Excursion Fleet Overcrowds Start of Race Day
New York October 1 The Saturday close and pleasant morning drew a large crowd of excursion craft to the starting line. Wind twelve miles per hour from the northeast at Sandy Hook, course set east beat south-southwest west broad reach north northwest west and finish on starboard tack. Start at 11 with Columbia leading and Shamrock needing a restart after an early crossing. Official Marconi times: Columbia 11 00 10 Shamrock 11 00 22.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Columbia
Shamrock
Marconi
Race Bulletin: Shamrock Leads in Shifting Light Winds
Reports from Long Island and New Jersey show wind falling to near calm, with the British challenger reporting early trouble before the start. Columbia leads at times as both yachts shift tack, then Shamrock pulls ahead while wind veers southeast and strengthens, closing the first mark with Shamrock in front.
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New York
Long Island
Jersey
Boston dentist charged with business crookedness
A Boston dentist faces arrest on a business crookedness charge. The piece notes his professional skill could affect the case. Various quips about editors, trousers, and suspender jokes appear, alongside references to Admiral Evans testimony and Salem teaching tenure. The region’s political week is described as conventional.
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Boston
Unknown man strikes Lizzie Conley in Shawmut avenue
Lizzie Conley, 34, of 135 Dover street, told Boston City Hospital staff she was attacked on Shawmut avenue on September 25 by an unknown man who she believes mistook her for someone else. Her jaw was fractured in the assault.
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Boston
Lizzie Conley
Dover Street
City Hospital
Shawmut Avenue
Bank unit advertises services and hours at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street
Transacts a general banking business issues foreign exchange payable worldwide in English renoh German and Swedish money furnishes safety deposit boxes with private rooms pays in its Savings Department 3 percent per annum compounded semi annually interest begins monthly has a ladies banking room depository of United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts banking hours 8 am to 4 pm Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm banking rooms 30 to 46 Middlesex Street 11 to 24 Post Office Avenue
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United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seventeen Dead in Dunsmure Mines Fire After Explosion
A dispatch from Extension British Columbia reports a fire in No. 2 slope of the Dunsmure mines with seventeen deaths so far. No water is available and there is no way to extinguish the blaze following a terrific explosion.
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Dunsmure
Shaft
Victoria
B. C
Extension
PUPILS CANNOT SMOKE AT SCHOOL MEASURE ADOPTED
Boston reports the Somerville school board enacted a rule banning smoking and tobacco use in all school buildings and on the way to and from school. It grants the district committee power to suspend violators. Charles F. Abbot of Gardner was chosen sub-master of the English high school at 1800 dollars yearly.
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Boston
Somerville School Board
Charles F. Abbot
Gardner
Morton Heiress Weds Count De Perigord in London
Paris dispatch reports the marriage contract signed between Helen Morton, daughter of Hon. Levi P. Morton, and Count Boson de Perigord, son of the Duke of Talley rand. The wedding is planned for Saturday in London.
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Paris
Helen Morton
Levi P. Morton
Count Boson de Perigord
Duke of Talleyrand
London
Morse Takes Control Of Telephone Company In Opt.
New York September 30 Charles W Morse exercised his option and gained control of the Telephone Telegraph and Cable Company of America. He was said to hold more than two thirds of the stock securing control of the firm.
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Charles W. Morse
The
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Co. of America
New York
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company of America
Morse
Danish gunboat Noen sinks during practice
Copenhagen Oct 1 The Danish gun boat Noen foundered during gun practice with its masthead visible above water. The 35 man crew were saved. The iron gunboat weighed 356 tons.
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Copenhagen
Noen
Scranton Railroad Strike Halts All Cars in Lackawanna
Scranton Pa Oct 1 A strike by Lackawanna Railroad employees began this morning involving about six hundred men in valley area causing no cars to run across the system. The walkout affects the entire Lackawanna region with a total stoppage reported.
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Scranton
Scranton Railroad Company
Lackawanna
Valley
Testimony of Rear Admiral Evans before Schley court
Washington September 30 Rear Admiral Evans testified about the Iowa and Brooklyn at Santiago and Cienfuegos during the 1898 campaign. He described the battle off Santiago and the maneuver near the Texas as the fleet closed in on the Spanish columns and discussed a secret insurgent signal memorandum he could not locate.
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Santiago
Schley
Washington
Evans
Iowa
Schley Naval Court of Inquiry
Key West
Colon
Theodore F. Jewell
Minneapolis
James M. Miller
Merrimack
Hobson
Cienfuegos
Cervera
Merrimac
Brooklyn
Admiral Lemly
Texas
Towa
Philip
Capt
Mr. Rayner
Admiral Evans
Evans Still On Court Hearings On Cuban Signals
Court and attendants expressed sympathy for Capt. Lemly over his sister’s death by burning yesterday. Lemly attended the opening but withdrew. Rear Admiral Evans testified first, saying he was not instructed to share the secret signal code with Schley when Chadwick gave it to him.
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Iowa
Brooklyn
Texas
Oregon
Colon
Rayrer
Admiral Evans
Key West
Cienfuegos
Chadwick
Lemly
Schley
Boston Symphony hall auction sets premium records
In Boston on October 1, auctioned seats for the 21st season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra rehearsal concerts drew premiums from 10 to 35 percent over last year. A single seat sold for 225 dollars, five seats averaged 135 dollars, and near seats fetched large sums. Total seats sold 1652 with floor 1212 and balcony 440, floor premiums from 15 dollars and up, near aisle seats commanding 75 to 100 dollars in premium.
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Boston
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Row Over Minutes In Wardman Glennon Case
New York September 30 Judge Foster agrees to continue the motion to dismiss the indictment against Wardman Glennon as assistant district attorney Garvan notes Ridgway cannot view grand jury minutes ordered released. Ridgway accuses DA of contempt, while Foster orders access to the minutes and adjourns the argument to next Monday.
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New York
Wardman
Glennon
James W. Ridgway
Foster
Albany man seeks clues on missing Gleason uncle link
Thomas F. Daly of 46 Norton Street Albany asks police for information about William Gleason who is believed to have visited Albany between 1845 and 1850 after coal business in Boston with his uncle and a later settlement in Ohio Daly says his mother is Gleason's sister and urges anyone with details to contact police.
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Thomas F. Daly
Norton Street
Albany
N. Y
William Gleason
Boston
Lowell
Ohio
Ask Him Ask Your Doctor About Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer's Sarsaparilla this grand old family medicine and splendid tonic. Follow his advice and we will be satisfied. Available at all druggists for $1. Ayer Co. Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
Drunken defendants face judge in early reform era court
In a police court session Judge Hadley deals with a string of drunks and offenders. Martin Pihl, a Swedish immigrant, seeks to return to Sweden after admitting chronic intoxication since May 9. Several others, including Peter McCarthy and Michael Murtagh, receive sentences to the State farm or probation, with modest fines for a few first offenders. Helen Kennedy returns from jail and is placed on probation, while several men are released or fined small amounts. The docket highlights reliance on reform measures and family support in Sweden and Massachusetts.
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Martin Pihl
Marshall
Hadley
Pihl
Sweden
Slattery
Massachusetts Reformatory
Peter McCarthy
Kennedy
Market Street
McCarthy
State Farm
Michael Murtagh
John L. Mahony
Carl Brett
John P. Connors
Helen M. Kennedy
Penacook
N. H
Helen
John McGillicuddy
William B. Brady
Alexander Fraser
Joseph Goss
Emory Proventher
Daniel Mulcahy
Lowell Loom-Fixers Convene for Wage Increase Talks
Lowell loom-fixers met Monday at Merrimack and Kirk streets to discuss wage hikes in Fall River. Delegates from various unions urged higher pay and, after speeches, the Loom-fixers union delegates to the textile council were instructed to join with other city unions demanding a 6 percent raise. One initiation and two applications were noted.
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Lowell Loom-fixers
Merrimack
Kirk Streets
Fall River
City Hall News Outline of Tonight Meetings
At the common council meeting an order will be introduced directing the superintendent of streets to extend the electric street sprinkler service from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. The committee on public baths will hold another meeting tonight to outline action before year’s end. A meeting of the committee on light is also noted.
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Committee On
Nail torn from finger at United States Cartridge plant
James Ready of 32 Court Street suffered a lacerated left hand with the third finger nail torn off and another finger cut when a box of bullets fell at the United States Cartridge company. He was treated at Emergency hospital.
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James Ready
Court Street
United States Cartridge Company
Requiem Mass Held for Sister Beatrice at St Peter's
A high Mass of requiem was celebrated at St Peter's church this morning at 8 o'clock for the repose of the soul of the late Sister Beatrice. Rev Father Ronan celebrant and the choir sang. Four Sisters of Charity were present.
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St. Peter's Church
Beatrice
Ronan
Sisters of Charity
Poole III Listed Among Lowell's Sick List
Dr Poole III is named among those on Lowell's sick list in the local health update.
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DR. Poole III
Dr. Poole
Lowell
Alleged Bunco Steerer Caught in Boston Case
Boston tale unfolds of Dr George H Whittemore a 45 year old East Milton dentist accused of leading a bunco scheme. He lured Victims to New York with promises of easy profits then parted them from thousands of dollars through a staged gambling setup. Victims include Joseph Gaskins and Charles Fish who lost 2500 and 4000 respectively while Whittemore fended off scrutiny as New York authorities prepared grand jury indictments for grand larceny.
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Boston
Watty
McGarr
Armstrong
George H. Whittemore
Eaton Street
East Milton
New York
Dr. Whittemore
Whittemore
Watts
Metropolis
Joseph Gaskins
Gaskins
Charles Fish
Chief Watts
Fish and Gaskins
West Fiftieth Street
Shawmut Avenue
Capt
Wescott
Division 6
Fish
Shannon case details emerge in Be ville-Shea court appearance
It is alleged the woman prominent in the Be ville-Shea case is Maud Shannon, not Miss Shannon, as Shea is the name of her stepfather who married her mother when she was three. The stepfather says the long residence in his home created the impression she was his daughter.
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Beville-Shea
Miss Maud Shannon
Shea
Shannon
Miss Shannon
October 10 Last Grand Excursion on Boston & Albany
October 10 marks the Last Grand Excursion on the Boston and Albany line traveling through Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield and the Berkshires to Albany and thence to New York by Hudson River boats or Fall River Line or N. Y., N. H. & H. returning to Boston for $5.00. Descriptive leaflet available from A S Hanson, Gen. Pass Agent, Boston.
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Boston & Albany
Worcester
Springfield
Pittsfield
Berkshires
Albany
Hudson River
New York
Fall River Line
N. Y
Boston
Hanson
Bostom
Registrars Add 1 Percent and 49 Names to Voting List
Registrars of voters added 1 percent of names to the voting lists yesterday afternoon and 49 more in the evening, bringing the total for the day to 64 entries.
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Bulletins OF Race
Windward
Nota Bene
Salem
Parker- Harris
Traders National Bank
the Traders National Bank
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
Count de Perigord
Bob Evans
Schley Court
Rayner
Commodore Schley
Graham
Bobby
Cook
Capt. Cook
Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans
J.C, Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
City Hall News
BUNCO
Her Name
IS Shannon
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