Divorce case reveals Fernald domestic strife and alleged infidelity
In a Boston divorce case Dr. Charles A. Fernald seeks relief from $1 daily alimony claiming new evidence of his wife's alleged infidelity. Testimony details years of alleged meetings with Joshua B. Haynes of Wolfboro New Hampshire and multiple witnesses. Fernald and Mrs. Fernald dispute travels and alibi as court weighs the validity of the claimed misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Fernald
Fernald
Blodgett
Ella M. Linscott
Central Falls
R. I
Wolfboro
N. H
Haynes
S. C. Fernald
York Beach
Boston
Stella Haynes
Sarah Campbell
Dixon
Cropley
Youngest Gold Land Voyager Sets Sail on Polaris
New York, Jan 27. The 3 month old Conserva Polaris McCarthy will voyage with her parents on the schooner Polaris as part of a family crew led by captain Charles C McCarthy. The ship, a former pilot boat, carries fifteen passengers including Adolph Erdtmann and James Brennan, with Mrs. Frank McCarthy aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adtea
Conserva-Polaris
McCarthy Brothers
Charles C
Frank
W. R. McCarthy
John J. Phelps
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
Charles
Pacific
Columbia
Frank McCarthy
Truck Company No. 5
Brooklyn
William R. McCarthy
Lowell
Mass
Cora Williams
Red Cross
Portia
Miss Williams
Halifax
St. John
M. Taylor
Baby Conserva
H. Peatziler
Adolph Erdtmann
Cesar
James Brennan
Arthur Saunders
Boston
Harry Hamilton
Klondike
Thomas Caldwell
Patrick McDonald
Weld
Vigilant
Joe Williams
Lord Dunraven
Swindler Jabez Balfour Appears in Bankruptcy Court
Jabez Balfour, formerly in Parliament and convicted of fraud related to the Liberator companies, appeared for public examination in the London Bankruptcy Court. In frail health, he admitted leaving the country in 1892 and called it folly while blaming others who advised him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jabez Balfour
Liberator
Balfour
American Miners Tabooed Run to Dawson City
A Winnipeg dispatch says Ottawa hired Hayes the Prince Albert guide to carry secret despatches from the interior minister to Commander Walsh at Dawson City by dog train. Hayes will travel in thirty-five days overland, part of a government operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Walsh
Dawson City
Hayes
Prince Albert
Government bars aliens from Yukon mining claims
Decision blocks foreign nationals from holding mining claims in the Yukon due to the United States government stance on Canadian sealing interests along the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
United States
Pacific
Surveying Klondike Routes From Copper River Expedition
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn plans a military expedition up Alaska's Copper River to map topography and assess the route's value to the Klondike gold fields. War Department reports suggest this could be the most feasible winter route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meiklejohn
Copper River
Alaska
Klondike
War Department
Gold fever grips Seattle as Klondike rush accelerates
Seattle reports a dramatic surge in gold prospectors with 500 leaving the city yesterday and nearly as many more today. Transportation offices flood with berth requests as steamers for next week fill rapidly, and agents warn lists would exhaust capacity within days. Northward reports describe glowing prospects fueling the craze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bishop McVickar Consecrated Coadjutor of Rhode Island
The Rev Dr William Neilson McVickar, longtime rector of Holy Trinity Philadelphia, was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Rhode Island diocese in a ceremony at Holy Trinity. Attended by most US bishops, the service featured Doane as consecrator and a mixed choir. McVickar will preach his farewell at Holy Trinity Sunday and host clergy luncheon Monday at the Hotel Walton followed by a Union League dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Neilson McVicker
Rhode Island
Church of the Holy Trinity
McVickar
United States
William Croswell Doane
Albany
Henry C. Potter
New York
Byenor Thomas A. Jagger
Southern Io
Whitaker
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Pee Randolph
Virginia
Coleman
Delaware
Satterlee
Washington
Scarborough
New Jersey
Hare
South Dakota
Wells
Spokane
Wash
William Neilson M’vickar
Diocese of
Holy Trinity
Walton
Union League
Manning Revenue Cutter Searched For Eastward Derelict
The Manning has not arrived and is believed to have chased a derelict to the east. A New Bedford letter says Manning called at that port and learned the derelict position. The vessel may have found and destroyed the obstruction by a gun cotton charge ignited by spark from an electric battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
New Bedford
Supreme Court Sustains Exeptions in Wilson v Bicknell
Full bench of the Supreme Court upheld the defendant's exceptions in Carlos Wilson vs Thomas W Bicknell holding the suit premature as the five year period from January 8 1891 had not expired. Justice Lathrop notes a promise to pay by a day implies payment on that day with option to pay earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Carlos Wilson
Thomas W. Bicknell
International Port Electric Company of
New York
Justice Lathrop
Boy Dies After Fire Truck Accident in Chelsea
Five year old Herbert G Hillier living with Mrs Margaret Graves at 148 Par Street Chelsea was killed yesterday when a fire department steamer struck him as he ran in front of the horses. He died within moments. The driver did not see the child and learned of the tragedy after the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Hillier
Margaret Graves
Par Street
Chelsea
Everett
Ennie
Miss McClellan
Central Street
Mr. Wheelock
Nova Scotia
Wheelock
Morang
Barrister’s Hall
Contractor McDuffee blocked from lighthouse funds
Judge Holmes issued a temporary injunction restraining J W McDuffee from receiving or assigning funds due him from the United States for the Egg Rock lighthouse project off Nahant. William Dowd seeks payment for labor and materials supplied to McDuffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McDuffee
Egg Rock
Nahant
Holmes
McDuffee
United States
William Dowd
Lowell Millionaire 78 Marries His Housekeeper Miss McClellan
Andrew C. Wheelock, a Lowell magnate valued around 1.5 million, to marry 31 year old Miss Margaret McClellan, his long time housekeeper. Wheelock, famed for economy and tenement ownership, seeks companionship in old age while Miss McClellan remains reticent about the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew C. Wheelock
Lowell
Miss McClellan
Margaret McClellan
Mr. Wheelock
McClellan
Central
North
Middlesex
Winter
Moody Streets
Wheelock
Board of Health
Roxbury Crossing Sub-station Opens to Public
The Roxbury crossing station at 1079 Columbus avenue will open Tuesday morning with Mr. Coburn in charge and John P. Ryan succeeding him at Station A. The staff includes four clerks and seventeen carriers, sixteen from Roxbury and one from Back Bay, with a public inspection Monday at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury Crossing
Coburn
John P. Ryan
Roxbury
Back Bay
Henry A. Thomas
Evans
Colonel Thomas
Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Young Watson Free After Accidental Shooting Verdict
William H. Watson of Rochester New Hampshire a student at the New York Trade School who shot and killed fellow student Joseph Miller on Sunday last was exonerated by a coroner jury in New York. The jury ruled the shooting entirely accidental and Watson was freed from further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Watson
Rochester
N. H
New York Trade School
Joseph Miller
Fire Damage Hits Unoccupied Building in Private Way
A blaze in an unoccupied building on a private way between Skitch Field and Antwerp streets caused $1000 in damage. The fire, traced to an overturned plumber's stove, was reported from Box 839 at 6 38 last evening and is tied to owner Charles E Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skitchfield
Antwerp
Charles E. Gould
Pur Milk Debate At Massachusetts Health Conference
The Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health met at Parker House with eighty members to discuss improving the milk supply. A proposal urged licensing boards of health to regulate sales in towns and exclude tuberculosis tests, while stressing better milk through higher prices and demand. Officers elected include President H P Walcott and a new executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health
Parker House
Henry P. Walcott
State Board of Health
Rofessor Sedgwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boards of Health
Boston
Whiting
Harrington
Walker
C. E. Davis
H. Park
New York
H. P. Walcott
8. Durgin
S. W. Abbott
Edwin Farnham
J. B. Field
H.S. Chase
J. C. Coffey
R. L. Newcomb
J. A. Gage
W. B. Bowers
G. L. Tobey
W. J. Fox
Nathanial Hathaway
D. W. Little
Pair to Wed As Vitriol Case Finishes With Plea
Lynn Denahy and Thomas Kelliher, once lovers, faced an assault with vitriol accusation after a quarrel at Denahy’s Logan Street home. He withdrew prosecution and she pleaded guilty to simple assault with a marriage expected within a week, pending a dispensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Susan A. Denahy
Thomas H. Kelliher
Kelliher
Miss Denahy
Lynn Beach
Logan Street
Colby
Gran Jury
Marshal Burckes
White
St. Mary’s
John C. Harrington
St. Joseph’s
Williams
National Stock Growers convention closes with buffalo barbecue
The National Stock Growers convention in Denver closes after three days with a grand barbecue at Union Stock Yards attended by thousands. The menu includes buffalo and other game, along with beef and pork. Denver selects next year's meeting site and Henry Wallace presents a paper on Dairy Interests.
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Denver
Col
National Stock Growers’ Convention
Nerem
Union Stock Yards
Buffalo
Henry Wallace
Death of Nathan G. of Peabody Ends Long Service
Nathan G. of Peabody died this afternoon after years of public service. He served as town clerk in 1896 and held roles including selectman, treasurer for two years, and assessor during the war period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
East Boston Railroad Worker Fatal Injuries
Austin Nichols age 87, brakeman for Boston Albany Railroad, was severely injured in the yard in East Boston at 9 15 last night. He jumped from a train to throw a switch but misthrew. His right leg was severed and later the left was mangled after admission to Massachusetts General Hospital. Nichols is in critical condition.
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Austin Nichols
Sumner Street
Boston Albany Railroad Company
Svere
Railroa Company
Boston
Nichols
Massachusetts General Hopital
Reunion of Lawrence Schoolmates Draws Notables in South Boston
The sixt annual reunion and dinner of the Lawrence School Association will be held next Monday at 7 p.m. in the B Street school building South Boston. Bishop William Lawrence and Col Henry A. Thomas are among the speakers. Past principal Amos M. Leonard and several former teachers are invited, along with presidents of similar district associations.
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Larence School Association
Mather School
B Street
South
Boston
William Lawrence
Amos Lawrence
Henry A. Thomas
Amos M. Leonard
Augustus D. Small
S. Houghton
William E
Robert G. Shaw
Robert G. Shaw Sch of West Roxbury, Some Years Ago Teacher In the Mather School
Hous Grammar
Presid
Lawrence School Association
Charles T. Dukelow
Samuel Wise
Brimmer
C. James Colnelley
The
Hawes
Edward Willett
Dorchester Everett
Frank L. Richardson
Thomas Hart
Charles H. Brigham
Rice
E. G. Foster
George P. Furber
Dwi
Edward A. Hunting
Frgg
M. Ordway Daly
Stoughton
John F. ~ Mayhew
P. F. Mc Boylston
Quincy
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David Qsnes Ser
Gonserva Polaris McGarthy
Seattle Gold
Canada
Mrs. Crane
Alice Llins Crane
Pointers
WOMEN
Klondikers
Gold Mad
McVicker
Lhe
Allionaire Charries
Vuli
Mmiss MC Clellan
A.C. Wheelock
Young Watson
New Hampshire
Association of Boards of Health
National Stock Growers’ Association
Terriby
Old Lawrence
Old Mather
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