Bill to abolish Lowell depot and crossing faces quick approval
The state house rules committee voted to suspend rules to admit a bill abolishing the Merrimack street station and the Thorndike street crossing in Lowell. Mayor Casey and City Solicitor Hill urged swift action, with passage likely this afternoon. Boston and MaineRailroad will then begin required changes.
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Thorndike Street
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Frothingham
Casey
Hill
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Hayes
Boston & Maine
Emperor Grants Partial Finnish Diet Concessions
In St Petersburg on March 30 the emperor replied to the Finnish diet petition urging withdrawal of decrees since 1899. He suspends conscription until 1908 and imposes a 2 million dollar Finnish contribution in place of recruits, while upholding danger of Russian leadership and language use. The reply also accepts the judges’ irremovability, with an imperial rescript to the governor general for Diet communication.
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St. Petersburg
Finland
Senate
Caucasus
Big verdict against B. & M. in locomotive case
A Suffolk superior court jury awarded $22,500 to Charles W. McNear of Medford a fireman against Boston & Maine Railroad Company. He suffered internal injuries when a locomotive collided with stationary cars at Wayland in April 1902. The engineer and head brakeman were killed. The suit claimed defective wheel flanges and failure to switch properly.
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Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Charles W. McNear
Medford
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Wayland
Receivers Appointed for Preferred Mercantile Co in Boston
Boston March 30 Burton P Gray named temporary receiver of the Preferred Mercantile Co by Justice Loring in the supreme judicial court on petition by Attorney General Herbert Parker. The company is said to run a diamond business under an alleged lottery plan and may have violated charter conditions.
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Boston
Burton P. Gray
Preferred Mercantile Company
Justice Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
Herbert Parker
Young man dies by dynamite in Mahanoy City
Joseph Rogist aged 25 in Mahanoy City committed suicide last night by blowing himself up with dynamite. Worry is believed to have driven him to take his life. He had been married only six months.
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Mahanoy City
Josseph Rogist
Partly Satisfied Finns After Imperial Reply
Helsingfors reports that Finns reacted to the emperor's reply to the Diet petition with limited support. The Diet linked legislation to full petition approval, while the imperial decision is seen as a temporary fix likely preventing disturbances tied to upcoming conscription. This year heavy agitation urged youths to resist. only about 10 percent were expected to respond to the levy of 28,000.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Boston Transit Committee Backs Beacon Hill Tunnel Study
A resolve urging the Boston Rapid Transit commission to study subway expansion and feasible routes will be reported favorably to the legislature by the committee on metropolitan affairs. The measure stems from a petition to tunnel Beacon Hill for the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
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Boston
Boston Rapid Transit Commission
General Court
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Beacon Hill
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Austrian Murdered by His Wife in Pittsburgh
Michael Novackovich an Austrian laborer was murdered in bed by his wife Annie with a hatchet. A boarder found the body about an hour later and alerted police. Annie Novackovich confessed after arrests of her and 17 foreigners. motive remains unknown.
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Pittsburg
Michael Novackovich
Annie
Novackovich
Emperor William Sails From Portugal
In Lisbon on March 30 the Hamburg American Line steamer Hamburg carried Emperor William. Crowds cheered his popularity as King Carlos Queen Marie Amelie and Crown Prince Louis Philippe greeted him at Necessidades palace. Royal figures boarded the ship for a formal farewell as salutes and music marked the departure.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Hamburg
Emperor William
King Carlos
Marie Amelie
Louis Philippe
Merrimack River Flood Threat Near Mills and Falls
The Merrimack River rose eight and a half inches since yesterday, threatening to flood the bottom floors of mills, with potential shutdowns if it rises four more inches. Ice jam at Manchester persists. a small steam launch went over Pawtucket falls, wreckage recovered near Aiken street bridge, as wood rafts descend the river for salvage.
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Merrimack
Massachusetts Mills
Merrimack River
Centralville
Concord
Pawtucket Falls
Manchester
Nashua
Aiken Street
Missing Witness Arrested in Cincinnati Case
Morgan Smith and his wife, sister of Miss Nan Patterson, the actress, were arrested in Cincinnati on the New York case of killing Caesar Young the bookmaker. Smith had been summoned as a witness but fled New York months ago and was not found until today.
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Cincinnati
Morgan Smith
Nan Patterson
New York
Caesar Young
Pafternoon
Smith
New York City
State
Local police drill under Army manual supervision
Forty six patrolmen gathered at the police station at 2 30 this afternoon for a one hour drill led by Lieut James Brosnan with Sergt John B Crowley assisting. The movements followed the latest United States army manual and the drills will be held weekly through the summer months.
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James Brosnan
John B. Crowley
United States Army
Irrigation Committees Plan Southwest West Tour
Washington reports that the senate and house irrigation committees will depart Kansas City on June 1 to inspect major Southwest and Western projects. The trip includes a visit to the Portland exposition before their return.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kansas City
Southwest
Portland Exposition
Russians Fortify Sipinghai In Manchuria Duel Looms
In Manchuria the Russians strengthen Sipinghai defenses while Japanese forces mass to cut supply lines. A telegraphic error misreported a Russian retirement toward Chaoumiaodze. a 20 mile battleground remains between the rivals as Japan eyes Kirin and the Vladivostok link to isolate Line.
Japanese Flanking Move Reported Near Sipinghai
A telegraph from Sitjasa Manchuria dated today says Chinese reports indicate a Japanese column likely conducting a flanking move was seen 27 miles northeast of Sipinghai and 74 miles north of Tie pass. Snow has fallen heavily in the area.
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St. Petersburg
Sitjasa
Manchuria
Sipinghai
Tie Pass
Japanese prepare to attack Sipinghai area from south
From St Peters burg came word that reconnaissance established the Japanese massing force 20 miles south of Sipinghai likely aiming at the Russian position there. Japanese also near Kirin threatening Ussuri district communications as Maxim Gorky in Riga awaits trial. Gorky granted permission to travel south to Russia for health reasons after several hemorrhages. His trial is set for June 7.
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St. Petersburg
Sipinghai
Kirin
Ussuri
Maxim Gorky
Riga
Crimea
Gorky
Russia
Japanese take over Manchuria administration
Chinese merchants arriving from Mukden report Japanese officials installed in Manchuria, control of Russian buildings, and a new Japanese police force at Mukden. They note the Port Dalny to Mukden railroad converted to narrow gauge and three supply lines via Seoul, Fengwangcheng, and the Sinmintin road. Fresh Japanese troops are arriving at the front.
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Gunshu Pass
Tie Pass
Manchuria
Mukden
Port Dalny
Mukkden
Seoul
Fengwangcheng
Sinmintin
Imperial commission backs continuation of war report
St Petersburg March 30 It is understood the imperial commission led by Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch has completed its preliminary report favoring continuation of the war finding no financial or military obstacle to its prosecution.
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St. Petersburg
Imperial Commission
Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Local Grocery Ad Promises Bargains on Produce and Oats
A fragment from a Westphalia advertisement lists Best Smoked Shoulder by the strip and Ib large Sweet California Navel Oranges at 14 for 25 cents, plus Best Quality Rolled Oats in 10 pound bags. Contact Tel 679-3 at 223 Gentral Street.
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Westphalia
Quincy's Health Board Prepares for Meningitis Cases
In Quincy on March 30 a six month old child died of cerebro spinal meningitis and a second case emerged prompting the board of health to ready the city pest house for immediate use if further cases occur. The deceased infant was the child of Mr and Mrs Thomas Palmer of Wollaston who recently moved from New Brunswick. The second patient is John Hickey 21 an employee of Fore River Shipbuilding Company currently at the city hospital.
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Quincy
Board of Health
City
Thomas Palmer
Wollaston
New Brunswick
John Hickey
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Hickey
City Hospital
Idle factory looted as belts and pulleys stolen
The idle American Shuttle Company factory on Tanner Street saw belts and pulleys stolen. Two suspects, William St Peter and John Russell, were charged with breaking and entering on March 24 25 and 28, 122 pounds of belting and two pulleys were seized. Russell and St Peter bonded to the superior court. Reuben Cohen named in court for receiving the stolen goods.
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American Shuttle Company
Tanner Street
William St. Peter
Marshall Street
John Russell
Queen Street
St. Peter
Russell
Pickman
Westboro
Maher
Laflamme
Chelmsford Street
Reuben Cohen
Howard Street
Reuben
Patrick Fitzgerald Sentenced for Theft of Coat and Cash
Patrick Fitzgerald received seven months in the common jail for stealing a coat and a vest plus $25 from Marcos Ansara of 100 Suffolk Street. Four men testified to seeing him and another man enter Ansara’s premises and depart with the items. A portion of the missing money was found on Fitzgerald at arrest.
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Patrick Fitzgerald
Marcos Ansara
Suffolk Street
Patrick
Marcos
Mary Cormier Faces Jail Time After Drunken Fits
Mary Cormier, charged with drunkenness, had two severe fits in court during probation talks with Mr Slattery. A two month sentence to the common jail was imposed. Henry A Grady and Thomas Chaffee each taxed $6 for drunkenness. John H Dwyer and Patrick McNulty were the $2 men. James Coronatos, charged with assault with a knife on Stamates Alexandropoulos, was continued to Saturday morning. Alexandropoulos remains confined at St Johns hospital with wounds.
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Mary Cormier
Mary
Mr. Slattery
Henry A. Grady
Thomas Chaffee
John H
Grass Fire Briskly Quelled on Varnum Avenue
The Pawtucketville fire crew was dispatched at 11.20 this morning to extinguish a small grass fire on Varnum Avenue opposite Lowell General Hospital. No damage was reported.
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Pawtucketville
Varnum Avenue
Lowell General Hospital
Two Deaths From Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Boston
Boston reports two deaths from cerebro-spinal meningitis with Maud Maguire of Roxbury dying at City hospital after 14 hours of illness. Eight year old William Black of Roxbury dies at the children's hospital. Ernest Swett case from Cambridge is serious. Esther S Burbank's death misdiagnosed, culture shows neither meningitis nor diphtheria.
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Boston
Maud Maguire
Roxbury
City Hospital
Miss Maguire
William Black
Children’s Hospital
Ernest Swett
Cambridge
Girl Suffering Suspected Meningitis Taken to City Hospital
Alice Keefe, a 15 year old girl living on Stackpole street, was reported to the board of health as suspicious and now shows cerebro-spinal meningitis symptoms. Dr. Forster H. Smith directs care, plans a 15000 unit antitoxin and a lumbar puncture to confirm diagnosis.
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Alice Keefe
Board of Health
City Farm
St. John’s Hospital
Forster H. Smith
Stackpole Street
Third section of homeseekers excursion wrecked near Dryden
None seriously hurt as the third section of the homeseekers excursion, departing Toronto with about 600 settlers for the Northwest, was ditched at Dryden. A wrecking crew and doctors headed from Rat Portage. initial reports indicate no serious injuries among passengers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Homeseekers
Toronto
Northwest
Dryden
Rat Portage
Warrant Issued for Joshua W Daniels in Tewksbury Robbery Case
A warrant has been issued for Joshua W Daniels of Tewksbury over a robbery at his home several weeks ago. Police seek the arrest of several persons alleged to be involved in the incident.
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Joshua W. Daniels
Tewksbury
Fireman Killed in Subway Cave-In at 16th Street Station
New York March 30 Fireman Samuel Lillie was killed and several others injured when a ceiling collapse crushed him while wetting embers in the subway tunnel near the 16th street station. He saved a fellow fireman named Cavanaugh by pushing him clear. The blaze, tied to a fire yesterday, remained under control but the tunnel stretched several hundred feet from the 168th street station.
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New York
Samuel Lillie
16Th Street
Lillie
168Th Street
Cavanaugh
Developments in the Peace Question Are Expected
Foreign Office says Russia has taken no official step yet while Washington Paris talks draw keen interest. Roosevelt’s conferences with Takahira Jusserand and Speck Von Sternburg are seen as significant as delicate peace negotiations begin. Reported plan to appoint former Viceroy Alexieff as Moscow governor general noted.
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St. Petersburg
Washington
Paris
Roosevelt
Takahira
Jusserand
Speck von Sternburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Alexieff
Moscow
Grand Duke
Seregius
Berlin Sees No Call For International Peace Congress
Berlin March 30 The foreign office rejects the idea of an international congress to settle the Russian Japanese terms of peace preferring direct settlement without outside powers. An congress would disrupt current balance as brokers seek gains. The Russian military body remains firm on continuing the war.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Libel Suit Settled In Boston Over Hymn Controversy
Boston March 30 The libel suit of Rev Dr Edwin A Schell of Crawfordsville Ind against Rev Dr Charles Parkhurst and the Boston Wesleyan association has been settled A verdict of 24000 was returned for the plaintiff on two counts though damages could not exceed that amount The case arose from alleged libellous articles in Zion s Herald owned by the association Parkhurst editor The plaintiff connected with Epworth league and church work in the middle West had written hymns and the articles appeared in connection with their publication
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Edwin A. Schell
Crawfordsville
Ind
Chas
Zion’s Herald
Methodist Episcopal Church
Parkhurst
Epworth League
Middle West
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