Naval tensions rise as Russian and Japanese fleets gaze each other
In eastern waters Russia holds a greater fleet than Japan, though Japanese ships cluster in home waters. China’s minister Chen Tung Liang Cheng met with Secretary Hay in Washington about Manchuria, noting Russia’s evacuation delay. Yokohama papers urge patience but warn of provocation, while Japan readies a war fund amid navy talks.
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Japan
Russia
Hay
Manchuria
Washington
Sir Chen
Tung Liang Cheng
China
United States
Jiji
Tokio
Asahi
Naval Office
Dominion Line Ships Refit and Fleet Moves Stir Boston Trade
The New England heads to Liverpool for refit and will serve the Mediterranean from Boston under White Star as the Romanic. Dec 5 sees Naples and Queenstown runs. Canadian joins Boston run with Kensington and Southwark temporarily. Columbian hauls 100,000 bushels wheat and 398 cattle as heavy freight sails from East Boston. Distressed fishermen return home. and cotton exports from Southern ports surge with six tramp steamers at Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Line
New England
Mediterranean
Liverpool
Boston
White Star Line
T Wharf
Helen B. Thomas
Haddock
Ramona
Union Wharf
Halifax
Charlottetown
Port Hawkesbury
C. B
Calcutta
Globe
Hindustan
Gibraltar
Savannah
Bergine
Sea Island
Lavinia M. Snow
Gowns of Americans Shock Madam Wong at St Louis Fair
Madam Wong Kai Kah wife of the Chinese imperial vice commissioner at the St Louis fair comments on American women wearing decollate gowns at a dance. She questions propriety and wonderingly contrasts Western fashion with traditional Chinese custom. She laments the display of silk gowns and long trains as improper for women accompanying their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wong Kai Kah
St. Louis Fair
Burbanks Celebrate Golden Wedding in Wakefield
In Wakefield at 29 Emerson Street Mr and Mrs Charles M Burbank marked their golden wedding anniversary with a large family gathering. Married in Parsonsfield Maine by Elder Elias Libby they now reside in Wakefield with son Samuel and daughters Mrs Emma Swain of Everett and Mrs Albert Walton of Melrose Highlands. They have a granddaughter Emma Walton. Both remain in good health. Mrs Burbank handles housework while Mr Burbank works daily in a piano factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Charlies M. Burbank
Emerson Street
Burbank
Parsonsfield, Me
Elias Libby
Samuel Burbank
Emma E. Swain
Everett
Albert J. Walton
Melrose Highlands
Emma E. Walton
A. J. Walton
Damaged Dominion Steamer Returns to Service After Rockland Repairs
The Dominion ship has come off the Rockland railway after a collision with the Hamburg steamer Deutschland in New York Harbor and undergone thorough repair at a cost of 4000 dollars. The J. W. Wellington of Belfast, 243 tons, was sold by Captain Ralph W. Pattershall to Captain Co. A. Lamson of Somerville, Massachusetts. Captain Pattershall has assumed command of the Ella M. Storer, recently purchased by the Pendleton Bros, as the Dominion carries 97 saloon 116 second cabin and 262 steerage passengers.
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New York Harbor
Rockland
J. W. Wellington
Belfast
Ralph W. Pattershall
Co. A. Lamson
Somerville
Mass
Pattershall
Ella M. Storer
Pendleton Bros
Dominion
Tow of coal barges to this port disrupted by breakaway
The liner Commonwealth left Queenstown at 3 yesterday afternoon and is due next Friday. The Philadelphia Reading tug Catawissa towing barges Saucon Enterprise and Merriam from Philadelphia passed Sandy Hook seeking shelter when the last barge broke away and was seen going in under sail. The Landsman.
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Commonwealth
Queenstown
Philadelphia & Reading
Catawissa
Saucon
Enterprise
Merriam
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
Landsman
Shipping News Miniature Almanac October 22
The notice lists arrivals and sailings of multiple steamers and schooners from Halifax Boston Gloucester and other ports. Vessels arriving include Halifax Hawkesbury Gloucester Dizer and others while Vancouver Presse and several schooners are noted. Sailings indicate routes to London Ceiba Nantucket and Baltimore among ports and destinations.
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Halifax
Ellis
Charlottetown
RE. I
Hawkesbury
Co. B
Gloucester
Dizer
Baltimore
Petra
Grecian
Briggs
Philadelphia
H. Fock
Baker
New York
City of Gloucester
Ghee
Maya
George W. Collins
Hancock
Moon, Sullivan
George R. Bradford
Lattlefield
Lanesville
Mass
Erving J. Luce
Paschal
Ase
Multnomah
Pierce
Morning Star of
Boston
Hanson
Ipswich
Columbian
London
Alice
Ceiba
Pormouth
N. 8
Nantucket
Nottol
Recount Fails to Alter Wakefield Water Commissioner Result
On petition by 8. K. Hamilton for W. G. Strong who lost the race last week, election officers conducted a recount in Wakefield. The recount ended with no change in the outcome.
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Wakefield
K. Hamilton
W. G. Strong
Ward 10 in play as campaign watchers eye results
Ex Senator Charles H Innes leads Ward 10 where supporters accuse him of broken patronage promises after Bates era. Walter M Lougee backs a new anti Innes organization to rally Republicans in the ward with a staged headquarters and pledges from over 100 voters.
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Charles H.innes
Bates
General Guild
Mr. Bates
Innes
Mines
Walter M. Lougee
Hughes Divorce Trial Opens in New York City
Testimony in the Hughes divorce counter claim includes Miss Crepin, an 18 year old French maid, stating she saw Rupert Hughes's wife Agnes Wheeler Hughes kiss and hug visitor Bob Grant in the parlor at Syracuse. She testified she did not hear a kiss but saw the embrace and later heard Mrs Hughes refer to Grant as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Grant
Mrs. Hughes
Mr. Mathet
Miss Crepin
Helen Brewer Vanishes At Sea After Leaving Boston
The Helen Brewer sailed from Boston for Java with 27 aboard including Captain Mahony and his wife Mrs. Mahony. Weeks with no news followed until a sighting of an overturned boat marked H B and later a mainmast wash ashore. Lloyds marked the ship missing and Charles Brewer declared probable loss with hope the vessel may yet turn up.
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Java
Mahony
Malden
Helen Brewer
Philadelphia
Lloyd's
Charles Brewer
McCurdy
Message in a bottle hoax found near Charlestown navy yard
At high tide yesterday noon Dennis Wilson and Arthur Green found a bottle near the Charlestown navy yard with a note from a supposed first mate Frank Somebody claiming a sinking in the Gulf stream. The writing, stopper made of cotton waste and tallow, and illegible surname suggest a hoax. Lloyds Register lists no schooner Mary Ann of St. John’s Newfoundland.
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Dennis Wilson
Arthur Green
Charlestown Navy Yard
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Gulf Stream
Goodby
Frank Somebody
Navy Yard
Lloyds’ Register
Mary Ann
St. John’s N. F
Pretty Medford Wedding Of Pitcher And Mitchell
Miss Mabel Storr Pitcher married William Stewart Mitchell of Westton in a Medford drawing room ceremony attended by Malden and Medford society figures. After a wedding trip, they will reside at Riverbank court Cambridge after December 1.
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Medford
Malden
Mabel Storr Pitcher
William Stewart Mitchell
Westton
Frank Co. Pitcher
Terrace Road
Mrs. Mitchell
Riverbank Court
Cambridge
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Yokohama
Madam Wong
Burbanks OF
Charles H. Burbank
E. T. Sims
Brooklyn
N. Y
BiVell Buuteliy
Mr. A. EB. L
Atlanta, Ga
Orrine
Orrine Company
14Th Street
Washington, D. C
H. A. Jaynes & Co., Inc
Washington St
Hanover
Jaynes & Chapin CO
Summer
South
BE. F. Jaynes & CO
Inec
Warrenton
Shipping News
Vancouver
Azores
Greei
Naples
Genoa
Presse
Nor
Port Co. R
Onaere
Barkentine St. Paul Ae
York
Sadie C
Sumner C. Sumner
Apalachiola
Omma E. Potter
Clementsport
N. S
Hayward Place
Essex Street
Metropolitan Clothing CO
Washingto
Sale
Mahdény
Joker
Mitchell—Pitcher
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