Governor Pardons 19 Year Old Prisoner in Fall River Case
Governor Crane pardoned Joseph Perry aged 19 from the State prison. Perry, once a Fall River street arab, was arrested for breaking and entering in winter 1886 at age about 14. Indicted and sentenced to fifteen years in February 1888. After counsel and a pardon committee appeal, he will start work at Globe mills Fall River.
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James T. Cummings
Fall River
Morrison
Crane
Perry
Globe Mills
New Road Planned To Lawson Estate In Scituate
Purveyors lay out an entrance to the Thomas W. Lawson estate in Scituate connecting to the road near the Egypt post office and railroad station. Paris dispatch notes a planning announcement and mentions M Waldeck-Roussey in attendance.
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Lawson Estate
Thomas W.W. Lawson
Scituate
Egypt
Paris
M. Waldeck-Roussey
Death claims veterans at New Hampshire G A R encampment
The thirty fourth annual New Hampshire Department Grand Army of the Republic session opened with 3497 members in good standing, down from 8676 the previous year, including 120 deaths. Officials urged memorials and announced officers and speakers across state and local groups.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Proctor
Mey
Conn
Harriet P. Dame
Chester B. Jordan
Harry G. Sargent
Edward E. Parker
Nashua
Emma C. Tibbetts
Laconia
Woman's Relief Corps
Will R. Blake
Sons of Veterans
M. Augusta Clark
Manchester
Daughters of Veterans
BE. C. Milliken
Maine
J. H. Wolff
Massachusetts
F. H. Buffam
Salisbury
Walter Kittredge
Merrimack
Annie E. Dimond
Kate Perkins
Marlow
Longshoreman Cox Fined for Contempt in Superior Court
John H. Cox a longshoreman appeared before Judge Sherman in the second Superior Court session to answer contempt of court arising from drinking after a summons. He was fined $10 and, if unpaid, committed. Cox testified as a witness in the case John Doherty vs James A. Doherty seeking $3000 damages. He admitted drinking after service, an act constituting contempt.
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John H. Cox
Sherman
Superior Court
John Doherty
James A. Doherty
Court House
Nine Dollars Per Man For Target Practice
On April 3 by direction of the Secretary of War the allowance of calibre 30 rifle and carbine ammunition for target practice for 1901 is nine dollars per man for infantry cavalry and coast artillery excluding those in the Philippine Islands.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
Miles to witness gun tests at Atlantic City and Sandy Hook
Lieutenant General Miles will depart for Atlantic City tomorrow and remain until Saturday before heading to Sandy Hook for a Board of Ordnance and Fortifications meeting. The purpose is to conduct tests of some guns.
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Washington
Miles
Atlantic City
Sandy Hook
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Shirt Wais ts for Police in Old Orchard Uniform Plan
Black and white feature reports that Old Orchard Beach police consider a shirt waist uniform for summer patrols. Madras blue fabric, half raglan shoulders, flowing sleeves, brass buttons, white silk collar, and a left breast badge define the new look aimed at comfort and smartness.
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Biddeford
Old Orchard
Atlantic
Bluecoats
Madras
Puritan Furniture Co owners held on bankruptcy concealment charge
David Levison and Louis Rosenthal, doing business at 68 Leverett Street as Puritan Furniture Company, were arrested by U S Marshals on a charge of concealing assets in bankruptcy. The government alleges $2500 worth of furniture was stored in a bridge and not listed in the bankruptcy petition filed January 3. The case before U S Commissioner Fiske was continued until Saturday morning with each man held in custody.
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David Levison
Louis Rosenthal
Leverett Street
Puritan Furniture Company
United States
Aterson Pickering
Levison
Navy advertises torpedo boat Tingey completion
The Navy Department announced on April 3 plans to advertise for completing the torpedo boat Tingey after Baltimore contractors defaulted on the project.
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Washington
Navy Department
Tingey
Baltimore
Famous Confederate General Tige Anderson Near Death
Word from Anniston Alabama reports General G T Tige Anderson at the point of death. The Macon Ga dispatch notes he commanded a brigade under Longstreet in the Civil War and was one of the era’s most famous Confederate fighters.
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Macon
Anniston
Ala
G. T
Impostor Posing as Studio Employee Swindles Seekers
A man about 30, 5 feet 8 inches, stout with smooth face, claims to be a Green's Studio employee at 140 Court Street. He operates in outlying districts selling a worthless certificate for a few cents, promising a dozen pictures upon presentation at the studio.
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Green
Court Street
New York Police Cite Escape Over Kidnapping Rumor
Police say William McCormick, a 10 year old boy from Ogden avenue High Bridge, left home of his own accord to see the world. A boy matching his description rode a Brooklip trolley car Thursday morning, guiding detectives to drop the kidnapping theory despite two $200 ransom letters from the alleged kidnapper.
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New York
William McCormick
Ogden Avenue
High Bridge
Brooklip
T. J.connell
Central Office
Titus
Killin the
Breakfasted on Belgian Hare at Boston Cooking School
Demonstration lecture at 372 Boylston street featured canapes shad with creamed roe Belgian hare egg salad mayonnaise dressing and plombiere glace. The Belgian hare was the piece de resistance and the session drew lively wit and philosophy for an entertaining morning.
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Boston
Boylston Street
Mies Farmer
Senate Reschedules Semicolon Bill Postponement
The Senate again postponed action on the semicolon bill for one week. An estimate on the bill’s probable impact was discussed during the session.
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Senate
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