Carlisle bill to fall flat in House banking hearing
Washington December 15 The House committee on banking and currency closed hearings on revising the national banking system. G G Williams of Chemical National Bank New York opposed free silver and urged funding part of legal tender notes with U S bonds. W P St John of Mercantile National Bank urged bimetallism and warned Carlisle bill would fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
G. G. Williams
Chemical National Bank of New York
W. P. St. John
Mercantile National Bank of New York
St. John
Williams
Baltimore
United States
Congress
Mr. St. John
Carlisle
Springer
Mr. St
House
Yeas
Messrs
Johnson
Ohio
Ellis
Kentucky
Sperry
Connecticut
Cox
Tennessee
Cobb
Missouri
Alabama
Culberson
Texas
Warner
New York
Black
Georgia
Hall
Illinois
Walker
Massachusetts
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Henderson
Russell
Haughen
Wisconsin
Indiana
Committee On Rules
Naval cadet Den nett faces court inquiry at Navy Office
A private hearing before Secretary Herbert features Judge Advocate General Lemley and six Naval Academy cadets. Maine cadet Stanley P. Dennett is accused of gouging at an examination, with the superintendent recommending dismissal and Maine lawmakers seeking to save him. The hearing ran from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a break and adjourned to Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Herbert
Lemley
Reed
Boutelle
Naval Academy
Maine
Congress
Annapolis
Stanley P. Dennett
Dennett
Court Martial Dismisses First Class Cadet From Academy
A first class cadet, who entered the academy in September 1891 and would have graduated next June, was sentenced to dismissal by court martial.
Inventor asks Congress to curb railroad patent encroachments
Baltimore inventor William K. Tubman seeks action under the Sherman act to curb railroads and the Eastern Railroad Association from using his passenger car patent. He cites suits against Wason Manufacturing and the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad, urging ICC referral for patent infringement disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Attorney-General
Washington
McKaig
Maryland
William K. Tubman
Baltimore
George M. Pullman
Tubman
Wason Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Mass
Combine
Eastern Railroad Association
United States
District of Massachusetts
Wason Company
United States Circuit Court
District of Maryland
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Editor shoots rival in Providence blaze of street turmoil
David F. Lingane Evening Telegram editor shot Osceola Cook on Weybosset Street as long simmering articles calling Cook the Black Mayor sparked confrontation. Lingane fired four 38 caliber rounds injuring Cook. Lingane claimed self defense and is held for trial. Cook was treated at Rhode Island Hospital and released later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
David F. Lingane
Evening Telegram
Osceola Cook
Cook
Rhode Island
Lucy Miller
Pine Street
Lingane
Weybosset Street
Bonds
Engineer Charles Waterman Fatally Injured at East Somerville
Charles Waterman an veteran engineer on the Boston and Maine railroad was struck by a Medford train while crossing the tracks at East Somerville depot. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where death was reported imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Charles Waterman
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Portland
East Somerville
Medford
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thompson Wife Married in Chicago Mystery
Woburn December 15. Anna Maria Thompson who vanished Oct 2 is proven married to Samuel S. Pearce of Malden in Chicago on Oct 4. Justice Randall H. White filed the marriage record. The girl has not contacted her parents and her whereabouts remain unknown.
Murder Facts in Gorham Barn Case
In Gorham Maine James Lewis the hired man for Bi Coburn is linked to a fatal barn murder on the Saccarappa road. He was seen near Coburn’s after 6 pm and told a neighbor he found the body between 7:30 and 8. Edward Graffam, a sailor who secured Lewis’s work, has been taken into custody and lived nearby with Abner Lowell’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Lowell
Coburn
South America
James Lewis
Detective in Court over Assault of 14 Year Old Girl
Richard Martin private detective from Brooklyn appeared in New Haven City Court charged with assault on Carrie Lowden 14 of 76 Olive Street. Judge reserved decision until Monday. The case intersects a New York divorce suit involving W D Macdonald nephew of A W Dennett restaurantman who hired Martin to gather evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Richard
Martin
Brooklyn
Carrie Lowden
Olive Street
New York
W. D. Macdonald
A. W. Dennett
Macdonald
Cattle Owners Protest State Commission in Worcester
In Worcester on December 15 a meeting of cattle owners under the Worcester Milk Producers Association protested the work of the State Cattle Commission. A resolutions committee was appointed and the gathering adjourned for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Worcester Milk Producers’ Association
State Cattle Commission
Latimer Death Follows Lynn Shooting by Fiancee
Gideon W. Latimer Jr. dies at Lynn Hospital after being shot by Annie Maud Brewer on Bond Street. Latimer maintained his story of the confrontation, while Brewer, jailed in Salem, shows signs of distress and refuses nourishment. Autopsy anticipated. Latimer's family and witnesses described a tragic end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lynn Hospital
Gideon W. Latimer, Jr
Annie Maud Brewer
Bond Street
Latimer
Marshal Wells
Salem
Miss Brewer
Curious shooting scrape in North Adams Police Court
William Kent and Dallas Alderman faced charges after chasing burglars on Hall street. Kent was fined $3 for discharging firearms. Alderman was held on assault with a dangerous weapon and not pressed on the initial charge, with $200 bail set until next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
William Kent
Dallas Alderman
Hall Street
Kent
John Dineen
Alderman
Dineen
Freight wreck kills brakeman at Smithfield depot
A freight wreck on the Woonsocket division of the New England railroad near Smithfield depot killed Joseph Greggory of Woonsocket, a brakeman. The train split on an embankment as crews tried to separate sections, wrecking five cars and sending two off an embankment as others sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Woonsocket Division
New England Railroad
Smithfield
Joseph Greggory
Woonsocket
Worcester
Strike continues at Russ Bros factory in Haverhill
HAVERHILL December 15 The strike by six machine lashers persists at Russ Bros factory as workers protest the firm’s refusal to sign a new price list. One large manufacturer has shown willingness to approve higher pay and more may join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Russ Bros
Gloucester to Boston Steamer Planned with 20 Knot Speed
It is reported that the Gloucester & Boston Steamboat Company plans a new steamer for the Gloucester to Boston route. The vessel is to reach twenty knots an hour and $30,000 of stock toward construction has been subscribed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Gloucester & Boston Steamboat Company
Boston
Dover Y M C A Faces Possible Disbandment
Dover New Hampshire December 15 There are fears the local Young Men’s Christian Association will disorganize due to lack of citizen support. President Crawford calls a special directors meeting next Thursday to decide whether the association shall be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. H
Young Men’s Christian Association
Crawford
Clover Club Banquet Honors Corcoran at Revere House
The Clover Club annual meeting at the Revere House honored President John W. Corcoran with a gold bronze mantel clock and candlesticks. Guests included Sherman Hear and Henry A. Clapp who spoke on Shakespeare’s paternity. Nominating committee announced Galvin for president Wells for secretary Campbell for asst secretary and McLaughlin for treasurer. Retiring editor James F. Sweeney will be succeeded by the new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Corcoran
Clover Club
Revere House
John B. Martin
Sherman Hear
United States
Henry A. Clapp
Supreme Court
J. E. Bristow
Daniel J. Gallagher
George F. Mitchell
Edward J. Shaughnessy
T. J. Kelly
Grant Smith
William E. Jones
Quinlan Leary
Joseph J. Kelly
Thomas F. Cavanagh
George T. H. Murray
James B. McAloon
George B. Crosby
J. Mitchell Galvin
Frank L. Wells
John R. Campbell
Francis J. McLaughlin
John B. Fitzpatrick
James Mulcahy
George M. Cranitch
John A. Bruen
James F. Sweeney
William L. Bradley Dies Bringing Fertilizer Firm Loss
Hingham December 15 William L Bradley founder of the Bradley Fertilizer Company died after a three month illness. Born 1826 in Cheshire he rose from dry goods work to partner in a Meriden hardware house. He moved to Boston 1861 aided by Oakes Ames and built a Back Bay plant later relocated to North Weymouth. He faced the 1871 panic, restructured debts totaling 523000 with 7 percent interest and restored the business. In 1872 the company was incorporated with his sons Peter B Bradley and Robert S Bradley as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
William L. Bradley
Boston
Bradley Fertilzer Company
North Weymouth
Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Cheshire
Charles Parker
Meriden
Young Bradley
Oakes Ames
Ames
Back Bay
Great Corporation
Amesbury Historian Reveals Cleaveland Ancestor Burial
A local historian reports that President Cleve land's great grandfather the Rev John Cleveland is buried in Amesbury cemetery at Bartletts Corner. The pastor of the town's early Congregational Church around 1660, his grave marker is two and a half feet high and weathered but legible. The President has been notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Cleveland
John Cleveland
Bartlett's Corner
Congregational
Gas claims another victim in Rhode Island incident
In Pawtucket on December 15 the Bolster family narrowly escaped a gas tragedy. Dry goods dealer William H. Bolster his wife and their three children were found unconscious after inhaling illuminating gas. Marion, 10, is dead and another child is barely alive. The parents and the remaining child are expected to recover. a somnambulist child is suspected to have turned on a gas jet before bed.
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Pawtucket
R. I
William H. Bolster
Valley Falls
Marion
Newton Fair Aids Athletic Association Fund Drive
The Newton Athletic Association fair at Bray's Hall Newton Centre closed with over 1500 attendees. The event nearly exhausted most tables and is expected to raise close to 6000 dollars for the planned 20000 dollar Newton Centre club house fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Newton Athletic Association
Bray’s Hall
Newton Centre
Duel With Swords Wounds Two Paris Participants
In Paris on December 15 a sword duel between Paul Bluysen of Le Jour and Tourot of La Republique left Bluysen with an arm wound and Tourot with a abdomen wound.
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Paris
Paul Bluysen
le Jour
Tourot
la Republic
Bluysen
Allen Leading Fight in City Hall Graft of 1900s
The piece outlines Republican power struggles over the presidency of the Common Council and aldermanic chairmanship. Key players include Allen Bryant Sanford Folsom Witt O'Brien Lomasney and Galvin. It notes plans to reform the city charter to add voter choice, and details potential appointments for city offices under Mayor-elect Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace G. Allen
Sanford
Fottler
Bryant
Allen
Presho
Dyar
Folsom
Witt
Curtis
Miller
O’brien
Common Council
William J. Miller
Charlestown
Alderman Lomasney
Michael T. Callahan
South End
Roxbury
Callahan
Galvin
George A. Hibbard
Republican City Committee
Galvin Has Two Staunch Supporters In Aldermen Witt and Folsom
Lomasney
Edward J. Donovan
Fitzgerald O'Neil
City Hall
Jesse Gove
Carter
H. M. Manley
Jesse M. Gove
Hemlock
Mystic
Blaine
Jesse
Corporation
Babson
George N. Swallow
Peter Morrison
East Boston
Ferries
Water Board
William Woolley
John Campbell
David Jones
Thomas Kellanger
William J. Burke
Island
General Doe Visits Watertown Arsenal on Tour
General Doe of Washington assistant secretary of the War Department visited the United States arsenal in Watertown. He reviewed the post with Major J. W. Reilly, praised the commandant, and urged more funding for gun carriage production. He toured Harvard College with Captain Brady, and left Boston for Maine after 5 PM.
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Watertown
General Doe
Washington
War Department
United States Arsenal
Doe
J. W. Reilly
Uncle Sam
Ordnance Department
Harvard College
Brady
Army
Cambridge
Gibson
Watertown Arsenal
Boston
Maine
Rain Delays Patchen Pace in Kansas City
Rain stopped the Pacers in Kansas City, delaying the Ryland Patchen race to today with plans to run next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacers
Kansas City
Ryland T.patchen
Providence Dominates Salem In Doubleheader Wins
Providence defeats Salem 7 2 in the first game and 7 3 in the second. Lynn beats New Bedford 7 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Salem
Lynn
New Bedford
Pr. Ct
Boston
Pawtucket
Bedford
Murray’s Jaw Broken in Somerville Runaway
A horse and buggy in Brick Bottom Somerville dashed down Somerville avenue around 9 pm. James Murray was thrown, struck his head, and was taken to Somerville Hospital unconscious with a broken jaw and bruises. He regained consciousness en route and gave his name. An alarm was rung from box 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Somerville Avenue
Linwood Street
James Murray
Somerville Hospital
Debutante and Society Reception in Brookline
A Brookline reception hosted by Mrs. James M. Codman honored Mrs. William Ely with a guest list of prominent Brookline Boston and New York figures. A second reception at Mrs. Moses Williams’s Walnut Street home celebrated Miss Katherine Peabody as she prepares her debut this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Codman
Walnut Street
Brookline
William Ely
Codman
Ely
Boston
John Blake
New York
Martin Brimreer
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Moses Williams
Katherine Peabody
R. S. Peabody
Cambridge
Yale Faculty Debates Limiting Athletic Contests
In New Haven on December 15 the Yale faculty debated a motion to limit all athletic contests to the city, a proposal that would end intercollegiate games. The motion was tabled amid brisk discussion and is likely to recur, with reform seen as needed for certain contest abuses. Yale will probably still play in Cambridge and Springfield.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Cornell
Eliot
Harvard
Cambridge
Springfield
Police exonerate station officers over barber incident
The Police Board cleared Station 3 officers of any attempt to drive Price from the city after a midnight visit. General Martin said patrolmen found Price working at 12:30 and objected when another man sat in the chair, noting there was no intimidation. Price had previously left his family in a similar manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 3
Price
Martin
Local hockey rout as Pawtucket Tigers crush Boston
In Pawtucket the Tigers overwhelmed Boston 12 goals to 2. Captain Tom Cotter’s poloists dominated early, stifling the Reds and forcing repeated turnovers while a large crowd cheered the home team as they piled the rubber into the net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
Tigers
Tom Cotter
Boston
Reds
Funeral for William Baker Held at Family Home
The funeral of William Baker, longtime business manager of the Saturday Evening Gazette, will be conducted at his mother's Dorchester home at 2 PM. Rev. Whittemore will officiate, with pallbearers from major papers including John W. Ryan and Frank Gleason. Interment follows at Forest Hills cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baker
Saturday Evening Gazette
Linsey Street
Dorchester
Whittemore
Forest Hills Cemetery
John W. Ryan
John Daly
New York Newsman
Frank C. Brownell
Boston Herald
Ralph Cracknell
The
Globe
M. J. Keating
Press Club
Frank Gleason
Field’s Corner
Grove Hall
Warren Street
Park Street
Accident injures Roxbury man on Chestnut Street
John R. Goodleaf of Roxbury was driving behind a frightened horse on Chestnut street Newton Upper Falls late yesterday afternoon. The carriage struck a tree, he was thrown against the curbstone, and he suffered a broken left collar bone and a severe scalp wound, later taken to a nearby house in an unconscious state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Goodleaf
Roxbury
Chestnut Street
Newton Upper Falls
Mr. Goodleaf
Orlando of Boston wrecked on Bahama Bank
The three masted schooner Orlando of Boston bound from Port au Prince to Wilmington N C went ashore on Long Island Bahama Bank December 2 and was total wreck. The chief officer and six seamen were rescued by the steamer Santiago which arrived from Nassau with the wrecked ship’s survivors. The Orlando measured 180 tons and was owned in Boston with partial insurance.
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New York
Santiago
Nassau
Orlando
Boston
Port Au Prince
Wilmington
N. C
Long Island Bahama Bank
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Gifts On Deck Panel
The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company will present customers this week with a handsome panel titled On Deck. The tea chain, largest of its kind with many city stores, is praised for first class goods and fair prices making it a household name nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Farmer Klos murdered by daughter's suitor in Oppenheim woodshed
In Op penheim Fulton county Lewis Klos a 55 year old deaf farmer was killed by Charles Halling 26 the daughter's lover Halling entered the Klos home after being barred from seeing Alice Klos he struck Klos with a club and chopped him with an axe taking 19 from his pockets Alice was away at her grandmother's home Halling was jailed in Johnstown after the slaying
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolgeville
N. Y
Oppenheim
Fulton County
Lewis Klos
Charles Halling
Klos
Alice
W. H. Yonker
Halling
Alice Klos
Oppenheim Centre
Johnstown
Denounce Judge Woods in Debs Case Sparks Labor Reactions
In Denver on December 15 President Gom pers of the AFL condemns Judge Woods for overturning trial by jury in the Debs case. Patrick McBryde of the United Mine Workers calls the decision an outrage and argues the law was not meant to reach labor organizations. Boston’s John K. Sullivan predicts appeal to the highest court. A. McCraith of the Typographical Union warns of revolutionary methods by those in power. David Holmes of London declines comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Woods
Debs
United States
Patrick McBryde
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
John K. Sullivan
Boston
A. McCraith
The
Typographical Union
David Holmes
London
Two Beautiful Window Displays Render Boston Window Unique
A Peary expedition scene in a 40 foot window at R H White & Co Boston and a handkerchief staircase display create striking, instructive artistry. The Peary diorama uses 300 figures, electric lighting, and a modeled sea plunge while the handkerchief display uses 500 dozen handkerchiefs for stairs balustrades and mirrors to suggest depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
R. H. White & Cds
Boston
Arctic
Bowdoin Bay
Anniversary Lodge
Ice Hills
Esquimaux
Hunters
Suburban Press Association Holds Monthly Session
The Suburban Press Association met yesterday at Crawford House with Vice-President George W. Prescott presiding. The group promoted publishers interests in the state as Plymouth Essex Middlesex Norfolk Suffolk and Worcester members attended in strong numbers and New Hampshire was well represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburban Press Association
Crawford House
George W. Prescott
Quincy
Clergyman's House Robbed in Dedham
The Rev. Warren F. Bickford, pastor of Islington Congregational Church, reported a burglary at his Washington street residence. A burglar entered through a kitchen window and stole an overcoat a full suit of clothes and a silver watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Warren F. Bickford
Islington Congregational Church
Washington Street
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John
D. F. Lingane
Providence Wounds
Anna Thompson
Pearce
Goburn
the Cattle Commission
Maud Brewer
Gideon
Latimer’s
Corcoran
W. L. Bradley
MR. Cleveland
Courtenay Guild
O'Brien
Miller and Callahan
Polo League
Murray
Brookline Society
Judge Woods
Publishers’ Meeting
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