Ex Councillor White on trial for forging theft of notes
Ex Councilman Francis L. White faced a fifty four count indictment in the Superior Criminal Court with twenty seven forgery and twenty seven counterfeiting charges. The case involved alleged forged receipts and misrepresented purchases from Leonard & Co and Dennison & Co, with eleven witnesses including bookkeeper Russegue testifying. The trial centered on forged notes, improper paper and the legality of the paper, while defense argued lack of intent to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. White
Superior Criminal Court
Dewey
Stevens
Edward Avery
George M. Hobbs
Mr. White
H. Leonard & Co
Dennison& Co
Cleveland
Leonard & Co
R. A. Russegue
White
Avery
Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Bussegue
Bussey
New England Chautauqua Association
New England Association of the
Phillips Exeter Academy
California Southern
Boston
West End
Absurd quarrel framing cabinet ouster rumors and rail policy
This morning's news notes attempts to magnify a dispute between War and Treasury into cabinet removal talk about Endicott. It reports on Sunday blue laws convictions in Washington and factory stoppages in Albany and Troy.
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War
Treasury Departments
Endicott
Union Pacific Railroad
Washington
Albany
Troy Foundries
William Ahern
Troy
New York Senate
Vedder
Cleveland
C. P. Huntington
Pacific Railroads
Record of Fires and Yale Boat Club Officers
A slight fire in a closet at 8 Wood Street Charlestown owned by Amos Stone triggered Box 412 last evening. Andrew Davidson’s grocery at 807 Sumner Street East Boston was damaged by fire last evening to the value of 500 dollars. A dwelling on Elm Street Cambridge had an excitable burning of excelsior causing a Box 32 alarm last evening. The Yale University Boat Club elected officers with F A Stevenson New Haven as president C W Stewart Newport R I as vice president G W Woodruff Scranton Penn as secretary and Professor A M Cheeler New Haven as treasurer.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Bussey Bridge
Boston & Providence
Senate
House of Representatives
Dedham
Boston & Providence Railroad
South Street
Roslindale
Forest Hills
Boston
West Roxbury
A. A. Folsom
Thomas Doane
Edward 8. Philbrick
William H. Alden
Walter I. White
Alfred E. Billings
John Stripp
Elisha Annis
Myron Tilden
Webster N. Drake
Winfield W. Smith
Henry A. Whitney
Messrs. Balch and
Robeson
George Richards
George F. Folsom
A. A
Messrs
Charles T. Rowthorp
Charles E. Farrington
Winslow J. Spaulding
Charles C. Darling, Jr
Frank Cutter
Cyrus W. Hayes
Francis W. Gibbons
George . Waldron
Edward V. Cormerais
Alice L. Page
Mary 3. Page
Louis Arnold
Henry Mantheleg
Istant
City of
George B. Swain
The
Institute of Technology
George L. Vose
Thomas Deane
Torrey
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Sona
National Bridge Company
C. H. Walker
Railroad Company
Edmund A. Hewins
Parker
Hewins
Metropolitan Bridge Company
Edmund H. Hewins
Trenton Iron and Steel Company
Phenix Bridge Company
Moseley Iron Works
Readville
M . Hewins
Bussey
Represen
Swain
Walter E. White
YYWE
Mr. Worley
Prince
Sea
Notled
Wood Street
Charlestown
Amos Stone
Andrew Davidson
Sumner Street
Elm Street
Cambridge
Yale University Boat Club
F. A. Stevenson
New Haven
C. W. Stewart
Newport
R. I
G. W. Woodruff
Scranton
Penn
A. M. Cheeler
New England Association of the Alumni
Phillips Exeter Academy
Robert C. Wiggin
Hotel Vendome
Wiggin
Isaac Pitman
John Hopkins Morison
Thomas Ricker Lambert
Nathaniel Holmes
Joseph B. Walker
Concord
N. H
George S. Hale
A. L. Soule
Alpheus H. Hardy
George 5. Hale
George $. Mori
Association
Jeremiah Smith
Hillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter
Academies
Peabody
Academy
New Hampshire
Exeter
Adams
George §. Hale
Ilaughter
W. Q. Scott
Wentworth
Hale
Tiale
Gladstone Defends Irish Leaders Over 1852 Parnell Letter
London April 27. Gladstone disputed the accusation against Irish leaders following the Times letter. He cited a May 1852 Parnell note after the Phoenix Park murders offering to resign leadership if advised. The talk sparked club scandal but not press coverage yet.
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London
Gladstone
Labor
Frederick Cavendish
Burke
Phoenix Park
Parnell
Times
Ireland
Mr. Parnell
The
Tonian Islands
House of Commons
Healy
Lord Rosebery
Glasgow
New York
England
Schnaebeles Spy Case Near Settlement
Beaury April 27 reports officials say Germany will offer Schnaebeles release on condition he be removed from frontier posts to conciliate France though evidence shows he acted as a spy in Alsace and was arrested in German territory. The Boersen Courier urges release despite proof of treachery.
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Boersen
Schnaebeles
Cause of Dr Grant death not from morphine withdrawal
Doctors report Dr Andrew J Grant died of congestion of the lungs at East Cambridge jail. Autopsy found congested lungs and black heart blood. stomach and upper intestines congested. Natural causes or extreme nervous exhaustion possible. Debris in his trunk to be auctioned to cover funeral costs.
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Andrew Jackson Grant
East Cambridge
Taylor
Grant
Holt
Wetherbee
Weather forecast for New England April 28
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Thursday April 28 New England will have fair weather followed by light rains. Winds shift to southerly with slight temperature changes.
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Washington
New England
Ahern's Electrical Shock At Troy Saloon
William Ahern, a Troy saloon keeper, suffered a severe electric shock after water leaked from a Western Union telegraph office into wires feeding his saloon light. The water carried current to a bottle, igniting fumes and felling him unconscious as he attempted to extinguish the blaze with a seltzer bottle. If he survives, he may use a pail and dipper for firefighting.
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Arpany
William Ahern
Troy
Western Union Telegraph Office
Ahern
Bribery inquiry hears Beverly case witnesses line up
The fifth session of the House committee on Bever ly bribery heard testimony from lawyers and ex representatives including Michael J Creed and George C Bent on retainers and payments tied to the Beverly division matter. Witnesses described fees received and interactions with legislators while denying improper influence. The hearing moved to executive session after late testimony.
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House
Beverly
Green Room
State House
Michael J. Creed
Williams
Beverly Farms
Ranney
Messrs
Garrity and Reardon
George C. Bent
Cambridge
Dodge
Kemp and
Bennink
Kent Witness
Myrick
Charles W. Whitcomb
Mr. Williams
Doherty
Messrs. Hathorne
Collison
Hathorne
Everett A. Davis
Tisbury
Boston
Martha’s Vineyard
New Bedford
Thomas W. Cook
Edward ©. Aly
Dartmouth
Robert C. Nichols
Collins
Old Town
Mr. Nichols
Milton B. Townsend
Lawrence
Evere
Smart
Towns
Norwood
Kent
Iron workers' trouble in New York and Troy patterns
In Axpany New York and Troy the stove foundries face a work stoppage amid a dispute over boycotted patterns. Knights of Labor orders workers to stay at work while the International Moulders' Union calls for quitting, with Troy factories closed pending Defence Association orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axpany
N. Y
Spector
Albany
Troy
Knights of Labor Executive Committee
International Moulders’ Union
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
Sprcran
Troy Stove Manufacturers
Stove Manufacturers’ Defence Association
The
Defence Association
Miss Craigen and Partridge Readings at Y M C A
Miss Craigen assisted by William Ordway Partridge will present the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and a scene from Pygmalion and Galatea in the Y M C A lecture room Friday afternoon. Partridge will also read Rossetti poems and Van Raalte will play violin between selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrnda Craigen
William Ordway Partridge
Young Men's Christian Association
Is wealth distribution fair and what causes inequality
Rev I G Brooks of Brockton spoke at Wells Memorial Hall on why wealth distribution is unequal. He blamed nature ignorance and selfishness, noting corporations and competition are essential and cannot be solely blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workingmen’s Institute
Wells Memorial Hall
I. G. Brooks
Brockton
East Cambridge Jewelry Seller Attacked By Robbery Suspect
Simon Flaig, East Cambridge jeweller, refused to buy a bottle of insect exterminator shown by a pedlar at his home Tuesday evening. The man sprayed the liquid in the faces of Mr and Mrs Flaig, making Mrs Flaig ill and unconscious from fumes. Police seek the assailant, suspecting a robbery plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Flaig
East Cambridge
Norfolk Conference Session at Jamaica Plain Discusses Church Needs
The Norfolk Conference of Unitarian Churches met at Jamaica Plain with Rev. Richard C. Humphreys presiding. Rev. Cc. F. Dole read a paper on The Congregational Church What It is Now and What it ought to be, followed by discussion. Kate L. Brown spoke on The Present Needs of the Sunday School and the topic was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Conference of Unitarian Churches
Jamaica Plain
Richard C. Humphreys
Cc. F. Dole
Congregational Church
Kate L. Brown
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Parker & Wood
North Market ST
Allen, Solly & CO
Allen, Solly& Co
Hewins & Hollis, Outfitters
Hamilton Place
H. H. Garter
Karrick
Beacon Street
Mr. Gladstone
DR. Grant
Observer's Office
Signal Service
U.S. A
Oston
Sewer
Dr. Peabody
J. B. Walker
George 8. Hale
Harvard
George 5. Morison
George A. Wentworth
Carleton Sprague
Buffalo
John H. Morison
Edward Hale
Diogenes
Fitz John Porter
Ben Butler
House Committee
Connecticut House of Representatives
Lituchtielt
Winsted
New Stort
Phos
Miss Craigen
MR. Partridge
Norfolk Unitarian Conference
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