Riotlike ring on Boston Common ends with arrests
Five hundred spectators formed a ring on Boston Common to watch Maurice Rosenberg and Ikey Gordon fight. The fight lasted eighteen minutes with heavy blows and appeals from bystanders. Police Sherborn and Joyce arrested both youths and they were taken to the station. Maurice 15, Gordon 16, with addresses on Morton Street and Cross Street respectively. one works for the District Telegraph Company.
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Maurice Rosenberg
Key Gordon
Maurice
Ikey
Children of Israel
Hkosenberg
Sherborn
Joyce
Station 3
Ike
Rosenberg Oy
Morton Street
Gordon
Cross
District Telegraph Company
A Foolish Man With a Pistol in Tremont Chase
Laughlin McKenna attempted a mild spree on Tremont street near the railroad bridge yesterday afternoon. He brandished a loaded 32 cal revolver at a stranger after a dispute, chased him for several minutes, and was captured by Patrolmen Aayes and Majury. The assaulted man escaped.
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Laughlin McKenna
McKenna
Tremont Street
Aayes
Majury
Division 4
Admitted to the Suffolk County Bar on Aug 4
Of thirty eight applicants for admission last month twenty seven passed the regular examination. The following named gentlemen will be admitted on Aug 4 in the Supreme Court room Edwin A Bayley Perrey G Bolster Moses B Case R Percy Chittenden J Porter Crossey James T Cummings Herbert H Darling Frank E Dean David T Dickinson Richard S Dow Jeremiah G Foley Guy D Goff William P Hale James F Harlow James B Hayes Gerald G P Jackson Francis S Jones Michael Maginnis Alonzo D Moran Bradley W Palmer William M Prest William M Seavey Joseph W Sheeran Charles M Thayer Ezra R Thayer William G Thompson and John Wait
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Supreme Court Room
Edwin A. Bayley
Perrey G. Bolster
Moses
Rescued At Daylight Off Branford Point Catamaran Sinks
City Attorney Dailey, Clarence Beebe, and George Shepard of New Haven were rescued at daylight after clinging to the catamaran s y phoon for eight hours in the Sound off Pawson Park. The Margaret steamed a search with a light for three hours but never reached hailing distance.
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Conn
Dailey
Clarence Beebe
George Shepard
Pawson Park
Branford Point
Margaret
Mr. Dailey
Winnie Davis As Gen Draper's Guest At Hopedale Visit
General Draper made a brief stop at Hopedale from Narragansett Pier. He dismissed sensational Narragansett dinner rumors as not worth discussing. Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, was among the guests, along with Mrs Carlisle, wife of the senator, in an informal gathering with personal friends.
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Gen. Draper
Worcester
Draper
Hopedale
Narragansett Pier
Narragansett
Jefferson Davis
Carlisle
Tragic Boatman Vanishes in Hidden Lake Cave
Reynolds, a boatman at Lake Waccabuc in Danbury Connecticut, fell overboard while pulling anchor and disappeared. Divers searched the lake for hours, locating an underground cave at the bottom that extends about thirty feet. Authorities believe the body is trapped inside and plan further attempts to recover it.
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Lake Waccabuc
Danbury
Conn
Reynolds
Late cheese sales reported in Urica and Lirtik Far s
Urica New York July 27 cheese sales include 6600 boxes at 7 8 cents 4576 at 8 cents 2200 at 8 a nd 2540 at 8 44 and 435 on commission Prices firm and market quiet Lirtik Far s New York July 27 cheese 630 boxes at 7 4 cents 3086 at 8 cents 6400 on commission 890 dairy 7 2 8 4 cents Butter 35 packages creamery at 17 4 18 cents 16 packages at 17 18 cents
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Urica
N. Y
Lirtik Fars
Ackages
Horse kicks Dennis Ford in nose at Dorchester
A horse kicked Dennis Ford at about 7 last evening in Dorchester fracturing two places of the nose. The 24 year old was living at 85 College street and was removed to City Hospital for treatment.
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Dennis
Dennis Ford
College Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Record of Fires Across Towns in One Evening
Bridgewater sees a large Plymouth County Agricultural Society hall burn, blamed on youths at play, with about 12000 dollars loss and seven thousand insurance. Blais village in Trempealeau County reports total business district fire, fourteen families homeless, substantial uninsured losses. In South Haven Michigan fire destroys rear of H Zeedyke’s grocery, twenty two buildings burned before containment, about 40000 dollars loss. Frazer & Co grocery warehouse and Quinet carriage factory burn in Montreal, losses around 100000 dollars with insurance not known.
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Bridgewater
Plymouth County Agricultural Society
Central Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Blais
Trempealeau County
South Haven
Mich
H. Zeedyke
Montreal
Fire alarms report two Charlestown blazes yesterday
A small fire started by a kerosine lamp in William Gail's tenement at 48 Cook Street Charlestown triggered Box 452 at 10:20 last evening. Earlier, a small fire in a charcoal box in the machine shop of Warren Haskell & Co at 36 Charlestown Street triggered Box 12 at 7 p.m. yesterday.
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William Gail
Cook Street
Charlestown
Warren Haskell & Co
Charlestown Street
A Guilty Wifes Confession in Brooklyn Slaying
Brooklyn July 27 The wife of Italian Louis Frankiosa who was found dead at Forty-ninth Street and Second Avenue confessed that he was slain by her lover Jeremiah Cotto. She knew Cotto in Italy and wrote to him to come to America. Cotto lived with the couple since his arrival and, despite the husbands jealousy, she kept him there. Cotto was arrested yesterday on suspicion.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Louis Frankiosa
Forty-ninth Street
Second Avenue
Jeremiah Cotto
Cotto
Italy
America
Narrow Escape of the Gallia at Sea Collision Verge
The Cunard steamer Gallia reported a near miss with the Black Heath in foggy seas yesterday morning. Passengers were on deck when a large ship loomed 75 feet away. Gallia officers quickly averted collision. Black Heath disappeared from view after the close call.
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New York
Cunard
Gallia
Run on San Francisco bank sparks depositor cash return
In San Francisco on July 27 a bank run at People's Home Savings Bank led to several thousand dollars repaid to depositors. Bank Commissioners opened an inquiry. The July 1 report shows $1,000,000 capital stock with one third paid up and about 8000 depositors owed $100,000. Officers insist the bank is solvent.
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San Francisco
People’s Home Savings Bank
Treasury official resigns to head London information bureau
Colonel Fred Brackett chief clerk of the Treasury Department has resigned effective September 1. He is appointed special agent under the World's Fair act to manage admission of foreign goods for exhibition and will establish a bureau of information in London for prospective exhibitors.
Theatrical Mechanics Convention Elects Officers
The Theatrical Mechanics of the United States and Canada convened in Chicago on July 27 electing Moses P. Pickering as grand president John Penrose grand vice president C E B Tyler grand secretary William L Meredith grand treasurer and trustees William Callaghan E R Smiley J Geisinger with locations Boston Philadelphia Toronto Toledo Newark.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Moses P. Pickering
Boston
John Penrose
Philadelphia
C. E. B. Tyler
Williaml. Meredith
Toronto
William Callaghan
E.R. Smiley
Loledo
J. Geisinger
Newark
Aged woman injured in Malden cut attack
In Malden on July 27 Mrs Kate Cronin a 90 year old woman reported a severe cut on her right arm after visiting the police station. She said Mrs Hannah Curtin inflicted the wound with a sharp instrument. City physician Dr Griffin treated the injury stitching six or eight wounds and no arrests have been made.
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Malden
Kate Cronin
Hannah Curtin
Griffin
Con. Siaret
New Haven Carriage Accident Injures Lyon Couple
G F Lyon and his wife were driving in Danbury when the horse ran away and the carriage struck a hydrant, overturning on a corner. Both were thrown unconscious and sustained internal injuries feared fatal.
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New Haven
Conn
G. F. Lyon
Danbury
Sneak Thief Hits Frank R. Frost Totals $400 Value
A thief entered the Frost brokerage at 66 Washington Street during dinner hour and stole twelve gold watches three diamond rings and a gold ring valued at $400. Officers search for the thief with no trace yet found.
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Haverhilg
Frank R. Frost
Washington Street
Miss Hamm Sues Boston Herald For 50000 Damages
Miss Hamm, a correspondent for the New York Mail and Express and other papers, left for Boston to sue the Boston Herald for fifty thousand dollars over a libellous article in last Sunday's issue.
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Harger
Miss Hamm
New York Mail and Express
Boston Tonight
Boston Herald
Clothing Operatives Picnic at Oak Island Draws Crowd
One of the season’s largest picnics for the Clothing Operatives National Union was held at Oak Island yesterday. The groves were filled with picnickers all day and ample amusement occupied the athletic grounds. Evening brought dancing in the pavilion.
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Oak Island
Dr Henry V Wilson Honored as NC Biology Professor
Raleigh July 27 Dr Henry V Wilson director of Woods Hole US fish station Woods Hall Mass was elected professor of biology at the University of North Carolina He is a Johns Hopkins graduate with A B and Ph D credentials.
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H. V. Wilson
Raleigh
N.C
Henry V. Wilson
United States Fish Station
Woods Hall
Mass
University of North Carolina
Wilson
Johns Hopkins
Chingecto Ship Railway Financed by English Capitalists
The Chingecto ship railway at Hacmax Nova Scotia has been mortgaged for 3.5 million dollars to English financiers. Work remains incomplete but London has ordered a halt to operations until the end of next week due to money market tightness.
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Hacmax
N.S
London
Haverhill Water Commissioners Appointed
At a July 27 meeting of the Board of Aldermen in Haverhill five men were named Water Commissioners. W. H. Moody J. A. Huntington A. M. Allen D. J. Kennedy and Woodbury Noyes received appointments.
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Board of Aldermen
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J. A. Huntington
A.M. Allen
D. J. Kennedy
Woodbury Noyes
Accident at the Siege of Vera Cruz claims scout
In Baltimore on July 27 an event at the Siege of Vera Cruz earlier tonight left George Ringlab an American scout fatally injured when he stepped in front of a large gun as it fired. He suffered a massive chest and side wound and is expected to die.
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Vera Cruz
Baltimore
George Ringlab
Brown named cashier at Old Colony National Bank
PlymoutH July 27. James B. Brown, after six years as assistant postmaster, is appointed cashier of the Old Colony National Bank. The move signals a shift from postal duties to banking leadership and adds a seasoned administrator to the bank’s finance team.
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Plymouthh
James B. Brown
Old Colony National Bank
Bank of Germany reports rise in specie holdings
Berwin July 27. The Imperial Bank of Germany reports a 13,640,000 mark increase in its specie, signaling stronger cash reserves. The gain reflects higher coin and banknote holdings and suggests improved liquidity for Germany's central banking system.
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Bank OF Germany
Berwin
Imperial Bank of Germany
German Beers In This Country Imported Quantities Discussed
A New York Evening Post report reviews imports of lager beer from Germany and Austria, noting small import values of 129,178 dollars from Germany and 29,670 dollars from Austria. Executives and officials explain why domestic beer often rivals imported brands, discuss cask sizes, and address fraud fears while contrasting tastes and pricing.
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Austria
United States
von Palitschek
The
Evening Post
Ashbel P. Fitch
New York
Munich
Tielenius
Frederick Hollender & Co
Fitch
MP Atkinson Expelled from House of Commons for Week
London July 27 during the Commons session Mr Henry John Atkinson MP for Boston was expelled for a week for accusing the Speaker of abusing power in marking his frivolous challenge to division accuracy The expulsion bars him from Parliament prompting him to dine with eight American gentlemen he had invited as the Union Job guests
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London
House of Commons
Henry John Atkinson
Boston
Customs Frauds Expose Bukowina Officials and Merchants
In Bukowina Vienna on July 27 the government secret service uncovered wholesale customs frauds implicating top officials and leading merchants. Many arrests followed and Director Bosancz of Bukowina customs committed suicide amid the revelations. The scheme centers on smuggling corn flour and brandy across the Austrian frontier.
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Vienna
Dutchy
Russia
Roumania
Bosancz
Two French criminals executed in Courbevoie murder case
In Paris on July 27 two accomplices of Merc Berland, Berland and Dore, were executed at Place de la Roquette. Berland died after a struggle at the guillotine and the device, while Dore offered no resistance. The execution lasted eight minutes, and Mere Berland previously received a reprieve.
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Berland
Dore
Merc Berland
Courbevoie
Place de la Roquette
Mere Berland
Pork Prospects in France
Paris July 27 Deputies favor rescinding the law against importing American pork and expect Senate passage when Parliament resumes. Senate committee delays report not from opposition but to consider applying pork tariffs before the full tariff.
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France
Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
A Watch Hung Up in the Street Delmonico Bet Sparks Curiosity
A crowd on a New York street watched a gold watch hung by its chain on a signpost for an hour as two men debated honesty. Police allowed the spectacle but did not intervene. The owner returned at 3 20 and took the watch home, remarking on New York honesty.
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N. ¥. Evening Post
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Delmonico’s
New York
Six truant youths found living in freight car in Boston yards
Boston police arrest six boys aged 10 to 16 after they were found in an empty freight car in the city yards. Michael Gallagher, 22, says he is homeless and recently in the city. five younger boys return home with their parents. Ahearn, 10, escapes but is later captured and jailed with the others.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Tewhars
Division 4
Michael Gallagher
Boston
Anthony Boyle
Prince Street
Walter Pierce
Charter Street
Stephen Coffey
North Margin Street
Frank Stockton
Greenough Lane
John Ahearn
Marginal Street
Ahearn
Tremont Street
Robern
Gallagher
A New Race of People Found in Philippine Mountaintop
From St Paul July 26 the first instalment of Philipine Island specimens sent by the Menage exploring expedition arrived. A letter describes a newly discovered mountain dwelling people unseen in the lowlands. Explorers Worcester and Bournes photographed a group after tentative efforts amid natives wary of the camera. Clothing of the natives was obtained and no birds were found at 1200 feet.
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Phillipine Island
Menage
St. Paul
Phillipines
Messrs
Worcester and
Bournes
Lumber Dealer Calvin P Hazard Makes General Assignment
In Burwaro New York on July 27 Calvin P Hazard a major local lumber dealer filed a general assignment. Liabilities are estimated at 175000 to 180000. Economic tightness last fall and planing mill failures in which he held large interests are cited as the cause.
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Burwaro
N. Y
Calvin P. Hazard
Drowned Boy in Connecticut River Accident
Wilfred Geer eight year old son of Erastus C Geer of Elihu Geer's Sons drowned while bathing in the Connecticut River above the railroad bridge He could not swim and stepped into a deep hole where water was over his head indicating a tragic accident in Hartford Connecticut on July 27.
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Conn
Wilfred Geer
Erastus C. Geer
Elihu Geer
Connecticut
Pritchard Defeats Smith in Quick London Bout
London July 27 The Smith Pritchard fight ended with Pritchard beating Smith in three rounds. The ten minute bout produced a display far from scientific as both fighters sought a fast finish.
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London
Smith-Pritchard
Pritchard
Smith
Professor Koch's New Duties
Berwin on July 27 reports Professor Koch has assigned further tuberculosis research to Drs Bottkin Pfuhl and Kitasato and will devote his time to overseeing the Bacteriological Institute.
Fall River Janitor In Critical Condition After Fall
Fall River July 27 Joseph Harrington city hall janitor fell through the elevator well in the building and lies in a very precarious condition not expected to live through the night.
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Fall River
Fallt River
Joseph Harrington
City Hall
Coasting and Snowballing in Maine Weather Damages Crops
Two heavy hail storms swept Wiscasset Maine this afternoon causing crop damage while boys slid down hills and snowballed on Main street in a rare weather and street scene report from July 27.
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Maine
Wiscasset
Main Street
Bank of Natchitoches Suspends in Louisiana
The Bank of Natchitoous in Natchitoous Louisiana has suspended operations. Assets total about 70000 while liabilities reach 27000. It is believed depositors will be paid in full.
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Bank OF Natchitous
Natchitous
Northwest India escapes famine after rains fall
Catacurra July 27 rains arrive in Northwest India averting the famine feared earlier. Officials report sufficient moisture may ease shortages, with districts monitoring supplies and relief planning continuing as the monsoon persists.
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Northwest India
Catacurra
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