Sheehan Wins His Fight Despite Tammany Forces
In New York on September 19 Democratic members crowded assembly districts recounts show John C. Sheehan defeating Croker faction by about 300 votes in the ninth district. A portrait of Richard Croker hung in Pequod Club as crowds cheered and clashed with those who tore it down. Sheehan addressed rallies while Isaac A. Hopper reportedly ousted Charles Welde in the thirty-first district aided by Peter S. Meyer.
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New York
Ninth
John C. Sheehan
Croker
Pequod Club
Sheehan
Richard Croker
Mr. Croker
Mr. Sheehan
Thirty-First Assembly
Democratic Club
Isaac A. Hopper
Charles Welde
Thirty-First
Welde
Peter S. Meyer
Raids Target South End Disorderly Houses Police raid CAINS district
Station 4 officers under Captain Cain raided South End houses last night finding no criminal activity in over five locations. five women were arrested for conducting houses of ill fame and one man held for illegally selling intoxicating liquor. Lydia Mitchell posted about 500 bail from 118 Eliot Street.
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Cain
South End
Lydia Mitchell
Eliot Street
Annie Smith
Beach Street
Mary Newman
Ti Shawmut Avenue
Katherine Allbright
Claris Small
Wheeler Street
Benjamin Carter
Corning Street
Station 4
Guerin Surrenders End To Six Week Siege At Fort Chabrol
At 4:00 a m M Guerin surrendered after a lengthy siege at Fort Chabrol in Paris. Deputies Millevoye and Lasses assisted his brother in leaving the fort as troops and police prepared to flood the area if he refused to yield. The siege ended amid a massive police and military cordon surrounding the fort.
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PE Poffo
Guerin
Fort Chabrol
M. Guerin
Dalstein
Millevere
Boston sewer tax refund drive sparks crowed police action
Taxpayers began lining up at City Hall to reclaim funds from a sewers tax ruled unconstitutional. About 1,000 people filled the treasury as officers struggled to keep order, with elderly women fainting and pockets picked in the crush. The refunds will continue daily 8 to 6 for a month across city wards.
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Boston
Supreme Court of the State
City Hall
Leary
City Hall Square
Johnson
Lane
Treasury Office
Post
School Street
Quincy
East Boston
Charlestown
Arrest of William M. Hodge for $15,000 fraud in Boston and North Adams
William M. Hodge, a prominent North Adams club man tied to Sykes Hodge Arnold, was arrested on a charge of obtaining $15,000 by false pretenses from Franklin N Poor, treasurer of the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad. Police report Hodge alleged real estate, stock, coal, and net wealth far exceeding his true debts. relatives say he also secured $30,000 from banks using notes indorsed by his mother and sister. He faces arraignment and possible civil suits as investigators trace extravagant schemes.
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Watts
William M. Hodge
North Adams
Franklin N. Poor
Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad
Devonshire Street
Boston
Hodge
Newbury Street
Sykes, Hodge
Howard
Harris
Houghton
Charles A. Kendall
Kendall
Aittle
Sykes, Hodge & Arnold
Pennsylvania
Williamstown
Greenfield
City of Jacksonville Strands Near Portsmouth N C
The steamer City of Jacksonville was driven ashore six miles south of Portsmouth amid heavy seas and southeast winds. All aboard were saved. The Clyde Company of New York owns the 500 ton side-wheeler guided by Captain F W Lund Jr. She operates Boston Nahant excursions in summer and St James River runs to Sanford in winter.
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Beaufort
N. C
Jacksonville
Portsmouth
Clyde Company of
New York
F. W. Lund, Jr
Boston
Nahant
St. James River
Sanford
John H. Pray, Sons & Co. Rug Specialty Spotlight
A New England shop showcases large oriental carpets with Persian Turkish and India origins. The firm highlights extra large sizes and unusual shapes in its extensive Oriental stock.
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John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Insurance boycott stalls South Carolina mill policy business
Representatives of factory mutual insurance companies met in the city yesterday and voted not to renew or write any more policies in South Carolina until laws are changed. They claim recent laws effectively bar mill property insurers from operating in the state.
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Mutual Insurance Companies
South Carolina
State Convention Tomorrow to Back State Supervision
The Massachusetts Democratic State convention will convene tomorrow with a platform opposing trusts and favoring state supervision of public utilities. Bruce and Slattery return as the ticket with minor changes. George Fred Williams defends his Chicago statements and denies any feud with McLean over delegate elections.
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Bruce and
Slattery
Mr. Williams
Chicago
McLean
Williams
Parker House
Committee On Resolutions
U. and
Bruce
Williams Denounces Chicago Statements as Pure Fabrication
George Fred Wiams denounces Chicago reports of a McLean Williams clash over the Massachusetts convention. He claims years of press misrepresentation and asserts the fall convention plan was a Massachusetts Democratic move supported by unanimous party committees. He urges inquiry through the executive committee.
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Mr. Williams
Chicago
McLean
Massachusetts
State Committee
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Province St
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Anny
Ati
Nat UR
Louisville
Rentucry
Adams, Taylor &Co
State St
Paris
Lucien Millevoye
Franklin Wi. Moore
Holmes, Luge & Co, Cereers
H, Nem & Talogue
Washington St Street
Bay State
John R. MC Lean
George Fred Williams
South Caro
Lina
National Committee
Mr. Mclean
George Fred Wiams
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