Stampede on Beachmont Car Injures Three in Chelsea
Three people were seriously injured when a fuse blew on a Beachmont car near Medford Street Chelsea. Charles J. McCarthy 30, unmarried, may die from spinal shock after a jump from the car. Miss Mary Keefe had a severe chin cut. Mrs. G O Crane suffered nose abrasion and numbness in the arm.
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Charles J. McCarthy
Division Street
Chelsea
G.O. Crane
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
Mary Keefe
Cliff Street
Roxbury
Lynn &Boston
Broadway
Medford Street
McCarthy
Sanford Eldridge
Terra Firma
Benito Falcon Sentenced to Death in Havana
Benito Falcon was sentenced to death and will be executed tomorrow at the Cabanas fortress for rebellion. In Matanzas province, 29 guerillas were captured near Bermeja as they aided cane-cutting, with 17 surrendering and 2 possibly killed. Spanish authorities protest the conduct of the U.S. consular agent in Cardenas over arson accusations related to a U.S. citizen s estate.
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Havana
Benito Falcon
Cabanas
Bermeja
Matanzas
Cardenas
United States
Lowell Home in Cambridge to Be Turned into Park
Prominent Cambridge citizens raise funds to buy Elmwood the Lowell birth residence for 5000 dollars by July 1 and open it as Lowell Memorial Park on Mount Auburn Street near the Cambridge line. Nearly 2500 already donated. committee led by Mrs. Russell Bancroft Agassiz Jones Pickering Longfellow and others. William A. Bullar of First National Bank to act as treasurer.
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Cambridge
Elmwood
James Russell Lowell
Lowell
Lowell Memorial Park
Mount Auburn Street
William E. Russell
William A. Bancroft
Louis Agassiz
C. S. Jones
Josiah P. Cooks
Edward Pickering
Alice Longfellow
R. A. Richards
Edward Abbott
Edgar R. Champlin
Arthur Gilman
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Henry C. Houghton
William Taggard Piper
E. D. Leavitt
William A. Munroe
William A. Bullar
First National Bank
Harvard Riot Ends With Arrests and Threats of Ban
Harvard College faced a campus riot as thousands gathered around the Cambridge Station area. Police cleared the doorway after clashes, three students Briggs Dorr and Pilling were jailed, and officers were injured. President Eliot warned athletics might be cancelled if order did not return.
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Cloyes
Briggs
Dorr
Pilling
Holmes Field
College Yard
Harvard
College House
McElroy
Murray
Corcoran
Almy
Eliot
Harvard College
Quincy Street
Somerville Board Debates West End Privileges
Mayor Perry praised dissenters as aldermen clash over West End Street Railway Company's overhead trolley relocation through Medford street toward the Somerville line. Aldermen Berry and Chandler push to curb privileges until a free transfer station at Sullivan Square is fulfilled. Motion passes 6 to 38.
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West End Street Railway Company
Perry
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Berry
West End Company
Medford Street
Somerville
Chandler
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Explosion Kills One, Injures Six Near Lilly
A premature dynamite blast about a mile below Lilly, Pennsylvania, killed one man and fatally injured six others as they prepared to detonate a charge. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon when the dynamite exploded unexpectedly.
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Johnson, Penn
Lilly
St John and St Germain Held After Death Connection
In Springfield on June 10 police court bound over Joseph St John and Albert St Germain to the Superior Court after a hearing on the death of Sophronia Beauregard during a criminal operation. St John as actual operator and St Germain as accessory faced 3509 bail. St Germain confessed he hired St John for Barnatchez, the girl's lover, brought him to the city and returned him to Indian Orchard.
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Springfield
Joseph St. John
Albert St. Germain
Sophronia Beauregard
St. John
St. Germain
Barnatchez
Indian Orchard
Senate Passes Civil Contempt Bill Amid Debate
In Washington on June 10 the Senate debated and passed the contempt of court measure. Debates centered on the Supreme Court’s power to influence legislation and a note on Debs’ imprisonment for contempt. The bill passed with a Cannon amendment requiring a jury trial. The sundry civil bill and other measures advanced, adjournment set for tomorrow at 11 a.m.
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Washington
Peffer
Kan
Senate
Butler
N. C
Supreme Court
Debs
Platt
Rep
Conn
Hill
Cannon
Utah
Allison
Iowa
Francis E. Hoover
Teller
Col
District of Columbia
Congress Ends 108-Hour Session With Broad Actions
In Washington on June 6 the House adopted a resolution to take further evidence in the Hopkins Kendall contested Kentucky election case. A life-saving station for New Hampshire coastal waters was advanced in the Senate. Many measures passed or advanced include road investigations, shipping law amendments, and a sundry civil appropriation bill. The day closed with late adjournment after signature of the sundry bill and delays on the District of Columbia appropriation bill.
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House
Moody
Rep
Mass
Elections Committee No. 1
Hopkins
Kendall
Kentucky
Clark County
Senate
New Hampshire
Allen
Dem
Miss
Agricultural Department
Cannon
Walker
Committee On
Banking and Currency
Congress
Wilson
Idaho
Yeas
District of Columbia
Gannon
Committee On Appropriations
Messrs. Sayers
Tex
Dockery
Dingley
Cleveland
Fort Omaha
Nebraska
Reed
Boy and wheel missing report from Brockton
June 10 Tremont Street Tremont family seeks Allie Johnson 16 missing since Thursday after leaving on his bicycle for a show job. authorities consider possible temporary aberration and request information from the public.
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Brockton
Allie Johnson
Merton Johnson
Tremont Street
Trumbo and Teller Back Free Silver Split Plan in West
Trumbo leads Utah delegation in a push for a 16 to 1 free silver plank and to bolt if gold is declared. He expects Idaho Utah Nevada Montana and Colorado to back Teller and to name Teller for White House if the split occurs. Hanna counters that no split is needed and decisions rest with him.
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Trumbo
Utah
Teller
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Colorado
White House
Reed Faction Fights Collapse as McKinley Likely Nominee
The national committee meeting in St Louis ends with Maine’s Manley declaring McKinley will win on the first ballot. Reed’s name will be presented, but he will not accept any vice presidential nomination, and New England delegates remain loyal. Contests in districts eight through eleven are resolved or set for arbitration as observers watch the chaotic proceedings.
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McKinley
Reed
ST. Louis
Friends
National Committee
Joseph Manley
Maine
United Press
Alabama
New England
New York
Iowa
National committee meet opens amid seating dispute in Alabama
In St Louis on June 10 the national committee opened a brief session at the Southern Club. Officials read contests aloud and Alabama was tackled after a morning where territorial representation was deferred. A telegr am from Iowa indicated James S. Clarkson ill in Philadelphia. Delegates debated seating the Buckley delegation versus Moseley and Smith factions, with 34 to 6 backing Buckley.
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ST. Louis
National Committee
Carter
Southern
Manley
Indian Territory
Senator Gear
James S. Clarkson
Iowa
Philadelphia
Alabama
R. C. Kerens
David D. Shelby
C. W. Buckley
John W. Jones
W. R. Pettiford
William A. Smith
J. F. McDuffie
A. J. Warner
W. H. Nixon
Moseley
Executive Committee
Powell Clayton
Buckley
Gear
Smith
W. A. Sutherland
Shoup
Idaho
Sutherland
Buckleyites
Messrs. Fessenden
Connecticut
Leonard
Louisiana
Crane
Massachusetts
New York
Perry
Canson
District of Columbia
Maine
Colored Delegates Rights at Republican Convention
In St Louis Mark Hanna leads a party to organize the national committee as it prepares the temporary roll. Colored delegates spark attention with autographs at hotels while provisions for them are debated. A sub committee will study the seating plans with a report due noon tomorrow. Judge Long of Florida is among the advocates.
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Carey
Wyoming
William M. Hahn
Ohio
Florida
National
Long
W. McKinley Osborne
Boston
Myron T. Herrick
Sylvester Everett
Cleveland
W. M. Hahn
Mansfield
Oscar R. Meyer
Portland
Ore
Hanna
Samuel Fessenden
Connecticut
M. J. Dowling
Minnesota State League
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Fifer
Captain Tanner
Illinois
McKinley
Southern Hotel
Judge Thompson
M. H. de Young
San Francisco
California
George L. Shoup
Idaho
Mississippi
Louisiana
ST. Louis
Mark Hanna
National Committee
Plantens
Lindell
Citizens’ Committee
Judge Long
Bradley Denies Link to Hanna and McKinley in Kentucky Memo
Frankfort Kentucky June 10 Governor Bradley releases a carefully written statement denying any association with Mark Hanna or the Platt Clarkson group. He says he did not trade votes or seek a vice presidential or cabinet post and reiterates support for the gold standard and a clear party platform. Bradley asserts no combination with McKinley or other leaders and defends his Kentucky campaign stance.
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Bradley
Washington
Chicago
Mark Hanna
Platt- Clarkson
McKinley
Kentucky
Minneapolis
Louisville
Courier Journal
Republican Party
Republican Convention
Auditorium Dedication in St Louis for Republican Convention
The grand Auditorium in St Louis was officially dedicated with ceremonies drawing over 10,000 attendees. Mayor Walbridge, President Samuel Kennard, and ex-Governor E C Stanard spoke as music filled the program. The venue, seating 14 12, boasts clear sightlines and perfect acoustics as prominent politicians observed.
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ST. Louis
Walbridge
Samuel Kennard
Business Men’s League
E. C. Stanard
Russell the Favorite Declined by Connecticut Delegates
Hartford June 10 The Democratic State Convention did not declare for ex. Russell the favorite and the delegates regarded his request for no endorsement with caution. The record shows a cautious stance on endorsements and candidate support amid party deliberations in Hartford.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Russell and Reed Nominated At Prospect Union
At the Prospect Union in Cambridge last night a mock political convention chose William E. Russell as the Democratic standard bearer and Thomas B. Reed as the Republican nominee. A gold standard plank was adopted after a fight, Russell won the presidential nomination 53 to 21 against Boies, and Reed was named Republican nominee 60 to 10 over McKinley.
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Prospect Union
Cambridge
William E. Russell
Thomas B. Reed
Robert E. Ely
Russell
Boies
Iowa
Reed
McKinley
Maryland for Gold convention endorses gold standard platform
The Democratic State convention in Baltimore resolves to maintain the gold standard, arguing that earnings and wages should be paid in money of intrinsic worth. It condemns free silver coinage and insists government obligations be redeemable in money of the highest intrinsic value, aligning with the gold standard.
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Baltimore
On Finance
Orangemen in Politics Place for New American Party
Philadelphia June 10 The Supreme Grand Lodge of Orangemen adopted a resolution endorsing patriotic associations sending platform planks to both conventions and, if rejected, favoring a convention to form a new American party. Officers elected include Supreme Grand Master James Ray Boston Deputy Grand Master Irwin Chambers Hartford Secretary Robert C. Paden Pittsburgh Treasurer A M McLeod Quincy Mass.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Grand Lodge of Orangemen
Supreme
James Ray
Boston
Irwin Chambers
Hartford
Robert C. Paden
Pittsburg
A. M. McLeod
Quincy
Mass
Prorogation Day Ends Fast Boston Session
The General Court prorogued at 12 20 pm after Secretary Olin announced is work total of 550 acts and 124 resolves signed by Lieut Governor Wolcott with three returned unsigned. The McCarthy aldermanic bill died amid charges of political maneuvering as the steering committee canvassed Lt Governor prospects, Crane leading among House factions.
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General Court
Olin
Senate
House
Wolcott
McCarthy
Lomasney
Jones
Melrose
Boutwell
Malden
Boston
Harwood
Newton
Davis
Creed
Shaw
Meyer
Samuel Winslow
W. Murray Crane
Crane
Essex County
Back Bay
Walcott
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J. A., Devaux
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Miles B. Preston
Thomas M. Waller
New London
James Aldis
Torrington
E. D. Coogan
Windsor Locks
Lyman T. Hunters
Vernon
William Kennedy
Naugatuck
Horace B. Butler
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Norwich
Frederick A. Morrell
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Thomas H. Carter
Russell and Reed
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