Boston Protest Against Coercion Meeting at Faneuil Hall
Irland free speech protests rise in Boston as a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall plans to denounce the proclamation of the cercon act in Ireland and the arrest of United Irish League members. Prominent speakers like William Lloyd Garrison Elmer Capen Higginson Hale are invited, with Irish-American leaders taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ieland
Faneuil Hall
Ireland
United Irish League
Unitedrish League of
Cradle of Liberty
William Lloyd Garrison
Elmer H. Capen
Tufts College
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Edward Everett Hale
United Irish League In America
Parnell
Dillon
Davitt
Redmond
Campaign for Miles Ww. On April 18
Republican friends of General Miles launched a campaign urging President Roosevelt to delay retirement of Miles for insubordination. Senators Hale Hoar McComas and Allison, allies of both Miles and Roosevelt, warned against a Sampson Schley style dispute and fallout in Congress and the party. Roosevelt signaled duty requires rebuke but agreed to defer action until Secretary Root returns from Cuba in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Miles
Roosevelt
Hale, Hoar, McComas
Allison
White House
Miles
Sampson-Schley
Congress
Republican Party
Secretary Root
Cuba
Licenses Sought for Elevator Operators
At a meeting in Devonshire Street the Elevator Operators Mutual Benefit Association began a campaign to license elevator men like engineers and firemen. They argue experience is essential for safety in tall buildings and hotels and have organized mutual insurance against accidents to support the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elevator Operators’ Mutual Benefit Association
Devonshire Street
Russell Fire Report Shows No Conflagrations In City That Year
Fire Commissioner Russell releases the 1901 02 annual report noting vigilance and apparatus kept the city free of large fires despite old fire traps and new buildings. Merits list includes Husgey Sawyer Bailey Rogers Callahan Aelley Heffron Downey Leary Donoghue OConnor McMahon Kenealy Driscoll Magnar Muldoon McGee Hanton Teehan. Total alarms 2235 with 1539 fires confined to their buildings. Losses by month follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Nathan L. Husgey
Edward H. Sawyer
James F
Medical Talk Magazine Promises Plain Medical Facts for Households
The April issue of Medical Talk, now in its third year, aims to translate medical journals into household language. It covers vaccination sanitary laws cremation dietary rules and drugless healing, presenting accessible medical journalism beyond doctor-only technicalities. Sample sent free by the Medical Talking Company of Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Talk
Medical Talkbushing Company
Columbus
Kimball Marriage Shocks Boston Family at Deathbed
At Phenix Arizona last Tuesday night C A Kimball of Boston wed nurse Lizzie I Wells a cousin of his first wife just before dying. The family learned of the marriage after his death aged 59. His widow is 41. he leaves a son William S. Kimball and daughter Mabel Kimball in Roxbury. The bride’s identity as Lottie I Wells is noted in Arizona dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Kimball
Boston
Phenix
Ariz
Lizzie I. Wells
Mr. Kimball
Kimball
Miss Wells
Arizona
Orrin Abner Kimball
William S. Kimball
Mabel Kimball
Roxbury
Post
W. S. Kimball
Lottie I. Wells
Mr Kimball
Florida
Angona
Arizonia
N. H
Vermont Volunteers
Brattleboro
Estey Organ Company
Emerson Piano Company
Patrick H. Powers
Joseph Gramer
Powers
Leona Raymond Sues Howard K Clover for Breach of Promise
New York April 18 Leona Raymond actress sues Howard K Clover a navy lieutenant and Clover Line Company executive for 50000 damages for breach of promise of marriage. She says he denied marriage while wooing her after meeting in Baltimore June 1901 and learned he was already married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Raymond
Sues Howard K. Clover
New York
Howard K. Clover
Clover Line Company
Miss Raymond
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lieutenant Clover
H. K. Clover
Busiest Passover Eve in Salem Street Rivalry with Christmas bustle
The Salem Street Hebrew community swarms shopping districts as Passover nears. Stores close at sunset today and tomorrow. Monday begins the eight day festival. Rumors of scarce unleavened bread stir anxious shoppers while preparations for new utensils and foods fill homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Street
Report on railroad deaths and injuries in three months
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin shows 725 killed and 2622 injured in U S train accidents for the three months ended Sept 30. Collisions totaled 127 and derailments 1002, causing $1,842,224 in damage to cars engines and roadways, excluding merchandise damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Patriots Day at Fort Banks Galas Field Day at Fort Banks
Soldiers at Fort Banks Winthrop have arranged a gala field day with base ball games and multiple events. The eighty ninth and seventy sixth Coast Artillery companies contest for a prize, while a horse race offers 100. Fort Banks faces Fort Strong for 50 in baseball, and the Fort 8 team meets Senator of Lynn in the afternoon. Band concerts accompany the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Coast Artillery
Fort Strong
Fort 8
Lynn
Trust to Buy Museum Estate in Boston’s Copley Square
A trust named the Copley Square Trust aims to purchase the Museum of Fine Arts site at Copley Square after the museum moves to Back Bay Fens, likely not before 1900. trustees Moses Williams J Morris Meredith and John P Reynolds Jr with Old Colony Trust as depositary and City Trust as transfer agents. The 95,260 square foot site bounded by Copley Square Dartmouth and Stuart streets and Trinity Place carries about 2.5 acres frontage. capitalized at 2 million dollars with assessed value near 1.996 million. The site is a prime near-city-hall block. future use remains speculative with possibilities including a department store hotel or office block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Square Trust
Museum of Fine Arts
Back Bay Fens
Moses Williams
J. Morris Meredith
John P. Reynolds
Old Colony, Trust Company
City Trust Company
Copley Square
Dartmouth Street
Stuart Street
Trinity Place
Whittemore
Meredith & Grew
Boston
Stage Matters in Boston and London Theater News
Marie George heads to Boston for The Strollers on April 28 after touring The Rounders at Columbia. Olga Nethersole eyes a London Sapho May 1, while Maud Hoffman sails to study in London and Paris for a summer starring run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie George
Boston
Columbia
London
Clara Lane
Bijou
Miss Lane
James Gilbert
Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Frank L. Harding
Virginia Harned
Kyrle Bellew
Colonial Theatre
Lavinia Shannon
Castle Square
Hallett Thompson
Olga Nethersole
Defender
Columbia Ater
Boston Stage Week Swarms with Stars and Premier Acts
The box office line for Weber and Fields runs long as top names like Lillian Russell De Wolf Hopper Fay Templeton Fritz Williams Bessie Clayton John T Kelly Sam Bernard and managers fill the Boston Theatre Grand Opera House Bowdoinware Theatre and more for a packed week. The program features minstrelsy at Primrose Dockstader and a string of performances from Rose Melville Maud Williams Kellar Mrs Fiske Annie Russell and many others with Contortionist Colonel Shult and lions at Bostock’s Animal Arena amid Patriots Day crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Fields
Remont
Lillian Russell
de Wolf Hopper
Fay Templeton
Fritz Williams
Bessie Clayton
John T. Kelly
Sam Bernard
Primrose
Dockstader
Boston Theatre
Grand Opera House
Rose Melville
Sis Hopkins
N. 8. Wood
New York
Bowdoin Ware
Mr. Wood
Castle Square Theatre Company
Tom Taylor
Brand of Cain
Morrison's
Grand Theatre
Neil Burgess
Park Theatre
Abby
Little Taggs
Tim the Tanner
Otis Tucker
Sally
Old Hammerhead
Maud Williams
Boston
Paris
Columbia
Kellar
Iolanthe
Clara Lane
Annie Russell
Hollis
Anna
Ben Hur
the Colonial
John Henshaw
Marie George
Keith
Monroe, Mack and
Lawrence
Fred Wood
John Curran
Harding
al Sid
Hal Merritt
Almondbury Bell
Boston Music Hall
Goldin
Merrills
Ed F. Reynard
Manuel Romain
Thomas E. Clifford
Gus Williams
Castellar
Hall
George ™. Cohan
the Howard
Bonnie Ornton
Genaro
Bail@y
Artie Hall
Hayes
Healy
Mayme Gehrge
Polos
Harry Thomson
Buoman
Adelle
Smith
Austin & Stone’s
Colonel Shult
Charles Jackson
Nickelodeon
Patriots
Bostock
Animal Arena
Captain Bonavita
Uncle Terry
Nning
James R. Walte Anne
Frank Daniels
Tremont
Brilen M. Stone
Tremont ‘Temple
Macedonia
North
Diseran
Mooney
Ee Es
Pan
John H. W. Byfde
J._ Foy
Elizabeth Coughlin
Ch My Buter
Helen Hipwell
C .Arthur Davis
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Russell’s
Family Magazine
Egypt
Port Banks
Barrett, Nephews & CO
Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment
West Street
Mass
Oxford
A. G. Lyford
Washington St
Mechanics’ Building
George W. Magee
Lessie
Billy Goat
Billy Barry
Jennie Lamont
Katie Rooney
Harry Crandall
McFadden
Golumbia Theatre
Jolly
Xincton
Concord
American League
Huntington Ave
Wrigi
Ditson
Henry Cohen
Wash, St
Summer St
Howard
Bonnie Thornton
Genaro and
Batley
Hayes and Healy
Maymé Gehrge
3 Polos
Emma Krause
World's Comedy Four
Smith and Chisholm
Harry Thompson
Medford
Bonavita
AIRE
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Frohman
Girl
The
Clyde Fitch
Castle Theatre
Tremont St
Tel
Music Hall
Hamilton Place
Winter St
Reno
Welch
Melrose
Josephine Sabel
Macart
National League
South End Grounds
Columbus Ave
Walpole St
Brooklyn
Connelly
Adama House
George B. Appleton
Devonshire St
Corner Spring Lane
Klay & Erlage2
Ge i
Lew Walace
WM. Young
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
Mgr
Matinee
Walter Hawley
Newell and
Niblo
Bachelors’ Club
Elseeta
Simar
Wiata
Nmccon
AU Automobiles
Italy
Lee Harrison
Som Bernard
Weber & Fell
Seats Ready & Fields Cork Company
Lillian Fussell
Bonnie Maginn
Belle Robinson
Bowery
PAR Theatre
Neil Burgess County Fair
North End
Icemen's Protective Union
Boston Museum
Continents
Mason
Bowdoin Opeceie
Revere House
Wood and the Stock Co
Orphans OF
Wood
W. C. Loftus Co
Washington and
Hanover Sts
Tlantheone
Leo
Austin& Stone
Haymarket
Clara Clarita
Sorensen
Commercial Wharf
Bethesda Hall
Waverley Orchestra
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