State Funeral for Representative Dingley in the House
A state funeral for Representative Dingley was held in Washington with President McKinley and Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, diplomats, and lawmakers attending. The remains lay in state in the House chamber as the public viewed them, followed by a solemn procession to the train for Lewiston on the Pennsylvania Road.
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Lewiston
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Road
Congressional Limited
House
Senate
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Board of Trade of
New York
House of Representatives
Ohio
Committee On Ways and Means
Dingley
Washington
William D. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Fifty-first Congress
McKinley
Ways and Means
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Hotel Mamillon
Capitol
Hall of Representatives
At Arms Russell
Reed
Anglo-American Commission
Julian Pauncefote
Hale
Aldrich
Burrows
Fairbanks
Pritchard
Berry
Faulkner
Rawlins
McLaurin
Boutelle
Payne
Dolliver
Tawney
Evans
Hilborn
Clarke
New Hampshire
Bailey
Dockery
Bell
McClellan
Edward N
Arthur
Edward N. Dingley
Irrank L. Dingley
Brett H. Dingley
Miss Dingley
Newman
Congregational Church
Couden
Jesus
Maine
Evia
General Leonard Wood Visit Heralds Reforms in Santiago Cuba
General Leonard Wood, military governor of Santiago, Cuba, praised American-led reforms in the province, noting a $250,000 public works fund, 2000+ employed locals, a new bank, native police, and road and railroad projects. He spoke of healthy progress and denied friction with General Brookes, then attended a Boston University Club dinner before heading to New York.
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Leonard Wood
Santiago
Cuba
University Club
Wood
General Wood
Bar Association
General Brookes
Washington
War Investigating Commission
Boston
Casey
New York
Banquet Row Highlights Colored Waiters Controversy
The event showcased division over race in union membership as Waiters' Alliance tensions surfaced. Key figures like Philip Nickerson urged inclusion of colored waiters, while others defended union exclusions. Speakers including James H. Mellen urged Democratic policy action and reform of vagrant laws amid municipal ownership and jury trial debates.
Massachusetts Tribute to Dingley Rites and McCall Link
Governor Wolcott orders Adjutant-General Dalton to meet the Dingley funeral party at Park Square station with a floral ivy and American rose emblem. Washington dispatch notes Massachusetts delegation backing Mr McCall for the Ways and Means vacancy caused by Mr Dingley’s death.
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Wolcott
Dalton
Park Square
Dingley
Washington
Commonwealth
Washington, PD. C
Massachusetts
McCall
Ways and Means
Maine Schooner Lost Off Cape Hatteras Mystery
The life saving service reports part of a quarterboard from a vessel named Madalene found on the beach at Cape Hatteras with two chairs. The Madalene Cooney, a 79%-ton schooner from Waldoboro, Maine, is the only double named craft matching, leaving uncertainty about the wreck near Hatteras.
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Washington
Life Saving Service
Treasury Department
Creeds Hill
Diamond Shoal
Cape Hatteras
Madalene
Madalenes
Madalene Cooney
Waldoboro
New York
Long Island Sound
Hatteras
Nordpol Crew Rescued by British Steamer Sportsman
London report: the Danish Nordpol crew of eight tons from Odessa to Copenhagen, abandoned after danger, was rescued by the British steamer Sportsman from Ibrall and towed into Camaret Finistere after sailing past Dungeness. The Sportsman departed December 20 for Rotterdam and carried the rescued sailors on December 23.
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London
Sportsman
Ibrall
Rotterdam
Dungeness
Nordpol
Odessa
Copenhagen
Camaret
Finistere
British steamer Ethiopian towed Tampico toward Londonderry
The British steamer Ethiopian, sailing from Glasgow on January 12, passed Inistrahull today bound for Londonderry, towing the disabled Tampico from Rotterdam to Baltimore. Tampico earlier was reported disabled by Beacon Light and towed for 26 hours before tow line broke and Tampico lost sight of on January 12 at sea.
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London
Glasgow
Moville
New York
Londonderry
Haying
Wilson
Rotterdam
Sunderland
Baltimore
German steamer Europa to discharge cargo near Reval
The leaky German steamer Europa, arriving from Bremen bound for Reval, is to discharge 3000 bales of cotton to lighter the ship. The vessel was previously reported ashore near Reval and will require this action to float again.
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London
Europa
Bremen
Reval
St Augustine's Lyceum to stage Giraffe Giroffa in South Boston
St Augustine's Lyceum of South Boston will present Giraffe Giroffa on Monday evening April 10 at St Augustine's Hall E Street South Boston. James Gilbert famed in theatrical circuits has been engaged to stage the opera with Thomas F Donnelly directing the musical end. The chorus, drawn from Catholic Church choirs, previously sang in The Mikado and Erminte productions.
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ST. Augustine’s Opera
St. Augustine's Lyceum
South Boston
St. Augustine’s Hall
E Street
James Gilbert
Harvard
Lyceum
Thomas F. Donnelly
Reverend Fosdick B Harrison Accepts Palmer Call
The Rev Fosdick B Harrison has accepted the call of the first Congregational Church Palmer Maas in New Haven Conn dated January 16.
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Palmer
New Haven, Conn
Fosdick B. Harrison
First Congregational Church
Palmer, Maas
Moran Calls For Home Rule And Democratic Reforms
Senator William Moran of Fall River advocates home rule for cities and state ownership of railroads. He urges repeal of poll tax, investigation of quasi public corporations, and removal of charter violations. He praises the Democratic State Committee and calls for reform beginning at home. Colonel Drinkwater labels a dormant Democratic party and urges careful partisan appointments to commissions. Representative Cullinane supports state regulation of corporations. McNary urges further change.
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James E. Donahue
Lawrence
A. C. Drinkwater
Moran
Fall River
William McNary
Christopher Callahan
State Committee
James Mellen
Worcester
Harry Jaquith
Wellesley
Torrey E. Wardner
Patrick Kilroy
Springfield
Flynn
M. D. Murphy
P. H. Morrison
Esq
Boston
McNary
North Traction Company
Boston & Albany
William Moran
Beacon Hill
Democratic State Committee
Republican Party
Méderd Cullinane
M'Nary
Williams
Ureed A
State Democratic legislators urged unity on public policy
The speech argues for a distinctive Maryland Democratic policy with state control of quasi public corporations seen as socialistic only when judged by party lines. It calls for early and frequent conferences among lawmakers and the State committee to develop a cohesive platform benefiting Boston and Suffolk County interests.
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Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio Canal
New York
Erie Canal
House
Senate
M. M. Cunniff
State Committee
Suffolk County
Boston
Representative Hancock Endorses Party Amid Conference
In Brockton, Representative Hancock the sole Democratic voice from Plymouth County voiced loyalty to the party while backing legislation in the public interest. Editor Torrey E Wardner urged jail reform including menus, beds, and apartments, claiming to be the only attendee with firsthand jail experience as debate touched on jail laws.
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Peel Pes Lee
Hancock
Brockton
Plymouth County
Wardner
Torrey E. Wardner
Tam
Reforming Wealth and Prison Living Conditions Rile Legislators
A caucus decried cramped 8 by 8 rooms with locked beds and poor meals including burnt coffee and embalmed beef. Representative Daniel V. McIsaac of Boston and Cullinane of Lawrence spoke briefly as a motion to confer with the state organization’s executive committee was unanimously adopted.
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Daniel V. McIisaac
Boston
Cullinane
Lawrence
Worthless Checks Cashed In Marlboro Ice Firm
A fraud in Marlboro involved cashing blank Lake Williams Ice Company checks endorsed by O. W. Howe treasurer. Merchants handed goods and received cash, with a passer obtaining change by misrepresenting a debt. Fifteen blanks were taken. eight forged checks have surfaced.
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Ice Company
Shoes by Co-operation at Marlboro Co-op Meeting
A Marlboro meeting explored establishing a shoe factory on a co-operative basis. A three member committee will visit Brockton to learn co‑operative factory methods. If approved, stock at $5 per share will be issued and sold. incorporation papers would follow and shoe manufacture may begin.
Aldermen authorize petition for strike inquiry panel
At the Marlboro city board meeting on January 16 the mayor was empowered to petition the Legislature to appoint a committee to investigate the dispute between the strikers and local shoe manufacturers.
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Marlboro
Board of Aldermen
Catania Short of Coal at Sea
The steamer Catania arrived at St Michaels in the Azores today after becoming short of coal while en route to New York.
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Catania
New York
St. Michaels
Azores
Tolstoi Invited to Meet Nicholas at Toola
Odessa despatch reports Emperor Nicholas inviting Count Leo Tolstoi during a luncheon stop at Toola. Tolstoi accepted, met at the railway station in peasant garb, and debated armament limits with the Czar. Tolstoi offered cautious cooperation and stated he is writing on the issue.
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Count Tolstoi
Toola
London
The
Daily Mail
Odessa
Livadia
Nicholas
Russia
Leo Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Brother Testimony Cracks Case in Perjury Charge
Cornelius C Sheehan was arrested for perjury after his brother Timothy J Sheehan testified against him in the South Boston Court. Sheehan shifted from complainant to defendant within moments, as details emerged of a robbery he reported at Station 6 last Thursday night. Two men John B Carney and William F Shea were identified by police as suspects in the alleged hold up at the corner of E and Bowen streets after the incident in which Sheehan said he lost $6.
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Cornelius C. Sheehan
South Boston
Sheehan
Erning
Bowen Streets
John B. Carney
William F. Shea
Timothy J. Sheehan
com_plainant
Perjury Charge Follows Drunken Alibi in City Case
Testimony showed Cornelius C. Sheehan was so drunk the witness locked him in a Pleasant Street store for hours, ruling he could not have been robbed as claimed. Judge Fallon ordered a warrant for perjury, arrested Sheehan, and he awaits court at Station 6. Brothers feud blamed for the dispute.
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Liberty Street
New York City
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Cornelius
Pleasant Street
Resolutions Oppose Philippines Annexation Defeated by Mine Workers
At Pittsburg on January 16 the United Mine Workers convention rejected resolutions opposing Philippine annexation and opposing party support for candidates against common ownership. A separate measure to organize miners in the anthracite region was adopted.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United Mine Workers
Philippines
Revere Town Meeting Votes Gas Plant Plan
In the final session at the new Town Hall the meeting saw a large attendance with the gallery full for ladies. The town voted to instruct the Selectmen to petition the Superior Court to abolish the grade crossing on Winthrop Avenue and the committee's report favoring a municipal gas plant was unanimously accepted.
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Revere
New Town Hall
Superior Court
Winthrop Avenue
Lowell Held in 1200 Bond in Bogus Check Case
Harley J. Lowell of Boston was arrested in Concord for obtaining money by false pretences linked to passing bogus checks and was held in $1200 bond. Amesbury jeweler Harvey D. Locke reported a burglary with an unknown man breaking in and stealing repair work. the thief was briefly mistaken for an employee.
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Concord
N. H
Harley J. Lowell
Boston
Amesbury Jeweller
Amesbury
Harvey D. Locke
Woman Arrested Over Diamond Ring Sale Contract
Bertha Parker aged 30 of 67 Compton Street was arrested yesterday on a charge of illegally conveying a diamond ring valued at 1220 dollars. The ring, tied to a conditional sale contract, is alleged to belong to F. G. Butler of 379 Washington Street.
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Bertha Parker
Compton Street
F. G. Butler
Washington Street
New York Stock Exchange Sets Record Seat Price
New York on January 16 reported the highest exchange seat price since Isle quoted today. The Lon don member Del Mar seat traded near 333,000 dollars, a new record. Market observers noted strong demand and continued speculation in mid January.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Isle
del Mar
London
Phe
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Canadian High Joint Commission
Blaine
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Callahan
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Vanderbilt RR
MR. Mellon
Morgans
Vanderbilts
Pan
Union News Company
BAY State
M’call
Drinkwater
Marboro
Cornelius Sheehan
Lowell
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