New evidence cited in Miser Henry murder case
Brooklyn police say new tips deepen the mystery around William Henry dubbed the bad son. They allege a Wednesday loan and Thursday spending, plus talk of a relative's death for inheritance, with statements tying his behavior to the murder timeline and reigniting pursuit before the grand jury.
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New York
Miser Henry
McKelvey
Brooklyn Police
William
Murman
William Henry
Bridge
Brooklyn
Henry
Willam
Colone Chase A Candidate For Eighth Regiment Colonelship
Rumors spread that Colonel Chase may accept the colonelcy of the Eighth Regiment though currently distant. Expected rival Pew or Little may emerge as the final nominee amid the day’s surprise. The Fitchburg railroad will begin a summer schedule July 1 adding an express Marlboro to Boston service taking 1 hour 10 minutes each way with limited stops.
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Chase
Europe
Mame
Pew
Little
Fitchburg Railroad
Marlboro
Boston
Hudson
Rockbottom
Maynard
South Acton
Oregent
No Chance Unionists to Seize Radical Programme in Ireland Bill
Sir Charles Dilke predicts Unionists will adopt a constructive social program and push an Irish land bill followed by Irish local government measures. He discounts increased energy in foreign affairs under Lord Salisbury, endorses Chamberlain on colonial policy, and notes tensions with the Parnellites and Balfour’s popularity.
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New York
England
Charles Dilke
the Herald Today
Sir Charles
Lord Palmerston
Mr. Gladstone
William Harcourt
Liberal Party
Ireland
Parnellites
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Madagascar
France
Japan
Far East
Russia
Germany
Westminster
Iron Hall suit seeks recovery of alleged illegal distributions
Attorneys from Philadelphia New York and Boston have been retained by members of the defunct Iron Hall to sue Receiver Farley. They contend dividends paid during Iron Hall litigation were ordered by Judge Winter and paid beyond Superior Court jurisdiction. The aim is to recover funds and potentially reorganize the order.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Order of the Iron Hall
Farley
Winter
Superior Court
Iron Hall
Supreme Court
Failey
Brakeman Killed at New York &. New England Crossing
A brakeman named John Larkins died after a fall from a moving car at the First street crossing. He suffered a skull fracture a dislocated hip and multiple injuries. he died at 2 15 after being taken to Emergency Hospital. Larkins lived at 309 Third Street Jersey City.
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New York & New England Railroad
John Larkins
Larkins
Third Street
Jersey City
Boilers explode at Loughead coke works ruins office building
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on June 27 a boiler explosion at the Loughead coke works owned by the R L Martin Coke Company blew the adjoining office to pieces. Louis McDowell and Bookkeeper Charles Wilson, the only occupants, were hurled and seriously injured likely fatally.
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Uniontown
Penn
Loughead Coke Works
R. L. Martin Coke Company
Louis McDowell
Charles Wilson
Alice Freeman Palmer Earns Honorary Law Doctorate
Union College conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws on Alice Freeman Palmer for her distinguished services to higher education of women. Palmer, former president of Wellesley College and later dean of graduate women at the University of Chicago, was recognized June 27 in Schenectady.
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Schenectady
Union College
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
University of Chicago
Chicago priest honored at Colgan Post banquet
The Rev. Daniel Toomey of Chicago was treated to a complimentary banquet at the United States Hotel last evening by George A. Colgan Post 27. Father Toomey serves on the staff of Commander-in-Chief Lawler and has past command roles with James A. Mulligan Post 306 and George A. Colgan Post 37. Mr. W. and Sampson attended the event.
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Daniel Toomey
Chicago
United States
George A. Colgan
Father Toomey
Lawler
James A. Mulligan
Mr. W. & Sampson
Templars
Copley Hall
Damon
Neal Dow
Baker
Beverly
Willard O. Wylie
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
William Leonard
Salem
Leonard
Grand Lodge of the Commonwealth
Greenhalge
Commonwealth
Delos H. Mann
Brooklyn
International Supreme Lodge
The
New York
Griggs
John I. Baker
Genereal Neal Dow
Mann
Old Guard
America
Maine
Dow Rose
Dow
Courtenay Guild, Jr
Boston
J. Turner Rogers
India
Supreme Lodge
Calcutta
Bombay
Order of Good Templars
Temperance
Gelson-Gregson Society
Joseph Malin
England
Nelson Dingley
W. B. Hannon
Jamaica
W. I
Ophelia Myhrman
Alfred Noon
Lon Beauchamp
Hamilton, O
George B. Katgenstein
California
Weavers Hold Mass Meeting Over Mills Opening
In Amesbury on June 27 striking Weavers met at Bahan's Hall to oppose Agent Quinn’s plan to open Hamilton cotton mills Monday. They voted not to return to work unless Quinn concedes to demands, calling any incoming workers scabs. Thirty weavers left for Readville to seek employment.
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Amesbury
Bahan’s Hall
Quinn
Hamilton Cotton Mills
Readville
Mass
Talbot Mills Strikers Refuse Compromise
In Lowell Mass this afternoon Talbot mills strikers voted 13 to 11 to stay out until a satisfactory compromise is reached. The meeting drew enthusiastic support.
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Lowell
Mass
Talbot Mills
Petition Seeks Pardon for Life Prisoner Abbott
Stearns Kendall Abbott serving life in state prison has filed a pardon application with the executive department. He was convicted in the 1880 Groton murder of Mrs. Mariah L. Crew, initially sentenced to hang but commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Long after strong public support for commutation. The petition, signed by ex-Wardens Lovering Chamberlain Usher and others, argues Abbott's innocence with supportive testimony from ex-Warden Chamberlain and ex-Mayor Rice of Salem.
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Stearns
Kendall Abbott
Executive Department
State House
Mariah L. Crew
Groton
Abbott
Wendell Phillips
Governor Long
Lovering
Russell
Chamberlain
Usher
Mrs. Mary
A. Livermore
J. W. Corcoran
Richard Ela
Cambridge
W. B. Gale
J. R. Goodrich
G. J. Burns
H. E. Fa
Mass
Treasury Secretary Carlisle Visits Gray Gables on Verbena
Secretary Carlisle arrived by the light house tender Verbena from Marion for a social visit to Gray Gables. He stayed five hours in Buzzard's Bay area while the president received another den from Washington, to be placed in his deer park.
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Buzzard's Bay
Carlisle
Marion
United States
Verbena
Gray Gables
Washington
Deer Park
Ford and Norman Nominees at Louisville Democratic Convention
I C Ford nominated for State treasurer and L C Norman for auditor at the Louisville Democratic convention. W J Hendricks incumbent attorney general nominated by acclamation. B Swango nominated for register of the land office on the third ballot.
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Louisville
I. C. Ford
L. C. Norman
W. J. Hendricks
B. Swango
Register of the Land Office
Clark and Cowdin wed at Prospect Hill Church Somerville
George Clark and Maud Cowdin were married last evening at Prospect Hill Congregational Church Somerville by Rev Edward Sampson Tead. Maid of honor Florence Whitney bridesmaids Lena Blaikie and Jennie Webb. EF R Newton of Hartford was groomsman. Couple to honeymoon as far as Washington.
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George Clark
Maud Cowdin
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Somerville
Edward Sampson Tead
Florence E. Whitney
Lena Blanche Blaikie
Jennie Webb
EF. R. Newton
Hartford
Conn
Washington
Fairhaven Ferry Petitioned For Hearings
The Old Colony Railroad Company asked railroad commissioners for a hearing to allow additional time to begin operating a suitable ferry between New Bedford and Fairhaven. July 11 was set as the time. The American Wringer Company lists its Broadway extension address and states it manufactures wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers with repair service and mail orders.
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Old Colony Railroad Company
New Bedford
Fairhaven
The
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
International Institute session on Juvenile Temples prize
Yesterday morning a special session of the International Institute of Juvenile Workers convened in the main hall. President Miss Jessie Forsyth announced Hope of Faith Temple of Scotland as the largest in the world and winner of the prize banner. A discussion followed on the best method of keeping an interest juvenile temples.
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Supreme Lodge of Good Templars
Association Hall
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
International
Good Templars
Jennie F. Hazlett
Mlinois
A. N. Canfield
Luzerne
Switzerland
Templars
Downer Landing
Free Lumber Flows Into City Amid Duty Changes
The article notes a surge in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick lumber imports under duty-free rules. It details 33 small schooners entering in 48 hours, with 21 on Wednesday and 12 on Thursday, and explains how increased orders boost vessel employment, local commerce, and wages. It mentions Freight rates of $2.35 to $2.55 per thousand feet and forecasts higher quotes as ships sail to New York.
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Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
New York
Fort Point Channel
Federal
Albany
Maine
Custom House
Federal Building
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Holds Annual Exercises
The Har vard Phi Beta Kappa Society in Sanders Theatre yesterday noon hosted a larger audience. On stage beside President Hon. James C. Carter were orator Dr. John Fiske and poet Professor George Lyman Kittredge. Five honorary members were named and regular members admitted from the class of 1894. Officers elected included President James C. Carter and Vice President Roger Walcott.
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Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society
Sanders Theatre
James C. Carter
John Fiske
George Lyman Kittredge
Frederick Pollock
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Andrew McFarland Davis
Alexander Viets Griswold Allen
Charles Herbert Moore
John Henry Chase
William Edward Hutton
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Robert Wolcott
Roger Walcott
George Martin Lane
New Dental Office in Boston Promises Painless Extractions
The Massachusetts Dental Company opens at 13 Tremont Row offering extractions at 25 cents per tooth with a guaranteed painless method. Open 8 am to 8 pm weekdays and 10 am to 2 pm Sundays, no drugs used, full sets of teeth for $5, all work by skilled graduates, promising painless service and pleasant experience.
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Massachusetts Dental Company
Boston
Tremont Row
Armenian Question Talk in Dorchester Parlor Meeting
This evening at 7 30 Rev F D Greene author of The Armenian Crisis in Turkey will speak at Dr H B Blackwell’s house Boutwell avenue near Train street Dorchester on the Armenian question and the English movement in support of Armenia.
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F. D. Greene
Turkey
H. B. Blackwell
Boutwell Avenue
Death notices from East Boston and surrounding areas
Death notices from June list multiple local obituaries including Paria Sullivan aged 28 of 561 Saratoga Street. David A Berry aged 58 of 154 K Street. Thomas Crane of Gate of Heaven Church area. Mary Foley of 2 Lindall Place. Anais Fallon of Jamaica Plain. Barth Graham aged 1 from Everett. Funerals scheduled at various dates and times with relatives invited.
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Crane
Boston
Thomas
James P
Ann Crane
Acta
Mindi
Gate of Heaven
Foley
Mary
Lindall Place
J. Joseph’s
Allon
Jamaica Plain
Anais
Patrick
Maria Fallon
Tate
New Keyes Street
Graham
Everett
Barth
Nora
Giese
Fate of Steam on Nantasket Line Sparks Electric Trial
The Nantasket branch of the New York New Haven and Hartford railway begins regular electric service today. A test run for railroad and newspaper leaders, with officials including J. C. Sanborn and H. Heft, showcased motor cars and a 30 to 35 mph pace, signaling a pioneer shift from steam to electricity on a 6.91 mile route with ten stations and a brick power house No. 1.
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Nantasket
New York, New Haven & Hartford
General Electric Company
J. C. Sanborn
Nantasket Junction
Old Colony House
Boston
Sanborn
George L. Connor
A. C. Kendall
C. Peter Clarke
R. W. Husted
A. W. Martin
F. B. Bertine
G. E. Stanford
H.M. Rochersperger
Worcester
G. T. Taylor
E. P. Dawley
Providence
J. L. Andrews
New Haven
E. E. Pratt
Taunton
A. L. Ackley
G. 8. Morrill
W.W. P. Appleyard
I. N. Marshall
South Framingham
T. H. Soule
Cape Cod
J. H. French
Hyannis
Stonington
J. B. Gardiner
F. H.crane
New York
A. McAlpine
W. W. Blackman
Nantasket Steamboat Company
Motive Power
PB. E. Goodrich
H. Bryant
T. W. Hoogs
J. R. Kendrick
Brockton Times
W. T. Greenough
Taunton Gazette
W. P. Stevens
Fall River News
J. W. Pease
New Bedford Mercury
Frank L. Swett
Providence News
Power House No. 1
The
Sunday Post
Colonel Heft
Superintendent Sanborn
Pemberton Station
Stony Beach
Junction Station
Executive Council Delays Metropolis Water Board Nominations
The Executive Council postponed action on nominations for the Metropol itan Water Board including Henry H. Sprague Whipple and Wilmot R. Evans. The committee seeks another week to reconsider amid Republican opposition over Whipple and broader interest in the water project.
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Henry H. Sprague
Senate
Mayor Whipple
Brockton
Wilmot R. Evans
Everett
New Metropolitan Water Board
Committee On
Executive Council
Whipple
Citizens
State House
Greenhalge
John I. Baker
Beverly
Katherine E. Conway
Boston
Richard P. Barry
Lynn
State Board of Arbitration
Forrest E. Barker
Worcester
Everett A. Stevens
A. O. Walker
Greenfield
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Milford News: Deaths, laws, and local notices
Mary Gallagher, 15, dies after months with grip relapse at Winter Street home. Funeral at St Marys Church Saturday. Milford Selectmen approve 1636.28 in bills and permit fireworks sales July 3 and 4. Ross Granite wins factory addition contract for Franklin straw plant. Brass Band to give first outdoor concert next Sunday at town park. William Newton sentenced to one year for larceny. Marriage unites Loura Crahan and Nellie Breen at parochial residence. Walter Hartshorne, Mrs Comba, and Daisy Batchelder noted with travels and visits.
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A. W. Gould
S. H. Reynolds
J. J. Feeley
Ross Granite Company
Franklin
Milford Brass Band
Maria Dewey
Worcester
William H. Newton
Snell
Bellingham
Boston
J. J. Comba
Women’s Relief Corps
Daisy Batchelder
Amsterdam
N. Y
Joseph McManus Arrested for Gold Watch Larceny
Joseph McManus a 17 year old youth was arrested by a Station 1 policeman yesterday afternoon for the larceny of a gold watch valued at six dollars from Samuel Nickerson on May 2.
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Joseph McManus
Station 1
Samuel Nickerson
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Ladis
Josiah. Cummings
DR. Mann
Cunningham
Gunningham Mfg. Co
Kingston, N.Y
PHI Beta Kappa
Fate OF Steam
New Water Board
Philadelphia Lawn Mower
Philadelphia Horse Lawn
Joseph Breck & Sons
North Market St
Beston
Department of
Boston and
Cambridge Bridges
Harvard Bridge
City Hall
B. T. Wheeler
William J. Marvin
West Boston Canal
Harvard
Prison Point
City Engineer
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