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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1898

Page

8

Hanna's Joy as Ohio Legislature adjourns for Ties to Hanna

Ohio legislators end a day of sessions and plan to return Tuesday. Republicans who supported Hanna receive favorable committee placements, while a faction seeks Mason's ouster. A resolution to reorganize the House is anticipated, possibly prompting tension or violence. Subpenas issued for Otis, Dick, Hollenbeck and others to testify next Tuesday.

Columbus Hanna Mason Griffith House Senator Hanna Cleveland Platt New York Senate Burké Otis Hollenbeck

Rush Begins in Victoria as Klondike Fever Grows

The City of Seattle sailed from Victoria British Columbia with over 600 passengers bound for Alaska and the Klondike. The rush has begun and in a few weeks a steamer will depart daily with many men seeking gold.

Victoria B. C Seattle Klondike

Kentucky House debates Lindsay resignation resolution

A Kentucky House resolution introduced by Democrat Representative Saunders of Union county questions Senator Lindsay's democracy and calls for his resignation. The measure passed to the committee on petitions and grievances by a viva voce vote, effectively disposing of it.

Louisville Frankfort Saunders Union County Kentucky House of Representatives United States Lindsay Committee On

National convention selects officers for commission men

At the national convention of commission men held in Buffalo on January 13 the officers elected are President E. H. Bowen of Louisville Vice President E. P. Stacey of Minneapolis Secretary A. W. Patch of Boston and Treasurer B. H. Evans of Columbus Ohio.

Buffalo N. Y of Commission E. H. Bowen Louisville E. P. Stacey Minneapolis A. W. Patch Boston B. H. Evans Columbus

Gilpatric Withdraws From Local Republican Race

Dorchester candidate Fred C. Gilpatric withdraws from the presidency contest against Joseph B. Maccabe, shocking committee members. The remaining race is for secretary with Randolph C. King and E. P. Sands as contenders, King favored as friend of ex Mayor Curtis. Maccabe declined comment on the withdrawal.

Fred C. Gilpatric Dorchester Republican City Committee Joseph B. Maccabe Gilpatric Randolph C. King Ward E. P. Sands Curtis Maccabe

Ailsa Owner Sued for Judicial Separation

Edith Walker sues husband A B Walker owner of the racing cutter Ailsa for judicial separation on grounds of cruelty. She says his income is £20000, he is drink addicted and during delirium tremens threatens to kill her, causing sickness. Defendant denies cruelty. Case adjourned.

London Edith Walker A. B. Walker Ailsa

Keller Withdrawn From Local School Over Disagreement

Owing to a difference of opinion between Miss Sullivan and Mr. Arthur Gilman who runs a city school for girls Miss Helen Keller has been withdrawn from the school Keller had entered to prepare for Radcliffe Sullivan believed two years sufficient while Gilman argued for three Sullivan has long guided and mentored Keller and remains devoted to her.

Miss Sullivan Arthur Gilman Helen Keller Miss Keller Radcliffe

Robbery at East Boston Tobacco Store

John Lane reported a break in at his tobacco shop on 11 Meridian Street East Boston where cigars valued at seven dollars were taken after a front window was broken. Patrolman Farley arrested Martin Deveney who was found with cigars on him. Deveney was held in court.

John Lane Meridian Street Boston Lane Farley Martin Deveney Deveney

Actress Wins $10,000 Verdict for Tooth Extraction Injury

Miss Essie Abrams, actress, obtained a $10,000 verdict against dentist Clarence B. Hackett for jaw injuries from an alleged unskilful tooth extraction on July 21, 1894, which required removal of part of her jaw bone in New York.

New York Essie Abrams Clarence BE. Hackett

Relics From Augusta Nack Goods To Be Sold At Auction

In New York on January 18 The Standard auction rooms at 19 West 125th Street plan a Wednesday sale at 2 pm of Augusta Nacks effects to benefit her creditors The trunk with her dresses and items connected to the Guldensuppe murder will be displayed alongside the dress gloves and hat worn by Augusta Nack when the crime occurred.

New York William Guidensuppe West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Augusta Nack Saal Emanuel M. Friend Thorn Guldensuppe

Miss Madeleine Goddard Injured in New York Ball Incident

Miss Madeleine Goddard of Providence Rhode Island fell at Sherry's during a New York ball led by Worthington Whitehouse. She struck the back of her head, was unconscious for hours, later woke, and is steadily improving with medical care after a concussion.

New York Madeleine Goddard Providence R. I Sherry Worthington Whitehouse Miss Goddard Ellis Hoffman Rhode Island R. H. S. Goddard Newport Washington Hope Goddard C. Oliver Iselin

Sanity of Sir Tatton Sykes Questioned in London Suit

The hearing in the Daniel Jay money-lending suit against Lady Sykes, wife of Sir Tatton Sykes, was continued before Lord Chief Justice Russell. She denies forging a $50,000 bank guarantee and admits helping arrange Alaska mine shares for Sir Tatton.

London Daniel Jay Lady Sykes Tatton Sykes Baron Russell Killowen Union Bank D. O. Mills Ogden Mills Sir Tatton San Francisco Mills Alaska

Bride of 13 Abducted in Eatontown New Jersey

Elijah Williams, an angry father, is in trouble with the law for taking his newlywed thirteen year old daughter Grace from her husband’s home. Grace was a bright public school pupil and did not return home last Saturday prompting a search.

Eatontown N. J Elijah Williams Grace

Father Rescues Daughter After Abduction Claim

The father confronted McCloud at the sister Mrs Mary Savage home where the daughter had been kept after a wedding at a Baptist parsonage. Williams forced entry, took the bride home, and was fined one dollar for unlawful entry. Mrs Savage filed abduction charges to go before the Freehold grand jury.

Mary Savage McCloud Frank Gardiner Savage Williams

Yale Wellesley elopement shocks college circle

Miss Ellen Birdseye Curtis formerly of Wellesley College and Stanley Y Beach Yale student wed secretly after meeting at Stratford summers. The couple kept the marriage quiet until Beach finished college causing surprise among their families and friends. Beach will leave school. Stratford may become home.

Wellesley Ellen Birdseye Curtis Wellesley College Stanley Y. Beach Yale Beach Irving College Miss Curtis Frederick C. Beach The Scientific American Moses Y. Beach New York Sun New Haven University Curtis Mr. Beach Stratford Stanley New Haven

McCarthy Pushes Twelve-District Aldermen Plan Again

Representative Jeremiah J. McCarthy reintroduced the same twelve aldermen bill from last session to elect by districts. It would create a twelve‑member board with district nominations and at‑large votes, each district allotted candidates by party. The measure mirrors the rejected single‑chamber bill and awaits action.

Jeremiah J. McCarthy Ward 4 Boston House State Board of Regstration In Medicine Waite Medford Board of Registration In Pharmacy William T. A. Fitzgerald Ward 7 Fitzgerald Cape Canal Cape Cod Canal Willard Howland

Park Land Visit Prompts Brighton Improvement Lookover

Park commissioners toured Brighton yesterday to inspect Chestnut Hill Reservoir surroundings and Rogers Park now owned by the city. Accompanied by Street Commissioners Dove Duane and Innes and Chief Engineer J W Morrison, they were hosted by J R Downing and later praised by G W Pierce for a planned park conversion under Water Department control.

Brighton

Romance of Emma Kelly and Nigger Jim in Klondike

A Kansas newspaper woman Emma Kelly travels to Dawson to cashier for a Klondike financier. She becomes a sensational figure among Dawson miners and allegedly marries Nigger Jim, son of a Louisiana planter, after tales of wealth and romance.

Emma Kelly Kansas Jim Seattle Wash H. B. Kelly Topeka Bennett's Louisiana Dawson Niger Jim Cupid E Klondike

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