Topeka Mayor Horsewhipped in City Office
Blanche Boise, a Nation follower and nurse about 35, horsewhipped Mayor Parker in his city hall office. He tore the rawhide from her hand and shoved her into the hall as she proclaimed future horsewhippings of the Governor and other officials. Boise said she supports temperance enforcement by such means and has an organization backing her with whips for Governor Stanley and Judge Hazen.
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Topeka
Kan
Blanche Boise
Mrs. Nation
Parker
Tvee
Miss Boise
Widow Heir Faces Contest Over Crocker Estate
Uriel Haskell Crocker of 77 Commonwealth avenue left his estate to his widow Annie J. Crocker for life with disposal power by will. His sons George Ariel Crocker city treasurer Joseph B. Crocker and Edgar Crocker contest the will as executors and lawyers stay tight lipped. The case unfolds as probate is set for April 3 with possible division among the sons or their issue.
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Uriel Haskell Crocker
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Crocker
Annie J. Fitz
Charlestown
Mr. Crocker
George Ariel Crocker
Joseph B. Crocker
Edgerly
Milk Street
George G. Crocker
Europe
Massachusetts
Clara G. Ballard
Joseph Ballard
Miss Fitz
Back Bay
Annie J. Crocker
George A. Crocker
George A Crocker
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
War veteran's story praises Father John's medicine
Lowell Massachusetts resident James F Boyle recounts his Civil War era illness and credits Father John's medicine with curing a chronic bronchial condition. He says it helped his children and grandchildren stay well and strong and has recommended it widely among friends.
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James F. Boyle
Lowell
Mass
Father John
Actress Really Robbed of Diamonds in Vaudeville Theater
Miss Margaret Rosa, a vaudeville performer in an East End theater, was robbed from her dressing room while away. A go hunting case watch with diamonds, a green frog pin set with five diamonds, and a sunburst with a central diamond were stolen. Police in Division 2 investigate. loss valued at $259 due to gifts from friends.
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Margaret Rosa
Division 2
Rosa
Boston Area Forecast With Winds From North
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair weather and a trend toward unsettled conditions on Wednesday with likely northeast winds. The Washington forecast on March 24 notes New England will be generally fair Tuesday with fresh north to northeast winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Senator Warren’s Wife Illness Forces Brief Departure
Senator Warren of Wyoming was summoned from Washington to Northampton Massachusetts on March 24 due to the serious illness of his wife who has been an invalid for some time.
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Senator Warren
Washington
Wyoming
Northampton
Magss
Kitchener Dispatch Totals Omit Schalk-Burger Incident
London dispatch reports Lord Kitchener’s weekly tally of captures and actions from Pretoria but makes no mention of the Schalk-Burger incident, leaving the event unaddressed in the summary.
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London
Pretoria
Kitchener
Amended petitions filed on Maine explosion claims
Washington March 4 Messrs Butler and Harwood filed amended petitions before the Spanish treaty claims commission on behalf of sailors killed in the explosion of the Maine in Havana harbor.
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Washington
Messrs. Butler and
Harwood
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Maine
Havana
Arbor
Watterson at Virginia Democratic Banquet in Washington
About 160 guests attended the biennial Virginia Democratic Association banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington on March 24. Notable figures from Virginia politics and national Democrats spoke, while Colonel Henry Watterson urged unity to oppose imperialism and warned of executive overreach and corporate influence.
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Washington
Virginia Democratic Association
Metropolitan Hotel
Congress
Old Dominion
Montague
Daniel
Anderson
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Carmack
Tennessee
Lewis Nixons
Tammany Hall
W. M. Kitchins
North Carolina
DeArmond
Missouri
Virginia
Watterson
Diaz
Navy
White House
YOUNDEL GANGS RESIGNS OFFICE
Mr. F. R. Bangs, counsel to the Boston Police Commission, will retire at month end to pursue private practice. He will be succeeded by Joseph Warren from Brandeis Dunbar, after serving Washington as secretary to Justice Gray. Warren is regarded as affable and likely to be an admirable successor.
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F. R. Bangs
Boston Police Commission
Bangs
Joseph Warren
Brandeis, Dunbar & Co
Washington
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Warren
Denial by Firemen on Holiday Pay Claim
Local No of stationary firemen denies Sunday press claim that they demanded extra holiday pay in breweries. They say only request was six days constitute a week with overtime for Sundays. President Michael Murphy and secretary P J Kelly say no member would work 12 hours daily for 12 dollars weekly and reject outside city engineer hire rumors.
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Ihs
Michael Murphy
P. J. Kelly
Balfour Motion Limits Dillon Suspension in Commons
London March 24 The House of Commons adopted without discussion Mr A J Balfours motion to limit the suspension of John Dillon Nationalist to one week Dillon who was suspended March 2 for calling Mr Chamberlain a liar and refusing to withdraw his statement
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
John Dillion
House
John Dillon
Chamberlain
Chelmsford Town Meeting Closes With Tight License Vote
Chelmsford adjourned town meeting with the license question decided by 162 yes to 142 no the closest in town history. About 35 000 was appropriated for current expenses to be borrowed for a new East Chelmsford school and over 15 000 for school maintenance. Selectmen elected were Joseph E Warren Patrick T McMahon Frederick J Fletcher R Wilson Dix and A H Park.
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Chelmsford
East Chelmstomi
Joseph E. Warren
Patrick T. McMahon
Frederick J. Fletcher
R. Wilson Dix
A. H. Park
Bay State postmasters confirmed in Senate vote
Washington March 2 confirmations by the Senate list Massachusetts postmasters as B F Martin Marblehead and William F Darby North Adams.
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Bay State
Washington
Senate
Massachusetts
B. F. Martin
Marblehead
William F. Darby
North Adams
CIGARETTE HOLDER FROM PRINCE WASHINGTON
Chief of Police Sylvester has received a silver cigarette holder from Prince Henry of Prussia, delivered March 24.
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Washington
Sylvester
Prince Henry of Prussia
Catholic Clergy Plan Big Fete for Archbishop Williams Birthday
Clergy of the archdiocese of Boston prepare a solemn high mass at the Cathedral on April 27 to mark Archbishop Williams 80th birthday. A banquet on April 29 will include dignitaries from New England dioceses. Prominent bishops and priests are expected to attend and a six foot group photograph of all diocesan priests will be presented to the archbishop.
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Williams
Archdiocese of
Boston
Monsignor
Martinelli
Monsignor County
New England
John Brady
D. D
John Stephen Michaud
Burlington
Michael Tierney
Hartford
Dennis Bradley
Manchester
William H. O'Connell
Portland
Matthew Harkins
Wiliams
Pius VII
America
Europe
John Cheverus
William Taylor
Benedict Joseph Fenwick
John Bernard Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Johnoseph Williams
St. James’s Church
Massa
Ten Years Each and Fine for Rathbone and Reeves
Havana dispatch reports Audiencia Court sentences in Cuban postal embezzlement cases. W. H. Reeves Estes G. Rathbone and C. W. Neely each receive 10 years imprisonment and substantial fines totaling over 100000 dollars. Embezzlement alleged includes overcharged stamps and duplicate billing with ties to postal officials and the Neely printing firm.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
Co. FB
W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Cuba
Neely
Bureau of Finance
Reeves
Cuban Postal Service
Union National Bank of
Muncie
Muncie Bank
E. G. Rathbone
Cuban post frauds exceed 150000 in Cuba scheme
The Cuban postal frauds involving Neely Reeves and Rathbone likely surpassed 150000 with some estimates doubling that amount. Neely headed the stamp bureau. Reeves was assistant auditor and Rathbone directed posts as Bristow investigated.
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Neely
Bristow
Cuba
Muncie
Ind
Neely Printing Company
Department of Posts
Cowan
Cowan & Co
Keyless Lock Company of
Indianapolis
Reeves
Rathbone
Bureau of Finance
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis
Department of Posts of
Havana
South America
A. P. Taylor
Philip Troutfetter
Colorado
Pinkerton Detective Agency
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Seer
Fr W. Neely
Chas. W. Coes
Coes & Stodder
Fred Young
School Street
Coes & Young
R. S. Brine Transportation Company
Watterdon
Roosevelt
Youndel Gangs
Dillon
Commons
Worcester County
Springfield
U of Bristol
Barnstable
Dukes
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Willims
St. John’s Theological Seminary
Chickering
Archbishop Williams
Rathbone and
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