Tithes Rent Bill Debate Rocks House of Commons
In London March 27 the House of Commons debated the tithes rent bill as Sir Michael Hicks-Beach pressed for its second reading. Critics led by Mr. Picton denounced the measure as a stealthy theft of national property, while supporters argued it would right injustices in the tithe system and aid both clerical and taxpayer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Philip Stanhope
Portugal
James Fergusson
Michael Hicks-Beach
Board of Trade
James A. Picton
Leicester
Father O'Dwyer Released After Crimes Act Imprisonment
Fermoy March 27 Father O Dwyer freed from Tullamore Jail after five months for crimes act offences. A grand homecoming procession followed with thousands of supporters marching a mile to his residence, bands playing as he was escorted by crowds on foot and by conveyances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fermoy
Father O’ Dwyer
Tullamore
Liverpool Dock Laborers Pressing Demands in Strike
A Liverpool delegation of striking dock laborers demanded the firing of replacement workers. Employers refused and talks stalled. The report notes Davitt’s recommendations for settlement and mentions a widening strike among coal miners at Essen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Prussia
Prince Bismarck Birthday Observances Across Germany
The Prussian Diet Conservatives plan a congratulatory address to Prince Bismarck on his seventy fifth birthday April 1 with others joining in tribute. The Prince of Wales is cited as an early adviser to the Emperor on chancellorship changes and aims for a peaceful Dreibund policy. Caprivi rejects extra palace guards, citing his veteran status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brosuiy
Prince Bismarck
National Liberals
Iesse
Bismarck
National Zeitung
Prince of Wales
the Zeitung
England
Hamburg Nachrichten
William
Order of Hohenzollern
Count Herbert Bismarck
Baron Bieberstein
Baden
Rerum
Government to Interdict Use of American Degrees
The Privy Council orders a secret census of American graduates in the German empire practicing as physicians or dentists. The government plans to issue an order to ban using American doctor degrees, especially for dentists, since German universities provide no such degree. German dental students study in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore to obtain the degree then return home. Twenty six of these graduates are practicing in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beruma
Privy Council
German Empire
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Berlin
Disturbances at St Petersburg University Flare Again
Riots by students erupted at St. Petersburg University with police suppression on Monday and Tuesday. Similar demonstrations occurred at Chaikoff and Kazan universities as unrest spread. No further details were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg University
London
St. Petersburg
Chaikoff
Kazan
Fire damages two story Gloucester building on Rogers Street
A March 27 blaze at a two story Rogers street building owned by Ida E. Corliss and used by C R Corliss as an oil clothes shop and fishermen outfitting store partially destroyed the structure but most contents were saved. Loss about 500 dollars with stock coverage of 700 and building coverage 350. Nearby woods fire scorched over 200 acres between Carver and South Meadow roads. Plymouth, March 27. Malden and other locales report separate blazes and damages including a Maplewood house fire caused by a kerosene lamp and a South Boston metal refining plant blaze with 100 dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Rogers Street
Ida E. Corliss
C. R. Corliss
Union of Philadelphia
First National
Worcester
Plymouth
Carver
South Meadow Roads
Malden
Maria M. Iardenbrook
Maplewood
Alice Barnes
C. ©. Blaney
Mercer and Burnham
Boston
Engine 6
Causeway Street
Alexander Chisholm
J. Porter
Mutrie and His Team Arrive in New York from Charleston
James Mutrie and his baseball squad arrived in New York this morning from Charleston aboard the steamer Delaware. A large group of friends met them at the dock and gave them a warm, spirited reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutrie
New York
New Yor
James Mutrie
Charleston
Delaware
Railroad Management Faces Reorganization and Legal Action
A committee of general passenger agents proposes renewing the Western States Association agreement with changes including no executive committee and stronger chair authority. Disagreements remain on commission payments and mileage. In Des Moines a bill to require joint through rates and anti discrimination passed the House. In New York Judge Andrews issued an injunction preventing disposal of $31 million Midland Railway bonds by listed parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CurcaGco
Western States Association
Wisconsin Central
Des Moines
New York
Jndge Andrews
Supreme Court Today
The
Midland Railway Company
Loan & Investment Company
William E. Coffin
Walter Stanton
Charles H. Jackson
Charles J. Street
Explosion and Fire at Chicago Sugar Refinery Toll rises
A disastrous explosion in the starch drying room of the Chicago Sugar Refinery Company at Taylor and Beech streets killed at least three and injured sixteen. Laborers Franz Graf, an unidentified man, and Louis Nelizhorst and Frank Baptiste badly burned. three othersMissing include Albert Hess Frank Hollish and Michael Hauer. Spontaneous combustion suspected. Three hundred workers in main building. eighteen fire engines fought the blaze. Property damage about ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Sugar Refinery Company
Taylor and
Beech Streets
Franz Graf
South Union Street
Tiedman
Dekoven Street
Louis Nelizhorst
Frank Baptiste
Albert Hess
Frank Hollish
Michael Hauer
Arnold Lehr
Behr
Henry Hoboldt
Hanson Farpe
John Gilligan
William Eiseringhouse
Oscar Schultz
Fred Kraft
Peter Gerhardt
Martin Stark
Anton Hallock
William Hallock
Joseph Oswald
George Dvorak
Lovers of Maine Girls End Angling for Escape
Chicago officers report William Sullivan and Harry Parker, clerks at the Santa Fe Elevator Company, vanished with about 8000 dollars meant to pay employees. They planned to marry two Maine women. Telegrams led to arrests just before weddings. requisition papers sent to Governor Fifer as detectives pursue return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sullivan
Harry Parker
Santa Fe Elevator Company
Maine
Sullivan
Parker
Fifer
Brazos syndicate work eyed for deep water port at Velasco
March 27 Velasco Texas officials report that Interstate Cattlemen's Convention members led by General R K S tadard and Colonel Charles Goodnight inspected the Brazos syndicate efforts to secure deep water on the Texas coast. They praised progress toward a port with wharfside cargo handling for frozen meats, signaling a preferred site once railroads are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velasco
Tex
Tnterstate Cattlemen’s Convention
Stoddard
Charles Goodnight
Ike Pryor
R. E. Maddox
H. M. Ernesmwith
Houston
Brazos Syndicate
Brazos
Texas
Two men killed on Boston and Maine track Worcester
Michael O Neil a sixty one year old grocer and Patrick Conway of Dudley aged forty eight were killed instantly by a moving freight car on the Boston and Maine track near Lincoln square Worcester at about five this afternoon. John Holden aged about fifty attempted to cross the track when the gates were down and was crushed, his foot amputated at City Hospital where he died at ten o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Worcester
Michael O'Neil
Patrick Conway
Dudley
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lincoln Square
John Holden
School Street
Holden
Maine Republican convention set for June 12 in Augusta
A well attended Republican State committee meeting in Augusta selected June 12 for the next state convention. Bangor bid, but Augusta won the preference for central location. Vice Chairman F A Powers of Houston chaired. F A Southard of Augusta named secretary. The gathering was harmonious with several matters discussed privately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Augusta
Speciau
Republican State Committee
Augusta House
Bangor
F. A. Powers
Houston
F. A. Southard
Avugust
Boston Symphony to Present Reichmann in Last Matinee
The final matinee of the season by the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be at Music Hall next Wednesday afternoon. It features Theodore Reichmann, famed Metropolitan Opera baritone, in a program including Wagner and Berlioz selections with orchestral pieces from Mignon and Faust. Seat sales open this morning at Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
Boston
Theodore Reichmann
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Mignon
Thomas
Faust
Bargains in men and boys clothing at Oak Hall store
G. W Simmons & Co at Oak Hall 32 to 44 North street offers deals today in men’s and boys’ clothing. The advertisement claims the best bargains for patrons shopping the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M
G. W Simmons & Co
Oak Hall
North Street
Tired of Senator Ingalls Farmers Alliance Seeks Work for People
The Farmers' Alliance of Kansas ends its two day Topeka conference with a vote against making the alliance political. It adopts a resolution demanding duty free Mexican ore and states it will not back legislators who support John J. Ingalls for reelection to the U.S. Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farmers’ Alliance of Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Farmers’ Alliance
United States
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
United States Senate
The Late John S. Farlow Funeral in Newton Channing Church
The funeral of John S. Farlow was held at Channing Church Newton with a large crowd. Services included singing by Temple Quartette scripture readings remarks and prayer by Rev. F B Hornbrooke. Burial at Newton Cemetery was private with many floral tributes and many notable attendees from business and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Channing Church
F. B. Hornbrooke
Jarlow
Newton Cemetery
George
J. E. Hyde Judes
Kennedy W
Ellison
J. L. Clarke
William Claflin
D. B. Flint
H. E. Cobb
N. T. Allen
Kingsbury
A. E. Lawrences
W. E. Carpenter
Jr. Chenery Potter
J. Wi. Wordford
G.L. Builens
Judge White
William Norton
Alderman Coffin
A. A. Pope
N. P. Coburn
Mr. Hyde
Common Council
Messrs. Cottin and Harbach
Flower Show at Horticultural Hall Closes This Evening
The flower show at Horticultural Hall ends tonight after a day of visitors admiring azaleas orchids and a春 display of primroses violets daffodils and tulips. Awards announced include multiple Lyman plate honors for Indian azaleas orchids and various single plants and bouquets judged by J H White E W Gilmore and others. Numerous entries across categories such as hybrid perpetual roses tender roses violets and carnations are noted with recipients including N T Kidder J L Gardner E M Wood Thomas H Meade and Dr C G Weld. The exhibit attracts both enthusiasts and casual observers seeking esthetic enjoyment of spring blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
Lyman Plate
N. T. Bidder
Lyman
E. W. Gilmore
J H. White
C. G. Weld
Edwi Butler
J. H. White
Co. G. Weld
F. B. Hayes
Catherine Mermet
Thomas H. Meade
E. M. Wood
J. L. Gardner
Edward Butler
N. T Kidder
Mary ‘I. Goddard
M. T. Goddard
Thomas Clark
N. J. Kidder
J. S. Fay
D. Zirngiebel
Dr. Weld
N. T. Ridder
Sale
Elks Annual Benefit in Boston Theatre Draws Overflow Crowd
The twelfth annual fund raising benefit for the Boston Lodge of Elks filled the Boston Theatre from 11 am into the afternoon with a varied program. Notables from New York and Philadelphia joined Boston acts including George Thatcher, Maud Banks, Julia Marlowe, Florence St. John, and many others in scenes from plays and musical numbers. The event closed with a prize drill by high and Latin school boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edwin French
Laura Palmer
Annie H. Blanche
Robert Hilliard
Horace Lewis
Clara Daymer
Marie Barrata Morzan
Jacob Benzing
Sone
Annie M. Clarke
George C. Boniface
John Mason
FE. L. Davenport
Thomas French
The
Museum Company
School For Scandal
Olive Homans
Julia Marlowe
Emma Hinckley
Annie Haines
Ruth Carpenter
Messrs
Eben Plympton
W. H. Crompton
C. D. Herman
Dodson
Virginia Buchanan
Annie O'Neill
Alexander Salvini
Lucius Henderson
George Fawcett
Carl Ahrenadht
Ben Johnson
Edmund Day
Don Ceasar de Bazan
Florence St. John
Kk. J. Lonnen
Charles Danby
Alice Belmore
Lillie Belmore
Alice Cooke
Wilson Barrett
George Barrett
Frank Clayton
Reeves
Mr. Catlin
Storage Batteries for Street Car Propulsion Discussed
At MIT last night Colonel K H Hewins outlined the storage battery approach to street car propulsion. He contrasted two battery types, described wear and heat concerns, and noted Stevens’s wear resistant pinion and a recharging device that recovers energy. The Beverly and Danvers line demonstrated about 14 percent energy return and a 9 to 10 percent mileage gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francis A. Walker
K. H. Hewins
Union Electric Car Company
New York
Seth
W. L. Stevens
Beverly & Danvers Street Railway
Hewins
Beverly & Danvers
Town caucus nominates officers as voters clash in heated contest
At the annual town caucus nominees were named for moderator to town clerk and multiple boards including selectmen surveyors of highways health and elders. The principal contest pitted James B Hand against Wallstein K Chester with Hand winning by about two hundred votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Talbot
Benjamin F. Baker
Highways and Board of Health
Albert L. Lincoln
Tucker Daland
Horace James
James H. Hand
Watts BH. Bowker
Albert L. Lincoln, Jr
James B. Hand
Watts H. Bowker
Henrietta G. Codman
Charles H. Drew
Augustine Shurlett
Leonard K. Storrs
Walnut Hills Cemetery
Barthold Schlesinger
Charles Ss. Sarwenti
William Stearns
Edward W., Tompson
James H. Bowditches
Maran
Kennard
William H. Lincoln
Water Board
George H. Johnson
Burton W. Neal
Willard Y. Gross
Albert 5
Oaben W. Reed
Thomasd. Murray
George F. Johnson
Wallstein K. Chester
Last Night Union Meetings Rally Behind Union Label
Cigar makers of Union 97 met in Arlington Hall to oppose local Assembly 80 of the Knights of Labor and fund blue-label advertising. Plasterers Tenders cut initiation and back dues for nonunion recruitment. Sailors and Firemen seek better shipboard conditions by unionizing. stone masons constrain foreign stone. stone Mason initiation raised to 15 dollars. Bookbinders Assembly 6800 plans May banquet and withholds eight hour action till next year. Union delegates pressed for wage increases on West End Railway workers and reviewed eight hour policy and court house project oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Hall
Bay State Hall
Plasterers’ Union
John F. O'Sullivan
Sailors and Firemen’s Union
Commercial Street
Stone Masons
Carroll Hall
West End
Harrison Avenue
Grand Army Hall
Assembly
Eagle Hall
Steam Filters’ Association
St. Stephen’s Hl
Painters and Decorators’ Assembly
Washington Street
Mel
Salvini Stars in Don Cesar De Bazan at Boston Park Theatre
Boston critics praise Alexander Salvini in the title role with vivid gesture and strong voice though uneven moments from grand style to intimate drama mark the performance. Supporting cast includes O’Neal Fawcett and Horning. stage and scenery receive sharp criticism. Upcoming events feature Boston Opera season tickets, Mr McGuenes benefit, Mansfield engagement, and Strauss Vienna orchestra tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Salvini
Don Cesar
von Cesar de Bazan
Boston
Park Theatre
Salvini
Mr. Salvini
Torant
Ainé
Buchanan
Daudet
Don
Corsar
Don José
Nun
Jon Cesar
Sir John
Mr. Salvin
Don Caesar de Bazan
O'Neal
George Fawcett
Horning
Maritana
Prentice
William Teil
Fran Lilli Kalisch-Lehmann
Franl
Sophie Traubmann
Fraul
Charlotte, Hulen
Emmy Miron
Felicia Kaschoska
Sophie Weisner
Julius Perotti
Paul Kalisch
Richard Mansfield
McCaull
de Wolf Hopper
Eugene Oudin
Marion Manola
Stella
Herr Strauss
Vienna Orchestra
Weddings in Brighton and Cambridge
A large fashionable gathering at First Parish Church in Brighton witnessed the marriage of Miss Gertrude Rice to Dr. S Weston Thayer. The event featured organ music, tropical plants, and a reception at the brides home before the couple headed for Washington and the South. Captain William E Reed married Ulah G Harding at No 85 Pleasant Street Cambridge with a small reception and a Philadelphia-bound departure for a week trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Cambridge
Gertrude Rice
Charles E. Rice
Allston
S. Weston Thayer
Wiliam E. Brunton
Yarmouth
J. E. Graves
Boston
Faille Francaise
Gilbert
Josie F. Walbridge
Mansfield Street
Washington
William E. Reed
Ulah G. Harding
S. G. Harding
Pleasant Street
James MecWhinnie
First Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Reed
Obituaries Highlight Haverhill Elder Moses Emerson and Arthur Halliday
Moses Emerson an elderly Haverhill resident died of heart disease after vanishing from his wagon. he leaves a son and daughter and had served town offices plus a long stint in shoe manufacturing. Arthur M Halliday son of Rev S K Halliday died in Bloomingdale Insane Asylum at fifty two. once ran a wine shop near Wall Street and faced public fallout over his liquor business and mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Emerson
Haverhill
Mr. Emerson
Arthur
Halliday
S. K. Halliday
Brooklyn
Plymouth Church
Bloomimedale
Wall Street
Dr. Halliday
Dorchester Conductor Injured In Trolley Accident
At seven oclock last evening Eugene Sullivan a conductor on a Dorchester electric car became entangled in the trolley rope near Blue Hill avenue and was thrown over the rear dashboard. He sustained injuries to his head hands and one hip and was taken to a drug store where his injuries were dressed before being taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Sullivan
Dorchester
Blue Hill Avenue
Factional Split Shrouds East Somerville Baptists
The Perkins Street Baptist Society debated severing from their church and joining East Somerville Baptist, formed by about 200 members after the Smith dispute. A temporary injunction halted the meeting, with anti-Smith backers planning a speedy court hearing. Services move to Flint Street M E Church, first Sunday in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins Street Baptist Society
East Somerville
Perkins Street Baptist Church
Anti- Smiths
Edgar St. Champlin
Flint Street
M. BE
East Somerville Society
Hadley Hall
Rhoades
New Society
Perkins Street
Verdict in Page poisoning case returned by jury
The jury in the Page poisoning trial before Judge Blodgett in East Cambridge found the defendant guilty on the third count for poisoning his wife with corrosive sublimate in coffee after a nearly six hour deliberation. They were not guilty on the other three counts, and exceptions were filed with a motion for a new trial as to weight of the evidence. The court adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Fragmentary bond list with multiple corporate entries
A scrambled OCR excerpt shows numerous bond and stock entries including City of Topeka, Maine Central, Atlantic Cotton Mills, Newport terms, railroad and power company securities. It lists amounts like 29,000 and 31,000 with various 6s and 7s bonds, plus company names such as Worcester Ry, Saco Water Power, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Birmingham RR, and American Insurance Co. The fragment appears to catalog securities and issue dates from 1892 to 1918 with no coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shires
Payne Coal & Liron Co
American Waltham Wateh Co
Work Gas & Electric Ls
Fra
Payne Coal & Iron Co
Chi Cotonyo RR
Payne Coat & Iron Co
Middlesex
Reece Button Dole M. Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Manchester
Cook Co
Ill
Oregon Short Line RR
Eastern Illinois RR
Showalter We. Co
Falls Mfg
Atlantic
Worcester
Ry. Co
Brockton
Vashmack Rochster RR
Saco Water Power & Machine Shop
Nat. Exchange Bank
Birmingham RR
Maine Central
Iurlingzton & Mo. Rivers
OGO Wakefield Water Co
Cocheck Vian
Armory Mfz
American In Consurance Co
Quincy KR. Bridge Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Britain
Tullamore Jail
Father O’dwyer
Europe
Germany
Reichstag
Railroad Management
Chicago
Iowa
Senator Ingalls
John S. Farlow
Elks
Boston Theatre
E. H. Hewins
Brookline
the Theatres
Igf van Houten
van Houten
Somerville
Smith
Financeal
S.A. Kean & Go
Bankers Chicaco
GEO, A. Lewis, Agt
Devonshire St
Mills Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. FP. Hammett
B. M
Bos
Ton Post
Hotels
Marshall House
Savannah
Searenett
Revere House
Broadway Cor
Houston ST
European Plan
NEW Management
F.C. Sturtevant
Warkatford
Conn
M. B. Faxon
Seedsman
South Market St
Boston, Mass
J.D. Mead & Clo
Fruit and Produce Merchants
Fulton ST
Beard
Zac
KR. i. Day & CO
Ehkoom 2
Auction Sales. Com
Boston Stock Exchance
Dak
I.oin & Trust Co
Watertown
Nat
Weoster
Windsor Nat. Bank
Windsor
Great Fails Mfg
Lowell Mfz
Bates Mfg
Atlhintte Cotton Mills
Winthrop Mills
Winthrop
Natnberg Seum Cotton Co
McKay
Lombard Investment Co
Ft Payne Coal & Iron Co
T. B
Arkansas Valle Town & Land Co
McKay Metallic Fast
American Ins. Co
Fort Payne Investment Co
Hennion Building & Land Co
Ft. Payne Curnace Co
National Car Co
Fairbanks & Co
Eas
Tennessee Land Co
St. Louis
Western RR
Istmort
Perocipal
Sv. Lous & San Francisco RR. Co
Shires Portsmonth
Falls & Conway RE
Fireman’s Fire Ins. Co
Boston & Lowell Rik
Executrix 5
Bristol County Nat. Bk
Taunton
Mass
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange
Pisce
Boston Steel Exchange
Metropolitan Tel. & Telegraph Co
N. Bank
Aig. Om
Telenohne Mig. Co
Revere Bank
Pon Payne Coal & Iron. Co
Do Fast
Tennessee Lad Co
Dan Wiinat Inc. Cn
Lowell
Burlington & Quincy RR
Lenare Nahna
Jackson Co
Cotton Mills
Laconia, Mfs-Co
Lowell Fy. Co
Lawrence Mfg
Cleopee
Saco & Worsmouth RR
Milne St Paul
Burl. & Quincy Rk
Union
Lin. & Colorado RR
Ooo
Scrip
Bay Stalé Gas Co
Luc
C. ©. Ford
J. H. Durt
Lombard Inv. Co
Henry C. Moore
F. A. Kelly
J. C. Kiown
J. Ik. Daniel
Win. Meniney
Horatio Harris & Coo
Vier 1
South Boston
de Ruyter
State Street
Oh U — Ene
Roederer’s Champagne
Grand Vin Sec
Brut
Roinart Champagne
Marechale
Liebie
Liebig
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