Boston Municipal League Pushes for Clean Aldermanic Nomination
The Municipal League of Boston urges voters to back unpledged aldermanic candidates at caucuses. It opposes party machine control and supports direct nomination, proportional representation, and reform bills to broaden candidate selection in the Board of Aldermen elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Machiinery
League
Delp
Samuel B. Capen
Edwin D. Mead
Municipal Leage
Race War Breaks Out Near Paducah At Altoona
In Altoona, Kentucky, a white mob attacked fifteen Standard Oil timber workers, all black men. Four were seriously wounded and five sprinkled with buckshot as the mob forced them to leave after threats of violence. The foreman urged peace. no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Altoona
Standard Oil Company
John Keeber
Coast Defences Report Urges Steady Seacoast Funding
The Board of Ordnance and Fortifications reports continued progress on fortifying harbors with current funding. It warns that without consistent annual appropriations for forts and guns the nation remains vulnerable to European conflicts and foreign naval powers.
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Washington
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Ordnance Department
Congress
Book Dealers Swindled by Boston Firm of Swindlers
In New York James J. Simpson alias Harry Johnson alias Dr. Thompson, linked to Marburg Simpson & Co, is held as authorities seek his partner. Boston booksellers report about 700 dollars in unpaid swindles from firms including Sproul, Bartle, Bustes & Lauriat, Scribner’s Sons, Balch Bros., Nichols, Putnam, Houghton Mifflin, Syndicate, Little Brown, and others. The pair used multiple aliases and locations to run the scheme before fleeing to New York, where arrest followed a Boston trade circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Simpson
Harry Johnson
Dr. Thompson
Boston
Ne Ees
Marburg, Simpson & Co
Sears
Simpson
Hammond
George D. Sproul
Hawley Street
George Bartle
Milk Street
Bustes & Lauriat
Summer Street
Charles Scribner's Sons
Devonshire Street
Balch Bros
Bromfield Street
Nichols Publishing Company
Bromfeld Street
G. P. Putnam & Son
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Syndicate Publishing Company
Washington Street
Little, Brown & Co
Marburg & Simpson
Berwick Park
Murphy
Tremont Street
George Barrie & Son
Philadelphia
Police hold man for investigation in Prentice case
Hartford police say they captured a fugitive from justice who used the name Herbert O. Prentice. He was held for a week for investigation and admitted Prentice was not his name. He claimed good family background and said his sister married a former Belmont Methodist Church janitor in Malden Mass. He has said he is an electrician and has recently been in New York.
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Hartford
Conn
Herbert O. Prentice
Prentice
Belmont Methodist Church
Malden
Mass
New York
Indictments Against American Tobacco Directors Demurrer Argued
The demurrer to May indictments against American Tobacco Company directors Burke Butler Marburg Ginter Arents Gail Duke Watts Browne Emery was argued before Judge Fitzgerald. Counsel Choate contends no authority for the indictment while Lindsay says the accused conspired to monopoly. Both sides to submit briefs by December 1.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Fitzgerald
James B. Burke
William H. Butler
William A. Marburg
Lewis Ginter
George Arents
George W. Gail
Benjamin W. Duke
George W. Watts
Josiah Browne
Charles G. Emery
Joseph H. Choate
Lindsay
Choate
Diphtheria Outbreak Strikes East Boston Schools
Diphtheria is raging in East Boston with deaths reported and many children out sick. Adams Grammar School on Sumner Street may close for a week or two, with Lyman School possibly affected as well. Officials blame sewage on the flats for the spread and say progress on repairs is slow.
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Boston
Ward 2
Preble
Adams Grammar School
Sumner Street
Willard
Allen
Adams School
Lyman School
Paris Street
Charles Kelly
East Boston
Adams
World Sugar Supply Tops Last Year Despite Cuban Deficit
World raw sugar production for the year is estimated at 8,765,000 tons with beet sugar 4,960,000 tons and cane sugar 2,656,000 tons. stock 1,750,000 tons. Consumption next year is projected at 7,350,000 tons. Cuba’s export is put at 400,000 tons, affected by the Cuban insurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of State
Karel
St. Petersburg
Russia
Russian Ministry of Finance
Cuba
Temperance Jubilee Moves to Thanksgiving Night at Faneuil Hall
The temperance jubilee postponed from November 25 at Faneuil Hall will be held on Thanksgiving night under the Patriotic Temperance people of Boston. John James Moore will speak on Shot and Shell with short remarks expected from many prominent people.
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Faneuil Hall
Patriotic Temperance People of
Boston
John James Moore
Castle couple to sail to New York under assumed names
Mrs Castle and Mr Walter M Castle of San Francisco will sail from London to New York aboard the Havel tomorrow using assumed names.
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London
Walter M. Castle
San Francisco
New York
Havel
English pickpockets arrested by inspectors on Washington Street
Inspectors Knox and Douglass arrested two English pickpockets, Thomas E. Gaskin alias English Tom and Edward H. Manson, while targeting crowds on Washington Street. They were committed to the Tombs with possible further cases. Annie Clark, detained by the same officers for shoplifting from Jordan and Marsh and Shepard and Norwell, was also committed to the Tombs after stealing goods valued at $12.
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Knox and
Douglass
Thomas E. Gaskin
Tom
Edward H. Manson
Washington Street
Annie Clark
Jordan & Marsh
Shepard & Norwell
Young girl dies from accidental alcoholism in North End
Teresa Delucco two and a half, daughter of Antonio and Constantina Delucco, drank whiskey left unattended by her brother. The bottle, purchased days earlier by her father, led to convulsions and death. medical examiners ruled the death accidental. The family, recently settled Italians, grieves as authorities investigate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Teresa Delucco
Antonio
Constantina Delucco
North Street
Teresa
Delucocos
Carbone
Board of Health
Stedman
Deluccos
Teresa Delucca
Prosperity Returns as Western Tube Mill Hums Again
Prosperity gripped Prosperity and Kewanee as Western Tube Company revived shop and bale production with nearly 3000 workers returning to mills. Flags flew over plants signaling a stronger economy after a year of slow activity. In Fall River a wage cut triggered a 32 worker spooling strike at Stafford mill No 2, with learners filling in. New Ipswich shifted Columbia Cotton Company operations to half time after election results, with plans to resume full time in two weeks.
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Kewanee
Ill
Yesterdy
Western Tube Company
Fall River
Stafford Mill
New Ipswich
N. H
F. W. Ely
Columbia Cotton Company
Woman gagged in Fitchburg robbery horror
In Fitchburg on Nov 17 Mrs Harriet Maynard a widow aged 5 was assaulted by an unknown man attempting a robbery. He bound and gagged her before leaving. Passers by heard groans and freed her. A suspected man was arrested but released. Her condition is serious.
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Fitchburg
Harriet Maynard
Philadelphia subway bonds issued for Reading rail line
Philadelphia plans six million in bonds to finance a subway for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway. The 4 percent securities will be shared by Reading with half interest and half principal redemption. Forty bids opened. $1 million prepared with bids totaling $3.3613 million, mostly above par. Awards pending after days. Subway work has used $600,000 to date.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Reading Company
Warwick
Celles
Horse falls into manhole in Mason Street incident
A teamster for A B Bampson and Co. drove along Mason Street when his horse stepped on a city water gate cover. The cover slid, the right fore leg dropped into the hole, and after a dozen men failed to free it, workers tore up the street to release the leg. The horse suffered severe injuries and was sent to the veterinary hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Bampson & Co
Mason Street
Farmer shoots at wife then fatally wounds self in Southwick quarrel
In Springfield on November 17 Jason Stiles of Southwick fired a revolver at his wife at his father’s home, then shot himself twice, the second shot entering his brain. He is in precarious condition with little chance of recovery after a dispute fueled by drinking.
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Springfield
Jason Stiles
Southwick
Stiles
Bay State Gas Elects New President in Delaware Meeting
Advices report the Bay State Gas annual meeting in Wilmington Delaware electing John R. Bartlett of New York as president. Bartlett was instructed to settle all suits and form a new board of directors, with a full status statement to follow in a few days.
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New York
Wilmington
Del
Bay State Gas
John R. Bartlett
Still Dissatisfied Over Congressional Run
The wife of a man who reversed his decision about seeking Congress comments on his conscience. He says a clear conscience isn’t what he sought, despite the others noting it. The Washington Star reports the exchange.
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Congress
Washington Star
Lawyer McGlone Receives Gold headed Cane Gift
Lawyer James T. McGlone of Charlestown was surprised by a gathering of friends at 23 Court Street last evening. James McShane gave a speech presenting a solid gold headed cane, followed by a feast at the Crawford House. Attendees included Harry Beyer and Deputy Sheriff James McDonough among others.
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James T. McGlone
Charlestown
Court Street
James McShane
Mr. McGlane
Crawford House
Harry Beyer
Thomas Drury
James McDonough
Michael J. Daly
Michael J. Toomey
F. H. Mack
G. L. Wrighton
T. P. Glancey
James Waugh
Daniel Smith
Bacchante Statue Approved by City Art Commission
The Boston Public Library project reaches a final, unanimous approval after reevaluating an initial rejection of the Bacchante statue by MacMonnies. Experts who viewed the original statue shifted to support its display in the library courtyard despite earlier doubts. Mayor Quincy voiced personal approval of the commission's explanation.
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Art Commission
City Hall
Francis A. Walker
Bacchante
Macmonnies
Charles Eliot Norton
Edward Robinson
Public Libray
McKim
Messrs
Augustus St. Gaudens
Daniel C. French
Quincy
Editor on the Black List Expelled by Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor in Rochester expelled ex Congressmen C G Conn editor of the Washington Times for alleged malicious statements about the order. J R Sovereign was re elected general master workman and Hayes general secretary treasurer with no opposition. Thomas Maguire won the office of general worthy foreman. The assembly adopted rules barring striking members from entering the order. The session adjourned to resume next morning.
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Rochester
N. Y
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Committee On
C. G. Conn
Washington Times
Conn
National Executive Board
Philip L. Amon
New Jersey
H. W. Martin
Minnesota
Andrew B. Best
Brooklyn
John F. Maher
New York
C. A. French
Massachusetts
Henry A. Hicks
New York City
Daniel Brown
Montana
James M. Kenney
Omaha
Thomas H. Canning
Boston
Hicks
Kenney
Martin
Best
Brown
Captain Alfred T. Mahan Retires From Navy After Forty Years
Captain Alfred T. Mahan of the U S Navy is placed on the retired list at his own request after forty years of active service. The Navy Department received the news with astonishment as he would have soon been promoted to commodore and retired with higher pay.
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Washington
Alfred T. Mahan
Navy Department
Mahan
Hottest November 7 Brings Real Indian Summer Spell
The story centers on a weather clerk in a Boston post office building as an unseasonably warm air mass sweeps the East. Cities from Boston to Portland and New York record temperatures from 58 to 76 degrees, with officials predicting cooler weather by Thursday.
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Anna
St. Lawrence
South Atlantic
Boston
King Sol
Uncle Sam
Portland
New York
Washington
Chicago
Will of John H. Collamore Bequeaths 76500 to Masonry
Suffolk Probate records reveal the late John H. Collamore left 76500 to Masonic causes. The 50000 go to the Masonic education and charity fund to reach 100000 for the John K. Collamore fund aiding Massachusetts lodge members, widows, and children.
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John H. Collamore
Suffolk
Masonry
Masonic Education and Charity Fund
John K. Collamore
Massachusetts
Mt. Lebanon
Columbian Lodge
Aberdour
Revere Lodge
Joseph Warren
Lafayette
St. John’s Lodge
Roxbury
St. Paul Royal Arch
Mt. Vernon
Royal Arch
Dorchester Royal Arch
Boston Commandery
Joseph Warren Commandery
William Parkman Commandery
St. Omer
Boston
Winthrop
Mt. Lebanon Lodge
Pilgrim Commandery
Laconia
N. H
Will of Mrs Hepsie Crocker Disallowed by Probate Judge
Judge McKim in Suffolk Probate Court yesterday disallowed the will of the late Mrs Hepsie S Crocker who died in 18% at the McLean Insane Asylum. She left all her property to Mr Ward her brother in law. Estate about 15000. She was confined in an insane asylum for over thirty years. Relatives in this country and Germany opposed probate on grounds she was not of sound mind when made.
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Municipal League of Boston
Committee of
Francis A. Osborn
Robert Treat Paine
Samuel Johnson
Thomas L. Livermore
Henry F. Coe
William H. Baldwin
Alpheus H. Hardy
William P. Fowler
Alfred 5. Hayes
George Adams
George W. Coleman
Hamilton I. Smith
Frederick B. Allen
Edwin J. Lewis, Jr
Edmund Billings
Charles Fleischer
John F. Moors
Kentucky
the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Revere
Wellington
Brine
East
A. O. H. Dance
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Thomas H. Murphy
J. J. Murphy
P. J. Casey
B. Rooney
J. Horigan
Daniel J. Bergen
G. C. Stephens
D. J. Bergen
A. C. O'Leary
M. J. McLoughlin
M. J. O’brien
E. F. Coakeley
M. Cunningham
Joseph Craven
M. J. Murphy
J. J. Dooling
John Dermody
John A. Ryan
William W. Cronin
P. Cassidy
John Dolan
Frank Daley
P. O’donovan
P. Kelly
Hobb
Mrs. Castle
Baby
Maynard
Subway
M’glone
R.hollings&co
Washington St
Cambridge
Citizens’ No-License League
Temple Hall
E. B. Hale
Father Scully
James J. Myers
George A. Allison
Frank Foxcroft
E. G. Hott
Marlboro
Democrats
E. G. Hoitt
Washburn Credit Co
Washington &St
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Robinson
Commodore
Tvo
Superior Criminal Court
Mason
E. Cyre Byron
Alias Dumas
National Bank of Redemption
H. G. Rogers
Slocum
His
Sydney
Globe
Newcastle
Japan
Australia
SEC
Mullen
Thomas A. Mullen
Yankee Clothing Co
Enterpri Clothiers
Summer St
Mer St
Kia
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