Minstrel Show Delights Charlestown Faithful Crowd
The Catholic Literary Union of Charlestown held a minstrel show last evening drawing prominent local residents to the Bijou House. Dr. John F. O'Brien served as interlocutor with Hon. John F. Fitzgerald unavailable in Washington. End men included Peter F. Tague and James P. Maloney among others. soloists featured L. W. Burr and J N G O'Brien. Francis P. Turnbull directed, Rupert S. Carven provided music.
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Nglestown
Catholic Literary Union of
Charlestown
John F. O’brien
John F. Fitzgerald
Washington
Peter F. Tague
John J. Mahoney
James P. Maloney
Bones
Edward L. Quigley
Michael J. Mitchell
John J. Cronin
Tambos
Messrs
L. W. Burr
C. E. Cadigan
A. W. Dolan
H. F. Goodwin
P. J. Murphy
J NG O’brien
Francis P. Turnbull
Usic
Rupert S. Carven
Long the Water Front Brings News of Ships and Lost Vessels
Long the Water Front notes four ocean steamers entering with cargoes of general goods and sugar. It reports on a wrecked schooner Vinton and possible rescue failure, fishermen with fish for the First Regiment at Fort Warren, and shipyard repairs and crew changes including Captain Toozes aboard Megantic with stowaways. It mentions dredging at Lewis wharf and weather delaying tug operations, plus landings at Inagua by whaling schooners Adelia Chase and Joseph A Manta.
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Frieda Mahon
Melbourne
St. John
N. B
Vinton
Fort Warren
Alga
Messrs. Gieger
Somerville
Indian Harbor
New York
Gate City
City of Macon
Nathaniel P. Doane
Doane
McKie’s
Gloucester
Alva
Grand Banks
Shields
Lewis Wharf
Jacksonville
Charleston
Savannah
Filippo de Negri
Long Wharf
Philadelphia
Ivanhoe
Delaware
Naoz
Joe Ross
Portland Harbor
George W. Lewis
Bangor
Toozes
Megantic
London
Londonian
Font
Bostonian
John Gartman
C. D. Cree
John Turner
John White
Adelia Chase
Joseph A. Manta
Inagua
First Regiment Arrives at Fort Warren for Eight Day Stint
At Fort Warren on April 26 the First Regiment Heavy Artillery Massachusetts volunteers arrived by tug Resolute and Nan tucket. Colonel Woodruff greeted Boston officers as Batteries M and C prepared for inspection and drill. The roving guard kept vigilant watch as troops settled in, hoping for a quick resolution to rising tensions with Spanish troops.
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Fort Warren
Old Bay
Heavy Artillery
Woodruff
Massachusetts
Quartermaster Keenan
Fort Winthrop
Winthrop
James
Resolute
Long Island Head
Georgia
Charles Pfaff
Boston
Charles B. Woodman
Fall River
Perlie A. Dyar
George EF. Quinby
James A. Frye
Gang Plank
U. A
United States
New England
Brockton
Ovation to the Regiment Goes to Boston Front
Massachusetts First Heavy Artillery parades through Boston to Fort Warren for eight days duty at Boston Harbor. Governor Wolcott and Roger Wolcott Jr. join in the sendoff with tens of thousands cheering as the regiment departs amid prayers and patriotic fervor.
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The
Boys In Blue
Wolcott
State House
Massachusetts
Fort Warren
Boston
South Armory
Rowe’s Wharf
Mrs Skeels Reclaims Health After Long Stomach Trouble
Mrs. Sarah A Skeels of Lynnville Jasper County Iowa reports a 25 year struggle with dyspepsia ended after using one package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. She credits the remedy with permanent relief for six months, despite doctors declaring the case incurable. The note explains the product targets dyspepsia and indigestion only and is sold by Stuart Co Marshall Michigan for 50 cents a package with a free booklet on stomach troubles.
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Sarah A. Skeels
Lynnville
Jasper Co
Iowa
Stuart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Mildred Brewster Trial Rebuttal Seeks Mental Health Vindication
In Montpelier Vermont on April 26 the State hears witnesses rebutting the defense claim by showing Mildred Brewster has always been sane and no family history of mental illness. The defense principal, Hon. William A. Lord, chief counsel, is ill.
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Montpelier
Brewster
Mildred Brewster
William A. Lord
Boston University ministers discuss Lorimer run for Prohibition governor
Mt Vernon League of BU Theo logical School students met to name Dr George C Lorimer Tremont Temple as a prospective Prohibition party gubernatorial candidate next fall Lorimer hall convention Monday aims to show ministerial sympathy and public support for his bid. The group pledged to defend Cuba and urged national service if needed amid war talk.
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Mt. Vernon
Boston University Theological School
Massachusetts
Prohibition Convention of Ministers
Lorimer Hall
G. E. Bradford
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Prohibition Party
Dr. Lorimer
J. Puffer
League
Lorimer
Boston
Boston University
Buell
B. A. Cherry
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Nashville, Tenn
United States
Cuba
Chatham Steamer Sent to Navy Yard for Conversion
The Chatham of Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Co. arrives from Baltimore to be handed to the government for conversion at Charlestown Navy Yard. Captain Eldridge commands. the 2729 ton steel steamer will serve as a repair ship near the Southern and Lebanons after overhaul at Baltimore and Battery wharf discharge.
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Chatham
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Nobska
Battery Wharf
Baltimore
Eldridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Columbia Iron Works
Navy
Southern
Lebanon
Here
Providence
Alleghany
Berkshire
Dorchester
Essex
Itaska
W. Z. Lawrence
R. I
Navy Yard
Walter Eldridge
Gloucester
Tufts Medics Cheer Flag at Patriotic Meeting
Over 125 Tufts College Medical School students gathered in the amphitheatre to honor the Stars and Stripes. Two students had already gone to the front one as apothecary on the battleship Iowa and another, George W. Ryan, left to receive orders. President Capen spoke on a righteous and progressive war as a student presented him with a flag. Dr Briggs spoke briefly and Dr Laura A Gould, Red Cross chief, explained the society symbols.
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Tufts College Medical School
Cdy
Iowa
George W. Ryan
Capen
Briggs
Laura A. Gould
Red Cross Association
Tufts
Pilot Commissioners Seek War Time Change in Pilot Service
In a April 26 1898 communication to Governor Roger Wolcott the Boston pilots request suspension of the state rule requiring five sailing pilot boats off Cape Cod and the use of a steamboat to replace two or three sailing craft during hostilities. J W Norcross and John Ross sign as Pilot Commissioners of Boston.
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Massachusetts
Senate
Harbor and Land Committee
Boston
Roger Wolcott
Cape Cod
J. W. Norcross
John ©. Ross
Pilot Commissioners of
Black seeks White extradition for bank fraud
Governor Black requests Pennsylvania to extradite George G. White of W. S. White & Co. Boston. White is jailed in Philadelphia on charges of defrauding the Central National Bank of New York City.
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Albany
N. Y
Black
Pennsylvania
George G. White
W. S. White & Co
Boston
Mass
Philadelphia
Central National Bank of
New York City
Escape from St Hyacinthe Jail Shocks Montreal
J B Guillomaine, arrested in Biddeford Maine for the murder of Fred Lapointe, escaped from St Hyacinthe jail last night and has not been recaptured.
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Montreal
J. B. Guillemaine
Biddeford
Fred Lapointe
St. Hyacinthe
Thingvalla Arrives in New York Passengers to Land Tomorrow
A letter to the editor reports the steamship Thingvalla in New York this afternoon with all well aboard. Passengers will be landed tomorrow. A. F. E. Johnson & Co., general passenger agents, confirms the arrival.
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Thingvalla
Thingvalla Line
New York
A. F E. Johnson & CO
Thingvalla Company
Police Raise Old Glory on Hanover Street
Five thousand residents filled Hanover Street to cheer the Stars and Stripes at the local police station. Italians, Portuguese, Russian and Italian descended pupils marched, and officials including Dr Brindisi and Consul Decosta attended as Mayor Curtis and Captain Cain were honored.
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Hanover Street
Anover Street
Pier Ee
Brindisi
Decosta
Pierce
Burrill
Curtis
Captain Cain
Marion Luce Chenery
Police Board Denies Leave for War Duty
The Board of Police Commissioners will not grant leave of absence to any officers for war service. Walter H. Brown of Back Bay station has a thirteen month leave application before the board, with suspension possible until his return from the war.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Walter H. Brown
Back Bay
Boston Chamber to Erect Flagstaff on Dome
The Boston Chamber of Commerce board voted to spend 500 dollars to build a heavy flagstaff atop the chamber dome. A large American flag will be raised to the breeze, signaling patriotic support for Old Glory.
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Hub
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Washburn Park Offered for Massachusetts Militia Use
George F. Washburn offers Washburn Park in Westwood for military pur poses near Dedham and Readville camp. The 100 acre site includes dry land water supply and a pavilion suitable for commissary use, located five minutes from Green Lodge station. The Washburn family also runs the Washburn Credit House at 465 Washington Street.
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Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Washburn Park
Green Lodge
Boston & Providence Railroad
Westwood
Dedham
Boston
Readville
Estabases
United States
New Great South American Kidney Cure Delivers Fast Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a cure sold by Geo. C. Goodwin & Co. in Hanover Street. The ad promises prompt relief of bladder, kidney and back pain in both genders and immediate relief from water retention.
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GEO. C, Goodwin & CO
Hanover St
Yachts Rechristened as Leander and Yankton Replace Illawarra and Penelope
Government ownership renames the Illawarra to Leander and the Penelope to Yankton. Former Boston steam yachts are expected to prove themselves. The Johniel, owned by J B Thomas of Beverly and built at Atlantic Works in 1889 for Publisher Ford, has been inspected and may be accepted as a torpedo or despatch vessel.
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Milness
Noyes
Law School
College of Liberal Arts
B. U. Company
Root
Lucas
West Indies
Milar
Oregon State
Gillmore
Burard
Benjamin A. Cherry
Taylor
Atlantic
B. U
Eugene Tompkins
Penelope
Boston
Jathniel
J. B. Thomas
Beverly
Atlantic Works
Ford
Washington
Lebanon
Bancroft
Massey
Bushnell
Medical Department
Boston Harbor Ten Be Closed Tonight Amid War Preparations
Boston Harbor ten will close tonight from sunset to sunrise as the navy prepares for hostilities. Cmdr Veeder ships Bancroft for Hampton Roads while Chatham equips at Charlestown Navy Yard and Varuna offers a patrol role.
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Boston Harbor
Charlestown Navy Yard
Veeder
Bancroft
Boston
Hampton Roads
Chatham
Navy Yard
Sturdy
Illawarra
Southery
Sewall
Adopt the British Flag Save Vessels in Turbulent Waters
An American vessel has adopted a British register to avoid capture while loading in Kingston Jamaica for Mobile. The Bangor schooner Hattie HH Barbour now flies the British flag to safeguard its voyage. Other shipowners in St John New Brunswick and Nova Scotia may follow, using whitewashed coasting schooners to sail under the American flag while owned by British interests.
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United States
Hattie HH. Barbour
Kingston
Jamaica
Mobile
St. John
N. B
Nova Scotia
Scotchmen to Enlist as Massachusetts Scottish Regiment
John Cromwell, piper of the Caledonian Club, organizes a Massachusetts Scottish regiment from local clans and offers services to the Governor. Drilled in Wilson Hall Roslindale, Cromwell served with the Gordon Highlanders in India and at El Teb Delhi and Chitral. He is first cousin to Piper Finlater, hero of Malakand Pass.
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John Cromwell
Caledonian Club
Massachusetts
Wilson Hall
Roslindale
Cromwell
Gordon Higlanders
el Teb
Delhi
Chitral
India
Piper Cromwell
Piper Finlater
Malakand Pass
Chelsea Hospital
London
Beacon Lodge 10 Pay Assurances During Spanish War Service
Beacon Lodge No. 1 of Boston Ancient Order United Workmen votes to pay all assessments and dues for any members entering the army or navy during the war from the lodge general fund. The decision was made at the lodge’s meeting on the 25th inst.
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United States
Spain
Beacon Lodge No. 1
Boston
Ancient Order
United Workmen
Beacon Lodge
Professor Silas Macrane Lecture on The Cuban Question
Professor Silas Macrane will speak this evening before the union at 744 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge at 8 o'clock on The Cuban Question. The lecture is free to men.
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Silas Macrane
Union
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Wringer and Sweeper Repair Services Offered
For repair work wringer rolls stamped American Wringer Company war ranted are best All kinds of wringers and sweepers repaired Write or telephone and we will call for and deliver without extra charge The American Wringer Co.
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American Wringer Company
The
American Wringer Co
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