Strike Riots In Marseilles
Marseilles reports the first clash between strikers and police with injuries on both sides including a police commissary. Gendarmes arrested 15 as strikers tried to destroy a coal train bound for the port. Authorities guard ports and Bourse de Travail as soldiers patrol streets. Bread supplies are safeguarded by requisitioning bakers. Strikers rally for social revolution and general strike.
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Marseilles
Bourse de Travail
Fifteenth Army Corps
Dewey Reports Fleet Maneuvers Underway
Admiral Dewey cables from San Juan reporting opening of fleet maneuvers off Culebra with the combined squadrons assembled. The search problem completed. Rear Admiral Sumner’s squadron successful. Forty men‑of‑war taking part, with Navy and War Department observers. Operations will continue into January.
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
San Juan
Culebra
Sumner
Navy
War Departments
Manheld for Grand Jury in Great Barrington Assault Case
Joseph Brown, accused of nearly killing his mother over money, refused to change his plea from guilty to assault with intent to kill and was held for the grand jury. An additional 1900 stabbing charge against Brown led to a plea of not guilty and his hold in $1000 bail.
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Great Barrington
Joseph Brown
Brown
Atlantic Hotel Club Boxing Card and Local News
The programme for the Atlantic Hotel Club meeting on Monday includes Custer Dow versus Young Kelley at 120 pounds, Pendergast against Sullivan at 140, Glancey versus Clougherty at 142, and Jeffords versus Shallow in the finale, with a possible extra bout to be announced. South Boston celebrates a public holiday as Spike Sullivan wins the English lightweight title in London.
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Atlantic Hotel Club
Custer Dow
Lynn
Young Kelley
Boston
Jim Pendergast
Melrose
Jim Sullivan
Charlestown
Barney Glancey
Somerville
Martin Clougherty
North End
Jim Jeffords
California
Mike Shallow
South Boston
Spike Sulivan
Bill Chester
London
Spike
Jim Keenan
Patsy Haley
Dover
N. H
Fall River Club
Martin Canole
George Ashley
George Smith
Joe Moylon
Malden
New England
Patsy McKenna
Young Delmont
Hid
Criterion Athletic Club
Patsy Sweeney
Belfield Walcott
Lowell
George Gardner
Pacific Coast
Billy Stift
Chicago
Willie Fitzgerald
Terry McGovern
Terry
Charley Seliger
New Britain
Fitzgerald
Savannah
Marvin Hart
Tom West
Hart
West
B. H.benton
Rob Roy
National Civil Service Reform League Ends Meeting in Philadelphia
The annual meeting closed with a banquet hosted by the Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania. Delegates heard reports from many States highlighting a growing participation by women to support the reform effort.
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Philadelphia
Penn
National Civil Service Reform League
Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania
Rival City Directory Venture Fails in Bromfield Street
The failure of the City Directory Company of Bromfield Street will not affect the regular city directory issued by Sampson, Murdock & Co. The failed venture was a new rival project attempting to enter a market unused for about six decades.
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Bromfield Street
Sampson, Murdock & Co
Magnates Confer With Peace Move In Baseball Leagues
New York dispatch reports the National League elected Harry Pulliam as president and formed a new board, with N E Young honored but retiring. Peace talks with the American League set for January 5, with Ban Johnson insisting on contracts being honored and no withdrawal from New York.
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New York
National League of Baseball Clubs
Hotel Victoria
Harry Pulliam
American League
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
James A. Hart
Chicago
F. de Haas Robison
St. Louis
B. B. Johnson
J. F. Kilfoyle
Charles Sommers
Criterion Hotel
Johnson
National League
Pittsburg
Pulliam
John Montgomery Ward
Ban Johnson
N. E. Young
Young
John T. Brush
A. H. Soden
Boston
Barney Dreyfuss
James Hart
League
Herrmann
National League Committee
Americans Demand Retention and Penalties in Contract Terms
The Americans insist on each organization keeping its current players until contract expirations with substantial reductions forthcoming. They demand strict penalties for violations and aim to enforce adherence to existing player rosters under the new terms.
Government dredge Cumberland conducts second trial in Bath
In Bath Maine the US government hydraulic steam dredge Cumberland underwent its second official trial. Two pumps with a 32 ton per minute capacity raised fine sand and mud for 50 minutes but yielded only about 6 tons. A loose connection on a suction pipe caused the test to be abandoned.
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Bath
Cumberland
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Overcoats
Papa
Richdark Oxfords
Choic Meltons
Beavers
Kerseys
Mien
Oxford
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Ehrlich & Kopf
F. Abraham Son
Stuari St
Maneuvres
Mother
Gately
E. Gately & CO
Washington St
Coon: & CO
Kodak
Boston Cycle and Sunday CO
J. M. Linscott, Mgr
Federal St
Walker-Rintels Drug CO
B. F. Brad
Selateis
Wright & Ditson
Milk
Franklin Falls
Fred B. Greenleaf
Greenleaf & Doring
Greenleaf
Pioneer
Pioneer Clothing CO
Chamberlains
Perrins
Adler
Kamas
Wright
Chamberlain
Boylston
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