Meant No Warrants After Flag Tearing Dispute
Mrs. Charles H. Evans admitted removing a torn flag from a window stating the cloth was shot full of holes and could not be taken down otherwise. No warrant was issued for her arrest. authorities say the case lacks clear treason elements and the incident involved a protest by local residents and a sick respondent who later agreed to be interviewed. The flag once flew from the sloop Belle of Cape Ann, now a wreck preserved by Chester Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Evans
Post
Evans
Samuel B. Lynch
Stamford Street
John Bull
States
Salisbury
Arthur H. Cobb & Co
Federal Street
Boston
Sons of Veterans
Station 5
Cape Ann
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
William H. Green
Chester Salisbury
Heavy Inventories Filed In Suffolk Probate Court
The estate inventories show W W Story sculptor leaving 212 939 in total assets 49839 personal and 163 000 real estate. The RE D Jordan trustees seek a 540 000 five year mortgage on Columbus Eliot Pleasant Church and Tennyson streets at up to 14 percent. T P Proctor estate appraised at 163 000 with 66700 personal and 96500 real estate. George Hutchinson estate valued at 137 653 with 21500 real estate and 116 153 personal. E H Richardson estate listed at 39218 all personal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Story
Suffolk
RE. D. Jordan
Columbus Avenue
Eliot, Pleasant, Church and
Tennyson Streets
T. P. Proctor
George Hutchinson
E. H. Richardson
Prince of Wales Levee Receives Bayard Guests in London
At a levee in London the Prince of Wales greeted U S Ambassador Bayard who introduced Hannis Taylor the U S minister to Spain and several others including A Conkling Dana Gibson Douglas Grant Livingston Schuyler and George Cook before Taylor sails for New York this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince of Wales
United States
Bayard
Hannis Taylor
Spain
New York
A. Conkling
Dana Gibson
Douglas Grant
Livingston Schuyler
George Cook
Auction sales at Roslindale and nearby towns totals 21575.78
L. L. P. Atwood sold parcels at Roslindale on Fletcher Selwyn Knoll and Woodland Park Newton and Pine Grove station. Each Fletcher lot contains 6600 feet and 6000 feet on Selwyn, Fletcher and Knoll 5000 feet on Knoll. Total day receipts were 21575.78 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. P. Atwood
Roslindale
Fletcher Street
Selwyn Street
Knoll Street
Woodland Park
Newton
Pine Grove
Child Hit By Electric Car In South Boston
Mary Sullivan a 3 year old of 4 Gustin street was struck by an electric car on Ninth street opposite Gustin street South Boston yesterday afternoon and seriously hurt. She suffered contusions to the forehead upper lip and right knee. She was returned home and seen by a physician. Motorman's number 717 and conductor's 1710.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sullivan
Gustin Street
Ninth Street
Boston
Hood's S Pills and Sarsaparilla The Only Pills
The note asserts that nine pills are the sole correct dosage for Hood's S Pills when taken with Hood's Sarsaparilla, emphasizing their exclusive combination as the recommended treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hawley and Hansbrough Clash Over Capitol Frieze Details
In Washington Senate debate on a $60 appropriation to finish painting the Capitol rotunda frieze, Hawley objects to depicting Cleveland and the World’s Fair but allows unanimous consent. Hansbrough explains Breckinridge bust placement as required, Hawley presses for honest history and warns against framing the Civil War as trivial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hansbrough
Rep
N. D
Committee On the Library
Capitol
Hawley
Conn
Cleveland
Chicago
Grant and
Lee
Appomattox
John C. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Three Pensions Vetoed by President in June Vetoes
The President vetoed three pension bills including one for Helen M. Jacobs of Rochester Idaho widow of Benjamin Oden West whose pension ceased when she remarried in 1861. A second veto blocked a $72 monthly pension to Jonathan Scott of Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. The third veto denied a pension to Mrs Amanda Woodcock widow of Robert Woodcock, a Mexican War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Helen M. Jacobs
Rochester
Ida
Benjamin Oden West
Benjamin O. West
William W. Jacobs
Jonathan Scott
Company M
Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Amanda Woodcock
Robert Woodcock
Fourth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Business 13 Undisturbed By Tornado Relation
A Boston telegram from St Louis dated June 1 1896 assures Boston Chamber of Commerce that business remains normal after the recent cyclone. Merchants Exchange president Co H Spencer urges public notice to correct impressions and asks press to publish that the business district was scarcely touched and operations continue with usual promptness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
St. Louis
Wallace F. Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Mass
Merchants’ Exchange
Will East Boston Parade Divides Opinion This July 4
East Boston debates whether to hold a Fourth of July parade amid fears of last year's riot. Some favor a parade for attracting visitors and aiding business, while others back an $800 appropriation for athletic events at Wood Island Park. Statements show mixed views from local leaders and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wood Island Park
John H. Sullivan
Manly
Wod Island Park
Charles M. Beldon
American House
East Boston
M. J. Palle
Henry D. Huggan
T. A. Mead
Chapman School
Feud Ends in Death in Vermont Townsman Kill
John Evans Jr aged 25 killed Joseph Eggleston 50 near Four Corners Newbury Vt two miles from Wells River this morning. Both in wagons refused to turn out Evans struck Eggleston s team with his whip a fight followed and Evans hit him knocking him senseless. Evans surrendered at Wells River to Justice Enoch Parker offering to settle for assault but was refused. Eggleston died fifteen minutes later. Evans in custody unmarried Eggleston leaves a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsville
N. H
John Evans, Jr
Joseph Eggleston
Four Corners
Newbury
Wells River
Evans
Eggleston
Enoch Parker
Parker
Egleston
Son Boyce
American Wringer Co Promotes Laundry Equipment in Boston
The American Wringer Company advertises all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers with repairs called for and delivered at no extra charge. Contact Tremont 764 for orders or inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
Cambridge Starts In Today With Mrs Children
Cambridge opens a fiftieth anniversary celebration of incorporation with a day of school observances in grammar and primary grades across public and private schools. Morning exercises include songs and essays at St Marys and St Pauls parochial schools, with notable speakers and a public evening program at Sanders Theatre led by Mayor Bancroft and featuring President Eliot and Dr Fiske.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Columbia
Sweet Home
Free
America
St. Mary’s
St. Paul's
St. Mary's School
Ray Greene Huling
Agassiz School
Theodore F. Wright
Allston
George H. Whittemore
Harvard
William H. Whitney
George R. Cook
The
Morse
Edward Abbott
D. D
Peabody
Theodore C., Hurd
Charles J. McIntire
Putnam
Charles F. Wyman
Shepard
George H. Howard
Thorndike
Charles H. Saunders
George W. Bicknell
Washington
Richard H. Dana
Webser
George Howland Cox
Wellington
J. A. Lansing
Alice M. Longfellow
Messrs
Warren F. Spaulding
Sanford B. Hubbard
Joseph J. Kelley
H. Porter Smith
William R. Adams
Francis J. O'Reilly
Sanders Theatre
Bancroft
Eliot
Frank Hill
Frederick E. Chapman
James A. Wood
Alexander McKenzie
John Fiske
Doan's Kidney Pills Public Testimony From Boston Area
Public notices a citizen testimony from Mrs. Mayville of Somerville praising Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble back pain and dizziness. She reports complete relief after using a box from Knight's Pharmacy and notes family members share the same results. Pills sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY price 50 cents remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dean
Lincoln Place
Somerville
Knight’s
Court Street
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Quay Predicts McKinley First-Ballot Victory at St Louis
Senator Quay publicly concedes Napoleon McKinley’s onest ballot nomination at the St Louis convention with a state vote tally of 479. The Pennsylvania leader omits 60 delegates, hints at keeping his name before the convention, and questions the platform’s bimetallic stance and silver coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Quay
McKinley
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Napoleon
Quay
Canton
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Mr. McKinley
Blaine’s Body to Be Moved to Augusta for Burial
Mrs. James G. Blaine has decided to bring the body of her husband to Augusta as his final resting place, and to transfer that of their eldest son Walker Blaine. Also interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Washington, are Mrs. Blaine's elder daughter and wife of General J. J. Coppinger U S A and Mrs. Coppinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
James G. Blaine
Walker Blaine
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, &S
Coppinger
Chaplain Headley Confirmed for Army Post
The Rev. I. H. B. Headley of Boston is appointed and confirmed as a United States Army chaplain. President Cleveland acted at the request of Rep. Fitzgerald, with Senate confirmation on Thursday. Headley hails from a notable New York and Massachusetts family, with relatives including J. F. Headley and P. C. Headley. He studied at Phillips Academy Andover, Amherst College, and Andover Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. B. Headley
Boston
United States Army
Cleveland
Fitzgerald
Headley
Senate
J. F. Headley
State of
New York
P. C. Headley
Brookline
Mary, Queen of
Napoleon
Massachusetts
Phillips Academy
Andover
Amhert College
Andover Theological Seminary
Sunday School Excursions For Convention Guests
The international Sunday school convention committee schedules three outings for about 3000 attendees. One trip goes to Plymouth on Saturday June 27 with dinner provided by Plymouth Sunday schools. A Boston to Old Orchard Beach White Mountains and Lake Winnepesaukee tour departs the same day via Boston and Maine railroad, including Hotel Fiske dinner and a Monday breakfast, then White Mountains via Crawford Notch to Fabyans, lunch in Plymouth New Hampshire, a Lake Winnipesaukee steamer trip to Alton Bay, and return to Boston with lunch at Rockingham Junction. The third outing stays Saturday at Lexington and Concord, plus a possible Boston Harbor cruise during meetings. Full information from H. N. Lathrop, chairman, transportation committee, 107 Haverhill Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Sunday School Convention
Plymouth
Sunday Schools of
Boston
Old Orchard Beach
White Mountains
Lake Winnepesaukee
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hotel Fiske
Old Orchard
Portland
Crawford Notch
Fabyans
N. H
Weirs
Mt. Washington
Alton Bay
Rockingham Junction
Lexington and Concord
Boston Harbor
H. N. Lathrop
Haverhill Street
Transportation Committee
Foreman Loses Arm In Factory Belt Accident
In Peabody on June 1 Herbert F. Merrow, foreman at Vaughn's machine factory, had his left hand torn off by a slipping belt and was pulled toward shafting. He clung to a ladder to stop the injury, but the accident proved fatal as his arm was amputated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Herbert F. Merrow
Vaughn's Machine Factory
Middleboro
Jairus H. Shaw
LeBaron
Shaw
Lakeville
Massachusetts Cavalry
E. W. Pierce
Ex slave Latimer buried after freeing aid from Phillips and Garrison
George W. Latimer whose arrest in Boston helped spark abolitionist action died of apoplexy in Lynn on Marianna street. Born a slave in Norfolk in 1820 he escaped with his wife in 1811 and was later freed by wills and aid from abolitionists. After a harrowing legal fight and mob pressure he was released and returned to Virginia before settling in Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
George W. Latimer
Massachusetts
Leverett Street
Boston
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Whittier
Virginia
Marianna Street
Norfolk
James B. Gray
Latimer
Frenchtown
Joy Street
Gray
Sewell
Garrison
Shaw
Free Soil
Old Commonwealth
Faneuil Hall
Samuel E. Sewell
George S. Hilliard
Charles L. Rernard
Fredrick Douglass
Baltimore
Navy 17
E. S. Austin
Austin
Marlboro Chapel
Tremont Temple
Gregory
Davis
Frederick Douglass
Hutchinsons
Pine Grove Cemetery
Duel in Lebanon Ends in Death and Injury
In Lebanon Indiana Thomas Allen stock dealer and Wallace Riley duel in front of the post office. Riley is dead and Allen's 17 year old son in the carriage injured. The fight stems from the run away marriage of the young couple ages 17 and 24. Allen claims self defense and is jailed awaiting fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Thomas Allen
Wallace Riley
Riley
Allen
Young Allen
White House party heads to Gray Gables for Mrs Cleveland
The White House steward and staff departed Washington for Gray Gables to ready the President’s cottage for Mrs Cleveland and her children. Mrs Cleveland and the babies are expected to depart for Gray Gables on Thursday while the President stays in Washington until Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Gray Gables
Accused Shoplifter Arrests At Two Downtown Stores
Christine Smith, 51, of 135 Cabot Street Roxbury, arrested by Inspector Bogan for shoplifting at Shepard Norwell and Co. and W S Butler Co. She allegedly unwound silk at Shepard Norwell and stuffed it in a bag and stole 7.94 dollars worth from W S Butler. Alice Frawley, 27, of 58 Village Street, arrested for alleged larceny of a lady s sack from J Barrett Co at 214 Boylston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Smith
Shepard, Norwell & Co
W. S. Butler & Co
Alice Frawley
Village Street
Division 16
J. Barrett & Co., Ladies’ Outfitters
Boylston Street
Will contest over Edward Young will in Supreme Judicial Court
In Dedham a five day hearing before Chief Justice Field resumes the executor’s case in the Edward Young will contest. Emma A. Young and Maria L. Young challenge the will on mental capacity and undue influence linked to Clara Virginia Stiles. Witnesses portray Young as rational and steady, with no signs of intoxication or weakness of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Supreme Judicial Court
Walbridge A. Field
Edward Young
Brookline
Emma A. Young
Maria L. Young
Clara Virginia Stiles
George Fred Crosby
Young
Louise E. Wheeler
Boston
Stiles
John Dexter Young
Francis W. Goss
Roxbury
Thomas Waterman
Charles H. Drew
Mr. Young
Holmes E. Jernegan
Waterman
Francis F. Whittier
James P. Graham
Dorchester
Edward Young & Sons
Watts H. Bowker
Rufus G. F. Candage
William H. Lyons
John W. Wolcott
American Express Company
Chicago
Sidney I. Wakely
Edward P. Young
C. V. Stiles
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frederick R. Young
West Roxbury
Europe
Edward Harrax
Along the Water Front
Maritime notes from Shanghai to Nassau and Halifax describe ships, crews, and incidents. The Varuna loss, Frederick Gerring Jr. crew repatriation, the Caye Blanco’s first voyage and buoy sighting, and port traffic for May are reported, with shipyard work on Longfellow Rogaland Hingham and Leader in East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Brewer
Charles Brewer
Shanghai
New York
Varuna
Darien
Philadelphia
Wood Caves
Nassau
N. P
Halifax
Prince Edward Island
N. S
Gloucester
Frederick Gerring, Jr
Doran
Cape Ann
Winter
Caye Blanco
Antwerp
North Shields
Eng
Cuban Steamship Company of London
New Orleans
Cuba
Warren
Sagamore
H. L. Chipman
Longfellow
Rogaland
Pboller
Hingham
Lewis
East Boston
Landsman
Teal London Describes Massive Casualties and Brutal Crackdown
The Standard's Moscow correspondent estimates 360 dead and 1200 injured, with many likely to die. He reports exasperation among the lower classes as police reinforcements and Cossacks arrive and whip moujiks on the outskirts, two Cossacks killed, eight gendarmes suffocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Standard
Mosccow
Moscow Quiet After Hodynsky Disaster As Bodies Found
June 1 reports from Moscow state efforts to clear Hodynsky Plain after Saturday’s catastrophe. Bodies found at the edge of the plain and in nearby villages. Many injured crawled to death. hospitals reportedly refused to accept some. Despite the disaster, coronation events and social pleasures continue. Large crowds mourn at the cemetery with icons placed on the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Hodynsky
Russia
Rescue of three mariners from wrecked schooner Anna D
Three shipwrecked crewmen Captain E L Nash Mate Fred Hatch and Seaman John Smedberg reached Boston after the fifty three ton schooner Anna D of Islesboro Maine foundered off Cape Ann. A dense fog, rough seas, loss of deck load and damaged helm left the vessel leaking and unable to reach Boston, prompting rescue by tug Samson under Captain Reod after failed tow toward Portsmouth Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cape Ann
E. L. Nash
Fred Hatch
Islesboro
John Smedberg
Waterville
Anna D. Price
Nash
Bangor
Thatcher’s
Portsmouth Harbor
Samson
Reod
Portsmouth
Boseton
Silver Found on Cheever Farm near Sheldonville
June 1 report notes silver ore discovered on the Alonzo Cheever farm in Sheldonville Wrentham. A small sample was assayed with several tons to follow to gauge mining costs and metal yield per ton. Early results encourage hopes of a bonanza and may interest adjoining landowners. The farm lies across the Franklin Line and was once owned by Alonzo Cheever, now an agricultural editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Alonzo Cheever
Sheldonville
Wrentham
Becom
Cheever
Franklin Hne
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Johnson
John H. Oliver
Georgia
Johnson & CO
Custom House
Mrs Children
M’kinley
Blaine
CLAVE
G. W. Latimer
Fugi
Tive
Phillips
Postoffice
Clevelands
Dedham Court
Enarian
Er, Vt
Homer
Westminster
Sioner
Seonold
Hodynsky Plain
Isles of Shoals
Jones
Dubuque
George W. Jones
Iowa
Ryan
Niagara Falls
Loorenzo
Thirteenth Street
Shamokin
Penn
Buck Ridge
John Thompson
Samuel Faust
Ernest
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Reed—Le Boode
Clarence Minard
Arle Louie le Boode
Benjamin Merritt Reed
St. John
N. B
Barry
Brighton
Ellen
Daniel Barry
Aes
Fastburn Street
Tuca
St Columbkille
Flowers J. Newman & Sons
Tremont Str
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