Mail robber caught in New Haven by inspectors
Adolphus Colt, an employee of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad, was captured early this morning by Inspectors Barro and Pendleton while robbing a mail sack. They had watched for a year to trap the man who had been pilfering mail pouches. Colt opened a sack took a package and hid it under his coat.
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New Haven
Adolphus Colt
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Barro and
Pendleton
Colt
Boston Daily Recap of City Affairs and Fire Incident
This morning’s news summarizes actions by the Common Council on an appropriation bill, Senate moves against political poll taxes and mercantile regulation, and House tax on inheritances. A three alarm fire occurred in the Codman Building on Hanover Street last night.
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Senate
Boston Pilot
House
Law and Order League
Codman
Hanover Street
May Day Across Europe Draws Pacifist Yet Alert Powers
Across Western Europe April 30 reports anticipate a largely peaceful May Day as authorities arm to deter disorder. Labor demonstrations gain an international character with Socialist leaders signaling a broad charter beyond eight hours. Governments mobilize extensively, fearful of a rare continental crisis amid a worldwide labor movement.
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Lonpoy
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Blair Considers Japan Post After Blaine Order
Ex Senator Blair, departing for Washington, says his diplomatic future is uncertain but he may be assigned to Japan to replace the late Minister Swift. He notes Japan would suit him in character, dignity, and salary, though no definite decision has been made. He would have pursued China if not for Blaine's recall.
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Curcaco
Blair
Blaine
Washington
Japan
Swift
China
Bank Examiner Delayed by Portland Grand Jury Call
Bank Examiner Parker will not finish the Shoe and Leather Bank examination this week at Lewiston Missouri. The Evening Journal notes the absence of the examiner and several directors on Wednesday was due to a call from Portland for a grand jury session at the United States District Court. The party returned in the afternoon and the bank's books were examined.
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Lewiston
Parker
the Evening Journal
Portland
United States District Court
Jury Disagrees in Plenty Horse Murder Trial
Sioux Falls April 30 The jury in the Plenty Horse murder case has disagreed and been discharged. Jurors refused to convict due to the court denying an interpreter, arguing Plenty Horse could speak and understand English fluently.
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Sioux Falls
M. D
Plenty Horse
Casey
Michigan Senate approves district based presidential electors bill
Lansina Mich April 30 The Senate passed a bill for presidential electors by Congressional districts with two at large delegates. the measure aims to split the state vote and follows House approval The Senate also adopted a Congressional apportionment bill likely to award seven of twelve districts to Democrats The House backed Richardson rail tariff bill extending general railway law taxation to railroads raising charges for Michigan Central Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and others
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Michigan
Lansina
Mich
Senate
House
Michigan Central
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Detroit & Milwaukee
Boston firm to unite major farm implement makers
In Molliik Illinois on April 30 reports say Lee Higginson Co of Boston plans to buy Deere Mansur Co the Deere Harvester Works and the Moline Plow Co with a combined capital of 2.4 million dollars. The plan would recapitalize the plants and market the securities with almost all capital reportedly subscribed in Boston.
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Boston
Molliik
Lee, Higginson & Co
Deere, Mansur & Co
Deer Elarvester Works
Moline Plow Company
Sugar Trust Investigation Attacks Speculation and New Jersey Escape
The Senate General Laws Committee finds the Sugar Trust issued lavish stock valuations and certificates fueling vast speculation benefiting managers. It notes poor access to books, suggests New Jersey formation to evade New York laws, and urges bills to curb trusts, tax foreign corporations, and require in state accounting records under audit.
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New York Senate
Sugar Trust
George G. Crocker
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Hartford
Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
Blair
New Jersey
Albany
N. Y
Senate Committee On General Laws
Senate
Central Trust Company
New Sugar Trust
New York
Department of State
Treasury
Colonial Ball Aboard the Constitution in Portsmouth
A grand Colonial party on the frigate Constitution drew attendees from Portsmouth and nearby cities. Gov. Tuttle, Sen. Gallinger, Reps. McKinney and Daniell, and others were treated to a formal reception, a concert by LaBries’s Orchestra, a grand march, and a lavish banquet during intermission. The ship was lit by locomotive headlights and bayonet chandeliers, with the motto Don't give up the ship prominent above the wheel.
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Portsmouth
N. H
New England
Constitution
Navy Yard
Joseph R. Curtis
Storer Post
No. 1
Tracy
Charlestown
Liram A. Tuttle
New Hampshire
Jacob A. Gallinger
Concord
Luther McKinney
Manchester
Warren F. Daniell
Franklin
E. B. Huse
Enfield
Curtis
Rockingham
Emerald
Delano
Carpenter
LaBries
W. Scott Smith
Tuttle
United States
Ironsides
Wentworth
Independence
Navy
Army
Washinton
Charles N. Osgood
I. W. Priest
J. Albert Sanborn
William O. Sides
David Urch
Loudon Defeats Town System in School Vote
Loudon New Hampshire rejected the current town system and voter approval backed a return to the district system. A total 438 of 694 eligible voters cast ballots with 175 women voting and only six opposing the change and 23 men against.
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Concord
N. H
Loudon
Butterine Combine Formed By Three Dairies
What Cheer Dairy Oakdale Dairy and Providence Dairy have formed the Oakdale Manufacturing Company with a capital of 300000 dollars to produce butterine and oleomargarine. Garst Frank M Matthewson and John H Felburg are named as proprietors of the three dairies. The trio already produce about 600000 pounds of butter substitutes annually. Now Home SEWING Macasse 160 Tremont streets.
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What Cheer Dairy
Oakdale Dairy
Providence Dairy
Oakdale Manufacturing Company
Garst
Hat Cheer
Frank M. Matthewson
John H. Felburg
Gotham Murder Case Ties Killer Frank Sherlick
Inspector Byrnes believes the murderer of Carrie Brown is Frank Sherlick. He was arrested Friday night after being traced to Room 33 in the Fourth Ward Hotel where Brown and an unknown companion slept earlier. Sherlick, once a lover of Brown, acted jealous and crossed the hall to strike. Mary Ann Lopez slept in the Lopez room during the attack.
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New York
Byrnes
Carrie Brown
Frank Sherlick
Frenchy No. 1
Frenchy
Frendy No. 1
Lopez
Salemm
The
Post
Frank E. Smith
Carne Brown
Ripper
Greenlawn
The Fishermen Rebellion at Fortune Bay
A St Johns dispatch reports fifty bait schooners that escaped cruisers are returning to St Pierre with cargo. French fishing merchants reportedly supplied arms and liquor inciting rebellion. Authorities dispatch another steamer under Colonel Fawcett and plan to redirect the Pelican to Fortune Bay as high tension rises.
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Hautrax
N.S
St. Johns
N. F
Fortune Bay
St. Pierre
Fawcett
St. Georges Bay
Four People Sentenced for Man Slaughter in Exeter
In Exeter New Hampshire on April 30 in the Supreme Court Murphy and Woods were found guilty of murder in the second degree in the killing of Elbridge G Reed at Salem. Mrs Reed was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact. Murphy received twenty years Wood seven years and Mrs Reed five years. Mrs Beckman was sentenced to State Prison for five years for manslaughter in killing her husband.
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Exeter
N. H
Supreme Court
Murphy
Woods
Elbridge G. Reed
Salem
Reed
Wood
Beckman
Steamer Ashore at Kinsale After Distress Signals
A steamer from a trans Atlantic line went ashore at Kinsale after signaling distress and blowing fog horns. No details of the accident have yet been learned.
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Kinsale
London
trans-Atlantic Line
Midnight Hanover Street Fire Destroys Codman Building
A five story Codman estate building on Hanover street was gutted by a midnight blaze near the American House. Firefighters fought through dense smoke, rising to three alarms and extensive hose work, with Ladder trucks watering the top floors. George Crafts of Hook and Lander Co. was injured, and total loss is estimated around 26 thousand dollars with several tenants damaged.
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Quincy House
Rankin
Division 2
Hanover Street
Chipman Brothers
Codman
L. B. Gatcomb & Co
J. W. Staniford & Co
W. E. Thomas & Co
K. F. Quimby & Co
Hughes
No. 38
Hayes
Webber
Protective Department
Abbott
Huff and
Smith
Fitch
Innes and
Murphy
Fire Board
Whitney
Small
Burrill
West End Railway Company
City Hall
George Crafts
Hook and Lander Company No. 8
Pantaloon
Schinderheim
F. E. White
Aug. Damon
Portland Street
J. W. Taft
Waxman’s Clothing House
Forest Fires Rage Across New Jersey and Beyond
Atlantic City reports hundreds of acres of timber destroyed near Oceanville with losses near 100000 dollars as fires threaten towns. Herbertville Lakewood Pomona Conover town and Tom's River suffer extensive damage, many houses stables and farms burned, totals surpassing 300000 dollars. additional blazes near Bradford Exeter Saginaw and White Street liquor lounge add to widespread destruction.
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Oceanville
Herbertville
Lakewood
Barnegat Bay
Pleasantville
Pomona
Conovertown
Atlantic County
Tom’s River
Bradford
Penn
Erie
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Exeter Machine Works
Exeter Brass Works
Saginaw
Mich
Roscommon
Gladwin
South Wrymcourts
John Madden
White Street
Push to fast track Irish land bill faces suffrage clash
In London the Government leader moved for precedence for the Irish land purchase bill in the House of Commons but proposed to exclude Wednesday May 6 to allow debate on the women’s suffrage bill. Sir Henry James won an amendment to take up the land bill daily until committee passage, a decision backed by many Conservatives opposed to women’s suffrage.
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London
House of Commons
Smith
Henry James
Gladstone
Harvard Varsity Nine May Schedule Proclaimed by Committees
The Harvard varsity baseball calendar for May is approved with undecided dates to be filled. Games include Amherst in Amherst May 4, Brown in Cambridge May 6, Williams in Williamstown May 9, Yale in New Haven May 16, and other Cambridge contests with Stagg's nine in Springfield May 20 and Brown in Providence May 23.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Amherst
Stage’s
Cambrdge
Brown
Williams
Williamstown
Yale
New Haven
Stacg’s
Springfield
Providence
Influenza Epidemic Spreads Across England and London
Reports from England indicate influenza remains widespread with many London cases. In Chesterfield Derbyshire half the coal miners are ill while Leeds sees thousands of cases. Prominent sufferers include the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and Lord Houghton as parliamentary committees adjourn or cripple under illness.
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London
England
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Leeds
Yorkshire
Duke of Richmond
Gordon
Lord Houghton
Serious Building Trades Strike Looms in St Louis
St Louis April 30. If labor developments foreshadow tomorrow, a major strike may erupt in the city with about 5000 building tradesmen prepared to walk out. The anticipated action marks one of the most significant labor disruptions in the city's history.
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St. Louis
Trial of Welsh manslaughter case advances to closing arguments
In the Welsh trial for manslaughter the taking of evidence was completed and the arguments were made. Witnesses testified about easy detachments of a jack from a rail and spoke to the defendant Welsh's character. Welsh testified that Bryant discharged him after arrest, a claim Bryant denied in rebuttal.
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Welsh
Depha
Bryant
Club Size Oak Chair Described As Luxurious Ready Made
The piece highlights a Club size oak chair used for public buildings and clubs. It notes its seven inch wide carved arms a four inch cushioned seat with ooze leather and horseshoe shape. The chair is promoted as a ready-made luxury item at a higher price.
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Aristides
Brooks Named Bishop as Succeeding Paddock in Massachusetts Diocese
The convention elected Rev Dr Phillips Brooks to fill the late Bishop Paddock’s chair in the Diocese of Massachusetts. Alexander Hamilton Inton presented Brooks’s candidacy emphasizing unity, sacrifice, and broad church leadership. The decision followed speeches praising Brooks’s comprehensive knowledge and Massachusetts heritage. CONTINUED ON EIGHTY PAGE.
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Bishop Paddock
Massachusetts
Phillips Brooks
Converse
Association Hall
Shinn
Thomas L. Clark
D.D
Rhode Island
Alexander Hamilton Inton
All Saint’s Church
Worcester
Brooks
Massachussetts
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Natwvl Life Ins. CO
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New York Senate Committee
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