Tammany Battle Over Henry George Nomination
New York lawmakers debate the legality of Henry George's nomination as Tammany Hall weighs electability with George in the race. Van Wyck leads the ticket despite a split field as four candidates vie for mayor. Women’s Municipal League backs Low on a reform platform while Citi zens' Union gains George strength. Betting favors Van Wyck as Low, Tracy, and George face odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Law Committee
Tammany Hall
Henry George
van Wyck
George
Tigers
Tammany
Mr. Crocker
Citizens’ Union
Republican Executive Committee
Low
Quigg
Women’s Municipal League
League For Political Education
League
Fifth Avenue
Charles R. Lowell
Silas Betts
Lowell
Feminine League
Municipal League
Lower Tracy
Burglars Foiled In East Somerville Home Invasion
Burglars attempted to enter the home of Thomas L. Davis at 50 Mt Vernon Street East Somerville on Saturday night. They forced a window over the sink using a tin pan as noise to cover the entry but were frightened away, leaving behind genuine jimmies and tools. The family, including Mrs Davis, upstairs, were not harmed.
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East Somerville
Thomas L. Davis
Boston
Mt. Vernon Street
Sword Return Marks Charlestown Sunday School Anniversary
The eighty first anniversary event at First Parish Church Charlestown was attended by Grand Army men. Major William H. Hodgkins former Somerville mayor spoke on war experiences and the sword returned from the South to a young officer who started for the front. The pastor Rev C H Pope and others commented on the poignant gift ritual.
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Charlestown
Grand Army
Poat 11
William H. Hodgkins
Somerville
Hodgkins
First Par's
C. H. Pope
One Dead and One Dying in Connecticut Fire Accident
In New Hartford Pine Meadow Mrs. Margaret Laundry aged 387 died at about 9 AM from severe burns after falling with a lighted lamp on stairs. Her husband Victor Laundry a barber remains in critical condition from burns suffered while trying to help her. his life is despaired.
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New Hartford
Conn
Margaret Laundry
Pine Meadow
Victor Laundry
Confession Expected Today in Atwood Case
Police remain silent as United States District Attorney Casey expects Atwood to deliver a confession today. A Chelsea man is sought by a Post Office Inspector based on Atwood's statements. Officials criticize city authorities while Chief Watts focuses on catching the criminals.
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Post
Post Office
White
Chelsea
Atwood
United States
Casey
Watts
Two Men Arrested In Mail Robbery Ring Case
John P. Ogle veterinary surgeon of Broadway and Robert Russell of Thirty-eighth Street and Broadway were arrested by detectives in Ludlow Street jail on a charge of involvement with the Atwood Matthews gang of letter box thieves, active in New York and Boston.
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New York
John P. Ogle
Broadway
Robert Russell
Thirty-eighth Street
Atwood- Matthews
Bos
Russell and
Ogle
Atwood-Mathews
Ludlow Street
O’brien
Post Office Inspectors’ Bureau
Boston
Russell
W. Frederick Kimball
Court Street
Ogie
Bernheimer & Walter
New York City
Confession Sealed in United States Inquiry on Mail Box Robber
Chief Watts discusses the sealed confession of George Atwood, the mail box robber, sent to Mr. Casey for private review. The case involves Russell and Ogle, charged with stealing letters containing checks in Boston. Russell claims he has never been in Boston. Ogle admits past presence there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Atwood
Chief Watts
United States
Mr. Casey
Atwood
Central Labor Union Considers Boycott and Reforms
At yesterday’s Central Labor Union meeting the body reaffirmed a boycott on the Typo graphical Union label urged by the Knights of Labor. Hatters delegates reported a settlement with A B Currier. The Mailers Union referred issues on postal savings banks and a weekly newspaper project to the appropriate committees. The Brooklyn central union reaffirmed a boycott on non union tobacco.
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Central Labor Union
Knights of Labor
Hatters
A. B. Currier
Mailers’ Union
National and State Legislature Committee
Central Labor Union of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Virginia student gives $10,000 to Charlottesville mail carrier
A wealthy University of Virginia student presented R. I. Lee of Charlottesville with a $10,000 check as a token of friendship. The check was sent by a Charlottesville bank to a New York bank for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
University of Virginia
R. i. Lee
Charlottesville
New York
Robbers Captured Near Onset Bay by State Officers
State Officers Rhodes Proctor and Lottery plus Deputy Hurley of Wareham arrested W A Sutherland and an unnamed confederate in Onset Bay as they robbed Worths bicycle store. They entered Whittemore and Mrs Ross homes with skeleton keys and packed about 200 dollars in bric a brac, intending to return. The suspects, possibly the Sutherland brothers linked to New York robbery rings, traveled from Boston to Wareham and Onset. arraignment set for tomorrow.
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Onset Bay
Rhodes
Proctor
Lottery
Hurley
Wareham
W. A. Sutherland
Worth
Charles Whittemore
H. B. Ross
Rich Gold Find At Cook Inlet Porter Alaska
Advices from Sitka Alaska report gold discoveries at Cook Inlet. Ninety miners brought $200000 in gold and the largest nugget is worth just under $100. Prospectors expect district and Copper River country to draw attention next to Klondike.
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San Francisco
Cal
Sitka
Alaska
Cook Inlet
District
Prince William’s Sound
Copper River
Klondike
Cook’s Inlet
Pacific Ocean
Alaskan Range
Kenai Mountains
Yukon
Puget Sound
Bram's Fate in Supreme Court Review
In the Bram case, exceptions will be argued before the Supreme Court in Washington by James E. Cotter and Lawyer French. A decision is not expected immediately, but Bram may gain another chance to fight for life or face execution. Six sailors jailed in Charles Street for over a year may be released if Bram's appeal is denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mead Bram
Supreme Court
Washington
James E. Cotter
French
Bram
Charles Street
Eloped Couple Elope to Paola Ind In Quaker Match
Josiah Weesner aged 84 and Minnie Elliott aged 60, residents near Mooresville, Ind, wed in Paola after eloping to escape Weesner’s adult children. Both are Quakers and noted locally for vigor and frequent long walks.
Fifty Years Since Mystic Church Anniversary Observance
The Mystic Church at Medford marks its fiftieth anniversary with yesterday’s events led by Rev. Barstow. Evening sermons featured former superintendents and Endeavor leaders. 3 pm includes reminiscences of Dr. Galen Jamies and Dr. Jotham Stetson. A reunion, banquet, and speeches follow, with Drs Baldwin Lawin Hill to speak. Historical note covers early pastors Abner B. Warner and Ebenezer Turell, church union in 1874, and current pastor Rev Joan Barstow ordained January 2, 18%.
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Jotham Stetson
Baldwin
Lawin
Hill
Aaron Porter
Ebenezer Turell
Mystic Church
Abner B. Warner
James T. McCollum
John Stetson
Matilda T. Haskin
Almira J. Stetson
Mary Ann Clough
Emeline M. Elwell
Joan Bartsow
Death of James Mellen Found in Bed at 8 Longwood Avenue
James Mellen aged 28 was found dead in his room by William Hicks at eight yesterday morning. He was partially undressed and lay on the bed. He was reportedly brought home intoxicated Saturday night by two men. Medical Examiner Draper sees no foul play but an autopsy will be performed. The two young men who saw him home volunteered information to the examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mellen
Longwood Avenue
William Hicks
Mellen
Draper
Robbery in South Boston Involves Three Assailants
William H. Griffin of 607 Third Street told Station 6 that he was robbed of $1 and a silver watch with a gold plated chain by three young men in a vacant lot off A Street. The suspects are believed to be the same trio who robbed and assaulted a Chinese laundryman shortly before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Griffin
Third Street
Station 6
Boston
Griffin
District Assembly 80 Knights of Labor Holds Quartely Meeting
District Master Workman John Hurley led 114 delegates from 34 Massachusetts locals at Chickering Hall for eight hours condemning the Trade Unionist for trying to disrupt Knights of Labor and bias toward Boston’s Common Council. Membership rose by 60 percent since the last quarter with 14 new locals organized and several old bodies reorganized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Chickering Hall
John Hurley
Massachusetts
Common Council
Boston
Parnell Club Members Plan Active Fall Campaign
The Charles Stewart Parnell Associates of Ward 17 Roxbury met in their rooms corner Hampden and Albany streets with President Joseph Madden presiding. Members including Joseph F. Madden and Richardson McCluskey McCormack McGee Hanlon McGrath gave speeches after songs and recitations, signaling intent to engage in the fall elections.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Roxbury
Hampden
Albany
Joseph Madden
Joseph F. Madden
Messrs
Richardson
McCluskey
McCormack
McGee
Hanlon
McGrath
Ship of State Anthem Exalts Constitution Celebration
Longfellow's poem urges the Ship of State to sail boldly through peril. It addresses the master builder, the Union, and humanity’s hopes, urging resilience against storms and false lights while pledging steadfast support.
PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH AND PARADE
Exercises at Old South Church include addresses by Governor Walcott Secretary of the Navy John D Long and Mayor Quincy with readings of Old Ironsides and The Building of the Ship. Parade under General Carter features 1400 sailors marines and veterans marching from State Street to the navy yard. Governor hosts reception aboard the Constitution and harbor ships will be lit in the evening.
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Old South Church
Edward A. Horton
Walcott
Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long
Quincy
Oliver Wendell Hollmes
J. W. Churchill
Phillips Academy
Longfellow
Cabot Lodge
America
Parado
General Carter
State Street
Atlantic Avenue
Navy Yachands
Texas
Massachusetts
Iowa
New York
Brooklyn
Naval Brigade
Keresurge
Devonshire
Washington
Hanover
Fleet
Constitution Wharf
Charles River Bridge
Charlestown
Chelsea Street
Wapping Street
Navy Yard
Ae of
Boston
Constitution
Thieves Break In At 106 Appleton Street
Thieves entered the basement window of 106 Appleton Street yesterday afternoon and stole $60 from Joseph Lovejoy. Agnes West, a domestic in the house, also lost $40.
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Appleton Street
Joseph Lovejoy
Agnes West
Silver Heels Sails Amid Boston Harbor Filibuster Hunt
In New York on October 17 the revenue cutter Chandler with U S Marshal McCarthy and a force of deputies and Pinkerton men cruised the harbor four hours searching for the Bangor schooner Silver Heels fleeted for Cuba with a filibustering party. Reports said the vessel was boarded last night by about twenty men and loaded with packages before being towed from Market Street into midstream, but no sign of the schooner was found before the Chandler returned to port.
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New York
Chandler
United States
McCarthy
Pinkerton
Cuba
Silver Heels
Bangor
Market Street
East River
Exiled to Siberia for ten years in Russia
Joseph Jerocovis once a prosperous grocer at Mahanoy Plane, now exiled to Siberia for ten years by the Russian government after returning to his homeland and starting a new panel agency. He was arrested, tried and convicted for circulating seditious literature.
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Reading
Penn
Mahanov Plane
Joseph Jerocovis
Siberia
Mahanoy
Jerocovis
Tyrone football player dies after onfield tackle
Benjamin Rich, 19, Tyrone half back, was killed during a game at Bellwood when tackled and thrown. He remained unconscious after the clash and died shortly afterward on the field with about a dozen players involved in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Penn
Benjamin Rich
Tyrone
Bellwood
Rich
Brooklyn woman gravely ill in Newton New Jersey
Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn, visiting her sister three miles from Newton, is in a precarious condition after grip developed into pneumonia. Dr Bruno Hood says the critical point has been reached and a death tonight or possible improvement tomorrow hangs on the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
N. J
Hugh McLaughlin
Brooklyn
John Couse
Bruno Hood
Sermon at Y M C A Union by Rev Billings of Lowell
The Rev Charles T Billings of Lowell preached a practical and impressive sermon at the Y M C A Union last evening on the subject. A ladies quartet including Mrs H Carleton Slack and Mrs Anna Clifford Breed sang several selections with fine effect. Next Sunday evening Rev Charles H Porter of Hingham will speak on The Measure of Life.
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Charles T. Billings
Lowell
Y M. C. A. Union
Y. M. C. Union
H. Carleton Slack
Anna Clifford Breed
Florence I. King
Flora E. Barry
Charles H. Porter
Hingham
Mass
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Fowne
Worth &c
Vici
Patr
Stationery
Udyard Kipling
New England
Brosiery
Richelieu
U. S
John OP
Westminster
Col
Snow Street
H. I
Navin Bros
Tremont St
Mystic
Medford
Active Knights OF Labor
Parnell Associates
Sats
Opi
Idea
Laughlin
Plimpton
Washnrton Street
Dover
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