Daughter testifies against father in attempted kidnapping case
Dorothy Straine testified in Dedham District Court that she feared her father Robert Straine and Mrs Annie Duncan a trained nurse as they faced a hearing before Judge Grover for allegedly attempting to abduct her from Dana Hall School in Wellesley during graduation week.
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Dedham
Dorothy Straine
Dedham District Court
Robert Straine
Annie Duncan
Grover
Dana Hall
Wellesley
Straine and Mrs Duncan Held for Grand Jury in Bond
Miss Straine and Mrs Duncan are held for the grand jury in bonds of 1000 dollars each after testimony about an attempted kidnapping. Miss Straine recalls retreating to a closet as a man knocked at the door while Mrs Duncan and Mme LeBlanc spoke downstairs during commencement night.
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Miss Straine
Grover
Straine
Mrs. Duncan
Mme. LeBlanc
Painter of Pope Leo XIII Dies in Paris
Theobald Chartran famed French portrait painter died in Paris at 58. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and won the Rome prize. Chartran painted Pope Leo XIII in several lifelike portraits and also created notable works including a portrait of Calve as Carmen and Signing the Protocol, presented to President McKinley by Henry C. Frick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theobald Chartran
Cabanel
New York
President McKinley
Henry C. Frick
Andrew Carnegie
Admiral Dewey
Clarence Mackay
Leo XIII
M. Chartran
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Rome
Eternal City
Pope
Calve
Carmen
Peace Commission
Paris
Spain
McKinley
White House
International Theatre Trust Plans Huge Global Theatre Pact
Chicago July 16. Plans for forming a 100000000 dollar trust in world theatres were revealed today. The International Theatre Trust would control Europe’s top theatres and contract the leading talent in legitimate stage and vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
International Theatre Trust
Europe
Brookline Selectmen Reinstated Patrolman Graham
Brookline selectmen voted to reinstate Henry Graham, a patrolman off work for two months due to illness. Graham’s pension request was denied under pension rules requiring age 60 and 25 years service unless duty injuries apply. The board ordered his return to duty with lighter duties after a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Graham
Brookline
Corey
Graham
Boston Team Defeated by St Louis in Tight Match
Boston Americans lose to St Louis 6 to 4 as Nationals stumble before Chicago Cuba. Four Glidden autos drop in standings while American hories sweep top three in the first international cup event. Boston Y C fleet sails toward Portland with Golden Red Nutmeg and the Kit leading. Gaines defeats Hughey.
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Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Cuba
Glidden Autos
Ecm
Boston Y. C
Portland
Gaines
Hughey
Sanford's Ginger Advertising Claim Reaches Four Years
An ad touts Sanford's Ginger as the standard in purity flavor and strength for four years. It promises digestion aid and healthful effects while warning against substitutes.
Unknown hero dies saving Georgia powder hatch
Reports say a volunteer hero sacrificed his life to close a turret hatch and prevent the powder magazine from igniting aboard the battleship Georgia. Roosevelt praised the unknown savior as officials search for his identity amid the tragedy.
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Georgia
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Cape Cod
Navy Yard
The
McCrea
Kimball
Hartford Impostor Lt Cox Suspected in Bogus Check Scam
Hartford July 16. Anna Louise Behner 17 is missing from home since Saturday night. A fake naval officer calling himself Lieutenant L S Cox who stayed at the Hotel Garde and Hartford Club passed bogus checks drawn on Union Trust Providence. Police follow Boston leads as Cox claimed to be arresting a deserter. Miss Behner was a social favorite in Hartford society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Anna Louise Behner
Louis C. Behner
Silas Chapman, Jr
L. S. Cox
Hartford Society
Garde
Hartford Club
Union Trust Company of
Providence
Cox
Boston
Miss Behner
Naphtha Fire Injures Four Roxbury Children
A 12 year old girl ignited naphtha while polishing a bedstead at 15 King street Roxbury. The blast burned Mary 12 Joan 6 William 4 and Sarah 2 as they fled the house. They were treated at City Hospital with hopes of recovery as younger siblings heal over days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodley
King Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Mary
Joan
William
Sarah
Six Men Injured in Naphtha Explosion at Cambridge
Six men were severely burned in a naphtha explosion at the Boston Woven Hose Company Cambridge factory. Workers near the naphtha were thrown to the floor as flames erupted. three remain hospitalized at Cambridge Relief Hospital with burns to arms, hands, face and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Boston Woven Hose Company
Portland
Hampshire Streets
Cambridge Relief Hospital
John Latria
South Street
Somerville
Michael Clemencio
Martin Kelley
Bristol Street
Burns
Barney Connors
Parnell Street
John Donovan
Portland Street
Crystal Hall Collapse Buries Dozens in London Ontario
Crystal Hall a three story brick building on Dundas Street in London Ontario collapsed late today. A score of people were buried under bricks timber and mortar as walls fell onto Brewster's five and ten cent store and wrecked Hamilton Long Co and W J Reid Co on Crystal Hall's first floor.
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London
Ont
Crystal Hall
Dundas Street
Brewster’s
Hamilton, Long & Co
W. J. Reid & Co
Crash in remodelled building traps shoppers including five unconfirmed injured
A remodel of a three-storefront building caused a collapse just after five o'clock. Two women fled while one was buried in wreckage. Rescue teams freed three girls from a cellar and located five more girls reachable but not yet assessed.
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Brewster
Car Derailed Strikes Pole at Bridgewater
In Bridgewater at Main and Union streets the 6 o'clock Brockton and New Bedford streetcar jumped tracks due to heat weakened rails. It smashed a telegraph pole and caused a panic among the 30 passengers, most of them women.
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Bridgewater
Brockton & New Bedford Street Railway
Main
Union Streets
Attempt to Murder Lowell Woman in Phone Call Fatal Shot
Lowell July 16 Constable Bernard J. Gately heard a revolver blast during a phone call. The screaming woman cried for mercy as Mrs. Mary A. McBride, a milliner, was shot by John Kiley, a jealous man, according to police.
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Lowell
Bernard J. Gately
Gately
Mary A. McBride
Aya
John Keley
Mary A. M.bride OF
Motorman praised for stopping car after Brockton wreck
George E. Shaw of Brockton received praise from witnesses for staying at his post and halting the car in a field about 300 feet from the curve. The semi-convertible car trapped passengers who were unable to jump. Mrs. Robert Ferguson and Mrs. C. J. Mercer of Bridgewater were bruised but returned home.
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George E. Shaw
Brockton
Pasengers
Robert Ferguson
C. J. Mercer
Bridgewater
Yankee dories first in race at Shelburne regatta
Shelburne Nova Scotia July 16 opening day shows three American boats defeating Canadian champions for Levitt Wagner cup. Elizabeth of Revere Mass winner, Crescent of Annisquam Mass second, Sunny Jim of Swampscott Mass third as Taro, Ere, and others trailed.
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Shelburne
N. S
Elizabeth
Elizabeth F
Taro Ery
Iss
Kelley shoots woman at Dutton street. victim in critical condition
In a bold attack at 229 Dutton street Kelley drawn a revolver and fired point blank at Mrs. McBride in the presence of an employee. The bullet entered her right eye and traversed her face and neck before exiting. Kelley fled along Cushing street and was found by Patrolman Hessian a short distance away. Mrs. McBride, after regaining consciousness, uttered that Kelley shot her but soon faded again. at St John Hospital she had only a slight chance of recovery.
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Kelley
Dutton Street
Stephen Hessian
Nat Horton Drowned in Jonesport while sailing
Nathaniel G. Horton prominent Boston Athletic Association member and Dexter Bros. executive vanished after a small boat capsized off Rogue Island near Jonesport Maine. The 30 year old athlete and BA A veteran was aboard the sloop Athene owned by W O Gay. His body had not yet been found overnight.
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Nathaniel G. Horton
Boston Athletic Association
Dexter Bros
Jonesport
Athene
W. O. Gay
Boston
Rogue Island
Horton
William N. Horton
Beacon Street
Nikisch to Return as Boston Symphony Conductor
A New York despatch reports Professor Arthur Nikisch will return to Boston to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds Dr Karl Muck who will retire after next season.
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New York
Arthur Nikisch
Leipsic Orchestra
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Nikisch Declines Paris Salary to Return as Conductor
Europe reports Professor Nikisch refused 50000 dollar yearly pay and 125000 dollar life policy to return to Boston for a term. A renowned European conductor, he led the city orchestra from 1891 to 1896 and will take charge of the Symphony Orchestra on October 8, 1908.
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Europe
Nikisch
Boston
Conservatoire and Opera
Leipsic
Attempted wreck on Bar Harbor express near Bangor
A section foreman reported an attempted rail wreck on the Mt. Desert division of the Maine Central. Spikes were drawn from two rail lengths about one mile east of Bangor on a high grade. The break was found by a gang member and signals set. The track was repaired and the Flying Yankee passed westbound within minutes.
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Bangor
Bar Harbor
Mt. Desert
Maine Central
Division
Boston
New York
Beacon Street Residents Fight Boathouse Sites on River
Beacon street residents clashed with plans for boathouses along the Charles River in Boston. Union and Boston Athletic Association boat club lawyers pressed to keep the Chestnut street foot location, while residents urged no sites above Pinckney street. Representative W Rodman Peabody spoke for the Union Club as hearing opened before the Metropolitan Park Commissioners.
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Beacon Street
Boston
the Charles
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Union
B. A. A. Boat Clubs
Chestnut Street
Pinckney Street
W. Rodman Peabody
Union Club
New England
Charles F. Choate
Dudley Pickman
William S. Spaulding
Moran enters campaign push for Carroll in state race
District Attorney Moran arrived in the city and went to the court office to back James B. Carroll as a gubernatorial candidate. He stated he is in the fight to stay and that Carroll will be nominated and elected.
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Moran
James B. Carroll
Carroll
Carroll enters Democratic race to back Bartlett and Whitney
District attorney plans to round up undecided Democratic leaders in Boston area. Moran with Mitchell and Toomey visits Carroll, who confirms entering the race with Bartlett and Whitney seeking the nomination. Moran will draft the platform, tariff issues fade, merger policy pushed, and western delegates favored. Carroll campaign to hire aides and start in ten days amid vows to curb clambakes and pow-wows.
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Bartlett
Whitney
Moran
Mitchell and Toomey
Springfield
Carroll
Mitchell
Toomey
Massachusetts
Partly Cloudy Forecast for Boston and New England
Partly cloudy Wednesday with fair Thursday in Boston and vicinity. Weather outlook extends to New England and eastern New York with light to fresh south to southwest winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
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Henry M’crea
Pope Leo XIII
Chartran
BIG Theatre Trust
Brookline Selectmen
Lieut. Cox
Ine
Bay State
Nat Horton
Will
Symphony Orchestra
Muck
Garroll Band
Bam
Mercer
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