Mobile Swept by Southeast Gale Flooding Districts
A fierce southeast gale in Mobile on October 2 drove water from the gulf into the river, submerging wholesale and much of the retail districts four feet deep. Docks, boats, and dredges were wrecked, power lines failed, and fields and streets flooded as the city faced its worst storm. Authorities feared more loss as telegraph lines collapsed and the city remained isolated.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Royal Street
Ida Low
St. Francis Street
Mobile & Ohio
Crescent City
Point Clear
Alsu
Louisville & Nashville
Biloxi
Court House
Christ Church
Sam
Union
Government Street
Help for a Poor Woman in Cambridge Needs Help
Mrs John Collins of Boylston and Winthrop streets Cambridge is destitute with eight children after her husband died leaving her with no means. A Post report of last Thursday urged donations and readers sent 11 dollars by last night including 10 from A Z Page and wife and 1 from W. The family has received flour and coal from the overseers and about 30 dollars from friends. The children require a mother's care and the case is described as deserving of charitable help.
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John Collins
Boylston
Winthrop Streets
Cambridge
Post
The
A. Z. Page
Clergy Protest Against Sunday Newspapers Gains Force
The Congregationalist Methodist and Baptist pastors renewed their protest against Sunday newspapers. They condemn the Sunday press as evil and a violation of the Sabbath with concerns over Sunday newspaper trains and the impact on railroad employees, newsdealers, and youthful carriers.
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Boston
Elvic
Star course sale at Music Hall auctions seats
Auction for five dollar Star course seats began at 10 yesterday morning in Music Hall. Attendance was light and premiums were lower than previous years. The top premium reached 3.00 for seats about twelve rows from the stage, while some good seats sold for as low as 0.26.
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Star Course of Entertainments
Music Hall
Sunday newspaper trains spark railroad board hearing
Lawyers for the Post, Herald, Globe, and Journal clashed as the Boston Board of Railroad Commissioners weighed if a common carrier Sunday train should serve all papers. Arguments urged a single shared train to avoid discrimination and honor previous contracts while preserving public access and Sunday law spirit. The board planned to report in about a week.
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Boston Post
Post
Butler
Benton
Bates Vs
Old Colony Railroad
Mass
Trip
Easterbrook
Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners
Russell
GLOBE
Gallagher
Boston Globe
Globe and Herald
Journal
Record
Boston Common
Republican Party
Herald
Hemenway
Sanford
BE. A. Grazier
Herald and Globe
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
New York & New England Railroad Company
New Haven Road
Portland
Boston & Maine
Boston
Boston & Albany
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
the Post
the Journal
the Times
the Record
The
Gilchrist & Co opens renovated Whittier store with new elevators
Gilchrist & Co yesterday opened their updated Whittier store featuring an electric elevator taking customers to a newly fitted third floor in seven seconds. The ground floor showcases new departments including perfumes, leather goods, and ribbons, while the second floor is devoted to ladies outerwear and fur moved upstairs. The top floor adds four new departments with undergarments, silks, corsets, and an infants department, promising strong public patronage and competitive prices.
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Whittier
Mrs Lucy Stone Illness Disputed by Doctor
The world famed suffragist Mrs Lucy Stone lies ill at her Dorchester home with impaired digestion. Dr Field, her longtime friend, says immediate demise is unlikely though age is taking its toll and death could come tonight or years later.
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Lucy Stone
Dorchester
Field
Bloody Monday at Harvard Sparks Freshman Sophomore Feud
The Harvard opening class faced pranks and cheers as sophomores hosted a campus event at Sanders Theatre. Freshmen, confined to fences and streets, endured a night of decoy feasting and rival taunts while officials urged discipline and responsibility. Locustlike mischief disrupted Memorial Hall, with police noting several victims as the harvest continued.
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Harevard
Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Eliot
Board of Trustees
Sumichraft
Taussig
Bancroft
Ladd
University
Bert” Waters
Waters
Memorial Hall
Stoddard Opens Chicago Lecture Season at Central Hall
The Stoddard lecture season starts at Central Music Hall in Chicago with his return after two years away. His Japan experiences draw riotous applause as he unveils Artful Japanese creations, promising a five week run with packed houses already assured.
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Chicago
Stoddard
Central Music Hall
Mr. Stoddard
Music
Pit
Dome
Japan
Dunraven Dined With New York Yacht Club Host
Ex Commodore James D. Smith of the New York Yacht Club hosted a Delmonico dinner for Lord Dunraven. Only twenty four guests attended with a felicitous speech and a toast to Dunraven. He thanked the host and discussed how to bring the cup home, mentioning Iselin and sportsmanship. Speeches followed by Lord Osborne Kane and Mr Gerry.
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New York
James D. Smith
New York Yacht Club
Lord Dunraven
Delmonico’s
Mr. Smith
Iselin
Lord Osmonde
Kane
Gerry
Von Wissmann arrives in Tanganyika after fights
A Zanzibar dispatch reports Major Von Wissmann reached Tanganyika on July 7 with his expedition after hard battles with Arabs. He won every engagement and freed hundreds of slaves.
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Berlin
Zanzibar
von Wissmann
Tanganyika
Smuggling Ring Operated Through Montreal Temple Building
An underworld scheme hid Laliberte goods in a Montreal Temple building office. Ratte used small tagged packages and an express connection to slide furs into the United States, aided by hotel clerks and train crews. Canadian authorities intercepted a fugitive and crucial crates containing fur garments destined for Boston and New York.
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Laliberte
United States
Quebec
Mr. Ratte
Express
Temple
Ratte
Montreal
Temple Building
Mike Horan
St. James Hotel
Mike
Laliberte-Ratte
Bonaventure
Delaware & Hudson
the St. James
States
Canada
New York
McCormack
Nedecor
Plattsburg
Boston
Whitehall
Saratoga
Troy
Albany
Former Mrs Deacon Arrives in New York After Paris Shooting
Former Mrs Florence Baldwin arrives in New York aboard La Bretagne from Havre. She is the divorced wife of Edward Parker Deacon and has not visited the United States since her husband killed M Abeille in Paris. She is met at the pier by her brother Charles A Baldwin of California.
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New York
Florence Baldwin
Edward Parker Deacon
la Bretagne
Havre
M. Abeille
Paris
Plier
Charles A. Baldwin
California
Mrs Baldwin Secludes Self With Youngest Child at Brevoort House
After a shooting incident, Mrs Baldwin retreated to the Brevoort House with her two year old daughter Dorothy Evelyn Deacon. She remains under the terms of a Paris settlement and may move to California to stay with her brother. Rumors of reconciliation with Deacon are denied. Deacon has spent summer at Newport with the other children.
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Brevoort House
Dorothy Evelyn Deacon
Paris
Baldwin
California
Deacon
Newport
Boynton Release Ordered by Government
The government plans to release Boynton from the United States cruiser Charleston in Rio Janeiro Harbor once it is certain he cannot cause harm affecting the United States. He was arrested last week by a British captain aboard a warship while steering a tug with a torpedo toward the rebel fleet.
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Washington
Boynton
United States
Charleston
Rio Janeiro
Chelsea Council Balks on 6176 Sewer Loan Authorization
The Chelsea Common Council met last evening and introduced an order authorizing the city treasurer to borrow 6176 as a special loan due in 1507 to build sewers on Garfield and Sagamore Avenues. The measure failed a second reading 9 to 6. A following order transferred 1500 from the contingent fund to the sewer appropriation.
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Chelsea
Garfield
Sagamore Avenues
His Many Aliases Bind Boston Swindler to Past Deeds
Recent EB F San derson case developments link Francis Sullivan to earlier Boston scams. The man known by multiple names operated firms including Sullivan Transfer Co and J A Blair Co and taught Sunday school in South Boston. He used aliases Charles C Sullivan Charles F Sullivan Benjamin Wallace and B P Weace and ran stores and offices around Winter Street Albany Street 325 Washington Street and the Exchange Building. Police say insufficient evidence tied him to the Sanderson case and he fled Boston with his wife after arrest.
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EB. F. Sanderson
Boston Post
Sullivan
Francis Sullivan
C. Frank Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan Transfer Company
J. A. Blair & Co
Charles C. Sullivan
Charles F. Sullivan
Benjamin Wallace
B. P. Weace
South Framingham
C. Morton & Co
Winter
Sanderson
Parker
Dresser Wins renomination over Baker in Seventh District caucus
Ex-Representative Theodore P. Dresser defeated Senator Herbert L. Baker for renomination at the Eighth Suffolk senatorial convention held in the Republican city committee headquarters. Joseph W. Hendricks chaired the meeting and Archibald F. Hall served as secretary with a 25 delegate split among Ward 19 Ward 22 and Ward 25.
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Herbert L. Baker
Theodore P. Dresser
Suffolk
Republican City Committee
Joseph W. Hendricks
Ward
Archibald F. Hall
Henry Tyler
Thomas Coughlan
A. Glendon Dyer
Granville A. Fuller
Dresser
Charles B. Woolley
State Central Committee
Archibald H. Hall
Labor Strikes Over Nine Hour Day In Horseshoeing Trade
Journeymen Horseshoers Union No 5 calls out three workers at A W Davis shop on Northampton Street in alignment with a nine hour day agreement with master horseshoers. Union pledges strike benefits and seeks union shop shods for fire department work as talks proceed with the mayor. The meeting also backs the United Garment Workers against clothing manufacturers and urges buying only white label garments.
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Journeymen's Union
Master Horseshoers’ Association
Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union No. 5
A. W. Davis
Northampton Street
United Garment Workers
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Farnham Street Theatre Fire Devastates Omaha
The Farnham Street Theatre in Omaha burned this afternoon causing an estimated total loss of 252000 dollars. Six people were injured by falling walls including five firefighters. Fireman Al Jerome is missing.
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Omaha
Neb
Farnham Street
al Jerome
Eastern Connecticut returns favor Republicans over Democrats
Returns from thirty towns in Eastern Connecticut show the Republicans with twenty one seats to the Democrats nine. Norwich elected Republicans by 250 majority and all town officers were chosen except the town clerk. New London voted Democratic and the council will have a Democratic majority of two.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Norwich
New London
Search warrants at Brattle Square and Bosworth Street gaming rooms
Officers from Division 2 visited the Quincy Association at 17 Brattle square and the Savage Club at 3 Bosworth street with search warrants for gaming implements. No games were in progress and nothing contraband was found at either location.
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Quincy Association
Brattle Square
Savage Club
Bosworth Street
Division 2
Builders Blamed For Chelsea Yacht Club Disaster Verdict
Special Justice Hart names Hussey Brothers of Lynn responsible for the Chelsea Yacht Club balcony collapse on Aug 3. The inquest faulted weak construction while clearing the club committee. yacht club directors vow to study the report yet avoid immediate legal action.
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Hart
Chelsea Yacht Club
Hussey Brothers
Matilda Shuman
Christina Putnam
John P. Warren
A. L. Pemberton
Chelsea
George E
Herbert R. Hussey
Lynn Builders
Hussey
Yacht Club
J. W. Poole
Ricker Brothers
West Lynn Club
Boston Young Men's Congress Opens at New HQ
The thirty-third session began last night at Whiting Hall 128 Tremont Street with large attendance and strong prospects. Officers elected include Speaker John H Buckley Jr and vice speaker A J Solis Jr. clerk E H Willett. sergeant-at-arms A Bancroft. executive committee E A Stevens B Lane and B T Capen. trustees L C Flanagan E B Drew and W O Hazletine. Bills introduced favor Sherman act repeal and various reforms to enfranchise Chinese transfer Torrens land, compulsory voting, caucus rights, and street traffic relief.
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Boston Young Men's Congress
Whiting Hall
Tremont Street
John H. Buckley, Jr
A. J. Solis, Jr
E. H. Willett
A. Bancroft
E. A. Stevens
B. ©. Lane
B. T
Coakley Club Formed in Brighton Centre Meet
A large gathering of followers of Timothy W. Coakley, Independent candidate for Senator in the eighth Suffolk district, organized the Coakley Club of Brighton Centre at the Bank Building. John J. Hannon was named chairman and John J. Maguire secretary. speeches by John T. Hughes G O'Connor Thomas Crosby M J Coyle and Coakley followed, with adjournment to tomorrow night.
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Timothy W. Coakley
Suffolk
Bank
Brighton Centre
Coakley Club
John J. Hannon
John J. Maguire
John T. Hughes
G. O'Connor
Thomas Crosby
M. J. Coyle
Coakley
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Washington St
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Winter Street
Meet IN Sanders Theatre
Dunraven
Vetorious
Chelsea Common Council
Baker
Suffolk Senatorial Convention
T. P. Dresser
Labor News
Fitzpatrick
London
Jack Fitzpatrick
Charley Tilley
National Sporting Club Tonight
Hood
A. 1
Mood & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Young Men's Congress
Brighton
Johnson
Ti'st
Johason & CO
Makrowick
Tremont St
Main Police
Rochester
Old Colony
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Marry ME
Rachael
Ti Bay
Wilkon Bros
You &G
Thous
Bigelow
Hancock Street
Amelia Sargent
Andrew Bigelow
Bourne
Fannie
Joseph Bourne
Clapp
South Boston
Mary Miluzabeth
David Clapp
Cowing
East Weymouth
Sabrina
Francis H
Kiles A
Morrell Williams
Braintree
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