Banquet for Judge Morton Ties Local Bar Honor
Bristol County Bar Association hosts a banquet for Supreme Court Judge James M. Morton with prominent guests noted at leading city hotels. The issue also lists labor meetings creditors of Salter Silk Company and sermons by Rev. C G Ames and Rev. C H Eaton.
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James M. Morton
The
Supreme Court
Bristol County Bar Association
C. H. Eaton
Russell
Goddard Hall
Potts College
Salter Silk Company
Charles G. Ames
Church of the Disciples
Fire records of multiple incidents across towns
The Fire Record reports incidents from Fann River and other towns on September 21. In Sanford heirs’ Central street building kerosene was poured at the door and a second story blaze was doused before officers arrived. Estes Bros. waste dealers faced a small fire earlier. Otis Plummer Jr.’s Harrington property burned with contents, loss about 1500 dollars and insured for 1000. Blaxe Lamb’s steel trap shop in Waterbury suffered 1800 dollars in damages to goods and storehouse.
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Fann River
Central Street
Sanford Heirs
Estes Bros
Cherryfield
Otis Plummer, Jr
Harrington
Waterbury
Conn
Blaxe & Lamb
Missing Miss Beecher Found Dead in Farmington River
Miss Etta Beecher of Baiston Spa New York vanished from her Farmington boarding house last Friday noon. Her body was recovered from the Farmington River at 2 30 this afternoon. Despondent over poor health, she was staying with her mother and a nurse at Farmington during the summer. She was from a wealthy Batston Spa family.
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Harthorp
Conn
Etta Beecher
Baiston Spa
N. Y
Farmington
Farmington River
Miss Beecher
Batston Spa
Turks and bears drown in Arkansas gulch storm
A fierce storm along the Boston Mountains washed through a creek bottom where ten Turks traveling south with dancing bears sheltered. A torrent swept the ravine, drowning seven Turks and all the bears in the group.
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Fort Smirh
Ark
Boston Mountains
Proper Infant Food Compared To Mother's Milk
The article argues that the best food for infants mirrors mother's milk and cites Mellin's Food as meeting this requirement. It notes Mellin's is prepared for use by mixing with hot water and milk, emphasizing ease of preparation and suitability for sick or well infants.
Dillon Denounces Government at Mayo Rally in Rain
Nationalists meet in Swinford Mayo as Dillon rails at government tactics. He warns against illegal language but urges tenants to hold by all they possess to secure life essentials. Police and soldiers watch. Dublin mission to U.S. decision and planned further meetings discussed. London says O Brien and Dillon face state trial voice.
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Dunit
Swinford
County Mayo
John Dillon
Dillon
Patrick O’brien
Dublin
League
United States
London
William O’brien
Mr. Dillon
America
Labor Conference Telegram Seeks Foreign Labor Ban in England
The Australian labor conference sent a telegram to John Burns urging him to prevent foreign labor in England. It also announces plans for Cardinal Moran, Victoria’s chief justice, and Queensland’s premier to act as arbitrators and states that their decision will be binding.
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Supply
N. 5
Labor Conference
John Burns
England
Cardinal Moran
Victoria
Queensland
Idle Lace Workers Idle in Calais Strike Action
Paris Sept 21 eight thousand lace workers are idle at Calais due to a strike. Authorities draft an extra regiment as trouble is feared.
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Calais
Paris
Ship Owners Order Clerks Out Over Union Stand
In Londox on September 21, members of the Ship Owners' Federation demand dismissal of clerks unless they quit the Ship Clerks' Union. London stevedores refuse to handle cargo with non union clerks, escalating labor tension.
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Londox
Ship Owners’ Federation
Ship Clerks’ Union
London
Storm Ravages Marseilles Area Killing Three
A powerful storm in Marseilles floods homes and roads across the environs. Three people die when a wall collapses. a woman and child drown as waterspouts occur nearby. Thunderbolt destroys a Protestant church organ. Hail damages windows. cyclones hit Gard and Lozere, destroying bridges over the Lot and damaging railways.
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Marseilles
Paris
France
Gard
Lozere
Lot
Bank Liabilities Stand At 3 250 000 Pounds
The bank’s liabilities total three million two hundred fifty thousand pounds, due chiefly to customers.
Conflict in Van Leaves Forty Dead Amid Armenian Turmoil
Reports from Constantinople state a clash between Turks and Armenians at Van left forty dead, mostly Turks, and an Armenian priest wounded who died later. Nearby dispatches note other unrest including an election riot in Goa, India with seventeen fatalities and many injured.
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Constantinople
Van
Paris
Due dUzes
Marquis Lesteyrin
Comte Laussonville
Comte de Paris
America
London
Goa
India
Train Collision Near Chicago Kills Five at Illinois Central Wreck
Chicago reports a switch engine on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy road rear ended an Illinois Central excursion train near Eighteenth Street. At least five dead with about a dozen injured, many are said to die. Names include Diener, Schloeff, and other Pottsville and Philadelphia figures. Fireman and engineer among the dead. numerous injuries listed. a large rescue and recovery operation followed into the night.
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Burlington & Quincy
Eighteenth Street
Diener
Otto Schloeff
Douglass Park
Addison
Illinois Central
Hinois Central
Millard Avenue
Henry Carrington
Minnis Pinarim
Henry NipMan
Albert
Brewra
BuerGeer
Tariff Bill Conference Seen Prolonged Action This Week
Washington dispatch reports tariff conference unlikely to adjourn this week. Conferrees worked hard to reach agreement by early next week, with reports possible by Tuesday or Wednesday and adjournment around October 1. Changes on paper, hemp flax jute and sugar schedules noted. debates over bronze duty and silk bounty discussed. efforts to finalize the bill continue amid race to home districts.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Associated Press
Pierce
Davis
Conferrees
Louisiana
Floods In Bulgaria Kill Soldiers And Peasants
Railroad communication with Constantinople resumed after floods. Maritza River overflow caused extensive loss of life with about 100 peasants drowned and Turkish soldiers at the Mustapha frontier post perishing in the disaster.
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Sofia
Constantinople
Maritza
Mustapha
Cardinal Lavigerie Opens Anti Slavery Congress in Paris
Cardinal Lavigerie opened the anti slavery congress at St Sulpice in Paris praising English zeal in the anti slavery effort though led by Catholics He said immediate abolition would cause slave starvation but that manhunting must be immediately suppressed.
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Paris
Cardinal Lavigerie
St. Sulpice
England
More Boulangist Duels In France
Paris reports Deputy Millevoye wounded in a duel with a journalist. A second duel between two writers occurred at Bordeaux. Both clashes stem from the Boulangist affair.
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Paris
Millevoye
Bordeaux
Boulanger
After the Kaiser’s Visit Returns to Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky return to Vienna as Fremdenblatt notes the significance of the meeting and the Austrian emperor decorates the German chancellor. The Kron Prink Rudolph boiler tube burst delaying the Austrian squadron at Kiel.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Count Kalnoky
Fremdenblatt
Kiel
Prinz Rudolph
Uganda missions prosperous in British possession report
Pars Sept 21 Bishop Levinhae arrived in Marseilles from Zanzibar and states Uganda missions are prosperous. He says the country has become one of the finest of the British possessions and predicts the slave trade will fade as demand for slaves declines.
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Uganda
Pars
Levinhae
Marseilles
Zanzibar
Sultan to severe deal with captured Arab slave crew
From Zanzibar dated September 22 a Times despatch states the Sultan will severely punish the crew of the Arab slave dealer captured by boats from a British warship. All crew except the captain fled to shore when English forces struck and several men have since been captured.
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Dimalt Weert Longpon
Zanzibar
Times
Cape of Good Hope Bank Suspends Payments
An African bank suspends payment as of Sept 20 with Cape of Good Hope Bank shareholders in reserve liability to cover three times the amount. London reports indicate the bank’s financial crisis prompts liability across its shareholders and creditors.
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Turkey
Cape of Good Hope Bank
France
Cape of Good Hope
Carr
Goop Horr
London
Alleged Confessions from New York Central Train Wreckers
Reported today that three of five conspirators confess to involvement in recent aims to wreck trains on the New York Central. They name Master Workman Lee as funding their escape after the Montreal express wreck on Sept. 4. Confessions are converging in detail and credibility.
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New York
She Suan
New York Central Road
Cain
Buett
Reid
Workman
Lee
Montreal Express
Povaukenoste
N. Y
New York Central & Hudson Railroad
Webb
Albany
K. of L
Mr. Gossum
Knights of Labor
Hartford Stabbing Affray Ends in One Death
In Hartford Connecticut a stabbing affray on Charles Street left Dominick Moscari dead. Several Italians were wounded, including Antonio Fazio and Joseph Newell who was arrested on suspicion. A stilett o linked to suspect Joseph Newell and police arrested Angelo Conte Antony Kuss Joseph Collendrie and John B Shay.
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Hartrorp
Conn
Charles Street
Dominick Moscari
Antonio Fazio
Josephi Newell
Angelo Conte
Antony Kuss
Joseph Collendrie
John B. Shay
Transatlantic Passenger Ships and Arrivals Listings
At Boston and New York ports various ships arrive from Antwerp Liverpool and Boston with crews and cargo details. Entries include Oslo voyages such as Lochmore Martello Umbria La Lorgogne Rhaetia and more with origins from London New York Liverpool Montreal Baltimore Philadelphia and others. The list records arrival dates September 19 to 21 and locations including Queenstown Glasgow Deptford Farther Point and Bremen with ships such as Governor Kansas Vancouver Minnesota Stockholm City Kaiser Wilhelm II and Polynesian.
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Boston
Lochmore
Antwerp
Martello
Null
Eng
Foston
Thanemore
London
New York
Umbria
Liverpool
la Lourgogne
Traore
Rhaetia
Hambure
Glasgow
North Durham
Baltimore
Queenstown
Delphia
Prawle Point
Governor
New Orleans
Kansas
Vancouver
Montreal
Dalton
Minnesota
Stockholm City
Ilaore
la Champagne
Deptford
de K Kuyter
M Hambuurg i
Bremen
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Farther Point
Pennsylvania
Philaarsala
Fearful Railroad Wrecks Near Iowa and Pennsylvan ia
A northbound freight on the Omaha and St Louis near Council Bluffs Iowa plunged a fifty foot trestle after the west end caught fire. Twelve cars burned and one engineer remains missing as relief crews recover debris. In Connellsville Pennsylvania an eastbound freight was struck from behind by a fast six 40 mph train, killing engineer James Shields and injuring crew. wreck blocks travel. An express from New York to Winsted Connecticut collided near Bridgeport, with the smoking car axle breaking and several shaken but uninjured passengers.
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Douglass Park
Council Bluffs
Newton
Reading Road
Omaha & St. Louis
Martin Eskridge
Stanbury
Joseph Burne
Williamson
Macon
Connellsville
Penn
Baltimore & Ohio Road
James Shields
Harry Cyphers
John Reynolds
Bripaxrort
Conn
New York
Witsfield
Bridgeport
Newtown
Hawleyville
Engineers-A Federation Scheme Shown At New York Meeting
The National Convention of the Engineers Federation met in New York where Grand Chief Engineer Arthur spoke and the assembly adopted a resolution supporting his stance on the New York Central railroad strike. The federation also heard J G Babcock present a railway employees scheme.
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Bellbay
New York
Arthur
New York Central
Engineers’ National Convention
Chief Arthur
New York Central Railroad
J. G. Babcock
Mr. Arthur
George Royal
California
P. Fennell
Shandy Maguire
Reading Disaster at Shoemakersville Wreck Details Emerged
The Reading railroad wreck at Shoemakersville, Pennsylvaniа, left five corpses recovered and several injured aid transfers underway. Rescue work revealed the Pullman car Elwyn submerged, with victims including Solomon Hoover of Pottsville, 40, and Edward J. Fox and wife, both drowned. Rescue teams, river debris cleared, coroner to begin inquestTomorrow the coroner will begin his inquest. It is not probable that he will elicit anything new as to how the accident happened beyond what has already been published. The disaster is regarded here as having been purely an accident. The damaged tracks have been repaired and trains running as usual. Thousands visited the scene today and the engine was moved from the river to the bank.
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Pottsville
Joseph Becker
Mahanoy City
Fire Department
Osborn
Philadelphia
J. E. Fredericks
Joseph Baugsman
Philadelphia & Reading
N. C. Vandershoe
Phonixville
J. Shadle
Reading
Michael Summers
Humane Fire Company
John White
Joan FP. Miner
Cressonaoe Greenawald
John
Eee R. Kabacher
Harry Loughlin
Express
John Osburn
J. KE. Fredericks
Joseph Bausman
N. C. Vanderslice
Phanixville
John Sheedle
Frank Hassman
James Carroll
John Carroll
St. Clair
Joan Kubick
Mt. Carmel
Prank Conklin Beecher
Shenandoah
Josefa J. Dipouna
D. F. Louuipay
New Ringgold
Roper
Coun
Parior
Epwamp Logan
Strouse
G. F. Merkir
Cressons
Lehigh University
John McDonovan
John Strrave
Schuylkill Haven
Arapnic
Penn
Shoemakersville
Elwyn
Solomon Hoover
Edward J. Fox
George RK. Kuercher
Kaercher
Reading Company
Harry Logan
The
A Promising Rogue
At Jefferson Market Court three Hotel Vendome bellboys faced exam in a bold theft of twelve thousand eight hundred dollars from the Chicago bookmakers Carlan and Saunders. Henry Cassin led the plan to seize the safe combination with one bellboy turning State evidence and Oscar Matthews outlining the plot. Cassin held on bail at ten thousand dollars while Matthews was sent to the House of Detention.
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New York
Jefferson Market
Vendome
Chicago
Carlan & Saunders
Ellboys
Henry Cassin
Oscar Matthews
Cassin
Matthews
Weather Forecast for New England and nearby states
Indications for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont call for fair cooler conditions then rising temperatures in New Hampshire and Vermont with southerly winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York are forecast fair and warmer with southerly winds through 8 p m Monday.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Observations Elsewhere Reported From External Sources
The document notes that observations were collected from other locations and sources. It emphasizes that the data originate outside the immediate setting and are compiled for broader context. No specific events, dates, or named entities are provided in the fragment.
Belgian Hall Furnishings Replicate Historic Artistry
The article describes rare furniture pieces reproducing past century styles, exact copies of originals from a renowned Belgian location. It notes a Settle and accompanying items for a full hall furnishing, with workmanship aimed to evoke great age and a Paris-sentiment atmosphere.
Slave Trade in Africa Report to Be Transmitted Today
The House will receive a Foreign Affairs Committee report by John F. Andrew on abolishing the African slave trade. It includes a Brussels treaty translation and calls for international cooperation, stricter sea traffic controls, and bans on firearms and liquor sales in Africa.
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Congress
Brussels
Aman
New Haven
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
John F. Andrew
WasningTon
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Turkey
Persia
Zanzibar
Africa
Senate
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Europe
Congo
Berlin
Law of Nations
Soudan
Great Lakes
Senegal
Niger-Benué
Tchad
Calabars
Cameroons
Ogowé
Sahara
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