Tramp Turned Millionaire Amid Romance and Flight
James E. Berry, once a tramp, arrived in Salem with a fortune about $15,000 and a new wife of ten days. He hosted a June 9 reception, then deserted his wife and claimed wealth as justification. A long backstory traces Berry’s rise from hardship, his Westward wanderings, and a Gloversville inheritance that lifted him to prosperity.
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Salem
James E. Berry
Berry
James EK. Berry
Mt Vernon
St. Louis
New York City
Gloversville
James
Mr. Berry
Great West
Northwest
West
Willam
Illinoi
Unlucky Ride Injures Jamaica Plain Boy Pinsch
Eight year old Joseph Pinsch of 151 Boylston Street Jamaica Plain was riding on the rear springs of a carriage driven by F Halfenstein of 163 Washington Street Brookline when his left leg was caught in a wheel. The carriage stopped quickly but his leg was broken above the knee and Dr Osgood ordered his removal to City Hospital.
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Joseph Pinsch
Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain
F. Halfenstein
Washington Street
Brookline
Pinsch
Osgood
City Hospital
Charming Nahant and Bass Point Draw Big Shore Crowd
Thousands visited Nahant and Bass Point on a favorable shore day. The Nahant line boats Frederick DeBary and City of Jacksonville ferried large crowds from Lynn and nearby areas. The highlight was Larricain's Naval Fri de Band and Kronberg's solo encore, with cafes and booths thriving and the day the busiest of the season.
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Nahant
Bass Point
Point
Frederick DeBary
Jacksonville
Lynn
Larricain
Naval Fride Band
Kronberg
Ritone
Labor's Realm and Union Meetings Teen Rights Push
A Building Trades Council meeting at 29 Bonnet street directed non card carrying paperhangers to avoid work on union controlled buildings. Reports on Labor Day parade and a large picnic project followed with P J Foley named parade marshal. Union workers visit E Osgood to push exclusive hiring for a year. Local No 6 reorganizes as No 2 0% with 900 members. Water department overtime debate ends in conservative action planning. Firemen's Protective Union 6130 to elect a business agent tonight.
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Building /Trades Council
Bonnet Street
George Gunther
P. J. Foley
C. E. Osgood
Pressmen’s Hall
Eliot Street
No. 15
Seceders
No. 6
No. 16
Building Laborers’ International Association
Michael Hurley
Eugene Sullivan
Michael Patrick Fleming
Michael Crump
Timothy Sullivan
John Hurley
Presamen's
Water Department
Dexter Hall
Firemen's Protective Union
Harvard Police Recapture Suspect After Assault
Harvard police arrested Joseph A. Perry in this city after he attempted a felonious assault on Estella Stratton of Harvard, a 15 year old. Ambrose Sears pursued Perry and helped locate him in Woonsocket and Providence. A $160 reward may be paid. Perry will be transferred back to Harvard once extradition is arranged.
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Providence
Harvard
Mass
Joseph A. Perry
Estella Stratton
Perry
Concord
Fitchburg
Ambrose T. Sears
Sears
Woonsocket
Knights of Labor Assembly Reorganizes and Plans Labor Day Action
District Secretary Thomas H Canning restructured Freight Handlers' Assembly 5572 with nearly 600 members. Officers sworn in include Master workman Thomas Covern ey and treasurer John Lynch. The group votes to strike on Labor Day with D A 30 K of L and discusses a picnic. Bartholomay Brewing beer endorsed as union made. Separate Ben Franklin Assembly 4463 holds large meeting at Chickering Hall with Lake Walden picnic July 14 and ticket demand high. Twentieth Century Club criticized sanitary division. A 313 Musicians' Union adds twelve new members and five applications.
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Thomas H Canning
Thomas Coverney
Patrick Ryan
James Doherty
James Mahoney
John Lynch
Thomas J. Donohue
D. A
J. J. Donnelly
Assembly
Knights of Labor
Bartholomay Brewing Company
Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Chickering Hall
Lake Walden
Twentieth Century Club
K. of L., Musicians' Union
Court Street
Carrie Lockhart Known in City Hospitals From Cooksville Roots
A young woman at City Hospital, who attempted suicide with carbolic acid on Tremont Street, is identified as Carrie Lockhart by a man claiming long acquaintance. He says she came from Cooksville, New York, with wealthy parents not bearing that surname. He recalls her working in stores and hiding her real name, and laments the lack of official inquiry into her family.
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City Hospital
Tremont Street
Carrie Lockhart
Cooksville
Lockhart
Buffalo
Binghamton
N. Y
Stolen $76 From Man Sleeping at Columbus Ave Home
Martin Bullivan of 420 Columbus avenue reported money stolen from his trousers pocket while he slept Saturday night. The loss totaled $76. Police were alerted and are investigating the incident.
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Martin Bullivan
Columbus Avenue
Cyclone Damages St Vincent Buildings Injures Many
A cyclone struck St Vincent in the Windward group today damaging public buildings and injuring several at Georgetown. A sloop capsized and three crew members drowned.
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Kingston
Jamaica
St. Vincent Island
Georgetown
Youth Cuban spared by Weyler amid war uproar
Havana reports Captain-General Weyler commuted the death sentence of 14 year old Cuban Ruano to life imprisonment. He was captured after being wounded in fighting near Itahio under Rafael Lerdomo for rebellion and incendiarism. Official tallies show Patriots with 228 killed, 18 prisoners, 106 surrendered with arms. regulars suffered 5 killed and 60 wounded. gunboat Reina Cristina reconnoitered the St Ann River with two crew wounded.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
Weyler
Ruano
Maine
Rafael Lerdomo
Itahio
Pisarro
San Nicolas
Armenteros
Senor Pizarro
St. Ann
Lost On The Ledge In Dense Fog At Marblehead
The Marblehead schooner Jeannie P Phillips went ashore on Harding's Ledge near Marblehead at 6 am in heavy seas and fog. It sank after rolling off the ledge. crew were rescued by Morse towboat Peter B Bradley, while Captain Brittain aided, and the vessel of 63 tons net register and 7 feet 6 inches long was built in 1876 at Essex. The ledge is a notorious graveyard for fishermen and coasters.
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Jeannie P. Phillips
Harding
William Brittain
Camilla
Brittain
Morse
Peter B. Bradley
Jonathan Chage
Marblehead
Swampscott
Phillips
Essex
Mass
Fatal wrestling frolic ends in Brooklyn tragedy
In Brooklyn on June 13 Albert Benson and Thomas Olsen wrestled for fun in a groundside frolic near Forty ninth street and Eighth avenue. Olsen gained the upper hold, tossed Benson, who struck the ground and died shortly after at the Norwegian Hospital. Benson’s neck was broken.
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New York
Bnd
Forty Ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn
Albert Benson
Thomas Olsen
Olsen
Benson
Droughted Brunswick Dentist Drowns in Androscoggin River
Dr Frank Rice of Brunswick formerly of Portland drowned in the Androscoggin River two miles below Brunswick while canoeing with J Dawson Linkinson Bowdoin student The canoe capsized Rice who was a good swimmer sank after a cramp and drowned in about his 24th year He was rescued earlier by effort from the water and recovered exhausted Riverside district history tag.
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Portland
Brunswick
Frank Rice
Androscoggin River
J. Dawson Linkinson
Bowdoin
Rice
Meridian Tragedy Endangers Five in Kemper County
Neva reports a drunken assailant named Sibley fired on five African Americans in Kemper county’s northwestern edge, killing three women and two children before escaping. Six other African Americans were shot at but survived. The suspect’s motive remains unclear as authorities investigate.
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Meridian
Miss
Neva
Kemper County
Sibley
Wellesley College Golf Interest Grows With Season
Wellesley College sees rising golf interest as the season advances. The course stretches from Norumbega cottage toward the lodge and railroad station, offering a challenging layout with depressions and hazards. Miss Dalzell leads scoring with the Golf Club listing members from all class years and a hopeful view toward future intercollegiate play.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
Norumbega Cottage
Wellesley Golf Club
Dalzell
C. Ham
Louise Baldwin
Ew. G. Bull
C. Coburn
Geraldine Gordon
Florence Halsey
Katherine Storrow
Gordon Walker
Corinne Abercrombie
All Nations to Be Represented at the Banquet
Chief Marshal George Francis will oversee a large British and colonial guest list at Mechanics' Building next Monday with about 100 aides, many police, and dozens of veterans. Harvard College Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and Scots Charitable Society send acceptances. Eliot declines but sends a substitute. Notables include Sir Dominic Colnaghi and Lady Connaghl, with Colonel Bradley and Mr. Ross speaking for honored societies. The banquet highlights veterans of British service, a procession led by John Gillion, and a robust musical program led by Duncan Fletcher and J Gilbert.
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George Francis
Victorian Diamond Festival Association
Mechanes
Massachusetts
Harvard College
The
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Scots’ Charitable Society
Eliot
J. Payson Bradley
Ancients
Louis H. Ross
A. J. C. London
Society of Colonial Wars
Dominic E. Colnaghi
Connaghl
Stuart
Boston
Keating
Portland
John Gillion
San Sebastian
Waterloo
Fourteenth Light Dragoons
Eighty-seventh
Humpage
H. M
Pallas
R. Kershaw
Duncan D. Fletcher
Victoria, Hall
J. 2. Gilbert
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Reven Thomas
Victoria
Music Hall
George B. Perry
Victoria Diamond Festival Association
A. EB. George
St. Matthew's Church
South Boston
Boston Commandery
Sons of St. George
British Navy and Army Veterans Union No. 1
Cleveland to Be an LL. D Honorary Degree Report
Princeton authorities remain reticent on a rumor that Grover Cleveland will receive an honorary LL. D. next Wednesday. Professors and students largely believe the report, but no confirmation or denial is available.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Shuman's Great Offer on Fine Suits for Ten Dollars
A. Shuman and Co present a rare chance to buy top quality odd and single suits in Scotch cheviots and undressed worsteds at ten dollars. These high grade suits are produced from fabrics by foreign and domestic mills, a bargain of the season likely to sell quickly.
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A. Shuman & Co
Liberty for Greece service at Tremont Temple
Yesterdays Tremont Temple service focused on Greek liberty with addresses by Archibald M Howe and Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer. Speakers described Greece’s distress and praised Greek industrious patriotism while the Ladies Philharmonic Orchestra performed and solos were sung by Miss Lois Shepard and Mrs Walter C Bailey. Julia Ward Howe was expected but did not attend.
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Tremont Temple
Archibald M. Howe
Alice Freeman Palmer
Greece
Ladies’ Philharmonic Orchestra
Sol
Lois Shepard
Walter C. Bailey
Julia Ward Howe
Remains of famed Cambridge lens maker Mr Clark laid to rest
The late Mr Clark renowned for telescope lens making died of apoplexy at his Cambridge home. His funeral included private family services at 54 Brookline Street, a semi public service at Austin Street Church, and honors from Harvard professors, Chicago astronomy staff, Yerkes Observatory, and Millonaire circles. Pallbearers included Mayor Sortwell and Percival Lowell. The ceremony featured a quartet and floral tributes from scientific and cultural groups.
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Mr Clark
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn
Brookline Street
George de Normandie
Roxbury
P. Reecord
Harvard Professors of Science
Austin Street Unitarian Church
Alvin F. Sortwell
Percival Lowell
E. C. Pickering
Asaph Hall
Francia Blake
O. C. Wendell
E. A. Willard
James G. Harris
B. B. Delabo
B. §. Hurlburt
F. B. Hopewell
C. P. Hopewell
Chicago University
Yerkes Observatory
Millonaire
George Mendall Taylor
H. Colton Slack
Ada Campbell
W. F. Lingoln
Reccord
de Normandie
Clark
Union Club of Cambridge
The
Boston Scientific Society
American Tanga of Arts and Sciences
Harvard
Princeton President Uses Good Samaritan Theme in Graduation Sermon
Dr Frances Landley Patton of Princeton University delivered the baccalaureate sermon urging personal responsibility in social morality. He linked Christian ethics to European affairs, praised Queen Victoria's reign, and criticized England’s arbitration treaty stance while urging mutual neighborly conduct within college life.
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Princeton
N. J
Franceis Landley Patton
Princeton University
Patton
Greece
Europe
England
Cornell Commencement Opens With McKenzie Address
Dr McKenzie of Cambridge delivers baccalaureate at Cornell University Ithaca N Y as part of the 29th annual commencement. He urges students to abandon luck and rely on good works and hard honest effort noting science reveals God laws and discipline inspires personal responsibility. Tomorrow features a concert by glee banjo and mandolin clubs.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Alexander McKenzie
D. D
Cambridge
Mass
Bankers to Visit Battleship Massachusetts
Bank Officers' Association members will tour the battleship Massachusetts this afternoon from 4 to 6 with Secretary John D. Long arranging access. A special tug will serve bankers at Central wharf, and only they may enter the ship during these hours. President Brown hopes many attend.
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Bank Officers’ Association
Massachusetts
John D. Long
Central Wharf
Brown
Gaelic League Meeting Plans Summer Entertainment
The Gaelic League held a regular weekly meeting in Erigena Hall with P J O Daly leading classes aided by Patrick Kelley John M Doran and John O Daly. Arrangements were finalized for the quarter ly entertainment at Caledonia Hall on June 24 with participants including Kelley Fineran Doran Casey O Daly Hurley and Lane of the Basiety Philo Galtia.
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Gaelic League
Erigena Hall
Hilot Street
P. J. O'Daly
Patrick Kelley
John M. Doran
John O'Daly
Caledonia Hall
Eliot Street
George Fineran
Patrick Casey
Michael A. Hurley
John P. Lane
The
Basiety
Philo Galtia
Harvard to Use New Shell in Yale Race
Harvard plans to employ a new shell in its race against Yale as the Yale crew shows rapid improvement per the old coxswain.
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Harvard
Yale
Harbor crews rest as Harvard Freshmen roam Poughkeepsie hosue
On June 13 at Poughkeepsie New York Harvard Columbia and Pennsylvania crews observed a weather perfect day with only a brief shower. Spectators flocked to the river but practice was halted. Harvard freshmen entertained at the big house while the varsity eight planned launchtime with a cedar shell arriving from Davy and launched late afternoon.
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N. Y
Harvard
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Red Top
Robert Perkins
Big Country House
Davy
Crimson
Varsity
Poughkeepsie
Express
Woodward
Crum Elbow
Yale Oarsmen Prep Amid Idle Sunday At Gales Ferry
Yale’s oarsmen enjoy a calm Sunday at Gales Ferry on the Thames as no formal work occurred. The freshmen visited New London and explored the town while John Keast raced to finish two new shells and inboard apparatus for early testing tomorrow night amid praise from former coxswain P L Clark on improved blade work and crew cohesion.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Yale
Thames
Broad
New London
Old Town
John Keast
P. L. Clark
Green
New Haven
Doge Wins Grand Prix of Paris in Hot Weather
Doge, brown colt by Fricandeau out of Dogaresse, owned by M. J. Arnaud, takes first as Roxellane and Parasol IIIL finish second and third. Race attracts huge crowd on June 13 with many Americans present and a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.
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Paris
Doge
M. J. Arnaud
Fricandeau
Dogaresse
Roxellane
Ch. F
War Dance
Rose of York
M. M. Cailleullt
Parasol Iil
B. c
Ruiel
Pyrale
M. A. Abeille
J. R. Keene, Jr
Mr. Elliott
New York
J. Mairs
Prescott Lawrence
C. H. Boulen
H.l Smith
Philadelphia
Alexander Griswold
Tracey Dawes
Minister abducted in Philadelphia claims two months in prison
The Rev. Jonas H. Price, a Dunkard minister from Richlandtown, says he was kidnapped last January and forced to labor for two months with convicts in South Carolina phosphate fields. He alleges acquaintance with strangers in Ridley Park led to drugged liquor and his subsequent disappearance and rescue.
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Philadelphia
Jonas H. Price
Dunkard
Hall and
Buck's County
South Carolina
Richlandtown
Price
Ridley Park
Sousa Leads Final Boston Benefit Concert at Boston Theatre
The final benefit concert for Emergency Hospital at Boston Theatre last evening featured Sousa and his band. Despite bad weather, large crowds attended as the program offered carefully chosen numbers for pleasure and profit. The star new march The Stars and Stripes Forever drew strong applause and repeat requests, with La Campanella by Dram bhock performed with artistry. Soloists included Elizabeth Northrop soprano Martina Johnstone violinist and Franz Hell fluegelhorn.
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Boston
Sousa
Stars and Stripes
Drambhock
la Campanella
Elizabeth Northrop
Martina Johnstone
Franz Hell
Connaught Rangers Formed At 37 Rochester Street
A new organization named the Connaught Rangers was formed last evening at 37 Rochester Street to perpetuate the eighty-eighth Connaught Rangers. Officers include President John F. Curley and Vice-President Dan Coleman, with James Buray among the serene.
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Rochester Street
Connaught Rangers
Eighty-Eighth Connaught Rangers
John F. Curley
Dan Coleman
James J
James Buray
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IE Gayott
Este
Ambrose Sears
Tolle
General Weyler
Androscoggin
Martha Dalsell
Golf Club
College
Queen Victoria
Cleveland
Shuman
America
B. Emery & CO
Columbus Ave
Science
Mr. Clark
Dr. Patton
M’kenzie
Cornell
Bankers and the Navy
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