Redistricting Shapes Massachusetts Congressional Map
From Boston May 11 a discussion of state house redistricting outlines the proposed plans and rival schemes. The State committee plan would redraw districts across Essex Suffolk Middlesex and Worcester areas, with Boston wards redistributed and several towns moved between districts while Saunders pursues a separate 14 district scheme and critics warn on favored outcomes.
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Charles R. Saunders
Boston
Massachusetts
Mr. Saunders
Chelsea
Winthrop
the Charles
Mystic
Saunders
House
Senator Chamberlain
State House
Washington
State Committee
Essex
Moody
Peabody
Lynnfield
Sth
Dracut
Woburn
Stoneham
Wakefield
Ith
Charlestown
East Boston
Melrose
Winchester
McCall
Arlington
Medford
Somerville
Cambridge
Back Bay
Suffolk
Brookline
Hyde Park
Milton
Quincy
Braintree
Randolph
Weymouth
Holbrook
Stoughton
Avon
Ariington
Lexington
Waltham
Eston
Wellesley
Canton
Blackstone
Mendon
Upton
Hopkinton
North Attleboro
Bristol
Plymouth
Barnstable
Dukes
Nantucket
Bristol County
Fall River
Greene
Taunton
New Bedford
Hatfield
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Winchenden
Templeton
Brookfield
North Brookfield
Meddon
Rutland
West Boylston
Worcester
High Life Divorces in Rhode Island Society News
Newport Rhode Island May 11 large divorce docket in Rhode Island appellate division features several celebrated New York society women. Notables include Mrs Duncan Elliott formerly Sallie Hargous wife of a 26th U S volunteers lieutenant married in 1891 in Newport. Augusta Floyd Bowen daughter of George F Wingut weds a minister to Persia. Florence Livingston wife of Robert A Livingston is named. papers sealed awaiting charges. Mrs Scenia Stearns sister of Mrs Roland Molineux seeks nonsupport against Waldo Harrison Stearns who has answered. Gunner Charles Morgan linked to Admiral Sampson raises question of residence in naval service tied only to port of origin New Orleans.
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Newport
R. L
New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Duncan Elliott
Sallie Hargous
U. S. Volunteers
San Francisco
Manila
All Saints’ Chapel
Augusta Floyd Bowen
Bowen
George F. Wingut
United States
Persia
Wollsmar Hector H. Hume
Florence Livingston
Robert A. Livingston
Stearns
Chesbrough
Roland B. Molineux
Brooklyn
Charles Morgan
Admiral Sampson
United States Navy
Morgan
New Orleans
Strike Averted In Chicago Between Machinists And Illinois Central
In Chicago May 11 a telephone exchange between Vice President Harahan and Machinists Union Business Agent Roderick led to a tense standoff over wage demands. A final talk yielded concessions from both sides, effectively securing a major labor victory for the union amid the looming threat of a strike. The report ends with unrelated advertisements and musings.
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Chicago
Ill
Park Row
Harahan
Roderick
The
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Machinists
Illinois Central
Wallace
Catarrh and Stomach Diseases Linked to Carlsbad Water
Dr Hofmeister notes stomach unrest causes belching and intestinal irritation leading to bowels and systemic issues. He credits Carlsbad Sprudel Water with easing stomach motions and soothing inflamed intestines, recommending Carlsbad Salt as a laxative aid. Beware imitations. Eisner Mendelson Co. label on bottle neck.
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Hofmeister
Carlsbad
Eisner & Mendelson Co
New York
Man shoots wife in accidental kitchen tragedy
Barre Vermont May 12 C S George residing at the corner of West and Summer streets shot his wife Ruth this morning, killing her almost instantly. He fired a small Flobert rifle aimed at a kitchen wall range after rising early to practice. The wife, entering the kitchen, stepped into the line of fire. She died on the floor. George was arrested after aides and officials reviewed the scene and determined the death resulted from shock amid the bullet’s minor damage.
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Mr. George
Peter Marrion
Patrick Brown
BE. E. Perry
George
Hoar
Phelps
McSweeney and
Nichols
McSweeney
Missing Canoeists Recovered on Moosehead Lake Shore
The canoe carrying Alonzo Davenport Jr and two woodsmen Thomas O’Brien and Murdoch Gillis, missing since December, was found washed ashore at Duck Cove Moosehead Lake. Davenport, a well known local guide, and companions vanished while crossing the lake in cold conditions that froze the surface.
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Kineo
Alonzo Davenport, Jr
Thomas O’brien
Murdick Gillis
Duck Cove
Moosehead Lake
John Hildreth
Young Davenport
Kinco
Folsom
Alonzo Davenport
Davenport
Penobscot
Chesancook
Esterhazy Confesses in Dreyfus Bordereau Affair
The Independence Belge prints affidavits by Count Ferdinand Walts from Esterhazy to the French consul in London admitting authorship of the Dreyfus bordereau and declaring it was written with the connivance of Colonel Sandher, former head of the secret intelligence bureau.
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Brussels
Independence Belge
Ferdinand Walts
Esterhazy
London
Dreyfus Bordereau
Sandher
Detroit Destruction Sweeps Delray Lumber and Telegraph Yards
A May day fire driven by a 35 mile per hour wind swept three quarters of a mile along the west bank of the River in Delray Detroit destroying over 800000 dollars in property. Losses include Salliette and Ferguson lumber mill 50000 dollars Brownlee and Co saw mill 45000 dollars Western Union Telegraph Co cedar poles yard 600000 dollars Maltby Lumber cedar poles 50000 dollars and other plants. The blaze began on the mill roof and burned through a large pole yard and across a docked dredge fleet. Detroit fire department and the Battle fought flames but embers and steam torrents failed to halt the blaze along the riverbank.
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Detroit
Mich
Re River
Delray
Salliotte and Furguson
Brownlee & Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
Carkin, Stickney & Cram
Maltby Lumber Co
Salliette and Furgasson
Carkin, Stickney and Cram
Detroit Department
Brownlee
W. A. Telegraph Co
G. A. Raups & Co
Ecourse
Tragic Starlight Ride Collision Leaves Two Dead
Twenty six youths from College Point rode to a Jamaica hotel when a trolley struck their straw filled wagon. Two men, Michael Schneider and Joseph Pickel, died. Five others were hospitalized with serious injuries, including Ellen Dietz and Kate Rocklin. The wagon driver and motorman were detained as investigators worked.
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New York
College Point
L. L
Jamaica Hospital
Michael Schneider
Joseph Pickel
Pickel
Schneider
Miners Endorse Expulsion Critics in Mass Meeting
In Plymouth Pennsylvania a mass miners meeting endorsed expelling two members who traveled to Harrisburg to oppose mine bills. National Organizer Dilcher condemned the actions as false to the union and warned 40000 coal workers could march on the state Capitol if Senate blocks the miners demands. He warned a January national convention would prompt a regional work stoppage if aims are not met.
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Wilkesbarre
Plymouth
United Mine Workers
Harrisburg
Dilcher
Senate
State Capitol
Indianapolis
Labor trouble settled at Pan-American fair grounds
In Buffalo on May 12 the booth in the manufacturers and liberal arts building that sparked labor union friction at the Pan-American exposition was removed. Officials believe carpenters will return to work tomorrow and lift the threat of a general strike among grounds workers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Booth
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Severe Earthquake News From Yokohama and Frontiers
Victoria B C May 12 reports via Glenogle of a two minute Yokohama quake on April 24 with no damage. Asiatic accounts note April 22 heavy casualties from mines on Shan Li and Chi Li frontiers. China Times claims brigand HQ captured by Chinese forces. Germans killed 29 Chinese and seized a cannoned junk. Boxers battled 500 near Shan Back Wan with English Japanese and French forces suffering light casualties.
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Victoria
B. C
Glenogle
Yokohama
Shan Li
Chi Li
China Times
Shan Back Wan
Boers' Strength Highlighted by Pole-Carew Banquet
London May 12. At a Cornish association banquet Gen. Pole-Carew said that if the Boers had fully realized their strength and Britain’s unpreparedness at the war’s start they would have driven to Durban and Cape Town, reversing colonization of South Africa from the seacoast.
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London
Cornish Association
Pole-Carew
Durban
Cape Town
South Africa
De Wet Resumes Operations in Transvaal With 2000 Men
London May 12 reports Gen De Wet has resumed activities in the Transvaal, crossing the border with about two thousand men according to a Pretoria despatch to the Daily Mail.
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London
de Wet
Daily Mail
Pretoria
Transvaal
Paris May 12 Ship: Morgan Leaves for London
Paris reports J Pierpont Morgan departed for London this morning.
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Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Trolley Car’s Dash Off Fort Lee Hill Traps 115
An open trolley car carrying about 115 passengers escaped its motorman near Fort Lee New Jersey and plunged down Leconia hill. Most injuries were bruises with three serious cases including conductor Frank Sunstruck and J E Robinson and his wife. The car’s speed prevented anyone from jumping off as it curved and the rear section broke away injuring many passengers.
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New York
Fort Lee N. J
Leconia Hill
Frank Sunstruck
J. E. Robinson
Train Schedules From Lowell May 1900 Update
On and after June 10 1900 all trains leave Lowell Middlesex Street Depot for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 7.16 11.25 am 6.25 pm All trains connect at South Framingham with Boston and Albany R R for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west also at Concord Junction with the Fitchburg R R The 5.25 pm train connects with the Stonington line for New York City the south and west Sundays for South Framingham Mansfield Providence on way stations 7.15 am C Peter Clark Gen Supt A C Kendall Gen Pass Agent
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Wilton
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Claremont Junction
White Mt. Division
Plymouth
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Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
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Sale
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D. J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
Ticke
H. C. Taft
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