Goodwin Pardoned Prisoner Plans West Visit After Release
Henry K. Goodwin, pardoned from a life term for 1885 Lawrence murder, will visit Lowell relatives before heading to Nevada. Councillor Watson championed the pardon, with no council dissent. Goodwin, a former Union Army scout, served 20 years, studied electricity, and may prove a productive citizen after release.
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Goodwin
West
Nevada
Lowell
Highlands
Councillor Watson
Watson
Courier-Citizen
W. S. Watson
Jewett
Salem
Sullivan
Boston
Clarence W. Rowley
Willard Tuxbury
Massachusetts
Andersonville
Ill but not disabled in Far East Russian fleet
St Petersburg May 18. Reports on Vice Admiral Rozestvensky health unsettled with anxiety over his condition. Aide-de-camp Captain Zilotti says Rozestvensky has not asked for relief though rumors linked to Birileff’s possible Vladivostok command. Emperor Nicholas summoned Birileff to Tsarskoye Selo.
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St. Petersburg
Rejestvensky
Far East
Zilotti
Rosestvensky
Birileff
Vladivostok
Marakoff
Port Arthur
Skrydloff
Yachts Not Sighted Off Nantucket Yet
Newport R I May 18 The yachts which started yesterday from Sandy Hook in the transatlantic race had not been sighted from the Nantucket shoals lightship by 8 a m today At 11 The lightship reported Weather fine fog cleared wind northwest 18 miles an hour sea moderate
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Newport
R. I
Sandy Hook
Nantucket Shoals
Windsor Mills Strike Over Wages Spreads
Forty eight spinners at Windsor cotton mills walked out in a strike after the management announced a wage reduction. The workers refused to accept the cut, prompting a stoppage at the plant in Windsor, Nova Scotia, on May 18.
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Windsor
N. S
Peace move up in air in Teamsters strike
Chicago May 18 President Cornelius P Shea of the Teamsters International Union rejected arbitration with the Team Owners Association, denying any peace proposal. AFL President Samuel Gompers and Levy Mayer met to discuss the strike but no settlement was reached. An arbitration committee of one owner, one driver, and an umpire was formed to review deliveries to strike-affected stores and end the dispute.
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamsters’ International Union
Team Owners Association
Teamsters’ Union
Shea
Samuel F. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Levy Mayer
Employers Association of Chicago
Teamsters
Clarence S. Darrow
George Perkins
Cigar Makers’ Union
Gompers
Perkins
Darrow
Mayer
Russian Fleet Seen Near Cape Varella in May Reports
A May 16 report from Singapore states the Russian fleet was at 13.30 N, 111.30 E about 120 miles northeast of Cape Varella on the coast of Annam. Earlier, on May 15, the German steamer Segovia sighted 42 Russian ships 40 miles from Cape Varella, steaming north.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
Cape Varella
Annam
Hongwani
Segovia
Deeply laden junks seen near Cape St John in May
A Hong Kong special correspondent reports that 150 junks, likely carrying provisions for the Russian fleet, were observed at 11 PM on May 16 near Kwangchau bay Leichau peninsula Hai Nan island. They were anchored southwest of the cape, about 20 miles off Cape St John and signaled with lights that were extinguished as the steamer approached.
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Hong Kong
Kwangchau Bay
Leichau Peninsula
Hainan
Cape St. John
Germans deny Haichou ruin occupation rumors
Tokyo reports the German foreign office stating the reports of Haichou occupation are unfounded. The denial was received with satisfaction, noting the reports were never fully credited locally.
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Tokio
Foreign Office Today
Haichou
New Witness May Upset Wood's Murder Case
Somerville New Jersey May 18 Prosecutor Reger announced readiness to rebut Geo H Wood's claim of hallucinations and a delusional influence from a little black man named Mack and Wolf. Mack, a civil engineer from Long Branch, has been located and will testify for the prosecution. Wolf remains unfound. Court adjournment tonight may see a jury verdict.
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Wolf
Mack
Long Branch
Wood
Arbitration panel formed over boycotted delivery dispute
Representatives of team owners and the teamsters appointed members to the arbitration committee. Edward J. Hines of Hines Lumber Company was named by owners and Wm. J. Gibbons, president of the teamsters joint council, by the union. A third member would join them to decide if teamsters should deliver goods to boycotted houses.
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Edward J. Hines
Hines Lumber Company
Teamsters
Wm. J. Gibbons
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Caronia Freed After Grounding Off Sandy Hook
The Cunard liner Caronia, aground for 36 hours on Flynn's Knoll off Sandy Hook, was floated today with no damage reported. Passengers included Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ethel Barrymore, and Lady Brassey. The ship planned to resume the voyage at 4:30 p.m. and head toward Gravesend Bay.
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New York
Flynn's Knoll
Sandy Hook
Gravesend Bay
Atlantic
Narrows
Sea Gate
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Brassey
Sunbeam
Cunard Steamship Company
Caronia
Sandy Hook Bar
Warr
Whipping Post Law Enters Effect in Oregon
Portland announces that the whipping post law approved by the January legislature goes into effect. Convicted wife beaters may receive up to 20 lashes as an additional punishment, while fines or imprisonment remain available. Whipping occurs inside jail walls, by the sheriff or a designated officer.
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Portland
Ore
Douglas May Decide on Second Term for Governor
Boston May 15 0 Gov William L Douglas may run again for governor and will announce his decision by June 15 The state house released a statement saying he has the matter under serious consideration and will give attention by June 15
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Boston
Wm. L. Douglas
State House
Douglas
General Association of Congregational Churches Adjourns
The 103d annual meeting of the General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts adjourned after electing officers led by Moderator Rev. Edward M. Noyes and Vice Moderator James Logan. Committees named on federation and other matters, with Worcester as next meeting site, plus detailed reports on pastoral settlements and church representation.
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General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts
Eliot
Edward M. Noyes
Newton
James Logan
Worcester
Henry P. Emerson
Boston
Charles F. Carter
Lexington
Wm. W. Sleeper
Wellesley
Frederick Fosdick
Fitchburg
Central Church
L. Clark Seelye
Reuen Thomas
F. E. Emrich
S. A. Holton
C. A. Brodeur
D. Chaunce
Messrs
J. P. Bates
Frank G. Cook
Geo. E. Copeland
H. §. Conant
C. F. Swift
F. J. van Horn
W. A. Knight
D. Chauncey Brewer
A. F. Whiting
C. N. Prouty
Missionary Committee
C. H. Daniels
W. T. McElvean
F. E. Hunnewell
E. H. Byington
P. W. Lyman
Frank E. Butler
William Shaw
P. S.moxom
Board of Pastoral Supply
Willams
Upton
State
Northfield
Orer
C. B. Rice
Danvers
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Missouri
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Hawaiian Islands
John G. Taylor
Arlington Heights
S. H. Woodrow
Springfield
New Cases of Cerebro Reported as Deaths Rise
The board of health reports up to 40 new cerebro cases on Central street, bringing total to 77. A death of 4 year old William E. Murphy of 38 Swift street is recorded, with his 13 year old brother Joseph in a dying condition. The Murphys are children of Jeremiah and Catherine Murphy.
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Central Street
Board of Health Office
William E. Murphy
Swift Street
Joseph
Jeremiah
Catherine Murphy
Elderly Couple Inhaled Gas In West End Hotel
Boston reports an elderly couple registered as Mr and Mrs Lee of Boston at a West End hotel last night. Found unconscious in their room today, they were rushed to a relief hospital and placed on the dangerous list as investigators believe a gas jet was left open by accident.
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Boston
West End
Boston Gas Consolidation Bill Passes House
Boston May 18 The Massachusetts house of representatives enacted today a bill to consolidate several Boston gas companies into the Boston Consolidated Gas Company It will be considered in the senate tomorrow with the measure advancing to that chamber.
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Boston
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Massachusetts Home Missionary Society Incorporated Debate
The business session opened at 9 o'clock with a small attendance as delegates returned home after Wednesday. The incorporation matter was taken from the table and a seven member committee was appointed to confer with the Home Missionary Society executive committee on the incorporation details.
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Massachusetts Home Missionary Society
State General Association
General Association
The
Home Missionary Society
Confesses to Five Murders in Letter to Police
A man signing as A Johnson, claiming to be Henry Williams’s partner, writes from Chester West Virginia that he has killed five people and robbed many. He details crimes in Chester Uniontown Hyndman Martins Ferry Staunton and says another man was lynched for an assault. He claims conversion and urges attention to his alleged deeds.
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Chester
W. Va
A. Johnson
Henry Williams
Roanoke
Johnson
Uniontown
Hyndman
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Staunton
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