London Cheers Furious Flames Fire Disaster Report
The article describes Anglo residents in London reacting to a deadly blaze linked to the Mashonaland crisis. Prisoners were sent home after intervention, injuries mount among the Riley and Chamblin families, and Armiger House burned with a $25,000 loss. A coroner’s inquest blamed a faulty hot air pipe for the fire. Alice Williams remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Riley
Manuel
James Chamblin
Riley
Armiger
Alice Williams
Kept Away From Dr Jim at Plymouth Transport Victoria Veil
The Victoria with Dr Jameson on board anchors in the sound at midnight. A press boat attempts to approach but is warned off. Officers aboard decline to give information beyond saying all prisoners are well and Dr Jameson is asleep. Government unions block interviews.
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Dr. Jamegon
Mashonaland
South Africa
Mashonaland Company
London
Dr. Jameson
Victoria
Plymouth
Transvaal
Immense clearance sale at Jordan, Marsh & Co furniture
Jordan Marsh & Co inaugurate a vast clearance sale at their mam moth furniture stores on Avon street and Bedford street in Boston. Prices slashed on piano stools desks and oak tables with rapid delivery promised as spring stock arrives daily.
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
Avon Street
Bedford Street
Boston
Division 20 A O H holds social and convention plans
A large attendance at a Boston Division 20 A O H meeting chaired by Michael O Donoan heard word of a social and literary event for St Patrick s night. Elected to attend the State convention were Michael O Donovan and George Casey with the convention to meet in East Boston on April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Michael O’donovan
George Casey
John McLaughlin
Thomas McEleney
James Connolly
William Doherty
John Ban McLaughlin
Sentinel
George J. Doherty
William Grant
Patrick Tully
James Sweeney
John Holland
James Doerty
John Dunford
St. Patrick's
The
Order
Hunter Quits Fight as Senator Nominee Withdraws from Race
Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter Republican nominee for United States Senator withdraws from the contest in Kentucky. He offered four Republican legislators a one week window to back him or allow a substitute candidate if he failed to win. Senator Rummans declined the proposal as a bolter.
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Frankfort
W. Godfrey Hunter
United States
Rummans
Bolters
Sermon Praises Washington Spirit and Nation’s Ruler
The Rev A S Gumbart at Dudley Street Baptist Church delivered a sermon titled The Spirit of 76 praising Washington as a heroic founder guiding liberty and religion. He contrasted Washington with ancient conquerors and linked his name to Abraham Moses and David, calling him a soldier statesman and hero.
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A. S. Gumbart
Dudley Street Baptist Church
God
Christ
Washington
Leonidas
Cyrus
Alexander
Cesar
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Abraham
Moses
David
Sunday Sabbath Observance Union Service in Cambridge
About 200 attendees gathered at Shepard Memorial Church in Cambridge for a union service on Sabbath observance. Mayor Bancroft presided as speakers urged rest one day in seven and discussed Sabbath newspaper reading and the New England Sabbath Protective League.
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Shepard Memorial Church
Cambridge
William A. Bancroft
M. Crothers
Jesus
New England
Boston
New England Sabbath Protective League
League
Dean Hodges
Plumb
Philo Celtic Society Holds Meeting at Irish School
A large Philo-Celtic Society gathering at 694 Washington street featured Irish language classes directed by Mulroy Fernan and Dinneen. An evening program included recitations songs and speeches with condolence for John Fleming editor of the Gaelic Journal. A Malden branch plan and Emmet celebration attendance were announced.
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Philo-Celtic Society
Irish School
Washington Street
Messrs
Mulroy
Fernan
Dinneen
P. O'Sullivan
M. J. Mulroy
J. H
Faneuil Hall
Firebug Again Sets Two Incendiaries Fires in Somerville
Somerville faced two incendiary fires yesterday as a suspected arsonist struck near Water street behind the Fitchburg railroad and at Lake street near Wilder & Co. The first shed blaze caused $500 damage after cotton waste and car oil were used as accelerants. the second blaze in a hay grain and flour storeroom caused $1500 damage. Police warn of threatening letters sent to property owners and the community remains on edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Hopkins
McCarthy Bros
Water Street
Fitchburg Railroad
A. M. Wilder & Co
Lake Street
Wilder
Prospect School
Washington Street
Whitcomb
Relief Efforts Grow for Zeitoun Sufferers in Constantinople
The Italian consul at Zeitoun reports wretched conditions with many naked people, starvation and disease. Baron Von Calice starts a relief subscription, and Clara Barton of the Red Cross eyes Zeitoun plans aided by Marash. Turkish officials defend Miss Corrina Shattuck from an attack at Corfu, and Minister Terrell urges publicizing six heroic guards: Rezak Effendi, Said Effendi, Mustafa Effendi, Hassan Effendi, Issa Effendi, and Durak Effendi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Zeitoun
Baron von Calice
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Zeitounites
Marash
Taurus
Corfu
Aintab
Corinna Shattuck
Terrell
United Press
America
Rezak Effendi
Said Effendi
Mustafa Effendi
Hassan Effendi
Issa Effendi
Durak Effendi
Bombing in Havana Newest Cuban Crises Reported
Private advices say a dynamite blast near the Henry Clay cigar factory in Havana yesterday was likely the work of the Cuban revolutionary committee. Reports claim eight to ten Cuban sympathizers jailed at Cabanas and Moro Castle are murdered nightly by order of General Weyler, and a Havana manifesto threatens to blow up the city if the killings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fia
Whitney
Henry Clay
Havana
Cuban Revolutionary Committee
Cabanas
Moro Castle
Weyler
Revolutionary Committee
Oklahoma Divorces Ltd Expands From New York
The Oklahoma divorce boom runs as a business with a New York branch offering absolute divorces in ninety days. Couples are guided to a Perry Oklahoma institute for three months to resolve marital issues and obtain legal separation, aided by a Supreme Court ruling that Oklahoma decrees are binding nationwide.
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New York
Oklahoma
Perry
Okla
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Territory
United States Supreme Court
United States
Woman found unconscious on Warren Street near Roxbury City Hospital
A mid afternoon Division 9 crew found a woman about 55 years old and 5 feet 5 inches tall in a tenn scious condition on Warren Street Roxbury. She was rushed to City Hospital and diagnosed with paralysis. She wore bluish pink clothing and a black bonnet.
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Ubkrowe Wee
Warren Street
Roxbury
Boston Visitor Found Dead At Imperial Hotel
A man about 30 years old registered as H. J. Gunn of Boston and stayed at the Imperial Hotel in Jersey City. He paid for a week, did not appear for breakfast, and was found dead with a cut throat beside a wash bowl of blood after his room door was forced.
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Jersey City
N. J
H. J. Gunn
Boston
Mass
Imperial Hotel
Mass Meeting in Lynn Aids Armenian Sufferers
A large Lynn theatre gathering of about 2500 residents backed Armenian relief efforts. Mayor Bessom presided as speakers included Hagop Bogigian Boston S. S. Blanchard John A. O Keefe E B Hayes Judge John W Barry Rev James M Pullman and Mrs Alice Ives Breed. Hayes urged sending food clothing and even American gunboats to halt massacres. about $200 was raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lynn Theatre
Eugene E. Bessom
Hagop Bogigian
Boston
Alice Ives Breed
E. B. Hayes
Diamond Robbery Stages Hold Up At Somerville Theatre
The American Theatre Company was held up after a show at Bacon Hall Union Square Somerville. Janitor N Gott corralled the cast until the proprietor appeared and paid, then released the crew after detention. The incident occurred after the curtain fell on the final act.
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American Theatre Company
Bacon Hall
Union Square
Somerville
N. Gott
Gott
Boston Guests Play Charade Twist At Luncheon
A Boston luncheon features a literary guessing game built from book and author references. Guests wear small hints such as a padlock for Locke and a chick badge for Innocents Abroad while each plate bears a card for guesses and a prize book titled The Book Lover.
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Boston
Locke
Newcomes
Hawthorne
Nicholas Nickleby
Remains of M. D. Harter Taken to Mansfield
HARTER'S REMAINS FOSTORIA Ohio February 23 Late last night a message directed that the remains of M D Harter be taken to Mansfield The body was embalmed and the bullet hole hidden A short funeral by Rev James Albert Patterson pallbearer Hon Charles Foster the service to be continued in Mansfield with interment to follow The time of the fatal shot remains 5 am Mrs Pinet heard a gun report A freight train passed then and Foster noted Harter once free trader now favored protection and McKinley’s nomination
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Pinet
Harter
Foster
Philadelphia
Mr. Harter
McKinley
Division 4 A O H Holds Large Boston Meeting
A crowded Carroll Hall gathering of Division 4 A O H Boston chaired by President Francis Cassidy heard eight new members join and fifteen propositions. The ball committee reported a net of over 309 dollars from the event as plans for a St Patrick's night banquet and Patriots day parade were set. Several officers and guests attended including W A Ryan and Francis Daly. Proposals for a Suffolk county directory event on March 22 and a Glna Gael lecture on Emmets birthday March 4 were discussed along with a death notice for Deunia Crowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Carroll Hall
Francis Cassidy
W. A. Ryan
Roxbury
Francis Daly
South Boston
John B. O'Higgins
Ball Committee
St. Patrick’s
Patrick O’connor
John Carroll
P. A. Foley
Don Waters
Bernard A. McLaughlin
Suffolk County Directory
Glan-na-Gael
Emmet
Deunia Crowley
Knights of Pythias to skip encampment in Minneapolis
The executive assembly of the Grand Council met in Cincinnati under supreme chancellor Walter B. Ritchie. Opponents Judge Orr and Fred E Wheaton of Minneapolis urged against abandoning the Minneapolis meeting. It was decided to abandon the encampment this year and hold the Supreme Lodge bennial convention in Cleveland on August 25, 18%. High railroad rates prompted the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Grand Council of the Knights of Pythias
Walter B. Ritchie
Orr
Fred E.wheaton
Minneapolis
Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Cleveland
Li Hung Chang to Visit United States En Route to Russia
Washington February 23 Li Hung Chang the Chinese statesman was named to represent the Emperor at the Russian coronation in May. He will visit the United States on the way to Europe and Russia, after counsel with John W Foster during the Japan peace negotiations last summer.
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Washington
Li Hung Chang
Russia
John W. Foster
Japan
United States
Foster
China
Europe
Practical Lessons from George Washington Henry Wilson and Sherman
Vesper services at YMCA Hall centered on practical lessons for American youth. Speakers included Hon. Albert B. Pillsbury Boston Rev Edward A Horton Kinsley Post and William H Baldwin. Music by Mrs F P Whitney Fred W Jamerson and Master Henry Donlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Hall
America
George Washington
Henry Wilson
William Tecumseh Sherman
Albert B. Pillsbury
Boston
Edward A. Horton
Kinsley Post
The
Union
William H. Baldwin
F. P
Funeral plans for ex Governor Robinson set for Chicopee
Springfield reports ex Governor Robinson will be buried at Fairview Cemetery after a 2 PM service at Third Congregational Church in Chicopee. A 1:30 PM family service at the house precedes the public rites conducted by Rev. C H Abbott and Rev. E F Hayward in a simple ceremony. The W A convent ion closed in Lawrence with remarks by James Eaton and thanks to the press and local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Robinson
Third Congregational Church
Chicopee
Fairview Cemetery
C. H. Abbott
E. F. Hayward
Marlboro
Champion pool player Barnes defeats world champion Malone
Sam Barnes, Texas champion fifteen-ball pool player, beat world champion J L Malone in Dallas by 78 to 48. Malone was to pocket 100 balls to Barnes seven in the match held last night in the city.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Barnes
Texas
J. L. Malone
Malone
Barnes
Chaperons Available for Hire Now
Chaperons can be hired for events now. The conversation confirms readiness to engage a chaperone service for accompanying attendees on a specified outing.
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Plymouth Harbor
Pheterig
Mall
Tex Beawcasth Co
Canax Sr
N. Y
Hunter
Rev. A. S. Gumbart
Somervile
For
Armenia's
Mansfield, C
Knights AT
Pythians
Lawrence
Young Women’s Christian Association
James H. Eaton
Young Men's Christian Association of
Martha Teal
Adeline Pettee
Sunday Post
Caroline Miskel Hoyt
Isabelle Irving
Joseph Jefferson
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