Annias Lupiner’s Sad Story of Poverty in East Boston
A distressed young mother Annie Lupiner with four children starves in a two room tenement off Porter Street East Boston. Her husband vanished six weeks ago leaving them destitute. Neighbors and Rabbi Schindler aid her while doctors bills mount. The State Board of Charities offered to place the children and send her to Tewksbury but she refuses to part from her kids.
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Porter Street
Boston
Annie Lupiner
Rabbi Schindler
Dr. Aaronson
Cooper Street
Annie
Philip Lupiner
Chelsea Street
Aaronson
State Board of Charities
State Institution For Poor
Tewksbury
Prince of Naples to wed Helene of Montenegro
Aug. 18. Rumor says Vittorio Emanuele Prince of Naples heir to the Italian throne will marry Princess Helene of Montenegro third daughter of the reigning Montenegrin prince. Helene aged 23 is described as beautiful educated and accomplished. Previously linked to the Czar and to King Milan of Servia. The Prince met Helene in Venice recently.
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Romeo
Vittorio Emanuele
Naples
Italy
Helene of Montenegro
Montenegro
Milan of
Servia
Prince of
Europe
Helene
Venice
Gail Hamilton's Funeral Arrangements Declared
The funeral of Carl Hamilton is set for Thursday afternoon at her residence in Hamilton. It will be private, with interment in the village cemetery. Friends may attend. Rev. Mr. Nichols will officiate.
Big Firemen's Master at Crescent Park Riverside
The firemen muster and tournament will be held at Boyden's Crescent Park in Riverside Rhode Island on August 26 under Narragansett Engine Company auspices. Prizes lure a large field of entries with famous New England hand engines already entered. It is Crescent Park's first muster with seasoned firemen managing. Access by water rail and electric cars makes Crescent Park highly favorable. An estimated 50,000 spectators may attend if weather cooperates.
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Boyden
Crescent Park
Riverside
R. I
Narragansett Engine Company
New England
Rioting in Daltonville Leaves One Dead
A drunken melee between Hungarian and French miners in Daltonville, Steubenville, resulted in one death and three critical injuries. Six rioters are under arrest as authorities investigate the mining town brawl.
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Steubenville, CO
Daltonville
Two Ocean Steamers Arrive At Port In Hamburg Line And Java Trade
The Hamburg American steamer Astoria arrived with merchandise and 67 steerage passengers. The British steamer Selma from Java ports carried 6000 tons of sugar in 15 921 baskets and docked at Constitution wharf for unloading. Selma, launched last March, sails at 9 knots and is said to be the largest of its type afloat. The Eastern Avenue Outing Club planned a Sept 6 bay outing to Peddock Island with sports and a clam bake. A libel was filed in the U S District Court against the British steamer Taff over alleged charter party violations related to bananas from Cuba. Captain Collin Smith now commands the yacht Annie S. for yachting duties.
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Astoria
Reessing
Hamburg
Selma
Donovan
Java
Sunderland
Eng
Constitution Wharf
George Horsley
West Hartlepool
Eastern Avenue
Thomas J. Roche
James Smith
J. J. Belton
Edward F. Sullivan
Vesta
Peddock’s Island
United States District Court
Taff
H. Dinsmore & Co
New York
Canrobert
Cuba
Collin Smith
Annie S
Fred Pope
New England
Long Island Sound
Regatta Tragedy Destroys Isolde Collision Kills Baron von Zedtwitz
At Southsea Royal Albert Yacht Club regatta the Meteor collided with the Isolde, damming the vessel and knocking all crew into the sea. Baron von Zedtwitz died after being brought to Ryde. Isolde wrecked with a large bow hole. Rescue efforts saved the remaining crew and flags flew at half mast. The Meteor’s captain blamed Britannia for not yielding. Funeral postpones tomorrow’s races and fireworks.
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London
Royal Albert Yacht Club
Southsea
Emperor William
Isolde
Baron von Zedtwitz
Satanita
Britannia
Ailsa
Meteor
Niagara
Sapphire
Audrey
Penitent
Saint
Ryde
Royal Victoria Yacht Club
Spithead
Ant
Portsmouth
Herreshoffs
Bristol
Prince Leopold
Germany
Gomes
Baroness von Zedtwitz
Charles Roosevelt
New York
Boers Still Arming Ahead of Possible Breach
The Times reports a Bretoria correspondent says the Boers continually arm and may seek to repudiate treaty obligations to England. The correspondent believes the Boers are bluff and Kruger will avoid reaching a fighting stage.
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London
The
Times Today
Bretoria
England
Kruger
Boiler Explosion at Tafts's Sawmill Kills Five in Troy
A boiler at Tafts's sawmill in Troy Montgomery County exploded after low water yesterday. Five men were killed instantly and four others injured, three fatally. Several workers were struck by boiler fragments and others scalded.
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Raleigh
N. C
Tafts
Troy
Montgomery County
Irish dynamiter Devany arrives in Glasgow after release
Thomas Devany, freed from Portland prison after serving a life term for 1883 Edinburgh sentencing, arrives in Glasgow. He says John Daly will be freed next week and expresses surprise at news of Parnell's death. He recounts prison life as an unimaginably awful experience and notes he never had a chance to escape.
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Glasgow
Thomas Devany
Edinburgh
Portland
Devany
John Daly
Parnell
Removal of West End Tracks Sparks City Rail Clash
Cambridge officials clashed with West End railroad over Webster avenue track removal. Mayor Bancroft urged the city to remove and repave at 3.50 per square foot, totaling 8085, while railroad President Little offered 6000 or 5400. dispute led to no immediate removal and new borrowing and bond requests.
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Cambridge
West End
Board of Aldermen
Bancroft
Little
Webster Avenue
Committee On
Clarendon Street
Boston
General Court
Charles River
Dunster Street
West End Railroad
Olney Wins Venezuelan Arbitration Point
From London, Salisbury yields on including the settled portion of the disputed tract in arbitration. Olney argues the omission would doom arbitration by excluding the core issue. Boston lawyer Storrow supports the view, deeming the Settled District lightly settled with few colonists and modest improvements, clearing the path to full settlement.
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Washington
London
Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
First
Olney
Venezuela
Storrow
Boston
Venezuelan Commission
Clever Confidence Man Arrested in Greenfield
S T Spencer, labeled a hotel beat and confidence man, was arrested at Turners Falls on a complaint by Keene City Marshall Philbrick. He cashed a doctor’s check at Dr Best’s and left multiple Greenfield-area inns without paying. He is said to have run similar schemes across New England.
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Millers Falls Inn
American House
Greenfield
Montague
New England
Branding attack alleged at Loyal Lodge initiation in Waltham
Branded Lodge members John G. Graham George O Vickerson Edward ONeill Daniel Tracy Leander Wetherbee and William Magbie to be tried on charges of assault and battery for branding Frank Preble and Edward Arch during an initiation on July 20. Arch suffered a burn to the left breast and Preble two marks. Victims wore bandages for days and were whipped in the lodge room after stripping.
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Waltham
John G. Graham
George O. Vickerson
Edward O’neil
Daniel Tracy
Leander Wetherbee
William Magbie
Loyal Lodge of Orangemen
Frank Preble
Edward Arch
Arch
Mr. Preble
Nationalists Imprisoned After Belfast Riots
Belfast Aug 18 The city remains quiet with no sign of yesterday s rioting. Among those arrested for the disturbances two Nationalists were sentenced one to one month’s imprisonment and the other to two months for assaulting police, while a number were discharged with fines.
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Belfast
Wyman Waiters Parade Amid Labor Strike Pickets
Wyman's restaurants sent a marching group of waiters with a large bass drum through main streets yesterday. They passed the Spring Jane sandwich shop bearing placards urging viewers to inform others they saw them on a strike. Wyman claimed no trouble with strikers and said he would use any additional workers if needed.
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Wyman
Spring Jane
Fleet Growing Seizure in Three Mile Limit Case
In Halifax the Vice Admiralty Court, Chief Justice MacDonald, ordered the Frederick Gerring Jr seized for fishing inside the three mile limit. The vessel was found to have violated Canadian fishery laws despite the defense claim that crew were outside the limit when the seine was dropped. judgment upheld the confiscation.
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Halifax
N. S
MacDonald
Frederick Gerring, Jr
Eskimo Morse Falls From Elevator Shaft
Angus Morse aged 21 of 15 Salem Street suffered a probable fatal accident yesterday morning in a building on Blackstone Street. While working on the fourth floor he backed into the elevator well and fell about sixty feet. He was hospitalized with a fractured right shoulder and serious internal injuries.
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Angus Morse
Salem Street
Blackstone Street
Half Million at Stake in Trull Will Case
Supreme Court Justice Knowlton heard arguments on whether J. W. Trull’s 1867 will should pass to his heirs-at-law at his death or to the heirs-at-law as of today after the death of his sole beneficiary Miss BE T Eldredge. The dispute involves about a half million dollars and could limit entitlements to one person or to 233 potential heirs.
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Mitchell
Mitchell’s
Novelty Plaster Works
Lowell
Mass
U.S.A
G. EK
The
Pioneer of Plaster Fame
Three Year Old Burned In Charlestown Fire
Three year old George Carbone of 489 Main Street Charlestown seized matches at home and set his clothing ablaze. Firemen quickly put out the flames but he suffered serious burns to his body and limbs. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition.
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George Carbone
Main Street
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Flora P. Stafford crew missing after ship burned at sea
Private advices from Burned at Sea Philadelphia report the British bark Flora P. Stafford burned June 8 off the voyage from Newcastle New South Wales to Manila. Of the twenty one crew members, the mate and nine sailors are unaccounted for and it is generally believed they perished.
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Philadelphia
Flora P. Stafford
Newcastle
Manila
Winthrop Considers Own Water Supply Amid Revere Shortage
Winthrop residents welcome a town meeting to discuss securing a local water supply as pressure tests on Beachmont Hill reveal inadequate service from the Revere Water Company. A large crew digs an experimental well while debates over pipes and future metropolitan ties intensify.
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Winthrop
Revere
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
Revere Water Company
Revere ‘Water Company
Beachmont Hill
Post
Revere Company
Adams’s Bluebird suit hits New York actress seeks damages
Mrs Myrtle Thurlow sues Thomas Adams Jr for 100000 in breach of promise during bond coupon cuts. Adams denies acquaintance, while Thurlow cites over 100 letters in which he calls her Darling Little Rosebud and My Dear Little Bluebird as she seeks vindication.
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New York
Thomas Adams, Jr
Adams
Myrtle Thurlow
Miss Thurlow
President Commutes Murder Convict to Life Prison
Washington August 18 The President commuted Thornton Alexander's murder sentence in the District of Columbia to life imprisonment. Alexander had been slated for execution on November 27 but the President found the evidence did not prove a deliberate premeditated homicide warranting death.
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Washington
Thornton Alexander
District of Columbia
Stetson Estate Value Seen Surging After New York Visit
Administrator C. H. Pattee reports the John Stetson estate may exceed prior estimates. He notes the Boston Herald stake valued at over a quarter million dollars as likely unencumbered. Alden Street properties are largely owned by the estate, with most houses tied to it.
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C. H. Pattee
John Stetson
New York
Dorchester Woman Dies After Stairs Fall
Miss Martha G. Carlton of 76 Harvard Street Dorchester aged 72 died after falling down stairs yesterday. Found unconscious at foot of the stairs by a servant a doctor arrived too late. Carlton was a well known figure among Dorchester's longtime residents.
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Martha G. Carlton
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Miss Carlton
Lord Russell Visits Capitol Before Departing for Saratoga
Lord Chief Justice Russell of England and his party toured the New York State Capitol this afternoon. They were accompanied by a committee from the national association and later departed for Saratoga to attend the American Bar Association annual meeting. The accompanying bar association members included James Co. Carter ex Minister Edward J. Phelpps of Vermont Charles Claflin Allen and United States Attorney General Harmon.
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Albany
Russell
England
State Capitol
National Association
Saratoga
American Bar Association
Bar Association
James Co. Carter
Edward J. Phelpps
Vermont
Charles Claflin Allen
United States
Harmon
Governor Mathews Stricken After Rain Speech
Governor Mathews fell ill after speaking in the rain at Brookville on Saturday. A heavy shower arrived, he persisted with his speech, then developed a heavy cold. By yesterday he was bedbound and suffered a congestive chill for nearly three hours, though he is somewhat improved tonight.
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Indianapolis
Mathews
Brookville
Meeting Opens Today at Saratoga ABA Session
The nineteenth annual meeting of the American Bar Association begins in Saratoga Springs on Aug 18 aided by Lord Russell of England. Prominent attendees include Senators Gorman of Maryland and Gray of Delaware Judge Wales Shires Brewster Howe and others. Attendance is expected to be three times prior years. Lord Russell arrives at 6 pm. Debates on international arbitration and legal education promise strong interest.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Bar Association
Lord Russell
England
Gorman
Maryland
Gray
Delaware
I. F. Wales
Wilmington
United States
C. P. Shires
Iowa
I. D. Brewster
Danbury
Captain Luther Crowell Dies at 78 in West Dennis
Obituary notes Captain Luther Crowell died in West Dennis on Thursday aged 78. In early career he captained the bark Rebecca Crowell and La Platte in South American trade, later serving thirty years as captain with the Boston and Philadelphia steamship line, retiring six years ago. He leaves a son, Captain Crowell of the steamer Spartan, and two daughters.
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Luther Crowell
West Dennis
Rebecca Crowell
Boston and
Philadelphia
Captain Crowell
Spartan
Philadelphia Line
Winthrop Notes and Kee Nan Benefit Event
A horse attached to J P Swinet of Winthrop Center ran loose near Robinson's on Shirley street. It dashed, wrecking a bakery wagon and scattering pies before the horse fell on high ground. Neighborhood kids gathered pies and tarts for a playful haul. Later, the Shirley Casino hosted a testimonial for comedian Frank J Kee nan featuring Louise Cadogan Flossie Kenny Oscar Neebe Miss Carlotta Williamson Harry Berrill Daisy Harmon Florence Gifford Ayer Frank J Keenan the Verrii Quartet and John Finley with George H Hayes accompanying.
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J. P. Swhnet
Winthrop Centre
Robinson’s Grocery
Shirley Street
Belcher Bros
Shirley Casino
Frank J. Keenan
Louise Cadogan
Flossie Kenny
Oscar Neebe
Lawrence Neebe
Carlotta Williamson
Harry Berrill
Daisy Harmon
Florence Gifford Ayer
Verrii
John Finley
George H. Hayes
1492” Company
Will Have Justice, Father Seeks Review Of Inmate Assault
William Lloyd of 27 Tufts Street Charles Town seeks justice after an exclusive Post report on his son Fred an inmate at South Boston House of Correction. Lloyd and his wife met with the warden to view his son who was in hospital. Fred denies furniture damage claiming only a small wooden vase was broken. He contends officials punished him for writing a letter to the Mayor. Lloyd will hire a lawyer to pursue a full review.
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William Lloyd
Tufts Street
Charlestown
Fred
House of Correction
South Boston
Lloyd
Silver Refusal By Banks Shuts Out U S Silver in Montreal
A strong movement against American silver develops in Montreal. The Bankers' Association leads, banks refuse US bills at discount, Bank of Montreal ends accepting American calls, then Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific join, Montreal Street Railway stops accepting US coins. By now no US silver can pass Canadian banks or railways.
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Montreal
Bankers’ Association of Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific Railways
Montreal Street Railway Company
United States
Two Cuban filibuster crewmen return to New York
James T. Quinn of Boston and Thomas McNally arrived from Hoffman Island recounting their May 8 departure on the Laurada with 70 men. After wreck near Martonillos they endured hunger and thirst, met Colonel Pena with 500 cavalry, and fled Cuban lines with help from American consuls, reaching the United States.
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New York
Hoffman Island
Montauk Point
Ruiz
James T. Quinn
Boston
Mass
Thomas McNally
Quinn
Martonillos
Cuba
Cisneros
Freight Trains Grash Near Kendal Green
A rear end freight collision near Kendal Green Massachusetts halted traffic for hours. A Mogul engine struck the caboose after a stop to shift cars, throwing three cars off the track and causing serious damage to the locomotive including broken pony trucks a bent frame and a damaged pilot.
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Waltham
Kendal Green
Here
Lightning Hits Trolley at Madison in Thunder Shower
During a heavy thunder shower in the afternoon a bolt struck a Somerset Traction Company trolley near Madison, Mo, damaging and tossing electric lamps at passengers. It burned several ladies dresses and parasols and the trim from a lady's hat, with one man reporting an eye injury.
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North Anson
Somerset Traction Company
Madison
Pasengers
Labor notes appoint staff chiefs and wage talks loom
Harry Lioyé, marshal of the Central Labor Union, announced E. A. McDougal as chief of staff and named P. J. Haley, P. Mahoney, J. S. McOsten, D. D. Driscoll, and C. W. Mowbray as aides from various unions. Garment Workers' Union No 1 met to set timing for wage increases and shorter hours, postponing action until business hours unless employers push wage cuts or longer hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lioyé
Central Labor Union
E. A. McDougal
P. J. Haley
Roofers’ Union
P. Mahoney
Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
J. S. McOsten
Barbers’ Union
D. D. Driscoll
Horseshoers’ Union
C. W. Mowbray
Tailors’ Union
Aids
Garment Workers’ Union No. 1
Aera
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BIG Firemen
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Wolcott
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Newtor
State Library Commission
Arthur Lincoln
Ballot Law Commission
Beecham
Kaiser
President Little
Mayor Bancroft
Point
Orangemen
Wyman Waiters Parade
Canada
MR. Adams
Stetson
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Attleboro
Nellie May Whitney
Governor. Matthews III
Supreme Court
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Hebron
Aelien Woodrock
Charles
Treasury Reserve
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Helena
Mont
Yukon River
Alaska
Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Bryant
Peter Stofflet
Royal Blue Line
Geettysburg
Richmond
Old Point Comfort
Ame River
Simmons
Washington Street
Bostor
Richard Anderson
Cambridge Hospital
Yesarene
Open Air
Central Square
Cambridgeport
Bryan
Free Silver
Boston Political and Tax Reform League
R. Rush
E. M. White
Salem
Turner
Yankee Clothing Co
Summer St
Winthrop Notes
Fred Lloyd
Dover
Del
Arvan
Sewall
Science
Labor Notes
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Mars
Ganges
Mexico
Fisgstaff
Dedham
Cutter, Ward & Stevens
Quincy Cycle Company of
Quincy
Norfolk
Lynn
Clark P. Roundy
Muir & Roundy, Expressmen
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