for murder. New Lawrence pastor Dever arrives to replace Ryan. Fall River Aldermen hear petition against liquor licenses. no action. Moody and Sankey revival may resume in Springfield for Pentecost. Lawrence caucus names Frank Gorman for Councilman. Lizzie Thompson schooner sails. Michael Fitzgerald drowns off Cape Ann. Middlesex Association advances women’s reading-room access. Merrimac Manufacturing to build new two‑story brick shop in Lowell. Engineering group discusses river straightening and sewer plans. Lowell pastors Collyer and Clarke preach. A. R. Gregory to bid farewell. Arthur Cunningham’s murder reported from Georgia to Worcester. Carriage crash injures Dr H. H. Brigham and family. Lawrence Police Court handles assaults, bastardy charge, and saloon robbery cases. Strauss alias Simons returned from Rochester on larceny charges. bail set at $2700.
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Oxford Wins Thirty Fifth Boat Race On Thames
The Oxford crew defeated Cambridge in the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race on the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake. Oxford led from mid course and won by about 35 seconds in 23 minutes and 12 seconds with Cam- bridge on the Middlesex side. Umpire: Mr Chitty.
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Sixpenny Savings Bank Failure Ties New York Florsist Assignment
The collapse of the Sixpenny Savings Bank affects a New York florist assignment and the Pierrevill Mills Company failure.
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Tweed Funeral Prepared As Private Rite In New York
April 14 report says William M Tweed will be buried privately at Greenwood Cemetery with a plain black coffin and inscription plate. Rev Dr Price will conduct the service, no pallbearers, and Tweed died intestate. Sheriff Reilly may seize bequeathed property if any, as body lies at son in law Douglas’s residence guarded by police.
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Tweed Death Portrait and Prison Life Unfolds
The piece details William M Tweed and his family's fate after his death, noting Mrs Tweed's critical health in Italy, the scattered relatives in New Orleans and Connecticut, and Dewey's account of Tweed's final words about forgiveness. It then vividly describes Tweed's jail quarters on Ludlow Street, his blue decor, personal items, and the humane treatment he received, including gospel routine and Bible study, with last birthday memories and visitors.
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Deaths and funerals of notable local residents
John Livermore of 106 Myrtle street Boston aged 61 painter died Saturday at home. Funeral from his residence Tuesday. John G. Marshall of Georgetown Ohio cousin of ex President Grant found dead in bed at the Neil House Columbus Sunday morning. Captain George Howland sixth generation from John Howland of the Mayflower died Newport aged 81. Michael Galvin West Roxbury died suddenly at 58. Captain Victor F. De Baker retired shipmaster died Salem age 60. Sebastian Jager ...
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German Judge Stilke Sails Home After Extradition Question
Carl Paul August Stilke the German Circuit Judge who fled Germany with 21 000 marks signalled willingness to return and sailed on the Hermann today His offence does not meet the German US extradition treaty criterion as funds belonged to private individuals and he sought to avoid weeks in court with the draft attached
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Hunter’s alibi collapses in Camden murder case
Evidence tightens around Hunter in the Camden, Pennsylvania murder case as his alibi fails and financial troubles surface. In Snow Hill, North Carolina, John Shallington, a Black man, was hanged for murdering his stepdaughter after multiple escape attempts and an improvised posthumous baptism at the gallows.
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