Reform Club Dinner Highlights Bay State Congressmen
The Massachusetts Reform Club hosted a dinner with Congressmen W S Knox William C Lovering and Reverend Samuel J Barrows plus Charles Co Jackson. Knox praised civil service reform and independent voting praising Cleveland and warned against free trade and free silver while urging a moderate tariff and sound money.
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Massachusetts Reform Club
Young
Bay State
Charles Francis Adams
W. S. Knox
William C. Lovering
Rising Sun
Morse
Samuel J. Barrows
Harrison H. Atwood
Charles Co. Jackson
Knox
National Democrats
Cleveland
Chicago
Reform Club
Surplus Goods Liquidation Sale Announced
All surplus lots and duplicates from the third and fourth floors are moved to the huge retail rooms for convenient purchase. The sale is described as unmatched and highly satisfactory to patrons.
Record Sale Clears Stock Across Two Floors
A store reports a record sale over four weeks and notes no stock shortage due to ample reserves. All remaining stock has been moved to two lower floors and offered without reserve at the same low prices as the past month.
Four Headed Venezuela Treaty Basis Outlined in London
The Chronicle reports a four head summary of a proposed Anglo Venezuelan treaty to settle the boundary dispute. It covers arbitration tribunal makeup with US and UK justices and a fifth jurist, a potential Swedish king as fallback, and rules guiding findings including a fifty year prescription and settlers rights.
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London
the Chronicle
Venezuela
Great Britain
United States of America
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court of Great Britain
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Court of
United Netherlands
Kingdom of Spain
Guiana
Olney
Julian Pauncefote
Startling Weakness Revealed In Texas After Brooklyn Yard Accident
New York reports a court of inquiry into the battleship Texas at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is held behind closed doors amid claims of critical structural weakness. Witnesses describe light bulkheads that leak under pressure, doors that fail to seal, and water penetrating the cellular system, with water spreading despite the magazine being separated by a bulkhead.
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New York
Texas
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Plucky Conductor Kicked by Shock Keeps Driving
James Walsh, a Pearl Street electric car conductor in Cambridge, suffered a severe electric shock when a trolley pole detached from the wire about 5 30 in the evening. He was knocked senseless but revived and continued taking fares.
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Walsh
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
James Walsh
Pearl Street
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Hangs Self In New Hampshire
In Woodsville New Hampshire Herbert R Ash of Lyman shot his wife Ella then killed himself after sending a note to his brother via their daughter. Mrs Ash died instantly from a head wound. Ash was found hanged in the barn with a loaded revolver. Motive jealousy. Both about forty.
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Woodsville
N. H
Herbert R. Ash
Lyman
Ella
Ash
Spy Jones Identified In New York As Irish Informer
The New York Irish community denounces a spy named Merrick Jones after London despatches reveal his role in the supposed Irish freedom movement. Former associates identify him, noting his five years in the Gaelic society and access to the inner circle.Irish leaders dismiss the tale as English fabrication and warn of potential perjured testimony.
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New York
London
Ireland
Merrick Jones
Secret Revolutionary Society
Freedom of Ireland
Jones
Suicide in North Saugus Found Near Ziegled Phillips Estate
A yet unidentified man was found dead Friday in a secluded clump of trees on the Ziegled Phillips estate near the ro in North Saugus. Authorities say circumstances strongly indicate self-inflicted wound to the temple. The body was discovered about forenoon and the case continues on page 2.
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North
Saugus Woods
Lynn
Saugus
Ziegled Phillips Estate
Entra Nice Overcoats Advertised Featuring Fine Meltons
The notice promotes Entra Nice Overcoats made from top Melton and Kersey fabrics with permanent colors and durable interiors. It highlights versatile box and figure shaped cuts, silk velvet collars, wide sleeves, inseparable buttons, and careful construction. Illustrations are drawn on premises.
Woolsey Rejects US Change in Venezuelan Dispute Bluff
Yale Professor Theodore Woolsey maintains the United States bears no stake in the Venezuela boundary dispute and calls President Cleveland’s arbitration move a bluff. He notes England’s naval advantage and cautions the public not to overestimate American naval strength.
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New Haven
Conn
Theodore
Woolsey
Yale University
United States
England
Cleveland
Venezuela
Mrs Vanderbilt Fortune Leaves Relatives Major Share
Chauncey M. Depew filed the late Mrs William H Vanderbilt will with the surrogate. The will bequeaths 250 dollars to St Bartholomews Church wardens and vestrymen for investment and church use. The remainder of about 1 1 million is left mainly to her relatives.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
William H. Vanderbilt
St. Bartholomew's Church
Not Guilty of Manslaughter in Taunton Court
In Taunton Superior Court on November 13, William Butler of New Bedford was found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Pascal Finni, an Italian laborer who had annoyed Butler by shooting.
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Taunton
William Butler
New Bedford
Butler
Pascal Finni
Underground Illicit Distillery Discovered in West End
Boston police and U S revenue officers raided an underground whiskey still in the West End yesterday afternoon. They captured two men and the entire apparatus, arresting the operators as they faced United States Commissioner Fiske. The men, Mayer Markolitz aged 23 of 53 Leverett Street and Davis Cohen aged 40 of 1 Eldredge Place Cheltenham, were identified and brought in for processing.
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Boston
United States Revenue
West End
Nes
United States
Fiske
Mayer Markolitz
Leverett Street
Davis Cohen
Eldredge Place
Chel
Arrests In Alcohol Ring At 14 Willard Street Cellar
In a dark cellar under a tenement at 14 Willard Street officers seized a brand new still as two Hebrews were apprehended early. The pair, married men, were held on $500 bail each by Commissioner Fiske for noon trial. Captain Brown reported the raid and the looted equipment.
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Markolitz
Cohen
Providence
New York
Fiske
Captain Brown
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