Smallpox Dying Out Across State Amid Decline in Cases
Warm weather brings a drop in smallpox cases as the state reports fewer infections. In the city two men at the Western Union on State Street were sick and isolated. Health officials vaccinated staff and fumigated affected areas. During the week 19 new Boston cases, plus several in Springfield Malden Fall River Chelsea Brockton Beverly Athol Lowell and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
State Street
Board of Health Physicians
Boston
Springfield
Malden
Fall River
Chelsea
Brockton and
Beverly
Athol
Lowell
Lawrence
Maritime Provincial Club Dance Plans Strawberry Festival
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Maritime Provincial Club will host a strawberry festival and dance at Catholic Union Hall on Worcester Street tomorrow evening. Members anticipate a hearty turnout as the annual event welcomes members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Maritime Provincial Club
Catholic Union Hall
Worcester Street
Senators Debate Concentration Camps in the Philippines
The Senate discussed the Philippines concentration camps with contrasts between critics and defenders. Mr. Bacon likened them to Weyler’s reconcentrado camps, while Mr. Foraker defended them as mercy and safety. The debate included testimonies on smallpox and harsh conditions, prompting strong objections to the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippines
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Weyler
Cuba
Foraker
Ohio
Mr. Bacon
Mr. Foraker
General Weyler
General Bell
General Wheaton
Hoar
Massachusetts
United States
O'Brien Bought No Bullets In Philippines Inquiry
Corporal Richard O'Brien testified before the Senate Philippines committee but failed to produce the explosive bullets he spoke of yesterday. He said bullets were ordered from Massachusetts but had not arrived. He could not explain explosive wounds or confirm experiments, and was excused to secure samples. Senator Lodge planned to subpoena Captain McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard O’brien
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Massachusetts
O’brien
Lodge
McDonald
Salem marshal receives rebuke in Boston court
City Marshal Edward H. Knight of Salem traveled to Boston with a subordinate to aid in prosecuting a Chinese man in Federal Court. Knight was admonished after advising a little girl on the witness stand, drawing a protest from defense counsel. Inspector Dennis also faced sharp remarks, and Assistant District Attorney Casey noted the different practices in Boston compared to Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Knight
Salem
Boston
Fiske
Knight
M. J. Creed
Dennis
Casey
Prizes for Equal Suffrage Essays at College League
The College Equal Suffrage League announces two prizes for essays in favor of equal suffrage aimed at stimulating college women’s interest and presenting the movement’s principles. Essays may study suffrage historically and relate to current national and social conditions with a summer deadline for submission. Judges include Colonel Higginson, Mr Mead, and Mrs Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Equal Suffrage League
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Edwin D.mead
Charles G. Ames
Boston Firm Plans Eight Day Ocean Tour
Simmons and Marsters of 290 Washington Street Boston offer an eight day itinerary with an ocean trip to Norfolk and Old Point then Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Four days in Washington with visits to Baltimore and Philadelphia, all expenses covered for eight days at $30 per person in first class arrangements.
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Norfolk
Old Point
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Ashington
Philadelphia
Simmons & Marsters
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Florence Burns Freed by Jury
New York May 2 The coroner s jury found Walter S Brooks died from a pistol wound in the head fired by an unknown person The verdict released Florence Burns from further charges and District Attorney Jerome said the case is closed for now though he expects new developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter S. Brooks
Brooks
Foster M. Backus
Florence Burns
Schurman
Miss Burns
Jerome
License board limits beer can sales to specific hours
Promoters of saloons received a circular from the license commissioners restricting beer sales in cans and other containers to 11 am to 1 pm and 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. It instructs retailers not to deliver beer to those not using it legitimately.
Greeting for French Warship at Annapolis
The French battleship Gaulois, carrying President Loubet’s commissioners for the Rochambeau monument unveiling in Washington, past the Virginia Capes escorted by US ships. The squadron anchors off Cove Point tonight and moves toward Annapolis tomorrow morning to receive US officials aboard the Dolphin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Loubet
Count de Rochambeau
Washington
Virginia Capes
Olympia
Kearsarge
Alabama
Cape Henry
Higginson
United States
Theodore A. Bingham
Peirce
B. R. Rodgers
Dolphin
Wainwright
Naval Academy
France
Capehart Held on $1000 Bail in Boston Barier Attack
John P. McLaughlin Boston Tavern bartender was stabbed on a street car by Charles Capehart. Capehart held in $1000 bail as government delays case. General Edgar Camplin appeared for the defendant. McLaughlin, a famed Boston bartender known for the Bamboo and Schley cocktails, says no prior acquaintance with Capehart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. McLaughlin
Boston
Charles Capehart
Capehart
Edgar Camplin
McLaughlin
Jack” McLaughlin
Cecil
Schley
Fleet of 13 vessels and cargoes at T wharf and harbor notices
A fleet of 13 vessels arrived at T wharf led by the Edith Emery with 40 000 pounds haddock 16 000 cod and 5000 cusk. The fleet totals 71 000 haddock 187 000 cod 11000 cusk 5000 hake and 1700 pollock with varied sales. Other ships Gloucester trips tug tows for cleaning diversions and crew changes are noted along with arrivals from Naples Liverpool and Halifax. The land ship activity includes the Puritan collision scare and ships awaiting berths in East Boston and Fall River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Wharf
Edith Emery
Haddock
Lizzie M. Stanley
Gloucester
Irving Ross
Hattie
Agnes
Aaron Wall
Annie Emmons
James Woolley
Ross Harbor
William G. Williams
Mortimer
D. Roughan
Boston ‘Towboat Company
John Haskie
Charles Langley
A. M. Nicholson
A. C. Crittenden
Halifax
Puritan
Fall River
New York Harbor
Hell Gate
Metropolitan Line
James I. Whitney
New York
Whitney
Vancouver
Dominion Line
Naples
Salem Harbor
Marquand’s
Boston
Smith
Weymouth
Henry K. Doane
Blanche
Stell Lennan
Standard Oil Company
Bangor
Shipping News Mini Almanac Arrivals and Clearances
Lists arrivals of steamers Iberia Jakobsen Baracoa Sama Cumberland Allan St John N B via Eastport Portland and more with bananas cargoes to A M Graham and others. schooners A K Woodward Mallett Belleveau Cove and others. tugs Valley Forge Tilton Philadelphia with barges. multiple ships cleared including Devonian Storm King Admiral Dewey Port Antonio and Hannah.
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Iberia
Jakobsen
Baracoa
Sama
Cumberland
Allan
St. John
N. B
Eestport
Portland
Howard
Nickerson
Philadelphia
A. M. Graham
City of Bangor
Arey
Bangor
Governor Dingley
Dennison
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Gloucester
A. K. Woodward
Mallett
Belleveau Cove
N. 8
Wesley Albott
Whittaker
Kingston
N. Y
Olive Branch
Robbins
Stonington
Amelia F. Cobb
Commonwealth
Eng
Devonian
Storm King
Antwerp
Baltimore
Admiral Dewey
Port Antonio
Gibara
Cuba
H. E. Thompson
Hilleboro
George I. Slipp
Waterside
Rebecca J. Oulton
Hannah
Austrian
Glasgow
Prince George
Yarmouth
N. S
Juniata
Norfolk
Parthian
H. M. Whitney
New York
Orion
Newport News
Bonaventura
Norflk
Valley Forge
Bethoyres
Carlisle
Elmwood
Eleanor A. Percy
Boston Woman Becomes One of Three Female Undertakers
Mrs Pris cilla M Smith of 106 Dorchester Street South Boston filed for bankruptcy showing debts of 2670 53 with assets at 408 She says she will continue as an undertaker noting her years of study at the Massachusetts College of Embalming and her late husband's influence in her career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla M. Smith
Dorchester Street
Boston
Post
Obstacles in Way of Peace in Vereeniging Talks
Reports from Vereeniging indicate several barriers to a peace settlement amid Boer delegates. The Transvaal majority backs peace, Orange Free State factions resist independence, while General Dewet shifts toward peace and Lord Kitchener’s concessions remain capped. A split could delay talks but hasten field settlement. the ships’ dimensions are noted at 317 feet long and about 40 feet wide.
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Pretoria
Vereeniging
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Dewet
Lord Kitchener
Alderman Pushes Board of Industry in Waltham
Alderman John Shields proposed a Board of Industry to reduce land taxes and spark an industrial boom in Waltham. He spoke for a petition from leading business and professional men, and after debate the order passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
John ¥. Shields
Board of Aldermen
Board of Industry
City of
Shields
May Festival by St James Branch U I League
The St James Branch United Irish League of America plans a May festival at St Rose Hall 17 Worcester Street on Thursday evening May 29. A concert from 8 to 10 followed by dancing will raise net proceeds for the parliamentary fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Cashman
Walter Kee
St. John’s Episcopal Sunday School
East Boston
Harriet Livingstone
Irene Caruthers
Edith Cashman
Bethan Polly
Albert Vincent
Roy Whitehouse
Arthur Innes
Fred Innes
St. James
United Irish League of America
St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
Parliamentary Fund
Giant steel car-floats ordered for New Haven railroad
Two massive steel car-floats from Fore River Company at Quincy Point will serve the New York New Haven Hartford line. Each float carries three tracks able to load 23 cars of 60 tons each at once, eight on each side and seven on the center rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fore River Oe and Engine Company
Quincy Point
Oston Harbor
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
United States Standard Register of Shipping
Killed By Consumption Cure Claim From Boston Doctor
Mrs. Annie Nelson of 207 West Springfield Street Boston credits Koch Lung Doctors at 361 Boylston Street for curing her after years of consumption left her weak and unable to speak. She reports breath returning and pain easing after three months of oily vapors inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua City
Allington
Chicago
Schubarth
Market Street
Denver
Mr. Schubarth
Koch Lung Doctors
Boylston Street
Boston
Annie Nelson
West Springfield Street
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Edward Schubarth
H. C. Allington
Duffy’s Pure
Albany
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Duffy's Mart Greiskey
East
Urban J. Parker
Marion Cashman
Liberty
Jedediah
John Thornton
Reuben
Rogers Brothers
Wilbur Burnham
Harry Kemp
Willie Jelley
Edith Kellough
Ethel Simpson
Louis Bertram
Herbert Hussey
Seabury
Towne
Otter Drug and Chem. Corp
Gutigura
London
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Senators
House Conferrees
House
Cannon
Hull
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
O'Brien
IDEAL
Atkinson Furnishing CO
Tran
Washington St. Cor
Hall & Ruck
Plaees
Coleman Dental Parlors
Shipping News
Pioneer Clothing CO
Washington St
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Russia
Alderman Shields
James Branch
Consolidated Road
Gare
Fedeerat ST
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