Insurgent Leader Says Peace Not Declared Until De La Barra Provisional President
An insurrecto leader stated that peace will not be declared or the general armistice ended until Francisco Leon de la Barra becomes provisional president succeeding Diaz. Francisco Madero Jr will not travel to Mexico City until De La Barra is installed, then may go to assist in stabilizing the country.
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Francisco Leon de la Barra
Diaz
Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Mexico City
de la Barra
Massachusetts Aid Bill Marks War Families Support
The May 20 1861 Massachusetts Senate in Extra Session authorized towns to tax funds for aid to wives and children under 16 and dependents of volunteers, with state reimbursement set at 2 dollars per week for wives and 1 dollar for others. Debate included attacks on General Butler over arming slaves to oppose a slave insurrection.
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Massachusetts Senate
Drew
Dorchester
General Butler
Massachusetts
Senate
Walker
Worcester
Madero Leads Rebels Toward Cabinet as Barreda Quits
Rebel leaders crowded the day with work on the cabinet surrounding Provisional President de la Barra while Madero’s insurrecto forces threaten less peaceful options for bands in Lower California. Names for cabinet posts remain fluid until installation. Madero said he would not go to the capital until de la Barra assumed the presidential chair.
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California
Madero
Senor de la Barra
Mexican Congress
President de la Barra
Senor Madero
Raeburn Portrait Sells for $116,500 at Christie’s
In London Christie’s saw lively bidding for Raeburn’s portrait of Mrs. Robertson Williamson, with the work finally selling for 116,006 dollars, a record price and a strong tribute to the artist’s standing.
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Raeburn
London
Christie's Today
Robertson Williamson
Private Lunt Dies by Hanging, Camp Andrew Update
The Boston Post reports six companies of the Second Regiment at Camp Andrew in Brook Farm West Roxbury. Private Lunt of Captain Underwood's company hanged himself Saturday afternoon, leaving a wife and children in Stedman Place. Rufus Choate's son serves as lieutenant in Colonel Gordon's regiment and is enduring camp hardships at Brook Farm.
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Gordon
Brook Farm
West
Lunt
Underwood
Stedman Place
Rufus Choate
Niagara and vessels off Charleston stir Civil War era fears
The Boston Post notes United States steamship Niagara leading the blockade off Charleston. Reports from Charleston Courier describe Niagara’s movements, sightings of the British ships Monmouth and General Parkhill, and attempts to board vessels. The Susan G Owens sailed to Liverpool after a boarding rumor, per the pilot.
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United States
Niagara
Charleston
S. C
Charleston Courier
Custom House
Monmouth
Liverpool
General Parkhill
Hutchinson
Belfast
Susan G. Owens
Niagara ships in Charleston Harbor deemed formidable
A report notes a Niagara class vessel with a 600 man crew, loaded with provisions and war materiel, decks stacked with heavy artillery. The scene suggests high tension as neutral vessels may depart while no new arrivals are allowed.
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Charleston Harbor
Para graphs from the Boston Post on Civil War mobilization and violence
A 1864 Boston Post column cites powder, cannon, and troops sent from Montgomery to Mobile, Sickles to raise a 10 900 man division, Austin’s British legion recruitment in Detroit Philadelphia Boston and New York, and a Knoxville violence scene. It notes Jeff Davis kin enlisting in Rockport Illinois and a free black farmer near Mount Vernon Virginia offering land for defense. Raleigh area ladies mock an officer with petticoats.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Sickles
Austin
British Legion
Detroit
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Pine Tree Giants reference in Bangor Veteran note
A Bangor Veteran suggests the Pine Tree Giants likely refer to the famous First Marine Volunteers. The cited company reportedly averaged 6 feet 1 inch, with two men totaling 18 feet in height. Recruits came from Portland Lewiston Norway and Auburn, led by Colonel Nathaniel J. Jackson.
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First Marine Volunteers
Portland
Lewiston
Norway
Auburn
Nathaniel J. Jackson
Inquiry Into Cutting Off Trains In Boston & Maine
The House adopted an order directing the railroad commissioners to investigate alleged reductions in passenger trains by the Boston & Maine railroad. The inquiry will assess any cuts since July 1, 1908 and determine if the service decrease is justified.
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Boston &Maine Railroad
House
John W. Hargis
Montague
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Lynn underweights and fairing cases from state sealer
State Sealer of Weights and Measures Palmer warned Mayor Connery that Lynn has the poorest conditions in the commonwealth and warned of wholesale prosecutions for violations. He cited 7.44 percent short strawberry boxes, 14 pounds error in 270 pounds weighed, milk bottle shortfalls, and multiple false scales among junk dealers and express shipments. He plans further Lynn investigations with 2% cases slated for court.
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State Sealer of Weights and Measures
Daniell. Palmer
Connery
Lynn
State House
Mr. Palmer
Boston & Maine
Sealer Palmer
Mouse Blocks Rockaway Line Switch in Subway Style Stunt
A Long Island electric train on the Rockaway Beach division stalled ten minutes at the Ozone Park crossing when a mouse wedged in the switch mechanism thwarted a turnout. Trainmen and motorman removed the rodent after discovering its body between the switch teeth. Passengers including F B Andreu of Jamaica had left the car and rejoined as the mouse was found.
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Brooklyn
Long Island
Rockaway Beach
Ozone Park
Tower
F. B. Andreu
Herriman Avenue
Jamaica
Town Out En Masse To See First Auto
Blairsville residents gather in surprised silence as the town sees the first automobile arrive. The vehicle halts business activity while the owner fields questions. Some townsfolk flee or hide as dust and gasoline fumes linger after the sighting.
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Blairsville
He Wills 75000 To Horses Care In Will
Ellsworth B. Cooper of Hamden left his entire estate valued at 75000 to the Connecticut Humane Society for the care and comfort of horses, cutting off relatives. Two physicians examined him the day the will was drawn. Several cousins plan to contest the will. Cooper loved horses and dogs.
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Conn
Ellsworth B. Cooper
Hamden
Connecticut Humane Society
Miss Quimby Not Located In Boston Mystery
Police and family search for Gertrude Quimby missing from 619 Audubon Road Back Bay five days ago. Telegram to mother from two men urged calm with a disguised Boston address dated May 18 at 5 p.m. Meanwhile Miss Quimby’s connections in a Boston musical show recall her visits and potential acting offer of 500 dollars weekly on a Country Girl production.
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Back Bay
Audubon Road
New York City
Boston
Quimby
Gertrude
Hazel Campbell
Miss Quimby
John Slavin
Hollis
Slavin
Mayor Would Name Two On Dock Board
Mayor Fitzgerald urged the metropolitan affairs committee for a five member Dock Commission with two Mayoral appointees and three chosen by the Governor. He favored bond issuance of 2 million dollars to start the program and cited two bills before the commission from Senator Brown and Lomasney.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Senator Brown
Medford
Lomasney
Boston
Brown
Foss Pays Tribute to Highway Board and Calls for Reform
Governor Foss approves the Highway Commission budget of 261 250 in his 3 percent message to the Legislature and compliments the commission as a fine state body. He urges merging work with public utilities boards, shifting resources to higher license fees for powerful vehicles, and outlines three distinct lines of work: engineering, telegraph and telephone supervision, and automobile regulation.
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Foss
Highway Commission
Clinton
H. Scovell
Robbers choke gold teeth from Chicago man
In Chicago on May 19 two men grabbed R F Dudenthal in an Indiana avenue alley. One struck him so hard his gold teeth fell out and the robbers took the teeth along with $50 and a meerschaum pipe.
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Chicago
R. IF
Dudenthal
Indiana Avenue
Jack
National Conference of Jewish Charities Convention Set
Several hundred social workers and charity representatives from across the country will gather in this city on June 6 for the National Conference of Jewish Charities annual convention. The two day meeting will discuss charity work and related efforts.
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National Conference of Jewish Charities
Revered Murphy Named Charlestown Prison Chaplain
Brockton friends of the chaplain express pleasure at the appointment of Rev. Michael J. Murphy 31, son of Mrs Catherine Murphy 20 Pine avenue Brockton as chaplain of Charlestown State prison. Formerly an assistant at Hopkinton Haston Boston and most recently at Charlestown he brings a sense of duty to a high responsibility.
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Michael J. Murphy
Catherine Murphy
Pine Avenue
Charlestown State Prison
Father Murphy
Hopkinton
Haston
Boston
Charlestown
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