Steamer Aflame in Fierce Gale Tamed by Pumps and Steam
Captain Robert B. Jepson reports Aranmore endured a terrible hold fire during a month long voyage between here and Antwerp. Dense smoke and chemical fumes forced pumps to be repaired at Antwerp and Southampton, with water poured to avert explosion while crews fought the blaze for three days.
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Robert B. Jepson
Johnston
Aranmore
Here
Antwerp
Hoosaco Tunnel
Southampton
Sallery
Dedication of St. Mark's Parish in Dorchester
The dedicatory exercises for St. Mark's Catholic church at Rosemont street and Dorchester avenue drew large crowds at 8:30 and 11 o clock masses. Father Daley officiated and praised Father Fitzpatrick for 80 years of service in Dorchester. The new parish serves about 1600 communicants, absorbing part of St. Gregory's area, with Mayor-elect Fitzgerald and other politicians in attendance pledging support.
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St. Mark’s New Catholic Church
Rosemont Street
Dorchester Avenue
Father Daley
Waltham
Father Fitzpatrick
Dorchester
St. Gregory’s Church
St. Gregory's
Fitzgerald
Mayflower Descendants Call Pilgrims to High minded Politicians
The sixth service of the Society of Mayflower Descendants of Massachusetts was held at Mt. Vernon Church. Rev. Albert Parker Fitch urged Pilgrims to be fearless, vigilant, high minded in civic duties and to regard Commonwealth citizenship as sacred. He quoted biblical lines urging righteousness and obedience unto death and tied this to the right to a high ancestry claimed by members.
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Society of Mayflower Descendants of
Massachusetts
Mt. Vernon Church
Beacon Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Albert Parker Fitch
Commonwealth
Charles H Cooke Dies by Gas at St James Hotel
Lowell reports Charles H Cooke aged 60 of North Chelmsford died by his own action at the St James Hotel by inhaling gas. Premeditation indicated by letters on the body. Son Fred H Cooke of Boston to be notified.
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Lowell
Charles H. Cooke
North Chelmsford
St. James Hotel
Fred H. Cooke
Boston
Sunday Chamber Concerts End First Series at Chickering Hall
The Songy Club closed the seven concert series with a program including Beethoven and Haydn works for piano and winds, flute and piano, and an octet. Critics praised Longy and the ensemble for finish and clarity, noting Marquarie’s flute solos and Longy’s duet. The second series starts next Sunday with the Trio of New York.
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Chickering Hall
Songy Club
Guilhaud
Haydn the Lorgy Club
Symphony Orchestra
Alfred de Voto
Mr. Longy
Marquarie
Longy
The
Trio of
New York
Miss Alice Roosevelt to Wed in East Room at White House
Washington December 17 Miss Alice Roosevelt will marry Representative Nicholas Longworth in the White House next February. The ceremony is planned for the East Room with a brilliant display, recalling previous White House weddings in the past fifty years.
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Alice Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Executive Mansion
McKinley
General Hastings
United States Army
President Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Grant
Nellie
Algernon Sartoris
Bernhardt Guest of Jimmy Hyde at Private New York Dinner
France's queen of the stage Bernhardt attended a private dinner hosted by James Hazen Hyde at his East Fortieth Street residence. Ten guests, including Samuel Untermyer and David Belasco, were admitted while a crowd outside waited. Details on other guests were not released.
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New York
France
James Hazen Hyde
East Fortieth Street
Sarah
Hyde
Rejane
Cambon
Bernhardt
Equitable
Flyde
Sherry
Ovation for Dr. Washington in Medford
Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, received widespread ovations at the Opera House and Mystic Side Congregational Church in Medford. The events, led by the Osgood Union of the Unitarian Church, featured J. Mott Hallowell as host and notable attendees including Mayor Michael F. Dwyer and several clergy. Washington spoke on the 25 year progress of African Americans and highlighted Arkansas as a rising center of professions and taxation, predicting remarkable advances in the next quarter century.
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Henry de Long
George A. Butler
Washington
Arkansas
Ito Accepts Residency Post in Corea
London dispatch reports Marquis Ito has accepted appointment as resident general in Corea, announced from Kobe Japan by the Standard correspondent.
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London
The
Standard
Kobe
Japan
Ito
Corea
Cambridge recount cuts Thurston lead in four wards
Recount in four Cambridge wards drops Democrat Charles H. Thurston’s mayoral lead over Warren K. Blodgett to 7 votes from 105. Counting proceeds tonight in seven wards with a possible shift in alderman seats. Field, a Non-partisan, gains 25 on Flinn, narrowing the Democrat tally to about 11.
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Charles H. Thurston
Warren K. Blodgett
Cambridge
Field
Flinn
Advent Christian Church Roxbury marks 10th pastorate anniversary
The Advent Christian Church of Roxbury celebrated the 10th anniversary of Rev. Warren J. Hobbs’s pastorate with a musical program led by Prof. Frank C. Webster. Prayers were offered by Rev. A. H. Davis, and testimonials came from Roxbury clergy, including Revs. Seamans Plumb Ewing Page Newcomb Rhodes Dunlop Stoddard. Reverend M. M. Adams spoke on past decade memories.
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Advent Christian Church
Roxbury
Warren J. Hobbs
Frank C. Webster
A. H. Davis
C. N. Seamans
Chelsea
A. H. Plumb
H. W. Ewing
C. L. Page
A. F. Newcomb
W. C. Rhodes
James J. Dunlop
James P. Stoddard
M. M. Adams
Westbrook
Police Stop Music at Hebrew Wedding in East Boston
Police halted dancing at a Hebrew wedding in Commonwealth Hall East Boston last night arrest threat. Several hundred guests filled the hall as music began with a waltz until officers ordered the tune stopped and dispersed the crowd.
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Commonwealth Hall
Boston
Bluecoats
Senator Taylor Speaks on Newspapers to East Boston Club
Senator William Taylor addressed about 500 members and guests in the East Boston Catholic Association hall on Newspapers and Newspaper Men. The audience listened attentively and praised the lecture.
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The
East Boston Catholic Association
W William Taylor
Expect lively fight in 101st district political race
The 10th congressional district faces a heated contest with possible candidates including Joseph F. OConnell Big Mike Sullivan and Charles H Slattery while Mayor elect John F Fitzgerald may back an anti McNary run. Analysts note the acting mayor may remove Corporation Counsel Babson over Lyman H Bigelow reinstatement but end of term limits action could stall moves.
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10Th
McNary
Joseph F. O’connell
Ward 20
Big Mike Sullivan
Charles H. Slattery
Babson
Lyman H. Bigelow
Law Department
Police say Appel swindled 150 New York women
New York police arrest Isadore Appel 45 as they aim to clear up complaints from more than 150 women who were swindled over three years. He allegedly posed as a surrogate office official promising legacies and cash from deceased relatives to obtain money.
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New York
Isadore Appel
Dinner in New York with Boston leaders
Acting Mayor Whelton and Mayor-elect Fitzgerald dined together in New York after leaving Boston. They laughed over politics and discussed Boston’s future while Dennison and others joined the lively gathering. Fitzgerald plans a Washington trip before returning to Boston late in the week.
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Whelton and Fitzgerald
New York
Boston
Whelton
Fitzgerald
Leutenant
Bos
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