President McKinley and Dewey Fund Gridley Son’s Education
In Washington on November 29 President McKinley and Admiral Dewey agreed to pay the expenses for the late Captain Charles W. Gridley’s son to study for a Marine Corps lieutenantcy since he is too old for Annapolis. Dewey introduced the youth to the President who pledged ongoing support and a possible second chance if needed. The widow Gridley, residing in Erie, Pennsylvania, draws a $30 monthly pension now likely to be raised by act of Congress.
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Washington
McKinley
Dewey
Charles W. Gridley
Marine Corps
Young Gridley
McKinely
Annapolis
Navy
Admiral Dewey
White House
Ald, Dr Brownell Files Heaviest Local Bankruptcy Since Law
Dr William K E Brownell of New Bedford files for bankruptcy with assets listed as zero and debts totaling 927313. Unsecured claims amount to 33813 with major creditors including Citizens National Bank New Bedford and several local banks and savings institutions. Notes backing debts include Bennett Manufacturing and Columbia Spinning Company. Banks in Boston hold substantial notes from 1896 97.
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United States District Court
Federal Building
William KE. Brownell
New Bedford
Brownell
Citizens’ National Bank of
Mira A. Albiston
First National Bank
Martha's Vineyard National Bank
Edgartown
Mechanics’ National Bank
New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank
Bennett Manufacturing Company
New Bedford Institute For Savings
Mechanics’ National Bank of New Bedford
Indorser
Columbia Spinning Company
Boston
National Bank of Redemption
Elliot National Bank
Penny Savings Bank
National Rockland Bank
North National Bank
Second National Bank
National Revere Bank
City Council Committee to seek Mayor’s revocation on monument
A joint committee of the City Council plans to meet Mayor Quincy at noon to urge revoking the permit for a Victorian Club monument on Boston Common honoring British soldiers killed at Bunker Hill. Cemetery trustees would revoke if advised. Both city branches oppose the erection, so revocation seems likely.
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Quincy
Victorian Club
Boston Common
Bunker Hill
Edmund Phelan Dead Chief Ranger Remembered in America
Edmund Phelan chief ranger of Branch Kenry Grattan A Q O H America died at his home 32 Adams Street yesterday. He was unmarried and for several years worked in the mailing room of the Traveler.
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Edmund Phelan
Kenry Grattan
America
Adams Street
South Boston Bridge Hearing Promises Public Debate
War Department hearing set for Friday at the Federal building on South Boston bridge construction. Colonel Suter Major Lockwood and Major Siske will lead, with Boston legislators and local leaders attending. issue centers on keeping three bridges open and prior railroad objections.
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Suter
Lockwood
Newport
Siske
Portsmouth
War Department
South Boston
Federal Building
Boston
Senate
Gallivan
House
Bresnahan
New York, Or Haven & Hartford Railroad
Washington
Depar Nno
Railroad
Boston Law Department
Naphen
South
Hoar
Lodge
Dorchester
Cove District
Boston Terminal Company
Accidental Fall at Slate Docks Injures Boston Worker
Peter J. McDoneld of 207 London Street was loading logs at the slate docks on Commerce flats South Boston when a pile hurled him about twenty feet into the air. He sustained a fractured right wrist and head contusion from the fall.
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Peter J. McDoneld
London Street
Wnloading Loge
Slate Docks
Commerce Flats
Boston
Wood urges 20 percent troop cut in Cuba transfer
General Leonard Wood tells Secretary Root a 20 per cent reduction in American troops in Cuba is feasible and would precede self government for the island. He cites quiet conditions in Santiago, rifle totals, court reforms, and ongoing local education plans as progress under American supervision.
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Leonard Wood
Santiago
Cuba
Washington
General Wood
Root
Woods
Wood
Fifteenth Infantry
George M. Sternberg
Kaiser Extols England and America in Farewell Message
London November 29 Emperor William issues a greeting on leaving England praising the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales and Blenheim visit. He commends the English people for their goodwill toward the United States and lauds U.S. industrial progress and energy. He says the visit has strengthened fraternal ties between the two nations.
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London
William
England
America
Wales
Blenheim
Defends Her Father Miss Roberts Speaks In Washington
Adah Roberts eldest daughter of Utah Representative Roberts arrives in Washington to support her father. She describes herself as his confidant and says she will stay by his side through the ongoing political battle. She highlights her Utah roots and education while affirming loyalty regardless of outcomes.
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Washington
Adah Roberts
Representative Roberts
Utah
Roberts
Miss. Roberts
Salt Lake City
Commonwealth of Utah
Pra
Ife
Love by proxy shocks Chillicothe wedding tale
Miss Ma Campbell Quinn daughter of the First National Bank president in Chillicothe married Lloyd Lowndes Jr. son of Maryland Governor Lowndes after falling in love via his twin Richard by proxy. She mistook Richard for Lloyd at first, then the switch was made without delay once the resemblance was uncovered.
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Chillicothe
Ma Campbell Quinn
First Tional Bank
Lloyd Lowndes Jr
Lowndes
Maryland
Richard
Lloyd
Coal Advances In Philadelphia Anthracite Pea Prices
Philadelphia coal firms announce a shortage of anthracite pea coal and plan price increases from 30 to 50 cents per ton effective December 1. Buckwheat coal will rise by 26 cents, with most changes around 30 cents per ton.
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Philadelphia
Investors Lose Faith In Franklin Syndicate Crash
Investors in Charlestown waited in vain for Miller or Powers to present themselves to repay checks issued by the Franklin Syndicate. The Hotel Harvard flat doors were shut and lights unseen as the scheme collapsed, leaving Brooklyn losses and a wary public amid police and grand jury scrutiny.
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Miller
Powers
Franklin Syndicate
Charlestown
Harvard
Brooklyn
Gcheme
New York
Kings County Grand Jury
Brooklyn Police
Mille
Cecil Leslie
Vigan Captured in Novo Ilocos Mission by Naval Unit
A dispatch from Manila reports the port town of Vigan in South Ilocos captured by Samar and Callao with 160 bluejackets and marines from the Oregon. A sharp bombardment followed by landing of sailors and a field piece. insurgents under Generals Tino and Pilar mass at Tagudin. Reinforcements from Namacpacan expected. General Young arrives with cavalry. Bayombong garrison surrendered to General Lawton. Provisional government noted in Mindanao. Navy requests pursuit by army after locating Gilmore’s party.
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Manila
Nama
Union
Callao
Orean
Vigan
Ilocos
Samar
Samara
Oregon
Tino
Pilar
Tagudin
Namacpacan
Thirty Third Volunteers
Young
Third Cavalry
Macabebes
Hall, Quinlan
Blount
Namaccpacan
San Fernando de Union
Aguinaldo
San Fernando
Abra
Bayombong
Nueva Vizcaya
Lawton
Nichols
AD Eerd
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Hle
Regen
Gilmore
Navy
Franklin Syndicate Books Seen as Investigation Proceeds
Reporters were allowed to view ledgers and cash books at the Vernon avenue station Brooklyn showing thousands in the Franklin Syndicate dealings. Records list about 2000 names with large sums in and out from Oct 14 to Nov 3 and a major share of investors from New York City area. Frank H Field of Brooklyn declined to serve as receiver yesterday appointed by Justice Smith.
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New York
Kellogg
Louis H. Miller
William F. Miller
McKellar
Franklin Syndicate
Vernon Avenue
Brooklyn
Altoether
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York City
Frank H. Field
Supreme Court
Smith
Miller Secured a Charter Amid November Incorporations
The Secretary of State report from Trenton New Jersey shows 173 companies chartered in November with 32800 dollars in fees. This reflects a sharp decrease from last November when nearly 100000 dollars in fees were collected. The Franklin Syndicate of Brooklyn was among the new chartered firms.
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Trenton
N. J
Secretary of State
Franklin Syndicate
Brooklyn
Kaiser’s Emperors Arrive in Holland Aboard Hohenzollern
The German Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress arrived at Flushing from Sheerness aboard the Hohenzollern. They were greeted by Dutch Foreign Minister De Beaufort and other officials and hosted at a royal pavilion by Queen Wilhelmina and her mother, then continued by train after a cordial reception.
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Flushing
Germany
Sheerness
de Beaufort
Wilhelmina
Setaekaen
False Pretences Lead to Arrest in Shoplifting Case
Inspector Knox arrested Adrienne Johnson after a four hour wait at headquarters for obtaining chiffons hats silk skirts and other goods under false pretences at W W Butler Co and Shepard Norwell stores. Johnson claimed a Beach Bluff mother aided the ruse but authorities pursued the case to prove theft by false representation.
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Knox
Mrs. Johnson
Shepard & Norwell’s
Adrienne
Beech , Bluff
Smith
Oxford
Closing Scene of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment, created to handle city appropriations, is abolished by a legislative act signed by Governor Wolcott. The meeting records show budget votes on sewer tax repayment, printing plant relocation, public buildings maintenance, Commonwealth Park gym, music hall repairs, mayoral funding, fire department grants, and portrait custody for the late John H. Sullivan, ending with sine die adjournment.
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Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Wolcott
Kiley
Common Council
Connolly
John H. Sullivan
Laurences Minot
Peter Morrison
Thomas W. Russell
John P. Dore
Quincy
Turner
Whelen
Printing Department
Drohan
Department of Public Buildings
Bath
Commonwealth Park
Music Commission
Music Hall
Messrs
Barry, Dore
Fire Department
Barry
Editorial Association Opposes Myers for Speaker
The Republican Editorial Association at a meeting in the United States Hotel denounces James J. Myers as Speaker choice. It declares no candidate is proposed and warns against Republicans aligned with reform and anti imperialist groups. It calls for a staunch Republican who upholds party principles.
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Republican Editorial Association
United States
Republican ‘ Editorial’ Association
James J. Myers
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Massachusetts Reform Club
Anti-Imperialistic League
State Central Committee
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Vagan
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Adrienne Johnson
Tar
MR. Myers
Belfast
Thomas Gettinger
Kneeland Street
Frank A. Spencer
Edinboro Street
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