Brackett and Protection in Music Hall Ratification
A large audience filled Music Hall for a Republican ratification meeting featuring Brackett Haile and other leaders. The night featured sharp exchanges with Democrats, praise for protectionist policy, and calls to expose supposed “State House rings” while defending Massachusetts’ Republican record and criticizing President Eliot.
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Music Hall
Eliot
Haile
Brackett
Russell
Bay State
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
Republican Party
Soem
New Hampshire
Hoar
United States
Long
Greenhalge
United Question Club
J. O. Burdett
State Committee
Allen
Kennan Lectures On Siberia At Tremont Temple
George Kennan opened a six lecture series at Tremont Temple under Boston Press Club auspices. President O'Meara praised Kennan and compare d his work to Stanley. He described Kennan's Siberian journey in 1864 with telegraph prospecting and life among Reindeer Koraks, noting vivid scenes of arctic winter, aurora displays, and perilous rescues. The second lecture is set for next Tuesday.
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Siberia
Boston Press Club
George Kennan
Tremont Temple
O'Meara
The
Press Club
Stanley
Kennan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Russia
Behring Straits
Kamcchatka
Mr. Kennan
Aurora Borealis
Cambridge Board Sets Hearing on Pole Substitution
Cambridge Aldermen fixed an Oct 22 hearing at 8 o clock for the Cambridge Electric Light Company to seek permission to replace poles along Main Street north side and North Avenue from West Boston bridge to Arlington line. Land seizure for sewer work from Cushing to Aosworthy streets and in Cottage court approved. An inspector of wires will be appointed and the finance committee to report. A citizens conference at City Hall next Saturday evening will discuss a separate Cambridge post office.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Main Street
North Avenue
West Boston Bridge
Arlington Line
Cushing
Aosworthy Streets
Cottage Court
Cambridge City Hall
Funeral of John P Payson in Chelsea
The funeral for John P Payson was held at 407 Broadway Chelsea with Rev F M Baldwin officiating. A large group of prominent citizens teachers and secret society members attended. Public schools cancelled morning sessions as teachers paid respects. Remains sent to Portsmouth New Hampshire for burial. Chelsea Board of Aldermen met with Mayor Champlain presiding and granted American Fuel Company permission to lay out several streets per submitted plans.
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John P. Payson
Broadway
Chelsea
F. M. Baldwin
First Church
Portsmouth
N. H
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Mayor Champlain
American Fuel Company
Delta Kappa Epsilon Convention Opens in Boston
Over 130 delegates from 27 chapters and 8 alumni groups gathered at Parker House for the forty third annual Delta Kappa Epsilon Convention opening reception. Mutual introductions and talks filled the evening as Boston residents and undergraduates from across the country mingled.
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Parker House
Delta Kappa Epsilon College
Mutua
Boston
Pach
State House
Tremont Temple
G. A. Marden
John D. Long
B. R. Bulkely
Concord
Baldwin
N. E. D. K. E. Glee Club
Fire Department Caucus Attendance Rule Backed by Counsel
Corporation Counsel Richardson supports the fire commissioner's power to forbid both permanent and call members from attending political caucuses if such attendance interferes with duties or the department’s efficiency. He notes that merely attending without active participation or voting could be criticized as encroaching on political rights unless necessary for department morale and efficiency.
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State House
Ringsters
Republican Party
Bay State Club
Russell
Avai
Legres
Pbrey
Brackett
Eliot
United States
Bismarck
Europe
America
Germany
Order of the Fire Commissioners
Fire Department
Richardson
Gala Day at Nashua Dedication of Soldiers Monument
Nashua New Hampshire on October 15 hosted a gala dedication of a $12,000 soldiers monument in Abbott Square. Governor Goodell and many state leaders attended as three National Guard regiments paraded under Brigadier General J N Patterson. The event featured bronze figures and bas reliefs, a Victory statue, and a large civic reception for over 4000 visitors indoors and 1500 veterans fed by the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Nashua
N. H
Sons of Veterans
National Guard
J. N. Patterson
Concord
Abbott Square
Victory
Goodell
Henry W. Blair
O. C. Moore
Moody Currier
Frederick Smyth
Benjamin F. Prescott
Martin A. Haynes
Luther F. McKinny
Jacob H. Gallinger
Isaac W. Smith
State Supreme Court
A. B. Thompson
Solon A. Carter
Nealley
Dover
Stillman Humphrey
J. W. Patterson
George A.arden
Massachusetts
Charles Crowly
Lowell
Michael Donohoe
Boston
Grand Army
Eaton
Charles H. Burns
Wilton
North Common
Woman’s Relief Corps
Grand Army Hall
Amoskeag
Manchester Cadets
Manchester High School
Nashua High School
C. H. Moore
Hearings on oil freight rates resume in Washington
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened the May hearing from Louisville to Pennsylvanian lines against Western New York Pennsylvania Railway Erie Lehigh Valley. F W Babcock & Co Boston and Providence dealers claim railroads unfairly classify oil and discriminate against Boston favoring New York, leaving independents unable to compete in New England markets and ceding control to the Standard Oil Trust.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville
Penn
Oil City
Titusville
Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Erie Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Laurens Maynard
F. W. Babcock & Co
Boston
Providence
R. I
New York
New England
Standard Oil Trust
Wauregan Mills extension approved by creditors
In Providence on October 15, creditors' committee plans for Wauregan Mills and Edward P. Taft received majority backing to extend five years at 6 percent interest. The arrangement aims to reduce principal by $100,000 annually, separating Taft's interests from the mills and avoiding assignment or shutdown.
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Providence
R. I
Wauregan Mills
Edward P. Taft
SoGay
Train collision awards reach twenty thousand dollars
In August 1888 Mrs. Hannah R. Lawton suffered a severe nervous shock and spinal injury after a Marblehead to Chelsea trip led to a collision with a Boston bound train due to a faulty braking. A jury awarded about $20,000 and after a post trial motion Judge Thompson upheld the verdict, granting $20,759 to Mrs. Lawton. Attorneys Stillman B. Allen and Thomas Damage represented Lawton. Solomon Lincoln appeared for the railroad company.
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Hannah R. Lawton
Marblehead
Chelsea
Lynn
Boston
Thompson
Lawton
Stillman B. Allen
Thomas Damage
Solomon Lincoln
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Accident injures ex-congressman Steele in Marion
Major George W. Steele, once named as a pension commissioner candidate, and Mrs. Steele suffered severe injuries after a runaway carriage in Marion. A fore wheel failed as they rode toward the business district, breaking Major Steele’s left arm near the shoulder and injuring Mrs. Steele’s left arm with burns and internal injuries.
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Steele
Marion
Ind
George W. Steele
Commissioner of Pensions
Endicott Misses Salem Parade After Illness
Salem veterans of the Light Infantry honored ex Secretary of War William C. Endicott with a parade and banquet on October 15. He sent a letter of regret due to illness, praising the town and the veterans from Hamilton Hall to Washington Square.
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Salem
Salem Light Infantry
William C. Endicott
Endicott
Hamilton Hall
Salem Brass Band
George M. Whipple
William Mack
Chestnut Street
George Peabody
Washington Square
United States
Cogswell
Saltonstall
Boston
Massachusetts
D. Bees
Raymond
Boston Tigers
First
Rhode Island Veteran Association
Olney
Old Salem Light Infantry
Caleb Foote
Veteran Association of 1862
3. G
Wa. C. Endicott
Harvard Tennis Tourney Shaped by Strong Winds
Harvard hosts a tennis tournament with high winds hampering play. Notable results include Hale over Brown 6-4 7-5 and Stetson over Baldwin 6-0 6-1. Doubles set to begin at 2 p m, as freshmen and upperclass crews rally in boat races at the Harvard boat house with lively heats and a crowd. Harvard eleven to face the Institute of Technology at Jarvis field today at 4 p.m.
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Harvard
R. B. Hale
R. D. Brown
M. K. Wildes
H. A. Davis
F. W. Burlingham
Blake
J. A. Stetson
C. C. Baldwin
W. D. Orcutt
A. H. Lockett
H. Tallant
H. S. Potter
Godman
P. M. Rhinelander
W. Sturgis
K. W. Nutter
Manchester
R. K. Thomas
G. W. Lee
Howard
W. L. Jennings
W.F. Baker
Todman
MK. Wildes
E. Wrenn
Richardson & Bacon’s Wharf
Williams
Post
Burgess
Osgood
Hernek
Cark
Cummin
Randol
Watriss
Bates
Hubbard
Morton
Jones
Batchelder
E. Sturgis
Stearns
Hochstader
Ransom
P. D. Stone
Hale
Harwood
Cavanagh
Shead
Gans
Guerin
Brewer
Clark
Pierce
Ballou
Kidder
Strauss
Chase
Rich
Tyson
van Rensselaer
Chamberlin
Allen
Bishop
Pinkham
Rhoades
Alexander
Kantoul
Parker
Putnam
Paine
Hill Sands
Longworth
Perkins
Carpenter
Winthrop
Vaughan
Barr
Duff
Cromwell
Hawes
Pope
Doe
Adams
French
Stone
Purrington
Keyes
Wood
Campbell
Pike
Baldwin
Winslow
Jaggar
Nichols
Flint
Walcott
Gould
Fairchild
Maynard
Brown
Institute of Technology
Jarvis Field
Rushers
Lutchinson
Newell
Johnson
Goldthwaite
Cranston
Blanchard
Upton
Cumnock
Dean
Acks
Lee
Fearing
Trafford
Deaconess Home Opens Nov 7 Under Methodist Support
The Deaconess Home, authorized by the last Methodist general conference, prepares to open Nov 7 at East Chester Park with seven applicants already accepted. Managers appeal for furniture, food, books for a library, and monetary donations to cover heavy running costs, with Mrs. J. Washington as treasurer at 29 Worcester Street.
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East Chester Park
Episcopalian Convention Debates Prayer Book Revisions
New York Oct 15 reports show the Episcopal convention debating budgets for three years, a plan for a seven to twelve member Board of Regents to oversee church education, and a minority push to halt liturgical revision. The house of bishops and delegates clash over a standard 1892 prayer book, with votes taken at 4:45 and adjournment following.
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New York
Elliott
Maryland
Goodwin
Pennsylvania
Nevin
Coit
New Hampshire
House of Bishops
Board of Regents
Huntington
Congress
United States
Committee On
Joint Committee On
Cassell
Texas
Roberts
Ow Hampshire
J. Christian
Newark
Michigan
Blanchard
House of Delegates
Sweepe
David Sessmus
Louisiana
Nowell
Burgwin
Phillip Brooks
Boston
Yeas
Forestry Congress Opens Joint Meeting in Philadelphia
The eighth annual meeting of the American Forestry Congress with the Pennsylvania Forestry Association opened at Horticultural Hall in Philadelphia. About 200 delegates attended as H G Joly of Quebec led the session in Governor Beaver's absence. Burnett Landreth welcomed delegates and Carl Schurz spoke on forest preservation with Bernard Fernow presenting a paper from Washington’s forestry division.
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Joly
Carl Schurz
New York
Bernard E. Fernow
Forestry Division
Agricultural Department
Washington
Winter coats arrive at Macallar Parker Co store
The approach of cold weather brings a new stock of English meltons and cheviots, Scotch fancy cheviots with capes, thick Shetland ulsters, and other overcoats at Macallar Parker & Co., 400 Washington street. Coats are in correct styles, well made, and offered at very reasonable prices.
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Bragkett and Protection
William H. Haile
Appai
Cambridge
Harvard College
Democratic Party
Tanner
Virtue
Pblic
de At
Harvard University
All-American Congress
Lincolns
Douglases
Boston Police Commission
Cleveland
Eugene Higgins
Andrew
John Q. A. Brackett
Boston Democracy
Blaine
Bayard
Pan-American Congress
Lincoln
Custom House
Navy Yard
MR. Greenhalge
F. T. Greenhalge
Gliteing
Worcester
Sullivan
John Corcoran
Pat” Collins
the Board of Aldermen
D. K. E. Fraternity
Wauregan
Lessing
Solomon & Rosenthal
Waco
Tex
H. B. Claflin & Co
H. Ellison
Manchester Bank
G. H. Grant
Bar Harbor
Roscoe M. Plaisted
National Granite Bank of
Quincy
Mass
Edward Bernard
Summer Street
Walpole Emer Company
N. A. Harwood
Lewis Speare
Lyler
J.G. Walker
Clinton
North Market Streets
Mace
Albert D. Rogers
MR. Endicott
Sports OF Harvard
Charles
Holmes
Washington St
Episcopal Convention
Forestry Congress
Philadelphia
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