Family Quarrel Over the O'Neil Orphans in Court
Two young sisters, Sarah and Rose O'Neil, heirs to a fortune over $50,000, fight over guardianship after their mother's death. Mrs. Farrell seeks guardianship as next of kin amid disputes with executors Philip Eberle and Andrew McGuire, who defend the will's terms and the existing arrangement. The case, heard by Judge Barker, moves to Judge Hurd for a Monday ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Rose O’neil
Barker
Supreme Judicial Court
Sarah J. O'Neil
Somerville
Philip Eberle
Andrew MecGuire
O’neil
Mr. Eberle
McGuire
Farrell
Messrs
Eberle
Mrs. McGuire
Farrells
O’neils
Hurd
Barre Death Case Sparks Orange County Inquiry
Miss Aurora Flint of West Randolph died after a June illness connected to a blood poisoning case. Exhumation at Riverside Hospital followed by three hours of examination. Authorities expect charges of criminal malpractice and probable manslaughter involving a West Randolph physician and a local leading citizen. The case shocks Barre and West Randolph as the next Orange County Court term may see indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
A. P. Grinnell
Burlington Medical College
J. H. Lindsley
Stowe
N. Goss
J. W. Jackson
West Randolph
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Orange County Court
Madeline Pollard from Frankfort linked to Breckinridge suit
Miss Madeline Pollard, born in the county, has filed a $50,000 breach of promise suit against Congressman W C P Breckinridge. The article recalls her family, early life in Graefenburg and Frankfort, education at Cincinnati Seminary, and long acquaintance with Breckinridge, noting the suit was anticipated but not thought sensational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Madeline Pollard
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Madeline
Gay General's Trouble in Tarrytown Church Excommunication
In Tarrytown on August 15, elders of the Reformed Church excommunicated General Alexander Hamilton amid allegations from his second wife that he is insane. Charges include desertion, financial neglect, profane language, heavy whiskey use, and deed transfers to Helen Albertine Freeman. A court of inquiry followed, with a sanity hearing adjourned to August 22, amid rumors of private letters and admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
Reformed Church
Alexander Hamilton
Helen Albertine Freeman
West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
New York
Thomas
Hamilton
Cholera Spreads in Russian Cities and Italy Coast
Report from St Petersburg notes heat intensifies cholera with 47 new cases and 16 deaths in Moscow yesterday. Nijni Novgorod reports virulent outbreak. 260 new cases and 22 deaths in the past week. Rostoff, near the Don, records 116 cases and 50 deaths. Italian figures show Naples with 258 cases and 121 deaths in the week ending Aug 10, Capri reporting 14 cases and 8 deaths as spread widens to coastal towns.
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ST. Petersburg
Moscow
Nijni Novgorod
Gi Novgorod
Rostoff
Don
Italy
Rome
Naples
Capri
Appeal filed to contest Hiram Camp will in New Haven
Daughters of the late Hiram Camp filed for an appeal to the Superior Court from probate of the will. They allege undue influence by benevolent institutions, poised to receive about one third of the $170,000 estate. Institutions named include the American Sunday School Association of Philadelphia, Moody's Northfield Seminary, and several local charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Hiram Camp
The McCarthy Inquest Ends in Taunton
Inquest into McCarthy’s death near Taunton closed after secret session. Officials say no criminal proceedings follow from the testimony, though murder is believed probable. Likely weapon a hardwood stick, with clothing changed before body was disposed in a pond. Other circumstances under investigation connect crime to local factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attleboro
McCarthy
Taunton
Grangers Spark Cheshire County Grange Field Day
In Keene New Hampshire over twenty Cheshire county granges joined at Wheelock Park for a grand field day. Beautiful weather drew a large crowd for a day of dinner a band concert and addresses by Mayor Faulkner National Master J H Grigham and state and county officers in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene, N. H
Cheshire County
Wheelock Park
Faulkner
J. H. Grigham
Ohio
Man Killed Crossing Tracks With Horse Near Flying Yankee
Oldtown Maine reports Georges Perry a 65 year old Frenchman died this afternoon while attempting to cross the railroad ahead of the Flying Yankee. He rode a horse and was struck and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldtown
George Perry
Vigilant's Surprising Day Wins Fleet Race at New Bedford
In eastern waters Vigilant led a brisk competition among yachts from the New York Club and others. Constellation and Ariel gained in class while Wasp and Harpoon contested the schooner race. Commodore Morgan presented Ex-Commodore Gerry a silver cup. New Bedford Yacht Club hosted an informal reception for visiting yachtsmen.
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New Bedford
Gerry
New York Yacht Club
Long Island Sound
Queen Mab
Katrina
Quick’s Hall
Dauntless
Ramona
Lasca
Yampa
Constellation
Mayflower
Volunteer
Alcaea
Shamrock
Atlantic
Fortuna
Neara
Ariel
Nobska Shore
Wasp
Buzzard’s Bay
Vineyard Sound
Bayard Thayer
Commodore Morgan
Cary Smith
Jubilee
Menemshe Bight
Newport
Clark’s Point Light
Brenton’s Reef
E. D. Morgan
New Bedford Yacht Club
New York Yachtsmen
Reading Mill doubles output and rail unions in turmoil
Collector Orcutt bans checks for stamps or taxes, demanding coin or bills. Reading Rolling Mill plant in Philadelphia runs double time with 500 workers and ten weeks of orders. Ansonia firms restore operations after attachments. Lakota Hotel placed in receivership with 600000 assets. Wilkinson Bros cuts wages 15 percent. Portland brownstone quarries close. Gingham mills idle two weeks. Iron and steel outlook brighter with multiple mills resuming and 4000 workers soon. Merrimac Company operatives return to work. Portland Savings Bank assets exceed liabilities. City repairs in Woburn funded. Leominster loans offered as tax payments loosen finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orcutt
Internal Revenue Collector
Philadelphia
Reading Rolling Mill Company
Ansonia
Portland
North Adams
Black Diamond Steel Works
Lowell
Merrimac Company
Ore
D. P. Thompson
Portland Savings Bank
Woburn
First National Bank
Leominster
Joslin
Westinghouse Sues Winchester Avenue Railroad Over Patents
Deputy Marshal served papers in New Haven on a suit by Thomson Houston Electric against Winchester Avenue Railroad for damages and profits tied to alleged patent infringement. The case is returnable in September and marks the fourth such suit against the defendants in four months, with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. to defend in all suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
United States
Leveridge
Winchester Avenue Railroad Company
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Two Boys Cleared in High Way Robbery Case
In Dorchester yesterday a high way robbery case against two youths, both under fifteen, was discharged by Judge Churchill after the defense claimed the victims sought only a cigarette. William Burns testified the assailants searched his pockets missing $3.75. Ex policeman Charles T. McDonald was buried at Cedar Grove after services by Station 6 and Mt Horeb Lodge.
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William Burns
Burns
Mitchell
Minnehan
Churchill
Charles T. McDonald
Dracut Street
J. W. Brigham
Dorchester Temple
Cambridge Gas Light Cuts Gas Price to 1.25
The Cambridge Gas Light Company lowers gas rate from 1.50 to 1.25 per thousand. The mayor reports broad approval of his veto against Brattle Street track location with support from Harvard Professor J B James. A D Club of Harvard plans a new stone and brick home at Dunster and Mt. Auburn streets costing about 30000, featuring breakfast room, library, and banquet hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Gas Light Company
Brattle Street
J. B. James
A. D. Club
Harvard
Dunster and
Mt. Auburn Streets
Hasty Pudding Club
Holyoke Street
Peabody & Stearns
Local Fire Captain Returns From Vacation
Captain White of Station 15 has returned from his vacation but reports a lackluster trip. Today Patrolmen Sheehan Haley and Dempsey and Special Officer Joe Bogan begin their vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain White
Station 15
Sheehan
Haley
Dempsey
Joe’’ Bogan
Four Boys Face Trespass Charge After Police Chase
The four boys who led officers on a Sunday chase were before Judge Story charged with trespass with intent to commit larceny. John Phelan received three months in the House of Correction while David J Nagle Wilson R Talbot and Nicholas Phelan were fined ten dollars each. The Locke jail breaker case is continued until next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Locke
Pilgrim Visitors From Everett Tour St Ann Shrine Canada
Among the pilgrims to the shrine of St Ann de Beaupre in Canada are Mr and Mrs John P Callahan of Everett. They will also visit other places of interest in the Dominion The principal of the Centre Grammar School S A Johnson has resigned to accept the position of principal of the Prescott Grammar School of Somerville
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St. Ann de Beaupre
Canada
John P. Callahan
Dominion
Centre Grammar
S. A. Johnson
Prescott
Somerville
Wheels for Firemen
Fire commissioners received a safety bicycle fitted with a small chemical tank and a fireman’s combination axe for inspection and practical testing yesterday morning. The move suggests bicycles may be provided to all fire department members in the future.
Fire destroys Coatsworth elevator and surrounding buildings
Buffalo at 4 AM witnessed a complete blaze that destroyed the Coatsworth elevator on Michigan and Ganson streets, a 1.2 million bushel capacity valued at 750,000 dollars. Dozens of frame structures, mainly saloons and homes, burned, two firemen were injured, and the total loss reached about 800,000 dollars with insurance coverage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Coatsworth
Michigan and
Ganson Streets
Charles Wagner
Gordon
Kellogg
Michigan Street
Inter-White Mountain tennis opens with mixed doubles drama
Maplewood New Hampshire reports a subdued opening day in the inter White Mountain tournament. Notable results include Hopkins over Landers by default and Milne defeating Wright. The mixed doubles finals feature Record and Katz defeating Curtis couple in five sets with a 6 4 2 6 4 scoreline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewood
N. H
Hopkins
Hayes
Milne- McKelvey
Sirsles
G. H. Wright
A. W. Wise
R. N. H. Starr
C. B. Tyler
Louis L. Hopkins
George M. Landers
A. A. McKelvey
F. Cc. Record
W. E. Milne
B. Wright
J. E. R. Hayes
W. S. Tyler
T. P. Curtis
J. B. Reed
S. T. Wise
L. Agostini
Starr
Wright
Milne
McKelvey
Wise
Curtis
F. C. Record
Miss Katz
Fabyan’s
P. C. Curtis
Maplewood Cottage
Volcanic eruption reported near Cape Harrison Labrador
ST JOHNS N F Aug 15 The reports of a volcanic eruption at the summit of Cape Harrison Labrador are confirmed. Smoke and flames are visible nightly for miles. Fishermen who landed to inspect the phenomenon fled in terror finding a huge cavity with flames issuing from it.
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St, John's. N. F
Cape Harrison
Labrador
Winthrop Beach Events Draw Crowds For Minstrel Show
Bright day brings seaside merriment as Crescent Beach hosts Lafricaine's Band and a big minstrels show by the Winthrop Yacht Club. Fireworks planned tonight while 300 beachgoers attend the Bijou sociable. Notables include Daniel A. Duggan and Harry W. Berrill among organizers. guests, performances, and rehearsals fill Crescent Beach activities.
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Crescent Beach
Lafricaine
Winthrop Beach
Daniel A. Duggan
Timothy J. Daley
Charles McDermott
Edward Hayden
M. J. Murray
Walter Barry
Edward Murphy
P. J. Grady
Aug. T. Donovan
James A. Berrill
R. Murphy
Thomas F. Brennan
Harry W. Berrill
Godfrey Harris
P. J. Kennedy
Kraft
Winthrop Yacht Club
Howard Gould
Ernest B. Buffinton
Eugene Ireland
Bones
Albert W. Torrey
George E. Mack
Tambos
Fred Bird
Middy
F. H. Richardson
E. E. Randall
Howard C. Morse
H. G. Flinn
A. W. Chesterton
A. L. Bowles
J. H. Murphy
E.B Me- Kim
A. F. Costello
H. F. Odell
Lewis Allen
W. E. Barclay
Theo. P. Grant
William Ginn
Curtis W.W. Coe
Charles A. Heney
Fred L. Torrey
Henry Hayden
H. L. Soule
F. W. Nash
Elmer H. Allen
J. C. Freeman
B. L. Williams
Frank George
Hayden
Buffinton
Randall
Mr. Ireland
George Mack
Messrs
Richardson
Mack
Grant
Ireland
Charles Landie
the Golden Wedding’ Company
Fred Miller, Jr
Copeland House
Young’s Hill
Florence Dunbar
Robert
B. F. Keith
Boston
Keith
New
Winthrop
L. H. Collier
Emergency Hospital
Thomas Grady
Crest Avenue
James Graham
Dorchester Cottage
Alpha Club
Tewksbury Chapel
No Idiots for Uncle Sam on the Bothnia Smuggling Case
Immigration inspectors in East Boston halted a suspected smuggling scheme aboard the steamer Bothnia. Kate Coleman, age 25, claimed a ten month old son, while the Wilkinson couple traveled with a two month old. Officials questioned all, found inconsistent ties, and determined the Coleman child was theirs. Kate Coleman and the boy were to be sent back to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bothnia
Boston
United States
Kate Coleman
Thomas Wilkinson
Coleman
Wilkinson
Colcord
England
Veteran Firemen Play Out Set for Worcester Meet
Tomorrow the Veteran Firemen of New England hold their annual play out in Worcester. Thirty five New England organizations are eligible though Vermont has none. About twenty five are expected to attend with ten owning first class engines. William T. Cheswell, Boston district chief, chairs the judges. Engines are sent by freight today and a special train departs at 8 a.m. tomorrow for Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Worcester
Worcester Association
Sboston
Prisoners Receive Sentences In Superior Court
Yesterday Chief Justice Mason in the Superior Criminal Court handed down sentences for Stephen P. Hennessey three years at State Prison for cheating several parties in Chelsea and Winthrop by bogus express receipts Arthur Masse two years at the House of Correction for larceny of 1200 from Onesime Mathieu on Friend street Masse concealed the money in a rubber boot William H Kenney one year at the House of Correction for larceny John Lindsay eighteen months at the House of Correction for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Superior Criminal Court
Stephen P. Hennessey
State Prison
Chelsea
Winthrop
Arthur Masse
House of Correction
Onesime Mathieu
Friend Street
Masse
William H. Kenney
John Lindsay
Rescue at Forest Park A Stranger Refuses Reward
A 15 year old girl at Forest Park's refreshment stand lost control of a carriage horse. A man leapt from the crowd, grasped the bridle and stopped the horse after a chase about 100 yards. He refused payment for bravery and accepted a kiss from the grateful rescuer. The man's name was Butler, but he did not identify himself further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Forest Park
Butler
Charity canvass for West End nursery draws suspicion
A woman solicits dimes for the West End nursery at 87 Blossom Street. She has visited the Exchange and banks, showing a forged letter similar to the secretary to Dr Haven. Nursery managers say they did not authorize the effort and urge donations go directly to Dr Haven at 87 Blossom Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Blossom Street
Exchange
Dr. Haven
Boston Baseball Hopes Rest on Philadelphia Clash
The Bostons must beat their rivals in Philadelphia to widen a looming lead as the schedule shifts to home games starting Friday. Western clubs remain strong and Boston faces a tough finish away from home. Jack Stivetts underperformed, pitching poorly after a late return from a week idle, while Kennedy impressed with a near flawless outing against the New Yorks as the Giants managed only one hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostons
Philadelphia
Nash
Pittsburgs
Jack Stivetts
Stivetts
Racing results from Monmouth Park August 15
First race six furlongs Alpha won ahead of Sirocco and Topgallant. Time 1 14. Second race seven furlongs Charmion first with Arion second and Treasure third. Third race Criterion stakes six furlongs Hornpipe first Jack of Spades second Mr Jingle third Time 1 13. Omnibus stakes one and a half miles Ramapo first St Leonards second Comanche third Time 2 38. Fifth race five furlongs Patrician first Pirare second Little Pirate third Time 3. Sixth race six furlongs Evanatus first Willie L second Walcot third Time 1 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Park
N. J
Alpha
Sirocco
Topgallant
Charmion
Poses Arion
Treasure
Hornpipe
Jack of Spades
Mr. Jingle
Pehard
Ramapo
St. Leonards
Comanche
Patrician
Pirare
Little Pirate
Evanatus
Willie L
Walcot
Glifton Park Flat Race Results at Cliffon N J Aug 15
At Glifton Park Cliffon New Jersey on August 15 the first race of five furlongs saw Luray win with Zingara second and Romance third in 1:02. Time for the half mile second race went to Sable with Chas munka second and Robin Hood third. Third race five furlongs produced Tommy Dixon first Nellie B second. Fourth race six furlongs Clement first Fleurette second Remorse third in 1:16 44. Fifth race five furlongs Gray Eagle first Tom Karl second I U third in 1:08. Sixth race five furlongs Merrry Duke first Miss Aggie second Express third in 1:04 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffon
N. J
Luray
Zingara
Romance
Sable
Chasmunka
Robin Hood
Tommy Dixon
Nellie B
Clement
Fleurette
Remorse
Gray Eagle
Tom Karl
Merrry Duke
Miss Aggie
Express
Gloucester Races at National Meet First Race Results
In Gloucester New Jersey on August 15 the National meet featured six races. Winners included Bargain in the one and one eighth mile event with Jamestown second and time 2:00. Kaig Estelle won the six and a half furlongs Violet with Shy Ellen second. Chartreuse took the five eighths with Uncertainty second and Annorean third. Wallace G. won the one mile race over Driz ale and Fernwood. Penzance won the four and a half furlongs with Arizona second and Pokino third. Needmore won the five eighths with Atlanta second and Ptolemy third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
N. J
National
Bargain
Jamestown
Violet
Kaig Estelle
Shy Ellen
Uncertainty
Annorean
Wallace G
Drizale
Fernwood
Penzance
Pokino
Arizona
Needmore
Atlanta
Ptolemy
Mme
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Huron
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the Business Outlook
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Careron Mart
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W. G
Nahant Waters
South Bewick
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W. G. S. Keene
Frank
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Dagy
Keenes
Rewfoundland
Stamne Ghote
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A. W. Wheeler & Co
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