Boston Varsity Defeats College Team 12 to 3 in Fifth Match
In Charlottesville on March 30 the Boston team beat the university squad 12 to 3. Duffy led Boston with four hits and received a gold headed cane and umbrella before his first at bat. Mavis pitched well for Boston amid poor field conditions while Stivetts showed his old form. Duffy’s coaching bolsters the college squad as they eye Princeton and Yale games next Friday and Saturday.
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Charlottesville
Boston
University
Mavis
Duffy
Hoxton
McKim
Kincheloe
Hunt
Collins
Bannon
Mains
Garnett
Varsity Boys
Marshall
Lowe
Bonney
McGuire
Tucker
Hamillton
Long
Kern
Tenney
Hamilton
Bannion
Lockett
Sullivan
Bostons
Stivetts
Princeton
Yale
Harvard Freshmen Ball Schedule Reveals Early Season Tests
Harvard freshman baseball manager Howe lists a Cambridge dominated slate with April 11 Boston Latin, April 13 Brookline High, April 18 Exeter, April 27 MIT, April 29 Somerville High, May 2 Groton, May 11 Worcester Academy, May 16 North Shore A C, May 20 Amherst, May 23 University of Pennsylvania, May 27 Brown, and May 30 University of Pennsylvania, with open dates on April 15 and May 4 and May 9.
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Worcester Academy
Cambridge
North Shore A. C
Lynn
Amherst
U. of P
Brown
Philadelphia
Should Canada Become an Independent Nation debated
The question Should Canada Become an Independent Nation? will be debated at Hiawatha Hall 241 Tremont Street on Wednesday evening under the auspices of Triune Assembly Sons and Daughters of the Maritime Provinces.
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Canada
Hiawatha Hall
Tremont Street
Triune Assembly, Sons and Daughters of the
Maritime Provinces
Everhardt Stops Leeds In 15th as Rival Knockout Ends Bout
Horace Leeds of Atlantic City is counted out after a grueling 25 round bout with Jack Everhardt of New Orleans at the Empire Athletic Club. Leeds toppled by exhaustion and required two doctors to revive him, while Everhardt maintained the pace and secured victory.
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Maspeth
L. I
Jack Everhardt
New Orleans
Horace Leeds
Atlantic City
Empire Athletic Club
Everhardt
Frank Erne
Buffalo
Jack Downey
Brooklyn
Downey
Erne
Leeds
Jack
Horace
Trial of Boston mother ends with Sherborn sentence
Mrs Flynn, charged with abandoning her three week old baby, was sent to Sherborn for one year after a dramatic court session. Her sister vowed to care for the child, while critics question the lengthy pursuit and expense. The mother expressed distress at prison and maintained she sought only to support her child.
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Baltimore
Massachusetts
Sherborn
Boston
Post
Boston Police
Charles S. Damrell Dies After Five Weeks Ill
Charles L. Damrell senior partner of Damrell & Upham and owner of The Old Corner Bookstore died at the Ludlow Trinity Terrace from a pulmonary embolism after five weeks of illness. Funeral services are set for All Souls Unitarian Church with interment at Portsmouth. he was born November 16 1826 in Portsmouth New Hampshire and built a lifelong career in Boston bookselling with connections to Hawthorne Lowell Whittier and others. He never married and left few relatives, with nephew C Howard Walker as next of kin.
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Charles L. Damrell
Damrell & Upham
Ludlow
Trinity Terrace
Camrell
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Elm Hill Avenue
Warren Street
Portsmouth
Charles Lowe Damrell
N. H
Moses and
Elizabeth Lowe Damrell
Foster
Damiel
Boston
James Monroe & Co
Washington Street
Monroe
A. Williams & Co
Williams
E. P. Dutton & Co
Damrell
Crosby & Damrell
William Crosby
Children’s
Tremont Street
Cupples, Upham & Co
Cupples
School Street
Thomas Crease
Carter & Hendee
Anne Hutchinson
Hawthorne
Merson
Lowell
Whittier
Alcott
Longfellow
Holmes
Bishop Brooks
Matthew Arnold
Tom’ Hughes
Duke of Argyll
Dean Stanley
Canon
Dean
Farrar
Elm Hill
Church Club
Unitarian Club
C. Howard Walker
Hank Brennan Dead Ex-Pugilist Killed on Rail Line
Hank Brennan former prominent boxer was killed at the Boston and Albany railroad Saturday when he was crushed between two trains while opening an air brake to prevent a collision. He was 26 and had recently become a conductor. Burial planned at Scotia Street with services at St Patrick's Church.
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Hank Brennan
Boston & Albany
Scotia Street
St. Patrick's Church
Brennan
George Dixon
Dixon
Brookline Voters Test Contest For Town Treasurer And Board Seats
Brookline faces a warm town election with a six member Board of Selectmen slate and a five member contest. Incumbent treasurer George H Worthley seeks reelection amid opposition from William Faulkner. three current selectmen are renominated Horace James James Codman Jr and Nathaniel Conant. Merrill Humphrey Hand challenge the rest. Cummings Burke Spencer prominent in secondary races.
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Brookline
Board of Selectmen
Horace James
James Codman, Jr
Nathaniel Conant
Luther M. Merrill
William A. Humphrey
James B. Hand
Merrill
Coolidge’s Corner
George H. Worthley
Citizens’ Caucus
Worthley
William Faulkner
Boston
Aspinwall Avenue
Faulkner
C. A. W. Spencer
Board of Assessors
John H. Burke
Spencer
Daughter of the Chief Justice Dies at 19 in Brookline
Miss Alice Mason youngest daughter of Chief Justice Mason of the Superior Court died yesterday at about 5 pm at her Summit avenue Corey Hill Brook Mine residence after a prolonged illness from pulmonary consumption. She was 19 and popular among Brookline youth.
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Alice Mason
Mason
Superior Court
Summit Avenue
Corey Hill
Brook Mine
Brookline
Aldermen Debate Paving Plans and School Building Plea
Chelsea Aldermen introduced a 10000 appropriation with 4788 for paving Eastern avenue, 2812 for grading, 2000 to pave Webster avenue, and 400 for catch basins. The measure failed reference to finance. Kane sought a six room school at 24000. debates over site and tabled motion. Gould’s history exclusion passed 14 to 4. Clerical salaries and aide funds approved.
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Chelsea
Eastern Avenue
Webster Avenue
Elliott Street
Broadway
Webster
Eastern Avenues
Kane
Central Avenue
Alderman Kane
Webber
Chapel
Chester Avenue
Alderman Gould
Montgomery
St Stephens Conference Plans Reunion at St Johns Hall
A well attended meeting of St Stephen's Conference approved the annual reunion for current and former parishioners of St Stephen's Church at the North End. The event was voted to be held in St John's Hall on the evening of April 2.
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St. Stephen’s
St. Stephen’s Church
North End
St. John’s Hal
Moon Street
St. John’s Hall
Whist Prize Winners At Starlight Club
The Starlight Whist Club met at Sergeant J. T. Comee's Brighton home. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beal, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Davis, Captain and Mrs. Philemon Warren, Mr. and Mrs. H Jewett, Sergeant Bridgham, and Miss Butters. Mr. Comee won the first gentlemen's prize. Mrs. Warren won the first ladies' prize. Four collation courses were served.
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Starlight Whist
J. T. Comee
Brighton
Harry Beal
Gardner Davis
Philemon Warren
H. ©. Jewett
Bridgham
Miss Butters
Ex Governor Seaym of Georgia Dead
Montgomery March 30 Thomas Seaym former Alabama governor 1886 to 1820 died at his Greensboro home from grippe at age.
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Seaym
Georgia
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Seaym
Alabama
Greensboro
Grippe
Stabbing at McManus & Co. Store in South Boston
Charles Burk used a knife during an attempted escape from McManus & Co. at 760 Washington St. He stabbed salesman Michael Slattery, a well known ball player, in the leg. Slattery, treated at Emergency Hospital, was sent home to 400 East Seventh St. Burk faces arraignment on larceny and assault with intent to kill.
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McManus & Co
Washington Street
Charles Burk
Michael Slattery
McManus
Slattery
East Seventh Street
South
Boston
Burk
Somerville School Board Sets Rinn Reinstate Hearing
At a Somerville School Board meeting the case of Daniel H. Rinn, discharged janitor of the L. W. Bell School, was discussed. A resolution, urged by Dr. Thomas Durell, asked the council to reinstate him, with a hearing requested by John Kelley. The board unanimously adopted the resolution as just, recommending employment by the public property committee if possible, and referred it back to that committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville School Board
Daniel H. Rinn
L. W. Bell School
Public Property Committee
Thomas Durell
John Kelley
Rinn
Durell
Herbert A. Chapin
Wentworth
Harvard Football opens with 15 men in first practice
Captain Wrightington led Harvard's initial squad on Soldiers Field with fifteen players including Beale Shaw Wheeler and last year's linemen. The session focused on fall on the ball passing and catching with no tackling drills. Other out are Whitney Bryan Davis Simpson Burrage Stowell Liver more Smith Stone Parry Huntington Coffin Estabrook Finney Barnes.
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Wrightington
Harvard
Soldiers Field
Arthur Beale
Frank Shaw
Wheeler
R. M. Whitney
C. L. Bryan
R. S&s. Davis
J. K. Simpson
P. Burrage
H. W. Stowell
R. Livermore
S. W. Smith
R. B. Stone
S. S. Parry
C. D. Huntington
C. Coffin
M. Estabrook
H. W. Finney
K. S. Barnes
Hibernianism Growing In Boston Division Meeting
Division 34 Ancient Order of Hibernians met at Naomi Hall Boston with President Peter E Murphy in chair. Nine new members were initiated fifteen applications acted upon. A first grand social committee was appointed and a oak chest donated by Vice President P O Mahony. John B O Higgins gave an address on Celtic history language and literature.
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Ancient
Order of Hibernians of
Boston
Naomi Hall
Washington Street
Peter E. Murphy
P. O. Mahony
John B. O’higgins
Sarrien Accepts Post as Minister of the Interior
Paris report notes M. Sarrien deputy from Leone et Loire and former 1887 Interior Minister has accepted the post of Interior Minister. Changes followed the resignation of M. Berthelot with temporary assumption by M. Doumer, then Finance Minister.
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Paris
M. Sarrien
Leone-et-Loire
Interior
M. Tirard
M. Berthelot
M. Doumer
Finance
Clue Drives Hunt for Mrs Grant's Murderer Free
The killer of Mrs Sophia Grant remains at large as police face a standstill. Mrs Quinlan, freed from incarceration, vows to prove innocence, seek justice for her sister, and support her son Johnnie while pursuing the murderer themselves.
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Sophia Grant
Quinlan
Johnnie
Rochester
N. H
Charles Street
Lights of Cambridge Discuss City Buy of Electric Plant
More than 100 Cambridge residents attended a Cambridge Library Association meeting at Citizens' Trade Association Hall to debate purchasing the Cambridge Electric Light Company's plant. Speakers included Edwin B. Hale advocating municipal ownership and J. M. W. Hall opposing it, with discussion on cost, governance, and public access to light.
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Cambridge Library Association
Citizens’ Trade Association
Cambridge Electric Light Company
City of
Cambridge
Edwin B. Hale
Messrs
J. Henry Russell
E. D. Leavitt
Charles H. Morse
J. M. W. Hall
Water Board
Henry M. Whitney
Commonwealth
Boston
Asa M. Matiese
Treasury gold and silver holdings on March 30
The Treasury reports cash and coin totals: gold coin 142,721,337.07 dollars and gold bullion 29,246,448 dollars. Outstanding gold certificates minus those in the Treasury amount to 48,255,879 dollars. Standard silver dollars and silver certificates in the Treasury total 21,230,030.66 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
United States Treasury
Kenny resigns seat as Parliament member in Chiltern Hundreds
Dr Joseph Edward Kenny of Dublin College Green has applied for and received the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, vacating his seat in Parliament as a Parnellite member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NR. Kenny
London
Joseph Edward Kenny
College Green
Dublin
House of Commons
Government naval works programme passed by House vote
London March 30 The House approved the governments naval works programme on its third reading by a 186 to 27 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Burglary Case Prompts Citywide Sweep For Two Thieves
Boston police investigated a burglary at a St. Botolph Street home with $25 to $30 stolen. Inspectors Dugan McCausland Cleary and Wolff studied muddy tracks, found two footprint types, and suspected two burglars who may have fled on an outgoing train. A trail including a pocketbook and checks was found on the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
St. Botolph Street
Dugan
McCausland, Cleary and Wolff
Cleary
Boston & Albany
Boston
South Africa unrest eases as mining halts in districts
Cape Town dispatch says the chartered South Africa Company reports no more troops needed in the troubled district. A Bulawayo cable to Lord Gifford notes the situation is very serious there with a lawyer for the defense of the people and all mining operations suspended.
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London
Cape Town
Central News
Chartered
South Africa Company
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Lord Gifford
British South Africa Company
Bulawayo
Rhodes Defends Actions Amid Transvaal Alarm
Cape Town report says Cecil Rhodes, back from England, told a Umtali audience that his name caused unnecessary alarm in Transvaal and Portuguese territory He urged a bold stance against the Matabeles and faced applause when mentioning Dr Jameson It is also reported that Sir Hercules Brooke seeks relief as High Commissioner and a successor may be named
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
British South Africa Company
England
Umtali
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Rhodes
Dr. Jameson
Hercules Robinson
South Africa
Pastor Resigns Amid Domestic Troubles at East Dedham Church
The Rev J F Packard of Second Baptist Church East Dedham resigns after four years as pastor. Deacon Dr F L Babcock says church backs him and blames no one in family differences. Mrs Packard moved with four children to Hyde Park drawing furniture losses.
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J. F. Packard
Second Baptist Church
East Dedham
Packard
Swampscott
F. L. Babcock
Schaefer Beats Garnier In Intercontinental Billiards Match
At Madison Square Garden March 30 Schaefer of Chicago defeated Garnier in a long series for a purse. Schaefer led early and finished with a dominant score progression, ending well ahead as Garnier showed flashes of recovery with clever shots but could not close the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tife
European billiards stars clash as balk line rule stirs trouble
Garnier and Schaefer prepare for a high stakes duel amid a new balk line rule adding four inches. Ives laments the change while Schaefer adapts quickly. A wealth of bets and dramatic shifts in strategy mark tonight's match, with a decisive second series looming in Bumstead Hall, Boston.
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New York
Garnier
Schaefer
Ives
Bumstead Hall
Bostom
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