McKinley Addresses Republican Meet in Canton
In Canton Ohio this morning General Alger and other officers spoke at the Union Tabernacle as Major McKinley received delegations from Sewickley Pennsylvania and Mogadore Summit County. McKinley defended the party line on money and tariff praising the Union’s progress and urging support for sound money and protection. The day featured further calls on McKinley to meet with leaders and receive visitors via mail and telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Tabernacle of the Union
R.A. Alger
Howard
Alger
Marden
Stewart
Sickles
Corporal Tanner
Sewickley
Penn
Republican Party
General Grant
Major McKinley
Mogadore
Summit County
McKinley
Change in Kentucky and Kansas political sentiment reported
The Republican committee cites polls from Kentucky showing shifts toward McKinley among gold Democrats and silver Republicans, with August and October tallies in Jolton. Kansas counties Rawlins to Graham report Republican gains and a reduced presidential vote for Republicans, suggesting a smaller overall GOP plurality than two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
Kentucky
Joulton
McKinley
Kansas
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Norton
Thomas
Sheridan
Graham
Sixth
Sound Money Rally Draws Thousands to Worcester Hall
The largest campaign sound money rally by the Railroad Men's Non-Partisan Sound Money League of New England fills Mechanics Hall with about 3000 people blocked from entry. Speakers include Col. Henry A. Thomas and Boston figures Alexander Robertson William A Murphy and M J Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Sound Money
Mechanics’ Hall
League of the Railroad
Sound Money League of
New England
Fitchburg
Providence
Boston
Eagle
Worcester Grass
W. B. S. Hopkins
Alexander Robertson
League
Henry A. Thomas
William A. Murphy
M. J. Murray
Secretary Herbert to Speak in Alabama on Sound Money Ticket
Secretary Herbert will visit Alabama for at least three speeches in his former congressional district. He backs Thomas H. Clark of the State sound money committee for Congress with the Republican endorsement and plans to depart Washington on Tuesday October 27. He will stay in Montgomery to vote for the sound money slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert
Alabama
Congress
Thomas H. Clark
State Sound Money Committee
Montgomery
Sound Money
Dangers of Milk Discussed at Cambridge Club Meeting
Cambridge Club met at Youngs Hotel to explore The Sanitary Condition of Cambridge Its Maintenance and Improvement. Speakers included Professor Sedgwick Mayor Bancroft Judge Hammond Dr Hildreth and others noting typhoid cases linked to milk and recommending boiling milk for 30 minutes and use of sterilized milk from Boston dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Club
Young’s Hotel
Cambridge
W. T. Sedgwick
Institute of Technology
State Board of Health
Bancroft
Russell
Hammond
Perez G. Porter
John L. Hildreth
Spencer
Jackson
Cambridge Board of Health
Hildreth
Boston
Boy Killed by Companion in Brooklyn Chestnut Chase
Richard Ralph aged 12 of 249 Berriman Street Brooklyn died in Jamaica New York when 14 year old Frederick Van Prags of 251 Berriman Street discharged a shotgun while Ralph swung from a tree limb. The accident occurred as the boys hunted chestnuts and apples. Ralph was pronounced dead by a doctor and later taken to Brooklyn. Van Pragg was overwhelmed with grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Rchard Ralph
Berriman Street
Brooklyn
Frederick van Prags
van Pragg
Richard
Ralph
Express Strikes Buggy Near Lebanon Killing? Injuries Reported
The Montreal express on the Concord division struck a buggy at Bakers Crossing two miles east of Lebanon New Hampshire. Mrs Peter Ell of Canaan and two small children were seriously injured. They were taken to Joel Bakers house then by train to Pillsbury Hospital Concord. Mrs Bills head injuries and the eldest child’s broken hip are noted. The horse was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
N .H
Montreal Express
Concord
Beker
Salem Man Quits X Ray Work Over Health Risks
George L. Newcomb of Salem, an electrical expert, abandons X ray experiments after harsh health effects from Crookes tube exposure. He began with small tubes and escalating current, ultimately using a seven inch tube and high voltage, risking instant death. He reports skin peeling and severe hand pain, mirroring Mrs. Gill of New York in similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
George L. Newcomb
Crookes
Gill
New York
Policemen Pulsifer and Lewis On Trial For Duty Rule Violation
Officers Pulsifer and Lewis of Station 146 faced police board scrutiny for walking together on August 20 in defiance of department rules. Chief witnesses described observed conversations, with Sergeant Maynes noting prior cautions. Both officers had been transferred. neither knew of charges until Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulsifer
Lewis
Station
Mart'n
Police Board
Donovan
Pierce
Puls Fer
Maynes
Brooklyn Institute to Display Bacchante Statue
Oct. 19 betting in Ohio and New York reports the bronze Bacchante statue by Macmonnies will be placed at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences after the Boston Library directors declined to accept it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bacchante
Macmonnies
Boston
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Brooklyn
Ug. Acerts
B. F. Allen CO
Canal 81
Post
Two Years for Assault in Superior Court
Timothy Burke received a two year sentence in the House of Correction for felonious assault on Iona M. Pearson a 15 year old from Quincy. Judge Gaskill handed down the ruling in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Burke
Superior Criminal Court
Gaskill
House of Correction
Iona M. Pearson
Benjamin A. Pearson
Quincy
Bicycle rider killed in collision with coal team
Providence news reports Charles Co. Carr of Hamilton was killed at East Greenwich after colliding with a coal wagon while riding a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Charles Co. Carr
Hamilton
East Greenwich
Salvation Oil Gains Ground as Liniment Favorite
The brief note asserts Salvation Oil is rapidly becoming the premier liniment, surpassing all competitors in popularity and use.
Twelve States Vote in Chicago Public Opinion Test
Partial returns from the Chicago Record ballot test show twelve northern central states voting in the postal card election with a total of 175000 votes. Kentucky joins Bryan with a majority in counted votes, McKinley trailing as listed in certified recounts by commissioners McConnell Krause Wines and Whitlock. The poll of twelve states details are given in the published tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Chicago Record
Kentucky
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Bryan
McKinley
McConnell, Krause, Wines and Whitlock
Delia Gluck Seeks Divorce After Cruelty Allegations
In Boston a divorce case unfolds with Delia Gluck accusing husband Rudolph of years of cruelty. Testimony covers beatings in multiple cities, threats, and a final August 13 incident at 11 Compton street. Rudolph denies abuse while detailing accusations of misbehavior and separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Delia Gluck
Rudolph
Delia
Cohoes
Worcester
Boston
Troy
Eureka
Cali
Vin A
Australia
Hmureka
Cal
America
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Compton Street
Hannah O'Hara
Carlotta B. Quimby
Hammond Street
Jefferson Case Held in Superior Court
Judge Dewey heard arguments on the divorce libel filed by Mrs Marietta Richardson Jefferson against Dr Herbert W Jefferson of Lowell and reserved decision after reviewing the evidence for and against the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Favorite Prescription Promises Healthier Wifehood
A promotional plea urging women to avoid marriage dangers by using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad claims the remedy strengthens female organs, eases pregnancy, and prevents illness, citing a Nova Scotia testimonial and promoting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Local bets on 1896 election swing in Ohio and Kentucky
Boston dispatch reports George B. Fox, partner of Fora ker, wagering 2700 to 2700 that Ohio will give McKinley 50 000 more votes than Bryan. He also bets 2700 that McKinley wins Kentucky over Bryan, while Johnny O Keefe bets 300 to 1000 that Bryan is elected. W H Stanage accepts 600 against 2000 that Bryan wins. Charley Bollinger lays 1000 even with a local politician on Kentucky outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George B. Fox
Foraker
Onio
McKinley
Bryan
Kentucky
Johnny O’keefe
W. H. Stanage
Fox
Charley Bollinger
Weather Bureau hurricane warnings praised by shippers
Reports to the Department of Agriculture praise the Weather Bureau for timely hurricane warnings. Shippers claim warnings saved property and possibly lives, with Boston towboat operators and the Boston Chamber of Commerce secretary Albert Preston lauding the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Smith
Boston Towboat Company
Ei. G. Preston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
United States Weather Bureau
Royal Blue Line Tour to Washington D C After Election
After voting, take a personally conducted tour to Washington D C leaving Boston at 6 p.m. Tuesday November 3. The eight day trip costs 27 dollars covering all expenses with first class accommodations at Iggs House. Stop over proleges. Send itinerary to A J Simmons N S A 211 Washington Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue Line
Washington, D. C
Boston
Iggs House
A. J. Simmons
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised Cure for Aged Patients
A Boston region claim touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a universal remedy for urinary trouble in the elderly. It features testimonial from Mr D Sheldon, 70, Everett, who reports long gravel pains easing after using the product for several weeks. Pills priced 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Boston
D. Sheldon
Courtland St
Everett
Mass
Knight
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Turkish minister arrives in Washington seek successor
From Turkey Washington Oct 19 The Turkish minister Mustapha Tahsin Bey arrived in the capital. His predecessor Mavroyeni Bey, here since March 1877, plans to return home soon and will present his successor to Secretary Olney tomorrow. A formal presentation to the President may occur Wednesday. Admiral Selfridge cabled Marblehead’s Gibraltar voyage. The San Francisco and Bancroft remain with the flagship Minneapolis. London meeting protests Turkish atrocities and defends enforcing treaty rights amid Eastern Mediterranean tensions. In Constantinople, Terrell will go to Smyrna to consult Rear Admiral Selfridge about the U S squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mustapha Tahsin Bey
Mavroyeni Bey
Olney
San Francisco
Bancroft
Minneapolis
Marblehead
London
St. James 'Hall
Edward Stuart Talbot
Rochester
Gladstone
Urkey
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Constantinople
United States
Mr. Terrell
Smyrna
Thomas O. Selfridge
Massacre Reported in Van Armenia in 1915
Paris dispatch states that disorder erupted in Van on September 23 followed by a terrible massacre on October 2, 1915, with advices detailing the killings and chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Van
Armenia
Escape from Cambridge jail by Harry R Clark
Harry R Clark, awaiting grand jury action on charges of obtaining money under false pretences in Lowell, walked out of the Cambridge House of Correction yesterday. He was assigned to work with plumbers and escaped in jail attire. Clark is 21, 5 feet 8 inches, about 140 pounds, with black hair and smooth face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Clark
Cambridge
Liberal sales of men's and boys clothing at Brown Brothers
Beginning today through Saturday Brown Brothers at 29 Tremont and 377 379 Washington streets offer a large sale of deviots worsteds and plaids. The firm promises $10 exchange if a purchaser is dissatisfied with an overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Brothers
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Messrs
Treatment of Prisoners in Cuban War Report
Havana reports contrast in prisoner treatment. Melguiso’s forces killed forty Cubans including a woman and child after capturing them. In another clash Bernal’s troops executed twenty two captives, a young girl and two older women among them, while Perico Delgado spared nineteen Spanish soldiers and returned them to Melquiso’s staff after disarming them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Melguiso
Maceo
Bernal
Melquise
Melga
Cuba Libre
Perico Delgado
Penichet
Dolz
Melquiso
Where the Three Friends Evades Pursuit Off Tybee
The filibuster steamer Three Friends, long suspected of wreck hunting, escaped the revenue cutter Morrill after leaving Wilmington. The Morrill, unable to locate the vessel by dawn, returned to Savannah for coal and supplies. Madrid reports Havana papers denounce the U S for not preventing filibuster ship fittings at American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Three Friends
Morrill
Wilmington
Tybee
Madrid
Havana
Heraldo
United States
Washington
Spanish Forces Clash With Patriots Near Havana
Major Fondeviela with 350 infantry and cavalry fought five hours at Blanquizal in Havana province against Aguierre and Valencia. The Spaniards retreated after holes in ammunition. Over fifty patriots reported killed. Spanish losses cited as six seriously wounded and fifteen lightly. Reports also say Maceo group leaders Liete Vidal Tarafa and Julio Rodriguez killed, with Ducasse and Lucas wounded.
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Havana
Fondeviela
Aguierre
Valencia
Blanquizal
Fondevieja
Florida
Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Liete
Vidal
Tarafa
Julio Rodriguez
Ducasse
Lucas
Motorman Brezranson Prevents Chelsea Street Car Crash
Motorman Brezranson of the Lynn and Boston Street Railway Company 188 on Broadway Chelsea yesterday evening saved a buggy carrying William H Varrey and family and visitor Isabella from a serious collision. The wagon overturned as the electric car neared near Medford Street. the motorman applied brake and stopped the car just in time, with the victims aided into a house and later able to drive home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brezranson
Boston & Maplewood
Lynn & Boston Street Railroad Company
Broadway
Chelsea
William H. Varrey
Cottage Street
Isabella
Medford Street
Building collapses at University of Virginia site
A new University of Virginia building under construction collapsed this morning, burying five workers under a concrete roof. Killed were George Tucker and Eugens Burch. Injured: H. W. Chambers with skull fracture, J. D. Bowen with skull injuries, and Joseph Lamb with head cuts and possible spinal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
George Tucker
Eugens Burch
H. W. Chambers
J. D. Bowen
Joseph Lamb
Obituary notices from multiple cities dated Oct 19
B F Foster grand secretary of Odd Fellows died in Indianapolis. Sarah Merriman Scovil aged 87 died in Waterbury widow of J M L Scovil founder of Scovil Manufacturing. Hon J N Harris banker of New London died suddenly and was Evangelistic Association director. Funeral in New London Tuesday at 2. Patrick Golder 74 Civil War veteran died in Haverhill. he served in Twenty eights Massachusetts and lost a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
B. F. Foster
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Waterbury
Conn
Sarah Merriman Scovil
J. M. L. Scovil
Scovil Manufacturing Company
J. N. Harris
New London
Haverhill
Patrick Golder
Twenty-eighth
Massachusetts
London county boy tale prompts wild claims of a red compact
The parents of Charles H. Cilley of 9 Oakdale street disputed yesterday's report about a red compact tied to the boy and friends. Charles and Edwin Kai, after leaving Jamaica Plain on Saturday, were held by Patrolman Gaillac near the Nova Scotia schooner Glennora, but the simpler truth shows they wandered with three others, slept aboard a lumber schooner captain's offer, and were later returned home by Kai's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cilley
Oakdale Street
Charles
Edwin Kai
Jamaica P
Chelsea
Gaillac
Nova Scotia
Glennora
Dilney
Kai
Fatrolman Gaillac
Chelsea Aldermen Approve Telegraph Pole Plan and Appointments
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen approved an order granting permission to the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company to erect poles on Eastern Avenue Marginal and Williams streets and Broadway to the Chelsea north bridge. An amendment to limit poles to existing structures failed. The board confirmed Henry A. Spencer as permanent fire chief and named reserve and special police officers. Mayor Loud appointed new Hose 4 member Warren and reserve police Lipscomb as well as special police Aiken McKim and Gaillac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Henry A. Spencer
James Dolan
Milner H. Edgett
Herbert J. Bradley
Loud
Charles A. Warren
Hose 4
Patrick J. Gaffney
Himer F. Holmes
William Aiken
Alexander McKim
Louis E. Gaillac
West Virginia Man Kills Wife and Son After Drinking
Marion Kennard of Badger Creek West Virginia killed his wife and a 14 year old son with a corn knife while intoxicated on Sunday night and is under arrest. In New York Betsey Richards 82 was found dead in bed by her son George after traveling from Stamford Connecticut to help with his household. gas stove may have caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gluck
Washington Street
Troy
Australia
Compton Street
Marion Kennard
Badger Creek
W. Va
Kennard
Betsey Richards
New York
George
Stamford
Somerset Associates Names Officers For Annual Ball
The Somerset Associates of South Boston elected Mark S. Lally as president, William P. Hickey as vice-president, Edward J. Smith as treasurer, George A. Martin as recording secretary, Charles A. Walsh as financial secretary, and John H. Clark as sergeant at arms. A 15 member committee was appointed to organize the annual ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Associates
South Boston
Mark S. Lally
William P. Hickey
Edward J. Smith
George A. Martin
Charles A. Walsh
John H. Clark
Springfield man arrested for attempted forged checks in Hartford
Leroy Smith of Springfield Massachusetts was arrested in Hartford on a charge of attempting to pass forged checks drawn to H F Sampson. He tried to swallow two blank checks obtained from a local bank when taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Leroy Smith
Springfield
Mass
United States
H. F. Sampson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Smith
American Wringer Company Ad at Tremont 764 Boston
An advertising notice for the American Wringer Company lists wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers for sale and repair. Repairs are offered and delivered at no extra charge. inquiries may be made by writing or calling Tremont 764.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornhill
Boston
Bissell
Tremont
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Return of the
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Edward Steese
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