Ex-Supt. Benjamin P. Eldridge Dies at Neponset Home
Former Boston police superintendent Benjamin P. Eldridge died yesterday at his Neponset residence after months of ill health. Born 1838 in Truro Massachusetts he served from 1867 in the State police and from 1875 with Boston police rising to superintendent in 1891 and retiring in 1901. He leaves a widow and daughter Maud Eldridge with funeral at Trinity Congregational Church Neponset Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Benjamin P. Eldridge
Minot Street
Neponset
Maud Eldridge
Trinity Congregational Church
Mr. Eldridge
Truro
Mass
Dorchester
Norfolk County
Boston
Eldridge
Laura Pillsbury
Cobb
Leutenant
Board of Police
South Boston
Hanscom
Cyrus Small
Immigration cases in court involve Finn and Swede on Merion
March 19 Finn Juho Savola arrived on the Dominion line steamer Merion and was detained for investigation. he escaped. April 28 Swede Halma Oikara arrived under similar circumstances, fled ashore, remains at large. Colonel Billings held the Dominion line responsible for Savola's landing and for Oikara. Agent Richard Farley appeared before Commissioner Fiske on immigration law violation charges, furnishing sureties of 0 for August 26.
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Juho Savola
a_ Finn
Dominion Line
Merion
Savola
Halma Oikara
Oikara
Billings
Ojikara
Richard Farley
Fiske
United States
Annie Brown Sentenced for Theft in Auburndale Court
In Newton Police Court Annie Brown was found guilty of stealing $9 from Mrs. Laura B. Drake on Feyvergreen avenue Auburndale and sentenced to 60 days in the House of Correction.
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Newton
Annie Brown
Laura B. Drake
Feyvergreen Avenue
Auburndale
House of Correction
Feinburg Waives Extradition in Abduction Case
William Feinburg 21, formerly of 262 D Street South Boston, has waived extradition and will return to New York for trial on abducting Eva Sneider 16. Sneider, described as a pretty New York Hebrew girl, was lured by marriage promises and taken to Boston where a marriage license was sought but refused after her father intervened.
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William Feinburg
D Street
Boston
Eva Sneider
New York
Hebrew Colony
Feinburg
Reverend Drew Unites Three Couples in Private Ceremony
The Rev. Simon P. W. Drew celebrated his birthday by joining in marriage three couples at 112 Camden Street. A banquet is planned August 14 at Morning Star Baptist Church. He will speak at Lincoln Hall at 7 30 p m on the Monroe Rogers case.
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Simon P. W. Drew
Camden Street
Morning Star Baptist Church
Mr. Drew
Lincoln Hall
Monroe Rogers
Factional fights loom as city caucuses near
City politicos brace for tense state caucuses with widespread factional strife. Registration and night assessing begin Sept 2 as reports of ward power battles spread through City Hall. Governors and aldermen anticipate clashes in Ward 7 9 13 and Dorchester wards amid Kelcher Conry Fitzgerald feuds.
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W. T. A. Fitzgerald
City Hall
Fitzgerald
Mensfield
Ward 7
Corbett
Charlestown
Fast
Boston
West End
Keliher
Conry
Bresnahan
Roxbury
O'Toole
Ambrose Woods
Dorchester
Kelcher
Donovan
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New
Maine
Uncle
Color Magazine
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King
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Chickering
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Uncle Sam
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