Convention Excitement for Ex Mayors Matthews and Quincy
The Boston Democratic convention nominated General P. A. Collins for mayor in Steinert Hall with intense enthusiasm. Ex Mayors Matthews and Quincy led rousing speeches praising Collins while lampooning Mayor Hart. Delegates 282 plus many spectators packed the event, with notable Democrats and visiting figures in attendance.
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Matthews
Quincy
Boston Democracy Ceneral P.A
Collins
Steinert Hall
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Don. Collins
Salem D. Charles
Hart
Boston
Charles le Claire
Ward 21
James Donovan
Gargan
Gaston
Hamlin
Lee
Corbett
McNary
Donovan
Fire kills 30 in coal mine at Telluride
In Telluride Colorado a fire in the Bullio tunnel of Smuggler Union Mining Co. likely cost 30 lives. Seventeen bodies recovered. fire started in bunk house near the tramway upper terminal to Pandora mill. Rescue delayed by smoke as 20 men worked shifts. engineer Hugh J O'Neill survived but not expected to live.
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Telluride
Col
Bullio
Union Mining Company
Pandora
Hugh J. O'Neill
Naphtha Explosion Destroys New England Electric Building
Last night about 9 45 three alarms were sent for a fire at the New England Electric Supply Company on Gorham street. A naphtha tank exploded as flames spread, shattering walls and sending debris through the burning building. Firefighters saved adjacent property after more than three hours of effort. loss estimated at 35000, fully insured.
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New England Electric Supply Company
Gorham Street
Newne A Ag Ae Supply Company
H.reer
Bodies exhumed in Davis case amid secrecy at Ca tumet cemetery
On November 20, Alden R Davis and his wife were exhumed at Ca tumet cemetery for autopsies to aid the state in the Jane Toppan murder prosecution. Examiners from Sandwich and Harvard, with state officers, conducted the disinterment privately. Professor Wood will study stomach contents and report to District Attorney Holmes.
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Cataumiet
Alden R Davis
Cataumet Cemetery
Jane Toppan
Robert W. Faunce
Sandwich
Wood and Whitney
Harvard University
E. Harris
Hyannis
A. P. Wing
Whitney and Letteney
J. T. Docking
Wood
Holmes
Boston Area Forecast Fair Weather and Light Winds
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions on Thursday and Friday with light winds in the area. Washington reports New England and eastern New York will also see fair weather with light to fresh northerly winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Marines Guard Colòn as Insurgents Seize City
United States Marines in Colón, Colombia, guard property after rebels capture the capital. Fear of wider conflict grows as neutrality along the Isthmus is threatened. ships Machias and Iowa ordered to force insurgents to respect neutrality.
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United States
Isthmus
Cuba Big Brother Cigarro Compared To A Cigar
The piece warns that the so called Cuba Big Brother Cigarro is not a cigarro but a cigar. It is filled with Havana tobacco found in pricier cigars. A box of five sells for 10 cents, while genuine cigars retail at 15 cents or more.
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Cuba
Havana
Stonemasons Union Meeting Over Dry Dock Grievance
Unions 9 of Boston 33 Roxbury and 84 Cairinbridge to meet this evening at 45 Eliot street to discuss alleged unfair treatment of union masons by contractors on the Charlestown Navy Yard dry dock and decide on action. Gentlemen's evening wear and tuxedos offered by A Shuman & Co at Shuman Corner with ready for immediate wear.
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Stonemasons
Boston
Roxbury
Cairinbridge
Eliot St
Charlestown Navy Yard
A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Liberals Capture Colon on Isthmus Clash
Liberals seize Colon after overpowering government troops at the coastal city. General Patino dies in the initial attack, and key officials including Senor Jaen and Senor Muskus are wounded. U S gunboat Machias lands marines to guard the railroad, while authorities reinforce earthworks and barricades against further Liberal advances.
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Colon
Colombia
Alban
Chorrera
Panama
Patino
Lascascades
Frederico Sparrera
Cuartel
Senor Jaen
Criminal Court
Senor Muskus
Department of the Interior
Guardia
Senor Paredes
General Pinzon
Carthagena
United States
Machias
McCrea
Mariners
Shaler
Barrera
Isthmus
Liberal forces seize Colon during surprise attack
In Colon Col ongoing violence, Liberals storm public offices at 8 last night, prefect Guardia captured. Over 12 killed and about 30 wounded as gunboat Machias, present yet uninvolved, reports no telegraph with Panama since yesterday. fear grows that Panama may be attacked.
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Colon
Colombia
Guardia
United States
Machias
Panama
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Fermoy
County Cork
Ireland
Chelsea
Ohio
James N. Keith
Harvard Law School
Suffolk Bar
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Boston Democratic City Committee
William Gaston
Grover Cleveland
Congress
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Cleveland
London
Thomas J. Kelcher
Josephine Kelcher
John.a. Sullivan
Josiah Quincy
James ‘Donovan
William A. Gaston
Charles S. Hamlin
Joseph J. Corbett
James A. Gallivan
Thomas A. Mullen
John H. Lee
Richard Sullivan
David EB. Shaw
John A. Sullivan
William T. A. Fitzgerald
John A. Kelcher
Daniel J. Kiley
Henry S. Fitzgerald
John J. Collins
Paul Collins
Charles S. Sullivan
Ellery Clark
Vorenberg’s
Washington, Hanover and
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Turkey
Ainges
Holmes, Luce & CO
C. H. Robinson & CO
Dock
Washington St. Adams
Melaughlin
Workingmen’s Salvation
Washington St
John C. Haynes & Co
Washington Street
Davis
Blackstone
Waitt & Bond
Mfrs
Blackstone St
Mantua
Mpoliwsk
Gom
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Iowa
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