Tremont Street shooting ends with Walker wounded
William Walker a 23 year old colored man was shot three times by George M. Carruthers 33 a Tremont street shopkeeper claiming Walker tried to break into the store Carruthers says he woke to noises saw a man at a shutter and fired Walker was taken to City Hospital and Carruthers was jailed at East Dedham street station with both men in custody while Walker denied theft allegations.
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William Walker
Tremont Street
City Hospital
Carruthers
Walker
Nerely
Mysterious Dr Kennedy in Police Third Degree Probe
New York August 18 police press Kennedy for answers after the alleged Dolly Reynolds murder. Detectives cite a lead covered cable weapon and a stain on underdrawers as possible evidence though officers differ on Kennedy’s guilt. The investigation widens to a second man linked to Reynolds and a potential accomplice at the Grand Hotel.
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New York
Samuel J. Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Frederick B. House
Byrnes
Kennedy
Health Board
McClusky
Maurice B. Mendham
Miss Reynolds
O'Reilly
New Dorp
Spain names commissioners for Cuba and Porto Rico
Madrid dispatch reports General Blanco Castellanos and Leon y Castillo as Cuba commissioners and Generals Macias Ortega and Admiral Vallarno as Porto Rico commissioners. It notes Senor Leon y Castillo may chair the Paris commission while Senor Moret is blocked by press hostility.
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London
Madrid
The
Daily News
Blanco
Castellanos
German Press Says Augustin Removal Not Offense to U S
Berlin papers stress the Manila departure of Governor-General Augustin was an act of courtesy not an offense to America. Admiral Dewey reportedly approved the move, but semi official explanations offer only secrecy about the reasons.
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Berlin
Augustin
Manila
America
Komische Zeitung
The
Post
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Dewey
Tragic cave-in claims Lewiston child near home
Aug 18 in Lewiston Maine a five year old girl Emilda Quilette of 12 Oxford Street was found buried in a sand bank near her home. Authorities believe she was playing near the bank when the soil collapsed and smothered her.
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Lewiston
Emilda Quilette
Cathygne
Andre Ouilette
Oxford Street
Bee
Floods Kill Natives as Brewery Destroyed in Kumaon
Severe floods and dangerous langelides struck below Nainital in Kumaon province. A brewery was destroyed. European residents are believed to have escaped, but many natives were killed.
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Simla
Nainital
Kumaon
Hudson river death of canal captain may be murder
The body of Peter Yumans a canal boat captain employed by the Susquehanna Coal Company at Nanticoke Penn was recovered in the Hudson River at Hudson N Y with a fractured skull investigators believe he was murdered robbed and then cast into the river The rest of the text advertises men s hose at Shuman Corner at low prices in new shades and patterns
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Hudson, N. Y
Peter Yumans
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Penn
Hudson River
Shuman Corner
Woman identified as Mary Kelly attacked on Whitmore Street
Police allege Robert Foley assaulted a woman on Whitmore Street Wednesday morning. The woman, claiming the name Mary Kelly while briefly conscious, partially recovered at City Hospital but later lapsed back into unconsciousness. Hospital staff report no hope for recovery.
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Station 4
Robert Foley
Whitmore Street
City Hospital
Mary Kelly
Lagrange Street
Foley
Kelly
My Clothier Concert by Salem Cadet Band at Free Band Concert
The Salem Cadet Band conducted by Jean M. Missud performs selections at the fifth Free Band Concert hosted by Bernard M. Wolf at his store corner Hanson and Portland streets. Concert runs 7 30 to 9 30 with marches overtures waltzes and solos by Jerome Procter and Missud among others.
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Salem Cadet Band
Jean M. Missud
Bernard M. Wolf
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Kaiser's Suicide Before Hanging Sparks Jail Conflicts
In Norristown Penn Kaiser awaiting execution for the Emma Kaiser murder in 1896 killed himself in the county jail by severing arteries and a bed sheet noose. Jail officials had discussed buying scaffolding for the hanging while Kaiser prepared to die.
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Norristown
Penn
Charles O. Kaiser
Emma Kaiser
Kaiser
James A. Clemmer
Lizzie Dekalb
Clemmer
Governor Wolcott appoints Logan colonel of the Ninth Massachusetts
Governor Roger Wolcott signs and forwards the commission making Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence J. Logan colonel of the Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry in place of the late Colonel Fred B. Bogan. Senator James A. Gallivan delivered the signed papers after a long day of pursuit and delay. Logan learns of promotion later, while Senate Dalton and Governor's party await. Governor writes Logan a letter of praise and asks him to recommend officers for vacancies, with commission effective immediately.
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Wolcott
Lawrence J. Logan
Ninth Regiment
Massachusetts Infantry
Fred B. Bogan
Ninth
Leutenant
Gohier
Beverly
James A. Gallivan
Boston
Colonel Logan
Senator Gallivan
Logan
Gallivan
Dalton
State House
Sohier
Samuel Dalton
Mass
U. S. UV
Roger Wolcott
Two Killed as Cornice collapses on Philly Building
A building under construction at North Fifth Street in Philadelphia collapsed on August 18 killing Albert Green and Thomas Lyons instantly. Four workers were fatally or seriously injured, with other workers struck on the pavement as the heavy cornice crashed down.
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Philadelphia
North Fifth Street
Albert Green
Thomas Lyons
C. Schroder
Harry Evans
Thomas Mundy
Frank MclIntyre
Bram Witnesses Move From Strachan House
The Bram witnesses have left Mrs. Strachan's house on Dean Avenue Winthrop and moved to Seafoam Avenue. Bailiff Ruhl their keeper compromised with Mrs Strachan who paid him a bonus to surrender the place.
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Bram
Voters in Wards 10 12 18 Back Paul for Senate
A meeting at 11 Province Court club rooms last night saw voters from Wards 10 12 and 18 discuss the future and pledge support for Isaac F. Paul for the fifth senatorial district and Milton C. Paige for Congress in the tenth district.
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Province Court
Isaac F. Paul
Milton C. Paige
Congress
Boston Post Reporter Reports Colonel Logan Improving
A Post reporter visiting Colonel Lawrence J. Logan at his South Boston residence on Broadway found he had shown great improvement during the day and was feeling tip-top. So many inquiries came in during the evening that a person was stationed at the house to answer questions.
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Post
Lawrence J. Logan
Broadway
Boston
Weather forecast for New England and Boston Friday
Forecasts show Maine New Hampshire Vermont and parts of New York and New England facing threatening weather on Friday with showers in places and warmer conditions by Saturday. Boston area should expect cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms and variable light winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Boston
Tug Argus From Boston Reported in Distress
Steamer Argus of Boston bound for New York with wrecking pontoons for Santiago in tow reached Shelburne Nova Scotia in distress after heavy gales. One pontoon was lost, a man was landed at Shelburne for illness, and the missing pontoon is unaccounted for.
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Halifax
Argus
Boston
New York
Santiago
Shelburne
Larceny Charge Involving $1200 From John S arrestees
A man identified as Presson of 38 Water street was charged with larceny of property valued at 1200 from John S on August 5. Both suspects are to be arraigned today. Police say little about the case and the complainant’s name is not listed in the Boston directory.
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Lington
John S., Presson
Water Street
Boston
Painter John A. Macdonald Falls from Staging
John A. Macdonald aged 32 residing at 33 Hall Street fell from a high staging at the Chauncy and Bedford streets corner yesterday afternoon. He sustained severe head and shoulder injuries and is not expected to recover. He worked as a painter for George F. E. Fuller & Co and was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
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John A. Macdonald
Hall Street
Chauncy
Bedford Streets
Macdonald
George FE. Fuller & Co
Lyric Era Patent Remedy Claims Fast Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts a remedy titled To Cure A Cold In One Day using laxative bromine quinine on each tablet. The copy promotes rapid relief and lists active ingredients in a lecture hall voice.
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Geovine
Arrests in Larceny Case Catch Two Men
Inspectors Cleary and Abbott arrested Hiram A. Marston aged 81 of South Framingham and Herbert W. Pattee of Arlington late yesterday afternoon on larceny charges.
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Cleary
Abbott
Hiram A. Marston
South Framingham
Herbert W. Pattee
O Connell Breaks a Leg in Beer Team Accident
William O Connell 64 of 56 I Street South Boston sustained a broken right leg when a barrel of beer fell on him while working on a beer team at the corner of Washington and Northampton streets. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Wiliam O’connell
I Street
Boston
Washington and
Northampton Streets
City Hospital
Massachusetts Eyes Home Camp for Returning Regiments
Citizens press to move Second and Ninth Massachusetts Regiments from Montauk to a Massachusetts camp. South Framingham camp preferred, Boston Harbor option suggested. leaders call for care and healthful return for troops after campaign fatigue. Mayor Quince and Governor Walcott weigh in with support and caution.
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Massachusetts
United States Volunteers
Commonwealth
Bay State
Montauk Point
Long Island
South Framingham
New England
Santiago
Tropics
War Department
Conry
Board of Aldermen
Montauk
Boston Harbor
Fort Warren
Alderman Conry
Boston
Quincy
Walcott
John H. Sullivan
Post
Governor's Coune
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Cornet
Defferson B
Missy
B. Alexander
W. B. Goold
B. Keyes
Waltz
Turner
American Studenta
Missud
Wheeler Sextet
Lucia
Donizett
Herbert
Paul
Senate
Tug -Argus
O'Connell
2D and
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Wikoff
Washburn Credit Co
Washington St
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