Boston gymnastic association discussed by Harvard expert
Dr Dudley A Sargent of Harvard reports on forming a Boston area gymnastic association and calls for two delegates from schools colleges and clubs to attend a meeting at the Boston Athletic Association on Tuesday March 12 at 8 pm. The plan outlines committee led exercises on multiple apparatus with winter team contests judged for individual and team rankings leading to a final public contest.
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Boston
Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard
Boston Athletic Association
Sargent
Amours
Hardierrts
Boxing Gossip Sparks Charlesbank Club to Prize Match Plan
Boston boxing chatter notes Charlesbank Athletic Club members unhappy after Bumstead Hall meeting amid weak recent shows. O'Brien and Dobbs agree to box for a $1000 purse at March 2 club meeting after O'Brien flatly seeks a bout with Dobbs. Pickaninny bout talks fail. Starlight, Marshall, and Green disputes color the scene as figures scramble for attention.
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Charlesbank
Bumstead Hall
Lumstead Hall
O’brien- Binney
Boston
Daly
Bobby Dobbs
O’brien-Binney
O’brien
Dobbs
Binney
Charlesbank Club
Younght
Starlight
George Dixon
Carse Starlight
Rosebud
Martin Fla
Dick O’brien
Jack Green
Moore-McCarthy
Woburn
Aleck Greggains
O’brien-Green
Press Club set single-string record in A. C. C. bowling
The Press Club boosts the team single-string record from 41 to 68 pins in last night’s A. C. C. bowling. The Press boys defeated Medford by nearly four hundred pins. Results of the two A. C. C. games follow.
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Press Club
Press Boys
Medford
Lovells plan Nat Butler bid for hour record
Cole trade notes indicate Nat Butler will be sent after the hour record once riding opens with fast teammates not yet named by Mr. Harvey. Negotiations for the other riders are ongoing as Read's Sons repairs highlight tiny safety bike for seven year old Fred White of Chelsea.
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Lovells
Nat Butler
Butler
Mr. Harvey
Read’s Sons
Fred White
New Mall
Master White
Chelsea
Boston
Stearns Agency
Daniel Pattinson
Pattinson
Nat Goodwin
Columbia
Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
TURF TALK Brisk plans loom for top trotters this year
Atlantic King will get special prep to beat 2 04. Bellini 2 13 4 a black stallion by Artillery trained for faster records. St Joseph Fair Association to post 4000 in free for alls. Monies and jockeys shift as Robert J and Alix barred. Salisbury to bulk his string with Brooks 2 15 4 and Benzetta 2 12 4. Rumors of professional judges at big trotting meets emerge in Kentucky as the season nears.
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Bellini
Artillery
W. B. Digkerman
St. Joseph
Fair Association
Robert J
Alix
Pius Schell
Buffalo
Lord Clinton
B. W. Ford
Lexington
Trevillian
Young Jim
J. H. Thayer
Kentucky
National Trotting Association
Monroe Salisbury
L. A. Paddock
Brooklyn
Brooks
New York
Mr. Salisbury
Benzetta
Billy Holmes
the Post
Roexbury
al Croker
England
Senate finance panel backs gold silver ratio plan for world conference
In Washington on February 26, Mr. Voorhees of Indiana chairs a Senate debate on a substitute resolution to send nine U S delegates to any international conference on securing a fixed gold to silver value ratio with free minting. The measure includes a $100000 appropriation for delegates and joint conference expenses. The day also saw amendments on sugar bounty, a public building grant for Brockton Mass, and reforms to the revenue marine service.
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Washington
Voorhees
Indiana
Finance Committee
Senate
Wolcott
United States
Brockton
Mass
Frye
Maine
Revenue Marine Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Marine Hospital Service
Revenue Cutter Service
Allison
Iowa
New Orleans
Proctor
Vermont
Hoar
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Mr. Blanchard
Mr. Hoar
Yeas
Lodge and Gypsy Moths Extermination Fund Cut
Washington February 23 The conference on the agricultural appropriation bill ended with the Senate yielding many amendments. The key concession was removing 40000 dollars for gypsy moth extermination after a long fight led by Mr. Lodge.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Cuban Martial Law Proclaimed Sparks Islandwide Excitement
Secretary Gresham received a cablegram from Consul-General Williams in Havana reporting that a state of affairs practically amounting to martial law had been proclaimed in Cuba. The governor-general's proclamation has caused widespread excitement as it marks government action to curb disturbances in portions of the island.
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Washington
Gresham
Williams
Havana
Cuba
Altgeld in High Honor and Arbitration Bill Passed
In Washington on February 26 the House passed an interstate commerce arbitration bill after McGann of Illinois introduced it by request. Debate touched on President Cleveland sending troops to Chicago during railway troubles, with Governor Altgeld’s action praised as worthy of high memory by history.
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Washington
McGann
Illinois
Erdmann
Pennsylvania
Committee On Labor
Fithian
Cleveland
Chicago
Altgeld
House
Citizens Rescue Board Seeks Executive Secretary
The new organization has invited Rev. W. R. Deming of New York, formerly of Boston, to become executive secretary succeeding Howard F. Gannett who resigned. The society plans widespread rescue work and has its office at Room 60 Studio building.
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W. R. Deming
New York
Boston
Howard F. Gannett
Studio Building
Gants Off for the South Sails to Savannah
The New York Baseball Club departed by steamer for Savannah this afternoon, en route to Jacksonville, as plans for southward spring training proceed.
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New York
New York Baseball Club
Tallahassee
Savannah
Jacksonville
Polo Games Last Night in New England
Boston scored seven to Providence five, Pawtucket beat Lynn five to three, and Salem defeated New Ledford two to one in recent polo matches.
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Boston
Providence
Pawtucket
Lynn
Salem
New Ledford
All About Change New Face in Nosea and Keaton事件
A garbled item mentions changes in faces and oaths, removing Alomiades, and a reference to 150 price boosts for a startup. John H. WooNopeu is listed with an address in AL Winter St Keaton, with juvenile facial soap noted.
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Changnew
John HH
WooOnOpeu
AL Winter St
Keaton
The Fall of Billy Park’s Bosworth House Auction
Auctioneer Edward Hatch led the sale of Billy Park’s Bosworth Street estate contents as Park House, opened in 1842, closed. Furnishings, crockery, linen, and wine sold slowly. some items drew tiny bids, with most prices far below past value, including German silver tureens at $2 and a coffee urn at $1.50.
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Edward Hatch
Billy Park
Bosworth Street
Park House
Mr. Hatch
Hatch
Clark & Phelps
Mr. Hill
Park
Dougherty Falls Quick In Lynn Boxing Bout
Over 500 spectators watched at the Kirtland Club rooms in Lynn as Mickey Higgins stopped Owen Dougherty in under a minute with a left jab. Higgins dominated the opening exchanges, Dougherty failing to rise before the bell. Preliminaries featured three rounds each for Cameron versus Cart and Scanlon versus Sears, plus O Connor against Reed.
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Kirtland Club
Lynn
Mickey Higgins
Owen Dougherty
Doughtery
Dougherty
Higgins
Young Cameron
Young Cart
Mike Scanlon
Michael Sears
James’ O’connor
Joseph Reed
Renowned Boston Bank Robber Proctor Linked to Me Escape
George A. Proctor, once arrested in Philadelphia for forgery and sought by Massachusetts authorities for eighteen years, escaped Concord jail in 1873 with four other convicts. He aided their breakout, gained control of keys, and vanished with the group. Proctor later robbed Susquehanna bank in 1884 and is believed connected to the Boylston Bank theft in Boston. He spent most of his life jailed or at large.
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George A. Proctor
Philadelphia
Bowdoinham
Massachusetts
Old Concord
Cambridge
Chamberlain
Proctor
James Jordan
William A. Judson
Charles Bullard
Boylston Bank
William Cole
James McWilliams
Lineburg
George H. Proctor
Susquehanna
Penn
Boylston
Trance medium case quashed for Dr Albro Hill Ripley
Judge Lil ley dismissed the conspiracy indictment against Dr George T Albro Captain Reuben E Hill and Mrs Abby S Ripley in a seance case at Dr Albros house on Rutland Street on November 11. Inspectors Knox Barry and reporters witnessed a cabinet communication with a ghost, leading to arrests.
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Lilley
George T. Albro
Reuben E. Hill
Abby S. Ripley
Albro
Rutland Street
Knox and
Barry
Knox
Tufts College Receives $50,000 From Will of Local Benefactor
The late Elbridge Rust of Peabody wills fifty thousand dollars to Tufts College via the estate. His widow Fannie Perkins Rust gets ten thousand and the Elm street homestead with all contents and horses. The remainder goes to a life income for the wife, then to Tufts for scholarships. The estate inventories around thirty thousand, executrix Fannie Rust serves without bonds.
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Tufts College
Elbridge Rust
Peabody
Fannie Perkins Rust
Elm Street
Severed Ties in Middlesex Divorce Court
In East Cambridge Judge Bishop granted Stephen Conroy a decree nisi for divorce from Mary Ann Conroy after he testified to intoxication, cruelty, and a broken foot from a flatiron incident. A Lowell case followed, with a libel dismissed, and Edwin Herbert Simmons seeking separation after alleged abuse and threats. His wife testified to fear and choking incidents. warrant withdrawn after promises of no further trouble.
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Middlesex
East Cambridge
Bishop
Stephen Conroy
Cambridge
Mary Ann Conroy
Conroy
Mary
Simmons
Lowell
Sarah Ella Simmons
RUSHING RELIEF GOODS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND SUFFERERS
A city meeting in Mayor Curtis's office authorized Messrs. Kidder Peabody & Co to disburse funds for Newfoundland relief. Donations, including clothing and food, are being gathered from Faneuil Hall and surrounding communities and shipped to J. Co. McKie at Rowe's wharf for immediate dispatch to Newfoundland.
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Curtis
Messrs. Kidder, Peabody &Co
A. P. Lane
Newfoundland
M. F. Plant
Faneuil Hall
New England
Frank O. Squire & Co
Allan B. Hudson
Trinity Church
East Cambridge
J. Co. McKie
Rowe’s Wharf
FE. Cummings
West Medford
Athol
A. Moulton
Captain Irwin
Winthrop
South Framingham
Express
Olster
Portland
Fred Barge
Ware
Mass
The
Presbyterian Church of Taunton
Contributions to Newfoundland relief total 3862.50
Kidder Peabody & Co and supporters report additonal contributions totaling 3862.50 after prior acknowledgments of 2829.85. Donations listed include Roxbury figures, Mrs Hyde, J Grace treasurer, and many individuals with amounts from 1 to 59.50, plus a $510.15 separate note and a Chestnut Hill item.
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Kidder, Peabody & Co
Devonshire Street
Friend
T. D
Hyde
Roxbury
Edgar S. Hill
George B. Bigelow
John B. Fitzpatrick
Henry Baily
North Siske Company
E. Hyde
EF. G
Boston Newsboys
Newfoundland
Edward Motley
George H. Oliver
B. F. Taft
Massachusetts
The
Women’s Auxiliary
David H. Fitzgerald
James J. Grace
J. A. Davis
Margaret Whalen
John Whittle
Deacon H. E. Wetherbee
James W. Kenney
John Arroll
W. A. Jones
Thomas J. Whidden
Chestnut Hill
Vote or be fined five dollars proposed by judiciary panel
The joint committee on judiciary considers a measure that would impose a five dollar fine on any registered voter who fails to vote in a state or city election. It would excuse those who notify a trial justice of illness or other unforeseen circumstances, or who file a notice of inability to vote before the election.
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Joint Committee On Judiciary
Bailey
Lenten services planned at Christ Church Dart mouth Harwich
The Reformed Episcopalians at Christ Church Dart mouth and Harwich streets observe Lent with Ash Wednesday 8 p m sermon on Fasting by Rev W Ifred Allen and weekly Wednesday 4 pm services. Friday prayers feature addresses by Rev Jon athan M Enoch Scott Hersey and Ralph Hunt. A union Holy Thursday service at 8 p m will involve ministers from other denominations with Rev James M Gray delivering the address.
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Reformed Episcopalians
Christ Church
Dartmouth
Harwich
W. Ifred Allen
Jonathan M. Enoch
Scott Hersey
Ralph Hunt
James M. Gray
California Wines advertised at one dollar per bottle
An advertisement from Slangchard and Farrar at 14 to 17 Dock Gallare and 31 Faneuil Hall Square lists California wines at one dollar per bottle and notes four assorted bottles available.
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California Wines Lion
Slangchard & Farrar
Dock Gallare
Faneuil Hall Square
Woman’s Invention Desiccated Egg Food Gains Boston Presence
Mrs. R N Cunningham, wife of Kingston manufacturer R N Cunningham, introduces Desiccated Egg Food and White Egg Food in Boston. Endorsed by Henry A Mott, the products promise cake and icing quality at one third egg price, kept in climate. Distribution through Cobb Bates Yerxa, Hall, Middleby, Johnson, Crandley Godley networks across New England.
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R. N. Cunningham
Cunningham Manufacturing Company
Kingston
N. Y
Boston
Henry A. Mott
New England
Messrs
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Messrs. Martin L. Hall & Co
J. Middleby, Jr
H. A. Johnson & Co
Crandley Godley Company
New York
Mrs Cleveland Joined Temperance Union at National Council
Washington Feb 2 Mrs Cleveland joined the Women’s Christian Temperance Union during the national council of women visit. Miss Willard led the initiation, Mrs Cleveland signed the constitution, and a badge was pinned. No other executive family member attended. the president was said to be upstairs with state affairs and the secrecy was kept.
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Washington
Cleveland
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
National Council of Women
White House
Money Conference Assured After British Debate
In the House of Commons Liberal Sir Robert L. Everett introduced a motion condemning gold and silver fluctuation and echoing France and Germany. Sir William Harcourt accepted the motion, and the Berlin Bimetallist League was urged to push Berlin toward opening negotiations for a monetary conference. The league congratulated English bimetallists, and opinion in the lobby favors an international conference.
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France
Geron
William Harcourt
Mr. Everett
Berlin
Bimetallist League
Prince Hohenlohe
League
Everett
Boston Bride in London Marries J J Cairns
Miss Annabel Winslow daughter of George Scott Winslow of Boston and J J Cairns of Stanneer Drogheda Ireland wed at St Mark's Church London at 8 o clock The bride wore white satin with point lace There were 300 gifts from notable figures including the Duke and Duchess of Manchester the Countesses Fingall Huntington Albert Rothschild Mrs Mackay Mrs Ronalds and the Marchioness of Anglesea
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London
Annabel Winslow
George Scott Winslow
Boston
Mass
J. J. Cairns
Stanneer
Drogheda
Ireland
T. Mark
Testimonial Concert for Defender of Rights Widow
Charles Street Church overflowed for a testimonial concert honoring the widow of William C. Neli zvivén. Boston talent performed, with Miss Florence Bissell praised for an exceptionally fine rendition among other noted artists such as Annie G. Hare, Geor gin Glover, Lyde W. Benjamin, J. Rosamond Johnson, Thomas C. Scroton, William Monroe Trotter, George L. Ruffin, Edward S. Glover. The event was successful socially and financially.
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Charles Street
William C. Neli*zvivén
Boston
Annie G. Hare
Florence Bissell
Georgine Glover
Lyde W. Benjamin
J. Rosamond Johnson
Thomas C. Scrotton
William Monroe Trotte
Vatican declines bicycle riding by priests for viaticum
Rome dispatch reports a papal commission favored priests riding bicycles but the Pope refused to ratify. He deemed wheel conveyance of viaticum to the sick improper and contrary to religious dignity.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Rome
Child Fatally Struck by Trolley in Waterbury
In Waterbury on South Main Street a trolley car fatally struck 9 year old Thomas Dunn, the son of George Dunn. He rolled from a side street under the car wheels and his head was crushed instantly.
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Waterbury, Conn
Thomas Dunn
George Dunn
South Main Street
Banquet at the Y M C A Hosts Civic Leaders
A banquet at the Y M C A building last evening promoted Y M C A interests. Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg presided. Speakers included Mayer Bancroft of Cambridge O H Durrell Y M C A State committee chairman and Rev A S Gumbart.
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F* Irederick Fosdick
Fitchburg
Mayer Bancroft
Cambridge
O. H. Durrell
Y. M. C. A. State Committee
Rev. A
Man Held for Grand Jury in Stabbing Case
Angelo Cassasa discharged while Frank Martisto was bound over for the grand jury on a charge of attempted murder for stabbing Angelo Barber on North street January 26.
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Angelo Cassasa
Frank Martisto
Angelo Barber
North Street
Cassasa
Martisto
Surprised Miss Dennen Celebrates 21st Birthday
Miss Lizzie Dennen was surprised by friends at her parents residence 17 Union Park last evening in celebration of her 21st birthday. The party featured music and games and a pleasant social hour.
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Lizzie Dennen
Union Park
Brown University Alumni Dinner Amid Cheerful Rivalry
At the Exchange Club on Battery March Street last night Brown University alumni held their twenty-second annual dinner. Attendees included President Andrews and Yale guest Alfred Hemenway with speeches praising faculty devotion and athletic vigor. The program featured a stereopticon history of Brown and a lively debate on football amid cross alumni praise and reminiscences.
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Exchange Club
Batterymarch Street
Brown
Brown University
Yale
Boston
Eliot
Alonzo Williams
R. B. Comstock
Harvard University
Notorious Bandit Killed in Havana
In Havana on February 26 Manuel Garcia, a feared bandit, has been killed in a confrontation. Local authorities confirmed the death and busting of his criminal network is expected to follow.
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Havana
Manuel Garcia
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