Fate of Four American Miners in Luzon Mountains
Four prospectors led by Geo Hayes vanished in March 1900 while probing Central Luzon. A letter from Rev J Lenhart reveals they ignored military warnings and ventured beyond defense lines. Later, bolo men hacked the party to death. Hayes and James Brown were identified by papers on their bodies.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Geo. Hayes
Philippines
Rev. J. ©. Lenhart
Hawaii
Manila
Luzon
Hayes
James Brown
Died Together In Baltimore Boarding House Tragedy
Catherine Schultze and Jacob Luther were found dead shot in a Baltimore boarding house. Each left letters. Schultze blamed her husband Herman for troubles and planned death, while Luther said he loved her and preferred dying together. Schultze, 40, leaves five children. Luther was married with children. The couple had recently set apart from her husband.
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Baltimore
Catherine Schultze
Jacob Luther
Herman Schultze
Luther
Schultze
Patriotic Jews Service for Boer War Fallen
In London at the Central Synagogue a memorial service honored Jewish soldiers who served in South Africa. About three hundred troops attended as Rev. L. Cohen, the Jewish chaplain, noted two thousand Jews fought and 328 names appeared in casualty lists. The congregation rose during names and sang the national anthem.
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London
South Africa
L. Cohen
Banking Hours and Deposit Boxes at Traders
Traders announces deposit box services and banking hours from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. on weekdays, 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. on Saturday, and 7 to 9 P.M. on select days. Banking rooms located at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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Middesex Street
Post Office Ave
United States Stays Offer Less for More West Indies
A Copenhagen Times despatch notes sugar price drops hurt Danish West Indies finances while St. Thomas harbor promises strategic value for the United States. It says 1867 offers for two islands were nearly double the present offer for all three, amid debate among Danes over selling before the isthmian canal project progresses.
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New York
Copenhagen
Times
Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
United States
West Indies
Corean upheaval claims key ministers in Orient shifts
Tacoma dispatch reports changes in the Corean ministry with Maj Gen Pok, minister of foreign affairs, ousted for pro Japan stance. Li Yungik, leader of the Russo French faction, cited Pok's support of Japan and grain export concessions at Masampo. Kwon, minister of agriculture, also dismissed for pro Japanese views. Li Yungik to succeed Pok as foreign minister in St. Petersburg posting.
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Tacoma
Wash
Orient
Corean
Pok
Japan
Li Yungik
Masampo
Kwon
St. Petersburg
Diplomatic illness delays British note discussion in Reichstag
Berlin reports Dr Hasse hoped to open a debate on Mr Chamberlain's Edinburgh speech during a veterans pensions interpellation. The session's drama is postponed as Treasury Secretary Dr von Thielmann is ill with influenza.
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Berlin
Hasse
Reichstag
Edinburgh
Mr. Chamberlain
von Thielmann
Treasury
Chamberlain
Jesuit Retired After Four Decades of Service
In New York on December 9, members of the St. Francis Xavier Alumni Sodality learned that Rev Father Halpin has withdrawn from the Society of Jesus and now serves as a secular priest in the Savannah diocese. The move, rare and only with papal approval, ends a Jesuit career of over 40 years during which he was a noted scholar and preacher and served as vice president of St Francis Xavier College. Ill health is cited as the reason for retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Francis Xavier Alumni Sodality
Society
Father Halpin
Society of Jesus
Savannah
Order of Jesuits
College of St. Francis Xavier
Bronze tablet marks McKinley in Buffalo City Hall
A bronze tablet in Buffalo marks the spot where President McKinley lay in state in the city hall lower corridor. The inscription reads Here Lay in State the Body of WILLIAM McKINLEY President of the United States September 15 1901. The border features forty five stars and the letters are cut into bronze to a depth of three eighths of an inch.
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Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
William McKinley
Armenian man admitted to bail on assault with intent to kill charge
Charles Markarian an Armenian charged with assault with intent to kill John M Patterson known as John Mullaney was admitted to bail by Bail Commissioner Edward W Trull on Saturday night and is temporarily free The bondsman was Edward H Morse
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Charles Markarian
John Mullaney
John M. Patterson
Edward W. Trull
Edward H. Morse
Two Laborers Fatally Struck by Falling Rail at Charlestown
Boston December 9 Alphonso Angelo and De Farco Crouse laborers on the new dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard were struck on the head by a falling rail. They were taken to the navy hospital where it is said they will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alphonso Angelo
de Farco Crouse
Charlestown Navy Yard
Ty Hospital
Police Captain Diamond Trial Delayed for Full Notice
New York December 9 The trial of Police Captain Diamond on neglect of duty charges was postponed to tomorrow to ensure he receives full legal notice of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Diamond
Murphy
Spotter Fired in Vermont Raid Fallout
In White River Junction on December 9 an alleged spotter, S. D. Waite, fired three shots at the Junction house after a recent raid on a resort. E. T. Gosher was fatally wounded, and W. St. John’s sleeve was grazed. Waite was arrested, claimed self defense, and faced murder charges as Gosher died. Woodstock officials expect a grand jury review.
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White River Junction
S. D. Waite
Junction House
E. T. Gosher
W. St. John’s
Waite
Woodstock
Bruce and
Davis
Norwich
Spafford
C. P. Tarbeil
Windsor County
South Novalton
Cambridge
Mass
Peck
Hirm
Williams
Gosher
Bradford
Wilson
S. B. Waite
Waiter
Gas leak fatality in Boston lodging house
One man died and another, unconscious, was found in a South End lodging house on East Springfield Street. The strangers had rented the room Saturday night and gave no names. Police seek their identities as a gas jet was found burning full, suspected accidental ignition. the injured man is likely to recover after hospital treatment.
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Boston
East Springfield Street
South End
Hair Vigor Claim from Atchison Buyer
One year ago hair fell out quickly and stopped after using Ayer's Hair Vigor. Mrs. A Boydston of Atchison Kansas reports hair grew to 45 inches now. Pills and salves marketed by Ayer Co. Lowell Massachusetts priced at 1 dollar, available from druggists.
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Ayer
Wilson's Chances in Ward 2 Municipal Race
Democratic managers express mixed confidence as voters head to polls for a brisk municipal contest. Key figures include Mayor Dimon, John C. Wilson, and Commissioner Rice with attacks from Republicans, and a call to vote early to aid turnout.
Vote prospect and police commissioner claim
Charles L. McCleery of the Mail announces that Mr. Wilson has made no decision on appointing a police commissioner, but if offered the post he would accept. He criticizes other candidates for lacking frankness and emphasizes the need to vote tomorrow without attracting attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Wilson
Courier
Wilson
Board of Police
Dow
Dimon
Rice
Eer J. Brady
Charles L. McCleery
the Mail
Novel operation at St Louis successfully performed
A remarkable local case concerns Eli Daniels, a Black roustabout stabbed in the heart at Chester Illinois. Dr H L Nietert at City Hospital operated within 24 hours, sewed the wound taking several stitches. Daniels convalesces and is reported well on the road to recovery.
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St. Louis, Mo
Eli Daniels
City Hospital
Daniels
Chester
H. L. Nietert
Drowned in Spy Pond while skating in Cambridgeport
Hector Paquette, 20, unmarried of 828 Columbia St Cambridgeport, drowned at Spy Pond near Linwood St after skates slipped on thin ice. His body was recovered two hours later by Patrolmen Irwin and Barry. Medical Examiner Swan ruled accidental drowning. His brother identified him in the evening.
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Arlington
Hector Paquette
Columbia Street
Cambridgeport
Spy Pond
Irwin
Barry
Swan
Cambridge
Paquette
Linwood Street
Through the Ice Fatality Near Natick Skating Trio
Natick, Dec 9 John Doyle aged 16 drowned while skating tandem on Lake Cochituate near the Metropolitan water works third lake. Frank Barnicle and Thomas Dagg escaped. Barnicle pulled Dagg from the ice but Doyle disappeared. Body recovered at six, viewed by Dr William R Richards, taken to the uncle John E Spruhen's house.
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Natick
John Doyle
Cochituate
Frank Barnicle
Thomas Dagg
Metropolitan Water Works
Barnicle
Dagg
Doyle
William R. Richards
John E. Spruhen
Washington Avenue
Smith and Lawson Both Under Arrest
Smith, a Lowell-area man, was arrested in Lynn on larceny charges after prior Lowell convictions for breaking and entering and larceny. Lawson, a Lowell resident, was arrested in Worcester on larceny charges. Lowell police have identified him from Worcester photos and note 13 prior Lowell arrests for larceny and related offenses.
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Lawson
Richard H. Smith
Lowell
Lynn
Ihe
Supt. Moffatt
Smith
House of Correction
Officer Maher
Appleton Street
Maher
Grand
Frank L. Lawson
Worcester
Fred L. Carson
Lowells drunkenness arrests gridiron ends in eight fines
In Lowell over Sunday police logged no arrests except Mary McBride taken for drunkenness near Richardson house at 1:40 am and fined six dollars. Mary McGillian found drunk with a six week old baby, husband away in Cambridge at the house of correction. five months at the workhouse. Several others including Angeline B Howe and Thomas McWilliams sent to the State farm or given probation, with fines levied and sentences for drunkenness and neglect. John Bidwell unavailable for hearing.
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Lowell
Mary McBride
Timothy Dwyer
Richardson House
Mary McGillian
Daly’s
Gorham Street
Cambridge
House of Correction
Hadley
Angeline B. Howe
Mary Langley
Mary Kane
State Farm
Lawrence J. Martin
Francis McGaughey
Thomas McWilliams
Henry W. Harvey
Billerica
Margaret Barrows
John Bidwell
St. Lawrence Hotel
Dolge Felt Romeos Featured At Lowell Window
Local store O Sullivan Bros Co showcases genuine Dolge Romeos in a window display at the corner near City Hall. The collection includes Ladies fur trimmed black Romeos from 1.25 to 2.00, Misses and Children 90c to 1.00, plus Latin Romeos and Felt Toilet Slippers for home wear.
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Dolge’s
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
Lowell
Dolge
Snowstorms disrupt Scotland and England rail traffic
Severe snow storms sweep Scotland and many parts of England as King Edward leaves Sandringham for London amid heavy snowfall. Rail traffic in the Highlands heavily disrupted by the storms.
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London
Scotland
England
Edward
Sandringham
Highlands
Ward 9 Republicans Face Push to Defeat School Committee Candidate
Ward 9 Republicans confront a planned bid to unseat their school committee candidate. Behind the scenes, extensive groundwork has been laid quietly to influence the outcome.
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Ward 9
Vessel in Distress Near Astoria at Point Granville
A vessel believed to be the French bark Asie from Hobart Tasmania has been anchored and in need of assistance since Wednesday, about a mile and a half off Point Granville in Astoria Oregon.
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Astoria
Ore
Asie
Hobart
Tasmania
Point
Granville
Unclear Weather Report Sees Mild Thaw Amid Snow Melt
A garbled weather note describes fine Saturday and yesterday with overcast skies and light rain at night. It notes fog, a gentle thaw affecting snow, and provides scattered temperature readings for yesterday today and now.
New England Forecast: Showers North, Fair South. Turn Cooler
Boston details a weather forecast for New England with showers in the northern regions and fair conditions in the south. Tonight light showers persist in the south with colder air and westerly winds likely. Tuesday expects fair skies in the north and showers in the south, with continued cooler temperatures and fresh winds.
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Boston
New England
Contagion Updates and Public Health Notes
Sept Avery Marshall will flood the commons this afternoon but cannot promise that they will freeze. The contagious hospital will come up again after election. The varioloid patient at the smallpox hospital is doing well. A suspicious case reported as coming to the city has turned out to be chicken pox.
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Frank McMahon
Overseers of the Poor
McMahon
Avery Marshall
Contagious Hospital
Smallpox Hospital
Shuman Black Worsted Cheviot Suit at Fifteen Dollars
Shuman offers the Black Worsted Cheviot suit at fifteen dollars, the most active line in stock. Made of worsted cheviot yarns with a firm weave and lustrous finish, the suit promises durability and rich appearance. Also available in blue, single or double breasted sacks, backed by Shuman's guarantee of honest workmanship.
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Shuman
Shuman’s
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Bolomen
Party of Pros
Pectors
Patriotic Jews
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
the Traders National Bank
Eaglish
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Jesuit
Sodality
M’kinley
Ayer CO
Tomorry
Water Board
Police Board
ST. Louis
Lake Cochituate
City Hall
City Hall Notes
U. S
Merrimack Clothing Company
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