Most Rev Weldon Named Canon of Westminster Abbey
London reports on December 5 that the Most Rev James Edward Cowell Weldon bishop of Calcutta is appointed canon of Westminster Abbey to take effect after resigning Calcutta see. Other brief items note Kennedy purchasing a building for the American College in Rome and Porto Rico calling its Legislature to meet New Year’s Day.
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London
James Edward Cowell Weldon
Calcutta
Westminster Abbey
Rome
Thomas Kennedy
American College
Pilotta Palace
San Juan
Porto Rico
Charles Hartzell
Hunt
United States
Philip Watts
W. G. Armstrong
Collision Near Bow Between Glasgow Bound Stronsa and Ajax
The British ship Stronsa under Captain Jones returned to port after a collision near Bow with the new British steamer Ajax under Captain Batt, which had left London for San Francisco. The Ajax ran aground after the incident.
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Glasgow
Stronsa
Jones
San Francisco
Cal
Bow
Ajax
Batt
London
Orators Plead Hart Cause At Roxbury Rally
A pro Hart Davis rally was held at Mt Pleasant Republican Club in Roxbury on Dudley street. Speakers claimed Boston could not be run on a nine dollar tax rate and urged a Republican victory, detailing debt and loan controversies involving Matthews and Quincy.
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Hart
Davis
Mt. Pleasant
Republican Club
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Frank H. Haynes
Fred C. Gilpatric
Quincy
Boston
Matthews
William S. McNary
Nathan Matthews
Republican Party
Ballantine
Ward 17
Brophy
James Donovan
Timothy Donoghue
Ward 10
Hon C H Saunders Dead Ex Mayor of Cambridge
Charles H Saunders ex mayor of Cambridge died at home 1627 Massachusetts Ave aged 80 or 81. Born Nov 10 1821 in Old Cambridge he built a hardware business then served as Cambridge official including council alderman and mayor. He led sinking fund board for nearly 25 years and held posts in Sons of the American Revolution and other societies. Married Mary B Ball in 1849. four children. Golden wedding celebrated Sept 18 1899.
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Charles H. Saunders
Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue
University City
Charles Hicks Saunders
Old Cambridge
William
Sarah Saunders
Flagg
New England
England
Hopkins Classical School
Suffolk Bank of
Boston
Saunders
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Bunker Hill Monument Association
The
Shepard Historical Society
New England Historic-Genealogical Society
Cambridge Club
Mary B. Ball
Concord
Mass
Annie B
Carrie H
Mary JL
Charles R. Saunders
Election Commission
Mr. Saunders
Bulls Rule Market as Chicago Board Sees Record Trading
Booming bull enthusiasm drives the heaviest trading in over a year at the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat and corn futures rise early, then profit taking erodes gains as trading volumes reach into the millions of bushels. Prices show overall strength despite a late pullback.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
President nominates collectors and postmasters
The President sent nominations to the Senate naming George W. Allen for Key West district of Florida and Hiram P. Mackintosh for Newburyport Massachusetts as collectors of customs. James M. Simpson slated for the Kansas internal revenue district. Postmaster nominee Frank P. Goss of Hyannis Massachusetts also listed.
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Washington
Senate
George W. Allen
Florida
District of
Key West
Fla
Hiram P. Mackintosh
Massachusetts
Newburyport
Mass
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Kansas
James M. Simpson
Frank P. Goss
Hyannis
Carrie Nation suspends The Smasher's Mail newspaper
Topeka Kansas December 5 Mrs Carrie Nation known for her temperance work and vandalism announced the suspension of her paper The Smashers Mail begun about a year ago. She says it did not pay and will cease publication.
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Carrie Nation
Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Teaching the Negro at Northampton Speech by Booker T. Washington
The winter meeting of the State Board of Agriculture closed with Booker T. Washington as a speaker. He spoke at City Hall on The Colored Race and Its Relation to Productive Enterprises, stressing Negro agricultural progress and education, followed by a lecture from Prof. George T. Powell on Fruit Culture and New England farm value.
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Northampton
State Board of Agriculture
Booker T. Washington
City
Gulf States
South
Tuskegee School
George T. Powell
School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture
Briar Cliff Manor
N. Y
New England
Harvard Man Scales East Rock Near Monument
New Haven December 5. Harvard student J A Whitehead climbed the 400 foot granite East Rock cliff in front of the soldiers monument.
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New Haven
Harvard
J. A. Whitehead
East Rock
Soldiers’ Monument
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Raglans
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Jordan Marsh Co
News of the World
Bridgeport, Conn
Bainbridge
Fort Constitution
N. H
Fort Foster
Gerrish Island
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Robert F. Walsh
Brooklyn
Bellevue Hospital
Isaac Khan
Deutschland
Hamburg
Hamilton
George Dick
Elk Creek
County
Democratic Party
Jim Donovan
Josiah Quincy
Mr. Donoghue
Dr. Lyon
Chicago Bulls Room
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