Unique telephonic marriage in Tulare connects 250 miles away
Ollie Ray and J. J. Lawler of Tulare wed over a Sunrise telephone line with Rev. R. H. Bateman of Santa Cruz officiating. Eli Manuel handled the inquiries from Tulare as the ceremony used two phones in the local Sunset Telephone office. The bride, described as a handsome brunette, and the groom, manager of the Tulare Phone company, celebrated at sunrise with immediate family present.
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Tulare
Cal
Ollie Ray
J. J. Lawler
Sunset Telephone Company
Santa Cruz
R. H. Bateman
Bateman
Mr. Bateman
Eli Manuel
One Wife Too Many in Pawtucket Bigamy Case
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a man using the name Fred Warburton married Mrs Martha Ingham on June 29. A telegram to "Allman" and a wife in England claim prior rights. Warburton left home and did not return. Mrs Ingham pursued him to Fall River with her certificate as a possible bigamy case unfolds.
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Pawtucket
R. I
England
Fred Warburton
Martha Ingham
Allman
Warburton
Stock Exchange Brokers Accused Of Ungentlemanly Conduct
New York July 27. Lady visitors to the stock exchange galleries report rude treatment by brokers and clerks who assume to flirt without invitation. They allege offensive methods used to attract attention of women observers.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Wife Still Pursues Him in Cambridge Case
Mrs. Israel Solemiik a Russian woman who followed her husband to this country had him arrested for not supporting her. Yesterday he was arraigned in the Cambridge District Court on charges of criminal relations with the woman he was living with. He was held in 50 bail for trial Thursday. He claims to be married to Lena Shepin who was held seven years ago under Russian law, giving him two wives.
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Israel Solemiik
Cambridge
Lena Shepin
Husband shoots wife in jealousy over lodgers at Harrison Ave
Mrs. P. F. Miley, 64, remains in serious condition after being shot by her husband, Miley, 62, Sunday afternoon at 216 Harrison Avenue. The case was continued for a week pending updates on her condition, following a quarrel about two lodgers in the house.
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P. F. Miley
Harrison Avenue
Greater New York plan sets nine boroughs and two-chamber city government
The Greater New York Commission draft for a new City of New York proposes nine boroughs, a Municipal Assembly with a nineteen member council and a Board of Aldermen. The mayoral term aligns with council terms, borough boards meet weekly, members serve without pay, and the mayor holds veto power.
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New York
Greater New York Commission
New City
Municipal Assembly of
City of
Men Accused of Triple Sea Murder Remain in Boston Jail
The main suspects in the Herbert Fuller murder case are jailed on Charles Street, with Thomas Bram and Charles Brown in separate east wing cells under Deputy Sheriff Bradley. Witness Lester Monks, freed on recognizance, prepares for Equity Court while other witnesses post bail or await detention.
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Herbert Fuller
Charles Street
Thomas Bram
Charles Brown
Angus D. Gilbert
Bradley
O’brien
Lester Monks
Harvard
Brookline
Equity
Post Office
Kline
Halifax
Folga Wasson
Jonathan Spencer
Oscar Anderson
Hendrick Paddock
Henry Hill
Frank Lehace
Murder Indictment Involving Captain Nash Case On Bark Herbert Fuller
At 10 AM yesterday Mate Bram and Seaman Brown faced United States Commissioner Fiske in the Post Office building charged with the murder of Captain Nash his wife Laura and Second Mate Bramberg aboard the bark Herbert Fuller. Bram pled not guilty and Brown offered limited remarks before pleading not guilty. Bram and Brown were held without bail. other witnesses and Monks and Kline posted $100 bail. The case continued with Bram and Brown remanded to Charles Street jail.
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Barkentine
Herbert Fuller
Boston
United States
Fiske
Nash
Laura
Bramberg
Bram
Seaman Brown
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Halifax
Lewis Wharf
Marshal Waters
Thomas E. Kline
Cain
F. H. Monks
Lester Monks
Skeffington
Toland
Paddock
Anderson
Hill
Lahace
Casey
Augustus Hemenway
Lester H. Monks
Samuel L. Powers
Spencer
Miss Prendergast
August Bramberg
Charles Brown
Thold Bram
Brown
Monks
Kline
Charles Street
Monks Reception At Longwood After Halifax Arrival
Lester H. Monks, greeted by friends and family after arriving from Halifax, spent a quiet afternoon and evening at his illuminated Longwood residence. The Monks home at Monmouth and Carlton streets was crowded with well wishers, including Harvard classmates, who came to congratulate him on the display under trying circumstances.
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Lester H. Monks
Halifax
Monmouth
Carlton Streets
Longwood
Lester
Harvard
Post
New Captain Named for Barkentine Herbert Fuller
Captain Thomas McLaughlin will assume command of the barkentine Herbert Fuller. He is en route to Halifax to take charge after Captain Ernest Nash, brother of the murdered captain, declined the post. Nearly enough crew have joined, and the vessel will soon resume its voyage to Rosario.
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Thomas McLaughlin
Herbert Fuller
Halifax
Ernest Nash
Rosario
Prefers the Land Brightens Fuller’s Colored Steward
Jonathan Spencer, the Fuller’s colored steward, says he prefers life on land and grew tired of seafaring. He admits he and Monks knew little of navigation, relying on passing vessels for a course to harbor. Boston’s colored residents may post bail for Spencer.
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Jonathan Spencer
Fuller
Boston
Spencer
New Swan Crew Move Halts Fuller Despatch
Halifax July 27 Mr Swan of Swan and Co New York remains in Halifax pushing the despatch of the balentine Herbert Fuller for Rosario A new captain and second officer have arrived from New York tonight a full crew will be secured and the vessel should sail by Thursday All effects including furniture were taken from the ship and cast overboard during the day
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Halifax
Swan
Swan & Co
New York
Balentine Herbert Fuller
Rosario
Consuls Called Back From Santos Budapest and Windsor
Washington reports three more United States consuls have been asked to resign Henry C Smith consul in Santos Brazil Edward P Hammond consul in Budapest Hungary and Marshall P Thacher consul in Windsor Ontario Smith described as incompetent Hammond cited as unsatisfactory in Hungary for three years Thacher allegedly kept Detroit as residence and conducted office business across Windsor Ontario
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Washington
United States
Henry C. Smith
Santos
Brazil
Edward P. Hammond
Budapest
Hungary
Marshall P. Thacher
Windsor
Ont
Smith
State Department
Hammond
Thacher
Detroit
Superb Quality Shirt Waists Clearance Sale
A catalog-style sale advertises shirt waists in all colors and sizes once priced at 1.00 to 1.25 dollars, now cleared out at five cents per item. The ad emphasizes great bargains and wide selection.
Clearance on lightweight shirts and drawers remaining
Prices for men's light balbriggan and Egyptian cotton shirts and drawers were 25c and 37c respectively, but as odds and ends the store offers a clearance sale to move stock.
Retirement for Brigadier General Richard N. Bachelder
Washington December 27 Brigadier General Richard N. Bachelder is placed on the retired list at noon today upon reaching the age limit of active service. He earned the Medal of Honor for gallantry against Mosby’s guerrillas in 1863 and received multiple brevet ranks for Civil War service. He has been quartermaster general since July 1890 and will return to New Hampshire.
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Washington
Army
Richard N. Bachelder
Lamont
Quartermaster’s Department
Bachelder
Mosby
Cathletts
Fairfax Stations
New Hampshire
Fishing Perils Near Newfoundland Drive Shipwrecked Crew In
The schooner Annie Marie and the Elted were lost at sea with French crews. Effie brought 21 survivors from Annie Marie, while the Bonus delivered 15 more from the Elted. Pacifique did not assist. No lives were lost. Seventy seven shipwrecked bank fishermen seek rescue at St John’s Newfoundland.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Effie
Grand Banks
Annie Marie
St. Pierre
Lunenburg
Starving Family Rescued From Hovel In Waterbury
In Waterbury on July 27 inspector Atwood found John Thomas a Lithuanian in a hovel on Charles Street with his wife and two children in a starving condition. Thomas, in the country for only a year, wastes away with consumption and was moved to a hospital by the Selectmen this afternoon. The family had been without food for several days and were utterly destitute.
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Waterbury
Conn
John Thomas
Atwood
Thomas
Charles Street
Murphy Held For Trial On Attempted Murder Of Children
James P. Murphy faced arraignment in Cambridge court after being charged with attempting to kill his two young children. Patrolman McCann testified Murphy planned to drown the children before leaving his wife, while Patrolman Gordon described finding the children unconscious and one child in a stupefied state after twenty minutes of aid. Murphy, unrepresented, denied harming the children and claimed they were asleep when officers entered. Judge Almy bound him over in 3000 dollars for the October term of the grand jury.
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James P. Murphy
Cambridge
McCann
Murphy
Gordon
Almy
Lawn Party for Babies at St Marys Infant Asylum
A postponed lawn party at St Marys Infant Asylum on Cushing avenue Dorchester drew about five thousand attendees last evening. The fair raised substantial funds with booths run by Miss M E Halligan Miss C M Morrissey Miss H White Miss Nellie Nary Miss Nellie Murphy and Miss T O Riordan. Harry Rocketts Orchestra provided music and Miss Hattie Moore hosted the parlors.
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St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Cushing Avenue
Dorchester
M. E. Halligan
C. M. Morrissey
H. White
Nellie Nary
Nellie Murphy
T. O’riordan
Harry Rocketts
Hattie Moore
Carpenter Falls From Rock in Cambridge Injuring Rib
John Farrell a carpenter of 22 Cottage street Mount Auburn fell from a rock while working on a Cambridge street corner building at Ellsworth avenue yesterday afternoon breaking a rib and sustaining internal injuries.
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John Farrell
Cottage Street
Mount Auburn
Cambridge Street
Ellsworth Avenue
Cambridge
Boston inquest finds Historical Society mainly to blame
Judge Fallon faulted the South Boston Historical Society and boat contractor William E. Sheldon for the Castle Island disaster on June 29, with the City of Boston also at fault for unsafe float and crowd arrangements. The police were deemed blameless, and the inquest reviewed the drowning of four children, noting inadequate safety measures and misinformed timing.
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Castle Island
Fallon
South Boston
Fullon
Manning
Superior Court
James W. Washburn
South Boston Historical Society
William E. Sheldon
Boston
Howe
Cyclone Destroys Beulah Park Homes and Tabernacle
A cyclone at Beulah Park picnic grounds destroyed eight or nine houses, a large tabernacle, and other property valued in the thousands. The water works tower toppled first, the tabernacle was wrecked, and a house shifted twelve feet. The Beulah Park bridge was carried two hundred feet and Cody Hotel chimneys were blown off amid heavy rain. No injuries were reported among the gathered crowds.
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Cleveland
Beulah Park
Cody Hotel
Flood Damage Primes M'Keesport and Dravesburg
Flooding from the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers caused extensive damage in M'Keesport and Dravesburg Pennsylvania. Seventy five houses along the Monongahela were submerged on the first floors and water covered homes up to Market street along the Youghiogheny. Mud and water linger in bottom lands. Dawes Wood Iron Works halted operations with partial resume planned midweek and full furnace restart about three weeks hence.
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M’keesport
Penn
Monongahela
Youghiogheny
Dravesburg
Market Street
Shooting Chutes in Salem
Salem July 27 The Willows chute managers plan Sunday operations and seek counsel in Boston to test the legality. A 188? case saw M D Fitzgerald fined for a Sunday run of a roller coaster and a later city damages judgment upheld by the Supreme Court. Marshal Hart warns arrests will follow any Sunday chute run.
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Salem
the Willows
Boston
M. D. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Marshal Hart
Keegan Arrest Narrative Ties to Leverett Street Bar Room
Thomas Keegan was arrested for alleged larceny in the morning papers. The incident is said to have occurred in the bar room of Coffey and Ahern on Leverett street. The proprietors deny the event and report Keegan has been refused entrance to their premises for two years.
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Thomas Keegan
Coffey & Ahern
Leverett Street
Keegan
The Yankee Clothing Sale Ends Soon at 91 Summer St
The Yankee Clothing Company advertises a Spring sale with drastic price cuts on boys and men's apparel. Items include wash suits, knee pants, dress suits, calf shoes, shirt waists, and straw hats, all available for walk-in customers with mail orders accepted for cash. Open Saturday and Monday nights.
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Fauntleroy
Eucees
BOW
Cic
Yankee Clothing Company
Summer St
International Socialist trade congress opens in London chaos
London hosts the fourth International Socialist trade congress with 806 delegates from Europe the United States Australia and Argentina. British unionists and some American leaders clash over anarchist representation leading to a platform storm and a near riot prompting a adjournment and hall clearance.
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London
International Socialist Trade Congress
Europe
United States
Australia
Lucian Sanial
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance
Matthew Maguire
Socialist Labor Party of New Jersey
H. Bestold
M. Dalski
Cowey
British Independent Labor Party
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Congress
Fought to death near Nevada City ends in double tragedy
The bodies of Sheriff Douglass and an unknown highwayman were found two miles from Nevada City California this morning. Both had numerous injuries from a fierce hand to hand struggle after a spree of robberies over the past two weeks.
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Nevada City
Cal
Douglass
Here
Druggist Kills Druggist in Cairo
In Cairo Illinois on July 27 I N Coffee president of the State Board of Pharmacy was fatally stabbed by Dr Crabtree a prominent local druggist. The murder occurred in front of Crabtree’s store with no motive yet assigned.
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Cairo
I. N. Coffee
State Board of Pharmacy
Crabtree
Coffee
Parker v Thom on trespass at Chelsea Police Court
Mrs M N Parker sued F W Thom as of Revere Highlands over an alleged trespass assault after she tried to cross land Thomas warned against trespassers. The judge discharged Thom, ruling he had the right to keep trespassers off.
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Chelsea
M. N. Parker
F. W. Thomas
Revere Highlands
Thomas
Sugar bounty claims totals compiled in Washington
Auditor Baldwin finished compiling the sugar bounty claims totaling 6,616,156 dollars. An appropriation of 6,006,000 dollars was made to pay the bounty, with the on hand funds sufficient to cover eight percent of the filed and allowed claims.
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Washington
Baldwin
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Grand Clearange Sale
Stoce Broker “Mashers
Greater New York Plan
Peter Shea
House of Correction
C. W. Wood
Folka Wassen
Henry
Oscar
Andersen
Frank Lohers
Mate Bram
Ireland
Mexico
Franklin H. Menks
Out
Weirs
N. H
Grove
Unitarian Association
C. J. Staples
Manchester
Harriet R. Morgan
Mary A. Livermore
Melrose
Mass
George Gould
Bar Harbor
Sea Fox
Alison Tucker
J. B. Scott
Udge Fallon
Historical Society First
Boat
Sheldon and
Pennsylvania
Coffey & Ahern’s
Anarchists In International Social Trade Congress
Annie A. Pennyton
Regent Street
Roxbury
Marine Park
Vanderbilt
Newport
R. L
Mogderwichita
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