Aged Boston Journalist Patrick Donahoe Turns 83
Patrick Donahoe editor of the Boston Pilot and Donahoe's Magazine celebrates his eighty third birthday. Born in Ireland on March 17 1813 he rose from inky typesetter to influential editor and publisher. He directed Pilot operations amid a storm and remains active in journalism and business ventures.
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New England
American Union
Patrick Donahoe
Boston Pilot
Donahoe
Shawmut Avenue
Pilot
Mummery
Kilmore
County Cavan
Ireland
Boston
Columbian Sentinel
N Devereaux
The
Jesuit
Fenwick
Catholic Sentinel
Devereaux
Archbishop Williams
John Boyle O'Reilly
Foreign Exchange
Massachusetts
Explosion sinks steamer Matadi on Congo River
The British steamer Matadi exploded March 7 at Boma in the Congo River killing 22 crew, two passengers, and 16 native laborers while 16 crew members escaped. On board were ten tons of gunpowder which ignited, with likely crew negligence. American missionaries Harvey and wife from Boston were among the dead.
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London
Boma
Congo River
Kimoika
Harvey
F. L. Piper
American Advent Missionary Society
Stanley S. Harvey
Boston
Advent Christian Church
Post
America
A. J. Gordon
Congo
New England
Advent
Minor Leagues Convene To Address League Disputes
Representatives of the minor leagues met in Washington on March 17 to determine action against requirements of the National League under the national agreement. Ban Johnson was elected president and J C Morse secretary for all minor leagues to confer with the NL. A committee from the Western, Western Association, New England and Southern Leagues was formed to draft resolutions on city classification and selling players.
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Washington
Minor Leagues
National League
Ban Johnson
Western League
J. C. Morse
New England League
Western Association
Southern League
Massachusetts on Trial Begins Builder's Run
The battleship Massachusetts started an unofficial builder's trial from Cramps' shipyard at 11 10 this morning with 250 shipyard men aboard. The test aims to shake down engines and assess machinery while the ship travels about twenty miles off the Delaware capes. Expected return to port is Thursday evening or Friday morning after a roughly forty eight hour voyage.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Cramps
Delaware Capes
Toledo Bishop Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Cleveland report says Bishop W B Campbell of the African Evangelical Mission is jailed on embezzlement charges. He allegedly deposed in a Toledo conference that Morsel Mosely Brown and Stewart collected church funds without turning them in. Mosely and Stewart obtained the warrant yesterday.
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Cleveland
W. B. Campbell
Toledo
African Evangelical Mission
Campbell
R. H. Morsel
J. H. Brown
R. Mosely
J. W. Stewart
Stabbed by a Bean Blower In Fall River
In Fall River on March 17 Joseph Silvia six year old son of Frank Silvia is badly wounded with a long bean blower driven into his neck when he fell while running in the yard. The end entered under the ear on the right side. He can speak eat and move his right limbs but is considered in critical condition.
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Fall River
Joseph
Frank Silvia
Labor's New Building in Boston Promoted by Longshoremen Council
At a Sunday meeting of the Longshoremen's Trades Council delegates from L A 5789 7174 8067 9623 K of L and the Boston Longshoremen's Provident Union adopted resolutions thanking Alderman Donovan of East Boston for backing a new labor hall. The group urged city officials to secure a building for meetings and records, aiming for a facility on par with Paris's Bourse du Travail.
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Longshoremen’s Trades Council
L. A
K. of L
Boston
Longshoremen’s Provident Union
Alderman Donovan
East Boston
Bourse du Travail
Paris
Pauncefote Sends Venezuelan Boundary Blue Book to Andrade
Sir Julian Pauncefote mails copies of the parliamentary blue book on the Venezuelan boundary dispute to Senor Andrade and forwards his compliments. The British ambassador will not present copies to the Venezuelan boundary commission, which has not been recognized by Lord Salisbury's government. The commission, supplied with copies from Ambassador Bayard, studies the British arguments.
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Washington
Julian Pauncefote
Senor Andrade
Boundary Commission
Death of Kid Madden Portends Baseball Loss
The Portland born pitcher Michael J Madden known as Kid Madden died at his home from consumption. A left handed star of the 1880s and 1890s he played for Boston Boston BA clubs, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Providence, Portland and Hav erhill. He leaves a widow and one child.
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Michael J. Madden
Indianapolis
Providence
Portland
Haverhill
Madden
Ramsley
Kilroy
Eliot Club protests mayoral change in city collector role
At a Ja maica Plain meeting the Eliot Club of Ward 23 unanimously resolved disapproval of the mayor removing the city collector J W Ricker. The club argues public benefit fails to justify the change and urges adherence to faithful, efficient officials across administrations. A copy to the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and press was authorized.
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Eliot Club
Jamaica Plain
Ward 23
J. W. Ricker
Boston
City Hall Observes Evacuation Day Holiday
A quiet Sunday mood settled over City Hall as many clerks took the mayor of Quincy’s holiday, Evacuation Day. Mayor Quincy was away for much of the day while Private Secretary Mullen opened the inner doors for public view of the mayor’s seat.
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City Hall
Quincy
Mullen
Reed Out as Foreman in Roxbury Paving Division
BE. H. Reed was dismissed from his post as foreman of the Roxbury district paving division on March 5 1896. T. J. Shea of District 6 Dorchester takes Reed’s former duties.
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BE. H. Reed
Roxbury
T. J. Shea
Dorchester
Reed
Col John T Wheelwright Promises Legal Reform with Humor
Colonel John T Wheelwright stays in the law department and aims to reform stilted legal language through his humor. The judiciary of Suffolk County may soon see his witty phrases appear in declarations and writs.
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John T. Wheelwright
Law Department
John
Suffolk County
City Treasurer Opens Proposals for Temporary Tax Loan
City Treasurer Turner opened four proposals for a temporary loan of 1.5 million dollars to anticipated taxes with repayment due November 2, 1896. The Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York and United States Trust Co offered to take the full loan at 4.12 and 4.20 percent respectively. BE H Rollins & Son bid 1 million at 4.5 percent. Blake Bros & Co bid 500 thousand at 4.375 percent. Turner will decide after reviewing bids.
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Turner
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
BE. H. Rollins & Son
Blake Bros. & Co
United States Trust Company
Sloane Urges Graham to Send U S Team to Athens
Princeton professor Sloane writes John Graham urging the Boston Athletic Association to reconsider sending a U S team to the Athens games. He frames participation as patriotic and beneficial for future international meets and prestige, stressing the value of competing and supporting Greece’s rise to civilization.
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Athens
John Graham
Sloane
Princeton College
Stanworth
Princeton
N. J
Boston Athletic Association
United States
Greece
Orient
America
Ransom F Evans Senior Member Of Sands Farber Co Dies
Ransom F Evans longtime Sands Farber and Co. 83 Faneuil Hall Market member dies suddenly at his Bowdoin Street home aged 72. Born Danbury New Hampshire he worked on a farm and as a teacher before moving to Boston. Survived by four sisters funeral in Sanborn New Hampshire Thursday.
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Ransom F. Evans
Sands, Farber & Co
Faneuil Hall
Bowdoin Street
Mr. Evans
Danbury
N. H
Boston
Fruit and Produce Exchange
The
Chamber of Commerce
Handel and Haydn Society
Sanborn
River and Harbor Bill Expected to Clear House Soon
Washington report says the river and harbor bill will be reported to the House within days with an initial estimate around ten million dollars. The measure will extend a continuing contract system to many projects including Boston Harbor improvements proposed by engineers.
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Washington
House
Boston Harbor
Senate Rejects Anti Cigarette Bill In Tight Vote
The state Senate defeated the cigarette prohibition bill by 15 to 1 after debate on tobacco and liquor measures. Controversy over Boston liquor license funds looms, with a plan to divert nearly $1,000,000 to the city treasury under study.
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Boston
Senate
Committee On
Liquor Law
Henry Aqua Pura Faxon
Corbett
Charlestown
Donahue
Fall River
Timothy J. Donovan
Bates
East Boston
Edward A. Cowee
West Boylston
Metropolitan Affairs
Mr. Cowee
Thurston
Northbridge
Jones
Melrose
Light
Hyde Park
J. H. Mellen
Worcester
Woodbury
Hopkinton
Senator Roe
Niles
Middlesex
Miller
Commonwealth
Galloupe
George Trask
Beverly
Darling
Highway Commission
Bradford
Hampden
Wellman
West
Senator Corbett
Josiah Quincy
House of Correction
Commissioners of Prison
Industrial School For
Girs
Reformatory Prison
State Farm
Suffolk County Reformatory
Malden
Irwin
Berkshire-Hampshie
Fuel Gas Bill Hearings Highlight Dominion Coal Critique
Testimony at a committee on manufactures hearing on Whitney's fuel gas bill covered Dominion coal's performance. F C Sherman of New Haven Gas Company cited reduced gas output and illumination, high purification costs, and sulfur content. Engineers discussed gas distribution issues and cost comparisons with natural gas and American coal.
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Whitney
Committee On Manufactures
F. Whittreuge
Brookline Gas Company
F. C. Sherman
New Haven Gas Company
Dominion Coal
Newport
Worcester
Brookline
New Haven
Ware
Mass
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Sherman
Caledonia
Lingan
Dominion
George O. Knapp
Chicago
William M. Butler
Knapp
A. S. Miller
East River Gas Company
New York City
Hyde Park Company
Warner's Safe Cure Praised By Physicians For Kidney Disease
A collection of testimonial quotes from doctors across the United States and Europe tout Warner's Safe Cure for Bright's disease and kidney and liver ailments. Physicians from New York to London report cures and recommend its daily use as a tonic and remedy.
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Arner
R. A. Gunn
Medical Tribune
New York
Dio Lewis
MD. L. Elsworth
Brooklyn
H. B. Ransom
M. D
Hanford, Va
Warner
Bright
L. B. Price
Handford
Gho. W. Names
M. Dis
J.goodyear
Groton
Nick
F. A. McManus
Baltimore, Md
Hearing on Free Transfers Bill Faces Friday Morning
A hearing on the bill to compel the West End Street Railway to adopt a fairer transfer system is set for 10 o'clock Friday. Rep James A Gailivan of South Boston leads the drive with support from Aldermen Hall and Donovan and Rep John L Bates. District improvement groups will attend as Gallivan touts momentum for passage this year. Mayor Quincy’s reform taxation plan will be discussed next Wednesday before taxation and constitutional amendments committees.
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West End Street Railway Company
James A. Gailivan
South Boston
Aldermen
Hall and
Donovan
Gallivan
Quincy
Rough Passage for Cunard Sylvania and Missing John B Manning
Capt Robert Warr reports a rough ten day voyage from Liverpool aboard the Cunard freighter Sylvania. A stowaway Louis Altegier will be sent back on return. The 1800 ton four masted John B Manning, bound to New York with ice, and Captain Sprague aboard is missing after leaving Portland. Several other ships and crew are noted, including the Norweigian bark Siam stranded near Fenwick's Island and the Gloucester fishing schooner Agnes F P Downes mourning Albert Babin lost overboard.
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Robert Warr
Cunard
Liverpool
Louis Altegier
Jonathan Bourne
Chatham
Portland
John B. Manning
New York
Manning
F. C. Sprague
Emil Hill
George A. Upton
Caske’s Bank
Sea Foam
Yarmouth
N. S
Thatcher's Island
Bragdon
St. Mary’s
Fla
Minerva
Wellock
Hull
Nellie Bly
Gloucester
Fort Warren
T Wharf
Philadelphia
Siam
Jacobsen
Tagal
Fenwick’s Island
Kerr
Boston
Revere
St. Patrick’s Day
North Iind
St. Patrick
Burgees
Agnes FP. Downes
Albert Babin
Charles White
Babin
Michael Drew
William Frazier
Rabin
Arichat
C. B
Hanover Street
Siam Sinks After Striking Wreck off Fenwick Island
The bark Siam from Tugal bound for Delaware Breakwater struck a wreck on Fenwick Island yesterday and sank. She is full of water with no prospects of saving her. The crew were rescued by a pilot boat.
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Lewes
Del
Siam
Tugal
Delaware
Fenwick Island
Letter Carrier Nelson Arrested on Detaining Letters
Joseph W. Nelson a Dorchester district letter carrier with seven years of service was arrested for detaining letters after visiting the fish market on Dorchester avenue. He pleaded guilty waived examination and was held on $500 bail for the May term of the Circuit Court with his father Bennett W. Nelson posting bail.
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Joseph W. Nelson
Dorchester
United States
Dorchester Avenue
Nelson
James M. Hart
Fiske
Bennett W. Nelson
American Wringer Company Ad in Boston
The American Wringer Company advertises wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers at 13 and 16 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill Boston. Repairs are called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
Navy panel approves four battleships and fifteen torpedo boats
The House naval committee backed four battleships and fifteen torpedo boats in the naval appropriation bill. Large boats reach twenty six knots, total torpedo boat cost $1,650,000. battleships about 11,000 tons costing up to $3,760,000 each. The measure totals $28,454,784.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Naval
Herbert
Hilborn
California
Hanley
Indiana
Messrs
Cummings
New York
Meyer
Louisana
Money
Mississippi
Tate
Georgia
Hart
Pennsylvania
Messrs. Boutelle
Maine
Hulick
Ohio
Bull
Rhode Island
Wilson
Foss
Illinois
Dayton
West Virginia
Immigration Bills Move to Final Vote in House Panel
The House immigration committee ordered two measures forward. One adds an English literacy test for male immigrants aged 16 to 60, excluding those who cannot read or write in English or another language. The other requires consular inspection and a certificate from a US consul proving the immigrant does not belong to excluded labor classes.
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Washington
House Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
United States
May Come to Boston Opposition to Drydock Plan
At a Metropolitan Club dinner Representative Simpkins hosted Speaker Meyer and other lawmakers. The Massachusetts delegation agreed to oppose the Portsmouth Navy Yard drydock plan costing 25000 dollars. McCall suggested a separate Boston drydock bill or an amendment to the naval appropriation bill.
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Washington
Metropolitan Club
Simpkins
Meyer
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Hoar
Lodge
McCall
Draper
Knox
Massachusetts
Committee On Naval Affairs
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Boston
Lodge Proposes Swan Island Lighthouse in Caribbean
In the Senate today, Representative Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a bill to establish a lighthouse on Swan Island in the Caribbean Sea at a cost of 30,000 dollars, the island belonging to the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Rep
Mass
Swan Island
Caribbean Sea
United States
Pugh Speaks On Free Coinage Blocking by White House
Senator Pugh urged free coinage of silver in Washington noting that a single White House obstacle under President Cleveland prevented friendly legislation from becoming law. He asserted the executive stance blocked silver policy.
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Pugh
Washington
White House
Cleveland
President nominates Bateman for Marblehead customs post
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles H. Bateman of Massachusetts to be collector of customs for the district of Marblehead Massachusetts.
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Washington
Senate
Charles H. Bateman
Massachusetts
Marblehead
Mass
Gift to Mr Colbert by Meagher Association
The Thomas Francis Meagher Literary Association honored Mr P J Colbert at a Sunday meeting with a life sized portrait for his devoted work. John W Flynn presented the gift and praised Colbert for his many contributions. The group will mark Patriot’s Day with April 19 events.
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Thomas Francis Meacher Tiiterary Association
P. J. Colbert
John W. Flynn
Colbert
Thomas Francis Meagher Association
Two Men Held on Slander Charge in Lead Co. Case
William Lucas of Everett and Fred D Harrington were arrested for an alleged fraud against the National Lead Company of New York using bogus orders. They were held in court yesterday in 38 bail until March 26.
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William Lucas
Everett
Fred D. Harrington
National Lead Company of
New York
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