Worcester Wheelmen Aim for Boston Spring Meet
Worcester cyclists push to attract top racers for the L A W spring meet in Boston on Decoration Day weekend. Key riders Windle Nelson Tyler Warren and Connecticut stars are named among entrants. A club team relay for four per side offers a $150 organ prize with additional Lovell Diamond wheels and Gormally tires for firsts. There will be an exhibition Johnson versus a horse and a Bay State rivalry with objections possible before May 30. The Mt Pleasant Somerville Malden Cambridgeport and other clubs announce rides and new clubhouses.
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Worcester
Somerville Bicycle Club
Harvey
Boston
Waltham
Miller
Johnson
Windle
Nelson
Tyler
Warren
Williamson
Connecticut
Lovell
Nickle
Gormally
Jeffrey
Bay State
Seana Ut
A. S. Hill
Coventry Machinists Company
Suffolk Bicycle Club
Blue Hill
Whiton
Mt. Pleasant
Bailey’s
South Natick
Malden Club
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Prospect House
Shawmut Club
Brockton
Press Club
The
Rovers
Lexington
Campella
C. W. Percy
J. T. Hunt
T. W. Mitchell
A. G. Seavey
W. Weiler
H. A. Schmidt
J. Harrington
J. H. Corcoran
Co. W. Percy
Jewell & Richards
Williams
Malden
Somerville Club
Cambridgeports
W.S. Doane
Kehew
Willie Windle
Bay State Club
Culver
Sanger
Zimmerman
Harry Tyler
Yale and Dartmouth Battle in Rain Shortened Game
In New Haven on April 14 Yale and Dartmouth played a weather shortened game after six innings. Both batteries showed effectiveness while in-fielding faltered and Davis stood out as a loose, strong hitter. Davis was allowed to stay at third over Patsey Tebeau due to a better performance there.
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New Haven
Yale
Davis
Cleveland
Patsey Tebeau
Patsey
Baseball Gossip Looks at Ward and Rivalry for Pennants
Manager Selee faces a tough summer as the Giants under Ward push for the pennant. Ward’s return to New York mirrors baseball history with Buck Ewing, Mutrie, and a brotherhood revolt. Buck could bolster Cleveland, Stricker’s whereabouts unsettles fans, Quinn doubts Boston, and pitching rules may spark balks.
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Selee
New Yorks
Giants
Ward
New York
Buck Ewing
Jim Mutrie
Brotherhood
Ewing
Johnnie
Brooklyn
Mike Slattery
Ed Crane
Buckram
Buck
Gotham Ball
Cleveland
Cub Stricker
Joe Quinn
Boston
Joe
Athletics Flourish Around Boston With Club Growth
Suffolk Athletic Club strong in treasury and membership, rivaling B A A A and Worcester A C. Dorchester, Roxbury, Cambridge, Coopers surf clubs prosper with new houses and quarters. Boxing meet April 26 boosts treasury. Auld Lang Syne events at Mechanics Hall next week. John A Kelcher and Dan Shea plan London trip in two weeks. Glory in Gloucester and next Decoration Day games. Dorchester hosts exhibition by B Doherty on April 20.
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Boston
Suffolk Athletic Club
Worcester A. C
New England
Harvard
Dorchester Athletic Club
Roxbury Athletic Club
Hampden Street
Cambridge Athletic Association
Coopers
Mechanics’ Hall
B. Doherty
Twelve Bouts Set For Bay State Boxing Meet
Twelve bouts arranged for the amateur boxing meeting of the Bay State Athletic Club to be held in Music Hall on April 24. Tickets on sale at sporting resorts and by Frank Unine Hampton House. A ticket batch sent to Park Theatre Waltham. Applications to Nesse Innes box 2674. Ring floor padded for boxer safety. Last big public boxing meeting of the season.
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Bay State Athletic Club
Music Hall
Gale
Frank Unine
Hampton House
Park Theatre
Waltham
Nesse Innes
Vermont Boys Playing Ball Upset Washington and Lee 12 to 3
Vermont varsity defeated Washington and Lee University 12 runs to 3 in an April baseball game played in Lexington Virginia. The contest featured Vermont’s strong hitting and solid pitching to secure the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
University of Vermont
Washington and Lee University
Tremont Woman to Wed Ward 12 Councilman
Miss Helen A Rawlins of Tremont Street will wed Councilman Michael T Callahan of Ward 12 next Wednesday at St James Church Harrison Avenue at 10 o clock The ceremony will be attended by several of Mr Callahan s council associates.
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Helen A. Rawlins
Tremont Street
Michael T. Callahan
Ward 12
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
Mr. Callahan
Ward 10 Republicans in turmoil as chair removed
The Young Men's Republican Club of Ward 10 votes to remove R. L. Gay from the Ward 10 Republican Committee after a heated meeting. E. S. Crockett and others are elected to lead as allegations of residency and impropriety are raised and debated. Gay dismisses the move as petty politics.
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Young Men's Republican Club
Ward 10
Republican Party
Young Men’s Republican Club
E. S. Crockett
W. L. Sears
E.S. Crockett
E. H. McGuire
William C., Parker
E. Flanders
Alfred Mudge
A. H. Colby
Martin B. Cook
Scott Robinson
Nathaniel Davis
John Howe
E. 8. Crockett
George W. Harris
William C. Parker
Mr. Morgan
R. L. Gay
Republican Committee
Republican City Committee of
Boston
Ward 11
Huntington Avenue
McGuire
Gay
Cook
Post
Winter Street
Roxbury Social Events Highlight Orienta Hall Ball
The annual Boston Highland Mutual Relief Society ball drew about 200 couples last night in Orienta Hall Roxbury with a grand march led by Floor Director George O Whitaker. Notables included Alderman John F Dever and several state representatives and councilmen among many attendees. A Sunday school sociable followed in Fauntleroy Hall with an entertainment and dancing until midnight organized by Mrs A W Holloway.
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Boston Highland Mutual Relief Society
Orienta Hall
Roxbury
George O. Whitaker
John F. Dever
John Golding
John J. Hoar
P. E. Riddle
M. J. Lyons
Thomas E. Renthan
Lawrence J. Mellyn
John H. Finnerty
William H. Conroy
William Burns
Mary Crosby
Katie Lynch
Minnie Sweeney
Mary Brennan
Annie O’neil
Annie Bean
Minnie Curtis
Mary Armstrong
Hettie Smith
Sarah Magee
Minnie Ansbury
Clara McManus
Ne Flynn
Delia Watson
E. J. Glavin
Nellie McNulty
Fauntleroy Hall
Grove Hall
A. W. Holloway
Concert and Dance in Chelsea by Forbes Mutual Benefit
The Forbes Mutual Benefit Association hosted an entertainment and dance at Pythian Rink Chelsea last evening drawing a large audience. The program featured vocal quartets, piano duets, assorted solo numbers and humorous acts with Francis G. Powell as stage manager and James Burnes directing the floor.
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Forbes Mutual Benefit Association
Pythian Rink
Chelsea
Messrs
H. Tenggren
J. Martin
J. J. Comer
C. Steyert
May Casserley
Annie O’connor
J. H. Stafford
J. S. Powers
Emma Crooks
Zwicke
J. J. Conner
I. Schonbach
W. Scott
C. Chapman
F. Moran
William Burns
J. H. Rohde
Francis G. Powell
James Burnes
James J. Comer
F. G. Powell
KR. J. Arnold
D. White
W. H. Linn
H. MacGilvary
M. J. Conway
F. C. Dorn
W. M. Cosman
James Flynn
F. Schonbach
T. Feeley
H. Kirk
S. Tatten
T. A. Cancannon
T. J. Gormley
C. H. Driscoll
Blaze Damages Merchants' Row Building in Four-Story Block
A $3000 fire struck the blind attic of a four story brick building at Merchants' Row and Chatham Street. The blaze destroyed the attic and roof causing about $1200 in structural damage and total losses near $3000. The building houses Hodgkins Jr. restaurant storerooms and several ground floor tenants including a cigar shop and dairy firms.
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Merchants’ Row
Chatham Street
C. E. Hodgkins, Jr
James Dolbeare
Ellis Bros
Cushing & Currier
Thorndike Heirs
C. U. Cotting
Remarkable fall from third floor window to ground
At 3 30 yesterday Bertha Copenhagen two years old fell from a rear window on the third floor of her home at 79 Albion street to the ground. She received only a severe scalp wound and a bad shaking up.
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Bertha Copenhagen
Albion Street
Railroad Peace talks move toward Readville transfer solution
The railroad commission hearings center on Colonel Benton proposed consolidation with the New York New Haven Hartford line and an agreed Readville transfer to appease merchants. Witnesses test the cost sharing, tariffs, and potential arbitration while a next session is set for Monday at 10 30 a m.
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Benton
Consolidated Road
Long
Fruit and Produce Exchange
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Willimantic
New England
Readville
Old Colony
Newngland
Railroad Commissioners
Massachusetts
Kendrick
Withdrawal from Star Union line prompts tariff debate
In New Haven on February 14 1893 railroad officials discuss withdrawal of through rates on the New England and Pennsylvania routes and possible extensions to March 1. The New Haven road faces complicating disputes over local versus through tariffs and seeks a restoration of previous through rates.
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Mr. Tuttle
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
I. D. Barton
Mass
Blackstone Junction
New England
Railroad Commissioners of
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Haven
L. Tuttle
Hartford
Tuttle
Story
Benton
New York & New England Railroad
Union Line
New York & Newenon
New York
Mellen
Kings
Hodge
Bee
Willimantic
Kingsbury
Thomson
William H. Joyce
Conn
W.H. Joyce
Philadelphia
Penn
Star Union Line
C. S. Mellen
Arleim River
New England Railroad
Harlem River
New England Road
Pennsylvania Road
New Haven Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Female Waiters Move to Form City Union
A movement to organize the female waiters of the city gains momentum guided by the Boston Waiters' Alliance. Many workers in cheap restaurants are paid low wages, with work from 5 to 9 pm and top weekly earnings of $6. Dixon, as Business Manager, plans to unite the waitresses under the alliance, calling it a step toward improved conditions.
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Boston Waiters’ Alliance
Waiters Alliance
Interes
Finch
Dixon
Alliance
Lower Columbus Hall
Boilermakers Shake Up Atlantic Works Strike Support
A committee declares contrary to newspaper claims that sixteen blacksmiths at Atlantic Works will quit this morning to back the strikers. Eight men were sent to New Bedford to work and fifty stay in railroad and West End shops. A inquiry about a cooperative shop was made at headquarters, signaling possible union venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Works
New Bedford
West End
Union 97 votes to fund blue label cigar campaign
In Type Hall last evening local union 97 of cigarmakers voted to issue a circular in the Hebrew language promoting the blue label. The old election committee was replaced and a new one appointed on labels. The meeting backed the motion by the New York union for the International Union to spend 5000 dollars on boosting the blue label cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Union
International Union
Boston plate printers Ball at Cotillion Hall
The Boston plate printers plan a ball in Cotillion Hall next Friday night with Buffum's Orchestra. A souvenir will be given to each ticket holder a delicate photogravure on satin mounted on a heavy mat measuring about 15 by 12 inches. Three designs are offered Sleeping Cupid from Perrault On the Banks of the Stream from Levell and Love's Garden from a painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Plate
Cotillion Hall
Buffum
Perrault
Levell
Jamaica Plain Boss Concedes to Union Demands
At the carriage makers headquarters P. H. Henderson agreed to the union's terms and his workers will return to work Monday morning.
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P. H. Henderson
Jamaica Plain
Building Trades Council Forms New Grievance Committee
The grievance committee met at 699 Washington street last evening and organized with K. J. Angelow as president and J. H. Burke as secretary.
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The
Building Trades Council
Washington Street
K. J. Angelow
J. H. Burke
Dorchester Yacht Club Finishes Strong Minstrel Night
Dorchester Yacht Club staged a repeat minstrel show at Associates Hall Milton with a larger, fashionable audience. The act featured more confident performers delivering smoother songs and jokes. The Pickwick Club bought the schooner Sally from John Coulter and plans summer cruises along the North shore with Charles Hosmer as skipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Yacht Club
Associates Hall
Milton
Pickwick Club
Sally
John Coulter
Charles Hosmer
Burglar Gang Busted in Bristol County Haul
Deputy Cobb and Officer Donahue traced a burglar ring to a Bristol County hideout in East Norton. In the suspect Orren Goff’s room they found diamonds, jewelry, gold, stamps, and tools with an estimated value up to eight thousand dollars. Police expect to arrest two more suspects soon.
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Mansfield
A. W. Cobb
Bristol
Orren Goff
East Norton
Taunton
IF. E. Fisher
Taunton Clothing Company
Wood
1St Norton
Cobb
Donahue
Adams
Attleboro
R. M. Co
J. P. Arrington Jewelry Company
Washington Street
Boston
Home Rule Debate Sees Sparks In House of Commons
In London on April 4 the House of Commons resumed the second reading of the Home Rule bill. Campbell-Bannerman replied to Balfour while Gladstone sought to end the debate Tuesday, and Balfour urged Friday. Asquith defended the bill amid Irish interruptions and a controversy over an epithet toward Michael Davitt.
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London
House of Commons
Campbell-Bannerman
Balfour
Gladstone
Goschen
Exchequer
Lord Randolph Churchill
Henry James
Asquith
Michael Davitt
Lord Cranbourne
Daniel Kiley
Dawes Honored At Springfield Banquet With Bust of Webster
About 300 attendees at the Cooley House banquet under the Springfield Republican Club praised ex Senator Henry L. Dawes. Notables at the head table included Mayor E P Kendrick ex Governor George D Robinson ex Lieutenant Governor William H Haile and congressmen F H Gillett and C C C Chaffee. A bronze bust of Daniel Webster was presented to Dawes as speeches highlighted his wartime leadership and Senate service.
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Springfield
Henry L. Dawes
Cooley House
Republican Club
James D. Gill
Mr. Dawes
E. P. Kendrick
Edward S. Bradford
John C. Crosby
Pittfield
F. H. Gillett
Marcus P. Knowlton
George D. Robinson
Chicopee
William H. Haile
C. C C. Chaffee
Francis W. Rockwell
Pittsfield
James F. Bidwell
Samuel Bowles
George M. Stearns
Knowlton
Daniel Webster
Gill
Kendrick
Gillett
Haile
Robinson
Dawes
Senate
Judge
Carpenter Adelbert Warren Dies by Own Action
Adelbert Warren aged 33 a West Brattleboro carpenter hanged himself in his mother's barn last night Despondency is believed to be the cause in Brattleboro Vermont April 14
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Brattleboro, Vt
Adelbert Warren
West Brattleboro
George Francis Train to Lecture in Steinert Hall Sunday
Citizen George Francis Train returns to the area to lecture in Steinert Hall Sunday night and then plans a tour of Maine.
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George Francis Train
Steinert Hall
Maine
Dick the sea gull departs Newport for summer
A sea gull named Dick, long a winter visitor near Brenton's Reef Lightship, leaves Newport on April 14 to spend the summer elsewhere.
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Newport
R. I
Brenton’s Reef
Shoe Makers Rumored to Form City Combine
Rumor says boot and shoe manufacturers in the city and surrounding districts may form a retaliation driven combine against the Leather trust. No work started, officials reticent, and talks aim to curb leather production for ninety days to ease prices and clear stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leather Trust
Ale
Post
Danvers Fire Destroys Two and Half Story Factory
A two and one half story wooden factory owned by the Danvers Building Association and used by Nathaniel Glover & Co. was destroyed by fire at 10 30 pm. Loss about 40000 with stock losses 15000 insured 8000 machinery 15000 insured 8000 and building 6000 insured 5000. The armory of the Danvers Light Infantry narrowly escaped with minor damage and nearby firms suffered water and smoke damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers
Danvers Building Association
Nathaniel Glover &Co
Salem
Peabody
Beverly
Glover
Danvers Light Infantry
W. H. Burns
The
Burns Building Association
Senate Set to Adjourn as Session Wind-Downs
Washington April 14 The extraordinary Senate session nears final adjournment with tacit understanding to clear business and adjourn tomorrow If possible Democrats resist Roach investigation and back Voorhees case Republicans plan to force a yeas and nays on the table motion and will depart with a quorum. Court of Appeals nominees to be confirmed in morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roach
Voorhees
Harris
Court of Appeals
Fatal Lamp Accident In Cambridgeport Ignites Woman
Mrs. Mary Goodwin, 36, is in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital after a lamp fell from a mantel and broke on a stove, oil igniting and flames engulfing her clothing in her home on Herald Place. She is not expected to survive.
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Cambridgeport
Mary Goodwin
Massachusetts General Hospital
Minute Men of ’61 Reunion and Banquet in Boston
The Minute Men of ’61 hold their annual reunion at Horticultural Hall 11 am with a reception and business meeting. A noon parade goes via Tremont and Park to Faneuil Hall for the convention with addresses by Governor Russell Mayor Matthews and Commander Hall of the Massachusetts G A R.
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Minute Men of
Horticultural Hall
Faneuil Hall
Tremont
Park Strets
State House
Russell
City Hall
Matthews
Commander Hall
Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army
the Order
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Case
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Keodde
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Chconnor
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Ferguson
Eweerre
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Claggett
Ince
Celi
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Wales
Ee . A
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Tuxbury
Folsom
Griffin
Hedges
McCormick
Mafiit
Baseball
Vermont Boys
Assor Blanchard & Farbran
Dock Square
and &i Faueal Hall
Commission
Col. Benton
N. Y
N. H
N. E
H. A. Hodge
Mr. Hodge
W. H. Joyer
Mr. Benton
Colonel Benton
Cooks’ Alliance
the Cigarmakers
Inion
Dorchester
Bristol County
Republican Club of
Citizen
John W. Dole
Commercial Street
Henry W. Savage
Court St
Old Court House
Hamilton St
Columaea Bicycles
Freteny, Harted
Columbus Ave
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