Soldier seeks revenge after New Bedford car assault
Conductor Mamuel Smith of Union Street Railway Company refused a Battery A, Seventh Artillery soldier from riding a street car at Fort Rodman. On the next trip the soldier named London and four companions boarded, smashed a door, and assaulted the conductor as a sentry with a bayoneted gun blocked the motorman from aiding. Smith swore out a warrant for London's arrest.
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New Bedford
Mamuel Smith
Union Street Railways Company
Seventh Artillery
Fort Rodman
Brock Avenue
Ndon
Smith
Lemon
London
Boston boy wounded in Tien Tsin engagement
Boston woman identifies Thomas L. Maloney as Michael T. Fleming of Charlestown who ran away, enlisted in the Ninth Infantry, and was wounded at Tien Tsin. Fleming, reported missing in March, sent a Liverpool letter claiming impending service in the Philippines under the name Maloney. Mrs. Fleming believes the wounded soldier is her son.
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Tien Tsin
Thomas Ll. Maloney
Maloney
Ninth United States Infantry
Thomas L. Maloney
Boston
Michael T. Fleming
Medford Street
Charlestown
Ninth Infantry
Fleming
Harry Krieger
Chelsea
The
Post
Liverpool
City Briefities From Boston Incidents
A man, David W. Mosier, 287 Chelsea Street, Boston, was crushed between two locomotives at the railroad yard with a badly injured left ankle. A small fire on 291 Congress Street, a book bindery, was caused by a gas jet under a glue pot and was minor. A man, John M. Davis, 67 Sumner Street, East Boston, was arrested on a warrant for concealing mortgaged property from Smith Bros. A 32 year old, Joseph Hamel, near Sage and Chambers, fell while boarding a moving electric car and was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital. Toung, head of the street department division, is seriously ill in Dorchester with an intestinal trouble.
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David _W. Mosier
Chelsea Street
Boston
Boston & Albany
Massachusettts
Congress Street
James A. Horne
Division
John M. Davis
Sumner Street
Smith Bros
Washington Street
Joseph Hamel
Sage and
Chambers Street
Police Staton
Thompson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hamel
Fairmount Street
Cambridge
Toung
Wayry Division
Dorchester
Metcalf welcomed in Pawtucket after Prohibition nomination
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a large crowd gathered to greet Henry B Metcalf Vice presidential nominee for the Prohibition party upon his return from New York where he had learned of his nomination.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Henry B. Metcalf
Prohibition Party
New York
Youtley Fled in Goebel Conspiracy Trial Testimony
In the Caleb Powers Goebel assassination trial at Georgetown Kentucky Constable Davis Harrod testified spotting Henry Youtsey near the Secretary of State office and fleeing. Witnesses described mountain men discussions about killing Goebel and potential rewards, with letters and exchanges debated as evidence.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Davis Harrod
Frankfort
Legislative Building
Henry Youtsey
Secretary of
W. H. Wagner
Wilnacaver
Charles Finley
Powers
Aoebody
D— Rascal
Youtsey
Robert Noaks
Noaks
Effie Blankenship
Crawfordsville
Ind
Harry Tandy
Taylor
Finley
Culton
Davis
Graham Vreeland
Louisville
Tin Box Bunco Game in New Bedford Dutchman Swindled
John B Hubert a French resident was duped of 750 by two smooth confidence men after meeting at a trolley park They proposed placing Hubert s money and theirs in a tin box and depositing it in his safe The pair left with keys and vanished before returning to open the box to find only a sledgehammer marked bank notes and a handkerchief with no money remaining
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New Bedford
John B. Hubert
Hubert
Fall River
Moss Fire at Cape Nome Engulfs Tundra Homes
A special to the Times reports a large Moss Fire near Cape Nome burning miles of tundra and destroying many native homes. The blaze spread from Nome's eastern suburbs across the coast to the foothills. A separate Skagway dispatch notes the Upper Yukon steamer Florence 8 wrecked on Thirty Mile Canyon with the purser Maltby and two women drowning. Commissioner Pitman and King completed provisional boundary line plotting and will travel to the Chilkoot tomorrow.
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Seattle
Wash
Times
Cape Nome
Nome
Cape Ome
Skagway
Yukon
Florence
Thirty Mile
Canon
Lewis River
Maltby
Customs Service
Juneau
Pitman
United States
King
Canada
Summit
Chilkoot
Missing money from Berkeley Street suite reported
George A. Haines of 78 Berkeley Street Suite 2 reported to Station 5 last evening that 3450 dollars were missing from his rooms. Four new 100 dollar bills and one 50 dollar bill were taken after noon yesterday. No clue to the thief. He had withdrawn the funds Wednesday hoping his bureau drawer was safe.
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George A. Haines
Berkeley Street
Mr. Haines
Fire damages Chelsea bakery stock and fixtures
A fire at a Chelsea bakery caused about 200 in stock and fixtures plus 100 in damage to the babying. The blaze followed an amp falling from a pigeonet, and the incident affected the shop owned by John Carroll.
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Chelsea
Borani
Beth Uckett
He ‘Babing
John Arroll
Militia Rush 10 Negroes Rescue in New Orleans Chaos
After Governor Heard called out the Washington Artillery and state units and with 1500 troops in armories, mobs roamed New Orleans streets killing and injuring Black residents. A pulling gunfire spree left many wounded, including Porters, policemen, and a 12 year old boy, as attackers roamed from Spanish Fort to the French Market seeking Black victims. White bystanders were also shot. The rampage ended with dispersed mobs and one fatality in Villere Street car violence.
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Baton Rouge
Washington Artillery
Louisiana Field Battery
Esther Pisidls
Illinois Central
Oswald McAtoon
Thirteen Have Smallpox In Lowell Hospital Today
Thirteen persons are at the smallpox hospital after the Board of Health took in John Leggett and three Leggett children from Hancock street, Lowell. Leggett is Mary Anne Leggett’s brother, recently discharged from the hospital.
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Lowell
Smallpox Hospital
John Leggett
Board of Health
Leggett
Mary Anne Leggett
Massachusetts Corporation
Hancock Street
Alaskan Steamer Sinks Rumor of Florence II Capsize
Passengers arriving from Alaska report a rumor in Juneau of a storm on Lake Labarge that sank the stern wheeler Florence II. The Cottage City carried 160 passengers with about 40 feared dead. No confirmation from authorities yet.
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Minneapolis
Minn
The
Times
Victoria
B. C
Cottage City
Juneau
Lake Labarge
Five Escape From Bridgewater State Farm On Night Break
Five prisoners from Boston escaped from Bridgewater State Farm by cutting a hole in the granite wall. They were last seen heading toward Boston, possibly changing to ordinary clothes outside the prison. Authorities alerted to watch freight trains as no night passenger service exists. The escapees are Edward F. Lynch Thomas F. Scully John Kinnere Edward S. Connolly and Joseph Jennings.
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Bridgewater
State Farm
Boston
Edward F. Lynch
Thomas F. Scully
John Kinnere
Edward S. Connolly
Joseph Jennings
Blackman
Liberal Leader Threatens Resignation Over Chamberlain Salary Vote
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, Liberal leader in the House of Commons, was incensed by radicals who forced a yes terday vote to reduce the Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain's salary and he threatened to resign the leadership. Friends urged reconsideration and a full party meeting may follow amid rumors of Liberal imperilists aiming to topple his authority in favor of Lord Rosebery.
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London
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Sir Henry
Lord Rosebery
Cole Resigns as Somerville City Treasurer
At a Somerville Board of Aldermen meeting lasting to 1 am, City Treasurer John F. Cole offered his resignation, though no action was taken and the matter was laid on the table. Cole has served since 1892, resigning due to continuing ill health that has kept him away from the desk, with his assistant, a woman, in charge during absences, drawing bitter criticism.
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Somerville Board of Aldermen
John F. Cole
Cole
Somerville
Two colored women con artists fleece Roxbury man
Charles Martin of 12 Dorr street claims he met two dark women on Burbank street last evening. After a brief flirtation, one accompanied him into an alley while the other kept watch. He says 660 in $20 bills vanished from his pocket and the women fled. Police arrested two colored women early this morning. Martin had not identified them by 3 o'clock.
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Charles Martin
Dorr Street
Roxbury
Martin
Burbank Street
Qerpicien
Nantasket Trip Ends With Missing Mind and Home Call
Mary Horner of Boston, about 22, wandered to Nantasket on a whim without money or trunks. She spoke in odd phrases claiming to be a monkey and gave ever-changing names, confusing Hull police. Her mother was alerted and retrieved her, with officials noting possible brain softening.
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Nantasket
Mary Horner
South End
Boston
Hull
Metropolitan Park Police
Mary
Park
Mitchell
Garden of Eden
Lottie
Charlotte
Theresa
Floral welcome for William Jardine at Gilchrist & Co
William Jardine of Gilchrist & Co returns from a European trip to a surprise from staff. Employees placed two floral emblems in his office bearing the message Welcome home.
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William Jardine
Gilchrist & Co
Remarkable Riverside Penitentiary tunnel plot uncovered in Pittsburg
A 200 foot tunnel from 28 Sterling Street aimed at Riverside Penitentiary was uncovered after a gas hazard halted progress. Police suspect the plan sought to free J. C. Boyd, the real estate swindler, rather than anarchist Alexander Berkman. An electric alarm, air pump, and costly equipment valued around 2000 dollars were found. Brown and Langfitt organized the operation, with the Browns fleeing to New York after July 6.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Riverside Penitentiary
Alexander Berkman
H. C. Frick
Muth
Allegheny Police Department
J. C. Boyd
Boyd
Union
Riverside
Berkman
Sterling Street
Thoams Brown
Chicago
John C. Langfilt
Brown
Letitia
Jennie McCarthy
Mrs. Brown
McCarthy
Tangfitt
New York
Langfitt
Yerkes in London a Chicago magnate aims tramway control
London papers denounce Charles T. Yerkes of Chicago who seeks to run electric trams in London. He is described as owning a $25,000,000 Chicago monopoly and bringing $50,000,000 in cash to bid for tramway and railway concessions. Officials and public critics react with astonishment and doubt.
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London
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
Metropolis
Tar
Yerkes
The
Express
Baron Yerkes
Amor
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