Funeral Rites For General Lawton Schedules Ten Day Delay
General Henry W. Lawton dies on the battlefield. A funeral plan includes a transport sailing in ten days and a civilian civic military escort. President McKinley and Secretary Root convey condolences as messages are posted. flags fly at half mast and 18 minute guns mark mourning at posts nationwide.
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Ye A, & P.im
Civ
Supreme Court
Calderon
General Lawton
Otis
Manland
War Department
Secretary of War
Henry W. Lawton
Regular Army
Rio Grande
Luzon
Lawton Fund Grows as National Sympathy Rolls In
Adjutant General and committee head report wide city and national sympathy for General Lawton family. Promised funds aim for at least $25,000 with early gifts from War Department staff, General Corbin, and notable figures including General Alger, Colonel Leyburn, John Hay, H C Taylor, Mrs Addison Porter, and others.
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Washington
Cdr
Lawton
War Department
General Corbin
R. A. Alger
H. Hamilton
Milwaukee
General Lawton
Corbin
Pennsylvania
Lawton Fund
John Hay
H. C. Taylor
Addison Porter
McCoskey Butt
New York
Leyburn
Inspector-General’s ‘Department
J. A. Porter
War Office
General Lawton Dies of Gunshot Wounds in Manila
The Manila correspondent describes General Lawton being shot while exposing himself at the firing line. He died shortly after from lung wounds as Captain Ethelbert Breckinridge and aides rushed to aid him. Lawton’s staff mourn his loss while his son Manley Lawton and Mrs. Lawton prepare for homecoming. General Otis says the loss feels like losing his right arm.
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New York
Manila
the Herald
General Lawton
Ethelbert L D. Breckinridge
Lawton
E. L. King
A. M. Fuller
City Clerk vacancy looms as Priest may miss work
City Clerk III John T. Priest, acting since October after J Mitchell Galvin’s resignation, may be absent from City Hall at Homestead Avenue. Mayor Quincy could appoint a temporary city clerk with Board of Aldermen consent. Galvin offers to assist if Priest cannot return promptly.
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John T. Priest
J. Mitchell Galvin
Homestead Avenue
City Hall
Priesteek
Board of Aldermen
Quincy
Common Council
Batley
Priest
Galvin
Omce
Seashore Home Receives Richards Farm Purchase
Friends of the Boston Institute Seashore Home contributed 2000 to buy the Richards farm at Sharon. The 280 acre property lies west of Massapong Lake. The Beachmont home will serve mothers and babies while the farm will house boys to grow produce for the home.
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Friends of the
Boston Institute Seashore Home
Richards
Sharon
Massapong Lake
Beachmont
Seashore
Industrial School Opens New Department in CANCE REDE
The Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children at 424 Newbury Street opens a new department this fall in CANCE REDE. Orders are solicited, and the work will be sent for and returned when finished. The work will be done well and at a reasonable price.
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Industrial School For
Newbury Street
Cance Rede
Record Cargo From Ultonia Immense 7000 Tons in Boston
The big steamer Ultonia arrives at Boston trapped at quarantine at 11 21 p m with 7000 tons of cargo described as the largest and most valuable yet brought to Boston by any steamer. Unloading to East Boston dock will last through Tuesday or Wednesday ahead of departure with 10500 tons outbound. Cargo includes champagne, grapes, cheese, sardines, currants, sultanas, ginger ale, raisins, Bass ale, preserves, earthenware and vast quantities of hides, steel, machinery, and dry goods.
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Altonia
Boston
Quarantine Station
William Fairfield
Varuna
Cunard Company
Leyland
Winifredian
Cunard
Dominion
Warren
Settlement Ordered for Lost Beef to Swift & Co
Comptroller Tracewell directs settlement with Swift & Co. of Chicago for 300000 pounds of fresh beef shipped Aug 5 1898 from Newport News for U S Army in Porto Rico. Beef spoiled after transport Manitoba wrecked off Ponce and was condemned while in U S custody. loss ruled not the contractor's fault.
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Washington
Tracewell
the Treasury
Swift & Co. of
Chicago
Newport News
Porto Rico
Manitoba
Ponce
Mayaguez
Montauk Point
N. Y
Board of Survey
Comptroller
United States
Unidentified Woman Found Dead After Poison Here
City Hospital officials seek identification of a young woman who died within hours after swallowing carbolic acid on December 18 near the hospital. She was about two years old, well dressed in a black gray tailor made suit, blue velvet hat, gloves, and belt, and remains at the morgue awaiting possible photos for reference before burial.
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Aay Hospital
Busy Boston Theaters Await Holiday Week of Big Audiences
The Hollis hosts Little Red Riding Hood with large advance sales while Arizona plays to prominent company reps at Tremont. Superba stays at Boston Theatre. Mme Modjeska to follow. Hurly Burly crowds Grand Opera House. The Stowaway and The Electrician at Bowdoin and Howard venues entertain large crowds.
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Hollis
Arizona
Tremont
Superba
Boston
Mme. Modjeska
Grand Opera House
Bowdoin
Columbia
Minnie ‘Ashley
Dorothy Morton
Dick Carle
Martinetti
Grossi
the Howard
Spencer Kelly
Keith
Fife
George Edwardes
London
Lion Wallace
E. Daniel Boone
Austin & Stone
Mark Kent
Grand Theatre
Sag Harbor
The
Park
Boston Museum
Chris and the
Lady Ursula
Castle Square
Plymouth dedicates new Pilgrim church on Forefathers Day
Plymouth marks Forefathers Day with the dedication of a new $75,000 church building for the first parish, a stone and marble Norman structure in Weymouth granite with pink and gray marble interiors. Governor Walcott and other dignitaries attend as speakers highlight the Pilgrim legacy and religious freedom.
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Plymouth
Wolcott
Weymouth
Scroobyng
Felicia Hemans
Redding
Eugene R. Shippen
Dorchester
Maass
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Fourth Meeting House
John Pierpont
BE. J. Prescott
First Church of
Salem
Lombard
People
Governor Walcott
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard University
J. Franklin Batune
Deltte With
Commonwealth
The Greek Slave Premieres at Columbia Theatre
The Columbia Theatre presents The Greek Slave next Monday night a musical extravaganza fresh from New York Herald Square It features Minnie Ashley Richard Karl and Dorothy Morton in the cast A Hungarian orchestra provides music between acts Also touring vaudeville with Flo Irwin John Kernell and CarCaedo headlines draws big crowds this week
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Columbia Theatre
Herald Square Theatre
New York
Minnie Ashley
Richard Karl
Dorothy Morton
Flo Irwin
John Kernell
Carcaedo
Paderewski Arrives in Boston Amid Warm Welcome
Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski arrived in Boston greeted by acquaintances including hotel manager Herbert Barnes and Count Goerlitz of London. He planned quiet rest or social invites, with rehearsals with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall this afternoon. A Boston & Albany offer lists a Wagner sleeping car to Chicago for $2 with berths on select days.
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Ignace Paderewski
the Brunswick
Boston
Herbert Barnes
Paderewski
London
W. Arlington
Count Goerlitz
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
Chicago
Boston & Albany Railroad
Washington Street
Sign fall injures woman and boy at Winter street
Edward Roots of 48 Gray street and William Pitts of Atlantic were working to remove a sign from 6 Winter street when a broken eye bolt caused the heavy board to fall. The impact struck a woman and a boy but is described as a slight blow with no serious injuries expected beyond possible shock.
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Edward Roots
Gray Street
William Pitts
Atlantic
No. 6
Winter Street
Renee
Moore’s Counsel Arrives to Fight Extradition in Chile
Horatio N. Allin, counsel for Frederick T. Moore, arrives at Santiago de Chile to oppose Moore’s extradition. Boston inspectors followed Moore to Valparaiso about a week earlier, as Moore faces embezzlement charges from the National Bank of Commerce.
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Horatio N. Allin
Frederick T. Moore
National Bank of Commerce
Santiago de Chile
Boston
Moore
Valparaiso
Allin
Christmas Entertainment by Young Men's Christian Union
The Young Men's Christian Union at 48 Boylston Street invites the public to a Christmas program Saturday at 7 45 featuring readings of Dickens Christmas Carol by Mr F Gollier of Boston and a orchestral program. No tickets required.
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Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
F. Gollier
Joston
B. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston St
E. P. Collier
Boston
Union Orchestra
William H. Baldwin
George Peirce
Stomach Mitters Promoted For Indigestion and Kidneys
An advertisement touts Stomach Mitters as the best remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and liver or weak kidneys. It claims the medicine cures all ills and promises a Private Revenue Stamp on the bottle. Warns readers to beware of imitators.
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Aeter
Tours to Washington Offered by Royal Line Transport
Announcement for a Washington tour via Royal Logp Line with five dollar coverage for expenses. Includes weekly stopovers and trips by Vilene and Wade. Additional tours planned for January February March April and May. Details by application to A J Simmons N W A 21 Washington Street Logston.
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Washington
Royal Logp
Vilenes
Wade
Arch
Marv
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Logston
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Charles A. Strong
William S. Kyle
Charles
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Three Rosebuds
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James Morton
Henri French
Johnstones
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