Woman’s Charity Club breakfast recalls old State House
A 300 guest charity breakfast at the Vendome featured Mrs. Micah Dyer as president and honored guests including Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz. Speakers cited historic landmarks and urged support for the Red Cross, ending with a group singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
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Woman's Charity Club
Vendome
State Suite
Micah Dyer
Julia Ward Howe
Mary A. Livermore
Dora B. Smith
J. Sewall Reed
William Badlaen
C. L. Gardner
W. A. Bancroft
M. E. Dinsmore
E. D. Smith
J. W. Johnson
Jennie Moseley
Edith Williams
J. M. Ward
Ida Josephine Green
Frederick Adams Greene
Dyer
Hancock House
Hezekiah Butterworth
Gibraltar
Charles Follen Adams
J. Sevwall Reed
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Dun on a Postal Charged in East Boston Case
WH Koch was arraigned before US Commissioner Fiske on sending a threatening postal dun to S S Sparkin of Meridian Street East Boston. He pleaded not guilty and posted 500 bond for May term. Koch admitted sending the postal but denied intent to violate the statute.
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WH. H. Koch
United States
Fiske
S. S. Sparkiin
Meridian Street
East Boston
United States District Court
Koch Brothedrs
Koch
Woman Robs Him At Coolidge House Note
George W. Nash of Berwick Maine was lured by a woman into the Coolidge House where she stole 60 in cash and a check from his coat. May Sparhawk identified as captor. Yesterday in Superior Criminal Court Judge Bond presided. Jury found the defendant guilty and she awaits sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Nash
Berwick
Coolidge
May Sparhawk
Superior Criminal Court
Bond
Connolly
Salvation Army officers resign and move to Ballington Booth work
Left Salvation Army officers Captain Hannah Marsland and Lieutenant Nellie Green formerly of Scranton Penn have resigned their posts and are now in New Bedford assisting the Ballington Booth movement in the city, April 17.
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New Bedford
Hannah Marsland
Nellie Green
Salvation Army
Scranton
Penn
Newspaper Club Dinner Draws Twenty Members
Twenty members of the Newspaper Club gathered at the Thorndike last evening for the monthly dinner. The affair was informal and featured speeches by prominent members.
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Newspaper Club
Thorndike
Fire on East Boston roof causes light damage
A 2 56 pm alarm from Box 631 reported a small fire on the roof of a hoisting engine shed at Lockwood's wharf 61 and 6 Summer street East Boston. Sparks from the engine started the blaze and only trifling damage resulted.
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Lockwood's Wharf
Summer Street
Boston
Miss Cragin to Present Concert at Lyceum Hall
Miss Margaret Esther Cragin violinist, a popular East Boston student, is arranging an excellent program for a Lyceum Hall concert on Tuesday evening April 28. She trained at the Crane School of Music and Art and is highly regarded by teachers and pupils alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Esther Cragin
Seaman Falls Overboard From Federation At Granite Street
John L Orsean a 30 year old seaman aboard the French bark Federation fell into the water while attempting to board at six o clock last evening. He drowned and harbor police are conducting a search for his body at the sugar refinery wharf on Granite street South Boston.
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John L’orsean
Federation
Granite Street
Boston
Woman killed on the track near Sheffield station
In Great Barrington on April 17 Mrs Christopher Rupff aged around, hard of hearing, was struck by moving cars a mile south of Sheffield station and killed. She leaves a husband and a daughter who reside at Ashley Falls.
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Great Barrington
Christopher Rupff
Sheffield Station
Ashley Falls
Seventy Haitians Return Home From Kingston Mission
A specially chartered steamer arrived in Kingston Jamaica to repatriate Haitians seeking to use President Simon Sam’s amnesty. Seventy refugees boarded the ship, returning to their homeland under the program.
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Kingston
Simon Sam
Cocheco Company asks assessor for $200,000 property cut
Dover April 17. Agent Fish of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company asks for a reduction of 200000 in the property's valuation. The company will be granted a hearing at an early date.
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Dover
N. H
Fish
Cocheco Manufacturing Company
Tiara of Brilliants Presented by Admirers to Mme Nordica
A New York gift tiara from Tiffany & Co features 233 diamonds totaling about 30 carats. Designed in Adams style from the First Empire, the coronet sits on a gold base with loops for pins. The piece includes multiple diamond tiers and scroll work, with the coronet usable as a hair ornament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Lillian Nordica
New York
Tiffany & Co
Labor Leaders Deny Impending Strike By Builders Unions
A Boston dispatch warned of a potential 60 000 worker strike tied to the eight hour day, citing United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Horseshoers Union members in the city. Officials say a walkout is unlikely as talks continue among Gompers and other federation leaders with a conference set to resolve the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Horseshoers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Boston
New York
Chicago
Master Builders’ Association
Federation of Labor
Gompers
P. J. McGuire
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
W. H. Sayward
National Master Builders’ Association
Sayward
Butler statue plan rejected by Ways and Means panel
The Ways and Means Committee voted against erecting a Major-General Benjamin F Butler statue on State House grounds. Two Democrats dissented from the report, which postponed action and urged referencing the proposal to the next General Court to ease fiscal strain amid a tight budget and growing debts.
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Ways and Means
Benjamin F.butler
State House
James H. Mellen
Worcester
James A. Gallivan
South Boston
Bradford
Springfield
Hutchinson
Boston
Miller
Leominster
Messrs
Lowell
Stevens
Malden
Humphrey
Dedham
Harwood
Newton
George
Haverhill
Fillmore
Cambridge
Clarke
Wellesley
Weymouth
Fitchburg
Bouve
Hingham
Benjamin F. Butler
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Joseph Hooker
Treasury
Commonwealth
Grogers Wholesale Grocers Set Saturday Half Holiday
Boston wholesale grocers have agreed to close at 1 o clock on Saturdays during May through September providing employees a weekly half holiday. Firms include Saville Somes Charles Moody Munroe Nickerson Pierce Raymond Spurr Andrews Callender Conant Leeds Ayer Sleeper Weeks Wason Sears Gay Chope Pierce Eldridge Bain Twitchell Champlin Roberts Adams Sawtell Hayes Chase Sanborn Winslow Watson Slade Spice Stickney Poor Hyde Southworth and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Saville, Somes & Co
Charles E. Moody & Co
Israel W. Munroe& Co
J. F. Nickerson Company
Silas Pierce & Co
William H. Raymond Grocery Company
Howard W. Spurr & Co
John A. Andrews & Co
Henry Callender & Co
E. S. Conant & Co
Boyd, Leeds & Co
Jacob W. Roberts & Son
Haskell, Adams & Co
A. Sawtell & Co
James A. Hayes & Co
Chase & Sanborn
Winslow, Rand & Watson
D. & L. Slade Spice Company
Stickney & Poor Spice Company
Hyde & Southworth
Tesla penetrates three bodies with X rays in New York
The New York report credits Nicola Tesla with penetrating through three people in a line using X rays, surpassing Edison in seeing through flesh and bone. Physicians fear the potential to examine internal organs with ease if verified, marking a major advance in radiography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wizard Edison
Nicola Tesla
Edison
Tesla
New Attractions Promised for Boston Press Club Event
Tickets went on sale at the Boston Theatre for the Boston Press Club annual entertain ment next Thursday. Henry Irving and his company star alongside Julia Arthur Eliza Proctor Otis and other notable names. The Boston Museum Orchestra aids the scene from The Wizard of the Nile. Keith offers to cover any missing numbers in the programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Press Club
Boston Theatre
Henry Irving
Davenport
McDowell
Julia Arthur
Chauncey Olcott
Eliza Proctor Otis
Bowdoin Square Company
Frank Daniels
Castle Square Company
Autopsy Questions Death of Carl Meyer at Deer Island
An autopsy in Lynn on Carl Meyer a 22 year old Dane who died at Deer Island workhouse last Tuesday after being listed as dying of pneumonia and delirium tremens. The examination found brain blood clots and scalp injuries possibly from a flatiron during a Boston assault on April 1. Medical Examiner Pinkham noted no clear pneumonia and said injuries could explain his death.
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Lynn
Carl Meyer
Deer Island
Boston
Meyer
Bost
Harrison Avenue
Pinkham
Catherine Garland Pleads Guilty in Wharf Jump Case
Mrs Catherine Garland appeared in Municipal Criminal Court before Judge Ely on a Wednesday night incident at the wharf. She pleaded guilty and her case was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Garland
Ag Wharf
Municipal Criminal Court
Ely
Thunder shower destroys Miller barn in Woodsville loss $2000
A noon thunder shower struck Woodsville New Hampshire damaging a barn owned by Jack Miller of Newbury Vermont. Lightning struck the building destroying two horses two hogs ten calves grain hay and fertilizer. Loss estimated at $2000 with $700 insured.
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Woodsville
N. H
Jack Miller
Newbury
Boston $275000 Clothing Failure Sale Opens at 91 Summer St
A Boston advertisement touts a massive clothing sale from The Yankee’s at 91 Summer St, featuring hundreds of items from Famous Clothing House of New York. Suits, overcoats, dresses, and hats with deep discounts and home inspection refunds. Open evenings for workingmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Green & Coo
Summer St
Broadway
New York
Boston
Petree Sussue
Reer
Om Li
Cssssoecs Picarkian
Troops for South Africa and coastal defense plan
In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain announced immediate replacement of interior South Africa troops with a battalion of infantry and mounted men. A permanent garrison increase at Cape Town was approved to bolster dockyard and coaling stations defense. Separately, Suakim reports say 300 dervish cavalry and 1000 infantry attacked friendly Arabs, then assaulted Major Sidney's Tenth Soudanese Battalion and Eighth Egyptian Cavalry, with heavy dervish losses repelled.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
South Africa
Cape Town
Suakim
Erkowit
Sidney
Fenwick
Lecture on Steam Boilers by H S Robinson
The Boston Janitors Mutual Benefit Association heard a lecture by H S Robinson on steam and water power boilers and connections. Robinson, VP of Atlantic Works, East Boston, explained the subject with engaging detail for members and interested outsiders. The next talk was to be held at Gould Place on May 7 by a chief engineer from Harvard College at their Hall, 3 Boylston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Janitors’ Mutual Benefit Association
H. S. Robinson
Robinson
Atlantic Works
Boston
Goul Place
Harvar
Boylston
Herbert Stone
Old Man Cogswell Found Burned to Death at Pasture
Jonathan Cogswell, 76, left Spring Street around 2 p m to burn brush at Steele's pasture and was found mortally burned. He was unmarried with two nephews and his brother's wife named probable heir to about 50 000 dollars worth of property after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Cogswell
Essex
Defaulted Defendant Proclaimed Not Guilty in Dog Case
In Norfolk Superior Civil Court at Dedham Judge Ham mond presided over Henry E. Holbrook charged with a Stoughton unlicensed dog on Aug 2 1895. The second jury sealed a verdict and Holbrook was later defaulted though declared not guilty. The court ponders whether a default can exist against an innocent man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Dedham
Hammond
Henry E. Holbrook
Stoughton
Baron Hirsch Club Leaders Withdraw Resignations
At a Baron Hirsch Social Club meeting last evening President Robert E Waldstein and Vice-President Charles F Hecht withdrew their resignations at the request of the committee and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Hirsch Social Club
Robert E. Waldstein
Charles F. Hecht
May 4 marks 100th birthday of Horace Mann
The State Board of Education secretary notes May 4 as the 100th anniversary of Horace Mann. Schools nationwide will observe the day and study the life and character of Massachusetts reform pioneer in education.
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State Board of Education
Horace Mann
Massachusetts
Leaving the Knights of Labor Leaders Resign
Despatch from Philadelphia reports General Master Workman Sovereign and General Secretary Treasurer Hayes of the Knights of Labor intend to resign. Hayes quits due to a lucrative gas company post and time demands. Sovereign seeks resignation, citing treasury troubles and dissatisfaction with current management.
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New York
Philadelphia
Workman
Sovereign
Hayes
Knights of Labor
Treasury
Order
Telegraphs praise from Putnam man on ex president marriage
William Harrison Taylor of Putnam telegraphed congratulations to ex President Harrison for his marriage. He hoped “at home” would mean White House in November. General Harrison replied thanking him but dissenting from the political suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
William Harrison Taylor
Putnam
Harrison
Taylor
White House
Holmes A Catholic: execution set for May 7
Holmes A Catholic in Philadelphia reports he has been baptized in prison by Father Dailey and associates. The condemned man remained solemn and apparently sincere in repentance, with execution scheduled for May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Holmes
P. J. Dailey
D. EB. Cantillon
Higgins
McCabe
Father Dailey
Woman burned to death in New Britain home tragedy
Mrs Emma Andrews. 75, wife of Omir Andrews, died at noon today after oil from an upset stove set her clothing aflame at their residence 7 Locust street New Britain. Fire department reached scene but she succumbed to severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Emma Andrews
Omir Andrews
Locust Street
New Britain
Pulitzer Chair Found In Maine Freight House
The famous $500 chair of Editor Pulitzer, believed stolen while en route to New York last October, traced across Maine, Massachusetts and the Provinces, was recovered last night in the North Jay freight house in Bar Harbor Maine.
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Bar Harbor
Pulitzer
New York
Maine
Massachusetts
Provinces
North Jay
City appoints 41 first assistant assessors amid party split
The principal assessors announced the appointments of 41 first assistant assessors with 21 Democrats and 20 Republicans. The second assistants were not finalized after a meeting. a new session was planned. Several names listed for each party and several incumbents omitted. New appointments to be assigned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles A. Tilden
Thomas O. McEnaney
Frederick H. Temple
Dennis G. Quirk
William H. Cundy
Daniel A. Downey
Charles B. Hunting
Erick D. Sullivan
James I. Moore
John J. Gartland
William B. Smart
Edward W. Dolan
Robert Culbert
John H. Giblin
John H. Donovan
George W. Warren
Timothy J. Murphy
Thomas
William B. Lang
Nathan P. Rider
Edna P. Butler
Thomasc. Butler
Michael F. Dolan
John J. Tague
Franklin P. Daly
Edward P. Butler
Thomas J. Leac
Hubert Pope
Hugh F. Sher
Alonzo D. Hibbard
George A. Kin
Charles H. Brigham
George E. H
Man Charged With Assault In Massachusetts Case
In Dedham before Judge Hammond the Superior Court heard part of the trial of the Commonwealth versus James McCormick Boston. He is charged with assault with a pistol upon Police Officer Henry Dugan Jr with intent to kill. The incident occurred while Dugan was on duty at Braintree in the early morning of October 23, 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Hammond
James McCormic Boston
Henry Dugan, Jr
Dugan
Braintree
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Cocheco Company
Gali
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Hollis Street
Prince Albert
91 Summer Street
Great Britain
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Quebec
Sherbrooke
Que
Richmond
Shawmut J Avenue
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Catholic
Fisk & Goff
Boylston Street
D. B. Fisk
Hawk Street
Brighton
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