Maine man to down McKinley at convention say Manley
J H Manley reports a telegraph predicting McKinley will lead the convention but face a strong anti McKinley bloc. He notes Reed Morton Allison Cullom Quay and Reed as rivals with Reed gaining from undecided delegates. The Maine man from Maine will prevail at St Louis.
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Washington
J. H. Manley
W. Murray Crane
Boston
Mass
McKinley
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
Reed
MicKinley
Morton
Allison
Quay
Cullom
Cincinnati
Blaine
Conkling
New York
Merton
Bristow
Kentucky
Bayes
Ohio
Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Mr. Blaine
Maine
St. Louis
Iowa
Illinois
Manley
Republican convention building nears completion in St Louis
In St Louis on March 27 work on the Republican national convention building progresses rapidly and is expected to finish by June 1. The seating will allow over 8000 spectators and all delegates an unobstructed view of the chairman’s desk with space for 408 newspaper reporters.
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ST. Louis
Car top blown off in peculiar Cambridge train accident
Joseph A Corkery a 27 year old brakeman for Boston and Albany was riding on top of a freight car near Harvard bridge when the roof blew off in a gust of wind. He was pulled from under the debris and treated at Massachusetts General Hospital where he recovered with contusions. The cause remains unexplained.
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Cambridge
Joseph A. Corkery
Boston & Albany Railroad
North Beacon Street
Brighton
Boston & Albany
Harvard Bridge
Corkery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Death of Dr. Joseph Beals Prominent Spiritualist Leader
Funeral arrangements for Dr. Joseph Beals president of the New England Spiritualists Camp Meeting Association are set for Monday afternoon in Greenfield. Mrs Nellie J T Brigham will officiate the services following his death this morning.
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Greenfield
Joseph Beals
New England Spiritualists’ Camp Meeting Association
Nellie J. T. Brigham
Reporter struck by beggar shatters glass at tailor shop
Frank Norman Hollingsworth, a reporter, was accosted by a beggar who struck him twice. He fell through a large plate glass window at Parks & Vroom’s tailor shop after responding to the demand for a dime. A patrolman from Station 2 investigated in plain clothes.
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Frank Norman Hollingsworth
Parks & Vroom
Senate reports land purchase for Supreme Court building
A bill to buy a square of ground east of the Capitol along the library wall for a Supreme Court building was reported in the Senate by Mr Morrill and placed on the calendar.
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Washington
Capitol Grounds
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Morrill
Rep
Italian Columbus Society Honors Governor Greenhalge Memory
At a meeting held yesterday by the Italian Columbus Society resolutions of tribute to the memory of the late Governor Greenhalge were adopted. M. Leverone is president of the society and S. Batti secretary.
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Italian Columbus Society
Governor Greenhalge
M. Leverone
S., Batti
McKinley Endorsed for President by Third District GOP
In Wilmington North Carolina on March 27 the Republican executive committee of the third congressional district endorsed William McKinley for President at its meeting.
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Wilmington
N. C
Republican Executive Committee
Third Congressional District
McKinley
Denial Issued Over Relations With Chamberlain
Pretoria reports President Kru ger has issued an official denial of claims that his relations with Mr. Chamberlain, the British colonial secretary, are strained.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Mr. Chamberlain
Three Boy Firebugs Arrested in Somerville Fires
Three youths Frank Wharts 16 Joseph Beattie 14 and John Stenerck 10 confessed to incendiary acts that sparked six fires in Somerville over the past week. Beattie named Whorf and Stenerck as accomplices and detailed methods from tossing matches into hay to doll-filled fires at multiple Otis street sites.
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Somerville
Durance Vile
Frank Wharts
Joseph Beattie
John Stenerck
Otis Street
Mr. Davis
Dana Street
Edward A. Foster
Daly
Hopkins
Rice
Edgerly
Beattie
Whorf
Stenerck
Whitcomb
Patrick Mahoney
Kimball Toy Manufactory
G. W. Calkins
Melvin Street
C. H. Gould
Veazie Street
Jeremiah Halloran
Bonair Street
Ira Carleton
Boston Harbor Bill Urged After Algonquin Club Banquet
A Boston harbor improvement bill is urged within ten days to Congress by the Rivers and Harbors Committee after a lavish Algonquin Club banquet. Mayor Quincy hosts 150 Massachusetts leaders and Congressmen pledge to make Boston Harbor safe and first in the nation as approval from a broad allied group grows.
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Congress
Boston
United States
Congressional Committee
Quincy
Algonquin Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Congressional Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Massachusetts
Committee On
Boston Harbor
Ocean
Old Bay
New England
Crooked Jockeys Exposed In San Francisco Betting Scam
Pacific Coast Jockey Club officials uncover a fraud scheme involving Fong Ching known as Little Pete and jockeys Chorn Chevalier and Hinrichs at Ingleside and Bay District tracks. Pete allegedly visited a boot factory then a race track with Pete’s winnings following. Chorn Chevalier banned for life Hinrichs suspended indefinitely Pete barred from tracks owner Don Wallace warned off entries for Tom Griffin and Andy Blakely.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Jockey Club
Fong Ching
Little Pete
Ingleside
Bay District
Chorn
Chevalier
Hinrichs
Pete
Ingles de
Don Wallace
Tom Griffin
Andy Blakely
Laborers Union Feud With Priest Remains Unsettled
Brockton residents report that despite claims of settlement the Laborers' Union says Father Edward L. McClure has 48 hours to respond over a contract given to Charles McDermott. Two committees met this month. the dispute continues, tensions rise as union members attend the French church.
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Brockton
Laborers’ Union
Edward L. McClure
Charles McDermott
Father McClure
McDermott
St. Patrick’s
Defaulter Thomas Butler Faces Large-scale Embezzlement
A special dispatch from Opelika Alabama reports Thomas Butler head of Thomas Butler & Co. wholesale and retail musical instruments embezzled firm funds and incurred heavy debts across the city. He defrauded a widow of a house and lot and was arrested in Atlanta Georgia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Opelika
Thomas Butler
Thomas Butler & Co
New Orleans
Boston
Butler
Atlanta
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