Fate of Four American Miners in Luzon Mountains
Four prospectors from White Sulphur Springs Montana who vanished in March 1900 were found in the Central Luzon mountains. A letter to Rev. J Lenhart describes their disregard of military warnings and their bodies hacked to pieces by bolo men. Hayes and James Brown were identified by papers on their persons.
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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 from self inflicted shootings in a Baltimore boarding house. A police warrant had been served on Schultze’s estranged wife, who had separated from him a month earlier. Luther’s letter said he preferred death together over living apart. Schultze, 40, leaves five children. Luther was married with children. Earlier, Schultze accused Luther of enticing his wife and injured him in a street altercation.
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Baltimore
Catherine Schultze
Jacob Luther
Herman Schultze
Luther
Schultze
Patriotic Jews Remember Fallen Boer War Soldiers
London service at Central Synagogue honored Jewish troops who died in South Africa. About three hundred troops attended as Rev. L. Cohen noted two thousand Jews fought in the Boer war and 328 appeared in casualty lists. Names read aloud. congregation rose. National anthem closed the service.
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London
South Africa
L. Cohen
Traders Deposit Boxes Banking Hours Notice
Traders Deposit announces banking hours from 8 A M to 4 P M on weekdays and 8 A M to 1 P M on Saturday with extended 7 to 9 P M for 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 Sells West Indies Sale Tactic
A Copenhagen Times despatch notes Denmark faces economic strain from sugar price falls. St Thomas harbor is valuable to the United States, and 1867 offers for two islands were nearly double the current offer for all three. Danish opponents warn against selling the best harbor as the isthmian canal nears completion, while the majority hold agrarian interests and favor sale.
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New York
Copenhagen
Times
Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
United States
West Indies
Corean upheaval reaches Corean ministry purge
Tacoma December dispatch reports a shakeup in the Corean government with Maj Gen Pok, minister of foreign affairs, removed for pro Japan stance. Li Yungik led the anti Japanese bloc and will install Li as foreign minister. Agriculture Minister Kwon also dismissed for pro Japanese views.
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Tacoma
Wash
Orient
Corean
Pok
Japan
Li Yungik
Masampo
Kwon
St. Petersburg
Diplomatic Sickness Delays Interpellation Over Chamberlain Remarks
Berlin reports Dr. Hasse aimed to prompt a Reichstag debate on British colonial secretary Chamberlain's Edinburgh speech during a veterans pension interpellation. The session's sensational start is postponed as Treasury Secretary von Thielmann is down with influenza.
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Berlin
Hasse
Reichstag
Edinburgh
Mr. Chamberlain
von Thielmann
Treasury
Chamberlain
Jesuit Priest Halpin Withdraws from Jesuit Order
St Francis Xavier Alumni Sodality learned Rev Father Halpin has left the Society of Jesus and now serves as a secular priest in the Savannah diocese. The move, approved by papal sanction, ends a 40 year Jesuit career. ill health is cited as the cause. Halpin was a noted scholar and former vice president of St Francis Xavier College.
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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 state in Buffalo
In Buffalo on December 9 a bronze tablet marks the spot where President William 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 the bronze.
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Buffalo City Hall
Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
William McKinley
Armenian man bailed after grand jury order for assault
Charles Markarian, an Armenian charged with assault with intent to kill John Mullaney, also known as John M. Patterson, was admitted to bail on bonds of 2500 by Bail Commissioner Edward W. Trull on Saturday night. Edwards Morse acted as bondsman, and Markarian is temporarily at liberty.
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Charles Markarian
John Mullaney
John M. Patterson
Edward W. Trull
Edward H. Morse
Two laborers injured by falling rail at Charlestown navy yard
Boston, Dec. 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 today. They were taken to the navy hospital, where it is said they will die.
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Boston
Alphonso Angelo
de Farco Crouse
Charlestown Navy Yard
Ty Hospital
Police Captain Diamond Trial Postponed to Tomorrow
New York December 9 The trial of Police Captain Diamond on neglect of duty charges was postponed to tomorrow to ensure full legal notice of the proceeding. Commissioner Murphy presided over the matter.
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New York
Diamond
Murphy
Spotter is Charged After Fatal Vermont Hotel Shooting
In White River Junction Vermont S D Waite an alleged spotter fired three shots at the Junction house wounding E T Gosher who died hours later. Waite was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Peck with officers Spafford and Williams delivering him to Woodstock for a bail hearing.
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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 tragedy in Boston lodgings claims one life
In a South End lodging house on East Springfield Street a man died and another was found unconscious from illuminating gas. The two strangers had rented a room since Saturday night. An on/off gas jet was found lit in full and police believe the valve was turned on by accident. The unconscious man was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. authorities seek the men’s identities.
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Boston
East Springfield Street
South End
Long Hair Growth Claim From Ayer Vigor
One year ago my hair fell out quickly I used Ayer's Hair Vigor it stopped the fall and promoted growth now my hair reaches 45 inches Mrs A Boydston Atchison Kans buy at all druggists for a dollar plus four cents AYER CO Lowell Mass
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Ayer
Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Wilson's Chances In Tight Municipal Contest
Democrats admit their majority may shrink as municipal election day nears with brisk voting expected tomorrow. Republicans press for early votes and targeted turnout, while Wilson gains support from Ward 9 taxpayers. The race features a quiet Dem campaign, a strengthened Republican posture, and questions about police board unity and local leadership.
Candidates Pressure Voters In Quiet Appeal For Support
Charles L. McCleery announces Mr. Wilson has not said about appointing him police commissioner but would accept if named. He praises frankness, contrasting with other candidates as he urges turnout for tomorrow’s vote.
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Courier
Wilson
Board of Police
Dow
Dimon
Rice
Eer J. Brady
Charles L. McCleery
the Mail
Novel operation at St Louis successfully performed
A local hospital case astonishes physicians as Eli Daniels, a Black roustabout, recovers after Dr H L Nietert sewed a stabbed heart wound. Daniels was stabbed in Chester Illinois and brought to City Hospital in St Louis within a day for repair, with several stitches used to close the heart injury.
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St. Louis, Mo
Eli Daniels
City Hospital
Daniels
Chester
H. L. Nietert
Drowned in Spy Pond near Cambridgeport skater dies
Hector Paquette a 20 year old unmarried resident of 828 Columbia street Cambridgeport drowned while skating on Spy pond shortly after noon yesterday. His body was found about two hours later by Patrolmen Irwin and Barry and the Medical Examiner ruled accidental drowning. He wore long racing skates and sank through thin ice near the Linwood street ice houses as he failed to regain footing.
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Arlington
Hector Paquette
Columbia Street
Cambridgeport
Spy Pond
Irwin
Barry
Swan
Cambridge
Paquette
Linwood Street
Through the Ice Drowning Near Natick Lake Cochituate
John Doyle aged 16 drowned while skating at Lake Cochituate with two peers. Frank Barnicle escaped by clinging to ice, then pulled out Thomas Dagg. Doyle disappeared and body recovered later. Associate medical examiner Dr. William R. Richards examined the scene. The victim's body was taken to his uncle John E. Spruhen’s home.
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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 in Lynn and Worcester
Richard H. Smith, a Lowell native, was jailed in Lynn on larceny charges after prior Lowell convictions for breaking and entering and larceny. Frank L. Lawson, 35, a Lowell resident formerly alias Fred L. Carson, faces Worcester larceny charges after 13 Lowell arrests for larceny and other offenses. Lowell records will inform sentencing.
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Smith
Grand
House of Correction
Lynn
Frank L. Lawson
Lowell
Worcester
Fred L. Carson
Lawson
Drunkenness and arrests fill Lowell police blotter
A Sunday patrol yielded no victims as officers kept watch on the river. Mary McBride, a well dressed married woman, was fined six dollars for drunkenness. Mary McGillian, supported by a six week old baby, faced a workhouse sentence for drunkenness while her husband was in Cambridge for drunkenness. Additional cases include Angeline Howe noting improvement, Mary Langley and Mary Kane sent to the State farm, Francis McGaughey and Thomas McWilliams branded repeat offenders bound for the farm, Henry W. Harvey placed on probation, and Margaret Barrows jailed for a month with suspended execution. John Bidwell’s drunkenness case was postponed due to his absence.
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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 Romeos Adorn Window Display at Local Store
O Sullivan Bros Co promotes genuine Dolge Felt Romeos in a Lowell window display. Prices range for ladies fur trimmed Romeos from 1.25 to 2.00, and for misses and children from 90 cents to 1.00. Also showcasing Latin Romeos for ladies and Felt Toilet Slippers for homes, located opposite City Hall.
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Dolge’s
O'Sullivan Bros. Co
Lowell
Dolge
Snow Storms Disrupt Rail Traffic Across Britain
Severe snow storms sweep Scotland and much of England. King Edward leaves Sandringham for London amid blinding snowfall. Highland railroad traffic heavily disrupted by the storms.
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London
Scotland
England
Edward
Sandringham
Highlands
Ward 9 Republicans Brace For Challenge To Candidate
Ward 9 Republicans face a concerted effort to defeat their school committee candidate. Behind the scenes, substantial organizing and groundwork have been quietly laid to bolster support and counter opposition.
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Ward 9
Vessel in distress off Astoria economy port
A vessel, likely the French bark Asie from Hobart, Tasmania, has anchored a mile and a half off Point Granville since Wednesday and is in need of assistance as of December 9 in Astoria, Oregon.
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Astoria
Ore
Asie
Hobart
Tasmania
Point
Granville
Weather summary from a foggy thaw day
A fragmented weather report notes Saturday afternoon and night were fine with light rain and overcast skies. It records fog and a gentle thaw affecting snow, with temperatures ranging from 32 to 59 degrees and readings for 8 am, noon, and later panels.
New England Forecast Shows Showers North Fair South
Weather forecast for New England indicates showers in the north and fair conditions in the south tonight. Tuesday brings more fair weather in the north and showers in the south with colder air and fresh westerly winds.
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Boston
New England
Contagious Disease Updates In City Health Facilities
Sept Avery Marshall plans to flood the commons this afternoon but cannot promise freezing. The contagious hospital will reopen after the election. A varioloid patient at the smallpox hospital is recovering well. A suspected case reported in the city proved to be chicken pox.
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Avery Marshall
Smallpox Hospital
Shuman Black Worsted Cheviot Suits at Fifteen Dollars
Shuman offers the Black Worsted Cheviot suit at fifteen dollars, touted as the most active line. Described as woven from worsted cheviot yarns with a firm close weave and lustrous finish, the garments resist wear while maintaining rich appearance. Available in blue, single and double breasted sacks, with a Shuman guarantee of honest work.
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Shuman
Shuman’s
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Tomorry
John C. Wilson
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Police Board
Frank McMahon
Overseers of the Poor
McMahon
ST. Louis
Lake Cochituate
Richard H. Smith
Ihe
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Appleton Street
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City Hall
City Hall Notes
Contagious Hospital
U. S
Merrimack Clothing Company
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