World's Fair orders halt packing as exhibits near opening
Curiaco April 27 Director Davis orders exhibitors to stop unpacking before 10 o'clock Sunday night to present buildings for Monday. Two hundred Boston girls arrive to serve as waitresses at lunch counters. Davis reports 83,243,930 raised for the fair, not counting exhibit costs. Four hundred buildings cover about 350 acres. Lord and Lady Aberdeen arrive in New York with Lady Arnott and daughter.
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Curiaco
Davis
Boston
New York
Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
Lady Arnott
Miss Arnott
Lord Aberdeen Visits on Irish Village at Fair
Browne of Dublin and Miss Sullivan attend a Plaza Hotel gathering as Lord and Lady Aberdeen plan a limited stay through May 20. He aims to extend Irish village work at the fair, travels as a tourist not a politician, and praises Gladstone’s majority while criticizing the Duke of Devonshire’s label of cowardice.
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Gladstone
Duke of Devonshire
Senate panel weighs new union station site in Boston
The Senate committee on railroads yesterday debated a bill to build a new union station on Boston’s north side. Counsel Strout of Boston and Maine argued sixty days to determine site and plan is too short. The plan includes abandoning current railroad property and may affect stock values as the Commonwealth bears part of the cost and hinges on Fitchburg stock, with nonresident taxes around 75 000 dollars.
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Senate Committee On Railroads
Boston
Strout
Boston & Maine
Commonwealth
Fitchburg
Sailor schooner linked to prison escape theory in New York
Sine Line New York April 27 report that a railroad worker alerted Warden Brown to a two-masted schooner anchored off the prison for two days before the escape of two murderers. The vessel vanished the morning after the escape, suggesting Pallister and Roehl used a small boat to reach the schooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sine Line
N. Y
Brown
Pallister
Roehl
Mayor Criticizes Gas Board Over Brookline Contract
Mayor Matthews denounces Commissioner Barker and the Gas Commissioners ruling on Brookline Gas Light Company. He notes the Boston Gas Light Company lacked aldermanic permission to lay pipes, arguing that if the Brookline contract is illegal then so is the 1828 Boston contract.
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Board of Gas Commissioners
Brookline Gas Light Company
Matthews
Barker
Boston Gas Light Company
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Brookline Company
Boston Company
Ingham County Savings Bank Closes Under Commissioners
Lansing on April 27 reports a placard on the Ingham County Savings Bank doors declaring it closed and in the hands of the commissioners of banking. The cause is unclear publicly, but rumor attributes the shutdown to the Peninsula Savings Bank of Detroit failing to supply enough currency, leaving the local bank unable to operate.
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Lansing
Mich
Ingham County Savings Bank
Commissioners of Banking
Peninsula Savings Bank of Detroit
Ingham Bank
Death of Isaac Ickelheimer at Heidelbach firm aged 58
New York news reports Isaac Ickelheimer, a member of the Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co banking firm, died this morning after a brief illness. He was 58. The firm is prominent in financial circles.
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New York
Isaac Ickelheimer
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
William C. Goudy Dies at Desk of Heart Disease
Curcaco April 27 William C Goudy a noted lawyer and politician died at his desk from heart disease He served as general counsel for the Chicago Northwestern railroad and was a prominent public figure.
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Curcaco
William C. Goudy
Goudy
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
White and gold tubular iron bed by Paine's Furniture Company
The latest colonial furniture piece is a white and gold bed offered at 675 dollars. Tubular metal construction with ivory white enamel finish and polished brass mountings promises durability and easy maintenance. A high style purchase harmonizing with colonial furnishings and claimed as unparalleled in the city.
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Paine’s Furniture Company
Dr Dewey offers two weeks free treatment at Ten nyson Street
To sufferers from ecatarrh bronchitis lung troubles dyspepsia rheumatism diseases of the kidneys skin and blood Dr Dewey the specialist will furnish two weeks treatment and medicine free His offices are at 40 Ten nyson street corner Columbus avenue near Providence depot and are open daily till 8 p m except Sundays 10 to 4 p m.
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Dewey
Tennyson Street
Columbus Avenue
Providence Depot
One Legged Soldier Offered Surplus Shoes
Crawford Shoe Store offers a large batch of odd shoes with mates lost to any soldier who will take them. The sale is at 225 Washington Street, Down Town Crawford Shoe Store, Bouve Crawford & Co. Corp., Maker.
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United States
Crawford
Wee
Washington Street
Bouve, Crawford & Co. Corp
Hartrorp Prison Hearing Probes Warden Conduct
April 27 report from Hartrorp details a State Prison investigation as ex-prison keeper Litchfield testifies about a four year old scandal involving Matron Carpenter and her husband tied to the warden Chamberlain. Senator Root confirms the inquiry will probe the warden’s administration over several years with private testimony possible.
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Hartrorp
Litchfield
Carpenter
Chamberlain
Kate Cobb
Norwich
Senator Root
Pension Reform Begun in Pension Bureau
Acting Commissioner D J Murphy of the pension bureau is reorganizing work methods and cutting nonessential statistical clerks. He orders field examiners to diligently root out fraudulent pensioners among about 953000 on the rolls, directing use of all available evidence in pending cases.
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Washington
D. J. Murphy
Pension Bureau
Murphy
Norwegian bark Mentor found near Block Island in tow
VinEYARD Haven April 27 Norwe gian bark Mentor once abandoned was located twelve miles southeast of Block Island by steam tugs Herald and Kate Jones and towed to harbor by midnight. Wreckers’ crew still aboard at Nantucket report four feet of water in the hold previously and now only slight leaks. Captain Omundsen and crew fled hastily. tow to Boston expected.
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Vineyard Haven
Mentor
Block Island
Herald
Kate Jones
Nantucket
Omundsen
Boston
Australian Gold Wedding Rings From Wilson Bros
The firm offers Australian gold wedding rings made in their factory, priced from 6 to 12 dollars. The ad promises custom rings completed in two hours and warns against imitators of THE BIG CLOCK at 14 and 15 Tremont Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Early April Nuptials Mentioned in Clergy Notices
Four marriage notices dated April 26 and 25 list couples: Eleanor Le Fevre and George Hollis Blake at Emanuel Church with Rev. Percy Grant. George C. Gardiner of Boston and Mabel L. Brewer of Medford at Medford with Rev. W. S. Woodbridge. Thomas Hooper Jr and Laura bell of Providence with Rev. Julian K. Smyth. William York Peters of this city and Amey D. Sharpe of Providence at Providence churches.
Obituary notices listing multiple deaths in April across Boston area
A condensed death listing from the city notes numerous residents passing in late April, detailing names, ages, and locales. Entries include Mrs Ade Line Allen in Sharon aged 87, Mrs Percival W Bartlett in Boston at Young's Hotel, and many others across Roxbury Cambridgeport Washington D C and neighboring towns, with ages ranging from 33 to 87. The list spans from April 25 to April 27 and names households, spouses, and ages in concise lines.
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D. D
Brown
Washington, D. C
George O. Brown
Borland
John Borland
M. Woolsey
Julia Borland
Corbin
Allston
Howard C. Corbin
Foster
Cambridgeport
Alexander S. Symmes
Wheeler
Somerville
Guy E. B. Wheeler
Woodbury
Winchester
Nancy D. Small
James A. Woodbury
Miser Warren Under Shadow of Burglary Gang in Boston Case
Special from Lynn reports Miser Warren remains tormented by a burglary gang linked to Chandler and Day. Police allege Isaiah Hunnewell known Yellowstone Jack linked to the Warren job and under arrest. Warren fears nightly prowlers and vows to defend himself. Chandler's wife may testify, police say they have enough evidence for the grand jury. The Municipal Court case was adjourned to next Wednesday as key witnesses travel.
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Lynn
Miser Warren
Abbott
Gilmore
Police Division 3
Boston
Shaw
Chandler
Day
Malden
Stoneham
Isaiah H. Hunnewell
Yellowstone Jack
Warren
Post
White
Chicago
Yellowstone
Jack
Grief Drives Wives of Missing Naronic Officers Insane
London April 27 The wives of Captain Roberts and Chief Officer Wright of the White Star steamer Naronic, missing since February 11 after sailing from Liverpool to New York, have both gone insane from despair and have been placed in an asylum for the insane.
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London
Roberts
White Star
Naronic
Liverpool
New York
Wright
In Memory of Grant Grants 71st Birthday in Galena
Rainy weather muted a large observance in Galena Illinois for Grant's memory. About ten thousand residents attended as Governor McKinley of Ohio spoke, parade under Dr B F Fowler, and 1500 in line led by the Grant Fife and Drum Corps. Public offices and shops closed. The Turner Hall hosted the oration due to weather and health concerns.
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Galena
Grant
McKinley
Ohio
Chicago
H. H. Kohlsaar
B. F. Fowler
Grant Fife
Grant Park
Turner Hall
Insane Man Slashes Family in ProvipEnceg Incident
Edward McElroy, an insane man, attacked his mother and Miss Healey in a ProvipEnceg home at 2am, slashing Mrs McElroy and Healey before fleeing through a window. He wounded Officer O Rourke during the assault and was eventually subdued by police after a hard struggle. The 10-year-old brother survived. Mrs McElroy’s condition is serious but stabilizing.
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Edward McElroy
Miss Healey
Troubles in Siouxghty
The Boston Investment Company seized the Pacific Short Line Bridge Company charter and franchises in Sioux City Iowa after a Dec 15 1892 judgment for 58544, a precautionary move amid recent local failures affecting the Missouri River Bridge Company.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Boston Investment Company
Pacific Short Line Bridge Company
Missouri River Bridge Company
Canadian Gratitude Grants Aid Families of Ocean Lifesavers
Ottawa reports the Dominion government has granted $1000 to the families of the volunteer life-saving crew from the Massachusetts Humane Society who perished trying to rescue the crew of the St John brig Aquatic. The ship went ashore on the Sow and Pigs reef off Cuttyhunk Massachusetts on February 24 last.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Massachusetts Humane Society
St. John
Cuttyhunk
Mass
Runaway Boys Captured Near New Have
Charles H. Long and William G. Nichols of Lakeville Massachusetts were captured in New Haven today. They carried over 100 dollars, bought two bicycles two revolvers knives and many cartridges. They were about to head west when apprehended. Long’s father is Lakeville police chief.
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New Have
Charles H. Long
William G. Nichols
Lakeville
Mass
West
Long
Liquor Licenses for 1893 Notices Sent to Dealers
The Board of Police will issue the first batch of liquor license notices to dealers, informing them their applications were approved and that renewals will follow after payment to the city treasury. Some notices will be mailed Saturday, with all possible notices sent by Monday morning. Dealers not notified by then cannot open saloons on Monday.
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Board of Police
Entral Wharf & Wet Dock LU Corporation
Central Wharf
W. E. Richardson
Boston
Acoustics Lecture By Professor Cross At Institute
At last evening’s Society of Arts meeting at the Institute of Technology Professor C R Cross described recent acoustics investigations conducted in the Rogers Laboratory of Physics.
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Society of Arts
Institute of Technology
C. R. Cross
Rogers Laboratory
Physics
Huntington Club party lights up Orienta Hall in Roxbury
A stylish Huntington Club soirée at Orienta Hall in Roxbury drew about 150 couples. Jehms Orchestra opened with a concert before dancing, with many Roxbury girls and society folk from Brookline Jamaica Plain and Dorchester enjoying the evening. Aldermen Mooney and Councilmen Finneran and Gormley attended, while William L. Mooney led the floor with helpers ensuring smooth festivities.
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Roxbury
Huntington Club
Orienta Hall
Jehms
Brookline
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester
Mooney
Finneran
Gormley
William L. Mooney
Aids
Nikisch to Conduct Boston Symphony for Final Boston Concert
Conductor Mr Nikisch will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the last time in the Boston series next Saturday evening. He remains under contract with Colonel Higginson for three weeks of travel including two major World’s Fair concerts. Ill health prevents his trip to Chicago, and during the latter engagement Mr Kneisel is expected to baton the orchestra.
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Nikisch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Colonel Higginson
Chicago
Kneisel
Appalachian Mountain Club to hold special meeting Saturday
The Appalachian Mountain Club will hold a special meeting Saturday evening at Room 11 Rogers building. The one hundred thirty-eighth corporate meeting will be held Wednesday evening at the same place. An exhibition of Sella's photographs by the club will take place at the Boston Art Club rooms at Dartmouth and Newbury streets from May 6 to May 24.
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Appalachian Mountain Club
Rogers Building
Sella
Boston Art Club
Dartmouth and
Newbury Streets
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Geal
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Lord and Lady Aberdeen
John P. Squire & CO
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Fred F. Squire
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Faneuil Hall Market
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Cleveland
the Post
Michigan State Board of Health
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Scott & Bowne
N.Y
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Stoneham Gang
Siouxghty
Society OF Fine Arts
John Saxton
Hood’s
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Hood
Scottdale
Appalachian Club
Elijah Buzzell
Kennebunk, Me
Alien Sarsaparilla Co
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T. E. Houtchens
William A. Clark
Bedford
Faneuil Hall
Quincy Market
J. Newman & Sons
Idec
Ned
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Boston Wharf Co
Bostes
J.B. Russell
State ST
State Street
A.D. Puffer
Washington St
A. D. Puffer
Hamilton St
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire St
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Pierce & CO
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Randolph
Sheurnhwam
Cushing Academy
C. F. Plerce & CO
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Ashburnham
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KE. L. Burnham
Westminster
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