End of Edith Arm strong records and Meserole tied life
Edith Arm strong once known as Dovey Comstock dies in a Kansas City county jail amid opium and brandy addiction. The Dubious figure long linked to the 1891 Brooklyn murder of Theo dore W. Larbig and the Meserole case is described as a former theft offender who supported herself through theft and opium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edith Armstrong
Dovey
Comstock
Theodore W. Larbig
Darwin J. Meserole
Brooklyn
N. Y
Meserole
Mary Armstrong
Emma van Elsner
Edith
God
Walter Comstock
D. C
New York
Plymouth Church
House of Industry
Flatbush Avenue
Evangeline Comes to Boston With New railway Ticket Office
The Dominion Atlantic Railway Company opens a Boston ticket office at 228 Washington Street. J F Masters leads the office with J A Adams assisting to issue tickets and provide tourist information. A Vedder painting of Evangeline adorns the walls as Percy Gilkins invites the public to view the new bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dominion Atlantic Railway Company of
Nova Scotia
Washington Street
Land of Evangeline
J. F. Masters
J. A. Adams
Evangeline
Victor Vedder
Percy Gilkins
Henry Saltonstall Buried at First Church in Salem
The funeral for Henry Saltonstall was held yesterday at the First Church at Berkeley and Marlboro with prominent local families in attendance. Rev Stopford Wentworth Brooke officiated, the church choir sang selections by Mason and Dykes, and the burial took place in Salem with no pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Marlboro Streets
Henry Saltonstall
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
Arthur Foote
Lowell Mason
Salem
Letter reveals Bordman Hall declines Alderman Lee bid
Alderman Lee offers to withdraw from the aldermanic ticket for Bordman Hall. Hall’s letter to the press explains the public reasons for declining the offer. He says the withdrawal would weaken the ticket and be resented at the polls, and thanks Lee for the kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Lee
Bordman Hall
Lee
Alderman Hall
Monument Planned to Perpetuate George William Curtis Memory
A plan to honor the late author George William Curtis proposes a monument and an annual course of lectures on American citizenship funded by popular subscriptions. A committee of prominent men is named and subscriptions may be sent to Lee Higginson & Co or to treasurer Andrew Fiske at Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Curtis
Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Andrew Fiske
Tremont Street
The Bells at Union Hall Delights Large Audience
Edmund Elton and companion players presented The Bells at Union Hall before a large crowd of union members and friends. The Euterpe Orchestra contributed selections to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Elton
Union Hall
Union
Euterpe
No Work No Dollar Case Heard in Municipal Court
Judge Hardy heard E. Howard Bigelow charged with taking 1 from James A. McDonald on November 28 before employment obtained. Prosecution argued no payment until situation procured. defense said a deposit for a reasonable time could be left. Ruling postponed to next Saturday.
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Intelligence Office
Municipal Criminal Court
Hardy
E. Howard Bigelow
James A. McDonald
McDonald
I. F. Paul
H. P. Harriman
F. J. Daggett
Employment Bureau
Cedar Mountain Fight Loyal Legion Meeting
Three hundred seventy members of the Loyal Legion met at the American House with Commander Colonel Higginson presiding and Governor Smith of New Hampshire as a guest. New members included Horace Bumstead Joseph Richards Kendall Goward Tilly Raymond and Frederick Burbank Burt. General George D. Andrews described Cedar Mountain and a banqueting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Legion
American House
Henry L. Higginson
Smith
New Hampshire
Duchesney
Artillery
Horace Bumstead
Fortythird
United States Colored Troops
Atlanta
Joseph Richards Kendall
Massachusetts
Boston
Goward Tilly Raymond
Worcester
Frederick Burbank Burt
Edmund Charles Burt
Providence
R. I
George D. Andrews
Cedar Mountain
Vanderbilts at Odds as Teutonic Sail Set
New York dispatch reports W. K. Vanderbilt sails from Liverpool today aboard the Teutonic. Mrs. Vanderbilt reportedly refused a 3 million settlement and plans to file for divorce. She remains at a Fifth Avenue townhouse and has hosted frequent entertainments. Vanderbilt may meet lawyers in New York to seek private terms over court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. K. Vanderbilt
Liverpool
Coit Court of Inquiry hears orderly crowd testimony
Today at the Coit Court of Inquiry in Columbus Ohio witnesses from Washington Court House stated the crowd was not disorderly and that a smaller force could have dispersed it safely. They claimed soldiers and officers drank in saloons in the afternoon before the shooting if not drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Coit
Washington Court House
Collision reported off Sands Point between schooner Thistle and steamer City of Worcester
Schooner Thistle bound for New York collided with the Norwich line steamer City of Worcester off the Gang Way buoy at Sands Point. Thistle lost its jibboom bowsprit cat heads and head gear and other damage. Worcester towed Thistle into harbor and then proceeded east after a check of the port side damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Island
N. Y
Thistle
Hunter
St. John
N. B
New York
City of Worcester
Norwich
Sands Point
City of
Will probates name bequests for Weymouth church memorial
The will of John Ford of Weymouth probated at Dedham leaves 250 dollars to the Rev. John F. Ford of Boston for a memorial window at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Weymouth. Jemima L. Daniels of Millis has a will probated there leaving 25 dollars to the American Bible Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
John Ford
Weymouth
John F. Ford
Boston
Church of the Sacred Heart
Jemima L. Daniels
Millis
American Bible Society
Unknown intruder damages Kingston Bros granite works
In Barrhe Vermont last night an unknown person entered Kingston Bros granite sheds and vandalized a costly monument column and die, causing about $600 in damage. The firm had recently discharged an Italian worker suspected in the acts, part of a longer pattern in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrhe
Kingston Bros
Six year old girl fatally burned in home accident
In Middletown Conn a six year old girl Jennie Rosenblum daughter of Mrs Isaac Rosenblum was severely burned when she fell onto a red hot stove while alone in the house. Doctors say she is not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Jennie
Isaac Rosenblum
Cedarville Fire Destroys Block In New Jersey Town
A Cedarville blaze in Jersey Village destroys Bateman's block and Walter Jerrol's grocery. Seven stores and the post office were in the block. Total loss placed at 45000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
Cedarville
Bateman
Walter Jerrol
Tragedy in Fall River Man Jumps to River Despondency
Fall River reports the death by his own hand of Thomas Carroll 32 of 80 East Main street who leaped into the river at Ferry street foot the act cited as due to despondency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Thomas Carroll
East Main Street
Ferry Street
Charlestown Man Injured After Rail Yard Accident
Daniel Griffin of No. 2 Clinton Place Charlestown was run over by a shunting engine at the Mystic River yard of the Boston and Maine railway in the western division yesterday. He suffered a crushed right leg later amputated below the knee, severe head injuries, and remains delirious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Griffi
Clinton Place
Charlestown
Mystic River
Western Division
Boston & Maine Railway
Witness CostelloTestifies On Police Book Fraud And Bribery
Augustus E Costello described Our Police Protectors published under the New York Police Board funds with profits for himself. He claimed publishers pressured and later dropped support as other police books appeared. He recounted arrests, altered certificates, and an assault by Captain McLaughlin. The Lexow committee heard further testimony on bribery and disorderly houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lexow Committee
Augustus E. Costello
New York Police Board
Byrnes
Fire Department
Messrs. Croker
Purroy
Volunteer Fire Department
McLaughlin
Williams
Mr. Goff
Wiliams
Captain McLaughlin
Dr. Jenkins
Dr. Jenkins, Mr. Croker
Senator O’connor
Jenkins
Costello
Blacido Galindo
West Third Street
Halien, Dourigan
Sloan
Haughey
Annie Queen
Galindo
Blumenthal
Moss
William L. Sawyer
Parkhurst
Mr. Moss
St. Petersburg
Goff
Marcus B. McCarthy
Boston
West Street
Slevin
Stephenson
Grief and relief mingle over loss of Gracie H Benson
Captain J A Cromwell thanks contributors on T wharf for the relief fund now at 180 dollars for the relatives of the six drowned seamen from the Provincetown fishing schooner Gracie H Benson. Bodies remain missing. Port traffic includes coal imports and ships service changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cromwell
Commercial Street
T Wharf
Provincetown
Gracie H. Benson
Reading
John Quigley
Resolute
Freeport
J. B. Coyle
Portland
Portland Steam Packet Company
Tremont
New York
Bar Harbor
Isaac Collins
Lockwood
H. W. Pierce
Bario
Georges Island
Peter B. Bradley
Chase
Gloucester
Lottie Gardner
Harris
Georges Banks
Simpson
Somes Sound
Honivet
New London
J. H. Flitner
Lyra
St. John, N. B
Merchants Association Seeks Public Control of Boston Wharves
The Boston Merchants' Association met at Young's Hotel with all directors present. They resolved to urge Legislature to authorize a governor appointed commission to study public ownership of city wharves and docks and report next season. Members also discussed the annual banquet and Washington visit, and elected a nominating committee for 1895. New members National Bank of Redemption, Bacon & Co., Hewes & Potter were welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Lane
Boston
Washington
Solomon P. Stratton
John W. Chatman
Albert H. Willis
John R. Hooper
S W. Loomis
Walter F. Tilton
Ebenezer Whiting
Jonathan A. Lane
Edward P. Wilbur
National Board of Trade
National Bank of Redemption, Bacon & Co
Hewes & Potter
A Lecture to Dentists by American Academy Members
Forty members of the American Academy of Dental Science met at Young's last evening at six thirty with Eugene H. Smith presiding. Dr. H. F. Libbey of Boston delivered a stereopticon lecture on a method of inserting gold filling with hand burnishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Academy of Dental Science
Young
Eugene H. Smith
H. F. Libbey
Boston
Ripper Suspect Reginald Saunderson Arrested in Kensington Murder
London police narrowed the case to Reginald Llewellyn Traherne Basset Saunderson, a 21 year old Irish aristocrat linked by a knife and cherry wood stick found beside the victim. He fled to Belfast, was recaptured near Armagh, and was arraigned pending further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kensington
Dawes
Holland Villas Road
Jack the Ripper
Reginald Llewellyn Traherne Basset Saunderson
Edward J. Saunderson
Orange
North Armagh
County Dublin
Ireland
Rachael Mary Scott
Earl of
Hampton Wick
Kingston-upon-Thames
England
Belfast
Saunderson
James Canham Read
Southend
Florence Dennis
Read
Robert Buchanan
Dublin
Killeshandra
Armagh
Reviving the Electrocution Case at French Academy
Dr d Arsonval recounts James E Cutler of Pittsfield revived after an apparent death by 4600 volt electric shock. Cutler recalled darkness on awakening due to phosphene. The physician noted a continuous current poses greater danger than an alternating one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
d’Arsonval
French Academy of Science
James E. Cutler
Pittsfield
Cutler
Schooner Maggie B. McKenzie Runs Aground Near Miquelon
The Maggie B. McKenzie, 162 ton Gloucester fishing schooner built in 1891 and valued at 12000 with outfits insured for 6376, ran ashore eight miles north of Point Platte Miquelon while bound for Fortune Bay to load frozen herring. Owners are Hugh Parkhurst and Andrew McKenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Maggie B. McKenzie
Point Platte
Miquelon
Essex
Hugh Parkhurst
Andrew McKenzie
Fortune Bay
Gloucester Mutual
McFarland Verdict From New Hampshire Coroner
A Portsmouth coroner's jury reports that William McFarland died of a skull fracture after an incident at the Colonial Tavern. They conclude he either fell or was forcibly ejected from the front door, with minor knee and elbow bruises not supporting a fall from the second story. He died the night of Wednesday, November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
William McFarland
Colonial Tavern
Marvin
McFarland
New Orleans Alderman Convicted Of Bribery
Numa Dudous sat a member of the city council was convicted today with a mercy recommendation. Dudousat is the second Alderman tried as eight more members face indictment and trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Numa Dudoussat
Mercy
Dudoussat
Afternoon with Holmes Told by Dedham Students
More than 300 Dedham grammar school pupils and some parents attended an Afternoon with Holmes in Dedham Centre High School Hall. The program featured a life sketch of Oliver Wendell Holmes and readings from his works, with four selections illustrated by lantern slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Dedham Grammar School
Holmes
High School Hall
Dedham Centre
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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E. C. Almy & CO
Melton and Kersey
Choice
B. Y. M. C. Union
New Intelligence Office
Vanderbilt
Coit Court OF Inquiry
Jersey Village Blaze
Word
LEXOW
Ralph Angelo
Zimmerman
Frank Kammelter
Park Row
George Ringler & Co
Ringler Brewing Company
Kammelter
Masterson and
Kehoe
Rebecca Fream
Ridge and
Stanton Streets
Justice Feilner
Justice Feitner
Justice Koch
Andrews
Sawyer
John Kreyer
Mallarkey
Mary Lovall
Miss Fream
Fellner
Essex Market
Into
Ae. Shawna
Beavers
Chinchillas
Poole
Summer St
Thos. W. Farnsworth
Assignes
Bankrupt Clothing Yankee Mfg. Co
Rueter & Co., Brewers
Partridge Island Bar
Mediterranean
Baron Ardrossan
Java
Mab
Delaware Breakwater
Ardrossan
American Sugar Refining Company
A. C. Lombard
Majestic
A. H. Pollen
James Parker
E. V. R. Thayer
Thayer
Thomas E. Eugene
Charles J. Eugene
James W. Eugene
E. M. Greenwood
C. H. Woodbury
Merchants’ Association
M’farland
Switz Condee
Expressmer
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