Divorce court may reveal secret of Faure's death
Paris May 2 Frances Faure to learn through divorce court the facts behind President Felix Faure’s death. The case involves Mme Sorel the actress and her husband who sues for divorce. Rumor says Faure dined with Sorel before his collapse at a fancy dress ball.
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Faure
Paris
Frances
Felix Faure
Mme. Sorel
Mile. Sorel
M. Faure
Tno
Bivysee
Mme. Faure
Sorel
Boulevard Haussmann
President Faure
Napanee Jailbreak Alert Reaches Police Headquarters
A telegram from Napanee Ont jail keeper Van Luven reports that William Henry Holden and Edward Pare, wanted for the August 1897 Dominion Bank robbery, have broken jail there and escaped. Local police urged vigilance but doubt the pair would flee to this city, where they are well known.
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Z. A. van Luven
Napanee
Ont
Eldridge
William Henry Holden
Edward Pare
Dominion Bank
van Jaiven
34Ston
Pare
Holden
Bank Robbers Holden and Para Escape Authorities in New England
The fugitives Holden and Para, known aliases George F E Belanger and Howard, fled from Napanee jail after a prior conviction. Holden, tall and muscular, resided on Hunneman Street with his family before arrest by Chief Watts and Pinkerton agents. Para was caught in Manchester New Hampshire. The bank robbery yielded about 23000 in mixed currencies and 10000 in unsigned Dominion Bank bills. A $10000 reward had drawn police pursuit.
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Boston
Holden
Hunneman Street
Watts
Thornhill
Pinkerton Agency
Para
Manchester
N. H
George FE. Belanger
Howard
Laura
Skowhegan
Ile
Napanee
United States
Dominion Bank
I. H. Baines
Pare
Meteors Strike Slab and Brick Pile in Vincennes
Two meteors fell in Vincennes Indiana yesterday. One struck a stone slab on a flat car shattering it to atoms. The other meteor struck a brick pile with a loud crash and shattered it into countless fragments.
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Vincennes
Ind
Divorced Officer’s Wedding Provokes Church Row
Captain Dutton Hunt, a divorced officer, wed Miss Hopeton amid objections from zealots who argued against remarriage in church. A protesting clergyman read a document, spectators hissed the opposition, and the ceremony concluded as soldiers and guests supported the couple.
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Jondon
Coptain Dutton Hunt
Light Infantry
Miss Llopeton
Cebu
Is General Wheeler to Wed in Washington This Month
Washington May 2 The wedding of General Joseph Wheeler to Mrs George W Childs is reportedly planned in Washington this month at Mrs Childs home on K Street Social circles doubt confirmations Wheeler is in Detroit for Sons of the Revolution meeting Mrs Childs in Philadelphia Childs widow Tate recalls Wheeler as a frequent guest at the mansion Wheeler aged about 68 and not a wealthy man
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Washington
Joseph Wheeler
George W. Childs
Mrs. Childs
General Wheeler
Childs
Beauty Elopes with Indian in St Paul Marriage
Mrs Kate Burgess aged 28 a Southern beauty elopes with William I F Campbell a lawyer and quarter breed Indian from the White Earth reservation. They wed in St Paul after leaving Washington. Burgess has a 6 year old daughter and was to marry Dr J Wilson Hope of Hampton Virginia in the same city yesterday.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Kate Burgess
William IF. Campbell
White Earth Reservation
Washington
Suffragists Elect Anthony as President of NAWSA
The National American Woman's Suffragist Association chose Susan B. Anthony as president with Rev. Anna Howard Shaw as vice president and Rachel Foster Avery as corresponding secretary. The body adopted resolutions protesting the term male in a proposed constitution, supporting a women’s commission for island colonies, praising Kansas and Oregon suffrage efforts, and rejecting a pro-racial ride resolution after debate.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
National American Woman's Suffragist Association
Susan BB. Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Rachel Foster Avery
Alicestone Blackwell
Harriet Taylor Slapton
Carrie Chapman Catt
Laura Clay
Catherine Waugh Taylor
Kansas
Oregon
Peace Congress
Michigan
South
Kentucky
Belmont Bride Granted Sloane Mansion Trust
Mrs Henry T Sloane now Mrs Perry Gelmont transfers the Sloane mansion at New East Seventy second street with contents in a trust for her children Jessie and Emily Eleanor Sloane valued about 450000 The State Trust Company holds the property until the girls reach adulthood with rents to be used for their maintenance and education a clause allows conveying the property to Henry T Sloane within thirty days.
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New York
Henry T. Sloane
Perry. Gelmont
Sloane
New East Seventy-second Street
Register
State Trust Company
Marriage license costs and officiant fees described
The text notes that the deed takes effect as recorded and details Belmont arranging marriage with Mr Greenwich paying a $500 fee to lawyer Frederick W. Bibbard and a $50 fee to the assistant town clerk who issued the license. Barrows officiated, with Sr. as the clergyman and Rev FM.
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Belmont
Greenwich
FM. Barrows
Frederick W. Bibbard
Rose J Crane V Riley Engaged to Marry Case in Superior Court
The Lowell Superior Court heard Miss Rose J Crane sue Patrick J Riley for five thousand dollars in damages after alleging an engagement breach. Riley denied the claim and the case details note presents, a gold ring and a watch given by Riley, and rumored marriage plans for October 1898.
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Lowell
Rose J. Crane
Patrick J. Riley
Crane
Riley
Merrimac Street
Lawrence Nosiery
John J
William A. Hogan
Crowley
O’hearn
Fr. W. Qua
Lynn
Mr. Riley
Miss Crane
J Yun Young
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Aids in Princeton Road Incident
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and a friend rode near Nassau street Princeton when a trace broke on a chestnut pair. The horses became excited before the Nassau hotel. Mrs. Cleveland kept the reins and calmed the team while the coachman fetched a repair. A cheering group of Princeton men praised her presence of mind.
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Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Nassau Street
Nassau Hotel
University
Roxbury Improvement Association Formed At Public Meeting
A Roxbury gathering at Palladio Hall organized the Roxbury Improvement Association. Officers include President Mone Jordant and Secretary William Charak. Speakers from Dorchester and Cambridge praised civic societies and urged broad citizen participation with a May 19 adjourned meeting.
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Roxbury
Palladio Fiall
Warren
Dudley Streets
Dorchester
Alpheus Sanford
Starvard Street Improvement Association
Fire damages Union Street building. losses exceed ten thousand
Fire and water caused a loss of over 10 090 dollars to occupants of 45 to 58 Union street yesterday forenoon. The fire was found in the furniture rooms of the W P B Brooks Company shortly after 10 20. It started on the third floor where stored furniture caught fire from an unknown cause. The four and a half story brick building is owned by Massachusetts General Hospital corporation and C B Wieerin. Occupants include the International Heater Company Ward and Waldron wallpaper dealers and Gilbert and Baker Manufacturing Company.
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Union Street
W. P. B. Brooks Company
Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation
C. BE. Wieerin
International Heater Company
Ward & Waldron, Wallpaper Dealers
Gilbert & Baker Manufacturing Company
Smallpox Patient Harriet McCurry Dies in Boston
Dr Paul Carson reported to the Board of Health that Harriet McCurry, removed to Gallops Island Smallpox hospital April 21, died Monday afternoon. It is the first fatal smallpox case since 18M during the Boston epidemic.
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Paul Carson
Board of Health
Harriet McCurry
Gallop’s Island
Boston
Duel Ending in Death for Two Miners Over Dressmaker
Two miners named Thompson and Sullivan, both smitten with a leading dressmaker, dueled at Circle City. The fight ended badly with both men mortally wounded and doomed to die, ending in tragedy over a victor of her hand.
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Victoria, BR. C
Thompson
Sullivan
Circle City
Debate Over Boston Transit Commission Salaries and Continuation
A heated debate in the Boston Legislature focused on extending the Boston Transit Commission for three years more to finish the Hast Boston tunnel. Commissioners earn 590 dollars, and lawmakers split over reducing or abolishing the board, noting work left and criticizing economy moves amid city salary cuts. The bill passed the House with 80 to 25 and heads to the liquor law committee before final action and governor approval.
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Boston Transit Commission
George G. Croker
Horace G. Allen
Charlies H. Dalton
Thomas J. Gargan
George F. Swain
Quincy
Commission Noo
Boston
Clerke
Ward 10
J. J. McCarthy
Porter
Ibynn
Smith
Waltham
Wit Iizeeraiad
Oerard
Fitzgerald
Mr. Clerke
City Hall
Regerald
Salad
Satulders
Ward 1
Fonu
McCarthy
Charlestown
Cullinane
Meetsane
Ward 18
City Council of
Messane
Schofield
Malden
Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Ts Am
JH. Pornivan
East Boston
Pack Bay
Rules committee hearing on Hover Heensge law amendment
The House committee on rules held a hearing on a bill to amend the Hover Heensge law. Representative Dumond explained the need for the amendment citing drafting errors that would limit Boston licenses to 4909, a figure he said was incorrect.
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Mr. Dumond
Boston
Estes
Brockton
House
Committee On
Committee On Rules
Senate
Liquor Law Committee
House Committee On Rules
Representative Dumond
Dumond
British Warships Movements on Station report
The cruiser Comus will stay until May 29 then depart for St. John's Newfoundland. The Alert departed Bermudas for Halifax Saturday. The Columbian went into commission yesterday at Halifax. The Comus will receive extensive dockyard repairs before leaving for Newfoundland.
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Hialifan
N. S
Comus
St. John's
N. F
Bermudas
Halifax
Columbinn
Newfoundland
The Countryman and the Lion at Portsmouth Show
May 2 report from Portsmouth Ohio describes countryman Alex Atkins leaning against a lion’s cage despite warnings. A lion swiped his left arm stripping muscles and struck his face and shoulders. The lion remains alive and Atkins survived the incident.
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Portsmouth
Alex. Atkins
Atkins
Ion
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