Bay State leaders weighing lieutenant governor bids
In New Bedford prominent figures consider runs for lieutenant governor. Attorney General Knowlton appears aligned with supporters, while western Massachusetts cites W Murray Crane and Colonel Charles L Young of Springfield. Young says he will enter if Crane declines, facing potential opposition from Governor Wolcott supporters.
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Old Bay
New Bedford
Knowlton
W. Murray Crane
Charles L. Young
Springfield
Colonel Young
Post
State House
Colonel Winslow
Wolcott
Gold Shipments in Doubt as London Prices Fall
Rumors swirl of a $2.5 million gold outflow expected Wednesday while Bank of England down prices for fine gold to 94. Bankers speculate the price drop may shift shipping plans. Lazard Freres reportedly denying a $1 million shipment, leaving doubt. Heidelbach Ickleheimer & Co. linked to $500,000 though no orders were confirmed.
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New York
Wall Street
London
Bank of England
Lazard Freres
Heidelbach, Ickleheimer & Co
Weavers Strike at Boston Manufacturing Company Mill
Fifty six workers walked out at the Boston Manufacturing Company mill in Waltham at noon over demands for higher pay and concerns about added woolen work at the same rate. A meeting and a committee to confer with mill officials were arranged this afternoon.
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Waltham
Boston Manufacturing Company
Alderman Dyar Seeks City Hall Land and New Armory
A stormy Board of Aldermen session ends with Alderman Dyar offering a sweeping order to demand land from railroad interests for a new city hall and an armory project. The measure also proposes the terminal company build the hall and pay Council salaries, drawing sharp exchanges over intent, good faith, and procedure.
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Charles
Alderman Hall
Alderman Charles
Boston Terminal Company
Providence
Park Square
Common Council
Yeas
W. J. Donovan
Allen
Barry
Bryant
Dyar
Hall
Lee
Mahoney
Boston Aldermen Consider Amendments for New Terminal Station
An order directs Boston law officers to urge amendments to a bill for a Union Station project. The measure would require Boston Terminal Co to acquire land north of the Boston & Albany line, widen Providence Street to 80 feet, provide sites for a city hall and an armory, and fund a three member commission for armory construction. The plan outlines land exchanges and street widening under city supervision with the terminal company handling station needs.
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Galvin
Law Department
Railroad Committee
Boston Terminal Company
Union Station
Providence Street
Park Square
Terminal Company
City of
Boston
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation
New Terminal
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Columbus Avenue
Board of Street Commissioners
Coen Avenue
South Armory
Berkeley Street
Irvington Street
Exeter
Boylston Streets
Said Terminal Company
Huntington Avenue
Boston & Albany
New York
New Haven & Whartford
Board of Aldermen
Bryant
Committee On Streets and Sewers
Mahoney
Arles
Fulton Street Block Blaze Guts 5 Story Boston Structure
Firefighters battled a serious blaze at 122 and 124 Fulton Street in Boston, a five story brick building filled with paper and rag stock. The fire, started in the basement and fed by elevator shafts, gutted the structure as engines fought flames from multiple streets. two alarms were sounded and a new steamer performed well. A worker, J A Mahegan, was injured by falling slate. loss estimated at 15000 with machinery damaged in adjacent shop.
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Boston
Pope
Fulton Street
Box 15
Ross
Division 1
Webber
Richmond
Lewis
Fulton Streets
North Street
W. W. Fastman
Andrea Devito
Edson Manufacturing Company
Post
J. A. Mahegan
Atlantic Street
Engine 7
Russell
Wells
Atwood
Aldermanic actions crowd council session and notices
The board postponed the order on Alderman Charles matter then heard a committee report on railroads. Mayor Quincy nominated three principal assessors for three years from May 1. Deputy sealers of weights and measures were confirmed. Memorials for Governor Robinson and Governor Greenharge were arranged. A special committee criticized Commonwealth taxation laws and urged legislative reform. North End park order was sent to the finance committee.
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Charles
Hall
Alderman Allen
Lee
Quincy
Joshua
Duncklee
John J. Murphy
George A. Comins
William H. Fallon
John Golding
Common Council
Robinson
W. F. Donovan
Dyar
Allen, Barry
Presho
Greenharge
van Streets and Sewers
Merchants’ Municipal
North End Park
Whiskey Trust Declared Illegitimate by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld Judge Gibbons on declaring the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company a trust and nullifying its charter. Known as the Whiskey Trust, it has dissolved due to financial and internal troubles, marking a setback for similar combinations and trusts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Supreme Court of Illinois
Gibbons
Distilling & Cattle Feeding Company
Whiskey Trust
Supreme Court
Wife shoots husband at City Hall in revenge
In San Francisco on March 30 John Martin a local Republican politician was fatally shot by his wife in the City Hall corridor. Authorities say the motive was revenge for desertion and abuse.
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San Francisco
John Martin
Governor nominates Henry H. Lyman for State excise post
Governor Morton sent to the Senate the nomination of Henry H. Lyman of Oswego to be State excise commissioner under the Raines liquor tax law. The action follows passage of the new tax framework and places Lyman in charge of excise enforcement.
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Albany
N. Y
Morton
Senate
Henry H. Lyman
Oswego
Home Secretary to Free Prisoners Tied to Dynamite Outrages
London reports that Home Secretary Sir M W Ridley plans to order soon the release of prisoners confined for dynamite outrages. Irishmen celebrate the expected amnesty amid the political unrest and calls for clemency.
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London
Home Secretary
M. W. Ridley
Missing Cambridge teens Crosby and Kelliher Spark City Alarm
John Crosby aged 16 and Timothy Kelliher aged 20 are missing from their Cambridge home. Crosby left on Franklin street last Friday with a boy named Smith and reportedly went to Providence and returned to Boston. Kelliher was last seen March 21 and is feared safe by his cousin Miss Murphy who lodged him at 192 Norfolk street.
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John Crosby
Timothy Kelliher
Cambridge
Crosby
Franklin Street
Providence
Smith
Boston
Kelliher
Miss Murphy
Norfolk Street
Gas and electric fixtures shine at Hotel Savoy opening
The new Hotel Savoy on the Globe Theatre site drew praise for its gas and electric light fixtures, supplied by Messrs. McKenney & Waterbury of 151 Franklin Street, corner Congress.
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Savoy
Globe Theatre
Messrs. McKenney & Waterbury
l@rankiin street
Congress
Girl Pyromaniac Confesses to Savin Hill Fires
Fire marshal's office confirms two incendiary fires at 45 Savin Hill Avenue last Friday and Saturday. A 16 to 17 year old girl alias Tina Roberts, employed on the first floor, confessed and is believed to be a pyromaniac, with a motive to watch blazes.
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Savin Hill Avenue
Williams
Frank H. Burr
Tina Roberts
Seth
Broadway
Boston
Death of Lowell resident John Cusick at 75
John Cusick an elderly Lowell resident died last evening at the home of his son in Brookline aged 75. The funeral is set for tomorrow morning at 10 o clock in Lowell.
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John Cusick
Lowell
Brookline
Maryland Legislature Adjourns Sine Die in Row Over Senator-Elect
In Annapolis on March 30 the House of Delegates rejected Captain Rye's bid to recall or probe Wellington's election. Speaker Mudd ruled the resolutions out of order as time for such measures had passed. The legislature adjourned sine die.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Rye
Baltimore City
United States
Wellington
Mudd
Waltham Aldermen Reject City Solicitor Nominee Again
In Waltham on March 30 the Aldermen adjourned session rejected for the third time C. F. French, appointed city solicitor by Mayor Lyman.
Incendiary Fire Damages Eighth Street Stable in Cambridge
Fire alarm from Box 14 at 10 37 last evening reported a two story old Eighth street stable on Cambridge street. The building owned by West End Street Railway Company and used by Woven Hose Company as a storage house suffered slight loss to stock and structure.
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Box 14
Cambridge
Eighth Street
Cambridge Street
West End Street Railway Company
Woven Hose Company
McKinley Favored in Early Ballot Count for GOP Nomination
In St Louis on March 20 observers assess McKinley at 393 votes on the first ballot with 455 needed for nomination. Reed, Morton, Allison and Quay are also mapped with state strengths and possible shifts, while Morton’s camp vows to stay in through all rounds.
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ST. Louis
McKinley
McKinsey
Reed
Harrison
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
England
Allison
Iowa
West
Quay
Pennsylvania
Bradley
Kentucky
Morton
New York
Maryland
Cullom
Reed Sizing Up New England For St Louis Nomination
In Washington on March 30 Republicans debate the St Louis national convention. The prevailing view in New England favors Thomas B Reed as the likely nominee as reports indicate the sixth district convention at Lyceum Hall Salem nominated delegates.
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Washington
St. Louis
New England
Thomas B. Reed
Lyceum Hall
Salem
A New Trio Furniture Constellation Debuts
A new trio joins the furniture line: a bookcase secretary desk and parlor cabinet with curio case. The unit locks for one hundred volumes and has five outside drawers plus three shelves for ornaments. The curio cabinet features a semi circular plate glass front. The writing desk includes four pigeon holes two racks for books and filing boxes.
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Grocker Chamber
I. Robinson & CO
Washington St. Adams Square
Doc
Popular Office
Massachusetts
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
Tapster
N. M. Hatch
Tremont Street
Terminal Charter
Tileston School
Mattapan
Miss Ripley
Alderrman Charles
Summer Street
Buncombe
Mr. Dyar
Blake
Adams, Taylor & CO
State St
Blake's Bourbon
Andrew Devito
Fulton ST
Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company
Canada
Head OF State Excise
H. H. Lyman
Kis
MW Kinley
Tom Reed
Fate
New England States
REW
New Hampshire
Paine Furniture CO
Canal Street
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