A Soldier's Death Colonel Strachan Fatally Hurt While Driving
Colonel William M. Strachan of the Ninth Infantry died at Winthrop Highlands at 5 40 am from injuries suffered Sunday evening when his carriage collided in Beachmont. He and Mrs Strachan had been visiting Rev Father James Lee in Revere. The news came as a severe shock to those who saw him leading his command on Columbus Day.
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Colonel Strachan
Ninth Regiment
Winthrop Highlands
Beachmont
Strachan
Father James Lee
Revere
Horrible Watricide Case Shocks Neighborhood
Mary Marean, 53, after an argument with her mother Mrs. Brownlee, pushed her down stairs and struck her with a shaker multiple times causing death. She confessed under questioning, stating fear and insanity driven by grief and possible influence from recent crime reports. An autopsy confirmed the head injuries as cause of death. Marean was placed in protective custody awaiting possible lunatic asylum commitment.
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John W. Deehan
Station 2
Folsom
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Alderman Doyle
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Cloyes
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Post
Crockett
J. C. Fuller
Marean
Death of Colonel William M. Strachan After Carriage Crash
A carriage crash on Winthrop Avenue fatally injures Colonel William M. Strachan, senior colonel of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, as his wife Mrs. Strachan is only slightly hurt. Despite a painful 3 a.m. journey home, he dies at 5:45 a.m. with his two sons beside him. A noted militia leader born in 1832 in Edinburgh, Strachan had a long service record from Seaforth Highlanders to the Ninth Regiment, with commands through 1879 and involvement in state police and militia affairs. Funeral services will be attended by all military and veteran organizations.
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S. N. Nelson
E. F. Cummings
William M. Strachan
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
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Seaforth Highlanders
America
Ninth
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Fourth Heavy Artillery
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Tariff Is For The Rich
Fatt River Oct 31 There was a surprise as manufacturers considered raising wages despite a likely request from the Mule Spinners Association A meeting of the Manufacturers Association adjourned 16 to 12 Twenty eight members attended Some treasurers feared signaling wage hikes before the presidential election and tariff advocates.
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Fatt River
Fall River
Navy Watches Charleston Gala Amid Rumored Fort Sumter Bombardment
Officials in Washington fear a planned naval bombardment of Fort Sumter as part of Charleston’s gala week marking the 1886 earthquake escape. United States ships Dolphin and Vesuvius have been sent to participate, but no official program has been presented. Commodore Ramsay rejects any role by US ships in an attack on the flag, leaving the decision to Commander Brownson.
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari On Steamship Seizure Appeal
Washington October 31 The Supreme Court denied with leave to renew after California circuit ruling the United States Attorney General's certiorari request to bring before the High Court the appeal on a decision that the federal government lacked authority to seize the steamship State for violating neutrality laws by carrying arms to Chilean revolutionists.
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Cape Cod Voters Favor Thacher for Congress
Henry Thacher of Yarmouth, Democratic candidate for the thirteenth district, campaigns lively on Cape Cod. Voters doubt Randall’s record and oppose his life saving service stance, while Provincetown presses Thacher’s election and Cape Cod residents favor a native representative. Dissatisfaction with Randall appears widespread across the state.
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Cape
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Randall
New Bedford
Chelsea Democrats Rally At Academy Of Music Speech Rebuttal
Speakers Dr. William Everett and Hon Edward J. McDermott addressed Chelsea Democrats urging support for the party. Everett praised foreign goods and condemned the Republican party while urging adherence to founding ideals. McDermott praised Governor Russell and Grover Cleveland while criticizing Lodge’s force bill and tariff effects on households.
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William Everett
Edward J. McDermott
Louisville
Academy of Music
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Republican Party
Plymouth Rock
Russell
Harrison
Grover Cleveland
McDermott
Lodge
Treasury
Washington
Noted Safe Breaker Bradley Arrested in New York
New York dispatch reports James M. Bradley a famed safe breaker arraigned at Jefferson Market Court and held for extradition to Massachusetts as an escaped convict. Bradley, alias William M Williams Walter L Maitland and Henry T Langdon, was captured with a loaded stolen revolver after a Charlestown prison escape that involved sewer travel and theft of firemen’s clothes. He is 85, described as large and intelligent, with Boston officers arranging transfer.
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New York
James M. Bradley
Jefferson Market Court
Massachusetts
Bradley
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
William M
Fitchburg Freight Train Split Causes Four Hour Track Block
An inward bound Fitchburg railroad freight train parted between Hill's crossing and Belmont. The engineer backed to recover the loose cars but brake failure let the cars crash together. Debris blocked both rails for four hours, several cars burned. no injuries reported. Tracks reopened after eight.
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Fitchburg
Hill’s Crossing
Belmont
Massachusetts Halts Rail Stove Heating Under New Law
After a law enacted April 27, 1891 takes effect, railroads in Massachusetts must stop heating passenger coaches with stoves or furnaces left in cars, with fines up to 500 dollars for noncompliance. Mixed trains may be exempt, but attached passenger cars must use improved stoves. Steam heating expands across major lines, with many rails already steam-equipped and stations outfitted for steam plants.
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Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Old Colony
New York & New England
Hyde Park
New England Road
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Norwich
Fitchburg
Connecticut River
Revere Beach Road
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Grafton & Upton
Housatonic
Housatonic & Wilmington
A Strange Experience in East North Yarmouth Me
Mrs H E Skillin of East North Yarmouth describes a severe nerve and health crisis marked by tremors fatigue and nervous weakness. She began Dr Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy and has taken four bottles reporting improvement after a frightening medical episode.
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H. E. Skillin
Political Rally Schedule Across Boston Area
Political rallies fill Tremont Temple Music Hall and Dudley Street venues. Speakers include Hon. George Fred Williams, Sherman Hoar, Josiah Quincy, Roosevelt, Lodge, Long, and others. Prohibition candidate Wolcott Hamlin to speak in Amherst and Wallace Wilson in Boston. Parade by Dedham Draper Guards with a special train in the evening.
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P. A. Collins
George Fred Williams
Sherman Hoar
William Schofield
Josiah Quincy
Lloyd McKim Garrison
New York
T. W. Higginson
Balwin
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Edward Everett Hale
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
John D. Long
Wolcott Hamlin
Amherst
Prohibition
Wallace Wilson
Boston
Dudley Street Opera House
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Dedham
Thomas M. Waller
Connecticut
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Holyoke
Springfield
Webster
Southbridge
James Carlisle withdraws as Cleveland elector in Denver
James Carlisle, a Democratic Cleveland elector, gives Chairman McKinley his withdrawal letter. He cites a goal to improve Cleveland's chances and to shift Ohio away from Harrison if possible. The move stirs miners and Weaver supporters among Republicans.
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James Carlisle
Cleveland
McKinley
Harrison
Weaver
How Democrats Figure to Win Election
Democratic national campaign managers expect a win with at least twenty seven electoral votes to spare. They confirmed a United Press report that Cleveland and Stevenson would receive 231 electoral votes, from solid South 159 New York 36 New Jersey 10 Indiana 15 Connecticut 6 Michigan 5, totaling 231 of 444 votes.
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United Press
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Stevenson
Solid South
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Connecticut
Michigan
Honors About Even In Cambridgeport Debate
A friendly political debate at Odd Fellows Hall Cambridgeport drew 400 plus attendees. Harvard Democratic Club supported the affirmative to the resolution that federal policy harms national interests, while the Economy Club opposed. Harvard speakers included McClintock Douglass and Clark. Economy Club speakers were Harding Dickinson and Dakin. Colonel Bancroft presided with a witty opening. Honors were about even.
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Cambridgeport
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Economy Club
Fifty-first Congress
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Harvard
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W. C. Douglass
D. T. Clark
T. P. Harding
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E. W. Dakin
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Old Colony seeks approval for Boston extension project
The railroad commission will decide if the Old Colony Railroad may build an extension from Sherborn through Natick Wellesley Dover Dedham and Needham into Boston. Estimated cost is 3 500 000. Lawyers for Old Colony and Boston and Albany presented arguments and counter proposals.
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Boston
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J. H. Benton, Jr
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Haverhill Gazette predicts Russell victory in local race
Editor John B. Wright claims Haverhill will give Russell 300 to 400 votes more than his rival and forecasts re election as a rebuke to Boston officials linked to gambling halls run for the Republican nominee. Joseph O. Burdett and E. B. Callender weigh in on local politics and candidate choices.
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Haverhill Gazette
Republican
Haverhill
Russell
Osborne
Boston
Mr. Haile
Joseph O. Burdett
Republican State Committee
E. B. Callender
Dorchester
Atwood
Congress
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William B. Rice
Quincy
False naturalization arrests tied to Arlington men
John Leary of Arlington was arrested as principal in a false naturalization case. Michael Sheehan, arrested for the third time in a week for falsely swearing as a witness on naturalization papers, was arraigned with bail set at $1000. James A. Bailey Jr., Republican town committee member, filed the complaint. Both suspects were brought to Boston and arraigned before Commissioner Hallett. Leary was held in $1000. Sheehan’s case was continued until this morning, and he was held in $1000.
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Arlington
Michael Sheehan
James A. Bailey, Jr
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Boston
Hallett
Leary
Sheehan
Foster challenged to joint debate on labor platforms
Harry Lloyd of the People's party challenges Frank K. Foster to a joint debate in Tremontemple this week about how the Democratic and People's party platforms view labor.
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People’s Party
Frank K. Foster
Democratic
People’s Parties
Labor
Tremontemple
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