Reciprocity Drives Boston Gloucester Fish Trade Tension
A special fourteen member committee of Boston fish dealers met at Long Wharf to discuss reciprocity with Canada, with Congressman Fitzgerald present. He outlined House activity on reciprocity and herring duties, while Boston traders urged action to protect Boston's interests amid rival Gloucester markets. Prices shown include haydock 2.75–3.25 for Boston versus 1.75–2 for Gloucester and cod ranges reflecting market shifts.
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Frank de Butt
Boston Fish Bureau
Bureau
Long Wharf
Boston
Gloucester
Congress
United States
Canada
Congressman Fitzgerald
Washington
House
Congressman Moody
Cape Ann
T Wharf
Haydock
Mr. Guild
Abraham Lincoln
William E. Russell
Charles S. Hamlin
Senator Tellier
Colorado
Mr. Towne
Minnesota
New England
City Hall
Faneuil Hall
Fitzgerald
House of Representatives
Marblehead
General Grosvenor
Logan Carlisle
Reform Club
George Fred Williams
Quincy
Massachusetts
State Commission
Boston Ice Company Ball Draws Large Crowd at Mechanics Building
The Boston Ice Company employees hosted a highly attended ball in Mechanics Building with about 250 couples and numerous spectators. Charles FE Shirley directed the floor with assistants B R Redding and J N Taylor, supported by 30 helpers. A souvenir was distributed among attendees.
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Boston Ice Company
Mechanics’ Building
Charles FE. Shirley
8. R. Redding
J. N. Taylor
Boston A O H Division 38 Ball in Orienta Hall
The first ball of Division 38 A O H in Orienta Hall 2152 Washington street drew about 900 attendees. Suffolk Guards led the grand march under Captain Michael Dillon with Lt T J Kirby and Miss Mary Mulkein at the head amid Irish and American flags and Tivoli lighting.
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Boston
Orienta Hall
Washington Street
Suffolk Guards
Michael Dillon
Crosby
Tufts
T. J. Kirby
Mary Mulkein
Dillon
Thomas J. Cooney
Cooney
Cornelius A. B Spellicy
Spellicy
John Cronin
Cronin
Cornelius J. Keyes
Mary Keyes
Frank McDonough
McDonough
Michael Fahy
Fahy
James O’brien
Sideboard Presented at House Warming for Ferry Employee
A Wednesday evening event at the home of Cornelius J. Murphy, a popular ferry department employee, featured Ex-Senator P. J. Kennedy presenting an oak sideboard and chairs. Attendees included the Hon. J. H. Sullivan, Alderman William J. Donovan, Dr. Albert Noll, Deputy Superintendent William F. McClellan, and other district notables.
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Cornelius J. Murphy
Ferry Department
P. J. Kennedy
Mr. Murphy
J. H. Sullivan
Wilam J. Donovan
Albert Noll
William F. McClellan
Thomas Crook
Edward McCluskey
Thomas Hoey
Stage Gossip in Boston's Theater Scene this Week
Margaret Mather to close her Boston engagement with Romeo and Juliet The Hunchback and Leah See also Maud Hobson in a boy's role Amanda Fabris voice shines in The Circus Girl at the Museum Ray Burton wows audiences at Keith's with daring wire work Coon Hollow premieres at Bowdoin Square Theatre Kit and Dangers of a Great City headline New York runs The Belle of New York Christmas week at Casino Boston readers plan Gotham holidays Marie Bartlett wows at Palace Theatre with songs and costumes
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Margaret Mather
Boston
Hunchback
Leah
Miss Mather
Sousa
Maud Hobson
Hollis
Paris
the Howard
Amanda Fabris
Miss Fabris
New York
Casino
Steamship movement and shipyard notes along the harbor front
James Roche signals a Victoria Vancouver service via Stickeen route with Scythia and Bothnia purchases. Elder-Dempster expands with Etolia and Lycia starting Bristol service while other vessels face delays and repairs. Commonwealth and County of Clare load wool. Monarch returns after shaft repair. Cyprus hauled off from Flushing to Antwerp.
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James Roche
Kerry, Inc
New York
Montreal
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
Klondike
Cunard Line
Scythia
Bothnia
Liverpool
Roche
Halifax
Pye
Lewis Wharf
Boston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
N. S
Caber Freidh
O'Leary
Isaac’s Harbor
Etolia
Purcell
Cardiff
San Palmas
Constitution Wharf
Bristol
Elder-Dempster Line
J. G. Hall & Co
Lycia
Cunard
Carinthia
Elder-Dempster Company
Dominion Line
Amos Hawkett
Johnston
Parkmore
London
Bee Line
Robert Lockhart
Greyhounds
Robert H. Rathbun
H. M. Hoyt
Robert A. Packer
George H. Warren
East Boston
Bertlesen & Petersen
Lady Ellen
F. A. Pike
Commonwealth
County of Clare
Sydney
United Kingdom
Continent
Emery
Santuit
Nye
Perth Amboy
Inchmana
Monarch
New Orleans
Gulf
Mississippi River
Kinsale
Elder-Dempster
St. Lawrence
Antwerp
Puritan Line
Cyprus
Flushing
Curtis Guilds Speech at Dudley Street Rally Endorses Curtis
About 400 attended the Republican rally in the Dudley Street Opera House honoring ex Mayor Edwin A. Curtis. Curtis Guild Jr spoke attacking Rep John F Fitzgerald over a $160000 Con stitution repair bill and praised civil service enforcement and Burrage ordinance compliance.
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Republican Party
Edwin A. Curtis
Dudley Street Opera House
McKinley
Charles J. Noyes
United States
Ad. Curtis Guild, Jr
John F. Fitzgerald
Congress
Guild
Allen
Halsey J. Boardman
Quincy
Yale
William W. Davis
Ward 21
Nat” Robinson
Curtis
City Hall
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts Historical Society Meeting Reports Moves and Honors
The Massachusetts Historical Society met in the afternoon with Do. F. Adams as chair. The president announced building sale and temporary quarters, year end deaths, recent publications, and geopolitical shifts in Europe and the Americas. James Schouler and J. H. Choate were elected members, and Mandell Creighton was moved from corresponding to honorary member status.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Do. F. Adams
LL. D
Europe
America
James Schouler
Boston
J. H. Choate
New York
Mandell Creighton
London
Railroad Commissioners Stand Against City Railway Lease
Provincial newspapers praise the Railroad Commissioners for refusing to approve the West End lease to the Boston Elevated Railroad Company. They urge continued public oversight and warn legislators about further corporate encroachments, applauding the commissioners as public benefactors and guardians of the public right. The Lowell Citizen notes street railway firms overreach and commends the commissioners' decision.
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West End
Boston
Gilead
Cambridge Tribune
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
General Bancroft
Board of Guardians of
Taunton Herald
Yarmouthport Register
Marlboro Enterprise
Railroad Commission
Salem Gazette
South Framingham News
West End Street Railway
New Elevated Railroad Company
The
Newburyport News
West End Road
Elevated
Fall River Globe
Buncoen
Lowell Press
Bosta Elevated Railway Company
Brockton Times
Elevated Road
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston Elevated Company
Worcester Gazette
Great and General Court
Boston Times
West End Street Railway Company
Elevated Railway Company
Cambridge News
Woburn Journal
Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners
West End Street
Worcester Telegram
Milford Journal
Boston Elevated
Ipswich Chronicle
Railroad Commissioners of
Massachusetts
Elevated Railroad Company
Springfield Union
Cambridge Chronicle
Holyoke Free Press
Leominster Enterprise
Brockton Chronicle
Springfield Republican
Haverhill Gazette
Commonwealth
Fitchburg
Lowell
Weyler Honors McKinley With Glorious Compliment
Despatches from Barcelona quote General Weyler calling President McKinley’s hostility the most glorious compliment he could receive from Spain’s most dangerous enemy. The remark underscores tensions in the Spain United States conflict context.
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Madrid
Weyler
Barcelona
McKinley
Spain
Starving in Cuba prisoner recalls Spanish dungeon ordeal
William Leavitt, one of the five Competitor prisoners, recounts capture near Havana, brutal voyage, and eighteen months in Cell 41 at Cabanas. He describes hunger, scant rations of salt fish and beans, heat, vermin, and the emotional reunion with a Boston sister after twenty years apart.
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Spain
William Leavitt
Boston
Leavitt
George A. Sewall
Union Building
State Street
Bangor
Sewall
Laborde
Quesada
Gurk
Barnett
Esperanza
Triton
Havana
Cabanas
Ona Melton
Night of Dance Brings Boston Veterans Firemen Together
A large crowd of 1000 plus veterans and guests attended the third grand concert and ball in aid of the Boston Veteran Firemen's Association at Odd Fellows Hall. Firemen from Somerville Charlestown Hyde Park Revere Hudson Roxbury joined in the evening of fellowship with Chief Webber and Superintendent Hawkins present. Carter's Orchestra opened at 8 with a grand march led by E W Beale and Miss Le Favor as hundreds danced in uniform crimson and varied gowns.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Boston Veteran Firemen’s Association
Association
Somerville
Charlestown
Hyde Park
Revere
Hudson
Roxbury
Webber
Boston Fire Department
Hawkins
Quincy
Thomas Mullen
Carter
E. W. Beale
le Favor
J. H. le Favor
H. $. Hursey
Samuel Abbot, Jr
C. Wilson
H. Daniels
H. Davenport
Jobo Taylor
James Munroe
Riddell
Mabel Coltrane
Margaret McPherson
Ribb
The
Barnicoat Association
Goddell
Barnicoats
Walter Wood
Thomas Flenigan
Beaton Fire Department
Golliff
Perry
Kerre
Sarah Duncan
Theresa Slavon
Bryan’s Duck Trip Yields Forty Three Ducks at Lake Surprise
William J. Bryan and party returned from a duck hunting trip to Lake Surprise in Chambers County. Bryan bagged forty three ducks, including twelve canvas backs, and said the trip was delightful and he was in good spirits.
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Galveston
Tex
William J. Bryan
Lake Surprise
Chambers County
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