Reform Club Dinner Debates Peace and War
Massachusetts Reform Club at Youngs Hotel heard speeches by Rev. Winchester and Robert Treat Paine on international peace. Gamaliel Bradford spoke on the Dreyfus affair and warned of civil versus military rule while urging reform and a $250 appropriation for civil service improvements.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Young’s Hotel
Winchester Donald
Movement For International Peace
Robert Treat Paine
Gamaliel Bradford
Dreyfus
Gauston Browne
Moorfield Storey
Bradford
Philippines
France
England
Manila
McKinley
Donald
Peace Commission
The
Hague
Germany
Long Island
Paine
United States Civil Service Reform
Club
Railroad Conductors Visit Boston Harbor Sailing Tour
Chicago Division No 1 of the Order of Railway Conductors arrived at Union Station and were escorted to the United States Hotel by the Boston and New England divisions. About 125 members toured aboard the steamer Philadelphia with a luncheon at Ocean House and a gill around the harbor before returning to Boston.
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Chicago
Union Station
Boston
New England
United States Hotel
Armstrong Transfer Company
W. J. Coyne
C. D. Baker
A. E. Holden
M. Coffey
M. W. Holdsworth
F. L. Dunbar
G. EK. Smith
G. A. Silsbee
E. T. Cowell
W. C. Sheldon
E. J. Egan
New Enland
Philadelphia
Ocean House
Nantasket
French-Speaking Parish Seeks Vatican Ruling
Worcester May 25 The promoters of the French speaking group at St. Joseph's Church North Brookfield who seceded last year have appealed to the Pope in Rome. Bishop Seaver opposed consecration, prompting the appeal and expectation of a Vatican reply.
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Worcester
St. Joseph's Church
North Brookfield
Rome
Thomas D. Seaver
Springfield
Vatican
Cuba to Begin $3 Million Troop Gratitude Payout
May 26 Itaviana Cuba United States to distribute 3,000,000 dollars as gratuity to troops upon disbanding and surrender of arms. Payout starts at 10 o clock tomorrow at the foot of the Prado. George H. Chadwick reports rolls show 1224 names from department commanders.
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Itavana
United States
Prado
George H. Chadwick
Clrk
Behiaiy
Mats
Boston faces two Lexows over police probe
Alderman Berwin will reveal at the June 12 board meeting the basis of his inquiry into police administration sparked by a Palmer club incident. A Post reporter questioned Berwin who declined to share details, noting no misconduct by the club, only a rogue officer who bought a drink.
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Palmer
Alderman Berwin
Post
Berwin
Oothrop
Lively Boston Club Faces Police Scrutiny Over Raid
The Pari Passu Club in Bowdoin Square faced a police raid amid a dispute with Alderman Berwin over police conduct and licensing. Club leaders defend lawful operations while Republicans and ward leaders press for renewed inquiry and license review. Henry Gedman, club president, communicates the club's long existence and political ties as the case unfolds.
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Board of Aldermen
Police Department
Alderman Berwin
Tom Brown
Flying Liquor
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Berwin
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Wilson
Boston
Brown
Henry Gedman
Ward 8
Republican Committee
John H. Colby
Pcaice Board
Police board faces probe over aldermanic demand
Alderman Berwin pushes for a police department investigation sparking unease among officers. Chairman Clark and Superintendent Eldridge respond with openness to inquiry while denying known complaints. The proposed order would empower the investigating committee to hold public hearings and report improvements to the police administration.
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Clark
Police Board
Police Department
Cram
Berwin
Board of Police
Mr. Berwin
Perwin
Aldermanic Committee On Police
Board of Aldermen
Dixon
Presho
Day
Trick
Lydon
Chamberlain
Sweeney
Miller
Horrigan
Moore
Turnbull
Lorey
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Senate
Three Lynn Boys Arrested in Manchester Robbery Case
A Manchester despatch reports three Lynn youths aged 14 to 15, Newhall 15, French 14, Collins 15, held up Frank Caldwell 18 of Goff's Falls with a revolver and fired two shots. They fled Lynn earlier, new to serious misconduct. Parents Collins and French proceed to try to have charges dropped and return the boys home.
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Goff’s Falls
Manchester
Lynn
Caldwell
Mr. Collins
Mr. French
Ninth Regiment Plans Memorial Day Grave Decoration
Ninth Massachusetts veterans group at East Armory outlines Memorial Day graveside services for Spanish war heroes. Units from Boston will visit Calvary Cemetery Roslindale and other cemeteries, with a $365 city grant to honor all Boston soldiers of the war.
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East Armory
Donovan
Casey
Boston
Spain
Providence
Calvary Cemetery
North Station
Malden
Holy Cross Cemetery
Roslindale
O’cloeck
Michael J. O'Connor
Massachusetts
Santiago
T. M. O'Connor
Arlington
Thomas Scully
Cambridge
John IF. Cummins
James Lee
Revere
Father Scully
Father O'Connoer
Mather Lee
Father Cummins
Major O’connor
Ninth Regiment
Guantanamo
T. Waldo Floyd
Port of
William A. Spicer
Death of Henry W. Roberts in Pasadena
Friends mourn the sudden death of Henry W. Roberts a Boston Typographical Union member and Boston Post Chanel at the residence of Rev. Thomas N. Lord in Pasadena California. Roberts left Boston in 1898 seeking relief from a long illness traveling through Denver Phoenix and finally to Pasadena for a healthier climate.
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Henry W. Roberts
Boston Typographical Union
Boston Post Chanel
Thomas N. Lord
Pasadena
Cal
Roberts
Boston
Denver
Phenix
Ariz
Death of a Boston Post Chapel member in May
A Boston Post Chapel brother died on Thursday May 2 after a long illness. Mr. Roberts, born in Biddeford Maine 61 years ago, came to Boston in 1891 and was a trusted, retiring figure among colleagues and business associates. Interment will be in Biddeford. a special Post Chapel meeting will discuss the death.
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Mr. Roberts
Biddeford
Boston
Post Chapel
Roberts
Boston Post Chapel
Dene
Paris in Danger in Rough Seas Near Coverack
May 26 at noon the Paris faces eastward wind with no heavy sea but rolling heavily. Experts fear stronger winds could tear her bottom on nearby rocks and endanger the ship's salvation.
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Coverack
Cornwall
Paris
Rebel Envoys Escape Luna Prison as They Return
Aguinaldo's commissioners, returning with the report of talks with American commissioners at Manila, learned at San Fernando that General Luna had arrested and imprisoned the prior envoys. They fled to Calumpit and then up the river by a U S gunboat, heading back to Aguinaldo's headquarters via Candaba.
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Manila
San Fernando
Luna
Calumpit
Candaba
Wrestling Bout Ends In Draw At Nutone Club
Tonight at the Nutone Athletic Club the lightweight clash between Dick Cares of Lowell and John J. Little of Brockton concluded in a draw after fifty four and a half minutes of hard work. Lowell May 25. A wrestling bout.
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Dick” Cares
Lowell
John J. Little
Brockton
New England
Nutone Athletic Club
The Clash Between Dewey and Greene on Manila Battle
A Philadelphia letter from Captain J A Loar recounts a sharp rupture between Admiral Dewey and General Greene aboard the Olympia. Dewey opposed the Manila battle, saying no life should be risked, and Greene reportedly shouted that the Tenth Pennsylvania had been annihilated before being barred from boarding.
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J. A. Loar
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Philippines
General Greene
Admiral Dewey
New York
Olympia
Melville Loar
Pennsylvania
Malate
Manila
Red Cross
Dewey
Greene
Sampson's Ships Start Major Overhaul and Move
May 26 report says an extra force works on all ships of Rear Admiral Sampson's squadron except the Massachusetts, at Tompkinsville. New York Brooklyn and Indiana officers ordered to be ready to depart navy yard at 9 am tomorrow to rendezvous with the Massachusetts and sail to New Port for gubernatorial inaugural ceremonies.
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New York
Sampson
Massachusetts
Tompkinsville
Brooklyn
Indiana
Navy Yard
Newport
Troops for Otis Sailed From San Francisco to Manila
The Secretary of War ordered 2000 recruits in San Francisco to sail June 7 on the Sheridan for Manila to reinforce regular regiments in the Philippines and to repatriate Volunteers now there.
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San Francisco
Washington
Secretary of War
Philippines
Sheridan
Manila
Otis Seeks Larger American Army in Philippines
Manila May 26 The need for a much larger American force in the Philippines is stressed by authorities to maintain supremacy. Insurgents reclaim abandoned towns while MacArthur and Lawton guard San Fernando railroad and Rio Grande routes. A fighting party near Santa Rita left one lieutenant and five men wounded, ten insurgents killed. General Hughes to be replaced in Visayan district by Brigadier General Williston as provost marshal.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
MacArthur
Lawton
San Fernando
Rio Grande
Santa Rita
Funston
South Dakota
Hughes
Smith
Visayan District
Williston
Sixth Artillery
Evacuation of Zamboanga Amid Mindanao Fighting
Spanish forces evacuate Zamboanga after rejecting rebels demand for arms surrender. Two officers and three soldiers killed, nineteen wounded as battery clashes drive insurgents to realign with Spain. Mission proceeds despite storms. two American warships offered but not needed. Spaniards hail flag as thirteen guns salute.
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Madrid
Polavieja
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Desnatch
Ries
Spain
Porto Rico
Apain
P. de Satrustegui
Miss Lufkin Church Row Triggers Court Showdown
Miss Elizabeth Lufkin, ex teacher, sparked a church dispute in Medford ending with six months suspension for unchristian conduct. She filed suit to regain church rights as constable serves 173 writs. court appearance set for Monday with many parishioners summoned.
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Constaba
Elizabeth Lufkin
Miss Lufkin
Church Society
Wroth
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