Storms Record Deaths and Havoc After New England Gale
A northern gale swept New England causing seven to eight Gloucester fishing crews to lose craft, nine vessels sunk, and numerous ships damaged. Five lives were lost from one fishing vessel while crews elsewhere reached shore. Multiple schooners and yachts were wrecked or run aground from Portland to Salem with heavy harbor and rail damage noted.
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Harbors Hit by Severe Gale Laboring Vessels Break Lose
Boats and davits fouled by coal barge Lone Star as four master Frank A. Palmer dragged across harbor. Anchors held after lighters swamped at hell docks. Schooner Alfred W. Fiske from Perth Amboy fouled another vessel and lost jibboom gear. Fanny and Edith ashore at Prout’s Neck with four crew safe. vessel in danger.
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Ships Ashore in Johnson's Bay Off Lubec
In Lubec Missouri December 56 two schooners Maud Mallock capt Aylward and Margaret Jones ran aground in John son s Bay with lumber and two others Hila Brown of Jonesport and C L Eaton of Calais ride near ledges. Crews of Mallock and Brown were saved.
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Calaise
New York
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Johnson’s Bay
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Jonesport
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Calais
Mallock
Brown
Thief repents pays restitution for stolen goods
In Boston a man who stole from the Ballardvale Manufacturing Co. and railroad shipments repented and sent restitution. A letter described the theft and listed amounts owed, with follow up payments of 70 and 74 dollars to be acknowledged in The Boston Herald. Chief Inspector Watts publicizes the unusual act and invites the penitent to discuss the matter.
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Prank Explosion Disrupts Harvard Lecture in Sanders Theatre
In Cambridge the Sanders theatre crowd of 500 Harvard students witnessed a smoke filled scare when a cannon cracker exploded during Prof. A C Coolidge's Knighthood lecture. No major damage, but rumors swirled of an anarchist plot. faculty will investigate.
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Washout in Lawrence Causes Major School Damage
A fierce storm in Lawrence caused a washout at the new ward 5 grammar school collapsing over 30 feet of the wall and destroying beams and staging. Estimated damage exceeds $2000 and delays construction. Wires blown down disrupted trolley traffic on Essex street for hours.
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Weavers May Strike Over Loom Fixers Reinstatement
In New Bedford Massachusetts a Weavers union meeting approved a strike at the Acushnet and Hathaway mills starting Monday if loomfixers who went out on strike are not reinstated. About 500 to 600 weavers would be affected. A five member committee was named to demand a reply from mill treasurer Knowlton. The union cited incompetence, scabbing, and bribery as reasons for the action.
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Two Die From Stray Wires After Utica Storm
In Utica New York two youths died after contacting hanging electric wires broken from poles during a night storm. A twenty year old Pole and a fifteen year old Italian boy both touched live lines while in darkness or crossing streets. The storm also crippled telephone telegraph and car service and several horses were shocked, one killed.
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Fire damages American Tin Plate works in Cambridge
Fire in the American Tin Plate Company plant at Cambridge Ohio destroyed the finishing department four seats of cold rolls the picking department and a warehouse filled with finished products. The machinery suffered heavy damage and several cars on a siding burned. Finished tin losses are estimated near 200000 with total loss undetermined.
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American Tin Plate Company
Mine Explosion Burns Six At Ashley Seeks Casualties
An early morning gas explosion at the Maxwell mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company in Ashley, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, burned six workers with two in critical condition. The blast occurred when a worker ignited an unrecognized gas feeder, damaging the mine and threatening further danger.
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Board Revisits Expulsion Case in National Trotting Meeting
New York December 5 The Board of Review of the National Trotting association met in open session then held executive session announcing decisions E W Crane Watkins N Y removal of expulsion imposed December 16 1897 He was reinstated last year contingent on refund of unlawful winnings but did not comply The next case involved John W Henderson Crystal Lake IL H Thorp Monda Lake IL and the mare Nellie M alias Nellie alias Kate Phallamont 2 12 sent to England and France for races
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Kate
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England
France
Pacing Association Expulsions and Suspending Officials
The board expelled Hass and Henderson and Thorp and the mare Charles Wolfe alias D C Cooper of Philipsburg Pa. Also expelled were bay stallion Col P alias Major Wolfe 2 14 pacer and E E Giesey of Toronto Ohio suspended until refunded unlawful winnings. J E Schauer and M Siler of Troy Ohio and bay mare Poxa pacer suspended until winners refunded as mare identification not made. Frank Shank Litchfield C George D Stettenfield Cleveland Frank Penny Cleveland O expelled for laying up a heat at Cleveland in 1899 and other irregularities in connection with the 2 11 pace. Cases against Martin Mullen Cleveland and Richard Meyers dismissed Geo McBride New York fined 50 for driving under suspension. Temporary reinstatements of E M Gillies Medford Mass W J Thubron Alleghany Pa A Gloddy Lowell Mass and James Healey Milford Mills Mass continued. Co T Willis and bay gelding Lake Shore suspended until unlawful winnings refunded for proper distribution.
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E. F Crale
White death storm common in Rocky Mountain region
A sensational tale from Ainslee's describes a February crossing in North Park Colorado where a strange mist, described as frozen diamond dust, blankets travelers. A wagon party falls ill, one woman dies, others recover after long illness. The man at a cabin warns of deadly lung infection from the airborne ice particles.
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Mann Will Named Executor in Dedham Probate
William Mann of Franklin died leaving gifts to the American Tract Society Congregational Missionary Society and American Board for Foreign Missions. Willard Everett of Lowell named executor with a 15000 bond. Proceedings held at Norfolk county probate session in Dedham.
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Boston Hotels Face Shutdown as Liquor Law Enforces 11pm Close
Boston lodgings and hotel operators confront a strict 11 o’clock closing rule. Retailers lobby to extend hours to midnight, backed by police officials fearing drunkenness. About 500 night staff lose jobs as bars close statewide, from Lowell to New Bedford, with widespread financial gloom and push toward bottled goods sales.
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Supreme Court
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Lynn Hotels to Stop Liquor Sales After Eleven
Lynn and New Bedford proceed to enforce a supreme court decision barring liquor sales after 11 p.m. The notices warn hotel keepers to cease by 11 each night or face prosecution, signaling a shift that could cost Lynn hotels thousands in nightly profits. Solon W. Stevens and Citizens' league ticket urged for honest, nonpartisan city government and prudent use of public funds.
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Noted American Dramatist Abby Sage Richardson Dies in Rome
Mrs Abby Sage Richardson a dramaturg poet critic and translator died in Rome Italy on a Wednesday. Born in 1838 in Massachusetts she earlier married Daniel MacFarland then widow Albert D Richardson. She wrote Familiar Talks on English Literature Old Love Letters Stories from Old English Poetry Abelard and Heloise and History of Our Country and translated many French plays. She left New York aboard the Deutschland October 16 for an extended absence abroad.
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Edwin Booth
Albert D. Richardson
Daniel MacFarland
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King of Mbonka Demands Messenger Boy
In a dramatic utterance the King of Mbonka questions a dinner engagement as the slave, pressed to reveal truth, reminds him that the king ordered one of the messenger boys. The scene centers on royal authority and a commanding retort from the subordinate.
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