Boston and Massachusetts Delegation at Naval Review Parade
Sailors and soldiers aboard the Providence shuttled the Governor's party, with sickness clearing by arrival. Governor Ames and twenty aides joined President Harrison lunching at Equitable, while the Ancients parade drew crowds at Grand Central. The Fifth Regiment boasted strong showing, despite rain, with Captain Sinclair hospitalized. Cadets rested, and a Metropolitan Opera Ball capped a busy day before tomorrow's parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Twenty-second Street
Twenty-third Street
New York Committee
Bay State
Ames
Harrison
Equitable
Grand Central Depot
Old Guard of
New York
Boston
Grand Central
Banks
Philadelphia
Smith
Ancients
Fifth Avenue
Massachusetts
Sinclair
Company K
Cambridge
Roosevelt Hospital
Fifth
Bancroft
Salem
Edmands
East Fifty-sixth Street
Metropolitan Opera House
Senator Dawes
Randall
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Myron P. Walker
H. C. Lodge
Washington Observes Centennial Holiday With Religious Services
Washington marks a national centennial holiday with bank and office closures. Prominent churches hold special services and union meetings led by Rev. Dr. Sunderland. Catholic masses, clergy addresses, and events at multiple churches follow Cardinal Gibbons circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sunderland
Cardinal Gibbons
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
Luther Memorial Church
Church of Our Father
Central M. P. Church
Metropolitan M. E. Church
E Street Baptist Church
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company heads to New York
About 200 members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company assembled at their Boston headquarters and formed twelve ranks before marching to South Market Street. Led by Colonel Henry E. Smith and the Worcester Brass Band, they paraded along streets with crowds, boarding a special train to New York at Providence depot. Notables included General N. P. Banks, Colonel Wyman, and Captains Mack, Gundy, Fox, Whittemore, and Folsom as honorary staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
South Market Street
Henry E. Smith
Worcester Brass Band
State Street
Washington
School
Tremont
Boylston
Providence Depot
N. P. Banks
Wyman
Mack
W. H. Gundy
J. A. Fox
Augustus Whittemore
A. A. Folsom
Henry Walker
Boston Colors Presented to U S S Boston Parade Victory
Mayor Hart received a report from his assistant secretary that the city of Boston presented a set of colors to the U S S Boston. The flags were hoisted and cheered by officers and crew. The battalion colors will be carried in the parade tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hart
New York
U.S. S. Boston
U.S
J.5
Sherburne
Washingtons inauguration marked by nation wide Boston observances
The 100th anniversary of Washingtons inauguration is celebrated in Boston and across Massachusetts with bells, salutes, flags, and public ceremonies. Offices close, banks and courts suspend, and afternoon papers delay reporting while churches prepare special services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Commonwealth
Washington
Custom House
United States Court
Stock Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Legislature
Post
Reformed Episcopal Church
George Washington
St. Paul’s Church
New York
Inauguration Day Observances Across Boston Churches
Reading from the altered Book of Common Prayer, programs mark Washington's birthday with services at Berkeley Temple and King's Chapel. Notables include readings by Reverend Robinson and Charles Cottin, musical performances, and addresses at Harvard Church and St John’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
Reformed Episcopal Church
Berkeley Temple
Muficke
Robinson
Willis Boyd Allen
Washington
Charles Carleton Cottin
Boynton
Dickinson
Alice J. Osborne
Republic
Bishop Paddock
St. Paul's Church
King’s Chapel
Boston
General Washington
G. W. Briggs
A. P. Peabody
Charles G. Ames
Brooke Herford
B. J. Lang
Harvard
Gleason Street
Harvard Improvement Association
Dorchester
Hart
Emmanuel Church
Leighton Parks
Old South Church
George A. Gordon
St. John’s Church
South Congregational Church
Christ Church
Samuel Eliot
Ll.d
Church of the Advent
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Music Hall
Central Club
Charlestown
James F. Hunnewell
Harvard College
Justin Winsor
More Strikers at St Paul Halt Cable Line Work
In St Paul Minnesota April 29 the street railway company building a Seventh street cable line reports another strike. Over 1000 workers paid about 125 dollars daily walked off at 1 PM joining the drivers already striking. The dispute centers on a 150 dollar per day demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau, Minn
City Street Railway Company
Seventh Street
Grand Trunk Horror Leaves Nineteen Dead in Ontario Crash
Hamilton Ont April 29 full details describe the crash as the worst disaster. An express train speeding on a slippery grade derailed and plunged into a water tank. seventeen bodies were recovered that afternoon with officials later placing deaths at nineteen. Wounded are reported to be doing well in Hamilton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiton
Ont
Grand Trunk
W. A. Robinson
L. 8. Gurney
New York
Rudolph J. Ederer
Chicago
Wallace
Dundas
Paris
St. George
Woolveston
Hamilton Hospital
Reception to Captain Murrell at Baltimore Ex change
The crowds welcomed Captain Murrell and Missouri officers at the Corn and Flour Exchange in Baltimore on April 29. Business was suspended from 12:45 to 2 PM as the public gathered, Mayor Latrobe and Mr. Fisher greeted the party, and cheers filled the room. An address of welcome followed Murrell’s handshake with the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Murrell
Missouri
Corn and Flour Exchange
Latrobe
Charlies D. Fisher
Board of Trade
Rockville Weaving Strike Continues Over 1 Cent Yard Demand
Rockville Conn April 29 The White Manufacturing Company strikers vote to continue the walkout until pay rises of 1 cent per yard. The firm offered 90 cents or 100 yards as its best terms, and two gingham mills remain closed leaving about 400 operatives idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockkville, Conn
White Manufacturing Company
Rail line petitions heard for Revere tracks
Three railroad firms petitioned Revere selectmen for track locations. The Revere Street Railway seeks double crossing on Winthrop avenue and a parallel single track on Ocean avenue. Ocean View Street Railway requests a single track from Ocean avenue’s northern end to the Atlantic House near Revere Street. Lynn & Boston railway hearing is set for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Lower Town Hall
Revere Street Railway Company
Winthrop Junction
Crescent Beach
Winthrop Avenue
Ocean Avenue
W. G. Benedict
Boland
Ocean View
Atlantic House
Revere Street
A. W. Hayes
Lynn & Boston Railway
Calais dredger boiler blast leaves seven dead
A dredger boiler exploded at Calais Maine yesterday causing seven deaths and injuring several. Victims bodies were described as horribly mutilated. Isaac Somerville a Kent and Bruce baker in Lawrence hanged himself last evening at age 42. Mr and Mrs Samuel Moores marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Tapleyville with over 100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
Isaac Somerville
Kent & Bruce, Lawrence
Samuel Moores
Tapleyville
Providence Festival Opens With Grand Rhode Island Chorus
The Rhode Island Musical Association launched its first festival in Infantry Hall Providence with a 500 member chorus led by Carl Zerrahn. Soloists Judi Knorr Babcock Perotti Aus Der Ohe and Hammerer accompanied a program including Haydn Liszt Wagner Verdi and Beethoven. Four more concerts are scheduled with youth afternoon and evening performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island Musical Association
Infantry Hall
Carl Zerrahn
Judi
Charles 8. Knorr
D. M. Babcock
Wagner
Dvorak
Miss Judh
Gabriel
Mr. Knorr
Uriel
Signor Perotti
Siegmund
Atchison Operator Murdered in Station Break‑In
Fountain Col April 29 The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe station house was broken into at 2 this morning by two tramps who murdered night operator A C Hastings and robbed the body of 65 dollars. A posse of officers pursues the men who if captured will be lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain
Col
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
A. C. Hastings
Weather prediction directive expands long-range forecasts
The chief signal officer orders the indications official to issue general two to three day forecasts starting May 1 1889. Predictions will cover specific regions and weekdays with careful wording and will not be highly detailed. Non-appearance signals caution and no advance forecast was deemed judicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumaron
Fountains and Monuments in Public Grounds
A Boston letter argues against intrusive public statues in parks echoing Horatio Seymour. It favors naturalistic features like mossy springs over formal fountains, warning monuments spoil woodland serenity. It condemns expensive urban sculpture and praises preserving native landscape beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Wissahickon
Philadelphia Ark
Brussels
Mt. Auburn
Disastrous Gogebic Range Aurora mine fire rages
A massive fire at the Aurora mine shaft No 6 200 feet underground on the Gogebic range Ashland Wisconsin spreads through the mine trapping shafts and threatening the boiler house Four hundred miners face unemployment as damage and losses mount with uncertain recovery prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Globe
Ashland
Wis
Aurora
Gogebic Range
Hurley
Moore Benjamin Roperties
Cleveand
Fires Strikes Multiple Towns Across Connecticut and West Virginia
Hartworp Hale block in South Manchester burned causing about 8000 dollars loss. Two stores and three tenements destroyed with no major salvage. J H Murray building in East Hampton damaged. insurance 5300 with Continental. Green Brier Mountains fire near Green Brier White Sulphur Springs ruins millions of feet timber and rails. Cambridge Dublin street fire damages 500 building stock 500 stock and furniture. Somerville Clyde street fire in Daniel Hear residence. damage 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartworp
Conn
Hale
Manchester
East Hampton
J. H. Murray
Continental Company
Lewispurg
W. Va
Green Brier Mountains
Green Brier
White Sulphur Springs
Cambridge
Dublin Street
Somerville
Daniel Hear
Clyde Street
Prominent Medford Citizen Dead
Jonas Coburn a leading Medford dry goods merchant with the largest store on High street was found dead in bed by his family this morning. He leaves three sons and one daughter. sons Charles A. Coburn George W. Coburn and Frank Coburn are noted Boston merchants in the boot and shoe trade and wool business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meprorp
Jonas Coburn
Medford
High Street
Boston
Charles A. Coburn
George W. Coburn
Hallowell & Coburn
Frank Coburn
Williams & Coburn
Cambridge Bleacher in Suicide Attempt Wounds Self
E H Marshall a 55 year old bleacher of 33 Bigelow Street Cambridge was shot behind the right ear by himself in an attempted self inflicted death. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition with despondency given as no known cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Marshall
Bigelow Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Secrecy Marks Samoan Conference Deliberations
The United States Germany and England representatives met at Prince Bismarck's residence in Bertury to discuss Samoan affairs. The session lasted one hour fifteen minutes and agreed to strict secrecy for deliberations. Commissioners expressed friendly sentiments and adjourned without a date for the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertury
United States
Germany
England
Prince Bismarck
Herbert Bismarck
Catholic congress calls for restoration of papal temporal power
General foreign news notes from Maprio and Rome on April 29 report the Catholic congress urging the pope's temporal power restored. Rome mentions a forthcoming marriage between the Prince of Naples and Princess Clementine. A Springfield carpenter, Elbridge Barton, 67, drowned after cofferdam failure at the Waste Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maprio
Catholic Congress
London
Gladstonians
St. Petersburg
Secret Police
M. Poutiline
Elbridge Barton
Springfield
Springfield Waste Company
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U. 5.5
Harsgor
Thomas N. Hart
Reform Club
John Codman
Codman
Samoa
Touram
America
Congress
John Roach
City
Delaware
William E. Chandler
Joyds
East Indies
Clyde
Clyde Yards
Prince William
Jodman
Maine
Pennsylvania
Julius A. Palmer
ST. Paul
Grand Trunk Horror
Hamilton
Baltimore Corn Exchange
Rockville
Providence Festival
Atchison
Hale Block
South Manchester
Easthampton
Ayer
Sharon Grove
Mary A. Jackson
Mass
Eaton Rapids
Mich
J. W. Bowen
Enquirer
McArthur
Ohio
P. J. Cullen
Saratoga Springs, N. Y
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
General Foreign News
Stetson, Mosely & Coo
Kilby Street
Hard Pine Lumber
Hackmatack
Huckins & CO
Horatio Harris & CO
Palermo
Aberlady Bay
Macon
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Circuit Streets
Washington Street
Circuit
Washington Streets
Bryant N. Adams
Cor. Hancock and
Chestnut Sts
Quincy, Mass
Squantum
New Squantum House
Probate Court
County of Norfolk
Catherine T. Tripp
Beach Street
Quincy
Catherine J. Tripp
Alvah A. Burrage
Mercantile Savings Institution
Norfolk
George A. Dary
Pemberton Square
Portland St
W.P. Balch
R. F. Naylor
William Bassett
William Murdock
Suffolk Registry of Deeds
Fuller and Whitney
Suffolk
St. Paul St
Nathan Mathews
WM. E. Murdock
Albert Howe & Coo
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
A. S. Richards & CO
Murdock
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Murdock Liquid Food CO
Norfolk Avenue
East Chester Park
Jaane Square
Bulding
Uslerhens
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