Lowell Impassioned Debate Over Mill Girls Morality
Lowell May 15. Mayor Courtney condemns Rev C L Merriam for claiming thousands of mill girls in Lowell live immorally. Residents and mill workers defend the women, noting strict boarding house rules and decent wages. Merriam cites 35 000 women and 1000 rooms as evidence of vice amid city pride in industry.
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Lowell
C L. Merriam
Highland Congregational Church
Mill City
Corporation
Post
C. L. Merriam
Emily Harrigan
Merriam
Bridgett Harris
Highlands
Maggie McDermott
Etta
Merrimac Corporation
Dexter
Dutton Street
4. G. Pollard & Co
Ayor Courtney
William F Courtney
New England
Young Women's Christian Committee
Young Women’s Christian Association
Spain Seeks U S Probe on Filibuster Steamers Bermuda Lauarada
The May 9 and 11 protests to the American government by Spanish minister Dupuy de Lome are discussed. Olney pledges inquiry. culprits would be recalled if officials err. In Havana, Weyler orders grain transport and seizes grain after twenty days. patriot leader Manuel Romero shot at Cienfuegos.
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Madrid
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Bermuda
Lauarada
Olney
United States
Horsa
Supreme Court
Harmon
Washington
Dupuy de Lome
Spain
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
Barnett
Leavitt
Lee
Virginia
Senate
Morgan
Dem
Ala
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuba
Secretary of State
Weyler
Manuel Romero
Cienfuegos
Tragic 10 Year Old Falls From Roof To Die
Margaret Killeen’s son Johnnie, 10, leapt from his three story Tyler Street home to avoid punishment. He landed in an alley after 11 pm, suffering a crushed skull and fatal injuries at Emergency Hospital.
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Little Johnnie
Margaret Killeen
Tyler Street
Pension Bills Pass in House for Gresham Widow
In Washington on May 15 the House approved a bill granting the widow of the late Secretary Gresham a $100 monthly pension by a 120 to 15 vote after a quorum was finally counted. A proposal to recommit the Ewing widow pension with a $50 monthly reduction failed 16 to 55, and no quorum was found for the evening session.
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Washington
House
Gresham
Talbert
Thomas Ewing
Killilea Found Not Guilty In Gratuity Case
The jury in New York city returned a not guilty verdict for Police Captain Killilea who was charged with receiving a gratuity of 100 dollars from Yale and Princeton game managers for the Thanksgiving Day 1892 match at Manhattan Field.
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New York
Killilea
Manhattan Field
Intercollegiate Military Drill Heats Harvard Amherst Brown Tech
Technology wins major prizes at Mechanics Hall in a clash with Harvard Amherst and Brown. Tech takes the silk guidon and first in individual drill with Lieutenant J B Tingley among the Brown entries failing to place. Governor Wolcott attends as Amherst leads early but Tech clinches the overall victory.
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Technology
Harvard
Brown
Amherst
Massachusetts Institute
Mechanics’ Hall
Institute
Wellesley
W. Malcolm Corse
Albin M. Kramer
Wolcott
United States
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
E. Dwight Fullerton
Ross McPherson
J. S. Francis
Lewis O. O'Brien
J. Fred Osborne
R. Outerbridge
Fullerton and
Outerbridge
Massachusetts Agricultural College
A. G. Burrington
Brown Battalion
H. S. Mabie
J. 8. Cook
J. W. Upton
F. W. Murphy
H. G. Wilcox
J. Schiffer
T. M. Phetteplace
J. F. Dyer
J. B. Tingley
G. C. Hathaway
C. F. Schipper
N. H. Gifford
T. E. Hopkins
J. A. Fleming
H.¢L. Morse
F. R. Sites
H. DB. Ashley
B. Hannan
J. H. Richardson
E. E. Pierce
C. H. Murray
Fourth Cavalry
Brown University
Wirt Robinson
Fourth Artillery
Harvard University
W. M. Dickinson
Seventeenth Infantry
John Bigelow, Jr
Tenth Cavalry
Wilbur E. Wilder
West Point
J. Greble
Second Artillery
Henry C. Hodges, Jr
Twenty- Second Infantry
Salem Cadet Band
Ambherst
Tech
B Company
Fullerton
Beecham Pills Offered For Constipation at 25 Cents
An ad notes Beecham's Pills for constipation priced at 25 cents and promotes a health book available from druggists. The fragment mentions Ames sales exceeding 6,000,600 bones.
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Beecham
Ames
Curse of Tech and Kramer Win Battalion Drill Victory
Curse of Tech and Kramer of Amherst led the winning battalion drill as Technology entered first with two companies. Brown faced tough contrast while competing. The event ended with all colleges forming a hollow square as Governor Walcott handed prizes. Brown and Tedh then danced with each other’s girls.
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Curse
Tech
Kramer
Amherst
Technology
Brown
Walcott
Tedh
Dupont Election Case Deliberations in Senate
In Washington on May 15 the Senate heard final arguments on the Dupont election case with Platt supporting Dupont and Vilas opposing. The Turpie amendment declaring Dupont not entitled to the seat was voted down 30 to 1 with Populists largely aligned with Democrats, except Jones of Nevada who was paired against Dupont. The question is closed.
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Washington
Dupont
Senate
Platt
Rep
Conn
Vilas
Dem
Wis
Turpie
Ind
Yeas
Mr. Jones
Nevada
Cleveland, O
William McKinley
City
Canton
M. A. Hanna
Cleveland
Malden School Chief to Retire After Ten-Year Term
Malden says farewell to Superintendent Charles A. Daniels who will retire at term end after ten years in office amid past opposition over age and progress. He will become history teacher at the high school. Also, Herbert Dowling dies suddenly of heart disease at Pleasant Street home after a fishing outing with friends. He leaves a wife and is a son of the late Thomas Dowling. he previously worked as a revenue officer in Alabama.
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Malden
Charles A. Daniels
Herbert Dowling
Pleasant Street
Prankers Pond
Thomas Dowling
Alabama
Violin Pupils Exhibit At Union Hall Delight Audience
The fourteenth annual musicale of Mrs. M Sherman Raymonds violin pupils at Union Hall last night featured Schubert unfinished symphony and Haydn souvenir. Celists Miss Georgia Pray Grace Bullock Ida Mann and others accompanied by Cunningham sisters French horns Sibley cornet Yeaton trombone Grover Casey Underwood violas McLaughlin flute. A finale titled Three Energetic Fiddlers starred Barbara Werner Florence Pond and Walter Hall aged 7 to 9.
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M. Sherman-Raymond
Union Hall
Schubert
Georgia Pray
Grace Bullock
Ida Mann
Cunningham Sisters
Sibley
Yeaton
Grover
Casey
Underwood
McLaughlin
Haydn
Glenn Ruth Priest
Barbara Werner
Florence Pond
Walter Hall
Gloucester Aldermen Hear Bridge Danger and Heating Plant Appeal
Mayor reads correspondence on the Squam River drawbridge over the Boston and Maine line, described as dangerous due to rotten piles. Rail officials plan a new double track bridge. An order to draft a General Court act for a 1897 heating and lighting plant was laid on the table.
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Gloucester
Board of Aldermen
Robinson
Webber
Boston & Maine Railroad
Squam River
General Court
Bank Director Richards Dies By Own Action In Bar Harbor
Eugene R. Richards a leading Bar Harbor real estate agent and director of the First National Bank shot himself to death this afternoon. The bachelor had been addicted to opium and recently survived a morphine overdose rescued by friends. He was worth about $30,000.
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Bar Harbor
Eugene RB. Richards
First National Bank
Richards
Pepperell Strike Averted With Shorter Schedule
Pepperell and Laconia mills reach agreement to replace the 10 percent wage cut with a shorter schedule. Operations revert to eight hours daily five days a week starting Monday. About 600 looms idle with an estimated 60 percent drop in production.
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Biddeford
Pepperell and
Laconia Mills
Denison Mayor recounts deadly cyclone near Sherman
The storm struck around 5 pm on the courthouse square, twisting an iron bridge and sending mud and ashes through the air. By 9 pm fifty bodies filled public buildings as search parties looked for more. many homes were destroyed and several residents were killed or seriously injured. A mass relief meeting was held at the Sherman courthouse.
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Tone
Denison
Sherman
Courthouse Square
Court House
Post Oak Creek
Michael
Kohler
J. B. Irwin
Sadler
James Davis
John Fields
Trick on the Robber in Tombstone Case
Reporter recounts Tom Fitch, on a Phoenix visit, aiding a highwayman by offering defense for $500 and a writ of habeas corpus for $20. Fitch recovers the robber's hidden cash, later confronts him in his office, and with the sheriff retrieves $100 from a bank to aid the man’s return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fitch
Tombstone
Phenix
Fitch
Pennsylvania
A P A Jury in Washington Weigh McKinley Endorsement
A P A convention in Washington focuses on Major McKinley with belief a boycott will be dropped once a vote is possible. Some members fear the body may formally endorse the Ohio candidate and reprimand the advisory board that charged him. Conservatives urge no action until formal nomination.
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Washington
A P. A
Major McKinley
Ohio
Advisory Board Executive Committee
Teller Reveals St Louis Delegation Stance
Senator Teller says he will attend the St Louis convention as a delegate. He notes he told his state's Republicans his position and will stand where he stood in his speech and letter to the state committee chairman.
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Washington
Teller
St. Louis
Leases on Subway Bills Debated and Senate Amends Voting Law
The House debated the Mellen bill limiting leases to ten years with 60 days notice and the Lincoln bill prohibiting exclusive subway leases. The Mellen measure passed with amendments defeated. The Senate opened on the Dallinger-Hutchinson bill for state control of Boston elections with amendments on voter signatures and daily enforcement, adjourned after adopting several changes.
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George R. Jones
Melrose
James F. Creed
South Boston
John L. Bates
Charles J. Quirk
T. F. Keenan
Franklin D. Barnes
Chelsea
House
Senate
Dallinger-Hutchinson
Boston Board of Elections
Sprague
Corbett
Lomasney
Irwin
Hutchinson
Suffolk
Bishop Foster Retired After Long Methodist Service
Bishop Randolph S. Foster, aged 76, retired by the Methodist General Conference. Born in Williamsburg Ohio in 1820, educated at Augusta College, Ky. He led at Northwestern University, taught at Drew Theological Seminary, and authored several works including Christian Purity and Studies in Theology. He married Sarah A. Miley, sister of Bishop John Miley of Ohio.
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Randolph
Foster
Methodist General Conference
Williamsburg
Med
Augusta College
Ohio Conference
Northwestern University
New York
Drew Theological Seminary
McClintock
Bowman
Wesleyan University
Pew
Pulpit
Sarah A. Miley
John Miley
Ohio
Bishop Election Ballots at Methodist Conference
At Cleveland Ohio on May 16 the Methodist general conference held bishop elections. First ballot totals: Hamilton 107, Cranston 115, McCabe 141, Bowen 148 of 521 votes. Two-thirds needed for a choice. second ballot totals show McCabe 218, Bowen 17, Cranston 167, Hammond 161.
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Cleveland
Methodist General Conference
J. W. Hamilton
Earl Cranston
C. C. McCabe
J. W. E. Bowen
C. C. Macabe
J. W. FE. Bowen
A. W. Hammond
Death in Office of Surgeon General Forster of Massachusetts
Surgeon General Forster dies in New York while returning from Washington where he attended a meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons. Governor Wolcott orders a military funeral and burial at Mount Auburn. a state funeral plan is to be decided at a State House meeting with General Davidson and Col. Capelle.
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Forster
Massachusetts
Roger Wole ‘Ott
Goveror
Colonel Carter
Davidson
State House
Watertown
New York
Wolcott
J. N. Carter
Carter
Capelle
Greenhalge
Mount Auburn
Caepelle
Washington
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Sketch of Dr. Foster From Charlestown History
Edward Jacob Forster born in Charlestown forty nine years ago. He studied medicine at Harvard and Dublin Lying-In Hospital. He began practice in 1858 and became Charlestown city physician before its annexation to Boston. He served Massachusetts soldiers health matters and held multiple medical posts. His family was wealthy and prominent in Charlestown.
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Edward Jacob Forster
Charlestown
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
Atlantic
Europe
Dublin
Boston
Massachusetts
Forster
Massachusetts Medical Society
Registry of Medicine
Greenhalge
H.L. Burrill
Boston City Hospital
Boston Medical Library Association
University Club
999Th Artillery Association
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Big Mill
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J. E. Pattee
Iland2
Pangaea
JO H. Wood RY
Seaton
de Lome
South End
Lad
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Amherst Agricultural
Malden Notes
Pepperell
Groveland Pines
Haverhill
Groveland
the Pines
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Company
L. F. Berry
Slattery
North Adams
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Newton
Thomas Fay
Vernon Street
Roxbury
Columbus Avenue
W. C. Watson
Commonwealth Avenue
Kentucky
George Clark
Reed
Brooki
Cyclones Fury
Arizona
M’kinley
Wyoming
Sheridan, Wy
Mc Kinley
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
Saratoga Springs
ST. Paul's
St. Paul
Southampton
Morris Hockin
Norfolk Avenue
Mass
East One Hundred and Fourth Street
Caryville
Bishop Foster
Italy
Hotel
B. Nason Hamlin
East
Thomas
Cambridge
R. C. Thomas
R. McKittrick
Sunday Post
Rt Ud Remedy CO
Bromfield St
Harvard-Stevens
Hoboken
N. J
Stevens
St. George Cricket Club
C. E. Billings
Unitarian Society
Hingham
Nightingale
Louisville
Hamlin
Louisville Fair and Driving Association
Warner Miller
McKinley
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Boston, Mass
Benj, I. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
Ss. F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Railroads
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New England Railroad Co
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Byton
Hartford
Park Square
Norwich
Chicago
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Erie
West Shore R. 1
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Fishkill
Landing
Hopewell Junction
Poughkeepsie
Brewster
Hawleyville
Plainville
Danbury
Bristol and
New Britain
Waterbury
Rockville
Willimantic
Putnam
New London
Southbridge
Webster
D. M. Blackstone
Woonsocket
Providence
P. Walpole
A. m
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham
Highlandville
Upper Falls
P. A
Medfield
Millis
Medway
West Medway
Pascoag
T. OD
W. R. Babcock
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