Disappearance of Morkill Prompts Defalcation Rumors
Boston era tale details alleged missing checks of 20 and 5000 dollars tied to Ison A. Morkill a former Globe Theatre associate now treasurer at L. G. McIntosh cloaks firm. Friends doubt he is thief though he vanished Aug 12 and left wife with only 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morkil
Ison A. Morkill
L. G. McIntosh
Cloaks and Dry Goods
Boylston Street
John Stetson
Globe Theatre
McIntosh
Europe
Morkill
Globe
Reynolds
Nelse
Denmark
Roxbury
Providence Storm Wrecks Vessels and Drowns Diver
A fierce Aug 24 storm battered Providence and surrounding shores with gale winds and torrential rain. Four pontoon boats and the Merritt Wrecking Co. schooner Rapidan went ashore near Narragansett Pier. diver William Coolan of Staten Island drowned. Numerous buildings damaged, trees stripped, and mills ready to restart after flood. New Haven reports historic wind damage to elms and harbor facilities with several ships and yachts destroyed or damaged.
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Providence
Merritt Wrecking Company
Narragansett Pier
William Coolan
Staten Island
Whale Rock
Rapidan
Rhode Island
Seal Rock
Sabin Point Light
Block Island
New York
Fruit Hill
Pawtuxet
New Haven
Conn
C. H. Northam
Fall River
Julie
Beatrice
Hydros
Boston
South Sea Wall
Diana
Austin
Basin Wharf
Frederick
C. W. Adkins
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
W. B. Johnson
Forty-fifth Street
Clinton
Savin Rock
Short Beach
Ella
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Myantic
Morton House
New Bedford
Madison
Fourth Streets
Electric
Milford
Gloucester
James S. Steele
Otis P. Lord
Beverly
A. Baker
Perkins
Washington Street
Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod
Cape
Gate Anchorage
Nantucket
Vineyard
Woods Hall
Gray Gables
Town Meeting in Winthrop Chooses Park Boulevards Panel
An adjourned meeting with T. J. Morse as moderator and Sumner Floyd as clerk approved renaming the boulevards committee to include parks and liaising with the Metropolitan Park Commission Middlesex county officials and Boston municipal leaders to push a metropolitan park system per the 1893 act. Selectmen ordered a five year contract with North Shore Electric Light Co giving lights to 1 30 am at a cost of 72 dollars for arc lights and 15 50 for incandescent lights.
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T. J. Morse
Sumner Floyd
Metropolitan Park Commission
County Commissioners of
Middlesex
State Highway Committee
Municipal Governments
Boston
North Shore Electric Light Company
Wringer and Mangle Maker Advertising
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers manufactured with repair services and prompt mail orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Honest John Campbell Claims Honesty Best Policy
Damage done concerns the small island at the end of the old pier where the south end was badly washed out by the water. Campbell contends honesty is recognized by even the elements as the best policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Gale Warning from New England Storm Slams Trees and Crops
Inland mischief in Worcester and Springfield reports a powerful wind storm damaging elms on the Common and Orange street, felling trees, blowing down lines, injuring houses, and scattering fruit. Hadley Hatfield tobacco losses loom. a large B and M tracks tree in Chicopee. Holyoke sign losses and injuries.
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Worcester
Orange Street
Springfield
Hartford
New York
L. E. Pease
Boston
Northampton
Hadley
Hatfield
Elm Street
Chicopee
Boston & Maine
Holyoke
Perrault
Hoodoo Yacht Rescued After Fifteen Hour Sea Drift
William Clark of Short Beach and a companion were rescued from the Hoodoo after a fifteen hour storm drift. A volunteer crew of five men located the grounded sloop off Crescent Beach and freed the anchored vessel enabling a safe return.
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Weather Bureau
William Clark
Short Beach
Beachmont
Clark
Anchorage
Saugus River
Ocean Pier
Boston
Rew
Mr. Morgan
Ralph Jay
Bert Grossians
Wilfred Waite
Crescent Beach
Record storm battering New York coast and Coney Island
A historic norwester lashed the Atlantic coast causing 3.82 inches of rain in twelve hours the heaviest on local signal records. Winds up to 40 mph toppled trees shattered windows and damaged piers while ships dragged anchors. Washouts near Mt Vernon halted trains and several vessels were wrecked or driven ashore along the Sound and at Coney Island where the Brighton Beach Hotel grounds were wrecked and the marine railway washed out.
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Atlantic
New England
New York
Long Branch
North River
Western Union Telegraph Company
Central Park
Battery Park
Madison Square
Broadway
Mt. Vernon
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Fulton Avenue Bridge
New Rochelle
Fulton Avenue
Humphrey
Atlantic Highland
Telfer
W. A. Parry
Philadelphia
Atlantic Highlands
Brenda
Yacht Club
Sound
Larchmont Harbor
Shepard's Point
Indian Harbor
Greenwich
Port Morris
Tompkinsville
S. L
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Brighton
N. Y
Norton’s
Point Breeze
Manhattan Beach
West End
Brighton Beach
Lingcoké
Sea Breeze Avenue
West Brighton
Balmer
Marine Railway
Sheepshead Bay
Balmer’s
Doyle’s
Devlin’s
Shoppa’s
Henderson’s
Hotel Brighton
Brighton Road
Partnership dissolves as Legg Hobbs & Co to split firm
Reports say the Legg Hobbs stockbroker partnership on State street will dissolve after a court ordered injunction halting sale or transfer of assets valued between sixty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. Bruce W. Hobbs seeks liquidation while Charles E. Legg forms a new firm, Legg & Co. with liquidation signatory rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legg
Hobbs
Coparnership
Post
Chelsea
Charles E. Legg
Hobha
Garment Workers Elect a New President
The Garment Workers Council met at their headquarters last evening and elected J. Stank president with W. Church as vice president. F. W. Riley was chosen as vice president and W. Church as secretary. The council will join the Labor Day parade represented by Stank Jacques Riley and Cohen, each coach decorated with the union label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garment Workers’ Council
J. Stank
W. Church
F. W. Riley
F. W. Jacques
Messrs. Stank
Jacques
Riley
Cohen
Stonemasons Union Mourns Death of Edward Fitzgerald
At Carroll Halls last evening Stonemasons Union No 1 adopted resolutions on the death of Edward Fitzgerald killed at the Hecht building on July 16. He was an earnest worker for the union with social qualities and his untimely demise is sincerely regretted by his associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonemasons’ Union No. 1
Carroll Halls
Edward Fitzgerald
Hecht
Fitzgerald
Vice-President Valentine Here at Iron Moulders Union Meeting
Iron Moulders Union No 108 met with First Vice President Joseph Valentine of San Francisco to discuss trade conditions and welfare matters. Valentine is on an extended nationwide tour promoting the interests of Iron moulders of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Iron Moulders’ Union No. 108
Joseph Valentine
San Francisco
United States
Carpenters Council Plans Labor Day Parade Floats
The Carpenters' District Council met at 699 Washington Street to arrange Labor Day events. Two floats are planned including a float carrying sixty young ladies representing the States. Faneuil Hall will be parade headquarters and host a banquet in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ District Council
Washington Street
Faneuil Hall
Painters Council Sees Membership Rise And Union Rates Favored
General Delegate Esdale told the Painters' Council at 699 Washington Street that membership growth is strong and that master painters have a favorable impression of establishing union rates.
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The
Painters’ Council
Washington Street
Esdale
Special Council Meeting Held for Labor Day Planning
A special meeting of the council is set for Sunday September 3 in Wells Memorial Hall. All craft members are invited to attend to arrange activities for Labor Day.
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Wells Memorial Hall
Thomas Mackey Elected Commander of Cornice Workers
Thomas Mackey was elected commander of the cornice workers at a Labor Day meeting held at 616 Washington Street last evening. The group will mobilize 300 men and hold a banquet in Dexter Hall after the march concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mackey
Cornice Workers
Washington Street
Dexter Hall
Philip Reynolds Chosen Commander for Labor Day Parade
Philip Reynolds of Stablemen's Assembly No 6627 K of L was elected commander for Labor Day. About five hundred men are to form at the corner of Montgomery and Tremont streets at 8 a m for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Reynolds
Stablemen’s Assembly
K. of L
Montgomery and
Tremont Streets
North Shore Gale Draws Mass Attention And Local Notices
A severe windstorm along the North Shore disrupts Winthrop Beachmont and Revere, tearing branches from trees and causing widespread damage across gardens and fruit trees. The Irish sports at Oak Island Grove are postponed due to weather, while various local events and speeches proceed or are rescheduled, including a Labor Day license and an Aphelion Club sale and dance.
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Old Boreas
Winthrop
Beachmont
Revere
Oak Island Grove
James H. Walsh
Irish Athletic Association
Aphelion Club
Aphelion Hall
Mertie Aldrich
Sadie Walnut
Ellen Richardson
Hannah Joyce
Marion Fowler
Annie O'Hara
Besse Walnut
Ethel Beatty
Miss Ethel
Mertie Aldridge
Little Marion Fowler
Harrison Grey Otis
Winthrop Yacht Club
O B. Hamlen
United States Revenue Service
Yacht House
Gibson
New Winthrop
Messrs
S. Y. Frothingham
Saul G. Hamelburg
Boston Police Shuffle Promotes Numerous Captains and Lieutenants
A broad order transfers Lieutenants Hanley Wescott Kimball Weir and others across divisions 1 2 9 12 15 16, with Captain Ira Foster promoted to Station 5 and Captain Dawson moved to Station 16 then 13 then 10 then 5. Details praise Foster’s career and note Wyman and Hemmenway reactions while hinting at further changes after vacation.
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John J. Hanley
George W. Wescott
Otis F. Kimball
Edward W. Burns
Joseph Harriman
James H. Johnson
Charles H. Denton
Michael F. Callahan
Boston
Ira Foster
Dawson
Weir
City Point District
Biographies of Police Captains Hemmenway and Dawson
The article details the careers of Captain Hemmenway and Captain Henry Dawson in the police service. Hemmenway advanced from apprentice to captain through posts at Court Square, Station 2, 4, and 6, earning the nickname The Deacon for his Methodist church service in Roxbury. Dawson, born in London in 1843, joined on December 30, 1875, rose to sergeant by 1880 and lieutenant by 1883, with transfers between divisions 10 and 3.
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Lieutenant Little
Hanley
Cain
District 2
Burns
Harriman
Johnson
Denton
Hemmenway
Division 16
Eliot School
Newell, Harding & Co
Court Square
Roxbury
Henry Dawson
London
England
Leutenant
One Man Left Of the Crew of the Mary Lizzie of Portland
The Eggleston Abbey from Cardiff for Delaware Breakwater arrived at New York for repairs after a hurricane. It rescued George H. Upton, sole survivor from the fishing schooner Mary Lizzie of Portland, Me., sunk Aug. 21 with six crew lost, including his brother. Upton had been in the water 33 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzard's Bay
Governor Russell
Joe Jefferson
John Simpkins
Peter’s Pond
Sandwich
Mashpee
Russell
Bryant
McBurny
New York
A. H. Woods
Boston
Buzzard’s Bay
Gray Gables
Salem
Helen
Pennsylvania
William Gorman
Baker’s Island
Portland
Julia Baker
Bangor
Cape Elizabeth
Bucksport
Bridgeport
Conn
Hazel
J.C. Wolcott
Jersey City
Stella
Roland Pettitt
Oneita
R. H. Crossley
Yale
John M. Masury
Black Rock
George Hotel
T. L. Watson
Neta
Edith Feltham
H. F. Feltham
Grace Platt
White Wings
Malcolm Graham
Hartley & Graham
Graham
Eggleston Abbey
Cardiff
Delaware
George H. Upton
Mary Lizzie
South Shoal
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Nelson A. Morkil
Pemberton
Canada
Reynolds Hotels
Quebec
Edinburg
Hood
W.j.baxin, ‘O. Pembroke
Mass
Bood
Geo. Lang
Boylston ST
Corner Washington
Garment Workers
North Shore
George A. Wyman
Ste
North End
District 4
Lagrange Street
Small
Back Bay
West Roxbury
Ira C. Foster
Station 5
Alexandria
N. H
Division 3
Foster
Boston &Albany Railroad
Battery A
Jones
Cooper Street
William H. Pierce
Division 2
South Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Express Company
Division 9
Albany
Col
Deoham
Boston Veterinary Hospital
Beckety
Daniel D. Lee
Tremont
Geer
Williams
Williams & Carletes
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