Portland Steamer Portland Wreck Death Toll Surges
Provincetown reports another day of recovery after the Portland wreck as officials on Cape Cod identify 13 bodies and list unidentified remains. Among the identified are Henry E Dudley Freeman of Yarmouth George W Delaney Jennie Edmunds Cornelia Mitchell Miss Madge Ingraham Geo Graham and Solomon Cohen with families arriving from Boston Portland and Auburn to claim loved ones.
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Provincetown
Portland
Cape Cod
New England
Hen. E. Dudley Freeman
Yarmouth
Maine
George W. Delaney
Shawmut Avenue
Jennie Edmunds
East
Boston
Cornelia Mitchell
North Easton
Madge Ingraham
Woodfords
Geo
Graham
Auburn
Chatham
Orleans
Wm. Mosher
Gorham
Seine
Province
Ruvesao
Eastham
Nauséet
Old Harbor
A. D
R Mble
Quartermaster Anscldyer
Albert Dunbar
Booth Bay
Nantucket Sound
C. F. Williams
Steamboat Company
Nauset
James W. Flower
Lewiston
Steele
E. Dudley Freeman
Agent Williams
Solomon Cohen
Elizabeth M. Collins
John F. Collins
Miss Collins
Susan A. Kelly
Walter
Dangers of Blended Whiskey Admitted in Cautionary Note
The passage warns that blended whiskey may contain unsafe ingredients including sulfuric acid derivatives, almond derivatives, prune juice, peach juice, glycerine, chocolate, raw alcohol, and other foreign substances some poisonous or injurious. It emphasizes these are out of place and not safe for consumption.
Wreck of the Ainsworth Leaves Nine Drowned at Nelson Bay
Spokane report details lifeboats swamped amid a wreck near Crawford Bay. The Ainsworth carried 19 passengers and 12 crew. Johnson survived by shedding his overcoat and reboarding. Italians perished in the port boat along with others, while survivors were brought to Pilot Bay and then to Nelson aboard Kokanee.
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Spokane
Wash
Nelson
Spokesman-Review
Ainsworth
Johnson
Pilot Bay
Crawford Bay
Gate City Safe After Cape Cod Storm Delays Voyage
The steamship Gate City, departing Boston, survived a fierce storm off Cape Cod and reached Savannah, Ga., 3 and a half hours late. Captain Gookins reported sighting 15 vessels ashore or sunk near Vineyard Haven, with damage limited to two sails and two small boats. No passengers were harmed. Goodwin noted eight sunken vessels and seventeen stranded crafts in the area.
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Savannah
Gate City
Boston
Cape Cod
Gookins
Vineyard Haven
Goodwin
Two More Schooners Lost off New England Coast
Sylvanus Calhoun of the Gay Head life saving station reached Vineyard Haven with news of the loss of the Amelia G. Ireland of New York and the Clara Leavitt of Portland. The captain, mate and four seamen from the Leavitt are lost, while the Ireland crew's captain and four seamen were saved. one Leavitt seaman saved from wreckage. Names of the dead and survivors not yet learned.
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Vineyard Haven
Sylvanus Calhoun
Gay Head
Amelia G. Ireland
New York
Clara Leavitt
Portland
Leavitt
Ireland
Calhoun
Ieft
British steamer lands St Lucie crew after dismast storm
The Orthia arrived in Baltimore with Captain Appleby and 11 crewmen rescued from the barkentine St Lucie after she lay dismasted in a recent storm. One crew member is reported lost. St Lucie left New York on November 25 bound for Santos. Built at Bowdoinham Maine in 1874, registers 688 tons.
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Baltimore
Cole
Glasgow
Appleby
New York
Santos
St. Lucie
Bowdingham
A Certain Tonic and Invigorator Claims by Dr Bradford
Dr William N Bradford of Cambridge Ohio writes that Johann Hoff's Malt Extract is retained and absorbed by the most delicate stomach. He says it is a certain tonic and invigorator that imparts energy and vivacity and increases red blood corpuscles, thereby supplying resistance to fatigue.
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Wm. N. Bradford
Cambridge
Ohio
Johann Hoff
Starvation in Cuba Casts Shadow Over Havana Province
A Havana dispatch reports hundreds dying of hunger in Havana province with shortages in Casilda San Antonio Rio Blanco Jibacoa and Guanabacoa. Supplies via Bratten fall short while Spanish authorities suppress news. calls grow for more ships and relief as unrest spreads through Matanzas and surrounding areas.
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New York
Havana
Key West
Casilda
San Antonio
Rio
Blanco
Jibacoa
Guanabacoa
Bratten
Bariano
Matanzas
Iva Lucha
McKinney
Cuba
Washington
Santo Domingo
Santa Clara
Lomo
Lacret
Cifuentes
Principe
Jimenez Castellanos
Hall Caine Praises Chicago During U S Visit
New York dispatch reports Hall Caine describing Chicago as morally improved by housing and feeding conditions, with fewer rookeries than London, Paris or Rome. He notes crime centers cluster at depots but wide streets aid police. Caine commends American audiences and praises the intellectual atmosphere for women and hardworking men.
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Hall Caine
United States
New York
Chicago
London
Paris
Rome
Caine
British Steamer Holbein Anchors Off Lisbon with Damaged Machinery
The British steamer Holbein from London and Antwerp bound for Rio de Janeiro is anchored 16 miles west of Lisbon with machinery out of order. Her deck loads include the crew from the Clan Drummond which was total loss in the Bay of Biscay.
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Lisbon
Holbein
London
Antwerp
Fte
Janeiro
Here
Clan Drummond
Bay of Biscay
Gould Blackmail Case Opens Defense in Albany Trial
The defense in the Margaret E. Cody case claims no conspiracy in the attempt to blackmail George J. Gould and Helen Gould. Cody testified she learned of the 1853 marriage claim from a Denver newspaper and that the 1896 letters alleged in the indictment were not written to blackmail.
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Albany
Margaret E. Cody
George J. Gould
Helen Gould
Cody
Sara Ann Brown Angell
Jay Gould
Denver
Pierce
Helen M. Gould
King Philip coal schooner lost in gale with all aboard
Baltimore reports the King Philip schooner of the Black Sheridan Wilson Coal Co. sailed November 16 with 1787 tons of coal for Portland Missouri and foundered off Highland Light, Massachusetts coast after a gale, with total loss of all crew members.
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Baltimore
Sheridan-Wilson Coal Company
E. St. Norton
Bostom
King Philip
Portland
Highland Light
Massachusetts
No Delay Granted in Trial of Senator Quay Indictments
Judge Finletter overruled objections to five indictments against United States Senator M S Quay his son Richard R Quay and ex State Treasurer Benjamin J Haywood. Trial set for Tuesday Dec 6 with defense claiming preparation time needed due to voluminous records. Demurrers to four indictments rejected and fifth quash motion overruled.
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Philadelphia
Finletter
Court of Quarter Sessions
United States
M.S. Quay
Richard R. Quay
Genjamin J. Haywood
Wis
Rufus E. Shapley
Graham
Commonwealth
Shapley
Shield
People's Bank
Benjamin J. Haywood
Finnetter
Keeley Will Bequeaths All to Widow In Probate
Philadelphia Dec 1 The will of inventor John W Keeley was admitted to probate this morning. It leaves the entire estate valued around 10000 dollars to Mrs Keeley, who is named executrix. The document makes no reference to the Keeley motor or its shareholders.
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Philadelphia
John W. Keeley
Keeley
Keeley Motor Company
Drift of Opinion on Extra Session and Currency Reform
Washington observers note growing reluctance in Congress toward an extra session and currency reform. Senator Cockrell of Missouri, Barham of California, and Representative Grout of Vermont express skepticism about benefits or need, preferring focus on the Nicaraguan canal and business interests. Senator Lodge also called on the President amid the discussion.
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Washington
Cockrellb
Missouri
White House
Barham
California
Representative Grout
Vermont
France Bans US Fruit and Plant Imports
Paris on December 1 reports the Journal Official published a decree barring entrance of United States fruit and plants into France. The move, prompted by the San Jose scale threat, acts as a precautionary measure to protect French agriculture.
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France
United States
Paris
Official Today
San Jose
To Let Rooms For Rent In Various Streets
House on Broadway for boarders nine rooms fourteen dollars. North ern depot four rooms nine dollars. Marshall street three rooms thirty six fifty. Belvidere tenements three rooms six dollars. Centralville five room tenements seven dollars. Queen street three room tenements seven ten. Hildreth street six rooms and barn room eleven dollars. 18th street seven room cottage modern improvements sixteen dollars. Central street six rooms eleven dollars. Apply to T. H. Elliott four Central Street.
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Broadway
Marshall Street
Belvidere
Centralville
Queen Street
Hildreth Street
18Th Street
Central Street
T. H. Elliott
Murder of Jennie Andrews Shocks New Westminster
Don Perrier a young French sailor murdered his former sweetheart Jennie Andrews at her home in New Westminster. He lured her to the Green house room, then killed her vampires and mutilated the body after death. Perrier, educated and from an aristocratic family, confessed during the act.
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Jennie Andrews
New Westminster
B. C
Don Perrier
Green House
Perrier
Australia
Peace talks stall as Spanish offer delay joint session
Paris December 1 The United States and Spanish peace commissioners did not meet in a joint session today with a next meeting set for 2 PM tomorrow. Spain urged a five year privilege for Spanish ships trading with Porto Rico and Cuba, seeking parity with American vessels, conditioned on continued U S dominance over the isle.
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Paris
United States
Spain
Porto Rico
Cuba
Steamer Australia to San Francisco with New York soldiers
Victoria B C December 1 The steamer Miawra arrived with Honolulu advices up to November 23 The Australia was to sail November 29 from Honolulu with 560 men of the 1st New York regiment bound for San Francisco en route to New York A further 200 would follow by the Alameda About 300 cases of typhoid had occurred before the Mionera left Independence Park to be abandoned as a hospital site Col Ruhlin began November 22 erecting a new hospital building in Nuanu Valley 43 by 160 feet in size
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Victoria
B. C
Honolulu
Australia
1St
New York Regiment
San Francisco
New York
Alameda
Independence Park
Col Ruhlin
Nuanu Valley
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Market Street
Gate City Safe
Craw
Barkentine BE
Jorard Heirs
Havana Province
Mrs. Cody
Dean
Senator Quay
Senator Lodge
The
Courier
Sowell
Pollard & CO
Candy Dept
Dept. Gach Garment
Critt
Merrimack Street
Great Hale
Ction Riarche
Mother
Srey
Princeton
Blan
Bon Marche Dry Goods Company
MIB
Ririnmacke
Hire Sis
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