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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1898
Page
8
Home Rule Bill and Rioting Iron Mine Troubles
The House of Commons counts out the All Around measure as the home rule bill advances. In an iron mine riot police fire on workers leading to fatalities, underscoring escalating unrest and emergency responses.
Radical home rule proposal sparks Commons debate
London March 15. The House of Commons debated a pro home rule plan led by John Herbert Roberts and backed by Campbell-Bannerman and other Radicals. Opponents including Dillon Davitt and Redmond pressed for priority to Irish home rule. Arthur Balfour condemned the plan as absurd and eccentric. The House was eventually counted out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
John Herbert Roberts
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Dillon
Michael Davitt
W. H. K. Redmond
Arthur J. Balfour
Treasury
Strikers Shot Down in Somorrostro Mine Uprising
In Bilboa Spain on March 15 rioters at the Somorrostro iron mine 15 miles northwest of the city clashed with police. Police fired on the crowd killing three. Troops have been summoned to the scene to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilboa
Spain
Somorrostro
Entertaining Circle Hosts First Annual All
The Entertaining Circle and its ladies axillary of South End held their first annual event in Paine Memorial Hall attended by about 600. Grand march led by Joseph Sonnabend and Mrs Sonnabend with A B Seele and Miss SBessie Peter following. Morris Spitzer ran the floor with Miss ly Brodie assisting. reception and arrangements committees listed many members including Ethel Cohen Dora Jacobs Kittie Mittenthal Mollie Sonnabend Julian Romanow I Diamond Samuels Isidor Sonnabend Heisenberg I H Benberg Rose lattice sir and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Paine Memorial Hall
Joseph Sonnabend
Ethel Cohen
Dora Jacobs
Kittie Mittenthal
Messrs
A. B. Seele
Sam Samuels
Aperah Colepsky
Mollie Sonnabend
Julian Romanow
I. Diamond
Samuels
Isidor Sonna‘ Hisenberg
I. H
Benberg
Sailor Lads Go Off For Active Service
Nineteen recruits depart Charlestown Navy Yard bound for Philadelphia to join newly commissioned warships at League Island. Families bid farewell as Hammocks and clothes bags are slung over shoulders and men head to sea service with uniforms provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Island
Wabash
Charlestown Navy Yard
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Howison
Henry Minnett
Charlestown
Prisoner Identified by Chaplain and Officers at Wabash Banks
The Chaplain summoned Captain Picking who identified the prisoner to the satisfaction of the watch captain. Lieutenant Helms moved to the protecting banks of the Wabash as the scene unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picking
Watch
Helms
Wabash
Boston business men weigh coast defenses as war risk grows
Lt. Weaver warns Boston faces first strike without stronger coast fortifications and likens such defenses to fire insurance. Col. Frye cites looming war with Spain while Lt. Sewell outlines harbor defences. New England Iron and Hardware Association dinner attendees press for secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England Iron and Hardware Association
Frye
Spain
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Sewell
Association
Lieutenant Dood Arrives to Lead Local Hydrographic Office
Until yesterday morning the local hydrographic office of the customs house, patronized by steamship and sailing commanders, was headless. Chief Clerk Fayerweather and Assistant Clerk Rhoades were at work as Lieutenant F. H. Holmes was detached and ordered away last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Fayerweather
Rhoades
F. H. Holmes
Marine recruits bid farewell aboard ship before action
Lieuten ants muster only nineteen of the newly enlisted, as tailors lag in uniform fittings. On the Wabash Marine Band day, crowds arrive for visits but are limited to farewells as capt Picking enforces departure orders. Mothers sisters and sweethearts weep yet pride remains as brothers prepare for possible action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnett
Wabash
Marine Band
Professor Bennet
Picking
The
Navy recruits depart amid bells and bustle on voyage to Philadelphia
A party of recruits from the Wabash Brigade leaves by ferry and train to New York and Philadelphia for naval service. The squad includes two blacksmiths two machinists four firemen and eleven seamen. Chaplain Helms, recently appointed, forgets the naval password, prompting a comic delay at the yard as others adjust to military routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnett
New York
Uncle Sam
Old Colony
Fall River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Moriarty
League Island
John Killen
The
Wabash
New Orleans
McAuley
W. T. Helms
West Virginia
Goodwin
Navy Yard
Helms
Sentinel
Battery G Added to Long Island Head Defense
Long Island Head will gain Battery G of the Second Artillery in a few days. The unit from Fort Adams Rhode Island arrives under Captain Mitchell to drill and camp on the fort. Ten inch guns bolster defenses and Boston engineers claim the harbor will be practically free from invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Harbor
Long Island Head
Fort Adams
R. I
Mitchell
Engineering Department of
Boston
Democrats to Meet at American House Adjourns Next Tuesday
Massachusetts Democratic Club held a meeting at the American House but adjourned to next Tuesday due to lack of a quorum. A letter from the national committee president promises large quantities of political literature for distribution, including Chandler's Bimetallism to persuade Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Democratic Club
National Democratic Committee
Chandler
Is It Mueller This Time in York Arrest
A man believed to be Paul Mueller, accused of murdering F. D. Newton and his wife and daughter near Brookfield last November, was arrested at Glen Rock. He had been in Glen Rock for about three weeks, working on a farm under the alias Schuler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Mamma
Baltimore
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Arthur W. Dodd
Navy Department
Pacific
Holmes
H. L. Howison
Charlestown Navy Yard
Warren
Monadnock
San Diego
Cal
Monterey
Alert
Thetis
Dodd
Lafayette
Ind
Annapolis Naval Academy
Margaret Zachos
West Newton
New York
York
Penn
Paul Mueller
F. D. Newton
Brookfield
Glen Rock
Big County
Qglen Rock
Schuler
Lars Seealt
Bram
Marshal Waters
Mr. Waters
Marshal McDonald
Webb
Jones
Casey
Bram in Court Delays Trial Over Knotty Legal Point
In a U S court Bram faces a two week delay as lawyers argue a hard legal question over juror selection. Judge Webb overrules defense objections while Bram sits in the dock, awaiting jury empanelment and further rulings.
Halifax witnesses to testify on lashing of wheel and captain’s cabin view
Captain J Taylor Wood secretary of the Pilot Commission will testify on lashing of the barkentine wheel and whether a man at the wheel could see the captain’s cabin. William White the pilot who navigated the Herbert Fuller into port is a key witness in Bram’s second trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
J. Taylor Wood
Pilot Commission
Wood
Herbert Fuller
White
Fuller
Tailors offer spring suit or covert coat for 15 50
ITT Six i Mus Tailors advertise a spring suit or covert top coat to measure for 15 50 with a one year guarantee or money back. They invite orders before the Easter rush and provide samples and measurement blanks. Open evenings till 9 at 411 Washington St Boston and other locations in Providence.
Automatic Fire Alarm Company Opens New Boston Offices
The Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company opened new offices at 104 Milk Street with a press reception for insurance men and fire officials. Attendees praised the up to date plant and its precise heat detecting instruments capable of directing fire apparatus to exact floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Milk Street
Lil Miék Street
Automatic
Burgher
Sheafe
Automatic Company
Flood
Brophy
Streets Wells
Elijah Cowles
The
New York Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Abbott
Protective Department
Spaulding
Wilson and
Wedger
Board of Fire Underwriters
Father Honored by Daughter Mary Field in Steinert Hall
Mary French Field daughter of the late Gene Field presented sixteen selections from her father's poems in Steinert Hall last evening. Her contralto voice and reverent delivery drew warm applause and favorable criticism. She read a short story The Little Waller Daby and ended with Seein Things at Night. She wore violet and white silk and received bouquets of violets from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary French Field
Gene Field
Steinert Hall
Miss Field
Waller Daby
Boston
Funeral for Hon Marcellus Eldredge and wife at Forest Hills Chapel
Funeral services for the late Hon. Marcellus Eldredge and his Portsmouth wife were held in Forest Hills Chapel at 3 PM conducted by Rev. James de Normandie. Large attendance from Portsmouth included Mayor John Tilton, ex-mayor Frank Jones, J W Emery, J Albert Walker, Charles A Sinclair, City Marshal Entwistle, and officials from the Portsmouth life saving station, plus Pythians Masons and Mechanics' Fair Association delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellus Eldredge
Portsmouth H
Forest Hills Chapel
James de Normandie
First Religious Society of
Brovgton
J. Albert Alker
Charles A. Sinclair
T. N. Entwistle
Silas Harding
Portsmouth
Death of Mrs. Margaret Smith at Blue Hill Avenue
Mrs. Margaret Smith wife of Felix Smith died at home on Blue Hill Avenue after a brief illness. She leaves husband two sons Charles and Felix Jr two daughters May and Elizabeth married to Timothy W. Coakley. The family long resided in Mt. Pleasant and the community mourns her. Funeral at home 72 Blue Hill Avenue Thursday morning 9 45 with solemn high mass at St Patrick's Church 10 burial at Calvary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Smith
Felix Smith
Blue Hill Avenue
Charles
Felix, Jr
May
Elizabeth
Timothy W. Coakley
Tebbitt Improving As Lawyers Seek Settlement
Lawyer Thomas J. Barry for Abram Tebbitt, and Louis D. Brande, with Chief Inspector William B. Watts, held a conference on victims rights. Brandeis and Watts urged Barry to secure a signing over valuables from the prisoner, but Tebbitt will not agree without a personal talk with his client. Tebbitt’s illness delays talks. authorities anticipate a court appearance within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Barry
Abram Tebbitt
Louis D. Brande
William B. Watts
Brandeis
Watts
Barry
Tebbitt
Borough Superintendent Wins City Education Post
William H. Maxwell, Brooklyn borough superintendent of schools, was elected city superintendent of schools by the Board of Education. The board received formal notification of his selection amid official actions in New York on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Maxwell
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Ee Pee “ Arests Atel . R University Dols
Hypnotic Pastor's Conversions Stir Manchester Controversy
In Manchester and Lynn, concerns rise over Rev. Henry Norman, a Lynn evangelist, after reports claim Manchester women donated fortunes to broad Christ’s work and left home under hypnotic influence. Critics question sincerity and allege Norman took $1000 for church causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Christ
Lynn
Norman
Sulloway
Emmanuel Church
T. J. Campbell
People’s Tabernacle
Hypnotism Claims Taint Local Evangelist in Lynn
A local report questions the alleged occult powers of Dr. Henry Norman and his influence over women. Mrs. Norman defends him denying wrongdoing and asserts his charitable mission work in Lynn and Manchester, while a 45 year old Mrs. Mack corroborates no criminal conduct and calls the rumors false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Boston
Dr. Norman
Manchester
Dr. Nowe
Henry Norman Js
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