New Hampshire Republican State Convention Preview
The Republican State convention meets this week in Concord to ratify a delegate slate led by Frank C. Churchill and Ben Kimball. Opponents, led by Col. Frank H. Challis, challenge the lineup, while Henry W. Blair’s presidential bid is deemed unlikely to gain pace. Ex-Speaker Hiram D. Upton will preside and Henry M. Putney will write the platform, promising stalwart resolutions and a mixed stance on Prohibition and currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Hea Putney
Frank C. Churchill
Lebanon
Ben Kimball
Concord
Charles T. Means
Manchester
Henry B. Quimby
Lakeport
State Committee
Frank H. Challis
Manchester Daily Press
H. K. Quinby
Executive Council
Harrison
New Hampshire
Henry W. Blair
Granite State
Blair
Formice
Hiram D. Upton
Henry M. Putney
Manchester Mirror
McKinley
French Strikers Clash With Gendarmes at Gien
In Paris on April 24, a clash occurred at Gien between gendarmes and striking workers. Gendarmes used swords vigorously and several persons were seriously wounded in the confrontation.
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Paris
Gien
Second Nationalist Club Votes for Free Coinage of Silver
The Boston Second Nationalist Club, after amendments, passed a resolution favoring free coinage of silver. It advocates monetary nationalization to restore prior equitable conditions and rejects press claims of no sentiment in Massachusetts for such legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. White
Nationalist Club
Nationalist Club of
Boston
Massachusetts
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Promise Natural Relief
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a natural aid to Nature, claiming the pills cleanse and regulate the system gently. It touts relief and permanent cure for headaches, biliousness, indigestion, and liver and bowel disorders, with a sugar coated pellet dosage of one for laxative and three for cathartic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Predce
A Slick Scheme Ends in Linley Bank Arrest in Grafton
Chester T. Linley, president of the defunct First National Bank of Grafton, was arrested on charges of misappropriating fifteen thousand dollars. He posted bail of fifteen thousand dollars after a warrant issued by Commissioner Hallett. Linley, once Worcester County banker of note, built his control through risky loans and stock purchases. The bank closed after a tumultuous sequence of withdrawals and an unfavorable examination. He is described as having acted with audacity, though associates say he meant well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester T. Linley
First National Bank of Grafton
Marshal Galloupe
Gatchell
Linley
White House
Commonwealth Avenue
Allen
Hallett
Traders’ Bank
L. N. Johnson
Napoleon
Worcester County
Spencer National Bank
Savings
First
National Bank
Grafton
Grafton Bank
Jay Gould
Horace Warren
Getchell
Wseerere Cree
Rene Cassences
Getchelli
Lintey
Johnson
Fire at Armour Packing Co Damages Commercial Wharf Building
Last evening a fire at 39 and 40 Commercial Wharf, occupied by Armour Packing as a smoke house, destroyed a large stock of hams in curing. Total stock loss about 10 000 and building damage around 500 with damage owing to heat and water. Fire originated from an overheated furnace on the ground floor. Cellar goods such as battering and lard remained uninjured. Building owned by Sweetzer Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Packing Company
Sweetzerros
Chickasaw Club Hosts Ladies Night at Vendome
On Wednesday evening the Chickasaw club will celebrate ladies night at the Vendome with a reception for Isabel C. Barrows, Cora Stuart Wheeler, Devil F. B. Bancroft, the Hon. Thomas N. Hart, General A. P. Martin and Claes J. Enebuske.
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Chickasawbut Club
The
Vendome
Isabel C. Barrows
Cora Stuart Wheeler
Devil F. B. Bancroft
Thomas N. Hart
A. P. Martin
Claes J. Enebuske
Fire Damages Hastings Home on Shawmut Avenue
At 11 46 Sunday morning Box 87 alerted a blaze in the dwelling house of George W Hastings 625 Shawmut avenue. A curtain caught fire from a cigar Damare S25.
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George W. Hastings
Shawmut Avenue
Portrait of a Man Haunting the Boston Night
A Sunday night scene near the State House recalls Major Stillman W. Edeel born 1830 Winchester Massachusetts. He served in the Fifteenth Massachusetts infantry lost an arm at Cold Harbor and later served twenty eight years as doorkeeper of the Massachusetts Senate before his disappearance from Waltham living with his niece Mrs Stone.
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Stillman W. Edeel
Winchester
Mass
Fitchburg
Fifteenth
Massachusetts Infantry
Cold Harbor
Custom House
Senate of
Massachusetts
Stone
Waltham
Duel at Nieuport Bains ends with Borrowe wounded
Edward Fox and Hallett Alsup Borrowe dueled on the shore near Ostend with 45 calibre pistols. Both shots missed first volley. Borrowe struck Fox in the waist area, Fox unharmed. Seconds arranged escape to Ostend then London. Belgian police pursue the combatants amid legal penalties. A later dispute involves Colonel Tom Ochiltree over alleged letters.
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Broussel
Edward Fox
Hallett Alsup Borrowe
Nieuport Bains
Ostend
William B. Bacon, Jr
Baston
Fox
Harry Vane Milbank
Borrowe
Lorrowe
London
Brussels
England
Belgium
Tom Ochiltree
Ochiltree
Bellboy with a razor slashes Otis on Dover street
Martin Conlon a bellboy at Adams House is alleged to have slashed Charles M Otis on Avery street yesterday after a dispute with another bellboy The razor cut Otis across the upper lip and down his chin and neck Officers arrested Conlon at his home 409 Indiana place Dr Thompson treated Otis and he was ordered to City Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Conlon
Adams House
Charles M. Otis
Dover Street
Avery Street
Conlon
Otis
Indiana Place
Division 4
Thompson
Yellow Fever at Sea Looms Over Vigilance
London reports the steamer Vigilance reached port with six crew ill from yellow fever at Santos. Five returned to service, one remained convalescent. St wardess Bertha Corbe died April 4 and was buried at sea along with waiter Gerald O Brien who died April 5. No further sickness since.
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London
Vigilance
Santos
Bertha Corbe
Gerald O' Brin
Collins selects permanent chair at Democratic delegates
The Democratic delegates to the Chicago Convention met on Saturday with twenty four of thirty present at Washington street headquarters. General Patrick A. Collins was absent for a funeral, Henry S. Lyons represented ex Representative A C Houghton, and General John W Corcoran presided while P A Collins was named permanent chairman. Delegation HQ at the Palmer House to open June 21 with a possible start June 18, route choices include Boston and Albany or Hoosac tunnel. The full delegate list follows with districts and alternates from Greenfield Holyoke Pittsfield Williamsburg Belchertown and more.
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Chicago
Washington Street
Patrick A. Collins
A.C. Houghton
North Adams
Henry S. Lyons
John W. Corcoran
P. A. Collins
I’‘Ulmer House
Boston and Albans
Hoosac Tunnel
Delezaes
Clinton
Patr Ek A. Collins
Boston
John KK. Russell
Belchertown
W. E.¢Mellen
Cincopee
I. J. Sullivan
Springfield
George D. Bates
Ashol
Joan R. ‘Thayer
Worcester
John O'Gara
Spencer
J. KE. Sullivan
John J. Banniygan
Blackstone
Roberts M. Burnett
Southboro
James P. Murphy
Walthan
James W. McDonald
Marlboro
George H. Heywood
Gardiner
Peter H. Donohue
Lowell
Alexander B. Bruce
Lawrence
Thomas Salmon
Woburn
George W. Lenney
Methuen
Thomas A. Devine
Salem
Benjamin F. Bricket
Haverhill
Daniel J. O’brien
Sylvester A. Donahue
Georgetown
John R. Murphy
Charlestown
Hery A. Morris
Lynn
Woodbury
Breckton
Philip Brady
Attleboro
Park W
Hewinsoo
Taunton
Henry C. Thacher
Yarmouth
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
James E. Sullivan
Michael Toone
Punished at Last for Fraud by Noted Swindler Trask
In Chicago on April 24 Edward A. Trask, famed for real estate and bond swindling, was found guilty of issuing fraudulent paper and sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. He faces six more indictments for perjury conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretenses, with victims running into thousands.
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Chcaco
Edward A. Trask
Trask
Norious
Week of Prize Fights in New Orleans Planned
A summary from New Orleans dated April 24 predicts a sequence of boxing bouts at the Olympic Club between September 5 and 10. Expected matches include Corbett vs Sullivan for the heavyweight title with a $25,000 purse, Fitzsimmons vs Hall for the middleweight title at $12,000, and McAuliffe vs Meyer for the lightweight title at $6,000.
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New Orleans
Olympic Club
Corbett
Sullivan
Fitzsimmons and Hall
McAuliffe
Meyer
New York Records Excise Arrests With 120 Taken Today
Keeping New York day reports the city’s peak arrests for excise violations in years with 120 prisoners rounded up today in a major enforcement sweep. Federal and local authorities coordinated the operation across multiple precincts.
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New York
Fires on Dover Street Fire scorches bake shop and brick dwelling
Last night two fires on Dover street within two hours caused $510 in damage. A bake shop at 86 Dover owned by the Layer estate burned about 11:20 p.m. and was extinguished by Engine Company 3 and Ladder Company 3. A four story brick house at 225 Dover, owned by the Plympton heirs, started by Abraham Reacken, was reported at 12:27 a.m. with undetermined damage. A lamp ignited lace at 200 Clarkson, owned by Arthurs, occupied by John D Blake, after a dropped match. Damage unspecified.
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Mary C. Curtis
Dover Street
Engine Company 3
Ladder Company 3
Layer Estate
Plympton Heirs
Abraham Reacken
Clarkson Avenue
Arthurs, Blis
John D. Blake
Cheap Lodgings Exposed by Post Reporter at City Depot
A Boston Post reporter spent a night in a Prince Street cheap lodging house run by William Edwards. He describes stifling air, a bed among sixty, vermin, and filth. A nearby occupant warns him to avoid returning as beds are claimed by residents and attendants. The piece condemns conditions and highlights police criticisms of the place.
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William Edwards
Prince Street
Edwards
North End
Qu.lt
Spenser House Rated Hard on District by Captain Gaskins
A Post reporter describes the Spenser House on Utica Street near the Boston and Albany depot as a rough lodging venue. Racks of dirty bunks, foul odor, intoxicated occupants, and general neglect prompt officers at Station 4 to raid the place, with at least one elderly man insensible on a cot and a youthful guest just recovering from a spree.
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Utica Street
Boston & Albany
Spenser
Captain Gaskins
Station 4
Post
Palmer House at Beverly Street a Cheap Bed House
A Palmer House near the Fitchburg and Eastern depots is described as a 15, 20 and 25 cent lodging house run by P. J. Kelleher. The North End location reportedly serves a disreputable crowd and extorts money from unsuspecting travelers. an inspection found a barren office with dim gas lighting and crowded settees. authorities observed thirty eight occupants.
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Palmer
Beverly Street
P. J. Kelleher
Chicago
North End
Fitchburg
Boson & Maine
Lowe
Wise
State Engraving Offer For Post Subscribers
Readers who send thirty coupons or have them ready can obtain the State engraving by visiting the Post publication office in Boston. Four month subscribers receive engraving in advance with additional engravings on coupon presentation. Four month subscription is one dollar. To mail, use tubes. eight cents stamps covers tube and postage.
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Post
Office of the Post
the Post
Boston
Filthy Rowhouse Hideout Held By Debauchery
A chaotic house described by the Postman shows men sprawled in makeshift rooms on multiple floors. Furnishings are minimal or improvised with canvas vats, sheets, and quilts. Inmates sleep in dirty beds, many clothed, amid filth and vermin, with accusations the place shelters the lowest class.
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Kelly
Enonch
Griffin Links to Attempted Robbery at 65 Eastern Avenue
George Griffin, accused of trying to rob John McDonald at 65 Eastern Avenue, is in critical condition at City Hospital. Witnesses say Griffin visited Mrs Lettman, showed a wallet, demanded a dollar for beer, grabbed the purse, and refused to release it until teeth bit his thumb. Mrs Robinson called for help. McDonald descended stairs, threw Griffin, who was later taken into custody by police.
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George Griffin
John McDonald
Eastern Avenue
City Hospital
Griffin
McDonald
Lettman
Guiteau’s Counsel Reed Dies at 58 in Baltimore
Charles H. Reed, attorney for Guiteau the Garfield assassin, died in Baltimore at age 58 from progressive paralysis. Years earlier he, during a period of mental illness, leaped from a Jersey City ferry into the North River and later attempted another suicide in the city.
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Baltimore
Charles H. Reed
Guiteau
Garfield
Reed
Jersey Cry
North River
Man finds revolver in short visit at 4 Anderson Street
Charles Cullen while perusing old papers in a room at 4 Anderson Street discovered a revolver. When he handled it the weapon fired, the ball entering his right shoulder. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with non serious injuries.
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Charles Cullen
Anderson Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
McClure's Lincoln and War Time Volume Preview
A May 1 release by Philadelphia Times Publishing Company features A. K. McClure's Lincoln and Men of War Time in a 400 page illustrated volume. Subscriptions cost 7 dollars cloth and 3 dollars morocco, mailed postpaid from Eighth and Chestnut streets. Agents sought via J. W. Keeler & Co., 289 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Times Publishing Company
Lincoln
A. K. McClure
Morocco
Times
J. W. Keeler & Co
South Sixth
Philadephia
Sluggish stream and impure blood cure advised
A pseudo health article argues sluggish blood causes weakness and depression. It promotes keeping blood moving by gentle stimulation, endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the only pure medicinal stimulant and warns against cheaper misleading tonics.
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Duffy
The Long Star Cotton Picker promised labor saver
The Ning of labor savers is the Long Star Cotton Picker, projecting savings of 80 million annually in harvests. A full-sizer working machine is on display at 31 Mik street. Investors may share in the profits, with stock sold in lots from a single $10 share or larger blocks.
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Mik Street
Paris Dancer Bertote Talks Life and Stage at Palace
In a Palace Theatre dressing room interview, Paris born Bertote, a young dancer, recounts starting at age five under her father the Grand Opera ballet master. She describes touring Europe, performing at the Exposition in Paris, and coming to America, where she has found generous reception and hard work, including rapid costume changes and her snakes dance.
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Beretoto
Palace Theatre
Bertote
Mamma
Uge
Mitre de Ballet
Grand Opera
Paris
Bertoto
Europe
Austria
Germany
Budapesth
Berlin
Antwerp
Vienna
Pares
England
America
Wag
Mme. Bertote
Bertate
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Ayer
William Craig
Stephen Craig
Charlotte At
Philadelphia
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Maia
Druggisis Everywhere
Concoron
N. H
C.T. Linley
U.S
United States
Eanol Sc
Divisien
Riverside Park
Cambridge
State House
Evi
Charles River
Harvard Bridge
Dedham and
Albany Sts
Boston Veterinary Hospital
B. Edward C. Docs
Wilvert Soule
Palmer House
McLure
Ruggistea
I. Jonn & Col
Boston, Maa
Dertoto
Blaarchuard & Fakbrar
Do K Sq
Faneuil Haias
J.& T. Folan
Haverhill St. Noris Side
Dewot
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