DeRosay Owens Suit Reveals Mortgage Note Confusion
In the equity session of the Supreme Court Mrs Annie Josephine Owens testified that she did not read or understand mortgage notes signed with William C Craig and did not know of a second mortgage. John F O'Brien described paying 5000 down with 10000 due later and disputed the agreement citing disclosure violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Annie Josephine Owens
de Rosay
de Rosay-O’brien
Owens
John F. O’brien
Elizabeth O’brien
Charles W. Glidden
Charles Larned
Mr. Craig
O’brien
Hale
John W. Corcoran
New Jersey Bigamist Confession Ties Three Husbands
Ella Simpson alias Ella Allen of Keyport and Newburg joined three men in marriage under pressure from families and consent from one husband. She cites her former marriages to Leonard Bennett and Wilson and says the third union came after meeting Thomas Simpson. Simpson currently jailed in Middlesex County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Ella Simpson
Marrioner B. Wilson
Middlesex County
Wilson
Simpson
Ella Allen
Bigamist
Keyport
Onard Bennett
Bennett
Thomas Simpson
Newburg
I.e
Lehigh Valley official accused in Jersey City love triangle
Division Superintendent John Gonoski of the Lehigh Valley railroad is jailed in Jersey City on $500 bail after dating three women who were neighbors. Miss Kate Regan says he wooed her while engaged to Miss Mina Tobolewski and Miss Sophie Mapes. Regan, Tobolewski, and Mapes all claim entanglement and distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey City
John Gonoski
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Kate Regan
Mina Tobolewski
Sophie Mapes
Gonoski
Miss Regan
Miss Tobolosski
Justice of the Peace Weed
Miss Nellie Pitts Spear and William D Wright Married in Romance Wager
A Chattanooga couple tied the knot after a public bet: if McKinley won the presidency and Wright became U S district attorney for eastern Tennessee the romance would end in marriage. Wright, a Democrat, helped McKinley win and secured the appointment, earning his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Pitts Spear
William D. Wright
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss Spear
Tennessee
Mr. Wright
McKinley
United States
Wright
Washington
Old Lady Cafaraka Dies with $16000 In Hoboken Banks
New York reports the long notorious peddler Lucy Cafaraka died in Poland after marrying a cook who learned of her $16,000. An heir claim is contested by her relatives in Hoboken, where the exwife wandered, was barred from piers and lived in tatters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cafaraka
Hoboken River Front
Hoboken
Lucy
Poland
Divorce suit in Chicago over alienation of affection
Buena Park reports Charles R. Baker files for divorce from Gertrude Bischoff Baker naming James Templeton as corespondent. He seeks custody of their 2 year old and claims damages worth 100000 dollars, noting Gertrude's past success as a vocalist with Remenyi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buena Park
Charles R. Baker
Gertrude Bischoff Baker
Jamess. Templeton
Chicago Board of Trade
Baker
Templeton
Remenyis
Baker and musician face sensational claims in marriage dispute
The article reports that in 1893 Mr. Baker and a young musician married, with Baker alleging frequent visits to his home by Templeton and rides with Mrs. Baker. Templeton denies any impropriety and says relations were purely familial. Baker claims to hold a written confession from his wife admitting many charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Divorce Suit Shocks Bayonne Society
William James Wilson, a prominent local in Bayonne New Jersey, sues his 19 year old wife Fredreika for divorce alleging infidelity with Newark merchant Edward L Squires. He claims he found letters and witnessed the pair together, prompting him to leave her and her claim denies the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
N. J
William James Wilson
Fredreika
Edward L. Squires
Newark
Senate Deliberates Pension Bills as Gallinger Voices Pension Limits
The Senate reviewed private pension bills and passed 45 measures while debating limits on pensions for widows of distinguished officers. Senator Gallinger urged caution, and a climate of partisan exchange emerged over wartime veterans' benefits and related reforms. The session adjourned after debates on Alaska miners and naval matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Committee On Pensions
Hoar
Hawaii
United States
McBride
Klondike
Secretary of War
Pacific Railroad
Kansas Pacific
Gear
Iowa
Thurston
Nebraska
Chandler
Committee On Naval Affairs
Allen
Yukon Valley
House Debates Pension Bill Amid Southern and Northern Swings
The House begins consideration of the pension appropriation for 1899 with Southern Democrats criticizing pensioners and Private John Allen of Mississippi leading a string of amendments. Debate notes projected deficits and possible surpluses, while calls for restraint grow among Cannon Gallinger and others as the pension rolls show 976,000 names and 600,000 applications.
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Allen
McRae
Dem
Ark
War Department
W. A. Smith
Rep
Mich
Norton
Evans
Myer
Ind
Campbell
Ill
Hepburn
Pension Office
Senate
House
Stone
Penn
Mr. Norton
Mr. Stone
Congress
Ohio
Washington
John Allen
Mississippi
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Treasury
Public Service
Gallinger
Commissioner of Pensions
Trouble With Nicaragua and U S Envoys
The State Department presses the Nicaragua dispute after its refusal to receive United States minister Captain Merry of California. The Managua legation will stay closed, Merry sails to San Juan Costa Rica on the 17th, and Dr. Hunter aims for Guatemala and Honduras likely to be limited to Guatemala. The foreign relations committee continues its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of State
Nicaragua
United States
Captain Merry
California
Managua
Baker
Merry
San Juan
Costa Rica
Hunter
Kentucky
Guatemala
Honduras
State Department
New York
Guatemala City
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate committee reviews Cuban war status and Hawaii plans
Discussion covers the Morgan joint resolution recognizing war between Spain and Cuba and US neutrality. Proposals for Hawaii’s status include Sulzer bill to make Hawaii a territory with debt assumption and five commissioners, King’s similar bill, and Spalding’s plan to make Hawaii a U.S. state with one representative for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Spain
United States
Hawaii
Sulzer
King
Utah
Spalding
Michigan
Named after Indians in revenue cutter naming plan
Secretary Gage adopts a plan to name new revenue cutters after Indian tribes. The Cleveland launch becomes the Algonquin and another vessel will be named the Onondago, reflecting a shift to tribal names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gage
Revenue Cutter Service
Cleveland
Four shoplifters nabbed in holiday clearance raids
Bertha Suskind 23 of Parker street carried a baby as police arrested her at Shepard Norwell Co. Annie Miller 20 of A street was seized at Jordan Marsh Co. May Russell 20 of Cortes street arrested at R H Whites. Frank A Brown 16 caught trying to steal from R H Whites. Inspector Knox McGarr Lynch led the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Suskind
Parker Street
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Annie Miller
Glass insurance rates to be cut nationwide
E. H. Winslow president of the Metropolitan Plate Glass Company confirmed a report that plate glass insurance rates will likely be reduced in all states. He noted the Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Minnesota Kansas and Dakotas agreement has already been terminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. H. Winslow
Metropolitan Plate Glass Company
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Dakotas
Saunders Severs Council Attack on Mayor Quincy
The Boston Common Council debated a reform aimed at stopping city officers from partisan political work. Saunders condemned violations of ordinance 26 by the mayor’s staff and urged penalties. The proposed amendment and ordinances were postponed for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Union Park Street
Ward 9
Ward
East
Boston
Maverick Street
Prescott Street
City of
Washington and
Norfolk Streets
Ward 24
India
Cross Street
Briggs
Ward 11
Ward Ll
Quincy
Democratic State Committee
Worcester
Connolly
Ward 17
Big Wheat Deal Shocks Chicago Market
December wheat surged as shorts faced a bold plan by L. Z. Leiter and George B. French. They reportedly will ship winter wheat from Minneapolis to Chicago then east by rail to Europe before rivers freeze. Boston and New York tonnage are booked, with an expected profit of at least 3 million for Leiter and his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L. Z. Leiter
Bull Clique
George B. French
Minneapolis
Clique
Boston
New York
Europe
Board of Trade
Joseph
Fatal Explosion on Humboldt Avenue Roxbury Claims Lucanna
A worker named Lucanna was killed by a premature blast while inspecting a fuse on Humboldt avenue Roxbury. He lived at 102 Richmond street North End and worked for Harry Rosenthal who employed many blast crews along that street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt Avenue
Roxbury
Dominico Luc Canna
Richmond Street
North End
Harry Rosenthal
Lucanna
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Jordan, Marsh and Company
New England
Pantaloon Sale
Ben
Alaska
Detroit
M’kinley
National Supply CO
Temple Place
J. Brodie
Magr
Chicago Post
Boyle Bros
Washington St
South End
Congressman Cannon
George W. Vanderbilt
Indies
the Traveler
Old South Church
Council
Price
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Labor
Vienna
Brunn
Capiital
Moravia
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