Trial of West and Scott Continues in Back Bay Murder Case
Attorney-General Knowlton presents a relentless case as West and Scott face jurors in a crowded courtroom. Witnesses describe the shooting, confessions, and boasts, while friends of the defendants reveal startling alibis and admissions that pull the defendants toward a deadly outcome.
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Knowlton
Commonwealth Avenue
West
Scott
Scot
Chniet Court Room
Cleary
Durgan
Back Bay
Riley
Water Street
Westr
Providence
Tucker
W. B. Patten
Union Depot
Patten
Union Station
Hullo
Billy
Fischacher
Poe Otcii
Milk Street
Haynes
Daniel Hayes
Robert J. Ellison
Howard
Albert Davidson
Somerville
Fitchburg
Davidson
Max Fischacher
Robert T. Bradbury
Howes
Massachusetts Hospital
Lorden
Railroad Club Discusses Freight Car Interchange Rules
A large gathering of New England railroad men met at Wesleyan Hall to discuss revising interchange rules for freight cars. L M Butler presided with speakers from Boston & Albany Fitchburg Central Vermont and other lines, voting to raise the topic at the June convention. The meeting concluded with supper and several new members being admitted.
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Wesleyan Hall
Bromfield Street
New England Railroad Club
L. M. Butler
Providence
F. D. Adams
Boston & Albany
J. W. Marden
Fitchburg Road
J. W. Robertson
St. Albans
Central Vermont
W. D. Rifenburg
Worcester
Fitchburg
Sheffield
New York
New England
Hig
E. L. James
Boston & Albany Road
Railroad men shift posts and spring excursion sails
Leon L. Collver leaves New England represent Cook and Son for New York as chief booking agent. Durand Thorpe succeeds him. Tommy Wynne ill, colleagues send joke care. N Y & New England plans Boston excursion April 12 13 from multiple towns with limited round trip tickets. An important railroad managers meeting in Boston discusses higher differential request.
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Leon L. Collver
New England
Thomas Cook
Grand Trunk
Tommy
Canadian Pacific
Frazer Canon
Yale, Co
New York & New England Railroad
Boston
Bristol
New Britain
Hartford
Manchester
Rockville
Willimantic
M. J. Keating
Press Club
Canada, Atlantic & Plant System
New York
Benefit Bill At The Palace For Hebrew Home
A large audience filled the Casey Little Palace Theatre last evening to raise funds for the Hebrew Free Home for Children. Dances and drills by Williams school scholars aged 8 to 15 opened the program, followed by variety acts and the comedy A Great Idea. The finale was the drama To Kentucky Twins with strong dramatic and comic work.
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Casey Little Palace
Hebrew Free Home For Children
Williams
School For Dancing
Kentucky Twins
British Museum withdraws Wilde books from public use
The British Museum floats a public notice that it has removed Oscar Wilde authored books from general library use. The item notes the April 15 start of the Shore Line midnight express service adding Allen stateroom cars with private state rooms for eight dollars per trip and two-person capacity.
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London
British Museum
Oscar Wilde
Boston
New York
Massachusetts Mills Safe From Southern Textile Threat
A Massachusetts Senate committee report finds noMassachusetts corporations moving South. It notes rising Southern mill expansion and capital moved South, but says New England will keep a robust role in coarser goods while the South grows. The panel urges Massachusetts representation at the Atlanta Exposition in September.
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Senate
South
Massachusetts
New Bedford
Fall River
United States
New England
Canada
Virginia
East
Coastwise Shipping Act Critique Sparks Boston Letter
Captain W. M. Howes of Boston blasts the February 18 1895 shipping act arguing it binds officers but not seamen, creating unequal obligations. He warns coastwise owners face higher costs as crews can quit, and calls for fair treatment and a Washington kindergarten for lawmakers.
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United States Shipping
Philadelphia
Norfolk
United States
Washington, D. C
W. M. Howes
Boston
Mayor Curtis Wins A Kentucky Thoroughbred Saddle Horse
The Boston mayor has acquired a five year old Kentucky thoroughbred named Peacock. A black horse with a small star on the forehead, he is praised for his high style, five gaits, and proven show winnings totaling about fourteen prizes. The mayor aims to ride for health and to relieve office worries.
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Curtis
Highland Street
Boston
Peacock
Birthday banquet marks Hahnemann anniversary in Boston
The New England Hahnemann Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society held a joint banquet in Music Hall with more than five hundred attendees. Governor Greenhalge, Collector Warren, and dignitaries praised Hahnemann and homeopathy while extensive decor and a list of notable physicians were on display. The Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society also met at Steinert Hall for its fiftieth fifth annual session with papers on lead poisoning water purification and anti toxin therapy for diphtheria.
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New England
Hahnemann Association
Hahnemann
Homeopathic School of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society
Music Hall
Boston
de Gersdoff
Barrows
Foote
O’kie
Atwood
Morrill
McFarland
Payne
Clarke
Jackson
Holt
Clark
Hobbendahl
Nild
Weld
Russell
Tarbell
Flagg
Esselhofft
Gregg
Birnstill
Hans Cram
Greenhalge
Henry S. Russell
Winslow Warren
College of Medicine
Henry Sturgis Russell
John P. Sutherland
Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society
Sutherland
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Warren
Papera
Curtis
James H. McClelland
Pittsburg
Penn
Conrad Wesselhoeft
I. Todd Talbot
Boston University School of Medicine
The
Medical Society
Steinert Hall
Henry E. Spaulding
Packard
Woodbine
Frederick W. Paine
Herbert C. Clapp
Clapp
James Krauss
J. P. Rand
J. K. Culver
Samson Allen
William C. Cutler
Cutler
Delaware River Flood Reaches Seventeen Feet at Lambertville
In Jersey's peril the Delaware River rose to seventeen feet with the 1862 freshet recalled. Basements flooded, Lambertville mills submerged, and grain and lumber damaged. Canal banks and Stockton guard locks threatened, risking further flooding and widespread destruction.
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Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
Roughton
Leai
Holcombe & Niece
Holcombe Island
Stockton
Delawar e River Flood Swamps Penns Manor Area
The Delaware River swells to double width flooding Penns Manor and covering locks piers on the canal. Amboy division tracks submerged for seven miles. Creeks turn to rivers, wagons halted, gas works flooded, and the city is in darkness. Stranded travelers alter routes to reach Trenton.
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Bordentown
N. J
Delaware River
Penn's Manor
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Amboy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton
Jamesburg
Monmouth Junction
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John E. Lampier
Arthur K. Stone
G. H. McCaffrey
Slamin
Carl J. Carlson
Tremont Street
Rand
Ena Carlson
Carl Carlson
John A. Hazlitt
Tufts Street
Charlestown
I ,Blamin
Ktt
Higgins
Hazlitt
Austin & L 6 Dime Museum
Bees
Joseph Durgan
Megos Fibor Carpet Co
Railroad News
New England Railroad Club Meeting
Track News
the Palace
Wilde
Bay State
NEW Shipping Act
Captain Howes
Mayor's New Saddle Horse
Jersey
Papa
Chicago
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Bach
WAT
Boston PO
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