Cumberland Bar Honors Dead Leaders Bion Bradbury D W Fessenden
In Portland Maine on October 23 the Cumberland bar held tributes in the Supreme Judicial Court room for Hon. Bion Bradbury and D W Fessenden. Judge Walton presided as S C Strout announced Bradbury’s death and George F Talbot offered resolutions adopted. Speakers praised Bradbury’s legal skill courtesy and gentlemanly conduct and noted Fessenden’s long service as court clerk.
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Portland
Sprdau
Cumberland Bar
Supreme Judicial Court
Bion Bradbury
D. W. Fessenden
Walton
S. C. Strout
George F. Talbot
J. W Symonds
Mr. Bradbury
Judge Walton
Peters
Bradbury
S. C. Trout
J. A. Waterman
Boston Advisory Board Names New Members
The Boston advisory board announces Charles A. Cotting Elisha Atkins Nathaniel J. Bradlee Thomas E. Proctor and George B. Lombard as its new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles A. Cotting
Elisha Atkins
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Thomas E. Proctor
George B. Lombard
Delegates to labor convention issue circular at Chicago
The Minneapolis Knights of Labor delegates meet in Chicago and issue a circular accusing the executive board of crimes and calling for a reorganization. Also notes snow storms on the lakes and a St. Louis conference to harmonize labor factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Knigts of Labor
Chicago
Clark University
Worcester
E. B. Washburne
France
Neal Dow
Cumberland Bar
Bion Bradbury
D. W. Fessenden
St. Louis
Stain
Cromwell
Lamar
Supreme Beach
English Home Rule Union meeting ends with arrest
In Woodford Galway Sir Wilfrid Blunt presiding was arrested after resistance as the Home Rule Union gathering caused great excitement.
Weather and town notices from Charlestown and Boston
Colder rain today with a weather notice. St Marys Church Charlestown cornerstone laid in impressive ceremony. Memorial services for John B Finch at Peoples Church with temperance speakers. Boston anarchists met at Codman Hall with speeches from club members. Stock market dull and irregular with little outside room scalping. New York bank statement and clearing house returns favorable.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Charlestown
John B. Finch
People’s Church
Boston
Codman Hall
Anarchist Club
New York Bank
Clearing House
Sermon Before Harvard Students by Rev James O Murray
The Rev Professor James O Murray preached in the college chapel last evening on the text The same came to Jesus by night. He praised finding a teacher who satisfies knowledge cravings and urged turning to Christ the fountain head of Christianity. He argued prayer efficacy and belief in the supernatural as reasonable.
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Harvard
James O. Murray
D.D
College Chapel
Jesus
Christ
God
Maritime arrivals and departures list from multiple ports
Shipping notices record vessels arriving and sailing between October 17 and October 28 from ports including Philadelphia New York Yokohama Baltimore Rio de Janeiro London Leith Lisbon Leghorn Antwerp Christiansand Singapore Avonmouth Boston New York Liverpool Glasgow Plymouth and more. Vessels include Henrietta H Umbria Etruria Saranatan La Bourgogne Pavonia Remembrance and City of Para with origins such as Baltimore New York Montreal Liverpool Havre Genoa and Shanghai.
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Philadelphia
Cerdic
Shields
Gun Jones
Fort de Paix
New York
la Gascogne
Havre
Umbria
Liverpool
Alexandria
Genoa
Beachy Head
Henrietta H
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Gibraltar
Columbia
Mediterranean
Yokohama
San Pablo
San Francisco
Kenilworth
Port Antonilds
Scilly
Marseille
New Orleans
Antwerp
Ashfield
Savannah
Var
Rio Janeiro
Newcomen
St Catharine’s Point
Polynesean
Hamburg
Portland
Salerno
Cepsenauer
Etruria
Hekia
Singapore
Fort Adelaide
Hong Kong
Avonmouth
India
Remembrance
Charleston
Gal
Kildonan
Buenos Ayrean
Montrea Fer Percaelth Irens Gravesend
France
Alaska
Averpool
Orinoco
Bermuda
Newcastle City
Newcastle
Fassano
Stettin
Dover
Schiedam
Amsterdam
Saramatan
Montreal
Bristol
Dominion
Glasgow
Buenos Ayres
Plymouth
Gellert
Yavre
la Bourgogne
City of Para
Aspinwall
Weston
Middleboro
Weather Indications For New England And Eastern New York
For twenty four hours starting 7 a m Monday October 24 colder conditions rain brisk to high southerly winds veering to westerly storm signals from Breakwater to Eastport in effect Washington October 23
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Washington
New England
New York
Eastport
Drunken quarrel ends in double stabbing on Harri son avenue
A brawl over a woman on Harri son avenue near Norfolk place left Edward D. Lampher and John Monahan stabbed, Lampher with a back wound and Monahan with a head wound. Lampher was taken to City Hospital and Monahan was jailed.
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Harrison Avenue
Norfolk Place
Edward D. Lampher
John Monahan
Taimpher
City Hospital
Monahan
New England Club Banquet Draws Big Attendance
The New England Club banquet filled Youngs dining hall with an overflow crowd. A. A. Ranney was elected a member. A mock trial followed the banquet with guests including R. C. Thomas D. A. Keyes A. C. Betterly Walter D. Eaton H. H. Skinner Benjamin Heard Joan P. Langmaid George Somes and J. W. M. Throckmorton.
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NEW England Club
Young’s
A. A. Ranney
R. C. Thomas
D. A. Keyes
Philadelphia
A. C. Betterly
Boston
Walter D. Eaton
H. H. Skinner
Springsfield
Benjamin Heard
Brookline
Joan P. Langmaid
Salem
George Somes
J. W. M. Throckmorton
New York
Norseman Sails From Liverpool for Boston in Late October
Torse from Loxton reports the steamship Norseman departed Liverpool for Boston on October 22, and the Toronto liner left Liverpool for Montreal today, October 23, amid regular transatlantic service updates.
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Torse
Loxton
Norseman
Liverpool
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Defiant Sir Wilfrid Blunt Arrest Sparks Dublin Turmoil
Placards in Woodford Galway summoned an indignation meeting led by Sir Wilfrid Blunt, defying a magistrate ban as police and troops restored order. Blunt was arrested after being seized from a platform, with clashes injuring several. In London Gladstone’s health improves while protests and arrests spill into Trafalgar Square.
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Dustin
Woodford
County Galway
British Home Rule Union
Wilfrid Blunt
Arabi Pasha
Rowlands
Byrne
Blunt
Loughrea
Conner
Murphy
Foley
Ballyberogue
County Wexford
Thomas Joseph Condon
Mitchelstown
Monaghan
Blacklion
County Cavan
London
Gladstone
Nottingham
Sudbury Hall
Lord Vernon
Derby
Ireland
Home Rule
Lord Randolph Churchill
Newcastle
Norent
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Randolph
England
Protesters Defile Abbey Hiss Preacher At Westminster
London Oct 23 Thousands of unemployed march with red flag to Westminster Abbey. About 1200 admitted despite no invitation. Visitors jeered at lessons and disrupted sermon by Canon Prother who urged order and uprooting evil.
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London
Fromarafalgar Square
Westminster Abbey
Canon Prother
Conventions Signed On Suez Canal And New Hebrides
Paris reports that negotiations for conventions on the Suez Canal and New Hebrides Islands concluded and to be signed. The Suez agreement keeps the canal open in war and bans hostile acts. Egypt appeals to Turkey if needed. The New Hebrides pact upholds 1878 1883 arrangements with British and French naval enforcement and French evacuation of posts.
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Paris
New Hebrides Islands
Suez Canal
International Commission
Egypt
Turkey
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Temps
Hebrides
England
Leeward Islands
Haytian Archipelago
Stanley advances after Aruwimi detour with supplies aboard
Private advices from Stanley Pool report Henry M. Stanley pushed 150 miles farther up the Aruwimi River. The steamer Florida sails back to Stanley Pool for more men and supplies. Natives show no hostility and all are in good health as Stanley awaits the Florida before moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Pool
Henry M. Stanley
Aruwimi
Florida
Stanley
Anglo American and Direct Cable sue French Cable Company
A Paris lawsuit seeks damages or the return of 1,200,000 francs after the French Cable Company withdrew from the cable pool. The case is set before the Paris tribunal on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Direct Cable
Paris Tribunal
Death of Beriben Leads Cuban Revolt Expedition
Private Havana reports confirm Beriben, second in command of interior revolutions, died after leading an Aug 31 landing at Bacunayagua. Surrounded by 2000 troops in the Morejan Mountains, he charged under heavy fire and was among the first fatally wounded. His followers retreated inland under Colonel Manuel Garcia.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Beriben
United Revolutionary Forces of the Interior
Bacunayagua
Matanzas
Morejan Mountains
Madruge
Berben
Manuel Garcia
Fires Flare In Chelmsford Foundry Building And South Boston Blocks
A Saturday fire at the four story Portland and Travers corner damaged the Chelmsford Foundry Company engine room and first two floors, likely under 500 dollars. No other occupants harmed. A separate blaze at No 8 Emmons Street South Boston damaged three connected buildings owned by John Carroll, insured for under 500 dollars. An alarm from Box 58 reported a slight fire at 5 Harrison Avenue while Box 189 warned of a minor blaze in an unoccupied 473 First Street building.
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Portland
Travers Streets
Chelmsford Foundry Company
J. D. Shofer
Emmons Street
South
Boston
John Carroll
Harrison Avenue
First Street
Big City and Other Fires Darken Oct 23 Reports
A major blaze in St Louis caused half a million in losses affecting Woolman Todd wholesale boots Scarrett and Mitchell furniture firms. In New York a fire at Bernard Collar’s dry goods store on Eighth Avenue damaged property and burned the owner. In Lyx a bakery fire at Herbert W James’s rear shop caused by a kettle of lard, insured, with a $1000 loss.
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St. Louis
Woolman Todd Company
Scarrett Furniture Company
Mitchell Furniture Company
New York
Bernard Collar
Eighth Avenue
Collar
Lyx
Speciat
Herbert W. James's
Lewis Street
Clarence Pullen Lectures At Woburn Tonight And Later
Clarence Pullen will present a lecture series in Woburn under Mish awum Club auspices. First lecture on Oct 26 explores New Mexico historic and picturesque. Subsequent topics cover Apache lands and the Apache Indians on Nov 2 and The City of Mexico on Nov 9. American Geographical Society Copper Union of New York and Long Island Historical Society have arranged related lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Pullen
Woburn
Mishawum Club
New Mexico
City of Mexico
American O Geographical Society
Copper Union of
New York City
Long Island Historical Society
Knights of Labor Split Prompts Chicago Reorganization Call
Dissenters from Minneapolis vow independence and issue a circular calling for a reorganization. About 35 delegates from 13 states meet in Chicago and form a provisional committee to restore autonomy to districts and purge the alleged ring from power. They list multiple charges from misuse of funds to manipulated elections and stifled local assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Minneapolis
Knights of Labor
Chicago
Leib
Order of the Knights of Labor
Richmond
General Assembly
Otabor
Union Labor
Order
Buncombe
Charles F. Seib
Provisional Committee
Cambridge Clergymen Debate No License Policy
Union meeting at Harvard Street Methodist Church in Cambridge featured ex mayors Hall and Foxcroft and scholars debating no license versus license. Speakers argued the no license system reduced crime and poverty, improved business, and protected children, urging further trial and school temperance education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Street Methodist
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Society
Hall and
Houghton
Frank Foxcroft
H. O. Marey
Thayer
F. G. Peabody
Harvard
Messrs. Hail
Hall
Marey
Foxcroft
Boston
Father Scully
Cambridge ‘Tribune
Peabody
Fatal Explosion Destroys Bristol Japanning Factory
The J. H. Sessions & Sons plant in Bristow Bristol Conn exploded noon yesterday destroying the building. The dead are Bertrand Cleveland William Youngs and James Shane. Two boys were severely injured by smoke and flame. Loss is not less than 20000 on building and contents with 15000 insurance. Insurance is shared by fourteen companies.
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Bristol
Conn
Bristow
J. H. Sessions & Sons
Bertrand Cleveland
William Youngs
James Shane
Shane
Ambrose Shea Named British Governor of the Bahamas
Sir Ambrose Shea, Newfoundland's longtime public figure and former envoy to Washington, is appointed governor and commander in chief of the Bahamas. He departs New York for the islands after a half century in colonial service, honored despite past sectarian clashes in Newfoundland.
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Hadrax
N.S
Sprcral
Sir Ambrose Shea
Newfoundland
Washington
United States
New York
Bahama Islands
Harbor Grace
Ambrose
Ulster Orangemen
London Times
London
Colonial Conference
Bahamas
St. John’s
Clever German Rule Shows Eye Injury Fraud Case
A German trade journal reports a worker injured by a falling hammer who later claimed blindness in the left eye. Experts found the eye sound, but a jury saw fraud after a test using green ink and colored spectacles showed the plaintiff read with the other eye, leading to nonsuit and costs.
Funeral of Nathan Tufts at Somerville with city leaders present
The funeral for Nathan Tufts, killed at his grain wharf in Charlestown last Thursday, drew many business associates and notable locals including Mayor Mark Burns and ex mayors. Services at his Somerville residence featured scripture and life remarks, with burial at Mt. Auburn. Cornerstone laid for Worcester Pilgrim Orthodox Church on Saturday afternoon.
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Nathan Tufts
Charlestown
Central
Somerville
Yoo
Busness
Mark F. Burns
William . Farber Austin Belknap
George A. Bruce
Eoward Glines
Liverus Hall
Charles O. Gage
J. Frank Wellington
G. W. Durell
N. K. Bishop
W. ©. Blaney
J. Walter Sanborn
Henry F. Woods
Pds Sawyer
C. E. Rymes
W. A. Bell
Charles H. Guild
Aaron Sargent
J. M. Thomson
Unitarian Church
T. T. Sawyer
Bunker Hill Bank
Isaac Ry
Edmands
Warren Institution For Savings
Chamber of Commerce
Central Club of
Tufts
Mt. Auburn
Prohibition Cases Before Supreme Court Raise Compensation Question
General Neal Dow discusses the Supreme Court cases from Kansas, Iowa, and Georgia on whether states can prohibit liquor production without compensation. He questions judges' impartiality and notes appeals about constitutional prohibitions and public health.
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Portiaxp
Sprorma
Neal Dow
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Dow
Kansas
Iowa
Georgia
Voice of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
New York Court
Corner Stone Laying at St Marys Catholic Church Charlestown
Prominent priests attended as St Marys Catholic Church Charlestown laid its corner stone. A large crowd gathered for the afternoon ceremonies with a 2000 seat platform and a procession from Rutherford avenue to the site. Archbishops Williams and Mann participated in the ceremony and a Latin inscription was placed within the time capsule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Charlestown
Rutherford Avenue
Ens
Gounod
A. V. Higins
New Haven
St. Pau
St. Peter
Warren
Winthrop Streets
Williams
Mann
Hartford
Boston
St. Mary’s Parish
City of New Mexico Promulgates Presidential Term Amendment
The constitutional amendment allowing a president to be elected for two consecutive terms was officially promulgated today in Galveston Texas after being approved by both Houses of Congress.
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City of
New Mexico
Galveston
Tex
Death of a newspaper man John H Mabbett
John H Mabbett, a noted newspaper man, died in North Adams Saturday evening after a two year illness from consumption. He started at the North Adams Transcript under Judge James T Rob inson, later served on the Springfield Republican and Pittsfield Journal staffs, founded the Meriden Press, worked for the American Press Association in New York, then published the Sunday Extra in North Adams until health compelled him to go south last winter.
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John H. Mabbett
North Adams
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Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company
OF New York
Geo. H. Binney
Devonshire Street
Alleghany
Boston, Baltimore & Norfolk Line
Chatham
Westinghouse
Boston Towboat Company
Simpson
English Home Rule Union
Trafalgar Square
Canon Prothero
Apte
Signal Service
Lan Orton
Eesee Cove Osee
Mt. Washington
Nantucket
Clear East
Albany
Northfield
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Oswego
Seelevare Mackinaw City
Fair Marquette, Mich
Clear Green Bay
Clear Duluth
Cloudy St. Paul
Des Moines
Saugeen, Can
Fair Montreal
Snow Rock Cliffe
Yarmouth
Esses Cat
Halifax
Weer
Leavenworth
Serees
Farr Huron
St. Vincent
Bismarck
New Rien Clase
Fort Buford
North Platte
Dodge City
Santa Fe
Clear Fort Sill
el Paso
Clear Salt Lake City
Wilfrid
Ire
Westminister
Westminster
Suez Canal and
New Hebrides
Cuba
Knights IN Rebellion
Ambrose Shea
Pilgrim Orthodox Congregational Church
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