Zionist congress eyes British East Africa offer for autonomous Jewish colonies
Dr. Theodore Herzl at Basle reports Britain may cede large East African territory for Jewish autonomy under protectorate. He notes talks with the Sultan, Egypt, and Britain, and claims Chamberlain, Lansdowne, and Balfour back the plan. He also cites Russian assurances to aid Zionist aims and influence with the Sultan to gain Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basle
Great Britain
East Africa
Zionistic Congress
Theodore Herzl
Turkey
Herzi
Sinai Peninsula
Palestine
Congress
British East Africa
Chamberlain
Lord Lansdowne
Arthur Balfour
Herzl
St. Petersburg
Russia
Kissing Case Ends With $20 Fine in Waltham
In Waltham on August 24 the so called kissing case involving Matthew Peter son and Miss Flora Smith ended with a $20 fine for Peterson and dismissal of the charge against Miss Smith. The defense pleaded nolo contendere after a week of proceedings concerning violations of park regulations during canoeing on the Charles River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Matthew Peterson
Flora Smith
Park Commissioners
Charles River
Peterson
Miss Smith
Forgotten to cut him down in boarding house suicide
Andrew Hendrick son, a 27-year-old Finlander and stone cutter, hanged himself at a Quincy boarding house. Insanity had led to an asylum plan today. Fellow boarders found him alive, then the police were notified. In the commotion no one cut him down promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Andrew Hendrickson
Foundry Locked Out in Watertown N Y
Bagley and Sewall Company locks out 98 foundry workers amid fears of a strike. Plant will operate with non union men going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Bagley & Sewall Company
Collision Ends Excursion Boat Race in Harbor
The excursion boat City of Haverhill with 150 passengers and the iron tug Henry Wilson collided in the harbor during a race near the New York New Haven Hartford docks. Both boats pulled apart after the shock. one passenger was injured and eight stanchions snapped. Repairs to the Haverhill are estimated at about $350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Haverhill
United States
Henry Wilson
Haverhill
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John A. McKinnon
Wilson
Rowe’s Wharf
Fort Warren
Gloucester
Salem Willows
Missing Roxbury Youth Joseph Harris Reported
Fears arise for 17 year old Joseph Harris who vanished from his Roxbury home on Winslow Street after receiving a weekly $8 restaurant wage. He is described as dark complexioned, 5 feet 2 inches, 140 pounds, wearing a black and white striped suit and a straw hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harris
Winslow Street
Roxbury
Young Harris
School Street
Harris
Salisbury's Coffin Closed After Final Ceremony
Salisbury's coffin was finally closed in Hatfield. The funeral will occur later this week when Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cecil arrives from Egypt to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatfield
Eng
Lord Salisbury
Lord Edward Cecil
England
Egypt
Parish barbecue tickets sell 8000 plus expected turnout
At Sacred Heart Church Rossindale parish meeting Father Cummins said over 8000 barbecue tickets were sold for the Apollo Garden Roxbury event Saturday and forecast at least 15000 attendees. He thanked the Cigarmarkers' Union for a gift of 10000 souvenir buttons to be given to barbecue patrons Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Rossindale
Father Cummins
Apollo Garden
Roxbury
Dory Voyage to Europe Beset by Gale and Loss
The Boston launched foot dory Columbia II. reached Halifax after ten days in the Bay of Fundy with Charley Schurz and Ludwig Eisenbaum aboard. They faced successive gale after gale, waves over the bow, and water in the hull. Eisenbaum was washed overboard but recovered. Schurz returned to Boston while Eisenbaum continues alone toward Germany.
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Ludwig Eisenbaum
Charles Schurz
Germany
Halifax
N. S
Bay of Fundy
Dory Columbia II
Boston
Charley Schurz
Ludwig Hisenbaum
Gale
Yarmouth
Weisenbaum
Schurz
Eisenbaum
Dobbins Accuses Hunnewell of liar in City Hall clash
In a heated Long Island investigation meeting, Dobbins shouted that Hunnewell is a liar after Hunnewell accused Dobbins of taking board records. The quarrel erupted as the session adjourned, with threats of renewed conflict at the next gathering. An affidavit from Dr. W. T. Councilman was later submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Investigation Committee
Dobbins
Board of Trustees
City Hall
Hunnewell
Mr. Dobbins
Mr. Hunnewell
Mbén
Alderman Bresnahan
Lincoln
Alderman Nolan
Bresnahan
Nolan
Bradley
Brazzell
Boston
Boy Saved From Drowning by Frost Brothers at Neponset Wharf
Raymond Carney six-year-old staying with his aunt at Neponset avenue fell from a coal barge Patterson while playing with friends yesterday. Frank and Henry Frost sons of the Frost wharf owner jumped into the water and rescued him. The boy was weak when returned to his aunt's home.
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Raymond Carney
Neponset Avenue
Frank
Henry Frost
Frost's Wharf
Neponset
Young Carney
Patterson
Frost Brothers
Carney
Cigar Box Co Op Formed by Boxmakers Union in Boston
The Boxmakers Union 201 voted to organize a cooperative cigar box factory in Boston under a restricted membership of 2 and a $6 cash deposit. The move follows Cigarmakers Union pressure for union-labeled boxes and promises mutual assistance to the boxmakers. Several leading cigar manufacturers reportedly plan to source boxes from the co operative venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxmakers’ Union
Boston
Cigarmakers’ Union
Union Boxmaking Co-Operative Concern
Lynn Woman Missing From Home
Mrs Gertrude Dean of 173 Washington Street has been missing since last Saturday afternoon police are asked to locate her. She left in a light gray suit with a white hat and veil and did not show any warning signs of leaving she intended to return home.
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Lynn
Gertrude Dean
Washington Street
Labor Day parade plans and union gains in Boston area
Steamfitters Union 22 reports Labor Day parade participation and a seven week strike yielded a 5 cent hourly raise for bricklayers to a 55 cent rate. Most Boston bricklayers will switch within two weeks. K of L Jefferson Hall social chosen over parade. Local unions approve parade or games and report new officers and recruitment.
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Union 22
Boston
Sewer Assembly
Knights of Labor
Jefferson Hall
Lumber Teamsters
Malden Grocery Clerks’ Union
Roslindale Grocery Clerks’ Union
Huntington Avenue
John Alpine
Gas and Steamfitters’ Union
A. J. Grindley
C. Parsons
B. F. Andrew
John Richards
Edward Prudent
Paul Huebner
American Federation of Labor
A. M. Gunther
Wood Workers
Worcester
Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Assembly
Boy Bandit of Waltham
In Waltham on August 24, Johnny Watts, a local boy, is said to hide in the woods as police hunt for him. Authorities accuse him of housebreaking and highway robbery after allegedly robbing two youths, taking a gold watch, 17 cents, and a razor strop from Willie Hunt. Watts’s mother, living in Fall River, is described as heartbroken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Johnny Watts
Willie Hunt
William W. Hunt
Bemis Avenue
Watts
Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Johnny
Fall River
Saxonia Sails Today for Queenstown and Liverpool
Steamer Saxonia of the Cunard line will depart East Boston at 11 30 this morning bound for Queenstown and Liverpool with 45 saloon 50 second cabin and 206 steerage passengers aboard.
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Saxonia
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Boston
Liverpool
Oxford and Cambridge golfers beat Larlin team 8 to 7
In Garden City NY on August 24 the Oxford and Cambridge golfers defeated A. H. Larlin's metropolitan squad by eight to seven continuing their triumphant circuit across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oxford and
Cambridge
A. H. Larlin
Garden City
Czar to Visit Vienna for Five-Day Imperial Meeting
The Czar will pay a five days visit to Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna at the end of September. The trip aims to discuss diplomatic affairs and strengthen ties between Russia and Austria during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Johnson Lines Broken at Ohio's Convention
In Columbus on August 24 delegates from Northwestern Ohio pledged support to temporary chairman George M. Saltzgaber for Senator, despite being instructed for Tom L. Johnson. John H. Clark of Cleveland had been Johnson's chosen candidate for Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Johnson
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
George M. Saltzgaber
Saltzgaber
Congress
John H. Clark
Cleveland
Dorchester Democracy Proposes Penny Toss End to Football Nominating Rushes
Joseph F. OConnell proposes settling the ward 20 nomination rushes by tossing a penny. He calls the rushes scandalous and dangerous to participants. He suggests President Fitzgerald or Chairman Minton of the Election Board perform the toss or draw lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
William J. Power
Ward 20
Joseph F. O'Connell
O'Connell
Fitzgerald
Minton
Election Board
Bond Default Denied in $10,000 Case Against Dr Ames
In Minneapolis on August 24, Dr. A. A. Ames remains indebted to the State for 10000 dollars from defaulted bail bonds. The motion to set aside the default, argued at two hearings before Judges Harrison and Simpson, has been denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
A. A. Ames
Harrison and Simpson
Chelsea Teen Falls From Car on Huntington Avenue
Sarah McKinnon aged 17 of 103 Matthews Street Chelsea fell from an outward-bound car on Huntington Avenue near Clarendon Street at about 10 last evening. She was taken to City Hospital with severe bruises and a general shaking up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah McKinnon
Matthews Street
Chelsea
Huntington Avenue
Clarendon Street
City Hospital
Old Colony Club to Host Mashnee Island Clambake Dinner
The annual Old Colony Club meeting and dinner will be on Mashnee Island Bourne on Friday. Joseph Jefferson will preside and ex President Grover Cleveland will be among the speakers at the old fashioned clambake event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony Club
Mashnee Island
Bourne
Joseph Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
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Balfour
Max
Nordau
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Richard Gottheil
Israel Zangwill
NEW Zion Movement
Ditts-Kimball
Salisbury
Antwerp
Oae
S Morris
Mahogany
Oak
Frank E. Freeze
Dory
Europe
Frank and
Comer's College
Graham
Prospectus
E. Comer
Washington St
Cor. Beach
Waverley Orchestra
L. L. Kraft
Thos. R. O'Connor
4Th St
South
LABOR
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Czar
Ames
Hagan
Hagan’s
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