Transfers of Officials at the Navy Yard
Lieutenant-Commander Edward W. Sturdy was detached from the receiving ship Wabash and reassigned to the collier Pompey at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Lieutenant-Commander Edward L. Amory will replace him as executive officer of the Wabash as Sturdy departs for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Sturdy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bturdy
Charlestown
Edward L. Amory
Navy
Sturd
Wabash
Sturdy
New York
Commodore Howison
United States Navy
Harlestown Navy Yard
Serice
Ira Harris
Howison
Vulcan
Wilde
Key West
Navy Yard
Harbor War Notes Show War Shipping and Naval Movements
The Lapland will sail from Lewis wharf with 6000 oil cases and rum bound for Africa under English colors and a Barbados hailing port. Fifteen divers have left Norfolk for Key West to inspect the hulls of warships. Osceola, the former Winthrop towboat, aided in capturing the British steamer Ardanmhor off Carysfort Light. Lieutenant-Commander Colby prepares to command the mosquito fleet aboard Hannibal. Port Tampa reports arrivals Santiago Cherokee Iroquois and State of Texas from New York for Cuba. Cruiser Yankee reaches Delaware Breakwater from sea.
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Lapland
Lewis Wharf
Africa
Boston
Barbados
Navy Department
Norfolk
Key West
Osceola
Ardanmhor
Carysfort Light
Havana Harbor
Winthrop
Staples Coal Company
Taunton
Harrison G. O. Colby
Hannibal
J. Holland
Port Tampa
Santiago
Cherokee
Iroquois
State of Texas
New York
Cuba
Yankee
Delaware
Trojans Captains Belie Phantom Naval Battle Off Boston
Captain T J Thorkildson aboard the Trojan reports hearing cannon and sighting a distant schooner while en route to South Boston from Antwerp. The apparent target turned out to be the Boston pilot boat Columbia No 2 captained by Tom Cooper, who had ventured offshore in search of incoming steamers and phantom Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Thorkildson
Puritan Line
Trojan
New England
Boston
Antwerp
Thorkildson
Columbia
Tom Cooper
Europe
Hard Work on Prairie Causes Naval Reserve Ruptures
Three Massachusetts and New York naval reserve sailors from the Prairie crew were sent home from Provincetown with rupture after lifting 200 pound sand bags aboard. One more man suffers appendicitis as the ship uses pend bags near boilers, sparking concerns about long term duty ability and potential lifelong impairment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve
United States Navy
Massachusetts
New York
Provincetown
Rush orders convert ferry William E. Russell into gunboat
A large crew of mechanics and ship carpenters are converting the ferryboat William E. Russell from Boston into a gunboat for the coast patrol. The vessel will be manned by the Massachusetts naval brigade with sixty sailors and five officers under Adjutant E. Pelham Dodd. The rebuild includes deckhouse rearrangement and armament of two six inch guns and a one pound secondary battery. Its duties include Boston Harbor and the main ship channel patrols, with possible use as a local transport boat due to its large deck space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush
William E. Russell
Boston
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
United States Navy
Minnesota
E. Pelham Dodd
W. E. Russell
Russell
Governor Welcomes Catholic Foresters Delegation at State House
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters led by Colonel Thomas F. Doherty presented patriotic resolutions to Governor Wolcott. Doherty spoke for the group vowing hearty support as many members have gone to the front. The governor lauded Catholic loyalty and thanked the delegation for their demonstrated patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Thomas F. Doherty
State House
Wolcott
Doherty
Massachusetts
Baltimore to the Governor telegram of thanks
Mayor Master of Baltimore forwards Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts a telegram of thanks for kind words and mutual friendship between Massachusetts and Maryland. The message expresses high regard and brotherly sentiment, with signed acknowledgment by W T Malster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolcott
Baltimore
Sonar Wolcott
Massachusetts
Baltimore City
Maryland
Ww. T. Malster
Ministers oppose Maine slogan and urge boycotts
At the annual meeting of the Ministerial Union a petition was signed to Secretary Long expressing abhorrence of the Remember the Maine war cry and urging refusal to buy goods bearing the motto and to discourage its use. Officers elected include Rev. W. H. Lyons as president and Rev. Ernest C. Smith as secretary and treasurer, with an executive committee of several ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Union
Long
Maine
W. H. Lyons
S. C
Paine Opens Recruiting Office for Provisional Militia
Robert Treat Paine Jr opened a recruiting office at 14 Merchants Row to form a provisional militia company to replace volunteers drafted into national service. A German officer with thirteen years Africa service signed first, and doctors Lothrop and Storer may examine applicants. The target is fifty eight men and three officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Merchants’ Row
Africa
Howard A. Lothrop
Nelson Storer
Spanish Flag Issue Draws Navy Attention And Enlistment Data
Navy officials report no decisive fleet movements or engagements on May 23 as ships remain at sea. Spain’s flag controversy, privateering talk, and international reactions are discussed along with recruiting tallies by state and a note on a Yorktown painting copy for the French embassy.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cervera
Oregon
Key West
Department
Madrid
Cortes
Spain
United States Naval
Snow
United States Navy
Ities
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
Hemphill
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
California
Florida
Yorktown
French National Gallery
Versailles
Lord Cornwallis
State Department
Pallas to Bacchus German beer garden opens at old Library
Commissioner Clark observed broad appeal of beer gardens in Germany. Boston officials approved leasing the old Public Library on Boylston Street to Old Library Amusement Company for a beer garden with vaudeville. Walter B. Farmer and Joseph W. Fellows leasehold. renovation begun. opening planned early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Germany
Boston
Board of Police Commissioners
Boylston Street
Walter B. Farmer
Joseph W. Fellows
Old Library Amusement Company
Queen Victoria Birthday Observed Widely Despite War
The article notes Queen Victoria turning 60 on this day born May 24 1819 and crowned 1888. England plans banquets while Boston marks the anniversary less due to the war. It mentions her birth and reign milestones her marriage in 1840 and the Empress Frederick as her eldest child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
England
Boston
Chapel Royal
St. James’s
Canterbury
St. James’s Palace
Frederick of
Germany
Princess Royal
Robert Bruce
Ludwig
Bavaria
Charles I
Queena
Engagement of Miss Laura Williams to Major General Merritt
The engagement of Miss Laura Williams of Chicago to Major General Wesley Merritt military Governor of the Philippine Islands was announced. Miss Williams, about 20, has attracted attention in London and at the Queen's drawing room. General Merritt left for the Pacific coast tonight in a special car and declined to be interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Laura Williams
Norman Williams
John Dean Caton
Wesley Merritt
Philippine Islands
Williams
London
Robert T. Lincoln
Court of St. James
Queen's Drawing Room
Miss Lincoln
General Merritt
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Young fisher, Elliam Bennett, 16, injured at wharf
Police at Station 1 investigate a fracas at a wharf in which Elliam Bennett, a 16 year old Portuguese sailor, was struck on the head with a marline spike and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with a fractured skull. He worked on a local fishing schooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beard
Station 4
Eliot Street
Station 1
Elliam Bennett
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bennett
Bennet
Two Men Sentenced After Guilty Plea in Illegal Voting Case
Joseph F. Gargan and John B. Dwyer pleaded guilty to illegal voting charges in the Superior Criminal Court. The indictments were quashed to allow enlistment, but both failed the physical test and were sentenced by Judge Gaskill to six months in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Gargan
John B. Dwyer
Gaskill
Superior Criminal Court
Stevens
House of Correction
Boston Men Buy Railroad in Public Sale
Public sale in Concordia Kansas sold the Central branch from Waterville to the Nebraska line for 1 017 500 dollars. Bidders were T Jefferson Coolidge Jr and Oliver Ames of Boston, the line once part of Union Pacific now operated by Missouri Pacific under lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Oliver Ames
Kansas
Concordia
Kan
P. Dillon
Central Branch
Waterville
Washington
Prosser
Nebraska
Union Pacific System
Missouri Pacific
Boston
Whitney couple to spend summer at Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Maine May 23 Mr and Mrs W C Whitney will spend the summer there Mrs Whitney has recovered from illness and will arrive in about ten days They will occupy Mrs Whiteways cottage The Anchorage and one of the King cottages
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
W. Cgc. Whitney
Pearce introduces naval expansion bill with new ships
Representative Pearce proposes a program to add five first class cruisers, ten torpedo boats, fifteen torpedo boat destroyers, and fifteen steel gunboats with specified displacement and costs. The plan limits building to multiple yards, mandates domestic manufacture, and sets Pacific coast build restrictions for a subset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearce
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Aldermen reject Frog Pond bath plan amid party lines
The Boston Board of Aldermen failed to confirm Charles E. Folsom and John H. Donovan for assessor posts on party lines. They opposed turning Frog Pond into a public pool, while Aldermen O'Toole Berwin and Presho backed the bath house idea. The board approved a Charlestown bathing beach project and urged flag display at fire houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Folsom
Board of Aldermen
John H. Donovan
Codman
Lott and
Paige
Brown
Presho
Lott
O'Toole
Berwin
O’toole
Boston
Frog Pond
Alderman Berwin
Alderman O'Toole
Charlestown
Charlestown Heights
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Mohair Sicilienne
Ram Katahdin
Hooker
Wyandotte
Owison
Ashington
Joseph Hooker
Adams Street
Major Roberts
Robert
Dr. Barnis
Concord
N. H
Feaster
Serge
Leopold Morse & CO
Washington Street
Cor. Brattle
Wade
Department of the District Police
Everett B. Dyer
Medford
John McGrath
Oseph H. McNeill
Watertown
Sturgis
Baxter
Somerville
Shawmut Furniture Co
Tremont ST
Hollis ST
Harbor War Notes
Bark
Catholic Order of Foresters
MR. Paine
Washington St
Cor, Hanover
Pallas
Bacchus
Merritt
Army
Oak Hall
John, Pray, Sons & Co
Brussels
China
Drapery
Cross St Delft
Forest
Rose du Barry
App
Curtas
John H. Pray
Boylston
Them
Senator Folsom and
J. H. Donovan
Atkinsop Furnishing Co
Montreal
Christ Church Cathedral
Montreal Volunteer Corps
Ila
Boyle Brog
South End
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