Contributions of Generous Post Readers Being Used for Her Benefit
The Boston Post readers funded a relief for Margaret Stokes who lost her family in the St Pierre harbor disaster. A draft of £84 14s 4d was sent through Consul Jewell to be held by guardians in Barbadoes, with confirmations from Consul Macallister and guardians Croney that the funds support the child. The correspondence details receipt, transfer, and the girl's improving yet injured condition as of 1902.
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Margaret Stokes
St. Pierre
Post
Mont Pelee
John F. Jewell
United States
Fort de France
Martinique
Jewell
Margaret
Barbadoes
J. Edwin Croney
Samuel A. Macallister
Macallister
John I. Jewell
Boston Post
Boston
Captain Gooding
Grace Deering
New England
THE
E. A. Grazier
Baring Bros. & Co
FE. A. Grazier
W. I
J. Edwin Cr
Mass
London
Croney
General Macallister
Consular Service
Bridgetown
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Baring Bros. & Co., Limited
Eng
James Edwin Croney
Emma Drinan Croney
Our Army Need Fear No Other Says Hay
Washington Oct 6 Camp Roosevelt dedicated as headquarters for army corps during Grand Army encampment. Hay praised regular force and national effort, saying American valor and humanity marked its history. Ceremony west of the White House, led by B H Warner and Henry B F MacFarland with remarks by officials. Continued on page 5 fourth column.
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Europe
John Hay
Washington
Roosevelt
Army Corps
Grand
Army of the Republic
White House
Washington Monument
B H. Warner
Citizens’ Committee
District of Columbia
John McElroy
Warner
W. G. Davenport
Henry B. F
McKinley
Ciy
United States
Boston and New England Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday
Fair weather across Boston and vicinity with westerly winds. Washington dispatch notes New England will be fair Tuesday and Wednesday with fresh west winds, and Eastern New York sees fair skies and light to moderate west winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Portland death by own action identified as Nellie Henchy
Nellie G. Henchy of Boston, daughter of Joan Henchy, has been identified as the young woman who performed death by own action in Portland Maine last week. Two brothers traveled from Boston and confirmed the sisterly connection. They attributed her rash act to temporary insanity. The body will be transported to Point Lewis, Canada, the following evening.
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Portland
le Mort
Nellie G. Henchy
Boston
Joan Henchy
Point Lewis
Canada
Optician William Watson Ends His Own Life in Brighton
William Watson a 76 year old Boston optician shot himself at his daughter's home 233 Everett street Brighton early last evening. The widower faced financial difficulties and leaves two children. He previously had offices at 3 School street.
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William Watson
Boston
Everett Street
Brighton
Watson
School Street
Aged Woman Burned In Dover Street Fire
Mrs. Annie McDonald, 55, suffered severe burns to face and hands in a Dover Street lodging house fire caused by an overturned kerosene lamp. Firefighters reached the third floor through smoke but the cause remains unexplained. Police suspect she retraced steps after being burned as flames spread upstairs.
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Annie McDonald
Dover Street
City Hospital
Kingston
Susan H. Miller
Shawmut Avenue
McCarthy
Keane
Mahoney
Division 5
Governor Orders Full National Guard Deployment in Coal Regions
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stone ordered the entire Pennsylvania National Guard into duty in the anthracite coal regions. The force will be in the field tomorrow as preparations proceed after negotiations and a statement from Mitchell following a meeting with the President's agent.
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Stone
National Guard OF
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Penn
Mitchell and Wright Confer on Coal Strike in Philadelphia
John Mitchell traveled to Philadelphia for a conference with Garrell D. Wright, the President's agent, amid coal strike talks. Details remain undisclosed, but reports say the President favors miners, and Mitchell may permit independent collieries to resume work. The Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to active duty in six counties to restore order and protect workers and railway property, with full deployment expected within hours.
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Mitchell
Harrisburg
Penn
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Stone
National Guard
Adjutant- General’s Office
Tuzerne
Schuylkill
Carbon
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Northumberland
Columbia
Division National Guard of
Pennsylvania
William A. Stone
Thomas J. Stewart
Gerwig
Guard
Miller
Gobin
Schall
Hulings
Gaine
Wiley
Kansas
Elliott
Richardson
State Arsenal
Mitchell Meets Wright in Philadelphia Over Mine Strike
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers slipped out before dawn for Philadelphia to meet U S labor commissioner Carroll D Wright Roosevelt ally. Mitchell returned unannounced saying only he met Wright and declined details. He signaled possible further actions as Pennsylvania National Guard rumors surfaced and a mass meeting was urged for October 8 at 2 PM in mining towns.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Carroll D. Wright
United States
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Wright
Associated Press
Mr. Wright
Harrisburg
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Mr. Mitchell
White House
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Little Margie Stokes
Consul Jewell
Consul Macallister
General EN Torrance
Camp Roosevelt
United Mines Workers of America
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