Harmony in Democratic camp drives 1898 state race
Amid repeal bill approval President Cleveland, Democratic leaders unite to back John E Russell for governor. Campaign shows rare party harmony with regulars and independents rallying, while Republicans fear a 15,000 vote margin drop. Russell’s farmer appeal boosts turnout as registration climbs outside Boston. Josiah Quincy notes canvassing time has passed.
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Cleveland
Ratshesky
Republican State Committee
Post
Greenhalge
Star of Democracy
John E. Russell
Songa 2
Russell
Senator Hill
Hoston
John BE. Russell
Josiah Quincy
Prohibition Candidates Named on Ballots in Middlesex and Suffolk
Awaited report lists Prohibition nominees on official ballots for the second and fourth Middlesex districts. Cc L Page James Maitland Elijah Ball Lindsay M Emery named. Republican Sundberg added for third Suffolk district after another candidate withdrew. Sundberg likely Democrat but nominated by Republicans per legal ruling.
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Middlesex
Cc. L. Page
James Maitland
Elijah Ball
Lindsay M. Emery
John F. Sundberg
Suffolk
Sundberg
Pillsbury
Music Hall Rally Heads Democratic Campaign In Boston
The last big Democratic rally in Boston proper will be held next Friday night at Music Hall under the Young Men's Democratic Club. Ex Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild will speak as the featured national figure invited from outside the state. Other speakers include President Eliot of Harvard College Congressman William Everett and the Hon Josiah Quincy. Music will be provided and preparations are complete for a grand rally as the campaign nears its end.
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Boston
Music Hall
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Fairchild
Eliot
Harvard College
William Everett
Josiah Quincy
Registration Surge in Massachusetts Towns Shows Higher Voter Turnout
Registration closed last evening across towns in the state and showed a remarkable rise, led by Revere with 154 names, nearly doubling last year. The pattern suggests a stronger Democratic vote and broad participation, with many towns such as Nahant Milton Quincy Melrose Wakefield Watertown Avon Braintree and Winchester reporting sizable lists and high turnout estimates for the campaign.
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Revere
Massachusetts
Nahant
Csce
Saug
Swampacott
Watertown
Milton
Wakefield
Melrose
Quincy
AVON
Braintree
Winchester
Donahue Strong in Third Essex District Bid
Edward J. Donahue, Haverhill Democrat and last year’s sole city Representativ e, seeks reelection after a unanimous nomination. He backed anti stock-watering bills and supported the gas measure, earning praise as a steadfast advocate for Beacon Hill concerns. A Haverhill rally tonight will feature George Fred Williams James B. Carroll and Edward T. Daley with expected strong turnout.
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Edward J. Donahue
House of Representatives
Essex
Haverhill
Beacon Hill
State House
George Fred Williams
James B. Carroll
Edward T. Daley
British Forces Fight Matabele at Bulawayo and Northward Retreat
Major Forbes and Dr Jameson lead Chartered Company troops to Bula wayo after clashes with Matabele fighters heavy losses reported on both sides. Native forces armed with assegais and knot kerries, some rifles, prove limited against Gatling guns. Imperial troops arrive after advance, King Lobengula joins retreat toward the Matopo hills and Zambesi region.
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London
Cape Town
Forbes
Jameson
British South Africa Company
Bulawayo
Hope Fountain
Kraal
Matoppo
Zambesi
Umniati River
Major Forbes
Dr. Jameson
Lobengula
Child Labor's Doom Likely Ended in State
Chief Wade's enforcement of the child labor law reduced under 14 workers from 1666 to 254 in a year. Inspectors report employers avoid under 14 hires and mill operatives comply. Of 11.84 minors found in inspected shops, fewer than one in a thousand were under 14. State police claim the issue is nearly resolved.
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Wade
Banks Attacks Anti-Saloon League Tactics in Rally
In Lynn on November 1 the Anti-Saloon League was denounced as misusing a nonpartisan banner to bolster Republicans. Rev. Louis Albert Banks, the Prohibitionist gubernatorial candidate, charged that circulating circulars and signed slips misrepresent party aims and forge ministerial endorsements. He named Hugh Montgomery as the organizer and urged voters to rebuke political chicanery at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhalge
Antis Saloon League
Anti-Saloonite
League
Montgomery
Prohibition
George C. Lorimer
J. H. Mansfield
Joseph
Mears
Worcester
Cleveland
Hugh Montgomery
Lorimer
Carter Harrison Buried In Chicago Funeral
All that is mortal of Carter H. Harrison has been borne to the grave in a six mile funeral route. A vast procession from City Hall followed the hearse to Graceland Cemetery after services at the Church of the Epiphany. Masons and Odd Fellows, Republicans, Democrats, labor groups and varied national societies joined, with Governor Altgeld and state officials in attendance. Fifty thousand mourners lined the streets as a million looked on.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
City Hall
Graceland Cemetery
Church of the Epiphany
Masons
Odd Fellows
Altgeld
Catholic Order of Foresters
Building Trades Council
Trade and Labor Assembly
The
Brewers’ Association
Genealogical Society Meets in Boston Hall
The New England Historic Genealogical Society held a stated meeting at Boston University hall on Somerset street yesterday afternoon. Hon. Thomas Weston of Newton delivered a paper on William Bradford and His Influence on Plymouth Colony.
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston University
Somerset Street
Thomas Weston
Newton
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Greenhalge's War Record Revealed by Record
Lowell November report details Greenhalge's war service from 1863 to 1864. He sought an officer’s commission, served in New Bern with twenty five colored guards, faced missteps over civilian status, and endured malaria after flunking the surgeon's exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Greenhalge
Harvard College
Wallace Hinckley
Forty-fourth
Massachusetts
Newberne
N. C
Hinckley
Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Newherne
Goldthwaite
Twentythird
Newborne
Fortress Monroe
Libby
Andersonville
Leutenant
F. H., Lee
Salem
Lee
Greenharge
When Lee Surrendered four Romantic Dramas of the War
A brief tease for a literary feature in Sundays Post promising four romantic dramas from the war era. The notice hints at themes of love overcoming pride and animosity and promises completion in the next issue.
New Flower Shop Opens in Fashionable Fifth Avenue Block
MUST MAKE A LIVING reports the opening of a flower shop by Rawlins Cottenet a scion of New York society. The shop sits behind 315 Fifth Avenue near Thirty second Street across from the Knickerbocker Club. Cottenet heir to a wealthy French-NY lineage will run the venture with his mother and sister from a Westbury L I homestead where greenhouses will be built.
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New York
Rawlins Cottenet
Knickerbocker Club
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Mr. Cottenet
William Schermerhorn
William Astor
Rawlins
Westbury
L. I
Bel- Mont Purdys
Cottenet
Thirty Second Street
Acquittal of Slavers Sparks Sensation in Zanzibar
The captain and crew of a French slave dhow captured by the British cruiser Phelomel in April were acquitted by the court at Reunion after trial arranged by the French consul. The verdict provokes outcry here as it grants de facto immunity to slavers sailing under the French flag.
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Zanzibar
Phelomel
Reunich
Funeral for James M. W. Yerrinton Held in Chelsea
The late James M. W. Yerrinton’s funeral took place at his Chelsea residence on Tudor Street yesterday afternoon. A large turnout included notable figures such as William Lloyd Garrison, Joseph Willard, and Captain Charles L. Mitchell. Rev. Professor Leonard of Tufts College conducted the services, Garrison delivered a brief eulogy on Yerrinton’s anti slavery work, Apollo Club sang, pallbearers included Garrison and Hollis, and burial was at Woodlawn.
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MR. Yerrinton
James M. W. Yerrinton
Tudor
Chelsea
William Lloyd Garrison
Joseph 8. Willard
Superior Court
George T. Garrison
Parker Pillsbury
Charles L. Mitchell
Francis P. Garrison
J. M. L. Babcock
James G. Haynes
John
William H. Hollis
Benjamin Phipps
Charles Barnes
Woodlawn
Concert Tonight by Warren Male Quartet at Union Hell
The Warren Male Quartet presents its first grand concert tonight at Union Hall. An orchestra of fifteen pieces supports cornet soloist Alfred Cassidy, praised for Hass Point performances, with soprano Mae Emmons of Gilbert company, reader Pearl Farnum, tenor Allan G. Prescott, and other talents featured.
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Warren
Union Hell
Alfred Cassidy
Hass Point
Nahant
Mae Emmons
Gilbert Opera Company
Loyola’s Second Annual Concert and Dance Event
Loyola Court No 9 M C O F holds its second annual concert and dance at St Rose Hall Worcester Street on Monday evening next.
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Loyola
Loyola Court
St. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
New Home Sewing Machine Co Wins at Chicago Fair
WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS CHICAGO Oct 31 1883 New Home Sewing Machine Company Boston earns praise for manufacturing quality and production improvements at the event.
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Chicago
New Home Sewing Machine Company
Boston
Eight Hour Movement Shifts Time for Carpenters
Eight hours of work become the standard for many carpenters next Monday with some masters paying eight hours for eight, while others retain nine hours as the wage. Inside men prefer nine hours and the split risks few strikes. Separately, Boston’s United Garment Workers battle the Clothing Manufacturers’ Association over union labels as profiteering and mislabeling are exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Garment Workers of Boston
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Job Cylinder and Adams Press Men’s Union organized
Deputy Organizer P. A. White of the International Typographical Union organized the Job Cylinder and Adams Press men’s Union in Columbia Hall. Jeremiah Roach was elected president and J. J. Hayes secretary. Buckman Murphy Hawkins O’Hara and Roach named the rallying committee. About seventy five members joined. The second meeting is set for November 12 at a later announced location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cylinder and Adams Pressmen's Union
P. A. White
International Typographical Union
Columbia Hall
Jeremiah Roach
J. J. Hayes
Messrs. Buckman
Murphy
Hawkins
O’hara
Roach
Union elects Stacey president and McKenzie secretary
At last evening's meeting of the Electrical Workers' Union in St. Stephen's Hall, Brother Stacey was elected president, vice Brother Telford who resigned to join inside men, and Brother McKenzie chosen financial secretary to replace Brother Smalley who also joined the new organization.
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Electrical Workers’ Union
St. Stephen’s Hall
Brother Stacey
Brother Telford
Brother McKenzie
Brother Smalley
Plumbers to Convene in Wells Memorial Hall Sunday
The organized plumbers of New England will hold a convention in Wells Memorial Hall, Sunday, Nov. 12. The Plasterers' Union voted to sustain coal handlers and teamsters in their efforts to escape delivering coal after 5 Pp. m.
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Organized
Plumbers of
New England
Wells Memorial Hall
Plasterers’ Union
Siege of Melilla Report Details Spanish Actions
Advices from Melilla say the Conde de Venadito aided the siege by shelling Riffian positions near the coast. Forts shell the enemy trenches as casualties mount, while General Ortega’s bold sortie restored some supplies and momentum. Cruisers Alfonso the Twelfth Conde de Venadito and Isla de Luzon continue coastal bombardment toward Melilla and nearby Chafarinas islands.
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Madrid
Melilla
Conde de Venadito
Macias
Ortega
Rostrogordo
Cabrerzo
Alfonso the Twelfth
Chafarinas Islands
Isla de Luzon
Frachana
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Ales Harmony
James B. Salil
Dutay
MeeBttrick
Ws Coughlin
Fail River
Athol—Brooks Adams
B. J. Slattery
Watertown—John
Fitzgerald, Bord
Man Hall
West Newton
Henry W. Lamb
John ¥. Fitzgerald
Milford—Lee
Meritweller
Satem D
Charles
Maplewood
Bradford
Norman F. Haseltine
Peabody
Albert P. Worthen
Menthal
Farnhemsville
Eugene M. Moriarty
Gardner
Charles F. Roy
Brookfield
F.W
McGettrick
Henry M. Cross
Orange
William 8. McNary
Atlantic
William Moore
Secretary of State
Small Brothers
Washington ST
Opp
Donahue
Banks
Anti- Saloon League
Carter Harrison
Genealogical Society Meets
Garment
Job
Cylinder and
Adams Pressmen
P. H. Stacy
Ers’ Union
Labor
North America
VANKE
MANF
Wholeasle
Labor Notes
Mnton
Graves
Maryland
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Boston Post
M. Doyle, JR
Ventor
Milford
Bos
Back Bay
MR. Doyle
ERS
Doyle
the Post
Portland
Ore
Oregon City
Madison Street
Carpin River
Hoover
Charles Beckman
J. P. Anderson
Alexander Campbell
Joseph Stadier
Ola
Ratl
Iau
Wiksong Bros
Tremont Sw
Melina
Tremont
Murphy—Laskey
Wiliam
Kelsey
Berkeley Temple
Rhoda Laskey
Joseph Murphy
Boyden
South Walpole
Piloratio Boyden
Marg Eate Swett
Samuel Bourne Swett
Loweilein
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