Newfoundland relief drive eyed. annexation urged in Boston
Boston plans a mass meeting at Young's Hotel to organize aid for Newfoundland. A committee will invite Mayor Curtis and Governor Greenhalge and press annexation to the United States as a path to develop fisheries and stabilize the island nation. Clergy leaders issued an appeal for assistance as Newfoundland faces economic collapse and lacks a stable government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Sunday Post
England
Tral Africa
Hottento
France
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Herman
Boston
Curtis
Greenhalge
United States
Newundland
John G. É
A. B. Hudson
Northmouth
John P. McCormack
James Jace
D. J. Cantwell
Thomas Burns
Sam J. Purcell
Peter Higgins
W. J. Ky
D. F. Cantwell
Martin M. N
RST SPIRITUAL TEMPLE MEETING DESCRIBES SPIRIT CONTACT
The Spirit Temple meeting opened yesterday morning with Mr Keeler as medium. Exercises and explanations of spirit life were given including three manifestations: physical power expression materialization and writing messages. A curtain cabinet and open front pane created the impression of unseen hand activity as several messages passed through the cabinet. Over one hundred messages appeared. attendees expressed surprise and interest at calls from the unseen, indicating a lively séance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeler
Real estate transfers in Roxbury and Barton Street area
In a tract at the corner of Jington Avenue and St. Alphonsus Roxbury the sale price was 11800 dollars. G Farrington sold a frame building and 3400 square feet of land at Bradford and Cedar streets. Elbridge A Bullard sold a house and 1540 square feet at Barton Street. As Leon Ward sold property in the city of Elbridge A. Bullard and others conveyed parcels in the same district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jington Avenue
St. Alphonsus
Roxbury
G. Farrington
Bradford
Cedar Streets
Ever- Elbridge
A. Bullard
Bodkin
John House
Barton Street
Eon
J. Ward
City of
Charlestown Cycle Club hosts big C C C ball meeting
The C C C drew 200 members to yesterday's meeting in Charlestown Cycle Club rooms on South Eden street to plan a grand ball. A $100 grant secured Music Hall, 1800 tickets to print with 600 pledged by C C C members, and a 20 piece orchestra was arranged. A circulation inviting L A W members within 15 miles of Boston was read and committees updated progress for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Sterling Elliott
Percy D. Sawyer
J. M. McGinley
Roxbury
N. Newman
Mavericks
W. B. Chipman
Tiger Roadsters
John J. Walsh
Malden
R. W. Emerson
Chelsea
Charles 8. Brainerd
George P. Whiton
Suffolk
Joseph J. Vogel
Jamaica
Howard Emery
Mt. Pleasant
Livingstone Rogers
Pequots
C. R. Hutchinson
E. M. McTear
Wollaston
L. L. Gove
Stoneham
E. J. Finnegan
W. O. Bullock
Roslindale
D. J. Chisholm
Pinnacle of
Valentine
Jamaica Club
New York
J. J. Vogel
C. 8
Brainerd
L. A. W. Luscomb
A. C. C. Williams
A. A. Pope
Lovell
Press
Boston
Press Club
Louisville
Bob
Eagles
Union Club
Riverside Club
Cambridgeports
Malden Wheelmen
Roxbury Wheelmen
Suffolks
Charlestown Cycle Club
South Eden Street
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Massachusetts Yacht Club Smoking Concert Delights Members
The Massachusetts Yacht Club held its second smoking concert in Winter quarters on Hayward Place. A small orchestra performed the Pique Dame overture with a lone clarinet, followed by popular opera medleys. Notable was Mr Canfield’s recitation Lasca and the Texas Down on the Rio Grande refrain, with an encore featuring Billings of Louisville Touched Me for Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Casey
Hayward Place
Billings
Louisville
Evangelists Farewell Ends Crowded Revival at Temple
Evangelists Hunter and Crossley concluded a two week revival at the People's Temple drawing a vast crowd with over 500 conversions reported. Crossley urged business and labor participants to integrate faith with commerce, while Hunter thanked the congregation as Pastor Winters and Dr. Brady praised the evangelists for their work.
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Hunter
Crossley
Evangelist Crossley
H. P. Winters
Evangelist Hunter
Jesus
Brady
Evangelists
Cesar
Veterans Rally to challenge life member rule at encampment
Veterans from forty posts in Springfield plan resolutions protesting the life member law that makes them delegates to the national encampment. They seek repeal at Louisville in August and urge no vote by comrades not elected in 1894, forecasting a lively Springfield debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Springfield
Louisville
Life
House of Lords
National Assembly
Gossip of the Turf Includes Notable Horse Earnings and Races
The article tracks top earnings in American racing for 1894 led by Yo Tambien and Stonewell, with broader notes on pacers Joe Patchen and Silk Wood, the grand circuit at Saginaw, and key breeders like Robert Bonner and H. O. Havemeyer. It also mentions Simms heading to England, severe weather delaying workouts, and Belmont’s rising stable of yearlings at Nursery Stud in Kentucky.
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America
Expressive
Altivo
Yo Tambien
Stonewell
W. S. Eddy
Joe Patchen
Silkwood
Los Angeles
Cal
Fairview
Tenn
Weinberg
W. J. Andrews
Jewettville
New York City
Maud S
Sunol
Robert Bonner
Stamboul
BE. H. Harriman
Belle Vara
H. O. Havemeyer
Terre Haute
Ind
Vatican
Mr. Havemeyer
Harrietta
Dan Cupid
T. W. Kelly
Simms
Croker
Dwyer
England
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philip J. Dwyer
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Newmarket
W. J. Spiers
Major Domo
Nashville
O’connell
Belmont
Lexington
Bayon D’or
St. Blase
Magnetizer
Mr. Belmont
YACHTING NEWS: Major yachts under construction and regatta talks
The 70-foot schooner for W Gould Brokaw at Harlan Hollingworth Wilmington will finish about May 10. Lawley builds a 40-foot schooner for Albert Pope, a 30-foot vessel for J E Rothwell under Larchmont Club rules. The Admiral to be launched when ice clears. Membership talks include Percival Clement and Harry Converse. A regatta committee meet Feb 18 at 8 PM in Boston. A NYYC effort to revise racing rules follows last season’s load water line classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cary Smith
W. Gould
Larchmont Club
Wort
Admiral
Percival W. Clement
Rutland
Gitana
Harry W. Converse
Malden
Atlantic Works
Eastern Yacht Club
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Hayward Place
New York Yacht Club
Boxing Gossip on Dixon and O'Rourke Current Boston Scene
Boxing column reports ongoing talk of a split between champion George Dixon and manager Tom O Rourke. Dixon reportedly sick and resting in Boston while Walcott prepares to fight Billy Smith. The piece notes possible Dixon appearances, other upcoming bouts, and remarks from Peter Maher backer John J Quinn on Dixon leaving his team.
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Tom O’rourke
George Dixon
O’rourke
Dixon
Boston
John J. Quinn
Peter Maher
Mr. Quinn
Billy Plimmer
Plimmer
Maher
Walcott
Billy Smith
Music Hall
Dick O’brien
Ed Binney
New England
Bumstead Hall
Charlesbank Athletic Club
Lynn
Dick Moore
Billy Hennessey
Joe Walcott
Jimmy Kaveny
Young Heenan
America
Willie Green
St. Louis
Dan Creedon
New York
John D. Hopkins
Willie Camp-On
Creedon
Willie
Green
Jack Everhardt
Owen Ziegler
Philadelphia
Denny Butler
Mike Donovan
Cribb
Tom Moriarty
Lowell
Everhardt
Rob Roy
Diamond Echoes Preview Big College and Pro Baseball Plans
Glasscock named Louisville captain and Jack Sharrott to lead Bangor club. Barnie disputes Charles Brady contract denial. Buck Ewing opposes handball for players. Jantzen reports 18 games caught last year. Pitchers to return to old box. Kerr favors more advantage and glove abolition for all except catcher and first baseman. Strong college pitching across Yale Princeton Brown Harvard Penn Georgetown Cornell Lehigh etc.
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Glasscock
Louisville
Jack Sharrott
Bangor
Barnie
Charles Brady
Buck Ewing
Jantzen
Kerr
Rules Committee
Ed Hanlon
Carter
Yale
Cornell
Ithacans
Bradley
Princeton
White
Russell
Brady
Robinson
Brown
Harvard
Andy Highland
Pennsylvania
Whitey
Schoenhut
Georgetown
Carmody
Altman
Cobb
Smith
Atlantic City
Lehigh
Nevins
Chinese and Japanese clash at Wei Hai Wei in new offensives
Pekin reports the Chinese government consulting with foreign diplomats on peace envoy powers. In Wei Hai Wei, Japanese torpedo fleets attacked from Jan 30 to Feb 7 with repeated assaults on Ting Yuen and other ships. Several ships were sunk or damaged, forts held, and Japanese gains noted with strong eastern fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
Japan
Central News
Tokio
Wei-Hai-Wei
Wei-Hai- Wei
Ming Ling
Ting Yuen
Liu Kung Tao
Lynn Temperance Crusade Fails to Deliver Speakers
A Lynn temperance meeting at Union Hall on Summer Street drew crowds curious about “Living Pictures of Mayan Life.” R B Sidelinger, suffering a cold, could not speak at length but promised to reveal names and actions of intoxicated individuals next Sunday. He criticized press coverage while vowing to persist in the anti drink crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Summer Street
Lynn
R. B. Sidelinger
John Barleycorn
Mr. Sidelinger
Sidelinger
The New Boy to Open at Columbia with Powers in Lead
James T Powers stars in The New Boy a full grown man passing as a boy at the Columbia Theatre Boston. The piece is paired with a strong company and follows the success of Charley’s Aunt with a companion comedy tone. Sousa’s band performs at the Boston Theatre with many encores and notable solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Columbia
James T. Powers
Mary A Whalen Arrives at Eastern Packet Pier in Boston
The new clipper Boston fishing schooner Mary A Whalen, built at Essex for Captain Sylvester Whalen, arrived yesterday morning after a swift voyage from Gloucester. She was towed past ice by the Nellie and will be stocked for her first fishing cruise as friends tour the vessel. The owner will skipper her. interest centers on her promising seaworthiness. Also discussed is the naming of a cup defender yacht, with a preference for distinctive names, including Indian-inspired options. The Persian Monarch, to sail under the American flag from Newport News, is being converted into a sailing ship and will load coal in Baltimore for San Francisco, possibly becoming the largest sailing ship with a 3923-tonnage iron hull and a $75,000 conversion cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mary A. Whalen
Eastern Packet
Essex
Sylvester Whalen
Gloucester
Long Island
Lewis Wharf
Nellie
Arthur Eldridge
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RST
Massachusetts
Y. C. Smoker
Messrs
Hunter and Crossley
The
Yachting News
Lynn Temperance Crusade
R. E. Sidelinger
Boston Theatre
the New Boy
Hanlon
Superba
Nat Goodwin
de Wolf Hopper
Tremont
Palace
John Philip Sousa
Sousa
Liberty Bell
Manhattan Beach
Washington Post
Marie Barnard
Gounod
the Hollis
David Garrick
Mr. Goodwin
Aladdin, Jr
Castle Square
Anna Boyd
John J. Burke
Henry Norman
de Wolf Hopper Jr
Dr. Syntax
the Tremont
Fannie Johnston
Park Theatre
Zip
Annie Lewis
Annie M. Clarke
Helen Dayne
Mrs. Pennoyer
J. H. Ryley
John Glendenning
Sheridan Block
Edgar Halstead
Harry Davenport
Pilling
Palace Theatre
John A. Stevens
Florence Gerald
Museum
Willie Collier
Grand Opera House
Mason-Manola Company
Fritz
Rockland
Joe Flynn
Howard Atheneum
St. Felix Sisters
Harrigan
the Juggler
Haines and Pettengill
Carrie Tutein
Bowdoin Square Theatre
W. H. Power
Austin & Stone
Gus Williams
Keith
Belle Black
Lyceum
Batcheller
Mi and Pettingill
Bessie Gilbert
Old Howard
St. Felix
Billy Chase
Bowers
Bertha Brush
Laura Bennett
Ed Parker
Cor
Dover and
Washington Sts
Miss Katherine Rober
Eugene Tompkins
Hansons
Uperba
Square Theatre
Edward Fe.rose
Tremont St
Down Town
American Extravaganza CO
Aladdin, Jr. Coe
Nat. C. Goodwin David Garrick
Boston Music Hall
Cesar Thomson
Julie L. Wyman
I. Luckstone
Rich & Harris
Charles Frohman
Bowdoin SQ. Theatre
MR. Chas. F. Atkinson
W. H. Power, JR
Tremont Theatre
Syntax
Boston Museum
R. D. Ware
B. E. Woo
Lotta
Zi P
Hoyt’s
Vlay
Zands
Keith's New Theatre
Icrand Opera House
Eve’gs
Next
William Collier
Harry Montague
Big Burlesque Co
Matinees Daily
Portland
Indian Wharf
F. Williams
Orth
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