Paine Named As Manchester State Ticket Contender
Boston leaders and Democratic figures gathered at Parker House as the State committee nears finalizing delegates. Robert Treat Paine Jr is pegged as a strong Boston candidate to lead the ticket with John H. Mack as second. Harry Lloyd for Secretary of State and J B O'Donnell or Judge Moffett for Attorney General. The platform pledges opposition to imperialism, trusts, and foreign alliances.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Corbett
Donovan
Parker House
State Committee
Williams
Bruce
Slattery
Mr. Slattery
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Paine
North Adams
John H. Mack
Harry Lloyd
J. B. O’donnell
Northampton
Judge Moffett
Committee On Resolutions
State Ownership Platform Endorsed by Boston & Albany Group
A declaration favors state ownership and control of public utilities while reaffirming support for the Chicago platform and the state’s control over transportation utilities. The Boston and Albany group backs the stance.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Chicago
Convention Crowd Packs Parker House Lobby in Boston
Western Massachusetts delegates arrive in Boston as the State committee and leading figures pace the Parker House corridors seeking lines on Chicago convention nominees. Kilroy and Clune maneuver for delegates while Slattery Moran Connery Jaquith Paine Mack Lee and Fitzgerald arrive to weigh strategy and report to their networks.
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Parker House
State Committee
Chicago
Boston
Jim’’ Mellen
Worcester
Patrick Kilroy
Second
John H. Clune
Springfield
Kilroy
Slattery
Senator Moran
Fall River
William P. Connery
Lynn
Harry J. Jaquith
R. T. Paine, Jr
John H. Mack
John H. Lee
City Committee
City Democracy
Fitzgerald
Kelliher
James Donovan
Flection
Joseph J. Corbett
Charles Murphy
Incidents Reported On Convention Eve At Parker House
A Parker House scene on convention eve yielded a series of minor disturbances and crowd reactions. Officials reported no serious injuries, while guests described tense moments and orderly dispersal after initial disruption. Local authorities investigated disturbances and reassured attendees.
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Parker House
Rival Dems Gather for City Convention Amid Hotel Hubbub
In a crowded hotel the machine and reform factions watched each other as Martin Lomasney and Edward Donovan led a web of Ward 7 and Ward 8 figures. Hobart of Braintree drew friends to his third floor room while Jerry Watson teased a treasurer bid. A large party of Democratic legislators arrived, energizing the scene before the convention.
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City Committee
Martin M. Lomasney
Edward J. Donovan
Hendricks Club
P. J. Daly
Quinn
Ward
Tim’ McCarthy
Jerry’ Watson
Martin Lomasney
Ward 8
Inner Circle
Citizen Hobart
Braintree
Postum Health Gain Prompts Public Endorsement
A Burlington Iowa woman credits Postum Food Coffee with a 25 pound weight gain and improved health after quitting coffee. She says her family now drinks Postum and she asks not to reveal her name. The notice mentions the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. as the source.
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Postum
Burlington
Des Moines County
Iowa
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Republican speakership candidates meet at hotel gathering
Representatives Myers Saunders and Mills attended a hotel gathering as Republican candidates for the speakership graced Democratic news and tips coverage.
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Myers
Saunders
Mills
Fight on delegates districts crowd for at large appointments
State committee spends hours weighing candidates for national convention seats as about a hundred seek twenty six posts. Four at large are unopposed: Williams Bruce Callahan and McNary. Springfield and Worcester factions push hard for allies, with ligations among Clune Rice Cook and Mellen in play.
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Clune
Sprinefield
Dee Aarion
Cook
Northampton
Springfield
Williams
Rice
City Machine
Arge
George Fred Williams
A. B. Bruce
Lawrence
Cry Callahan
Holyoke
W. 5. McNary
South
Boston
John H. Clune
John L. Rice
Chicago
Benjamin E. Cook, Jr
McLean Denies Williams Feud Over Massachusetts Delegates
A Chicago despatch in newspapers claimed a dispute between George Fred Williams and John R. McLean over Massachusetts delegates. McLean states there is absolutely no truth to the report and denies any difference of opinion.
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Chicago
George Fred Williams
John R. McLean
Massachusetts
McLean
Columbus, O
Williams
John R. M’ Lean
Political District Nominees List With Names and Cities
A fragmented roster lists candidates by district including Salem Gloucester Boston Cambridge and surrounding towns. The text names Dennis E Halley James Dean Albert Deigneau John Flaherty Walter Ramsdell Eugene McCarthy Peter Tague Charles Quirk Fred Gore and others across the Sixth to Eleventh districts.
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Thomas F. Keenan
Peter F. Tague
Fitzgerald
James Donovan
Kelcher
Gallivan
Keenan
Tague
Naphen
Charles I. Quirk
Fred 8. Gore
Ward 6
M. M. Cunniff
Frederick K. Gifford
Somerville
Williams
Carbridge
George A. Perkins
John F. O’brien
Lawrence-Lowell
Boston
Cambridge
Peter I*. Tague
Fred §S. Gore
Henry F. Naphen
John H. Lee
William H. Baker
Newton
W. D
Delegates Named for Massachusetts Districts by State Committee
After more than two hours the State committee decided to leave national delegate nominations to a reporting panel. Districts one through thirteen are assigned representatives including Lynch Holyoke Anthony Springfield Sullivan Worcester Lewis South Framingham Murphy Lowell Brophy Gloucester Walsh Lynn Cunniff Boston Lomasney Boston Kells Boston McLaughlin Milford Hayes Abington Cummings Fall River.
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Thomas J. Lynch
Holyoke
J. C. Anthony
Springfield
John E. Sullivan
Worcester
Charles D. Lewis
South Framingham
Jeremiah F.murphy
Lowell
Thomas W. Brophy
Gloucester
Stephen M. Walsh
Lynn
M. M. Cunniff
Boston
Joseph P. Lomasney
William Kells
John T. McLaughlin
Milford
John M. Hayes
Abington
J. T. Cummings
Fall River
Robert Treat Paine Jr A Democratic Organizer And Lawyer
Robert Treat Paine Jr of Boston born about 35 years ago rises as a prominent lawyer and Democratic organizer. He helped reassemble the Massachusetts State committee, led club efforts for Bryan and Sewall, raised a volunteer company for the Spanish American War, and remained in the ranks as a private.
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Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Boston
Mr. Paine
Milk Street
Democratic Party
Paine
Bryan-Sewall-Williams Club
Massachusetts Democratic Club
Williams
Bryan
Harvard
Beacon Hill
Petician
Spain
Wolcott
Massachusetts
Sketch of John H. Mack Candidate for Lieutenant Govener
John H. Mack, born in North Adams in 1867, is described as a youthful, energetic Democrat likely to appeal to younger voters as a lieutenant governor candidate. A Boston University Law School graduate, he has served on the Berkshire State committee and ran unsuccessfully for registrar of probate. He supported E. J. Slattery in the 1893 convention, is known as a strong stump speaker, and is favored to gain support in western Massachusetts.
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James H. Mellen
Worcester
Thayer
John O’gara
Spencer
Charles D. Lewis
State Committee
Herbert Lyons
Fitchburg
John,h. Lee
William H. Baker
Newton
Lee
John H. Mack
North Adams
Boston University Law School
Berkshire County
E. J. Slattery
Slattery
Harry Lloyd's Career as a Boston Labor Leader
Harry Lloyd of Boston, likely to be nominated for secretary of State, ranks among New England's best known labor leaders. A young veteran of labor battles, he is a loyal Chicago platform advocate and a safe campaigner. He serves on the State committee.
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Harry Lloyd
Boston
New England
Lloyd
Chicago
Boston & Albany Stockholders Plan New Board Meeting
The protective committee for Boston and Albany stockholders will nominate a new board at the annual meeting on September 27. The special meeting to consider leasing to the New York Central Railroad is postponed to November 16.
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Boston& Albany — Stockholders’ Protective Committee
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Protective Committee
Boston & Albany
New York Central Railroad Company
Navy dispatch outlines American interests amid Venezuelan unrest
Cable from Commander Hemphill reports about 4000 insurgents near Valencia and Venezuelan forces seizing Puerto Cabello, with Red D Line steamers moving from Laguyara. Hemphill plans to proceed to Puerto Cabello with American chargé d’affaires to protect interests and maintain communication with the minister.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hemphill
Detroit
S. S
Laguyara
Puerto Cabello
Rebels hold out as Bates’ second trip reaches Iloilo
Cable reports from Iloilo say about four hundred rebels at Zamboanga refuse to recognize American authority. Lugon City is practically deserted as the situation develops. Moros and Filipinos are unfriendly, with possible disturbances. Jolo remains quiet and natives are friendly.
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Manila
Iloilo
Bates
Zamboanga
Lugon City
Carny
Jolo
Gossip and glimpses in Sunday Post tales and politics
A rambling preview touts the upcoming Sunday Post with stories on a former New Jersey schoolmaster famed for disciplining Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay and a bugler’s mule in the Philippines. It highlights investigations into Democratic candidates, trusts, Alaska gold tales, Hawthorne’s daughter’s charity, a Nevada horse hunter heroine, and fashion and society notes.
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New Jersey
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
Dewey
Navy
Post
Great Sunday Post
Chicago
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Sunday Post
Yukon
Alaska
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York
Boston
Nevada
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
Yellow Fever Reports Surge in Key West
Key West reports 36 new yellow fever cases in the last 24 hours with no fatalities.
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Key West
Fla
Moonlit wins Atherston handicap at Birmingham meeting
Moonlit led Sloan as jockeys dominated the Birmingham meeting with atherston selling welter handicap plate victory. Sloan also won on the Wedlock filly in the Solihull purse plate worth 108 sovereigns.
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London
Birmingham
Atherston
Moonlit
Sloan
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