Inquest Delays in Mrs Sprague Murder Near South Berwick
The South Berwick inquest into Mrs Fannie Sprague’s murder, found in a barn, continued with no new developments. A man named Joseph Frost was summoned, Eben Simpson’s alibi was scrutinized, and autopsy results remained unannounced.
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South Berwick
Fannie Sprague
Eliot Mam
Joseph Frost
Frost
Eben Simpson
Gerrish
Jacques
Amson
Dureie
Bben Simpson
Eliot
Simpson
Coro
Seventy-Eight Years Ago: Scofield Mine Disaster Kills Forty
Salt Lake City reports the Pleasant Valley Coal Company mine disaster near Scofield. About 398 men worked that day. at least 250 were recovered dead, with many others injured or unaccounted. The blast and black damp caused massive deaths, with bodies recovered in trenches on Cemetery Hill. Relief funds opened as families mourn, funerals planned across Coalville and Scofield.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Scofield
Pleasant Valley Coal Company
Bernard Dougall
Springville
Dewey Guest in St Louis Amid Cheers at Arrival
Admiral Dewey and Mrs Dewey arrived in St Louis at seven o clock to a wave of hats flags and cannon fire from a vast cheering crowd. The admiral appeared on the platform as the train halted and was greeted with enthusiastic roars and whistles.
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ST. Louis
Admiral Dewey
City of
Tenth District Republicans Defeat Atwood Backed Ticket
The tenth district Republican convention at Wesleyan Hall yielded a victory for John Shaw as a delegate to the Philadelphia convention. The anti-Atwood faction led by Henry Bowdoin broke the original slate for John H. Colby and William L. Terhune, and Colby’s second-delegate bid failed. Woolley and Pierce won as alternates amid two ballots, signaling a lively fall contest for the congressional nomination with Shaw aligned supporters gaining momentum.
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Tenth District
Wesleyan Hall
John Shaw Ofey
Philadelphia
John H. Colby
William L. Terhune
anti-Atwood
Henry Bowdoin
Colby
Shaw
Charles B. Woolley
Arthur P. Russell
George B. Pierce
Woolley
Pierce
Scofield Mine Disaster Details Emerge
Reports describe No 1 shaft gas choking workers and No 4 burning bodies. Victims unrecognizable, ten unidentified foreigners in one pile. John Kirton died after being pulled out, scalp burned, while Thomas Sellers lost his right arm outside. Governor Wells receives telegram from President McKinley offering sorrow and sympathy.
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No. 1
No. 4
John Kirton
Thomas Sellers
John James
Watch and Ward Society Report Highlights Gambling in Clubs
The Watch and Ward Society’s annual report accuses clubs of gambling and protection rackets in Boston area venues both licensed and unlicensed. It praises Medford for curbing book selling but censures Saugus and Canton, and notes failed attempts to halt track gambling in Dedham and park facilities. A separate incident describes a well dressed woman whipping another cafe waiter who allegedly wrote letters to a husband.
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Watch and Ward Society
Orca
Medford
Saugus
Cam
Franklin Park
Dedham
Pedestrians clash report from New Haven event
A brief note from New Haven Connecticut dated May 3 reports a street confrontation near Crown and Gregory between two women. No further details were provided about injuries or outcomes.
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New Haven
Conn
Crown
Gregory Agreeta
French President Sends Condolence Letter Over Utah Mine Disaster
Ambassador Cambon visited the White House and delivered a condolence letter from President Loubet of France to President McKinley regarding the Utah mining disaster.
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Washington
Cambon
White House
McKinley
Loubet
France
Utah
Victims of City Shootings Show Signs of Recovery
At City Hospital Mrs Mary J Smith who was shot by her husband John Smith of 100 Carver Street was resting as comfortably as could be expected Mrs Maud Alpine also shot by Smith recovered enough yesterday afternoon to return home
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City Hospital
Mary J. Smith
John Smith
Carver Street
Maud Alpine
Smith
Lover's Diamond Ring Theft Sends Man to Six Months
Lawrence May 8. Fred Ross accused of stealing a diamond ring from his sweetheart Mary Morgan on Patriots' Day. He confessed to the larceny and was sentenced today by Justice Dow to six months in the House of Correction.
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Lawrence
Mary Morgan
Patriots
Fred Ross
House of Correction
Justice Dow
Ross
Convention Balloting Chooses Woolley and Pierce by Acclamation
A political convention moved from acclamation to ballot for delegates and alternates. John Shaw won the first delegate vote. Colby and Terhune led the second. Woolley and Pierce were chosen as alternates after a staged ballot amid procedural protests. The body also endorsed John D. Long for vice president.
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Woolley
Pierce
Charles M. Bryant
Quincy
John Shaw
John. H. Colby
William L
Committee On Ballots
John D. Long
Gove and Campbell Named Delegates at District Convention
Jesse M. Gove and William W. Campbell were elected delegates to the Republican national convention at the ninth district gathering in Wesleyan Hall. Charles A. Grant and Marcus Cook won alternates. J Campbell served as temporary secretary and a credentials committee reported fifty-two delegates with fifty-one present. Gove was nominated by acclamation and Cook by nomination noting his district senior status.
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Jesse M. Gove
William W. Campbell
Wesleyan Hall
Charles A. Grant
Winthrop
Marcus €. Cook
Ward 6
Samporeey
J . Campbell
Richardson
Ward 9
Gove
Grant
Morgan
Getteney
Marcus C. Cook
Senate action on Montana seat and pension bills
The Senate adopted Mr. Hoar’s motion to take up the Montana seat challenge by Mr. Clark and postponed the decision for a week. An army appropriation bill passed after debate. Private pension bills granted pensions of 10 per month to Mrs. Henry and 50 per month to Mrs. Badger and Mrs. Gridley. The Post Office and Post Roads Committee restored 750000 for pneumatic tube service and the post office repair provisions.
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Washington
Margaret M. Badger
Commodore Badger
Harriet Gridley
Captain Gridley
Navy
Senate Committee
House Committee
Postoffice
Boston Postoffice
Free Home Bill Passed in House Without Division
The House approved the long debated free home bill allowing patents to actual settlers on open Indian reservation lands. It envisions $1.2 million yearly for government costs and covers about 29 million acres opened to settlement with substantial portions already occupied or awaiting use. Galusha A. Grow, former Speaker, urged support recalling his 19th century homestead effort.
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Washington
House
Congress
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Yoon Neg
Ouse
Staples Assault Case Is On Trial In Court
Edward B Staples of Jamaica Plain stands trial in the Superior Criminal Court charged with a murderous knife assault on his wife in January. His defense, led by Judge Cochran, argues the wound was in self defense due to her pregnancy and intoxication.
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Edward B. Staples
Jamaica Plain
Superior Criminal Court
Staples
Cochran
SLAIN WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS MAGGIE BRUCE
In New York on May 3 Dr. J H Ferndel identifies the murdered woman previously called Mary Smith as Mrs Maggie Bruce a former domestic in his family for two years. Her husband Bob Bruce a city car conductor is at large in the city.
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New York
Mary Smith
J. H. Ferndel
Maggie Bruce
Bob Bruce
Ferndel
War Department Aids Cuban Teachers Summer Course
The War Department will fund and arrange transportation for about 1400 Cuban public school teachers to attend a free summer instruction course in Boston. Government transports Crook Buford Sedgwick and McLellan will carry them from Cuban ports, with Colonel Bird organizing ship departures to ensure arrival in Boston by June first.
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Washington
War Department
Boston
Cuba
Massachusetts
Crook
Buford
Sedgwick
McLellan
Bird
Quartermaster-General
New York
Cuban Teachers Problem at Harvard Summer Session
Harvard College faces housing troubles for 1450 Cuban teachers scheduled to study six weeks starting around July 3. The circular notes no charges for teachers, on site medical care, and that about three-fifths will be women, with lodging yet to be arranged.
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Harvard University
Harvard College
Saloon of Patrick Daly Closed by Police Order
At 5 pm yesterday the Daly saloon at 9 Harrison Ave was closed by police commissioners. Station 4 officers served the notice. Patrick J Daly, a Boston political figure and anti-machine Democrat, was not found. Daly’s brother Dennis could not be located.
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Patrick J. Daly
Harrison Avenue
Lagrange Street
Station 4
Post
Daly
Boston
Kansas City
Usua
Dennis Daly
Lawmakers Take Up Bill on Electric Transmission Charges
Speaker Myers to rule on motion to strike Section 6. Dow of Topsfield seeks to limit board power on appeals, aligning bill with petition that the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners hold identical authority for transmission firms as for gas and electric lighting companies.
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Stone
Springfield
Myers
Dow
Topsfield
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Missing Mt Vernon salesman sought by wife in Boston case
Mrs James O'Brien of Mt Vernon New York asks local police to locate her husband James O'Brien a salesman missing since March after a report that he was transferred to the Boston field and told her to travel to Boston by rail while he would accompany furniture by boat. The couple wed in Massachusetts in January.
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New York
James O’brien
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Massachusetts
O'Brien
Boston
Local Resident Breaks Knee After Fall at City Streets
Arthur Owran of 356 Mountain Avenue Revere fractured his right knee when he fell coming down stairs at F and Second streets South Boston. He was admitted to City Hospital for treatment.
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Arthur Owran
Mountain Avenue
Revere
F and
Second Streets
Boston
City Hospital
Seven year old Maguda boy contracts smallpox in Chicopee
In Chicopee on May 3 Joseph Maguda seven son of John Maguda contracted smallpox. The house was quarantined and the occupants vaccinated. A number of mill employees have been exposed.
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Chicopee
Joseph
John Maguda
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