Internal AP AA Supreme Council splits over McKinley candidacy
The Supreme Council of the American Protective Association faces a rift as the advisory board’s anti McKinley report draws criticism. Debate centers on censure of the advisory board while a special committee may probe all presidential candidates. Leaders include Traynor, Dunbar, Beatty, Rhodes, and Echols as contenders.
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Washington
Supreme Council of the
Advisory Board
McKinley
Supreme Council
Lne
Ohio
Supreme Body
Executive Committee
Supreme
Traynor
E. H. Dunbar
Boston
Supreme Secretary of State
J. A. Rhodes
Vermont
Beatty
Supreme Presidency
Dr. Ford
New York
Judge Bowers
Iowa
Echols
Georgia
L. F. S. Davis
Massachusetts
Committee On Political Action
B. H. DeWolf
Gold Withdrawals Trim Treasury Reserve to 114 Million
Washington reports a May 13 withdrawal of 1 535 900 in gold from the Treasury lowering the gold reserve to 114 456 381. The daily figure reflects the ongoing management of the nation s bullion holdings.
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Washington
Treasury
Radii of a Circle Solve Love Equation
In a humorous exchange a college maiden argues using geometry that mutual love equates to a constant X. The young man accepts the reasoning until the gaslight flickers out for two hours, leaving the lovers in darkness.
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Miss Axtom
Cambridge Gardener in Assault on Wife at Home
James Kelliher 60, a Cambridgeport gardener, allegedly assaulted his wife Emma last evening at their Hastings Street home. She is in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital with severe facial injuries and partial loss of the nose. An axe previously owned by the Kellihers was found in a wood shed. police say a weapon may be unknown. New details note nightly drunken disturbances and a daytime quarrel that led to the attack.
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James Kelliher
Hastings Street
Cambridgeport
Emma
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kelliher
Kellihers
John
Malden
Mulvaney
Johnnie
Eilery H. Clark
Greece
Boston
Paris
Tom Burke
Arthur Blake
Tommy Curtis
Athens
Professor White
Harvard
Harvard University
Clark
America
Thomas J. Gargan
Wolcott
God
Three Murdered in Butte Creek Valley Case
In Yreka California on May 13, Mrs Henry Schwatka, her young daughter Irene and a Chinese servant were killed at their Prather ranch home. Authorities suspect the Chinaman shot the women before killing himself, though Mr Schwatka disputes this. Mr Schwatka is brother of Lt Schwatka, the Arctic explorer.
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Yreka, Cal
Henry Schwatka
Irene
Prather Ranch
Butte Creek Valley
Schwatka
Mr. Schwatka
Ordination of William H. Allison at North Avenue Baptist
William H. Allison, son of former alderman George A. Allison, was ordained last evening at North Avenue Baptist Church. A Cambridge native, he is 25, educated at Cambridge Latin School, Harvard College class of 1898, and nearing completion of a Newton Theological Institute three year course. He plans a year abroad studying at the University of Berlin after graduation.
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William H. Allison
North Avenue
Allison
George A. Allison
Cambridge
Cambridge Latin School
Harvard College
Newton Theological Institution
University of Berlin
Cantata in Somerville at Flint Street M E Church
Last evening the cantata Daniel was presented in Somerville at Flint Street M E Church. Grace Greene narrated the story while a six voice choir, including part from the South Boston Choral Union, performed. Soloists were Louise J. Price D B Watson sopranos Henry Perkins tenor Charles Harris bass and J B Rand baritone.
Railway Injunction Blocks Hartford Electric Line
In Hartford Connecticut on May 13 E D Robbins counsel for the New England railroad secured a temporary injunction from Judge Andrews of the Supreme Court. The order bars the Hartford Street Railway Company the General Electric Company of New Britain and the Newington Tramway Company from building the electric railway from Hartford to New Britain. Returnable the first Tuesday in June.
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Hartford, Conn
E. D. Robbins
New England Railroad
Andrews
Supreme Court
Hartford Street Railway Company
General Electric Company of
New Britain
Newington Tramway Company
Hartford
Yale Law School building gets $10,000 gift
John W. Hendrie of New York and Yale ’51 has donated 10 000 dollars to the law faculty to aid in completing the law school building. He has already given 15 000 dollars for the same purpose. The Berzheus Society plans a dormitory on Hillhouse Avenue at an estimated cost of 360 000 dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
John W. Hendrie
New York
Yale
Law
Hendrie
Berzheus Society
Sheffield Scientific School Society
Hillhouse Avenue
Aldermen Plan Adjustment on Waterbury Trolley Extension
Waterbury Board appoints City Attorney Kellogg and four aldermen to seek an amicable settlement with Waterbury Traction Company. The goal is a trolley extension east on the Cheshire road and north to Waterville.
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Waterbury, Conn
Kellogg
Waterbury Traction Company
Cheshire Road
Waterville
Odd Fellows mark fiftieth anniversary in Brighton lodge
The Nonantum Lodge in Brighton celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with Brother Caleb Atherton among the guests. Speakers included Grand Master Esty and Hon. Alfred Pinkerton. Colonel Thomas praised Massachusetts fraternal spirit and noted 50 000 local members and 500 000 nationwide.
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Odd Fellowship
Brighton
Nonantum Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Brother Atherton
Atherton
Medford
Old Lodge
Allston
Austin S. Esty
Winfield S. Nevins
John S. Corkhill
John A. Perkins
Julius L. Clarke
Edward H. Kavanagh
Louis A. Cook
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Odd Fellows
Henry A. Thomas
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Our Order
Alfred 8. Pinkerton
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Austin 8. Esty
Mathias C. Clarke
William H. Hall
Sumner P. Lawrence
Rebekah
William F. Dusseault
Thomas
Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Order of Odd Fellows
Alaska Boundary Controversy and Cameron Line Critique
Eliza R. Scidmore discusses The Alaska Boundary Question in The Century, arguing the Cameron line would seize Alaska’s rich mineral regions and famed scenery including Portage Channel and Behrn Canal. She notes past boundary shifts, the loss of Glacier Bay, and warns against Canadian aggressions fed by misinformed editors and sensationalism.
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Eliza R. Scidmore
Alaska
Cameron Line
Portland Channel
Behm Canal
Revillagigedo
John Muir
Stikine River
Yosemite
Cameron
Canada
Stikine
Hudson Bay Company
Cassiar
United States
Fort Wrangell
Victoria B. C
Taku Inlet
Lynn Canal
Berner’s Bay
Davidson
New World
Muir Glacier
Muir Inlet
Alaska Boundary Line
Master and Man Disappearance Baffles Somerville
Two Somerville men Douglas Miller and George McGregor vanished in unclear circumstances. Miller, barber shop owner on Washington Street and Shawmut Avenue, left for Boston with unknown目的. McGregor, his trusted employee, disappeared after planning a store trip. Mrs Miller denies any romantic involvement linking the cases.
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Somerville
Douglas Miller
George McGregor
Washington Street
Shawmut Avenue
McGregor
Miller
Boston
Miler
Colonnade Hotel death inquiry at morgue prompts identity doubt
Mrs. Crittenden of South Boston, a self described teacher, viewed the Colonnade death body at the morgue and doubted if it was her friend Carrie Everett who disappeared months earlier after friends feared her mental decline. Everett had lived in Boston until about eight months ago.
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New York
Disconsolate Athletes Over Loss of Holmes Field
Harvard plans to remove bleachers and abandon Holmes field by July 1 to make way for new dormitories. The site hosts the renowned baseball diamond and a top running track, with Carey gymnasium also to be sacrificed, prompting dismay from Harvard athletes and Mott Haven squads.
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Holmes Field
Baseball Association
Harvard
Soldiers
Carey
Jarvis
Harvard Tennis Tournament Sees Narrow Wins
Yesterday's Harvard tennis play showed closer results with Ingraham beating Foster and Thomas defeating Scudder. Coues topped Beaman, Codman defeated Whitfield, and McKittrick beat Forbes as matches advanced with scheduled showings Whitman versus Coues Marvin versus Holt and Thomas against Codman.
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Harvard
Ingraham
Foster
Thomas
Scudder
Forbes
McKittrick
R. W. Coues, Jr
M. G. Beaman
A. Ingraham
H. Foster
R. C
Malta temple dedication and Red Cross anniversary in Cambridgeport
Last evening at 40 Prospect Street Cambridgeport the Malta Temple was dedicated by Grand Commandery officers led by Sir John Hicks and a first anniversary celebration for Red Cross Commandery No. 16. An address of welcome was given by Sir Knight Commander Edward J. Barteaux followed by devotional exercises a musical program and the singing of America.
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Malta Temple
Red Cross Commandery
No. 16. A
Prospect Street
Cambridgeport
John Hicks
P. C
George S. Delano
William H. Hankin
George §. Jones
Wheelwomen Entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall
The Woodbridge Ladies eyecle Club presented a minstrel show in North Cambridge with Miss Eva F. Robinson as interlocutress and performances by Miss Louise Horner and Miss Lucy Murphy. Mrs. W. S. Doane led a whistling scene and Mrs. H. F. Sargent sang Heart. This marks the third annual minstrel, titled Berets Cit.
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Woodbridge
Louise Horne
Odd Fellows
North
Cambridge
M. Thayer
E. #. Wood
Eva F. Robinson
Louise Horner
Suwanee River
Lucy Murphy
W. S. Doane
H. F. Sargent
Berets Ci
Boston Olympians Honor Athens Victors at Banquet
The 1896 Boston banquet at Faneuil Hall celebrated five Boston athletes who competed in Athens. Mayor Quincy and Acting Governor Wolcott led tributes, with remarks by Solon Viasto, John Graham, Henry Parkman, and others. Speeches praised amateurism, Greek friendship, and Boston’s athletic legacy as attendees toasted with formal dining and music.
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Athens
Ellery Clark
Tom Burke
Tommy Curtis
W. N. Hoyt
Arthur Blake
Quincy
James B. Connelly
Suffolk Athletic Club
Paine Brothers
Burke
Solon S. J. Viasto
Atlantis
America
Harry Cornish
Faneuil Hall Square
Vendome
John Dever
Ned Leary
John R. Murphy
Alderman Charles
Donovan
Ward 8
Perlie Dyar
Bordman Hall
Mahoney
City Hall
John H. Lee
King Arthur
William Bunting
John H. Sullivan
Arthur Hunnewell
G. W. Beals
Arthur Burnham
Godfrey Morse
Fred W. Lord
Frank W. Garrison
Benjamin W. Wells
John H. Duane
A. B. Heath
Thomas W. Flood
John W. Coveney
Dick Russell
Nat G. Robinson
John T. Priest
Isaac P. Hutchinson
J. M. Galvin
Victors
Wolcott
John Graham
Thomas A. Mullen
al C. Dowling
Thomas J. Gargan
Demosthenes Timagenis
Boston
David F. Barry
Greece
Massachusetts
Natick Town Meeting Votes on Almshouse and Graces
Natick on May 13 held a special town meeting approving $10,000 to build a new almshouse on the town farm. Voted to mark Revolutionary graves at a cost up to $125. Adopted metered water rates with industry charge at 15 cents per thousand gallons effective July 1. Company L Ninth Regiment was refused an armory costing $16,000 for being below town standards.
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Natick
Italians Strike At Derry Electric Road Project
Seventy five Italian workers building the Derry and Chester electric road walked off the job after a 20 cent daily raise request was turned down. Six leaders were sent back to Boston. a possible settlement may resume work. Stockholders met and voted to mortgage the company to raise funds to finish the line.
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Derry
N. H
Derry & Chester
Boston
Electric Road
Yale declines Hamburg regatta invitation
New Haven May 13 Yale University announces President De Sibour has definitively declined to enter Yale in the Hamburg regatta. He states Yale cannot row abroad in more than the Henley races, and thus will not participate in the German event.
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New Haven
Conn
de Sibour
Yale Navy
Yale
Hamburg
Child Drowns in Merrimac River Near Pine Island
The dead body of five year old Frank Berrard, son of Frank Berrard of Lowell, was found floating in the Merrimac River near Pine Island after drowning in a canal while playing around lumber. Medical Examiner Howe viewed the body and it will be taken to Lowell.
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Lawrence
Frank Berrard
Lowell
Merrimac River
Pine Island
Howe
Lowell Tomer Low
Amesbury Banquet Held by W C T U and YWGTU Guests
The W. C. T. U. and Y W G T U of Salisbury held a banquet at Cushing Hall with Amesbury town officials as guests. A mass meeting followed in the evening featuring Mrs. Howes of Boston speaking on Scientific Education.
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Amesbury
W. Co. T. U. and
Salisbury
Cushing Hall
Nantasket Inspectors Visit Nantasket Branch
President Charles P. Clark General Manager E. G. Allen Third Vice President J. R. Kendrick Superintendent John C. Sanborn and C Peter Clark of the New York New Haven & Hartford railroad arrived by special train for a Nantasket branch inspection this afternoon.
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Nantasket Beach
Charles P. Clark
E. G. Allen
J. R. Kendrick
John C. Sanborn
C. Peter Clark
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Nantasket
English American Club Formed As Rose Social Club
A meeting of British subjects at Caledonia Hall Eliot Street formed the Rose Social Club. The next gathering is scheduled for June 15.
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Caledonia Hall
Eliot Street
Rose Social Club
Somerville Aldermen Debate Police Reserve and Fire Budgets
Mayor Perry revealed concerns over the reserve police force of eight to ten men created since May 1895 and their ongoing pay. He questioned legal authority and urged relief of the reserve or a funding increase to the police budget. He also criticized the fire department debt rise and cited past and current appropriation discrepancies.
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Perry
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Board of Aldermen
Chief of Police
Tne
Fac
Firs
The Old White Horse of Kansas City’s Early Streets
A reminiscence recalls the livery stable at Thirteenth and Grand in Kansas City when Main Street was muddy. The old white horse, famed for his stubborn racing spirit, challenged traveling racers, betting at high odds. He blamed impounders and drifted through impromptu contests at local tracks.
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Kansas City
Main
Thirteenth and
Grand Avenue
Calhoon & Johnson
Crab Orchard
Jockey Club
McGee
Paul Corder
Fort Scott
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Leaping along the landward flood toward the sea
A vivid poetic fragment describes a bold torrent moving past crags and green caverns. It speaks of relentless progress through mist and pine scented air toward distant southern lands and purple vines, toward the sea.
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Strean
Landgson
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Arctic Explorer
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W. H. Allison
Yale College
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Lowell House
John J. Dowling
Dowling & Co
Caleb Atherton
The
All
Ston
the Assembly
Ernor Greenhalge
Alaskan
M’kinley
ST. Joseph
Fourth Congressional District
Carrie Everett
Malta
Jane Lock
Silver Street
South Bogton
Fourth Street
Nerth
Lane
Citypital Ambulance
John H. Woon
Winter St
Woodbury
Mayor Quincey
Joe O'Neil
General Martin
A. Shuman
Jonathan A. Lane
Conry
Henry Parkman
Boston Athletic Association
J. O. Shaw
Henry O'Meara
Joseph L. White
Natick Town Meeting
Merrimac
Cohasset
William Mulvey
King Street
Germain Lee
Rose Social Clus
Aldermen Agcg
Brookline
Margaret Forbes
Frank Forbes
Sewall Place
Sewall Street
Kittridge
Division 4
Carver Street
James Peterson
Edward Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Benjamin Mahoney
BE. D. Preston
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