Port Arthur Falls to Japanese Forces amid Chinese Retreat
Shanghai reports say Port Arthur was taken by Japanese with no Chinese resistance after short bombardment. Chinese commanders abandoned forts on Nov 6. Despatches note Japanese success at Talien Wan and Kin Chow, with low Chinese losses. Washington confirms Kin Chow and Talien Wan fallen, and British fleet eyes Chusan occupation.
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London
Shanghai
Port Arthur
Taku
Pekin
Tokio
Ito Hyobumi
Talien Wan
Talien Wan Bay
Wei Hai el
Fusan
Corea
Tong Haks
Kyong Sang Do
Washington
Kin Chow
Legation
Hiroshima
Oyama
England
Fremantle
Chusan
Caroline
Porpoise
New England Retail Fish Dealers' Association Formed in Boston
Boston fish dealers adjourned meeting at Pythian Hall reorganized into the New England Retail Fish Dealers' Association under Massachusetts law. William Stopford of Beverly elected president with officers and directors from Boston and surrounding towns. Membership limited to retail dealers. wholesalers barred. No action on the Atwood & Co. boycott. it remains unchanged.
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Boston
Pythian Hall
Washington Street
New England
C. L. Barnes
Richard Wood
James Ralph
J. H. Wiley
R. C. Starks
Charlestown
William H. Barnes
R. K F. Dodge
Peabody
J. M. Ryder
A. M. Fitts
South Framingham
James O’brien
Warren Crosby
Warren Frisby
Thomas Crosby
Boston Highlands
M. W. Freeman
Wiliam Fallon
Jamaica Plain
Commission House of Atwood & Co
Long Wharf
Atwood & Co
The Arbitration Plan. No East Response Yet
Washington scene notes the absence of official comment from the East as discussions on the arbitration plan proceed. The piece questions China’s true aims and potential concessions amid stalled replies and uncertain timelines.
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East
China
China Japan Indemnity Talks Stand Amid Great Britain Link
Reported state department notes say China and Japan may respond by Wednesday on hostilities and indemnity terms. Britain seeks a say in peace terms and may oppose large customs hikes that would affect its exports. Japan reportedly demands about 100 million dollars, while China favors no more than 50 million.
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State Department
China
Japan
Great Britain
Oak Hall Offers Holiday Menswear Bargains in Boston
Oak Hall announces wide winter stock with sleighing capes from 6 to 15 dollars and ULSTERS including imported Irish frieze at 35 dollars. One hundred odd vests from 3 to 100 dollars and fifty house coats in various sizes. Sixty pairs of misfit trousers from 3.50 to 9 dollars. G W Simmons & Co, 82 to 44 North St, Boston, claim lower prices and quality work.
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Oak Hall
G. W. Simmons & CO
North St
Boston
Man Struck by Employee With Crowbar in Boston Assault
Edward Linehan, a 21 year old worker, attacked foreman Thomas F. Tighe Jr. with a crowbar on a Somerville job at the Battery wharf. Tighe lies in peril at his father's Somerville home after receiving four intracranial hemorrhages. Police across Somerville, Boston, Cambridge and Waltham search for Linehan, described as fair complexioned, 5 6, 135 pounds, last seen near Tremont Row.
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Thomas F. Tighe, Jr
Webster Avenue
Somervile
Boston
Mr. Tighe
Old Battery
Merchants & Miners’ Transportation Company
Edward Linehan
Linehan
Somerville
Tighe
Herbert Kane
John Murphy
Water Street
Cambridge
Waltham
John F
William Couch
Bell
Boston Mayor pushes single head for fire department
Mayor Matthews urges abolition of the Board of Fire Commissioners and placing the Boston fire department under a single administrator directly responsible to him. He cites rising costs and governance concerns amid a petition from major merchants. The message, dated Nov 12 1894, details expenditures and population growth, arguing reform is needed and the change requires city council action.
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Matthews
Boston Fire Department
Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Boston
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Asell
Fire Department
Board of Commissioners of Public Institutions
Boston Water Board
N. Matihews
Ninth Regiment Drills At East Newton Armory Bazaar
The House of the Good Shepherd committee transforms the East Newton Street armory into a festive drill hall with national flags and Star Spangled decor. The Ninth Regiment trains tonight for the bazaar benefit while events and entertainments lead to prize draws and a grand piano and diamond ring contest. Shreve Crump Low donate a cane as a prize, overseen by Mr. Martin Fay.
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House of the Good Shepherd
East
Newton Street
All Nations
J. L. Renaud
R. H. White & Co
Nanno Holland
Peter Callaghan
South Boston
Charlestown Dramatic Club
Shreve, Crump & Low
Martin Fay
Snow Forecast For New England and Eastern New York
Fore cast for Tuesday shows increasing cloudiness and snow in New England and eastern New York with steadily rising temperatures and stronger southerly winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
Arrested man Richard Mack linked to Kudson street shooting
Richard Mack, the arrestee who wounded two boys with pistol bullets on Kudson street Saturday night, has not been identified by police as a known criminal. Henry Ryan, arrested for allegedly recovering a stolen watch Mack discarded, was seen recently at Union station begging, while the watch owner remains at large. The Squerican Wringer Co. advertises wringers, mangles and sweepers with mail order and repair services from 13 and 15 Broadway Extension.
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Richard Mack
Kudson Street
Henry Ryan
Mack
Union Station
Squerican Wringer Co
Broadway
Tremont
J. A. Belano Launched At Port Clyde by Washburn Bros
The three masted schooner J. A. Belano of 500 tons was launched at Port Clyde marine railway. Captain J. W. Cook of Somerville, Massachusetts will command the vessel.
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Thomaston
Washburn Bros. & Co
Port Clyde Marine Railway
J. A. Belano
J. W. Cook
Somerville
Mass
Aldermanic Session on Brookline Gas Light Profit
The Brookline Gas Light Company reported to the Aldermen that since the city contract date no profit justifying city participation had been earned. A 2 percent dividend was paid July 15, 1893, but none since. the company argues city benefit came from gas price reductions. The communication was ordered printed and sent to the next meeting. Alderman Hallstram presented a petition.
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Brookline Gas Light Company
Hallstram
Populists Nominate Bertram Sparhawk for Waltham Mayor
In Waltham the Populists select Bertram Sparhawk as mayoral candidate. Their platform demands an eight hour day for $2, adoption of referendum and initiative, and a liquor inspector for sale in Waltham. The city previously backed Isaac W. Skinner with 1111 votes, and Populists claim Sparhawk will win.
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Waltham
Bertram Sparhawk
Isaac W. Skinner
Sparhawk
Recount Petitions Filed in Multiple Districts
City clerk records recount requests from M J McEttrick for the tenth congressional district and from Fuller Cronan Coakley and Baker for the eighth senatorial district. Bartlett Bullard and O Voole seek the nineteenth representative district recount with Cram and Gordon in the twentieth and G H Wentworth in the twenty fifth. Recounts start this morning.
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M. J. McEttrick
Fuller
Cronan
Coakley
Baker
Bartlett, Bullard
O’voole
Cram
Gordon
G. H. Wentworth
Gor man backs mayor bid at Wilbur House
A meeting of prominent Democrats in Wilbur House parlors pledged support for Councilman A P Gorman who has decided to run for mayor of Fall River.
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Fall River
Wilbur House
A. P. Gorman
Blair Says A P A Support Unknown to Him
In Manchester on November 12 Senator Blair states he does not know if the A P A backs him. He says if they do, he is glad for his life-long record and insists he has no personal tie to the order nor has he given or asked for any pledges or promises of support.
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Manchester
N. H
Blair
Order
Contested NY Assembly Constitution Questioned by Democrats
Albany November 12. Governor Flower Senator Hill and Senator Murphy with local Democrats announce they will challenge in court the constitutionality of the Assembly elected last Tuesday. They argue the 150 member Assembly and 50 Senator body cannot perform any duties next year under the new constitution which takes effect January 1.
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Albany
Flower
Hill
Murphy
Morton Reports 19 790 Election Expenses
Albany November 12 Governor elect Morton filed with the Secretary of State a sworn statement showing his total election expenses amounted to 19 790 dollars.
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Albany
N. Y
Morton
Secretary of State
Tariff Reformer Wilson Addresses Boston Audience
The Hon. William L. Wilson spoke at the Peoples Temple on Berkeley Street on the topic New Problems That Beset Popular Government. He denounced corporations as grasping and selfish, argued democracy as the world’s government, and stressed growth of free government through knowledge.
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William L. Wilson
People’s Temple
Berkeley Street
William E. Russell
Mr. Wilson
United States
Wilson
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Boston Clothing Co
Washington, T
Battery Wharf
Charles R. Codman
Marlboro Street
Committee On
Old State House
Bostonian Society
Lomasney
Hallstrom
West Roxbury
Presho
Rapid Transit Commission
Charles River
Good Shepherd Bazaar
Ares
Brookline Gas Company
Vermont
Garret
Gellar
Kor
Kc.y &C
Uc.y
Kos &c
C. H. Robinson & CO
Dock Sq
Washington St
Whole New York Assembly
Boston Lunch Company
Fisher Ames
Thomas Jefferson
Carlyle
Europe
Democratic Party
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Paine’s Furniture CO
Canal ST
Glenwood
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