Salvation Army Chief In Disguised Bowery Slumming
Frederick St. George de La Tom Booth Tucker, head of the Salvation Army in America, went incognito to the Bowery. He wore a tramplike outfit and was ignored by his own soldiers. He faced harassment and a fight after being refused passage on a Third Avenue car. He plans lodging houses superior to London tenements.
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New York
Bowery
Frederick St. George de la Tom Booth-Tucker
Tucker
Salvation Army
America
Third Avenue
London
Yacht Ailsa Attacked Off Moroccan Coast
A despatch from Gibraltar says the Ailsa yacht, returning from Mediterranean regattas, was becalmed off Morocco when Rifian boatmen fired on it. The vessel, lacking arms, could not reply but escaped with a light breeze to Gibraltar.
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London
St. James’s
Gibraltar
Exchange Telegraph Company
A. B. Walker
Ailsa
England
Mediterranean
Morocco
Couple Married Thousands of Miles Apart in Transatlantic Ceremony
In Cincinnati on April 24, Miss Rosaria Pozzoni wed Giuseppe Rossi with thousands of miles between them. Pozzoni married in Genoa's cathedral while Rossi stood with his best man in J. V. Cappola’s office, the royal Italian notary here. The bride sails to America today.
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Cincinnati
Rosaria Pozzoni
Guiseppe Rossi
Child Burned To Death In Maplewood Bed Fire
Little four year old Charlie Johnson son of Mrs Annie Johnson of Garden street Maplewood was burned to death this afternoon in bed after playing with matches according to local reports from Malden authorities.
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Malden
Charlie Johnson
Annie Johnson
Garden Street
Maplewood
Kerry North by election returns anti Parnellite loss
In Kerry North a by election to fill the House of Commons vacancy from Mr. Thomas Sexton resignation resulted in the election of Mr. Flavin, anti Par nellite, without opposition. The vote concluded yesterday in Dublin.
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Dublin
Kerry
House of Commons
Thomas Sexton
Flavin
Since Tuesday Has Been Missing Thirty Years Old Case of Effie Phelan
Effie Phelan a young wife with two children vanished after 6 30 p m Tuesday leaving a furnished tenement at 59 Newcomb street. Neighbors recall a man whistling on a fence and entering the house with her, husband Weston Phelan away most days. Suspicions center on a man once seen at the Salvation Army barracks and a possible elopement. Phelan suspects a known acquaintance but has no name. The husband and children have left the home and authorities note ongoing inquiries. Also noted are civil proceedings involving Jean Surety Company and $46 000 tied to naval contracts with Harrison Loring and American Surety Company.
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Cleveland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Bowman
St. Louis
Armory
Bowman
Congress
United States
Washington
New York
House
American Protective Association
Linton
Michigan
Effie Phelan
Newcomb Street
Lochinvar
Washington Street
Harrison Avenue
Washington Market
Avenue
Weston Phelan
Effe Phelan
Whistler
Beard brothers clash at Metropolitan Club brawl
Washington April 24 two guests, the Beard brothers, owners of a Bennings stables, sparked a riot at the Metropolitan Club with chairs and dining ware as officers broke up the fracas between the Beards Neville and Cowden. Beards ejected, invitations revoked.
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Washington
Metropolitan Club
Seventeenth Streets
Northwest
Beard Brothers
Bennings
Erie Stable
Lazzarone
Brooklyn
Robert Neville
Arthur Lee
Mr. Cowden
Cowden
Neville
Mr. Neville
Death on the Rail at Altoona in Freight Run Wreck
A wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Altoona last night saw two unoccupied Pullman sleepers break loose from a freight train and collide with a freight engine. Engineer Dougherty and Fireman McKendall died of injuries as the sleepers caught fire and were burned.
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Altoona
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dougherty
McKendall
Panic in Brightside Home Fire Traps Boys in Denver
A fire at Brightside Home for Boys in Denver on April 4 caused a chaotic evacuation. Many boys were carried out unconscious and some injured by jumping from windows. Superintendent Field was seriously hurt as the building burned down.
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Denver
Col
Brightside
Field
Investigation urged into Norfolk county officials inquest
Representative Utley pressed legislative action calling for an inquiry into Norfolk county commissioners amid years of circulating reports. The order passed with a May 20 report deadline, aiming to expose improper acts or absolve officials if facts prove integrity. The account includes Brookline, Quincy, and Braintree residents backing the investigation.
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House
Senate
Darling
Norfolk County
Utley
Brookline
County of
Norfolk
Quincy
Braintree
Bates
West
Boston
Madman with a shotgun terrorizes Somerville neighbor
In Somerville New Jersey April 24 a 260 pound man known as Big Hank Lake, recently discharged as sane from Trenton Asylum, rode with stable Cray for fifteen miles while displaying renewed insanity. He set fire to woodland near Kingston and shot out neighbors’ window panes with a shotgun.
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Constable Cray
Griggstown
Big Hank
Somerville
Lake
Cray
N. J
Montgomery Township
Big Hank" Lake
Trenton
Hell
Kingston
Colonel Winslow Considers Republican Lieutenant Governor Bid
Colonel Samuel E. Winslow, returning from a five week business trip, says strong Republican support across the state prompts consideration of a bid for the Lieutenant Governorship. Worcester Republicans urge his nomination, promising solid backing from the city and county.
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Worcester
Samuel E. Winslow
Omaha
Winslow
Woman Saw Carrying Mysterious Package Linked to Westville Bomb
Detectives pursue a female suspect seen with a cloak concealing a package near Major Albee’s Westville home before a bomb exploded, injuring Major Albee and his daughter. City and Winchester Arms plan a large reward. hundreds visited the scene. motive unknown.
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New Haven
Conn
Major Albee
Westville
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Albee
Bazaar for Industrial Home Opens May Week
A grand national bazaar sponsored by the Working Boys' Home will be held in Mechanics building during the first week of May. Decorators have prepared booths and the hall will be draped in gold bunting while stage performances by theatre artists add entertainment. Ladies in charge of booths will wear stylish costumes and a Bennet street meeting is planned. The bazaar opens Monday evening May 4 with speeches from prominent public figures.
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Working Boys’ Home
Bennet Street
Virginia for McKinley at Staunton convention
Stanton Virginia April delegates to the Republican State convention voted to back McKinley and instructed delegates to pursue his nomination while a chance remained.
Short Lobster Bill Hearing Before Governor Wolcott
Lieutenant Governor Wolcott heard testimony on a bill to reduce the lobsters legal size in Commonwealth waters from 10 inches to 9 inches. Fishermen leaders opposed the measure claiming it would threaten livelihoods and deplete stocks, while supporters argued for protection and uniform state law. The hearing ended with remarks from Fish Commissioner Brackett and the Protective Association official Reed.
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Wolcott
Commonwealth
Clark
Massachusetts Fish and Game Association
South Shore
Cohasset
Scituate
George W. Wiggin
Massachusetts
New England
Arthur Ricketson
Southern Massachusetts Fish and Game League
Malcolm Forbes
David Bosworth
Gosnold
George A. Horton
Swampscott
Edgar I. Story
Magnolia
S. L. Johnson
Boston
Julian Read
Hull
Mr. Read
Brackett and Cou
Reed
The
Fish and Game Protective Association
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Charles H. Taylor
Dartmouth College
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