Bondin Indicted After Multi-State Manhunt
Wilfred Blondin, suspected wife murderer pursued through several states and provinces, was indicted by the Middlesex grand jury in a special session. About a dozen witnesses testified between 10 and 1:30, and the jury, later charged, found enough evidence for trial. Papers will go to New York. extradition likely to Cambridge this week if not contested.
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Wilfred Blondin
Massachusetts
New York
Middlesex Grand Jury
Sanderson
Hardy
Blondin
Cambridge
Lord Methuen Captured by Boers After Night Battle
London reports Lord Methuen is a prisoner in Boer hands after a dawn engagement between Winburg and Lichtenburg in the Orange River Colony. British force of 120 men lost 3 officers and 38 men killed, 5 officers and 72 men wounded, with 1 officer and 200 men missing. Methuen wounded in the thigh. Lieutenants Venning and Nesham of the Royal Artillery were killed at their guns. Methuen is the youngest lieutenant general in the British army.
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London
Lord Methuen
Delarey
Royal Artillery
Municipal Court Roundup of Suspects and Fines
In court yesterday Antonio Cantamara was held for attempting arson at his brother’s barber shop on 1364 Washington Street. William Le Varde and others faced grand jury charges, with fines and detentions for forgery, assault, theft, liquor law breaches and vagrancy. Also noted were multiple disposals of cases, fines for domino and fan tan, and a street obstruction fine for Edward Cole.
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Antonio Cantamara
Washington Street
William le Varde
Carl A. Carlson
Washourn Credit House
Frank A. Sullivan
Robert D. Reid
Sullivan
Joseph Gwinn
Thomas Golden
Laura Waters
Jessie Campt
Edward Giles
John A. Beaton
Gerald M. Morrison
Roslindale
Frank A. Rhoades
Samuel C. Francis
Frank H. O’brien
Rose Haline
Bertha Graham
Robert Sweeney
John Dorsey
House of Correction
Harry Henderson
Joe Bush
SonatUng
Daniel O'Connell
Georgelson
Martelie Martini
Ae McCoy
Pai
James Kimball
David Hildreth
Joseph Scott
Edward Cole
Edward and Alexandra Host Dinner for 39th Anniversary
London March 10 Edward and Queen Alexandra marked the 39th wedding anniversary with a dinner party at Marlborough House attended by invited guests and family.
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Ing Edward
London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Marlborough House
United States files equity suit to break up Northern Securities merger
Attorney General directs the filing of a bill in equity in St Paul to test the legality of a proposed consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways under the Northern Securities Company. The action cites the Sherman act and details a plan to fuse control, pool earnings, and form a holding company to monopolize interstate and foreign trade in the northern system.
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ST. Paul. Minn
United States
St. Paul
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Pacific System
Northern’ Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
United States Supreme Court
Pearsall
Minnesota
Union Parifhc
Northern Pacific Railway Companies
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
Illinois
Northern “Pacific
Burlington
Supreme Court
James J. Hill
J. Pierpont Morgan
Northern Pacific Company
Northern ‘Securities Company
New Jersey
Rosheh Securities Company
Northern Acurities
Northern Securties Company
There is Danger in Deafness and Its Cure Claims
A dramatic piece argues deafness from catarrh endangers daily life and praises Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure. It cites readings from juries and testimonials from James W. Brown, C. S. Beverly, James Hawes and others, urging purchase at 50 cents a box and offering a free book from F. A. Stuart Co.
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Warner
F. J. Fairbrother
South
Clinton St
Syracuse
Warner Safe Care Co
Rochester
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Stuart
GC. R. Rembrandt
Jane Barlow
Beverly
F. .Mitchell Hawes
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Northern Securities Company case details unlawful stock pool
The petition alleges the Northern Securities Company exists to pool Great Northern and Northern Pacific stocks, not to purchase them in good faith. It accuses concealment of stock transfers to hide the conspiracy, seeks injunctions, recalls of stock, and recognition refusals, with officials Purdy Knox and Richards signing for the United States.
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Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Milton PD. Purdy
United States
District of Minnesota
Philander C. Knox
John K. Richards
Relics of Barbarism in Senate Ship Subsidy Debate
Washington March 10 for nearly two hours Mr West of Missouri spoke against the ship subsidy bill. He attacked current navigation laws calling them relics of barbarism and blaming them for the decline of the merchant marine. Mr Tillman of South Carolina followed in opposition to the bill denouncing subsidies to individuals and shipping trusts.
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Washington
West
Missouri
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Akron Heroism: Man Delays Train By Unlacing Shoe
Akron Ohio March 10 By unlacing Miss Agatha Olnhausen's shoe C C Mc Cue freed her foot from a rail and planking at a railroad crossing just as an engine neared, likely saving her life.
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Akron
Spring Time at Jordans Shows a Floral Store Spectacle
Jordan Marsh Company fills its store with a giant arch of Jacqueminot and La France roses ten thousand blooms long and walls of lilies. The Easter lilies and maidenhair fern create a charming display with a scent of May violets. The store becomes a vast garden with ivy, ferns, palms, and violets enhancing every department while spring fashion and Easter millinery, ribbons, and silks showcase anew. Gamaliel Bradford urged constitutional amendments granting departmental heads floor control and governor appointment power without council intervention.
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Jordan Marsh Company
la France
Gamaliel Bradford
Jury verdict links death to husband in Jennings case
Keene New Hampshire March 10 The coroner's jury in the Jennie Jennings case ruled that she died from injuries inflicted apparently by her husband Martin Jennings.
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Keene, N. H
Jennie Jennings
Martin Jennings
Peculiar To Itself Promotes a Blood Purifying Tonic
An advertisement extols a revolutionary remedy claiming to purify the blood, alter nature, and cure a wide range of humors eruptions. It promises to renew vigor and strength by building up the entire system, asserting unique efficacy.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promise to Cure
Advertisement claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla outperforms all medicines by restoring health and strength at low cost. It asserts no other medicine acts like it and that Hood's Sarsaparilla fulfills its promise to cure.
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Hood
Senate Action on Vaccination Sparked by Anti-Vax Agitation
The Senate debated exemptions for vaccinated children with a physician certificate, adopting an amendment by 17 to 15 and sending the bill to third reading. House actions included an appropriation for a John Hancock statue, committee reports on law changes, and a sum for a gun range accident claim. The body adjourned after paying respects to Henry Arthur Green, with funeral arrangements later announced.
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State House
Williams
Middlesex
Nator J. F. Porter
Essex
Mystic River
Rutland
Central District Court of Worcester
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Boston
Mt. Wachusett Street Railway
New Bedford & Onset Street Railway Company
Fairhaven
New Bedford
Mr. Swift
Yarmouth
Albin M. Richards
Superior Court
Pearce
Fitchburg
Henry Arthur Green
Plea for Sunday Shaves at Hotels Sparks Hearing
A Boston probate committee continued a hearing on a petition by Frederic G. Chisolm and others to allow hotel barbers on licensed premises to stay open until noon on Sundays. Hotel owners and guests pressed for the change, citing demand and convenience, while opponents urged a day of rest and preserved barriers.
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Committee On Probate and Chancery
Frederic G. Chisolm
Oscar G. Barron
Quincy House
Charles A. Jones
American House
Frank A. Daly
The
Somerset
Edmund W. Knight
Vendome
Daly
Herbert L. Goodwin
Hotel
Essex
Charles A. Snow
Whipple & Co
Touraine
Parker's
Young’s
William L. Baker
John Dwyer
Reynolds
Mark N. Brerrett
Boston
T. P. Larkin
Williamsburg
B. F. Mitchell
Chicopee
Fred M. Smith
South Hadley
Peter Sullivan
Worcester
M. D. Kneeland
Sabbath Protective League
Michael J. Sheedy
Charles J. Chance
Williams Praises Crane At State House Hearing
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate George Fred Williams joined Governor Crane in a praise-filled scene at a State House hearing on constitutional amendments. Williams and fellow Democrats including Hamlin Bradford McNary Gargan and Drinkwater urged the advisory question to voters on whether Massachusetts should hold a constitutional convention. When pressed by Rep Callender, Williams questioned if any state’s executive power surpassed Massachusetts.
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George Fred Williams
Crane
State House
Williams
Charles 8. Hamlin
Gamaliel Bradford
William 8. McNary
Democratic State Committee
T. J. Gargan
A C. Drinkwater
Braintree
Commonwealth
Callender
Boston
Massachusetts
Governor's power debated in Massachusetts hearing
In a Massachusetts hearing, Mr. Callender questions ten months under an absolute monarchy while Mr. Williams argues the governor's power stems from public confidence and constitutional authority to suggest legislation. The exchange centers on Governor Crane's perceived strength with the people and its relation to legislative restraint.
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Massachusetts
Mr. Callender
Journal of the House
Mr. Williams
Crane
Williams
State printing committee hearings on reforms and Brockton canal
The House committee on printing met after adjournment and heard Senator Frost and Representatives Reed and Adams about a State Board of Publication and other reforms in state reports. Chairman Emery and Representative Hancock discussed the Brockton canal information request, with an estimated $1500 needed and $450 left of the $10,000 appropriation. the committee took the matter under advisement.
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State House
Dorie Hall
John Hancock
House
Frost
Reed
Adams
Emery
Hancock
Brockton
Brockton Canal
Testimony Highlights Pyramids Pile Cure Efficacy
A Texas reader credits Pyramid Pile Cure with ending her three year struggle with bleeding piles after doctor visits failed. She reports rapid relief, regained strength, and plans to recommend the remedy, which costs 50 cents a package and is sold by Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Pantis
Texas
Memphis
Sallie A. Herndon
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall
Mich
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