Conventions in Second District Stir Charlestown Race
The second district senatorial conventions unfold tonight in Charlestown with Republicans at the Waverly House and Democrats in the Bunker Hill street hall. Delegates split among Dee and Corbett, with Corbett likely to win the Democratic nomination and Dee weighing an independent bid.
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Second
Charlestown
Waverly House
Bunker Hill Street
Dee
J. J. Corbett
Corbett
Tremont
John
Swallow
Post
Halifax Steamer Halifax Arrives Late After Rough Passage
The Halifax arrived twelve hours late after a tempestuous voyage from this port, with the 175 passengers mostly sick from constant rolling. Special Officer Murphy returns from vacation, noting the White City’s magnificence. The Hattie S Phillips had a small fare, and Captain O'Brien reports a week of bad weather preventing fishing. The Kitty sails for Port Antonio after drydock cleaning. The Boston underwent blade adjustment and departed for Yarmouth. The Moonbeam to be drydocked for bottom scrapes.
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Canada and Atlantic Line
Halifax
Murphy
T Wharf
White City
Gowdy
Yarmouth
Hattie S. Phillips
O'Brien
Kitty
Simpson
Port Antonio
Boston
Moonbeam
Trial opens in Budapest for attempt on Cardinal Vaszary
The Budapest court began the trial of Csolics on the charge of attempting to kill Cardinal Vaszary, primate of Hungary, last April. Csolics admitted guilt and showed deep repentance for his crime.
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Budapesth
Csolics
Cardinal Vaszary
Hungary
Miss Pollard pledges resolve after House of Mercy visit
Madeline Pollard speaks in Washington about founding a life devoted to others with God’s help. She discusses possible convent life, forgiveness of Breckinridge, and defending herself against his denial while noting she remains free to move from refuge with limited restraint.
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Washington
Madeline Pollard
House of Mercy
Miss Pollard
Mr. Breckinridge
Five Yacht Club Men Escape as Sloop Bertha May Capsizes
Frank Eddy and four Rhode Island Yacht Club members from Pawtucket and Providence narrowly escaped drowning when the sloop Bertha May capsized off Nayatt Point in Narragansett Bay during a gale. Hopkins cut lines and anchored the vessel as the boat righted after ten minutes. all five were rescued by fishermen and brought to Nayatt Point, then to Providence.
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Providence
Nayatt Point
Narragansett Bay
Frank Eddy
Charles Hart
Fred Wilson
Pawtucket
A. D. Ross
Fred S. Hopkins
The
oJurnal
Bertha May
Eddy
Hart
Wilson
Ross
Potter’s Cove
Rhode Island Yacht Club
Hopkins
Nayatt
Jailbreak attempt foiled at Federal Jail in Fort Smith
In Fort Smith Arkansas on October 2 an attempted jail break by Henry Stark Kid Wilson and John Pointer led to a confrontation. Charles Jones a convicted thief moved toward Jailer Baxter’s son and was fatally shot by Baxter as guards prepared to fire. Marshal Crump ordered five minutes for prisoners to return to cells. all compliant by the deadline.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Federal
Henry Stark
Kid Wilson
John Pointer
Baxter
Charles Jones
Jones
Miscreants Stop Runaway Car Near Emery Wheel
In Waltham on Oct 2 a box car was pushed onto the main line from a side track toward the Central Massachusetts station. Agent Blakeslee halted the car and flagged an oncoming train. Officials suspect a switch key was used and a full investigation will follow.
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Waltham
Emery Wheel
Massachusetts
Blakeslee
Boston man killed by switching engine in Providence
Simon Norton aged 65 from Boston was fatally injured when struck by a Consolidated switching engine near Sabin Street crossing in Providence at 9 30 this morning. He had recently arrived to take a crossing tender post at Washington Street and was cleaning passenger cars when he stepped onto a track in front of the engine.
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Providence
Simon Norton
Boston
Gilbert H. Norton
New England Railroad
Sabin Street
Washington
Geischer
Quinn case in Pawtucket court arraigned on four manslaughter counts
In Providence the Pawtucket District Court discharged the intoxicant poisoning case against James F. Quinn. He was arraigned on four counts of manslaughter in the Gilligan death, pleaded not guilty and posted 1000 bail for trial on October 16.
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Providence
Pawtucket
James F. Quinn
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Weavers and mill workers strike in Central Falls
Providence report states the Farwell Woollen Mill and forty New England Electrolytic Company workers walked out over wage cuts. The Farwell Mill closed, laying off about 150 workers, while 20 Electrolytic employees also quit.
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Providence
Farwell Woollen
Central Falls
New England Electrolytic Company
Farwell
New Bedford Strike Falters as Mill Runs Smoothly
New Bedford October 2 The Hathaway mill strike of case room helpers is a failure with many idle workers about the lock door. Strikers went out this morning but found other operatives at work and mill running with plenty of applicants for every vacancy. several were turned away.
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Bedford
Hathaway Mill
Deadly water gas blamed for Boston deaths surge
Medical sources warn that Boston’s water gas mixture, richer in carbonic oxide than coal gas, is linked to a rising number of accidental deaths. Five deaths in September alone include Katrina Bengtzen and Rachel Waas, with others at Tremont Street lodging and West Concord Street.
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Boston
Draper
Katrina Bengtzen
Katrina
Princess Eugenia
City Hospital
Rachel Waas
Bengtzen
Mary Tuttle
Tremont Street
West Concord Street
William F. Adair
Waltham Street
Blackburn
Fruit Exhibition by Massachusetts Horticultural Society
The annual exhibition of fruits and vegetables at Horticul tural Hall on the 4th and 6th instant features a working evaporator demonstrated for drying all fruits and vegetables. Pomologists gain a profitable outlet for surplus fruit. Free to the public after 12 o'clock on Wednesday.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Earl Dunraven Heads From Boston to New York
Earl Dunraven, who arrived from Marblehead, left Boston for New York at 10 am yesterday. He did not make any calls in town before departing.
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Earl Dunraven
Marblehead
Boston
New York
Fire at Long Island Hospital Burns Upper Floor
Fire swept the upper story of the Long Island hospital yesterday morning. About 200 patients were present. Officer Folger mobilized 100 Deer Island prisoners to help flood the flames, passing buckets up the stairs. Prompt work kept the loss under $100.
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Long Island
Folger
Deer Island
Policeman Fatally Wounded in Dormitory Skirmish
In New York on October 2, Patrolman James F. Ball was shot in the left breast during a skylarking incident at the Thirty-fifth Street station dormitory. Patrolman Storms tried to disarm Patrolman Broderick, whose revolver discharged in the struggle. Ball, a Nova Scotian, has relatives in Boston.
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New York
James F. Ball
Thirty-fifth Street
Ball
Storms
Broderick
Novia
What the People Want in the Chicago Platform
A 1904 Constitution editorial quotes President Cleveland urging Congress to enact free silver policy, state banks, and a revenue tariff. It argues the 65,000,000 plain people seek pure politics and untainted appointments, condemning racial equality efforts and foreign misperceptions.
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Atlanta
Constitution
Cleveland
Congress
Chicago
Haiti
Liberia
France
Bolivia
Calais
Italy
Democratic Campaign Fund
Violent Outburst Ends Cabin Creek Meeting in Jonesboro
In Jonesboro Georgia the Cabin Creek Baptist Association meeting turned violent as drunken men with revolvers disrupted the event. A Black man fired at random into the crowd, triggering a gun battle that left two dead and several wounded amid a tumult that saw about a dozen pistols discharged.
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Jonesboro
Cabin Creek Baptist Association
Fire Hits Vermont Town Widespread Losses Near Miss
A morning blaze in South Royalton Vermont destroyed three dwellings three barns a store and other property. Losses totaled about 17000 with most insured. Notable damages include L C Dickerman store dwelling and barn valued around 10000 and Emma Gordon barn 1200. Cause is listed as unknown.
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South Royalton
Emma Gordon
L. C. Dickerman
Miss Gordon
A. C. Waterman
George Tenney
C. Hewitt
C. H. Abbott
John
Mary Mudgett
W. H. Martin
L. Burnett
Hannah Wallace
Laura Shuttleworth
J. B. Durkee
L. Poole
Wheeler
Susan Lamb
Three Tramps Die In Freight Train Crash At Edgewood
At 5 30 this morning a Big Four freight collided with three loaded flat cars at Edgewood Cincinnati. The front car held three tramps who were crushed and scalded by steam. All three men Joseph Jordan James Murphy and Joseph Blanch were killed. Two others were injured with severe or fatal wounds.
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Cincinnati
Big Four Road
Edgewood
Joseph Jordan
James Murphy
Joseph Blanch
Frank Brofferman
R. M. Hughes
William Hobusch
Bombs Found in Vil lanu eva y la Geltra Streets
In Vil lanu eva y la Geltra, 25 miles southwest of Barcelona, a policeman found eight bombs near a magistrate’s house. The devices, armed with fuses, did not explode when lit due to faulty construction, but their presence caused widespread excitement in the town.
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Barcelona
Villanueva Y la Geltra
Navahoe Sails From Cowes For Madeira And West Indies
The American yacht Navahoe with owner Royal Phelps Carroll and his wife left Cowes at 4:30 PM and will not head directly to New York. She plans to stop at Madeira then cruise the West Indies, likely delaying a return to New York by about two months.
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Cowes
Royal Phelps Carroll
United States
France and Siam Sign New Trade Convention
Paris reports that Minister of Foreign Affairs M Devele received a despatch from M DeVilers the French special envoy to Siam announcing that a new convention was signed yesterday The agreement includes a customs regime more favorable to commerce between French possessions and the Siamese frontier than the prior treaty.
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Paris
M. Devele
M. DeVilers
Siam
France
Kentucky law to implement 219 statutes with segregated railroad coaches
Frankfort reports the last Legislature passed 219 laws that take effect today. The act mandates separate railroad coaches for whites and blacks, sparking anticipated unrest among many Black residents, while some prefer compliance until court rulings on constitutionality are issued.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Dublin to attend Par nell memorial at Glasnevin Cemetery
Dublin city officials will attend a state demonstration Sunday in Glasnevin Cemetery honoring Charles Stewart Parnell. The event marks the second anniversary of the Irish leader's death with his remains interred there.
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Dublin
Glasnevin Cemetery
Charles Stewart Parnell
Explosions Damage Newark Trunk Factory
Damage to the extent of 15000 dollars resulted from three blasts of naphtha at the R. G. C. Jenkinson and Co trunk factory in Newark today. Several people were slightly injured by flying glass, but prompt work saved the main buildings.
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New York
R. G C. Jenkinson & Co
Newark
Savd
Glue Factory Burned Near Berlin Ontario
A glue factory owned by Huber & Co. on the outskirts of Berlin Ontario was destroyed by fire today. Loss estimated at 2000 dollars with insurance set at 3000 dollars. The blaze caused significant damage to the facility and disrupted local production.
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Berlin
Ont
Huber & Cy
Fire insurers and their faulty settlement methods
A veteran observer condemns fire insurance practices as unfair and wasteful. He cites settlements offered low and delayed, and criticizes how damaged goods are sold off to maximize buyers abroad, ending with a call for fairer, more sensible methods.
Father’s death tied to city forgery case at Tombs
Oscar Adler, 19, of 213 East Forty-ninth Street, faced forgery charges after a police probe linked him to forged notes totaling over $20,000. His father Samuel Adler, a marble merchant, died by his own hand amid threats of arrest over a $750 note alleged forgery. Authorities believe Oscar confessed to his father, prompting the fatal confrontation. Bail set at $5000 for examination tomorrow.
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New York
Tombs
Oscar Adler
East Forty-ninth Street
Samuel Adler
Marcus J. Krauss
Bloomingdale Bros
Oscar
Adlers
Meade
Newark On Her Way To Rio Janeiro For Protecting Interests
The cruiser Newark reached Barbadoes this morning en route from New York to Rio Janeiro to safeguard American interests. She may skip additional coaling at Barbadoes and proceed to Brazil. The Navy reports the Detroit needs only minor repairs before final acceptance and will be sent to sea Wednesday toward Rio unless prevented.
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Washington
Newark
Rio Janeiro
Barbadoes
Navy Department
New York
Brazil
Detroit
Rio
Free Thinkers Congress Opens in Chicago
The international congress of Free Thinkers opened in Chicago at 10 am led by Judge Co. B. Walte. The agenda centered on standing committee reports and reception of foreign delegates. Addresses were given by Dr. J. L. York and Harry Havner before a recess.
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Chicago
International Congress of Free Thinkers
Co. B. Walte
J. L. York
San Jose
Harry Havner
2500 Macon County Miners Strike Over Winter Wages
Reports say 2500 miners in Macon county Missouri quit work and met at Ardmore to demand the old winter wages as mine owners refuse any wage advance for the year.
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Kansas City
Macon County
Ardmore
Brooklyn Bank’s Troubles Deepen As Receiver Fight
Judge Pratt denied the motion for a permanent receiver for the defunct Commercial Bank of Brooklyn. Assistant Attorney General Hogan had sought the appointment, but the order signed this morning blocked the move.
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Brooklyn
Pratt
Hogan
Commercial Bank of Brooklyn
O'Brien Held for Trial in Jewelry Larceny Case
James O'Brien, brought from Chicago by Officer Whitman, arraigned before Chief Justice Mason in the Superior Criminal Court. He pleaded not guilty to the alleged larceny of $2000 in jewelry from Waxman Bros and was held for trial in 96000.
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James O'Brien
Chicago
Whitman
Waxman Bros
Mason
Superior Criminal Court
Soldiers as rowdies at Cherokee Strip opening
Report from Kansas City detailing alleged soldier misconduct during the Cherokee Strip opening. Testimonies describe drunken arrests, threats with revolvers, bribery for quick registration, and extortion at a camping site, noting damaging testimony against the accused. Colonel Hyde leads the War Department inquiry, gathering witness statements.
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Kansas City
Kan
J. R. Hill
New Jersey
United States
Cherokee Strip
B. M. Hyde
War Department
Washington
J. G. Sefton
D. D. Delong
G. W. Vaughan
William Kilpatrick
Sellers
Henry Long
Eldorado
Government Spring
Long
World Congresses Open With Intellectual Debate on Patents
The Chicago opening featured a world congress on patents trademarks and copyright with delegates from England Germany Belgium France Sweden Austria Hungary Holland Switzerland Canada Japan and Mexico plus over a hundred Americans. Henry W Blodgett was elected permanent president and John W Noble spoke on interdependence of inventions while the Women’s Congress of Christian Missions drew many noted mission workers including Lord Kinnard Mrs Ormiston Chant Mrs Joseph Cook Miss Edna Dean Proctor and Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer.
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Chicago
Hall of Columbus
England
Germany
Belgium
France
Sweden
Austria- Hungary
Holland
Switzerland
Canada
Japan
Mexico
C. C. Bonney
Henry W. Blodgett
United States
Behring Sea
Congress
Interior
John W. Noble
Women’s Congress of Christian Missions
Lord Kinnard
Ormiston Chant
Joseph Cook
Edna Dean Proctor
Alice Freeman Palmer
Debreen
Parts
Young Train Wreckers Face Airport? No
James McGee seventeen, along with other youths, released brakes on a wrecking train at Brayton crossing yard on a steep grade. The runaway cars damaged about $1000 worth of equipment and could have endangered an incoming passenger train. McGee confessed to the act and was fined by Judge Cooke. other youths were not arrested.
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Providence
James McGee
McGee
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Brayton Crossing
Murray
Cooke
Train wreckers strike near Springfield in fourth attempt
A Frisco passenger train leaving at 10:05 PM collided with an open switch at Lyman, killing Engineer Hall and Fireman Robinson. No passengers were seriously hurt, though one man broke an arm. The switch had been opened presumably to wreck the train, marking the fourth such attempt at Lyman in a month.
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Springfield
Frisco Road
Lyman
Hall
Robinson
Bell Telephone Case Seeks Injunctions In Chicago
Judge Jenkins issued preliminary injunctions by default against Electric Appliance Company and D'Unger Electrical Telephone Manufacturing Company in Bell Telephone patents case. A final decree by consent was entered against Willis L. Adams. Suits against Western Telephone Construction Company and Brown Telephone and Telegraph Company set for hearing Saturday.
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Chicago
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Choc taw Council Sees Large Outsider Attendance
The Choc taw Council convened with the largest attendance of outsiders ever known. If any precincts are unlawfully excluded, serious trouble is anticipated. Captain Guthrie arrived with U S soldiers to prevent trouble, as last election votes are set to be counted tomorrow.
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Tuskahoma
I. T
Guthrie
United States
State shoot marksmen shine at Walnut Hill range
The Sixth Regiment led the team scores at the Massachusetts Rifle Association range in Walnut Hill. Major officers oversaw the event as teams of twelve competed in 200 and 500 yard stages, with medals awarded to five top sharpshooters and all nine teams finishing the day pleased with their performances.
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Massachusetts Rifle Association
Walnut Hill
Fire Corps of Cadets
Naval Brigade
William J. Chase
P. H. Briggs
W. P. Clarke
E. P. Dodd
Statistical Department
A. C. Warren
Nint Regiment
Tolman
First Brigade Signal Corps
Ripley
Sweetser
Bruce
Felton
Beaudoin
Hinds
Second Corps of Cadets
First Corps of Cadets
Presbyterians Confer Fall Meeting in Roxbury Church
The Presbytery of Boston will hold its fall meeting at Roxbury Church at Warren and Woodbine streets beginning Tuesday at 3 o'clock. Meetings are open to the public with Tuesday and Wednesday evenings offering special interest to attendees.
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Presbytery of
Boston
New Jingland
Roxbury Church
Warren and
Woodbine Streets
Italian Boy Arrested After Knife Incident
Michael Domato a young Italian boy was arrested by Patrolman Spillane for sabbing Joseph Bianco of 183 North Street Tonato who was being harassed by other youths Bianco says he intervened and was slashed with a pocket knife injuring the back of his right hand during the scuffle.
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Michael Domato
Spillane
Joseph Bianco
North Street
Tonato
Bianco
Blanco
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