St Marys Newport Marks 50th Anniversary of Consecration
St Marys Church Newport observed its 50th anniversary with a morning procession to the sanctuary and high mass led by Bishop Matthew Harkins. Cardinal Gibbons attended with visiting bishops and priests, as gold chalice gifts were unveiled and a luncheon followed at the Casino.
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Newport
R. I
St. Mary’s Church
Spring Street
Foley
Tierney
Conaty
Donahue
Matthew Harkins
P. Martin
Cross
P. McGrath
Book
W. Hamilton
Candle
Edward Martin
Mitre
W. Doelker
Crosier
E. Toomey
Cardinal Gibbons
Providence
Christopher Hughes
D. D
St. Mary's Church
Fall River
Thomas P. Grace
James Mahon
Pascoag
E. E. Seagraves
Philip A. Cronan
Nwport
Acolytes
James Fogarty
St. Louis’s Church
Falls River
William Eaton
Thurifer
Martin F. Reddy
Thomas Conaty
Catholic University At
Washington
Michael Tierney
Hartford
John&s. Foley
Detroit
Mich
Patrick J. Donahue
Wheeling
W. Va
Casino
F. Brockholst Cutting
William B. Meenan
M. Tierney
Cameron McRae Winslow
Delancey Kane
Thomas Galvin
William Cutting
Fair Estate Contests Could Cost Millions in San Francisco
San Francisco reports the Fair estate likely to spark another costly will contest. About 2 million already spent in the prior case, with potential additional losses as executors are sought after by heirs Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs Virginia Vanderbilt may press for administration. Knight & Haggerty prepared to seek temporary letters of administration for Oelrichs and wife. Mrs Nelson and Joseph Harvey poised to act as special administrators for Mrs Fair. Judge Cook to rule Monday on public administrator's rights.
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San Francisco
Fair
Charles l. Fair
Joseph Harvey
Mr. Fair
Hermann Oe¢elrichs
Virginia Vanderbilt
Messrs. Knight & Haggerty
Cook
Oelrichs
Hannah B. Nelson
Charles J. Heggerty
Messrs
Carlton Greene
Frank McGowan
Hermann Oelrichs
Charles Neal
Miss Deacon Denies Rumored Betrothal to German Crown Prince
Miss Gladys Deacon pleads with London newspapers to deny circulating rumors of an alleged betrothal to Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany in a letter published this morning. The missive seeks a clear contradiction from the papers on August 18.
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Miss Deacon
London
Gladys Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
Prince Frederick William
Germany
Treaty with China Signed Opens Open Door Trade
Washington announces that a tariff treaty between the United States and China was signed on the 15th inst and Sharretts will sail home. In Shanghai viceroys and the governor endorse China’s push for commerce with America and Europe and pledge a major exhibit at the St Louis exposition as a sign of good faith.
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Washington
State Department
T.S. Sharretts
Treasury
United States
China
Hay
Shanghai
Liu Kun Yi
Chang Chih Tung
Yuan Shai Kai
Nankin
Hankow
Pechili
Sharretts
America
Europe
St. Louis Exposition
City Brevities Injuries From Falls And Wounds Across Town
Miss Catherine McNeil 25 of 515 Massachusetts Avenue fell from a moving car at Massachusetts and Columbus avenues suffering a severe scalp wound treated by Dr. Hayes and sent home. Sabato Tesato 28 Fleet Street had toes crushed by falling iron at the N Y N H rail yard. John Leahy 65 Tremont Street fell 30 feet aboard a Dominion Line steamer, injuring wrist collar bone and possible skull fracture. William Belyea 32 Somerville of 74 Fremont Street struck by a hoisting block under a Fitchburg locomotive and left with a fractured skull, admitted to Relief Station.
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Catherine McNeil
Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts
Columbus Avenues
Dr. Hayes
N. Y
Sabato Tesato
Fleet Street
John Leahey
Tremont Street
Charlestown
Dominion Line
Fitchburg Railroad
William Belyea
Fremont Street
Somerville
George M Hopkins Dies in Cheshire on Illness
George M Hopkins 6 of New York City died in Cheshire after a sudden illness on a street car. He was a Scientific American staff writer and author of Experimental Science, a popular physics book. The body will be taken to Albion, New York, for burial.
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Cheshire
George M. Hopkins
New York City
Hopkins
Scientific American
Albion
N. Y
Malden Officer Huts Gamblers at Webster's Park
Malden Aug 17 Patrolman Lenehan of the Malden police pursued a party of 15 youths gambling at Webster's Park Maplewood district about 5 pm. He arrested Harry Be Jones 18 of Maplewood as he crossed the Everett line. Jones to be arraigned in Malden District Court tomorrow for gambling on the Lord's day. Hats coats dice and about $2 were found at the scene.
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Malden
Lenehan
Webster's Park
Maplewood
Harry BE. Jones
Everett
Jones
Egg incident brings Brookline boy to court
Daniel Dwyer, a small boy, faced Brookline court after an unboiled egg he threw struck George Clark. Judge Drew reserved decision for a week, while Clark seeks reparations for acting as a fortification against the telegraph pole. Clark claims responsibility should be addressed, but Dwyer did not intend to hit the man.
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Daniel Dwyer
George Clark
Daniel
Brookline
Young Dwyer
Mr. Clark
Clark
Brookline Court
Drew
Fire destroys Narrow Gauge Hotel in Revere no water to save
Revere fire crews faced a lone blaze at the Narrow Gauge Hotel near Crescent Beach. With the closest station miles away and hydrant poorly known, 2800 feet of hose proved insufficient and no water could be thrown, as the building burned to the ground.
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Fire Department of
Revere
Shirley Street
Crescent Beach
Central Station
Broadway
Beachmont
Mitchell says miners will stick to strike as files show
The weekly United Mine Workers bulletin reports 95,000 region strikers, 40,000 tons weekly coal produced, 20,000 tons shipped to tidewater, coal on hand nearly zero, and 1,500 troops at Shenandoah. President Mitchell heads to Spring Valley then Chicago to discuss with Illinois miners. He says no change in the field and that workers will win, with relief for distress continuing.
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Tidewater
Shenandoah
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Spring Valley
Ill
Mitchell
Chicago
Illinois
Wilkesbarre
George W. Purcell
Terre Haute
National
Indiana
West Virginia
Wilson
No dictation from Morgan on coal strike return
Morgan Wilkesbarre reports deny any plan for his return to settle the coal strike. Coal road presidents emphasize they act with board approval and will resign if political or financial forces force a policy. They insist they will not be dictated and intend to prevail.
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Wilkesbarre
Morgan
Coal Road
Trainmen Rally Over Mining Duty in Wilkesbarre Strike
Grand Master Fitzpatrick of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen tours the anthracite region urging members to resist coal shipments from non union mines. Maltby colliery may open with guards and lights as strike leaders fear renewed operations amid Morgan pressure.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Fitzpatrick
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
J. J. Curran
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hemphill, Former Atlanta Mayor and Constitution Founder, Dies
William A Hemphill aged 105 or 106 died in Atlanta. He was born in Athens on March 15 1842 and served in the Confederate army after graduating from the University of Georgia in 1861. Hemphill later founded the Constitution and held leadership roles in city government and local banks and transit firms.
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Atlanta
William A. Hemphill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Hemphill
Athens
State University of Georgia
Hoe Wade
Gettysburg
Constitution
Two Collins Arrested in Lowell House Liquor Theft
In Lowell House liquor theft probe two men named Henry Collins of 15 Village Street and John W. Collins of 62 Sawyer Street were arrested after patrolmen found bottles of whiskey wine and gin on Henry and John claimed to be an attache at Lowell House. Both men face court today.
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Henry Collins
Village Street
John W. Collins
Sawyer Street
Lowell House
Causeway Street
Smith
Division 2
Burke
Scollay Square
Tremont Row
Montreal
Station 2
Collins
Sloop Mary A. Brings Wrecked Yacht to Gloucester
The fishing sloop Mary A. tows a damaged centerboard knockabout picked up between Fastern Point and Thatcher's Island. It may be the wrecked yacht once reported by Captain ONeil of the Tacinda I Lo well. The yacht bears the name King Lynn Beach on starboard quarter.
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Gloucester
Mary A
Lorenzo
Fastern Point
Thatcher's Island
O’neil
Lowell
New York Yacht Club
Lynn Beach
Lieutenant Ralph F. E. McDowell Drowns at Fort Clark
Lieutenant Ralph F. E. McDowell of the Twelfth United States Cavalry drowned in Pinto Creek near Fort Clark while bathing with Lieutenant Lusk. McDowell, promoted from the ranks on February 2, 1901, was seized by cramps. Lusk nearly lost his life trying to save him.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ralph FE. McDowell
Twelfth
United States Cavalry
Pinto Creek
Fort Clark
Lusk
McDowell
Two Brothers Die In Hammond Railroad Crash
George W. Farris 21 of Cave City Kentucky was killed and his brother Daniel B. Farris 28 of Millett Michigan fatally injured when a Chicago Erie freight train at Hammond Indiana was struck by a special excursion train carrying 600 passengers from southern Ohio at 40 miles per hour. No excursionists were harmed.
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Chicago
George W. Farris
Cave City
Daniel BE. Farris
Millett
Mich
Hammond
Ind
Chicago & Erie Railroad
Indianapolis
Ohio
Carrie Meyer and Morris Frye wedding at Knesseth Israel
Carrie Meyer and Morris Frye were married at Knesseth Israel Synagogue yesterday afternoon in a ceremony conducted by Rabbi H. S. Schoher. The bride was given in marriage by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Meyer and a reception followed at Union Park Hall with several hundred guests.
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Knesseth Israel
Carrie Meyer
Morris Frye
H. S. Schoher
Meyer
Union Park Hall
Street Brawl Among Young Women Over Hats Ends in Chaos
Three fashionable women fought fiercely on Bulfinch Street near midnight. The blue-clad fighter lost to rivals in red and white as blood flowed and hats, gowns, and hair were torn. A man who prompted the dispute watched as the victor was helped into a cab by a patrolman.
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Bulfinch Street
St Rocco's Feast Observed by North End Italians
The North End Italian community observed St Rocco's feast with a morning parade of the St Rocco Society and services at St Leonard's Church led by Rev Father Valencialaus. A sermon by Father Leblibert and music by Miss Louise Anthony followed. A 4 PM band concert occurred on the playground between Prince and North Bennet streets.
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North End
St. Rocco Society
St. Leonard’s Church
Prince Street
Valencialaus
Ubaldus
Wenceshaus
Leblibert
Louise Anthony
Prince and
North Bennet Streets
Improvement in the North End Sparks Cleaner Streets
The North End Improvement Association led by Rev. Father D J O Farrell reports a marked turnaround in a month. He cites cleaner streets, less noise, reduced drunkenness and gambling, with ball plays halted around churches. Father Ubaldus of St Leonard's Italian Church agrees outsiders caused disruption and hopes continued effort will improve conditions.
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North End
Ubaldus
St. Leonard's
Port Maurics
Prince Street
Father Ubaldus
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Earl of Dudley
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Earl Cadogan
the Earl OF Dudley
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Henry and
John Collins
Lieut. M’dowell
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