Fires Accounted For Young Ingalls Confesses
The Gloucester firebug Stephen J. Ingalls has confessed to eleven incendiary fires including the Bass Hook Hotel blaze. Fire Marshal Whitcomb led the investigation after six months of surveillance. Ingalls, 3 years old in appearance but an adult, was arrested after a lengthy interview at the State House and later brought back to Gloucester to face arraignment.
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Gloucester
Stephen J. Ingalls
Highland Street Court
Ingalls
Whitcomb
State House
C. Frank Rice
Big Bass Hook
Bass Hook
Massachusetts
Robinson
Steve Ingalls
Albert F. Barrett
Arthur H. Gill
East Gloucester
A. Davis
East Main Street
Amos A. Story
William Wonson
Wonson
W. D. McCaleb
Main Street
Frank G.beverance
Bass Avenue
William A. Homans, Jr
Stillman Rice
Bennett Bros
Hodge & Pool
Carr
Lucien Carr
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Eight-Hour Day Drive Moves in New England Carpentry
A conference of carpenters and joiners from principal New England cities opened in Harmony Hall. Delegates discussed organizing plans, per capita dues, and a permanent Bureau of Trade Information. An eight-hour workday was set to begin May 1, 1897, with a national building trades council formation and other labor measures endorsed.
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New England
Harmony Hall
W. F. Waterman
State Council
W. C. Degale
Hyde Park
J. E. Ballard
Lewiston
George G. Childs
Boston
N. L. Delano
Lynn
Salem
Providence
R. I
Natick
Marblehead
Lawrence
Haverhill
Hingham
Newton
Hudson
William H. Cooke
George Merril
W. H. Cooke
Cooke
Lloyd
Philadelphia
Denver
Massachusetts
California
Maine
Bureau of Trade Information
J. B. Cowper
George Clews
J. B. Cate
E. B. Collins
William J. Shields
E. B. Cass
J. D. Laurie
John Hill
D. B. McCarthy
H. M. Taylor
Roxbury
E. J. Jocelyn
National
M. L. Delano
J. D. Cowper
George S. Sanborn
W. J. Shields
Thomas F. Tracy
Cigar Makers’ Union
Yankee Cruiser brings nautical opera to Castle Square
The summer season at the Museum opens with The Yankee Cruiser a nautical opera by Fred Miller Jr The three act musical comedy features Charles Wayne William H Sloan Clara Thropp and Florence Dunbar among others The foyer hosts a pre show concert and refreshments The piece marked for benefit night next Monday with proceeds for Louis Burkhardt and plans to add a new scene including a public library burlesque.
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Museum
Fred Miller, Jr
Charles Wayne
William H. Sloan
Clara Thropp
Florence Dunbar
Jennie Weathersby
Robert Evans
Lee Dougherty
Aimee van Dyne
W. G. Stewart
Young Ladies’ Athletic Club
Louis Burkhardt
The
House
Gas Bill Passes Senate Amid House Amendments
The Whitney-Bailey gas bill advances after Senate concurrence in House amendments and heads to the House for enactment this afternoon. The Senate also killed the bill to license continuous performances by a 16 to 10 vote, and the Boston grade crossing project moves on with readings under suspension. McCarthy aldermanic measure advances to engrossment with no opposition. Both General Court branches meet today amid rumors of prorogation by Wednesday.
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Senate
John M. Bailey
Phil Farley
Lowell
Darling
Norfolk
McMorrow
Suffolk
New England Railroad Company
Congress Street
Boston
McCarthy
General Court of 9
Court Rules $44,606 Against Golden Lion Officers
In a juryless Superior Court session Judge Richardson awarded $44,606 to George S. Hale receiver of the United Order of the Golden Lion against officers William E. Milk and others. The suit sought $43,976.84 tied to illegal salaries voted by the order’s leaders. Named defendants include Milk, Thurston, Brown, Stanwood, Frank I. Brown, and Sawyer, all of Massachusetts, with Newton excluded. The salaries ranged up to $10,000 yearly, prompting two illegal assets and a $43 payout before receivership. The defendants may appeal to the Supreme Court. Hale and Williams & Anderson represent the plaintiff, Shepard and Selfridge for defendants.
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Superior Court
Richardson
George S. Hale
United Order of the Golden Lion
William E. Milk
George O. Thurston
Edwin W. Brown
Boston
Charles E. Stanwood
Supreme Sentinel
Frank I. Brown
Needham
Samuel W. Sawyer
Fitchburg
Ora W. Newton
Milk
Sawyer
Newton, Thurston, Stanwood
Supreme Court
G. S. Hale
Williams & Anderson
H. N. Shepard
A. J. Selfridge
Assailant Fatally Shoots San Francisco Editor in Lodging House
John Hay assistant editor of the San Francisco Journal of Commerce was shot by Mrs. R H McDougall in a lodging house at 330 McAlister Street and died soon after. She shot herself twice in the breast and also died. Hay had told her he wished to end their affair. she was enraged and opened fire. McDougall, wife of Chicago businessman R H McDougall, had been a theater performer and a U S Secret Service detective.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Hay
San Francisco Journal of Commerce
R. H. McDougall
McAlister Street
Hay
United States Secret Service Department
Four Young Men Ordained at Andover Theological Seminary
Four young men Ernest H Abbott John Comin Rollin L Hyde and James P King were ordained tonight in the Theological Seminary Chapel at Andover The service featured an invocation scripture reading a Lawrence minister sermon ordination prayer right hand of fellowship and closing blessing The Rev Lyman Abbott delivered an eloquent scholarly sermon noting the obstacles facing young men beginning life and how to overcome them
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Lawrence
Ernest H. Abbott
John Comin
Rollin L. Hyde
James P. King
Andover
Theological Seminary Chapel
G. H. Johnson
Lowell
H. F E. Oxnard
Lyman Abbott
E. C. Smythe
G. M. Ward
Barnum & Bailey to Stage Greatest Show in New England
Builders in Huntington avenue and Parker street began work on a grand stand and two acrobat platforms for Barnum & Bailey at Huntington avenue. A Boston firm now handles the project costing about $1500 with 60,000 feet of lumber, to be finished before Saturday night to allow tent erection for the show’s arrival from New London. The Barnum & Bailey route spans New England this summer with a larger canvas, larger menagerie, and more acts, including a fifty one horse act and La Roche’s aerial feats. X ray parties at the Maze in Boston showcase prizes for largest sinper bones and smallest finger bones, with daily sessions 10 am to 11 pm.
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Oriental India
Huntington Avenue
Parker Street
Barnum & Bailey
New York
Boston
New London
New England
la Roche
Crystal Maze
Tremont Street
Herr von Palm
Boston Grounds See Surge in Chute Riders at Huntington
Boston crowds flock to the new pleasure at Huntington avenue as over 30 000 visitors last week experienced the chutes. Ticket sellers and officials report long days handling the crowds with concert programs by the military band boosting the appeal. Afternoon visits are advised to avoid evening delays.
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Boston
Huntington Avenue
Exhibition
Castle Square presents Offenbach Marriage by Lantern and Pagliacci
The Castle Square opera company stages a weekly double bill featuring Offenbach Marriage by Lantern and Leoncavallo Pagliacci with strong solo work by Mary Linck Fatmah Diard Anna Lichter and William Mertens. The review notes charm in the first piece but mixed triumph in Pagliacci with occasional timing and pitch lapses. Diard and Lichter alternate in both works each evening, with Falka performance to follow in Philadelphia next Monday.
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Castle Square Opera Company
Offenbach
Leoncavallo
Miss Linck
Miss Diard
J. T. Hanshue
Hattie Belle Ladd
Anna Lichter
William Mertens
Tonio
Charles O. Bassett
William Schuster
Silvio
Mlle. Diard
Miss Lichter
Philadelphia
Palace Theatre May Shaw band presents burlesque and vaudeville
The Palace Theatre hosts a week long engagement by the May Shaw band of merrymakers featuring a travesty on Pygmalion and Galatea with Louis Kerlin as Pygmalion and Della Clayton as Galatea. Acts include Woods and Irving, Lillian Nelson, Dollie Howe, Lizzie Stewart, and a military encampment spectacle.
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Palace Theatre
May Shaw
Louis Kerlin
Pygmalion
Della Clayton
Woods
Irving
Lillian Nelson
Dollie Howe
Lizzie Stewart
William Wright
William Hickey
Messrs
Murphy
Morrison
Hewletts
Dolly Howe
Lucifers
Faust
Marguerite
Belle Irving
Mephisto
Cabman Wins Fare Dispute Over Dinner Charge
In New York a Boston student George Orchard faced Jefferson Market Court for non payment of cab fare. He paid $5 for a $6 meal and refused to pay $1 for time. Magistrate Simms noted etiquette and the case hinged on whether the cabman was invited as a friend or hired to dine. Orchard paid the $1 fine.
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New York
William Clark
West Thirty-first Street
George Orchard
Boston
Jefferson Market Court
Student Orchard
Huntsman charged after a year on run
Charles Morris, a guide who shot Game Warden Collins at Allegash a year ago, was captured at a Kineo shanty by Deputy Sheriff Martin and Constable Pollard. He was taken to Houston for trial. Morris had hidden in the northern wilderness near Moose Head Lake, eluding authorities for months.
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Foxcroft
Charles Morris
Collins
Kineo
Martin
Guilford
W. T. Pollard
Houston
Collins Morris
Moosehead Lake
Morris
Nichols
Pollard
Brigandage Near Constantinople Takes Two Ladies
Brigands attacked two carriages near Yalove twenty miles from the capital. Mme Branzeau, a wealthy French lady, and Mme Paragamian with her daughter, wife and child of a rich Armenian resident, were abducted. Captors demand $10,000 ransom and threaten to hold them until payment is made.
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Constantinople
Mme. Branzeau
Mme. Paragamian
Yalove
Carpenters Celebrate Fourteenth Union Anniversary
Carpenters Union 33 of this city held its fourteenth anniversary at Wells Memorial Hall with a large attendance of members and families. Harry Lloyd opened the event, noting the union's progress since its founding. A program of music, song, and readings followed, highlighted by McLean's Georgia colored minstrels. The evening ended with dancing, with labor leaders including John F. O'Sullivan Thomas F. Tracy Charles W Mowbray Andrew Golding and Joan J. Mahoney in attendance.
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Carpenters’ Union 33
Wells Memorial Hall
Harry Lloyd
McLean
Georgia Colored Minstrels
John F. O'Sullivan
Thomas F. Tracy
Charles W., Mowbray
Andrew Golding
Joan J. Mahoney
Gutter Union Elects Officers at Alpha Hall
The Clothing Cutters Union elected officers at Alpha Hall last night led by John J. Mahoney as president and J. W. Leary as vice president. Thomas F. Gallagher became clerk and C. J. Cassidy financial secretary with J. F. Sharkey as sergeant at arms. The strike by theatrical mechanics and stage employees was endorsed.
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Clothing Cutters’ Union
Alpha Hall
John J. Mahoney
J. W. Leary
Thomas F. Gallagher
C. J. Cassidy
J. F. Sharkey
Edison Vitagraph Show Wow at Keiths with Dover Surf Scene
At Keiths yesterday the Edison mar vellous vitascope drew loud applause for all pictures. The Dover pier surf sequence with whitecaps and roaring waves drew the crowd, while a Loie Fuller dance and a T ilby burlesque hypnotic scene delighted audiences. Performers included J W Kelly Conroy and Fox and others with feats by Imra Fox Paulinetti Pico and the Quaker City Quartet Fabiana sisters Lina Mae Crewes and more. Next week Niagara Falls Whirlpool Rapids and a railroad smashup are promised.
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Edison
Dover
Eng
Loie Fuller
Niagara Falls
J. W. Kelly
Conroy
Fox
Bunth
Rudd
Watson
Hutchings
Clark
Williams
Imra Fox
Paulinetti
Pico
Boston
Quaker City Quartet
Fabiana Sisters
Lina Mae Crewes
Burglar Actor Sought After Triple House Break-Ins
West End police hunt a young, well built burglar in black clothes and a black mustache who wears a theatrical air. He broke into three houses on Saturday morning. in Frank Loud’s house at 34 Allen Street he feigned drunkenness to escape after being found in the hallway, while a bureau had been rifled and he is believed to use false keys.
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West End
Frank Loud
Allen Street
Suspect Arrested After Street Assaults in Boston
A dark complexioned man armed with a knife was arrested Sunday on Leverett Street near Charlesbank. He gave the name Joe Murphy and, appearing intoxicated, was arraigned in Municipal Court with the DA seeking links to Friday assault on Mary Waters in South Boston and an attack on a servant girl at 46 Commonwealth Avenue. His case was continued due to delirium tremens symptoms.
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Leverett Street
Charlesbank
Joe Murphy
Hardy
Mary Waters
South Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Oyster Jim Nabbed in Waterbury Pickpocketing Case
Waterbury police locked up James Retrith alias Oyster Jim a well known Eston pick pocket following an arrest today.
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Waterbury, Conn
James Retrith
Oyster Jim
Eugene Debs To Speak In Boston At Faneuil Hall
Eugene V Debs of the American Railway Union will arrive in Boston June 20 and address a public meeting at Faneuil Hall the next evening as the guest of the local A R U union in Boston.
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Eugenes V. Debs
American Railway Union
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Poston
Tremont Theatre Hosts Third Week of Merry-Go-Round
The Tremont Theatre stagefest continues with Barnet's Merry-Go-Round under Askin. crowd cheers for stars J W Herbert and Marie Cahill plus newcomer Gus Krammerlee as Captain Nansen. Massachusetts Medical Society night, Bargain Matinee, Cahill souvenir matinee, and gala night with second lever inauguration teased for next week.
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Tremont Theatre
Barnet
Boston
Askin
J. W. Herbert
Mamie Gilroy
Marie Cahill
George A. Schiller
Alexander Clark
W. E. Blaisdell
D. H. Waythroe
Christie McDonald
Clara Palmer
Delia Stacey
Gus Krammerlee
Robert Evans
Captain Nansen
Massachusetts Medical Society
Marie Cahin
Austin and Stone's Museum Last Week Shows
This week marks the final period for the new women at Austin and Stone's Museum with a refreshed program. Bag punching contests continue drawing loud applause as Miss Gordon and Miss White vie for a prize. The Hungarian band plays, Trixy the snake handler debuts a new costume, and punch even knocks out a policeman amid lively stage shows. Performers praised include Hayden and Hetherton, the Hudsons, Wylie and Sanford, Waldo, Barton and Eckhoff, Anna Gordon, Dixon and Lang, Billie Curtis, Lena Lacouvier, the Somers sisters, Ed Rogers and Mace and Mason.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Gordon
Miss White
Trixey
Snake Handler
Punch
Hayden
Hetherton
Hudsons
Wylie
Sanford
Waldo
Barton
Moorish Burlesque at Lyceum Opens Weeklong Summer Run
At the Lyceum yesterday the Moorish burlesque company began a week long engagement the first in the reduced price summer season. The lineup featured George Scanlon Bill Hart Tim Cronan James W Bingham ventriloquist Scanlon Stevens Hart Walling the Trocadero Quartet and Mildred Harriman with a compressed Giroffe Giroffa edition and lively pastel scenes.
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Lyceum
George Scanlon
Bill Hart
Al‘o
Tim Cronan
James W. Bingham
Scanlon
Stevens
Hart
Walling
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