The West Storm Disrupts Life and Prices
A Thursday storm spread from the West dumping three inches of snow as temperatures fluctuated between 30 and 40 degrees. Vendors of rubber goods profited while officials fretted over weather bureau reports from North Dakota to Virginia, noting separate storms on Tuesday and yesterday with forecasts for New England and the Mid Atlantic.
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Denison
North Dakota
Virginia
Old
South
Dakotas
Ohio
New England
Middle States
Dakota
Cho
Wires Still Trouble After New England Storms
The week’s storms caused major damage to telegraph and telephone lines across New England. Hundreds of miles of wire were down and thousands of poles destroyed, with repair crews of up to 500 men at work. Companies including New England Telephone and Telegraph, Western Union, and American Telephone and Telegraph report extensive outages and uncertain restoration timelines. Some lines remain usable to key hubs, but full service may take weeks.
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New England
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Providence
South Shore
Postal Telegraph Company
Hartford
Direct Cable Company
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial Company
Massachusetts
New York
London
Eng
United Telegram Company
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Somerville
Cambridge Junction
Hill's
Crossing
Belmont
Waltham
Hudson
West Boylston
Bondsville
Worcester
Faville
Westboro
Revere Beach
New Haven
Springfield
Western Union Company
Pillsbury
Wires Down Block Hartford Communication Toll Loss
Wires down in Hartford area disrupts lines in all directions and may keep Hartford line out of service through the week. Estimated losses to companies total several hundred thousand dollars and toll losses in New England rise, especially on election night.
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Hartford
New England
First Snow Storm Sweeps Several Regions
The season’s first major snowfalls hit Poughkeepsid Kingston and Newport with five to six inches in places and sleighing reported. A separate gale at St John’s Newfoundland knocked down many telegraph lines and caused wide damage.
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Poughkeepsid
N. Y
Kingston
Hunter
Delaware County
Newport
R. J
ST. John's
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Close Call for NewtonHigh School Pupils on Rail Car
A special Newton & Boston street railway car carrying twenty seven high school pupils from Newton Highlands and Newton Upper Falls jumped the Eliot Street track near Eliot station. The motorman could not stop the freighted car before it crossed the roadway and struck a fence. Passengers were jolted from their seats but only minor bruises reported. The motorman stayed at his post trying to halt the car. the vehicle is described as badly damaged.
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Newton & Boston Street Railway Company
Newton Highlands
Newton Upper Falls
Eliot Street
Circuit Division
Boston & Albany
Eliot Station
Newton P Qblesm. Citizens study grade crossing and street plans
A Newton gathering at Eliot Hall by the Garden City Improvement Society debated grade crossing reform, Washington street widening, and street railway extension. A Langford report urged amending the grade crossing law to protect the city, with a poll planned to gauge sentiment. Opinions favored lowering tracks and widening on the south side, while most speakers opposed crossing the Boston and Albany lines at grade.
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Newton
Eliot Hall
Garden City
Committee On Railroads
Washington Street
A. F. Noyes
Boston & Albany
Red Letter Mason Day in Laconia Marked by Cornerstone Laying
In Laconia New Hampshire on November 8 the Masonic fraternity celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of Mt Lebanon lodge and laid the cornerstone of the Masonic temple. Grand Master Charles C Hayes of Manchester and grand lodge officers led public services at Moulton Opera House with Dr J A Green of Boston delivering the oration and W H Jones giving the historical address. A banquet followed the day’s events with Rev Lucius Waterman D D of Laconia contributing a poem.
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Laconia
N. H
Masonic Temple
Mt. Lebanon
Lucius Waterman
D. D
Fall River Mill Matters and Weavers Union Forming
The Border City weavers met to discuss loom wage concerns claiming weekly earnings total $6.60. A two from each mill committee will interview the agent. Weavers Hall saw a morning meeting where temporary group became permanent with Thomas Chapman as president and forty members. Plans push for Spinners and Carders unions affiliation.
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Fall River
Border City
Weavers' Hall
Thomas Chapman
Election results by state and senator replacements
Listing of senators elected or to be elected across states including Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee South Dakota Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming with notes on successors and party lines plus statements on upcoming Republican or Democratic selections.
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William M. Stewart
New Hampshire
Wm. B. Chandler
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Jersey
J. R. McPherson
James Smith, Jr
New York
Edward Murphy, Jr
North Carolina
M. W. Ransom
Thomas J. Yarryis
North Dakota
H. C. Hansbrough
William N. Roach
Ohio
Calvin
Brice
Oregon
Roger Q. Mills
Vermont
Justin S. Morrill
Redfield Proctor
Virginia
Eppa Hunton
Washington
Watson C. Squire
West Virginia
Charles J. Faulkner
J. N. Camden
Wisconsin
John L. Mitchell
Wyoming
Joseph M. Carey
Georgia
O. A. Bacon
Patrick Walsh
Iowa
John H. Gear
James F. Wilson
Thomas
Martin
Rhode Island
George Peabody Wetmore
Nathan F. Dixon
Mississippi
Edward C. Walthall
A. J. McLauren
Cleveland
Harrison
Weaver
California
Connecticut
Colorado
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Idaho
Kansas
Massachusetts
Missouri
Michigan
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Malden Letter Carrier Hall Faces Charges Over Mail Waste
Frederick S. Hall, a Malden letter carrier held on $1000 bond for discarding mail on his route, cites heavy workload and belief circulars were useless. He may lose his job and face fines or imprisonment. Postmaster Sampson and others deny A P A involvement, stating the act was not influenced by the party.
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Malden
Frederick S. Hall
Hall
Sampson
Extra Coal Train Jumps Rail At Wakefield
An extra coal train shifted between Wakefield mainlines this afternoon, jumped the iron, and derailed several cars, blocking both tracks and delaying inbound and outbound trains for over an hour. No injuries reported. damage mainly to coal cars, wrecking trains dispatched from Lawrence and Boston.
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Wakefield
Lawrence
Boston
New Bedford Schooner Reports Wreckage South of Montauk
The schooner Lewis K. Cottingham arrived from Philadelphia and passed wreckage thirty five miles south south west of Montauk. Passengers and crew reported seeing the vessel’s house with a yellow painted roof.
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New Bedford
Mass
Lewis K. Cottingham
Philadelphia
Montauk
Trains Delayed in Chelsea After Freight Car Wreck
Passenger trains on the Boston and Maine line through Chelsea were delayed for several hours last evening due to a wrecked freight car.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Chelsea
Mayor Strong’s term extended to 1997 under amended constitution
New York reports Mayor-elect Strong will serve until December 31, 1997 under the new constitutional amendment. By May 1, 1998 he may transfer police department control to the Republicans if he chooses.
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New York
Strong
Capire
Republican Vote Gains Sweep Eastern Middle and Western States
The article notes massive Republican gains exceeding a million votes across Eastern, Middle, and Western states with over 1,500,000 voters changing affiliations when Southern state results are included. It warns of forthcoming shifts in city departments and boards under a new mayor by May 1897 and cites a Republican plurality of 1,114 15,717.
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United States
Maine
Vermont
Governor's four-city plurality leads the race nationwide
The candidate carried Boston Holyoke Chicopee and Pittsfield with 378 votes in those cities. Greenhalge led in the remaining 26 cities by 29 916 giving a net plurality of 26 183. Taylor Socialist Labor candidate totals list multiple small city votes. Total vote 1614.
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Boston
Holyoke
Chicopee
Pittsfield
Greenhalge
Waltham
Woburn
Worcester
Taylor
Brockton
Cambridge
Chelsea
Everett
Haverhill
Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Governor Greenhalge Wins Noted Plurality Amid Reporting Disputes
The governor race results show Greenhalge with the largest plurality since 1872, though wire storms caused conflicting tallies from 63,749 to 67,917. Richardson and Taylor polled under three percent, Carver carried one town, and death in Allentown recalls baseball star Kelly’s illness with funeral arrangements in flux.
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Greenhalge
New England Associated Press
Washburn
Claflin
Grant
Russell
Boston
Richardson
Taylor
Socialist Labor
Carver
Reform Limits in City Government Under Present Charter
Mr. Strong notes no change in the city charter is expected, but reforms hinge on new legislation. He cites ex Mayor Hewitt admitting current laws limit reform efforts and predicts a draft law to empower the Mayor will be prepared and released soon.
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Strong
Hewitt
Russell to Greenhalge congratulates re election
John E. Russell of Leicester writes Governor Greenhalge congratulating him on re election and noting a poll shortfall due to a storm. He recalls a civil and kind sentiment and expresses best wishes for the governor.
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Greenhalge
John E. Russell
Leicester
Frederic T. Greenhalge
Vote Totals for Thirty Commonwealth Cities
The article tabulates the total vote of the thirty cities of the Commonwealth. It notes the Democratic lead and presents the overall turnout and party distribution across the urban centers.
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Commonwealth
Memorial of a renowned ballplayer Michael J. Kelly dies in Boston
Michael J. Kelly, famed as the South End and Congress Street ball crowd idol, died last evening at the Emergency Hospital of pneumonia at 9:55 p m. He traveled from New York to Boston ill and spent four days in bed before passing away after a strenuous fight battling breathing difficulties and oxygen support.
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John L. Sullivan
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New York
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Mr. Kelly
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Galvin
Reed May Have Trouble in Beat for House Speaker
Washington observers see Reed as likely next Speaker but warn a large Republican majority could spark factional opposition. Reed has moderated tariff views and may avoid appointing a chair who shares McKinley’s radical stance. Western Republicans may resist his silver stance while Burrows Payne and Dalzell vie for seniority to loom as potential chairmen. Crisp leads the minority after Reed.
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Reed
McKinley
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
House
Payne
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Crisp
Slade Rep Claims Victory Margin Corrected
Fall River Nov 8 David F Slade Republican candidate for the General Court from the thirteenth Bristol district asks papers to correct a dispatch claiming Biltcliffe won He led Biltcliffe by 489 votes and Marston by 343 votes in the district including Slade’s decisive plurality over both opponents.
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Fall River
David F. Slade
General Court
Bristol
Biltcliffe
Slade
Mr. Marston
Lynn women voters clash over registration sessions
The Lynn Equal Woman Suffrage Club and the Board of Registrars dispute municipal election registration dates. The club secretary sent registration postals while the board claims sessions are not set for that day. Judge Berry backs the women, likely to compel a session on the club’s date.
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Woman Suffrage Club of
Lynn
Board of Registrars
Berry
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