Barrel boat inventor Beckman and son rescued at sea
Captain Beckman of Bucksport and his 10 year old son began a voyage from Southwest Harbor to Rockland in a homemade barrel boat to test its seaworthiness. A gale drove them offshore and they were rescued by the steamer Pentagoet after lighthouse crews believed they were lost. Fishermen later sighted a craft matching the barrel’s description driven by heavy seas.
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Bar Harbor
Beckman
Bucksport
Southwest Harbor
Rockland
Baker Island
Eastport
New York
Captain Beckman
Baker Island Light
Shoodie Point
Hardy
Life Saving Station
Harvester
Mt. Desert Rock
Man of Mystery Spearys Secret Death of Winthrop spendthrift
Augusta reports from Winthrop the death of Thomas Coffin, famed as a mysterious spendthrift who gathered immense wealth, spent lavishly on horses, furniture, and cars, carried large sums in sacks, vanished then returned a morphine wreck, and died reportedly without funds.
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Augusta
Kennebec
Winthrop
Lowell
Thomas Coffin
Peary Arctic explorers return with sealed relics
Seven more members of Lieutenant Peary's expedition arrived at Union Station after the voyage from Sydney. They spoke briefly about corrections to Baffin's Land mapping, a fossil bed discovery, and thousands of stone fish remains. Relics remain sealed aboard the Hope and will not be opened until New York.
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North Sydney
Union Station
Lieutenant Peary
Arctic
Dr. Fitzgerald
Charles
Baltimore
A. Hollis White
Boston
F. G. Goodridge
New York
Nelson Carpenter
New Brunswick
N. J
William Perry
N. A. Boal
Chicago
Harvard Scientific School
Schucart
Washington
Sydney
St. John’s
Post
Pear
Dr. Fitzgerald and Son
Goodridge
Boal
White
Hall
Baffin’s Land
Frobisher Bay
Peary
Greely
N. Russell Porter
Springfield
Nelson Shaw
Newton Highlands
F. Nash
Sohn
Massey” Henshaw
Andree
Pole
Gold Democrats Hold Caucus and Elect Tickets at Brookline
Gold Democrats of Brookline held a caucus at the Lower Town Hall last evening and reduced the town committee from thirteen to eleven members. The Maxwell ticket won, with the slate including George F Maxwell and others for town committee, state and county positions, and numerous named candidates listed for various roles.
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Gold Democrats
Brookline
G. F. Maxwell
George F. Maxwell
George F. F. Maxwell
William H. Hill
Jerome Jones
Osborne Howes
B. F. Carrol
John E. Griffin
Benjamin D. Sabin
Bernard J. Duffy
William C. Codman, Jr
Simon Hirshberg
John A. Curtin
Moorfield Storey
Charles S. Hamlin
Patrick O'Loughlin
Moses Williams
Sherman L. Whipple
Henry W. Lamb
E. W. E. Thompson
Thomas J. Murray
Thomas B. McCaffrey
Spencer R. Hill
John W. Shields
Charles T. Dunckiee
James F. Finn
Jacob C. Morse
Michael Kerrigan
D. Blakely Hoar
Fred B. Percy
Mortimer Sullivan
Albert H. Cushing
Warren Jenney
Aaron H. Latham
Thomas F. Talbot
John D. Fahey
David H
Tappen
Timothy J. Burke
James F. Glancy
Michael Keegan
William Frawhey
Henry M. Cutts
Patrick O’loughlin
Thomas J. Kelliher
John Kernan
John Nyhen
Witnesses Swear They Saw Mrs Luetgert Alive May 8
In Chicago on September 23, during the Luetgert murder trial, witnesses testified they saw Mrs. Luetgert alive on May 8 at locations in Wisconsin. Sholey, a barkeeper, identified a photo as hers and noted weight estimates. Feldshaw, a Kenosha officer, described encounters and a blonde appearance. Grunstein, a Kenosha hotel clerk, corroborated the photo. The day included clashes over testimony with Emma Schimpke and Hattie Scherrer accusing or denying prior statements, and Judge Tuthill warning about witness intimidation.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Sholey
Maple
Kenosha
Wis
Mueller
William J
Phalen
Rosa Gleich
Harry Fiedler
Mrs. Luetgert
Stabbed Rival in Fall River Jealousy Sparks Night Attack
Tonight James Frazier was stabbed at 36 Anawan Street boarding house by Thomas Butler alias Budlong. Butler, a 65 year old Grand Army veteran, admits the act amid jealousy over the Hanley woman. Frazier, aged around 25, suffers severe wounds to groin and leg and is hospital bound with life threatening injuries.
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Fall River
James Frazier
Thomas Butler
Budlong
Anawan Street
Ellen Hanley
Hanley
Butler
Frazier
Huard
Worth Blocked as Regular Kings County Ticket Nominated
Jacob Worth led the opposition at the Kings County Republican convention but was defeated as the ticket for county offices was elected by the regular slate led by Senator Platt. The nominees include Walter B. Atterbury sheriff, Theodore Willis county registrar, Henry Trenchard county clerk, John G. Turnbull county treasurer. Worth’s defeat may not affect Seth Low’s chances with regular Republicans at the city convention.
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New York
Jacob Worth
Brooklyn
Kings County
Woodruff
Willis
Walter D. Atterbury
Platt
Walter B. Atterbury
Theodore B. Willis
Henry Trenchard
John G. Turnbull
Worth
Seth Low
Low
Margaret Horgan Put Under Care After Mental Outburst
Margaret Horgan a 29 year old resident of 27 Washington Street Germantown near Muddy Pond was driven to insanity late last night. Police from Station 18 assisted by several men subdued her at her home and she was taken to the House of Detention where she spent the night in a padded cell with a watcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Horgan
Washington Street
Muddy Pond
Germantown
Station 18
Dr. Stevens
House of Detention
Readville Trotting Park Bets Ban Sought by City Group
The New England Watch and Ward Society of Boston asked Dedham Selectmen to stop pool selling at Readville Trotting Park races starting next Monday. Police enforcement was urged after arrests for goat selling and registering bets at a prior meet.
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Dedham
New England Watch and Ward Society of
Boston
Readville
President McKinley Visits Adams in Pleasant Outing Corner Stone Plan
The visiting President expressed willingness to lay the Adams corner stone but asked for liberty to act, with a 4 pm Saturday ceremony and a short parade from Adams station. A silver trowel to be kept by George E Sayles Post G A R. On return from Lenox, McKinley and aides enjoyed a scenic drive through Greylock Hoosac ranges, praising the bracing air. 600 local schoolchildren cheered as the procession passed the High School.
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Adams
Lenox
Adams Station
George E. Sayles
North Adams
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Dalton
Shelburne Falls
W. B. Plunkett
McKinley
Long
Alger
McKenna
Plunkett
Gaylock
Hoosac Ranges
Greylock
Major McKinley
Mr. Plunkett
President McKinley Hosts Informal Musical Evening
Dinner at 7:30 followed by a relaxed program featuring Dr Delos Kennedy and Miss Florence Kennedy. Miss Mabel McKinley sang with piano accompaniment while the group joined in old hymns and tunes led by Secretary Alger and others. The gathering ended with The Old Oaken Bucket and Auld Lang Syne as they prepared to travel to Lenox.
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Plunkett
Delos Kennedy
North Adams
Florence Kennedy
Thomas Carn
Mabel McKinley
President McKinley
McKinley
Alger
Lenox
President to Visit Lenox Magnificent Wyndhurst Estate
Pittsfield Sept 23 The President will stay at Wyndhurst the John Sloan mansion on the outskirts of Lenox a Tudorian country seat built in 1893 by Peabody Stearns. The estate overlooks Laurel Lake and the Berkshire mountains offering views across five states Massachusetts New York Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Interior treasures adorn the rooms but no entertainments are planned as Mr Sloan respects the guests wishes.
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Pittsfield
Lenox
New England
New York
Berkshire County
Stokes
Morgans
Colgates
Sloans
Freylingheysens
Gotham
Diplomatic Corps
John Sloan
Sloan
Wyndhurst
Peabody & Stearns
Boston
Bearwood
John Walter
London Tines
Laurel Lake
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
McKinley
Post
Congress
Ways and Means
Secretary Bliss of
Dupey de Lome
Morris K. Jesup
Charles Lamer
William D. Sloan
J. §. Barnes
Anson Phelps Stokes
John A. Kasson
Austria
Grant
W. & J. Sloan
William H. Vanderbilt
Adams
Lenox Plans for President's Berkshire Visit
Mr Sloan outlines arrangements for President McKinley and party to visit Lenox and Adams with golf, drag rides, and a dinner. The plan includes a possible reception, rest focus, and a short address if weather allows, with officials and society figures attending in Lenox and Pittsfield.
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Lenox Golf Club
William D. Sloan
Howland Robbins
John E. Alexander
Joseph W. Burden
Golf Club
Yokum Avenue
Hawkins
Adams
Plunkett
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Lenox
Sloan
Strike Toll Mounts as Factories Shutdown Across City
The long strike continues with 400 workers laid off at an unnamed factory and three hundred at Churchill & Alden's plant. Grover and Howard & Foster also idle, while Goodyear division resumes. Snow hires for skilled tasks and repairs, with unions citing crippling losses at W. A. Packard & Co. and Field & Hazard after failed returns and a post settlement standoff.
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George G. Snow
W. A. Packard & Co
Thompson Bros
Goodyear
Field & Hazzard
Labor Ranks Divided Over Boot and Shoe Union Support
General President Tobin of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union said no cross solidarity exists with sole fasteners. A Weymouth factory report cited M. C. Dialer's sole fasteners going on strike today, but verification was not possible tonight.
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Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
M. C. Dialer
Weymouth
Married in court shocks Atlantic City case
Rob ert J. Hibbert faced trial in May's Landing on an attempted murder charge for shooting four times at Mrs. Phebe Phillips last summer. After evidence ended they agreed to marry on the spot, ceremony performed by Rev. Joel R. Gillfillian. Hibbert, 22, and Phillips, 43, will present the case to a jury tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Robert J. Hibbert
Landing
Phebe Phillips
Hibbert
Lincoln leads struck on Potter's Ledge during up river trip
The propeller steamer Lincoln of the Kennebec Steamboat Company struck Potter's Ledge in the Kennebec River while bound to Bath with passengers. She sustained hull and propeller damage, with sixty feet of starboard plank dented and two propeller blades broken. Repairs at East Boston are to restore the vessel for departure to Bath, expected tomorrow night.
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Lincoln
Jackson
Kennebec Steamboat Company
Lincoln Wharf
Bath
Potter’s Ledge
Kennebec River
Boston
Atlas
Dick Lercon
Burnham’s
VESSELS GO ASHORE GLOUCESTER GEORGETOWN
Georgetown P E I reports schooner Hattie M Graham ran ashore near Georgetown while trying to reach port. Crew used seine boats to land. Vessel sits on sandy bottom with good chances of floating. Virginia of Gloucester is leaking heavily after being ashore at St John s Newfoundland. One leak under starboard stateroom. 220000 pounds of fish aboard. Ship later repaired and returned to grounds.
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Gloucester
Georgetown
Hattie M. Graham
Virginia
W. H. Wharton
St. John’s N. F
Vessels Collide Off St Johns In Dense Fog
In dense fog off St John s Newfoundland on Tuesday the British steamer Thornhill bound for Galveston struck the schooner Frau Minna Petersen from Trapani Sicily, damaging rails stanchions and fore rigging. The Venus Vineco bound for the port went ashore at Bay De Verds. Two men washed overboard and another badly hurt. the schooner likely a total loss.
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ST. John’s N. F
Thornhill
Galveston
Frau Minna Petersen
Parry
Trapani
Sicily
Vineco
Bay de Verds
Norfolk Court Coffee Party Darces Evening in Dorchester Hall
A coffee party and dance hosted by the Norfolk Court, M. C. O. F., occurred in Norfolk Hall Dorchester last evening. The hall featured palms and potted plants and the Catholic society of Dorchester was well represented. Dancing continued from 8 o'clock.
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Norfolk Court
Norfolk Hall
Dorchester
Catholic Society of
Two Lives Lost In Bainbridge Fire And Explosion
A blaze in Bainbridge Ohio destroyed an entire business square including a Methodist Church. Two men died in a drug store explosion while a brother in law perished trying to save him. Fire crews from Waverly and local rail lines aided but could not halt the spread.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Bainbridge
W. P. Beardsley
Perrin Brown
Beardsley
Thomas Higgins
Waverly
Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern
Ohio Southern
Worcester Festival Fourth and Fifth Concerts Highlight Clara Voices
Worcester edition reports the fortieth Worcester music festival held September 23 with Rafael Joseffy performing Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 and Goring Thomas The Swan and the Skylark sung in New England for the first time. Soloists Lillian Blauvelt Marguerite Hall H Evan Williams John C Dempsey and notable performances by Bispham Hall Gadski and others drew enthusiastic applause.
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Worcester
Rafael Joseffy
Brahms
Goring Thomas
New England
Lillian Blauvelt
Marguerite Hall
H. Evan Williams
John C. Dempsey
Blauvelt
Williams
Dvorak
Mr. Bispham
Villiers Stanford
Robert Browning
Berlioz
Mme. Gadski
Michaela
Carmen
Gadski
Bispham
Costly acquaintance kills pedler in Providence barn
Joseph Coleman, 40, a pedler, was struck in his barn on Prairie avenue opposite Comstock and left unconscious with a fractured skull. The assailant, using ice tongs or a blackjack, robbed him of $35, then drank in a nearby saloon and escaped. police seek the unknown suspect.
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Providence
Joseph Coleman
Prairie Avenue
Comstock Avenue
Stowe Gravemarked With Granite Cross in Andover
A twelve foot cross of Scotch granite was set over Harriet Beecher Stowe's grave in Andover on September 23. The cross echoes a Scottish design admired by Stowe. Inscribed on the cross are tribute lines and dates 1811 and 1896. The pedestal reads Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed. The burials of her husband and son share the same private Phillips Academy cemetery lot.
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Andover
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Duke of Argyle
Father shoots son and wounds himself over planned marriage
In Baltimore on Sept 23 Josiah C Stevens shot his 23 year old son Robert J Stevens after an argument about the son's intended marriage. The father wounded the son in the back then tried to shoot himself but was disarmed by two daughters. Robert was hospitalized in critical condition at Maryland University Hospital.
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Baltimore
Josiah C. Stevens
Robert J. Stevens
Stevens
Young Stevens
Maryland University Hospital
Ohio Democrats Open Campaign Night in Columbus Auditorium
About 8000 people attended the opening Democratic campaign meeting in Columbus at the Auditorium. Horace L. Chapman, candidate for Governor, delivered the chief address. Other speakers included General A. J. Warner of Marietta, Mayor James A. Rice of Canton, and Congressman John J. Lentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Allen W. Thurman
Horace L. Chapman
A. J. Warner
Marietta
James A. Rice
Canton
John J. Lentz
Waltham Democrats Elect Delegates to State Convention
In Waltham Massachusetts on September 23 the national Democrats held caucuses electing delegates to the State convention. Ward 1 nominees were N F Libby Thomas N Kearns J J Egan Charles T Hem en way. Ward 2 Stephen Bergen Charles Campbell. Ward 3 George McKenna Peter Manning Charles Rogers Cornelius Meagher. Ward 4 Patrick J Duane J B O Neill Anthony Curtin J J Desmond. Ward 5 Charles H Mann Fred E Burke. Ward 6 Jesse P Haynes Richard T Windsor. Ward 7 William Whips ley M J Hinds J J Burke John P McCusker.
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Waltham
Mass
National Democrats
N. F. Libby
Thomas N. Kearns
J. J. Egan
Charles T.hemenway
Stephen Bergen
Charles Campbell
George McKenna
Peter Manning
Charles Rogers
Cornelius Meagher
Patrick J. Duane
J. B. O’neil
Anthony Curtin
J. J. Desmond
Charles H. Mann
Fred E. Burke
Jesse P. Haynes
Richard T. Windsor
William Whispley
M. J. Hinds
J. J. Burke
John P. McCusker
National Democrats Chosen for State and County Conventions
Norwood, Sept. 23. Delegates chosen tonight to the National Democratic party conventions include John C. Lane, Thomas F. Mahoney, George S. Winslow, John J. Gary, and Frank C. Flood for state councillor, senatorial, county, and Representative posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
National Democrats of
Memorial Hall
Charles Warren
G. Granville Darling
Winslow Warren
M. Gardner Boyd
Frank M. Bailey
John H. Sullivan
Luke C. McGuinness
Joseph A. Laforme
Frederick J. Stimson
Carl L. T. Markward
John H. Wakefield
Thomas Delaney
Henry W. Hutchings
Edmund Tuohig
Norwood
National Democratic Party
John C. Lane
Thomas F. Mahoney
George S. Winslow
John J. Gary
Frank C. Flood
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Mr. Sloan
Worcester Festival
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American Wringer Company
Franklin Street
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C. C. Buckley
Ohio Democrats
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Alice
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Samuel E. Herrick
Herbert Messenger Leland
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J. Newman & Sons
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Montreal & Reston Air Line
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