Weather forecast for New England states and adjacent regions
Forecast through 8 p m Saturday. Maine New Hampshire Vermont brace brisk southerly winds increasing clouds and rain with stationary temperatures. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut threatening weather rain brisk to high southerly winds warm inland coast steady. Far eastern New York warmer with brisk southwest winds and rain threats.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Fires destroy several Brooklyn and nearby works May 9
Destructive fires burned Masury & Son paint works and Atlantic Starch Works in Brooklyn, with losses near 100000 dollars, partially insured. A John L. Roper Co lumber yard at Gilram Locks suffered fire damage and possible loss of 600000 feet of dressed timber. Other blazes in Groverry and Chattanooga areas caused dozens of buildings burnt and significant losses.
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Brooklyrn
N. Y
Pittsburg, Shenango & Lake Erie
New York
Boston
Masury & Sons’ Paint Works
Jae Starch Works
Brooklyn
Art Students League votes against nude model ban tie
The Board of Control of the Art Students League deadlocked not revoking the prior ban on nude models in mixed classes. The issue sparked debate after sculptor St Gaudens introduced nude models, and the dispute is unlikely to end tonight.
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New York
Board of Control
The
Art Students’ League
St. Gaudens
Paine's Celery Compound Gains Noted Boston Support
A Boston press visitor gathered strong endorsements from apothecaries and retailers across the city for Paine's Celery Compound. Merchants like Bradbury Brown & Co and many others praise its sales and growing demand, calling it the best selling spring medicine and a remedy trusted by both families and physicians.
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Boston
B. F. Bradsury
Washington Street
Bradbury
Paine
Joshnh T. Brown & Co
Bedford Street
New England
Charles H. Bassett
Stephen Gale
Chester Square
Messrs. 8. A. D. Sheppard & Co
Dover
Alfred Speck
Washington St
Charles A. Bartlett
Tremont Street
James H. Thompson
Tremont St
J. J. W. Colburn
Lremont St
W. H. Knight
Court
Hanover Streets
Day’s Pharmacy
Meridian Street
Kans Boston
Man of News
Chelsea
Messrs
Napp & Co
Messrs. Littlehale & Co
Messrs. Batty & Co
Cambridge
W. F. Nowx_i
Merimac Street
Stamford
Walter Claplin
Harvard Square
BaBace
BartLett
Camridge
T. Te Gris
West Broadway
J. Hayman
Dudley Street
Hampt
M. L. Fraser
Fraser Square
Ek. Bouther
Green Street
E. Stevson
J. W. F. Wilson
C. E. Woodwarp & Co
Broanfield Street
J. W. Parcy & Co
M. J. McIntyre
W. Babo
H. C. KispHam
Joan P. T. Percival
School Street
K. Eames
Hanover Street
Kelley & Durkee
Boylston Street
Berkeley
Sam’. Meadows
Dorchester Avenue
Army Orders Relieve Mizner to Fort Apache Station Move
Washington May 9 Special orders relieve Colonel John K Mizner Tenth Cavalry from Dakota duty to join his regiment at Fort Apache Arizona. Major Wirt Davis Fifth Cavalry ordered to report to the commanding general department of the Missouri for assignment to a station.
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Washington
John K. Mizner
Tenth Cavalry
Department of Dakota
Fort Apache
Wirt Davis
Fifth Cavalry
Department of the Missouri
Democratic Conventions Set for September in New Hampshire
The Democratic State central committee announced the state convention will be September 2 in Concord New Hampshire. The first congressional convention is slated for Portsmouth September 3 and the second for Concord on September 2.
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Concord
N. H
Democratic State Central Committee
Portsmouth
Boston Library Society Annual Meeting Noted by Police
Police commissioners show reluctance in comments as the public record notes the annual meeting of the Boston Library Society. A report on Page 8 covers the Appalachian Club meeting and Boston canoeists protesting a relocation of the Eastern Division meet.
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Boston Library Society
Appalachian Club
Dispute Over Westport Harbor Lands Sparks Summer Tensions
Westport Harbor faces potential clashes as Edmund Howland claims ownership of beaches and a cranberry bog. He bans new bath houses and tears down cottages while local residents plan legal action with Captain Philip Grinnell to verify land ownership.
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Fay River
Westport Harbor
Edmund Howland
Little Compton
Little Harbor
Howland
Davis
Philip Grinnell
Westport
Soule
Kentucky Senate Hopefuls Start Ballot on Beck Seat
The contest to fill Senator Beck's vacancy opens in Frankfort as early balloting estimates show Carlisle 27 votes Knott 16 McCreary 13 Lindsay 11 Stone 14 Moore 7 Buckner 9 Winchester 10 Kelves 6 on the first ballot.
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Louisvitur
Beck
Frankfort
Carlisle
Knott
McCreary
Lindsay
Stone
Moore
Buckner
Winchester
Kelves
Providence School Board Bans Bible and Prayer in Schools
The Providence school committee approved a by law revision barring Bible and devotional exercises in city schools and limiting corporal punishment to cases with parental consent.
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Providence
Ciy
Will of Caroline A Wood Estate Trustees Half Bequests Paid
Supreme Court appears to favor the late Caroline A Wood of Cambridge in a three year dispute. Trustee W A Bullard has paid half the will legacies totaling 300000 to Wellesley College Bates College Avon Place Home Union Baptist Cambridge Hospital American Board of Foreign Missions and Cambridge Home for Aged Couples. The remaining half is expected to be paid soon.
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Supreme Court
Caroline A. Wood
Cambridge
W. A. Bullard
Bullard
Wellesley College
Bates College
Avon Place
Union Baptist (Colored) Church
Cambridge Hospital
American Board of Foreign Missions
Cambridge Home
Supreme Court narrows silk emphasis in tariff ruling
The Supreme Court holds that goods where silk is the chief value fall under silk duty rates, threatening many customs suits on matelasse cloth. The decision complicates classification between wool and silk schedules, prompting Treasury debate and possible congressional action to avoid widespread filings.
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Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
Philadelphia
Tne
Congress
Legislative
McKinley
Lawrence
Harpster
Treasury Department
Ways and Means Committee
Conant
Delagoa Bay Dispute to Go to Arbitration and Gazaland Expedition
In the Chamber of Deputies the Justice Minister said the Delagoa Bay question would be submitted to arbitration. The Marine Minister announced a Portuguese expedition is en route to Gazaland under treaty rights. He noted the English government denies knowledge of any Mashonaland expedition.
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Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
Justice
Delagoa Bay
Marine
Gazaland
Mashonaland
Von Caprivi Expected to Resign as Chancellor
Diplomatists in Berun report General Von Caprivi plans to quit the chancellorship soon due to dissatisfaction with foreign office work and disconnection with subordinates. Captain Haneuse travels to Zanzibar seeking Leopold II’s backing on Congo territory cession. Emperor William receives Reichstag president and vice presidents, stressing urgency of a new military bill.
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Berun
von Caprivi
Foreign Office
Haneuse
Zanzibar
Leopold
Congo
Germany
William
Reichstag
Canadian railways gain miles but earnings fall in year
Ottawa reports 12 628 miles in operation an increase of 566 miles from last year. Passenger and freight business rose while earnings declined by 10537 and working expenses rose 385 999. Total earnings and expenses stand at 31 088 046 with total capital at 760 576 446 equal to 56 991 per mile.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
ER Lense
Bromley Rug Sale This Week Offers Buy One Get One Free
Special purchase from manufacturers offers carpets and rugs at less than material cost. Buy now for spot cash and save, even if storage is needed for future use. A once in a lifetime opportunity to secure rugs at low prices.
African Question Negotiations and Kilwa Conquest Noted
London reports a drift toward a settlement with Germany on Africa. German papers claim the Nile up to Lake Victoria as the boundary between spheres. Zanzibar dispatch notes Kalema’s position against Mwanga and missionaries on esse Island. Kilwa conquest seen as civilization aiding, slave irons found in Arab stores. Kassim, a key Arab, captured for a murder years ago.
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London
Telegraph
Germany
Nile
Lake Victoria
the Times
Zanzibar
Uganda
Kalema
Mwanga
Esse
Kilwa
Prussian Diet Debates Jewish Pupils in Superior Schools
In Berlin the upper house of the Prussian Diet debated Count Pfeil’s demand to curb Jewish pupils in elite schools. Minister Von Gossler argued exclusion is impossible and would threaten national unity, while Prince Von Radziwill complained of Polish-language suppression. the motion was adopted.
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Berlin
Count Pfeil
von Gossler
Prince von Radziwell
East Bristol by election fills seat after Cossham death
Loxton May 9 An election in East Bristol to fill the parliamentary seat left by the death of Handel Cossham. Weston Gladstonian 4775 votes Inskip Conservative 1900 Wilson Labour 602. Previous poll Cossham Home Ruler 3672 Inskip 1936.
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Loxton
Bristol
Handel Cossham
Weston
Gladstonian
Inskip
Wilson
Labor
Mr. Cossham
France and Dahomey Clash Seen With Prisoner Exchange
Paris reports that M Etienne minister for the Colonies will explain in the Chamber of Deputies about Dahomey troubles. The Dahomey King proposes prisoner exchanges with French captives. France plans no interior advance, only fortified garrisons at Porto Novo and Kotonou, seeking up to 300000 francs in credit.
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Paris
M. Etienne
Chamber of Deputies
France
Dahomey
Porto Novo
Kotonou
Chamber
Lumber trade with Canada inquiry on import and export duties
In Ottawa on May 9 Mr Bryson asked if US duty cuts on sawn lumber to 1 per 1000 ft would trigger Canada to drop export duties on pine and spruce logs. Sir John MacDonald affirmed and said the information was conveyed to authorities.
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Bristol
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Bryson
United States Congress
Sir John MacDonald
Violent Turn in Bohemian Bakers Strike Across Iser Valley
Report from Pesth dated May 9 notes violence in Bohemia as Iser Valley strikers attack factories damaging machinery and drive remaining weavers from work. In Pesth the journeymen bakers resume duties after a recent strike.
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Bohemia
Bakers
Pesth
Ossipee
Gloucester
Canso
Vienna
Iser
Border tensions and trade disputes prompt commission power
The report notes a law restricting alien immigration but reveals entrants cross near the border via sparsely populated districts. It highlights Mexico cooperation needs, Chinese exclusion enforcement, and duties loopholes allowing goods to move through the Free Zone without duties to either country.
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Mexico
Free Zone
America
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