Woolen Mill Strike Expands Across Plants
Providence April 5 The extension of the Woolen company weavers strike to the Moosup Conn mill brings eleven plants under union ban with more mills possible. About 4000 weavers are out, 2700 looms idle, many workers idle. Pascoag Graniteville mills shut down as weavers refuse to return. Independent mills run full time, some at night. American Woolen Company rumored to plan moves to ease the crisis after a Boston conference.
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Providence
R. I
Woolen Company
Moosup
Conn
Combine
Assabet
Maynard
Mass
Fulton, N. Y
Olneyville
Pascoag
Graniteville
American Woolen Company
Boston
Fire Destroys Hobbs Cottage and Barn Near Chelmsford
Early morning fires engulfed the John Hobbs house and nearby barn on Westford Street just over the Chelmsford line. The cottage occupied by Mr and Mrs Hobbs and a tool-filled barn burned after they alerted neighbors and called Lowell fire department. Loss estimated at 2500 with 1400 insured. spontaneous combustion suspected. A second blaze at Smith and Castles pork store on Gorham Street caused 200 to 300 dollars in damage after an overheated oven sparked a shed fire.]]
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John Hobbs
Chelmsford
Westford Street
Lowell
O. P. Porter
Hosmer
Smith & Castles
Gorham Street
Fire damages Jewett street house in Fulton residence
A cigar set a sofa on fire in the home of James R. Fulton city sealer of weights on Jewett street this morning. The blaze triggered box 132 at 7.18 oclock. The lounge caught fire and a rushed attempt to move it failed as flames spread to the kitchen causing floor and ceiling damage before being struck down. Loss not expected to be heavy.
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James R. Fulton
Jewett Street
Blind Pool Aims $100 Aid For Toledo Blind Men
Fifteen blind residents of Toledo form a mutual group to secure $100 owed to each needy blind man by an act of the legislature. Attorneys to present the measure to the city council, or to court if needed, as trustees in each township certify the number of eligible blind men to county commissioners for levy funding.
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Toledo, O
Weavers Strike at Moosup Mills in Sympathy Action
In Danielson Connecticut 125 weavers at the Moosup mills of the American Woolen Co went out on strike at 830 am in solidarity with Olneyville Rhode Island. A meeting resolved to quit after management failed to commit to ending the two room system the previous week. All other departments kept operating.
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Olneyville
Painters Threaten Nonunion Labor If Monday Strike Continues
Master Painters' association warns all shops under its control will hire nonunion workers if journeymen painters do not return to work by Monday at the old wage scale. Many shops have already moved to nonunion labor under business pressure. The union says the strike lacks approval from state and national bodies, and independent action is noted with guards for those who choose to work outside the union.
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Master Painters’ Association
Courier-Citizen
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Lowell
Trades and Labor Council of
National
Master Painters Association
Braley
Superior Court
Grover Refuses Individual Prize in Massachusetts Bowling
The Massachusetts Amateur Bowling league presented prizes Friday night. The Commercial club of Brockton won first, the B A A second. Fred Grover of the B A A refused the individual best average prize, giving it to Kenney of the Charlestown team. Grover received a silver bowl for high single.
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Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League
Commercial Club of
Brockton
Fred Grover
Mr. Kenney
Charlestown
Mr. Grover
Hoy Signs with Reds Center Fielder Hoy to Play This Season
Cincinnati April 5 Billy Hoy known as Dummy Hoy signs to play with Cincinnati this season. He will hold a permanent center field role. Manager McPhee also confirms Moni Corcoran will again serve as Reds captain.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Billy Hoy
Prince of Wales to visit United States for New York Chamber of Commerce
London Times correspondent reports plans for a Prince of Wales visit to the United States, likely to attend the dedication of the New York Chamber of Commerce home. Washington officials reportedly support the visit, with King Edward’s sanction seen as favorable. Chamber officials reacted with surprise at the leak but offered no denial.
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New York
Prince of Wales
United States
London
The
Times
Washington
Edward
New York Chamber of Commerce
Royal Household
Choate
the Times
New Zealand sprinter Smith sets world 120 yard hurdles record
San Francisco reports that G. W. Smith at the Domain grounds Alaska broke all 120 yard hurdles records except Kraenzlein racing in March. With Martin pacing, Smith ran 15.15 seconds to set a world best and will travel to England for coronation games.
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San Francisco
New Zealand
G. W. Smith
Domain Grounds
Alaska
Kraenzlein
Smith
Martin
England
Doornblat Farm Battle Yields High Casualties
Pretoria reports heavy losses in the Hart's River engagement near the Transvaal March 31 with three officers and 24 men killed and 16 officers and 151 men wounded. Boer casualties total 137. Canadian contingent and Yeomanry squads under Col. Keir held the line, forcing Boer retreat after a fierce attack by Generals Kemp and Potgieter.
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Pretoria
Hart's River
Transvaal
Doornblat Farm
Delarey
Methuen
Kemp
Potgieter
Africa
Canada
Keir
New Brunswickers in Transvaal fighting reported
St John N B April 5 reports from Hart s River Southwest Transvaal drew unusual interest as several New Brunswick men took part Among the wounded is Lieut Ralph Markham of St John He is the son of Lieut Col Alfred Markham publisher of the Daily Sun and a former newspaper man The Pretoria casualty list records four officers wounded nine men killed and forty wounded in the Second Canadian Incrrted Rifles unit
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St. John
N. B
Hart's River
Transvaal
New Brunswick
Ralph Markham
Markham
Alfred Markham
Daily Sun
Pretoria
Women's People's Club to Close for Exhibition Week
After a long season the women's branch of the People's club will close Monday. The Swan building rooms reopen Tuesday April 22 for the annual exhibition, which runs the rest of the week.
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People’s Club
Swan
Widows Pension Grants Reported in Local List
An original widow's pension of eight dollars is awarded to Mary H. McQuesten of this city. An increased pension of twelve dollars is awarded to John McQuesten, also of Lowell. Wm F Chapman of Tewksbury has been granted an original pension of twelve dollars.
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Mary H. McQuesten
John McQuesten
Lowell
Wm. F. Chapman
Tewksbury
Roosevelt Invited to Denver Sunday School Convention
Denver authorities announce President Roosevelt has been invited to address the three yearly Sunday school convention set for Denver in June. The invitation underscores the event's national significance and Roosevelt’s anticipated keynote role in the interdenominational gathering.
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Denver
Col
Roosevelt
City health report shows scarlet fever single case
The weekly health bulletin records one scarlet fever case in the city, eighteen diphtheria cases with two deaths, and no new smallpox cases.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Promotes Deep Cough Relief
An advertisement notes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a cure for the deepest coughs. It lists prices 21c 50c and 1.00 and credits J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts as the maker.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Famine and Water Blocked for Sacaton Indians
Denver reports a Phoenix dispatch that twenty thousand Indians on the Sacaton reservation face famine with looming high mortality among the Pima and Maricopa tribes. Agent Hadley seeks temporary relief and urges petitions to Congress as water theft by white ranchers leaves tribes without sustenance. Relief is being sent and Washington petitions prepared.
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Denver
Col
Phoenix
Ariz
Sacalon Reservation
Hadley
Congress
Washington
Cavein endangers Butte mine area homes
A large cave in collapsed in the East Cotusa mine tunnel on Lower Main Street Butte Montana. The widening gap threatens several dwellings with many miners at risk as sand and water from Silver Bow creek erode supports and surface structures. One house teeters on the edge and a barn and fences have vanished.
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Silver Bow Creek
Dillon Again in Kingston Prison Case
The Call reports that men once ordered to destroy Esquimalt forts in 1900 are life prisoners in Kingston Ontario for attempting to blow the Welland canal Thorold lock weeks after the Esquimalt plot. Convicted as John Nolan John Walsh and Karl Dallman, Dallman alleged to be Luke Dillon though friends claim Dillon is dead.
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San Francisco
Cal
Esquimalt
Kingston, Ont
Thorold
Welland Canal
John Nolan
John Walsh
Karl Dallman
Dal
Money for Memorial in Canton McKinley tribute
William W. Thomas Jr the United States minister in Stockholm has sent a check for over 500 dollars to the United States to aid the Canton Ohio national memorial to the late President McKinley. He raised the funds mainly from diplomatic and consular corps of Sweden and Norway and friends as there is no American colony in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
William W. Thomas, Jr
United States
Norway
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Europe
Killed by His Machine Near Telluride Gold Mine
Telluride Colorado April 5 Colonel S B Lundlum superintendent of the Key stone Placer Mining company, four miles west of town, was almost instantly killed and Peter Espwich seriously injured when a hydraulic giant ran out of control. Lundlum, a leading hydraulic engineer with 30 years in California mining, was 60.
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Telluride
S. B. Lundlum
Keystone Placer Mining Company
Peter Espwich
Col. Lundlum
Lundlum
California
Lowell Wins Polo Championship Rally 10 to 2
Muncie star goaltender David Cusick suffered a burst artery Thursday night and cannot play in the final. Lowell capitalized on his absence for a one sided win 10 to 2 after Muncie replaced Cusick with an amateur keeper.
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Muncie
Ind
Doctors Await Toppan Mental Competence Ruling
Three alienists from Stedman Quimby and Jelly examined Jane Toppan at Barnstable jail and said they will report on her mental responsibility within 48 hours. They refused to reveal any conclusion or whether she should be committed or stand trial, citing risk to professional integrity.
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Holmes
Henry R. Stedman
Brookline
H. M. Quimby
Worcester
George F. Jelly
Boston
L. L.B. Holmes
Fred M. Bixby
Herbert Parker
Miss Toppan
Barnstable
Bixby
Doctors Near Unanimous On Jane Toppan’s Condition
Report indicates Dr. Quimby Jelly and Stedman have compared interviews with Jane Toppan at Barnstable jail and agreed on a unified opinion. They reportedly saw her twice, with attitudes and responses reinforcing a conclusion of insanity, influenced by Attorney General Parker’s caution. The final report may be ready soon.
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Jane Toppan
Quimby
Jelly
Stedman
Barnstable
Miss Toppan
Parker
Dr. Stedman
Tor
Woman's Bigamy Case Leads to Grand Jury Action
Nina Butler, tied to two husbands, faces bigamy charges with her second husband, Harry B. McRea, under police escort. McRea testified they wed in 1901 and believed a divorce was in place. Judge Hadley ordered Bonnie over to the grand jury on a $100 bond.
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Nina Butler
Harry B. McRea
Rock Street
Benjamin O. Butler
No. 1
Inspector Donaldson
McRea
Hadley
Grand
Butler
Blondin
New York State
Middletown
N. Y
White Caps
Toppan Declares Sanity as Doctors Converge at Jail
The article outlines Jane Toppan’s calm insistence on her sanity while three alienists examine her at Barnstable jail. She talks of sitting alone in a deserted farm house and denies charges, even as suspicions mount over alleged poisoning cases she nursed. The doctors refuse to discuss findings, keeping reports confidential while awaiting conclusions.
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Nichols
Jane Toppan
Miss Toppan
Barnstable
Yesterdy
Oraily
Attorney General Comments On Miss Toppan Mental Status
The attorney general said it would be some days before experts report on Miss Toppan. He noted conversations with two physicians about visits and observations, stressing that no impressions were shared. He affirmed the government’s stance that Toppan is sane and questioned whether the Barnstable court session will resolve the matter now.
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Jane Toppan
Miss Toppan
Barnstable Superior
Osteopathy Bill Passed by House in Des Moines
Des Moines April 5 The House has passed the Senate bill recognizing the osteopathic school of physicians authorizing the State board of medical examiners to issue certificates to graduates of osteopathic colleges and to others who pass examination and authorizing the Governor to name an osteopathic physician to the State boards of health and medical examiners.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Osteopathic School of Physicians
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Board of Health and
Engineers Strike Shuts Down Washoe Smelters
In Tutt e Mont April 6 the lower works converters at the Washoe smelters of the Anaconda mine were closed due to a strike by Amalga mining hoisting engineers. Several hundred more men were added to the labor list. If activities do not resume in two days, all smelting will suspend.
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Cooper
Philip O’brien
Brockton
Manchester
Lowell
Joseph LaChance
John J. Brady
Salem
Thorndike
LaChance
Hadley
Joseph A. Feeney
Andrew J. Aiken
Londonderry
N. H
New Hampshire
Stanislaus Bogus
Lawrence
John Carter
Tutte
Mont
Washoe
Anaconda
Amalgamated Mines
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Grover
Hoy
Prince Coming
Edward VII
Dillon Again
Hillside Congregational Church
Dracula
C. E
Toppan
Davis
Alden P. Davis
Annie D. Gordon
Mary D. Gibbs
Cataumet
Amherst
J. H. Whitney
Luke Raddigan
Luke
Slattery
Raddigan
Mary Doherty
James Armstrong
Catherine White
Clark’s Court
Catherine
James
Osteopathy
Iowa House
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