Civil service exam results spark political speculation
Ex-Fore man Loughan of West Roxbury and Brighton tops the list of eligibles as civil service exam results emerge. Democrat Michael J. Carroll, ex-Councilman from Ward 15, is also favored for a high rating. Four anti machine Democrats pass, including Michael J. Coyle of Brighton, while Mayor Curtis and Wheeler advised others on how to proceed.
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Civil Service
Curtis
Loughan
West Roxbury
Brighton
Michael J. Carroll
South
Boston
Basin 6
Framingham
Water Department
Wheeler
Michael J. Coyle
War Artist Forbes Dead in New York
Edwin Forbes, noted war artist and writer, died in New York at 55 or 56 from Bright’s disease. A Civil War special war correspondent for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, he covered key battles and produced field drawings and a war history. A bill in Congress to buy his original sketches for 100000 dollars failed. Forbes, famed for horse paintings, invented a starting apparatus. recent work was done with his left arm after right became paralyzed.
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New York
Edwin Forbes
Bright
Frank Leslie
Illustrated Weekly
Congress
Forbes
Washington
American Vessels Through Suez Canal In 1894
Consul-General Penfield reports from Cairo that only five American ships passed Suez in 1894 all warships or yachts with no mercantile entries though cargoes bound for America went via British ships. A total of 352 vessels used the canal, tolls totaling $14,770,081. electric lighting improved night passage to nearly percent.
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Washington
Suez Canal
America
Penfield
Cairo
Egypt
Department of State
Province Town Firemen Mutual chooses officers at annual meeting
Provincetown March 6 The Firemen's Mutual Insurance Company of Provincetown elected officers for the year with L. N. Paine as president George H. Holmes as vice president John D Hillard as secretary and treasurer and a board of directors from engine and hose companies. The group assesses each member a 50 cent death fee and has paid 15 645 50 in benefits since founding. Any Provincetown firefighter may join.
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Provincetown
Firemen’s Mutual Insurance Company of
L. N. Paine
George H. Holmes
John D Hillard
Harsh Climate Strain Tests Winter-Season Systems
Even for those who endure the climate's risks, the long winter months tax the body and mind. The ongoing fight against fluctuating conditions leaves many with lingering fatigue and weakened resilience across the population.
Sarsaparilla Heralded as Blood Purifier and Tonic
The note extols sarsaparilla as an unequalled blood purifier and true tonic. It claims to cleanse the blood of foul winter accumulations and to act directly on the nervous system to restore vitality.
Miss Maggie Reid Found in Lynn Employed as Servant
Miss Maggie Reid, reported missing from Cambridge, has been located in Lynn. She now works as a servant in the house of Charles W. Emerson at 433 Broadway. She left Cambridge in despondency with 20 cents, later traveled via Boston to Malden, then to Lynn with a stranger, who secured her a position. She made no effort to inform her brother or Mrs. Parker of her whereabouts.
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Maggie Reid
Cambridge
Lynn
Charles W. Emerson
Broadway
George Clark
Marshal Wells
Maggie
George D., Reid
Malden
Boston
Emerson
Captain B S Clark dies after illness in Brockton
Captain B S Clark an old Brockton resident died this afternoon from internal hemorrhages. Born in Vineyard Haven in 1821, he spent twenty years at sea and captained whalers including Coral and Claris out of New Bedford. He was 74. His body will be sent to New Bedford for interment with funeral Friday afternoon.
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Brockton
Clark
Vineyard Haven
New Bedford
Coral
Claris
Plymouth Captain cites deck boy on Bache baggage claim
Fall River report states Captain Davis said a deck boy recalls taking Reverend John Owen Bache's baggage to the 6:50 train last Friday morning. The boy says the clergyman boarded the train. Dr Boyle's companion searched for the minister and left for Boston later that day.
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Fall River
Davis
Plymouth
John Owen Bache
Boyle
Boston
Limit by Age in College Football Proposed by Mayor Bancroft
Mayor Bancroft urges a age based ban on football players, proposing that those over 20 or possibly 17 should not play. He argues the sport is rough and dangerous, advocating athletic cultivation to sustain vigor and prevent societal harm, while praising its inspirational effects on national character.
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Bancroft
Harvard
Newtowne Club
Harvard University
Harvard Law Student Arrested for Assault on Boy
Sergeant Pullen of Station 1 Cambridge arrested Gordon K Bell a Harvard Law School student for assault on a boy on Massachusetts Avenue as Bell was running. Bell says the boy insulted him. incident witnessed by the sergeant. Bell to be arraigned in court.
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Pullen
Station 1
Cambridge
Gordon K. Bell
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Avenue
Bell
Harvard
Rum Banquet Allegation Shakes Asbury Park Church Leader
Rev J Hoffman Batten pastor of West Grove M B Church Asbury Park was arrested on criminal libel charges after publishing a religious paper The Flying Roll which mocked Mayor Tenbroeck claiming his intimate friend was a champagne bottle and he preferred a rum banquet The pastor pled not guilty posted 500 bail and awaits grand jury action Meanwhile the mayor filed a civil libel suit for 5000 damages with papers served by deputy sheriff.
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Asbury, N. J
J. Hoffman Batten
West Grove
M. B
Asbury Park
Tenbroeck
Batten
Justice Borden
Women leaders gather for mid winter AA W conference in Buffalo
The mid winter conference of the officers of the Association for the Advancement of Women opened in Buffalo with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presiding. Notable attendees included Alice Stone Blackwell and Mrs. Kate Gannet Wells of Boston as discussions considered Salt Lake City as a likely site for the next Congress.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Association For the Advancement of Women
Salt Lake City
Julia Ward Howe
Alice Stone Blackwell
Kate Gannett Wells
Boston
Sexton Joseph Paine Dies After Horse Incident in Pawtucket
Joseph H Paine died at 76 from injuries after being knocked down by a horse two weeks earlier in Pawtucket Rhode Island He was longtime sexton of Park Place Church and father in law to Judge Tillinghast city solicitor Bamefield and Mayor Teipke from Mansfield Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Joseph H. Paine
Mansfield
Mass
Park Place Church
Tillinghast
Bamefield
Teipke
Giolitti Court Appeal Kept In Cripsi Case Pace
In Rome on March 6 the court rejected Giolitti’s challenge to its competence and ordered the Crispi–Giolitti dispute to proceed. Signor Giolitti said he will appeal the ruling.
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Rome
Giolitti
Crispi
Signor Giolitti
Miners Reject Joint Convention Proposal in Pittsburg
In Pittsburgh on March 6 the miners convention heard a report from the negotiating committee. Operators proposed a joint miners and operators convention in Pittsburg next Saturday but the plan was voted down. Delegates were ordered to execute the strike order issued Monday night.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Nat Herreshoff In Cautious Recovery From Pneumonia
Providence report says designer Nat M Herreshoff is improving but still in danger. He has bronchial pneumonia mild, with a small spot on the right lung. Dr Neylan notes a comfortable day and hopes for normal temperature by morning.
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Providence
Nat M Herreshoff
Neylan
Herreshoff
Freshmen Baseball Schedule Expanded with Cambridge Dates
Harvard adds two games to the freshmen season at Cambridge, one against Brown on May 13 and another versus Amherst 98. Dates for Yale freshmen clashes remain undecided.
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Harvard
Brown
Cambridge
Amherst
Yale
Parkman Named Head of City Finances Commission
The Hon Henry Parkman and Messrs Charles H Cole and John D W Joy formed the new City Finance Commission and held a long meeting with Mayor Curtis. They plan to overhaul city finances and request department salary lists above 650 annually, plus counts under that amount, including contract workers.
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Henry Parkman
Charles H. Cole
John D. W. Joy
Commission On Finance
Curtis
Parkman
Associated Boards of Trade
Bank Officers’ Association
Citizens ’Association
Joy
House
Senate
Matthews
Essex Methodists Postpone Honor Banquet for Bishop Merrill
Salem March 6 The Essex Methodist Social Union postpones a reception and banquet for Bishop Merrill to April 3 to fit the New England conference opening. Cadet Armory hosts guests including Governors, mayors, pastors, and editors. W F Lawford Tapleyville serves as committee secretary.
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Salem
Essex Methodist Social Union
Merrill
New England
Boston
Cadet Armory
S. M. Merrill
D. D
Lt. D
Greenhalge
Samuel Dalton
George von L. Meyer
J. P. Goucher
W. F. Warren
Boston University
Charles Parkhurst
Zion’s Herald
William Claflin
L. Manning Hodgkins
RE. O. Fisk
Boston M. E. Social Union
J. H. Turner
George B. Carter
Chelsea
Harwood
Lynn
John I. Baker
Beverly
B. F. Cook
Gloucester
Orrin Gurney
Newburyport
Essex County
W. F. Lawford
Tapleyville
Slander Trial In Rhode Island Clergy Case
At the Rhode Island Supreme Court session in Newport the slander case of Rev. Joseph Murphy of New Bedford against Rev. H. M. Jeter of Newport went to trial. W. H. Johnson, a veteran colored attorney, watched as two witnesses said Jeter called Murphy “a great rascal and thief” in church meetings and claimed Murphy dishonored Jeter’s daughter while trying to split the church. The case highlights bitter church conflicts and a newly formed congregation arising from their dispute.
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Newport
R. I
Supreme Court
Joseph Murphy
New Bedford
H. M. Jeter
W. H. Johnson
Massachusetts Bar
Murphy
Faunce Spinney Sues to Bar Lynn Labor Leaders Injunction
In Lynn on March 6 Faunce & Spinney by Hurlburt and McCarthy obtained an injunction restraining labor leaders from intimidation or threats toward current employees or job seekers at the Faunce & Spinney factory. The enjoined men include Allen B. Stevens Horace M. Eaton James J. Dolan Thomas Drake A S Cole Charles Baddeker Wilbur LaFavour and Charles J Harrigan Calis H Snow. The firm had previously discharged masters and a strike followed with most workers quitting.
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Lynn
Faunce & Spinney
Hurlburt & McCarthy
Allen B. Stevens
Horace M. Eaton
James J. Dolan
Thomas Drake
A. S. Cole
Charles Baddeker
Wilbur LaFavour
Charles J. Harrigan
Joseph Robinson of Oxford Dies at 82 in Pneumonia
Joseph Robinson of Robinson Manufacturing Company Oxford died this morning of pneumonia at age 82. Born in England May 9, 1812, he married Frances A. Lewis and moved to the United States in 1836. He and Frances had fifteen children, six survive. A veteran woollen manufacturer since 188, he amassed about $600,000.
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Oxford
Joseph Robinson
Robinson Manufacturing Company
Mr. Robinson
England
Frances A. Lewis
Robinson
Norwich Voters Back Charter Move On City Lighting Plants
Citizens at a public meeting vote to petition the Legislature to amend Norwich charter enabling the city to establish municipal gas and electric plants for street lighting and civic use. If enacted, it could abolish existing plants valued at 200000 dollars. police commissioners say they can supply all night electric lights for 70 dollars yearly, while the current company charges 12 dollars.
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Norwich
Conn
WAGE OF SIN. Prosecution witness recounts Sutton assault case
Walter Kelly testifies in Marlboro Massachusetts linked murder attempt against Station Agent Smith at Sutton New York province. He details recruitment by Howarth Abercorn and Jenne hotel plan, leading to a lead pipe attack, escape, and payment promises. He says he acted as Queen's evidence and admits confession was voluntary.
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Smith
Dominion Alliance of Brome
Kelly
Marlboro
Mass
John Howarth
Abercorn
Flynn
Canada
Howarth
Willard
Sutton
Jim Wilson
Sutton Junction
Wilson
Richford
Enosburg
St. Albans
Boston
Fitchburg
Montreal
Lynn Militiaman's Arrest for Embezzlement and Theft
Lewis A. Downey, private in Company I Eighth Regiment, is in custody at the Lynn police station charged by Captain Cousins with embezzling 25 dollars and stealing 24 pounds of lead bullets from the company. Downey served as treasurer of a fund raised by soldiers to provide armory comforts, with 2 dollars allegedly misused.
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Lynn
Lewis A. Downey
Eighth Regiment
Cousins
Downey
Cruiser Marblehead Tests Torpedoes at Newport
United States cruiser Marblehead under Commander Charles O'Neill arrived at Newport at 3 10 from Norfolk for torpedo tests. Howell torpedoes were loaded, and the ship will test them at Mackerel Cove before likely sailing Friday for its European station.
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Newport
R.il
Marblehead
Charles O'Neill
Norfolk
Howell
Mackerel Cove
Boston & Albany City Ticket Office Moves to 966 Washington
The City Ticket Office of the Boston and Albany Railroad has been relocated to 966 Washington Street. The move consolidates services and preserves access for passengers seeking ticketing and travel information.
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The
Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
Incendiary Fire Threat at St Peter's Church Dorchester
A basement fire at St Peter's Church on Meeting House Hill was likely started by an incendiary. Father Ronan and parishioners contained it. burns to the priest occurred as he helped extinguish the blaze. Police seek a man seen near the basement before detection.
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St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Ronan
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
Division 11
Dorchester
Father Ronan
Brown
Station 11
Freestone
Bowdoin Street
Percival Avenue
Found a Home in Death Bartholomew Sexton Dies After Street Lodging
Bartholomew Sexton, 45, was found unconscious at a cheap lodging house on 1053 Washington and died at City Hospital at 8:50 last night. He bore a bad cut above one eye and bruises. police suspect assault. He had told a drug store clerk he fell down stairs after visiting for a wound dressing. Concussion of the brain listed as the cause. He had no permanent home.
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Bartholomew Sexton
City Hospital
Washington Street
Sexton
Dover
Washington Streets
Public Concern Over 2 Cent Postage Stamp Quality
Citizens again complain that government building stamps priced at two cents lack quality. The 2 cent stamp remains the same quantity, but color and finish are said to resemble improper ironing and weak adhesion. Postmaster Coveney reported no widespread issue after quick reviews of random sheets. Some patrons still assert many stamps fail tint, print, paper, and gum standards.
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Coveney
Uncle Sam
Death of John J. Dowd At Kuhn's Lodging House
John J. Dowd aged 55 with no fixed residence was found dead at 41 Eastern avenue Kuhn's lodging house at about 3 pm yesterday. The body bore bruises and Dr. Dunn examined it confirming death due to rheumatism of the heart.
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John J. Dowd
Kuhn
Eastern Avenue
Dunn
Gould Denies 2 Million Marriage Settlement for Castellane
New York reports quote George J. Gould denying any settlement in Count de Castellane's marriage. He says the Count has his own money and no pecuniary intr dur the nuptials, while his sister and the Countess depart aboard the New York with guests like Astor and Dun Can aboard. The couple plan a world tour after leaving Southampton for London then Paris.
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New York
George J. Gould
Count de Castellane
Edwin Gould
Charles Raoul Duval
Helen Gould
George Gould
Irvington
Southampton
London
Paris
John Jacob Astor
Newport
William Butler Duncan
England
Scotland
Henry Somerset
America
Frances E. Willard
W. Bourke Cochran
Oronhyatekha
Marquis
Marquise
Jean
Havre
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Forecast for Thursday calls for generally fair conditions in New England with local snow tonight in central areas and southwest winds and warmer temperatures. Eastern New York is also expected to be fair and slightly warmer with southwest winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
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W. Bavage
Old Brockton
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MR. Bache
FOR Advancement OF Women
Western
Nat Herreshoff
Harvard B
Bishop Merrill
Rascal
R. I. Parson
Maine
St. Peter's Church
Wayfarer
Lodging House
Count
Bride
Paine Furniture CO
Canal Street
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