Miss Shearer Faces Court Over Love Triangle
In Lynn on December 19 Miss Anna Grace Shearer testified about being driven from home by her brother over affection for Percy Warren. Warren and Shearer, both of Lynn, were in court where Stuart, a fiancee of Shearer, was fined for assault after a public scene on Western avenue and a later clash at the Warren home. Stuart denied the mere strike, was found guilty on charges, and paid fines. Shearer remained with Warren while seeking employment.
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Lynn
Percy
Anna Grace Shearer
Post
Frey
Robert Stuart
Stuart
New York State
Warren
Miss Shearer
Western Avenue
Mrs. Shearer
Hanover Street
Aldermen revoke police chief's license at 69 Park Street
Chelsea Board of Aldermen held a hearing on the chief of police petition to revoke Joseph Smith's peer table license at 69 Park Street. The board voted 8 to 6 to revoke the license. The fire department pointed out pay inequality with police, and Overseers of the Poor noted a $3500 deficit.
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Chelsea
Unions Denounce Wars and Promote Limited Army
Detroit December 19. The Federation of Labor delegates representing about 1,500,000 union members voted unanimously against wars of conquest and any expansion of the U S standing army beyond 2,000 officers and enlisted men. The executive council was charged to pursue these aims.
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Detroit
Federation of Labor
Africa
Philippines
United States
Federation
Granite cutters plan eight hour day push in spring
The American Federation of Labor approved backing for the New England granite cutters demand for an eight hour work day next spring. The proposal aims for a $3 daily minimum wage starting March 1 in monuments and April 1 in construction with opposition to Sunday barber shop visits.
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Detroit
Mich
New England
American Federation of Labor
Overtime Work Stopped as Fall River Mills Pause
In Fall River on December 19 mills pressed to run overtime to meet orders but three paused last night. State police Chief Wade began enforcing laws on labor hours and curbing excessive shifts. Evidence on alleged violations involving women and minors was sent to the Attorney General for a legality ruling.
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Fall River
Wade
Strike Averted at Parker Mill After Wage Advance
Fall River reports a threatened strike by lateen weavers was averted when the mill treasurer agreed to pay the full 10 percent advance. Disputes arose from weaving schedules showing less than 5 percent in many grades and Carders' Union officials logged complaints from multiple mills about increases between 3 and 6 percent.
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Fall River
Parker
Carders’ Union
Vetoes and military lore mark Cambridge council notes
Cambridge board of aldermen vetoed transfers from the water department to the law and engineering property funds. The firing line of civic changes includes creating an assistant fire chief post, redefining payroll, park bath houses, and charter amendment requests to centralize school spending approvals. Reports recount General Lawton’s Civil War rise from teen recruit to captain amid Indiana regiments and Shiloh battles.
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Champlin
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Water Department
Law Department
Finance Committee
Committee On Fire Department
Fire Department
Common Council
Committee On Parks
Park Commissioners
Captain’s Island
East Cambridge
Honors for Olin at Roxbury military society
The Roxbury Military Historical Society elected officers including President William M. Olin and Vice Presidents John A. Scott and Edwin A. Curtis. The treasurer reported a 1899 balance of $100.70 and Captain Joseph Hastings, aged 84, the society's oldest member, spoke of the achievements.
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The
Roxbury Military Historical Society
William M. Olin
John A. Scott
John Cass
Edwin A. Curtis
Henr A. May
William F. Crofts
George H. Nason
James L. Hibbiard
Henry A. May
Henry A. May, Dependence $. Waterman, John D. Gilman, Captain Isaac P. Gragg
Francis J.ard
Oliver D. Greene
George Warren
S. A. Bolster
Gorham Rogers
Joseph Hastings
Duane congratulates Presho on street commissioner win
Alderman Presho receives a note from Street Commissioner Duane praising the recount and offering best wishes as Presho prepares to take over the office. Duane expresses fondness for the work, regrets at leaving, and confidence in Presho’s future success.
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Alderman Presho
Duane
V Presho
Lawton Death During San Mateo Siege Described
The narrative recounts General Lawton being shot near a sharpshooters trench as American forces attacked San Mateo. Lawton fell while commanding with notable courage, his death marked by his distinctive white helmet and yellow rain coat amid a fierce three hour defense.
General William Lawton a Maumee Native and Civil War Figure
The article profiles General William Lawton born in Maumee Ohio son of Lucas County. It highlights his early life near Tecumseh era battle sites and his nickname The Torment as he entered service in 1861 at age 17. It notes his later service in Civil War Indian campaigns Spanish-American trouble and Philippine Insurrection.
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William Lawton
Lucas County
Maumee
Tecumseh
Young Lawton
Lawton
Horn
Wisdom of Health Bitters Endorsement Ad
An advertisement extols Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters as the best medicine for indigestion dyspepsia liver and kidney weakness. It claims the product cures stomach ills and keeps people well with a private revenue stamp suggested to cover the bottle neck. Bengre Imitations
Lawton's rise from captain to lieutenant colonel in Civil War tale
The narrative traces Brevet Colonel Lawton's path from captain to lieutenant colonel during the Civil War, his service with the Thirtieth Indiana and Forty-first Infantry, and his mentorship under General Mackenzie in the Apache campaigns. It highlights his silent, steadfast nature and the admiration of Mackenzie who foresaw a great soldier in him.
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Lawton
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Milroy
Indiana Volunteers
Mexico
Willis A. Gorman
Buena Vista
Henry 5. Lane
O. P. Morton
Lane
United States Senate
Jesse Q. Bright
Ninth
Young Lawton
Zion
Regate
Reed
Army of the Tennesce
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pittsburg Landing
Shiloh
Arizona
Forty-first Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
United States Army
Ranald Slider Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Jonathan
David
Naches
Geronimo
Arkansas
Satana
Yellow Hand
Leutenant
Sherman
General Lawton's Rise From Staff Roles to Field Command
The account traces Alfred H. Lawton’s career from cavalry to field command in the Spanish American War. It notes his transfers under Mackenzie, promotions from major to lieutenant colonel, and his decisive actions at Manila’s Santa Cruz and San Rafael. It closes with a vivid portrait of Lawton as a tall, imposing leader celebrated by McKinley’s favorable dispatch.
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San Mateo
Lawton
Manila
Lockett
Santiago
Philippines
Naches
Geronimo
San Rafael
United States
Isidro
McKinley
Otis
Sonmere
Christmas Goods Special on Liquor Purification Box
A Boston firm offers a box of six bottles for 3.65 as a Christmas bargain. A chemist endorses the Cushing Medical Supply Co process for purifying liquors, claiming it mimics ageing and improves with longer aeration.
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THE
Cushing Medical Supply Co
Washington Street
Boston
Lawrence Irishmen Seek Aid for Boers in War
Representatives of major Irish societies in Lawrence meet to support the Boers against England. Ex Mayor John Breen presides. Edward C. Callahan elected secretary and C J Casey president. A secret meeting vows to provide arms and men, with a Grattan Guards and Hibernian Rifles unit to be formed for allied actions.
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Grattan Guards
Hibernian Rifles
Filipinos' Desires on Philippine Governance and Revolt
Mabini, a leading former Filipino cabinet member, says peace depends on American government form. He urges Filipino consultation on governance and warns independence sentiment will rise if demands are unmet. Panay insurgents flee to Negros amid clashes, Ledyard killed in action. Negros governor arrests natives over suspected conspiracy. local constabulary mutinies.
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Manila
Mabini
Associated Press
The
Philippines
Panay
Hughes
Negros
A. C. Ledyard
Sixth Infantry
Ledyard
Smith
Negros Island
Ministers and leaders dine with Hart at Merchants Club
At a Merchants Club dinner last night Mayor-elect Thomas N. Hart sat with Rev. George L. Perin Rev. Samuel Crothers Rev. John Duckson and Rabbi Charles Fleischer. Speakers urged sincerity in church life and noted merchants as effective peace advocates and missionizers.
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Merchants’ Club
George L. Perin
Every-Day
Samuel Crothers
Cambridge
John Duckson
Arlington Street
Charles Fleischer
Temple Adath Israel
Thomas N. Hart
John Mason Little
Art
John Cuckson
Little
Richard Wainwright
Gloucester
Spanish steamer Ciudad de Cadiz fired on by British cruiser
The Ciudad de Cadiz reports it was chased and engaged by a British cruiser last Saturday near Las Palmas. The cruiser fired on the vessel, compelled it to heave to and identify its name and route before allowing it to continue to Cadiz.
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Madrid
Ciudad de Cadiz
Las Palmes
Canary Islands
Cadiz
Wilkinson elected North Adams mayor in civic vote
E S Wilkinson won the North Adams mayoral race with 1726 votes, defeating William Dobson 1422 and Harry R Hamer 115. The eight hour law was adopted and the city kept its license status with 1752 yes to 1354 no. The Republican nominee was aided by Democrats who opposed Dobson.
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North Adams
William Dobson
Harry R. Hamer
Wilkinson
Dobson
Blair Presents Morbid French Play Ties at Tremont
Eugene Blair offered the second matinee of his play series with Paul Herbieu’s Les Tien ailles translated as Ties. Robert Fagan portrayed the husband and Florence Khan the wife in a portrait of a morbid marriage, well acted but judged lacking in literary merit.
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Eugene Blair
Tremont
Paul Herbieu
Mr. Blair
Robert Fagan
Florence Khan
Russian Police Know Them In North End Pockets
The mother Hadas Goldstein alias Goldshier the 50 year old Malka Cantor aged 22 and Morris Cantor a son in law were arrested by Inspector Wolf in Warsaw Russia. The mother faced pocket picking charges for seven months in the North End with four pocketbooks and 83 dollars found. Malka is charged with stealing 386 dollars from Miss Levine and Morris Cantor with stealing a seven dollar wallet from Mary E Cummings of Dorchester. It is alleged the trio led the theft of 200 pocketbooks in the North End.
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Wolf
Warsaw
Russia
Hadas Goldstein
Goldshier
Malka Cantor
Morris Cantor
Hudas
Malka
North End
Miss Levine
Morris Gantor
Mary E. Cummings
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Credit Men Board Proposes Bankruptcy Law Amendments
A Boston Credit Men's Association meeting at Young's last night, chaired by President John P. Merton, discussed proposed amendments to bankruptcy law drafted by Mr. Charles Aamon. Copies will be sent to national credit men associations and to Senators and Representatives in Washington.
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Boston Credit Men’s Association
Young’s
John P. Merton
Charles Asamon
National Associations of Credit Men
Washington
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Poy
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Ceneral Sherman
Sheridan
Thomas J. Wood
Thirty-sixth Indiana
Atlanta
United States Service
Regular Army
L . Graham
Fourth Cavalry
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Inspector-General’s Department
Inspector-General’s Corps
J. Ogden Doremus, M. D
Ll.d
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
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Washington St
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Onsvare
Lawrence
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Merchant Club
E. S. Wilkinson
John Blair
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