Republicans Fail to Serve Nation Says Mass Democratic Address
A Massachusetts Democratic address attacks Republicans for tax plans and currency policy, accusing them of favoring protected interests and pressuring silver purchases. It contends Republican leaders pushed the Sherman act, McKinley tariff, and Hawaii annexation while ignoring public wishes and risking currency stability. The piece urges voters to rebuke broken trust at the ballot box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Sherman
United States
Senate
Hawaii
Davis
Foreign Relations Committee
Currency Pledge Broken In Ratified Tariff Fight
The party took office on March 4 promising to fix the currency yet refrained from action. It backed a tariff bill harsher than prior condemnations and traded currency reform for votes from silver-state Senators. Public consultation on terms was minimal as leaders outlined protections for industry over the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
Jones
Nevada
Oar
Ones
McEnery
Senate
Tcus
Old Party Urges Broad Alliance to Restore Sound Banking
The Democratic National State Committee urges independents to unite with its members against silver depreciation and what it calls Republican misgovernance. It promotes a party pledging sound currency, honest economy, public trust, and an end to spoils, paternalism, and class legislation, led by Nathan Matthews Jr. and John C. Lane in Boston on September 11, 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Friends of Gool
United States
Democratic National State Committee
Nathan Matthews, JR
John C. Lane
Boston
Ex Mayor Perry to Lecture on Labor Question
The Hon. A. A. Perry of Somerville will lecture on labor questions Sunday evening at 7:45 in Eberle lower hall Union square Somerville under Somerville Socialists auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Perry
Somerville
Eberle Lower Hall
Union Square
Mayor of Lawrence Plans Book Writing Venture
Lawrence mayor announces plans to write a book detailing city governance and local history. The statement emphasizes a reflective, personal account of leadership decisions and community collaboration during his term.
Col Lyman Dead After Summer Home Return
Colonel Theodore Lyman, born 1833, died at a Nahant summer home after a illness that kept him bedridden. A noted scientist, congressman, fish culture advocate, and benefactor, he left a widow and two sons, with one abroad, and was a prominent Massachusetts figure known for Agassiz ties and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Lyman
Nahant
Mr. Lyman
Lyman
Hartford
Conn
Cambridge
Agassiz
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Massachusetts
Boston Farm School
Peabody Educational Fund
Congress
Ninth
Louis Agassiz
Harrison Gray Otis
Smithsonian Institution
Colonel Lyman
Brookline
Europe
Williams on removal of General Corcoran
In a interview Williams says he learned of a potential bid to oust General John W. Corcoran from the Massachusetts seat on the Democratic National Committee only from the Post. He would not initiate the move but backs party discussion and notes the value of a representative aligned with the party platform. Hobart of the Massachusetts Democratic Club says the idea has little discussion and likely won’t be endorsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G F. Williams
John W. Corcoran
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Corcoran
Democratic Party
Hobart
Massachusetts Democratic Club
George Fred Williams
Grain Clamp Hits Boston Shippers as Canada Sets Sail
Steamship Canada leaves with only 90 000 of 200 000 bushels booked as grain car shortages bite Boston shippers. The Sagamore shifts from Hoosac to Mystic for lack of grain, with several million bushels booked and hopes fading due to New York shippers cornering grain cars.
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Boston
Canada
Sagamore
Warren Line
Hoosac
Mystic
Ivy
New York
SIGE Babies and Patient Load in South End Tenements
Nineteen new patients were added to the long list by Post doctors yesterday as the continued hot wave presses the tenement house district of the South End. Doctors are laboring to cope with the surge in cases and the strain on local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Lost Louis Rosenfield Near Roxbury Kindergarten
Little Louis Rosenfield, 812 years old, vanished from 187 Cabot Street Roxbury after entrusted to two siblings for school. Police and parents search, last seen by mother at 8 in yard. girl and boy left him on steps for teacher. Attired in dark trousers white blouse blue tie and leather hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Rosenfield
Cabot Street
Roxbury
Station 10
Myer
Celia Rosenfield
Cabot and
Ruggles Streets
Little Louis
Louis
Isaac H Sherman Dead in Belfast Factory
Isaac H Sherman of East Belfast aged about 60 a prominent leather board and axes manufacturer dropped dead in his factory this afternoon in Belfast Maine on September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Isaac H. Sherman
East
Pleasant Reception For Misses Fay And O Connell
Margaret T Burke hosted a cordial reception at Centre street Jamaica Plain last evening honoring Miss Mary Fay and Miss Anna O’Connell of Cohoes New York who visited for several days. Guests included Mr and Mrs M J Morrissey M H Shea Patrick Burke William F White and several neighbors in a warm display of hospitality marked by music and storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret T. Burke
T. J. Burke
Tremont Street
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Mary Fay
Anna O'Connell
Cohoes
N. Y
Burkes
M. J. Morrissey
M. H. Shea
Patrick Burke
William F. White
M. G. White
Daniel J. Quinlan
Abraham Clarke
John P. Carleton
John B. O'Higgins
John Lane
John M. Grainey
Thomas Hassett
Margaret Hassett
Treacherous Buddus Revolt Ties Congo Mutiny
Later mail advices from the Congo connect the Buddu revolt with mutinous Congolese troops in the Terre district who reportedly killed fifty nine Belgian officers and men destroyed forts and plundered widely. Mugwanya the Buddu premier led an army to the Terre frontier in June to fight the mutineers while Buddhs attacked the British in Mugwanya absence. The mutineers hold eight Maxim guns and many breech loading rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Congo
Buddu
Terre
Mugwanya
Terre District
Gladstone supports Hebrew reassembly in Palestine
William E. Gladstone, former British prime minister, favors the reassembly of Hebrews in Palestine under Ottoman suzerainty with guaranteed religious liberty and equality. In a reply to a Die Welt correspondent, he modestly notes limited knowledge but expresses favorable inclination, while the German weekly answers with a firm “certainly.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gladstone
England
Palestine
Die Welt
Zion Movement
Theodore Herzl
Hebrew Company
Jerusalem
Gladstone
Actress Blanche Hillman Dies in Amsterdam Hotel Warner
Blanche Hillman 23, known privately as Mrs. O. P. Carroll, died last week at Hotel Warner Amsterdam N Y after a month of illness. A member of Maude Hillman company she toured with her sister’s repertoire, last seen in Boston. Survived by husband mother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Hillman
O. P. Carroll
Miss Hillman
Binghamton
New York
George H. Hillman
May C. Hillman
Maude Hillman
Winthrop G. Snelling
May Hillman
California
Boston
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Peggy Chandleigh
Harbor Lights
Great Forest Fire Near Greenbank Threatens Edge of Egg Harbor
A fierce forest fire started near Greenbank nine miles from Egg Harbor. The blaze has spread over several miles with hundreds battling it. No buildings are in danger at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenbank
Egg Harbor
Nameless Foundling Becomes Candidate In Marriage Plot
In Le Monde Comique a dialogue between M Calino and Mme Calino centers on a proposed marriage for their daughter to a wealthy, honorable young man who is revealed as a foundling with no name. Mme Calino reacts with shock at the idea of a nameless son-in-law writing anonymous letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Calino
Mme. Calino
le Monde Comique
Fatal Curve injures man at busy cross street
George S. Johnson of 79 Montgomery street was struck by an inbound electric car as he crossed Boylston Street near the subway entrance. The motorman T W Hatch halted the vehicle but Johnson stepped forward and was struck, thrown ten feet. Patrolman M J Goff helped extract him. Johnson was hospitalized at home after doctors attended him. Hackmen Daniel J. Pierce and George F. Richardson assisted and arranged care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Johnson
Montgomery Street
Mr. Johnson
Boylston Street
Arch
Newton
T. W. Hatch
Daniel J. Pierce
George F. Richardson
Police Capture Notorious Roxbury Thief Drew
Frederick L. Drew, a longtime Boston gang leader, was recaptured on Washington Street Roxbury after escaping from the South Boston House of Correction last July 18. Once living on Hammond Street Roxbury, he is described as a byword among local criminals and faced a long term for larceny and previous prison escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Drew
Boston
Washington Street
Roxbury
South Boston House
Drew
Cogan
William Knight
Harrison Avenue
House of Correction
Division 9
Dudley Street
Dudley
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Review OF Political Parties
Gold Democrats
People of
Democratic National Party of
Republican Party
Harrison
Windom
House of Representatives
Teller
Northwest
Walker
House
Reed
National Monetary Commission
Bailey
Texas
Tillman
South Carolina
Antiiag
Perry
Beecham
Pond’'S Extract CO
London
O'Sulivan
Lawrence
Col. Lyman
Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan
Post
Salem Street
O’sullivan
Bethlehem
N. H
O'Sullivan
Salem
Worcester
Bethel
North Carolina
South
Knox
William McKinley
Congressman Knox
Sunday Post
Niagara
W. W.C.T.U
Kings of the
Sige Babies
Dawson City
Alaska
Washington
Portation Co
Buddus
Tot
New Market
Napoleon Mayette
W. E. Gladstone
Iilness
Amsterdam, N. Y
Wels & CO
Philadelphia
Bracer
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