Calamity in Cincinnati as FiveStory Block Collapses
A five story brick structure on Walnut Street collapsed tonight in Cincinnati killing an unknown number of people and injuring many more. Firefighters work through debris as rescue teams remove victims including a saloon proprietor and city residents. cause traced to a gasoline tank ignition with garbled but hopeful reports of survivors.
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Cincinnati
Walnut Street
Fifth
Drach
Gibson House
Joseph Pugh
Covington
A.newport
R. A. Davis
Hamilton
Senate Take Up River and Harbor Bill Alters Boston Harbor Line
Washington May 4 The Senate debated the river and harbor bill and approved a change urged by Senator Lodge to allow the $70 000 appropriation for Boston Harbor to include preservation and improvement of the main ship canal subject to War Department discretion. The bond resolution and river and harbor bill process continued with votes showing a split among senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Boston
Lodge
Frye
Secretary of War
Peffer
Enate
Rye
Rep
Yeas—Burrows
Caffery
Cullom
Davis
Aikins
Faulkner
Gallinger
Hansbrough
Fill
Lindsay
McBride
McMillan
Mills
Mitchell
Oregon
Morrill
Nelson
Elmer
Pasco
Platt
Proctor
Quayewell
Shoup
Squire
Thurston
Vilas
Wetmore
Wilson
Allen
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Blackurn
Brice
Brown
Butler
Call
Canon
Carter
Chilton
Cockrell
Daniel
Koils
George
Gorman
Harris
Irby
Ones
Arkansas
Kyle
Wisconsin
Morgan
Perkins
Ettigrew
Pugh
Roach
Sherman
Stewe T
Teller
Tillman
Turple
West
Wal- Warren
White
Wolcott
Horace Mann Centenary Celebrations Across Boston Schools
The centennial of Horace Mann's birth is marked across Boston with ceremonies in Boston schools.Pupils at the Horace Mann School on Newbury Street receive badges and carnations as a bust and portrait are unveiled. Deaf pupils recite writings by Mann, and a tableau bears the motto Horace Mann Loved Little Children. Similar observances occur at Bowdoin, Phillips, Wells, Eliot, Hancock, Winthrop, Brimmer, and Quincy grammar schools with addresses, recitations, portraits, and flags reflecting Mann's life and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Newbury Street
Ross Turner
Professor Bell
Telephone Fame
America
Bowdoin Grammar School
Myrtle Street
Alonzo Meserve
Miss Smith
Phillips Grammar School For
Phillips Street
Elias Marston
S. Webster
Hancock Grammar School
Parmenter Street
Dutton
Winthrop Grammar School
Tremont Street
Eliot
Hollis Streets
Robert Swan
Swan
Brimmer Grammar School For Boys
Common Street
Quincy Dickerman
Dickerman
Quincy Grammar School
Tyler Street
Alfred Bunker
Bunker
Senseless Resolution Sparks Senate Debate Over River Bill
The debate centers on displacing the river and harbor bill to address a motion by Mr Frye. Senator Lodge and Senator Gor man opposed the motion, labeled as a Massachusetts and Maryland combination. Discussion on bond issues follows, with Sherman Hill and West speaking before adjournment.
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Lodge
Rep
Mass
Gorman
Dem
Frye
Massachusetts
Maryland
Messrs. Sherman
Hill and West
Will of Baron Hirsch Opens in Bruenn
Paris May 4. The will of the late Baron Hirsch was opened at Bruenn. The widow is named residuary legatee. He leaves £1,000,000 for Moravian charities and a significant legacy to his adopted daughter.
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Paris
Baron Hirsch
Bruenn
Moravia
Plot Against Humbert Discovered in Naples
May 4 report from Naples says an Anarchist plot to murder King Humbert has been uncovered and a number of arrests have been made in connection with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Naples
Humbert
Senator Morgan Returns to Senate After Health Treatment
Washington May 4 Senator Morgan who had been treated in a sanitarium for four weeks appeared in the Senate this morning fully restored and was greeted with warm congratulations by colleagues from both sides of the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgan
Senate
Exposition Opens With Golden Key Light Display In New York
The National Electrical Exposition opened at Grand Central Palace with delegates from over 10,000 electric light plants and $760 million in investments. Governor Morton pressed the golden key, triggering artillery salutes in several cities and a halo effect of fluorescent light. Messages from across the country reported cannons firing. London sent good wishes from W. Fr. Preece. In Kansas City, journeyman plumbers and gas and steam fitters went on strike, about 200 workers leaving their shops idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Palace
Electric Light Association
United States
Morton
C. H. Wilmerding
National Electric Light Association
Wurster
Brooklyn
San Francisco
New Orleans
St. Paul
Augusta
Cleveland
W. Fr. Preece
Government
London
Tremont Temple Dedication Remarks Highlight Religion and Press
Speakers praise Tremont Temple as a beacon of religion and civic progress. Dr. Lorimer, General Taylor, and Mrs. Livermore emphasize religion, press ethics, and inclusivity while urging ongoing support for the church and its mission among New England communities.
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Taylor
Lorimer
Boston
Select
Back Bay
South End
New England
Temple
George 2. Horr
George BE. Horr, Jr
Mary A. Livermore
Tremont Temple
E. E. Hale
A. A. Berle
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
Tremont Temple Church
Butler
Colby University
Roger Williams
United States
E. A. Grazier
The
Post
Stranger
Nehemiah Boynton
D. D
Nathan E. Wood
Dr. Lorimer
America
Labor Strikes Threaten Building Trades Over Eight-Hour Demand
The Hoisting Engineers Union ordered a work stoppage across building trades yesterday seeking an eight hour day. Union strength and a licensing rule limit inexperienced labor replacement, with some contractors willing to concede. If protracted, the strike could involve all building trades, though officials expect a quick settlement through conciliation and a possible surrender of strike rights in exchange for lockout rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineers’ Union
Building Trades Council
J. P. Soule
Master Masons’ Association
J—P
Parting with a kidney pain friend ends in relief
A Boston woman describes years of back and kidney pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills from Bradbury's drug store. She urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy, noting rapid relief and full recovery. Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Mitchell’s
Novelty Plaster Works
Lowell
Mass
U.S. A
Bright
Boston
W. Kenney
Euclid Street
Dorchester
Dean
Bradbury’s
Washington Street
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
U. S
Buffalo
N. Y
Armed Italians disrupt Sea Isle City railroad strike
In Sea Isle City New Jersey May 4 the Ocean City branch of the South Jersey railroad remains under strike control by an armed band of Italians who refuse work until wages are paid They block tracks with ties endwise big stumps and trees While over a hundred Italians linger at the obstructions a second strike gang of eighty to one hundred workers further back on the line joins the action leaving service suspended and tensions rising across the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Isle City
N. J
Ocean City
South Jersey Railroad
Horace Mann Birth Centenary Observed at Normal Art School
The 100th anniversary of Horace Mann birth was observed at the Normal Art School. George H. Conley of the State Board of Education delivered the address yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Normal Art School
George H. Conley
State Board of Education
Miss Katherine Stokes a Star of Stage and Ring
The life of Katherine Stokes spans riding fame as a child bareback rider, circus star with Coup and Barnum, her marriages to Carl Anthony and John Stetson, and a dramatic Saratoga mystery before a late life in New York. Her end comes with a New York burial after a funeral at the Little Church Around the Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Pilling
Emma Stokes
Kate Stokes
Carl Anthony
Cirecus
John Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Miss Stokes
Kate Stetson
Philadelphia
Exposition Grounds
W. C. Coup
Barnum Aggregation
Stetson
Park Theatre
Sol Hamilberg
Saratoga Sogipi
Saraoga
Katherine Stokes
Saratoga
Coup
Katie Stokes
Stokes
Trolley Men Strike in Milwaukee Over Wage Demand
Milwaukee on May 4 saw a complete street railway tie up as over 1200 workers walked out demanding higher wages. Fewer than ten cars ran while strikers gathered near barns and power houses, jeering workers. The American Federation of Labor endorsed the strike last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
American Federation of Labor
Theosophical Marriage in Boston Under Egyptian Rites
May Kath ER ine Leonard of Boston wed Claude Falls Wright of New York in a ceremony following ancient Egyptian rites. A civil contract was signed before Alderman Robinson. Leonard, active in Theosophical Society work, has led Brotherhood suppers and lectures in New England. They plan joint travel with two lecturers while continuing individual work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary G. L. Leonard
Boston
Claude Falls Wright
William
Katherine Leoline Leonard
New York
Alderman Robinson
New York City
Miss Leonard
Gee
Theosophical Society
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Leonard
Sion
Beacon
League of Theosophical Workers No. 8
Anna Byford Leonard
Chicago
William H. Byford
Wrecht
Not Russell Continued from Page One
The debate focused on endorsing William E. Russell for President with cheers and objections. Amendments about pledging delegates were debated, with supporters from Chelsea Malden Everett and others. A motion to instruct delegates to vote for Russell failed, while the original amendment and resolutions passed amid enthusiasm. Names of delegates Corbett Wakefield Hamilton and alternates Fitzpatrick Forrestall were listed as elected.
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Page l
Tily Indersea
William E. Russe
United States
Merritt
Chelsea
Hunkerford
Malden
Terwigger
Evgerett
George W. Mansur
Rugssell
Curtin
Lynn
Joseph Corbett
Charlestown
Samuel K. Hamilton
Wakefield
Fitzpatrick
Forrestall
Boston and Albany Railroad Dinner and Sleeping Cars Schedule
The Boston and Albany line lists multiple train numbers with first class coaches and sleeping cars from Boston to Albany Chicago Detroit St Louis and New York. It details departures from Boston between 9 am and 11 pm with direct connections via Springfield, Michigan Central and Big Four routes, plus dining cars and drawing room cars. Tickets and schedules available at city offices and station ticket agents.
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Boston
Albany
Chi Caso
L. Ss
M.S. R. KR
M. CR. R
Utica
Chicago
Michigan Centra
Wagner
R. R. Bosto
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
M. C
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Springfield
NEW York Limited
Boca
Roston
Washington St
Kneeland St
Rowton
A. S. Hanson
Through Train Schedules of The New England Railroad Co.
The 1896 notice lists through and local train times to New York and cities along the line, with departures from Park Square and depots in Boston and Needham, Highlandville, and Upper Falls. It notes parlor cars, coaches, and ticket offices at the Old State House and depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New England Railroad Co
Seripits
Upbless
New York
Hartford
Park Square
Norwich
Chicago
West
Erie
West Shore R. R
Newburg
Fishkill Landing
Hopewell Junction
Poughkeepsie
Brewster
Hawleyville
Plainville
Danabury
Ohoe
New Britain
Waterbury
Rockville
Willimantic
Putnam
New London
Southbridge
Webster
M. Blackstone
Woonsocket
Providence
Pawtucket
Valley Falls
Franklin
Walpole
A. Ma
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Needham
Highlandville
Upper Falls
Medfield
Millis
Medway
Old State House
J. T. Odell
W.W. R. Babcock
Rail and Sound Lines From Park Square Boston Schedule
New York and Boston routes listed with train times and connections via Shore Line and Rail and Sound services. Includes Bay State Limited Day Express Afternoon Express Shore Line Express Gilt Edge Express Midnight Express Air Line Limited Fall River Line and Stonington Norwich Line connections to steamers Priscilla Puritan Maine of Rhode Island City of Lowell City of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Square Station
Boston
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Shore Line
New London
New Haven
FPA
Bay State Limited
Midnighl
Air Line Limited
Fall River
Rail
Newport
Orchestra
Stonington
City OF Lowell
City OF Lawrence
Colonial Express and Federal Express Steamship Schedule
Through tickets and parlor car seats may be bought at 3 Old State House and Park Square station. Parlor cars only with special tickets. A Limited service operates daily including Sundays with limited seating. Agents GEO Connor A C Kendall and L Palmer advertise schedules dated April 30 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
L. Connor
A. C. Kendall
L. . Palmer
Boston Pass
Boston Street Department Seeks Macadam Road Proposals
The City of Boston invites sealed proposals for macadam road construction on St Alphonsus Street from Tremont to Calumet. Proposals due May 12, 1896, 12 pm at City Hall. Include $500 certified check. bond required. City engineer estimates cover subgrading, macadam, gutters, sidewalks, crosswalks, excavation, gravel, and retaining structures.
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Sea
St. Alphonsus Street
Tremont Street
Calumet Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Caares Ees
Ben. W. Imi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Stewart
H. E. Hunwick
Joseph Spriggs
C. S. Wells
Sidney W. Johnson
W. D. Crosby
William B. Cook
J. K. Ward
Toledo
Barbara Huddfelman
John McCarthy
Cincinnati Wharf Company
Pete Burns
Charles Spillo
Aor
Fathers Tiernan
Kelley
Tiernan
Hirsch’s Benevolenge
Senator Morgan
Kansas City
Cr. H. Blackall
C. H. Blackall
Boston Building Trades
Russell
Baltmore and
City of Boston
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