Capture of Sands Fleet Near Harbor Expected Soon
Portland reports hourly expectation of the hostile fleet under Rear Admiral Sands reaching a harbor to seize fortifications. Admiral Barker’s defense tightens as weather favors entry. Coastal observers, wireless stations, and cipher communications coordinate patrols from Maine to Cape Ann.
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Sands
Portland
Admiral Sands
Maine
Cape Elizabeth
Barker
Penobscot Bay
Bar Harbor
Eastport
Cape Ann
Scouts On Lookout Near Rockland Coast
In Rockland Maine on August 6 three torpedo boat destroyers were sighted signaling a possible attack near Rockland or toward Bar Harbor. The Decatur Chauncey and Barry appeared off Vinal Haven while the Dale rested at Swan's Island and the Bainbridge moved from Camden to Portland, accounting for five scout boats and suggesting anticipated action.
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Rockland
Here
Bar Harbor
Decatur
Chauncey
Barry
Vinal Haven
Dale
Swan’s Island
Bainbridge
Camden
Portland
Local forecast for Boston and New England
Friday cloudy with showers in Boston and vicinity then clearing later. Saturday fair with variable winds. Washington report notes New England showers Friday and warmer clear spells inland with fresh southeast to south winds turning west.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Maine
Trolley Schedule Links Boston Chestnut Hill to Worcester
Saturday and Sunday service runs every 15 minutes from Chestnut Hill Brookline to Lake Quinsigamond Worcester and Framingham. Park Square Boston to South Framingham connects to Worcester every 30 minutes, offering fast time and low fares.
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Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Lake Quinsigamond
Worcester
Framingham
Park Square
Boston
South Framingham
Republicans Kill Mayors Order Over Street Funds
The Boston Common Council Republicans block Mayor Collins plan to appropriate 450000 for street improvements including Atlantic avenue widening and Congress street draw. After long debate the order fails 45 to 24 on party lines while other votes fund general city needs and a separate 75000 grant for a replacement boat is approved.
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Common Council
Collins
Atlantic Avenue
Congress Street
Dolan
Atlantis Avenue
Bennett
Fort Point Channel Bridge
Carter
East Boston
Wood
Dorchester
Pierce
Newton
Five Lost Off Barge Near New Bedford
The barge Florrie, towed by the Boswell, foundered between Barnegat and Fire Island in a NE storm. Captain Cobb and one deckhand were saved. Mrs. Cobb, a 10-year-old son, a boy named Jones, plus the barge crew including an engineer and cook, were lost with the vessel. The Boswell had earlier taken on barges Philie and Florrie. high seas broke the deck house and swept the passengers from the pilot house before the barge sank stern first.
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New Bedford
Mass
Florrie
Boswell
Norfolk
Providence
Barnegat
Fire Island
Cobb
Philie
Captain Cobb
Mrs. Cobb
Cook
George W. Young Dies in Boston at 70
George W. Young a longtime Boston businessman died of heart failure at his West Canton Street home aged 70. A member of Washington Lodge and several Masonic bodies he will receive a Masonic funeral at 3 PM today with interment at Chatham tomorrow noon.
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George W. Young
Boston
West
Canton Street
Mr. Young
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Mt. Vernon
R. A
Roxbury
Chatham
Gately in Custody After Farm Street Row with Mob Help
Charles J. Gately fought arrest as a mob surged on Washington and Northampton streets. Police used clubs to clear a path to Dedham street station where he was booked on a drunken charge and faces a possible additional count. Victim Belle Russell, battered in a Camden street room, identified Gately as her assailant.
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Charles J. Gately
South End
Gately
Iyneh
Washington
Northampton Streets
Dedham Street
Roxbury Terrace
West
Belle Russell
Camden Street
Chester Place
Shawmut Avenue
McCue
Russell
South Dakota
Two Burglars Seized in Chelsea Theft Startled Watchers
Shortly after midnight two men attempted a bold burglary at 401 Broadway. Storekeeper Herbert N. Clough found a man with goods and another rifling the drawer. Albert Randall and Herbert Beedy helped subdue them until Officers Hoyt, Morrison, Bradley and Gooding arrived. The captives were identified as Frank Carroll of Trenton New Jersey and William Smith of Chicago.
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Chelsea
Herbert N. Clough
Broadway
Albert Randall
Herbert Beedy
Eben Hoyt
Morrison
Bradley
Gooding
Frank Carroll
Trenton
N. J
William Smith
Chicago
Morgan Forces Market Bailout Despite Bear Offensive
J Pierpont Morgan unified rivals including the Rockefellers Goulds Harriman and Whitney to stop a looming stock market crash. He pledged all for one and one for all to steady declines and boost prices, saving banks brokers and millions in securities losses amid a feared Black Friday repeat.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Rockefellers
Goulds
Iroe
Wall Street
Sharp & Bryan
Stock Exchange
Harriman
Keene
Whitney
Vanderbiltts
Rogers
Atchison Common
Preferred
Missouri Pacific
Metropolitan
Union Pacific
Steel Common
Rock Island
Rockefeller
Gould
Saratoga
George J. Gould
Boston
Henry Clews
Standard Oil
Goulds Northern Pacific
Mil
United States Steel
Steel
Atchison
Metropolitan Street Railway
Continental Tobacco
Delaware & Hudson
Consolidated Gas
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
St. Paul
Gould-Rockefeller
William C. Whitney
Louis V. Bell
Albert C. Bostwick
Spa
Securities Committee of the Stock Exchange
Danger for Land Bill in the Lords raises fears of trouble
In London the Irish land bill stalled in committee as the Lords saw large Irish peer attendance. A first amendment narrowly failed the government by one vote and a later division defeated it by three. With 34 pages of amendments pending, Nationalists fear more clashes ahead and possible peril to the bill.
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London
House of Lords
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