BAD SON HELD CHARGE MURDERING FATHER IN BROOKLYN
William Henry, accused of murdering his father Charles W. Henry, was held for the Kings county grand jury after a Brooklyn Myrtle Avenue examination that yielded no new evidence. Testimony cited human blood on a shirt sleeve and the defendant denying guilt, with the case set to proceed next week. Walter Henry appeared in court and planned house repairs at 95 South Portland Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Henry
Kings County Grand Jury
Haggerty
Myrtle Avenue
Charles W. Henry
South
Portland Avenue
Brooklyn
Foster JL. Buckus
William
Professor Eaton
Eaton
Kitzer
Welles
Ridgway
McKelvey
McLaughlin
Illiam
Raymond Street
Walter Henry
Funeral of James J. Kane Ex-Hibernian Leader in Jamaica Plain
The funeral for James J. Kane ex treasurer of Division 15 Ancient Order of Hibernians Jamaica Plain will be held this morning at St Thomas Church with a solemn Mass. Kane aged 47 born Tyrone Ireland educated in Scotland and active in Fenian and Irish movements. He held roles in United Irish Brotherhood Jamaica Plain Land League Irish National Federation and was a longtime police and city hall worker. Pallbearers include Patrick J. Sullivan Henry Carr Timothy Phelan and Alexander Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Kane
Division 15
Order of Hibernians
Jamaica Plain
St. Thomas’s Church
Kane
Association Hall
Patrick J. Sullivan
Henry Carr
Timothy Phelan
Alexander Thompson
O’cathan
County Tyrone
Ireland
Scotland
Mr. Kane
Irish Republican Brotherhood
United Irish Brotherhood
John J. Breslin
Australasia
Breslin
Catalpa
Hibernians
Death by own action clouds Lilly Low case in New York
Dr Thomas J Biggs and Amelia Hanson and Henry Champney were held on bail in the Lilly Low death inquiry. The coroner reports a recent assault as possible motive. Police allege involvement without direct charges while the father claims schemes for bonds. Funeral set for Woodlawn burial as the case mystifies all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas J. Biggs
Tommie
Lilly Low
Amelia Hanson
Henry T. Champney
O’ Meagher
O’hanlon
Hanson
Pickett
Annie Hanson
Roosevelt Hospital
Thirtieth Street
Low
Biggs
Champney
Miss Hanson
Lillian Low
Dr. Biggs
Lilly
Fifty-eighth Street
Stern
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Miss Powers
Glendale
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. H. Chetwood
Miss Low
Mr. Low
Body Identified After Charles River Found
The body of a woman found floating in the Charles River at East Cambridge Thursday was identified as Mrs. Bridget McLoughlin of Scituate. She had threatened suicide due to poverty, and it appears she carried out those intentions over the past weekend. A friend had returned part of her clothing to her a week earlier.
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Charles River
East Cambridge
Bridget McLoughlin
Litchfield
Scituate
Girl Pupils Kicked High in Libel Suit Trial
At Hempstead on Saturday the libel case of George N. Paff trustee of Uniondale village school against principal Co. B. Simons opens. Paff alleges Simons taught girls the art of high kicking and once tore his trousers during a lesson. Simons denies everything saying he never taught kicking and wore good trousers.
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Uniondale
L. I
Hempstead
George N. Paff
Co. B. Simons
Paff
Simons
Mary
Mr. Simons
Uniondale School
Troutsburg
N. Y
Saw His Sweetheart And Then Died
Ninety Barrett aged 44, well known in New York and Los Angeles, committed suicide today in a Binghamton hotel after an engagement to Miss Georgie Earl, a school teacher. He appeared in good spirits during a brief visit with Miss Earl before taking his own life. friends say no cause appeared evident. In New York City he was a junior member of Barrett Bros., a music firm.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Noiney Barrett
New York
Los Angeles
Cal
Barrett
Georgie Earl
Miss Earl
New York City
Barrett Bros
Tobin Petitions for Writ to Free Wife Held by Brockton Police
In a Supreme Court action Judge Allen issued a writ of habeas corpus ordering Brockton police to release Edgar Tobin's wife, taken from their home July 16 while her husband worked. She is believed to be on Nantucket. Tobin, a Brockton shoe factory mechanic, said she was a witness for the government before a Plymouth grand jury in the Arthur A. Albee murder case. Police actions are questioned for lack of any court order. The case will be argued mid next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Allen
Edgar Tobin
Brockton
Lemuel Asport
Oliver D. Appleton
Mrs. Tobin
Nantucket
Tobin
Plymouth
Arthur A. Albee
Secrets in the Holmes case raise more
Patrick Quinlan supplied details linking Dr Holmes to Kitty Kelly’s disappearance and possible other murders. Police study bones in a basement and probe missing Lafayette girl Emeline Cigrand while a new Chicago victim remains unnamed. Colonel Belknap alleges Mrs Connor locked by gas and cremation, further complicating the Holmes case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Holmes
Patrick Quinlan
Kitty Kelly
Englewood
Quinlan
Badenoch
Chief
Howard Pietzel
Ballot Box Standards Approved by Commonwealth Officials
The ballot box commission approved three patterns Ideal Gravity and Blanket meeting the 1893 law. Towns must order replacements at their expense while new precinct boxes are Commonwealth funded. A public hearing reviewed the boxes and potential patent issues were raised by the Ideal and Blanket makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Ballot Box Commission
The
Penalties of a Dual Life
New York July 26 Nesslage Colgate and Co bullion brokers at 29 Wall Street dissolved amid shock over a divorce suit against M Starr Colgate. Evidence shows Colgate lived as Bassett with a woman named Belle Bassett while known as Colgate to family. Mrs Colgate filed in New Jersey Chancery Court at Trenton naming Belle Bassett as correspondent. Nesslage said partnership ends and firm’s affairs were settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nesslnge, Colgate
Colgate
Mr. Bassett
Boyle Bros Announces Grand Clearance Sale
Boyle Bros of 3 Washington Street promote a year end clearance with many desirable bargains. The sale offers very low prices and credit without extra charges, making goods affordable whether paid cash or on instalments. The event is presented as the largest clearance the house has seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle Bros
Washington Street
Four Hundred Chiffonniere Styles at Paine Furniture
The Paine Furniture Company on Canal Street displays an enormous variety of chiffonniere styles. The vast range adds about twenty percent value to a buyer's purchase and reflects the era’s cataloging of fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward McAllister
Paine Furniture Company
Canal Street
Antigonish Man Buncoed Out Of 25 Dollars
John A. Chisholm of Antigonish Nova Scotia was duped on Court street last night by a self styled friend who promised a driver job paying 11 dollars weekly. The con artist borrowed 25 dollars to cover a bill before the supposed position was found and then disappeared prompting Chisholm to seek police help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Chisholm
Antigonish
N. S
Court Street
Chisholm
Railway disaster at St Brieuc injures pilgrims toll
A train returning pilgrims from Sainte Dauray Shrine derailed near St Brieuc in Cotes du Nord today. Twelve people died and twenty five were seriously hurt as several cars wrecked. the bodies were moved to St Brieuc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Brieuc
Department of Cotes du Nord
Sainte Dauray
Watertown Appoints Street Superintendent as Stearns Resigns
At a Watertown Selectmen meeting John Reed keeper of the almshouse was named special police officer. Edward B Stearns resignation as streets superintendent was accepted effective immediately George Kimball of Danvers was appointed to fill the unexpired term at Stearns salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Picnic at Apollo Garden Promises Lively Church Event
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament hosts a daylong picnic in Apollo Garden Armory Street with professional afternoon games. Cash prizes offered by Finn and Kelley include running events potato races and a heavyweights race. A tug of war Keith entertainment Moakley referee and an evening show by B F Keith artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Apollo Garden
Armory Street
Charles A. Kelley
Finn & Kelley
John Donovan
Natick
Leavitt
Manning
Conroy
Lorenzo
Hamilton
Mack
Mullane
J. Moriarty
T. Gallivan
J. Donovan
R. Baker
Gallagher
Marsh
Jenzo
Moriarty
Gallivan
Donovan
Manone
Ares Mullane
Mitton
John Teague
John Frazier
John R. Alley
West End City Yard
Moakley
B. F. Keith
Policemen's Outing Club Yacht Trip With Ladies Day
The Policemen's Outing Club sails tomorrow aboard the yacht White Duck captained by Joe Turner. The monthly event replaces bachelor parties with a ladies day cruise to Marblehead and Gloucester, with a brief stop at Boston Light, featuring officers and members led by Commodore Ned Pinkham and Captain Jack Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Turner
Marblehead
Gloucester
Boston Light
Ned Pinkham
Dave Brophy
Jack Morse
Richard F. Daly
Fire Commissioner Murphy Receives International Fire Congress Invite
Fire Commissioner John R Murphy, formerly on the Boston Board of Fire Commissioners, spent months abroad studying fire services and building protection methods. He has earned a national and international reputation and now has an invitation from J Meier of Amsterdam to attend the International Congress of the Fire Service in Amsterdam August 26 to 31, 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R Murphy
Boston Board of Fire Commissioners
Matthews
England
Europe
J. Meier
Amsterdam
International Congress of the Fire Service
Holland
American Wringer Company Ad at 13 and 15 Broadway
The American Wringer Company lists wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers as manufacturers with spare parts by mail. Address at 13 and 15 Broadway extension and Tremont 764 telephone service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Company
Broadway
Tele Tremont
Still He Believes in Uniform Management of Docks
Henry W. Peabody of Henry W. Peabody & Co appeared before the Wharves and Docks Commissioners to urge uniform management of Boston docks and reduced dockage. He argued current charges drive business away, favored public ownership if dockage could be halved, and urged better access to continental shipments and riverfront development in South Boston to restore local shipping vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Peabody
Henry W. Peabody & Co
Shipping and Commission
Peabody
Boston
John L. Nichols
Fiske’s Wharf
Buffalo
Emery
New York
London
Liverpool
Mr. Peabody
Leeson
Commonwealth
South Boston
United States
New England
Mr. Emery
Western Visitors Tour Lynn by Business Delegation
A Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas business group visited Lynn, meeting Acting Mayor Rufus Kimball and Lynn business leaders. They toured the Aaron F. Smith shoe factory, Armory, General Electric plant, Lynn & Boston street railroads power station, Lynn Gas and Electric works, J. B. Renton leather furnishings, the Oxford Club house, and enjoyed Nahant dining and sightseers through Lynn Woods. The welcoming committee included several city officials and notable residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Kansas City
Kan
Harwood
Rufus Kimball
City Hall
Aaron F. Smith
Armory
General Electric Company
Boston Street
Lynn Gas & Electric Company
J. B. Renton
Oxford Club
Hotel Nahant
Lynn Woods
Nahant
Charles E. Chase
Clarence I. Allien
Benjamin W. Currier
Luther 8. Johnson
D. H. Sweetser
Amos F. Breed
John MacNair
George E. Barnard
Augustus B. Martin
James Phelan
John Woodbury
Death of Rhode Island reformer Hon. Thomas Davis
The Honorable Thomas Davis died in Providence at nearly ninety in the early morning hours after a long career opposing the old King George III charter and anti-foreigner disfranchisement laws. Born in Ireland on December 18, 1806, he received a late life honor from Rhode Island allied clubs and the colored community. His daughter Miss Davis recently married Theodore W. Foster, jeweller, who runs the Davis factory on Richmond street.
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Providence
Thomas Davis
Rhode Island
Davis
Miss Davis
Theodore W. Foster
Richmond Street
Ireland
Gallagher funeral notice from Roxbury July 25
GALLAGHER At Roxbury July 25 Gately wife of John Gallagher and mother of Andrew J. Gallagher of Lexington Mass and Mrs Ellen George of Roxbury Funeral from her late residence No 115 Linden Park street Sunday July 28 at 1 30 o clock Services at St Francis de Sales church at 2 30 o clock Relatives and friends kindly invited to be present Brooklyn N Y and Kago ill papers please copy CHENEY At Wellesley July 23 Benjamin Perce Cee sae Ki a s Chapel Man services at King s Chapel July 29 at 3 p m Burial private Einain omit flowers
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Gallagher
Roxbury
Gately
John Gallagher
Andrew J. Gallagher
Lexington
Mass
Ellen George
Linden Park Street
St. Francis de Sales C
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kago
Ill
Cheney
Wellesley
Benjamin Perce Cee Sae Kia
King’s Chapel
Einain
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Methyl Dental Co
Dentists
Tremont St
Telephone
Grand Jury
Lily Low
Woodlawn
New
Jersey
John Nelson Low
Boulogne-sur-la‘Mere
HUTCH
Temple
Tims
Dr. Holmes
Emeline Cigrand
Lafayette
Ind
Drs. B. J
P. J. Cigranff
Fitzpatrick
Robert E. Phelps
Cook County
Cigrand Brothers
Cigrand
Robert E.phelps
United Press
Jonathan L. Belknap
Wilmette
Big Foot Prairie
Julia L. Connor
Colonel Belknap
Mrs. Connor
Mrs. Connors
Owens
Central Station
George W. Harris
B. A. Ziegel
Harris
B. A. Simpkins
Alfred H. Post
Taylor Addition
St. Paul
Buncoed
Policemen’s Outing Club
International Fire Congress
Boston World
Bostom
H. W. Peabody
Wharves and Docks Commissioners
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Waht
O Square
Lees Trafific On
Massachusetts
Ben J. F. Stevens
Voaleas
Alfred D
Alpheus M. Stetson
Kilby Street
Cape Cod
Central House
West Btaronowich, Dinan
C.C. Baker
Maine
Bradley’s
Revere House
East
Vassalboro
Clima Lakes
A. M. Bradley & Son
George Carter
Naskeag Point
Hull
East End
Water Front
Kneeland
Prop
ARMY
Beck
Nebraska
Pender
Neb
William H. Beck
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Omaha
Winnebago
Thurston
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Captain Beck
William V. Allen
John M. Thurston
George D. Meiklejohn
W. E. Andrews
Jesse B. Strode
Congressional Delegation
Thos
California
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