Groom Passed It as Prisoner Threats to Extort $200
Willard P Millbury of Danvers was arraigned in Salem on a charge of attempting to extort money from Gilbert A Tapley a wealthy resident. He pleaded not guilty and was committed in default of bail. Tapley set a decoy envelope with $200 to trap the suspect who fled but was captured after a chase. Police believe others are involved and hint at further arrests. The target woman linked to the case is Lena Sabin a Salvation Army family member.
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Danvers
Willard P. Millbury
Gilbert A. Tapley
Salem
Millbury
Walter Tapley
Tapley
Holton Cemetery
Tapleyville
Mr. Tapley
Bacon
Legro
Lena Sabin
Salvation Army
Postmaster Fires On Burglars In Delaware Water Gap He Shoots
Postmaster Hauser shot and fatally wounded a burglar during a post office break in at Delaware Water Gap on February 20. The wounded thief, bleeding from buckshot, refused to identify accomplices as the trio fled after a gun battle that yielded no loot. Police and a physician treated him, but he could not recover. The incident marks the sixth such break in at this office in six years.
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Delaware Water Gap
Penn
Hauser
Grain elevator boat Columbia burns near Cymric pier
The grain elevator boat Columbia caught fire while feeding the White Star liner Cymric at the Cymric pier. Towed into the stream afire, two fire boats sprayed water as she was towed to the Jersey flats, but she burned to the hull. Loss estimated at about $200,000.
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New York
Columbia
Jersey Flats
Supreme Court Rules Against Alcohol Tax Rebates
The United States Supreme Court today held against rebates of the alcohol tax to manufacturers, ensuring no tax relief is granted to producers. The decision comes as a significant ruling impacting the beverage industry and tax policy nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Elevator Cable Fatality in City Building Alterations
William Finn a 6 year old teamster died when a counter balance from a freight elevator plummeted to the first floor during alterations at a 40 Chauncy street building owned by ex mayor Hart. A second man narrowly escaped injury as the heavy counter weight broke through the car bottom and wedged in the elevator shaft. Medical examiners investigated the accident and the body was taken to Lagrange street undertaker’s rooms.
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Hart
Chauncy Street
William Finn
West Ninth Street
Boston
Finn
Post
Jones
Lagrange Street
Draper
Poisoned by mercurial powder facts emerge in Adams case
Coroner's inquest details the poisoning of Mrs. Adams's daughter and trial witness accounts. Dr H B Douglas testifies Barnet's death due to heart failure with diphtheria listed as contributing cause. Testimonies describe a powder mail order, a bromo seltzer bottle, and a club scene as investigators seek motive and source.
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New York
Kate J. Adams
Rogers
Adams
Molineux
Barnet
Douglas
Harry A. King
Cornish
Holder
Mr. King
Mr. Yocum
Mrs. Adams
Henry Douglas
Barnét
Andrew H. Smith
David Murdock
Addeson
Anna V. Addeson
New York Athletic Club
Albert Vedder
Florence B. Rogers
Mr. Cornish
Cushing Medical Supply ad urges purification of liquor
An old advertisement proclaims a store closure on February 22 and promotes Dr. Cushing's Scientific Process of oxidation to purify whiskey. It targets households, claims whiskey must be purified, and directs readers to request a price list from the Cushing Medical Supply Co. in Boston.
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George Washington
Dr. Cushing
Cushing Medical Supply CO
Washington St
Boston
Cupid Bluffed Beloved by $10,000 Dowry Myth
New York, Feb 20 A German professor advertised for a wife claiming $10,000. Hundreds replied, but Josephine Gulden’s photo won him. They wed at City Hall, then quarrel over the money. He insists he never offered it, prompting a possible annulment and legal action.
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New York
Heinrich Schettel
Amsterdam Avenue
Josephine Gulden
Sapperler
Potz Blitz Donnerwetter
Dwyer and Webber Mingle Love to Milwaukee Marriage
Charles F. Dwyer son of Michael F. Dwyer of New York married Lois Mare Webber daughter of the late John Webber of Oakland California in Milwaukee with Judge Ries officiating. The couple left for New York the next day.
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Chicago, Ill
Charles F. Dwyer
Michael F. Dwyer
New York
Milwaukee
Ries
Lois Mare Webber
John Webber
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Miss Webber
al’ Pollock
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Las Guasimas
San Juan
Mr. Dwyer
Pollock
Ted’’ Sloan
Omaha
Chicago
Oakland Depot
Charlide
Sloan
Victoria Hotel
Mrs Hall Leaves Bridgeport for New York to Divorce
Mrs Melville E Hall announces intent to sue for divorce on desertion grounds after moving to New York. She recalls her late bank teller husband facing a bank shortage, his dramatic departure with a pistol, and her partial refund of defalcated funds while recounting earlier incidents with Foote and diamond ring owner D Carleton Peck.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Melville E. Hall
New York
Hall
City National Bank
Ee Foote
Boston
Foote
D. Carleton Peck
Carl Peck
May
Little Bobby
Barnard Dean Emily Smith to Wed George Putnam
Miss Emily James Smith dean of Barnard College will marry George Haven Putnam of the publishing house G P Putnam's sons in April. She will keep her Barnard post after marriage. Smith is a former Supreme Court Justice Smith's granddaughter, Bryn Mawr and Girton alumna, taught Greek at Packer Institute and University of Chicago. Putnam is a widower with several children.
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New York
Emily James Smith
Barnard College
George Haven Putnam
Ublishing House
G. P. Putnam'sons
Miss Smith
Smith
Supreme Court
Canandaigua
Bryn Mawr College
Girton College
England
Packer Institute
Brooklyn
University of Chicago
Putnam
Heiress Elizabeth Livingston Converts to Catholicism in New York
Miss Elizabeth Kilsyth Livingston renounced Episcopalian faith and joined the Roman Catholic Church. She was received by Father Healey at St. Ignatius Loyola and made her first communion at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. A member of a historic American family, she is a Colonial Dame and heiress to a large estate, descended from Peter Van Brugh Livingston.
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New York
Elizabeth Kilsyth Livingston
Father Healey
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Livingston
Earl of Stirling
Miss Livingston
Note Broker's Failure in Bankruptcy Filing
New York February. Richard M Montgomery note broker of 61 Pine Street filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities are reported at 351 102 with 674 unsecured. Assets nominal.
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New York
Richard M. Montgomery
Pine Street
$20,000,000 Deal In Iron Deposits At Conception Bay
Halifax February 2 The Dominion Coal Company officials conference with Nova Scotia Steel executives to finalize purchase of iron deposits at Conception Bay Newfoundland The Whitney group has bonded the deposits to October 1899 for 1 million and plans a new company capitalized at 20 million to develop the mine and ship 200 000 tons to Britain this year with about seven cents profit per ton.
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Halifax
H. M. Whitney
J.S. McLennan
Dominion Coal Company
B. F. Pearson
W. B. Ross
Whitney Company
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Whitney
Nova Scotia Steel Company
Nova Scotia
Great Britain
Death sets prisoner free in famed Darling case
Ina B Darling died Friday at the House of Correction after serving five years of a twenty year sentence for man slaughter. Her father George F Darling, a New Hampshire farmer, pleaded unsuccessfully with Governor Wolcott who declined to refer the plea to the pardon committee. The Darling Baudet case involved 9 year old Madeline Baudet, with Ina as principal and Frank Baudet as accessory. Madeline died from starvation and ill treatment.
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Ina B. Darling
House of Correction
George F. Darling
New Hampshire
Wolcott
Ina Darling
Darling-Baudet
Madeline Baudet
Frank Baudet
Madeline
Baudet
Darling
Agoncillo Returns to New York from Montreal
Filipino delegate Agoncillo arrived quietly in New York from Montreal aboard the northern express. He avoided discussion on continuing his England mission, citing slow news and limited official information. Secret service agents shadowed him as he proceeded to the Waldorf Astoria for his stay.
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New York
Coun
Agoncillo
Waldorf- Astoria
Secret Service
House Passes 20 Million Dollar Spain Payment Bill
The House approved a separate 20 million dollar appropriation to Spain under the treaty of Paris, with a 219 to 84 vote. Debates centered on declaring future policy toward the Philippines, while objections to amendments were raised by several members.
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Washington
Spain
House
Wheeler
Kentucky
Senate
United States
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Unanimous
Consern
McEnery
Bacon
Bell
Col
Boston
Congress
Brucker
Dem
Mich
Moody
Rep
Mass
McCall
Mr. Moody
Gillett
Lentz
Ohio
Walker
Massachusetts
Bailey
Repechines
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Florence J. Rogers
Edward P. Hughes
J. Herbert Ballantine
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N. J
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
C. C
Ada Bates
Grecia
Ak Gauci & Court St
Opp
Bowdoin Sq. Theatre
Iitsings
Hain Or Shine
Cupid
Harry Foote
Mrs. Hail
Dwyer
Mr. Hall
Barnard
Continental Clothing House Cor
Whitney’s Iron Company
Perry
Tnsane
Frank A. Liddell
Armour
Philip D. Armour
Armour Institute
Somerset
RYE
Somerset Club
America
Ea Rere
Philippines
Post Office
Butler
N. C
Pettigrew
N. D
Postal Commission
Away
Military Affairs Committee
Hawley
Reed
Addicks
Dover
Del
Gray
Richardson
Santheter
Blakely
Ewing
Frizzell
Providence
R. I
Eugeneo Santiago
Rhode Islandospital
Waterville
Winslow
Oll UP
Hawmut Furniture CO
Tremont St
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Burbank
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