Yankee Regatta Ends With Weetamoe Victory Over Rainbow
The New York Yacht Club fall regatta featured close finishes across multiple classes. Weetamoe dominated Class I over Rainbow skippered by Cornelius Vanderbilt, with Neola second. Eelin won the English cutter race. Humma defeated Altair in Class K. Weetamoe took the Naval Alumni Association cup. Elmina beat Muriel for the schooner cup. and Weetamoe again took the cup for schooners and sloops with full time allowance.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Rainbow
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Weetamoe
Neola
Eelin
Burr
Isolde
Ralph N. Fills
Naval Alumni Association
Elmina
Muriel
F. L. Robinson
Maine to Houston Line Connects 100 Miles by Telephone
The north woods of Maine now linked to the outside world as a 100 mile stretch between Mattawamkeng and Houston is completed. New England Telephone officials C S West and R J Shea formally opened the line and spoke with Boston, about 400 miles distant.
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Houston
North Woods
Maine
Mattuwamkeng
New England
C. S. West
R. J. Shea
Boston
Fire officials from Hongland visit Boston FD officials
Four Hongland fire officials led by Chief Cheswell toured the Boston Fire Department yesterday. The visitors were William Ely of Leicester William Harrison of Lancashire George W Parker of Manchester and HE Geall of Lancashire. They travel to the International Association of Fire Engineers convention in New York opening next Tuesday.
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Hongland
Boston
Not Guilty in Smith Assault Case at Norfolk Court
In Dedham Hy de Park case against Howard F. E. Smith known as Jack the Hugger the Norfolk Superior Court jury returned not guilty of assault with intent to commit assault on Cora M. Gunn. The verdict sparked a sensational courtroom scene with clapping and removals as jurors delivered the verdict.
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Dedham
Cora M. Gunn
Howard FE. Smith
Hyde Park
Jack the Hugger
Norfolk Superior
Fessenden
Capen
Smith
Elizabeth McGregor
Mamma
Noble
Fannie McGregor
Thomas C. Dunn
McGregor
Dana Avenue
Carrie E. Scrivins
Belle M. Smith
Rank KE. Fletcher
Dorchester
Arbitration Brings Settlements in Chicago Labor Row
In Chicago on Sept 11 arbitration resolved one strike, a threatened one was averted, and two others set to end by tomorrow. Teamsters, bakery wagon drivers, coal and truck workers moved toward settlement with Swift & Co and William Schmidt Baking Company after talks led by Frederick W. Job. Excavating teams agreed to $2 a day for 10 hours plus overtime and Sunday pay, prompting most to return to work.
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Chicago
Frederick W. Job
State Board of Arbitration
Teamsters
Swift & Co
Teamsters’ Joint Council
William Schmidt Baking Company
Menare
Texas Republicans Endorse Roosevelt as 1904 Candidate
The Texas State Republican convention adjourned after two days with two nominations, Governor George F. Burkitt and Treasurer Eugene Nolte. It gave H. R. Green full authority to oversee Texas campaigns for two years and endorsed all of President Roosevelt’s acts, calling him the unanimous choice for president in 1904.
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Fort Worth
Tex
George FP
Burkitt
I Eugene Nolte
H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Texas
Roosevelt
Boston residents protest Castle Island land take by government
The Post reports near unanimous South Boston protest against government seizure of Castle Island for a lighthouse station. Citizens and church leaders urge action, with Monsignor O Callaghan and Senator Sullivan calling for petitions and resolutions to keep Castle Island in the city park system. The South Boston Citizens Association plans a strong protest at its next meeting.
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Castle Island
South Boston
Boston
Michael J. Sullivan
Boston Park
Citizens’ Association
United States
John H. Means
Andrews Legally Dead After Atlantic Crossing Quest
Captain W. A. Andrews, famed for ocean crossings in tiny boats, and his bride of a few days, sailed from Atlantic City in a 14 foot boat on Oct 6. The Suffolk Probate Court granted letters of administration to his son Horace, valuing the estate at $10,000. The Dark Secret was sighted only once, miles offshore amid approaching storm.
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W. A. Andrews
Atlantic City
Suffolk Probate Court
Horace
Unknown assault victim dies after skull fracture
An unidentified man found with a fractured skull at North Market and Commercial streets died at the relief station without regaining consciousness. Police lack a suspect. only clue is a pawn ticket reading Frank Adams, 7 Tremont street. The man appeared about 30 years old.
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North Market
Commercial Streets
Frank Adams
Tremont Street
Seven-masted schooner Lawson sails for coal shipment
The seven-masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson, Captain Arthur Crowley in command, left her anchorage behind Castle Island at 8:45 yesterday morning. Assisted by two tugs, she cleared Broad Sound with all sails set, bound for Philadelphia to load 8000 tons of bituminous coal for a Boston firm, and will return after completion.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Arthur Crowley
Castle Island
Broad Sound
Philadelphia
Boston
Great Bankrupt Clothing Sale in Boston Seeks Salesmen
A Boston ad proclaims a sign of good times with a massive bankrupt sale on clothing harnesses and shoes. It seeks 50 extra salesmen and 200 stockers, touts huge discounts, and lists dozens of bargain prices at Hanover street stores, urging early visits and mail orders.
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Boston
Hanover Street
Rochester
N. Y
20Th Century Stores, Inc
20Th Century Dept. Stores, Inc
Charlestown Woman Fined One Cent for Hitting Boy With Tin Can
Fannie E. Woodside was found guilty of technical assault and battery in Charlestown District Court for throwing a tin can that struck 12 year old Robert Sewall on Phipps street. The incident arose after Sewall and companions taunted her. she claimed no intent to hit anyone, only scare them. The court imposed a one cent fine, paid in full, ending the case.
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Charlestown
Fannie E. Woodside
Robert Sewall
Young Sewall
Phipps Street
Death of 61 year old Richard Wellington at 9 Auburn Court
Richard Wellington, 61, discharged hours earlier from Massachusetts General Hospital after two months of heart disease treatment, died suddenly in a chair at 9 Auburn Court last night while talking with friends. He had visited George White at the same address after leaving the hospital. Body sent to S&riggs undertaking rooms on Howard Street. Single man, no immediate family.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard Wellington
Auburn Court
S&riggs
Howard Street
Wellington
George White
New England Waterworks Members Hear Venice and Venice Talks
Three hundred members of the New England Waterworks Association attended sessions of their convention at the Hotel Brunswick yesterday. An engaging programme featured Desmond Fitzgerald of Boston speaking on What an Engineer Saw in Venice and R. C. P. Coggeshall of New Bedford presenting Twenty Years After. Delegates and friends will visit Metropolitan waterworks sites today.
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New England Waterworks Association
Brunswick
Venice
Desmond Fitzgerald
Boston
R. C. P. Coggeshall
New Bedford
Metropolitan
Gillespie Defaulted in Charlestown Caucus Vote Case
Alexander Gillespie, arrested at Ward 6 caucus in Charlestown, was yesterday defaulted in Charlestown Court where he was to be arraigned on a charge of violating the caucus law by illegal voting.
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Alexander Gillespie
Charlestown
Beets Drive Utah GOP Platform Found in Salt Lake
Ogden Utah September 11 Republicans nominated Joseph Howell for Congress and Judge William McCarthy for Supreme Court. The platform omits Cuban reciprocity amid beet sugar pressure while endorsing 1901 national platform, tariff, labor rights, trusts oversight, arbitration, and opposition to Democratic policy on corporations. It condemns partisan attacks on military forces and praises canal progress and strict immigration laws.
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Ogden
Utah
Joseph Howell
Congress
William McCarthy
Supreme Court
Committee On Resolutions
Sutherland
National Board of Arbitration
Nomination Papers Filed in Cambridge Republican Meeting
A Cambridge ward and city committee meeting recorded nomination papers for senatorial district two candidate Bartholomew and State committee hopeful Charles F. Kenny. For House seats the Middlesex Districts list Myers and Spalding in D1, Bushway, Malley, and Bailey in D2, no candidate in D3, Hughes and Rounds in D4, and Lewis and Moore in D5.
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Cambridge
House of Representatives
Suffolk
Bartholomew
Charles F. Kenny
Republican State Committee
Middlesex
James J. Myers
Thorndike Spalding
Harleigh J. Bushway
James J. Malley
Samuel W. Bailey
Alfred E. Hughes
William J. Rounds
William H. Lewis
John Z. Moore
Two Die After Hospitalized Injuries At City Hospital
Timothy Casey aged 48 of 22 Medford Street Charlestown died at City Hospital after a fall into a ship hold at Mystic wharf fracturing his skull. Joanna Buckley of Roxbury who fractured her thigh died at City Hospital yesterday.
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Timothy Casey
Medford Street
Charlestown
Mystic Wharf
City Hospital
Joanna Buckley
Roxbury
Reverend Morrison Dies by Own Hand on Olympia Cruiser
The Rev. William F. Morrison, chaplain aboard the cruiser Olympia, shot himself at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea on Tuesday. He suffered from melancholia and was from Maryland.
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William F. Morrison
Olympia
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Maryland
Child Aged 3 Implicated in Laudanum Self Harm
Miss Georgie Lom aged 3 of 499 Shaw mut avenue was found unconscious in her room and is resting at City Hospital. She later said she took about three and a half ounces of laudanum but doctors suspect she exaggerated the amount and she refused to give a reason for her attempted self destruction.
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Georgie Lom
Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
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