Ex Boss Simmons Reappears In Boston Political Scandal
William A. Simmons once a Boston political boss and Massachusetts Benefit Life figure resurfaces at Adams House in Boston. He testified before the Legislature committee on insurance and charged ex-managers with private profit while defending his own past role. He vows to pursue restitution and public exposure.
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William ‘A. Simmons
Bill Simmons
Boston
Chicago
Massachusetts
Adams House
Massachusetts Benefit Life Association
Committee On Insurance
Association
Fats
Samson
Temple
State House
Bill” Simmons
Hoar and Dawes
Republiccan
Butler
Palmer
Water Board
Fisher Hill
Simmons
Bourke Cochran
McCarthy
Admirals Reassure Crete In Battle Turmoil At Akrairi
British French and Italian admirals met insurgent leaders at Akrairi Crete to avert further shelling. They blamed the Bashi Bazouks for provoking the clash and warned Canea’s commander against renewed attacks. Frontier tensions and refugee clashes followed as casualties rose and aid scarcity grew.
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Canea
Crete
Akrairi
Reinck
Hydra
Athens
Greece
Besieged Mussulmans Rescued and Evacuated
Despatch from Canea reports Mussulmen besieged at Kandamos have reached Canea aboard the Italian transport Trinacria with another vessel due to bring more refugees. Credit is given to Sir A. Billotti, British consul at Canea, for going alone to Kandamos to aid the evacuees as 7000 Cretans maintained a continuous fusillade.
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London
The
Daily News
Canea
Mussulmans
Kandamos
Trinacria
A. Billotti
Salisbury Remarks on Greece Crisis at Commerce Dinner
Lord Salisbury told the Associated Chambers of Commerce that Britain must act as trustee of national interests in the Cretan dispute. He urged duties over sympathies, saying firm policy would further freedom justice and European peace, essential for commerce and industry.
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London
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Lord Salisbury
Greece
Greece protests expulsion of Greeks from Canea
Athens reports the Greek government has instructed diplomats abroad to protest the expulsion of Greek subjects from Canea as an arbitrary violation of international law by the powers.
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Athens
Canea
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Longstanding Abscess
A Portsmouth man describes a chronic neck abscess and scrofula improving after Hood's Sarsaparilla. He notes appetite return, weight gain from 142 to 158 pounds, and disbelief in other medicines before the remedy. He endorses the product to readers.
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Hood
D. Stimpson
Islington Road
Portsmouth
N. H
Big Meet at Mechanics Hall Boston College Meet Events
The program lists running events from 40-yard dash trials and finals to 1000 yard run and 800 yard handicap. Relay races pair Boston College with MIT Cambridge Manual Training with Cambridge High and Latin Dedham High with Roxbury Latin. The day features exhibitions and multiple intercollegiate relays including Harvard against Exeter Williams Amherst Georgetown and the Washington University consortium.
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Boston College Athletic Association
Mechanics’ Hall
Boston College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge Manual Training
Cambridge High and Latin
Dedham High School
Roxbury Latin School
First
Ninth Infantry
Young Men's Christian Association
Boston
A. A
Cambridgeport
Weters
Burke
Kilpatrick
Levee of the Lancers Grand March At National Lancers Armory
About 150 couples attended the grand march at the National Lancers armory with dancing lasting late. Attendees included governors staff generals colonels captains lieutenants and numerous city and state officials and military members from Charlestown Cambridge and the A. & H. A. society. Notables such as Governor's staff Brigadier General Peach Colonel Frye and Adjutant-General Samuel Dalton were present along with many officers and ladies.
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National Lancers
Company
Peach
Benece
Frye
EF. Richards
Hersey
Wardwell
A. P. Martin
C. P. Webber
Henry A. Thomas
Loimbard
Dana
Stover
Tollman
Charlestown
D. K. Emerson
George 5. Evans
House of Representatives
William Berwin
Eldredge
Sortwell
Cambridge
Bancroft
Henry Walker
Samuel Dalton
F. McDonald
John Staples
H. D. Andrews
Fitch
Woodbury
W. A. Wetherby
Housman
E. E. Smith
Frank Marshall
F. K. Beal
George Holt
E. O. Bush
Proctor
Frank Martin
G. H. Jones
Inez
H. G. Kemp
Missell
George Rs
W. S. Rand
Jones
And
A. M. Stewart
Frank Hanson
M. F. Hanson
Dyone Sanborn
Patrolman Morrison Dismissed for Conduct Unbecoming
The Board of Police dismissed Patrolman George W. Morrison of Division 16 after finding him guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer. The action was announced last night by the board.
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Board of Police
George W. Morrison
Division 16
Twelfth annual hall of Putnam Lodge I O O F held
The twelfth annual hall of Putnam Lodge No 81 I O O F was held last evening in Berkeley Hall Odd Fellows building with about 300 attendees. Dancing ran from 9 p m to 2 a m as Con dit s Orchestra provided music.
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Algonquin Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Walter W. Swarnsbourne
Putnam Lodge No. 81
Berkeley Hall
Odd Fellows
Condit
Harvard Beaten by Frontier Sleeps 0 in Kingston
Kingston crowd watches Harvard University students lose 10 to 0 to the Frontier team in a hockey match held tonight in Kingston. Frontier dominates with strong defense and quick offensive plays for a decisive home victory.
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Kingston
Ont
Harvard University
Frontenacs
Puritan Stranded Off Hatteras As Sailors Aid
The U S monitor Puritan, after a slow voyage from Charleston, is disabled near Durant life saving station in Raleigh Bay N C. The cruiser Columbia sails to assist and tow the stricken vessel to Hampton Roads if weather permits. Life savers patrolled the beach all night ready to aid.
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Norfolk
Charleston
Raleigh Bay
Durant
N. C
Columbia
Hatteras
Bartlett
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Adah Richmond Stetson Trial Adorns Court With Testimony
The case centers on Adah Richmond Stetson amid a charge of marriage while still married. Depositions are read detailing his alleged control and abusive remarks, with Rich and others testifying about past relationships and Stetson’s demands. Maria Bates and John Stetson Sr. attend, as do witnesses from New York and Philadelphia.
Wreck of Louisville & Nashville Train Kills Five
Five men died and two were seriously injured when the southbound Louisville and Nashville limited derailed near Hazelton Indiana on the Evansville Terre Haute line after flood waters washed out the track. The wreck followed heavy rains that flooded White River and damaged roadbeds across the Evansville area. Estimated damage to the two lines tops one million dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
Louisville & Nashville Limited
Chicago
Hazelton
Terre Haute
Indiana
White River
Evansville & Indianapolis
The Tunnel Disaster Hearing Continues
Fire Marshal Whitcomb resumes testimony on last Thursday’s explosion and the old sewer in the cavity. He will map old sewer routes with city engineer data while witnesses Brady Klein Burrage and a gas company employee describe a two day prior leak and a temple notice.
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Whitcomb
Thomas J. Brady
Paul C. Klein
Klein
Yale Students Rebuked Over Corbett Club Letter
The Yale News publishes a sharp editorial saying the juniors who signed as the Corbett Club of Yale did not reflect the university's sentiment. named participants include Payne Whitney son of ex Secretary Whitney and Gouverneur Morris of New York City.
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New Haven
Somerville Aldermen Confirm Nominations And Voter Board Renomination
The Somerville Aldermen confirmed nominations including Frederick C. Fuller inspector of buildings Charles M Berry inspector of animals and provisions Edward Backus superintendent of wires and lights Fulton O'Brien public weigher Eugene A Woodsum police patrolman Harry W Elwell relief driver fire department Henry S Braden janitor police building The Mayor's veto of selling the old Lincoln Schoolhouse lot on Elm street West Somerville was sustained Cromwell G Rowell was renominated to the Board of Registrars of Voters for three years.
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Somerville
Frederick C. Fuller
Charles M. Berry
Edward Backus
Fulton O’brien
Henrys. Braden
Eugene A. Woodsum
Harry W. Elwell
Lincoln
Elm Street
West Somerville
Cromwell
G. Rowell
Board of Registrars of Voters
Boy James Leahey Feared Drowned After Escape
James Leahey a 13 year old inmate of the Rainsford Island Reformatory is reported missing and believed drowned after an attempted escape Sunday night. He slipped from a rear exit and has not been found. Superintendent Perkins informed his parents of the probable death.
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James Leahey
Rainsford Island
Perkins
Partnership Plans Wagon Project With Western Photographer
Elmer Chickering plans a six horse wagon with Marceau the famed Western photographer. The two will share ownership and costs around $6000 for a two year construction and use cycle, starting in San Francisco, with alternating yearly use.
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Elmer Chickering
Marceau
San Francisco
Land Transaction Testimony Opens Court Session
At the start of the court session Edward T. Preble of Wilmington testified about a land transaction involving John Stetson Jr and Mrs Adah Stetson. He stated that the respondent executed the agreement as described.
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Ellen Milliken
Quincy
Alden Street
John Stetson, Jr
John Stetson
Edward T. Preble
Wilmington
Adah Stetson
Resting the contestant's case at 2 3 p m
The report notes that the contestant's case was rested at 2 3 p m signaling a procedural moment in the matter. Details are sparse but indicate a formal step in a hearing or competition context.
Executor’s Attorney Summaries Stetson’s Life and Marriages
Gaston outlined Stetson’s alleged numerous liaisons at Alden Street and beyond, claiming a fake Providence marriage to mislead police. He argued the respondent was older than stated, recounting relationships from 1863 to 1879 with multiple partners including Richmond, Bates, Larkwell, Borst, and others tied to theater life.
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Gaston
Stetson
Providence
Alden Street
John Stetson
Malvina Woodsum
Miss Richmond
Boston
Myra Cushing
Ada Richmond
Marie Bates
Nellie Larkwell
Court resumes as Katherine Devoy testa's sister recalls
The afternoon session opens with Katherine Devoy, sister of the former Howard wardrobe woman, taking the stand following her sister's testimony in the morning. She answers questions about the prior witness and related matters.
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Katherine Devoy
Old Howard Wardrobe
Debates Over Adah Stetson Case Stirring Boston Theatre Tales
Witnesses describe Adah Stetson as John Stetson's wife in 1870s Boston theatre scenes. Depositions recount the couple’s marriage, stage events at the Howard Atheneum, and party banquets with guests and speeches.
Stetson and Miss Richmond Said Married at Lengthy Hearing
A courtroom witness recounts that Stetson and Miss Richmond were believed to be married, with Adah treated as Mrs. Stetson at the Howard Theatre. She details Stetson presenting Adah as his wife and verifies a marriage certificate during a visit to Adah. The witness recalls a later Theatre Comique interview that supported her sister’s testimony.
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Angus G. MacDonald
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. H. Clark
Philadelphia
Margaret Devoy
New York
Boston
Howard Atheneum
Stetson
Theatre Comique
Howard
Adah Richmond
John
Miss Richmond
the Howard
Adah
Charles Howard
Witnesses Testify Over Marriage Question In Stetson Case
The trial featured cross-examinations over whether Adah Richmond and John Stetson Jr. married in 1870. Witnesses described witnessing a marriage discussion and consent, while defense sought documents from New Orleans to challenge the marriage claim. Proceedings included additional depositions on local law and a provision for better reporters’ accommodations.
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John. Stetson
Edwin Wright
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Harry Bloodgood
Nat Jones
Mr. Morris
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John Woodbury
Winter St
Melvina Woodsum
Isaac J. Cutter
John Murphy
John van Buskirk
Eighth Avenue
Bridget Sullivan
Adah Richmond Stetson
Joseph Ammerann
Mackey
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Madeline Hardy
John L. Dilks
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John H. Stout
Schaeffer
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