Vanderbilt Bridal Party Leaves Boston Quietly for Lenox
The Vanderbilt couple had a brief Boston stay with a hurried departure on a 3:34 train to Albany. In a carefully staged escape, they eluded reporters at the Somerset and Hotel Wendell, proceeding by carriage to Trinity place and then Albany station. They plan to visit Genox at October Mountain as guests of the Whitneys.
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Vanderbilt
Boston
Trinity Place Station
West
Wittsheld
Wendell
Albany
Lenox
Somerset
New York
Massachusetts Avenue
Mr. Vanderbilt
Genox
Harry Payne Whitney
October Mountain
Leavenworth Lynching of Alexander at Scene of Murder
A mob seized Alexander from the state penitentiary guard and burned him at the stake near the Pearl Forbes murder site in Leavenworth. The crowd overwhelmed deputies and jail doors as the improvised pyre was lit. Alexander proclaimed innocence until death. Governor Stanley dispatched militia and ordered protections for the prisoner.
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Laeavenworth
Kan
Red Alexander
Satumay
Eva Roth
Pearl Forbes
State Penitentiary
Fourth
Olive Streets
Alexander
Court House
Warsden
Court House Yard
Fourth Street
Jie
Lawrence Avenue
Spruce Street
John Forbes
Forbes
Miss Roth
Penitentiary
Weather Outlook Warmer With Rain Likely Midweek
Washington forecast suggests warmer conditions for Wednesday and Thursday across New England and eastern New York. Massachu setts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York will see increasing cloudiness with probable rain Wednesday afternoon, followed by clearing Thursday as southerly winds ease to fresh on the coast.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Purim Ball Opens Symphony Hall to Dance Debut
Boston Purim Association hosts a grand annual ball for the Federation of Jewish Charities at Symphony Hall. About 600 dancers fill the floor with 1000 more in boxes and seats as 26 musical numbers and an elaborate supper mark a successful, well managed event led by Chief Marshal L. E. Kirstein and promoter Daniel Frank.
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Symphony Hall
Purim Association of
Boston
Federation of Jewish Charities
Salem Cadet Band
L. E. Kirstein
Moses M. '‘Morse
Ferdinand Strauss
Louis Strauss
Dward Williams
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington Portraits in Libbey Auction Sells For 1700
The Clark collection of Washington portraits and revolutionary autographs drew spirited bidding at Libbey’s auction. The George Washington autograph genealogy sold for 1700 to George W. Vanderbilt, with other historical items including Concord Minute Men records and signatures from church leaders drawing significant interest.
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Clark
Washington
Libble’s
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
George Washington
George W. Vanderbilt
Sir Isaac Heard
Garter Kings-At-Arms
Heralds College
London
Sulgrave
London Morning Chronicle
Washington Monument
Concord Company
John Eliot
Roxbury
John Wilson
Boston
Richard Mather
Dorchester
Y M C A Congress Condemns McKinley Action
The Boston Y M C A congress with forty two members present passed a resolution deploring President McKinley's appointment to high office in new island possessions. It called the action a gross error or political influence and urged that Judges McKenna and Harlan not sit in judgment of the pending case. Republicans predominated among speakers.
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Boston Y. M. C. A. Congress
Island
Eupresfie
McKenna
Harlan
Joseph J. Leonard
Charles T. Bunker
Walter A. Webster
James H. Knight
L. B. Baldwin
Congress
City Treasurer Refuses to Honor City Vouchers
In LAIWIRISNCE on January 15 the city faces near bankruptcy as Treasurer Bailey rejects city employee pay vouchers due to a deadlock over approving bills. Departments affected include police fire street health sewer water cemetery City Hall and minor offices. Citizens offer to cash vouchers at face value and Manager Dewhurst of the Arlington Co operative Association leads the effort to honor presented vouchers.
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Bailey
Dewhurst
Arlington Co-operative Association
Vanderbilt Wedding Planned For New York Papers
Newport R I January 15 The wedding of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to Miss Ellen Irench at St John s Church was announced yesterday with notices sent by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt from The Breakers tonight and will be in New York papers tomorrow
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Nefswport, R. III
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Ellen Irench
St. John’s Church
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mutual Life Leads in 1909 Canadian and U S Business
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York issues a preliminary 1909 report to representatives in the United States and Canada. It again leads in assets income reserves and premiums and maintains the largest mortgage loan account among life companies.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
United States
Canada
Mutual Life
Cunard May Buy Dock Facilities in Boston Area
Rumors from unreliable sources claim talks are under way between Cunard Steamship Company of Liverpool and the Boston & Albany railroad with possible changes at East Boston docking facilities. Hon George A Burns visiting Boston properties noted as not yet committing to any plan. decisions expected after his return to England.
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Cunard Steamship Company of
Liverpool
Boston & Albany Railroad
New York Central Railroad Company
Boston & Albany
East
Boston
Cunirdl Company
Cunard Company
George A. Burns
Lord Inverclyde
Cmpany
Bastoston
Burns
Wil
England
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Quick Adieu
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Spruce Streets
Voren Berg
Washington, Hanover and
Eim Sts
Cara Toute
Bernard M. Wolf
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Hanover & Portland Sts
PURIM
Mon Vorenberg
Maurice Leibmann
San Francisco
Miss Hecht
Miss Frankenstein
Miss King
S. B. Alexander
David J. Lord
John Shepard
J. J. Myers
William Schroder
Cincinnati
S. B. Hecht
Louis Hecht, Jr
William Frank
Bernard Wolf
Albert van Raalte
Adolph Ehrlich
Laura Shuman
Jacob H. Hecht
J. Peary
BE. A. Grazier
F. H. Woods
Charles H. Taylor
Jordan
Marsha% Co
S. Vorenberg
I. Kaffenberg
Alles & Fisher
Rosenshelim Bros
A. C. Ratshesky
Leopold Morse & Co
Alexander Steinert
William Steinert
Levisseur Bros
Harmony Club
General Washington
G. Thompson
Smithfield
Clark Collection
Broadside
Watertown
Raynham
Bunker Hill
Samuel Freeman
Benjamin Church
Bristol
Thomas Leonard
Tanton
Leonard
Samuel Cobb
Benjamin Newland
French
Theodorus
Nathan Hale
Y. M. C. A. Congress
M’kinley
The
Boston News
Lawrences
America
Franklin
Mancock
New York Insurance Company
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