Maine Dead Brought Home For Full Military Honors
At Arlington Cemetery the Maine dead, transported from Havana by the Texas, were laid to rest with simple religious services and formal war honors. President and cabinet attended as Marines, jackies, and other officials stood in snow, a wreaths lay on each casket, and the ceremony included Catholic and Episcopal rites, taps, and volleys over the graves.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Maine
Havana
Texas
Army
Navy
Spain
Potomac
Capitol
City
Old Fort McPherson
Santiago
Lee
Fort Myer
Navy Yard
Miles
Sigsbee
Chidwick
Havana Harbor
Wainwright
F. C. Mowers
Jeremiah Shea
Jesus
Chaplain Clark
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Clark
Episcopal Church
Hollvid
Brown
Marne
Harmony
Capt
Father Chidwick
Curien
Freight Classification Transmission to Attorney General
The Interstate Commerce Commission sent to Attorney General Griggs the hearing evidence on the proposed freight classification to take effect January 1. The package covers more than 60 railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Commission complied in part with shippers’ request by forwarding the evidence without recommendations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Griggs
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Attorney General
War Department policy on Philippine hemp ports opening
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn writes to Representative Long of Kansas outlining policy on Philippine commerce with focus on opening hemp export ports. He says General Otis has been instructed to open hemp ports as soon as suitable garrisons are in place, early January.
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Washington
Meiklejohn
War Department
Long
Kansas
Department
Philippines
Berlin Denies Secret Treaty Claims Stirring Berlin
A German official agency repudiates the Lokal Anzeiger report on a secret treaty among England Germany and Portugal calling the assertions arbitrary erroneous guess work and describes the statements as quite inaccurate from official circles in Berlin.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Portugal
British officials refuse to deny or confirm Delagoa Bay disclosures
London officials hold their policy of silence after many alleged Delagoa Bay disclosure reports. Asked about Lokal Anzeiger statements, they refused to deny or affirm, though an Associated Press representative collected further details.
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London
Delagoa Bay
Foreign Office
Lokal Anzeiger
Associated Press
Gath
Portuguese possessions debated in Berlin treaty reports
A Berlin despatch to the Times questions Lokal Anzeiger treaty statements. The St. James Gazette says the Lokal Anzeiger report is a patchwork of partly true and false items. It suggests Portugal may lease African possessions north and south of the Zambesi to the United States and Great Britain.
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Times
Berlin
Portugal
Goa Ad Damao
Bombay
St. James Gazette
Lokal Anzeiger
Africa
Zambesi
Eas
Great Britain
France Skeptical On Berlin Portugal Britain Treaty Claim
Paris officials discount a Lokal Anzeiger report of a secret treaty partitioning Portugal’s colonies with Britain and Germany. An official said Portugal would not sign a pact stripping its colonies. others doubt the denial, noting possible talks tied to a Cape Town to Cairo telegraph project.
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Paris
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Germany
Portugal
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Gemany
Cape Town
Cairo
Pure fiction on Anglo German Portuguese treaty claim
Berlin dispatch reports a denial from a high official confirming the Lokal Anzeiger story of a secret Anglo German Portuguese treaty is pure fiction with no foundation. The understanding among Britain Germany and Portugal pertains to Africa only and Asia is excluded.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
South Africa
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
Portugal
Africa
Asia
British India
Bryan as a broncho in Texas panther chase
In Austin Texas a crowd of over two hundred Texas admirers staged a Bryan celebration with a two hour hunt. Bryan rode in corduroy clothes and a sombrero, pursued a panther and a three year old prize. the panther killed two hounds before Bill Reed trapped it. The animal, shipped to Lincoln Nebraska, was one of the largest seen locally. A Mexican lion also eluded the hunt after scent loss.
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Austin
Tex
Dee. Zs
Coonel Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Texas
Siace
Bryan
Iages
Anu
Hoss
Sundemy
Bill” Reed
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Governors action praised by Stratford county ministers
Ministers from Stratford county in Somersworth New York adopted a resolution thanking Gov Frank W Rollins for closing tread houses and improving law observance The letter to His Excellency asks for continued brave efforts and pledges moral support signed by G B Merritt chairman and D C Babcock secretary
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Somersworth
N. Y
Stratford County
Rollins
G. B. Merritt
D. C. Babcock
Sympathy for Boers and Fenian move ment in Wheeling Irish meeting
A Wheeling meeting of Irishmen expressed sympathy for the Fenian movement and the Boer cause in South Africa. T. E. McVeagh of Dublin, candidate for Michael Davitt's seat, spoke and said two hundred thousand Irishmen were ready to strike at England if needed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
South Africa
T. E. McVeagh
Dublin
Michael Davitt
Haseen
England
Black suspect fatally wounds sheriff during arrest in Florida
Monticello Florida December 28 Will Gorman a Black man struck Sheriff T S Simkins as a posse closed in on a cabin six miles north of town Gorman who was wanted escaped from the rear but was shot down after the confrontation leading to the sheriff s death and the assailant s fatal harm
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Monticello
Fla
Will Gorman
Simkins
Scurry Place
Gorman
Macrum’s Case He Deliberately Deserted His Post
Washington reports on Consul Charles B. Macrum of Pretoria who demanded relief as the South African crisis peaked. He sails via a German port for six weeks, raising questions at the State Department about continued service without adequate explanation. Representative Taylor of Ohio has no new word from Macrum beyond occasional family letters, amid war preparations and neutral concerns.
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Washington
Charles BE. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
Macrum
State Department
Lorenzo Marques
Taylor
Ohio
Tay
S .O
Fuese
H.s
S.ces
Chandler summoned to testify in Gallinger case
Senator William J. Chandler arrives in Boston en route to Concord New Hampshire to testify before the federal grand jury investigating charges against Senator Gallinger. Other witnesses include Postmaster Henry Robinson and Capt. Thomas Fluffman with further testimony by William F. Thayer and Louis Hoyt.
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Concord
N. N
Wec
Grand Jury
Gallinger
Wiliam J. Chandler
Lesa
Washington
Chandler
Henry Rovinson
Capt
Tho
Wiliam IF
Thayer
Repusticua Si
Louis
Ifoyt
State Committee
Senator Chandler
Johan Walker
Boston
N. H
Federal Grand Jury
Senator Gallinger
Covenant Mutual Amalgamates With Northwestern Life
Galesburg Ill Dec 28 by a vote 17097 to 76 the Covenant Mutual Life Assurance association decided to amalgamate with Northwestern Life Assurance of Chicago This 28000 member group with policies totaling 45000000 will transfer as a body to Northwestern The transfer amount includes 52000 cash and property deeds turned to Stewart Gorell trustee liquidating Covenant liabilities around 336000 with Gorell holding remaining assets.
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Galesburg
Ill
Covenant Mutual Life Assurance Association
Cit
Northwestern Life Assurance Company of
Chicago
Northwestern Company
Nee Ing A’j
Smellinger
Coveant Association
Covenant Muitual Life Assurance Association
Stewart Gorell
Advanire
Godrell
Covenant Mutual Life Association
Five Men Sentenced to Garrote in Ponce Case
The Porto Rico Supreme Court at Ponce sentenced five men to garrote for the Yeuco robbery and murder of Pruden cio Mendez in October 1898. Twenty assailants entered armed, danced around the body with the victim's daughters under coercion. seven were captured, one escaped, and one died in jail.
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San Juan
P. R
Dec. S
Supreme Court of
Porto Rico
Ponce
Yeuco
Stance
Prudencio Mendez
Central stockholders approve Albany lease vote
New York Central stockholders at Albany noon meeting unanimously ratified the 68.5 million dollar lease of the Boston and Albany line. United States Senator Depew voted for the American stockholders and George S. Bowdoin of J P Morgan & Co for the English stockholders.
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New York Central
Albany
N. Y
Boston
United States
Depew
George S. Bowdoin
J. P. Morgan & Co
Cuban Reforms Win Cordial Cuban Support for Wood Plan
Washington reports Horatio Rubens, tied to the Cuban cause, returning to Cuba with Gen. Wood to assume governor general duties. Rubens says Cuba is at peace, praises Wood's program for speedy courts, freed prisons, free public schools, and road construction, and notes Cuban leaders will back the U S backed reform. Cuban leaders pledge cooperation, seeking liberty and property guarantees as Wood heads departments, ensuring broad American- Cuban support and a hopeful political future.
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Washington
Horatio Rubens
Senor Quesada
Havana
Cuba
Rubens
Gen. Wood
Gomez
Gen. Rodriguez
Wood
United States
Gus
Vacik Wy Gu
Wood's New Cabinet Rumors Sweep Havana
Havana gossip centers on Governor-General Wood forming a cabinet with anticipated days of delay before announcement. Reports suggest education and justice may split into two departments with separate secretaries. Wood delays discuss, while prison reforms prompt reports from all jails and a broad cleansing of unjustly confined inmates by mid January.
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Havana
Leonard Wood
Brooke
Department of Education and Justice
General Wood
Wood
Married at Midnight in Greenwich Wedding Pair Ties Fast
Richard Croker Warren nephew of Richard Croker and widow Sadie L. Course of Flushing L I married near midnight in Greenwich Connecticut. They arrived by train at 4 30 am and obtained a license from the town clerk. Shortly after midnight they wed at Reverend Harvey Burns home and left town without explanation.
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Greenwich
Richard Croker Warren
Richard Croker
Sadie L. Course
Flushing
L. L
Harvey
Burns
Wer
Pullman Warn er deal seeks injunction in merger suit
Chicago December 28 A shareholder Truman A Taylor of Alton Illinois files suit against Pullman Palace Car company to block its proposed merger with Warner Palace Car company arguing it would create a sleeping and parlor car monopoly The complaint seeks a perpetual injunction to restrain the purchase or transfer of stock until the case is heard plus an order directing restraint on any action by agents.
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Chicago
Warner Palace Car Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Truman A. Taylor
Alton
Illinois
Pullman Company
Wasner
Wagner Company
Lowell schedules change for eastern district trains
New flaven and Hartford Railroad Eastern District posts new October 22 1899 timetable. Trains from Lowell Middlesex Street Depot to Taunton New Bedford Newpot Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham depart at 7 16, 1 3 a m 5 23 pm with connections to Worcester Springfield Albany and the west via South Framingham and Conver Junction. Sunday runs to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and nearby stations listed at 7 15 am. Signed by Peter Clark General Superintendent and A C Kendall General Passenger Agent.
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Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newpot
Providence
Pawtucket
Maribors
Soulih Framingham
South Framingham
Poston
Albany R. R
Worcester
Springfiel
Albany
Vest
Conver Junction
Kitchburg
Stonington
New York City
Woburn
Ayer Junction
Ambherst
Milford and Whiton
Greenfield
Eterboro
Bennington
Hillaboro
Keene
Tillisboro
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Warner
Gradford
Sunapee
Newport
N. H
Claremont
Claremon
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Hissex Junction
Burlington
St. Albars
St. Johns
Montreal
Central Vermont
Quebec
Boston
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
Bedford
wVia
Western Division
zVia
Wilmington Junction
D. J. Flanders
H. C. Taft
Boston & Maine R. R. Low Rates to West and Southwest
The Boston and Maine Railway promotes the lowest rates in the West and Southwest with the shortest line through sleepers to Saint Paul and Minneapolis and only one change of cars to the Pacific Coast. Full particulars on routes and rates available at principal ticket offices. D. J. Flanders is the General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Dd. J. Flanders
Trains Schedule Corrected for October 2 1899 Lowell
Train times from Merrimack Street Depot and Middlesex Street Station Lowell list departures to Boston Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport and other destinations with notes on Sundays and special services. Included are multiple times per destination and various abbreviations for lines and services.
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Merrimack Street Depot
Lowell
Boston
Middlesex Street Station
Vane
Lawrence
A. m
P.m. Sundaxs
Salem
Mass
Newburyport
Amesbury
Portsenguey
Ixeter
Dover
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Ola Orchard
Portland
Skowhegan
Bangor
Belfast
Rockland
St. John’s
Halifax
Montreal
Quebec
Beetim
Eastport
St. John
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Stenmer Frank Jones
Public Auction Notice of Norcross Mortgage Sale in Lowell
By power of sale in a mortgage deed from Nicholas W Norcross and Iter G Norcross to Ira Leonard dated Oct 7 1558 and assigned to The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank on Oct 17 1870 a foreclosure sale is set for Saturday Jan 13 1900 at 11 am on the premises on Third street Lowell. The lot contains about 9378 sq ft with buildings and is described by metes and bounds from Third street to adjacent parcels. a $300 deposit is required. The sale is conducted by The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank as assignee of the mortgage with Treasurer Austin K Chadwick signing.
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Nicholas W. Norcross
Iter G. Norcross
Ira Leonard
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tra Leonard
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
Third Street
Lowell
Formecy
George W. Howe
Samuel P. Pierce
Cyrus H. Lathim
Locks and Canus
Merrimack River
Sewall Shattuck
J. G. Adams
John L. Moulton
Michael Brennan
Pierce
Ellen G. Norcross
Alden B. Buttrick
Austin K. Chadwick
Mortgage Sale Notice in Lowell Mass 1900
Mortgagee Five Cent Savings Bank seeks public auction of Gillman F Wright property in Lowell Middlesex on January 13 1900 at 10 50 AM for breach of mortgage condition. Auction at J B Conant Co Auctioneers 340 Central Street Lowell. Property detailed with West Adams Street plan lot numbers 17 and 19. Deposit of 300 dollars required from purchaser.
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Gillman F. Wright
Five Cent Savings Bank
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
J. B. Conant & Co
Central Street
Lowell Mass
Lowell
West Adams Street
Smith Adams
Osgood & Snell
Orene
Austin K. Chadwick
Boston and Lowell Railroad Stockholders Meeting Notice
The Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Passenger Station in Boston on Wednesday January 3 1909 at 1030 am. Items include electing directors and by law amendments to Article IV and VIII regarding duties of the vice president and certificate signatures. Pass free transit for stockholders on the Southern Division to Boston with stock certificates.
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Boston & Lowell Corporation
Boston
Acone
Co. E. A. Bartlett, Gerk
Southern Division
T. A. Mackinnon
Boston & Maine Railroad
Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice for Lowell Bank
Stockholders of the First National Bank of Lowell are notified the annual meeting for choosing directors and other business will be held in the banking rooms on Tuesday January 9 1902 at 10 o clock A M J FE Sawyer cashier Lowell December 7 1899
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Williams, En Lowell
Mass
Railroad National Bank
Lowell
Prescott National Bank
Blanghard
Wamesit National Bank Annual Meeting Notice
Wamesit National Bank calls its stockholders to meet in the banking rooms on Tuesday January 16 at 2 PM to elect directors and handle any other business. Attest GoUu Gage cashier Lowell December 16th.
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GoUu Gage
Lowell
de Panean
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Lewis D. Gumb
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