Delegates Chosen for Ninth District Chicago Convention
The ninth district Democratic convention named Martin M. Lomasney and P. J. Kennedy as delegates to the Chicago convention with Francis H. Dillon and Isaac Rosnosky as alternates. A tribute to John F. Fitzgerald was adopted, praising his health and urging him to again head the district’s Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin M. Lomasney
West End
P. J. Kennedy
East Boston
Chicago
Francis H. Dillon
Ward 3
Isaac Rosnosky
Ward 16
John IF. Fitzgerald
William F. McClellan
Michael J. Leary
Daniel D. Rourke
North End
Michael F. Andrews
Ward
Frank Uniacc
Robert C. Murray
J. Edward Mahoney
Joseph A. Conry
Mark Lynch
Daniel Driscoll
Patrick Brogan
Rosnosky
Daniel J. McLaughlin
Ward 7
Messrs. Dillon
John A. Kelliher
Fitzgerald
Seventh District Democratic Committee Sets May 4 Delegate Convention
The executive committee met at the American House and voted to hold the delegate convention for the national Democratic convention at Roughan s Hall City square Charles town on Monday evening May 4 at 7 30 Every town and city in the district was represented the meeting was presided over by ex Alderman Keevie of Chelsea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Congressional District
Democratic Committee
American House
Roughan’s Hall
City Square
Charlestown
Keevie
Chelsea
Chinese Funeral For Josie Wife Of Ming Yen
Josie wife of Ming Yen of 6 Oxford Place dies and is buried after a 26 year life. She came to China town four years ago and married Ming Yen, obtaining a divorce then she kept the divorce and certificate proving she was his legal wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie
Ming Yen
Oxford Place
Chinatown
Injured bicyclist disrupts Somerville anniversary gathering
Mr and Mrs James Burns marked their eighteenth wedding anniversary at 10 Prospect Street Somerville when a female bicyclist was thrown from her bike and seriously injured. She was taken indoors for comfort then left for Jamaica Plain accompanied by her husband and a 9 year old son. Names of the cyclist and family were not disclosed. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edward Carew, Mr William F Caldwell, Miss Annie C Keough and Miss Lizzie Keilley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burns
Prospect Street
Somerville
Jamaica Plain
Burns
Carrie
Charlie
Edward Carew
William F. Caldwell
Annie C. Keough
Lizzie Keilley
Revolver Clamp: Milbury Arrested After Farmhouse Assault
At midnight four miles from Haverhill Charles Milbury intoxicated attacked D Sewell Smith’s Marsh farm house breaking furniture and entering Smith’s chamber. Smith restrained him with a chair and a pistol until help arrived. Milbury pleaded guilty claiming drunkenness. judge set bond at $20 and allowed witnesses until Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Charles Milbury
D. Sewell Smith
Marsh Farm
Smith
Milbury
Providence Tailors Strike Demands 10 Percent Increase
The Journeymen Tailors Union of Providence ordered a strike in the shops of Thomas W. Chase James Murphy Bliss and Gardner and Luther and Huber demanding a 10 percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Journeymen Tailors’ Union of
Thomas W. Chase
James Murphy
Bliss & Gardner
Luther & Huber
Dora Forster Battles Ice Field on Hamburg Run
Captain Eglesfield reports the British steamer Dora Forster left Hamburg on Good Friday and endured a 48 hour northwest gale starting April 10. Heavy seas damaged rails, instruments, and the wheel house while flooding the engine room. The ship met multiple gales and scraped past icebergs up to 300 feet high, amid a vast field of ice extending for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Forster
Eglesfield
Hamburg
Egglesfield
Along the Water Front and Ship Movements
Maritime notes detail the D. D. Kelly ferry being caulked and painted, various vessels under maintenance or voyage, and captains changing roles including Charles Gilmore from the Harry Prescott to Waltham. Reports cover icebergs sighted by the Bothnia, ships reaching ports, and the Flora sinking on a mud bank with Wreck Master Sorensen engaged to float it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Kelly
Charles Gilmore
Boston
Harry Prescott
Prescott
St. George
Charleston
S. C
Henry Lippett
Weymouth
Roxbury
Jennie Lockwood
Waltham
Savannah
J. H. Bowers
Rockport
Yarmouth
N. S
Buenos Ayres
Indian
Philadelphia
Dunloe
Valparaiso
Cyrus Lloyd
Hilla Maud
Lockport
Robert C. Warr
Cunard
Bothnia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Vineyard Sound
Georges Banks
Albert Geiger
Mehlman
Yates
State Street
Cephalonia
Cunard Line
Nantasket
Guptill
Portland
Vigilant
Port Elizabeth
New York
Hesperides
Lena Pickup
Humacoa
P. R
Flora
National Dock
Sorensen
Cushing
Massachusetts Suffrage Meeting Highlights Horace Mann Talk
At a regular fortnightly meeting of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, presided by Mrs. Livermore, J. O. Norris discussed Horace Mann's life and work. Mrs. J. Blien Foster of the Woman's Republican League spoke on women’s political work in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Park Street
American Art at Champs Elysees Salon Opens
Paris notes describe New England contributions at the Champs Elysees Salon opening on April 29. William Norton’s In Distress marine tableau, Marche aux Poissons Dieppe, and other Boston artists Henry Bacon Frank Richardson William L. Bicknell Elizabeth Gardner Edwin Weeks and John Red display varied works from sheep pictures to a wax bas relief, highlighting maritime and rural scenes with strong regional talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Champs Elysees Salon
United Press
New
Norton
Poissons-Dieppe
Dieppe
William L. Bicknell
Boston
Nice
Antibes
Frank Henry Richardson
Etaples
Harry van der Weyden
Henry Bacon
France
Etretat
Normandy
Elizabeth Gardner
Exeter
N. H
Les Champs
Ispahan
John Red
Doom ing Board Organization Set for Thursday Meeting
The Board of Assessors will organize Thursday at 10 am in the Common Council chamber with the mayor delivering a short address. The board, consisting of principal assessors and first assistants, will select its chairman and begin duties May 1. Charles Hutting is expected to be chosen if he desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles Hunting
Richway Fredericks Trial in Dorchester Felonious Assault Case
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Bond heard the case against Richway A. Fredericks for alleged felonious assault on 10 year old Matilda Devine in Dorchester on February 8. Dr. C H Miller reported neck scratching and signs of assault while Matilda appeared pale. Witness Henry Thompson described seeing a small man and child in Codman field and hearing a child's sobs near Washington Street. Mrs Josephine M Moore testified she saw a man on Dorchester Avenue and knew the defendant but could not confirm the face. Mrs Law refused to swear the man she saw was Fredericks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Bond
Richway A. Fredericks
Matilda Devine
Dorchester
C. H. Miller
Henry Thompson
West End Street Railway Company
Washington Street
Harvard Memorial Tablet Erected at Massachusetts Hall
Harvard College places the first memorial tablet by the Harvard Memorial Society on Massachusetts Hall. The bronze tablet, cast by Yale & Town Manufacturing, marks the building as the oldest in active use. Notable past residents include Paine, Ellery, Ward, Story, Walker, Phillips Brooks, Sparks, Bancroft, and Parkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Memorial Society
College Yard
Massachusetts Hall
Yale & Town Manufacturing Company
Stamford
Leverett
Lexington
Robert Treat Paine
William Ellery
Artemus Ward
Joseph Story
Walker
Harvard College
Phillips Brooks
Jared Sparks
George Bancroft
Francis Parkman
Union Traction workers threaten strike over grievances
A Philadelphia grievance committee urged 10 hour days with pay of not less than 2 and job seniority rules, demanding reinstatement of all discharged since December. Cars were to be vestibuled from November 15 to April 15. Demands were refused and 100 Pinkerton detectives hired. Motormen Nicholas Walthers and Patrick Mullen were indicted by the grand jury, with trials in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Union Traction Company
Pinkerton
Nicholas Walthers
Patrick Mullen
May Festival by Mrs Butler to Feature 40 Young Performers
Mrs William S Butler presents an annual May festival at Music Hall on May 9. More than 40 young participants including amateur singers and dancers plus new children, promises a spectacular show with calcium lighting and new costumes. Mrs Lilla Wiles Wyman choreographs and trains all performers, some numbers featuring chorus singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Butler
Music Hall
Lilla Wiles Wyman
Baby farmer confesses in infant murders case
London April 28 Mrs Annie Dyer the baby farmer who with her son in law Arthur E Palmer is under arrest at Reading charged with murdering a number of infants has made a written confession It is probable insanity will be her defence at trial
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London
Annie Dyer
Arthur E. Palmer
Reading
Flynn versus Lynn and Boston Railroad verdict in Malden sleigh crash
A jury in the Superior Court before Chief Justice Mason returned a verdict for the plaintiff William Flynn of 6500 dollars in a suit against the Lynn and Boston Railroad Company. Flynn claimed damages for injuries when his sleigh on Flerry street Malden was struck by an electric car negligently operated. Attorneys J. Elder and O. N. Carpenter represented the plaintiff, C. K. Cobb the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Flynn
Lynn & Boston Railroad Company
Superior Court
Mason
Flerry Street
Malden
J. Elder
O. N. Carpenter
C. K. Cobb
Substitute Bill for Ad Verse Report Moves Today
The piece notes a substitute motion for an adverse report on a Massachusetts Gas Company bill with a $2,000,000 capital, setting tiered gas rates by sales and city. It mentions subway bills postponed for discussion tomorrow, and the Senate rejecting a first class license holder’s multiple bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
John E. Tuttle
Dorchester
Committee On Manufactures
John M. Bailey
Frank Leake
J. Wilder
H. E. McCoy
John Sr. Wellington
Massachusetts Gas Company
Post
Senate
South Boston
House
Irwin
Deerfield
Greenfield
Malone
Roe
Boston
Long Term of Service for City Messenger Peters
Mr Alvah Peters near end of twenty six year tenure as city messenger to the School Board considers his future as Leary prepares to take his place. Rumors of a new post under the sheriffs fade amid uncertain prospects while the Collegiate Alumni Association and School Board clash over janitor supervision and a hoped long term for Peters remains unfinalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah Peters
Mr. Leary
City Messenger
Mr. Peters
Quincy
Peters
Committee On
Collegiate Alumni Association
Pemberton Square
Court orders new trial in Nino murder case
The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court and granted a new trial in the People v Vincenzo Nino case. Nino, awaiting electrocution at Sing Sing for his wife’s murder, had errors in Recorder Golf’s ruling at trial cited as the grounds for a remand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Vincenzo Nino
Nino
Sing Sing
Recorder Golf
Trial over libel case in Holbrook courthouse
In Quincy on April 28 Judge Humphrey heard another hearing in the libel case from Holbrook where Mary E. Daly faces ten counts for distributing notes in Holbrook streets defaming Mary F. Goold. Witnesses described dropping and reading libellous papers. Mary Good testified she had not met Daly until court. Government rest, case continued to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Humphrey
District Court
Holbrook
Mary E. Daly
Mary F. Goold
Frederick W. Whitcomb
Mary Daly
Linfield Street
Mary
Miss Good
Henry S. Foucher
Mary E. Good
Randolph
Paine Shoe Company
Fire Burns 200 Acres in Connecticut Woodland
Winsted Conn April 28 A large forest area totaling over 200 acres stretched from Burrville Centre to the Four Corners and west to the mountains. Farmers join efforts to fight the blaze and prevent further spread as flames consume the woodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted, Conn
Burrville Centre
Four Corners
Winsted Road
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Indorse Fitzgerald
Lomasney
PJ. Kennedy
Kelliher
Congress
New England
Josie Ming Yen
Providence Tailors Strike
Walt McDougall
Bill Nye
TS Ag Bol
Secret Society
Cent Sunday Post
Aldrich Furniture Co
Aldrich Furniture
Washington St
American Art
Boston Pictures
William N. Norton
Hood
Harvard
Baby Murders
Dri
Senate Hotel
Goff
Berlin
Worcester Unitarian Association
Greenman
Fitchburg
Connecticut
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Hanover Zee Tates
Puritana
Prof Did Crosby
M.D
Foreign Hotels
Cecil
England
River Thames
Victoria Embankment
Europe
G. P. Bertini
James R. Hill
Devonshire St
Hancock Building
Concord Concord
the Post
Herbert A. Coleman
Medford
Sarah J. Coleman
South Street
Ryder
Amesbury
A. P. Flanders
Rupert
Wilson Bros
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
L Medicine. CO
Flenish
Lew York City
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