Grand Army encampment opens under rain in Pittsburg
Pittsburg marks the twenty eighth Grand Army of the Republic encampment with a rain softened parade. Nearly a thousand ex seamen led by Rear Admiral Osborn witnessed a grand display by Naval Veterans and Mary A Logan Cadets. The convention at Allegheny court house heard Osborn praise the zeal of the order as Lawler and Walker vie for commander in chief and War and Peace staged for four thousand attendees.
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Pittsburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Naval Veteran Association
National Association of Naval Veterans
Sons of Veterans Guard
H. M. Rebele
Sons of Veterans
Alleghany
Pennsylvania
Citizens’ Committee
Naval Reserves
National Guard of Pennsylvania
G. W. Robison
Osbon
Mary A. Logan
Columbus
Allegheny County Court House
Osborn
New York
Kearsarge Association
Boston
National Association
Farragut
B. F. Allen
Hartford
Conn
Ladies’ National Naval Auxiliary Association
Providence
R. L
New Bedford
Salem
Mass
Baltimore
Louisville
Thomas G. Lawler
Illinois
J. N. Walker
Indiana
Lawler
Exposition
Innes
Thirteenth Regiment
N. Y
National Association of Army and Navy Chaplains
T. H. Haggerty
Ninetythird Illinois
C. C. McCabe
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Washington reports a forecast issued at 8 p m for Tuesday. Maine should see showers and cooler air with southwest gales turning northwesterly. New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York expected to have morning showers then fair with cooler southwest gales turning northwesterly by Wednesday.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Police Nab Two Men Over Gambling Find
Edward McKay aged 45 of 1278 Washington Street and Maurice T McCarthy aged 23 of 28 Williams Street were arrested yesterday afternoon by Station 9 officers for being present where gaming implements were located at 1878 Washington Street.
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Edward McKay
Washington Street
Maurice T. McCarthy
Williams Street
Station 9
Cool Engineer Prevents South Shore Collision at North Scituate
At 12 31 p m a Boston train on a side track narrowly avoided a collision with Conductor Shurtleff’s train from Plymouth as Station Master Litchfield switched tracks. Engineer Doherty immediately reversed and backed 200 feet, averting disaster. The drifting last car and dragged truck damaged sleepers and tracks, blocking both lines for three hours.
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North Scituate
Doherty
Old Colony Railroad
Shurtleff
South Shore
Old Colony Road
Plymouth
Cleveland
Boston
Robert Litchfield
Third Death in Hoosac Tunnel Railroad Wreck
Third death confirmed from the Hoosac Tunnel wreck as Charles Fraser, a 33 year old fireman with a Whitehall family, dies at a North Adams hospital. Engineer Clapp remains seriously injured but likely to recover. Telegraph operator Hodgkins faces manslaughter charges with $5000 bond after inquest. he will not comment publicly.
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North Adams
Charles Fraser
Hoosac Tunnel
Fraser
Whitehall
N. Y
Clapp
A. W. Hodgkins
West Portal
District Court
East Portal
A Black Sheep Opens in Buffalo With Hoyt Comedy
In Buffalo the Academy of Music stages Charles H. Hoyt’s A Black Sheep set in Tombstone and New York. Hot Stuff is played by Otis Harlan with strong support from Fran ku, Devere, Luckstone, Black, and Lane as the company excites a crowded, uncomfortable audience with Hoyt’s satirical sketches and bright first act.
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Buffalo
Charles H. Hoyt
Academy of Music
Tombstone
Arizona
New York
Goodrich Mudd
Mudd
Hot Stuff
Chinatown
Hoyt
Otis Harlan
Harlan
Joseph Frankau
William Devere
Harry Luckstone
Belle Black
Agnes Lane
Garment Workers Poised to Strike in New England
Grievances mount as United Garment Workers prepare to strike affecting Boston and New York. The executive council meets Thursday to decide, with 6000 Boston workers and 4000-6000 in New York already mobilizing. Sweating system critique, wages, and outside shop labor cited as key issues. Boston unions, headquartered at 116 Eliot Street, await district council action next Thursday amid fears of a citywide impact on orders and retail trade.
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United Garment Workers of America
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Eliot Street
Stole a Wife Sparks Boston Everett Family Dispute
An unhappy man reports his bride of ten days, Annie Taylor or Mrs Morris A Hayden of Everett, is held by her father at his home in Everett. The father, Mr Taylor, gleefully explains Hayden was arrested in Boston for non support eighteen months ago, and claims his daughter was abducted from her Boston home. He says a warrant for bigamy is issued and sought police aid from Everett College, which declined jurisdiction.
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Hanover Street
Morris A. Hayden
Annie Taylor
Everett
Boston
Mr. Taylor
Beacham Street
Higgins
Court Street
Taylor
Hayden
Everett Collece
Under Wheels Boy Hit by Wagon in East Boston
Eddie Bliss seven years old of 572 Bennington Street East Boston was riding a stone cart owned by Charles Howes when he fell at the Saratoga Swit streets corner. Heavy wheels passed over his abdomen and left him seriously injured. Physicians McCormick and Plummer attended at home.
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Eddie Bliss
Bennington Street
Boston
Charles Howes
Saratoga and
Swit Streets
Drs. McCormick and
Plummer
Fatal Injury in Chelsea Nickel Plant Fall
William H. Clegg of 317 Spruce street Chelsea suffered a probable fatal injury yesterday afternoon while adjusting a belt on a pulley at Globe Nickel Plating Company 15 Chardon street. He fell from a ladder struck a lathe and sustained severe wounds. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. doctors fear he will not recover. Clegg is 21, married.
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William H. Clegg
Spruce Street
Chelsea
Globe Nickel Plating Company
Chardon Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Knots of Labor Move to Impeach Olney
The Knights of Labor executive board in Buffalo approves backing Debs of the American Railway Union with moral and financial support. They call assemblies to file charges against Attorney General Olney for alleged constitutional violations and urge congressional nominees to state their impeachment stance.
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Buffalo
N. Y
K. of L
Debs
American Railway Union
Knights of Labor
Olney
Congress
T. B. McGuire
Knights
Mr. Olney
United States
Chelsea Council backs harbor moorings for yacht club
Chelsea Common Council met after recess. Joel Wyman and others pressed for Cheever street repairs and water mains. City Physician Sibley seeks extra pay for medical aid during smallpox. Board of Health requests 300 for smallpox care. An order grants Chelsea Harbor area near Chelsea Bridge to the Chelsea Yacht Club for moorings with harbor master assignment to avoid vessel interference.
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Chelsea Common Council
Joel Wyman
Cheever Street
Sibley
Board of Health
Chelsea Harbor
Chelsea Bridge
Draw Bridge
Chelsea
Cleaves Gains as Republicans Sweep Maine Ballot
Statewide returns show Governor Cleaves reelected with a substantial plurality likely over 37,000. Reed defeats Johnson in the first district with about 8,000, and the Legislature appears to be solidly Republican. Bangor, Rockland, Kennebec, Hancock and Aroostook counties join in broad GOP gains across towns and counties, with Dingley projected to win in the second district by about 8,000 votes.
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Portland
Cleaves
Reed
Biddeford
United States
People’s Party
Prohibition
Bangor
Johnson
Hersey
Bateman
Cleeves
Deering
Cumberland County
Plummer
Morrill
Chamberlain
Saco
York County
Congress
Boutelle
Simpson
Chapman
Lincoln County
Damariscotta
Alonzo R. Nickerson
Boothbay Harbor
J. True Sanborn
Waldoboro
Clarence A. Peaslee
Wiscasset
George O. Bailey
Whitefield
George G. Mahoney
Alna
Joseph H
Thomaston
Thomas
Singer
Edward F. Geyer
Friendship
Farmington
Dover
Piscataquis County
Ellsworth
Hancock County
Houston
Aroostook
Twe
Register of Deeds
Edward Wiggin
R. W. Shaw
Michael M. Clark
W. R. Lambert
Henry C. Sharp
James W. Ambrose
Leland O. Ludwig
Southern
James H. Kidder
Llewellyn Powers
Augusta
Kennebec County
Penobscot County
Bath
Cambridge Republican Club Reelects Champlin and Sets Committee
The Cambridge Republican Club opened its season at Prospect House Cambridgeport with Edgar R. Champlin re elected president and Charles M. Conant named secretary and treasurer. A five member committee was formed to nominate a ten member executive slate for next meeting. The caucuses were rescheduled to September 19.
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Cambridge Republican Club
Prospect House
Cambridgeport
Edgar R. Champlin
Charles M. Conant
Champlin
David T. Dickinson
Young Men’s Republican Club
W. M. Townsend
M. E. Rideout
Michael Corcoran
Montreal Customs Seizure Involving Three Firms
Montreal customs officials seize one of the port’s largest cases as Canada Jute Company Consumers' Cordage Company and Dominion Bag Company face charges for three years or more of importing cream hessian from Dundee Scotland without proper duties. The government says duties could total 50,000 with penalties another 50,000, while firms deny intent to defraud and call it a misunderstanding.
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Montreal
Canada Jute Company
Consumers’ Cordage Company
Dominion Bag Company
Dundee
Scotland
Child Drowns in Tub at Roxbury Home
Two year old Annie Rathwater of 20 Sawyer Street Roxbury fell into a tub of water while mother washed dishes at 4:20 yesterday afternoon and drowned. Medical Examiner Draper notified.
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Annie Rathwater
Sawyer Street
Roxbury
Draper
Revised catalogue promo for wines and teas
Send for revised catalogue. Lower duties, lower prices. Wines, teas and liquors. Heets Pneron Importing Co. operates at 44 and 46 Broad St. Boston.
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Heetspneron Importing Co
Broad St
Oston
Manley Telegram Reports Maine Republican Victory
J H Manley, chairman, sends a telegram to Governor Cleaves announcing a Republican landslide in Maine. The message cites large majorities, full party gains across counties, and expected Senate and House selections, framing the result as a rebuke of protectionist policy and praising industrial growth.
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Augusta
Manley
Cleaves
Henry B. Cleaves
Portland
Maine
Hannibal Hamilin
Samuel Cony
General Chamberlin
Johnson
House of Representatives
William P. Frye
United States Senate
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley
Seth L. Milliken
C. A. Boutelle
Congress
J. H. Manley
Republican State Committee
President Goes Fishing at Buzzard's Bay
At Gray Gables the president Dr Bryant and Secretary Lamont spent the day fishing in Buzzard's Bay. They moved upriver earlier to avoid an anticipated heavy wind storm and arrived shortly after 6 PM.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Bryant
Lamont
Gray Gables
Steamer Portia Sinks Dora M French in Dense Fog
In Vineyard Haven area on Sept 14 the three masted schooner Dora M French of Bangor bound for Boston with coal was sunk by steamship Portia of Liverpool in thick fog and southwesterly wind. Rescue efforts landed some sailors aboard Portia. fate of all hands uncertain. Dora M French, 205 tons, built 1874 at Brewer Maine, now a dangerous obstruction.
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Vineyard Haven
Dora M. French
Bangor
Hoboken
Boston
Portia
Liverpool
N. S
St. John’s
N. F
New York
Vineyard Sound
Look
F. G. French
Kelley
William H. Card
Anna M. Dickerson
Brewer
Domestic Infelicity at Nagog Pond Case
N H Thompson an Boston insurance agent and his wife spent summer at Nagog Pond Littleton. He found his wife with Miss Corbett and William Varnum. Varnum and Mrs Thompson bound over to October term for adultery while Miss Corbett’s case was filed.
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Ayer
N. H. Thompson
Boston
Nagog Pond
Littleton
Varnum
National League of Republican Clubs Plans Cleveland Convention
The executive committee met in Cleveland with President Tracey presiding and decided the next national convention will begin the third Wednesday in June, 189%. Ex Presidents Clarkson and Thurston were named advisory members. A sub-committee for campaign affairs was formed including Joseph H. Manley of Maine, J Henry Gould of Massachusetts, and Col. E A McAlpin of New York.
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Chicago
National League of Republican Clubs
Tracey
Cleveland
Clarkson
Thurston
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
J. Henry Gould
Massachusetts
E. A. McAlpin
New York
Seizing Ship Wanderer Recalled After Error
Ottawa reports the Esquimalt commander erred in taking a sealing schooner Wanderer from a US warship. The admiral corrected the action and released the vessel after the minister of marine received a telegram from the Victoria customs collector.
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Ottawa
Esquimalt
H. M. S. Pheasant
United States
Wanderer
Behring Sea
Minister of Marine
Victoria
Death of Henry Charles Brugsch Pasha in Berlin
Henry Charles Brugsch a noted German savant and Egyptologist aged 67 died in Berlin today. Brugsch known as Brugsch Pasha passed away at his home leaving a long legacy in Egyptology and scholarship.
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Henry Charles Brugsch
Berlin
Brugsch Pasha
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