Robber Arrested After Assault on Miss Minnie Kelley
Miss Minnie Kelley, wandering in South Boston near Congress Street, was knocked down and robbed of 6 cents and two gold rings while two assailants guided her home. Patrolman Donahue pursued and captured Edward Smith, 20, of 417 Federal Street, who confessed at Station 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kelley
Hudson Streets
Boston
Congress Street
W. A. Donahue
Division 6
Station 6
Edward Smith
Federal Street
Sanitary and street cleaning divisions face dire funds
The city’s sanitary and street cleaning departments lack funds to operate, with the sanitary division in urgent need. As conventions approach, work will rise but current appropriations stall progress. Major Young reports the department cannot reduce staff yet needs more men and carts. It would take $75,000 more for the sanitary division to sustain a substantial standard through year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Sanitary Division
Electric Car Collision Kills Coal Wagon Driver
Malachi Burns 65, of Gerard street Roxbury, died after his coal wagon was struck by an electric car at Washington and Cobden Streets Highlands. The wagon wheels passed over him as he lay injured on the street. He died en route to City Hospital. The electric car was operated by motorman William A Cobb and conductor Joseph Hawley. In Paris, M Goblet said France would be unfriendly to Germany until Alsace Lorraine is settled and noted France Russia unity on the eastern question. Premier Ribot said the two countries had united to preserve European peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malachi Burns
Washington and
Cobden Streets
Highlands
Burns
William A. Cobb
Joseph Hawley
Gerard Street
Roxbury
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Goblet
France
Kiel
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Russia
Ribat
Europe
Jubilee yacht Jubilee stalls in mud at Atlantic Works launch
The Jubilee, General Paine’s famed yacht, bogged in mud during launch at East Boston after a misaligned cradle section caused the slipway to grip. Captain Newcomb says no damage, plans a tide haulout to free the vessel and fit her for upcoming trials and international races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Works
Boston
Quincy
East Boston
General Paine
McKee
Post
Mate Miller
Embezzlement Charge Involving Local Lawyer Firm
Alfred James 27 of 417 Boylston street was arrested yesterday by Inspectors Burke and Mahoney on embezzlement charges. He allegedly stole about 1000 dollars from George L Roberts and Brothers lawyers at 95 Milk street over the last year and a half in small amounts. The Robertses employed James for some time. warrant procured by the lawyers and turned over to Chief Inspector Atts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred James
Boylston Street
Burke and Mahoney
George L. Roberts &Bro
Milk Street
James
Robertses
Seerened
Atts
Boy Fatally Run Over by Ice Cart in Highlands
six year old Thomas Dowd of 13 Douglas avenue Highlands was killed at Webber street and Harrison avenue at 6 20 last night. The Boston Ice Company cart driven by Stephen Corbett was at the corner when the boy tried to climb a hind wheel. The team moved, the wheel passed over his chest and he died at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dowd
Douglas Avenue
Highlands
Webber Street
Harrison Avenue
Boston Ice Company
Stephen Corbett
City Hospital
Herbert bars filibuster by ordering Raleigh to Key West
Secretary Herbert ordered the steamship Raleigh to proceed to Key West Florida to prevent further filibustering expeditions from leaving the United States for Cuba. The move aims to curb attempts to intervene in Cuban affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Today
United States
Raleigh
Key West
Fla
Cuba
Dressmaker Waists Offered at 39 Cents for Laundered Use
A local retailer promotes a fine sale of laundered waists previously priced at 2.00 and 2.50, now offered to shoppers for 39 cents each as affordable daily wear. The notice urges quick purchase while stock lasts.
Hosiery display lines of stock ings and half hose pricing
An advertisement notes children's stockings in black ribbed cotton from Hermsdorf renowned for dye with price twelve and three quarters cents. It also lists men's tan cotton half hose at twelve and three quarters cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermsdorf
Razor Attack on Hantton in West End
Charles Howard 23, of 3 James Place, and Abraham Hantton, both young Black men from West End, quarreled in front of 83 Anderson Street. Howard drew a razor and wounded Hantton on the right side back and shoulders before fleeing. Patrolman Gilmore arrested Howard after a chase through several streets. Howard jailed at Station 3 on charges of assault and battery with a razor. Hantton was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and his condition is not considered dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Howard
Abraham Hantton
West End
Anderson Street
Howard
Hantton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gilmore
Revere
West Cedar
Charles
Brimmer
Beacon Streets
Arlington Street
Station 3
James Place
Italy Opens New Parliament Asks Budget Support
Rome June 10 The new Italian Parliament opened with 370 deputies taking the oath. Socialists were absent per prior notice. The throne speech urged patriotism to speed the budget and noted financial improvements. It hinted at humane governance and praised England, with a cited pledge of cordial ties and naval cooperation, seen as Italy and England aligning on Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sig. Cavalotti
Humbert
Italy
Kiel
England
Africa
Fitzgerald Wants His Poems From City Trunk
Lynn police recovered a trunk moved from the Nahant Hotel veranda after it was found in danger of theft. General M. T. Fitzgerald identified the trunk as his and demanded its return. He agreed to have the trunk moved back to the hotel to retrieve poems for upcoming lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe
Lynn
Nahant Hotel
Nahant
Marshal Wells
Fitzgerald
Portland Routs Pawtucket in Overtime? Wait Silly Baseball Game
Portland won 16 to 9 against Pawtucket after Rettger left sick and Meakin pitched in the seventh. Portland produced 11 base hits to Pawtucket's 13 with 11 errors for Portland and 2 for Pawtucket. Batteries were Killeen Terrien Rettger Meakin and Yeager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Portland
Rettger
Meakin
Killeen
Terrien
Yeager
Bangor Defeats Fall River Again On Home Ground
Bangor beat Fall River 9 to 3 at the home grounds as Fall Riverships a listless performance. Bangor had 10 hits to Fall River’s 10 with one error to six for Fall River. Batteries were Ypenten and Hayes for Fall River and Klobedansz and Rolax for Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Bangor
Jypenten
Hayes
Klobedansz
Rolax
Assault and Robbery Hit Elderly Man on Motte Street
William Ayers of May place South End was assaulted and robbed of $24 in a saloon on Motte street early last evening. The assailant is well known to police and was previously associated with Stase Figen. Policemen are investigating the incident and seeking information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ayers
May Place
South End
Motte Street
Cornell Crew Impresses United States Ambassador at Henley
United States Ambassador Bayard praised the Cornell crew for their speed and style as they raced along the Henley course. Critics like Guy Nickalls noted the stroke was too short and urged a longer, slower finish to challenge the English crews. The team practiced openly and planned a move to a new boat house upstream on the Berkshire side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Bayard
Cornell
Henley
Mr. Bayard
Ambassador
Courtney
Berkshire
Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown
Oxford
Guy Nickalls
England
Nickalls
John EB. Moss
Thames
President Cleveland May Leave Washington for Gray Gables
Washington June 10 President Cleveland may depart after the Cabinet meeting to join his family at Gray Gables Buzzard s Bay. Arrangements are made for departure but he may delay to attend to DC office appointments. Mrs Henry T Thurber left Washington with her family to join Mrs Cleveland for the summer and will occupy the Thurber cottage at Marion near Buzzard s Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Buzzard’s Bay
District of Columbia
Henry T. Thurber
Zimmerman and Johnson Meet in Exhibition Mile Showdown
Arthur A. Zimmerman and John S. Johnson are in Rochester for a Lake View Wheelmen race meet. Zimmerman refuses to race at Asbury Park despite a $5000 offer, citing no benefit and planning an Australia trip in August that may end his racing career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Arthur A. Zimmerman
Johns
Johnson
Lake View
Tom Eck
Eck
Wise and Locato
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Bicycle Club
Press Cycling Club Meet at Waltham June 17
The national circuit meet of the Press Cycling Club will be held at Waltham on June 17. Class B features almost all top riders including Bald Sanger Macdonald Sims Titus Cabanne and many more. Ohn 8 Johnson expects to compete and aims to win the quad ruplet race. Committee notes strong advance ticket sales at the grand stand office 88 Columbus avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Cycling Club
Waltham
Bald
Sanger
Macdonald
Sims
Titus
Cabanne
E. C
L. C. Johnson
Steenson
Zeigler
Coulter
Carter
Warren
Maddox
Brown
Butler
McDuffee
Jenney
Porter
Ohn
Johnson
Grand Stand
Columbus Avenue
Opium Exodus in Chinatown Follows New Law
A wave of opium quitters leaves Chinatown after a new law prompts a moral reform. Yee Tip, nearly 60, died two weeks ago from opium withdrawal and his companion Joe Volapuk also died after attempting abstinence. The exodus reduced activity and critics say only long-time users remain, with a growing anti-opium sentiment among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
Yee Tip
Joe Volapuk
Roxbury
Yee
Joe
Canadian Pacific
Yee Ty
Post
GUT IN THE THIGH FATAL CUTTING ON MIDDLESEX STREET
Benjamin Green twenty six of Mt. Auburn and John Munroe older by fourteen years fought on Middlesex Street in the South End. A razor was drawn and Green was slashed on the left thigh though not seriously. Munroe remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Green
John Munroe
Middlesex Street
South End
Green
Mt. Auburn
Boston
Munroe
Boston Robber Held for Extradition in New York
Detectives brought William P. Friel known as Leonard A. Leech William Tierney and John Shea before Justice Tainter in New York City on June 10 to await extradition papers from Boston for a $500 robbery of money and jewelry. He had just been acquitted today of stealing a diamond pin on a Broadway cable car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William P. Friel
Leonard A. Leech
William Tierney
John Shea
Justice Tainter
Boston
Friel
Court of General Sessions
Broadway
Grady
President Cleveland Leaves Washington for Leesburg Fishing
President Cleveland travels to Leesburg Virginia for a day of fishing, accompanied by Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Leesburg
Internal Revenue
Miller
Mystery shoplifting ring unmasked in Jordan store tale
Inspector Knox recaptured two women, Jane and Nettle Hunt, in Jordan ih & Co. for shoplifting then traced alias to Sarah and Nettie Sprague of Braintree. Burglary goods valued in thousands found in their home with five trunks prepared for shipment. The pair, mother and daughter, face court again this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Leggett
Joe” Knox
Jordan Ih & Co
Jane
Nettle Hunt
Providence
Inspector Knox
Inspector Leggett
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Joe’ Knox
Sarah Sprague
Nettie Sprague
Braintree
Galvin
Sprague
Mal Creative
High School Drill At Mechanics Hall Draws Colorful Crowds
Ten companies of the Second Battalion Boston School Regiment staged a prize drill at Mechanics Hall with officers from Brookline High I.T. and the Fourth Artillery judging. Doves, banners, and a shower of flowers marked each performance while Dorchester High led off with a memorable sabre display under Colonel H. M. Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Young America
Boston School Regiment
R. W. Sutton
Brookline High School
J. D. Bigelow
Tenth
United States Cavalry
M. I.T
C. A. Lane
Second
United States Artillery
Dorchester
Boston
Charlestown
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Brighton
Dorchester Company
Dorchester High School
H. M. Field
Clash
Bang
Zip
Drill Meet Showcases Young Officers From Local Schools
English High and Boston Latin cadets plus Roxbury and Charlestown students led a 1:30 pm battalion drill under Captain L W Schlegelmilch. The bayonet squad trained by Major M Klaus performed a notable OC H S formation drawing applause before individual drills and judge's decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English High
Boston Latin Schools
Field
L. W. Schlegelmilch
Roxbury High School
M. Klaus
Charlestown High School
Enormous sale at Live Yankee Clothing for workingmen
The Live Yankee Clothing Company held an Under the Hammer Sale to aid Workingmen. Clothing priced well below cost drew huge crowds as men, women and youths bought suits, coats and shoes at dramatic discounts. The event ran late and featured a wide range of men’s and boys’ apparel with hundreds of items marked far under retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Yankee Clothing Company
Yankee Clothing Company
Geome
Salem drum corps earns prize at school parade
At 6 30 the drum corps under Drum Major J F Lentine impressed as they paraded past dignitaries. Judge Whittemore awarded prizes to Roxbury High School units and Dorchester High School figures with sergeants Huggah Pelletier Pond Slade and others noted for individual honors. East Boston unit also made a strong showing with bayonet drill prize won by Lieutenant McMahon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lentine
Old Salem
Whittemore
Roxbury H. S
Canal Ready For Traffic Through Baltic North Sea Passage
The Impe yacht and an Atlantic liner completed a trial trip showing the canal ready for fleet passage on June 19 and 20. On the evening of June 19 a fleet of 18 vessels will pass, including 8teen German and foreign ships. Marblehead will represent the United States, and the canal will be closed during the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
North Sea Baltic Canal
Impe
Marblehead
United States
Pavonia Sails In After Iceberg Sighting Dozens Reach Port
Captain Watt reported two iceberg sightings in the Atlantic near 43.26N 47.30W and 42.45N 50.35W while the Cunard steamer Pavonia, delayed six hours by fog near Boston Light, docked with twenty four intermediate, 407 steerage and numerous saloon passengers all in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Watt
Cunard
Pavonia
Liverpool
Boston
A. L. Jackson
Kay
Nelson and Child
Annie C . J. Ward
H. B. Wheelwright
Wills
Edith Page
RK. Pumpelly
Pumpelly
Elsie Pumpelly
Pauline Pumpelly
Injured Princeton Students Show Signs of Improvement
Princeton June 10 The condition of two students shot Saturday night on the campus shows improvement. Ohl’s recovery odds have risen from one in ten to better prospects with no inflammation yet. Cochrane remains near danger, with doctors now confident the bullet is in his neck not brain and expect full recovery though Ohl may suffer lasting effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Ohl
Denton
Cochrane
Bull
American arraignment over bow street threat to Cardinal Vaughan
Lorenzo Covington an American man arrested at Bow Street on a charge of threatening to murder Cardinal Vaughan by throwing vitriol was again arraigned. He claims he lost 360 pounds due to actions by the Catholic church. He is remanded for medical examination to assess if he is a crank or a blackmailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lorenzo Covington
Bow Street
Cardinal Vaughan
Fire destroys Forster Lumber yards in Milwaukee
A quick and serious fire in Milwaukee at the Forster Lumber Company yards caused an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Fire tugs and the entire department worked to prevent spread to nearby tanneries mills and factories in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Forster Lumber Company
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Jordan
Avon ST
Bedford St
Miss Kelley
South
Algace-Lorraine
Venings
E.c.almy. & Co
Paine
Old Salta
George L. Roberts & Bro
Herbert
Gilchrist & Co
Russell Lyman
Ambassador Bayard
White House
van Nostrand
Hitle
A. GC. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
Mass
Osgood
C.E. Osgood
Washington ST
Wamburg
Hamburg
Pelf
Henry Martyn Field
M. H. Klous
C. D. Cabot
Joerd Caspet
Becton
Washington Street
Geo. P. Staples & Co
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