Poison Probers Clash Over Beach Ice Cream Poisoning
Officials clash as poison probe begins into yesterday’s carnival of sickness at Salisbury Beach. Police and health chiefs accuse each other of laxity while dealers suspend sales awaiting Boston Board of Health test results. Several patients remain in danger as clean product fears spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Beach
Boston Board of Health
Flossie Seigel
Lawrence
Elizbeth Ferrier
New York
Three Aboard Missed All Ashore as Steamship Reaches Wharf
Shortly after the Calvin Austin of the International division left Union wharf for St John N B three passengers a woman and two men failed to connect with the gang plank when the all ashore warning sounded and were swept into the harbor. Captain Pike halted the steamer and police boat Watchman aided in rescuing them at Constitution wharf delaying the voyage by about 16 minutes. Walter Colling a clearance clerk at the local customs house was among the travelers aboard the Calvin Austin on the trip to St John and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Austin
International Division
Eastern Steamship Q Company
Union Wharf
St. John
N. B
New State
Hey
Pike
Constitution Wharf
Walter Colling
Ice men plan moves for defence in county ice trust case
District Attorney Moran has not set a date but expects the ice trust prosecutions to begin next week. Indicted ice dealers from outside the county seek to challenge jurisdiction as five of six companies appear as special. Pleas have not yet been entered. Parker, Furbash & Bennett and Charles T. Gallagher aid the defence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran
Ice Trust
Parker, Furbush
Joseph Measures Dies After Illness at 75
Joseph Measures, 75, proprietor of the famous Boston brass works, Stoneham, died this morning after a three weeks illness from heat prostration.
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Stoneham
Joseph Measures
Brass Works
Boston
Longworth Elected Secretary of International Policy Holders
Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati was elected secretary of the international policy holders committee of the New York and Mutual life insurance companies to succeed Seymour Eaton. The meeting also named candidates for trustees, as Longworth prepared to return to Ohio to pursue political interests.
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New York
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
New York and Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Seymour Eaton
Longworth
Alton B. Parker
Roberts
Connecticut
J. G. Hemphill
South Carolina
Colonel Shook
Nashville
Tenn
Harlow N
Ohio
International Committee
Governor fails to stop lynching of Davis in Greenwood
At Greenwood in Columbia district on August 16, a mob killed Bob Davis, who had attacked Miss Jennie Brooks and assaulted a 14 year old girl. Governor Heyward spoke from a platform seeking calm, but the crowd fired hundreds of bullets, with militia encamped at Chickamauga nearby.
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Columbia
Jennie Brooks
D. C. Heyward
Bob’’ Davis
Brooks
Greenwood
Heyward
Davis
Chickamauga
Lineman Saved from Live Wire in Wakefield Rescue
In Wakefield on August 16 Arthur Johnson, lineman for the city light company, dangled from a live conductor 40 feet up. Fellow worker Paul Lane freed him, then sought medical aid as Johnson suffered severe burns and bruising but survived with recovery ahead.
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Wakefield
Arthur Johnson
Wakefield Municipal Light Company
Paul Lane
Montrose
Johnson
Lane
Back Bay Girl Weds Secretly in Malden
Francis E B Storer of Roxbury, a Lowell Textile School student, married Florence Hodges of Huntington Avenue, a Dean Academy graduate, on July 19 in Malden with Rev Henry J Sheridan officiating. The couple, who hid their plans from relatives, now reside with the groom’s family at 250 Park Street West Roxbury.
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Back Bay
Roxbury
Malden
Francis EB. Storer
Lowell Textile School
Florence Hodges
Huntington Avenue
Dean Academy
Franklin
Henry J. Sheridan
Revere Beach
Park Street
West Roxbury
Dinamite Explodes Killing Fifteen in Chihuahua
A double blast near Chihuahua station on the Mexican Central railway killed five Mexicans including two women two children and eight men and injured A L Lewis an American. Two dynamite cars were blown to atoms and nearby buildings and the Andrescobelite factory were wrecked with thirty wounded. The shocks were felt citywide.
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Chihuahua
Mex
A. L. Lewis
Robinson Mining Company
Explosion and unrest strike Polish procession in Rokitno
In Warsaw on Cholodna street a bomb exploded during a pil grimage to the shrine of the Holy Virgin at Rokitno wounding two. An infantry patrol fired on the crowd wounding 30. A band of revolutionists attacked a government store killing a clerk and wounding two, then barricaded as infantry closed in and arrested all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Cholodna Street
Rokitno
Mrs Craigie Laid to Rest in Farm Street Church
Mrs Pearl Craigie body carried from her home to Jesuit church in Farm Street London where psalm De Profundis was sung and coffin laid near the high altar. A Sphinx Club wreath arrived for the casket as condolences came from the Princess of Wales Ambassador Reid former Ambassador Choate and Lord Curzon.
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London
Pearl Craigie
Farm Street
Gaiton
Sphinx Club of
Princess of Wales
Reid
Choate
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Garfield Park Bank Placed In Receiver's Hands
The Garfield Park Bank at 2024 West Madison Street, Chicago, was placed in the hands of a receiver, Henry Heisland, this afternoon by Judge Bethea. Three creditors seeking insolvency for president Ellis E. Drake and the bank filed the petition, citing several thousand dollars in claims. The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank collapse is cited as the cause.
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Chicago
Garfield Park Bank
West
Madison’ Street
Henry Heisland
Bethea
U. S. District Court
Ellis E. Drake
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Mystery Man Found After Death by Own Action Statement
Boston police investigated after Patrolman Brock found a straw hat and a sealed letter near 416 Boylston Street. The note claimed the writer killed himself by the Charles River and explained a failed love affair left him with nothing to live for.
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Boston
Brock
Back Bay
Charles River
Boylston Street
Campbell Nominated by Texas Democrats for Governor
Thomas M. Campbell born in Rusk was nominated this afternoon by the Democratic party to run for Governor of Texas in Dallas.
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Campbell
Texas Democrats
Dallas
Tex
Thomas M. Campbell
Rusk
Democratic Party
Texas
May tilt today on chairman
Josiah Quincy declines the Democratic State convention chairmanship and says no candidate will be chosen without Colonel Drinkwater’s satisfaction. Moran and Whitney factions may name their chairman, with apportionment to set 1065 delegates. Moran criticizes Bryan arbitration offers by District Attorney Moran.
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Josiah Quincy
Democratic State Committee
A. C. Drinkwater
Quincy
State Committee
Moran and Whitney
Moran
Revere House
John H. H. McNamee
Cambridge
Drinkwater
John R. Thayer
Charles W. Bartlett
Bryan
Whitney
Metal explosion burns seven in Navy yard foundry accident
A transfer of red hot metal from a furnace to moulds exploded at the steam engineering foundry in the Navy yard, injuring seven men. Robert McKeown suffered severe burns to neck face and hands, the worst case, now at Relief Hospital. Others had burns to hands and face but expect to resume work. The blast was caused by the big pot breaking at the base after removal from the furnace.
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Navy Yard
Robert McKeown
James Sweeney
John Mahoney
Alfred D. Cannel
William c. McIntyre
George W. Odinane
J. C. Johnson
McKeown
Relief Hospital
Seaman
Wood
Yard
Steam Engineering
Refused license halts marriage of Boston Chinaman and underage bride
Providence Rhode Island deputy health chief refused a marriage license to Gee Kew Tee of Boston and Mabel Williams of Cambridge amid conflicting ages and parental claims. Officials questioned the couple, the bride’s age, and the truth of family statements, amid suspicions of improper arrangements.
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Providence
R. I
King
Boston
Gee Kew Tee
Mabel Willams
Cambridge
Dr. King
Williams girl linked to China mahi in long dispute
The Williams girl, aged 12 when the affair began, lives with her parents on Harvard Street. Her father, who drives for Contractor Hilliard, has sought the Americanized Chinaman arrested last June after she filed the complaint and the case defaulted when called.
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Williams
Chinamahi
Harvard
Hilliard
Cubans Plot to Kill Palma in Havana
Rumors of a conspiracy to assassinate President Palma lead to doubled palace and treasury guards. Customs employees are armed and rifles issued to police as authorities guard against alleged plans. Government denies unrest while police and armed forces chiefs meet at the palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Palma
Calixto Garcia
Bryan Leaves Madrid for Gibraltar Voyage Continues
Madrid reports William J. Bryan arrived with Vice-Consul Summers present in Collier's absence. He departs Madrid at seven for Cordova then Grenada and Gibraltar to continue his international itinerary.
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Madrid
William J. Bryan
Maddin Summers
William M. Collier
Bryan
Cordova
Grenada
Gibraltar
Morse's Trusts and Trouser Sale Draw Public Interest
If it's at Morse's, it's correct. Romance in its place. not in clothes buying. We believe safety comes from price and quality details. Our business runs on that belief and people respond to announcements of our TROUSERS SALE and related details.
American Woman Knouted by Russians in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on August 16 intense indignation rose after Chevalier Guards knouted Mlle Nelka de Smernoff for a street remark about their valor. Reports describe severe lacerations and swelling hindering bone assessment. De Smernoff, of American descent, was a social figure connected to Washington figures prior to her stay.
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St, Petersburg
Mlle
Nelka de Smernoff
Mile. de Smernoff
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Countess Cassini
Washington
Three Men Held in Death of Desmond in Buffalo Saloon Fight
George S. Desmond of Somerville Mass died from a fractured skull after a fight at M C Laport's saloon on Hertel avenue. Proprietor Laport, iceman John Leibinger, and barber John Fink are jailed on manslaughter charges. Desmond's wife was beaten and robbed of 37 and a gold bracelet. District attorney orders a rigid probe. funeral held at Pine Hills Cemetery.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George S. Desmond
Somerville
Mass
M. C. Laport
Hertel Avenue
Laport
John Leibinger
John Fink
Desmond
Fink
Leibinger
D. W. Desmond
Pine Hills Cemetery
Boston
Friends fear for Mile. Nelka de Smernoff in Russia tale
Report from St. Petersburg claims Mile. Nelka de Smernoff was scourged for a bantering remark about Russian soldiers. She had lived in Washington for years and was active in philanthropic work. Her mother, Miss Blow of St Louis, and her father served at the Russian legation.
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Washington
Mile
Nelka de Smernoff
St. Petersburg
Mille. de Smernoff
Nelka de “Smernoff
Russia
Miss Blow
St. Louis
Brazil
Henry T. Blow
Missouri
Cousin Doubts Identity of Mlle. de Smernoff
Charles W. Blow of St. Louis staying at the Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City doubts the Mlle. de Smernoff in the St Peters burg despatches is his cousin. He received a letter dated in Finland saying she would sail for the United States and likely reach by September 1.
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New York
Charles W. Blow
St. Louis
Traymore Hotel
Atlantic City
Mlle. de Smernoff
St. Petersburg
Watson Won't Fight After Duel Challenge
Atlanta dated August 16 reports Captain John M. Barnes of Thomson challenged Populist leader Tom Watson to a duel after a series of blistering letters. Watson refused to accept the duel and questioned Barnes about alleged payments to switch party loyalties in 1896 and 1904.
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Atlanta
John M. Barnes
Thomson
Tom Watson
Barnes
Watson
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