Roosevelt Policy Indorsed by Ohio at Republican Convention
At Cleveland Ohio May 27 the Republican State convention united behind Senator Hanna after days of speeches and district showings. Delegates awaited General Grosvenor to speak while resolutions debated Cuban reciprocity wording favoring Roosevelt policy. A subcommittee revised Dick draft platform replacing it with Douglas wording, creating a split with Hanna not backing Dick.
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Cleveland, O
Hanna
Washington
General Grosvenor
Committee On Resolutions
Harding
Daugherty
Douglas
Taylor
Roosevelt
Grosvenor
General Dick
Albert A. Douglas
Brewery Workmen Admit Employers Right to Discharge
A strike committee representing the brewery workers firemen engineers and coopers unions says master brewers demand a discharge clause is unjust and that employees reserve the right to redress for unjust dismissal. The committee notes letters from outside Boston saying breweries settled the strike and calls for a public meeting to discuss the controversy. Signed by James R. Grozier chairman and Edmond F. Ward secretary.
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Firemen’s
Engineers
Coopers
Central Labor Union
Joint Strike Committee
Boston
New England
James R. Grozier
Edmond F. Ward
Master Brewers Blame Unions for Boston Strike Causes
Boston master brewers issue a circular charging unions with misrepresenting the beer workers strike that began April 3. They insist the dispute centers on a discharge clause requiring union preference and deny blacklist rumors, inviting union or liquor dealer representatives to view proof.
Origin of Our National Music Lecture at NEC
Professor Louis C. Elson spoke at the New England Conservatory on the origins of national music. He noted that national songs often tell of sorrow and that music beloved by a nation defines national music, citing Home Sweet Home and Suwanee River as examples.
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Louis C. Elson
New England Conservatory of Music
Elson
World tunes in a chorus of loyalty and liberty
The speaker notes that Auld Lang Syne is world renowned as a symbol of friendship. Marseillaise began as a marching song for a Rhone corps and grew into a universal liberty cry. He debunks the claim that Yankee Doodle arises from an old Dutch harvest song, though traces of the tune appear in a Dutch nursery song.
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Lower
Rhone
Holland
City Fathers Denounced by Fousesmiths Union at Carroll Hall
Local 3 held a crowded meeting at Carroll Hall 37 Harrison avenue. Twenty candidates were initiated. The city government faced denouncement after two city work contractors discharged union members. A committee was appointed to approach department heads to fix the issue. A resolution praised Business Agent J. J. Murphy for his work on Deer Island amid a dispute with G W. & F. Smith, iron workers who had not used union labor. The commissioner of penal institutions reportedly favors hiring non union workers.
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Fousesmiths
Wnion
Carroll Hall
Harrison Avenue
J. J. Murphy
Deer Island
G W. & F. Smith
Commissioner of Penal Institutions
Local 19 elects delegates to international convention in July
Piano and Organ Workers Local 19 held a large meeting last night and elected Thomas B. Dardis and Arles Morgan as delegates to the international convention in New York during the second week of July. Resolutions endorsed the brewery workers strike and fined any member $2 for patronizing non union beer sellers.
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Thomas B. Dardis
Arles Morgan
New York
Capen Club Wins Debates at Tufts Commencement
Capen Club defeated Brenna Knowlton in a public debate held at Tufts College Goddard Chapel. The competition formed part of Tufts 46th commencement season with prizes totaling 40 dollars for top speakers and winning team.
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Medford
Tufts College
Goddard Chapel
Brenna
Knowlton and
Capen
Yale Runner Dixon Boardman Withdraws From Team
Dixon Boardman a top Yale middle distance runner has left the squad at family request. Newell H Hargrave Yale captain announced the decision noting the withdrawal was approved by the family and comes amid team plans for the season.
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Now Haven, Conn
Dixon Boardman
Yale
Newell H. Hargrave
Kitchener Named Adjutant General of Forces
London May 28 a news agency report states Lord Kitchener will become adjutant general to the forces rather than command of the Indian army as earlier reported.
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Kitchener
London
Lord Kitchener
New York Hosts French Delegates At Banquet
Count de Rochambeau and French delegates arrived by the Dolphin and were welcomed by Mayor Low at City Hall. A Waldorf banquet by the Cincinnati chapter honored the Yorktown alliance with speeches praising Roosevelt, the Army of France, and the U S Navy. General Chalendar fainted briefly but recovered.
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New York
Count de Rochambeau
West Point
Hudson
United States
Major Low
Greer
Roe
Alderman Willett
Kearsarge
Alabama
Low
Fornes
Board of Aldermen
Cambon
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Order of the Cincinnati
Order
Astor Gallery
Ambassador Porter
Roosevelt
Porter
Republic of France
Yorktown
Ambassador Cambon
Wasnion
General Brugere
Army of
Admiral Fournier
Navy of France
France
Comte de Rochambeau
Official Programme of Visit of French Delegates to Boston
The itinerary covers arrival by train from Newport May 30, meetings with Secretary Curran and Adjutant-General Dalton, theatre and concert, and a May 31 schedule with calls on Governor Crane and Mayor Collins. Cadet parade, luncheon at the Somerset, a Harvard visit, a city banquet, and a reception for women conclude the Boston visit before sailing June 1 aboard the warship Gaulois.
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Newport
Curran
Dalton
Somer
Somerset
Perrins
State House
Jane
City Hall
Collins
Crane
Merset
Man
Harvard
Pilot
University Tall
Alexander Martin
Cercle Francais d’Alliance
Beacon Street
Boston
Gauwlois
Spanish cabinet crisis at Madrid in 1902
May 27 report from Madrid says Minister of Agriculture Canalejas urged immediate chamber convening to discuss religion. Other ministers opposed. Canalejas resigned. The rest offered their portfolios to Premier Sagasta to resolve the crisis.
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Madrid
Senor Canalejas
Senor W Canalejas
Senor Sagasta
City Briefs Report Arrests and Accidents in Chelsea and Dover Street
Harry Black alias Blackton, 22, of 239 Spruce Street Chelsea, was arrested by Division K on a larceny from a Brattle Square victim dated March 17. F Hatfield of Coral Avenue Winthrop was the child victim, a four year old, at Fay Street, Dover Street station when a fall caused concussion and hospitalization. Philip Ryan of Holdencourt was found in convulsions, died noon at the relief station in Haymarket Square.
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Harry Black
Blackton
Spruce Street
Chelsea
Brattle Square
F. Hatfield
Coral Avenue
Winthrop
Sarah Aronson
Fay Street
Dover Street
Philip Ryan
Holdencourt
Haymarket Square
Coal strike ties up Reading fleet at Port Richmond
A coal strike leaves a fleet of idle Reading Transportation Company steamships and barges moored at coal piers in Port Richmond. The 4 steamers with 1500 ton capacity each, 34 barges carrying 1560 tons, and associated tugs form a total capacity over 6 million tons. Crews are paid and discharged as ships return, while many sailors seek work aboard schooners or deep water vessels.
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New York
Port Richmond
Philadelphia & Reading Transportation Company
New
England
Philadelphia
Reading
War Against Abusive Letters Sent to Coveney
An independent electrical suppliers group sends Roosevelt a petition alleging the National Electrical Supply Dealers Association and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association conspired to blacklist independent dealers. They offer evidence and witness cooperation for prosecutions, claim price manipulation and biased enforcement harmed competition. Alderman Coveney reports receiving abusive letters, board balks at appointments, and smallpox care funds are debated as Harvard references surface.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Electrical Supply Dealers’ Association
United States
National
Lectrical Manufacturers’ Association
Copey Trust
Alderman Coveney
Cambridge
Board of Aldermen
McNamee
Grenville
MacFarlan
Isaac McLean
Willian H. Gray
Poco’ Bennett
Harvard
St Loe
Qambridge
Mass
Casts Made for Harvard Museum in Berlin Expedition
Professor Kuno Francke reports cooperation from Austrian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish scholars for Harvard University’s Germanic Museum. Berlin artisans cast the altar piece and founders’ statues from Nuremberg’s St Sebaldus Church, sending casts to Berlin for finishing. The Nuremberg Germanic Museum marks its sixth anniversary June 14 to 16 with Emperor William expected to attend.
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Berlin
Kuno Francke
Harvard University
Francke
Mhentor William
Mrs Porter Granted Divorce From Rev Charles Porter Jr
Mrs Lilly Blunt Porter was granted a divorce from the Rev Charles Hunt Porter Jr former pastor of Channing Memorial Church at Newport Illinois on May 27. The testimony included several charges in the case with no corespondent named and most evidence given as deposition. The decree becomes operative after a six month waiting period.
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Newport
Lilly Blunt Porter
Charles Hunt Porter
Channing Memorial Church
Rer
New
Tidnes
New Peerages Reported For Coronation Day
London May 28 It is said that the new peerages to be conferred for King Edward's coronation will include Sir William Vernon Harcourt M P Sir Arthur Divett Hayter M P and Sir Donald Currie head of Donald Currie Co ship owners
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London
Edward
William “Vernon Harcourt
Arthur Divett Hayter
Donald Currie
Donald Currie & Co
Hatch Wins Prize at Tufts Infinity School Oratory
Medford May 27 Wallace Hatch of Roxbury won the annual Greenwood oratory prize at Tufts Infinity School. Alfred R. Maxwell of Moore's Mills New Brunswick took second prize.
Moving Race Sparks A Rhythmic Victory Note
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune recalls a race described as moving with a winner romping to victory while others trailed, leaving the spectator to stroll home. The remark captures a lively, colorful scene from a past event.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Physician Robbed of Jewelry at Dr Niles House
Dr Howard S Niles of 661 Boylston Street reported a daytime burglary to Division 16 police. A former employee, William Brandon, is sought for larceny after a gold dollar dated 1853 a $15 cash sum and gold cuff links belonging to Dr Bailey were stolen from a cash drawer in the safe.
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Dr. Howard
Niles
Boylston Street
Division
William Brandon
Bailey
Cape
Crockett Signals Gubernatorial Candidacy at Democratic Convention
Rockland Maine May 27 Dr G In Crockett long tied to the local party said tonight he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor at the state convention.
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Rockland
Dr. G. In
Charles F Kelly Charged With Misconduct in Office
A bench warrant was issued for Charles F Kelly former owner of Pathe House of Delegates on May 27 for misconduct in office. He allegedly accepted printing contracts while in office under the name of the Mayor Printing Company.
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ST. Louis
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