Relief to Bring Home Massachusetts Troops From Montauk
Preparations are underway in Boston as the hospital ship Relief is due this afternoon to ferry Massachusetts men from Montauk Point who are fit to move. Sixteen patients remain too ill to travel. Gov. elect will greet the returning troops at the dock. The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association lists numerous named soldiers in Fort Monroe hospital and on the Relief roster, with several furloughs granted.
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Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
Boston
Massachusetts
Montauk Point
Miles
S. P. Cottrell
United States General Hospital
Fortress Monroe
Walter H. Caverne
Edward F. Clements
Michael Donohue
Charles W. Gunn
Troy C. King
A. E. Marsh
Arthur M. Spriggs
Harry R. Carleton
Henry Hunt
McDonald
Donohue
Marsh
Hunt
Otis Allen Celebrates 90th Birthday in Lowell
Otis Allen aged 90, father of Charles H. Allen and Major Thomas O. Allen, is honored at 45 Middlesex Street Lowell with visits from prominent locals including Mayor Bennett. President McKinley sent a congratulatory note. Also present were Isaac A. Cooper, 92, and former high school principal James Russell.
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Lowell
Otis Allen
Charles H. Allen
Navy
Thomas O. Allen
Middlesex Street
Bennett
McKinley
Executive Mansion
Washington
DD. C
William M’kinley
Mr. Allen
Isaac A. Cooper
James §. Russell
Allen
Sergeant Sheehan to Face Police Board Over Debts
South Boston Sergeant Thomas A. Sheehan of Station 6 is ordered to appear before the Police Board on charges described as curious. An official says the accusation concerns borrowed money not approved by authorities, though friends claim he previously secured a loan with a note and has paid all principal and interest. They allege liquor dealers who were denied licenses are behind the affair.
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Thomas A. Sheehan
Station 6
Boston
Board of Police
Police Department
Post
Sheehan
Funeral tragedy as infant killed at Indianapolis funeral
Mrs Cornelius Driscoll attends the funeral of Howard Lansing when her six year old daughter picks up a flobert rifle to amuse the crying infant. The gun fires and the bullet strikes the baby in the forehead causing instant death. The event followed the murder of Howard Lansing by George White on Saturday night.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cornelius Driscoll
Howard Lansing
George White
Funeral for Corporal Mason of Brookline One of Ninth Massachusetts
Corporal William F. Mason of Company B Ninth Massachusetts died at Camp Wikoff Montauk on Thursday. His Brookline funeral will be public with viewing from 7 to 10 a.m. in the lower Town Hall, then procession to St Marys Church Harvard Street for requiem. Interment at Holyhood.
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William F. Mason
Company B
Ninth
Massachusetts
Camp Wikoff
Montauk
Brookline
Mason
Lower Town Hall
Roberts Street
St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
Harvard Street
Father Morris
Holyhood
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridgeport
Holmes
Cambridge
James Y. Holmes
Siebert
Roxbury
Charles A. Siebert
Smith Street
Forest Ills
Deaths in Ninth Regiment Note Loss of Corporal Wiley
Four deaths among the Ninth Regiment are reported with Corporal Samuel P. Wiley of Company C, 18 Boston Street South Boston, among the saddest. He died at Montauk General Hospital after typhoid fever. his father was by his bedside. Wiley, 28, left a widow and two children, and was born March 23 1870 in Washington Village. He enlisted as a butler, rose to corporal, and served until May. His family has deep Revolutionary War and Civil War ties. A military funeral will be held.
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Samuel P. Wiley
Boston Street
Boston
General Hospital
Montauk
Wiley
Cuba
Alleghany
Camp Wikoff
Pert’ Wiley
George H and
Annie F. Wiley
Washington
Minute Men
Thirty-ninth Volunteers
Post 68
Minute Men’s Association
Patrick J. Foley
Utuado
Porto Rico
Guy V. Henry
Ponce
Nineteenth
United States Infantry
Rice
Arecibo
San Juan
Second Cavalry
Larez
Illinois
Massachusetts
Danly
Dow
Washburn
Ryder
Steve
Esculapius
Ames
Utuada
Lorez
Hart
Secretary of War
United States
Santiago
Irving Eddy
H. M. Knight
Company G
Nineteenth Infantry
Sixth Massachusetts
George Copeland
Private Foley of Ninth dies after hospital visit
Private Patrick J. Foley of Company E Ninth died at City Hospital after visiting Mr. John Hogan in Roxbury. He fell ill suddenly with a high fever and collapsed at 11 a.m. The sister Nellie Foley is listed as his sole living relative. The body was taken to the Bast Armory for viewing before burial at St. James.
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Patrick J. Foley
Ninth Regiment
City Hospital
Foley
Néllie Foley
Beach Street
Company E
The
Ninth
John Hogan
Didley Street
Roxbury
Nellie Foley
Bast Armory
Funeral to honor Private Foley in military ceremony
A church service will be held Thursday at 9 o clock for Private Foley. The funeral is a military ceremony, noting his enlistment three years ago with the Bear volunteers and his prompt re enlistment despite remaining service days.
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Foley
Worcester Soldier McTiernan Dies in Montauk
A message from Worcester reports Private James T. McTiernan of Company G Ninth Massachusetts Regiment Emmett Guards has died at Montauk. His death marks the thirty fifth Worcester native and tenth Emmett Guard casualty.
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Worcester
Mass
T. J. Barrett
Montauk
James T. McTiernan
Massachusetts Regiment
Emmett Guards
Emmett Guard
Private William J. Montgomery Dies of Typhoid
Private William J. Montgomery of the Ninth died at City Hospital yesterday afternoon from typhoid fever. He arrived Sept. 6 from the stranded Lewiston. His condition worsened after Saturday, becoming dangerous, and he passed away after 4 o'clock yesterday. Montgomery resided in Worcester.
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William J. Montgomery
City Hospital
Montgomery
Lewiston
Worcester
Soldiers admitted and updated conditions at city hospitals
Since Saturday nine more soldiers have been admitted to City Hospital including Private Foley who died yesterday. Names include Private Kimmeth, Private McDevitt, Private Riley, Private Boardman, Sergeant Powers, Private Hagan, I O Silver, and H R Stemlaskey. Several are very sick but not dangerous. Boardman, Riley and Stemlaskey show improvement. Most patients at Carney and M G show improvement. convalescents total around sixteen awaiting discharge today.
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City
Foley
Joseph Kimmeth
Massachusetts
E. J. McDevitt
East
Boston
W. J. Riley
South
C. A. Boardman
Maurice D. Powers
J. H. Hagan
I. O. Silver
H. R. Stemlaskey
Riley
Stemlaskey
Boardman
Walter Sawyer
Regular Army
Carney Hospital
Sylvester Lane
Lowell
Mullen
Carney
L. Guiger
George Anderson
Massachusetts General
Tobin
Charlestown
J. Crowley
C. P. Chainty
John Peters
Hemeopathic Hospital
New Bay State steamer joins Liver pool line
The Warren steamer Bay State captained by Samuel Walters arrives with quarantine clearance and will dock at Hoosac Tunnel docks, Charles town. Built for cattle trade, the 7000 ton steel twin screw vessel completed Cape Race crossing in under 58 hours, with triple expansion engines and 15 knot speed. The Warren fleet includes Sachem, Kansas, Michigan and Sagamore, plus Dominion line steamers Cambroman and Roman in service.
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Liverpool
Warren Steamer
Bay State
Samuel Walters
Sachem
Warren Line
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Race
Warren
Kansas
Michigan
Sagamore
Dominion Line
Cambroman
Roman
Cyclist Hit by Fruit Wagon Injures in Jamaica Plain
William Jacobs of Cushing Street Jamaica Plain was struck by a fruit wagon driven by three Italians. A wagon shaft penetrated his left breast and his condition was listed as serious. He was taken home by ambulance and the three men were detained.
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Quincy
William Jacobs
Cushing Street
Jamaica Plain
Bayard In News: Condition Fails To Rally
Dedham Sept 12 The condition of Mr Bayard is not as favorable tonight as it was yesterday after a morning falling spell he did not rally though he is brighter than earlier.
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Wmarragansett Pier
R. I
Winnie’ Davis
Dedham
Woman named Jane Smith Arrested for Shoplifting
Inspector Wolf from headquarters arrested Jane Smith for shoplifting at R. H. White & Co. She refused to speak and spent the night in the Tombs.
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Inspector Wolf
Jane Smith
R. H. White & Co
Evacuation Commissioners May Choose El Vedado Residence
In Havana on September 13 the evacuation commissioners are expected to settle on El Vedado as their lodging during the stay. El Vedado, five miles west of Havana, offers sea bathing, an aristocratic neighborhood, and regular steam service to the city.
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Havana
el Vedado
Punta Brava
New England Cotton Manufacturers Hold Fall Meeting
The New England Cotton Manufacturers Association will meet at Crawford House in New Hampshire from September 27 to 29. Papers on cotton manufacture and mill management will be read and discussed, with opening remarks by association president Stephen A. Knight of Providence.
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New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Crawford House
N. H
Association
Stephen A. Knight
Providence
Massachusetts Sixth En Route to Ponce and Utuado
Report on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment's movements from Utuado to Ponce, with the Nineteenth Infantry and Sixth Illinois ahead and behind. Notes on hospital strain, drills, and daily life, plus sightings of local funeral customs and a typhoid death among privates.
Denby Urges US to Hold Philippine Islands
Charles Denby former US minister to China arrived from Peking and urged the United States to retain permanent possession of the Philippines. He warned surrender would prompt European rivalries and war while noting no immediate change in China’s status and Russia’s gains satisfy its aims.
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Washington
Charles Denby
United States
China
Peking
White House
Denby
Philippine Islands
Spain
Far East
Philippines
Freddy Ryan Missing From Brookline Home
Freddy Ryan a 14 year old boy is missing from his Brookline home on Pearl Street since last Wednesday. His father and the police are mystified by his disappearance after he left with a hand cart shortly after 8 o clock in the morning.
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Freddy Ryan
Pearl Street
Brookline
Missing Boy Described By Family In Search Effort
A boy has not been seen since leaving to gather wood. His father reports no clues to his whereabouts. He wore an outing shirt blue suspenders striped pants golf cap black stockings and shoes. He is tall slight for his age with brown hair blue eyes and a slight impediment in speech.
War Department plans two large winter hospitals for troops
Surgeon Sternberg described the plan to build a 1000 bed hospital at Fortress Monroe for sick soldiers returning from Porto Rico. A tent hospital already houses 500, and a larger southern port facility may follow to serve Cuban operations.
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Washington
Sternberg
War Department
Medical Department
Fortress Monroe
Woodhull
Porto Rico
United States Army
Cuba
Bradford White wed in Dorchester home ceremony
Miss Ethel L. Bradford daughter of Mr and Mrs Alden Bradford of Dorchester and Mr Frederick C White of Boston were married last evening at the bride’s parents home by Rev Thomas W Brown. The couple will tour west after a New York departure.
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Ethel L. Bradford
Alden Bradford
Morse Street
Dorchester
Frederick C. White
Boston
Thomas W. Brown
Unitarian Church
Laura P. Bradford
George E. Whitworth
Lucie H. Woolacott
Hebrew Democrats Elect Ward 8 Campaign Committee
The Hebrew Democratic Club of Ward 8 met at 30 Poplar Street with President M Abelman presiding. After committee reports the campaign committee was elected: Louis D Frank M Leftovitch B Berenson M Frankel N Gelman C Bronstein A Shapiro P Bornstein B Goldberg and M Sternberg.
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Hebrew Democratic Club
Ward 8
Poplar Street
M. Abelman
Louis D. Frank
M. Leftovitch
B. Berenson
M. Frankel
N. Gelman
C. Bronstein
A. Shapiro
P. Bornstein
B. Goldberg
M. Sternberg
Park workers' uniforms met with mixed protests
Park Commission says about one hundred employees now wear new brown canvas uniforms with sailor style caps and brass buttons marked P. They defend the cost as small and argue the attire improves appearance, while some labor groups claim the clothing came from a New York sweat shop. Superintendent Wells notes past objections halted wider uniforming.
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Park Commission
A. Shuman & Co
Central Labor Union
New York
Wells
Post
Maronite Catholic Chapel Opens in Boston Area
A small wooden Maronite chapel funded by 200 believers will open on Tyler Street near Harvard Street in Boston. It serves Maronite Catholics from Mesopotamia seeking religious freedom, with Mass intoned in Syro-Chaldaic rather than Latin. Rev. Joseph Yasbec leads the mission from Boston with a wide geographic reach.
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Tyler Street
Harvard Street
Mesopotamia
Boston
Church of
Christ
S&s. James
Joseph Yasbec
United States
Father Yasbec
New England
Bangor
Burlington
Wringer Co Offers Repair Service for Wringers
For repair work wringer rolls stamped American Wringer Company warrant ed are best All kinds of wringers and sweepers repaired Write or telephone and we will call for and deliver without extra charge American Wringer Co.
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American Wringer Company
The
American Wringer Co
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Marshall Jenkins
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John White
Richard Lavin
Charles Anderson
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Roxbury Bicycle Club
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