Boston Hearing Delays as Patrolmen Deny Bribery Claims
The Lexon hearing postpones to Thursday as Patrolmen Ryan and Smith deny Sampson’s bribery charges. Witnesses including Captain Wescott, Lieutenant Butters, and others testify to past service, local-house dealings, and Sampson’s questionable reputation while Pendleton and Clark reveal Crescent place’s disreputable history.
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Ryan
Sampson
Smith
Minot Street
Wescott
Jason W. Butters
Martin
Shapiro
Clark
Pendleton
Crescent Place
Mr. Clark
General Martin
Cohen
Augustus M. Pendleton
Vote Early Today for Pea Body and Democratic Nominees
A brief notice urges voters to cast ballots early today for Pea Body and other Democratic nominees. The message emphasizes turnout and party support ahead of upcoming elections.
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Peabody
Trinity Club Dinner Celebrates New England Heritage
The Trinity Club held its fifth meeting of the season in the church chapel with an old fashioned New England dinner for fiftyplus young men. President Josiah Quincy opened with remarks and introduced Rev. Dr. Donald who urged strong opposition to liquor sales while sharing humorous stories.
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Trinity Club
Church Chapel
New England
Josiah Quincy
Donald
Baldwin
The
Young Men’s Christian Union
Bishop Brooks
Knowlton
F. A. Morse
Andrew Fiske
James Otis
Charles Dukelow
Otis
Edward H. Willett
Samuel Adams
Seely Caught In Bank Embezzlement Case
Chicago police arrest a man matching the description of Bookkeeper Samuel C. Seely who embezzled 354 dollars from the Shoe and Leather Bank of New York. Detectives say they are confident they have the right man.
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Chicago
Samuel C. Seely
Shoe & Leather Bank of
New York
James Rally Opens Citizens Party Meet in Cambridge
The first and closing rally of the Citizens' party of Cambridge was held in Institute Hall East Cambridge with ex Alderman William T Neilon presiding. Speakers included ex Alderman William E Doyle John J Scott ex Mayor Alger Alderman Edward B James candidate for Mayor ex Alderman Joseph J Kelly and others. James urged residents to reject misrepresentation and political dishonesty urging a large vote next Tuesday.
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Michael O’connor
Hannah O'Connor
Mary O'Connor
James Martin
Bella McGuinness
William Neville
William Newman
Bride Quinn
Braintree
Martin J. McNulty
P. J. Diggins
P. J. Dignan
James Courtney
Kate Fitzgerald
G. D. McIntire
John Connolly
Margaret McCool
Patrick McCarthy
Katharine McCarthy
Ellen Harrington
Ellen Sullivan
Bridget Connors
Julia McCarthy
Daniel O’leary
Hannah McCarthy
J.A. Murray
Alderman Flood
Alderman Barry
B. A. McLaughlin
Etta’ L Don
Mary Dolan
Sarah Murphy
A. McLaughlin
David Lembeck
Citizens’ Party of Cambridge
Institute Hall
East
Cambridge
William T. Neilon
William E. Doyle
John J. Scott
Alger
Edward B. James
Joseph J. Kelly
Charles P. Cummings
Powers
Minnihan
John J. Ahern
Richard W. Sutton
James
East Cambridge
Peabody
Pay-As-You-Go Critique of City Debt for Fire Engine
William A. Bancroft of Cambridge argues in a letter to the editor that Alderman James improperly rushed a city debt to buy a fire engine. Bancroft says such moves violate pay-as-you-go policies and should have waited until the new financial year began December 1 to charge to current revenue.
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James
William A. Bancroft
Cambridge
Williams Dies of Heart Disease in Williamstown
Elijah Williams a 59 year old Black janitor at the Chi Psi House collapsed and died on Main Street Williamstown of heart disease. He leaves a wife.
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Williamstown
Mass
Elijah Williams
Main Street
Chi Psi
Smith Memorial Concert Honor For Dr Smith By Boston
General King endorses a living tribute to Dr S F Smith author of America in a national festival proposed by the Boston Post. The proposal calls for a grand reception with dignitaries and a hymn sung by the people and choirs, with support across New England and from Vermont to Cape Cod.
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Boston
America
New England
Dr. Smith
Horatio King
Post
Washington
Hermitage
Mt. Vesuvius
West Newton
Harvard
Winthrop
Beverly Farms
Mr. King
Smith
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Louise Chandler Moulton
the Post
Boston Liquor Raid Seizes Eighteen Loads at Commercial Wharf
Abraham Q. Wendell was charged with illegal sale of intoxicants and arraigned as officers confiscated a large consignment from 52 Commercial wharf. Seizure totals 2400 gallons of ale and porter and about 40 gallons of whiskey plus fifty barrels of rum. The operation is described as Boston’s largest liquor seizure.
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Abraham Q. Wendell
Pierce
Brown
Cain
Commercial Wharf
Station 16
Boston
Kate Claxton and Janauschek Fire Alert at New Bedford Theatre
Fire on stage during The Two Orphans at the Grand Opera House in New Bedford caused panic before the blaze, triggered by an overheated electric light wire. The fire was quickly extinguished and the performance resumed after a short delay.
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New Bedford
Kate Claxton
Mme. Janauschek
Grand Opera House
Woes of Motherhood in London Actress Delivers Son
Mrs. Mary Anderson Navarro, prominent American actress, gave birth to a son Friday at her Lexham Gardens home in Kensington. The infant died the same day, and Navarro has been seriously ill but is now showing signs of improvement and is considered out of danger by her doctors.
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Ryan
John J. Ryan
Sampson
Wall Street
Lowell Street
Cotting Street
Minot Street
Causeway Street
London
Mary Anderson Navarro
Lexham Gardens
Kensington
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Lexon Hearing
Gen. Martin
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Bernard Finkelstein
Finkelstein
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Butters
Waters
Flo
Lancaster
Bartlett
Knutzinski
Westcott
Mr. Cohen
Charles J. Wyzanski
Wyzanski
Green Street
Marcellus Baker
Lowell
Francis Peabody, Jr
John P. Dore
David F. Barry
John F. Dever
Thomas W. Flood
John H. Lee
William F. M’clellan
Martin M. Lomasney
James W. O'Brien
Hibernian
Ovtillon Hall
Martin H. Dalton
Henry Pero
William C. R. Woodside
Michael J. Leary
John L. Kelly
Joseph A. Conry
James F Haley
John J. O'Callaghan
Peter F. Teague
Thomas F. Strance
George W. Anderson
Mary A. Greene
Dustav Liebman
John F. Moors
William J. Gallivan
Edward GC. Morse
Charles F. Hall
Martin F. Connerton
John J. Hoey
William E. Mahoney
James J. Brock
William J. Miller
James T. Roche
Christopher F. O'Brien
Jeremiah E. Mahoney
James A. Doherty
Ward Seven
Patrick J. Carroll
George F. Coleman
James C. Murphy
Simon Hirshon
David T. King
Daniel A. Whelton
Ward
William H. Cunningham
Stephen Y. Campbell
James J. Porter
Melvin J. Atherton
Peter J. Jansen
William Ropes Trask
Francis L. Coolidge
Samuel C. Thayer
Henry D. Warren
Timothy J. Crowley
Timothy J. Butler
Michael T. Callahan
John J. Browne
Michael W. Norris
William H. Woods
John E. Baldwin
John H. Dunn
John P. O'Connor
Edward C. Cadigan
John J. Mahoney
Michael J. Reidy
John J. Gartland
Patrick Bowen
Timothy J. Wholey
Robert L. Carpenter
Cornelius J. Keyes
Andrew J. Patterson
John BE. Carlton
William Lewis
Timothy J. Sullivan
Daniel F. Connor
Patrick J. Crowley
Michael EB. Gaddis
Edwin S. Fields
Patrick E. Riddle
Timothy E. M.carthy
Leopold Abraham
Albert Garceau
Hugo Hornig
Edward H. Costello
Thomas Reynolds
Charles Jacobs
John H. Bohran
Bartholomew H. Conig
Louis P. Pfatt
John J. Cunningham
William A. Manning
James E. Robinson
John Q. A. Cushman
Edward Farrell
Arthur H. Sargent
Citizens’ Party of
Tivoli
Burkhardt Brewing Co
Parker and Station Its
Roxbury
General King and
General King
Holmes
Mrs. Moulton
Laurels
Kate Claxtor
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