Washington Memorial Services Held in Boston at Mount Vernon
Memorial services marked the 160th anniversary of George Washington's death in Associa tions Hall Boston under the Sons of the American Revolution. Speakers honored Washington's lasting influence with remarks on his leadership, expansion, and moral vision, as the Boston Quartet performed patriotic pieces and a large wreath from the Daughters of the American Revolution adorned the speaker's stand.
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Washington
Sara W. Daggett
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Washington
Sons of the American Revolution
Francis H. Appleton
Boston
J. C. Rubel
W. H. Walton
E. Stackpole
Columbia
Appleton
Salem Gazette
Edward G. Porter
The
Historical Genealogical Society
Porter
Hobart
Mt. Vernon
America
Massachusetts
Boston Atheneum
Australia
George A. Gordon
Lyndsay
Virginia
Winslow Warren
Society of the Cincinnati and Bunker Hill Monument Association
Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati
Warren
England
Edwin D. Mead
Mead
Quebec
John Duckson
Queen Victoria
Centennial Observances Honor Washington in City Schools
Readings from Washington life and last illness marked centennial events in Bowdoin Grammar Eliot and Rice schools with flags a portrait draped in symbols and addresses by Miss Sarah Fuller and Principal E B Young. In Mt Vernon Washington memorial ceremonies featured Masons and Red Men with President McKinley attending and delivering an oration.
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New York
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Horace Mann School For the Deaf
Exeter Street
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Prince School
America
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Moses Merrill
Latin School
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Mt. Vernon
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Virginia
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Hint
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Charles H. Litchman
Massachusetts
Robert T. Daniel
Georgia
Chauncey M. Depew
Henry M. Couden
House of Representatives
Faneuil Hall Paintings Discuss 100th Washington Death Anniversary
The Boston Business League met at Legion of Honor Hall to mark the centenary of General George Washington's death. Members and guests debated the proposed reorganization of the general federation of women's clubs and possible removal of historic paintings to the State House or Public Library.
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Boston Business League
Legion of Honor Hall
George Washington
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sara White Lee
Elizabeth M. Gosse
A. A. Nichols
Simpson
Lee
Colonel Bradley
Coggan
Olin
E. Payson Thayer
Baker Flint
E.S. Burton
Emma F Foster
Stone Post observes centennial death anniversary of Washington
Stone Post 68 G A R Roxbury marked the centennial death anniversary of Washington in the Second Church chapel Roxbury. Commander Frank H Dove presided. Speeches were given by Rev Edwin S Wheeler Civil War chaplain and Rev L O Williams of Allston.
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Benjamin Stone, Jr
Washington
Washington and
Centre Streets
Roxbury
Frank H. Dove
Edwins. Wheeler
Department of the Gulf
L. O. Williams
Allston
Discharges Hit City Water Department Clerks
City water department clerks Francis M Gray Charles Donnelly and James M Devereaux were discharged by acting Water Commissioner Wells amid budget cuts. Gray had served over ten years, Donnelly cited for disobedience, while Devereaux cited for Murphy association. Street watering inspectors avoid layoff and may remain on suspended list until work returns. Clearing House certificates totaling 3.5 million bank funds issued to aid a troubled bank, signaling temporary liquidity measures rather than insolvency.
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Charles 7. Donnelly
James M. Devereaux
Water Department
Wells
Murphy
Gray
Hart
Elery
Ewan
Benjamin W
Ing Water
John R. Murphy
Mr. Wells
Mr. Ellis
Ng House Association
Clearing Rouse Association
New York
Aid for Globe Bank Rumor Sparks Stock Market Fever
Rumors of trouble at Globe National Bank stirred feverish activity in local stocks and financial circles yesterday followed by reports that Clear...
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Globe National Bank
Recount Petitions Filed For City Election
The Democratic city committee likely to file recount petitions for mayor and several wards. Yesterday petitions were filed with election commissioners seeking recounts in Alderman District 5, Common Council Wards 7 16 25 and Wards 3 7 and Precinct 6 Ward 6 as part of a citywide recount request.
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Democratic City Committee
Common Council
Eye
Ara Commissioner Ontione Paye
Eee
Methuen's Losses Rise as Magersfontein Fights Turn
London reports put Methuen's casualty list at 832 with feared total over 1000 after Magersfontein. The Highland brigade suffered heavy losses including Black Watch officers. 200 garrisoned troops fell at a key kopje while Boer fire slowed British advance. Methuen retires to Modder River camp amid fears of retreat and further strategic setbacks.
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Magersfontein
England
Highland Brigade
Black Watch
Orange River
Wauchope
Black Watch Regiment
Modder
Gordon Highlanders
Colonel Downman
Downman
Modder River
War Office
Forestier-Walker
Cape Town
Seaforths
Argylls
Gordons
Highland Light Infantry
Guards
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battle of Magersfontein North East of Modder River
Despatches place the engagement four to six miles northeast of Modder River bridge where British forces attacked Boer works along a six mile line. Boer defenders held the positions as the battle unfolded.
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London
Magersfontein
Modder River Bridge
Gloomy mood in London over Methuen decision
Gloom pervades London as papers debate Lord Methuen's looming choice to stay at Modder River or withdraw toward Odder River. The decision weighs on strategic prospects in the campaign and public sentiment.
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London
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Odder River
Trouble for Chamberlain in London War Debate
London papers reflect pressure on government to escalate in South Africa. Globe and St James Gazette urge mass sacrifice and redeploy ships and troops. Westminster Gazette says the campaign must be carried to a successful issue amid Liberal opposition.
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The
Globe
Sheridan
St. James
Liner New England Brings Record Foreign Mail to Boston
Busy Pier 6 scene as the Dominion liner New England arrives with 2014 sacks of foreign mail, the largest ever brought to Boston, far exceeding recent shipments. Quarantine officers inspect the vessel and the mail is rapidly dispatched to South station and thence to New York by a special six-car train. The ship sails with 54 first class, 37 second class, and 163 steerage passengers.
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Dominion Line
New England
Boston
Canada
Majestic
Liverpool
New York
South Africa
Cape
Reid
Cape Cod
Hner
Farley
Minion Line
South
Boston & Albany
Terminal Station
McAuley
Debate On Boers Faces Cambridge Audience Tonight
Three Princeton speakers and three Yale debaters prepare for a forensic contest in Sanders Theatre Cambridge this evening. Heath First Assistant Postmaster General states that married women serving as clerks harm the service and vows to apply the ruling to future marriages. Married female clerks already approved will not be displaced.
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Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Eakers
Princeton
Ar Yuee
Heath
Highlanders Open Fire At Magersfontein Ambush
British forces under Lord Methuen attacked at Magersfontein with Highland brigades reaching 200 yards from Boer trenches before sudden flanking fire halted progress. Barbed wire abattis proved highly effective while artillery failed to clear the defenses.
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Lord Methuen
Magersfontein
French Meets Boers at Naauw Poort Skirmish
Despatch from General Forestier-Walker from Cape Town reports General French encountering 1800 Boers advancing south toward Naauw Poort. Skirmish lasted morning with Boers on a fourteen mile front. enemy losses forty killed and wounded. Our casualties were one killed seven wounded and including one officer and two missing.
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London
War Office
Forestiler-Walker
Cape Town
French
Naauw Poort
New York Central Hudson raises stock to 115 million
Albany December meeting of stockholders votes to increase capital stock of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad from 100 million to 115 million. No opposition noted. A further meeting is set for December 28 to vote on the Boston and Albany lease ratification, with little expected opposition.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Boston & Albany
Debaters Named for England Boers Justifiability Query
The joint debate on the justifiability of England's claims in the Boers dispute will feature Judges Simeon Bald win, Wiswell, and Professor Hull. A banquet at the Colonial Club precedes the event with notable attendees including President Eliot and Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell officials.
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Simeon Baldwin
Connecticut Court of Appeals
Wiswell
Maine Supreme Court
Hull
Cornell
Colonial Club
Eliot
Ames,Taussig and Baker
Harvard
Bliss Perry
Princeton
R. C. Ringwall
Kelley
Princeton Debating Association
R. Bolling
Harvard Bating Club
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