Boston Man Elbridge Allen Dies By Own Hand At Hotel
Elbridge G Allen formerly superintendent of the Old Colony railroad, registered as E G Andrews of Rockland Mass at the Grand Union Hotel in Boston. He died by suicide, leaving behind a story of alleged salary promises and a pending $40 000 suit against the Consolidated railroads. His brother William C Allen and wife Flora B Allen were notified. Allen was born in Sweden Mo and had a long railroading career culminating in leadership roles prior to consolidations.
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New York
Grand Union Hotel
E.G
Andrews
Rockland
Mass
E. G., Allen
Boston
Elbridge G. Allen
Old Colony Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Clark
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Allen
Beemi Columbus Avenue
Flora B. Allen
Flora E. Ross
Uxbridge
Thorndike
E. C. Allen, Jr
Mr. Allen
Sweden
Knox & Lincoln
Pastern
Boston & Revere Beach
New Engand
Old Colony
Bates Campaign Tour Sinks In As News on Implied Intimidation
Speaker Bates toured Boston delivering five word speeches to large crowds closing his vigorous campaign. He praised his own projected victory tonight while condemning opponents and alleging intimidation by Guild supporters. Audiences varied from cosmopolitan North and West Ends to refined Back Bay Ward 10. The tour opened in Ward 6 at Seamens Bethel on Hanover Street with ex Representative Mar.
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Bates
Mr. Bates
Boston
Colonel Guild
Republican Party
North
West Ends
Back Bay Ward 10
Ward 6
Seamern
Bethel
Hanover Street
Mar
Guild campaigns in three Boston wards boost lieutenant governor bid
Colonel Guild closed his campaign with three rallies in West Roxbury Ward 22 Jamaica Plain and Ward 10 drawing large crowds. He told a Post reporter that prominent Republican leaders urged him to run for Lieutenant Governor in 1900 after returning from service.
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Guild
West Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
Ward
Bates
Post
Engine No 4 Deals Death at Harwich Fire Tragedy
A boiler fire at 26 Harwich causes eight burn injuries and a fatal accident when a woman attempting to fill a lamp with gasoline, mistaken for kerosene, triggers a blaze. An unknown woman is fatally run over by Engine No. 4 during the incident. Firefighters respond to the scene and extinguish the flames.
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Harwich
Pray and Sons Dominate Boston Carpet Imports
Custom House statistics show John H. Pray, Sons & Co. of New York import a very large share of Foreign carpets and Oriental rugs into Boston. The port reports that Pray & Sons enter out more Straw Mattings than all other Boston dealers combined.
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Custom House
Boston
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
New York
Messrs. Pray & Sons
Bates Defends Party Image in Roxbury Speech
Speaker Bates contrasted Republicans as progress driven and Democrats as discontented, attacking party bosses. Moses Lurie presided in Ward 8 on North Russell Street as a large crowd heard Bates boast of broad support, fair campaigning, and confidence in victory with no personal attacks.
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Cus Cook
Bates
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Democratic Party
Moses Lurie
North Russell Street
One Man Power Attacked in Ward 8 and Ward 7 Meetings
The report recounts rallies where Gediman and colleagues denounced intimidation in Ward 8 and Speaker Bates in Ward 7. It notes Republican opposition to a single powerful faction and praises free discussion and honest conventions. Colonel Guild also faced criticism for alleged misrepresentation during Roslindale campaigning.
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Bates
Ward 7
Commercial Hall
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Battleship Kearsarge Dominates Time Trial in Heavy Seas
The Kearsarge sets a leading pace in a cross tide course, finishing with a margin of four-fifths knot over the average. Newport News Shipbuilding claims 16.84 knots as the ship speeds for the sixty six mile run, while the government target remains sixteen. The race featured six steamers starting off Cape Ann, with Leyden and Scorpion noted early as markers.
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Kearsarge
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Cape Ann
Scorpion
Leyden
Average knots and times for course trial on Boone Island
The record lists average knots for both halves of the course and the entire route. It records 16.37 knots for the entire 66 miles, 54 minutes 10 seconds for the first half, 7 hours 55 and a half minutes for the return half, and 4 hours 18 minutes 54 and a half seconds for the full course. It notes 23 minutes 40 seconds spent turning off Boone Island and says official time will be computed today with tidal allowances. results should not greatly affect the figures.
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Boone Island
Unknown Woman Found Dead At North Grove Morgue
A 35 year old female was found deceased and transported to the North Grove Street morgue. Officials have not released identifying details or a cause of death pending autopsy results.
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North Grove Street
Fatally Hurt Mrs Rena Butler Lodger at 26 Harwich Street
Mrs Rena Butler aged 31, a lodger at 26 Harwich Street, sustained fatal injuries in an incident reported by local authorities. Further details were not immediately available.
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Rena Butler
Harwich Street
Fatal blaze at Harwich street lodging house in Boston
A kerosene lamp accident at 26 Harwich Street caused a major fire injuring multiple lodgers. Mrs Rena Butler 81 died from severe burns while Mrs Sarah Lovelace and Chesterfield Stewart were among those severely burned. Several others including Lillian Terrill Annie Terrill and youths from the Lovelace and Terrill families were treated for burns and injuries. The fire, housed in a three story building, spread rapidly as residents tried to escape.
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Henry E. Coffrin
Sarah B. Lovelace
Harwich Street
Chesterfield Stewart
Andrew J. Lovelace
Lillian Terrill
Waverly O. Green
Robert Lovelace
Annie Terrill
City Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Rena Butler
Dartmouth Place
Stewart
Butler
Sarah Lovelace
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