Archbishop Chappelle Denounces Funston Quotes on Luzon
Archbishop Pp. L. Chappelle of New Orleans issued a statement disputing General Funston's remarks on church confiscations in Luzon. He argues Funston may be misquoted and defends religious orders, noting estates were acquired by purchase and serve local uplift. He clarifies his White House visit aimed at protesting church looting was not about U S. soldiers.
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Washington
Chappelle
New Orleans
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
General Funston
Stanford University
Congress
Luzon
White House
Pp. L. Chappelle
San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Kansas
Manila
Camp Merritt
Kansas Regiment
Gaskin Silent As Officers Face Krebs’ Charges
Captain Gaskin of the Joy Street station led a 25 man drill at police headquarters to identify officers Krebs alleges interfered in the Ward 8 Republican caucus on Sept 26. Krebs picked out Gaskin Hall, Roher and six patrolmen for hearings, now delayed as commissioners prepare and several officers are on vacation. The hearing will be public.
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Gaskin
Joy Street
Franz Hugo Krebs, Jr
Mr. Krebs
Ward 8
Krebs
Forrest F. Hall
Ee Roher
Board of Police
Dahlgren Torpedo Boat Fails First Speed Run
Bath Maine Oct 23 The torpedo boat Dahlgren did not reach full speed in the first trial due to late start and engine readiness. Final run planned tomorrow with builders confident of reaching 30.25 knots. previous four runs showed 21.5 4.6 71.4 and 29.46 knots with 315 revolutions.
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Bath
Dahlgren
Southport
Bath Iron Works
East Boston Awards Overflows Seventies Court Judgments
About fifty more judgments have been entered in the Municipal Civil Court against the city of Boston due to sewer overflows in Eagle Square East Boston in 1893. The list names numerous individuals with varying amounts, including Sullivan 800 and McLaughlin 170, among others, totaling many scores of dollars.
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City of
Boston
Eagle Square
Swen Benson
Blade Pet Burkett
Thomas Case al
Ya Connolly
Israel
Mio D. Fitzgerald
Mitchell -Gallagher
G. A. Garrett
A. Gillis
Mary Hamlin
R.johnson
Patrick Cavanagh
Kehan
Kate Lane
John Lewis
D. J Mahoney
Anna
Wierett Earl
Loris Flot
James Ehethwell
J. B. Payne
Thur Smith
Jane Starks
Ida Staree
Mar
Larceny of Watches Arrest Leads to Juvenile Charge
A 3 year old colored boy, Joseph A. Simmes of 3% Rutland street, was arrested last evening charged with larceny of two watches from Henry Crane of 203 Miard street on Joy street at 10 o clock. He was seen taking the watches and immediately jailed.
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Joseph A. Simmes
Rutland Street
Nicholas Murray
Pleasant Street
Liam S. Charles
Mahan Expands View on Church State Relations at Club Meeting
Captain Alfred T. Mahan U S N a noted naval authority spoke to the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts in Brunswick on The Relations of the Church to the State He supported expansion and imperialism and addressed church state duties as a practical issue alongside Dr Leighton Parks and Rev Leverette Bradley who offered contrasting continental perspectives
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Alfred T. Mahan
Episcopalian Club of
Massachusetts
Brunswick
Captainahan
Captain Mahan
Leighton Parks
Leverette Bradley
France
Italy
Russia
Sailors Friends Hold Boston Conference Banquet and Talks
The Boston conference of Sailor Workers hosts a 6:30 p.m. reception and banquet at the American House with addresses by Commander A V Wadhams and Commander Selfridge. Tours of religious work sites and a Charlestown navy bay visit are planned. Bishop Lawrence presides at Trinity Church with E W Donald and W S Rainsford to speak. Stitt of the American Seaman's Friend Society delivers two talks at Boston Baptist Bethel and Trinity Church. The final session occurs at Old South Church Friday evening.
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Boston
American House
A. V. Wadhams
Selfridge
Navy Bay
Charlestown
Lawrence
Trinity Church
Copey Sttuate
E. W. Donald
D. D
W. S. Rainsford
New York
W. Cc. Stitt
American Seaman’s Friend Society
Boston Baptist Bethel
Hanover Street
Haid
Old South Church
Rally of Regulars Parade Details in Abbotsford Hall Plans
Rally of Regulars from Sremountain Garrison 98 under Senior Vice Montannaee M. J. Blackwell will join the Parnell parade Sunday evening October 29. Comrades report at 6 PM at Abbotsford Hall City square Overley House Charles Town in regulation uniform with white gloves. Navy yard Fort Warren Watertown Arsenal and all honorably discharged service members are invited. Nonuniform attendees may wear black with white gloves if possible.
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Sremountain
R. A
Montannaee
M. J. Blackwell
Calnan
Parnell
Abbotsford Hall
City Square
Overley House
Charlestown
Navy Yard
Fort Warren
Watertown Arsenal
Ben Franklin Assembly Condemns Contract Action
At a Monday meeting in Chickering Hall the Ben Franklin Assembly R of L 5463 unanimously voted to condemn the management of the contract action.
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Ben Franklin Assembly, R. of L
Chickering Hall
Garbage plant nuisance debate unsettles Dorchester board
Boston Aldermen debated why the Board of Health report on the Dorchester garbage plant was suppressed. They urged the mayor to transmit the Board of Health conclusions and consider actions to abate the nuisance under city contracts. Other items included Franklin fund allocations and a Ward 18 bathhouse project amendment.
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Board of Aldermen
Dorchester
Board of Health
City of
Boston
New England Sanitary Product Company
Adams
Franklin Fund
Alderman McDonald
Benjamin Franklin
Free Schools of
McDonald
Colby
Doyle
Everett's Lexow Probe Tests School Plans in Everett
The Everett city council chamber filled for a second session investigating Building Inspector Loring over the Prospect street twelve‑room schoolhouse. Inspector Loring presented model plans and cited officials from Somerville, Malden, Medford, Cambridge and Chelsea deeming the project unsafe, while Mayor Hatch defended the commission and its budget constraints amid claims of misstatements in the press.
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Everett
Loring
Prospect Street
Hatch
City Hall
Arthur W. Hatch
Bruce
Somerville
Malden
Medford
Cambridge
Chelsea
Sweetser
British forces face stretched lines as Ladysmith defenses thin
Wartime dispatches describe General Hunter with only two battalions of regulars a mountain battery and 500 Natal volunteers left to defend Ladysmith while the Elandslaagte action shifts British focus. Reports from General White note wounded at Bundee improving amid ongoing Boer pressure near Glencoe and Mafeking. The Boers, led by Joubert and Kruger, press the clash as race tensions rise across Natal.
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Elandslaagte
Ladysmith
Hunter
Natal
War Office
Sir George Stewart White
Yule
Bundee
Daily Telegraph
Joubert
Kruger
Glencoe
Mafeking
Boers Not Defeated Despite Mixed Reports
Dr Leyds, Transvaal envoy in Europe, doubts British telegrams on Glencoe and Blandslaagte. He notes censorship may delay his despatches and questions the English view of a dire Boer situation. He suggests Boer withdrawals may be overstated in English reports.
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Brussels
Leyds
Transvaal
Europe
Glencoe
Blandslaagte
Blood on Hands of Chamberlain as War Funds Sought
Report from London on October 23 describes a tense House of Commons session. The Speaker, William Court Gully, urged Mr. O'Brien to withdraw a motion amid allegations of blood on hands and calls for additional war funding as the situation grows more serious.
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London
House of Commons
William Court Gully
O’brien
British Victory News From Ladysmith and Kimberley
Dispatches from Ladysmith report a large force under Commandant General Joubert engaging Dundee with continued firing. Durban sources claim Colonel Baden-Powell captured General Cronje and thirty Boers, while a London message urges reinforcements for Kimberley amid Boer surrounds. The Cape Town scene notes General Ben Viljoen’s capture pleases Outlanders and Dutch sentiment grows with British advances.
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Daily News
Ladysmith
Joubert
Vegan
Dundee
Daily Mail
Durban
Natal
Bonanza
Pretoria
Free State
Cape Town
Ben Viljoen
Transvaal
Orange Free Tate
Boston Cremating Plant Faces Mayor’s Revocation Move
A Boston city plan aims to revoke the cremating plant’s permit as officials push for closure. The mayor orders review and potential action amid community and regulatory concerns about operations and safety.
Fires Rage Along Chestnut Ridge Endangering South Connellsville
Terrific forest fires burn along Chestnut Ridge with a wide front and embers drifting toward South Connellsville. Wildlife and game flee as flames threaten the area in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
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Connellsville
Penn
Chestnut Ridge
Committee Hearings Set For Next Wednesday In Loring Case
Chair man Bruce indicated witnesses would be allowed to testify next Wednesday evening with several builders summoned by Mr. Orth in attendance. The Mayor would present his case only after the committee finished questioning Mr. Loring and was ready to address all objections.
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Bruce
Death of Colonel Guy Howard in the Philippines
Washington reports new details on Colonel Guy Howard son of General O O Heeward killed Saturday afternoon in the Philippines. He was in a Rio Grande River launch when rebels on the bank fired on the party wounding a clerk and a native.
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Washington
Guy Howard
Philippines
O. O. Heeward
Rio Grande
Howard
Ward 17 Democratic meeting backs Collins for Boston mayor
A large crowd gathered at Connolly Hall in Ward 17 as DD T Connolly urged support for Mayor hopeful P A Collins. Speakers John Molloy and John McQuade joined, and a Lynch proposed resolution endorsing Collins passed unanimously with loud applause.
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Ward 17 Democratic Association
Connolly Hall
Albany Street
DD. T. Connolly
P. A. Collins
John Molloy
John McQuade
Collins
John T. Lynch
H. C. Wait
Mr. Collins
Boston
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Tactics in Reform Debate
A fragment discusses reform strategies and suggests setbacks are not necessarily definitive defeats. It emphasizes tactical choices and cautions against drawing conclusions about serious losses from short-term moves.
Van Dusen Paul withdraws from congress duties amid Transvaal war talk
Edwin Van Dusen Paul leaves the international commercial congress in Philadelphia to handle Transvaal business in Chicago. He warns Americans that British reports exaggerate Boer losses and predicts a bloody war. he expects fighting in British territory and the Transvaal’s independence to endure. The House votes 316 to 26 to suspend him as debate continues on war costs and South African funding.
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Philadophia
Edwin van Dusen Paul
Kruger
International Commercial Congress
Chicago
Transvaal
West
Great Britain
England
Michael
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Michael Hicks-Beach
British warships to linger at St Johns Halifax this winter
Safeguarding Canada reports British war ships likely to remain at St John s and Halifax through the winter due to possible South Africa war complications. The cruiser Comus flagship of the fishery protection squadron now in harbor is expected to be stationed there with corvette Alert. parts of Rear Admiral Bedford s squadron will guard Halifax as docks at both ports may be needed by the navy.
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ST. John's
N. F
South Africa
St. John’s
Halifax
Comus
Fishery Protection
Alert
Bedford
Officers to Observe Transvaal Military Operations
Washington report notes Colonel Sumner Major Storey Captain Gibson and Captain Slocum assigned to go to South Africa to observe and report on military operations in the Transvaal on Oct 23.
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South Africa
Washington
Sumner
Storey
Gibson
Slocum
Transvaal
Vancouver Regiments Sail to Quebec for Transvaal Visit
Crowds in Vancouver and nearby cities gathered at depots to bid farewell to a troop heading for the Transvaal. National anthems were sung as soldiers received well-filled purses donated by local citizens.
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Vancouver
B. C
Quebec
Transvaal
Victoria
British Columbia
Hoosac Tunnel Boycott Targets California Tickets
The Hoosac Tunnel route begins a boycott against the Chicago Northwestern Rock Island and Burlington lines over second class tourist fares to California. The action aims to protest alleged unfair rate divisions and includes refusal to sell or honor certain second class tickets.
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Chicago
Hoosac Tunnel
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island
Burlington Roads
California
British Losses in the Boer War Reported Across Several Fronts
Telegrams from Elandslaagte Glencoe Mafeking Kraaipan detail British casualties October dates. Totals show 37 wounded and 12 killed, with one Hussar battalion of about 360 men missing and presumed killed or captured. Boer losses unclear though Boers reportedly suffered heavily at Glencoe and Elandslaagte.
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Hussars
Glencoe
Elandslaagte
Transvaal report on Dundee engagement details
Pretoria dispatch quotes Commandant-General Piet Ueber t on Lucas Meyer engagement at Dundee. Erasmus failed to appear. British losses said heavy, Boers suffered, ten killed and twenty five wounded, details unclear due to mist.
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Pretoria
Trans
Pietoubert
Lucas Meyer
Dundee
Erasmus
Major Cheatham Pursues Insurgents From Calamba
Manila dispatch reports Major Cheatham with units from the Thirty seventh Infantry and others drove insurgents from trenches around Calamba and Angeles. Three American wounded, one killed. reconnoitering party killed six mounted Filipinos and captured eight. Gunboat Mariveles crew casualties after truce lure. Reinforcements to Iloilo.
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Manila
Calamba
Angeles
Cheatham
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Twenty-first Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Fergus
Labao
Marivelos
Tloilo
Nineteenth Regiment
Reese
Iloilo
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BEN Franklin Assembly
Lexow
Dr. Leyds
The
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Commons
NEW South Wales Mounted Rifles
Scotsman
Change Island
Smith
McMlhinney
Douglass
Skrimshire
Ireland
Funston
Rio Grande River
Ward
Safeguarding
Canada
Canadian
Kraaipan
Alties
Globe Clothing
Washington St
Opp. Beach
Batchelder Clothing
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