Newport Gunboat Civic Launch Preview at Bath
Newport today sends a civic delegation led by Mayor Patrick J. Boyle to Bath for the launching of the gunboat Newport. Miss Frances LaFarge will christen the vessel. The composite steamers Newport and Vicksburg, with Annapolis and Princeton, are built in New Jersey and Maine under a 1895 act. They feature steel frames with wooden underwater hulls, coppered planks, and a 12 knot speed with 800 horsepower.
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Newport
Bath
Patrick J. Boyle
Frances LaFarge
Vicksburg
Annapolis
Newport and
Crescent Shipyard
Elizabeth
N. J
Bath Iron Works
Princeton, J
Dialogue & Son
Camden
Colors for the Marblehead honored by townboard action
The Board of Selectmen appoints Henry Sparahawk and B F Martin to present town colors to the United States cruiser Marblehead. If refused the committee will go to New York to formally present the colors, despite local opposition delaying three years of waiting for the cruiser to visit.
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Marblehead
Board of Selectmen
Henry ©. Sparahawk
B. F. Martin
United States
New York
Canada Due Tomorrow Aboard Dominion Line Twin Screw Steamer
The Dominion line steamer Canada, twin screw and with triple expansion engines, is due in Boston Sunday morning on its first trip to the port. The 515 foot vessel carries 9009 tons, 68 foot beam, and 35 feet 6 inches depth, with coal bunkers for 2700 tons and eight saloon passengers aboard. The Canada mirrors White Star liners Majestic and Teutonic in design and stature, sharing similarities with Armenian and Servia in dimensions.
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Dominion Line
Canada
Boston
Leyland Line
Majestic
Eutonic
Torpedo Boat No. 6 near ready for trials at Bristol yard
Torpedo Boat No. 6 at Herreshoffs in Newport is so far advanced that by mid next week preliminary trials will begin along the Bristol dock and harbor. Steam is in the boilers and later a bay trial from Sandy Point to the Dumpings will cover eight miles with seven runs.
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Newport
R. I
Herreshoffs
Bristol Yard
Bristol Harbor
Narragansett Bay
Sandy Point
Aloud Along the Water Front Chronicle
Captain Johnny Degen of the towboat Hlsie is ill with bronchitis and neuraglia. Captain John Smith takes his place on the J. G. Neafie as a new steamer, the Scottish King, arrives from Sunderland to Boston trade. The Feronia anchors at quarantine for repairs after blowing manhole covers. The Dresden and crew of the Florence reach New York, while Hermione sails for southern waters. The Sicily cable states fruit packing suspended due to low prices. The Christiana arrives with weather damage and Servia makes record time from Queenstown to Boston. The Rockland schooner Walker Armington goes ashore at False Cape. crew saved.
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Johnny Degen
Hlsie
Falcon Street
East
Boston
John Smith
J. G. Neafie
Sunderland
Eng
James
Antwerp
Baltimore
Feronia
Norfolk
New York
Dresden
Bremen
la Have Banks
Nova Scotia
Patrick Foley
Gloucester
George Towle
Chatham
Florence
T Wharf
Henry L. Pierce
Hermione
S. B. Atkins
Constitution Wharf
West Indies
Sicily
America
Edgar Randall
Race Point
Cape Cod
Dallas
Christiana
Hamburg
von Frankenberg
Cunard
Servia
James B. Watt
H. W. Pierce
Cephalonia
Watt
Boston Light
Pierce
Queenstown
Edith Barton
Boardman
Edith Benham
Alfred Males
P. C. Johnson
Washed Ashore at Thatcher's Headless Man Found
Gloucester December 4. Frank C. Halli assistant lightkeeper found near the Thatcher's boat landing the headless body of a man in a partially decomposed state this morning. No identification on the person. Clad in dark trousers and vest a white bosom shirt with stud cotton underwear black stockings lace shoes and checkered suspenders. The body likely from a fall from a steamer.
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Gloucester
Frank C. Halli
Thatcher
Train service changes on Boston to New York route
After Sunday November 29 the 12 o'clock noon train between Boston and New York will be discontinued. The 11 a.m. train via Springfield will complete the run in five hours and forty minutes and arrive in New York or Boston at 4:40 p.m.
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Boston
New York
Springfield
Century-Old Woman Catherine Cross Dies in Somerville
Mrs. Catherine Cross, nearing 101, died Thursday night at her niece Mrs. Edward Gallagher’s home in Somerville. She had remained nearly in full health and mental clarity until a recent accident hastened her decline, astonishing visitors with her preserved appearance in repose.
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Catherine Cross
Edward Gallagher
Somerville
Cross
Notable Boston Woman Dies After Long Life of Service
Mrs. Cross born in Ireland in December 179 and married to Michael Cross who died young. Her son John Cross once served as Boston Councilman and ran a news stand at Old Colony station. She lived in Cambridge Charlestown and Somerville before a fall last summer hastening her death at her niece’s home. Funeral held today with remaining relatives including four nephews.
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Mrs. Cross
Ireland
Faye
Michael Cross
John Cross
Boston
Old Colony
Cross
Navy Yard
Edward Gallagher
Michael
Walter
John
Francis Faye
Widespread applications for aid as jobless men surge
Agent Addison G. Jerome of the Charity Organization Society reports an unprecedented wave of strong, able-bodied men seeking relief in New York. They are educated and willing to work but cannot find employment, facing charity or hunger as city institutions grow overcrowded.
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New York
Addison G. Jerome
Charity Organization Society
Whitinsville Spinning Ring Co Adopts Fifty Hour Week
Whitinsville Spinning Ring Company goes on short time Monday with a fifty hour work week after previously running full time. The change affects all workers as the plant adjusts to reduced hours.
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Whitinsville
Rock City Falls Paper Company Makes General Assignment
Saratoga N Y December 4 The Rock City Falls Paper Company assigns assets and promises creditors 100 cents on the dollar as assets are four times liabilities per Vice President and General Manager C E Howland.
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Saratoga, N. Y
Rock City Falls Paper Company
C. E. Howland
Shoddy Orange Manufacturer Edward Handy Total Assets Revealed
Greenfield December 4 Edward Handy of Orange, a shoddy manufacturer, reports total assets of 17 after mortgages are satisfied. Messenger fees amount to 18, leaving creditors with nothing. Several hundred dollars are owed to employees.
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Greenfield
Edward
Handy
Orange
Floating Texas At Cob Dock After Sinking Incident
Battleship Texas was refloated and moored at Cob Dock Brooklyn Navy Yard where it sank three weeks earlier. It will not be seaworthy for some time as repair work begins.
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Texas
Cob Dock
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fred W. Hodge
Perryville Quarry Company
John R. Fellows
New York
Fred Behme
McLeansboro
Ill
New England Happenings: Two Workers Die in Maine and Providence
Joseph Lane of Newburyport aged 60 who was unemployed and seeking work on a vessel deliberately walked in front of a Grand Trunk locomotive in Portland Maine and died within ten minutes. James Judge a Western Union lineman fell from a forty foot pole on North Main street Providence after contact with a live wire and died shortly after leaving an invalid widow.
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Joseph Dpd. Lane
Newburyport
Grand Trunk Railroad
Portland
James Judge
Western Union
North Main Street
Providence
Four Seasons Calendar by Youth's Companion 1897 Free Gift
The Youth's Companion issues a color lithographed calendar for 1897 featuring four girls representing the seasons. Four folding pages measure 10 1/2 by 24 inches, printed in twelve colors from original paintings. Free to new subscribers who send 1.75 dollars. an illustrated prospectus is mailed to 206 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Companion
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Mass
Careful housekeeper keeps Dr Bu I s Cough Syrup in the house
A careful housekeeper always has Dr Bu I s Cough Syrup on hand as a standard household remedy.
Veterans Prefence Becomes Central in Massachusetts Civil Service Reforms
Charles Theodore Russell, chair of the Massachusetts civil service commission, proposes amendments to expand classified service, extend veteran preference, and create five class levels. New rules cover messengers, pay tied appointments, city engineers, fire office staff, and labor service exams with physical fitness requirements.
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Charles Theodore Russell
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Wolcott
Russell
Boston
Labor Service
Murder Trial in Roxbury District Court over Hanson Child
Isaac F. Sawyer faced murder charges in Roxbury District Court for allegedly killing the newborn child of Mrs. Minnie Hanson born in 1896 at 1 Reims place Cambridge and living with Sawyer during the child’s birth. Hanson testified detailing her relationship with Sawyer, the birth, and the suspected homicide, with Proctor for defense Bangs for prosecution Bolster presiding.
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Isaac F. Sawyer
Roxbury
Minnie Hanson
Reims Place
Hanson
Thomas Proctor
Bangs
Bolster
Officer Shaw
Sawyer
Hurley
Sawyer Proctor
Liverpool
Eng
Julius Hanson
New York
Court
East Cambridge
Pearl Street
Cambridge
Mr. Sawyer
Boston Criminals Identified in Indiana Arrests
Three men arrested in Terre Haute are linked to Boston gangs. One is William Lynch alias Mason, still wanted in Massachusetts for a Pittsfield jail escape, while Walter Maitland alias Bradlee and Michael O Connor are noted fugitives with prior prison escapes and burglaries.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Boston
Morton
Evans
Wright
George Frye
Hastings
William T. Wright
William Lynch
William Mason
Lynch
Mason
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Sing Sing
Great Barrington
Mass
William Williams
Walter Maitland
Bradlee
Massachusetts State
Maitland
Michael O’connor
Pennsylvania
Great financiers may be arrested in bond inquiry
The Supreme Court ruling in the Chapman case raises the possibility of arrest for refusing to answer questions before the Senate bond investigation committee. Prominent New York financiers named include J. P. Morgan John A Stewart August Belmont and Francis Lynde Stetson who was Cleveland's former law partner.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chapman
Senate Bond Investigation Committee
New York
J. P. Morgan
John A. Stewart
August Belmont
Francis Lynde Stetson
Cleveland
Ambassador Bayards English Friends Gift Proposal
Washington dispatch reports English supporters plan an unofficial gift to Ambassador Bayard at mission end. The State Department disapproves of official gifts, but a popular source may present the tribute, relying on his propriety to decide acceptance.
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Washington
Bayard
State Department
Palermo Teacher Walter Norton Drowns While Skating
Walter Norton a 22 year old school teacher from Palermo Liberty Maine drowned last night while skating on the ice. He was found submerged after an apparent accident and the body was recovered. Local authorities continued investigations into the incident.
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Liberty, Me
Walter Norton
Palermo
Boston Advertises Oily Skin Cure by John H Wood
An ad from John H Wood at 11 Winter St Boston promotes a treatment claiming to cure oily skin and facial blemishes with no skin diseases involved. The notice emphasizes oil control and skin health.
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John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Boston
Mining Stocks Lead Market Rally Amid期待 Hoist
Fairly strong overall stock market with short interest covering ahead of Congress meeting. Kearsarge and Butte & Boston led the gains in mining shares. Kearsarge rose sharply with new stamps to boost output. Davis stock deal uncertainty eyed, while Wolverine and Atlantic showed notable activity. Dividends declared by Tamarack and Southern Railway noted. Higginson resigns from Old Colony Trust directorate. Baltimore & Ohio weakens amid debt concerns.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Congress
J. Pierpont Morgan
Butte & Boston
Kearsarge
Butte
Boston
Davis
Wolverine
Atlantic
Tamarack
Southern Railway
Francis J. Higginson
Old Colony Trust Company
Little
Pinkham
Market Report Dec 4 Official Closing Prices and Ranges
Official report shows the day’s high and low quotes and the closing prices, with bid and asked figures. The data reflects daily activity across securities and commodities.
Union Pacific 6 Per Cent Notes Reorganization Plan
A committee of note holders announces a plan for reorganizing the Union Pacific Railway Co. 6 percent bonds. Deposits may be made at Mercantile Trust Co. in New York or American Loan and Trust Co. in Boston from December 14 onward, with temporary receipts exchanged for engraved receipts listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Union Pacific Railway CO
Meprucantile Thrust CO
Roadway
New York
American Loan and Trust CO
Boston
Trust Companies
New York Stock Exchange
John G. Moore
James W. Alexander
Edwin F
Colorado Mining Stock Exchange
Denver
EE. C. Davis & Co
Washington St
Bangkok
Bankers
Garfield Grouse
Insley
Isabella
Jefferson
Mollie Gibson
Mt. Rosa
New Zealand
Puritan
Alamo
Argentum
Portland
Sacramento
Reno
Atchison Tee
Bay State
Canada
Southern Eee
Chesapeake & Ohio B&q
THY
C & St Louis
Consolidated Gas
Delaware & Hudson
Bo del Lack & Western
den & Rio Grande
Hocking Valley
Tlinois Central
ILE & Western
Lake Shore
Louisville & Nashville
Manhattan
Pacific
New Jersey Central
GOD
New York Central
North American
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
Oregon
Pacifico Mail
Pullman Palace Car Co
Reading
Rock Island St Paul
St Paul & Omaha
Southern Pacific Ee
Southern Ry
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Canton
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Toronto
Warren Company
Charlestown
J. McAuley
Labrador
THE
Nete Dominion
Harrison Ave
Hayward Place
Torpedo Boat NO
Bristol
Thatcher's
Marat Tan
New England
Cludes
Aan
Matas
Edison Electris Illum. CO
Minnie
Hanson's
Grit
Ambassador Bayard
Sunday Post
North Pole
Frank Hanson
Dennett
Stanley Barrows
NEE
TRE
Cent Sunday Poss
Kearsarger
Prasat If
Rep Valley
West End
Atchison
Nh&h
Union Pacific
Serip
Santa Ysabel
Seeee
Tamarack Jr
Cesse
Am Bell
See
Erie
Dom Coal
Pullman
Teste i Bay State Gas
Boston Stock Exchange
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Be&n
Ill Steel
O Ft
M&rgm
NY & NE
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Button Hole
Hastman
Arnold Mining Ee
Terminal City
Morley Button Sewing
Pioneer Gold
Dunkin Mining
Cripple Creek
Wollaston Land
Revere Beach
Lynn R. R
Colorado Sdlocks
NEW York Stock Sales
Edward Hayes
Alpheus M. Stetson
Kilby Street
Barnard & CO
Temple Pl
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