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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1900

Page

10

Towne Plans West Tour to Counter Roosevelt Camp

Charles A. Towne will open his campaign in Duluth within ten days and travel through Idaho Oregon Washington California and other Western states. He will tour the South and devote his efforts to answering Roosevelt and targeting the Republican vice presidential nominee during the campaign.

Chicago Charles A. Towne Duluth Roosevelt Towne Idaho Oregon Washington California

Two Mysterious Men Taken From Kaiser Wilhelm II

Two Italian men, Mattolo Moresca and Michale Guida, were arrested by secret service detectives aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm III and taken to a barge office, amid suspicions they are anarchists and possible convicts liable for deportation. Authorities note Moresca is an ex convict and that the pair may be held at Ludlow Street Jail rather than Ellis Island.

New York Secret Service Immigration Service Mattolo Moresca Michale Guida Naples Moresca Wilkie Washington Ellis Island Ludlow Street Guida Chief Hazen

Williams Opens Campaign in New England Tour

The opening campaign event for Democrat George Fred Williams will be held Monday night at Bellows Falls Vermont. He will deliver speeches nightly in Green Mountain State towns as part of a September election effort in Maine and New England with six speeches planned in Maine the following week.

New England George Fred Williams Bellows Falls Green Mountain Maine Williams Portland

Sugar Thefts: John Gibbons Arrested In 500 Pound Larceny

John Gibbons a teamster was arrested on larceny charges for stealing 500 pounds of sugar from the American Sugar Refining Company. Salvato Fuccello was also detained on receiving stolen property charges after the theft was traced to a delivery to Fuccello. Pinkerton agents aided by inspectors arrested both men and locked them in the Tombs.

John Gibbons Salvato Fuccello American Sugar Refining Company Sugar Trust Pinkerton Gibbons Fuccello Bureau of Criminal Investigation Abbott Cleary Douglass Wise Watte

Violence in Mayaguez as Federals and Republicans clash

In Mayaguez a political clash left one dead and a dozen injured after Federals and Republicans exchanged about thirty revolver shots and used clubs. Tensions rose after a planned Republican mass meeting in a Federals controlled ward and follow a disputed second anniversary celebration of U S occupation. Spanish residents in San Juan circulated a call to organize for Spain while the U S District Court likely opens on September 2.

San Juan P. R Mayaguez United States Dias

Combination Park Race Day Ends With Narrow Finish

Racing resumed at Combination Park after two weather delays. A second heat in the special race saw Jettie Fred wobble and fall near the first turn, but Kin ce was saved from injury by ver Merrill. The event, under the Dorchester Driving Club, featured Little Fred and Lightfoot in a tight finish with the black horse prevailing by a length.

Combination Park Jast Jettie Fred Ver Merrill Kince Aus Dorchester Driving Club Tfoot Fred Lightfoot

Peck Decorated in Paris as Grand Officer of Legion of Honor

United States Commissioner General Ferdinand W. Peck of Chicago is named a grand officer of the Legion of Honor in the Official Journal announcement. The August 18 report places Peck among foreign commissioners receiving decorations.

Paris Legion of Honor United States Ferdinand W. Peck Chicago Legion

Youthful criminal Langtry Held in Dorchester Burglary

Harry P. Langtry alias Harris Mosely alias Harry Green, 22, with no home, was arrested by Inspectors Cleary and Morrissey of the bureau of criminal investigation on a breaking and entering and larceny charge. He is wanted on other counts and has a prior Concord Reformatory record. A previous escape to Philadelphia and later Boston arrest are noted. last night’s offense involved stealing a violin worth 95 dollars from a Holden street Dorchester house.

Harry P. Langtry Harris Mosely Harry Green Cleary and Morrissey Bureau of Criminal Investigation Langtry Concord Reformatory Philadelphia Boston Inspector Cleary Concord Holden Street Dorchester

Copper thieves target copper kettles and yard raids

Police arrest Gilbert H. Frost at 73 Hancock Street for larceny of four copper kettles worth eight dollars from Seavey Manufacturing Company Cambridge. The Charlestown Navy Yard had seen large copper thefts. guards uncovered thieves using rubber boots tied to hides of horses to transport rivets and shavings, curbing losses.

Gilbert H. Frost Hancock Street Station 3 Seavey Manufacturing Company Cambridge Murray Cambridge Police Charlestown Navy Yard Navy Yard

Heaths of Charlestown Celebrate Golden Wedding

On September 8 Mr and Mrs Thomas Heath of Elm Street Charlestown mark fifty years of marriage. He is a wheelwright and blacksmith running a growing shop in Joiner street. Mrs Heath, formerly Caroline Pierce of Fall River, is indisposed but her husband remains active in daily business. They have four children: Mary Blood wife of William Blood a Boston fireman. William Henry an engineer in Brooklyn now aboard the Corliss yacht Oriole in Providence. Fred Albert a musician in Middletown New York who is blind yet self supporting. and Frank Arthur a Middletown minister. They have never lost a child and speak of a life of contentment without wealth to worry them.

Thomas Heath Elm Street Charlestown Heath Caroline Pierce Fall River Newport Mr. Heath Joiner Street Mary Blood William Blood Boston William Henry Brooklyn Oriole Corliss Providence Fred Albert Middletown N. Y Frank Arthur

They Elope. Broker's Son and Chorus Girl Sue for Papa's Pardon

Roger Livingston Jr wed chorus girl Dora Hampton and the couple seek parental forgiveness as they wait in Chicago. Livingston, a Stock Exchange member with an office at 80 Broadway, plans to join his European travels with his family while under 21 he is Yale class of 1902. The telegrams and rushed wedding stem from a summons home and a wary father.

New York Roger Livingston, Jr Dora Hampton Papa Chicago University Club Roger Livingston The Stock Exchange No. 80 Broadway No. 10 East Sixty-seventh Street Livingston Europe Roger Yale Miss Hampton San Francisco Pacific Coast California Mr. Livingston

He Wears Women's Fixings in Court Case

Bernard Jennings of 3322 South Second Street, a brewer, was fined $20 in the Wyoming Police Court after his wife testified he earns $14 a week from the brewery and spends most of it on drink and women's clothes. She said he has dressed in women’s clothing for five years.

ST. Louis Bernard Jennings South Second Street Wyoming

Man Wears Corset and Monstrous Wig in Hidden Wardrobe

A man returns home from the brewery wearing a full outfit including underskirts corset and plumed bonnet. He previously ventured out in these clothes but now fears to do so. He sometimes sleeps in the garments and only removes the bonnet for bed, donning a monstrous wig.

Gold aboard Roanoke as Nome rush brings 600 aboard

Two steamers reach Port Townsend with Klondike headlines. The Roanoke carries 200 passengers and $3,000,000 in gold plus $1,000,000 in furs shipped from Dawson to St Michael. Clarence Berry holds over $150,000 in four treasure boxes. Dawson reports four drownings from the Aquilla wreck.

Port Townsend Wash Nome Roanoke Yukon Dawson St. Michael Robert Dollar Humboldt Lynn Canal Klondike Clarence Berry

King Solomon Lodge Outing To Dover By Barge

The degree staff of the King Solomon Lodge I O O F will hold its annual outing tomorrow. Thirty members, many chief officers, will travel by barge to Dover for a full day trip starting from the West End and returning late at night.

King Solomon Lodge Dover West End

Supposed Boston Man Found Dead in Framingham Yards

Terribly mangled body of a man found in freight yards at dawn. Limbs and head injured. a hat and a card show the name John Healy, care of James Ellis, corner of B Street, South Boston. Suspected of stealing a ride. identity uncertain.

South Framingham John Healy James Ellis B Street Boston

Worcester woman Fannie Mc Pherson sentenced for larceny

Miss Mc Pherson of Worcester was sentenced by Judge Brown in the Municipal Criminal Court to one year in the women’s prison at Sherborn for larceny from a Tremont street business. She appealed and was held in 600 dollars for the September term of the Superior Court, the court finding she did not defraud the Hotel Essex.

Brown Municipal Criminal Court Fannie Mc Pherson Worcester Essex Sherborn Tremont Street

Gratitude Letter From Catholic Rooms at Harvard to President Eliot

A letter dated August 16, 1900 from the Catholic Rooms committee at Harvard thanks President Eliot for his encouragement and celebrates the Cuban teachers summer school. Signatories include Moses Hale Douglass, J. D. M. Ford, Josaph Williams, Grace And ing, M. A. Ford, and Radcliffe affiliates.

Eliot Harvard University Charles W. Eliot Moses Hale Douglass J. D. M. Ford Harvard Josaph R. Williams B. C Grace Anding

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