Royal Arcanum Opens 19th Massachusetts Session With Balloted Officers
About 150 representatives attended the Royal Arcanum in Knights of Honor Hall as Grand Regent Albert W. David opened the nineteenth annual session. Reports by David, Grand Secretary Herbert A. Boynton, and the treasurer were read. Officers will be elected by ballot for the first time, at 1 30 p m today, after opposition to appointments. Banquet at Young's Hotel featured Mayor Quincy and remarks on the order’s progress.
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Royal Arcanum
Massachusetts
Knights of Honor Hall
Albert W. David
Lowell
Herbert A. Boynton
A. C. Trippe
Baltimore
William A. Tompkins
New York
John Haskell Butler
Boston
Grand Council
Post
Youngs
Royal Arcanum Club
Young's Hotel
Victor J. Loring
Quincy
Supreme
Orchestra
Loring
Opposition to German working hours limit in Reichstag speech
In Berlin Count Herbert Bismarck opposed government plans to cap working hours, arguing it would disrupt trade. Freiherr Von Berlepsch, the commerce minister, defended the policy and promised to push protection laws for workers and fix any defects.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Count Herbert Bismarck
Germany
Freiherr von Berlepsch
Ecommerce
Count Bismarck
New York Nears 3 Million Population in 1898 Plan
The greater New York bill pending Governor Morton would create a city with over 3,000,000 people by January 1, 1898. The latest censuses place London at 5,633,332 and New York at 2,985,422, with Paris, Canton, Berlin, Tokio, Vienna, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Petersburg rounding out the world’s top ten.
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New York
Greater New York
Morton
America
Canton
China
London
Charing Cross
Paris
Berlin
Tokio
Vienna
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Women delegates rejected at general conference vote
The proposal to admit women as lay delegates to the M. E. church general conference failed by 18 votes. North Dakota’s tally brought the totals to 7515 in favor and 229 against from a total of 10044, leaving supporters short of the needed 7533. Three women elected as lay delegates may be admitted by a simple majority at the next conference.
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Baltimore
M. E. Church
North Dakota
Tug 8 Hart Makes First Passage to New Bedford
NEW LONDON Conn April 23 Tug 8 Hart from Woodhall Co Baltimore arrived this evening on her first Long Island Sound trip. Built for the New Bedford Towboat Co with Manager J T Sherman she is 88 feet long 17 feet beam 200 horse power and sped 12 miles on trial. She will stay until tomorrow then proceed to New Bedford.
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New London
Conn
8. C. Hart
Woodhall & Co
Baltimore
Long Island Sound
New Bedford Towboat Company
J. T. Sherman
New Bedford
Bargains in Now or Second-hand Pianos
Classified notice offering second hand upright pianos from 100 dollars, grand pianos from 75 dollars, square pianos from 15 dollars. Rental option features a 71 3 octave upright piano for three months for 10 dollars. England Piano with terse pricing.
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Barcains
England
Show to Tell It Facts About Dean's Kidney Pills
A Boston testimonial ad praises Dean's Kidney Pills for curing long standing kidney troubles. Mrs. C S Whipple recounts relief from back pain urinary issues and bloating after using the pills at Bradbury's Pharmacy. The piece emphasizes convincing, factual proof and directs readers to Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as sole U S agents.
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Boston
Dean
C. S. Whipple
North Ave
Roxbury
Bradbury’s Pharmacy
Washington St
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Water Front Notes and Maritime Traffic Highlights
Passengers on the British steamer Yarmouth include Oscar F. Larkin and Hibbard Conrad sent home by the U S consul. The wreck of schooner William Wilson near Chatham is cleared with 38 feet depth over remaining wreckage. River boatman Billy Wallace suffers a heart attack and is treated at Massachusetts General Hospital. Engineer Charles Johnson’s wife dies of pneumonia, buried at Holyhood Cemetery. Steamer Leon arrives from Port Antonio with bananas and coconuts. The German bark Santiago reports its foretop mast lost in latitude 13.34, 44.27. Allan line steamer Scandinavian sighted 23 icebergs after passing other ships. The three-masted schooner Roger Drury sold for 6000 dollars and is loading plaster in Red Beach, Maine. Captain Trimm sues over a collision off Cape Hatteras. Tug Hamilton A Mathis on the marine railway for repairs. Weekly cattle shipments from port reach a record high, with nine steamers carrying 6496 head to London, Liverpool, Hull, and Glasgow. The Cambroman and Norseman carried the largest shares.
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Smith
Oscar F. Larkin
Hibbard Conrad
Portland
Agnes E. Downes
United States
William Wilson
Chatham
Billy Wallace
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Johnson
William H. Clark
Holyhood
Brookline
Saratoga Street
Boston
William Brittain
Camilla
Leon
Port Antonio
Jam
Santiago
Melbourne
McAdam
Allan Line
Scandinavian
Glasgow
Moville
Sarmatian
Baltimore
International Navigation Company
Roger Drury
Taunton
Mass
J. M. Phillips
R. C. Elkin
St. John
N. B
Drury
Red Beach
Norfolk
Trimm
Mary L. Crosby
United States District Court
Philadelphia
Mary B. Baird
Cape Hatteras
Hamilton A. Mathis
Atlantic Works
May Return 10 China Smuggling Case at Charles Street Jail
Ung Fong, a Chinaman, is a guest of Charles Street Jail charged with smuggling himself into the United States. The case is continued today as Ung has not posted the $1900 bail. May Loy, a United States interpreter, alleges evidence that Ung crossed the Canadian line at Niagara Falls in a closed carriage. Officials say they have uncovered a scheme by which Chinese entrants enter unlawfully.
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Ung Fong
Charles Street
Uncle Sam
Ung
May Loy
United States
Niagara Falls
Saville’s Hotel proprietor dies after carriage accident
George K. Saville owner of Saville's Hotel Bowdoin square died in City Hospital from a fractured skull suffered when his horse ran away and threw him from a carriage on Ruggles street Rexbury into a ditch ten feet away yesterday.
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George K. Saville
Saville
Bowdoin Square
Ruggles Street
Rexbury
Inkstand Fight in Naval Committee Room Ends With Injury
A heated exchange in the House committee on naval affairs turned violent when Missouri Representative Hall threw an inkstand at Mississippi Representative Money after Money accused him of calling him a liar. Money suffered a scalp wound. Hall stayed in the room and later returned to the House.
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Hall of Missouri
Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representatives Hall
Missouri
Money
Mississippi
Wilson
New York
Engineer Corps
Navy
Messrs. Hall
Meyer
Louisiana
Commodore Vythian
Bartlett
Hall
Mr. Hall
Mr. Money
Tom Coakley
Bayne
Capitol Hill
Naval Committee
NEW COMMISSION NAMED TO STUDY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
The Governor named William F. Wharton of Groton Charles F. Folsom of Boston and Davis R. Dewey of Brookline to a new commission on Commonwealth public institutions.Wharton Harvard graduate former Boston councilman and state representative Folsom Harvard educated physician served on health boards and national commissions Dewey Johns Hopkins PhD economist and longtime Institute of Technology professor led 1894 unemployment commission Edward B. Pratt of Hingham nominated for special justice Plymouth district court Harvard and Boston University Law School graduate
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Commonwealth
William F. Wharton
Groton
Charles F. Folsom
Boston
Davis R. Dewey
Brookline
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Boston Common Council
House of Representatives
Blaine
Medical School of
Harvard
McLean Asylum
George Darby
State Board of Health
National Board of Health
Memphis
Henry I
Bowditch
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Boston City Hospital
Dewey
Johns Hopkins University
Thomas F. McDevitt Dies at 30 in East Boston
Thomas Francis McDevitt a prominent East Boston businessman died after a brief pneumonia illness at his home 42 Chelsea street aged 30. He led Marginal street ventures and studied at Adams and East Boston high schools. He belonged to Redberry Council Knights of Columbus and other fraternal groups. He leaves a mother sister Mrs William Taylor and brother Dr J J McDevitt. Funeral is set for 10 am Saturday from the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer Maverick street East Boston.
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Thomas Francis McDevitt
East Boston
Chelsea Street
McDevitt
Adams
Redberry Council
Knights of Columbus
William Taylor
J. J. McDevitt
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Maverick Street
East
Boston
Miss Kate McGilvray Reclaims Lost Handbag at Store
Miss Kate L. McGilvray recovered her handbag left on a counter in R. H. White & Co. store containing $60 and valuables. A woman called Mrs. So-and-So unknowingly picked up the bag and turned it in to the floorwalker who handed it to the office. Police were notified and the owner was soon reunited with her property. The floorwalker initially feared a confidence game but concluded the helper was absent minded, not a thief.
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Kate L. McGilvray
R. H. White & Co
Miss Mc
Goodyear Welt Shoes On Display At 47 Boylston Street
Exhibit shows Goodyear Welt shoe making at 47 Boylston Street with machines proving durability and comfort. Goodyear West shoes, produced in many styles and sizes, are sold by leading merchants and carry the Goodyear trademark on the sole.
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Boylston Street
United States
Goodyear
Goodyear West
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co Trade Mark Notice
Trade mark notice from Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co of Boston. Mark referenced as registered or claimed in relation to footwear machinery and related goods.
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Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co
Bourgeois Government Resigns in France Amid Madagascar Crisis
Paris April 23 The Bourgeois ministry formally tendered resignations to President Faure at the Elysee and M Favre accepted them. Bourgeois recalled the Madagascar credits vote and noted the Senate’s refusal to sanction expenditures. Ricard urged universal suffrage supremacy. Lebon proposed adjournment, which was voted down 283 to 268.
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Bourgeois
The
Elysee
Faure
M. Favre
M. Bourgeois
Chamber of Deputies
Madagascar
Senate
M. Henri Ricard
M.maurice Lebon
M. James
M. Ricard
The Sporting Duchess in Boston Opens Monday Night
A Boston program notes Clipstone the Derby winner in The Sporting Duchess at Hollis. Agnes Booth nurtures the horse Clipstone, reception of costumes and props, and two major shifts in lineup with Ada Rehan and Miss Johnstone among actors. The season features Gunter’s Florida Enchantment, Duse Camille, and Keells dance at venues including Park, Hollis, Boston Theatre, and Keith’s.
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Clipstone
Charles Frohman
Rich & Harris
Boston
Eolus
Agnes Booth
Tattersall’s
Loie Fuller
Joseph Jefferson
Kilhams Held for False Imprisonment in Lynn Case
In Municipal Criminal Court Judge Brown bound Westerly W Kilham and Etta A Kilham of Lynn over on 500 bail each for the May grand jury on a complaint charging false imprisonment of 4 year old Celia Leonard whose parents live on Norwich street this city Mrs Kilham testified she received the child from a girl on Harrison avenue she thought she was the mother and did not notify police Leonard child went missing Oct 6 and was found about ten days ago at the Kilhams home in Lynn after a publication in the Post.
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Municipal Criminal Court
Brown
Westerly W. Kilham
Etta A. Kilham
Lynn
Celia Leonard
Norwich Street
Leonard
Kilhiams
Post
Ex-kitchen maid reveals secret marriage in robbery case
New York April 23 Edia Stinquist former kitchen maid of Townsend Burden accused of complicity in the theft of Mrs Burden's jewels appeared before Recorder Goff. She disclosed she is secretly married to Dan Junk Townsend Burden's Newport neighbor's coachman. She expects her husband to call at the Tombs and trusts ultimate acquittal.
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New York
Edia Stinquist
Townsend Burden
Mrs. Burden
Recorder Goff
Dan Junk
L. Kernochan
Newport
Whaling opens at Provincetown with hopeful oil yield
The whaling season from Provincetown opened with good prospects for oil. Steamer A. B. Nickerson, Captain Nickerson, has killed four whales including two humpbacks and landed them at Herring Cove oil works. One whale about 60 feet could yield fifty to sixty barrels. A large whale school is seen around the Cape, and local small steamers press after them.
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Provincetown
A. B. Nickerson
Nickerson
Herring Cove
Cape
Feud Turns Violent in Willimantic Over Farm Sale
In Mansfield, neighbors William Turner and Milo Strange clashed outside Strange's home when Strange fired a shotgun at Turner as he passed by. Turner was struck in the left arm but the wound is not dangerous. Strange has not yet been arrested. The dispute reportedly began over a farm sale two years ago.
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Willimantic
Conn
William Turner
Milo Strange
Mansfield
Turner
Strange
Forest Fires Threaten Homes Across New Jersey
Forest fires rage near Egg Harbor City andPomona, destroying hundreds of acres of pine woods and cranberry bogs. Farmers are called to help fight the flames while trains in South Jersey face travel disruptions along the Tucahoer River region.
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New York
Egg Harbor City
N. J
Pomona
Tucahoe River
South Jersey
Freight crash kills two railmen in Indiana collision
A west bound freight on the Louisville and Nashville railroad rear ended a passenger train on the Evansville and Terre Haute line near Mount Vernon Indiana. Brakemen W E Driscoll and F R Thompson were killed. Several railroad workers including Charles Finney Jacob Laib William Turner and Patrick Maroney were seriously injured. No passengers were hurt.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Louisville & Nashville
Evansville & Terre Haute
W. E. Driscoll
F. R. Thompson
Charles Finney
Jacob Laib
William Turner
Patrick Maroney
Colonial Tea at Howland Homestead Charlestown Event
Mrs. Charles Howland hosted a colonial tea at the Howland homestead on Main Street Charlestown last evening. Entertainment came from guests including Miss Eva Smith and Mr. Ricker who performed a hit duet. gowns were noted as charming among attendees F B Howland, Eva and Lillian Smith, Mrs. Hall of Roxbury, Mr. and Mrs. William McClean, Mr. and Mrs. Ricker, Mr. George Carpenter, and Mr. Russell Hall of Roxbury attended.
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Charles Howland
Howland
Main Street
Charlestown
Eva Smith
Mr. Ricker
F. B. Howland
Eva
Lillian Smith
Hall
Roxbury
William McClean
Ricker
George Carpenter
Russell Hall
Bulfinch front to stand after Ways and Means split
The Ways and Means Committee voted six to five to preserve the Bulfinch front. Supporters include Lowell Stevens Mellen Harwood Clarke Weymouth, while Humprey George Fillmore Gallivan Bouve oppose. Statewide sentiment favors preservation, and the influential committee is expected to allow the front to stand.
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Committee On Ways and Means
Messrs
Francis C. Lowell
House
Ezra A. Stevens
Malden
James H. Mellen
Worcester
Albert L. Harwood
Newton
Albert Clarke
Wellesley
George W. Weymouth
Fitchburg
H. D. Humprey
Dedham
Samuel George
Haverhill
Fillmore
Cambridge
Gallivan
South Boston
Bouve
Hingham
Depew To Flash World Message By Niagara Power
New York announces Chauncey M Depew will transmit a huge message via Niagara Falls electricity to cities worldwide. The plan uses Niagara power to push a telegraph signal around the world through London Lisbon Suez Singapore Melbourne and Sydney. Niagara officials say Depew was chosen for his global fame.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Niagara Falls
Nicola Tesla
Niagara Power Company
Madison Square Garden
Western Union Company
Mr. Depew
Penzance
Eng
Lisbon
Mediterranean Sea
Suez
Red Sea
Aden
Indian Ocean
Bombay
India
Madras
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Depew
F. W. Hawley
Niagara Corporation
Heiress to millions sparks from New Jersey widow claim
Enstantine Gaudin of Woodcliff New Jersey, age 58, a dressmaker by trade, believes she is an heiress to 17 million dollars. A California lawyer, claiming to be executor of the will of Emilie Pinaud, formerly of France and South America, says Gaudin is an heir to a vast fortune.
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New York
Enstantine Gaudin
Woodcliff
N. J
California
Emilie Pinaud
South Bay to be filled and developed in Boston
Citizens in Boston anticipate filling in the South Bay a 100 acre water sheet in the city center. Real estate schemers see rich potential as the harbor and land commission chairman Emery has reviewed the premises and favors the plan.
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Boston
South Bay
Emery
Harbor and Land Commission
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