THIS MORNING S NEWS ROUNDUP OF NATIONAL EVENTS
United States legislators trade real estate in Washington while opponents press to unravel interstate commerce law. Sheridan urged for vice presidency. National Academy of Sciences meets. Pattison chairs railroads probe panel. Deputy Murphy of Maine clings to silence in liquor case. Crowley jailed for light sentence after wife’s murder. New York Central rail accident reported. Knights of Labor hold Springfield Fall River meet for a 25000 spindle mill. Health officers disinfecting rag case to trial. Sibley Knowles case closes in Worcester. Virginia hit by cyclone. Brockton Commercial Club hosts annual dinner with dignitaries. Grand Army Chief Fairchild issues order. Captain Evans of Grandee rumored to have run away. Canadian Pacific plans independent Chicago ports line. Connecticut toll-bridge bill backed by committee. Methodist Conference announces appointments. Sullivan brands Saunderson a coward.
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United States
Washington
General Sheridan
National Academy of Sciences
Pattison
Murphy
Maine
Daniel Crowley
Portsmouth
N. H
New York Central
Knights of Labor Convention
Springfield
Fall River
New York
Sibley-Knowles
Worcester
Virginia
Commercial Club of
Brockton
Fairchild
Grand Army
H. T. Evans
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Port Arthur
Connecticut Legislative Committee
Hartford County
Alexander Sullivan
Major Saunderson
Times Charges Par nell Spark House Debate
A motion will be made in the House of Commons to investigate Times charges against Mr. Parnell. English press commentary on the issue. Also notes the opening of the Epsom spring meeting and various political remarks including Gladstone's position and Unionist stance at a dinner. Reports discuss Halifax gales impacting American fishing vessels and other political events abroad.
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House of Commons
Times
Parnell
Gladstone
Lord Randolph Churchill
Nottingham
Montreal
Howe
Weather and events in the city today
Slightly warmer and fair weather with an Easter festival tonight at Music Hall. Public bequests noted in Ann Schofield's will. Meetings include the New England Meteorological Society and a state arbitration board hearing on Hallo Well Granite Company labor disputes. Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods hosts the Woman's Press Association. Reunion of the old Sixth Regiment and dedication of a new blind kindergarten in Roxbury. House sessions begin in the morning. stock market shows active trading and firmer prices. Stakeholders include West End, Atlantic Pacific, Louisville, Evansville and St Louis interests.
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Ann Schofield
New England Meteorological Society
State Board of Arbitration
Hallowell Granite Company
Grand Army
Music Hall
Kate Tannatt Woods
Woman’s Press Association
Old Sixth Regiment
Roxbury
Beverly
House of Representatives
West End
Atlantic & Pacific
Louisville
Evansville & St. Louis
Fires Report at Havre Street Home in East Boston
Alarm from Box 162 at 2 23 yesterday afternoon indicated a $700 fire in dwelling No 224 Havre Street East Boston owned by Patrick Fitzpatrick and occupied by John Kelly, prompting a local response.
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Havre Street
East
Boston
Patrick Fitzpatrick
John Kelly
Fire damages multiple buildings in Worcester and New York
Worcester reports the Spencer Hotel consumed by flames with about eight thousand dollars in losses while insurance on the Robert Howe estate and Marean Dennneen furniture totals are listed. In New York two tenement fires injure residents and rescue efforts save eleven children on Sixty Ninth Street and Eleven Avenue and West Sixteenth Street with unknown totals. Meckuensura sees several buildings destroyed and a twenty five thousand dollar loss.
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Worcester
Spencer
Robert Howe
Marean & Denneen
New York
Sixty-ninth Street
Eleventh Avenue
West Sixteenth Street
Nicolas Clulich
Sixteenth Street
John Keenan
Mary
Hook and Ladder Company
Meckuensura
N.Y
Providence Publishing Company Aims Republican Daily
April 19 report notes Democrats in the Legislature backed an amendment to Thayer-Batn Company charter turning it into Providence Publishing Company. Petitioners include Republican officeholders likely to lose power. The paper, modeled on the New York Sun, targets opposition to the Journal.
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Provence
R. L
Sproza
Thayer-Batn Company
Providence Pblishing Company
New York Sun
Fall River to Build New Cotton Mill on Bay Street
Stock is subscribed for a three story mill on the Bay street tract bought from Fall River Savings Bank. The plant will produce a distinct line of cotton goods, with 20 000 to 25 000 spindles, plans to be completed for erection and manufacturing to begin next fall, with capital pledged and organization soon. Also notes the Waterbury Conn Yate alumni first annual dinner honoring President Dwight at Scovill House last evening.
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Fall River
Bay Street
Fall River Savings Bank
Waterbury Conn. Yate
Dwight
Scovill House
Gladstone Skewers Position On Coercion Bill Debate
London April 19 Mr Gladstone spoke at a Highly Club dinner measuring his own position and that of the Unionists. He denied any association of the Parnellites with crime and urged accusers to show rational probability. He urged Liberal Unionists to rally against coercion and questioned the government’s stance on relief for Ireland versus the coercion bill.
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Gladstone
London
Highly
Lord Hartington
Home Rule
Chamberlain
Round Table
Ireland
House of Commons
Epsom Spring Meeting Winners Report
The Epsom spring meeting opened today in London. In the great Surrey handicap, Douglas Baird’s four year old brown colt Doubloon won. The Metropolitan stakes went to Duke of Beaufort’s four year old bay colt Colt. The Westminster stakes were claimed by Duke of Portland’s gelding Saltpetre.
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Loxpor
Douglas Baird
Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Portland
Saltpetre
Knights of Labor Question Moves In Church View
Paris reports the Holy Office decision given to Cardinal Gibbons finds no need for papal intervention based on his memorial. The Temps notes the Pope authorized Cardinal Taschereau to absolve Knights of Labor from penalties if they pledge to obey future Holy See rulings.
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Knights OF Labor
Paris
the Univers
Holy Office
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Temps
Cardinal Taschereau
Holy See
PERE HYACINTHE IIIill in Paris and world news brief
Pére Hyacinthe is seriously ill in Paris. The Prince of Wales will start the jubilee yacht race from the South end pier. Canada seeks an alternative mail route via the Canada Pacific railway, with discussion adjourned to tomorrow. Hlaco, a Dacoit leader, is killed by his own tribesmen as villagers rejoice. The Austrian Hungarian conference agrees to maintain the current compromise. Evictions resume on Lord Lansdowne estates. O'Brien and Kilbridge sail to Canada to denounce Lansdowne. A Primrose meeting carries a letter from Lord Salisbury asserting government duty to protect British-leaning subjects abroad. Cherif Pasha, Egypt's former prime minister, dies at 60. The trial of plotters to kill the Czar begins April 27. The German Crown Prince is reported to have tongue cancer.
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London
Prince of Wales
Southend Pier
Canada
China
Australia
Canada Pacific
Mandalay
Hlaco
Vienna
Duncin
Lord Lansdowne
Messrs
O’brien
Kilbridge
Dus
Primrose
Lord Salisbury
Cairo
Cherif Pasha
Egypt
Paris
Temps
Sullivan Responds To Debates On Phoenix Park
Alexander Sullivan denounces Major Saunderson as a cowardly bully and brutal calumniator and attacks Lord Hartington as a monomaniac. He says he knew little about the Phoenix Park affair, aligns with Parnell and Egan and Brennan, and echoes Parnell on Cavendish.
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Chcaco
Alexander Sullivan
Major Saunderson
Parnellites
Lord Hartington
Frederick Cavendish
Phenix Park
Mr. Parnell
Mr. Egan
Mr. Brennan
National League
Lord Cavendish
Parnell
Protestant Ministers Protest Crucifix Bill in Quebec Courts
Montreal April 19 Protestant ministers met to protest a Quebec bill requiring crucifixes in all courts to strengthen witnesses oaths. A triplicate petition will be sent to the Lieutenant Governor and legislative bodies. The Protestant Ministerial Association of Montreal will lead, with Presbyterian Synod involvement. Rev G Rogers warned Catholics could topple crucifix displays if imposed publicly.
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Montreal
Que
Quebec
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Protestant Ministerial Association of
Presbyterian Synod
G. Rogers
Orange
County of Argenteuil
Disinfecting Rags Suit Before New York Supreme Court
In New York on April 19 a major case before Judge Ingraham and a jury arose from Lockwood & McClintock against Health Officer William M. Smith and others seeking 815,000 damages. The suit claims Smith conspired with Bartlett & Co. to disinfect imported rags from Europe as infectious during the Asiatic cholera scare, with costs charged to the rag owners. The defense denies the allegations. The trial was adjourned to Wednesday.
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New York
Supreme Court
Ingraham
Lockwood & McClintock
William M. Smith
Lower Uarantine
Edward B. Bartlett
Albert Woodruff
Henry E. Mitchie
Europe
Japan
Leghorn
Smith
EF. B
Bartlett & Co
Emory W. McClintock
Brooklyn
Dedication of Roxbury Blind Kindergarten with Howe Poem
A Boston ceremony marks the dedication of the new Perkins Day Street kindergarten for the blind. Dr. Eliot presides, with speakers including A P Peabody Brooks Bartel and Brook Herford. Julia Ward Howe reads a new poem as Mrs Pauline Bridgman and several notable figures attend. endowment target $100000, $1000 pledge received.
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Dr. Peabody
Phillips Brooks
Bartel
Julia Ward Howe
Perkins and
Day Streets
Roxbury
United States
Samuel Eliot
A. P. Peabody
Cyrus A. Bartel
Brooke Herford
John W. Dickinson
State Board of Education
J. M. Rodocanachi
Boston
Robert Treat Paine
Edward N. Perkins
Louis Agassiz
John 5. Gardner
Julia Roxana Gilman
Joseph Wales
Julia Frothingham
Fannie Webster
Henry W. Bellows
Maria C. Porter
John S. Dwight
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
Perkins Institution
J. 8. Bach
Kreutzer
Beethoven
Abt
Louisa M. Alcott
St. Nicholas
E. Lane
Perkins Institute
Julia Romana Anagnos
Eliot
Anagnos
Henry B. Rogers
Peabody
Brooks
Hartford Toll Bridges Freeing Bill Agreed
Hartford Connecticut April 19 The legislative committee on roads and bridges agreed to report a bill freeing toll bridges in Hartford county. The plan calls for 20 percent state funding and 80 percent from benefited towns with Supreme Court appointed commissioners to assess payments. Three bridges fall under the bill across the Connecticut River at Hartford Windsor Locks and Enfield.
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Hartford
Conn
Legislative Committee On Roads and Bridges
Hartford County
Supreme Court of Commissioners
Connecticut
Windsor Locks
Enfield
Crowley Sentenced in Portsmouth Murder Case
Exrren N H April 19 The trial of Daniel Crowley of Portsmouth for the murder of his wife in October last took place today The indictment says Crowley found his wife drunk on the floor and poured kerosene over her and set fire to it Crowley pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree which was accepted He was sentenced to State prison for eighteen months with hard labor.
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Exrren
N. H
Daniel Crowley
Portsmouth
Crowley
A Boom for Sheridan in Vice Presidency Questioning Real Estate Deals
A movement seeks public sentiment on nominating Lieutenant General Phil Sheridan for vice president. Sheridan would accept a Republican presidential nomination but refuses the second spot, while opposition argues against the Interstate Commerce Law and questions real estate transactions.
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Wasurcrox
Sprcrav.j
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
Interstate commerce law dogs Washington visitors
In Washington on April 19 observers report opponents of the interstate commerce law are courting lawmakers to undermine it. Passenger tariffs surging 20 percent, with round figures to St Louis, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati. Visitors to the commission find procedures cold and baggage checks limited, tickets pricier and less cooperative, fueling widespread criticism of the law’s impact. Analysts in the capital foresee a mounting challenge to the measure as the public complains of reduced competition and higher costs.
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Washtoton
Sproran
Washington
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Academy Opens Annual Meeting In Washington
The National Academy of Sciences begins its annual session at the National Museum with a private morning meeting led by President C C March. Notable members present include Abbe, Baird, Bell, Marsh, Langley, Gibbs, Cope, Loomis, Hale, and Young. A public noon session featured papers on chemical integration, the Charleston earthquake, vertebrate anatomy, Sahara climate, a new spectrum map, and more.
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Arnold Hague
Asaph Hall
George W. Hill
T. Sterry Hunt
Samuel P. Langley
0. C. Marsh
General M. C. Meigs
Henry Mitchell
Edward S. Morse
Simon Newcombe
Frederick W. Putnam
Ira Remsen
Charles A. Scott
Francis A. Walker
Charles A. Young
Professor Marsh
Sahara
Elias Loomis
Professor Young
8. P. Lanley
Washington Ex-Senator warns of Congress real estate scandals
An ex-Senator alleges members of both houses are engaged in Washington real estate speculation to profit from city development. He claims at least a dozen Senators and as many Representatives are involved, and says property interests sway votes on improvements, foretelling an upcoming scandal unless halted.
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Washington
Congress
House of Congress
Secretary Appointed to Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward A. Moseley of Boston has been elected secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A Democratic Massachusetts legislator, Moseley is 41 and a Newburyport native. His father long served Essex County in state government. Moseley’s career spanned shipping, wholesale trade, lumber, and various firms, with broad railroad dealings. He lived in Maine, the South, South America, and the West Indies during his business life.
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Washmeton
Edward A. Moseley
Hoston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Massachusetts
Mr. Moseley
Newburyport
Essex County
Senate
Moseley
Bartlett Mills Corporation
N. & B. Goddard
Boston
Eastndia
Newburyport Official With Long Service Dies or Retires
A Newburyport political figure, longtime alderman and sinking fund commissioner, served two years on the board and fourteen years as sinking fund commissioner. Elected to the House in 1886 and 1887 by large majorities, he earned a railroad committee seat last year and again this year. He is a member of the Democratic State committee and its executive committee.
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Newburyport
Democratic State Committee
Commission Organized to Probe GovernmentAided Railroads
Wasuineron April 19 The commission appointed to audit government aided railroads visited the Interior Department and paid respects to Secretary Lamar. It organized by electing ex Governor Pattison as chairman and planned to meet in the geological survey rooms tomorrow to begin formal investigations into Pacific railroad affairs.
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Wasuineron
Interior Department
Lamar
Pattison
Pacific Railroads
Geological Survey
Pensions Granted to New England Residents in April
Pensions are listed for residents across Maine Massachusetts and Vermont with names and statuses including original, increase, restoration and reissue. Notable entries cover Sedgwick Belfast Skowhegan Charlestown Brockton North Billerica Kingston Holyoke Thetford Centre East Burke and other locales.
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Wasmetton
New England
Maine
Melinda
Samuel Crocker
Sedgwick
Charles A. Robinson
Sherman Mills
Richmond M. Rhoda
Hodgdon
Oliver R. Yeaton
Increase
Belfast
William O. Burnham
Oldtown
Charles A. Dollivar
New Harbor
William B. Bradford
Cushing
John B. Adams
Skowhegan
Levi C. Flint
Monson
Alexander Jenkins
Newport
George W. Paper
Somerville
Massachusetts
Emma L
Arabus Small
Charlestown
Bernard Lally
Brockton
Bartholomew Harrican
North Billerica
George L. Churchill
Kingston
Charles Starkes
East Boston
Calvin L. Brigham
Sterling
Nelson M._ Randall
South Easton
Peter Kallaber
North Adams
Patrick Brown
Salem
George W. Gibson
Holyoke
New Hamahire
Eben Rand
Winchester
Roscoe G. Dalley
Tika
George Edward Walsh
Woodsville
Vermort
Newton
Howard
Thetford Centre
William Lafert
St. Jonsbury
Postponed Patent Case and Appointments Reported
Washington reports the patent hearing on Edison Gray Bell McDonough reopen case postponed indefinitely due to illness of an attorney. Postmasters named for North Plymouth and Pratt's Junction Mass. Albert Ordway made brigadier general of the district militia. Interstate Commerce Commission to hear railroads Thursday on suspension of long and short haul under the ecommerce law.
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Washington
Commissioner of Patents
J. W. McDonough
A. Edison
Elisha Gray
Alexander Graham Bell
George A. Jones
North Plymouth
Mass
James T. Learned
Pratt’s Junction
Albert Ordway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Repeal Policy Debate Prompted in Haurax
The local government releases a series of resolutions arguing Confederation harmed by revenue transfer to the federal government and asserting the public favor for repeal, with a plan for another appeal to the people. The debate starts in two days as the government holds a twenty two vote majority and a faction pushes for a summer referendum.
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Haurax
N. S
Sprcran
Confederation
Ivernment
Cyclone in Virginia Destroys Homes and Kills Two
A cyclone struck Serfolk and Nansemond counties Virginia on April 19 causing two deaths and serious injuries. The Wright family home six miles north of Suffolk on the Norfolk and Western line was demolished with Mrs Wright, Mr Luke killed and a young sister fatally injured. Mr Wright was seriously hurt. Extensive property damage occurred along the 100 yard wide track.
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Serfolk
Nansemond County
John Wright
Suffolk
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Wright
James Luke
Knights of Labor Convention Opens in City Hall
The Knights of Labor District Assembly 30 met at City Hall with about 275 delegates from across the state, including 25 women. Howard of Fall River was elected president and Edwin St. Blaine of Malden Secre tary-Treasurer. The key issue is Worcester county shoemakers strikes and the treasury funds.
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Knights OF Labor
Howard
Fall Rives
Edwin St. Blaine
Malden
Worcester County
Solousien
Knights of Labor Assembly
Water Works for Old Orchard
Old Orchard citizens plan a spring water system drawing from Phillips's Spring three miles inland. Estimated cost about 40000 includes spring purchase and piping. Town may fund hydrants. a town meeting will decide, with early work possible after frost. Boston capitalists show interest.
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Old Orchard
BrppeForp
Phillips
Boston
No Formal Reception For Mr Blaine In Chicago
ChicsGo April 19 No formal reception will be tendered by the Union League Club to Mr Blaine on his arrival here tomorrow morning. His health is improving.
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Blaine ChicsGo
Mr. Blaine
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Egan
Saunderson
Tunbridge
Pere Hyacinthe III
Pére Hyacinthe
New York Supreme Court
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Earth
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Francis N. Wayland
Perkins Institution For the
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Samuel G. Howe
Reason
Laura Bridgman
Job
Monckton Milnes
Jesus
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Everett
Choate
Edward H. Clarke
Froebel
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Lincoln
Hawthorne
Harriet Stowe
Brethren and Sisters
Christ
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Nature
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Phil
NEW England Pensions
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