Infanta Eulalie Witnesses Morris Park Races
New York June 1 Infanta Eulalie attended Morris Park races amid a 12000 strong crowd. Winners include Lady Rosemary in the five furlongs with Glance second and Strathflower third in 1:00. Banquet won the 1 1/4 miles race in 2:06. Jockeys atop Prince George, Governor Foraker and Harvest also claimed firsts.
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New York
Infanta Eulalie
Morris Park
Lady Rosemary
Glance
Srathflower
Banquet
Mars
Prince George
Yemen
G. W. Johnson
Herald
Jodan
Horister
Governor Foraker
St. Domingo
Harvest
Knick Knack
Arthur
Thoroughbred Meet Results From Guttenburg NJ First Race
First race four and one half furlongs Brimstone won with Gloriana second Annapolis third. Time 554. Second race half mile Elite filly Marinelli first Clarus second. Time 50. Third race five eighths mile Nick Flattery first Lord Harry second. Time 1 01. Fourth race one and one sixteenth mile Larghetto King Leo first Joe Carter second. Time 1 514. Fifth race four and one half furlongs Our Maggie Edmund Connelly first Lisbon Main second. Time 55. Sixth race seven eighths mile Balbriggan first Clinas second Madden third. Time 1 3014.
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Guttenburg
Brimstone
Gloriana
Annapolis
Elite
Marinelli
Clarus
Nick
Flattery
Lord Harry
Larghetto
King Leo
Joe Carter
Our Maggie
Edmund Connelly
Lisbon Main
Balbriggan
Clinas
Madden
French Spinners Riot Turns Violent in Amiens District
In Armentieres on June 1, a two thousand strong mob of Socialists and non strikers attacked Villard's factory, smashing windows and wounding two gendarmes in a clash. The crowd moved to Houplines and looted the home of Villard's chief director Intertain, forcing him to flee for his life.
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Paris
Armentieres
Labo
Villard
Houplines
Arimentieres
M. Intertain
Intertain
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association meets at Thorndike
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association met at the Thorndike last evening with about one hundred attending. Speakers included George W. Wiggin, Charles F. Chamberlayne, Henry J. Thayer, and J L Woodbury. Discussion centered on fish and game propagation and stocking the State with birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association
Thorndike
George W. Wiggin
Charles F. Chamberlayne
Henry J. Thayer
J L. Woodbury
Rhododendron Show Delayed to June 18 and 19
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society reschedules its rhododendron show from June 6 and 7 to June 18 and 19 due to late season. The vegetable and flower prizes are included in the new dates.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Fire damages boiler area aboard Longfellow steamer
A boiler room woodwork fire aboard the Longfellow of the Boston and Provincetown Steamship Company damaged $200. The crew slept as the alarm sounded from Box Lo. yesterday morning.
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Longfellow
Boston & Provincetown Steamship Company
Box Lo
Police raid fails on gaming implements at two streets
Division 2 police conducted afternoon raids at 24 Exchange Street and 108 Washington Street seeking gaming implements and policy materials but found nothing usable.
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Division 2
Exchange Street
Washington Street
Dr Pierce medicines warn against cut prices and imitations
The makers of Dr Pierce medicines denounce price cutting that spurs fraudulent imitations and dilutions. Genuine remedies sold only through authorized druggists carry fixed prices: Golden Medical Discovery $1.00, Favorite Prescription $1.00, Pleasant Pellets 2 cents. Money back if not beneficial. Beware of substitutes and lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Dr. R.V. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Unitarian Festival Music Hall Filled With Enthusiastic Crowd
Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott presided at the annual Unitarian festival praising open seas and progress. Speakers included Rev. James B. Thayer and Mrs. L Ormiston Chant urging happiness and universal love. Ex-Governor Long quipped on humor, noting the World’s Fair as a temple of the Lord.
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Long
the Lord
Wolcott
Commonwealth
Brooks
Armstrong
J. Frederic Dutton
James B. Thayer
Cambridge
England
South
Robert Collyer
Eix
Chicago
Charles G. Ames
New York Hospital Site Sells for 2.4 Million in Landmark Deal
The St Luke's Hospital site on Fifth Avenue sold for 2 400 000 after three months of negotiations. The purchaser is unnamed likely an English syndicate, with Union Club possibly taking a corner parcel. Ownership transfers in 1895, with razing of old buildings and lot division for residences or club houses in the fashionable section of New York.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
New York City
Fifth
Fifth-fourth
Cathedral of St. John
Morningside
Union Club
Hetty Greene
Vanderbilts
Trustees of
St. Luke’s
World’s Fair Sailor Hat Draws Boston Crowds
Thousands marvel at Jordan, Marsh & Co. display of a 50 inch diameter white braid straw sailor hat named the World’s Fair hat. The enormous hat, touted as the largest of its kind, sits in a show window along Washington Street attracting attention and travel delays.
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Washington
Avon Streets
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Boston
Washington Street
Bridgton’s Oldest Citizen Reuben Ball Dies at 90
Bridgton Maine June 1 Reuben Ball the town’s oldest resident died today aged over ninety He served as a selectman and was an active businessman and a veteran Odd Fellow He was a brother of the late Professor Stephen Ball the noted Boston vocalist.
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Bridgton
Reuben Ball
Stephen Ball
Boston
Unvarnished Truths On The World's Fair In Chicago
Special correspondent reports the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair is open to all visitors with free grounds once admitted. Guards double as guides, Midway Plaisance offers booths and souvenirs at low prices, and no excessive charges deter crowds. Roller chairs cater to non walkers.
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Chicago
Ill
Post
Midway Plaisance
William Hale Dead In Dover Leader of Local Rail and Trade
William Hale, president of the Dover and Winnepiscogee railroad, died in Dover at 3 p.m. He was born December 10, 1804, educated at Phillips Exeter and Bowdoin, and served as Dover’s representative to the New Hampshire Legislature. Hale helped build the Cocheco railroad, backed a Lake Winnepiscogee steamboat venture, and was a longtime town moderator.
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Dover
N. H
William Hale
Dover & Winnepiscogee Railroad
Phillips Exeter
Bowdoin
Pierce
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Commodore Bridge
New Hampshire
Lake Winnepiscogee
Townsend Found Guilty but Insane in Old Bailey Case
William Townsend, arrested for discharging a pistol near Downing Street and linked to threatening Prime Minister Gladstone, was tried at the Old Bailey. The jury found him guilty of the charged crime but insane, and the judge ordered confinement during her Majesty's pleasure.
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London
William Townsend
Downing Street
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Old Bailey
Townsend
Townsend Shoul
Victoria Cordage Fails in Cincinnati Plant Ties to National Co
Victoria Cordage Company assigned this afternoon with liabilities around 400000 and assets estimated at 500000. G Wea ver Lopez served as president. The Dayton plant housed the operations while the main office remained in Cincinnati. The National company held a lease not recorded before its own failure, triggering the collapse. The firm could not realize on stock and materials and faced creditor pressure.
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Cincinnati
Victoria Cordage Company
G. Weaver Lopez
Dayton
National
Petitioners seek public hearing on Tremont and Washington street car track plan
Mr. Henry M. Whitney Mr. Arthur Lyman and Mr. Thomas J. Gargan counseled the City Council finance committee on a project to have a single car track on Tremont street from Scollay square to Boylston street and on Washington street from Cornhill to Boylston street. The petitioners asked for a public hearing to present their views, though no definite plan was set.
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Henry M. Whitney
Arthur Lyman
Thomas J. Gargan
Board of Aldermen
City Council
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Cornhill
Gargan
First National Bank of Brady Fails in Texas
Controller Eckels was informed that the First National Bank of Brady Texas failed. The bank had a capital of 50 000 dollars. The item also notes the midsummer issue of Tales from Town Topics featuring a 1000 dollar prize novel and promotes Topics at 21 West Twenty-third Street New York.
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Washington
Eckels
First National Bank of
Brady
Tex
Hades
West Twenty-third Street
New York
Briggs Suspended by Presbyterian Assembly Over Doctrinal Violations
The Presbyterian General Assembly convened to consider the Briggs case. It reversed the New York presbytery and suspended Charles A. Briggs from ministry until he provides repentance evidence, citing doctrine violations and ordination vows. A protest against the sentence was announced as too severe by some.
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Briggs
Hoyt
Presbytery of
New York
General Assembly
Charles A. Briggs
Presbyterian Church
Sprague
W. W. Horsha
Amy Robsart Assigned as Post Representative for Borden Trial
Amy Robsart will be one of the representatives of the press at the Borden trial. Reporters may be approached by others with interest seeking information and access.
Raum’s post office pension circle for private venture exposed
Ex-Pension Commissioner Raum organized a private scheme using government materials to solicit lists of potential clients. He sent circulars to field examiners asking for hundreds of names, with non official envelopes and linen paper, hinting at becoming a pension agent and risking disbarment.
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Washington
Raum
Green B. Raum
Bureau
Department
Interior Department
Burrage ordinance repealed and city actions pass
The Common Council and Board of Aldermen repealed the Burrage ordinance barring participation in political caucuses. Water rates for the Mystic supply will be paid at the city collector in City Hall. A public hearing on bicycle use in streets will be held by a new special committee. The mayor will request federal land access at Governor Island with restrictions.
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Board of Aldermen
Mystic
City Hall
Rourke
United States
Isand
Artist Pope's Life Size Pony Painting at Crawford Store
Boston artist Alexander Pope exhibits a life size oil of a piebald Indian pony at 225 Washington Street for Bouve Crawford & Co. The piece shows a saddle ready pony with a brindle bulldog and polo mallets on the wall. The dog painting’s backstory moves the tale with a blacksmith owner moved to tears.
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Applo
Crawford Shoe
Washington Street
Alexander Pope
Boston
Brookline
Kidney’s Story Denied Over Park Land Scheme
A contention over Haymarket hay scales headlined by Kidney’s charges about Orchard Park land deals. Alderman Dever and Patrick Maguire deny involvement and defend park expansion to improve the district and protect the Roxbury Athletic Club. Eugene Buckley denies Kidney’s accusations on behalf of the Globe.
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Co. F. Kidney
Haymarket Square
Orchard Park
Dever
Kidney
Eugene Buckley
The
Globe
Osoo
Roxbury Athletic Club
City Hall
Patrick Maguire
Jones Celebrates 46 Years With Boston Firm
Jerome Jones of Jones McDuffee Stratton hosted a quiet afternoon at his Corey Hill home in Boston to honor forty six years with the firm. department heads and staff paid informal congratulatory speeches on his success and standing in business circles.
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Jerome Jones
Corey Hill
Jones
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Boston
Sacco Flees Toward Boston Amid Manhunt
Lynn June 1 Antonio Sacco, the killer of James Squire, evades capture as two Boston inspectors confirm his presence here within twenty four hours. He has darkened his face to blend as a negro and slip toward the Hub. Revere and Malden officers work to intercept him tonight.
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Lynn
Antonio Sacco
James Squire
Boston
Sacco
Revere and
Malden
Sherman law repeal urged by New York Chamber
At the June chamber meeting J Howard Simonds of the Fourth National Bank framed a resolution urging Congress to repeal the Sherman silver purchase law at the earliest date. The chamber states the law harms national commerce and finance and that confidence will return only after repeal.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
J. Howard Simonds
Fourth National Bank
Congress
Clock company in trouble in Chicago
Edward B. McCown and others petitioned the Superior Court for a receiver of the Geneva Clock Company. Reported assets total 213,500 with liabilities of 25,000. Accusations allege Charles H. Talmage, secretary treasurer, conspired with defendants to dissolve the firm and liquidate its stock.
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Chicago
Edward B. McCown
Geneva Clock Company
Charles H. Talmage
Chicago & Alton Matches Santa Fe World Fair Rates
Kansas City dispatch reports the Chicago and Alton railway matched the Santa Fe’s reduced World’s Fair rate to Chicago. Observers expect other lines to set the $17.00 fare soon.
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Kansas City
Chicago & Alton Railway
Santa Fe
Chicago
Neck Broken by a Fall
Michael Lyons a teamster for Andrews & Co of 404 Atlantic avenue fell from his team at Atlantic avenue and India street at 5 30 yesterday afternoon. His neck was broken and he died before the police ambulance arrived. Lyons aged 30 married resided with his family on Bennington street East Boston.
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Michael Lyons
Andrews & Co
Atlantic Avenue
India Street
Tinkham
Lyons
Bennington Street
Boston
Boys Burn Faces In Powder Fire On Dewey Street
Henry Flynn and Frank Finn two nine year olds from Roxbury played with powder on a vacant Dewey street lot. An explosion burned their faces and eyes slightly. They were treated by Dr Elliott and returned home. Police say the powder came from Harry Nawns locker on Maywood street.
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Henry Flynn
Frank
Finn
Blue Hill Avenue
Warren Street
Roxbury
Dewey Street
Elliott
Harry Nawn
Maywood Street
Boston Doctor Ends Life Attempt in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia despatch reports Dr Samuel G Wood 55 to 60 resides at No 812 Shawmut Ave Boston attempted suicide with chloroform at Eighth and Walnut Streets last night He is expected to recover Physicians at the hospital say he will recover He had rooms in Boston for years left three weeks ago after paying rent and leaving with baggage Not much is known about him at the house He was known to drink heavily at times.
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Philadelphia
Samuel G. Wood
Shawmut Avenue
Boston
Eighth and
Walnut Streets
Wood
Old offender Gardner identified after larceny arrest
Samuel Maloney was identified as James W. C. Gardner, a longtime offender. He had prior charges dating back to February 13, 1889 when he used the alias Charles Snow and received six months in the House of Correction. A 1891 burglary at the Hotel Brunswick yielded a year, and he later used the name John Thompson before a planned return to the same institution for another year.
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Samuel Maloney
James W. C. Gardner
Charles Snow
House of Correction
Brunswick
Privet
J. W. Dunklee
John Thompson
Massachu
Suffolk
Boston
William Henry Snow
William Henry Grant Snow
The
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Massachusetts Moral Educational Association meets at Park Street Church
The Massachusetts Moral Educational Association and others met at Park Street Church yesterday for a business session and officer elections. Mrs. Zakrzewska presided as a public meeting took place with reports from the secretary and treasurer showing year receipts of 589.42 and expenses of 181.92, leaving land balance of 207.51. Speakers included Mrs. Caroline M Severinece, Rev. Mr. Van Ness, Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant, Mrs. President Woolson, and Mrs. Zakrzewska.
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Massachusetts Moral Educational Association
Park Street Church
Zakrzewska
Caroline M. Severinece
Los Angeles
Cal
van Ness
Laura Ormiston Chant
President Woolson
Zakrwewska
Grand Jury Urges New Penitentiary and Female Asylum
The New York grand jury reports deplorable conditions in city institutions. It calls for a new penitentiary and a new female asylum, criticizing the current facility as a disgrace with over 2000 patients for 1000 beds and crowding during rain requires relocation of patients.
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New York
Grand Jury
Chicago & Northwestern stockholders meet in Chicago
The annual meeting of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad stockholders was held this afternoon. The old board of directors were re-elected. The Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western purchase is expected to be ratified. Net income for the year totaled $897,904 after expenses.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
Lawyer George W. W. Robinson Appointed Secretary
New Haven reports George W. W. Robinson a prominent lawyer and former newspaper man has been named private secretary to United States Commissioner of Patents J. H. Seymour. He will depart for Washington in a few days.
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New Haven
George W.W. Robinson
United States Commissioner of Patents
J. H. Seymour
Robinson
Washington
Chamber set sale at Paine’s on Canal Street
Overstocks on one line of solid white maple chamber sets offered at 30 dollars. Paine’s advertises this week only with full description at C H Graves & Sons 35 Hawkins Street Boston. Reference also from John C Paige 20 Kilby Street insurance agent. Stock at Keston Cab Company stable West Chester Dark W K Cross in charge.
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Paine’s
Canal Street
United States
Colorado
Sitting Bull
White River
Meeker
Colo
C. H. Graves & Sons
Hawkins Street
Roston
John C. Paige
Kilby Street
Keston Cab Company
West Chester
W. K. Cross
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Serge Suis
Serge
J,b. Barnaby Bo
Washington Oh
Eulalie
Music Hall
New York Hospital
Maine
Victoria
Presbyterian General Assembly
Baker
DR. Briggs
Amy Robsart
Common Council
Bicyclers
Pope
Saggo
Newark
N. J
Court of Chancery
Blake
van Fleet
Chancery Chambers
Astor Place Bank
Monterey
Washingyton
Navy Department
Trilley
Bostonian
Chicago & Northwestern Pays
Seymour
Old Colony
Willson Bros
Tremont Row
Lexington Heights
Lowell
State Street
Mm. Co. Meacher
Boston Wharf
Boston Post Office
Joseph B. Russell
Treasure
State ST
Newtonville
Hamilton St
Abby P. Quincy
Quincy
Norfolk
Josiah Quincy
Mary Riley
Loston
Ellen Riley
Adinx
Frank Leslie
West Fiftieth Street
Leslie
Nicaragua
State Department
Massaya
Mary Sargent Hopkins
Pope Riding School
Hopkins
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