Fire threats persist in Fall River as incendiary tries again
In Fall River at 12:45 a.m. an oil-soaked cushion was placed between two wooden buildings on Plymouth avenue to start a blaze. Workers Daily and Gray extinguished it, finding oil scents, a bottle and broken bottle at the scene, near a previously troubled incendiary area. A second alarm at 7:30 p.m. reported a closet fire on Pleasant street in the Concert Hall building owned by Wordell and McGuire. investigators doubt an arson link, but officials remain wary.
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Fall River
Plymouth Avenue
Cudahy Manufacturing Company
Cook Borden Company
Thomas Daily
John Gray
Durfee Mills Company
Concert Hall
Pleasant Street
Wordell & McGuire
Schooner Alice Belle Grounded in Ocean City Reach
The three masted schooner Alice Belle Captain Chadwick from Gardiner Maine to Ocean City New Jersey with ice grounded on the outer north bar yesterday while attempting to enter the harbor. Life saving crews from Ocean City and Longport boarded to refloat her but failed. She lies hard aground and partly filled with water, believed to be a total loss.
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Ocean City
N. J
Chadwick
Gardiner
Longport
Birthday Gift By Pawn In Chess Themed Tale
A wife reminds her husband it is her birthday during a chess game. He admits forgetting but promises a present, joking that she may take a pawn as a birthday gift in this lighthearted fare from Tit-Bits.
Up to date and trouble borrowed for year after next
A snappy Chicago Record quip about a wife eager for modernity and the tongue in cheek remark that she already borrows trouble for the future. The exchange reflects period humor and social tones of domestic life.
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Tusy
Chicago
Was Once Chelsea's Belle and the Black Sheep of Her Family
Mrs. Ella Hicks, found dead at Revere Beach, led a glamorous yet tragic life in Chelsea. A handsome, well-dressed woman with abundant money and diamonds, she moved through expensive Chelsea apartments, kept late hours with numerous male callers, and endured a lovelorn romance ending in divorce. Her public image hid a lonely decline as friends faded and rumors of extravagance spread.
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Ella Hicks
Revere Beach
Daudet
Zola
Hicks
Chelsea
John Street
Powder Horn Hill
Tragic Crescent Beach death linked to lovesick woman
Ella Hicks of Chelsea, once known as Ella Copley, was found dead on Crescent Beach. Authorities allege she took her life after a long pattern of rejected affection, with her lover of five years heartbroken by the outcome. The report notes her family ties, residence at 1022 Boylston Street, and the finder Gideon Bartoum, a prominent Revere resident.
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Hicks
Ella Hicks
Ella
Copley Hotel
Boylston Street
Chelsea
Fletcher
Post
Cambridge
Gideon Bartoum
Revere
Sea View House
Yale Crew Plays Henley Odds with Heavy Training Plan
Yale prepares for a June 6 departure from New York aboard the Berlin for Southampton and a three-week voyage before Henley. Coach Bob Cook stresses Yale’s four-mile tradition, weight training, acclimatization, and a diet including more ale and claret. The crew travels with eight rowers, a coxswain, substitutes, coaches, and boat builder John Keest, aiming for a strong showing in the July 8 to 10 regatta as Yale caps its famed sprinting style with a heavier, more powerful stroke adaptation.
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Bob” Cook
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London
Bob”’ Cook
Thames
Ships recalled as Bunce fleet readies for Cuban waters
In New York reports say Washington ordered no more supplies to the American squadron in European waters. The three cruisers Minneapolis San Francisco and Marblehead were to return home to join Admiral Bunce off Tompkinsville South Carolina. They would need coal and provisions, delaying departure by days, with speeds estimated to take Minneapolis eighteen days San Francisco twelve and Marblehead fifteen to twenty days to reach New York.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Admire Bunce
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Euroe
Thomas O. Selfridge
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G. H. Wadleigh
Crottact
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Leary
Bunce
Theodore F. Kane
Pacific Coast
Newark
South Atlantic
Massachusetts
Texas
Naval War College
Newport
Harvard Triumphs Boosts Crimson Spirit in Dual Meet
Harvard fans celebrate after a 30 27 23 point tally in Philadelphia as Harvard defeats Pennsylvania in a dual track meet. Captain Bremer praises faithful work, with strong prospects for track crew, crew freshmen, and upcoming May 9 invitational games and May 2 crew race in Philadelphia. Football outlook also brightens under Captain Wrightington.
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Pennsylvania
The
Post
Harvard Crimson
Bremer
Yale
Philadelphia
Mumford
Boston Wringer Company Offers Repairs for All Wringers
The American Wringer Company lists locations at 13 and 15 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill Boston offering all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Repairs called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Trement TH.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
McKinley Vote Count and Grosvenor’s Warning
General Grosvenor releases a bulletin tallying 692 votes for McKinley including contested delegates. He argues altering those votes won’t change the result and condemns a cabal seeking to force a party platform. Major McKinley will respond to the platform but not dictate it.
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Washington
Grosvenor
McKinley
New York
Henry Clay
United States
Republican Canvass Chooses Last Delegates for St Louis
New York May 17 The final delegates to the Republican national convention at St Louis June 16 were chosen yesterday. Results from six districts were not reported by midnight including Alaska Territory. An estimate places the 918 delegates with McKinley largely instructed or pledged to vote for him.
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New York
St. Louis
Alaska
McKinley
McMullen Touts Washington GOP Platform In Boston
Seattle businessman D. H. McMullen reports Washington State loyal to McKinley and sound money, with silver interests aid. He says McKinley likely to win the nomination, A P A influence waning, Seattle poised for growth as a shipping and lumber hub and Cook Inlet mining shipments bolster merchants.
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Republican Party
Washington
D. H. McMullen
Seattle
Boston
Great Northwest
Germans Fear McKinley Victory in U S Presidential Campaign
Berlin reports heightened interest in the U S race as McKinley’s presumed GOP nomination and possible election challenge protectionist fears. North German Gazette cites rising American populism. Vossische Zeitung laments McKinley’s impact on trade. Berlin Post ponders a Cleveland third term.
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United States
Germany
McKinley
Democratic Party
Vossische Zeitung
MccKinley
Berlin Post
Cleveland
Hot Contest for Presidential Delegates in Tenth District
In the tenth congressional district Democrats brace for a fierce Wednesday night convention as factions between John J. Nawn, Richard Sullivan, and Charley Quirk clash over ward 20 support and delegate ballots. The fight, rooted in past campaigns, centers on Nawn versus Sullivan with Quirk backing Sullivan and Dever’s followers.
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John J. Nawn
Fred S. Gore
Richard Sullivan
Nawn
Sullivan
John F. Dever
Charley Quirk
Dever
Senator Sullivan
Ward 20
Mr. Newn
Quirk
Chicago
William E. Russell
Josiah Quincy
Mr. Sullivan
City ward committee races spark expected battles across wards
The filing deadline for Democratic ward and city committee membership closes at 6 pm with caucuses deciding control in wards. Contests are anticipated in wards 2 3 4 5 6 8 11 14 16 and 1 with figures including ex Representatives Fitzgerald Hayes and OBrien, Senator Corbett, James Barry, John Donovan, and Charles L. Jackson amid a Republican stronghold in some districts.
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Johnny Dever
Dever
Owen A. Galvin
Josiah Quincy
P. M. Keating
Corbett
Hayes
Whch
Oba
James B. Fitzgerald
Senate
William J. Miller
Miller
Chris O'Brien
Lomasney
Cambridge Street
Dean
Bob Cox
Thomas Jackson Barry
John Fi. Donovake
Charles L
Eliot Defends Speech as Jingoism Debate Echoes at Harvard
Harvard president Eliot rejects the Illinois Grand Army encampment resolution condemning him. He recalls General Powell’s attack and asserts his Washington speech criticized European jingoism and brutal militarism. Eliot cites contemporaries Olney Lodge Roosevelt and Dana as Harvard graduates sharing similar views.
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Harvard
General Powell
Dr. Eliot
Harvard University
Powell
Washington
Europe
Palmerston
Disraeli
Gladstone
Olney
Lodgi
Roosevelt
Dana
New York
Adulterated Butter From Foreign Imports Reported
A British Board of Agriculture report to Acting Secretary Dabney details 99 imported butter samples analyzed from May 18 to February 1896 across twelve countries. Germany shows the highest adulteration rate, Denmark and Holland also contribute, while Argentina appears in the market with limited presence.
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Germany
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Russia
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Canada
France
New Zealand
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