Despatch Loss Drama As Cowles Breaks Down On Shore
Navy inquiry resumes at the yard with Lieutenant Cowles recounting the wreck of the steamship Despatch. He tearfully testifies that he issued safe night orders and that the course was altered without his knowledge. Crew members cite a Winter Quarter Light as the red signal. The court adjourns at 1:45.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Cowles
Navy Department
Mulligan
Maurligan
Noel
Tracy
Thehart
Ben
Winter Quarter
Yale Freshman Field Meet Results In October Winds At Yale
Freshman games at Yale field reported fair attendance. Winners include W S Wayne Jr in 100 yards dash, E W Allen in 220 and 440 yards, H R Tyler in mile, S G Beardsley in half mile, D Lyman in shot put, G B Brewster in two mile bicycle race. High jump was omitted due to high wind.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
W.S. Wayne, Jr
E. W. Allen
D. Child
H. R. Tyler
E. G. Trowbridge
W. ©. Sears
Palo Alto Sets Fast Mile Time At Exhibition
Palo Alto broke his own record with a mile in 2 10 amid a fine display before many horsemen. Quarters ran 32, 31 4, 33, and 33 seconds. The crowd believes he can surpass the world stallion record of 2 09 held by Allerton, and Stanford plans a trial within days with his trainers preparing the horse.
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Stocktror
Palo Alto
Allerton
Stanford
Tariff Reform Debate Highlights New England Meeting
At the New England Tariff Reform League dinner in Boston speakers including Charles Francis Adams, N S Shaler, Jabez Fox, Edward Atkinson, Winslow Warren, and William Lloyd Garrison argued that protectionist tariffs harm working wages and farm wealth. They warned of the rise of free trade circles and attacked the belief that tariffs boosted national wealth, citing Massachusetts farming decline and iron ore protection costs.
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New England Tariff Reform League
American House
Charles Francis Adams
N. S. Shaler
Jabez Fox
Edward Atkinson
Winslow Warren
William Lloyd Garrison
Adams
Shaler
New England
Jabez Fos
Republican State Committee
Russell
New York
Atkinson
Henry L. Pierce
James Russell Lowell
League
Treasury
Washington
United States
Staex
Europe
America
Free Trade Circle
Harvey Shepard
Henry Lee
Lee
Daniel Webster
N.S. Shaler
Russel
Massachusetts
Professor Shaler
Bristol
Plymouth
Massachusets
Gardner
Martha's Vineyard
Shepard
John M. Forbes
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics
Boston
Great Britain
Ireland
McKinley
Evarts
Hawley
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Alabama
Michigan
Robert Peel
England
Wife Murder by a Clown at Neu Ruppin Circus
At Neu Ruppin during Orffs circus, mime Borchardt a popular equestrienne was shot dead by her husband the circus clown after he grew jealous. He fired in the ring to the horror of a crowded auditorium the show was halted and police removed the murderer.
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Berury
Orff
Neu Ruppin
Borchardt
Boston Club affair linked to Duffy and police pressure
A Boston Post affidavit details the Boston Club at 35 Harrison Ave as an open gambling saloon under a club license. It implicates P E Duffy and partner McSorley in leveraging the Police Commissioners to curb liquor dealers to back Governor Allen, with testimony describing entry, gambling rooms, a poker table, and liquor service past midnight.
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Post
Massachusetts
Board of Police Commissioners
Boston
Allen
Harrison Avenue
Boston Club
P. E. Duffy
George Ray
P. E. Dutty
One McSorley
P. KE. Duffy
Osborne
Boston Police Commission
Duffy
Board of Potics
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Patrick E. Duffy
Olin
The
Commonwealth
Doston Club
Board of Police
Chanter
the Commonwealth
McSorley
Mr. Ray
Pierce
Mesorley
MecSorney
Mesoveley
Mearley
Democrats Meet with Wilson in Marblehead Address
In Marblehead on October 27 the Democrats hosted Congressman W. L. Wilson of West Virginia. The speech praised tariff reform and endorsing Governor Russell for continued leadership. Wilson received three cheers at the close.
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Marblehead
W. L Wilson
West Virginia
Wilson
New England
Russell
Explosion at Great Northern quarry kills four workers
In Burrs Montana on October 27 a powder chamber near the Pacific extension rock drill exploded after wash clogged a hole. Four men were instantly killed and five severely injured. The foreman fled to the woods and is believed to be insane from the accident caused by his carelessness.
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Burrs
Mont
Pacific
Great Northern Railroad
Great Falls
Explosions Destroy Cleveland Fuse Works
A series of explosions at the United States Mine Supply Company works on Wilson Avenue in Cleveland collapses the brick building. Twelve workers produced fuses and bombs from dynamite and nitro compounds. three killed, four injured, one seriously. Loss estimated at $20,000.
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Cleveland
United States Mine Supply Company
Wilson Avenue
Knapp and Marsella Elope to Port Chester Marriage
Irving E Knapp and Miss Josie Marsella eloped from Axsonia to Port Chester New York and were married by Rev T W Young this morning amid Mrs Marsellas opposition to the match.
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Axsonia
Conn
Irving E. Knapp
Josie Marsella
Portchester
New York
T. W. Young
Whistler Signs to Play First Base for Baltimore
Louis Whistler of the New York Leagues signed a contract today to play first base for the Baltimore Base Ball Club next season.
Premium Chamber Sets At Bare Fraction Of Prices
Immediate sale of finest chamber furniture sets with Bird's Eye Maple and brass hardware. Demand is high and delivery uncertain. act now to secure one for years of comfort. Catalogue of 288 pages available by sending five 2-cent stamps.
Train wreck on Central New England kills five
A rear end collision on the Central New England line derailed a train crashing through a burning trestle. Passengers smashed windows to escape as five people died and seven were injured in the catastrophe.
Train wrecks and collisions plague several states
At Pine Vetas Arizona a San Francisco express derailed at 40 mph, injuring many passengers including Mrs Mary Kistler of Kingman and several others from St Louis Allentown and Albuquerque. A burning trestle wreck on the Birmingham & Atlantic injures engineer Northcutt and fireman. Five killed and seven wounded in a Thomson Station rear end collision near Ellenwood Minnesota involving a regular freight and an extra. A sand bank crash follows a Boston Corners collision on the Central New England line injuring crew and wrecking equipment.
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Finestaff
Ariz
Pine Vetas
San Francisco Express
Allman
Mary Kistler
Kingman
Kan
Brramingham
Ala
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
Northcvtt
Northcntt
Ble Pers
Sea
St. Paul
Minn
Ellenwood
O. E. Helms
Seabury & Co
Fred Kenn
Conrad Prince
Brazil Lyle
John Coffin
Monticello
Soo
Wooson
Smith
The
Extra
Winstop
Conn
Boston Corners
New England Road
West Winsted
East Winsted
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