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WEATHER BAIN OR 8NOW TONIGHT FAIR AND COLDER TOMORROW DO YOU READ THE Womans "tr Page Bwiboll biiiU timely teRei seful Information grouped and sc varlscy of ntru on tb (40 Udtl tWM (A Globe LARGEST GUARANTEED CIRCULATION IN PALL RIVER AND VICINITr VOL XL-IV NO 3 FALL RIVER MASS 'TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 19 6 PRICE TWO CENTS DR RT DAVIS DEAD GOVERNMENT DEFEATED SAYS GUILD TOOK CHECK FOR EULOGY OF III THE HOUSE OF LORDS Ex-Mayor Ex-Congressman and Prominent Figure in the History DOME MY FULL DUTY WILL IRAN HOW DO HIS?" Governor Guild Delivers Most Searching Speech of Campaign to Date Moran Clergy Assist in Passing an Amendment to the Education Bill Also Demands That Fairbank Turn Over the Property Hon Robert Davis died at his residence on High street yesterday afternoon at 325 He had been confined to the house but a few days In his last Illness but had suffered a previous attack about a month ago He had been compelled to remain at home at frequent Intervals during the past year his extreme age 11 BOSTON Oct Governor Guild delivered his reply to John Moran la Brookline town hall last night to an audience 2090 strong Hie power ot underlining words by modulation eg the voice was used with conspicuous effect His reception by the Brookline i of speeches and there could be but one choice between us He refuses to answer the 33 questions I prepared He says he prefers to stand on his past record I would give him his choice to speak first or last aa he preferred There la no question he could put to me that I would not answer I have 33 not one of which he dared to answer The dignity of his PP1 overwhelmingly enthusVae-position will not allow him to answer Uc HU appearance on the Patf them I will give you an example of I his dignity On the platform he has eulogised the hate President McKinley and said that as a Republican he voted for him Aa a Democratic Independent voter not being In favor of free ellver openly supported McKinley and voted for him' he entered alone and ahead of the gave the signal for a tremendous burst of cheering which was again and again renewed Not until the guv emor had ceased bowing hie arknowl-edgtnente could the chairman of the meeting Sumner Foster In word fused to reduce to writing This is no roorback saved up fer months to be furg Into the beat and eaeUrroest cf a campaign This le an official report with eerious and formal charges which you base had before yes for cine months Ton pledged yourself to action You boast cf prosecuting fop graft when the sum In question Se or wo Why do you refrain from petting prosecution to the finish when the get a A year ago In this city Oorerrvor Guild! came to deliver an eulogy at te erec- trw Introduc tion of a monument to the dead Pres-1 tory sentences been spoken than the ldent McKinley After he had delivered I big audience again abandoned Itself to It he accepted a check for 3100 In oom-1 cheering and applause Then with the district office eter before graft mounts late the hundreds c-t thousands? You say yon did not move In this Fenway scandal because yz bad not sufficient assistant Isn't It true that your predecessor rever made such aa excuse? Isn't It true that you have always had as much help as be bad? Isn't It true that I ag-ned as governor a legislative act glvtrg you mere power and office assistance than the Ftfalk LONDON Oct 80 The first vote In committee of the house of the lords on the education bill was taken last night and resulted In the defeat of the government by a majority of 200 The vote came on an amendment to the first clause In the bill The amendment which was offered by Lord Heneage Liberal makes llglous Instruction compulsory during a part of the daily school hours lp all I the public elementary schools i 1 Karl Crewe speaking for the govern ment refused to accept the amendment but after a most businesslike debate the amendment was carried by a vote of 238 to 66 i Jhe majority included entire opposition In the house of lords with the exception of Lord Amptlll wht voted with the minority 1 Among the majority were the Archbishop of Canterbury 20 bishops and the Duke of Devonshire Among the minority were all the peers who are members pf the i government and Lord Rosebery the i Duke of Manchester the Earl of Durham Earl of Russell the Marquis of I Northampton Lord Brassey Lord Orlmthorp Lord Weardale LordHav-: ersham and Lord Reay 1 The attendance was greater than any time since the late debate on the home rule bill The galleries of the house were thronged with peeresses and members of the house of commons anxious to watch the progress of the measure i John Redmond the Irish leader moved the adjournment of the house of commons yesterday In order to call attention to the lack of progress In the matter of reinstating evicted tenants In Ireland owing as the speaker alleged to the landlords hindering the operation of the land act by refusing to sell untenanted lands The land com-! rnissioners were consequently unable to provide farms for evicted tenants smiles gone 'from bis face Goremori la history cf the tea Mr Redmond said It was obvious that tbs government must resort to some system of compulsion The patience Of the Irish people was becom lng exhausted although the Irish party desired jto give opportunity for the greatest! degree of fair play pending a declaration of the government's inten tlon regarding Irish self-government he thought that Chief Secretary for Ireland Bryce ought to grapple with the matter vigorously Replying to Mr Redmond Mr Bryce after tome debate said the government id done its best to cope with the grave obstacles before It and had won a certain measure of success If the remedy Is compulsion the chief secretary said the government might have to come to that Walter Hume Long Conservative then declared that Mr statement Involved a complete triumph for the Nationalists and the subject was dropped! Replying to further questions In the house ot commons today regarding the conclusion of the modus vivendl on the fisheries question without the adherence of Newfoundland Mr Church-111 the jarllamentary secretary for thi colonial office explained that the modus xlvendi was a temporary arrangement Intended to avoid the occurrence of-untoward Incidents during the negotiations necessitated by the action taken by the colonial government In spite cf the representations of his majesty government The usual course had been followed in consulting the colonial government at every step but the ultimate responsibility for any action taken by Great Britain In order to give effect to treaty engagements with foreign powers necessarily rested with hU majesty's government Forelsm Secretary Grey 1 announced tthat the correspondence with the United- I States and Newfoundland would be presented to the house as soon as it could be prepared DR DAVIS pensatlon for so delivering It Hera Is the dignity that characterises my opponent 1 He that I represent mob rule: that I-am a mob leader a Cossack 1 obey all the laws of my country Since elected district attorney I have done all In my-power carry out these laws If he could only hear 3000 men say 'Well done Curtis he would not be sneering at the Prohlbitlonlsta He Is not sneering at them to drive them away from me but he thinks by so doing be can drive Democrats away from me I want him to get no votes under false pretences He says that when I was elected I made promises as district attorney which I have not Guild grappled Immediately with his theme The burden his speech was John Moran There was plenty of cheering when the governor formally banded over the business of looking after Mr Fairbank to the district attorney but the enthusiasm culminated only at the literally hurled at the Democratic Tve done my duty without the slightest suggestion from him Will the man who dares bow do tolsT" There was another outburst after the governor's declaration 1 propose to SPRINGFIELD Oct John Moran invaded the western part of the state last night and was greeted by large crowds in this city Holyoke and Chicopee In this city he threw a bombshell into the Republican camp when he revealed the fact that Governor Guild last year accepted a check fof 3100 for delivering the address at the unveiling of the McKinley monument In this city Mr Moran again attacked former Senator Wilson Fairbanks of Warren who Is a member of the state commission on the Jamestown exposition Mr Moran claimed Mr Fair-bank had at his home In Warren between 32000 and 33000 worth of state property -The speaker called upon Governor Guild to send a member of the state police to Warren and take the state property to Boston In connection with the recent trial of Robert Proctor private secre tary of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on a charge of larceny from JohmG Best gen Mr Moran said that In addition to 3225 which Bestgen gave Proctor presents were made by Bestgen to Chairman Thomas Talbot and Treaxur er Reynolds consisting of razors scissors and other cutlery The rally attracted over 1600 people a smaller crowd than Governor Guild attracted last week John Bennett chairman of the Democratic city committee Introduced Charles Spellman as presiding officer of the evening and Mr Spellman Introduced George Fred Williams of Dedham as the first speaker Mr Williams said that as he comes Into the western part of the state the air Is purer politically than In the eastern part In closing he said the Boston papers had neglected to report his speeches but he expected better treatment In Spring-field Gerry Brown referred to Governor condemnation ot extravagant methods of advertising by posters and in the newspapers and said Governor Guild was not consistent as Is shown by the posters here In Springfield He said: have enjoyed getting In close touch with the workingmen of this commonwealth and I believe I bad rather have three wteksljnore of campaigning and drop In my tracks than be lieutenant governor of Mr Moran did not arrive at Court Square theatre until nearly 10 and he spoke for about 50 minutes Mr Moran said In part: made two speeches already this evening I am not at the present moment feeling In a very pugnacious mood This contest Is between the Republican candidate for governor and myself He has sought to make It national Issue but I will not allow him to hide himself behind the president I have challenged Mr Guild to meet me In Joint discussion upon every topic we may care to discuss but he answers that Is beneath his dignity as governor of the state tp accept my challenge Night after night he appears on the platform and pleads for votes He faces audiences not as lArge and enthusiastic as this If he will only come with me I will guarantee him houses every night with every seat filled He dares not accept He knows he Is the reciter of prepared speeches and I a preparer UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS Lay Out Organization Plans in the Cities of Lowell 83 years compelling great care In his habits Dr Robert Davis had been prodilnent citizen of Fall River for 56 years and was one of the very wealthy men of the city probably among the first five of the richest citizens He was bom In County Down Ireland Aug 28 1823 and was the son of John Davis and Sarah Thompson His father was a Presbyterian and his mother a member ot the Society of Friends They came to America In 1826 and settled In Amesbury Mass Dr Davis was educated In the at Providence and at Amesbury academy and beiyin the study of medicine with Dr Thomas Wilbur well remembered as a leading physician In Fall River He passed two years at Tremont Medical Bchool In Boston and was graduated from the medical" department of Harvard college in 1847 In 1850 he came to Fall River and began the practice of his profession winning a high rank as a skilful physician He was the youngest president of the Bristol County Medical society and was a member of a number of medical associations When' a young man he was active In the anti-slavery movement and in 1851 made a speech In favor of Instructing the local representatives to vote for Charles Sumner for United States senator HO was a member of the state constitutional convention In 1853 and In 1858 and 1861 was a state senator He was a member of the national Republican convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln In 1860 and also In 1876 when Rutherford Hayes was nominated In 1863 Governor Andrew appointed him a member of the state board of charities and In 1869 he was appointed a member of the state board of health by Governor Claflln and when the two boards were consolidated he was appointed as a member of the new board by Governor Talbot In 1873 he was elected mayor of Fall River without opposition and at the close of his term he donated his salary to the Home Dr Davis- was always lnter- kThe speaker next touched upon the! tum limelight on John Moran" Falrbank matter and still another when the speaker ple- "On Oct 1 1 this matter was grought tured the camSrign as a struggle not to the attention the helmst a party or a candidate but said governor ought to have sent It to the district attorhey or to the head of the police commission but he did not I demand that he turn the evidence over to the district attorney I demand that he no longer conceal a crime he has knowledge of He said to Perkin you with me or with Moran? "What are you afraid of Curtle Guild Jr? There Is more In th! than I told Saturday night I any to you that I am Informed that In Warren Mr Fairbank haa 32000 or 33000 worth of Massachusetts property which he has no right to keep I demand that you send a state police officer there tomorrow to cart it to some storehouse where It can be kept for the state" Mr Moran related how the Republicans planned to give John Bestgen of Quincy a consulate in Germany knowing full well that he would never be appointed Mr Moran told bos Robert Proctor secretary to Ren ator Henry Cabot Lodge received 322S for furthering Mr cause and In addition to this the speaker gave list of prominent men who w-ere presented with razors and razor straps by Mr Bestgen In the same cause This revelation on Mr part pleased the audience immensely- blame me for not Indicting the chairman of the board of aider-men In Boston yet the grand Jury re- against forces of destruction and At Governor cloning wordot appeal for the flag against mud throwing and defamation the cheering became a demonstration the band played Btar Ppangled Banner and the whole audience rose to Its feet haa been a year full of progressive legislation at the state Honsa The abnormal sensation Is exploited In scare heads on the front page the plain facts of achievement In legislation are apt to disappear in the small type of the Inside pages Do you know that we have this year secured a law providing for medical Inspection of all children In the public schools: for the exclusion of those suffering from Infectious diseases tar annual or more frequent tests of sight and hearing to the end that those suffering from all physical or mental defects thereof shall be guarded from Injury and shall receive the full benefit of the school work and secure the best educational results? Do you know that we have passed law regulating the sale of patent medicines containing alcohol opium morphine heroin cf chloral hydrate absolutely prohibiting the sale of those which contain cocaine or Its salts or beta eucalne and forblddlrg the sale of these latter drugs except upon the Nashua and Mane ester about aT settlement The committee detailed President John Golden to go to Lowell today and take part In the campaign against Senator Hilton who gained notoriety at the time the overtime bill was killed in the senate by leaving the state house just before the bill camle up on the plea that he had recelveda telegram announcing the Illness of a member of his faiplly President Golden was empowered to call on Secretary Albert Hibbert and Samuel Ross to also take part In the campaign against Senator Hilton If it is deemed necessary A determined effort Is belfig made to defeat Senator Hilton and President Golden was told to stay jintll the end of the campaign If necessary Rallies are to he held this week in all the towns Outside of Lowell In the district It Is realized Will that It ivill be a hard proposition to The emergency committee of the United Textile Workerk of America met In this city ye-sterdaoT afternoon and decided to send Organizer Charles A Miles to Lowell Manchester 1 and Nashua after he has done some work which Is pressing In New York state The organizing work which he Is to do In these will take up his time for about a month It Is anticipated Lowell has been in rather had shape so far as organization goes since the last big strike there and the wage agitation there this past year has not helped matters much Things are In better shape now than for some time and It Is expected that Mr Miles will be able to build the unions there gain Manchester and Nashua are practically new fields as there are no unions in those cities now which are affiliated with the Besides outlining the work for the 1 organizer the committee considered some minor matters which had been referred to It by the convention Relative to the strike among the carpet workers lty Philadelphia the president and secretary were Instructed to use their own discretion about bringing Continued on Fifth City Edition monaeaith? it true that since that time by a new law given you by the very men of whom you complain no limit haa been aet to the number cf temporary assistants you have been authorised to employ Jf you could abow the need cf such extra service to the chief Justice of the superior court? Tou have shown yourself to be the man who dares to talk A re you the man who fears to act? You dared to talk against the tea trust I believe that away back In the bet days cf August you got some Indictments against members cf the ice tr-o' And I trad this rooming that within lets than four months the price cf tee haa nearly tripfe-d Why have you not pithed the Rosies Ice trutt caee Mr Moran to a finish? Is It because you are afraid to da so or because you haven't had time la the midst tf your pfltlcal campaigning and your trips to New ork or because you and your assistants are eo Inefficient that your Indictments are worthless? Tou to talk agaJrt the bribe rivers In bucket shpe Da you fear to try tht rasa rr9? You to pcotrlee eearrhlrg Investigation of padded payrolls at City halt Do you fear to make that promise good? You to promise trrrertlratfoa of bribery la the dock trust case Do you fear to probe In that case too? You 'dared to denounce thoae accused cf robbing the depositors in tk Provident Securities A Banking company Do you fear to hunt tbo rascals out? Tou to release a swarm cf Ill-tie criminals from the Chsrles street JaiL Why don't you put some big criminals in Jail? Mr Moran began this campaign by announcing himself a candidate tr president cf the United State fie Is now back to his last year's platform declaring what he will and wilt n-f do aa district attorney cf Suffolk county On Saturday night try antagonist read an affidavit made before hs friend Timothy Coakley by one who wax but no longer Is aa employe of the commonwealth The affidavit! concerned certain transactions connected with the Lewis and Clark exposition st Cortland Or It was lnv'nuated that Important rrt dence sffectlrg the ditbureement cf moneys In connection with that ex pets' on was being held back fcy me for lit leal motives There Is no evidence la my poMewlon which Is not and has not been publk- yropert 1 could nrt conceal any such properly if would 1 would not tf could Governor Guild then told nf the history cf the allegations made by James who was employed aw secretary cf the Lwls and Clark Imposition commIlon against Commissioner Fairbank The governor told cf hearing on the matter held before the attorney genera during the day and said: stenographic report was mad cf the entire proceed'nr I am entirely willing that every word cf tt shall be given to thw public F-i ts the attorney general The representative of the district attorney however So was Present requested tha It should n-t be punished A copy of the wSe proceedings will be furnished the district attorney's office at one I am rot the proaeruUng officer cf Suffolk county Mr Moran la If Me Moran haa er'dtnoe which warrants action against Mr Fairbank or esa find such evidence i hi duty fvk with to proceed When mere allegationa Irreepors'ble are made by Individual confeswedly Influenced by personal mo tlves cf revenge against reputable tents cf this common areal whe here handled on other occasions above i-5-9 cf public money without criticism from any perwnn I tropowe to art wi'j caution and with a decent regard fur their good name aa well as for lb protection cf the public treasury There has been there will be no attempt le conceal or suppress snd se Idence cf any kind In connection "th th's matter or with any other matters as far ss I Lv power produce such evidence If the prosecuting officer does not choose to make an examination cf pub lie vouchers and documents always at his disposal In IMs caen as In ay ether I cannot legally compel him te do eo But I hare brought out every fact In this ease ex far ax In rry power ley The fer now to art le the district attorney Let ht-n do eo wtthprorat-ness and vigilance and demonstrate what merit there Is In three allegation I wish no person screened Republican or Democrat 2 have don defeat tike senator for the reason that ested In the public schools and during his dlstrjct been gerrymandered so his administration the system of free that where last year it was a district with a majority of about It fs now one with a majority of 1000 for the Republlcjan party Senator Hilton is out flatfioted this year In opposition to the overtime bill text books was adopted Fall River being the first city in the state to accept the provisions of the free text hook law He was elected to congress in 1882 and re-elected In 1884 and 1886 and was afterwards appointed by Governor Oliver Ames a member of the metropolitan sewerage1 commission Dr Davis in his long life had been prominent and successful In so many different fields that his early life as a physician and politician had been in a sense forgotten by the present generation i He was the personal friend oe Charles Sumner "Wendell Phillips Governor Andrew George Hoar Henry Dawes and the leading statesmen ot CROWD TICKLED a written prescription of a registered physician dentist or veterinary surgeon? Do you know of our new school for feeble-minded children with a physician as superintendent and assistant physicians one of vihom shall be a woman uhlch school shall be under the supervision of the state board of Insanity and shall receive maintain and educate Indigent feeble-minded persons gratuitously and others upon equal terms? Do you know of the law prohibiting the pollution of the Charles river with In the boundaries of the metropolitan parks dtstrict by unpurified sewage and another of the same purport concerning the Neponset river? Do you know of the new law to prevent the misuse of milk cans and Jars and to prohibit the shipment of cane containing offensive material to the producers of milk? This act has already done much to keep from public sale milk polluted by bacterial con I am 1 nation and thus to protect Infant life to some extent from its chief cause of mortality cholera Infantum Do you know of the new law providing for an Investigation of what unwholesome changes if any occur In the flesh of undrawn poultry Do you appreciate that our preaent efficient state board of health la universally recognised aa the chief sanitary authority In this country In It admirable work In protecting the public health from polluted watea supplies In Improving the sanitary conditions Of dairies bakeries and slaughter bouses In driving from the markets fraudulently and dangerously adulterated foods and drinks: In ezpcmtng the character of many of the canned meats and other food and In enforcing the law relatlve to dangerous quack medicines? Theae are records not promise These are facts not fakes Mr Moran advertises himself as a law enforcer opposing graft and lawbreakers He has convicted one small grafter What has be done about the big grafter? On Dec it last an official report filed at City Hall showed spparent graft to the extent of 331523543 The Investigation showed that the form contract used Is readily adapted for use as a means of distributing political patronage at the expense of the city? The report further expreased belief that such contracts were la fact resorted to In these Instances largely fer that purpose The stataement was further that the names of men appeared upon the payroll who were paid but did not work at ail This la no unsupported oral allegation which the man who made it re- and sal he had paid 316 for the hall and that he could have had It for 319 If a municipal lighting plant were In working order The speaker then took Mr Moran's 33 plankB and proceeded to pick silvers from them He went on to mention unkept promises of pre-election ardor and thei demanded sternly: thl 83d birthday preserved the erect carriage and sedate manner of the old school gentleman As a public speaker he was one of the most able that Fall Rlvert haa produced and was always given! a most attentive hearing whenever be made a public address He was man of strong will and the greatest tenacity of purpose refusing to recede from any position he had once taken unless compelled by force of numbers to do eo Dr Davis held many offices In the corporation of the city He was a director and also president of tbe Algonquin Printing company the Stafford mills and the Wampanoag mills He was also a director In the Davis mills the Merchants mills and the Stevens Manufacturing company He had been president of the Fall River board of trade the Union Hospital corporation and the Home Market club Dr Davis married In 1848 Sarah Congdon Wilbur daughter of Dr Thomas Wilbur of Fall River who died 1856 and In 1862 he married Susan A Haight daughter of Moses Haight of Westchester county New York! who passed away a few years ago He Is survived by one son Robert Davis of the law firm of Jackson Slade Borden IN MEMORIAM At the WayThat Col McMas-ters Swung His Javelin at Moran sofae of these politicians admit that kidding everybody and let I Massachusetts from the time of Abm It go at the bucket-shop continued Mr McMasters "I wish that were effective But as long as Mr Coakley gets 310000 fees of course It ham Lincoln to that of President Roosevelt a steadfast Republican from the formation of the party until his death During the Land Leagug ad other Irish movements Dr Davis was ways generous In support of Home Rule principles and he had frequently been heard making eloquent and appealing pleas for the freedom of his native land would toe unfriendly on the part of Mr Moran to enforce the The concluded reading a list oil 23 questions for Mr Moran to answer The more pointed ones were: street Oct 23 4 He has passed away full of years and crowned alth honor A resident of this city for more than 60 eventful years be has always been conspicuous for his publlo spirit and enterprise A natural leader of men he came to the front In every emergency that called for wise and energetio action In public affairs on which occasion his marked ability and force of character rendered his services to hi fellow citizens of the greatest value Honors came to him unsought and he served the etate with eminent success In several position which called for high intelligence and executive capacity As a Massachusetts senator and as a member of the national house of representatives he acquired distinction as a legislator of broad and liberal views which he ad ocated with logical power and eloquence But It was In this community that his Influence was most potent exerted i tt was for the forwarding of every worthy undertaking pertaining to the moral and material welfare of hts fel low citizens He realised that one who promotes Industries that affords opportunities to wage-earners to be come thrifty and Independent workmen Is a real benefactor of the community Accordingly be was found among the foremost In stimulating the expansion of our manufacturing enterprises In various directions through his Invest menta and encouragement In other ways and If he was generously recompensed by the successful outcome of his ventures he fairly earned the reward due to hts sagacity and courage Notwithstanding advancing years his dear strong and active Intellect urged him en to continued effort In publlo and private concerns and It is difficult for us to realise that one whe was with us as of yesterday Is now no more We part with a genial friend- a wle counsellor a useful citizen and a lover of his kind Wi feel that our grief Is shared by his fellow citizens who have so largely benefited by his life-work the result of which will remain an enduring monument to his untiring energy and ambition to serve the city of hie adoption and his love JOHN MILNE GEORGE IL EDDY CHARLES COOK It was voted unanimously to accept the report and that a copy of the memorial be sent to the family of the deceased and that It be inscribed on the records of each corporation represented "Why do you grant Gethro He entlfled with the business In you think the state house Is the! terests of Fall River as a large owner New York hippodrome If not why real estate and as one of the largeet iWhy is Flanagan of bucket- holders of mill stock In the city He shop fane It be- large blocks of stock In a number cause has Coakley for counsslT preferring to Invest so as Mr Moran I believe In fairness I be a dominant factor In the corpor where df you The last was the aUo1 ln which he was Interested and 23d and with loud cries of at tle8 wa8 to dictate the pol-from the crowd ostensibly directed atl of management and he never heel- ZaIvA aa IaIoIa Mr) A tated to dictate when Mr the meeting cut It out lomru ifai: Jfall so he deemed It essential to the successful conduct of the business Throughout hts business career be held the most unbounded confidence In hlfe personal judgment and always acted boldly upon this Judgment He accumulated a large fortune BOSTON Oct Despite the fact that he had expressly stated In presenting his excuses for speaking at all that there w-ould be no band and per haps not even a crowd BUI Henry McMasters rescued Gov Guild from the clutches of District Attorney Moran in Faneull Hall last night backed by a band which started to play "The Conquering Hero Editor McMasters faced aa many peo pie aa could get Into the old hall without necessitating the removal of the roof He took for his platform the old reliable one and discoursed for an hour and a half on the gubernatorial campaign The main Issue was to impress upon the big crowd the hopelessness of ever solving the Is of the Moran side of this campaign The speaker (Col McMasters was the only speaker acting as chairman committee and manager and personally receiving the bouquets) followed no particular objects of his darts were Candidate Mo ran and "my old friend Tim Coak He got to the crowd for many laughs and collected a large consignment of applause for Go Guild The continued reading from the paperbut finally started In to speak extern poraneouslyX and he put some questions to the Moran party that brought cheers from the crowd He mentioned Mayor Fitzgerald as being an overstrong supporter of John Moran He wanted to know why the or had not kept his word regarding municipal lighting plants to see West and Price at Academy matinee and night EVENING SCHOOLS OPEN The attendance at the opening session of the nlgit schools was much Resolutions Adopted by Busineee Aese-I clatee of Dr Davis A largely attended meeting of the directors of the corporations with whlclthe late Hon Robert Davis was connected was held at the rooms of the Manufacturers association this forenoon for the purpoeeof taking ddltahle action In relation to the death of their late associate and friend Simeon Chase was chosen chairman and Fred Waterman secretary and the following named gentlemen were appointed a committee to prepare a memorial of the deceased via: John C-Milne George Eddy and Charles Cook That committee subsequently reported the following: I Memorial It Is with a profound sense -of loss that -e the directors of the Wampanoag mills Stafford mills Stevens Manufacturing Co Merchants Manu farturing Co and the Algonquin Printing have learned of the death of our distinguished associate the Honorable Robert Davis at his home on High I through his Investment In the mills smaller than on the opening flight ft and secured a great deal of stocks by year ago the principal falling off be- to new corpora- 7niln of KrJWu ClnV pected that 1116 attendance disposing of them to newly formed 111 improve before the week is over I corporations In which he took blocks of as many In the mills who cannottfead I stock proved very fortunate Invest-and write have been Informed by therments to him as It has to a number of officials that they must obtain the con-1 the wealthy citizens of the state sent of the superintendent of schools I Of the men who were prominent In before they can continue their work the organization of new- mills In the and the superintendent complying! Dr Davis was one of the most ac-wlth thet law will require their attend- tive and Is survived by only one or two ance at the night schools If thelrnpar- of his associates of those years Per-ents desire them to continue their mill sonally Dr Davis was a man of dlgnl-employnyent I fled appearance and even after passing tin wed sn Fifth City EdrtJesw I.