Corinth Lynching and Burning Kill Negro Murderer
In Corinth Mississippi on September 28 a large crowd gathered to witness the burning of Tom Clark alias Will Gibson a negro convicted of murdering Mrs Carrie Whitfield. The mob burned him at a stake outside the east gate of the cemetery as more than five thousand spectators watched the grisly execution.
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Corinth
Miss
Tom Clark
Will Gibson
Clark
Carrie Whitfield
Whitfield
Committee of 12
J. H. Henning
Birmingham
Ala
Pension rolls under million as 1898 gains 5732 names
Washington reports 999,446 names on pension rolls as of July 1, with 738,090 soldiers and 260,637 widows and dependents. Total pensions paid in the year amount to 137,504,268 dollars. Commissioner Ware urges consolidating New England agencies and notes 15,605 appeals pending.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Eugene F. Ware
United States
Ware
New England
Augusta
Boston
Concord
Body Found Under Mt Washington Bridge Identified Tattoo Clue
Police say a male body found off Mt Washington bridge remains unidentified. An autopsy by Medical Examiner Harris is planned. Investigators believe death may be suicide but seek origin information. A tattoo reading M. McNeil on the right forearm is the only potential identifying mark.
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Mt. Washington Bridge
Harris
M. McNeil
Coudon Sons Ordination at West Somerville Church
The Rev Henry N Coudon assisted at the installation of his son, the Rev William Coudon, as pastor of the Third Universalist Church West Somerville. The elder Coudon delivered the ordination charge and is a Civil War veteran who lost his sight in service. The son and family were guests of Mr and Mrs Philip J McGrath on Appleton Street during the event.
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Henry N. Coudon
National House of Representatives
William Coudon
Third Universalist Church
West Somerville
Christian Ministry
Philip J. McGrath
Appleton Street
Typographical Union 138 endorses wage accord and funding
The Typographical Union No. 138 held a major meeting to review and adopt a wage scale report after debate. It approved $200 to aid striking miners and $200 monthly until the strike ends. Delegates Matsfield, Cooke, and Sterling were chosen for the State AFL convention with a stance to keep political opinion free and oppose party identification. Resolutions mourned John F. O'Sullivan and supported electrical workers and printing pressmen strikes.
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Typographical Union No
J. H. Dooley
Portland, Me
American Federation of Labor
John F. O'Sullivan
the Globe
Building Trades Council Elects New Officers
At a semi annual meeting the Building Trades Council chose officers and named a committee to cooperate with citizens aiding striking miners. Officers include William J Joyce as president and M J Fitzgerald as vice president. A long list of trustees auditors and other posts finalized.
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Building Trades Council
William J. Joyce
M. J. Fitzgerald
A. J. Mitchell
John E. Turner
Reading
William H. Taylor
John T. Cashman
John H. Lee
James O'Neil
Jerry Donovan
T. J. Buckley
Francis P. Maguire
L. F
Painters and Decorators Union Plans Wage Talks at Faneuil Hall
About 700 members of the Painters and Decorators Union No. 11 met at Faneuil Hall to discuss advancing union interests. A committee was appointed to consult with employers on restoring the wage scale from two dollars fifty cents to two dollars and seventy five cents per day. The session focused on the wage issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painters and Decorators
Union No. 11
Faneuil Hall
Labor union notices and events from city orders
Painters and Decorators Union 11 schedules annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall on Oct 14 with Gray's Orchestra. Water department employees initiate 14 new members and join Central Labor Union in aiding Pennsylvania miners. Sanitary and Street Cleaners 6064 pledge aid to miners. Sympathy for John F. O'Sullivan. charter to be draped. Brewery Workers Local 29 urges US citizens to register for state and city elections. O'Sullivan's death mourned. resolutions passed. Bartenders Union 77 sets 15th annual ball for Dec 8 in Mechanics Hall. charter to be draped 30 days. Printing Pressmen 67 to meet at Ellis Hall to discuss injunction by New England Publishing Co. Allied Printing Trades Council to meet at 174 Brattle Square regarding same. Freight Handlers 5572 K of L at Monument Hall forms coal strike committee. Master Workman Thomas Connors, Maurice Connors, John Malone. $100 donated to striking miners. 22 new members initiated.
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Union 11
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Gray
Water Department
Central Labor Union
Pennsylvania
John F. O'Sullivan
Brewery Workers’ Union Local 29
United States
Union 77
Mechanics’ Hall
Printing Pressmen’s Union
Ellis’ Hall
Hayward Place
New England Publishing Company
Allied Printing Trades Council
Brattle Square
K. of L
Monument Hall
Charlestown
Thomas Connors
Maurice Connors
John Malone
In Honor of Lenau Memorial Address at Tarn Hall
Dr Karl Detler Jessen of Harvard led a memorial address honoring Nicholaus Lenau on the poet's 100th birth anniversary. Rosa Bartschmid and Ernst Rueppell performed solos and recitals, Gustav Schmidt read Lenau poetry, and the B T V chorus sang Lenau texts beside a Lenau portrait by Robert Sturn.
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Lenau
Karl Detler Jessen
Harvard
Tarn Hall
Nicholaus Lenau
Rosa Bartschmid
Ernst Rueppell
Gustav Schmidt
Robert Sturn
Robbed Chinese Laundry at Dartmouth Street
Yew Doon, proprietor of a Dartmouth street laundry, was away visiting friends in Chinatown when intruders forced a cellar window and stole a travelling case two shirts two collars a pair of trousers and $18 from his shop.
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Yew Doon
Dartmouth Street
Chinatown
Doon
Freshman housing crunch at Wellesley College portrays room hunt
Gloom among Wellesley freshmen as dormitories and town houses prove full. Students travel up to 10 miles from College Hill, with ten lodging in Weston and many using electric cars from Newton. Some commute by barge or two mile hikes, while others joke about the situation.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
College Hill
Newton
Weston
Education sermon warns young women against higher learning
The Rev. Dr. A. D. Mayo spoke at Union Hall on 48 Boylston Street last evening about the dangers of university training for women. He warned it could turn a daughter toward making a husband of her business, wearing mannish clothes, and remaining a lifelong bachelor, urging adherence to the ideals of the republic's founders.
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A. D. Mayo
Union Sall
Boylston Street
America
Republic
Berle Delivers Last Brighton Sermon Prepares Union Park Move
Dr. A. A. Berle preached his final Brighton Congregational Church service yesterday before assuming duties at Union Park Church in Chicago. He urged members to continue the liquor-law campaign with vigor, praising Father Francis J. Butler and calling for unity across creeds to combat evils.
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A. A. Berle
Brighton Congregational Church
Union Park Church
Chicago
Brighton
Francis J. Butler
Evils That Beset Boys Highlighted by Local Sermon
At Temple Street Methodist Episcopal Church Rev O R Miller of the International Reform Bureau spoke on threats to boys including cigarette smoking bad literature and gambling He supported a curfew requiring under 16 to be off streets by 9 pm in summer 8 pm in winter with other moral safeguards referenced.
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Temple Street Methodist Episcopal Church
O. R. Miller
International Reform Bureau
Tremont M E Church Opens Fall Campaign on Work
The Tremont M E Church launched its fall drive with a large newcomer congregation. Pastor Rev C E Davis preached on Work as the first in a three part series and urged Epworth League members to live up to the Epworthian ideal. He led a Home Camp Meeting in the evening stressing hard work for religious aims.
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Tremont M. E
C. E. Davis
St. Paul
Corinth
Escaped Deer Island Prisoner Still Free
Robert A. Miller, who made his second escape from Deer Island by swimming Friday night, remains at large as police hunt eastern Massachusetts. His West End haunts are watched, but Boston is unlikely as he was captured there after his first escape a week earlier.
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Robert A. Miller
Deer Island
Massachusetts
Miller
West End
Boston
Vanderbilt's Roinette Wins Prix de Hexon at Longchamp
Paris September 28 William K Vanderbilt's filly Roinette captured the Prix de Hexon at Longchamp in a surprising upset as the field raced for top honors. The victory adds a notable win to the Vanderbilt stable with strong performance on a classic European course.
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Paris
William K. Vanderbilt
Longchamps
Woman Injured in Fall From Island Park MerryGoRound
At Island Park seven miles from Fall River Mrs Annie White a domestic employed in the city was thrown from a merry go round and struck her head on the ground sustaining injuries that may prove fatal.
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Fall River
Island Park
Annie White
Italian Festival Ends Parade Through North End Streets
The final day of the feast of the Seven Colors in the North End featured a parade starting at 9 am, high mass at St. Leonard's Italian Church at 10:30 am, and a band concert in North Square in the afternoon.
Carney Hospital Festival planning session held
A meeting of committees for the Carney Hospital festival in the Mechanics Building was held at the hospital. Women announced to run various tables with Edmund A. Macdonald presiding. The hall committee led by D. J. McDonald reported rapid progress on preparations.
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Carney Hospital
Mechanics’ Building
Edmund A. Macdonald
D. J. McDonald
New York Democrats Weigh Ticket At State Convention
Delegates arrive in Saratoga N Y as Senator Hill’s arrival is awaited opening the Democratic State convention. A large field of contenders for governor and other posts is discussed with Guggenheimer Bulger Atwater and Manning among likely nominees. Devery delegates may be unseated but fate uncertain.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Senator Hill
Randolph Guegenheimer
John Cunneen
Erie
Edwin & Atwater
Dutchess
John Clinton Gray
Court of Appeals
Guggenheimer
New York
Charles W. Bulger
Oswego
James H. Manning
Albany
Bird
Coler
Edward M. Shepard
Edward M. Grout
Kings
Jacob A. Cantor
Frederick Gook
Monroe
Elliot Danforth
Chenango
Nicholas Mullen
Richmond
Alton B. Parker
Ulster
David B. Hill
Cornelius A. Pugsley
Westchester
John B. Stanchfield
John G. Milburn
E. M. Cullen
Randolph Guggenheimer
Charles V. Bulger
Hill
William S. Devery
Devery
Mitchells Statement Denounces Mine Workers Union as Lawful
A lengthy protest argues that the Mine Workers Union has worked to keep peace among a vast idle population and condemns operators and press for blaming strikers. It defends pumpmen and firemen strikes as self protective and attacks plans to justify violence by guards.
Miner union leader quote fires up children battle
A fragment quotes John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America speaking about fighting for the children. The brief text centers on union activism and the exposure of workers to danger. No additional context or dates are provided.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell’s final appeal on coal strike draws mixed response
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania operators say the public statement by UMW president Mitchell may be his last to the public. They label it general and pro child labor while noting regional child labor conditions are better and wages and hours more favorable. At strike HQ the address is called ten strike with irrefutable facts.
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Mine Workers’ Union
Coal and Iron
Coal and Iron Police
Bellevue
Scranton
Peron
Mr. Baer
Mr. Hewitt
Shenandoah
Panther Creek
Wilkesbarre
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Penn
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mine Leaders Arrive in Philadelphia After Midnight Visit
Thomas B. Nichols Thomas Duffy and John Fahy presidents of three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers arrived at the Windsor Hotel in Philadelphia about midnight from the coal region. After registering they left and by 1 50 a m had not returned. The purpose of the visit is unknown but President Mitchell and National Secretary Treasurer Wilson left Pittsburg for the city and a conference with strike leaders is expected today with them due to arrive around eight or nine this morning.
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Philadelphia
Thomas B. Nichols
Thomas Duffy
John Fahy
United Mine Workers
Windsor Hotel
Mitchell
Wilson
Pittsburg
Mitchell Changes Plans In UMW Trip To Wilkesbarre
MITCHELL and W. B. Wilson altered their travel plans from Wilkesbarre to Philadelphia and back to Wilkesbarre amid speculation. They spent the day in conference with callers, offering no explanations for the schedule shift. Mitchell declined to comment on the Sheridan troop order, stating the governor acted as he believed best and his public letter covered all.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
W. B. Wilson
Indianapolis
East
Sheridan
Deputy shoots Slav at West Nanticoke strike clash
James Sweeney a Bliss mine deputy of Delaware Lackawanna West Nanticoke fired at Joseph Gillis a Slav on the way home after an altercation with strikers. Gillis was wounded in the back and sent home in precarious condition. Sweeney was locked up claiming self defense amid threats from strikers.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
James Sweeney
Bliss
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
West Nanticoke
Sweeney
Joseph Gillis
Gillis
Kennedy not resident at 3 Tyler Street says police line
James Kennedy arrested Saturday night on assaulting an officer told police he lived at 3 Tyler Street. Investigators found Kennedy does not and never did reside at that address.
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Kennedy
Tyler Street
James Kennedy
Lincoln Club to Have Ball in East Boston
The Lincoln Club of East Boston will hold its annual ball on Oct. 8 at Webster Hall with many political leaders expected to attend. Cambridge Burglars Caught After Dudley Gang Targeted John E. Parry, five suspects arrested, three taken to Station 1.
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Lincoln Club
East Boston
Webster Hall
Cambridge
John E. Parry
Dudley
Massachusetts Avenue
Station 1
Cambridge Pastor Bids Farewell as Pastor Leaves
The Rev. A. P. Reccord, longtime pastor of the Austin Street Unitarian Church in Cambridge, preached his last sermon yesterday. He resigns to move to Newport, Rhode Island, to take the pastorate at the Channing Memorial Church.
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A. P. Reccord
Austin Street Unitarian Church
Cambridge
Newport
R. I
Channing Memorial Church
Roosevelt and Hay thanked by Chicago Hebrews for protest note
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay were publicly thanked by Chicago Hebrews for Mr Hay s note of protest over the treatment of Roumanian Hebrews.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Hay
Chicago Hebrews
Kelcher Hopeful as Charlestown Ward 5 Delegates Loom
Rumors persist that Kelcher could win two or three Dennison delegates in Ward 5 despite pledged support. Post interviews stirred Local talk as ex Senator Keliher’s ally says he may still pull enough Charlestown backing to secure the nomination.
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Yesterday Post
Ward 5
Dennison
Kelcher
Charlestown
Post
Keliher
Assessing of voters deadline nears for Boston residents
Time for voter assessments expires next Wednesday at 10 PM. To register a voter must be assessed with two local witnesses confirming residence in Boston on May 1. The Oct 1 assessment rule applies to municipal and state elections, prompting a surge at the assessors' office over the next three days.
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Boston
Gaston Democratic Club Opens Cambridge HQ at 57 Hampshire
The Gaston Democratic Club of Cambridge opens headquarters at 57 Hampshire Street to furnish information on assessing naturalization and registration. Thomas J. Burney serves as president and P. O'Donoghue as secretary.
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Gaston Democratic Club of
Cambridge
Hampshire Street
Thomas J. Burney
P. O'Donoghue
Kelley's Ward 19 Common Council Candidacy Endorsed
At a Gaelic Football Club meeting held yesterday in Conant Hall the group voted to endorse James J. Kelley for the Ward 19 Common Council seat. The endorsement signals local backing for Kelley's campaign in the upcoming election.
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Conant Hall
James J. Kelley
Harvard Athlete's Romance Engagement Announced
Announcement notes the engagement of the Rev. Henry Wilder Foote of Boston and Miss Eleanor Tyson Cope of Germantown Pennsylvania. Both parties are described as engaged to marry, with details limited to their names and locales.
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Henry Wilder Foote
Boston
Eleanor Tyson Cope
East Washington Lane
Germantown
Penn
Harvard athlete Foote to wed Philadelphia heiress
The Rev. H W Foote a Harvard graduate and noted athlete has announced his engagement to a Philadelphia lady. Foote, a divinity school alumnus, played a leading role in last year’s commencement. His father was pastor of King's Chapel and married a sister of President Eliet. The bride-to-be is sister of Francis R Cope. her mother is Mrs Alexis T Cope of Philadelphia.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Foote
Harvard
Divinity School
Eliet
King’s Chapel
Francis R. Cope
Alexis T. Cope
Harvard Starts Fall Work With Track Team Under Graham
Harvard track candidates begin fall workouts this afternoon led by trainer Graham. Tomorrow, baseball players, directed by Captain Clarkson, initiate their fall practice sessions.
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Harvard
Graham
Clarkson
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