Papal Delegate Martinelli Seeks Quiet Church Growth in US
Washington reports Archbishop Martinelli, new papal delegate, says his mission follows Cardinal Satolli and excludes church politics. He plans travel in the West, nurture small congregations, and foster prosperous church life while avoiding conflict with labor, capital, or civil affairs.
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Washington
Martinelli
Keane
Holy Father
Satolli
Holy Bee
Italy
United States
Europe
England
West
Cardinal Satolli
Apostolic Delegate
America
Holy See
National Crisis Sermon Calls Voters to Consider Nation
Reverend Robert Mc Donald at Warren Avenue Baptist Church urges contemplation of the national issue and candidates. He identifies personal support for Major McKinley and sound money, contrasts with Bryan, and stresses careful voting in the forthcoming election.
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Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Robert McDonald
Bryan
McKinley
Burglars Blow Safe at Greaves Bakery in Fall River
The J H Greaves bakery on South Main Street was entered after midnight. A small safe was carried to the yard and blown open, yielding $12. Greaves had $400 hidden in his tenement over the shop. No clues point to the burglars.
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Fall Rivier
J. H. Greaves
South Main Street
Greaves
Fearful crush at Kansas City carnival ends in injuries
Fifty thousand people packed two blocks on Grand Avenue for a fire department mimic play. A wall of crowds became wedged as police struggled to clear the street. Women fainted and trampling occurred before extra officers restored order after about thirty minutes.
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Kansas City
Grand Avenue
Irwin
Barthou Challenges Paris Rival to Duel over Railway Accusations
M. Jean Barthou former minister of public works in the Dupuy cabinet has sent a duel challenge to M. Cornudet writer of a La Lanterne article alleging Barthou engaged in career abuse related to railways during his ministerial tenure.
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Paris
M. Jean Barthou
Dupuy
M. Cornudet
LaLanterne
M. Barthou
Germans Cheer Removal of Sultan in Zanzibar
Berlin reports detail German views on the Zanzibar episode where a German warship removed the Sultan Said Khalid to Dar es Salam. Officials cite this as a Germany versus Britain score while diplomats condemn France for ignoring invitations during the Czar's Paris visit.
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Berlin
Colonial Council
Zanzibar
Said Khalid
Khalid
Dar Es Salam
Germany
Great Britain
St. George
Cape and West Africa
Gibraltar
Salonica
Suez Canal
Trotha
German East Africa
Chalons
Count von Munster
Foreign Office
Cologne
St. Petersburg
Faure
Francis Joseph
Austria
Vienna
Russia
France
Vorwarts
East
Grumbkoff
Ghalib Bey
General Grumbkoff
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Egypt
Williams Plans West Campaign and Massachusetts Speeches
The Williams campaign outlines a vigorous push with special topics for the West and possible one or two speeches in Massachusetts. The Bryan Sewall Williams Club will lead rallies in the state and provide speakers. Ballot law conventions hinge on a compromise with Music Hall on the ballot, while the commission will decide on regularity of conventions if no agreement is reached.
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Wiliams
Massachusetts
Mr. Williams
Bryan-Sewall-Williams Club
Williams
Ballet Law Commissioners
Music Hall
Ballot
Democratic campaign fund scheme targets swing states
New York dispatch reports Democratic leaders warn of an allegedly $8,000,000 plan by Mark Hanna to buy votes in key states including Illinois Ohio Indiana Michigan Maryland and Delaware with attempts to colonize in New York thwarted. Dalton spots suspicious influx of colored voters while Danforth and Sheehan note rising confidence in a Democratic victory. William J. Bryan named most popular candidate at a Brooklyn church fair.
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New York
Mark Hanna
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Maryland
Delaware
Dalton
Eleventh
Hanna
Leutenants
Gorman
Messrs
Danforth
Sheehan
Chicago
William P. St. John
National Committee
New St. Peter’s German Evangelical Church
Brooklyn
William J. Bryan
Grocers' Clerks Push Thursday Half Holiday in Lynn
In Lynn, the Independent Order of Grocery and Provision Clerks pushed for a weekly Thursday half holiday during winter. A meeting in Knights of Labor Hall heard threats of action if storekeepers refuse. New England AFL organizer John D. Cowper promised support from about fifteen labor groups and a boycott threat if demands are denied. A mass meeting is planned for Oct. 18 with leaders from Boston to coordinate citywide Thursday closings.
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Lynn
Independent Order of Grocery and Provision
Knights of Labor Hall
John D. Cowper
New England
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Shot by Friend in Worcester Tragedy Over Woman
Frank Forte of Shaft No. 8 at the Metropolitan Water Works in Berlin was shot by his lifelong friend Fee Defilippis from the same Italian town. Forte died at Clinton Hospital after being shot at 1:30 AM. The pair's feud reportedly began over a Southboro woman. the killer fled into the woods as police pursue him.
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Worcester
Frank Forte
Metropolitan Water Works
Berlin
Fee Defilippis
Italy
Forte
Clinton Hospital
Southboro
Metropolitan
Tender Jumped the Track in Northampton
A switch train crossing from the Consolidated to the Boston and Maine tracks at 6 p m overturned when the tender of the front engine jumped the track. Freight cars piled up in a large heap and part of the station platform was demolished. A fireman and brake man were injured but not seriously. Repair costs run to several hundred dollars. wrecking train cleared the site.
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Northampton
Consolidated
Boston & Maine
Stabbed in the Back in North End Incident
An unidentified man stabbed Pietro Valasci of 59 Fleet Street in a dark Webster Place passage near Hanover Street. Valasci went to Station 1 then Massachusetts General Hospital with a non dangerous wound. he could not explain the motive.
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Pietro Valasci
Fleet Street
Webster Place
North End
Valasci
Hanover Street
Station 1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Moody urges nationwide prayer at Missionary Alliance event
Dwight L. Moody urged silent prayers for the country during the closing services of the Christian Missionary Alliance ninth annual convention. He warned that partisan conflict is growing, especially in the West, and stressed the need for united Christian support for peace amid rising tensions.
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New York
Christian Missionary Alliance
Dwight L. Moody
Mr. Moody
Incendiaries Suspected After Chelsea House Blaze
A Chelsea two story wooden dwelling at 81 Heard Street owned by Mrs. Alice J. Nason caught fire twice in one night. Firemen battled a quick roof loss and a later gutted build ing with about 1500 dollars damage. Police and owner agree the fires were arson.
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Heard Street
Chelsea
Alice J. Nason
Broadway
Englishmen Aroused in Hyde Park Anti Sultan Demonstration
London workers marched in Hyde Park to protest massacres of Christians by the Sultan. The cold, dull day drew a large crowd with bands, twelve platforms, and speeches by MPs Broadhurst Burns Pickersgill Stuart Yoxall and Reverend Hughes. Resolutions urged Britain to press great powers for united action to stop the carnage.
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London
Hyde Park
Thames Embankment
Henry Broadhurst
John Burns
House of Commons
Edward H. Pickersgill
M. P
James Stuart
James H. Yoxall
Hugh Price Hughes
Socialist Candidate Brophy Declares Class Conflict
In his acceptance letter Thomas C. Brophy, Socialist candidate for Governor, calls the race a contest between working and capitalist classes. He says the aim is to obliterate economic class distinctions and promotes the workingmen's party as the emancipating instrument tied to Massachusetts soil.
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Thomas C. Brophy
Workingmen’s Party
Socialist- Labor Party
Massachusetts
Democratic conventions set to renominate local officials
A busy week for Democrats includes county and district conventions at Bumstead Hall and the Democratic State headquarters. Joseph Willard John P Manning and John Noble are slated for clerks positions while Senator Lomasney is likely to be renominated. Sullivan and Congressman Fitzgerald also slated for renomination as sessions conclude.
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Bumstead Hall
Joseph Willard
John P. Manning
John Noble
Suffolk
Lomasney
John H. Sullivan
Fitzgerald
Populist VP hopeful Watson III ill with sore throat
Reports from Thomson Georgia say Thomas E Watson III is confined to his room with a bad sore throat and under physician treatment. H W Reed Populist committeeman from Georgia consults with him and telegraphs Marion Butler. Watson has been ill since Tuesday night and worsens. Only Reed and family may visit.
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Atlanta
Thomson
Thomas E. Watson
H. W. Reed
Georgia
Marion Butler
Watson
Reed
Gold Democrats Plan Series of Meetings for Palmer Buckner
The sound money party announces public rallies to back Palmer and Buckner with Prince and McConnell as state candidates. Faneuil Hall is sought for two gatherings on October 30 and November 2 at noon. Bourke Cockran may speak in Boston, time undecided, as national plans push him to the Midwest and South.
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Sound Money Democracy
Palmer
Buckner
National
Prince
McConnell
Faneuil Hall
Bourke Cockran
Boston
National Committee
Cockran
Middle West
South
Massachusetts
The Greatest Remedy for Women’s Health Promoted
A sales pitch extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as essential for pregnancy health and easy childbirth. It Claims the medicine prevents suffering, strengthens mother and baby, and notes availability in drug stores with address for Dr. R. V. Pierce. Also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for digestive issues.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Archbishop Benson Longtime Leader of Canterbury Dies
The text outlines the career of Archbishop Benson, successor to Dr. art at Canterbury, lists sermons and works published from 1870 to 1893, notes his marriage to Mary Sidgwick, and cites the see value of £15,000 with patronage of 195 livings. It also mentions clubs and residences at Lambeth Palace and Addington Park.
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Canterbury
Art
Benson
Lee
Manchester
University of Cambridge
Wellington College
London
Mary
William Sidgwick
Skipton
Yorkshire
Atheneum
Grillions
Lambeth Palace
Addington Park
Croyden
Surrey
Death of Gapt W E Nason Franklin water works chief
Captain William E Nason superintendent of the Franklin Massachusetts water works died of heart failure at his home. He had recovered from an earlier illness and remained active, working at the Farmers Club fair and other matters. A Civil War veteran in the Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry he helped build the water works and served the town.
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William E. Nason
Franklin (Mass
Nason
Farmers’ Club
Captain Nason
Highteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Obituary notices from multiple cities recount six deaths
Oklahoma City reports Harry St. John son of ex governor St. John of Kansas died of la grippe while under indictment for murder of his wife. Concord NH notes Nahum Robinson warden of NH State Prison died after long illness. Chicago records Charles E. Leonard father of Lillian Russell died aged 67. Brockton lists John H. Carr shoe dealer died of heart failure. Malden reports Arthur Potter stableman died of apoplexy. Also Captain John Atwood, long shipping master and inventor, died at 84. Mrs Frances Gallagher wife of Dr. Gallagher principal of Thayer Academy died at 50.
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Harry St. John
St. John
Kansas
la Grippe
Young St. John
Concord
N. H
Nahum Robinson
New Hampshire
Bright
Robinson
John B. Smith
Chicago
Charles E. Leonard
Lillian Russell
Detroit
Mich
Leonard
Converse Lodge
Knighhs of
Provincetown
Malden
Frances Gallagher
Gallagher
Thayer Academy
Braintree
Marcy
Storm Wrecks Hancock House Shingles Injure Worker
A falling shingle from the Hancock House inflicted a severe scalp wound on a worker as a gust toppled the awning of Chipman Brothers near the old State House. A large plate glass window shattered, causing about 150 dollars in damage to the display.
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Hancock House
Chipman Bros.’ Haberdashery
Old State House
Harbor Storm Reviews No Major Shipping Damage
In the harbor the near gale caused worry but no damage to ships aside from the schooner Ma bel Jordan going ashore. About thirty sail rode at anchor safely as skippers fitted extra mooring lines. Several vessels sought sheltered quarters at Nantasket Roads and quarantine. The H F Dimock and others were reported at Nobska with winds around 24 mph and a heavy gale outside. A large fleet of fishermen arrived from the fishing grounds with lower sails deployed and reported the gale worsening.
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Mabel Jordan
Reading
Harrisburg
C. W. Morse
Wallader
T. W. Dunn
C. C. Chapman
Nantasket Roads
Santuit
L. G. Burnham
Forest Belle
Frostburg
Baltimore
Nobska
Vineyard Sound
Metropolitan Line
H. F. Dimock
Bearse
New York
Boston
Essex
Norfolk
Bond
Schooner Alsatian Lost Off Baker's Island Reef
Gloucester Oct 11 The schooner Alsatian from Bath to Boston with lumber capsized near Baker's Island Reef. Crew of three plus captain saved after heroic rescue by the steamer Helen May Butler. Vessel built Georgetown Me 1882. 69 tons. cargo for W. R. Chester & Co. Boston.
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Bath
Boston
Baker’s Island Reef
Oliver
Thatcher’s Island
Rockport
Salem
Baker’s Island
George L. Young
Helen May Butler
Captain Young
Steward C. B. Anderson
Young
Georgetown
Mabel Jordan Ashore Off Bug Light In Rescue
The four masted schooner Mabel Jordan of Thomaston Maine, Captain Hich born, ran ashore near Bug Light in bal last. Tug Juno Captain Stubbs aided with Vesta and Harry Roussel. after flood tide and a thirty minute haul off reef she reached deep water apparently uninjured.
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Mabel Jordan
Thomaston
Hichborn
Philadelphia
Juno
Stubbs
Jordan
Vesta
Harry Roussel
Three Lives Lost In Cape Henlopen Schooner Disaster
The schooner Luther A. Roby from Cheverne New Jersey ran ashore at daybreak below Cape Henlopen and broke apart. Three crew members died Harry Milby steward Middletown Massachusetts Thomas Sines seaman Boston and a Norwegian sailor. Five were rescued including Captain William H. Maloney of Boston and Mate George W. Hopkins of Camden Missouri.
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William H. Maloney
Boston
George W. Hopkins
Camden
Edgar Lewis
Brickhaven
Frederick Olsen
Alex Melan
Puritana Credited By Boston Market Chief For Wife Cure
W H Bezanson of Chicago Beef Co Boston says Puritana improved his wife s long battle with stomach ailments restoring appetite energy and strength He cites rapid improvement and urges others to try Puritana Dr Dixi Crosby of Dartmouth College is named as origin of the formula noted to make the stomach right and health follow.
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Chicago Beef Company
W. H. Bezanson
Blackstone St
Boston
Bezanson
Geo. F. Dunning
Faneuil Market
Dixi Crosby
Dartmouth College
Gale on the Mersey Claims Six Crew Members
A severe gale on the Mersey left six sailors dead as snow accompanies the storm in many areas.
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Mersey
Streets Under Water in Sea Isle City Newark gale flood hits coast
The October 11 report describes a fifty mile per hour gale flooding the meadows behind Sea Isle City New Jersey. High breakers flood avenues and streets while railroad travel is nearly halted across the area.
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Sea Isle City
N. J
Gales Sink Small Boats Around Nantucket Harbor
A hurricane fell on Nantucket as winds rise and small craft sink at their moorings. One three master remains anchored near Great Point, posing danger while extensive warnings limit expected accidents.
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Nantucket
Great Point
Gale at Highland Light Brings Severe Weather to Cape
A gale has prevailed since noon with hurricane signals along the coast. A high sea runs outside as the steamer Cottage City and three masted schooners with ten fishing vessels seek Provincetown harbor for safety this afternoon from New York bound for Portland.
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Highland Light
Oct. Ll
New York
Portland
Provincetown
Chinese Fight Breaks Out in Chinatown Quarrel
Yee Sing Din of Essex Street was arrested for assault and battery on Chin Wing Art of Clarendon Street with an iron bar. Art was treated and held as a witness after his wound was dressed. Tai Yon also suffered head injuries in the melee.
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Chinatown
Yee Sing Din
Essex Street
Chin Wing Art
Clarendon Street
Art
Williams
Tai Yon
Din
Fire kills boy as Oxford area home burns 2nd house burns
A two and a half mile from Oxford Centre house on the Brown place burned completely. Willie Trushaw 11 died in the attic fire while Eli Dupuis injured after leaping from the window. Nelson Trushaw and family escaped in night clothes. Loss listed at 1590 dollars. A second unoccupied Oxford house burned at seven tonight in the same blaze.
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Brown Place
Oxford
Willie Trushaw
Nelson Trushaw
Eli Dupuis
Willie
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