Fire destroys Pitts-Kimball building in Boston blaze
A severe five alarm fire gutted the six story Pitts Kimball company building at 607 to 615 Washington Street Boston causing massive damage to the store and adjacent properties including the Park theatre and Tremont theatre. Firemen faced dense smoke for hours. Losses to departments totaled substantial with insured sums and specific department losses listed. The article notes the death of a local resident at 113 Harvard Avenue Roxbury.
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Boston
Pitts- Kimball Company
Washington Street
Park Theatre
Pitts-Kimball
New England Piano Company
Fayette Court
Tremont Theatre
Haymarket Place
Mullen
Head Place
Park
Pitts-Kimball Company
Pitts, Kimball and Lewis
Hollander, Bradshaw and Folsom
Bailey
Parker Estates
J. R. Tilton
Opera Tenor James J. Maloney Dies in Boston
James J. Maloney age 58, early member of the Boston Ideal Opera company and longtime Jordan Marsh employee for 35 years, died in Boston on May 31. He was a respected figure in local theater and retail circles.
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James J. Maloney
Jordan Marsh &Co
Boston
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Health and Wealth Trade Secrets in Dr. Pierce Remedy
A persuasive ad touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for indigestion and stomach trouble. The testimonial from Frank ericle of Independence Missouri claims relief and weight gain after using the product and its Pleasant Pellets, emphasizing no alcohol or intoxicants.
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Pierce
Golden
Mr. Frankericle
P. O. Box
Independence
Jackson Co
Dr. Pierce
Burglars Loot Post Office at Mechanic Falls Me
Burglars bored the safe door of the Mechanic Falls post office stealing about 400 dollars in money and stamps last night. They cut the telephone line and used tools from Dooley’s blacksmith shop and candles scattered on the floor. A suspect described by storekeeper Merritt is a 35-year-old mechanic type man seen with candles. Police pursue leads as investigation continues.
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Mechanic Falls
Mr. Dooley
J. H. de Coster
Dooley
Fred L. Merritt
Merritt
Died of lockjaw in York after horse injury
Mrs Leonard Jenkins of York Me died at about age 56 from tetanus following a wrist cut while shielding her head from a horse kick last week. She left three daughters Mrs Albert Travers of St Framingham Mass Mrs William H Noyes of Lynn Mass and Mrs Charles E B Farewell of Kittery and one son. She was esteemed in Kittery and surrounding areas.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Leonard Jenkins
York
Albert Travers
St. Framingham
Mass
William H. Noyes
Lynn
Charles EB. Farewell
Kittery
Fork
Despondent Connecticut Roofing co. executive hanged himself
Charles H. Goodwin, 54, junior member of the Connecticut Roofing Co., hanged himself in his New Haven basement today. Despondent over dwindling business, he left a note asking for pardon and stating he was in the cellar. his father found the body hanging by a clothes line.
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New Haven
Charles H. Goodwin
Connecticut Roofing Company
Former Governor Charged With Complicity in Goebel Murder
In Frankfort Kentucky on May 31 Judge Cantrill ordered the circuit court clerk to issue a bench warrant for former Governor Taylor. The grand jury indictment accuses Taylor of being an accessory to the assassination of William Goebel. Deputy Sheriff John Suter to serve the warrant.
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Frankfort
Cantrill
Ford
Circuit Court
Taylor
William Goebel
John Suter
Expressed for Boers at Faneuil Hall in Boston
In Boston at Faneuil Hall last night a large audience applauded as resolutions were adopted in sympathy with the South African republics. The resolutions urged the United States government to oppose England's conduct in the South African war. The reception for Boer envoys Fischer Walmarens and Wessels drew a crowded hall.
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Boston
United States
Great Britain
England
South Africa
Messrs
Fischer, Walmarens
Wessels
Faneuil Hall
Heavy Engagement Between Boxers and Imperial Forces
A May 30 despatch from Tien-Tsin reports heavy fighting between imperial troops and Boxers at Lai-Shin-Hi-Sien with no known outcome. Pekin railway traffic resumes and foreign settlement is protected by American and Japanese troops, calming local excitement.
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London
Daily Mail
Tien-Tsin
Lai-Shin-Hi-Sien
Pekin
Man shoots niece and commits suicide in Cleveland
Cleveland on May 31 reports Carl Raub aged 57, once tied to a German paper, shot and killed his niece Bertha Yucker aged 26, a school principal, then killed himself. Motive not yet clear.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carl Raub
Bertha Yucker
Raub
Hawaiian Islands Declared Free From Plague
Washington May 31 department of state reports on May 5 Hawaiian authorities declared the island free from bubonic plague infection and the quarantine on the islands has been lifted.
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
Hawaiian Island
Confederate Sons Meet in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky on May 31 the first meeting of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans opened in the criminal court building led by Commander W W Davies of Louisville.
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Louisville
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Criminal Court
W. W. Davies
Chess masters tournament rounds in Paris results
In Paris on May 21 the eighth round of the International chessmasters tournament produced decisive results. Maroczy defeated Showalter, Schieder beat Didier, and Brady defeated Janowski, shaping the standings as the event continues.
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Paris
Maroczy
Showalter
Schieder
Didier
Brady
Janowski
Strategic Coaling Stations Dominate Pacific Ocean plan
Washington May 31 plan under way for fortifying Guam Cavite Pearl Harbor Pago Pago and potentially a Galapagos coal station. Navy and War departments study fortifications and equipment with Congress funding expected. Critics say it echoes imperial strategy while noting years of Pearl Harbor Pago Pago Guam appropriations.
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Washington
Navy
War Departments
Guam
Cavite
Pearl Harbor
Pago Pago
Galapagos
Pacific
War Department
Navy Department
Corps of Engineers
Congress
United States
Malta
Bermuda
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Halifax
Nassau
Azores
Portugal
Atlantic
Honolulu
Revision of Philippine tariff eyed by Secretary Root
Secretary Root will consider revising the customs tariff on imports to the Philippine islands after returning to Washington. The plan aims to reduce duties on staple American goods such as canned meats and fruits, expand American production markets, and allow Taft commission adjustments with War Department consultation, with several months needed for final promulgation.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Root
Department
Spain
United States
Philippines
War Department
Taft Commission
Taft
Secretary of War
Senate Passes Sundry Civil Bill with Exposition Fund
Washington May 31 The Senate after eight hours approved the sundry civil appropriation bill including a five million dollar item for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis in 1903. Only two general appropriation bills remain military academy and general deficiency. passage expected by Saturday night.
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Washington
Senate
St. Louis
Military Academy
Trusts Amendment Debate Sparks House Fight In May Session
In Washington on May 8, the House opened debate on a judiciary committee backed constitutional amendment to empower Congress to define regulate and dissolve trusts and combinations. Democratic NY member Sulzer denounced Republicans accusing them of using rhetoric for politics and warned the measure could fail in the Senate where trust senators would oppose it.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Sulzer
Dem. N. Y
Missouri ship reborn as transport named Egbert
Washington May 31 The former Army hospital ship Missouri condemned after one Manila trip has become a regular freight transport named Egbert. She will leave San Francisco today or tomorrow for Seattle to load miscellaneous supplies for troops in Alaska.
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Washington
Missouri
Manila
Egbert
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
House Committee Rules No Claim to Chicago Lake Front
Washington May 21. The House committee on Indian affairs acted today against a claim by a band of Pottawatomie Indians to extensive Chicago lake front lands valued at 150 million dollars. The action removes a major obstacle to potential development and clarifies the federal stance on tribal land claims along the lake.
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House
Chicago Lake Front
Washington
House Committee On
Indians claim to lake front denied in Michigan band split
A long contested claim under old title laws involving Lincoln Park and residence areas was reviewed by a Sub-Committee chaired by Representative Curtis. Testimony concluded that the band assailing the lake front had no interest since splitting from the tribe in 1833 and living separately in Michigan.
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Lincoln Park
Curtis
Lake Front
Michigan
Exports Gain in Quantity and Price in April
Washington May 31 The April boom in cotton exports surpassed many past years in both volume and price. Compared with April last year the average price rose nearly fifty percent and the quantity nearly doubled, with total value about three times as great. April 1899 exports were 134,397,000 pounds worth 8,435,000 dollars at 6 3-10 cents per pound. last month exports reached 264,044,000 pounds valued at 24,684,000 dollars at 93-10 cents per pound. In ten months ending April 30, 1900 total exports stood at 2,898,755,000 pounds.
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Washington
Small Surrenders Continue in Northern Luzon Capture News
Washington dispatch reports from Manila indicate ongoing small surrenders in Northern Luzon. Corino, the fugitive Benguet governor allied with Aguinaldo, was captured near Kabayan. In a scouting mission near San Miguel de Mayumo on May 29, Captain Charles D. Roberts and Privates McIntyre and Aken were captured. Sergeant Gallen and Privates McCourt and Green were killed. George Kinger wounded in the thigh. All were from Company I of the 35th Regiment UB.
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Joseph McCourt
John A. Green
Geo. Kinger
35Th Regiment
Circus Returns to New York After Prima Circus Void
The Barnum and Bailey era left a void in New York City’s circus scene until Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers staged a bold comeback. After two successful seasons, the new show arrives in the city for two performances, boasting a vast lineup from bareback riders to elephants, sea lions, and a grand street parade once seen by half a million spectators under the Dewey Arch.
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Arenic Field
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Greater Gotham
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Aggregation
Svith
New York
Hassan Ali
Dewey Arch
MISS PALMER S RECITAL AT MISS PALMER S ROOMS
Mrs. O A Gelino contralto presented by vocal teacher Miss E L Palmer in a private recital at Swan building. Palmer praises her pupil s improving voice as readers heard selections from SemIRmmin Gluck Pierne Hawley etc with pieces including Love Not the Warla and The Prodigal Son reflecting a refined program for invited guests.
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O. A. Gelino
E. L. Palmer
Swan Building
Hawley
Cavatina
S . Voje
Giardini
Strawberries and Song At John Street Church Supper
John Street Congregational church held a strawberry supper and entertainment in the vestry last evening. Miss Milly Gregg directed the supper with Mrs O W Butler as entertainment manager, assisted by Susie Winters Elizabeth Blandin and Annie Hall. Zelda Snow and Mary Osgood ran the lemonade table, while waiters came from Mrs A K Whitcomb's class. The program featured piano solo Mother Saunders, a ladies quartette Ethel Watch Rebecca Gardner Lena Reid and Ella Fleming, a solo Edith Saunders, readings by Mary Snow and Susan Meredith, a banjo duet Flemings and Cooke, another solo Miss Welch, and another reading with the quartet.
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John Street Congregational
Mother Saunders
Ethel Watch
Rebecca A. Gardner
Lena Mae Reid
F. Ella Flemings
Edith Saunders
Mary Snow
Misses Flemings
Cooke
Miss Welch
Susan Meredith
Quartette
Ladies Night Celebrates 11th Anniversary of Highland Arcanum
Highland council No 970 Royal Arcanum marked its eleventh anniversary in Highland hall with a social event led by wives of members. Entertainment featured an address by Past Grand Regent Alonzo G. Walsh, readings, songs, dances, and orchestra performances. Guests enjoyed refreshments, dancing, and whist as officers and committees were listed for the event.
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Highland Council
Royal Arcanum
Highland Hall
J. W. Jackson
Order
Alonzo G. Walsh
Bessie Adams
Mabel R. Miller
Miss Lavine
John Thorne
George A. Barnes
P. J. Boland
A. W. Burnham
W. J. Scott
W. Dana Hill
J. M. Carter
W. E. Smith
Alanson Gray
G. H. Ripley
G. A. Barnes
Benefit Concert for Humane Society in Colonial Hall
A large audience attended last night’s benefit for the Humane Society in Colonial Hall. The program featured Mrs. J. W. Sturtevant, Miss Irene Pindar, Mr. A. E. Prescott, Miss Mary Louise Coburn, and the Tabasco Guitar and Mandolin Club. Highlights included Henschel’s Spring Song, My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair, The Rosary, There Little Girl Don’t Cry, an aria from Sampson and Delilah, Good Night Little Girl Good Night, and The Queen of Sheba recitative and cavatina. Coburn accompanied with a Liszt study in D flat. dancing followed the concert.
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Colonial ‘Hall
The
Humane Society
J. W. Sturtevant
Irene Pindar
A. E. Prescott
Mary Louise Coburn
Tabasco Guitar and Mandolin Club
Gipsy John
Clay
Miss Coburn
Listz
Doll Social at Y W C A Works Dolls For India Mission
A Social at the Young Women's Christian Association featured one hundred dolls in costumes illustrating social occasions. Dolls depicted picnics weddings and hospital scenes to be sent to Miss Mudge and Miss Organ missionaries in India. Participants included Elias Calderwood Whiteman O'Brien and Mina Brooks with Daisy MacBrayne and Eliza Holgate leading committees.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Miss Mudge
Miss Organ
India
Elias M. Calderwood
Lilian Whiteman
Lillian O’brien
Mina Brooks
Daisy MacBrayne
Eliza Holgate
Famine relief concert in Littleton town hall boosts spirits
A relief entertainment for Indian famine sufferers drew a crowded Littleton audience Tuesday evening. The event was organized by pastors from three churches with strong community support. The Westford Young Ladies Mandolin Club led by Carrie Reed performed to enthusiastic applause, with other acts including songs, readings, and piano solos. Refreshments followed, coordinated by church members under the general oversight of three reverends.
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Littleton Town Hall
India
Westford Young Ladies Mandolin Club
Carrie I E. Reed
Chas
A. Priest
Il Trovatore
R. A. Spencer
Clara A. Fhelps
Annie B. Smith
W. C. Brown
Unitarian Church
Amelia Frost
Congregational Church
F. R. Emeslin
Baptist Church
Cozy Cottage Home for Little Money in Lowell Area
Real estate ad listing nearly new cottage with five rooms, bath, 8000 square feet of land, near mills, priced at 1250 with 100 down and 5 percent interest. Owner selling after moving from city. Also five acre building lot near electric line at 150 per acre and 10 acres at 100 per acre. Contact T.H. Byliott, 484 Central Street.
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Lowell
T.H. Byliott
Central Street
L.A
Claire Street
Price Poultry Farm
L.B L
Highlands
B.A. S. Centralville
B. A. K. Centralville
B.L. Centralville
Heights
B. Pawtucks
Tyville
Central St
For Sale Houses In Pawtucketville And Nesmith Street
Real estate listing offers a 7 room house with barn in Pawtucketville near the bridge priced 1550 with small down payment. Also an eight room Mamoth Road residence with furnace hot and cold water at 2600 with easy terms. Another Nesmith Street 10 room house with bath and piped hot and cold water heat. Also a tenement at 88 Oak Street for rent. Contact A J and H W J Howe Courier-Citizen Bid.
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Pawtucketville
Woodward Avenue
Pawtucket Bridge
Woodward Ave
Mammoth Road
A.J
H.W. J. Howe
Courier-Citizen
Nesmith Street
Oak Street
E. A. Howe
Lowell
Fine location for wholesale or retail business stand
Advertising copy describes a 2400 square foot space suitable for wholesale or retail use with railroad facilities at the rear. The site fronts a wide street with Trinidad pitch lake asphalt paving soon. Excellent stand and reasonable rent. Address C. I, Coburn, Agent, City Hall.
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Trinidad Pitch
C. I
Coburn
Agt
City Hall
Boston and Maine timetable corrections 1899
Boston and Maine timetable corrected to October 2 1899 lists numerous train times from Merrimack Street to Boston Lawrence Lowell Dover Newburyport Amesbury Portsmouth and other destinations. Includes Sunday schedules and special routes via several hubs with multiple daily departures and remarks on express services and connections.
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Boston
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Daverhill
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Amesbury
Portsmouth
Jaeme
Oanoreworth
N. H
Saco
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Augusta
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Waterville
A. Mn
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Bangor
Peesast
Rockland
St. Jonns
N. O
Halifax
Montreal
Qebec
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonespore
Machiasport
Frank Jones
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