Boston Barroom Trio Travel to Milton For Fateful Shootout
The narrative follows De Lucca Amato and a third man as they drink, gamble, and travel from Dorchester to Milton Lower Mills where a bottle breaks with a revolver. A pursuit across streets ends with De Lucca firing at a dog and later at a man, leaving him wounded and hunted as investigators piece together the case.
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Milton
Swett Street
Milton Lower Mills
Amato
Mr. de Lucca
de Lucca
Cunningham
Boston
Carmella Parisi
Severio Amato
Pierce
Dedham
Post
Cogan
Blake Street
Barton Street
Ellery
Ellery Street
Cocciara
Quincy
Will of Edward Cunningham filed in Depew Probate Court
The will from Milton resident Edward Cunningham, who was shot defending his estate from Italian poachers, leaves all property to his wife Frances. It also leaves an annuity to Susan McLane, a nun, and stipulates remainder to the nun if wife and children die before him. Dated February 1884.
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Depham
Edward Cunningham
Milton
Frances
Susan McLane
Earl
Municipal elections sweep 19 Massachusetts cities today
Nineteen cities in the Commonwealth vote for municipal officers today with notable contests in Chelsea Somerville and Brockton. Chelsea pits Mayor Champlin against ex Mayor Samuel P. Tenney while Somerville backs Mayor Charles G. Pope for a second term. Other contests include Brockton Wades against William L. Douglas and Gloucester where Mayor French faces Daniel D. Saunders. Several towns show walkovers or close races including Newton Hic ard and Haverhill Labor candidate Joseph H Sheldon vs Thomas Burnham.
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Commonwealth
Chelsea
Champlin
Citizens
Samuel P. Tenney
Somerville
Charles G. Pope
Lawrence
Alvin E. Mack
Mack
John W. Crawford
Fisher
Waltham
Woburn
Edward F. Johnson
French
Gloucester
Daniel D. Saunders
Burr
Newton
H. E. Hicard
Brockton
Wade
William L. Douglas
Shoe
Haverhill
Joseph H. Sheldon
Thomas E. Burnham
H. A. Hartwell
Fitchburg
H. H. Gilmore
Cambridge
Joseph F. Wiggin
Malden
Quincy Democrats
John G. Witham
Porter
Springfield
Holyoke
Northampton
New Bedford
Taunton
Fall River
Key found guilty of murder. sixteen prisoners unresolved
The Nayassa case jury convicted George S. Key of murder in the first degree and found Moses Williams alias Dakota not guilty. They did not reach verdicts on sixteen other prisoners. Key has appealed.
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Nayassa
George S. Key
Moses Williams
Dakota
Key
National Civil Service Commission Lays Out Merit System Report
The annual National Civil Service Commission report to the President details a growing classified service of about 28,000 employees across four divisions and argues for expanded authority and funding. It praises the merit system’s fairness, notes current staffing needs, and defends exams, marking, and independence of local boards while criticizing patronage and urging continuation of merit-based appointments.
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National Civil Service Commission
Classified Civil Service
Departmental Service
Postal Service
Customs Service
Railway Mail Service
Commission
Washington
Harvard Eleven Captain Reelected and Dinner Planned
Arthur James Cumnock, class of 1891, was unanimously reelected captain of the Harvard University eleven. The team plans a dinner at Parker House on Thursday December 5 with limited tickets at the Boston Athletic Club and Parker House. Freshmen celebrated their Yale win with a bonfire on Jarvis field featuring rushing and fireworks.
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Arthur James Cumnock
University
Higginson
Commonwealth Avenue
Parker House
Boston Athletic Club
Yale
Jarvis Field
Warships Sail for Hayti Today Under Secret Orders
Three vessels of the North Atlantic squadron the Galena Dolphin and Kearsarge will sail from the Brooklyn Navy Yard tomorrow for Port au Prince under orders from Secretary Tracy. The squadron is commanded by Admiral Gherardi who travels with secret instructions.
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New York
North Atlantic Squadron
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Dolphin
Kearsarge
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tracy
Port-au-Prince
Gherardi
Lynn Fire Victims Get Work At Central Square Crossing Plan
Lynn residents burned in the blaze were sent to the labor bureau on Central avenue for $2 a day to clear rubbish from cellars. City officials and Boston & Maine Railroad officers met to plan a new grade crossing at Central Square, with engineers to draft and cost estimates. Subscriptions poured in from printers, carpenters, liquor dealers, dry goods firms, undertakers, lawyers and doctors, totaling thousands for fire relief.
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Lynn
Labor Bureau
Central Avenue
Boston & Maine Railroad
Central Square
James JT. Farber
L. Fred Ingalls
T. P. Nichols
E. M. Ingalls
J.oe Laws
John Macfarlane
A. G. Courtis
L W. Kimball
Sundry
Carpenters and Masons
Frank G. Kelly
J. E. Mowry
John McLay
Alden Southers
J. W. W. Weeks
James Croscup
E.I. Hyde
J. Ef. Dearborn
Thomas Campbell
Wheeler & Northend
Labor Bros. & Co
Joseph Breid & Son
E. A. Mower
P. Rhodes
A. Young
R. Kearney
R. Gliddon
A. Story
A. Story & Son, $5; J. S. Wallace
L. E. White
L. BK. Lewis
L. E. Smith
A. 5. Howard
W. R. Qucley
Ray Bros
E. A. Higgins
Otal
F. L. Parent
J.S. Griffin
J. A. Landers
Robert Blasdell
P. E. Lennon
G. H. McKenney
M. H. Driscoll
J. E. Ames
J Murphy
George Vickay
Hammound
M. A. Fenton
Daniel Higgins
R. A. Spaulding
Ass Rogers
P. E. Magrane
J. E. Brown & Co
J. E. Burrows
JC. E. Parker
A. French
Almy
Bigelow & Washburn
J. W. Carey
F. Mally
J. Brady
M. Wentworth
J. Donovan
R. E. Harmon
F. F. Harlburt
Niles & Carr
K. M. Newhall
E. N. Johnson
J. H. Orne
F. L. Judkins
F. W.A. Bergengren
C. F. Marshall
W. E. Holbrook
W. B. Little
BE. B. Cushing
F. Brigham
J. H. Potts
Edward Newhall
MT Flanders
C. R. Brown
J. W. Goodell
F. Coleman
Caleb Burnham
A. Morse
F.P. Leonard
S. M. Perkins
N. W
W. B. Furber
W. A. Rowe & Co
Stevens Bros
Vv. L. Carder
J. E. Jarbox
Flemming & McCotta
C. Paul & Son
Rideout Bros
Erastus Newhall
J. Ruth
J. M. Rollins
F. Stone
J. E. Martin
E. Bates
T. H. Kellum
C. H. Goodwin
William Snell
M. T. Dooley
Mullen & O
A. G. Homan & Sons
S. A. Davis
G. E. Marsh & Co
Friend
J.grover & Son
C. W.varney
Christian Baptist Church
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Boston Street
J. Watson
Boston
Sprague & Breed
W. F. Johnson
St. Luke’s Church
Free Will Baptist Church
C. W. Tewksbury
D. F. Adams
J. W. Ingalls & Son
State Street
Jd. H. Parks
W. A. Kelly & Son
John T. Moulton
Placid Herbert
Larry & Luddy
Brown, Dickson & Co
W. W. George
G. A. & EA. Mansfield
Valpey & Anthony
American Shoe Company
D. R. Stevens
Charles D. Pecker
Rumsey Bros
Daw & Warner
Proctor’s van Theatre
Sand
Cambridge Ex-Mayor's Daughter Weds British Doctor in City Ceremony
Miss Lillian V. Fox youngest daughter of ex mayor Fox of Cambridge wed Dr. Horace Wakefield of London at St. Philip's Episcopal Church Old Cambridge. Rev E M Gushee officiated as bells rang during the wedding march. A four year old niece served as maid of honor and two pages escorted the bride. The couple reside at 808 Main Street after a breakfast reception and plan a New York wedding tour. Dr Wakefield will practice in Cambridge after resigning from the Cunard liner surgery post.
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Fox
Cambridge
Horace Wakefield
London
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Old Cambridge
E. M. Gushee
Lord Fauntleroy
Main Street
John Gordon
Eugene Foster
Boston
New York
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Cunard Steamship Line
Cronin Case Evidence Focuses on Dan Coughlin Knives
In Chicago on December 2 witnesses examined to show knives found with Dan Coughlin were his before Dr. Cronin’s death. Judge Wing continued defense argument dismissing conspiracy claims as circumstantial. he will finish tomorrow as Attorney Ingham prepares for the State.
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Cronin
Chicago
Dan Coughlin
Dr. Cronin
Judge Wing
Camp 20
Wing
Attorney Ingham
Massachusetts Delegation Divides on Early Committee Assignments
The Massachusetts Republican delegation met after adjournment to discuss committee placements for Reed. They expect Walker to join coinage, Lodge naval, Rockwell public buildings, Greenhalge judiciary, and Morse manufactures, with New England representation limited. A further meeting is planned and a Republican Senate caucus is called for tomorrow to decide new assignments.
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Major McKinley
Walker
Andrew
Massachusetts
House
Reed
Rockwell
Candler
Dingley
Maine
New England
Lodge
Greenhalge
Morse
Opening of the Fifty-First Congress in the Senate
The Senate opened with foreign delegates in the gallery and new state senators from North and South Dakota and Washington taking oaths. Various resolutions on class assignments, joint rules, and a quadro-centennial committee were debated before adjournment at 12:35.
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Senate
Capitol
Julian Pauncefote
Kozenkoff
Casey
North Dakota
Allen
Squire
Pettigrew
Moody
South Dakota
Pierce
Montana
Morton
J. G. Butler
Edmunds
Chandler
New Hampshire
Nathan F. Dixon
Elec
Rhode Island
Messrs
Moody and
Platt
Spooner
Allen and
Hoar
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dakotas
Department of State
West
Committee On
House
Congress
Edmunds and Harris
Aldrich
Congress of
United States
Sherman
South Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Secretary of the Interior
Reed Elected Speaker Amid House Organization Proceedings
The House convened at noon with 327 members present. Samuel J. Reed won the speaker election 166 to 154 over Carlisle, with Cummings receiving one vote. The chamber then organized for business, swore in members, and elected officers including Edward McPherson as clerk and William Milburn as chaplain, with seating and rules committees established before adjourning at 4:30.
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O’neall
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Mills
Texas
Iowa
Felix Campbell
Cummings
Cowles
North Carolina
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House of Representatives
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A. J. Holmes
C. A. Adams
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Cheadle
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House
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Lodge
Massachusetts
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Moore
New Hampshire
Cannon
Ilinois
Senate
Perkins
Kansas
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Randall and Carisle
Kelley
Bayne
Weather forecast for New England states and New York
Washington weather bulletin lists forecasts for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York. It notes warmer conditions followed by rain s southerly winds and a mix of rain and rain threats with warmer air then a much colder Wednesday morning.
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Observations Elsewhere At 8 P M
At 8 p m the observers recorded remarks and data from multiple sites. The notes summarize conditions, signals, and appearances noted by the team during the period.
Estimates show 341 million for new Republican year
Treasury data to Congress cites total 341,428,977 with major rise in pensions to 98,587,252 for year ending June 30, 1891. Funding covers repairs at Chelsea Hospital, light stations from Maine to New England, and Boston Harbor defenses plus ongoing river and harbor works statewide.
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Little River
Cutler Harbor
Green Island
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Boston Harbor
Egg Island
New Bedford Harbor
Butler’s Flats
New Bedford
Clark’s Point
Fairhaven Bridge
Juniper Island
Lake Champlain
Vermont
Otter Creek
Cornfield Point
Long Isiana Sound
Sheffield Harbor
Onn
Springfield Arsenal
Watertown Arsenal
Soldiers’ Home
Logus
Mississippi River Commission
Missouri River Commission
Bagaduce River
Kennebec River
Naraquish River
Crosby Narrows
Bucksport
Winterport
Penobscot River
Saco River
Belamy
Newampshire
Powow River
Massachusetts
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Rhode Island
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Hyannis
Manchester
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Newburyport
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Provincetown
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Vineyard Haven
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The Modern Woman Speech At Boston Suffrage Group
The Boston Woman Suffrage League met at 298 Commonwealth Avenue with Mrs Judith W Smith presiding in Mr Henry B Blackwell’s absence. Lucia True Ames spoke on The Modern Woman praising progress but highlighting faults among suffragists and urging circumspection in dress and conduct. Discussion followed with Dietrick Blackwell Whiting Yates Ernst participating and Henry Blackwell briefly addressing Wyoming’s movement.
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Boston Woman Suffrage League
George A. Ernst
Commonwealth Avenue
Henry B. Blackwell
Judith W. Smith
East Boston
Woman's Journal
State House
Boston
Ellen Bb. Dietrick
Entucky
Alice Blackwell
John L. Whiting
Elizabeth Yates
Maine
Henry Blackwell
Wyoming
Insolvency Notice for Edwin O Childs in Middlesex
A warrant in insolvency is issued against Edwin O Childs of Newton Middlesex. Creditors are called to prove debts and elect assignees at Cambridge on December 12, 1889, at ten in the forenoon. Sam l W Tucker deputy sheriff messenger oversees proceedings.
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County of Middlesex
Edwin O. Childs
Newton
Cambridge
Middlesex
Sam’l W. Tucker
Sherif
Edward J. McKay
Boston
Suffolk
M. Lendsley Sanborn
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
George C. Holmes
Joseph P. Silsby
Tremont Bow
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