Labor Passes Fifty-Eight Hour Bill In House Report
In a tense session the House discussed and passed the fifty-eight hour labor bill amid amendments. Debates centered on extending the act to mercantile shops and aligning with Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Connecticut. McNary gas inquiry substitute rejected. related measures on Longmeadow care and Essex County salaries also defeated. police pension and fire department pensions advanced.
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Maine
New Hampshire
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Tucker
Longmeadow
Essex County
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Gas Commission
Dorchester Gas Light Company
Parkman
Boston
McEttrick
Temperance Guard Pushes Long for Vice President Ticket
Massachusetts Temperance Republican Guard backs John D Long for second on a Harrison Long ticket hoping to lock East West balance and boost an anti Russell Cleveland pairing. Prohibitionists plan a fierce fall campaign with ministers and professors, aiming to poll at least 18000 votes and nominate a state ticket in Worcester.
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Long
Massachusetts
Temperance Republican Guard
Temperance Guard
Morton
Washington
Coldwater
Cleveland
Russell
West
East
Chicago
Boston
Worring
Big Horse Sale Closes With Broad Bargains
Yesterday’s closing day of the large horse sale drew steady bidding and fair value. Buyers including J Armstrong, J F Rodgers, E L Smith, H Clapp, J M Warren, P T Cardier, F A Adams, A Tyler, Alien Lowe, Bb F Rodgers, George Hicks, W P Ruisseau, and C B Smith secured a variety of lots led by Stephanie at 2350 and other consignments such as Idalia, Telescope, and Daisy Kirkman with prices ranging from 200 to 3100 dollars. The management expects to repeat the event annually despite modest projected profit.
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B. m
Volunteer
J. Armstrong
Fleety Wilkes
Charley Wilkes
Administrator
J. F. Rodgers
Telescope
B. H
William Tell
iBelle Ericsson
Mambrino Patchen
E. 8. Pierce
Worcester
Sylvia Ericsson
C. m
Highland Duke
Mamiar Patchen
E. L. Smith
City
Stephanie
B. Mn
Harold Thorne
Lady Stevens
Champion
H. Clapp
Amie Thorne
Amie Tell
J. M. Warren
B. F
Jessie McConnel
Senator
J. D. Falion
J. J. Conley
B. G
Don Carlos
Bohemia
Bayard
P. T. Cardier
Duke of Wellington
Aristocrat
Zenobia
Burkis
Alien Lowe
Maggie Mcliver
Alcantara
Hambletonian
Green’s
Bb. F. Rodgers
Halvan
Haldane
Shena van
Daniel Lambert
George Hicks
Halcorn
T. B
Pilot Knox
W. P. Ruisseau
Daisy Kirkman
B.m
Mamphrino Kirkman
Sacs Sheppard
A. A
Old State House Transport Hub Under Palmer Management
No. 3 Old State House, long a popular transportation HQ in Boston under Mr. L. H. Palmer, offers tickets or drawing room car seats for Shore Line express trains and the Colonial express between Boston and Washington.
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Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Boston
Shore Line
Washington
Northern Pacific Board Votes No Dividend For Quarter
Northern Pacific directors announced no cash dividend for the quarter ending March 31 1892. The 989 990 78 surplus from preferred stock under the reorganization provisions covered 731 863 in two prior dividends leaving 258 128 available. The matter of 3 347 000 consolidated bonds for preferred stockholders will be reviewed at the October annual meeting.
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New Yor
Northern Pacific Railroad
Board of
Accounting Department
Serious Haverville Fire Destroys Washington Street Block
A major blaze in a brick Washington street block in Havernith houses multiple shoe industry tenants. Losses include $3,000 on the building, $10,000 for Gilbert & Co., $15,000 for Appleton & Bassett, and $4,000 for Bartlett & Co. Insurance covers the damages. About two hundred workers lose employment. origin undetermined, boiler room suspected. engine remains intact.
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Gilbert & Co
S. R. Bartlett
G. W. Gilbert & Co
Appleton
Murdered for Her Money at Bochum Mansion
An eccentric spinster Lena Munscheid lived with a fierce dog at a Bochum mansion. She was found strangled after a weekend robbery. 40,000 marks in stock dividends were deposited the night before but nothing remained on site. No clues yet to the killer or motive.
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Brrun
Lena Munscheid
Wienerenstrasse
Bochum
Unprecedented Mauritius Hurricane Devastates Port Louis
Reports from Mauritius describe a April 29 hurricane of extraordinary violence blowing ashore most ships, destroying western Port Louis, uprooting trees, and wiping out parts of the town. Many dead, exact toll unknown. Governor supplies tents and food to homeless. Sugar, rice, coffee and pepper crops heavily ruined.
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Mauritius
Port Louis
Isle of France
Indian Ocean
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Funeral for little Joey Powers in Quincy
The funeral of young Joey Powers was held at his Franklin street home, his mutilated body placed in a white casket with flowers. A large crowd attended and at 8 pm he was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, while his parents mourned, described with poignant grief.
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Quincy
Post
Joey Powers
Franklin Street
Joey
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Granite City
Looks Like Murder in Weathersfield Vermont
Reuben F. Leet of Weathersfield VT was found dead yesterday with a two shots fired pistol near him. The position of the gun and wounds suggest murder. Ed H. Wetherbee of Charlestown NH and Mrs. Leet are under arrest with Wetherbee sent to Vermont State Prison Windsor. Dr Marden says wounds appear not accidental.
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Reuben FE. Leet
Ed H. Wetherbee
Charlestown
N. H
Leet
Wetherbee
Vermont State
Windsor
E. Marden
Claremont
Barre Granite Cutters Reach Revised Strike Settlement
Barre Vermont May 19 M Cames of East Barre Coburn Jones and George Warley sign the granite cutters revised bill extending to May 1 1893 and will renew work. Most dealers and cutters oppose arbitration and doubt it could settle the dispute.
Wayward Yacht Docked Off Boompay Harbor Maine
Sloop Wayward with owner Mr Sears aboard bound eastward lay in Boompay Harbor Maine this afternoon.
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Wayward
Maine
Boompay Harbor
Sears
West End Trouble May Be Settled Amicably
Union President Ratigan met Whitney of the road to present West End employees grievances over time tables. They discussed Jamaica Plain and Roxbury Chelsea schedules, substitutions, the 40 minute rule, and plans to reduce cross town trips, with assurances of joint solution and reduced bossism.
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Whitney
Milk Street
Highland District
Wright
Jamaica Plain
Mt. Pleasant
The Common Council Deliberates on North End Park and Heath Street Sale
The Boston Common Council held a midnight session discussing open space for public meetings at the North End and the Heath Street city lot sale. A special committee was appointed to find park locations, with a loan for park development debated and the Heath Street sale postponed amid accusations of a “job” and graft.
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Matthews
North End
Heath Street
Charles A. Dolan
Ward 20
Boston
Franklin Field
Fitzgerald
Ward 6
Ratshesky
Doherty
Murphy
Bates
City Hall
Gormley
Curley
Ward 19
P. Maguire
Springfield Line Limited Fast Train Between Boston and New York
The Springfield Line limited train runs from Boston to New York leaving at 12 noon and arriving at 5 40 p.m. It consists entirely of drawing room cars and costs $6 per passenger including a seat in a drawing room car.
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Boston
New York
Mock Convention Nominates Blaine On Sixth Ballot
At Association Hall the mock Columbian Presidential convention amid applause nominated James G Blaine for president on the sixth ballot. Delegates from 248 Y M C A literary society reps heard varied remarks as Blaine led with 41 votes on the first ballot and won after six rounds with Bellamy close behind.
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Berkeley Temple
Dave Hill
Grover Cleveland
Ruth
John Wanamaker
Jerry Simpson
H. W. James
Ohio
Benjamin Harrison
E. Spalding
New York
C. O. Underhill
Blaine
Harrison
Cleveland
Bellamy
Russell
Reed
Hill
Scattering
Panic on Westfield Ferry After Explosion Near Governors Island
About five to six hundred passengers on the Westfield ferry bound for Gravesend faced a near panic when an explosion and flame erupted from the crank space. Illuminating gas caused the blaze, woodwork scorched, but officers quickly extinguished the fire and the boat proceeded to Bay Ridge without further incident.
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Westfield
Bay Ridge
Gravesend
Governor’s Island
Thera
Killed on the Fitchburg near Belmont crossing
Belmont May 19 A man about forty to fifty years old was struck and killed instantly by an inward passenger train on the Fitchburg line near the Belmont crossing. He walked onto the track to let a freight pass as the passenger train came around a curve. The deceased, a well built English sailor with discharge papers for Robert Sidele, from the schooner Lucy A. Davis, born in England and discharged in New Orleans in 1890, was shabbily dressed.
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Fitchburg
Belmont Crossing
Boston
Robert Sidele
England
New Orleans
Lucy A. Davis
Yale Harvard track games under protest in New Haven
Yale has formally charged Harvard shot putter and hammer thrower Evins with professionalism. A thorough investigation will occur after the games, while Yale’s J. W. Allen races with a sprained wrist. Harvard athletes travel from Hartford to New Haven for the event tomorrow.
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Conn
Yale
Harvard
Evins
J. W. Allen
Hartford
Park Theatre Closes Season After Barry and Fay Run
Park Theatre ends its regular season 1891 92 with three final performances of Barry and Fay in McKenna's Flirtation. The regular matinee and the last show of the season occur Saturday and audiences will see the closing night tomorrow evening.
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Park Theatre
Park
Notable Non Tariff Reformers Toast Cleveland at Dinner
The New England Tariff Reform League dinner at the American House honored ex President Cleveland as the leader in tariff reform. Speakers including Harvey N. Shepard and David A. Wells urged opposition to McKinley tariff provisions, praising Cleveland and promising continued advocacy for lower duties.
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Cleveland
Democratic Party
Lord Salisbury
Henry L. Pierce
David A. Wells
Norwich
Conn
Jabez Fox
H. C. Thacher
Yarmouth
Josiah Quincy
C. 3S “Ham
Faxon
Herald
Mr. Shepard
Connecticut Democrats pick leaders for Chicago trip
The Connecticut delegation to the national Democratic convention in Chicago elected officers at the state committee HQ in New Haven. Carlos French as chairman, C. B. Davis secretary, Hyde of Hartford committee on resolutions, Shannon of Norwich credentials, Benedict of Greenwich permanent organization, Osborn of New Haven vice president. They plan to depart June 17 at 6 p.m. with thirty six delegates and hotel quarters at the Auditorium. Alternate selections include Shannon with Senator Thayer of Norwich as his, Skiddy as Benedict’s, Andrew W. Tracy as Osborn’s, Geary of New London as Beckwith’s, Dowd of Danielsonville for Webb, Elliott of Clinton for Davis, and Aldiss as Ensign’s alternate.
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Chicago
Democratic State Central Committee
Carlos French
C. B. Davis
Hyde
Hartford
Shannon
Norwich
Benedict
Greenwich
Osborn
Lewiston's New City Hall Dedication Tonight
Lewiston Maine May 19 Lewiston's new city building was dedicated tonight A chorus of 150 school children delivered the keys to the Mayor who gave a response Ex Governor Garcelon and other citizens spoke The dedicatory ball is scheduled for Friday evening.
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Lewiston
Garcelon
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