Convention preview fills Faneuil Hall with 40000 delegates
Reports from a large gathering show delegates representing about 40000 members traveling free. The convening body plans routine committee work then moves to by law revisions ritual changes and officer elections. Lodges announce future balls and a grand ball schedule while a memorial telegram notes a delegate’s father's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Galesburg
Ill
Edward A. Mosely
Interstate Commerce Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
T. B. Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
E. E. Clark
Order of Railroad Conductors
John Wilson
Order of Railroad Switchmen
L. S. Coffin
Iowa
T. W. Powderly
R. of
Wilkinson
Morrisey
Slattery
Newman
Sheehan
Montana
Grand Lodge
F. P. Mullin
Legrande
Ore
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Somerville Lodge
The Young Men's Congress Holds Third Meeting
The Boston Young Men's Congress met for the third time of the thirty third session at Whiting Hall. E H Willet resigned as clerk and C Currier was elected to fill the vacancy. A committee of Lane Engstrom Flanagan Potter Capen was formed to amend the constitution. Lane introduced a restrictive immigration bill and the rest of the evening covered the silver repeal bill with multiple speakers. The bill will be discussed again next Monday with a free trade resolve to follow.
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Boston Young Men’s Congress
Whiting Fall
Tremont Street
EH. H. Willet
Cha. ©. Currier
Messrs
Lane
Engstrom
Flanagan
Potter and Capen
Congress
Messrs. Engstrom
Walker
Wayes
Hopkins
Breckley
Bancroft
Child
Tilden
Eldredge
Ward
Cleveland
John Sherman
Republican Party
Pup
Akes
J. H. Walker
New Bedford
Crapo
Greenhalge
Harter
Ohio
Bacon
New York
House
Russell
Boston book agent arrested for embezzlement in Orange
Alfred J. Sawyer of Boston, an agent for W L Richardson & Co. publishers, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Fowler on a warrant from P F Burke charging embezzlement. Sawyer, an expert Bible salesman, will plead before Trial Justice Bicknell tomorrow morning.
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Orange
Alfred J. Sawyer
Boston
W. L. Richardson & Co
ofBoston
Fowler
P. F. Burke
Sawyer
Bicknell
Leave: Begin to Fall You Take Hood's Sarsaparilla
An early health pitch suggests taking Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify vitalize and enrich the blood as seasons change. The text advertises tonics for the bloodstream and overall well being amid seasonal transition.
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Hood
Senate in bitter clash over silver repeal and rules reform
The Senate opened an intense week amid silver fight lines, delaying action on the repeal bill as Oklahoma suffrage issues were addressed. Debates focused on closing debate rules, with Lodge urging a return to traditional procedure and weighing House method references as the chamber adjourned after a lengthy session.
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Washington
Oklahoma Territory
Hoar
United States
Yeas
Morgan
Alabama
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Senate
Lodge
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Webster
Hayne
House
Louisiana
Mr. White
West
Mr. Hill
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aha
House Debates McCreary Bill on Geary Law Extension
The House discussed the McCreary bill to extend the Geary act registration window for Chinese immigrants. Key votes were 120 to 10 on Geary amendments and 167 to 9 on final passage, with a quorum dispute and ongoing talks on national bank legislation.
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Washington
House
McCreary
Wilson
Rep
Wash
Cleveland
Dinsmore
Dem
Ark
Caminetti
Cal
Geary
California
United States
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Loud
Cox
Tennessee
Cannon
Illinois
Bombardment of Rio Draws Fierce Naval Attack on City
Details emerge on the October bombardment of Rio de Janeiro as insurgent ships fire on the custom house and government forts. Admiral Mello directs a 196 shell assault. land batteries and forts retaliate but inflict no ship damage while causing heavy property loss and civilian distress.
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New York
Rio
Armacao
Mello
Rio News
American Bible Society
Peixoto
Ponta da Caja
Brazilian Coal Company
Wyndham
Lang
Aquidaban
Javary
Guanabara
Trajado
Fort Santa Cruz
Sage
Joao
Deserter with Family and 40 Cents Fled to Sea
Cambridge case depicts John Goodrich a German tool at Tower's piano factory who abandoned his wife and three children with only 40 cents. He stole valuables then vanished to Boston and booked passage on the Cephalonia after drawing $400 saved with boarders.
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Cambridge
Murray
Station 2
John Goodrich
Tower
Broadway
Washington Street
Cambridgeport
Main Street
Goodrich
Hamburg
Germany
America
Boston
Five Cent Savings Bank
Cephalonia
Fresh Canadian Fish Enter U S Free With U S Nets
Ottawa October 16 The Treasury Department in Washington informs Dominion authorities that fresh or frozen fish caught in Canadian waters will be admitted into the United States free of duty when nets or devices are owned by U S citizens.
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Ottawa
Ont
Treasury Department
Washington
Dominion
United States
No Compromise For Grover In Carlisle Interview
New York reports Croker's daily organ prints Secretary Carlisle stating the President will consent to no compromise. He adds if we cannot repeat this month we may try another month.
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New York
America
Croker
Daily Organ
Carlisle
Fall River Debates on Banking and Tariff Policy
The speaker argues for a separation of banking from government and endorses a reformed currency system, criticizing the national bank model. He critiques Democratic stance on State banks, cites past crises, and defends Massachusetts constitutional rights while discussing wages, tariffs, and Fall River’s cotton industry viability amid economic turmoil.
Competition for Best Letter to the Post Editors
Readers are invited to send concise observations on the Post and Sunday Post circulation versus other Boston morning papers. State simply the number of Posts and other papers your friends or neighbors take, or what you notice on streetcars or at work. Ad dress Comparison Editor, THE POST.
Seventy Three Immigrants Reach Ellis Island From Colombia
Seventy three wretched men arrive aboard the Athos from Colombia and wait for registry at Ellis Island. Illness forces three to hospital. six months earlier 250 men were taken to work on the Carthagena and Magdalena railroad with return options after three months. Fever rages, some die, transport costs allegedly deducted, and several burials occur en route and at Colon.
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New York
Ellis Island
Athos
Colombia
United States of Colombia
Carthagena & Magdalena
Boston
Colon
Paris Welcomes Russians Amid Big Station Welcome
At Toulon on October 16 Admiral Avelan with fifty officers boarded the train to Paris. Russian officers were escorted by officials as the locomotive bore French and Russian colors. A band played the Russian anthem and crowds cheered as the train departed with Russians saluting from windows and shouting Vive la belle France.
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Toulon
Avelan
Paris
France
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T. T. Slattery
Butte
Mont
George W. Newman
W. A. Sheehan
D. L. Case
Faneuil Hall
William H. Prince
Grand Executive Board
Young Men's Congress
Solo Bibles
Ory
FS Ter
Old England
Jones
New Jersey
McPherson
Peffer
Pugh
Frye
Voorhees
Palmer
House OF Deputies
Rio Janeiro
Grover
Fall River
General Grant
Arthur
Chicago
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
New England
Commonwealth
Fail River
Lancashire
Weavers’ Progressive Association
Burnly
England
Mr. Blaine
Massachusetts
Blaine
Lancaster
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the Sunday Post
Busi
Ness Woman
the Post
Johnson
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