Panama Canal Scandal Deepens as Deputies Implicated
Details emerge from the Panama Canal lobbying probe with Cotta accusing Reinach of embezzlement and a 750 000 francs check. Baciau reports large newspaper ad sums, while Floquet defends past ads as political. Carnot-linked lists of compromised Deputies are discussed as Yves-Guyot skips appearance.
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Reinach
Cotta
M. Baciau
Panama Canal Company
Aums
Count Caffarelli
Aisne
Carnot
Panama Canal
M. Floquet
Chamber of Deputies
Panama Investigating Committee
Panama Company
Secret Service
M. Rouvier
Finance
Secret Service Bureau
M. Yves-Guyot
Public
Presient
Clemenceau and Deroulede Duel Ends Without Injuries
Paris December 22 Clemenceau and Deroulede met as arranged in a duel but neither combatant was harmed. The confrontation occurred without injuries or fatalities, underscoring a peaceful outcome after a tense moment.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Deroulede
Old Colony Club Secretary objects to Bowker speech on menhaden law
Charles F. Chamberlayne denounces W H Bowker of Bowker Fertilizer Co for urging farmers to back repeal of a law allowing guano interests to fish Buzzards Bay for menhaden. He calls it a move to benefit personal profit and asks the State Board of Agriculture to allow full fact presentation in reports.
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Charles F. Chamberlayne
Old Colony Club
W. H. Bowker
The
Bowker Fertilizer Company
W. R. Sessions
State Board of Agriculture
Buzzard’s Bay
Chamberlayne
Bowker
Salem Bowling Club Sets New All Strings Record
Salem defeats Jeffries 2544 to 2202, breaking Newton Melrose Athletics string record with 961 pins in first string. Salem total 961 pins first string and 2544 overall on December 22 special from Salem.
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Salem
Salem Bowling Club
Jeffies
Newton
Melrose Athletics
Jeffries
Death of ex-President Ball Dominates Boston Common Council
The Boston Common Council mourns ex-President Joshua Dorsey Ball who led the body in 1862 and died in the city on Sunday. The session débuts with notices, then approves a 1,467,000 loan bill with amendments, discusses street projects and monuments, and endorses fast steamers for the Cunard line.
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Barry
Common Council
Joshua D. Ball
Joshua Dorsey Ball
Commn Council
Mr. Ball
Baltimore
Ball
Henry J. Gardner
Messrs. Rice
Stevens
Copley Square
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street
John Boyle O’reilly
McClellan
J. A. Cochran
C. J. Flynn
John M. O’hara
F. A. Teeling
John Hurley
J. F. Fitzgerald
T. F. Murphy
W. F. Donovan
S. P. Smith
A. L. Spring
C. W. Hallstram
C. E. Folsom, Jr
H. B. Goodenough
Will AWAIT Developments In Boston Gas Case
Dorchester South Boston and Roxbury petitioners defer hearings until April 12 by agreement with counsel. They want to test Boston Gas Company promised higher candle power before accepting price changes and seek fuel gas arrangement like Boston consumers. Moody Merrill notes public doubt about the candle power promise and urges actual implementation.
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Dorchester
South Boston
Roxbury
Moody Merrill
Boston Gas Company
Boston Company
Boston
Porter Ballou Porter wed at Boxford home
Miss Mabel Ballou daughter of M R Ballou stock exchange president Boston married James Otis Porter of Boston at the Batchelder homestead Boxford. Rev George Walker Andover officiated as laurel holly and mistletoe decor adorned the scene with immediate relatives and a few guests present.
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Haverhill
Mabel
M. R. Ballou
The
Stock Exchange
Boston
James Otis Porter
Boxford
Batchelder Homestead
George Walker
Andover
Original Ninety Nine Cent Store Aids Christmas Shoppers
The store at Hanover and Portland Streets offers a wide varied stock suitable for all family members with low prices. Its long establishment and experience are highlighted as helping customers during busy holiday shopping days.
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Hanover
Portland
Open Evenings Sawyer Trial View Asked by Butler
In the seventh day of the Sawyer will trial General Butler asked for a Ravenwood Park view. Justice Allen refused. Witnesses including Moorfield Story, George Weatherbee, John Homans, and many others testified Mr. Sawyer showed no memory impairment or dementia.
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Saurm
Sawyer Will
Butler
Ravenwood Park
Allen
Moorfield Story
Suffolk Bar
Morse
Sawyer
Boston
Supreme Court
William Faxon, Jr
Mr. Sawyer
Seth Lewis
New York
George Weatherbee
Marshfield
John Homans
Bright
James R. Hathaway
Angell
Luther Farnham
General Theological Library
George E. Hayward
W. Frank Parsons
Gloucester
William T. Dennis
Charles
Nelson Bartlett
The City Recount Tightens Mayor Vote Lead
Mayor Matthews gains 194 votes in the recount to 59,986 for Matthews and 26,671 for Rogers, Matthews’s majority 18,515. License majority falls from 1186 to 1052 with 31,469 yes and 30,487 no. Ward 22 council results: W. Fe tinneran 1258, P. F. Gormley 1236, C. F. Jacobs 1035. Fifth district alderman Hallstram 2426, Mansfield +1. Eleventh district Lee 1846, Eaton down five, Mackin.
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Rogers
Common Council
W. FE
Tinneran
Tinneran (D
P. F. Gormley
C. F. Jacobs
Hallstram
Mansfield
Lee
Eaton
Mackin
Wrecking Train Clears After Drawbar Break
A drawbar broke trapping a freight car near South Boston delaying inbound and outbound trains. Passengers from local and through trains were transferred at Dutley Street crossing. About a thousand people used street cars to reach Boston, with travel delayed roughly two hours. The New York and New England railroad crew responded from Norwood Central to remove the derailed car.
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New York & New England Railroad
Norwood Central
South Boston
Milford
Franklin and
Way
Dutley Street Crossing
Boston
Kipling Publishes New Mulvaney Tale My Lord the Elephant
Rudyard Kipling resumes Mulvaney stories after a long pause in Two Tales with My Lord the Elephant. The tale promises the same brisk humor and frontier voice, likely pleasing readers hungry for more adventures of Mulvaney.
How the popular vote stood in 1892 figures from press
The New York Evening Post gathered official 1892 voting figures. In Louisiana a fusion ticket backed by Republicans and the People's party elected five Harrison electors while Weaver's coalition carried three electors. The plurality figures include Greenback and Prohibition votes.
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The
New York Evening Post
Louisiana
Republicans
People’s Party
Harrison
Weaver
Haraiders
Greenback
eGreenback Labor
Prohibition
A Thousand Clothing Workers to Go Out
A strike of the United Garment Workers of Boston is imminent with over a thousand operatives likely to be called out. Key officials expect General Secretary Reichers to arrive today as contractors reject union demands for union-only hiring, signed contracts paying standard wages, and bonds for a week’s pay. The Homestead relief fund at Local Union No. 97 was also supported with a 50 cent assessment per member.
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Pantmakers
Clothing Contractors of
Boston
United Garment Workers
Reichers
Boston Clothing Contractors’ Association
Ash and Goodman
A. J. Felt
Walter Chuck
Thomas F. Tracy
J. A. Cannon
George E. Miller
Henry Abrahams
Aaron Pillar
Isaac Part
A T. Silberstein
William Shakespeare
Willliam Stand
T. F. Tracy
D. Robinson
J. H. Rafferty
Y. Park
T. F. Noonan
H. Myers
Cooks’ Alliance
Pant Makers’ Union No.12
Hanover Street
Journeymen Brewers’ National Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. C. Meyers
W.E. Klapetsy
Journeyman International Barbers’ Union
Building Trades Council
Washington Street
Marble Workers’ Assembly No
K. of
Type Hall
Bulls and Bears at State Street Exchange Described
An observer recounts a crowded visit to the stock exchange at 53 State Street. The hall buzzes with traders, ticker clicks, and shifting crowds as buyers shout, hats bob, and paper ticks whirl. amid banter a young man is paraded, while a couple discuss long versus short selling, capturing the vivid chaos and spectacle of the market day.
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The
Stock Exchange
No. 53
State Street
West End
Jay Gould
Illinois
Imorality Unearthed in Immoral House Case at Fatt River
In district court Joseph and Phebe Nareau were sentenced to eighteen and twelve months in the House of Correction for maintaining an immoral house. Five French Canadian girls testified. four sent to guardians or schools. The girls, lured by older companions, were raided by Captain Desmond and officers. The Nareaus offered no defense. appeals filed and girls bonded as witnesses for the next Superior Court term.
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Fatt River
Joseph
Phebe Nareau
House of Correction
Nareaus
Desmond
Nareau
Blaisdell
Stat
Lancaster
Perron
George Brown Leads Cooks Alliance Youthful Leader
The Post features George Brown as a leading member of the Cooks Alliance. He is described as a very young man who holds a distinct role within the labor movement.
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The
Post
George Brown
Cooks’ Alliance
Boston's Youngest Chef At Thorndike Hotel Gaining Regard
The narrative profiles a man recognized as Boston's youngest chef, holding a senior post at the Hotel Thorndike. He is popular within labor circles, known for a agreeable manner and a congenial disposition that has earned him many friends among the working classes.
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Boston
Thorndike
Englishman Lythgoe hosts free Christmas beef feast
George Z. Lythgoe of Causeway Street, longtime Englishman in Boston, has prepared a 120 pound haunch of beef for a free Christmas Eve gathering. He invites all who wish to partake without money or price in traditional English holiday dining.
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Boston
George Z. Lythgoe
Causeway Street
Makepeace Trial in Deadham Adjourned to Tomorrow Morning
The Makepeace murder trial resumes in Deadham with Constables Doyle and Oliver testifying on the scene. Defense seeks to prove the husband provoked the quarrels and that the shooting was accidental as Mia Makepeace defended herself during a long domestic dispute. The court adjourned at 9:48 AM to continue testimony and expert evidence on gun disposition.
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John W. McAnarney
Quincy
Escnpis
Charles E. Breck
Milton
Henry Mortmer
Boston
Belgium
Makepeace
Pratt
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