Navy Engineers Meet in New York Session at ASE Headquarters
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its first session of the third general meeting at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New York City. President Clement A. Griscom led, with officers re-elected and new members elected. Speakers urged strong support for the Nicaragua and Panama Canals, Pacific commerce, and liquid fuel research, while Admiral Meade urged Congress to back the Nicaragua Canal and praised American leadership.
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New York
Society of the Naval Architects and Marines Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
West Thirty-first Street
Clement A. Griscom
Charles H. Loring
Richard W. Meade
U.8. N
Thomas W. Hyde
John C. Kafer
U Ss. N
Wilson
U. 8 N
Washington L. Capps
U. 8
William H. Webb
Lord Brassey
British Society of Naval Architects
Charles H. Cramp
Philip Hich
Charles H.ee
George W. Melville
George W. Quintard
Irving M. Scott
Francis A. Walker
Theodore Wilson
J. F. Holloway
Society
United States
Henry C. Taylor
Naval War College
South
Panama Canal
Taylor
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Yokohama
Aleutian Islands
Nicaragua Canal
Admiral Meadé
Congress
Grant
San Domingo
Admiral Meade
General Hyde
Miller
Lewis Nixon
Explosion in Detroit Boilder Rips Through Building
Day after blast at a Detroit boiler explosion, 28 bodies recovered including Emma Lichtenberg and a Weidbusch sister. Journal building walls buckled, inspectors deem it unsafe and will condemn the structure. Dozens of occupants escaped injury with miraculous avoidance.
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Detroit
Dolph Scrieber
Iller
John Gordon
Detroit Journal
Jenie Neubauer
Hiller
Itha. Wedbusch
John Hi. Breitenbecher
Rose Morfan
Book Kindery
John Koeherber
Kittie Leonard
John Davis & Co
Ernest Parkins
Journal
Emma Lichtenberg
Weidbusch
Annie
Lizzie
Bertha Weidbusch
Journal Building
Board of Building
Board of
Free Press Job Printing House
Seals Decreasing Debate Tangles Ottawa Dispatch
Washington Nov. 7 The United States defends its seal policy as Ottawa dispatches claim seals are declining. figures for Pacific and Behring Sea catches total 73 614 skins are not yet sent to the Treasury. Assistant Secretary Hamlin, in charge of seal regulation, will not discuss the Ottawa report until the data arrive. Captain Hooper, Behring Sea patrol head, reports to Hamlin and may testify before a congressional committee. The government asserts the Ottawa claim is unfounded and reiterates the U S position that seals are not rapidly disappearing.
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Washington
North Pacific Ocean
Behring Sea
Canada Department of Marine and Fisheries
Treasury Department
Hamlin
Ottawa
United States
Hooper
Behring Sea Patrol
Smithsonian Prize Awarded for Atmospheric Discovery
Mr J R Roosevelt the embassy secretary presented a $10 000 Hodgkin prize from Smithsonian Institution Washington to Lord Raleigh and Professor Ramsey in London on discovery of new atmospheric properties. The recipients sent a letter of thanks to Smithsonian.
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London
J. R. Roosevelt
United States
Lord Raleigh
Ramsey
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Boston port notes and arrivals from October to November
Captain Gorham of the Hiram Emery reports a quick voyage from Turk's Island, and other ships like the bark Libby and British steamer Boston bring crews and passengers. The coal barge Forest Belle sails from Edgewater with 2400 tons to Mystic wharf, amid harbor watching. A Leyland line clash with Victorian is settled after whistle repair and miscommunication. A red gas buoy marks the wreck Lillie near the harbor entrance. Vessels from foreign ports arrive and depart, including the George W. Jordan sale for wool trade with N. W. Rice & Co. and Captain Parke. The Philadelphia towpat and Minia cable steamer anchor for winter.
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Gorham
Boston
Hiram Emery
East Harbor
Turk’s Island
H. J. Libby
Bray
Stanwood
Lewis Wharf
Yarmouth
Liverpool
Nova Scotia
United States
Forest Belle
Besse
New Bedford
Edgewater
N. J
N. P. Doane
Sears
Mystic Wharf
Taylor
Merchants
Miners’ Transportation Company
Howard
Leyland Line
Victorian
William Abbott
Shepherd
Abbott
Baltimore
Lillie
Messrs
B. F
Hamilton & Co
Saco
Charles Hunt & Co
George W. Jordan
C. 8S. Roberts
N. W. Rice & Co
River Platte
Jordan
F. N. Parke
Hannibal Hamlin
George E. Vernon
Pascagoula
Ella L. Davenport
Pensacola
Major Pickands
Carthagena
Barnstable
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Warren
Kansas
Kinsale
Cunard
Sylvania
Tallahassee
Philadelphia
Savannah
Vineyard Haven
Eamer Guy Colin
Progreso
Mexico
H. W. Peabody & Co
Cramp’s
Philadelphia, & Reading Railroad Company
Minia
Trott
Halifax
N. S
Dorchester Flower Fete Opens in Norfolk Hall Dorchester
The Dorchester Women's Club annual flower fete began last evening at Norfolk Hall Dorchester. The event drew society people from Dorchester and nearby areas and was a financial success with booths and a relic museum featuring contributions from Dorchester’s oldest families. Mrs J Henry Bean presided and Mrs White chaired, with Miss Everett and Mr Hanley providing music and Mrs Ryan as accompanist.
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Dorchesters Women's Club
Dorchester
Norfolk Hall
J. Henry Bean
Whito
Everett
Hanley
Ryan
Boston Common Council Members Return Ferry Passes
Members of the Boston Common Council favor paying their fare across the East Boston ferry and reply to Superintendent Wheeler with passes returned accompanied by a brief note reading thanks.
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Boston Common Council
Boston Ferry
Wheeler
Affections Trial in Millen Costello Suit Opens Day Two
The Millen vs Costello $20,000 suit continued in Superior Court with cross-examination. Witnesses for the defense described Mrs Millen as devoted to her husband while others testified to Millen's drunkenness and infidelity. Closing arguments followed with jurors set to reconvene today.
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Charles A. Millen
Frank P. Costello
American Fire Alarm Company
Superior Court
Bond
Massachusetts Delegation to Atlanta Exposition Details
Adjutant General Dalton issues a briefing for the Boston and Massachusetts delegation led by Governor Greenhalge to attend the Atlanta Exposition. The group travels November 12 from Park Square with a limited train, staying at Aragon House with daily carriages. Orders specify uniforms for staff and black silk hats for delegation members, with Massachusetts Day on November 15 featuring a governor address.
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Dalton
Greenhalge
Executive Council
Mr. Southwick
Hamlin
Thomas F. Marlowe
Boston
Shoreline
Park Square Station
Park Square
Atlanta
Aragon House
Natal railway banquet highlights imperial federation dream
London observers gathered for the Natal railway opening as Joseph Chamberlain warned Britain stands at a critical juncture with autonomous colonies. He said future empire policy in the next generation depends on colonial opinions, and imperial federation, once dismissed, now seems a possible though uncertain reality.
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London
Natal
Joseph Chamberlain
Charles Tupper
House of Lords
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Colt and Wife Begin Divorce Testimony in Conway
Testimony in the Colt divorce case will start in Conway New Hampshire tomorrow with Colonel Colt and his attorneys traveling from Providence. The court overruled a motion for a stay of depositions despite claims of irregular notice, and the respondent accompanied by counsel left Providence for Conway to begin the hearings.
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Providence
R. L
Colt
Coway
N. H
Colonel Colt
John C. L. Wood
Conway
Supreme Court
Wood
Mr. Colwell
Messrs. Comstock and Gardner
Fear A Strike In Northwest Railroading
Reports from Washington Montana North Dakota and Minnesota show under 100 employees quitting. Judge Hanford at Walla Walla issued an injunction restraining strikers from interfering with company property or train operations. The situation shifts as railroad officials fear the strike while the A R U holds nightly sessions and has formed strike committees.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
United States
Hanford
Walla Walla
Special police and crew arrive to break North Dakota strike
A Great Northern special train reached Devil's Lake with seventy policemen eighteen new conductors twenty five brakemen and three firemen. Deputies patrol the yards as the new workers take positions and delayed trains resume service, signaling an expected end to the strike.
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Devil's Lake
N. D
Great Northern Railroad
Postal superintendents meet in Baltimore convention
Thirty delegates from major cities including Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia and Washington gathered at the Carrollton Hotel Baltimore for a preliminary convention to form a national association. The aim is mutual protection and favorable postal legislation.
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Baltimore
Carrollton Hotel
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
National Association For Mutual Protection
Snow Storm Hits Wisconsin and Minnesota
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports four and a half inches of snow ending forest fires. Winona Minnesota records nearly a foot of heavy wet snow over eighteen hours with continued snowfall and mild air.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Winona
Minn
Woman Falls From Railroad Bridge at Northfield
Mrs. Morgan Doyle accidentally walked off a railroad arch at Northfield Vermont and fell about twenty feet into the river. She drowned in the incident reported this evening.
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Northfield
Morgan Doyle
Laughing Water Sunk After Collision With Herald
A Philadelphia despatch says the Laughing Water of Portland Maine sank off Fenwick's Island, with crew believed lost. The Herald of New York rescued ten crewmen who later returned to New Haven. Captain Lowell reports the collision caused the sinking as the coal schooner’s anchor and chain fouled the Laughing Water’s mainsail halyards.
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Philadelphia
Fenwick's Island
Delaware Bay
Laughing Water
Portland
New Haven
Herald
New York
Essex
Mass
Fulton Market
Cape Ann
Norfolk
Lowell
Sozialier Luetgenau jailed for insulting the Emperor
Berlin November 7 Herr Luetgenau a social der editor of the Dortmund Arbeiter Zeitung elected to the Reichstag for Dortmund was sentenced to five months imprisonment for publishing an article insulting the Emperor in his newspaper.
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Berlin
Herr Luetgenau
Reichstag
Dortmund
Berkeley Temple Guild Meets with Notable Performances
About 200 people attended the Berkeley Temple Guild gathering on Berkeley Street for a regular Thursday evening meeting. An entertaining program featured Mr. J Allan Grant of the Boston Post as tenor, Mrs. Jackson as soprano, Essie Dollivar as child reader, Miss Emma West as elg cublanist of Hmerson College, and Mr. Thomas 8 as accompanist. Several members of the guild were praised for their efforts.
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Berkeley Temple Guild
Berkeley Street
Fairy Grotto Success at St John’s Parochial School
An operetta titled Fairy Grotto in four acts was staged by pupils of St John’s parochial school Moon Street on Tuesday. Miss Katie Melley as Fairy Queen drew hearty applause for singing and acting. Grace Gibbons Maggie O’Hearn Mary Kane and the Jones girls were praised for singing and dancing. Master P Coakley and Mr M H Drinkwater entertained with songs and encores. Stage manager Joseph Jones and teacher Mrs C Flynn received credit for their roles.
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St. John’s Parochial School
Moon Street
Katie Melley
Grace Gibbons
Maggie O'Hearn
Mary Kane
Jones
M. HH. Drinkwater
P. “Coakley
Joseph Jones
Electric Company Sermon Preview in Lynn
The Rev. Herbert N. Casson will preach at noon next Sunday on The General Electric Company and Its Chaplains. He will present new views of the company and give facts on the moulders' strike the treatment of its female employees and will reply to Rev. Frederick M. Brooks's public letter.
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Lynn
Herbert N. Casson
General Electric Company
Frederick M. Brooks
Fireman Brown saves child in Middletown rescue
In Middletown Conn on November 7 fireman William Brown of the Valley division saved Florence Kelley aged three from the front of a moving engine. He leaped in front of the locomotive as it sped toward them and the engineer reversed the lever just in time to prevent tragedy. Brown’s reflexes and courage averted a fatal crush.
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Middletown
Conn
Wiliam Brown
Valley Division
Florence
Kelley
Brown
Boston Girl Charged With Larceny
Lawrence November 7 Pretty Flossie West was arrested in Lowell after attempting to dispose of a horse and carriage owned by A. N. Bean of Boston. She admitted trying to sell the rig but said she had no hire intent. The bail was set at 609 dollars until Saturday.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Boston
Lawrence
Pretty Flossie West
Lowell
A. N. Bean
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