Yankee Goes Down Defends Woman in New Bedford Waters
A U S cruiser Yankee sank off Penikese Island after being towed from a reef in Buzzards Bay during a fog. About 150 crew were landed. the vessel likely turned turtle in shallow water. Earlier, Yankee had struck Spindle Rock near Hen and Chickens reef on Sept 23 and was floated after a costly salvage effort led by John Arbuckle. Commander Marsh remained aboard through the salvage plan.
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New Bedford
Mass
Yankee
Buzards Bay
Penlkese Island
Lebanon
Hen and Chickens Ledge
Newport
Cuttyhunk
Buzzards Bay
Martha’s Vineyard
Spindle Rock
Buzeards Bay
John Arbuckle
New York
Arbuckle
Navy Department
Charles C. Marsh
Torday Comander Marsh
Naval
O'Brien files 74 remonstrances in Bridgeport licenses
Bridgeport on December 5 reports Matthew F. E. O'Brien filed seventy four remonstrances against applications for liquor licenses in the city at the start of the Fairfield County license year.
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O'Brien
Bridgeport
Matthew FE
Fairfield County
Connecticut Weather: Fall Cold Tonight Through Sunday
Forecast for Connecticut calls for fall conditions and colder temperatures tonight and Sunday with light northwesterly winds. A departing lake region storm has moved through the St Lawrence valley, followed by high pressure and clearing skies. Early readings show frigid air with as low as 20 below zero at Albert.
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Connecticut
Lake Region
St Lawrence Valley
Albert
Fatal card spoils plan of ecclesiastical editor
A humorous recounting from Harper's Weekly about The Thunderer appointing an ecclesiastical editor, Mr. Botsford-Hetherington. His grand ambition leads him to celebratory hops from Surbiton to Lambeth Palace, ending with him asleep in a cab and effectively sidelined at the paper. The piece contrasts ambition with solemn church authority and ends with a short moral vignette on truth versus politeness.
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London Times
Thunderer
All England
Phunderer
Surbiton
Ludgate Hill
Green Dragon Bar
Arthur
Cecil Appleby Botsford Hetherington
Temple Bar
Ned
Hansom
Lambeth Palace
Mr. Botsford-Hetherington
The
Harper's Weekly
Pequot Mill Sold to Uncasville Company
Montville December 5 sale of the Pequot cotton mill to the Uncasville company was completed today. The mill will be overhauled at once with Pomigett’s equipment installed and will employ about 100 workers.
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Montville
Pequot
Uncasville Rompany
Jewelry Missing From Mrs Wood’s Home In Philadelphia
Police say jewelry furs and art valued 50000 to 75000 disappeared after the death of Mrs George Wood on October 13 in Philadelphia. Investigators suspect nonprofessional disposal of assets with many items later found hidden in trunks and corners. wealth described as largely imaginary and the deceased in debt.
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Philadelphia
Dee
George Wood
North Broad Street
Girard Trust Co
Mrs Wood
Powder Mill Destroyed in Massachusetts Explosion Kills Two
Maynard Mass December 5 The Corn ing mill of the American Powder Co plant blew up at noon today. Two men were killed and the building demolished. Blames Sepuker Reed. Boston December 5 In New England magazine Governor Guild absolves McKinley and Alger and criticizes Speaker Reed for delay on the emergency ordinance bill ten years ago. Rome December 0 Lloyd Griscom American ambassador met King Victor Emmanuel and presented the cross of honor. Unionville December 5 Joseph Marick 19 confessed to burglary at H Berlstein store. goods recovered. Philadelphia December 5 Tom Longboat arrived to race ten miles against Percy Smallwood.
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Maynard
Mass
American Powder Co
Sepuker Reed
Boston
New England Magazine
Second Massachusetts Infantry
Rome
Dec
Lloyd
Griscom
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Unionville
Dee 5
Joseph Marick
H. Berlstein
Marick
Written Wakeup Note Provokes Deaf Tourist Tale
A deaf tourist in rural England asks to be awakened at a set hour. The amiable cottage owner slips under his door a note saying it is half past 8. The humorous vignette echoes Harper’s Weekly style in a moment of polite propriety.
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England
Indy
Harper's Weekly
Bringing Retort. Wax Bead Necklace From Coal Penria
A fragmentary note from the Baltimore American hints at a clever disguise with a wax bead necklace that looks like coal penria. The line mocks efforts to mislead observers with a fake pendant.
Tree Moved 25 Feet Sparing Local Park Landmark
Library Park Superintendent George Walker reports a major tree relocation near Livery Street as part of the Library Park improvement drive. The tree, moved about twenty five feet with roots well preserved, was propped like a house and left to retain dirt around the roots. A new sidewalk is under construction along Meadow Street on the east side.
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George Walker
Library Park
Walker
Livery Street
Meadow Street
Aged Couple Die in Wilimantic Fire Causes Probed
Fire started by a overturned lamp in an attic bedroom at Moulton's court. John Sullivan and Julia, both over seventy, perished as six firemen fought through smoke to remove the bodies. Loss estimated at 300 dollars with insurance on the property.
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Wilimantic
Willimantic
John Sullivan
Julia
Moulton’s Court
Sullivan
Cattaro Bombarded as Montenegro War Flares
Montenegrin forces bombarded Cattaro a Dalmatian Austro-Hungarian seaport for six hours. Vienna confirms war activity. Austrian troops depart from Fiume aboard 5,500 men. Separately in Cleveland, lawyers clash with water-works over elevator outage. rail traffic snarled near Toledo after a derailment and crane accident.
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Vienna
Der
Cattaro
Austro-Hungary
Dalmatia
Ministry of War
Dee F
Fiume
Cattary
Austria
Adriatic
Danny Maher Wins Debut At Kempton Park
American jockey Danny Maher won his hurdle debut at Kempton Park today riding Dafila the favorite in the Staines handicap. In Huntington West Virginia a fight between deputies and moonshiners left one moonshiner dead and several injured according to dispatches.
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London
Dee
Danny Maher
Kempton Park
Hoe
Staines
Dafila
Huntington
W. Va
Dee 5
Revolution Army Enters Port au Prince Under Simon
The revolutionary army of 8,000 moved into Port au Prince at eight this morning led by General Simon who received an ovation from the crowd. The entry was orderly and well orderly.
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Port Au Prince
Dee
Revolutionary Army
Simon
Two Dead and Thirty Injured in Seattle Rail Car Crash
Seattle reports two killed and about thirty injured in a streetcar wreck near the city. In Ansonia, James Flanagan, 28, shot himself at his Fourth Street boarding house. the bullet near his heart leaves recovery doubtful as he’s been out of work since Thanksgiving and despondent. He was taken to New Haven hospital.
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Wash
Here
Flanagan
Ansonia
James Flanagan
Fourth Street
New Haven Hospital
Several Local Updates and Incidents Noted in City News
City notes a new fire alarm box No 382 installed at Citizens Coal Co yard. Underwear prices at Upson Singleton Co store. Alderman John H. Malone ill with typhoid at his Bank Street home. Stranger named Frank arrives at Frank J. Bergen’s 11 Summer Street. Men’s League of Third Congregational Church to meet with Rev Sherrod Soule lecturing. Antonio Dionirio arrested for lumber theft and concealed pistol. Boilers burst at the new station after freezing water during inspection week. Bar admission exams announce December 30 in New Haven with candidates from Waterbury and Naugatuck. Estate claim hearings for late George Pritchard ongoing. Mabel McCaul injured by tweezers hidden in chair cushion. treated by Dr Benedict. City tax foreclosure judgments and mortgage foreclosure details given. Edith French funeral held in Naugatuck. interment at Calvary. Grand Street conduit permit requires removal of all wires and poles, including some owned by Connerd ent Co. Mary Brophy funeral notices conclude report.
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Upson
Singleton & Co
Main Street
John H. Malone
Fourth Ward
Bank Street
Malone
Frank J. Bergen
Summer Street
Frank
Men's League
Third Congregational Church
Sherrod Soule
Naugatuck
Antonio
Dionirio
New Haven
John L. Gaffney
Farrel J. G. Martin
Michael J. Noonan Jare
Waterbury
Henry J. Freeman
Martin J.caine
M. F. McNis
Emil Humel
George Pritchard
Mabel McCaul
Department 22
Waterbury Clock
Day
Pieter Fitzhenry
Carmine Martone
Edith French
High Street
St Fransin’ Church
Father Fitzgerald
Calvary Cemetery
James Kenney
Raymond £. Dungwell
James OH. Clark
Frederick Brown
Thoms
Grand Street
Connerdent Co
Mary Brophy
Pequot
Grandview Avenues
Warren Park
St Michael's Church
Waterrlie
Joseph's Cemetery
Father Trasnor
Metals Turn Black as Oil Wells Poison Air
Reports from Cosbocas Mexico say fumes from a massive oil flow turn metals black and kill birds and affect eyesight over wide areas. Consul Griffth notes deaths of laborers and animals in Tampico region from noxious gases as vast containment efforts fail. Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan dies at 29 Park Avenue New Rochelle New York.
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Joseph B. Coghlan
Rochelle
Washington
Dee
Ixty
Cosbocas
Mexico
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Griffth
N E O P NOTES On Lodge Meetings And Plans
The N E O P held two meetings in Speedwell and Columbus halls. Anchorlodge nominated year officers for December 17 and appointed members to coordinate the 4th annual dance in January. Sheridan lodge named officers and debated venue for the event, with dep uty participation urged. Brass City lodge’s 14th anniversary is set for Monday night with expected high officials from Massachusetts and local lodges. Mattatuck and Humboldt meet Thursday and Friday in Mechanics hall. Also promotion for January Cosmopolitan Magazine and Evening Democrat subscriptions with coat offers.
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New England Order of Protection
Speedwell Hall
Anchorlodge
Elisha Beadle
Edward Morgan
Augustus Parthenay
Sheridan Lodge
Columbus Hall
Buckingham
City Hall
Humboldt Lodge
Mechanics Hall
Brass City Lodge
Peabody
Rice
Voth
Massachusetts
Toiles
Whalen
Drew
Mattatuck
Humboldt
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Duveen
France
Duveen Bros
Chicago
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Drake
Schneider
Board of Education
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Tom Longboat
Percy Smallwood
Wales
New York Press
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Committee On Water Supply
Old Harry
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Board of Public Works
Cleveland
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Toledo
City News
New Rochelle
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New York Navy Yard
Coghlan
Park Avenue
New Roche
Mra Coghlan
Charles Chamberlain
Sutton Maenor
Evening Democrat
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Cosmopolitan
Dred
Alling Rubber Co
Congress
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