Kings Crowned New City Officers Inaugurate Reigns
Edward J. Leary Nat Taylor John F Dever and Joseph Tondorf Jr chosen as four new city department heads in Quincy administration. Roster shifts include Collector position switching to Taylor while Ricker exits after thirty three years. Tondorf returns as weights and measures chief with Roxbury German heritage noted.
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E. J. Leary
Nat Taylor
John F. Dever
Joseph Tondorf, Jr
Chosen
Quincy Kings
Edward J. Leary
South Boston
City Messenger
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Nat
Mt. Pleasant
Perpetual Bliss
Old Heath
City Hall
Quincy
Ricker
Cty
Osgood C. Blaney
Curtis
Ned Leary
Redberry Club
Aldermen's Chamber
John Dever
Mr. Tondorf
Roxbury
Water officials report saving over twenty five thousand by April
Water Commissioner Murphy and City Engineer Jackson return from New York and Philadelphia after inspecting other systems. The department has saved more than 25,000 under April’s appropriation, boosting plans to be able to present a bigger end of year surplus despite a 50,000 cut from a predecessor. Martin Reagan, active in Ward 19 politics, becomes sewer inspector. Dennis Mahoney of Ward 18 joins as new Wire Commissioner Flood appointee.
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Murphy
Jackson
New York
Philadelphia
Martin Reagan
Dennis Mahoney
Flood
Blues Win Cambridge Y M C A Contest By Two Points
The Cambridge Y M C A contest between the Reds and Blues ended with the Blues at 446 points and the Reds at 444. The Blues donated their winnings to the building fund while Reds received crackers and water as a closing-night inducement. The meals were eaten in the association hall.
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Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Reds
Blues
Hall of the Association
Carney's Skull Fractured After Dock Accident
John Carney thirty of 6 Maudlin street Charlestown is at Massachusetts General Hospital with a fractured skull after a large cannel coal fragment fell from a staging at Pier 6 Hoosac Tunnel docks while he worked on the Warren liner Sachem. Dr. McDonald ordered his removal to the hospital.
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John Carney
Maudlin Street
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carney
Sachem
Hoosac Tunnel
McDonald
Bust of Henry Houghton Unveiled at Cambridge Church
The unveiling of a Henry Houghton bust presented to the Harvard Street M. E. Church in Cambridge occurred last evening. Houghton served thirty years as Sunday school superintendent. The past will be placed in the vestry. Horace Scudder spoke on behalf of the trustees.
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Henry Houghton
Harvard Street M. E. Church
Cambridge
Houghton
Horace Scudder
Louisville offers Ward captain and manager post
Louisville Biased team president Stuckey offers John M Ward the captain and manager position for the Louisville Baseball Club in Louisville Kentucky on April 30.
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Louisville, Ky
Stuckey
Louisville Baseball Club
John M. Ward
Treasury reports deficit figures for fiscal year to May first
Washington reports that through May 1 the excess of expenditures over receipts totals 23 200 000 dollars, with April's excess at 4 500 000. Ten-month receipts are about 274 800 000 and expenditures 298 000 000. Checks totaling 1 562 356 dollars for interest due May 1 on 6 percent bonds of 1894 and 3 percent bonds of 1925 were mailed.
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Washington
Treasury
House Debates Voluntary Bankruptcy Bill In Congress
In Washington on April 30 the House spent five hours in committee of the whole debating the bankruptcy bill. The general discussion closed with near unanimous support for voluntary bankruptcy, the main contention being whether to include the involuntary feature.
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Washington
House
Mississippi Democrats Hold Seats in House Ruling
The House adopted elections committee resolutions to seat Mississippi Democrats Allen, Williams, and Spencer, confirming their titles and seating in the chamber.
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Mississippi
Washington
House
Elections Committee
Messrs. Allen, Williams and Spencer
Dems
Senate confirms Massachusetts postmasters today
The Senate on April 30 confirmed three Massachusetts postmasters: M. F. Conroy of Franklin, M. F. Burns of Wollaston, and J. J. Whetton of Highlandville.
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Washington
Senate
Massachusetts
M. F. Conroy
Franklin
M. F. Burns
Wollaston
J. J. Whetton
Highlandville
Informal farewell reception for Rev. Florence Kollock
An informal farewell reception honoring Rev. Florence E. Kollock assistant pastor of Every-Day Church Shawmut avenue was held last evening in the vestry rooms. She was assisted in receiving by Dr. and Mrs. Perrine and Mrs. A N Abbott.
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Florence E. Kollock
Shawmut Avenue
Dearborn School Reunion Honors Past Master Portrait
The fourth annual Dearborn School reunion drew about 300 pupils graduates and teachers last evening in the school hall. E G Foster spoke presenting a picture of Past Master William H Long. Master Charles F King accepted it. Miss P W Rounsaville read the paper on Long. officers elected for next year include President Elmer G Foster first VP Eva Clark second VP Dr E G Morse Treasurer Dr L N Howe Secretaries Mrs A E Hanlon and Mrs K O'Brien.
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Dearborn School
Dearborn School Association
William H. Long
E. G. Foster
Frank G. McGrath
Charles F. King
Maybrick Case Briefly Referred by President to House
In response to a House resolution President Cleveland transmitted state department correspondence on Mrs Maybrick the English prisoner charged with murder. The file includes sixty two letters and telegrams dating to Oct 7 1896 from Countess Roque Miss Dodge and others urging clemency and British action. Olney pressed for reconsideration and for an early re examination though Bayard’s replies remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Cleveland
State Department
Maybrick
Liverpool
Countess Roque
Rouen
Olney
England
Ambassador Bayard
H. A. Dodge
Hamilton
Mass
Mary A. Dodge
Lord Russell
Matthew White Riddley
Bayard
Miners Lost in Yorkshire Explosion at Mickfield Colliery
An explosion at Mickfield colliery in Yorkshire cut off escape for about 100 men. Naked lights are blamed for the blast. Twenty five men were rescued, all severely burned. Rescuers continue searching as hopes fade for remaining workers.
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London
Mickfield
Yorkshire
Fire rages through Metz block in Quincy Illinois
Fire swept the Metz block in Quincy igniting Morris & Co. clothing store. Loss listed at 75,000 with an hour later blaze in the neighboring Tenk building nearly destroying it. Two more structures burn as authorities fear total block loss. overall damage could hit 500,000.
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Quincy
Metz
Morris & Co
Tenk
Jameson Raid Telegrams Spark Reform Trial Revelations
Pretoria reports telegrams entered as evidence at the reform committee trial claim the Jameson raid was planned to seize the Witwatersrand gold reef. Messages from Rhodes Hammond Stevens Harris Cecil Rhodes Jameson and Wolff detail delays in flotation and support for an uprising tied to British imperial interests. Paris notes Temps dispatch claiming Sir Henry Loch suggested invading the Transvaal with troops.
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Reform Committee
Jameson
Johannesburg
South Africa Company
Transvaal
Witwatersrand
Dr. Jameson
Rhodes
Hammond
Stevens
Harris
Chartered Company
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Wolff
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Cape Town
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Gong
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Pitsani
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Leonard
Hamilton
Hammond, Lawley
Lee-Metford Rifles
Dr. Harris
South Africa
Paris
Henry Brougham Loch
Cape Colony
Lionel Phillips
Werner
London
Sir Henry
Henry
Bicycle Meet at Louisville to Feature European American Rivalry
Louisville prepares for the grand 1896 bicycle meet with riders from America and Europe. Stars like Eddie Bald Otto Ziegler and Ginger Johnson will compete as amateurs and professionals across multiple championships and handicap races with medals and large prizes. Officials include Gideon Wagner Tuttle Marion and Percival while match races between top riders and a Sanger Hamilton showdown are planned at Fountain Ferry track.
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America
Johnson
Bald
Zimmerman
Taylor
Hamilton
George D. Gideon
National Racing Board
F. J. Wagner
Chicago
F. Howard Tuttle
Syracuse
W. C. Marion
Indianapolis
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Boston
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C. P. Root
John S. Johnson
France
Fountain Ferry Track
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Buffalo
Otto Ziegler
San Jose
Cal
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San Francisco
Jack and
Will Coburn
St. Louis
Charles Brown
Springfield
Mass
Tom Cooper
Detroit
Fred Allen
Orlando Stephens
Sioux City
G. D. Grant
Arthur Gardiner
Homer Fairman
A. S. Lee
New York
Ed McKeon
Dayton
B. Stowers
Birmingham
Frank Shaw
Joliet
Ill
Coburn
William Buckner
Boston Flyers
Butlers
Walleston
Mayo
Sanger
Osborne Home Again Confident on McKinley Nomination
Ex police commissioner Osborne visits Boston after a West tour and confers with relatives and aides. He claims McKinley will win on the first ballot with 918 delegates, cites state calculations, and predicts New York Pennsylvania and Iowa will swing to McKinley, while Reed sentiment fades in Massachusetts.
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Mark Hanna
Mr. Osborne
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Kinley Remarks Contemplate Home Market Control at Convention
W Kinley speaks on self sufficiency and home produced goods while condemning President Cleveland's foreign policy and voicing Cuba sympathy. Only the financial plank earned applause as the platform was adopted. Three trustees for the State University chosen. after twelve hours, the convention adjourned sine die at 9 o'clock.
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Cleveland
Cuba
the State University
Democratic Convention Selects Alternates at State HQ
The convention that met at the Democratic State headquarters elected H. B. Curtis of Attleboro and ex-Senator Maurice Coughlan of Holliston as alternates.
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H. B. Curtis
Attleboro
Maurice Coughlan
Holliston
McKinley supporters bolt Arizona GOP convention
Arizona McKinley backers stormed out of the Republican State convention in Phenix, insisting on adopting a resolution endorsing McKinley. When their bid failed, they announced plans for another convention. Delegates to the St Louis meeting were left uninstructed.
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Phenix
Ariz
McKinley
St. Louis
Michigan Democrats for Gold Endorse Cleveland Policy
Detroit April 30 The Democratic State convention declared for gold and endorsed President Cleveland s domestic and foreign policy while expressing hope he would recognize Cuba s belligerency.
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Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Cuba
Council honors President Conry with diamond badge gift
The Boston Common Council held a recess gathering led by Councilman Briggs to present President Joseph A. Conry with a costly diamond badge. Councilman Innes spoke of Conry’s fairness and leadership admired by all, and Conry expressed gratitude for the token and duty to uphold council dignity. The badge matches the London Lord Mayor style.
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Briggs
Ward
Innes
Joseph A. Conry
Mr. Conry
Mr. Innes
Conry
London
Not a Murder in Greenfield Trial Dramatically Shifts
The Levi M. Fournier trial for alleged wife strangling in Greenfield opens with dull medical testimony. Defense argues Mrs Fournier had an abnormally large heart and a foreign substance near a valve, claiming she fainted after rising to let her husband in and suffocated on a pillow. Evidence reveals multiple autopsies and burials, a coffin ceremony, and the body slipping into the grave head first during lowering.
Eliot Club Ladies Night Hosts Rev Smith and Hale
At the John Eliot Club in Roxbury the Rev Azarius Smith presided over a ladies night at the Thorndike Hotel. Principal guest Edward Everett Hale delivered an address titled Reminiscences of the Unitarian Fathers.
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Roxbury
Thorndike
Azarius Smith
Edward Everett Hale
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