Hawes Arraigned in Federal Court for Grand Juror Influence
Nathaniel W. Hawes was arraigned in U S District Court on charges of corruptly attempting to influence a grand juror. Bail set at 5000 with George W. Coleman as bondsman. next term scheduled for March 15. Indictment spans four counts detailing attempted influence over juror Walter L. Grant and others in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Ware Hawes
J. H. Benton, Jr
United States District Court Room
Nelson
United States District Attorney
J. Murray Marshall
Dr. Hawes
United States District Court
George W. Coleman
Coleman, Meal & Co
Wrentham
Nathaniel W. Hawes
Walter L. Grat
Grant
District Court of the
United States
Gai
Hawes
Walter L. Grant
Joseph B. Greenhut
Herbert L. Jerrell
William N. Hobart
Peter Hennessey
George J. Gibson
Warren
Coy Faces The Music In Murder Trial Arraignment
William Coy was arraigned in Superior Court on murder charges in the John Whalen case from last summer in Washington. He pleaded not guilty as Lawyers Joyner and Parkhurst were assigned to defend him. A postponement to May 1 was sought, with trial opening date set for March 1 by the chief justice. the judge will decide timing after consulting with the Chief Justice. The misnomer plea was withdrawn as grand jury activity was deemed unlikely to gain time. trial expected mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piers Freto
William Coy
Hammond
John Whalen
Washington
Turtle
H. C. Joyner
Great Barrington
Charles Parkhurst
North Adams
Joyner
Hibbard
Corporations Ordered to File Tax Returns
The Supreme Court ordered numerous corporations to file delinquent tax returns within thirty days or face injunctions halting business. Named entities include Ostun Heating Co, Cosmopathic Medical Institute and Sanitarian Association of New Bedford, Security Associates of Worcester, Gardner Gas Light Company, Langley Machine Company, Irley Paper Company, Rex Liquid Stove Polish Company, Swan Holt Company of Lowell, Boston Car Spring Company, Consolidated Folding Bed Company, International Cigar Makers Association, Charles River Electric Light & Power Company, Duralite Manufacturing Company, Fall River Daily Herald Publishing Company, and Longley Machine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Supreme Court
Ostun Heating U Co
Cosmopathic Medical Institute
Sanitarian Association of
New Bedford
Security Associates of
Worcester
Gardner Gas Light Company of
Gardner
Langley Machine Company
Irley Paper Company
Rex Liquid Stove Polish Company
Swan-Holt Company of
Lowell
Boston Car Spring Company
Consolidated Folding Bed Company
International Cigar Makers’ Association
Charles River Electric Light & Power Company
Duralite Manufacturing Company
Fall River Daily Herald Publishing Company
The
Longley Machine Company
Bankruptcy Hearing Fails to Stop Savernake Forest Sale
Creditors of the Marquis of Ailesbury met in London to learn net liabilities of £321,051 caused by gambling losses. The session adjourned to December 20 to permit completion of the Savernake forest sale, with Lord Iveagh bidding £750,000 for the estate and expected transfer soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ailesbury
st&#mens
Savernake Forest
Brudenell-Bruces
Iveagh
Theosophical Society Public Meetings at 152 Boylston
The Boston Theosophical Society at 152 Boylston street announces Saturday 8 p m secret doctrine class for all students and Sunday 3 p m key to Theosophy class plus 4 45 p m league of Theosophical workers and 8 p m informal conference with conversation and questions all welcome whether or not a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theosophical Society
Boylston Street
The
Theosophical Society
League of Theosophical Workers
Ploughman Farmers Meet on Smal Fruits Topic
The Ploughman Farmers meeting at John Hancock Building 178 Wevonshire Street room 215 Saturday March 5 at 10 am will be addressed by Mr George Cruickshanks of Fitchburg on Smal Fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploughman Farmers
John Hancock Building
Wevonshire Street
George Cruickshanks
Fitchburg
Shoe shop to close for one year in Middleboro
LAWRENCE March 4 proprietors of the C. D. Kingman shoe shop in Middleboro announce a one year shutdown of the factory starting Saturday night. The move affects workers and local economy as talks on reopening are planned after the period.
Dedham Considers Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph System
A town committee favors installing a fire alarm with fourteen boxes citywide, four Bell strikers and a possible steam whistle on the Dedham Electric Light Company plant, plus two horses for the hose wagon. Insurance savings estimated at 2340 for covered properties, while the police telegraph system could cost 1000. total for both systems about 5500. The colonial express day train to Washington is noted as a season success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham Electric Light Company
Supreme Judicial Court Docket of March Cases List
In the Commonwealths Supreme Judicial Court arguments were heard March cases include Creamer administratrix vs West End Street Railway, Boston and Lowell Railroad vs Nashua and Lowell Railroad, Minot Jr versus Russ, Heard et al versus Hornblower et al. Barker J absent in several. Unfinished. List of cases in order for Monday includes 2901 2784 2804 2817 2819 2823 2824 2826 2843 2854 2855 2867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court For the
Commonwealth
Maren
Field
C.J
Holmes
Barker
J. H. Benton, Jr
Paintiff
F. A. Brooks
Halli
Deendant
Minot, Jr
Russ
F. Brewster
F. R. Jones
Heard
Hornblower
Barger
W. C. Ring
C. A. Williams
Superior Court docket reports and actions in five sessions
The March 4 session records multiple cases: J. W. Stillman v Donovan et al seeking $2000 for alleged false representations in a leather polish business. verdicts and defenses noted. A boy injured on a Boston and Roxbury horse car seeks $15,000. verdicts and counsel listed. Additional contract actions include Acme Staples v Peach for $36,860 and Heffernan v Conant for $2,000. Further motions note City of Boston injury and rail damages cases, with verdicts and representatives named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Aldrich
J. W. Stillman
C.J. Donovan
Avery & Hobbs
Li. Clark
D. WW
Twombley
West End Street Railway Company
Roxbury
D. Long
MF. Ickinson, Jr
Sprout
Thompson
M. Hamm
W. S. Hennessey Et
BisHop
M. A. Heffernan
Ll. M. Conant
Orton & Hamlin
A. B. Coffin
de Endant
J. Sutherland
George Martin
H. L. Boutwell
J. E. Keiley
E. B. Callendar
L. J. Cavanagh
P. J. Good
City of
Boston
Vernon Street
M. J. Creed
R. W. Nason
Friskaven
F. H. Turner
Fitchburg and
Boston & Maine Railroads
Fitchburg Railroad
Ayer Junction
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fitchburg
M. Morse, Jr
J. Bennett
G. A. Torrey
Lincoln
T. Hunt
James O'Leary
Edward Robbins
A. Fuller
J. Lowell, Jr
Mason
C. J
Emma M. Smith
J.C. Hoyt
F. M. Davis
Smith
W. B. ‘Lowie
Hoyt Et al
Insolvency Court in Suffolk Holds Second Meetings
Insolvency court in Suffolk on March 4 held second meetings for listed debtors including Catherine L. Wyman Charles H. Gee and others with next meetings set for June 10 and July in several cases. Creditor petition hearing postponed to March 11 for Henry M. Richardson Co. and James Keser. First meetings scheduled through May 6 for numerous assignees. Paul Newman’s 20 cent offer was confirmed. Composition hearings continued to March 11 and March 26 for several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Waite
Catherine L. Wyman
Charles H. Gee
Herman DD. Tewksbury
Harris Shapiro
George Pearl
Adolph Amstein
Roland E.sharpe
Nyce T. Sleeper
Charles E Cadieu
Daniel C. Wiggin
McDonald & John
Crediors
Henry M. Richardson Co
James Keser
George J. Raymond & Co
W. H. Preble
Abraham F. Spitz
Patrick J. Bonner
James R. Murphy
Alfred A. Brown
Thomas Hillis
Henry A. Klagge
Louis W. Darling
William T. Nichols
Walter N. Buffum
Thomas J. Graham
William A. Knowlton
Paul Newman
Saul ,Ionson
Timothy Onnolly
William W. Rich
George W. Dooling
Escape at Charlestown Prison Leads Hunt for Two Convicts
In Charlestown a count found Richard Drohan and George Wells missing from the State Prison during a mid morning escape. They used a mortar set window, pried bars, and a clock spring improvised saw to flee the arch cell, then scaled the wall with a rope and hid along Boston Maine tracks toward Somerville. Drohan, alias Frank Harding, 38, with a long record, and Wells, alias Williams, 27, were at large, tied to burglaries and prior sentences in multiple states, including a 20 year term for larceny and break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Richard S. Drohan
George E. Wells
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Somerville
Haffert
Boston Maine
Drohan
Wells
Springfiel
Frank Harding
Rhode Isana State
House of Correction
Boston Municipal Court
Wells, Alias Williams
Springfield
Westfiel
Conn
Fire and Explosion Destroy Marcus Cohen Store in St Louis
The Marcus Cohen potion shop at 2744 Chouteau avenue in St Louis was leveled by a morning fire and a subsequent explosion that destroyed the building. Marcus Cohen, sleeping on the second floor, died of burns soon after, and his brother Abraham Cohen, trapped inside, perished. The cause of the blast remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Marcus Cohen
Chouteau Avenue
Abraham Cohen
Officer Receives $75,000 From Relative Left by Heir
New York on March 4 Officer Henry Hand of the Thirty first police station found a check for 75000 dollars awaiting him when he reported for duty. The money was left to him by a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Hand
Thirty-first
Luther Hunt Hangs Self in Vermont Barn
Luther Hunt a 45 year old farmer from New Haven hanged himself in his barn this morning in Vergennes Vermont. No cause given. In Boston the Old State House once a major transportation hub now offers Shore Line express and Colonial Express seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes
Luther Hunt
New Haven
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Boston
Shore Line
Washington
New Fire Escape Delights Brattle Square Crowd
A crowd gathered in Brattle Square as a rubber seated elevated fire escape descended from L. A. Isaacson’s Washington Street store. Women, men, and children slid to the ground safely, with multiple test descents led by Matilda Riemer Bertha Witzke and others. Invented by Christian Sneider and marketed by Adolph Rothenbacher, the system uses fixed wall bolts and interchangeable chairs to allow seven descents per minute and rapid, safe egress in fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Christian Sneider
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Adolph Rothenbacher
Heath Street
Roxbury
Matilda Riemer
Bertha Witzke
Rutolph Rothenbacher
Clara Rothenbacher
Frank Nickola
Frank Zelck
Bernard Ehret
G. Bruns
Boston
Fifty Foot Fall on Centre Street Collapse at Noon
A fifty foot section of the piazza over Centre street in front of M. H. Cushing & Co. and Brown's market collapsed at noon as heavy snow melted. Nobody was beneath it. Had it occurred later, a large crowd might have been present on the popular winter gathering spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mippiexoro
Centre Street
M. H. Cushing & Co
Brown’s
Home Sweet Home GiovucesteR Schooner Munroe Arrives
The schooner Lawrence A. Munroe arrives from Grand Banks reporting a March 1 storm with north northeast winds and heavy snow. One crewman broke a leg after a sea struck him. the vessel returns with 20,000 halibut from the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A. Munroe
Grand Banks
Migroe
Essex Agricultural Society Holds 85th Institute at North Andover
The eighty fifth Essex Agricultural Society institute convened at Odd Fellows Hall in North Andover with large attendance. Representatives came from all Essex county cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Eighty-Fifth Institute of the
Essex Agricultural Society
Odd Fellows’ Hall
North Andover
Essex County Citie
A Martyr 40 Bravery In Dorchester Store Fire
At noon Mrs Nellie Stevenson wife of Dorchester provision dealer John D Stevenson was burning after her clothes caught from an oil stove in their 62 Raymond street shop A passer by John Kenney rushed in dragged her out into the street and rolled her in snow to extinguish the flames He was severely burned in the act
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
John D. Stevenson
Dorchester
Raymond Street
John Kenney
Kenney
Disappearance of Hub Bardston Tax Collector Ties to Shortage
Worcester report shows O. E. E. Tyler the Hub Bardston tax collector has vanished since February 16. An audit today revealed a $5100 shortage in his accounts. Tyler, married and four years in office, also worked as an insurance agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
O. E. E. Tyler
Hubbardston
Fle
Duke of Gloucester jailed on gambling house charge
William J Thompson proprietor of the Gloucester race track was arrested in Camden New Jersey and released on $1000 bail after a complaint by the Law and Order League accusing him of operating a gambling house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
William J. Thompson
Gloucester
Law and Order League
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Contract Indemnity Co
Newark
Gost
Washington Street
YR Hawes
Supreme Judicial Court
Allen
John H. Gavin
East Cambridge
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Lhe Superior Court
Natick
Rowell
Bill
C. M. Ludden
E. 1Simith
W. H. Powers
P. N. Currier
Jeremiah Kaither
Bridgewater
District Court of
Canton
Kaither
Vetnon
Coy
Oston Daily Traveller
Traveller
Traveller Publishing Company
State Street
Dedham
Colonial Express
BeecHam
Aylor UN
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Bosto Storace
West Chester
Huntington
Alls Safety Vaal
To . W. Tin Telephone
Coln. Gen’l
Ees
Rith
Ind
Brookline
West End
Boston & Maine
Richard J. Crohan
George H. Wells
Richard J. Drohan
Luther
Home
Tyler
Rusti
Cate
Duke OF Gloucester
Royal Baking Powder
Royal Baking Powder Co
Army
Navy
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