Funeral arrangements for General Blackmar at State House
Memorial Hall at the State House outlines funeral details for General Blackmar. Kinsley Post 118 and 113 G A R coordinate services, escort, and seating with limited auditorium capacity. General John R King and veteran fifers join the procession marching from Beacon Street to Arlington and Copley Square toward Second Church.
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Frank P. Moss
Kinsley
Kinsley Post
G. A. R. Department
Wolff
Beacon Street
Arlington
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Ivery
John R. King
Washington, D. C
Grand Army of the Republic
Blackmar
Boston
Vendome
G. A. R. Men
Consignment Sale Offers Clothing at 25 Cents on Dollar
A local store announces a large consignment of men’s clothing fur nishings hats and shoes from manufacturers. The sale aims to turn goods into cash quickly with prices about 25 cents on the dollar and includes 400 Outing Suits from Hirschfeld Cohen stock.
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Hirschfeld Cohen
Iit
What Navy Officers Say of the Explosion
Rear Admiral Albert S. Snow notes no similar U S navy explosion in history and speaks on the Bennington incident. He calls the Yorktown and the Concord sister ships, praises Commander Lucien Young, and mentions the lack of definite naval boiler inspection rules.
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NAVY
Albert S. Snow
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States Navy
Bennington
Yorktown
Concord
Lucien Young
Hero of Santiago Fleet Action Saved by Earlier Illness
The gunboat Bennington crew member, Lieutenant Blue, likely escaped death in yesterday’s accident because he had been ashore at a hospital with acute appendicitis the day before. He was a noted hero of the Santiago action.
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United States
Bennington
Blue
Santiago
Questions Raised About Cause of Bennington Explosion
An official report discusses uncertainties over whether Boston crewmen perished and notes missing sailor rosters. It suggests the Bennington explosion may stem from low water and hot fires in an old Scotch boiler, made by a New York firm, with possible neglect.
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Mare Island
Bennington
United States Navy
Concord
New York
Navy ships risk from Scotch boilers blamed after Detroit report
An old marine officer told the Post that the Detroit in Boston Harbor reduced fire room pressure from 1380 to 90 pounds due to fear of Scotch boilers like those on the Bennington. Investigations confirmed a boiler was condemned for a weak upper combustion chamber. The Detroit will be overhauled and placed out of commission with focus on boiler condition.
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Bennington
Navy
United States
Detroit
Boston
San Diego Harbor and Its Harbor City History
San Diego California is a county seat with a growing population around 40 000 since 1885, boasting a superb harbor and bay. The bay discovered in 1542 and the city’s site colonized in 1850, with rapid growth aided by a harbor able to shelter the U S merchant fleet and 23 feet of water at low tide. The climate makes it a favored summer and winter resort on both coasts.
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San Diego
Cal
California
Bay of
Old San Diego
United States
San Diego Bay
San Francisco
America
Bennington History Gun Boat Highlights Size and Armament
The Bennington is a first class gun boat, sister to Yorktown and Concord, built by N. F. Palmer & Co. at Chester Pennsylvania. Launched June 8 1898, 230 ft long 36 ft beam 14 ft draft 1700 tons displacement, no armor, armed with six 6 inch rifles, several smaller guns and eight torpedo tubes, speed about 17 knots.
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Bennington
Yorktown
Concord
N. F. Palmer & Co
Chester
Penn
Fiancée of alleged murderer hurls suicide bid in Brooklyn
Eleanor Vandeventer, fiancée of Frederick Carlton, attempted to jump from a police inspector's window after cross examination. Carlton, jailed on multiple charges, and Mrs Vandeventer were arraigned separately in Brooklyn courts and held for further hearings. She declared her intent to stand by Carlton and marry him, saying she would not discuss the accusations.
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New York
Cross
Eleanor Vandeventer
Frederick E. Carlton
Brooklyn
Frederick Carlton
Carlton
Fred
Bennington Patrol Vessel in Pacific Service 1890s
The Bennington, praised as an ideal peace duties ship, featured high horsepower engines and low draught. Overhauled in Boston in 1893, she joined the Pacific squadron under Commander Nichols in 1897, operated at Honolulu in 1898, patrolled the Pacific coast during the Spanish American War, and later served in the Philippines until 1903 before returning to the Pacific fleet.
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Bennington
Boston
Nichols
Pacific
Honolulu
Taussig
Philippines
Bennington Sails for Panama and Aids Wyoming
The Bennington, sister ship to the Yorktown and Concord, left San Diego for Panama after fueling at Honolulu and San Diego. It was ordered to replace the Wyoming as station ship at Panama. While near Port Harford the Wyoming lost a propeller and Bennington was dispatched to tow her to port. The Bennington, with 16 officers and 181 men, cost $490,000 and traces its keel to 1888.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bennington
Yorktown
Concord
Honolulu
Hawaiian
San Diego
Panama
Central American
Wyoming
Monitor
Port Harford
Illness Probably Saved Lieutenant of Bennington
Washington July 21 The Navy Department reports Lieutenant Victor Blue of the Bennington was taken to a hospital yesterday with an acute attack of appendicitis This probably saved his life.
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Washington
Navy Department
Victor Blue
Bennington
New England Men Escaped on Bennington
The July 21 report lists New England men who escaped serious injury aboard the Bennington. Names include Frank Burgoyne coppersmith Lowell James Steven FitzGerald apprentice seaman Augusta Simon Steiner quartermaster Chelsea and others with home addresses in Boston Salem Quincy Amesbury Avon New Haven Quincy and Chelsea Massachusetts plus Conn. The roster notes ranks from ordinary seaman to master-at-arms and provides street addresses for each survivor.
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Washington
New England
Bennington
Frank Burgoyne
Concord Street
Lowell
Mass
Thomas Burke
Amesbury
James Steven FitzGerald
West Crescent Street
Augusta
Frank Thomas Matthews
Derby Street
Salem
William A. Westsell
Tremont Street
Boston
John Carlberg
Church Street
Quincy
Simon Steiner
Everett Avenue
Chelsea
Frederic H. Taylor
William J. Townsend
Avon Street
Richard Quinn
Porter Street
New Haven
Conn
Expert Dismisses Lap-Seam Theory in Bennington Disaster
E P Robinson of Atlantic Works East Boston argues there is no link between the Brockton boiler disaster and the Bennington accident. He notes the difficulty of pinpointing causes and recalls the Thunderer explosion, while urging caution about conclusions from limited data.
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Brockton
Bennington
E. P. Robinson
Atlantic Works
Boston
Darling Asks That Injured Be Attended To
Acting Secretary Darling responds to Captain Young on the Bennington disaster. He expresses sorrow and pledges to alleviate suffering and honor the dead as San Diego officials and a chamber president offer aid to the injured.
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Darling
Washington
Young
Bennington
John F. Akerman
Chamber of Commerce of
San Diego
Amherst Professor To Observe Eclipse In North Africa
Amherst July 21 David P. Todd professor of astronomy and director of the observatory at Amherst College announced he would sail from New York City next Thursday for Tripoli on the North African coast to observe the total solar eclipse on August 30.
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Amherst
David P. Todd
Amherst College
New York City
Tripoli
Africa
Despondent bookkeeper fatally shoots himself in cemetery
Mrs Noah Sweet of 8 Marshall Street, grandmother of George H. W. Sweet, the bookkeeper who shot himself in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, believes despondency over failed funds for ministerial training caused the act. He could not obtain the money needed to fit for the ministry.
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Watertown
Noah Sweet
Marshall Street
George H. W. Sweet
Grove Hill Cemetery
Waltham
Jordan's Ponies Prize Winners in Atlantic City Show
In ponies under 18 hands driven by a child Eben D. Jordan's Lady Eccles won first prize. Jordan's Hildred and mate secured top tandem honors. A record crowd attended the show and celebrated the blue ribbon winners. Mrs J B M Grosvenor of New York bought Eben D. Jordan's harness pair President and Baron for 25000 dollars.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eben D. Jordan
Lady Eccles
Jordan
Hildred
Mate
J. B. M. Grosvenor
New York
Body of Miss Keene Found Near Bath Harbor
The body of Lillian Keene, a Milton and Jamaica Plain schoolteacher who vanished from a Bath, Maine relative’s house last December, was found in Bath Harbor yesterday. Authorities believe she died by her own action.
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Lillian Keene
Milton
Jamaica Plain
Bath
Bath Harbor
Man Ends Life in East Boston Home
Joseph Prew aged 63 a section man for the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad shot himself in the basement of his 369 Chelsea street East Boston last night at 8. The 82 calibre revolver was placed behind his left ear and he died within half an hour. Despondency from failing health is given as the cause. He leaves a widow and six children.
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Joseph Prew
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Chelsea Street
Boston
Big Gas Tanks Threatened by Allston Lumber Mill Fire
Firefighters from Brighton and Cambridge halted a blaze at a Cambridge street lumber mill near the Charles River. A shower of sparks endangered nearby Consolidated Gas tanks and tenements. The planing mill of Mrs. Bessie Jacques, operated by Griffith Keever Company, was gutted, with $15,000 in insured losses.
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Brighton and
Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Charles River
Allston
Consolidated Gas Companies
Bessie Jacques
Griffith, Keever Company
South End Man Leaps To Escape, Fractured Skull
Charles Powers, 41, of 71 East Dedham Street, jumped from a second story window, fearing pursuit. He was found unconscious and is in serious condition at City Hospital with a fractured skull and head contusions.
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Charles Powers
Dedham Street
City Hospital
Scollans Convicted in City Bribery Case Verdict Guilty
After a three hour absence the jury found Thomas H. Scollans guilty of being an accessory to bribing juror Milliken in a 1899 Boston city fraud case. Judge Bond delayed sentencing to await a bill of exceptions, with next hearing set for Friday. The maximum penalty is five years in state prison or a $1000 fine plus one year in jail.
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Scollans
Thomas H. Scollans
Milliken
Chelsea
Boston
Bond
Dewing
Judge Bond
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