Sherman Hoar in Waltham Promotes Tariff Debate Rally
An enthusiastic crowd at the Park Theatre in Waltham hears Sherman Hoar, the Democratic congressional candidate, urge support for tariff reform and cheaper raw materials. He attacks the McKinley bill, cites effects on watches, copper, cottons, and wages, and contrasts Democratic goals with Republican policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Park Theatre
John E. Fitzgerald
F. B. Hatch
Sherman Hour
Congress
Arthur T. Lyon
New England
National Congress
Mckhinley
Canada
Democratic Party
Democratic Congress
Republican Party
General Banks
Waltham Watch
Lyman
Greenbalge
Moses Stevens
Massachusetts
Longe
Huntsman
Nahant
Iron Manufacturers of
Oliver Ames
Washburn & Moon Wire Mills
Tremont Nail Works
Greenbarge
Lowell
Lodge
United States
England
Henry Wilton
George
Concord
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Daniel Webster
Appomattox
Gettysburg
Antietam
Union
Senate
Congressman John F. Andrew Accepts renomination
Congressman John F. Andrew writes in acceptance of his nomination by the third district Democratic convention. He pledges to serve all voters, attacks current Congress for high tariffs and taxes, and urges Massachusetts to back a party promising equal privileges and broader commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
John P. Andrew
John U. Wheehwright
Henry V. Cunningham
LD. H. Sahoney
Secre- Uribe
Congress
Third Congressional
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
City Democrats in Consultation at Washington Street HQ
The Democratic city committee executive and ward chairmen met yesterday afternoon at Washington street headquarters for advice and general assistance. They endorsed prospects for the general ticket and several congressional candidates, with minor differences on figures but agreement on essential matters.
Schurz To Speak On Tariff At Reform Club Banquet
The Hon. Carl Schurz will address the Massachusetts Reform Club at the Brunswick this Monday at 6 PM. He will be the sole after dinner speaker, giving an extensive view of the McKinley bill and tariff questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schurrz
Carl Schurz
Massachusetts Reform Club
Brunswick
Schurz
Morse Nominated for Congress by Second District Democrats
Bushrod Morse of Sharon was nominated at the second district Democratic congressional convention held at the state headquarters. Morse ran in 1886 against John D. Long and was defeated by 1322 votes. He served on the State committee (1878-1883), was a Cincinnati convention delegate in 1880, a Cleveland ticket elector in 1934, and has years of legislative experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Bushrod Morse
Sharon
Congress
John D. Long
Cincinnati
Hancock
Cleveland
The Comte de Paris Visit Provokes Richmond Criticism
In Richmond Virginia on October 12 the governor’s refusal to attend a Friday night entertainment for the Comte de Paris triggers sharp criticism. Local newspapers accuse Richmond of snobbery, while city papers insist receptions were privately organized by individuals. General Joseph Johnston is also criticized for attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comte DE Paris
Richmond
Richmont
Virginia
Archer Anderson
Joseph Johnston
Industrial Trust buys two thirds of Atlantic Fire stock
In Providence on October 12 two thirds of the Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Company stock, halted after last November Lynn fire losses, transfers to Industrial Trust Company. Minority holders may receive $25 a share. The deal plans expansion of Industrial Trust’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provingence
BR. 1
Atlantic Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Lynn
Industrial Trust Company
Tragic Chestnut Gathering Fatality Near Manchester Centre
Thomas Lachance a twenty one year old Quebec native and Cheney Bros silk mill worker fell about thirty feet from a tree while shaking chestnuts near Manchester Centre. He struck his head and broke his neck dying instantly. His parents live in Fall River Mass.
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Hartrorp
Conn
Thomas Lachance
Quebec
Cheney Bros
South Manchester
Manchester Centre
Fall River
Mass
Professor Bischoff Badly Injured in Accident
WasuIndon October 12 professor Bischoff the blind organist of the Congregational Church and composer of popular pieces was knocked down by a horse driven by a reckless driver last night and is reported in critical condition by his physician.
New York Election Districts Report Population Totals
At closing time 936 of 947 districts reported in New York. Population totals show 1,665,381 for those districts, with estimates suggesting the remaining 11 districts will raise the grand total to about 1,692,581. The mayor’s office noted results as of Oct 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio judge slain by freight engine in railroad tragedy
Sanpusky Ohio Oct 12 The Hon John L Dewitt resident judge of the Common Pleas in this district was struck by a freight locomotive on the Lake Shore railroad and instantly killed Saturday afternoon He was forty two years old
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Sanpusky
John L. Dewitt
the Common Pleas
Lake Shore
Obituary notices for Ivers Adams and others from Ashburnham
Obituary notices recall Ivers Adams of Ashburnham born December 30, 1808 who died last week after a long career in two towns. He served in the Legislature in 1861 and left a daughter, Mrs Hosea Whitney, and many friends. The column also notes the deaths of Julia Rhinelander in Paris and Julia Rhinelander’s charity gifts, William H. Radford of New York, and a Berlin despatch on author Amelia Lange's death in the Lessing Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivers Adams
Ashburnham
Russel Hill
Morocco
Thomas Adams
John L. Cummings
Adams
Hosea Whitney
Julia Rhinelander
William C. Rhinelander
Paris
Europe
Serena
Lispenard Stewart
Miss Rhinelander
Rhinelander
North Washington Square
New York
Fifth Avenue
Julia
Stewart
William R
Julia Kinnelander
Children’s Aid Society
ZolbDy NY
William H. Radford
Central Park Casino
Dedhatm
Mass
Broadway
Winter Garden Theatre
Edwin Booth
Radford
Central Park
Lafayette Lodge of Treemasons
Arm Street
Berlin
Amelia Lange
Lessing Theatre
Come Forth and the Ward Amour Plot Review
A critical digest attacks Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert Ward for a mock Biblical novel in which Lazarus is reimagined as a master builder and romance blossoms with Zahara. The piece condemns the liberties with Mary Martha and Jesus, calls the work an irreverent misstep, and notes other contemporary titles and publishers in a broader literary survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazarus
St. John
Mrs. Ward
Bethany
Mary
Martha
New England
Mgs
Jesus
Annas
Mount Zion
Yahara
Jazarus
Capernaum
Zahara
Smaster
Joan
Soak
Tavarus
Palace of
Jerusalem
Miss Phelps
Mr. Ward
Amélie Rives
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Herbert D. Ward
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Hotels and residents listed in Thorndike Brant area notices
A lengthy roster of names linked to hotels and addresses appears, listing Clarence H. Howard of St. Louis, J. H. Tritton and wife of London, O. ki. Derby and wife of Oakland, and many others tied to locations such as Andover, Newport, Philadelphia, and New York. The notice covers multiple hotels including Av, Brunswick, Parker's, Younc's, Adams, Ceawtorp, Quixcy, and American, among others, with affiliations spanning United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Howard
St. Louis
J. H. Tritton
London
Eng
O. Ki. Derby
Oakland
Cal
J. J. Estey
Brattleboro
Brunswick
George Harris
Andover
Edith M. Shepard
East Orange
N. J
J. Miller
Eag
John D. Wood
New York
Thorndike
N. J. DeBlois
Newport
U . S. Lewis
Detroit
Mich
A. Irving
Chicago
Fremont Smith
St. Augustine
Pla
Lawrence
Washington
Trevonv
U. F
Titus
Philipsburg
L. Braxton
Staunton
W. M. Lincoln
A. B
Younc
Peter Boyd
Philadelphia
H. Howard
RK. Dodge
G. A. Blodgett
Augusta
Anthony
Providence
R. L
Henry Russell
Albany
D. M. Emerson and Family
N. H
R. L. Richardson
C. E. Austin
Buffalo
N. Y Adams
C. J. Spike
Halifax
N.S
G.V. Griswold
Omaha
Neb
John S. Quimby
Josie Hall
Helen Leslie
G. M. Gilson
Troy
N Y
John Kelley
T. J. Madigan
Prom Harper Weekly on Quayism in Pennsylvania Politics
A current from Prom Harper Weekly criticizes journals for silence on William Quay and the Pennsylvania campaign. It argues charges against Quay and Lee are believed and that press silence signals support of corrupt politics. The piece asserts independent voters deserved journalistic cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom
Harper’s Weekly
Pennsylvania
Independent Movement
Quay
Lea
Kennedy
Autumn Common Sunday Scene Hosts Varied Speakers
The autumn Sunday gathering on the Common draws the same groups as spring and summer. Socialists feature an orator criticizing a recently read piece on Profit Sharing before the Unitarian Club. Single tax supporters remain by the band stand. High tariff policies face renewed critiques as the Salvation Army and other evangelical efforts attract crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Club
Salvation Army
Wyoming election results reported by party at statewide convention
Cheyenne Wyoming October 12 Certificates of election issued to all candidates named by the State Republican convention August 11 Governor Warren leads with a 1726 plurality Congressman Clark trails by 2567 Forty one Republicans and eight Democrats win seats in the Assembly The total vote is 60 01
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Warren
Clark
Clothing firm confesses judgment in St Louis creditors
St Louis clothing manufacturers Ketsinger Tuholske and Frelichstein confessed judgment yesterday for 33,872 dollars in favor of three creditors. The sheriff seized the store. liabilities and assets of the firm are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Ketsinger, Tuholske & Frelichstein
Poor Anthony Wayne Named from Dozens of Places
The piece notes how Anthony Wayne inspired numerous places including fifteen counties and eighty-two townships with stations villages and towns named Wayne. It laments that no backwoods hamlet bears his name yet the brave old soldier would be immortal through such honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Wayne
Wayne Centres
Wayne Cities
Wayne Furnaces
Wayne Court Houses
Wayne Four Corners
Wayne Junctions
Waynesburgs
Waynesvilles
Waynesfields
Waynesboros
Waynestowns
Anglomaniacs skit praised for social sketches
The Anglo maniacs skit from Century Magazine is lauded for its clever setup and sharp sketches of New York society. The plot, though not deeply plotted, provides lively dialogue and a keen depiction of upper class circles, with emphasis on social dynamics rather than character depth. Several books are listed as received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglomantiacs
Century Magazine
Floyd-Curtises
New York
Bertie Clay
Ernest Jencks
England
America
Floyd-Curtis
Lily
Cassell Publishing Company
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
Fine Art Notes Point Boston Artists Toward New York
Boston artists drift to New York for liberal patronage while local commissions persist. Mille Dviekowska considers a move to the metropolis with Lakewood, N J as partial base. A major three quarters length portrait of Henry H Reuter of Jamaica Plain draws praise for color and verve. The Interstate Industrial Exposition in Chicago closes soon. Charles H Davis's eighteen works receive praise. Other works by Childe Hassam J Appleton Brown Abbott Thayer Vinton F H Richardson May Hallowell are highlighted. The catalogue signals strong American art activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Too
D. C. Heath & Co
Joseph Thomson
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
Kineton Parkes
A. Lovell Company
Mara L. Pratt
Boston
Educational Publishing Company
KE. Conder Gray
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Theodore H. Mead
Chuck Purdy
William
Stoddard, Softon
D. Lothrop Company
William James
Kenry Hart & Co
Little, Brown & Co
Thomas M. Cooley
Ll.d
Little, Brown & Wo
Forty-ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Henry T. Johns
Washington, D. C
Ramsey & Bisbee
James Russell Lowell
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
R. O. Willams
Henry Holt & Co
Julia M. Thomas
John W. Lovell Company
Mary B. Claflin
I. Y. Crowell & Co
Captain Coignet
Lorédan Larchey
County Tolstoi
Nathan Haskell Cole
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Anna Chapin Ray
Sir Charles Napier
William F. Butler
Macmillan & Co
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Houghton, Mifflin , Co
Bondareff
Hussia
Count Lyof Tolstoi
Mary Cruger
The
Pollard Publishing Company
Harry Thurston Peck
M.A
Robert C. Leslie
Scribner & Welford
William Shakspere
Henry Irving
Frank A. Marshall
F. A. Marshall
Oberammergau
Canon Farrar
Westminster
Eugene Field
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner’s Doll
S. A. Hjalmar Edgren
Ph.d. Bos
School Supply Com
Mille Dviekowska
Metropolis
Lakewood
N.J
Henry H. Reuter
Jamaica Plain
Rembrandt
Franz Hals
Louis Ritter
Art
Wellesley College
Chicago
Charles H. Davis
Childe Hassam
J. Appleton Brown
Abbott Thayer
Vinton
F. H. Richardson
Paris
Harcourt Studios
Stacy Tolman
May Hallowell
Fire settler Frank Wooten lynched in Homer
In Homer Louisiana on October 12 Frank Wooten an African American man who confessed to setting fire to Dr Pace's residence at Athens on October 9 was lynched last night local papers report no further details available at this time confirming the vigilante act and its immediate aftermath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer, la
Frank Wooten
Dr. Pace
Athens
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Scrofula
An advertisement asserts scrofula causes various ailments from consume to rheumatism and paralysis. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses blood, offers relief for sufferers, and promotes health, with prices of six bottles for five dollars and a 109-dose one-dollar option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Express
Refined Food CO
Parker St
Huntington Ave
Roxbury
Boston Stock Ruchange Members and Bond Listings
A dated list shows numerous banks, railroads, gas and water utilities, insurance, and stock issues with their bond maturities and par values. Institutions include City of Toledo, Salem Gas Co, Kansas City packing and refrigeration, Missouri Pacific RR, Boston Marine Insurance, and New York and New England Rk among others, with several 4s, 6s, and 7s issues dating between 1892 and 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoe & Leather N. Dank
N. Bank of Commerce
New Bedford
Mass
Metropolitan N. Bank
N Exchange Bank
N. Webster Bank
Islackstone NS. Bank
West End St. Ry
Upton, Revere Reach & Lyon RE. Co
City
Knet Ins
Payne Coal & Tron Co
Charles River Towing Co
Union Investment
Kan
Kansas City Packing & Chase
Bur, & Northern RR
Lowell RR
Burl
Mo. Rivers RR
New York
New England
Missouri Pacific RR
National Union Bk
Boston
Merchants
Railroad
Lowell
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR
Suffolk
Columbian
K. Freeman’s
Biddeford
Sagadahoc
Bath
Laconia Mfg. Co
Standard Fire Ins. Co
Union Trust Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Firemen’s Wire Ins. Co
Howard Nat
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Sherman Hoar
Gressional Campaign
John F. Andrew
Greenhalge
Banks
John F, Andrew
NEW Books
Renée
Napoleon
Emile Zola
B. Peterson & Bros
Sidney
Margaret Deland
Houghton, Mittin & Co
Hjalmar Hjorth Koyesen
Berrian
Mrs. C. FH. Stone
Walter Besant
Harper & Bros
William T. Meredith
Mary K. Claflin
Julius Wolff
W. Henry Winslow
Elizabeth R. Winslow
J. Y. Crowell & Co
Louise Chandler Moulton
Roberts Bros
Sunset Pass
Captain Charles King
Adeline Sargeant
H. F. Wood
Karl Emil Franzos
Orein
Ier
George H. Masson
McNeil
Amelia K. Barr
Venice
Grace Denio Litchfield
G. P. Putnaim’s Sons
Rudyard Kipling
United States Book Company
Pescara
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Mrs. Clara Bell
W.S. Goitshberger & Co
the Hotels
the Silent Press
Wyoming
ST. Louis Clothiers
Fine Art Notes
E. C. Tarbell
Frank Benson
Harcourt
Irvington Street
Laura Lee
J. E. Bartlett
J. M. Stone
Ross Turner
Hayden
E. H. Barnard
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Place
Boston Stock Ruchange
R. L. Day , CO
Stocaw Auctioneers
Hroom
Kroom
Boston Stock Exchange
Boston Water Power CO
Boston & Albany RR
Suffolk Nat. Bk
Tremont
Suffolk Nat
Metropolitan Nat
Shoe & Leather
Blackstone N. Bank
Hamilton Woollen Co
Boston & Albany BR
Boston & Maine RR
Boston & Maine Ad. Scrip
Consol. RR
Maine
Newburyport
Amesbury St. Ry
Admx
Lnghaim Cordage Co
National Tube Works
Ogdensburg Transit Co
Istport
Cent. Vt
Ogdens, & Lake Cham, RR. Co
Desha Lumber & Planting Co
Jour
Nat. Mort. & Deb. Co
Wakefield
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Co
Long Wharf
Almeria
Steamer
Snow & CO
Fuaken St
California
Almeriaa
Boston Heating Ccompany
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Heating Company
American Loan & Trust Company, & Corporation
Torsday
Sis Moritage
City of
Moston
Broad Street
Atlantic Avenue
Fort Hill
John L. Satchelaer
Boston Heath Company
Elisha ‘Thayer
American Loan & Trust Company
Friusiee
Dickinsson & Howe, Solicitors
NEW Music
United Voices
L. O. Emerson
Young Players
Vopular
Young People’s
Hiavo
Pociery
Chols
Oliver Ditson Company
C. E. Morrison & CO
Faneuil Hall Market
California Fruits
Carlona
Car Lion
Daniel H. Burdett
Burdett & Dennis
Burling Slip
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Bates
County of
James Kenneally
James Keneally
James Kenely
North Margin Street
North Margin
Jonathan Proctor
Goodwin and
French
Robert H. Bowman
Sewall A. Frunce
Edward F. Dole
Alpheus M. Stetson
Kilby Street
Hotels
Causeway
Canal Streets
Astern
Fitchborn
J. A. Hooper
E. van Noorden & CO
Harrison Ave
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