Secretary Long Honored by Massachusetts Republicans Dinner
Boston Oct 26 Secretary of the Navy John D Long received a warm New England welcome at Music Hall during the annual Republican club dinner. About 800 Republicans from across Massachusetts cheered as Long was introduced and spoke amid an enthusiastic reception. Senator Lodge praised the navy and Secretary Long, predicting Roosevelt as New York’s next governor and urging support to avoid free silver and tariff changes. The event capped seven years of club activity with widespread applauding gestures for Long and other guests.
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Boston
John D. Long
Navy
New England
Music Hall
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Wables
Massachus
Secretary Long
Senator Lodge
New York
Roosevelt
Club
Navy Department
Wolcott
Nelson ‘Dingley
Maine
Francis H. Appleton
Nelson Dingley
W. Murray Crane
Alanson W. Beard
John L. Bates
House of Representatives
Sohier
War Department
Col. Sohier
Spain
Dewey
Manila
Hobson
Santiago
Gov. Wolcott
Congress
Long
Massachusetts Republicans Hail Secretary Long in Boston
The Republican club banquet in Boston drew Governor Wolcott Senator Lodge and Nelson Dingley among others. Col Sohier lauded Massachusetts war efforts, Dewey, Hobson, and Manila, while Gov Wolcott urged unity for the November elections and praised Long’s leadership. The gallery overflowed with supporters and Lowell attendees were listed.
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Nelson Dingley
Lowell
Republican Club
Boston
Frederic Lawton
Capt
C.S. Proctor
Col
A. M. Chadwick
Royal W. Gates
Henry K. Gates
Joseph Evans
Dr. Rombough
Charles E. Carter
Roland H. Boutwell
Co. E. Copeland
Thayer Prescott Gates
Cyrus Barton
H. R. Rice
C. P. Conant
Large Gale Lumber fire hits Cambridgeport mill at dawn
The George W. Gale Lumber plant at 640 Main Street Cambridgeport suffered a major blaze at about 3:30 AM. Damage around 20000 dollars mainly from water soaking kiln dried lumber. machinery valued at 7000 dollars largely destroyed. Firefighters overcome by smoke but crews saved the building. Insured for 45000 dollars.
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Boston
George W. Gale Lumber Company
Main Street
Cambridgeport
Albany
Capt
Hunter
Cutting
Haley
Chemical 1
Gale
Moody addresses Young Men's Republican club in Salem
Congressman Moody of the Sixth district spoke at the Young Men’s Republican club headquarters on campaign issues including naval efficiency and wartime medicine supply. He praised the Eighth Massachusetts regiment, its officers, and stressed fair inquiry into the secretary of war while condemning mismanagement regardless of party.
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Salem
Moody
Sixth Congressional District
Young Men's Republican Club
Zetarkf
Eighth Massachusetts
Col. Pew
Congress
Mr. Moody
Navy
War Departments
War Department
Policy Bias and Selection in Political Systems
A fragment discusses how senators and representatives interfere with policy and notes a contrast in how officers are chosen. It asserts that individuals with political favor are readily acceptable, unlike those whose merit would recommend them.
Corbin's Party Wins In Supreme Court Decision
Boston Oct 26 Judge Lathrop ruled in New England Mining Security Co vs Brewster that the Austin Corbin party is entitled to have its votes counted from the corporation's annual meeting. William G Bosworth of New York and Austin Corbin Jr are named president and treasurer. The case sought mandamus to force surrender of company property by current officers Brewster and Sherman.
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Boston
Lathrop
Supreme Court
New England Mining Security Company
J. F. Brewster
Austin Corbin
William G. Bosworth
New York
Austin Corbin, Jr
Connecticut
Corbin
Messrs
Brewster
Sherman
The Dubuque Law Not a Sweeping Measure
Boston reports the Dubuque bill aimed at those who refuse payment for necessaries is not as sweeping as hoped. Since Sept 1 it has seen only 15 cases in the central poor debtor court, with none resulting in imprisonment. district courts share jurisdiction, possibly limiting central court load.
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Boston
Dubuque
Central Poor Debtor Court
Central Court
Stabbed Wife and Fire Fatal Tragedy at Blackstone
Mitchell Bartholomi a French-born man shot his wife Delia five times inflicting mortal injuries and then set fire to their home in five places before killing himself as officers arrived. His actions indicate a deranged plan to murder followed by self-destruction in the late afternoon incident at Blackstone.
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Blackstone
Mitchell Bartholomi
France
Delia
Bartholomi
Directors Elected at Central Mass Railroad Stockholders Meeting
At the annual meeting in Union Station Boston on October 26, stockholders elected directors including Samuel N Aldrich Marlboro Thomas H Perkins Henry Woods Joseph H Gray Charles E Sweet John W Weeks George W Morse Robert S Bradley George Van Dyke Lancaster N H Ephrem Stearns Waltham Wim G Shillaker and James P Graves Boston No other business was conducted.
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Boston
the Central
Mass
Fennesey Inquiry Opens as Catlin Absence Delays
Boston October 26 The court of inquiry into charges against Lieut. Fennessey quartermaster of the Ninth met today with recorder Lieut. Catlin absent in New Hampshire and expected back this afternoon The court will reconvene tomorrow at 9 45 in the South armory to press the inquiry swiftly.
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Boston
Fennessey
Ninth
Catlin
New Hampshire
South Armory
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Lowell Man
A Lowell motorman H Doyle reports kidney backache dizziness and headaches eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought them at Ellingwood Co. and says the cure left no trace of his former trouble. The ad notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. as sole U S agents. For sale by Carter Sherbourne.
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Doan
Lowell
H. Doyle
Middlesex Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
Boston Writer Beheaded in French Congo Affair
Boston reports a Boston man Edgard E. Eude was killed by natives in the French Congo while ashore to buy fowls and eggs. An agent letter says the assailants were known and pursued by troops. Also, Lydia Sutherland alias Lizzie Frazer alias Mary Bolton was held on larceny charges and ordered to post bonds for November grand jury appearance.
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Boston
French Congo
Africa
Edgard E. Eude
Messrs
F. & A. Swanzy
London
Eude
Messrs. Pettingill & Everett
Pantah
Roxbury
Lydia Sutherland
Lizzie Frazer
Mary Bolton
Catherine L. Harriman
Huntington Avenue
McKinley Arrival Alters Philadelphia Jubilee Plan
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley with cabinet members arrived in Philadelphia at noon. The jubilee committee met at the mayor's office and quickly decided to postpone the day’s schedule until Friday.
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Philadelphia
McKinley
Alger
Wilson
Smith
Citizen's Jubilee Committee
Killed by Belt in Carding Machine Wreck
Middletown Comn Oct 26 Abraham F Enos foreman at Tiddall's Oakum company Middle Haddam was fatally injured when caught in a belt and wound around shafting while making adjustments to a carding machine. He was 56 and unmarried.
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Middletown
Comn
Abraham F. Enos
Tiddall’s Oakum Company
Middle Haddam
Nashua Manufacturing starts new cotton mill project
The Nashua Manufacturing company began construction of a new weaving mill in Nashua New Hampshire. The facility measures 100 by 200 feet, two stories high and will house 600 looms, expanding the firm's manufacturing capacity.
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Nashua, N. H
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Southeast storm sweeps New England coast
A powerful storm from Nantucket to Eastport brought heavy rain and stiff gales across coastal cities. Boston reported nearly 1.5 inches of rain by nightfall, with Vermont near the storm center experiencing 50 mph winds. A steamer and fishing vessel faced the gale as ships sought shelter. A schooner, Terrapin, sank off Cape Elizabeth after a leak, its crew surviving. Race Point life saving reports a drifting fishing schooner seeking help as gusts rise.
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Boston
New England
Nantucket
Eastport
Vermont
Portland
New York
St. John
N. B
Cape Elizabeth
Calais
Princeton
Race Point
Winter Storm Paralyzes Midwest and Lands on Lakes
A powerful storm sweeping from the southern Lake Michigan region brought heavy rain and wet snow across the Midwest and into the Gulf states. Blizzard conditions, gale winds, and drifting snow disrupted streetcars and rail travel while telegraph and telephone systems suffered outages. Several ships faced danger on Lake Michigan, Huron, and Superior as vessels sought safety in Chicago harbor. Temperature plunges reached 37 in Chicago and dropped 28 degrees in Springfield and Abilene, with October rainfall exceeding normal by about one inch.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Abilene
Tex
Springfield
Ill
Davenport
Dubuque
Gale Strikes Chicago as Seas Batter Lake Michigan
A powerful gale battered Chicago and Lake Michigan for over a day. By 10 pm winds shifted southward and seas began to subside. Despite numerous disasters affecting the salooner fleet, there were no reported fatalities.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Generals Dalton's Father Dies in Salem
Boston, Oct 26. Col Joseph A Dalton father of Adjt Dalton died at his sister's home in Salem this afternoon from old age.
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Salem
Boston
Joseph A. Dalton
Adjt
Old fashioned medicine offered for Chamberlain remedy
Old fashions in dress may be revived but no old fashioned medicine can replace Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sale by Ellingwood Co. at Merrimack Central and Middlesex Central streets.
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Chamberlain
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex
Central Streets
Sale of Comerford property in Lowell by mortgagee Hall
By virtue of a mortgage deed dated July 16 1889 Comerford of Lowell mortgages property to Seth B Hall. Breach of condition leads to public sale on November 12 1893 at 4 PM of five thousand square foot lot on Seventeenth Street Lowell, plan lot 75 62 with buildings, lot 62 bounded by Dracut plan. $200 at sale, balance in ten days. taxes unpaid.
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Charles P. Comerford
Andrew Fahey
Lowell
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seth LB. Hall
Seventeenth Street
Numphrey Street
Mass
Dracut
Osgood and Snell
Civil
John McKay Pardoned By Gov Wolcott
Boston October 26 Governor Wolcott pardoned John McKay from the Suffolk house of correction for forgery upon executive council recommendation. McKay, serving four years, would have been freed in 1901 but poor health and a hospital confinement led to the pardon. He has been in a hospital chair with fainting spells, and doctors say he cannot leave the hospital for likely until his sentence would have expired. His left leg and thigh were amputated and further confinement could worsen his condition.
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Boston
Executive Council
Wolcott
John McKay
Suffolk House of Correction
McKay
Marcellus Sails for Tompkinsville from Charlestown Yard
Boston dispatch reports the United States collier Marcellus has orders to depart Charlestown navy yard for Tompkinsville tomorrow after weeks at anchor. Crewmen were landed for battalion drill as earlier evolutions revealed weakness and the need for training.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States
Marcellus
Tompkinsville
Relief Arrives in Philadelphia With 246 Sick Soldiers
The hospital ship Relief reaches Philadelphia from Ponce with 246 sick soldiers aboard. One death is reported, Fred R. Goodhous, Company D, Third Wisconsin Volunteers, died from heart failure after typhoid fever. About 150 are convalescent. 96 require transport on stretchers. The national relief committee provides milk and delicacies. Lieut. Col. R. S. Huidekoper, chief surgeon, aboard plans to testify before a war investigation panel and may return to Porto Rico.
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Philadelphia
Relief
Ponce
P. R
Fred R. Goodhouse
Wisconsin Volunteers
National Relief Committee
R. S. Huidekoper
Porto Rico
United States
Huidekoper
Washington
Royal Commissioners Complete Work on French Shore Question
Royal commissioners Sir John Brampton and Admiral Sir James Erskine have finished their task in St John s Newfoundland and will return to England Saturday. Their talks with the colonial ministry produced a satisfactory basis for negotiations to settle the dispute. The ministry vows loyal cooperation to implement the arrangement, and the British report to the colonial office is expected to endorse Newfoundland s position.
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St. Johns
N. F
John Brampton
James Erskine
England
Colonial Ministry
British Commission
British Colonial Office
New Foundland
Notice of administration of estate of Ashbel F Pierce
The subscriber Geo Willis Pierce administrator of the estate of Ashbel F Pierce late of Lowell Middlesex departed intestate has taken the trust by bond All persons with claims against the estate must present them and all debts are payable to Geo Willis Pierce Adm 14 Myrtie Street Jamaica Plain October
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Ashbel F. Pierce
Lowell
Middlesex
Massachusetts
Geo. Willis Pierce
Adm
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