Massachusetts Sixth Sail Home From Porto Rico On Mississip pi
On board the transport Mississippi the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry moved from Utuado Lares and other towns to San Juan Puerto Rico for embarkation home. Officers and men marveled at shipboard comfort while some stayed behind with the sick. Fever typhoid and convalescence marked the port of departure as the unit prepared for the return to America, with names and stations noted for men left in Porto Rico.
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Mississippi
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Arecibo
Utuado
Camuy
Hatillo
Bayamon
Isabella
Lares
Manati
Barceloneta
United States Volunteer
Irimunes
Massachusetts
Morro
San Cristobal
Fellows
Felons
America
Spain
Boston
United States
Yale
William Gordon
Gordon
Taeutengnt Gordon
Mitchell
Rice
Dimon
Lowell
McDonald
Concord
Dwight L. Rogers
Masachusetts Christian Commission
Porto Rico
Myles Standish
Ambulance Corps
United States Hospital Corps
Samuel D. Bradlee
Gross
Edward J. Shinn
Vrooman
Egerton
Thayer
Ford
P. Fitzgerald
C. FE
Coburn
Edwin McGarr
Bay State
United States Army
Oregon
Utuade
A. L. Richardson
Charles Bridge
Fennessey Inquiry Begun In Military Court
A War Department directed court of inquiry convened at 9:30 AM in the South Armory to investigate First Lieutenant Jeremiah G. Fennessey quartermaster of the Ninth Massachusetts. Proceedings will be lengthy with many witnesses including editors and reporters from the Boston Post and Boston Traveler summoned to testify. Testimony set for 10 o'clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Jeremiah G. Fennessey
Ninth Massachusetts Regiment
South Armory
Catlin
Boston Post
Boston Traveler
McCrea
Judge Dewey
Recorder
Suboena
Logan
Donovan
Kelley
Harvard
Joseph H. O’neil
Desmond
Post
Traveler
Fifth United States Artillery
Carle Woodruff
Second
United States Artillery
E. T. Brown
Seventh
Brown
E. H. Catlin
Camp Dalton
Department of War
Cuba
Jacob John Hunker
The
Boston Record
Private Patch and two companies to ship home soon
Private Patch, Company H, and Private De Lome, Company K, will receive good care and treatment and soon return home. Arecibo housed the finest hostages on the island, but now none remain there except those to join the Bay State voyage.
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Patch
de Lome
Arecibo
Bay
Fall River Mills Stockholders Meet. Parker Gasps Board Changes
Meetings across Fall River mills report indebtedness figures and new leadership. At Hargraves Mill George E. Parker is named director replacing his deceased father William H. Parker, with Leontine Lincoln elected president. Parker Mills also names Walter L. Parker as director and Leontine Lincoln as president after a dividend of 1.25 percent and a $99,000 debt. Details cover other mills and a lengthy court scene involving military officers and Lieutenant Fennessey, amid accusations of neglect and intoxication.
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Fall River
Hargraves Mill
George E. Parker
Lowell
William H. Parker
James FE. Osborn
King Philip Mills
Narragansett Mills
Botkin Case Grand Jury Opens in San Francisco
In San Francisco on October 27 the grand jury began hearing the Botkin case. Assistant District Attorney Hosmer presented evidence from Chief Lees and Detective McVey. If indicted, the charge would be the murder of Mrs Joan P Donning, with true bill sending the case to local courts since the Superior Court ruled the suspect cannot be taken from California.
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San Francisco
Gard
Botkin
Hosmer
Lees
McVey
Joan P Donning
Nto
Starved Wife and Babies Before Judge Fallon
In South Softon District Court Officer Mann sought aid for four Mongan children. The four, oldest 4, were placed in Harrison Avenue Home after testimony that John Mongan, a mason earning $15 weekly, drank heavily and beat his wife. Mrs Mongan fled with the children, eating little, as relatives in Newton Upper Falls helped.
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Casey
Silsbee Case Continued In Dorchester Court
Deputy Sheriff Joseph P. Silsbee stands accused of striking Mrs. Jane Welch of Don Street Dorchester with a club. Mrs. Mary Mullen and her 10 year old son face assault and battery charges. The Dorchester Police Court case was continued for one week despite defense objections.
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Joseph P. Silsbee
Jane Welch
Don Street
Dorchester
Mary Mullen
Joseph F. O'Connell
Kate schooner wreck near Sancti Spiritus amid Cuban relief voyage
The schooner Kate carrying stores and medical supplies for Cuban forces under General Jose Miguel Gomez left Key West Oct 19. A storm on Oct 21 drove her onto San Carlos reefs. Bolio and Lera and crew escaped death by miracle, swam ashore, hid in mud for eight hours, and were rescued by the steamer Pravarino at Rio Blanco. The cargo was a total loss.
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Havana
Kate
Key West
Jose Miguel Gomez
Sancti Spiritus
Frank Bolio
Fernando Lera
San Carlos
Levisa
Arena Cays
Pinar del Rio
Bolio
Lera
Pravarino
Rio Blanco
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Claims Victory Over Whooping Cough
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal remedy for whooping cough priced at 26 cents. The brief promo emphasizes high effectiveness and affordability for readers seeking relief for children and families.
Woodruff denies forcing halt to speech over unruly audience
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff said he was in bad voice and had to pause several times during a last night talk in Rochester. He insisted the audience was not unruly and that he was treated courteously by attendees.
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Rochester
N. Y
Woodruff
Powerful Arguments for Dreyfus Revision at Cassation
Paris October 27 The Dreyfus case dominates court sessions as the Court of Cassation begins review. An advocate argues for revision while anti revisionists protest near the Palais de Justice. The hearing centers on forged evidence by Esterhazy and Picquart's letters, with police guarding entrances and spectators allowed only by ticket. Public mood remains volatile, and observers expect the court to avoid both revision and annulment by ruling no treason occurred.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
MM. Dumont
Millevoye
Lasses
L’'Armee
Palace of Justice
Maitre Labori
M. Zola
Mme. Dreyfus
Maitre Mornard
Bard
M. Bard
Esternary
Jien1y
Henry
du Paty de Clam
Balhomme
Varniard
Picquart
Esterhazy
Bilot
Gonze
Devil's Island
Colonel Picquart
General Gonze
Mercier
Saussier
Ministry of War and General Staff
Minister of War
M. Dupuy
the Elysee
Dupuy Asked to Form France Cabinet After Brisson Resignation
Paris dispatch reports President Faure asked M. Dupuy to form a new French cabinet following the Brisson ministry's resignation. Dupuy was given until tomorrow to decide and is expected to accept. Suggested lineup includes Dupuy premier and interior, Defreycinet war, Constance justice, Declasse foreign affairs, Ribot finance, Bourgeois public instruction.
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Paris
Faure
M. Dupuy
Brisson
Interior
M. Defreycinet
M. Constans
Presidential order to exempt 6000 offices from civil service rules
Washington Oct 27 a presidential order is expected to exempt about 6000 government offices from civil service rules likely before Thanksgiving Day. The pension bureau examining surgeons form the largest group affected with over 4100 members. More than 3000 surgeons were not classified under civil service law, according to the civil service commission.
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Washington
Corps of Examining Surgeons
Pension Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Train 319 Blame Verdict At Whittenton Junction
Railroad commissioners exonerate Train 1301 crew but hold the engineer of Train 319 and the signal man responsible for the Whittenton Junction collision on Sept 6. Train 319, Boston to Newport, was four minutes late and on the wrong signal when it struck Train 1301, Boston to Taunton.
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Whittenton Junction
Boston
Newport
Mansfield
Taunton
Whittenton
Doane Co. Wins Rescission of Street Railway Sale
Judge Shiras in Dubuque rules for Doane & Co former owners of Eighth street railway in suit by Old Colony Trust Company Boston against Dubuque Light and Traction. Case amid several involving property valued at about half a million.
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Dubuque, Ia
Shiras
Federal Court
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Dubuque Light and Traction Company
Doane & Co
Eighth Street Railway
Traction Company
Chicago Tragedy Ends In Valentine Suicide
Clara Dumont was shot in the left breast by Paul Vincent with whom she lived. Vincent then killed himself. The woman is expected to die. The quarrel arose because Vincent was late getting home to dinner.
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Chicago
Clara Dumont
Paul Vincent
Vincent
Star Light survivors rescued after grounding on Hog Sty Reef
Eight seamen from the brig Star Light bound from Hayti to New York were picked up by the Norwegian steamer Simon Dumois after being afloat eighteen hours in two small boats. The brig grounded on Hog Sty Reef four days earlier and broke up. survivors include Captain W. L. Rhodes and mates A Peters and H Bendt, plus crew John Marley, John Fountain, Daniel Richardson, Harry Gape, and John Driver.
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Baltimore
Star Light
Hayti
New York
Simon Dumois
Niaueweenar
Castle Island
Dumois
Rhodes
The
Starlight
Hog Sty Reef
Winaward
W. L. Rhodes
A. Peters
H. Bendt
John Marley
Cook
John Fountain
Daniel Richardson
Harry Gape
John Driver
Drowning of crew as schooner St Peters sinks near Sodus
A three masted schooner from Cape Vincent named St Peters drifted near Sodus Point on Lake Ontario. The captain was rescued unconscious and later died. his wife drowned. Eight or ten others are believed lost while a search continued. The Proctor and Cornelia attempted rescue but faced heavy seas.
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Rochester
N. Y
Herald
Sodus
Lake Ontario
St. Peters
Cape Vincent
Charlotte
Proctor
Pultneyville
Sodus Point
Cornelia
Fersens
Death by Own Action After Fire Attack in Bartholome
Sheriff Nugent reports Mitchel Barthol ome attempted to kill his wife then set fire to the farmhouse. He died by self inflected action. Evidence in the room indicates he planned to blow in the building under the bed with powder sealed by shavings and excelsior. Bartholome saturated the bed with kerosene.
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Blackstone
Nugent
Mitchel Bartholome
Bartholome
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Wilson Brothers
Sign OF the Clock
Fennessey
Officer
Fennessey Court of Inquiry
Armory
Sepp Eee
Fall River Mills
Grand Jury
Hostetter
John Monzan
Silsbee
Roberts Rubber CO
Mackintosh
Jewelers
Washington, Col. Bromfield St
Pat
Tricot
Serge
Cheviot
Melton
Cravenette
Mackintoshes
Mellon
Children’s. Mackintoshes
Ons
Boston Company
Brig Starlight
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