Short Lobsters Seized At Boston Wharf In Large Batch
Detective Proctor and state officers seized 3128 short lobsters at Lewis wharf and Providence division freight station after a 2000 lobster consignment was refused. Most were seven inches, well under the legal ten and a half inch minimum. The lobsters were bound for New York. origin uncertain, potentially New Hampshire or Maine, with possible $10 per short lobster fine totaling around $31,280.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Rhoades
Hammond
Whitney
Mullen
Halifax
Custom House
Boston
New York
Steamship Company
Lewis Wharf
Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Rock Island Railroad Declares Quarterly Dividend
The Rock Island directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of one half of one percent. Western lines set Denver July convention fares with a single fare plus a $2 dues charge for the National Education Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
National Education Association
Denver
Western Lines
Missouri River
Burglary gang member’s sentence trimmed in B C
Ottawa March 22 The minister of justice remitted three years of John Simpson’s five year sentence imposed by Judge Chase in Victoria British Columbia Simpson part of a burglary ring that had infested the province He sneered Thank you sir and the judge added three years more
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
John Simpson
Victoria
B. C
Chase
Simpson
Cabinet Deliberates Thurston Recall Until March 27
Washington reports that today’s Cabinet session focused on foreign affairs with the Thurston case left in abeyance until March 27 when a steamer from Honolulu is expected to bring official advice on the recall matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thurston
Honolulu
Yale indoor games thrill crowd with Hoyt debut
About 600 spectators saw Yale indoor games in New Haven. Hoyt of Harvard impressed as a promising pole vaulter while Thomas, Yale’s champion, matched him though heavy handicaps kept no clear winner. Hickok’s 46 foot shot was nullified due to underweight, but many records were set across events including 30 yard dash won by D A Hill and welterweight wrestling won by L C Jones.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Hoyt
Harvard
Thomas
Hickok
Anderson
D. A. Hill
Chicago
Frank P. Garvan
Hartford
L. C. Jones
East Durham
N. Y
G. B. Hatch
Cincinnati
Rogers
Princeton College
W. O. Hickok
Harrisburg
Penn
Alexander Brown
Philadelphia
Carl Colt
Norwich
E. C. Perkins
J. W. Hall
New York
J. D. McKell
Chillicothe
Robbery at Saugus store prompts talk of police
Miss Annie M. Almy's dry goods shop on Central street in Saugus Centre was robbed early today of silk thread, ribbons, and a large silk thread case valued at over 100 dollars. Three suspicious youths were seen nearby but no arrests made as town declines police funding. State officer suspects same gang as recent Ipswich burglary.
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Saugus
Annie M. Almy
Central Street
Saugus Centre
Hamburg
Post
Board of Selectmen
Charles F. Clark
Law and Order League
George Neil
Miss Almy
Ipswich
Kaiser issues decree on William I birthday pensions
Berlin March 22 The decree promised yesterday is published today addressing Chancellor Hohenlohe to prepare Reichstag proposals and implement the measure. It honors Kaiser William I and urges provision for wounded veterans and needy veterans of 1870 71 and earlier wars, including pension supplements and ongoing aid. The Emperor and Empress visited William I’s mausoleum, with a memorial service at Gnadenkirche hindered by rain.
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Berlin
William I
Hohenlohe
Army
Navy
Kaiser William I
Gnadenkirsche
Missouri Losing Its Militia in Financial Straits
The Missouri National Guard faces dissolution as the Legislature blocks funding. Soldiers resigning in large numbers threaten to leave the state without citizen soldiers within three months. Brigadier General Moore of Kansas City may resign to Governor Stone, and St. Louis regiments risk losing their armory before June 1.
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ST. Louis
New York Wife Murderer Buchanan Sentenced for Execution
Dr Robert Buchanan the wife murderer, whose conviction was affirmed, was moved from Sing Sing to General Sessions for re sentence. Recorder Goff set April 22 as the start of the electrocution week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Buchanan
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Court of General Sessions
Goff
Fatal Texas train wreck kills two workers near Dallas
A Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train collided with a freight train nine miles from Dallas last night. Engineer Hearne and Brakeman Hardin were killed. Conductor Bolts and two passengers were injured. The crash cut power and disrupted service for hours. Authorities investigated the collision and listed preliminary cause as misaligned signals.
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Dallas
Tex
Hearne
Hardin
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health for Overworked Women
An 1895 testimonial advocates Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and nerve tonic for women worn by household duties and shop work. It claims to restore vitality, appetite, digestion, and sleep, citing a Brooklyn wife with ulcers and a large grateful family as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Brooklyn
Kosciusko
N. Y
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Enijah Packer
Sarsfield Guards Captain Fined Over Parade Firearm Case
Captain James A. Murphy of the Sarsfield Guards was fined $15 in Municipal Court for carrying a firearm in a St Patrick's Day parade. He appealed, seeking to test constitutionality of laws barring non military fire arms in parades. Police witnesses testified the musket was unfit to fire. judge noted intimidation aims and upheld the fine, with bond set at $100 for Superior Court appeal next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Murphy
Sarsfield Guards
St. Patrick’s Day
Donovan
Lieut. Hanley
Division 2
T. J. Gargan
Murphy
Boy Killed by Switch Engine Near Chickering Depot
John F. Murphy, 13, son of Patrick Murphy of 202 Camden Street, died instantly last evening at 5:30 near the Chickering depot when he dropped a pocket knife and was struck by an advancing engine from the Providence division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. The train was halted and the boy died at once. no blame is attached to the railroad or workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Murphy
Patrick Murphy
Camden Street
Chickering Depot
Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Floods Hit Glogau District Towns in Prussian Silesia
Floods in the Glogau district of Prussian Silesia inundate the towns of Ohlan Zedlitz and Kottwitz in the latest weather disaster report from Berlin dated March 22.
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Prussian Silesia
Berlin
Glogau
Ohlan
Zedlitz
Kottwitz
Campos Moves to Suspend Constitution in Spain Crisis
Madrid March 22 General Martinos Campos pushes for suspending the constitution and trying journalists by military court martial as high treason. The Sagasta ministry remains in office until a new cabinet forms, with Campos expected to take the war portfolio and command pending approval of special laws by a possibly convened Cortes.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Martinos Campos
General Campos
Band led by Perez Attacks Cuban Coffee Plantation
A Guantanamo despatch reports Perez and his band attacking a Hermitano coffee plantation near Tateras. Volunteers repulsed them and pursue the assailants.
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Havana
Guantanamo
Perez
Hermitano
Tateras
Fireproof Town Winchester Chooses Rival Fire Boards
March 22 Winchester reports a town split over fire protection with two rival boards of engineers. Selectmen appointed A. E. Ayer F. L. Waldmeyer and Irving R. Symmes to replace Chief Fred M. Symmes Clerk George E. Pratt and Assistant T. H. Healey, whose resignations take effect May 1. Old board resists turnover, claiming possession rights amid long standing factional conflict.
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Winchester
America
Board of Engineers
A. E. Ayer
F. L. Waldmeyer
Irving R. Symmes
Fred M. Symmes
George E. Pratt
T. H. Healey
Mr. Ayer
Mr. Waldemeyer
First Corps Cadets Sachet Powder Advertised
The Theodore Metcalf Co at 39 Tremont Street and Copley Square promotes a fragrant sachet powder. Samples will be mailed on receipt of prices 25 cents 60 cents and 1 75.
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Theodore Metcalf Co
Tremont Street
Copley Square
American Wringer Co. Promotes Home Goods on Broadway Extension
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension markets wringers and mangles, spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders are promptly attended to and customers may call via telephone zremont M1.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Zremont
Wanted Wives Swindle Case In Brooklyn Court
Mrs Minnie Nichol of Patchogue L I was brought into U S District Court in Brooklyn to face a swindle charge. She allegedly wooed farmers through personals, asked for railroad fares and jewelry, and announced widow tales to obtain money and a bond for marriage. Complainants Fulton and York testified about their losses and broad correspondence. The case was adjourned.
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Brooklyn
Minnie Nichol
Patchogue
L. I
United States District Court
G. A. Fulton
Ithaca
Edwin C. York
Westerly
R. I
York
First Revere Yacht Club Ball A Spectacle In Parker Hall
The Revere Yacht Club staged its first ball at Parker Hall Beachmont with 350 guests from Revere and visiting yachting clubs. Danforth & Hodgdon Orchestra played as C George Connolly directed the floor, aided by James R. Seymour and George H. Littlefield amid a grand march and a crowd of commodores secretaries and members from Lynn West Lynn Squantum and Cambridge yacht clubs.
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Revere
J. B. Williams
A. E. Holmes
W. A. Davis
Joseph Garbutt
Andrew Garbutt
William Daly
C. G. Bird
Winthrop Yacht Club
Clough
Lynn Yacht Club
C. J. Blethen
D. A. Sutherland
Stephen S. Howe
C. H. Wilson
W. A. Heller
F. L. Bassett
George S. Jenks
A. Smith
West Lynn
Madge Dunderdale
Lucy Garbutt
Lena Russell
Fred Halil
Bertha Scott
Robert Reddy
John Elliott
South Boston
James Glass
Ernest Pierce
The
Revere Journal
James Smith
Henry Hawes
Wilfert
Co. E. Phillips
Read Missionaries Return From Polynesian Isles
Elder and Mrs. A. J. Read of Acushnet return from five years of missionary work in the Polynesian Islands. He recalls natives killing a Chinaman on a distant island before he left. On Ria Tea in the Society Islands no whites may land since France took possession, with natives regressing to barbarism.
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New Bedford
Elder
A. J. Read
Acushnet
Pacific Ocean
Elder Read
Mr. Read
Riatea
Society Islands
Tahiti
France
New Bedford Seeks Textile Education School
The legislative committee on education visited New Bedford mills including Wamsutta Grennell Pierce Oneko and Howland and Pierpont Silver Plating Works with Mayor Parker to study feasibility of a textile fabrics education school. After inspections, the committee dined and returned to Boston, expressing support for establishing the proposed school in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Legislative Committee
Parker
Wamsutta
Grennell
Pierce
Oneko
Howland Mills
Pierpont
Boston
Suit over 11 million Kansas Pacific bonds to Court of Appeals
The Soldiers' Orphan Home of St Louis sues Russell Sage George Gould and others to recover 11 million dollars in Kansas Pacific bonds held by Sage and the late Jay Gould as trustees for consolidated mortgaged bondholders. The appeal follows a court order to bring Union Pacific in as a party defendant despite the home’s objection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soldiers’ Orphan Home of
St. Louis
Russell Sage
George J. Gould
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
Sage
Jay Gould
Consolidated
Court of Appeals
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Clarke Seizes Control of Wallace & Sons Brass Plant
Ansonia March 22 W A Clarke of Butte Mont has practically secured control of Wallace and Sons brass factory retains old firm name and will run as a stock company An application has been made to the Legislature for a charter and Clarke has invested about a million dollars into the concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonta, Conn
W. A. Clarke
Butte, Mont
Wallace & Sons
Clarke
Upcoming Events at the Y M C A Union
Next week at the Y M C A Union features Rev William Herbert Dewart from Trinity Church speaking on How to Reclaim Waste Places. A special quartet will perform with solos by Henrietta P Woodman and Horace Fowle, followed by a Wednesday musical reading program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. Union
Y. M. Christian Union
William Herbert Dewart
Trinity Church
Henrietta P. Woodman
Horace
Fowle
Death Of A Granite State Deacon In Milford
Deacon E. D. Boylston of Amherst died in Milford this afternoon after serving in the church and community. The death marks the passing of a long time religious leader from New Hampshire. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by his dignified family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite State
Milford
N.H
E. D. Boylston
Amherst
Nervara remedy helps County Supt. Brown recover health
A Syracuse based testimonial details Charles D. Brown Deputy Superintendent of the County Poor who suffered nervous debility and insomnia. After using Dr Greene's Nervura he resumed duties with renewed vigor reporting marked improvement from early doses. He praises the remedy and urges others to seek it through Dr Greene of Boston, free consultations offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Herald
Mr. Brown
Onondaga County
Brown
Dr. Greene
Nervara
Greene
Mple Place
Boston
Mass
Gardner Syndicates Plan Opera House and Brick Block
In West Gardner on March 22 a syndicate formed to build a $40,000 Opera House at Pine and Central. A second syndicate bought Caswell’s lot at Caswell and Chestnut and will erect a $50,000 brick business block.
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Gardner
West Gardner
Pine
Central Streets
Caswell
Chestnut Streets
Free medical services offered by Dewey Medical Co
The Dewey Medical Co at 74 Boylston street announces a 30 day program for all diseases with free services examinations and treatments. Hours are 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 and 8 p m Sundays 1 to 4. Rooms 7 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Electric pooling talks eyed by Westinghouse and GE
New York March 22 reports say General Electric Westinghouse and other firms plan a patent pool to end litigation and curb bidding wars. A Dow Jones notice claimed formal arrangements are nearly complete with committees drawn and resolutions drafted. Westinghouse and GE officers avoided denial while others hinted at forthcoming statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric
Stinghouse Electric
Western Elect
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
Coffin
General Electric Company
Companis
Dow, Jones & Co
Shorts
Edison Patents Lose Force as Canadian Prior Expiry Ends Injunctions
Judge Lacombe in New York Circuit Court dissolved five injunctions issued July 7, 1893, against electric light firms over Edison patent 223,898 after Canada patent expired, ruling the U S letters patents have expired by law. Names targeted include Sawyer Mann Electric, Mount Morris Electric Light, United Electric Light and Power, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Electric Light
Thomas A. Edison
Edison Electric Light Company
Edison Illuminateing Company
Mr. Edison
Canada
Sawyer-Mann Electric Company
Mount Morris Electric Light Company
Edward May
Julian A. May
United Electric Light and Power Company
Caleb H. Jackson
William Zinsser
Mary J. van Doren
Holland House Company
Herbert M. Kinsley
Gustave Bausmann
Williams seniors aroused over college prosecution
Williams College seniors voted to form a committee to investigate the source of the recent prosecution of students for Saturday night’s affair. Officers blame the faculty, and amid strong local sentiment, all prosecution has ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Government steamer returns from Sable Island
The Newfield learned no wrecks occurred there this winter while the Nerito, stranded last summer, remains intact. motive was to confirm reports of missing American vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Newfield
Sable Island
Nerito
Duke of Aosta to wed Princess Helene in Turin
The Figaro reports the Duke of Aosta and Princess Helene of Orleans will marry in Turin in April. The ceremony will be attended by the Italian royal family, French royalty representatives, the Queen of Portugal, Princess Marie wife of Danish Prince Waldemar, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
the Figaro
Duke of
Aosta
Helene of Orleans
Turin
Portugal
Marie
Waldemar
Suit Against Fitchburg Railroad Over Water Street Fatality
Daniel C Howard administrator of the estates of S Bergeron Charles Brooks and Miss E E Brooks has brought suit against the Fitchburg railroad for 21000 as the full liability under New Hampshire law for a fatality at Water street Fitchburg crossing on January 1 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene, N. H
Daniel C., Howard
S. Bergeron
Charles Brooks
E. E. Brooks
Fitchburg
Water Street
Fitchburg Railroad
New Hampshire
Death of Malcolm D. Macdonald in Montreal Hotel
Malcolm D. Macdonald a commercial traveller was found dead in his bed at the St. Lawrence Hall Montreal He was a correspondent in the Lear divorce case then before Halifax courts Mrs Lear a Boston based singer is noted as involved in the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Malcolm D. Macdonald
St. Lawrence Hall
Lear
Halifax
Boston
Change of German Ambassadors
Berlin March 22 The Kreuz Zeitung says Baron von Saurma Jelisch will replace Prince Radolin as German ambassador to Turkey and will become ambassador at Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
The
Kreuz Zeitung
Baron von Saurma-Jelisch
Washington
Prince Radolin
Turkey
Storm Devastates Lake Kummerow Fishing Fleet
A terrific storm on Lake Kummerow in Pommerania swamped several boats and killed twenty eight fishermen, leaving many missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ploughman farmers meet at John Hancock building
The next Ploughman farmers meeting will be held in Room 50 of the John Hancock building at 178 Devonshire Street this morning at 10 o'clock. T. J. Sanderson of Fitchburg will present an essay on fruit culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploughman Farmers
John Hancock Building
Devonshire Street
T. J. Sanderson
Fitchburg
Marriages in Allston and West Quincy in March
At Allston on March 20 a marriage joins James W. Lother of Attleboro and Faustina K. Brooks of Fall River. At West Quincy on March 21 a marriage binds Pietro Paolo Rizzi and Florentine Aubert, both of West Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lother—Brooks
Allston
H. Hanaford
James W. Lother
Deaths and ages from Beale Benson Buoncore Dwyer Fehrmann
Death notices record several midwestern and New England obituaries with names Laura Beale Jennette Benson Mary Buoncore Ellen Dwyer Ida Fehrmann James Grout Wales Stockbridge Miltem Young and Miltem Young with ages ranging from 34 to 76 years and locations including Bucksport Ashmont Natick Boston Highlands South Boston Hyde Park Taslala and Hinetals in March dates previously listed
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Augustine Thompson
Moxie Nerve Food
Cobb, Bates
Yerxa
Cunningham
Henry A. Mott
Cunningham Mfg. Co
Kingston, N.Y
William
Missouri
Buchanan
Texas
Sarsfield
Captain Murphy
State House
Frread
Duluth Imperial
Campos
Spain
Revere Society
Yacht Club
New Bedford's
Textile School
Gould
Montana
Connecticut
Ter
Charles D. Brown
Williams
Princess Helene
Farmers’ Meeting
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