Silver Democrats Plan for Klondike Gold Stock Scheme
A Boston led plan seeks to fund a silver Democratic sweep by selling $30 shares in a Klondike venture. Humbert Jr and Col. Downing promote a Dawson City expedition, with one third profits to the firm and a campaign fund from the remaining proceeds to back Massachusetts candidates next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Massachusetts
Pierre Humbert, Jr
Oliver Downing
Democratic Party
Humbert
Repi
New Democracy
Pacific
Aeto
Silver Party
Dawson City
Democratic Club Denounces Silver Campaign Scheme
Officials denounce attempts to link the Massachusetts Democratic Club with a speculative silver venture. Colonel Downing proposes diverting 6 percent of profits to political campaigning while club leaders condemn any mixing of politics and business and urge members not to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Downing
Klondike
Mr. Downing
Hobart
Massachusetts Club
Gee
Kerry
Messrs
Humbert
Downing
Doherty
Massachusetts Democratic Club
States Steamship Company Formed to Serve West Coast
NEW YORK AND SEATTLE Nov 11 The States Steamship Company formed under New Jersey law with 7 million capital. Charles H Cramp named president. It will acquire steamers Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois and Conemaugh from International Navigation and deploy to San Francisco Seattle and St Michaels for Alaska gold fields and Dawson City passengers. The Ohio sails first from Jersey City dock.
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New York
States Steamship Company
New Jersey
Charles H. Cramp
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
International Navigation Comany
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indina
Ilinois
Conemaugh
Cramp
the Waldorf
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Michaels
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Alaska Gold Fields
Dawson City
Philadelphia naturalization frauds grow, DA seeks higher help
District Attorney Beck has asked Washington for assistance in pursuing the recently uncovered naturalization frauds in Philadelphia. He reports the frauds are of gigantic proportions and prefers an authority figure be present during trial. Secretary Gage is notified, and while McKenna may not attend, an official staff member will be present at court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. 8
Beck
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
McKenna
East Boston High School Site Debate Divides Citizens
Interviews with James Smith James Cochran Willard Allen and David Blaney reveal split views on placing a new East Boston high school. Putnam street supporters urge lower costs and central growth while Marion street backers praise accessibility light drainage and three streetcar lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Marion Street
Putnam Street
James Smith
Lexington Street
Marion Lot
Meridian Street
Board of Aldermen
James Cochran
Peale
Princeton Street
Saratoga Street
Willard
Allen
Boston School Board
Princeton
Saratoga
Marion
Eagle Hill
Ward 2
Ward 1
Meridian
Lexington
Bennington Street
David H. Blaney
Tenement Growth and Back Bay Plan Near Marion Street
The district expects population growth from more tenement housing and a future Back Bay like area to be filled with earth from a tunnel. The land will be built upon and the population center will be near the Marion Street school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Street
Tribute to Mr Winsor at Massachusetts Historical Society
The Massachusetts Historical Society held its stated meeting to announce the death of Justin Winsor who recently passed away after presiding at the last meeting. Writings on Winsor’s Harvard Library cartography and maps highlighted his lasting contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Historical Society
S. A. Green
LL. D
Justin Winsor
Do. W. Elot
Winsor
Harvard University
A. B. Hart
W. Goodwin
Riverside police capture counterfeit operator Reed in Harvard chase
In Harvard Bolton Stow and Clinton police pursued a man calling himself John Reed who was using a gambling outfit and counterfeit money. A buggy loaded with cash and equipment was seized while one accomplice fled. Reed faces arraignment in Marlboro District Court after authorities recover over 700 in counterfeit funds from farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Harvard
Bolton
Stow
John Reed
Reed
Banco
Samuel Dixon
Marlboro
Tiger cub gifted to Tammany in New York from New Orleans
Former Mayor Hugh J. Grant receives a Nicaraguan tiger cub from ex-Mayor John Fitzpatrick as a living symbol of the Tammany organization. The 2 12 month old cub is described as playful and will be installed in the Tammany wigwam by request of Grant and John C. Sheehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugh J. Grant
John Fitzpatrick
New Orleans
Grant
John C. Sheehan
Quarantine Lift Restores New York to Memphis Rail Service
Washington reports Hinsisantop quarantine rules lifted against Memphis and the Kansas City Memphis Birmingham railroad resumes train operations. The Pullman sleeping car between New York and Memphis via Atlanta and Birmingham, previously discontinued due to quarantine, will restart service.
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Washington
Memphis
Kansas City,emphis & Birmingham Railroad
New York
Atlanta
Birmingam
Southern Railway
New Englanders Plotted for Klondike Trek This Season
Three thousand people from Boston and nearby New England are expected to go to the Klondike this season. A. W. Ross and associates of the Kootenay Cariboo Mining and Transportation Co. outlined plans for a rapid new route via Telegraph Creek Lewes River and upper Yukon to Dawson City with six steamers for passenger service. The scheme aims to beat the longer traditional route and positions the firm with Dominion government support and Boston figures among its officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Boston
New England
A. W. Ross
Kootenay-Cariboo Mining and Transportation Company
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Yukon
Ross
Toronto
Alaska
Yesterner
West
California
Australia
South Africa
Telegraph Creek
Lake Teslin
Lewes River
Yukon River
Dawson City
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Dominion Government
St. Michaels
Lake
Lewes
Scott Bickford
Bickford, Spear & Co
Congress Street
Charles A. Dustin
Paul M. Richards
Quiet Day on the Water Front with Mixed Fish Trade
The water front reported a quiet day at T wharf with six trips and a total catch of 150000 pounds of mixed fish. The schooner Harry L. Beldon landed 41000 pounds and haddock and cod sold for 350 per hundredweight. A settlement over the Fortuna and Laura L Sprague collision was reached with $1200 paid for services and a substantial amount settled between Fortuna and Briry. A new packet steamer is rumored to be built between Millbridge Maine and this port. Reports show a sharp decline in American square rigged vessels since 1871. News includes death of Captain George L O'Brien and the Clyde Line flag at half mast for Mrs Hattie Cole death. A libel over damages involving the barge R J Ronaldson and tug Peerless is filed in Baltimore.
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T Wharf
Harry L. Beldon
Haddock
Fortuna
Laura L. Sprague
Vineyard Haven
Edward Barry
Sprague
Briry
Millbridge
Roanoke
Arthur Sewall
New York
Honolulu
Hamilton
Yarmouth
3. J. Clark
Princs Edward Island
Emerald Isle
Uruguay
Souris
Prince Edwardsland
George L. O’brien
Ma A. Law
O’brien
Buenos Ayres
Rilo Janeiro
Southampton
Clyde Steamship Line
Delaware Cn
Lewis Wharf
Hattie Cole
Theodore G. Eger
Baltimore
James Ronaldson
R. J. Ronaldson
Peerless
Portamouth
Eastern Bay
Elected Officers of Associated Charities of Boston
The annual meeting at Huntington Hall in the Institute of Technology reported a deficit of 1246.13 dollars for the last year funded from the cash balance. Officers elected include George A. Goddard as treasurer and Pier Whelssworth as assistant treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities of Boston
Huntington Hall
Institute of Technology
George A. Goddard
Pier Whelssworth
Treasur
Amusements Show Busy Boston Week With Opera, Theatre and Vaudeville
The week features Klaw & Erlanger romance A Ward of France at Park and The Girl darken rival teams. Hollis continues Under the Red Robe while Banda Rossa concerts at Music Hall perform Mig non viata and Pagliacci. Aida Cavalleria Rusticana and Verdi Otello themes are planned with Boston composers represented. Bowdoin Square Theatre charity concert and Isabel Pitt Lewis lead an array of attractions at several venues. Other highlights include Terry and Elmer at Howard and Under the Polar Star at Bowdoin Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Park
Hollis
Music Hall
Otelio
Boston
Boston Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Isabel Pitt Lewis
Gran Theatre Stock Company
Palace Theatre
George Marion
Godfrey
Aquarium
Reillys
Sam Lucas
Sidonia
Colonel Austin
Terry
Elmer
the Howard
James J.corbett
Tess
Tremont
Mr. Willard
O“ Physician
Frank McNish
Cain
Keith
Castle Square
Joseph Penepey
Columbia
Austin & Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Birthday Note and Woman's Bible
The piece marks Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 82nd birthday and notes her ongoing work on the Woman's Bible. It recalls a telegram from Theodore Tilton and cites her 1890 Metropolitan Opera House address urging equal church privileges for women alongside men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Theodore Tilton
Pat's
Ife
Summer street merchants plan own bargain car carnival
The Summer street merchants held a second meeting at Morris, Murch & Butler to promote Summer street as a retail centre. Firms in the movement include Morris Murch & Butler Regal Shoe Company Spitz Bros. & Mark Goldsmith Silver & Co Gilbert Brooks & Tebbett E A Crowne & Co French Carriage Co Walter Hatch & Co John D Gilman Hunter & Co Atkinson & Co. They will place a half page ad in the Post Globe Herald Record Journal and Transcript next week to raise public awareness of the shift from wholesale to retail and direct-from-manufacturer savings. Advertising to continue if results justify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Street
Merchants’ Association
Morris, Murch & Butler
Regal Shoe Company
Spitz Bros. & Mark, Goldsmith, Silver & Co
Gilbert, Brooks & Tebbett
Post, Globe, Herald, Record
Journal and Transcript
Iasigi to Hear Sentence for Embezzlement Charges
Former Turkish consul Joseph Iasigi faces sentencing for embezzlement of trust funds. Court attendance is light as two elderly victims decline to travel across the Atlantic to aid the prosecution, one having lost all and the other badly weakened financially by his schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Iasigi
Atlantic
Lasigi
Ogden Little-Walton Nuptials Draw Fashionable Crowd
Miss Ida Gertrude Little, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Son Little, wed Mr Charles Walton Den of New York at Arlington Street Church in a noon ceremony. The bridal party featured four bridesmaids and attendants from Boston New York and Washington. The bride wore white satin with tulle and carried roses. A reception followed at the bride’s Dartmouth Street home and plans to reside in Europe were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Gertrude Little
Johnson Little
Charles Waltonden
New York
Arlington Street
John Mason Little, Jr
Boston
Henry W. Miller
Sherman Day
David H. Taylor
Joseph G. Stout, Jr
Louis G. Smith
Arthur F. Street
Illiam B. Johnston
Washington
Ogden
Guy W. Carry
Rhevy
John Duckson
Henry Mottet
Church of the Holy Union
New York City
Dartmouth Sheet
Europe
Tar Kettle Fire at Commonwealth Avenue Roof Work
A kettle of tar overturned at 267 Commonwealth Avenue around 2 in the afternoon. Dense smoke rose from the blaze and a report of a large fire spread before firemen from Lox 79 arrived and quickly extinguished the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Avenue
Arbitration push in London for Anglo American treaty
Dr. Darby secretary of the Arbitration Alliance presents to Lord Salisbury a memorial backing an Anglo American arbitration treaty with 64 572 signatures attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Navy
Dr. Darby
The
Arbitration Alliance
Lord Salisbury
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Kwikes
Humbert and Downing
Hobart and Doherty
Humbert & Co
Kilby Street
Seyouimmy
Caft-o-yne ‘Ill Co
Feston, Fass
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Mothers of America
Per
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Selier
Nik Geta
MR. Winsor
the Historical Society
TIGER
Tammany
WMC Bell CO
Ged
MR. A. W. Ross
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Zilpha D. Smith
James T. Fields
W. Dewees Roberts
Robert T. Swan
Robert A. Woods
J. Harvey Young
Charles P. Putnam
M. D
Thomas T. Stokes
Ye Igglesworth
Frederick W. Hamilton
Henry B. Going
Herbert B. Howard
Bidward Cummings
Charlies W. Duffield
Paine
Darwin E. Ware
Thomas Doane
Charlestown
Jeffrey R. Brackett
Charles J. Bonaparte
Black Grook
Burlesquers
Tne
Gayety
Gornee
Jant
Bowdoin Square
WM. A. Brady
Nansen
Peary
North
Power OF the Press
P. M
Howard
Jermon
Frank Cushman
America
A. Peerless
Mureal Gay Parisienne
Anna Held
Jessie Millar
Geo
Austin
Tery
Magee
Crimmins
Grand Theatre
K J. Keenan
Grand Theatre Stock Company
Boy Scout
Wood
Border
Iu Ang
Elina
Nover
Ior
Biffin An’ Cowper
Chas. Diamond
Spencer Brothers
Eugene Tompkins
Italian Mutual Relief and Benevolent Society
Park *Orton
Edward EF. Rice
Harvard-Yale
Nicht Bengsfit Mission Church
Maurice Barrymore
Thos. BE. Shay
Frank Keenan
Polly Holmes
Clipr
Girl From
Paris
Joseph Mur
Iasigi
Little
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
ELS & CO
Tremont and
Washington Streets
Charles B. Welles
Clyde Fitch
Frederic Lemaitre
Calle Theatre
Tony Cummings
Tremont St
Cna Eb. Co
Haddon Chambers
Banda Rossa
Isaac B. Rich
WAGI
Empire Theatre Stock Co
Empire Theatre
N. Y
Boston Museum
Charles Froyman
Ustin& Stone
Formin Cocuran
Thauma
Greelan
Mile
Marie Ronzanit
Herr Schultz
Kloindike
Childen
Arthur St Andersey
Crand Opera House
Kirke la Sbelle
Mats
James J. Corbett
Saenenmembee of Theats
Eaton & Weathers
Clored Sports CO
White Elephant Extravagansa Uo
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