Rosebery Says Liberals Should Align With Tories for Home Rule
Lord Rosebery in London urges Liberals to accept a Tory backed majority and abandon grand constitutional schemes. He hails unions with the Conservatives, warns against futile attempts at home rule and church disestablishment, and calls for decisive action in Parliament to curb Lords domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Rosebery
Whighty Club
Lord Beaconsfield
England
House of Lords
Te Am
Denial of Dentist Scuffle Sparks Downtown Bout
In Lynn, July 2, the Item reports a clash between Dr. W F McDonald and a young man on North Franklin street after a supposed meeting with a 16 year old girl. McDonald admits the encounter but denies insults or intent, calling the tale a blackmail plot and planning to sue for defamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
Dr. McDonald's
Portland
Lynn
McDonald
International railroad congress opens in London
The International railroad congress opened in London on Thursday, the largest gathering of railroad men ever held. Over 275 representatives from major railways worldwide attend, with European, Asian, and American heads present. The Prince of Wales opened session and invited American delegates. Victoria hosts visitors at Windsor from July 6 to 31 with lavish entertainments prepared.
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London
Europe
Asia
America
Ice of
Wales
En Victoria
Windsor
Mystery of Missing Miss Whitney Cleared After Years
The 1888 disappearance of Gertrude Whitney, once linked to rail folders and theatergoing, ends with a police bulletin stating she is alive and married to a worthy man. Authorities reveal she wed the man she was engaged to before leaving Boston, and moved to Montana. Parents not to be harassed for more information as the case closes.
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Stoneham
Whitney
Peyters
Whitehall County
Mont
Gertrude Whitney
Boston Post Office
Eldridge
Boston
Benjamin P. Eldridge
Miss True
Hancock Street
Miss Whitney
Edward Peyters
Montana
Is Rogers Eligible for Boston Regatta Entry
Protest swells over a July 4 rowing regatta entry. Boston set a 50 mile radius for local competitors and accepted Rogers of Saratoga, raising questions about residency and eligibility amid claims other top oarsmen were blocked.
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Boston
Pete Conley
Ten Eyck
Jerry Casey
Rogers
Saratoga
Post
Gaudaur
Hanlon
Worcester
N. Y
President Cleveland letter to Tamany Society read at Wigran
President Cleveland has written a letter from Gray Gables to the Tamany Society for the Fourth of July celebration in the wig rant. He notes briefly on financial, commercial, and political situations. Senator Hill also contributed a letter as he cannot attend in person. About forty other letters and telegrams from prominent Democrats have been received.
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New York
Cleveland
Tammany Society
Wigrant
Gray Gables
Hill
Island Mystery of a Drowned Man Near Providence
In Providence Rhode Island on July 2 Frank Saunders a farm manager for his widowed mother and James Colly of Killingly Conn started for a debauch. Saunders sold oxen for 150 dollars and carried two watches. Colly later claimed Saunders drowned in Potangansett Pond. The body was found at 11 am and will be examined for foul play and missing items pending medical examiner arrival.
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Providence
R. I
Frank Saunders
Danielsonville Pike
James Colly
Killingly, Conn
Saunders
Colly
Rockland
Ponegansett Pond
Sanford Whiteford
Chicopee Wedding Postponed Over Moving Fees
In Chicopee on July 2 Malachi Kelly aged 6 4 was to wed Catherine Walsh a woman over 50 but the ceremony was called off after dispute over moving her goods. Kelly had lost his wife fifteen months earlier and reportedly refused to pay for relocating Catherine’s belongings, leading to the wedding’s abandonment. The bridesmaid groomsman and priest were prepared as the couple settled apart.
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Chicopee
Malachi Kelly
Catherine Walsh
Kelly
Catherine
Where is Gove Believed Foully Dealt With
William H. Gove, to wed Miss Barbara A. Duke, is missing from Lynn. Friends and officials search city wide. Miss Duke fears he was drugged for his money. Gove was seen at work on Cottage street earlier and kept cash around him. Marshals say he may have left of his own accord. no sign of foul play yet.
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Gove
Springfield
Lynnfield
Gore
Miss Duke
Augustus Hennessey
Cottage Street
West Lynn
Fred
West
Providence Lodge of Odd Fellows
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Sons of Veterans of Peabody
Marshal Weiss
Marshal Wells
Post
Milford notes keep townsfolk busy on July Fourth
In Milford Ellen Coy died suddenly at age 31 from heart trouble at her Grove Street home. Her funeral will be at St Mary's Church Thursday morning with burial in St Mary's Cemetery. Miss Mary E. Mullane passed a State Normal School Worcester entrance exam. Steamer 2 to decorate their house on July 4. committee N Fairbanks, H B Cheney, Oscar Eldridge to buy flag and staff. Grace and Ruth Nye return to Mt Sterling Illinois. Montgomery Masonic Lodge to meet Thursday evening. Milford Commandery K T begins drill practice next week. Town Library trustees held monthly meeting. Ensor Remedy Company board formed with A A Wescott president and H E Townsend vice president. meetings set for first Monday evenings.
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Milford
Ellen Coy
Grove Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Mary E. Mullane
State Normal School
Worcester
N. Fairbanks
H. B. Cheney
Oscar Eldridge
Grace
Ruth Nye
Mt. Sterling
Ill
Montgomery
Winthrop Yacht Club single scull race winner
The Winthrop Yacht Club held a 1.5 mile course single scull tender race at 7 30 pm with six entries. Saritar capt Clarence Dow won in 12 minutes 10 seconds. Shall We and Easyn followed, while Maggie Murphy withdrew and Naiad, Harold Jr and others finished. Judges were John Matthews, Lyman Gillis, and John MacConell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Yacht Club
Saritar, Jr
Clarence Dow
Saritar
Shall We
W. H. Flanigan
Easyn
H. Matthews
Naiad
St. John Parker
Harold, Jr
Pee Daly
Maggie Murphy
John Matthew
John Matthews
Lyman Gillis
John Macconell, Jr
German Liberal Leader Resigns From Parliament
Vienna July 2 Dr. Von Plener leader of the German Liberals signs his seat in Parliament He was recently the Austrian minister of finance The Liberal withdrawal from the coalition of Prince Windischgrats leads to his retirement due to lack of support.
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Vienna
von Plener
Prince Windischgrats
Train Crash At Neponset Hurts Passengers And Crew
Manager Sanborn rushed to the scene as wrecking trains cleared the track late at night. A special Mattapan bound train ferried passengers to their destinations while conductors Pierce and Henry Pierce, both injured, described the crash. Conductor Pierce survived miraculously, while Michael Garvey and Miss Matifies suffered injuries. Fred L. Hamer recounted his seat being torn from its place and escaping with minor wounds.
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Sanborn
Harrison Square
Mattapan
Pierce
Michael Garvey
Miss Matifies
Henry Pierce
Carruth
New Minot
Fred L. Hamer
Neponset
Remains of Man Struck By Flying Yankee Found At Union Station
The Flying Yankee arrived at Union Station last evening at 9 30 with a crushed man on the cow catcher. He passed Revere before the impact, seen from Everett to Chelsea. The body, about 37, 5 feet 8, 170 pounds, light complexion, brown hair and mustache, was taken to North Grove street morgue for identification. Engineer John Fletcher did not know when the strike occurred.
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Portland
Union Station
Revere
Everett
Chelsea
North Grove Street
John Fletcher
Congress
Buchanan's Funeral in New York After Execution
The funeral of Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, executed yesterday at Sing Sing, was held at 2 pm in Anthony Hahna's undertaker shop at 127 Varick Street, conducted by Rev. Dr. J. E. Halsey. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery, requested by Mrs Buchanan, with three carriages.
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New York
Robert W. Buchanan
Sing Sing
Anthony Hahna
Varick Street
J. E. Halsey
Spring Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Greenwood
Buchanan
Gibbons
Moll Pitchers Prophecies Folklore From Lynn to Salem
Ellen M. Griffin compiles Moll Pitchers Prophecies a folklore volume tracing the famed sibyl Moll Pitcher from Lynn to Boston. The book gathers century old stories of foretelling moments at Lexington Bunker Hill and Swampscott ghosts, with notes on Wishing Rock Fairy Mount and other lore sites. It is illustrated, 170 pages, paper bound, published by The Eastburn Press in Boston.
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Moll Pitcher
Lynn
Salem
Marblehead
Boston
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Swampscott
Fairy Mount
Ellen M. Griffin
The
Eastburn Press
Municipal Doings In Cambridge City Council Actions
Cambridge officers met to set city policy with increased city solicitor pay to 3500 annually. Aldermen passed the raise while the Common Council tabled it. A 19500 appropriation funds removing unused streetcar tracks on Kirkland Columbia and Third streets, with West End railway costs. Roads and bridges seek 21000 to widen and lay out McDonald street to 100 feet from Mt Auburn to Huron avenue via future debt. Public property backs rifle range site and a ten year land lease at East Lexington for 1200, approved by the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Committee On Finance
Common Council
Kirkland
Columbia
Third Streets
West End Railway
Committee On Roads and Bridges
McDonald Street
Mt. Auburn Street
Huron Avenue
Committee On
East Lexington
Orations by Daniel Webster reprinted for youth
Readers are urged to explore three stirring Webster orations in the latest American Book Company issue. Bunker Hill Monument The Character of Washington and The Landing at Plymouth are highlighted. New York publication details note paper 12mo priced at 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Bunker Hill Monument
Washington
Plymouth
New York
American Book Company
Lawn party aids free bed fund at Roxbury sanitarium
A successful lawn party was held last evening on the grounds of the Roxbury Sanitarium to benefit the free bed fund. Attendees contributed to support continued patient care and comfort at the institution.
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The
Sanitarium
Roxbury
May Parade Permit Discussed by Boston Officials
Police Commissioners Clark and Curtis met with the carnival committee and Patriotic Order Sons of America leaders in East Boston to arrange a parade tomorrow featuring The Little Red Schoolhouse. Officials did not disclose the conference outcome, but Irving Clark indicates permission is believed granted. The Patriotic Order Sons of America had held meetings elsewhere.
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Clark
Curtis
East Boston
Carnival Association
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Little Red
Irving Clark
Junior League Convention At Bromfield Street Church
About 1000 children from Boston and nearby cities attended the Junior League convention at Bromfield Street Church. Welcome by Miss Emma M. Bates. remarks from ministers on manners, self control, and helping the church. afternoon talks urged courtesy, attendance, and kindness to ministers and peers. Governor Greenhalge did not appear for a planned review.
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Bromfield Street
Boston
New England
Annie E. Smiley
Ipswich
Emma M. Bates
L. B. Bates
Robert Allen
Edith A. Chapman
Merville
State House
C. H. Talmage
Leominster
Mabel Vella
Lynn
W. T. Perrin
South Boston
Dr. Bates
Brodbeck
Charlestown
J. P. Kennedy
Decrease in Circulation Reported by Treasury
The Treasury statement shows a $60,000,000 drop in total money in circulation over the past year while population rose by 1,481,000. Figures compare July 1895 to July 1894, noting declines in total circulation and changes in gold coin, bank notes, and other money types. The net June decline is $2,047,588 with June’s Treasury increase of $10,552,112.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
National
United States Treasury
Ita Welsh-Donovan Dies in Quincy After Brief Illness
Ita Welsh-Donovan widow of Dr Samuel M Donovan and noted contralto singer dies at her Quincy home after a brief illness of consumption. She was long a member of the quartet at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston and leaves five young children.
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Quincy
Ita Welsh-Donovan
Samuel M. Donovan
Salvation Army plans harbor outing for mothers and children
The Salvation Army announces a summer program offering harbor trips and park outings for mothers and children. A full day outing costs 25 cents, or four hours for 15 cents, with sails aboard the Surf City from Russia Wharf at 9 o’clock Saturday. Tickets available via Salvation Army officers or 886 Washington street, Boston. Contributions urged to reach 20,000 families.
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Salvation Army
Surf City
Russia Wharf
Congress Street
Army
Washington Street
Frank P. Luce
Dock Square
Car
H. Robinson & Co
Ymarket
Daily of Boston
Good Templar Convention Adjourns in 1897 Zurich Plan
The Good Templars meet in Boston adjourn today with sessions led by R W G T Delos H Mann. Aged Brother Hastings offers final words, reports on constitutions and laws, Scandinavian grand lodges and temperance politics, and officers are installed as the biannual conclave concludes with plans for 1897 and 1898 meetings.
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Good Templar
Zurich
Switzerland
R. W. G. T. Delos H. Mann
Committee On
Jwdge
California
Constitution and Laws
Supreme Lodge
Brother Hastings
M Hastings
Committee On Scandinavian Grand Lodges
Brother Jones
New York
Scandinavian Grand Lodge of
Illinois
R. W. G. Templar
Massachusetts Grand Lodge
Committee On International Good Templars
Order
Committee On Political Action
Good Templars
Jessie Forsythe
Hope of Raith Temple
Cowdenbeath
Scotland
Wisconsin
Executive Committee
Boston
Committee On Appeals
Nebraska
S. B. Chase
Oronhyatekha
M. D
Canada
D. H. Mann
Joseph Malins
England
McKinnon
Scoteland
Massachusetts
B. F. Parker
George B. Katzenstein
T. W. Pocock
South Africa
Anna F. Saunders
R. W. G. Marshal
D. H. Howard
Quebec
Anna Harris
Iowa
R. W. G. Guard
John Stanford
Wales
R. W. G. Sentinel
J. T. Rogers
India
R. W. G. Messenger
S. A. Fluger
Florida
Dr. Mann
R. W. GT
East Boston Ferry Landing Gets $500 Appropriation
Mayor Curtis will sign an order appropriating 500 for a new East Boston ferry landing. Senator John Quinn Jr introduced the measure and lobbied through the Legislature to Governor approval. Quinn, Councillor John H Sullivan, and East Boston officials met at City Hall as the bill moved to final sign-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
East Boston
John Quinn, Jr
Quinn
John H. Sullivan
Ator Quinn
Senator Quinn
Boston
Men Held on Bonds After Belts Cut at Circus Day
In Fall River district court John F. Deegan and Jerome Cox Jr were held on $1500 bonds for the grand jury after they allegedly cut the main driving belt at the Pocasset Mill during a recent circus visit. The engine start produced a loud report, narrowly avoiding injury or death to nearby persons.
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Fall River
John F. Deegan
Jerome Cox, Jr
Pocasset Mil
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