Hotel Clerk Faces $25,000 Shortage Scandal
Walter H. Wyman, confidential clerk and manager of the Hotel Beresford in New York, is accused of a $25,000 shortage. Despite rich Boston relatives declining aid, his case draws no criminal charges. Wyman’s conduct, alleged dissipation, and recent sale of personal assets follow prolonged absence from the hotel and the death of the hotel president’s son-in-law.
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New York
Walter H. Wyman
Beresford
Central Park
Boston
Mr. Walker
Mr. Towle
Wyman
Mamaroneck
Westschester County
Walker
Colwell Lead Company
King Edward’s Bridge Whist Scandal Sparks Rumors of Exile
London reports reveal a high society bridge whist scandal tied to the King Edward set. A Duchess exposed a peeress signaling, leading to a large stake game halted and a wave of publicity likely to drag other noble names into the affair. A Prince of Wales narrowly avoided involvement.
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London
Edward
Prince of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire
Derbyshire
Duchess of Devonshire
Little Johnny Welch and Sister Martini as Fire Drill Saves Children
A fire at the Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison Avenue triggered a fire drill that guided 200 inmates aged 1 to 7 years to safety. Sister Martini alerted fire services after smoke filled corridors, as Johnny Welch led the orderly evacuation. The fire, caused by a defective flue, was extinguished with minimal damage totaling ten dollars.
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Harrison Avenue
Martini
Johnny Welch
Ladder 38
Morrissey
Wescott
Labor Notes outlines union actions and leadership visits
The Central Labor Union session in Wells Memorial Hall focused on R C Brine Transportation matters and painters plans. Allied Printing Trades Council added labels to several firms, with a move to withdraw from a Cambridge establishment. Charles Dold of Chicago arrived to study Boston conditions. Union dues rise for Hack and Cab Drivers and new monthly initiations will occur at Stablemen's Union. Horseshoers push for shorter days with a mass meeting scheduled. Blacksmiths report the first death since the union began, A W Hurd of Charlestown navy yard.
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Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
R. C. Brine Transportation Company
Allied Printing Trades Council Last Nndit
Leon Miller
Parrell
Lincoln Printing Company
Lee Dale
Heinselman Linotype Company
Cambridge Union
Cambridge
Charles Dold
Chicago
International Union of Piano and Organ Workers
Boston
Hack and Cab Drivers’ Union 126
New Stablemen’s Union
Wells Memorials
Horseshoers
Union 5
Thian Hall
Blacksmiths’ Union 200
A. W. Hurd
Charlestown Navy Yard
Governor Bates to Speak at New York March Events
Governor Bates will address the Beta Theta Psi Society in New York on March 21 and the Methodist Society on March 16. His full staff will accompany him for the latter appearance.
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Bates
Beta Theta Psi Society
New York
Methodist Society
Fighting Consumption: Father John’s Medicine Promises Restoration
A promotion extols Father John’s Medicine as a nourishment aid for consumption sufferers. It claims to be a food medicine and body builder with no dangerous drugs or stimulants. It urges readers to request letters of health restoration from Carleton and Hovey Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Father John
Carleton and Hovey Co
Lowell
Mass
Fire drill plan savors heroism at school
Sister Martini halted a fire alarm to curb smoke danger by closing basement doors and sounding the drill. A janitor, praised as the real hero, warned calmly when he smelled smoke, avoiding a stampede of young children.
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Martini
Post
More Vice Here Than in Mining Camps
Rev George E Horr, editor of Watchman, spoke at Baptist Social Union about moral conditions in New England towns and rural districts. He credited trolley cars with bringing rural residents closer to church centers, while citing Maine and Massachusetts as more hopeful than other states.
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New England
Chicago
St. Louis
Baptist Social Union
George E. Horr
the Watchman
Baptist Outlook
Massachusetts
Maine
Horr
Bethel
Hanover Street
A. T. Dunn
State of
Speaker Dunn
O. C. Sargent
New Hampshire
W. A. Davidson
Burlington
Shortage Confessed in Haverhill Clerk Case
L B Brown confidential clerk to Postmaster Horace M Pinkham was arrested in Haverhill and confessed to a 1400 shortage. After his statement was recorded by a stenographer with two inspectors present he was arraigned in Boston and held for the grand jury. Bail posted by H M Emerson. Brown had handled all cash deposits for the office and had recently received a raise.
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Haverhill
L. B. Brown
Horace M. Pinkham
Boston
Fiske
H. M. Emerson
Brown
Pinkham
John J. Winn
The
Elks
New Chancellors Named for the Boston Diocese
Father Thomas J. McCormack has been appointed chancellor succeeding Father Doody, with the Rev Dr Michael J Splaine as assistant chancellor. McCormack, born 1868, is described as the youngest priest to hold the office, and Splaine is a Watertown native in his late twenties.
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Thomas J. McCormack
Archdiocese of Boston
Father Doody
Michael J. Splaine
Father McCormack
Pennsylvania
South End
Splaine
Watertown
Everett Gamblers Proved to Be Everett Men Arraigned
March 2. Thirteen men arrested at 152 Ferry street on Lord's Day gambling charges were arraigned in Malden court. Bonds set at 100 each with sureties. Names released show 12 Everett men including Henry P. Vose and John J. Butler among the defendants, with others from Malden Chelsea and Everett. The club had been warned to stop card games after midnight. defendants say no game was in progress when police entered.
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Arthur Kelley
Melvin W. Hinds
Edward A. King
Thomas E. Alwell
George F. McGonagle
Everett
William A. McDuff
L. C. H. Williams
Leonard F. Johnson
Herman McLaughlin
Malden
John A. Cameron
Chelsea
Tailors Win Nine Hour Day Pact In Boston
Seven of Boston’s largest contractors agreed to a nine hour workday for tailors. Union 223 members packed a Canal Street meeting with 500 in attendance as Newman & Son, Macallar Parker, Six Little Tailors, J. H. Lewis, M. McManus & Co., Alland Bros., and Connor & Mitchell pledged concessions. If others follow by mid month, a strike may be averted.
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Boston
Union
Canal Street
Newman & Son
Macallar Parker Company
Six Little Tailors
J. H. Lewis
M. McManus & Co
Alland Bros
Connor & Mitchell
Tobacco smuggling case continued to March 23
Byron E. Lurchin faced a smuggling charge for two cases of tobacco before a U S commissioner. The hearing was continued to March 23 and he was remanded to jail in default of a $6000 bond.
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Byron E. Lurchin
United States
Heavy Socialist vote in Auburn Me election report
Portland Me March 2 Today's elections results list cities Lewiston Waterville Rockland Ellsworth Westbrook South Portland Gardiner Hallowell and more. Notable outcomes include Mayor William B Skelton Republican Cyrus W Davis Democrat in port sections and Luther B Moore defeating William O Freeman in Saco by 76 votes, marking the bitter contest in the citys history.
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Auburn
Lewiston
Waterville
Agaia Rockland
Ellsworth
Westbrook
Portland
Gardiner
Hallowell
William B. Skelton
Cyrus W. Davis
Luther B. Moore
Israel Snow
Alexander C. Hagerthy
William 8. Milden
Edward W. Hyde
Joseph A. Warren
George T. Spear
Edwin L. Russell
J. W. Fuller
Saco
William O. Freeman
Luther R. Moore
Freeman
Cambridge Race for Principal Assessor Sparks Party Rift
Cambridge city government debates the choice to fill the late John M Davis’s vacancy. Democratic Cunningham and Donovan are the candidates. Nonpartisans caucus at Republican HQ fails to nominate. ex-Supt. Gray considered. Mayor McNamee’s meeting sees Coveney absent, Shea quits in protest and vows to back Donovan. Aldermen face a lively council session on the choice and Coveney’s possible resignation.
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Cambridge
John M. Davis
Henry J. Cunningham
Jeremiah J. Donovan
W. H. Gray
Donovan
McNamee
Barry
John W. Coveney
Shea
Alderman Harrington
Post
Coveney
New Chief Building Commissioner Assumes Post
The Building Commissioner's Office shows no clear plan on arrival as Hugh Montague, stepping in after Captain Camrell’s resignation, wanders between roles and his first day centers on familiar tasks. Camrell spends a quiet day at home, retiring from active service to enjoy a restful life after years in fire fighting and public scrutiny.
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Building Department
Camrell
Hugh Montague
Public Buildings Office
Montague
West End
Member of Famous Weld Family to Wed
A Harvard couple, Francis Minot Weld of the famed Weld family and Miss Margaret Low White of Brooklyn, announce their engagement. Weld, a 1897 senior with Jamaica Plain roots, knew White through class days when the campus trees and Fair Harvard procession framed their friendship. The Weld name is linked to Weld Boat Club and Weld Hall at Harvard.
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Harvard
Margaret Low White
Francis Minot Weld
Young Weld
Miss White
Harold White
Jamaica Plain
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Weld
Weld Boat Club
Weld Hall
Everett Swindler Confession Affects Lynn Family
Police recount Edwin C. Everett the clever machinery expert who confessed to swindling dealers and manufacturers nationwide. He cried when describing his wife and children, giving partial addresses in Lynn. Everett also reveals his 1892 marriage to Catherine Walsh, a widow, in St Josephs Church, Lynn, a union begun during her imprisonment for drunkenness.
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Edwin C. Everett
United States
Everett
Elizabeth Street
Lynn
Irison Street
Pitkins Street
Catherine Walsh
St. Joseph’s Church
Salem House of Correction
William Walsh
Addicks Man Goes to Senate
Dover Del March 2 For the first time in four years Delaware gains full Senate representation. State Senator J Frank Allee Union Republican wins the long term seat and Congressman T Heister Ball regular Republican the short term. Addicks ally Allee is celebrated while Dick of Ohio promotes unity. Allee born Dover 46, jeweler and Bay State Gas Company president. Ball, state treasurer in 1889, later elected to Congress and narrowly defeated for re nomination last year.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
United States Senate
J. Frank Allee
Union Republican
T. Heister Ball
Washington
J. Edward Addicks
Ohio
Richardson
Philadelphia
Addicks
Messrs
Allee
Ball
House of Representatives
Representative Townsend
Jones
Mr. Addicks
Senator Allee
United States
James Frank Allee
D. J. Edward Addicks
Republican Party
Bay State Gas Company of
Lewis Heister Ball
Congress
Henry A. Houston
Division in East Boston Church prompts open letter
A rupture splits Maverick Congregational Church of East Boston amid distrust between society and church. Stock voting and legal acts violate Congregational rules as four deacons sign a February 2 1903 open letter detailing the conflict and mass letters, with Rev. Claude H. Priddy hired to preach. Forty church members have left with many not aiding the church, and meetings have been suspended.
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Maverick Congregational Church
East
Boston
Frank E. Dimick
J. Willard Brown
Society
Claude H. Priddy
Elmer H. Allen
Benjamin Knudson
Maine murder indictment in Townsend 7 case
Piscataquis county grand jury charges Edward Ballard with the murder of Martin Stanton in Township 7 last October. Trial expected to begin March 12.
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Dover
Piscataquis County
Edward Ballard
Martin Stanton
Township
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Lurchin
Wees
Res of
Tae
M’namee
Conlin
Jeremiah F. Donovan
Purdy
Henry N. Cunningham
Pach Bros
Senate
East Boston
William H. Brine Company
Tremont ST
Pemberton Law Stationery Company
Pemberton Sq
New Court House
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