Hutchinson Explains Free Transfers and 3 Cent Fares
Senator Isaac P. Hutchinson of the Suffolk delegation, a 1896 Massachusetts Senate candidate, discusses changing views on free transfers and a 3 cent fare for short rides. He cites West End road experience as supporting broader transfers and signals willingness to back either policy depending on feasibility and public interest.
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Boston
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BE. A. Grazier
Senator Hutchinson Sets Forth Free Transfer Stance
Boston Senator Hutchinson addresses the Boston Post outlining his positions on the free transfer bill and subway lease. He favors public benefits over corporate control, notes ongoing free transfer lines from West End, Forest Hills, and Dudley Street, and explains decisions hinge on fair treatment for all parties while ensuring business safety.
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Boston Braces as Southern Hurricane Hits Coast
A fierce Southern hurricane menaced the Atlantic coast from Tuesday night, veering toward New England. It brushed Boston with gale force winds, threatened Maine, swamped a sloop near Marblehead, and caused heavy surf and flooding along Beachmont, Crescent Beach, and Winthrop before shifting back offshore.
Fearful wind and sea threaten Gloucester schooner near Newport
A fierce offshore breeze drove fishing schooners toward rocks off Newport Rhode Island. Captain John Marshall of the Helen F. Whitten tried to dock but lost sails, ran aground near Castle Hill, and with 16 crew members rescued by life line. The vessel, 127 tons, owner L. B. Haskell of Gloucester, carried 100 barrels of mackerel and was insured as seas battered her against rocks.
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Marblehead
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R. I
Newport
Seaconnet
John Marshall
Helen F. Whitten
Gloucester
Castle Hill
L. B. Haskell
Alone at Sea Pilot Boat Rescues Fisherman Near Graves
The pilot boat Hesper No. 5 with Captain George Lawlor reached Lewis wharf late yesterday with Fisherman Edward Powers aboard. Powers was rescued from a sinking sloop about five miles east of Graves between 2 and 3 pm after departing Southwest Harbor, Maine.
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Maire
United States
Hesper
George Lawlor
Lewis Wharf
Edward Powers
Graves
Southwest Harbor
Gale at New London Harbor Strands Barges and Delays Steamer
A northeast gale at New London locks in two stone laden barges from Colonel John Gaynor, one adrift and recovered off Eastern Point. Steamer Long Island stalls at sound. sloop Alfaretta towed in. Thames River bridge engine failure blocks Ella’s Norwich return. many vessels anchored to prevent dragging.
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New London
Conn
John Gaynor
Sachem’s Head
Point Judith
Gaynor
Long Island
Alfaretta
Scott
Thames River
Ella
Norwich
Watch Hill
Fierce northeaster wrecks rafts at Narragansett Pier
A strong northeaster hits Narragansett Rhode Island with snow and sleet. The surf rises higher than in the spring storm and all the large life rafts in front of the pavilion are wrecked.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
Shark Catboat Sinks Off Gnat Hill Beach
Shark a catboat owned by F Manuel of East Weymouth sank off Gnat Hill Beach while the sloop Hattie owned by Captain Cato of Brattleboro went ashore at Ferry Point. A second catboat capsized in Back River with two men who swam ashore, retrieved a rowboat, righted their craft, and brought it ashore.
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Shark
F. Manuel
East Weymouth
Gnat Hill Beach
Hattie
Ferry Point
Cato
Braintree
Back River
Gale at Provincetown disrupts harbor traffic
A heavy northeast gale with rain bears down on Provincetown. A large fleet of coasters and fishermen plus one small sloop are anchored in the outer harbor. Telegraph wires are working poorly today.
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Provincetown
Schooner Foundered Off Point Judith In Storm
A Narragansett Pier dispatch reports an unknown schooner went ashore at Point Judith tonight and foundered in the breakers. The nine crewmen were saved by another schooner, as the Steamer Massachusetts of the Providence line turned back due to the storm.
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Massachusetts
Post Almanac Second Edition On Sale At Ten Cents
The Boston Post announces the second edition of its Almanac with 432 pages of information including election reports, silver and gold statistics, financial tables and a wide range of practical data. It will be sold for ten cents at the newspaper's counting room with a publication price of twenty five cents.
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One Day Vote for Bryan War Declared by Railroad Union
The American Railway Union denounces coercion of railway workers to join McKinley clubs and calls on wage earners to vote for Bryan. Signed by Debs and others, the address decries intimidation in depots and shops and warns that McKinley’s election would uphold injunctions and corporate supremacy.
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American Railway Union
United States
McKinley Sound Money Clubs
Bryan
Eugene V. Debs
James Hogan
Sylvester Kelcher
William F. Burns
R. M. Goodwin
M. J. Elliot
Toledo, Ann Arbor
North Michigan Road
Jenkins
Northern Pacific
McKinley
William J. Bryan
Caldwell
Lincoln
Prohibition Rally Highlights Levering Campaign in Boston
A mass meeting at the People's Temple drew 150 attendees, over half women, with Joshua Levering and Hail Johnson portraits on display. Speakers urged the single issue of liquor suppression, claiming it would solve currency problems, while calling for votes for the Prohibition party and Coffin of Nantucket.
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Joshua Levering
Maryland
Hail Johnson
Newton
Ill
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W. Frank Tucker
Baltimore
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Alexander Dyker
Damon Sisters
Samuel B. Shapleigh
Prohibition
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Shapleigh
A. Frank Tucker
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Boston
Coffin
Nantucket
Lovering
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Williams Campaign Tour Echoes at Brighton and Ward 12
George Fred Williams peppers voters in Warren Hall Brighton and Vine Street Church with about forty minute talks. He urges Bryan Sewall Williams ticket and criticizes city organization while preparations for a state convention victory loom. Other speakers include Dennison Slanker Mellen Schaeffer Newhall Coakley.
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Warren Hall
Ward 12
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Bryan
Sewall
Joseph A. Dennison
Bryan-Sewall-Williams Club
Owen A. Galvin
James A. Slanker
Mr. Williams
Vine Street
Boston
James H. Mellen
Henry T. Schaeffer
E. B. Newhall
Timothy W. Coakley
Bryan’s Itinerary Changes for Southern and Eastern Trip
Mr. Bryan released a corrected travel plan for his forthcoming journey. He departs Lincoln on September 11 at 9 15 AM by Missouri Pacific, reaches Kansas the next morning around 7, then continues via the Wa bash to St Louis. He will skip Kansas City and plans speeches in Mexico and Moberly before reaching St Louis by Saturday evening.
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Moberley
Mr Williams Speech Amid Rainy Democratic Meeting
Mr Williams thanks Democratic attendees for a warm reception despite heavy rain. He asserts shared faith and enthusiasm for the cause, pledging continued effort and unity in the party.
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