Four-Alarm Wason Fire Destroys Homes and Barns
A Cambridge blaze yesterday destroyed seven dwellings and four barns on Sidney Waverly Hamilton streets and Bell court with losses exceeding 30000. The fire began 1125 in wagon sheds owned by Mrs Bridget O Hara on Sidney street. Winds pushed flames toward a large district. three extra alarms followed. The blaze damaged the Charles River Park area and Bell court homes, with several residents in humble circumstances uninsured. A cow perished in a shed, and multiple structures including a Fitzpatrick barn and Henderson storehouse were burned.
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Cambridge
Sidney
Waverly
Hamilton
Bell Court
Bridget O'Hara
Sidney Street
Grand Stand
Charles River Park
Lawrence Dempsey
Abbie Geary
James Henry
Thomas O'Hara
Henrne
Michael Fitzpatrick
Charles Henderson
Waverly Street
Theodore Ebbeibebeba
Moss Accuses Buttner Witness and Perjury in Mazet Hearing
Testimony centers on Captain Price and Frank Moss as they clash over alleged perjury during grand jury proceedings. The day trims into prison abuse claims at the Tombs with Ruth Howard describing harsh conditions and mistreatment by officials.
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Moss
Mazet
Buttner
Captain Price
Nho
Simon Buttner
Broadway Garden
Mr. Moss
Frank Moss
Tenderloin
Kellar
Hollis
Joseph I. Wagner
Vincent T. Fetherston
Viola Allen
Boston Museum
Miss Allen
Boston
Glory Quayle
Castle Square Theatre
Tremont Theatre
James Morton
Maude Revelle
Keith
Mr. Morton
Miss Revelle
Huntington Avenue
First Regiment
Erminie
Francis Wilson
Lillian Russell
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
Mamie Harnish
Muldoon
Jay Hunt
Bowdoin
Mr. Hunt
Bill Sykes
Howard
Falk
Lillian
Transatlantia Theatre of Dwarfs
Austin & Stone
Norumbega Park
Newtons
Auburndale
Music Hall
Max Zach
Rita Durand
Cessy Grant
Palace Theatre
Baby
Nickelodeon
Chelsea Organ Recital by Chelsea Church Chorus
A large audience at Central Congregational Church Chelsea enjoyed an organ recital under the church chorus. Organist G W F Reed performed pieces from Die Meistersinger Gallia and Dubois Offertoire. Mrs Reed sang Oh Rest in the Yard and Verdure Clad. Mrs Follett contributed a soprano solo.
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Central Congregational
Chelsea
W. F. Reed
Engineer of Iris Steamer Dies in Accident
The chief engineer KF Roberts of the Iris of Boston was asphyxiated by carbolic acid while cleaning boilers. Roberts, a New York native, was well known along the Atlantic coast.
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Havana
Iris
Boston
KF. Roberts
New York
Atlantic
General Wheeler's Boston Welcome Lights Up Wagener Night
Citizens pack Municipal Hall for General Joseph Wheeler and family as Mayor Quincy hosts a wartime hero event. Guests include Ira B. Goodrich, E. K. Stillings, J. H. Benton, K. H. Woods, and many officers. The night features films at Keith's Theatre and a Cambridge tea with President Eliot.
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Wheeler
Wagner
Quincy
K. H. Woods
Congressmanitzgerald
Mesic Hall
General Wheeler
Dixie
Symphony Orchestra
R Dave
Fitzgibbon
Keith
Sousa
B. Ff
New Theatre
Camp Wikoff
Alger
New York
Tremont Street
M. J. Keating
Harrigan
Wheelers
Mr. Keith
General
Annie
Marlier
General Blackmoor
Hingham
Nantasset
Union Club
Wolcott
Joseph Wheeler
John D. Long
Richard Olney
George H. Lyman
W. Murray Crane
George Siminh
John L. Bates
Ostah Quincey
Ira ID. Goodrich
William Lawrence
Samuel Talton
Francis Lowell
CC. W. Kiot
Rockwood Hoar
Curtis Guild Jr
W. .W. Blackmar
John C. Ropes
JH. Taylor
HE. H. Woods
KE. Adams
Thomas L. Livermore
J. H. Benton
Inliot
Luncheon Attended by Mrs Wheeler Guests at Mayflower Club
The Misses Wheeler were entertained at an informal luncheon by Miss Sobfer at the Mayflower Club rooms with eight guests including Mrs. Wolcott. Pink and white roses adorned the table. A hospital visit planned for the afternoon was postponed to tomorrow. The ladies will visit historic sites in Lexington and Concord today with Mrs. Stillings.
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Wile
Mrs. Stillings
Ayots
Lexington and Concorde
Otis Request for 30,000 Filipino Campaign Force
Secretary Alger denies immediate deployment while General Otis in official correspondence seeks a force of 30,000 to operate in the Philippines. War Department agrees to maintain strength at that level, despite volunteer withdrawals reducing numbers to about 24,000 with many on sick lists and reinforcements arriving.
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Eppe
Otis
War Department
Alger
Otis H
Nineteenth Infantry
Ponce
Meade
Cuba
Porto Rico
Washington
Generali Otis
Unrest Reports Massacre and Looting Amid Occupation
A correspondent notes that friendly natives are being killed daily, their homes burned and properties seized as the Americans occupy the territory. The account describes widespread violence and the fear among local civilians.
Escaped Spanish Prisoner Reported Near Gilmore
Manila May 31 Manila reports Secretary Navy Washington says escaped Spanish prisoner sightings near Gilmore and several sailors. Gilmore allowed horse Barker Marie.
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Manila
Navy
Washington
Gilmore
Barker
Generals 10 Discuss The Cuban Situation In Havana
May 31 in Havana General Leonard Wood arrives to confer with Governor General Brooke and other generals on procedure for paying the Cubans.
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Havana
Leonard Wood
Santiago de Cuba
Brooke
Four Liner Captains Named M Meet at Dockside
Four of the globe’s largest ocean liners gathered by chance as Captains McAuley of the New England McCallum of the Philadelphia McConkey of the Leylander Armenian and Murdock of the Sachem arrived to take out clearance papers for Liverpool. They commanded ships totaling about 23778 net tons, a figure unmatched by four captains sharing initial M.
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Peer Bee
New England
T Wharf
Haddock
Little Hope
Pye
Plant
Halifax
Coral Leaf
Annie G
McAuley
Dominion
McCallum
Leyland
Liverpool
McConkey
Leylander Armenian
Murdock
Warren Flyer
May Fire Alarms Report Shows Breakdown by Type
For May there were 133 bell alarms including 3 second alarms 7 automatic and 87 still alarms.
Hale Eulogizes Czar at Mohonk Peace Conference
At Mohonk Lake New York on May 31 the fifth Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration elected officers and a business committee. Rev Edward Everett Hale opened with praise for the Czar’s peace efforts and urged arbitration for minor disputes.
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Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Lake Mohonk
Martha D. Adams
Henry D. F. Baldwin
M. H. Bright
A. R. Wales
Louisa Houghton
Jeverett P. Wheeler
Joan B. Clark
W. J. Coombs
John }. Gilbert
C. R. Woodruff
John H. Stiness
Robert Treat Paine
Samuel B. Capen
Lyman Abbott
William Hayes Ward
James Wood
Edward Everett Hale
Liverett
Wheeler
W. S. Logan
Edward Atkinson
John S. Gilbert
Amory Bradford
James M. Ludlow
G. G. Mercer
Julius Dreger
Five Men Waylaid Martin Casey on Salisbury Plains
Martin Casey of Amesbury reported to police that five men robbed him late last night on Salisbury Plains. They took a gold watch and chain and some money.
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Amesbury
Martin Casey
Salisbury Plains
Reverend Sledges Reviews Standish At Society Meeting
The Rev. George Sledges read a paper before the Society of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts at Young's yesterday examining the heroism virtues and weaknesses of Captain Myles Standish. Arrangements were made for an on field day on June 17 at The Sweetwater Bedford Springs.
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George Sledges
Society of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts
Young’s
Myles Standish
Society
Rebels Capture Two Officers Near Manila Harbor
Filipinos captured Third Officer Fred Heppy and Assistant Engineer Charles Blandford from the Relief, a United States hospital ship, while the boat drifted near the shore opposite insurgent lines. Monadnock shelled the coast as landing parties sought the prisoners, who were taken into the woods before aid arrived.
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Manila
Mey
United States Army
Relief
Fred Heppy
Charles Blandford
United States
Messrs
Heppy
Blandford
Terror Reign Report Near San Isidro After Troop Withdrawal
Report from Manila dated May 31 describes a reign of terror by insurgents returning to San Isidro and San Miguel. They exact vengeance on locals who aided American forces or shown friendship to them.
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Manila
San Isidro
San Miguel
Tug Juno collared bark Collessie and City of Quincy sail
The steamboat City of Quincy is set for a summer moonlight sail after being chartered by Conservatory of Music pupils for next Saturday. The Leyland line once owned ships including Frank N Thayer and John Currier. now only the bark John Currier remains. The 1847 ton ship left Cebu on March 26 under Captain S Lawrence.
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Calabria
Hambure
Havre
New England
Daniel F. Buckley
North Easton
Boston
Cleveland
McKinley
New York
Daniel S. Emery
Point India
River Platte
Kremlin
Rachel Emery
Nacoochee
Billy Brittain
Ariel
Barkentine
Juno
Collessie
Java
Quincy
Conservatory of Music
W. H. Lincoln
State Sttreet
Comepany
Here
Liverpool
Leyland Line
Frank N. Thayer
William H. Lincoln
Vigilant
Thomas Dana
Newburyport
Cebu
Capitain S. Lawrence
Stage Gossip Signals Broad Street Theatre Close
Olga Nethersole wraps American season with Philadelphia closing night at Broad Street Theatre then sails to England on the St Paul. Plans for Chicago debut in Clyde Fitch's Sapho follow later.
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Olga Nethersole
Broad Street Theatre
Philadelphia
England
St. Paul
Powers Theatre
Chicago
Clyde Fitch
R. J. Dillon
Viola Allen
The
Father Lamplugh
Bobby Shaftoe
Hollis Street Theatre
Wilton Lackaye
New York
Charles O'Malley
Daniel Frohman
Calmour
Wolf Falk
Columbia Music Hall
Lederer
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George J. Whitten
Legion ‘of
Joe
Georgia
Washington, D. C
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Cnistment
W. P. Kenbbs
Hugh Wyllie
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Homestead Trail
T24
Washington Street
Misses Wheeler
Lieutenant Gilmore
Navy Department
Cavo
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Marie
Rey
OR. Hale
Gzar
Hanover Street
Wilsoms
Nowell
H. Kerrz
Jones St
Sioux City
Sterfing Remedy Company
Montreal
Michael J. Foley
West End Street Railway Company
Richardson
Broadway
D Streets
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Hollis Si
TSAAC
Rich
Joseph F. Wagner
Vincent T. Featherston
Prince
Remont Heatre
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Im Wecriintes
Sale of Sents
Tremont St
Tele
Tremont
SQ Theatre
Oxford
Atland
Vaudeville
Milton
Dolly Nobles
Bilgeville Junction
Kelly and
Ashby
Hilda Thomas
Frank Barry
Misa Ambition
Morton and
Rewstie
Hall Caine
the Christian
Wax Zach
Saas Ee Rie Epeclal Rottiocer
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Op&n
Rustic Theatre
Tyes
Anima
Aventon
London
Vaudevule CO
Newton Boulevard
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Hollis Theatre
Isaac B
Ric
Boston Ball Grounds
Appleton & Hassett
Connolly
Adams House
Benet
Kings
Queens
Royal Burlefiquers
Tenley
Sinends
Minants
Newsboy
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Vala
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Soc
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