Weather Forecast For New England And Boston
Local Boston forecast for Thursday calls for generally cloudy skies with possible showers and variable winds. Friday expected fair and cooler with west to southwest breezes. Washington forecast extends to New England with partly cloudy Thursday likely showers in the afternoon, Friday fair and cooler in the southern portion with brisk southerly winds shifting to westerly.
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Weather Observations From May 2 1900 Portland Report
Portland records May 2 1900 show am and pm readings with barometer 30.028 and 29.891 inches, temperatures 44.0 and 46.0 F, humidity 60 and 89 percent, SE wind at 8 then 4 mph, clear weather at Portland, max temp 54, min 37, mean 46, max wind 185 mph, total precipitation 0 for 24 hours. Observations from Boston Philadelphia Detroit Chicago St Louis Dak Jacksonville list winds and weather across regions.
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Prominent Wisconsin Asset Man Dies at 76
William P. Lennox aged 76 a leading local figure in Wisasset dies at home He served as president of the Wiscaset Savings Bank and held county and town treasurer posts as a prominent merchant of years in the community
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Wisessset
William P. Lennox
Wiscasest Savings Bank
House Passes Nicaragua Canal Bill Amid Stormy Debate
Washington May 2 The House passed the Nicaragua canal bill by 35 votes after the session’s fiercest clash. Hepburn clashed with Cannon over fortification language as members hurled sharp accusations. A recommit motion to let the President choose the route failed 62 to 171, ending a tense day of quarrel and adjournment at 6 20.
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Rhea
Rucker
Shafroth
Sprague
Stewart
Wisconsin
Talbert
Thayer
van Diver
Senate debate over treatment of Philippine volunteers grows bitter
In Washington on May 2 the army appropriation bill opened with sharp lines of attack. Democrat Turner denounced administration for transport accommodations for Philippine volunteers, then Pettigrew faulted the government for not discharging South Dakota troops when their service ended. Meson of Illinois pressed a committee report on adulterated food and urged congressional action.
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Philippines
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South Dakota
Meson
Lllinois
Committee On Manufactures
Congress
Contested Push to Unseat Montana's Mr Clark Sparks Debate
Just before adjournment a sharp colloquy arose over the proposed considerations of the resolution to unseat Mr. Clark of Montana. The unanimous recommendation of the committee on privileges and elections will be sharply contested.
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Committee On Privileges and Elections
Belief Jebel Chieftain Declared Dead Amid Philippine Contacts
Manila May 2 600 p m General Funston finds rebel warehouse near Cabanatuan with Malolos archives Aguinaldo letters to time of fight, plus notes on Angisaldo and Tinie. Reports suggest Aguinaldo’s death unconfirmed. wife anxious, Sultan of Sulu seeks Singapore mission. mutiny on Espano ends with killings. Catubig garrison repels siege. 20 Americans killed, others rescued. church roof burned, several hundred Filipinos killed and then repelled. relief by Lacana forces extends resistance three more days.
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Strike Ends For New York Central Car Repairers
Buffalo May 2 An amicable adjustment of difficulties between Car Repairers' association employees of the New York Central and Superintendent Waitt of the motive power department was completed at 4 PM today. The agreement ratified at a joint meeting settles their grievances, with a caveat that Central men will not return to work until striking car repairers on other lines in sympathy or with independent grievances resume their former positions.
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North Carolina Republican convention nominates ticket
Haleiga May 2 The Republican state convention today nominated a state ticket including Governor Spenser B. Adams. The platform denounces the proposed amendment to the state constitution to eliminate the ignorant negro vote. The convention instructed its delegates for McKinley and for Senator Pritchard for Vice President.
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Democratic State Convention Endorses Bryan for Presidency
Norfolk Virginia May 2 The Democratic state convention adjourned after reaffirming the Chicago platform of 1806 and endorsing William J Bryan for the Presidency.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Lincoln Neb May 2 Republican convention nominating Dietrich for governor
The Republican state convention met in Lincoln Nebraska and nominated a ticket headed by Charles E Dietrich for governor. The event solidifies Dietrich as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the upcoming election and outlines the ticket composition.
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Lincoln,Neb
Charles E. Dietrich
Unable to parse: Strike impacts 1600 workers across sectors
Fragmentary report notes a strike affecting about 1600 drivers, testers, and unrelated workers. Details on location, demands, and outcomes are unclear in readable text. Further context is unavailable in the provided snippet.
Sprague Murder Mystery Deepens in Coroner Inquest
Southerwick May 2 Coroner Ham and County Attorney W G Matthews led a jury that questioned witnesses without securing a solid clue in the Sprague murder case. The autopsy suggested the victim would have been confined in three months, hinting at an intimate suspect intent on avoiding a scandal. Witnesses included Georges Warren F J Knight Samuel Locke Joseph Frost and Freddis Sprague the murdered child’s guardian and overseers.
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Lightle
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Gay
Georges Warren
F. J Knight
Seighborn
Samuel Locke
Mystery Woodward Inquest Details In Eliot Case
Witnesses describe Eben Simpson's arrival in Eliot on a Portsmouth train with an alibi and a subpoena to testify at a coroner's inquest. Testimony places Mrs. Sprague in the house during the murder period, while others corroborate routine labor on a farm. Authorities weigh that the killer is known to Mrs Sprague, with evidence such as footprints and the barn scene pointing to a familiar assailant.
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Samuel Leske
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Death Toll Rises in Utah Mine Disaster at May Day
May 2 Beofield Utah. Officials say 250 killed with total might reach 300 as 50 bodies lie ready to be brought out from the working shift. Relatives arrive by train while a committee moves the dead to Salt Lake and Ogden. No 4 mine abandoned due to gas. Ferrish level cleared and burned beyond recognition.
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Coal Company
Salt Lake
Ogden
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Ferrish
Maloe Association Ministers Meet In Falmouth Hotel
The Maloe Association of Liberal Christian Ministers met Wednesday, May 3, at the Falmouth hotel. Present were Rev. Dr. Blanchard, Rev. W. W. Hooper, Rev. W. T. Phelan, Rev. H. T. Townsend, Rev. W. F. Skerry of Saco, Rev. W. E. Taylor of Lewiston, Rev. C. O. L. Walte of Brunswick, Hon. J. M. Atwood, Rev. J. C. Perkins, Rev. O. A. Hayden of Augusta, Rev. O. H. Crosby of Yarmouth, Rev. H. F. Moulton of Biddeford, Hon. J. C. Perkins of Portland spoke on Science in Theology.
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Dr. Blanchard
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Yarmouth
H. F. Moulton
Biddeford
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