Fresh anxieties over Ninth Lancers in South Africa
London reports fresh disruption of East Africa cable service delaying war news. Fear grows that the Ninth Lancers, sent from Graf Pan against the Boers, have been captured. Britain mobilizes a new division while General Buller moves to relieve Ladysmith and reinforces Cape frontier defenses amid rising Boer pressure.
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War Department
Lord Methuen
Ninth Lancers
Graf Pan
Berlin
Deutsche Werte
Natal
Clery
Ladysmith
Hildyard
Frere
Cape Colony
Gatacre
Queenstown
Stormberg
Hilyard
Beacon Hill
Buller
Colenso
Weenen
Tugela
Ohe Bridge
Alfréd Milner
Cape Town
Kimberley
de Aar
Steynsburg
Wandsworth
London County
Belmont
Graas’Pan
Albrecht
Wel- Hneton Barracks
Pall Mall
Dr. Jameson
Protect Lobster Rising May Come
The Fish and Game Commission discussed lobster length limits in Massachusetts to protect native species from foreign competition. A bill would ban lobsters shorter than 10 1/2 inches, with a $5 fine for violations. The issue parallels other local regulatory fights and may reach state legislation.
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Ladysmith
Fish and Game Commission
Sam Roachs
Game Commissioners
Massachusetts
New York
Tammany
Mazet Committee
Bay State
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Newburyport
Nantucket
Carthy Withdraws From Ward 4 Charlestown Race
Surveyor of the Port J J McCarthy visited the election board to withdraw as candidate for the Common Council Ward 4 Charlestown. He cites an old treasury ruling barring federal officeholders from holding elective office, noting conflicting federal decisions in recent years such as General Wheeler who holds army and elected posts.
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Port
J. J. McCarthy
Election Board
Common Council
Charlestown
Treasury
Washington
General Wheeler
Ward 17 Dem Association Rally at Connolly Hall
The Ward 17 Democratic Association met in Roxbury last evening in Connolly Hall. Alder candidate Daniel C. Casey urged support for P. A. Collins for Mayor and the regular Democratic nomination. Jeff T. Connolly John Wollay and Dennis Sullivan spoke similarly.
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Ward 17
Democratic Association
Connolly Hall
Roxbury
Daniel C. Casey
P. A. Collins
Jeff T. Connolly
John Wollay
Dennis Sullivan
Senator Frye and Somerville Politics Stir Municipal Row
The Somerville Democracy convened late last night without nominating a mayoral candidate while the council debated divisions among delegates. Speaker Cherie Baker was nominated amid clashes as ward factions argued over nonpartisanship and Proctor support.
What We'd Do to Turkey
Senator Frye explains a policy arc from defending missionaries in the Ottoman Empire to handling the Philippine archipelago. He argues for conditional sovereignty and eventual Filipino self-government, with naval stations kept by the United States. The crowd cheers as the speech ends.
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Philippine Archipelago
China Sea
Hong Kong
Ovent
Dewey
China
Russia
Germany
France
England
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Spain
Aguinaldo
Paris
Boston
George Washington
Lafayette
Patrick Henry
Socety
Frye
Contempt Case in Woodbury Eddy Hearing Proceeds
The Woodbury Eddy case before Judge Braley resumes with evidence on alleged contempt from press interviews and public statements. Witnesses including Mrs Woodbury and others are sworn as part of the contentious equity session, with arguments over publication and verifications continuing.
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Woodbury-Eddy
Censel
Mary Baker Eddy
Peabody
Braley
Flder
Boston Post
Boston Traveler
New York World
Freaderick W. Peabody
Josephins Curtis Woodbury
Mrs. Eddy
Mr. Elder
Feeney Chosen Again in Woburn City Nomination Contests
In Woburn, both parties held municipal conventions nominating candidates for Mayor Aldermen-at-large school committee and Board of Public Works. Republicans left Mayor seat open for William F. Davis while renominating Elwyn G. Preston to the Public Works post and naming others to the school board. Democrats named John P. Feeney for Mayor and a slate including Charles A. Jones and Mrs. Vanie B. Dow for school committee with Aldermen-at-large selections led by John J. Quigley for the Board of Public Works. Kenney declined a school board bid for business reasons.
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Somerville
Frederick K. Gifford
Cherie Baker
Charles F. Buffum
John H. O'Neill
James Muldoon
Proctor
Arthur Osborn
Maurice J. White
Donovan
James W. Kenny
Woburn
Board of Public Works
William F. Davis
Municipal League
Elwyn G. Preston
Herbert 5. Riley
Vanie B. Dow
Frank E. Cotton
Charles A. Jones
Benjamin H. Nichols
Arthur G. Loring
William A. Prior
William E. Blodgett
Frank W. Greydon
Edward Q. Bracket
Three personal crisis reports end in tragedy
A Cambridgeport man 35 was jailed for drunkenness and hanged in his cell after crying his disgraceful arrest. An unknown man shot himself on the Charles River bank, dying later at a hospital. a ticket bore the name H Orikan. William R. Vinton, 39, shot himself at home on Main Street Charlestown after posting a letter.
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Harry Lockman
Broadway
Cambridgeport
Station 3
McLean
McDonald
Tinkham
Congress
Tinkham’s
William R. Vinton
Main Street
Charlestown
Vinton
Boston Ice Company
Illinois
West
Loomis Nominated by Chicopee Republicans for Power
Chicopee Republicans nominate James H. Loomis for power in a unanimous party meeting held in Springfield on November 27. Loomis faces a competitive race as party backing centers on his experience and public service record.
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Loomis
Chicopee Springfield
James H. Loomis
Chicopee Ton
Wall Street Fire Causes $1000 Damage
A blaze at the building on Wall Street last night around 10:25 damaged the paint shop of Thomas Wild and the carpenter Isaac Hamilton on the second floor. Daniel Raynor the carriage maker on the first floor suffered water damage. The property is owned by the Lemuel Shaw heirs.
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Wall Street
Thomas Wild
Isaac Hamilton
Daniel Raynor
Lemuel Shaw
Cambridge City Council Considers Budget Transfers and Bathing Facilities
After a special meeting the Cambridge city government plans a short regular session. Alderman Saunders defends health and teacher funding, with only part of the $3000 requested for textbooks approved. Parks orders seek bathing beach and bath houses near Magazine Street and near the Boylston Street bridge, referred to the parks committee.
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Cambridge
Library Hall Association
Alderman Saunders
Board of Health
Committee On Parks
Ahern
Park Commissioners
Magazine Street
Committee On Arks
Parding
Boylston Street Bridge
Gould Nominated for Melrose Mayor and City Posts
At Hawthorne Hall the Melrose Republican conventions nominated Levi B. Gould for mayor and listed aldermanic candidates Chester Shepard Eugene H. Moore Joel G. Page Jonathan C. Howes Curtis C. 9%ar George L. Morse Clarence T. Fernald. School committee nominees include John Caker A F Amadon Mrs W H Flanders Mrs A A Day Don Curtis and W D Stewart.
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Cit
Melrose
Hawthorne Hall
Charles J. Noyes
Gilbert N. Harris
Levi
Gould
Ayer
George R. Jones
Chester Shepard
Eugene H. Moore
Joel GC. Page
Jonathan C. Howes
Curtis C
George L. Morse
Clarence T. Fernald
School Committee
Charles H. Adams
John Caker
A. F. Amadon
Mra
W. H. Flanders
A. A. Day
Don Curtis
W. D. Stewart
Local hand found in box left before 315 Roxbury Street
A human male hand wrapped in cotton wool was found in a paper box in front of 315 Roxbury Street last evening. Undertaker Cleary took charge of the limb and the medical examiner was notified. Authorities suspect the hand originated from a medical school and may be the result of a prank.
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Roxbury Street
Cleary
Anleged
Jokey
Justifiable Homicide Verdict in Attorney Roberts Case
In Missouri on November 27 the coroner returned a verdict of adaponies in the case of Attorney Roberts charged with the murder of Professor Apson the cremation agent who died Friday afternoon in quiet Mrs Roberts testified that Simpson who was the recipient had been insulted and that reconciliation occurred at the inquest Lahey
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Netérnoon
Attor Roberts
Apson
Niles
Kentucky Battleship Sets Speed Record on Coast Run
Newport News reports the battleship Kentucky traveled from Boston to Hampton Roads at an average speed of 15 knots, shattering the record for ships of her class as she arrived last night.
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Newport News
Navy
Boston
Hampton Roads
Kentucky
Winter racing begins at Boston indoor track on Columbus Avenue
Boston opened its winter indoor cycling season on a new eight lap track near Park Square drawing a 1600 crowd. Amateurs led by C N Hargraves and Everett E Ryan beat strong pros like Harry Caldwell. Hargraves won the mile open, Dubois and Currie placed in other heats, and a 25 mile open saw Caldwell prevail after a dramatic sprint aided by a governor wrench.
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Columbus Avenue
Park Square
C. N. Hargraves
Saxonville
Everett E. Ryan
Waltham
James F. Ingraham
Harry Caldwell
Hargraves
E. O. Peabury
Lynn
L. B. Mettling
Jamaica Plain
J. F. Ingraham
R. E. Jones
Wollaston
J. F. Mauran
J. H. Becker
South Boston
Joseph Currie
Metropolitan
John R. Dubois
Brockton
New England
Dubois
Mettling
Michael O’leary
Malden
G L. Hodgdon
FE. O. Peabody
Hodgdon
Peabody
F. W. Brown
Brown
Currie
Currie Scond
Hig Fall
Everett BE. Ryan
Ryan
Ingraham
Joe Downey
Downey
Caldwell
Burns Pierce
F. P. Kent
W. B. Sherer
Henshaw
Pierce
Kent
Sherer
Bent
R. F. Kelsey
G. A. Perkins
H. M. Gordon
McKay
E. Martyn
W. B. Chipman
Cc. H. Holt
J. H. Farnham
J. B. McCune
Fred Tucker
Arthur Jones
G. F. Weston
Ellis
Walter A. Woods
George P. Whiton
P. QO. Sheehan
J. Wallace Bragdon
Aguinaldo
Henry H. Rueter Dies At Jamaica Plain Leader Of Temperance Brewing
Henry H. Rueter president of the Highland Spring Brewery and a temperance advocate died of heart failure at his Perkins street Jamaica Plain home after a two week illness. He leaves seven children and four grandchildren. funeral at 1 p m Wednesday from the Rueter residence with ministers T W Van Ness and L B Schwartz officiating. Burial at Forest Hills.
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Henry H. Rueter
Ighland Spring Brewery
Perkins Street
Jama‘ca Plain
Mr. Rueter
Henry Avs
Conrad J
Frederick
E. L. M. Rueter
Gardner Washburn
H. P. Clausen
Gertrude Rueter
Rueter
Jamaica Pond
Brookline
T. W. van Ness
Second Unitarian Church
L. B. Schwartz
Early Boston brewer and temperance advocate Rueter dies
Obituary recalls John Rueter born 1832 in Guetersloh Westphalia first president of United States Brewers Association. He built the Highland Spring brewery in Roxbury becoming America's largest, never sought public office, promoted temperance yet supported a balanced view on fermented and distilled liquors.
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United States Brewers’ Association
Mr. Rueter
Guetersloh
Westphalia
Arnold Rueter
Rueter
Boston
T. Z. Pazolt
New Heath
Parker Streets
Roxbury
America
Dawes Reports National Banks Improve Deposits and Resources
Washington November 27 The annual report of Charles G Dawes comptroller of the currency covers the year ended Oct 31 1899 The Sept 7 1899 bank count was 3596 with paid in capital 605 772 970 and deposits 2 450 725 595 Aggregate resources reached 4 650 355 133 44 Net deposit liabilities totaled 3 031 463 016 with a reserve of 890 568 825 The report repeats a call for unsecured emergency circulation and for bonds based circulation under a new law to lessen panics and support credit
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Congress
Comptroller
United States
Suppressing Prices Affects New England Cloth Trade
The Falls River selling committee of the Manufacturers Association bans daily print cloth price quotes. Brokers may forward quotations by telegraph. Reported prices rise to 3 1/4 cents for regular print cloth goods, with potential 5 percent gains if market stays at 3 cents by December 1.
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Fall River
Manufacturers’ Association
Fire damages top floor of Hotel Unity in Green Street
A blaze on the top floor of Hotel Unity at 37 Green Street last evening caused about 100 dollars in damage. The cause is not known.
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Hotel Unity
Salvation Army
Green Street
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