Beggar’s Death Attributed To Own Act In Buda Pesth Fortune Found
An 80 year old beggar at Buda Pesth committed suicide and left a fortune of 209000 dollars. Indignation of contributors to the wealth is noted. An umbrella recovery is mentioned with no guarantee of return. The piece references endurance tests between Japanned ware and Russia iron. Sudbury town clerk Hunt begins his 45th term amid expectations of longevity. A life policy on the Czar of Russia is deemed highly hazardous.
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Buda Pesth
Russia
Hunt
Sudbury
McKinley Plans June Massachusetts Trip Highlights
President McKinley and party will visit Massachusetts in June visiting Worchester and Nahant, attend Harvard commencement in Cambridge, meet Senator Hoar, Senator Lodge, and Governor Crane, call on Justice Gray, visit Hingham with Secretary Long, and tour historic sites at Marshfield and Plymouth during a multi stops itinerary through Concord and Lexington.
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Washington, D. C
McKinley
Massachusetts
Senator Hoar
Worcester
Long
Hingham
Senator Lodge
Nahant
Hay
Song
Boston
Middletown
Wesleyan College
Grace McKinley
Gov. Crane
Cambridge
Harvard
Rutland
Rufus Fulham
Ohio
Concord
Lexington
Essex Court
Manchester-by the-Sea
McMillan
Michigan
Collector Lyman
Justice Gray
United States Supreme Court
Senator Ledge
Secretary Long
Webster Place
Marshfield
Plymouth
Fell In A Fit Near Carter Sherburne Drug Store
Joseph Murphy about 30 fell on the Merrimack square sidewalk near Carter Sherburne's drug store. He bled heavily after striking his nose and was taken by ambulance to St. John's hospital then home on Dutton street. He says fits have followed prior injuries at Massachusetts mills.
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Joseph Murphy
Carter & Sherburne’s
Merrimack Square
St. John’s Hospital
Dutton Street
Murphy
Massachusetts Mills
City Relies on Charity as Vagrants Swell Here
Charity officials report large consignments of tramps to Chicago, described as the Mecca of the vagrant and paradise of the voluntary pauper. The city, it notes, pays taxes while providing free board and lodging, with little incentive for work.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
The Traders National Bank Open Hours and Deposits
Deposit Boxes five dollars per year and savings department pays four percent per annum with semi annual compounding. Bank offers foreign exchange in English French German and Swedish money. Banking rooms for ladies available. Depository for United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Banking hours 8 am to 4 pm, Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm, evenings 7 to 9 pm. Locations 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 24 Post Office Avenue.
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Inits Savings Department
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
Plot to Kill Czar Reported In Palace Mine Discovery
Paris dispatch reports a mine found beneath the palace of Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoi Selo near St Petersburg. Several notable figures are implicated in the plot against His Majesty. Russian press barred from commenting on the affair.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Co
Paris
Emperor Nicholas
Tzarskoi
Selo
St. Petersburg
Bride and Anthony Marry After Swampscott Picnic Meeting
A brunette bride told Adams Street police court clerk Heilper that she and Anthony, both Catholics, met at a Swampscott Bay Sunday school picnic. She traveled to New York, then Boston, where they wed after corresponding and returning to New York.
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Heilper
Adams Street
Anthony
Swampscott Bay
New York
Boston
Mrs Warren Denies Daughter Fled With Man After Divorce
Mrs Albert H H Warren of South Framingham says May Warren went to Boston to consult her lawyer about a divorce from Eden Plake and planned to return home soon. She denies any flight with Anthony Cook, calling the reports false.
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South
Framingham
Albert H. H. Warren
May Warren
Boston
Eden Plake
Ipswich Strikers resist wage cut at hosiery mills
Ipswich workers in the carding, boarding and related departments refuse to work after a wage reduction effective March 25, marking a rare organized resistance in town. About 150 employees stay idle, with 125 forming a new society to oppose the cut, while the plant continues production in other departments and public sympathy grows. The mills produce 90,000 dozen stockings monthly, and the strike risks halting a key local industry.
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Harry B. Brown
Brown
Hammatt Street
Bandits Miss $30,060 in Securities and Gold Coin
Somerset March 26 Seven bandits partially wreck the state bank of Somerset by a nitro glycerine explosion in the vault doors. They seized $500 in cash and two livery rigs, held off a citizen posse and fled amid heavy gunfire. The robbers overlooked $30,000 in bonds and $6,000 in gold coin.
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Somerset
State Bank of
Czar Advises Preventive Measures to Avert Disturbances
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the interior minister issued instructions to town and provincial authorities under the Czar's guidance. The guidance favors preventive actions over severe repression after unrest begins, aiming to curb disturbances before they start.
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London
St. Petersburg
Deranged Farm Hand Kills Two Men in Los Angeles
Clarence Crawford, a farm hand, murdered Ralph Mulherron and W. C. Stratton in Los Angeles. He wounded Mrs. Stratton and then killed himself with five shots from a revolver. Authorities say he was deranged by infatuation with Mrs. Stratton.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence Crawford
Ralph Mulherron
W. C. Stratton
Arthur Chamberlain Wins Libel Damages in War Office Case
London March 26 Arthur Chamberlain in his libel suit against the Star and Morning Leader over war office contracts has been awarded 200 pounds damages.
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London
Arthur Chamberlain
The
Star and Morning Leader
War Office
Northeast storm warning from coast to Maine
Boston March 26. The Weather Bureau distributed a warning from the Delaware breakwater to Westport Maine of increasing northeast winds and dangerous squalls, shifting to high northwest winds along the coast.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Delaware Breakwater
Westport
American cruiser New York arrives at Tangiers
The cruiser New York with American embassy to Mazagan in the settlement of the United States claims against Morocco arrived at Tangiers today. A revolt also unfolds in Arabia as Sheik Amin De Din raises the standard against Turkish rule in Yemen.
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Tangiers
New York
Mazagan
United States
Morocco
Constantinople
Sheik Amin de Din
Yamen
Arabia
Mills Shut Down In Fall River Curbs Idle Work
In Fall River on March 25 26 20 mills under 10 corporations began curtailment. The Chase Durfee Davos Fall River Manufacturing Metacomet Richard Borden Shore Stafford Troy Wampanoag Granite and Cornell mills reduced operations leading to about 8000 workers idle.
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Fall River
Chase, Durfee, Davos
Fall River Manufacturing Company
Metacomet
Richard Borden
Shore
Stafford, Troy
Wampanoag, Granite
Cornell Mills
Runaway Nuptials Linked to May Alice Cook Union
March 25 in South Framingham New York saw May Alice Cook married to Anthony Cook of Cambridge Massachusetts after Alderman Walker joined the couple in Brooklyn borough hall. The civil ceremony preceded a religious one, marking a runaway match.
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New York
Anthony
Alice Cook
Nee Warren
Harvard treasurer Edward Hooper falls from Beacon Street home
Edward W. Hooper, former Harvard College treasurer and Boston lawyer, fell from the third story of his Beacon Street residence soon after midnight Monday. He suffered a severe head injury and possible rib fractures but is believed not to be fatally harmed. Hooper, confined for 10 days with illness from overwork and cared for by a nurse, was discovered after groans were heard when the nurse was briefly away.
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Edward W. Hooper
Harvard College
Boston
Beacon Street
Hooper
Charter Committee Recommends Two-Board City Council
The Lowell charter revision group at city hall debated a 44-section draft, adopting most sections as read while making key changes to council structure. They kept two boards with nine aldermen at large and 27 ward representatives, and debated janitor appointments and purchasing powers before adjourning.
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City Hall
Miskella
Qua
Msley
Palmer
F. K. Stearns
Committee On
Pearson
Board of Aldermen
Pratt
Henderson
Casey
Lowell
Lebrun
Schoal
Miskella Holsas
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Miskellaan
Batman Road and Parker Street Petitions Heard
City committee led by Alder Carmichael toured Batman road and Parker street widening, grading, and straightening petitions. Hearing noted absence of remonstrants and intense local push for repairs, with residents and business owners pledging land donations and urgent action.
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Batman Road
Parker Street
Chalifoux Letter Reports Birmingham Damage Not Found
A letter to Mrs J J Chalifoux from her husband in New York states none of the Chalifoux property in Birmingham Alabama was destroyed as per despatches in newspapers. He notes the property was not in the cyclone path and that Lowell residents in Birmingham include two Chalifoux siblings and several store clerks. The lists show no familiar Lowell names, suggesting escape. Mr Chalifoux left Birmingham on Sunday and daughter Miss Alice F Chalifoux departed Friday.
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J. J. Chalifoux
New York City
Chalifoux
Birmingham
Ala
Lowell
City Council Considers Oakland Street Railway Extension
Aldermen hold a regular meeting tonight with expected action on the Oakland street railway extension requested by the Lowell Lawrence and Ha verhill Co. Overseers of the poor meet Thursday. Rumor hints at removal of the city farm superintendent and a new hire, but officials offer no confirmation. Mayor Dimon returns to city hall and attracts many visitors seeking favors.
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Holt
Oakland Street
Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Co
City Hall
City Farm
Dimon
Painters Union Considers Arbitration Over Wage and Hours
The Painters union, in a Monday meeting, heard George Kane of Cleveland speak as a representative of the American Federation of Labor about current difficulties. The union said it is willing to arbitrate the dispute over the $2.25 minimum wage and the eight hour day demanded from master painters.
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The
Painters’ Union
George Kane
Cleveland
Ohio
American Federation of Labor
Mork Buried After Staircase Fall Fatality
Andrew J. Mork, 54, a Sweden native, died after falling down stairs at 32 Massachusetts corporation Saturday night. Identified Monday, he left a wife and five children. The body was buried in Edson cemetery this morning.
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Massachusetts Corporation
Andrew J. Mork
Sweden
Edson
Old-Time Offender Nellie Sexton in Lowell Court
Nellie Sexton once famed as a regualr beauty in Judge Hadley’s court faced a drunkenness charge in Lowell. She pled guilty and explained she was en route to Fall River with two nieces’ children, visiting old haunts before returning to Manchester. fined $2, jailed in default, kids sent to city farm then Manchester orphan asylum.
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Nellie Sexton
Manchester
Lowell
Fall River
Walsh
Fenwick Street
Courtney
Overseers of the Poor
Hadley
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
Thomas Bagley
Agent Richardson
The
Humane Society
Middlesex Street
Bagley
Richardson
Nichols Street
Conway Transfer Company
John McCarthy
State Farm
Institution of Reform
William H. Hickson
Patrick Dineen
Daniel Dineen
Wife Sues Frank Bush in New York Supreme Court
Grace E. Bush, plaintiff, seeks judicial separation from Benjamin Franklin Bush, known as Frank Bush, a stage impersonator. The suit follows alleged abuse after a 1899 romance and two ceremonies, one in Boston and a second in the city, ending with her leaving his Elmhurs t home.
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Grace E. Bush
Supreme Court of New York
Benjamin Franklin Bush
Frank Bush
Boston
Bush
Elmehurst
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H. P. Graves
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W. T. S. Partletts
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