Ashport Denies Bribe Money Testimony in Brockton Probe
Brockton hearing reveals Officer Ashport denying bribe claims while detailing anonymous letters, altered duties, and raids. Mayor Whipple and Marshal Chase face scrutiny as Warfield sermon heights tension. testimonies cover Parker and O Keefe cases, with city politics and ethics under fire.
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Brockton
Police Department
Committee On Police Investigation
Lexon
Rapp
Harris
Mayor Whipple
Chairman Rapp
Bixby
Warfield
G. K. Webber
Ashport
Ward
Keith
Whipple
McGunnizie
Clover Club
Parker
Boyden
Parker’s
Howe
Messrs
Reed
Russell Case
Marshal Chase
Wendall Reed
Ragan Onne
Aidan
Aarts
Kingman
Appleton
Jenks
Investigation Board
Explosions at Pacific Mills Kill Thomas Conlin
In Lawrence on November 15 machinist Thomas H. Conlin, 39, was instantly killed at the Pacific Mills print works when a steam chest exploded. A fragment struck him on the left temple as the chests shifted six inches from the blast. Investigators suspect excessive steam pressure caused the accident. Conlin was unmarried.
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Lawrence
Thomas H. Con+lin
Pacific Mills
Conlin
California Winter Tours Announced By Raymond Whitcomb
The third in a series of grand winter Pacific Coast trips departs Boston on Tuesday December 10. The route runs via Boston & Albany New York Central and Michigan Central to Chicago with a day at the Auditorium, then Rock Island and Santa Fe routes through Kansas City to Santa Fe. Elegant vestibule palace trains with dining cars promise comfort and luxury on the continental journey. Additional tours and dates offered. free circulars available from Raymond Whitcomb 26 Washington Street Boston.
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Pacific Coast
Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb
Boston
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Michigan
Central Lines
Chicago
Auditorium
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Kansas City
California
Raymond& Whitcomb
Washington Atrest
School Street
Woollen goods improve as lumber lags in Boston
Bradstreet’s notes irregular general trade with weaker iron and steel prices and a soft spot in lumber at Boston while woollen goods rise in demand. Railroad earnings improve overall with October gains. banking clearings rise and industrial output shows mixed signals across regions. Cotton and wheat exports stay firm though Texas cotton crop tightens rail movement.
Record Pig Iron Gain Meets Slump in Demand
Dun's report notes pig iron output for the week ending Nov 1 at 217,306 tons, a new high, with six weeks of similar output planned. Despite rising production, demand for iron and steel products falls, prices drop 2.7 percent in the week and 6.4 percent from the peak, and many works close or reduce wages. Wool and cotton sectors face shifts from rising clay worsted prices to heavy wool imports, while domestic trade shows 17 percent higher clearance but lagging 1992 levels. Railroads earn 2.6 percent more than last year. failures total 283 in the past week.
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Gulf States
Texas
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Orient
Portland
Tacoma
United States
Montreal
Canadian Dominion
Quebec
Toronto
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Dominion
DUN
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Bessemer
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Canada
No Third Term, His Logical Successor
President Cleveland has decided not to accept a third nomination for the presidency, despite party pressure. Democratic leaders cite his stand against debased currency and tariff reform as reasons for renomination, yet he and his closest friends believe he will retire from active politics. Rumors place William C. Whitney as a possible successor, with the next Democratic nominee expected to fully align with Cleveland’s policies on silver, tariff, civil service, and foreign policy. The piece notes local losses in Maryland and Kentucky as temporary, and suggests a Southern Republican may be tapped for vice president to broaden leadership.
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Washington
Cleveland
Grant
Roscoe Conkling
Ashi
William C. Whitney
New York
Maryland
Kentucky
Carlisle
Lowell Reform Proposal Seeks Mayor Power Over City
A reform plan urges transferring executive authority to the mayor to remove department heads, with contracts let under mayoral supervision. It cites revenue rises, debt near limits, and argues for charter changes like a purchasing agent and abolition of poor overseers, shifting pauper care to the Board of Health.
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Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveland
Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Grand Union Fair at Tremont Street Horticultural Hall
Today marks the last day of the Grand Union Fair hosted by the Every Day Church at Horticultural Hall Tremont Street to aid the congregation’s charitable work. A free admission cafe offers affordable food while booths from Attleboro Haverhill Jamaica Plain Roxbury Everett and Cambridgeport Universalist societies display varied goods. The Shawmut parish women run the notable provision store at the hall’s far end.
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Horticultural Hall
Tremont Street
J. H. North
Joseph Tubbs
Brighton
Attleboro
Haverhill
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Everett
Cambridgeport
Reading Pedler Arrested After Assault on Widow
Charles B. Wells was arrested by Police Chief Morrill in Reading for an alleged brutal assault on Etta D. Nichols, a widow. Wells, who banged at homes soliciting enlarging pictures, allegedly insulted residents, threw Mrs Nichols down, and choked her. She remains in dangerous condition, likely bed-bound for two to three weeks. Wells held on $50 bond for trial November 20 awaiting Nichols’s recovery.
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Reading
Morrill
Toym
Lynn
Charles B. Wells
Gouldstest
Etta D. Nichols
Wells
Waterbury Centenarian Horace Manville Dies at 100
Waterbury Conn Nov 15 Horace Manville the oldest resident of Woodbury died last night He marked his hundredth birthday on March 19 1895 He had lived a full life through the Civil War era and into the early 20th century leaving a legacy in the local community.
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Waterbury, Conn
Horace Manville
Woodbury
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