Nuisance Plagues Orient Heights Vacant Lot
Residents fear a sewerless 70 000 foot vacant lot on Ashley avenue near Breed and Bennington streets will breed fever and diphtheria this summer. Cesspools drain into the site, odors permeate Blackington School, and the Orient Heights Improvement Association demands action by the Board of Health to lay a sewer.
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Orient Heights
Boston
Crog
Lynn
Saugus
Heights
Board of Health
Blackington
Boston Land Company
Ashley Avenue
Bennington
Breed Streets
Edward H. Dockam
Orient Heights Improvement Association
Dockam
Improvement Society
Patriots Besieged Fort Zanja Near Manzanita Falls
Havana April 24 General Gonzalez Munoz reports dispersing patriots who besieged Fort Zanja near Manzanillo. He aided the garrison with four gunboats and two tugs as 3600 patriots under Mayai, Roderiguez and others retreated after landing troops. Fort waterless, tanks destroyed, 111 volleys of grape shot fired. eight Spaniards wounded, 33 patriots killed.
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Havana
Gonzalez Munoz
Zanja
Manzanillo
Mayai
Roderiguez
Rabi
Guayabal
Pena
Cuba
Cristo
Santiago de Cuba
Cavanna
el Rey
Jicarita
Bolondron
Matanzas
Inclan
Devos
Maceo
Banderas
Martinez Palenzuela
Mariano
Montevideo
Spain
Weyler
Mélquizo
Debates On Cuba Between Local Clubs Held In North End
The Elis Memorial Club of the South End and the Pastime Progressive Club of the North End debated recognizing Cuban belligerents. Professor Cumm ings of Harvard chaired at North Bennet Street rooms with judges Skinner Thayer and Thompson. Affirmative speakers Slattery and Snyder won the debate over Digney and Baboni.
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Elis Memorial Club
South End
Progressive Club
North End
North Bennet Street
Professor Cummings
Harvard
Frederick Skinner
Ezra Thayer
William G. Thompson
United States
C. A. Digney
Gerardo Baboni
Vanderbilt Gains Control Of Defenders In Yacht Feud
New York April 25 The Tribune reports W K Vanderbilt has taken control of the yacht Defender after meeting C Oliver Iselin abroad. Harry McCalmont, allied with Lord Dunraven on Valkyrie, reportedly now owns the British yacht and plans to race Valkyrie to prove disputed points from last fall. A letter is expected to direct Valkyrie to compete in racing form under Royal Yacht Squadron colors.
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New York
the Tribune
W. K. Vanderbilt
C. Oliver Iselin
Harry McCalmont
Lord Dunraven
Dunraven
McCalmont
Royal Yacht Squadron
Melrose Man Dies by Own Action in Barn
John McDonald 45, of 293 Grove Street, hanged himself in a barn this afternoon. He left a wife and three children. Despondency given as cause. Earlier today Daniel A. Grant killed himself with a gun shot.
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Melrose
John McDonald
Grove Street
Daniel A. Grant
State sues Armour Packing over oleomargarine penalties
Albany April 24 State Commissioner of Agriculture Schaub said papers were served today on Herman O Armour representative of the Armour Packing Company in a suit by the department to recover penalties totaling 1 150 000 for violations of the agricultural law in 18 percent The violations alleged include selling oleomargarine in New York State made in imitation of butter.
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Albany
N. Y
Schaub
Herman O. Armour
Armour Packing Company
Washington
William Graves
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
Graves
New York
Treasury Department
Religious intolerance dispute over hospital amendment in Senate
In Washington the Senate debated a sundry civil appropriation bill amendment aimed at Providence Hospital. Senator Gorman argued it reflected anti Catholic bias, while Senator Gallinger defended it. Later Carlisle filed an affidavit in a Treasury bond case alleging Graves sought misrepresentations and improperly timed bids for 4 percent bonds.
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Washington
Senate
Dlam
District of Columbia
Gallinger
Rep
N. H
Gorman
Providence Hospital
Catholic Sisters of Mercy
Congress
New Hampshire
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Meadville tragedy
Edward Karleskind, 41, shot his wife of seven years near Meadville Penn then slit his throat. The 8 year old daughter witnessed the attack. The woman died two hours later. This was Karleskind's third marriage, with history of quarrels and jealousy.
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Meadville
Penn
Edward Karleskind
Karleskind
Toils of the Law Arrest Bert Ray In Larceny Case
Police take Herbert Gray alias Bert Ray into custody after he allegedly defaulted $200 in clothing from Mc Manus Co and stands charged with assaulting ex baseball player Michael J. Slattery with a knife.
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Herbert Gray
Bert Ray
McManus & Co
Michael J. Slattery
Deserted Babe Taken To Street Home After Waited Hold
A woman about 385 years old, in a red shawl and black straw hat, gave a three month old baby to 12 year old Lizzie Benner to hold in front of 402 Hanover Street. She failed to return, and the infant was taken to Station 1 and sent to Chardon Street Home. The description notes the woman as about 5 feet 4 inches tall with a light complexion.
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Lizzie Benner
Hanover Street
Chardon,Street
Mr. Serugos’s Answers to the Brilist Contentions in Venezuela
Mr Serugos presents a reply to Brilist assertions in the Venezuela investigation outlining his positions and rebutting limited charges. The document frames legal arguments, cites documents, and asserts the defense’s view of events.
Venezuela Boundary Commission to Send Delegates to The Hague
The Venezuelan Boundary Commission resumes and may dispatch one or more members to The Hague to study Dutch manuscripts on Guiana. Madrid visits are tentatively paused as Venezuelan documents may cover the ground. Scruggs files a rebuttal to the British blue book, citing Raleigh's 1595 voyage and Spanish actions along the Orinoco. The brief argues the Spaniards held Guayana and details implications for the boundary case.
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Washington
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
Hague
Guiana
Madrid
Venezuela
Siejas
Orinoco
Mr. Scruggs
Walter Raleigh
Trinidad
Boco Dé Navois
Caron
Great River
Guayana
Don Roque de Montes
Cumana
Felipe de Santiago
Raleigh
Lower
British Guiana
Galant Massachusetts Wil Make Oficial Trial
Governor Wolcott will attend as officials confirm a trial date in Massachusetts with Galant central to proceedings.
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Galant
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Battleship to Push 16 Knot Trial Run
Naval experts forecast an average speed over 16 knots for the Massachusetts on a 32 mile trial from Thatcher's Island to Boon Island Light. A north east wind could lower figures. Attending guests include Gov Wolcott and several officials aboard the tug Kate Jones.
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Massachusetts
Cramp
President Roads
Kate Jones
Lewis Wharf
Boston Light
Wolcott
Ryder, Lovell
Towne
Thatcher's Island
Boon Island Light
United States
Winslow Warren
D. S. Knowlton
J. M. Fiske
A. B. Stearns
A. F. Joyce
D. F. Buckley
M. P. Curran
The
Republic
Insigi
Her
Custom House
Hamlin
George Munroe Dies in Catskills Country Trip
George Munroe publisher of New York died suddenly at Pine Hill in the Catskills while supervising repairs at his country home. Heart failure cited. Born 1826 in Nova Scotia Navy, he taught mathematics at Halifax Free Church College before moving to New York in 186? He built a fortune publishing cheap editions and donated about 500000 to Dalhousie College Halifax and gave to New York University. One daughter married President Schurman of Cornell University.
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New York
George Munroe
Pine Hill
Catskills
Munroe
Nova Scotia
Free Church College
Halifax
Dalhousie College
New York University
Schurman
Cornell University
Thrown Under a Train in Melrose Narrow Escape
Benjamin F. Bradbury a Boston druggist and Melrose resident narrowly escaped being killed on the Boston and Maine tracks today. While walking to catch a train two trains approached from opposite directions and wind from a locomotive knocked him down between the tracks. He suffered only minor injuries.
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Melrose
Benjamin F. Bradbury
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Katahdin Arrives at Gloucester for Trial Course Run
United States steamer Katahdin and other government vessels arrived at Gloucester and will sail in the morning if weather permits to assume stations on the trial course where the Massachusetts is to run.
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Gloucester
United States
Massachusetts
British Pioneer Wrecked Near Wood Island
A despatch to the Board of Trade reports the schooner British Pioneer as total wreck at Wood Island in the Straits of Belle Isle. The crew were landed at Esquimaux Point by the schooner Faunetts.
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Halifax
N. S
Board of Trade
Wood Island
Straits of Belle Isle
Esquimaux Point
Faunetts
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Hanover and
Portland Sts
Fort Zana
Manzanita
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
Wm Tapster
Defender
Valkyrie
Tupper
Ottawa
Ont
Sir Charles Ee
Anada
Java
Kelley
Coolidge Building
Bowdoin Sq
Revere House
Leopold Morse
Washington &T., Cor
Brattlengton Kratt
Isuits
Brattle
Leopold Morseca
GOLF
Washington Snt
Washington St
Cor
SUES
H. Robinson
Washington Street
Adams Square
Dock Square
Paul Jones
New England
Gorman Earnest
Pennsylvania
Mr. Serugos
Board of Commissioners
Fame
W. Murray Crane Willing
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
M'Kinley
Illinois
Katahdin
Beta Spitz Bros, & Mork
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