Ministers Called to Account by Interdenominational Society
The Interdenominational Association of Colored Preachers at Ebenezer Church charges Rev H C C Astwood of Cambridge A M E and Rev Peter Stanford of Garrison Memorial Boston with disobedience. They are summoned to answer at the next meeting over objections to printed references in a paper on a city home for fallen colored women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interdenominational Association of Colored Preachers
Ebenezer Church
West Springfield Street
H. C. C. Astwood
Cambridge A. M. E
Peter T. Stanford
Garrison Memorial Church
Boston
Astwood
Mr. Astwood
Boston Courant
Astwoood
Peter Stanford
President's Message Hint Retire Securities for Gold
Washington November 10 unofficial reports say the President will again recommend retiring legal tender notes to prevent speculators from draining the Treasury of gold. The revenue failure is blamed on the tariff law operating during a long business slowdown amid currency depreciation fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Post Office Salaries Delayed As Election Causes Hold Up
Post office workers report delayed pay due to election-related signings in Washington. Clerks in the head office are allowed to vote and may have caused a Sunday payment date, with checks expected to arrive locally today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Sam
Department
Treasury
Post Office
Post
Washington
Norton's Bad Checks
A telegram from Chicago reports Frank K Norton, a traveling salesman from Boston, is detained in Cleveland at the central police station charged with passing forged checks. Several bogus checks were found on him. Norton blames drink and claims Massachusetts family background. Fred A Norton of Charlestown, a Boston directory seller with a similar name, was confirmed safe at home.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Frank K. Norton
Boston
Central Police Station
Norton
Massachusetts
Fred A. Norton
Charlestown
Tucker's Frenzy Ends in Double Tragedy in Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington on November 10 a prominent physician J S Winter mute was shot by S S Tucker who then killed himself. Witnesses say Tucker, plagued by insanity, accused the doctor of malpractice after his treatment.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. S. Wintermute
Ss. S. Tucker
Tucker
Murphy Convicted for Assault on Children in Cambridge
In Middlesex Superior Criminal Court at Cambridge James P Murphy was found guilty of assaulting his children and sentenced to a term of three to five years in State prison. He lived on Porter Street and three months earlier choked an infant child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Cambridge
James P. Murphy
Murphy
Porter Street
Steamer Avonmore Aboard Fire Reported At Sea
London dispatch says the British steamer Avonmore bound from Galveston to Bremen arrived Liverpool after a fore hold fire. The Norwegian bark Midas from Chatham arrived Londonderry carrying Captain Sivertsen and six crew from the abandoned Kalliope with voyage details.
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London
Galveston
Bremen
Liverpool
Midas
Chatham
N. B
Londonderry
Sivertsen
Kalliope
Bay Verte
Hull
Treasury Faces Currency Shortage and Beer Tax Talk
The Treasury reports a growing gold balance while currency for exchange is scarce with only 13,343,000 silver certificates left. A possible beer tax rise from 1 to 2 per barrel is floated, backed by Commissioner Miller as deficits mount and Carlisle prepares his annual report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Treasury
Carlisle
Miller
Cambridge Aldermen Hear Petition to Rebuild Brookline Street Bridge
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen spent two hours hearing petitioners and remonstrants on rebuilding the Brookline street bridge. Sumner C Higgins attacked Mayor Quincy of Boston as a lifelong politician and hinted at bike groups asserting influence in the bridge issue. Quincy urged reworking the West Boston bridge first and questioned funds for a new link from Magazine street to Brighton. D A Buckley defended Quincys stance on the Magazine street bridge. The city physician Edward E Spencer resigned, and Mrs Margaret M Russell received resolutions on her late husband Governor William F E Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Brookline Street
Sumner C, Higgins
Quincy
Boston
Maganzine Street
Bancroft
Magazine Street
Edward E. Spencer
Margaret M. Russell
William FE. Russell
Painter Instantly Killed in 211 Kneeland St Accident
James Smith a 50 year old painter died after a scaffold collapse at 211 Kneeland Street. Fellow workman George H. Noyes was severely injured with scalp wounds and a severe shock. The two men were on a building occupied by flour merchant W A Beattie when the improvised scaffolding gave way. Both men fell about thirty feet to the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Kneeland Street
George H. Noyes
W. A. Beattey
Smith
Noyes
Armenian Massacre Report From Asia Minor
Despatches from Constantinople report that Turks plunder Feverek in Kaisarieh district killing 10 Armenian residents and burning about fifty houses. Images of violence underscore the ongoing ethnic violence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Kaiserieh
Asia Minor
Feverek
Verro Plans US Tour To Organize Italian Socialists
Signor Verro, convicted for involvement in the Sicilian rising, starts for the United States at the invitation of Italian Socialists in America. He will visit New York Boston and Philadelphia to organize Italian Socialist residents of those cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
America
Signor Verro
United States
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Boston Art Exhibition Opens at Allston Hall
The seventeenth annual exhibition of the Boston Art Association is now on in Allston Hall and will open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily until November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Art Association
Allston Hall
Child pianist Celia Solomon features at Camp 51 program
Miss Celia Solomon the young pianist and Conservatory student gave a standout recital at Post 7 Hall Washington Street hosted by Charlies Russell Lowell Camp 51. Her technique impressed a large audience lingering after the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Solomon
The
Conservatory of Music
Post 7 Hall
Washington Street
Charlies Russell Lowell
Stylish Shoplifter Nabs Silk From Shepard Norwell Store
A fashionably dressed individual was arrested yesterday by Inspectors Knox and Douglass. She claimed the name Mrs. Kate Thompson and residence 7 Shawmut Avenue. Charges include stealing fourteen yards of silk from Shepard Norwell & Co and glassware from R H White & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Douglass
Kate Thompson
Shawmut Avenue
Shepard, Norwell & Co
R. H. White & Co
Regular Royal Arcanum Meeting Discusses Electricity
The Royal Arcanum Club held its regular monthly meeting and dinner last evening at Young's Hotel. President Victor J. Loring presided with C. K E. Kimball as secretary. Speakers included Samuel L. Powers N. L. Allen M. D. and Robert D. Nixon M. D.
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Royal Arcanum Club
Young's Hotel
Victor J. Loring
C. K E. Kimball
Samuel L. Powers
N. L. Allen
M. D
Robert D. Nixon
New York Horse Show Opens Amid Fashionable Buzz
The second day at Madison Square Garden draws high society to the national horse show with royal and elite spectators. Prince Louis of Savoy visits, the Belmont box draws attention, and a gala night showcases brilliant costumes plus awards in ponies and hackneys.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Schuylers
Hamiltons
Livingstones
Belmonts
Duncans
Heckschers
Hollisters
Kernochans
Carrolls
Newbolds
Riverses
Edgars
de Witts
Castors
Kips
Traverses
Bronsons
Winthrops
Sturgises
Whitneys
Laights
Iselins
Kanes
Morgans
Crugers
Beekmans
Leroys
Tiffanys
Wetmores
Morrises
H. R. H. Prince Louis of
Savoy
Duc d’Abruzzia
Cornelius Fellowes
Mr. Hollister
Baroness de Seilliere
Duncan Elliott
Royal Phelps Carroll
James Bh. Kerneehan
Marion Story
Belmont Tiffany
Egerton Winthrop
Tom Hitchcock, Jr
Sidney Dillon Ripley
H. B
Princess
Langton
Fred C. Stevens
Attica
N. Y
Prince Victor
J. H. Donnelly
Housatonic
Mass
Oliver H. B. Belmont
Richard Carman
E. W. Twaddle
Devon
Penn
Rickell
E. D. Jourdan
Boston
Chancellor III
Prescott Lawrence
Newport
H. G
R. Cheney
South Manchester
Conn
Pinta
Baron LeGhant
United States
Flower
George J. Gould
W. E. D. Stokes
William C. Whitney
A. J. Cassatt
G. P. Morrisini
Benjamin F. Tracy
Mounted Park Police
Newton to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Eliot’s Indian Work
Newton observes the 20th anniversary of Rev. John Eliot’s civilizing and Christianizing the Indians of New England begun at Nonantum on October 20, 1646. A city committee led by Mayor Cobb will host 3 PM exercises at Town Hall with speakers Rev. William H. Davis and John I. Prince. An evening Eliot Church service features Hon. William Everett delivering an oration on Life and Work of Eliot.
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Newton
Orate
John Eliot
New England
Nonantum
Henry E. Cobb
William H. Davis
Eliot Church
John I. Prince
Benjamin ¥. McDaniel
William Everett
Eliot
Sentenced at Cambridge for fraud and break-ins
In Cambridge Superior Criminal Court Herman R. Robbins of Boston pleaded guilty to using fraudulent cigars trademarks and was fined 100 dollars. Other Cambridge defendants include Walter Garrity and Philip Mullen for breaking and entering at Concord reformatories, with McCarthy, Hughes, Lavery, Donovan, Gabree also noted for related offenses and sentences.
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Cambridge
Herman R. Robbins
Cambridge Street
Boston
Walter Garrity
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Philip Mullen
William McCarthy
Concord Reformatory
Joseph Hughes
Ashland
Frank A. McHeffy
Holliston
Paul Lavery
Malden
House of Correction
Dennis Donovan
Lowell
Nelson Gabree
Linen stolen from Stoughton Hall at Harvard College
A large quantity of linen was stolen from Stoughton Hall Harvard College yesterday. The laundress placed the articles in a bundle near the side entrance and it disappeared within moments. The bundle included bed clothing and various wearing apparel items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoughton Hall
Harvard College
Not Guilty Shown in Embezzlement Trial
Edwin Waite was found not guilty in Municipal Criminal Court of embezzling 3410 held in trust under Mrs. Elvira B. Conant's will for Walter W. Conant. Judge Brown ruled Waite did not embezzle and retained trustee status with the trust funds, noting investment actions and statute of limitations.
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Municipal Criminal Court
Brown
Edwin Waite
Elvira B. Conant
Randolph
Walter W. Conant
Waite
F. H. Williams
A. Reed
Waite, Willams & Co
Pension Granted to Veteran Policeman Franklin S. French
Patrolman Franklin S. French, on duty at police headquarters, has been retired on a pension of $600 per annum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin S. French
Death by Morphine Ends Life of Local Man Humbert
The body of William H. Humbert was found in Franklin Square at dawn by a policeman. A letter indicates he took six grains of morphine and asks to send his body to Fred Briggs at Tinkham's and notify his wife in Lynn Massachusetts. The victim, once a professional baseball shortstop, had been involved in a dispute with the West End Street Railway Company and may have acted after a head injury and delayed damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Humbert
Little Park
Franklin Square
Fred Briggs
Tinkham’s
Howard Street
Essex Street
Lynn
Mass
James Daynor
Charlotte Street
St. John
N. B
W. H. Seeley
Seeley
Humbert
Swain
West End Street Railway Company
Boston
Chicago
Big verdict against Everett in Middlesex civil suit
A verdict of 8136.92 was awarded against the city of Everett in favor of William J. Pratt in the Middlesex Superior Civil Court at Cambridge yesterday. Judge Bond presiding. The American Wringer Company, Boston, advertised wringers and Bissell sweepers with repair services.
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City of
Everett
Wiliam J. Pratt
Middlesex
Cambridge
Bond
American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornhill
Boston
Tremont
Prosperity Returns to Lowell Industry After Election
Post election McKinley victory sparks revival in Lowell and nearby. The Tremont and Suffolk Company mill, Fifield Tool Works, Talbot Mills, Abbot woollen mills, and William Moore’s mills resume full operation. About 1000 new jobs forecast as orders rise and workers return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
McKinley
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Tremont & Suffolk Company
Fifield Tool Company
Talbot Mills
North Billerica
Abbot Woollen Mills
Graniteville
Forge Village
William Moore
North Chelmsford
Big plan to build four 8000-ton steamers on Pacific route
A San Francisco report describes a proposed trans Pacific steamship line to join with the trans Siberian network as part of a world wide system. Backers include Chicago magnates Marshall Field and E C Potter Co. The plan calls for four 8000 ton twin screw ships at 20 knots carrying freight and passengers, eligible for mail subsidies with routes California to Hong Kong about 7000 miles.
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San Francisco
Pacific Magnificent
United States
Chicago
Marshall Field
New York
E. C. Potter & Co
Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons
California
Hong Kong
Premier Cycle Company to Reorganize and Resume Production
Bridgeport Conn November 10 The Premier Cycle Company now under receiver James C Cassidy of New Jersey says a reorganization will be sought within a week and the receiver discharged by the courts. By mid December the Bridgeport factory should be back in full production.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Premier Cycle Company
James C. Cassidy
New Jersey
Firms Resume Full-Time Work in Decatur Illinois
On November 10 in Decatur Illinois the Chambers Bearing Quiglan firm and F B Tait Co both resumed full time with 100 workers each. The Decatur Furniture Company also hired 100 workers and the Wa pugh railway shops brought back 300 workers after a year of partial or total shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Chambers, Bearing & Quiglan
F. B. Tait & Co
Deecatur Furniture Company
Wapagh
Hampden Mills to Run Full Time with Rush of Orders
Hampden Mills at Hampden near Baltimore, Maryland, prepare to operate full time as election day orders flood in. Spindles will turn out cordage cotton and ducking as fast as machinery can drive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hampden
Business Boom in Newark as McKinley Victory Boosts Factories
Newark November 10 business revival centers on McKinley election. Warwick Stockton Co bicycle parts firm adds 150 workers. Heller Bros fireworks reopens at Forest Hill with expanded staff. Winters Nies horse collar makers double their workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
McKinley
Warwick- Stockton Company
Heller Bros
Forest Hill
Winters & Nies
Pittsburg plate glass plant to reopen November 20
Elwood Indiana reports the Pittsburg plate glass factory will start up in full force on November 20 with 500 men. The Wetherald rolling mill at Frankton will resume in full and the window glass factories will begin soon with a full complement of hands.
Geiser Manufacturing Reopens After Six Week Shutdown
Waynesboro Pennsylvania November 10 The Geiser Manufacturing Company employing five hundred men started up yesterday after being shut down about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Penn
Geiser Manufacturing Company
West Albany car shops to resume full-time operations
Rail workers in the West End celebrate the return to full operation at the West Albany car shops. It is understood the Boston and Albany shops at East Albany will also switch to full-time work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
West End
West Albany
Boston & Albany
East Albany
Reply from Century Editor Over Story Angers South Boston
The South Boston Citizens' Association protests the October Century story Little Fool as slanderous. Rev. George reports Gilder's reply says no editorial harm intended and the author may respond, but locals deem the note insulting and demand a real apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
George
Century Magazine
Citizens’ ’Association
Richard Watson Gilder
Sir
Johnson
R. W. Gilder
Boston
Burglary at Tremont Street Home Hits $509 Loss
A flat-worker robbed the Tremont Street residence of Albert A. Ashley and wife last Saturday. Entry was by a false key and the thief left with jewelry valued at $509. Inspector Tryder leads the investigation as police review the case.
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Tremont Street
Tryder
Albert A. Ashley
Ashley
Brockton Man Sentenced for Stealing Teams in Two Cities
In Plymouth Superior Court William Harper of Fall River received two years in the House of Correction for stealing teams in Brockton and Plymouth. John W. Burnham of Brockton was convicted of forgery. Elizabeth McManus and Margaret Frawley of Brockton were found guilty of liquor nuisance with fines set at $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
William Harper
Fall River
Brockton
House of Correction
John W. Burnham
Elizabeth McManus
Margaret Frawley
Aldermen Endorse Gas Plant Inquiry and Schedule Request
In Waltham on November 10 the Aldermen backed a special committee's recommendation to authorize the mayor to ask the local gas company to file a plant schedule with the city clerk within thirty days. An order to this effect was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Dr Fred H L Crockett Buried In Norway Maine
Dr Fred HL Crockett of Newton Massachusetts was buried in Norway Maine today. A 33d degree Mason he formerly served as master of Oxford Masonic Lodge and was a widely known former resident.
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Norway
Fred HL Crockett
Newton
Mass
Oxford Masonic Lodge
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Reid
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Dorchester
Jane B
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