Eastman Freed After Judge Finds No Probable Cause
Cambridge man Charles R. Eastman, accused in the Grogan murder, is discharged from custody after Judge Almy rules no probable cause exists. The preliminary hearing adjourned with no further evidence offered, and Eastman released to his family amid courtroom activity and remarks from both sides.
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Charles R. Eastman
Cambridge
Richard H. Grogan
Almy
Eastman
Notte
Hha
Weir
Commonwealth
Charles W. Bartlett
Samuel K. Elder
Bartlett
Miger
Woman who jumped from West Boston bridge recovers at hospital
A young woman who leaped from the West Boston bridge at midnight Tuesday in a personal crisis has regained consciousness and is staying at Massachusetts General Hospital for observation or surgery. Hospital staff declined to release further details.
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West Boston Bridge
Boston Bridge
Massachusetts General H Hospital
Hosca
Black Maria Disabled After Wheel Loss on School Street
The Black Maria lost a wheel yesterday near School Street around eight. It was halted above Tremont Street for about fifteen minutes while a barge from the court house stables ferried occupants to safety. A large crowd watched as the door opened and the expected crew emerged.
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School Street
Tremont Street
Court House
Dla
Alines
Carriers Group Debates State Affiliation Move
Branch 8 of the National Postoffice Letter Carriers' Association met at the American House last night. Eliot Sterling of Peabody, vice-president of the State association, urged Boston carriers to join the state body. Opinion trends toward eventual affiliation change.
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National Postoffice Letter Carriers’ Association
American House
Eliot Sterling
Peabody
State Association
Boston
Siate
Thirteen to Well. Marrying Club Plans Fifteen Weddings
Misha—aw, Ind July 1 1. Joseph Mich is to host fifteen marriages on Aug 1. Thirty members of a Starke county marrying club will travel to Michigan for all ceremonies on a single day. Members joined last January to create a fund from dues to cover travel hotels license charges and preachers fees.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Joseph
Mich
Starke County
Michigan
Woman for Governor in Illinois Candidacy
Mrs Frances A Meyer announces her bid to be governor or governess of Illinois. She seeks independent ballot signatures from West Pullman near 11201 West Ninth Hundred and Eighteenth Street Joliet area. She says she knows nothing of politics and pledges divine guidance and public prosperity as her platform.
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Chicago
Frances A.meyer
Illinois
West Pullman
West Nine Hundred and Eighteenth Street
Joliet
Teens disappearance sparks Bridgeton search for Ethel Clarke
Ethel Clarke a 16 year old of Fairton is missing after declaring a visit to a friend in Bridgeton New Jersey. Her father believes she eloped with a young man and left home. Despite searching parties no sign of her has been found as authorities pursue leads.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Ethel Clarke
Fairton
Lieutenant Hobson III Leaves Coptic in Yokohama
The Coptic arrived with Lieutenant Hobson III aboard from Hong Kong to San Francisco but he must disembark at Yokohama for medical treatment. He suffers from Oriental ophthalmia and will travel to Tokyo to consult a Japanese specialist.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hobson
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Tokio
Jamaica militia faults dejected Ashanti volunteers
Kingston July 18 nearly half of the militia volunteers for Ashanti service were rejected after medical inspection. The West Indian militia shows physiques far below American and English standards, triggering strong anger among rejected volunteers.
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Kingston
Ashanti
Lowell Labor Split Tangles Boott Mills Strike
In Lowell on July 18 a loom fixer was suspended by a second hand after a female weaver accused him of profane language. The loom fixers then struck for his reinstatement, leading to a settlement by Agent Kerr to reinstate the loom fixer and move the female weaver. The weaver refused to change sections, triggering a 150 worker strike pending further talks.
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Lowell
Boott
Kerr
Gargan Sails Abroad for Europe and Exposition
Hon and Mrs Thomas J Gargan departed from Charlestown on the New England for a European tour expected through October. He plans to study rapid transit in London Paris Berlin and possibly Budapest with a focus on underground systems and subway improvements in Boston. A crowd bid farewell as the ship left the dock.
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Thomas J. Gargan
Europe
Dominion Line
New England
Charlestown
Boston
Dr Gray declines Moody Bible Institute call
The Rev James M Gray D D has declined a permanent association with the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and will remain in New England. He will continue teaching Bible study classes in Boston and other locations starting this fall.
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James M. Gray
D. D
R. A. Torrey
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
New England
Boston
Senator Gear Buried in Burlington Funeral Rites
Funeral services for United States Senator Gear were held at the First M E Church in Burlington with Governor Shaw Senators Allison and Allen, Congressman Cummings of New York and other dignitaries in attendance. Congressman Hedges delivered the eulogy. Interment followed at Apple Grove Cemetery.
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Burlington
M. E
United States
Gear
Shaw
Allison and
Allen
Cummings
New York
Hedges
Aapen Grove Cemetery
Fire at Worcester Locomobile drop-forging shop
A blaze gutted the drop-forging shop of the Locomobile Company of America in Worcester causing about 25000 in damage. The shop housing the forgings was destroyed but the adjacent assembling factory survived. The fire threatens production in Bridgeport and other sites since Worcester supplied all the forgings.
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Worcester
Locomobile Company of America
Stanley Automobile
Locomobile Company
Bridgeport
McKinley Campaign Focuses on Nationwide Literature Push
Columbus Ohio July 18 Colonel C W F Dick state Republican executive chairman says campaign will be pushed vigorously from now. He notes new issues, Japan China war potential, and insists McKinley will speak only to delegations while Governor Roosevelt leads the broader effort including Ohio and Pacific States.
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Columbus
C. W. F. Dick
Republicans
National Committee
McKinley
China
Kansas City
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Ohio
Pacific States
New York
Farrar Sentenced to Seven Years for Wife Shooting
In Pittsfield Louis Farrar of North Adams was sentenced in Superior Court to not more than seven nor less than five years in State Prison for shooting his wife with intent to kill. He had been released from jail after a prior sentence for scalding his wife with boiling water. The wife was shot twice, one bullet nearly through her body, but she recovered.
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Pittsfield
Louis Farrar
North Adams
Farrar
Girl with Gold Tooth Linked to Widespread Theft Suspect
Detectives in major cities focus on Anna Hall known as the girl with the gold tooth. Chief Watts has received numerous inquiries and Boston officials believe she may be the thief in several reported thefts. Her photo is circulated to police chiefs nationwide. she claims Kansas City as her origin.
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Anna Hall
Watts
Boston
Kansas City
The Woman with a Gold Tooth Sandwiches Truth to Chief Watts
A woman told Chief Watts she had operated her game for five years and blamed the police for her past detection. Her city arrest is expected to clear up many police reports describing her only as the woman with a gold tooth.
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Watts
Democratic notice sets Kansas City ticket events in Indianapolis
Secretary Walsh of the national Democratic committee announced that the notification meeting for the presidential and vice presidential candidates named by the Kansas City convention will be held in Indianapolis Indiana on August 8 1900. The two notification committees will meet at the Grand Hotel in the morning.
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Chicago
Walsh
National Democratic Committee
John D. Richardson
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Hotel
Syrian Woman Dies on Havana Passenger Named as Yellow Fever Suspect
A Syrian woman, a second class passenger on the steamer Havana, died on Hoffman Island. Autopsy at Swinburne Island indicated suspicious signs of yellow fever.
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Havana
New York
Hoffman Island
Swinburne Island
Summer lectures begin at Old South Church on Jefferson
Edwin D. Mead delivers the opening talk replacing ill Harvard professor John Fiske. The eight part series, titled The United States in the Nineteenth Century, will run Wednesdays through the summer with speakers including R. M. McVane Charles G. Ames and John L. Bates. Mead compares Jefferson to Bryan noting similar early ridicule.
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Old South Church
Thomas Jefferson
Edwin D. Mead
Twentieth Century Club
New England Magazine
John Fiske
Harvard University
Fiske
United States
8. M. McVane
Charles G. Ames
John L. Bates
Mead
Jefferson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Hanna in Charge Heads to Chicago for HQ Talks
Senator Hanna chairman of the Republican national committee arrived in Chicago. Committee members Kerens New Payne and Stewart presented ideas on potential sites for the committee headquarters.
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Chicago
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Kerens
New
Payne
Stewart
Missionary Letters From Tien Tsin Amid Boxers Turmoil
A relative of Boston missionary Miranda Croucher shares a June 7 1900 letter from Tien Tsin describing siege conditions. She recounts burned stations and a tense crossing from Pekin, refugees at the A B C F M compound, assaults on Robinson and Norman, Belgian engineers fleeing toward Tien Tsin, and fears for churches and families.
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Miranda Croucher
Boston
Tien Tsin
Seat of Troubles
Pekin
Robinson
Norman
Yamen
Pao Ting Fu
Earl of Yarmouth in The Councillor's Wife at Newport
The Earl of Yar mouth and May Robson starred in The Councillor's Wife at Newport's Casino Theatre last night. Audiences applauded the three act comedy drama while Miss Hunter appeared in a novelty incident with a nickel plated horseshoe and a bankruptcy court claim of 56 118 with listed unsecured creditors including Hodges firms and the Bowker Laundry Company.
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Newport
Earl of Yarmouth
Little Casino Theatre
Ted Morrie
Hodges
A. D. Hodges
A. G. Hodges
Bigelow-Kennard Company
Boston Cab Company
J. Mitchell
Bowker Laundry Company
Kenny & Clark
Hodges Bankers Partner Files Individual Petition
E C Hodges senior member of the firm E C Hodges and Co bankers, whose failure was announced months ago, has filed his voluntary petition and schedule in the matter.
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E. C. Hodges
E. C. i Hdges & Co
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