Williams Defends Tariff Aims At Ninth District Hopeful
George Fred Williams spoke to Hudson Democrats and Republicans on October 20, focusing on tariff policy and opposition to John W. Candler. He argued for free raw hides and protection for boot and shoe industries, warned of the McKinley tariff’s impact, and urged electing a Democratic majority to repeal burdensome provisions. He cited comparisons of labor costs in Lynn versus Germany and England to claim U.S. workers can compete with high wages.
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Hudson
George Fred Williams
John W. Candler
Massachusetts
Ninth
West
Ways and Means
Ladiwit
Senate
United States
Argentine
Republc
Gach
Argentine Republic
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Han
Edmunds
Evarts
House
New England
Ninth District
Webster
Wilson
Sumner
Congress
Virginia
Europe
England
Germany
France
Schoenhof
Lynn
Dalt
Io Offenbach
David A. Wells
Erfurt
Nan
Washington
Reform Club
Candler
Williams
Biitleman
Candies
Mir. Boutelle
South
Lremont Temple
John W. Caudier
House of Representatives
Wiliams
Aip
Lexington
Lexington Town Hall
James A. Fox
Fox
Congressional Nomines
Longfellow
Cambridge
Anthony Monahan
George Walter Sampson
Sherman Hoar
Concord
Charles Rh. Samhands
Ders
Waltham
Saunders
John F. Andrew
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Shermann Hoar
Fifth
Grand Old
General Banks
The
Mugwump
Higginson
Hoar
Everett
Vox
America
Frozen Herring Trade Trolls Gloucester Fleet Threat
Gloucester reports that Newfoundland may impose an export duty on fresh and frozen fish in retaliation for a U S tariff on imported fish. A proposed frozen herring syndicate with Boston and New York bases seeks to control the trade, risking Gloucester and New England fishermen.
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Newfoundland
Boston
New York
Creatseman
Otter
Coutmission
Unis
St.John’s
St. John’s
Iis Plains
Placentia
Furtune Bays
Gloucester
Bain & Johnson
Job Bros, Bowning & Co
Munn & Co
New England
Henry O. Smith
Flying Cloud
Sylvanus Smith
Smith
Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Candler Boutelle Rally in West Newton Highlights Tariff Speech
In West Newton a Republican rally at City Hall featured Congressman John W. Candler of Brookline and Congressman Charles A. Boutelle of Maine. Candidate G D Gilman and others spoke while Candler defended Williams’s tariff stance, praising McKinley era policy and criticizing Reform Club criticisms.
Bryce addresses Johns Hopkins students on fame of research center
Professor James Bryce M P spoke to Johns Hopkins students in the historical seminary praising the university's world renowned thoroughness in original research, library works, and science and art additions. He recalled plans for an American Commonwealth and visited with President Gilman, accompanied by his bride and Colonel Clark.
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Bryce
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
James Bryce
M.P
Johns Hopkins University
Historical Seminary
Shaw
Minnesota
Smith
North Carolina
Leeds
Kentucky
Clark
United States Bureau of Education
Gilman
Better Railroad Facilities With New York Advocated
Boston merchants push improved Boston New York railroad facilities. Executive Business Association meeting at Parker's endorses a committee report urging better service and competition with New Haven Hartford. No action. officers urged cooperation and reform in city state and national government.
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Boston
New York
Executive Business Association
Parker
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Hersey B.goodwin
Jerome Jones
Daniel G. Tyler
Joseph R. Leeson
William H. Sayward
Lamont G. Burnham
George W. Herrick
J. Richard Carter
Joneson
New England
P. F. Hennigan
New Yok, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
UmMe
Fires Report From Mills and Ships Across Several Cities
Multiple fires reported from Port Huron Winchendon Saco and Montreal Oct 20 caused significant losses. The steamer Annie Young burned off Lexington with eight crew drowned after thirteen were rescued. Frank Bros. store fire in Boston caused major damage. Incendiary blazes suspected in Waterville and other sites with insured losses noted.
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Port Huron
Mich
Annie Young
Lake Superior Transit Company
Lexington
Ed Smith
Young
Gladstone
Buffalo
St. Louis
Frank Bros
Broadway
Washington Avenue
Winchendon
Waterville
Orlando Mason
E. Murdock & Co
John Hancock
Saco
Colville Soap Company
Biddeford
Montreal
Abbott & Co
Beverly
Franklin Haven
Beverly Farms
CANDIDATE FOX AS ORATOR An Unusual Rally in Lexington
Lexington October rally for James A. Fox drew mockery and laughter as speakers sparred over Tariff policy. Anthony Monahan’s Irish persona provoked crowd uproar while Fox argued for protectionism and national prosperity under McKinley era policy.
New Organization of Illinois Central Railroad Formed
New York Oct 90 The Illinois Central Railroad announces a new organization with a president and vice presidents overseeing treasury accounting and operating traffic. Pre elected officers include Stuyvesant Fish as president and general counsel B F Ayer as general solicitor James Fentress as treasurer Henry DeWolf as secretary and Alex G Hackstaff as a key official. John C Welling of Chicago elected vice president and Ike Harahan named second vice president bringing experience from other railroads.
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Illinois Central
New York
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Treasury
Stuyvesant Fish
B. F. Ayer
James Fentress
Henry DeWolf
Alex G. Hackstaff
John C. Welling
Chicago
Ike Harahan
Louisville, New Orleans
Texas
Louisville & Nashville
William and the Haunted Chamber
A London Truth correspondent notes Vienna chatter over Emperor William sleeping in the Schinbrunn haunted room where Duc de Reichstadt died. The imperial family avoids it, fearing disturbances by a ghost and haunted history linked to Napoleon’s son reading his father’s life there in the night.
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William
London
Vienna
Emperor William
Schinbrunn
Duc de Reichstadts
Napoleon
Donation Day at St Luke's Home for Convalescents
St Luke's Home on Roxbury Street celebrated Donation Day with visitors, a grand lunch, and a well kept facility recently renovated under matron Mrs P R Wills. The Peter Harvey Ward honors Mrs Peter Harvey. Joseph S Fay's generous aid is remembered with a proposed large portrait.
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St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Home
Roxbury Street
Roxbury
P. R. Wills
Peter Harvey
Joseph
Fay
RP Os
Ivory Soap Promoted as Superior Genuine Quality
An advertiser urges readers to seek Ivory Soap, claiming many imitations pretend to match it but lack its distinctive virtues. The copy stresses that Ivory Soap is sold widely and recommends asking for the genuine product.
Vessels endure severe gale with limited losses reported
Reports from Vineyard Sound to Halifax detail three days of unusually strong gales with many ships damaged but few lives lost. Wires were down along the coast, hindering communications. Several schooners and fishing vessels reported losses of anchors, gear, and canvas, while one 55.0 ton vessel was beached and considered a total loss. Gloucester ships and other craft weathered the storm with varying degrees of damage.
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Cape Cod
Vineyard Sound
Massachusetts Bay
D. J. Lawlor
Boston
J. C. Harraden
Millbridge
Annie Sargent
Portland
Adams
Fromeffrey
Metropolis
Vinalhaven
Thompson's Island
Gloucester
Eben Dale
Port Acadia
James Poole
Salem
John D. Griffin
Gray
Rockland
New York
Legose
Cap
Eclipse
Jericho Beach
Myra
Ludor
Mary Emerson
Stage House
Shadow
Halifax
N. S
Sydney
C. B
St. Esprit
Wit
Louisburg
Thomas Goodwin
Grand Bank
York
Weston Marine
George Willard
Lockport Harbor
Edith J. Allen
Reading
Provincetown
Peaked Hill
Wood End
Chatham
Asa Pervere
Winthrop
Eastport
H. M. Whitney
Vineyard Haven
D. Carlton
Battier
Sandy Hook
Magazine notes on English Illustrated and University Magazine
The English Illustrated Magazine October issue features Forbes on The New Teacher Union Movement with portraits of leaders like John Burns John Burnett Ben Tillett and other miners spinners and weavers. Also Edinburgh by Oliphant The Vicar of Wakefield illustrations by Dobson and Caldecott sketch The Honeysuckle Hedge. University Magazine shows a new dress coats of arms of colleges and features on Cornell Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Psi Upsilon Alpha Delta Phi Zeta Psi and Distinguished Alumni of American Colleges.
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Urquhart A. Forbes
England
John Burns
John Burnett
Ben Tillett
Edinburgh
Oliphant
Wakefiel
Austin Dobsson
Randolph Caldecott
University
Cornell
Bronson
Ledoux
University of North Carolina
Beta Theta Pi
Chi Phi
Psi Upgion
Alpha Delta Phi
Zeta Psi
Harvard
Union
North Carolina
Late ship news with sailings to United States
Steamships Slesworth bound for Colombo to the United States reports Oct 17. Parkgate sailing for Galveston on Oct 18. Rotterdam Amsterdam set for New York today. London date shown as Oct unknown.
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Colombo
United States
Parkgate
Vincent
Galveston
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
New York
London
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Germania Orchestra
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CC Morgan
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