Durant’s bequest to Bible Society upholds frugal life ends in dispute
The article traces Thomas Durant of Stanstead who in 1867 donated 60 000 to the Massachusetts Bible Society with a lifetime 10 percent return, then added accumulated income later. He died at 99 in May 1889, leaving over 135 606 more to the society, and heirs across the United States contest the will. The Bible Society serves as executors as lawyers locate scattered heirs in New York Newark Ohio Boston Kansas City and New Orleans to divide the estate.
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Haverhill
United States
Stanstead
Massachusetts Bible Society
Ift
Durant
Canada
Bible Society
Boston
Society
The
Marston
Meim
Supreme Court
Bailey
New York City
Newark
Ohio
Kansas City
New Orleans
Mary Ann Durant
Thomas
Charles Frederick Baeumline
New York
Abigail Durant
John Paul
Caroline E. Durant
Henry F. Bartlett
Fire Devastates Farms and Stores Across Several States
Hartford area losses include David Henry's Burlington farm burning three barns and six horses. In Pittsburg a massive fire caused about 750000 dollars in damage, with insured losses at Arbuckle Grocers, Joseph Vogel & Co., Beilstein Spangler, Hoeveter pork packers, and others totaling hundreds of thousands.
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Hartford
Conn
David Henry
Burlington
Pitrspurg
Arbuckle
Grocers Supply and Storage Company
Joseph Vogel & Co. Storage Company
Fire on Brookline roof causes $100 damage
An alarm from Brookline Box 5 reported a fire on the roof of a frame house on Boylston street owned and occupied by Owen Geary. Sparks from a chimney caused the blaze. Damage was $100. Earlier, Box 657 responded to a brush fire near the Jewish Burial Ground in East Boston with no damage.
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Brookline
Boylston Street
Owen Geary
Boston
Ten Years for Manslaughter Declared in Salem
In Salem on May 6 at the adjourned Supreme Judicial Court session Judge Holmes sentenced Michael J. Callahan of Peabody to ten years in the State Prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the December 13 shooting of James W. Lane in front of his Daniels Street home. The case followed Callahan's withdrawal of a prior murder plea.
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Salem
Severay
Supreme Judicial Court
Holmes
Michael J. Callahan
Peabody
James W. Lane
Daniels Street
Callahan
H. P. Moulton
Pillsbury
Charlestown
The Sinking of the Blanco Encalada
A cable dispatch from Iquique reports the rebel steamer Blanco Encalada sunk in Caldera Bay by torpedo boats Almirante Lynch and U Condell. Anchored and immobile, she was a steady target. seven torpedoes were fired, the seventh detonated, blowing her up and causing heavy loss of life.
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San Francisco
Cal
Iquique
Caldera Bay
Almirante Lynch
Ucondell
Rio Grande floods approach 1884 peak at Santa Fe
The Rio Grande in Santa Fe May 5 is within inches of the 1884 flood peak, alarm in the valley as residents fear rising waters. Bridges at Albuquerque and Los Lunas are wrecked below Socorro, while the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line remains protected by rip rap with no track crew trouble yet reported.
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Rio Grande
Santa Fe
N. M
Albuquerque
Los Lunas
Sorocco
Atchison,Lopeka & Santa Fe
Baron Hirsch Denies Pennsylvania Land Buy Plans
The Graphic reports Baron Hirsch has authority to deny purchasing land in Pennsylvania for a Jewish colony. It says the £3,000,000 emigration scheme is in embryo. Currently he aids Jewish emigration to Argentina and is seeking other South American colonies for a larger, undefined plan.
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Baron Hirsch
London
the Graphic
Pennsylvania
Argentine Republic
South America
Patrick OBrien Released After Short Confinement
DuBuin May 5 Mr Patrick OBrien M P freed today as his six month sentence for conspiring with other MPs to urge tenants on the Smith Barry estate not to pay rent expired. Other defendants including William OBrien MP John Dillon MP and others were sentenced in Clonmel for the same action.
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Patrick O’brien
DuBuin
Clonmel
William O’brien
John Dillon
Smith-Barry
New Railroad in Africa Advances 31 Million Marks
Berlin May 6 The German East African Company has decided to advance 31,000,000 marks for a railroad project from Tanga to Sam Bara.
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Africa
Berlin
Tanga
Sam Bara
Boyd Not Governor of Nebraska Declared Ousted
Lincoln May 5 The Supreme Court ousts Boyd and declares Thayer as Governor of Nebraska in a decisive ruling.
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Boyd
Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Thayer
Jury Fixing and Bribery exposed in New Orleans Hennessy case
Grand jury reports deliberate jury tampering by D C O Malley and partners in the Hennessy trial. Talesmen bribery attempts, private detective agency influence, and a Mafia network tied to Italian suspects are detailed, with notes on parish prison lynchings and widespread public verdict pressure.
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Grand Jury
Hennessy
O’malley & Adams
Adams
O’malley
O'Malley
McCrystal
Cooney
O’ Malley
Carenseuey Street
Thomas
Collins
O'Malley & Adams
New Orleans
Italy
Entella
Indictment Doubts From Grand Jury Presentation
Sympathy and extended their connection with the affair. In view of these considerations the thorough examination of the subject has failed to disclose the necessary facts to justify this grand jury in presenting indictments.
Italian Charged With At tempted Murder In Gloucester
Mary O Donnell fell overboard after an evening with Antonio Bombacci a 47 year old fruit peddler from North End Boston He was arrested at 41 Ferry Street Gloucester on a charge of larceny 68 and attempting to kill The couple travelled from Boston by rail and visited several spots before the bridge incident He claims he did not cause her fall and speaks only Italian Police say the woman confirms the assault narrative and Bombacci was turned over to Gloucester police last night
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Cain
Division 1
Mary O’donnell
Gloucester
Bryder
James P. Sullivan
Ferry Street
Antonio Bombacci
Bombacci
O’donnell
Bourbacci
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
O'Donnell
Bombace
M. J. Sullivan
Glouceter
Forty Second Annual Meeting Opens in Wasa Indon
The forty second annual meeting of the American Medical Association opened at Albaughs Opera House with physicians from across the country and a few women doctors present. D C Patterson chaired the arrangements committee as District Commissioner Ross gave a welcome. President W T Briggs of Nashville delivered an address and the treasurer reported nine thousand dollars on hand and all bills paid. The general session adjourned to meet tomorrow morning.
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Wasa Indon
The
American Medical Association
Albaugh
Opera House
D. C. Patterson
Ross
W. T. Briggs
Nashville
Tenn
Judge rules fines go to county not liquor association
Lowell May 6 Judge Bond rejects claims by the Law Enforcement Association that fines from liquor dealers convicted on spotter testimony belong to the association. Under Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes, citizens may prosecute when proper authorities refuse, but the judge says the fines revert to Middlesex County. About $3000 was collected from hotel keepers and others convicted.
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Lowell
Judge Bond
Law Enforcement Association
Public
International Football Club of America Formed for England Trip
May 5 Fart River report notes $2000 deposited to cover expenses for an American football team’s England tour. The International Football Club of America is formed with President David Howarth Secretary Nethel Booth Treasurer Alfred Hanson and Corresponding Secretary John Crowther. Traveling and hotel costs will be guaranteed and applications for team spots will open soon.
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England
International Football Club of America
David Howarth
Nethel Booth
Alfred Hanson
John Crowther
Emperor William asserts sole rule at banquet speech
At a Düsseldorf banquet Emperor William proclaimed he would not deviate from his home policy and declared he is master in the country. The speech also affirmed satisfaction with the Austria treaty and challenged Prince Bismarck, with critics noting the remarks targeted at him.
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Dusseldor
Emperor William
Austria
Prince Bismarck
Trade relations with Canada discussed by Senate committee
Buf falo New York May 5 The Senate Committee on Trade Relations with Canada met at the Merchants' Exchange. Present were Senators Hoar Gray Dolph and Hale. Evidence covered malting coal lumber livestock and marine insurance. Testimony favored freer trade between the two nations. Another session was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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BufFa.o
N. Y
Senate Committee On
Canada
Merchants’ Exchange
Hoar
Gray
Dolph
Hale
Old Hutchof Chicago Arrives in Boston for Short Vacation
B P Hutchinson known as Old Hutch, a Chicago grain broker, reached Boston via the Boston and Albany railroad at 11 yesterday morning. He visited major grain houses in the afternoon, refused to speak to reporters, and told friends he is in Boston for pleasure and to spend a brief holiday at his childhood home in Salem.
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B. P. Hutchinson
Old Hutch
Chicago
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Saiem
English Lord James Douglas Dies by Own Hand in London
London May 5 Lord James Douglas brother of the Marquis of Queensberry cut his throat at noon today at the Euston Hotel. Born in 1855 and married in 1888 Mrs Hennessey of Kensington Court London identified as connected to the case.
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London
Lord James Douglas
Euston Hotel
Marquis of Queensberry
Hennessey
Kensington Court
Lonon
Death by Own Action on the Catalonia
Queenstown May 6 The Cunard steamer Catalonia returning from Boston reports that Sunday Robert Morton an insane second class passenger jumped overboard and was drowned.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Boston
Robert Morton
Long Champion of the Milton cup in harsh Irvington weather
Daniel Long won the all around Milton cup at Irvington Oval in cold conditions, edging P. J. Finneran by two points. Long was disqualified for running in the half mile walk, while Finneran did not enter. The meet showcased strong running by Finneran in hurdles and a tight finish in the 100 yards, with Long posting top marks in most events and near national standards.
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Boston Athletic Association
Irvington Oval
Daniel Long
P. J. Finneran
Long
Finneran
National Association
T. Richardson
P. Dr. Finneran
D. Long
Crane
Richardson
H. G. Otis
L. Tucker
G. W. Beals
Lincoln
Wood, Cornish and
Graham
Jinx Taylor
Curious Relics From Columbus Era Pose For Chicago Exhibit
James M. Seymour of Newark offers a Chicago World’s Fair display featuring a box once owned by Perez of the Pinta and a vast collection of ancient Latin books, Spanish swords, knightly implements, bullfighting irons, a centuries old holy water font, and a reliquary containing saints bones. The trunk and relics, handed down through generations, include a 1689 Bible and about fifty saint relics, valued by Seymour though not a Catholic himself.
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James M. Seymour
Nersey State
Newark
Chicago
Christopher Columbus
Mr. Seymour
Europe
Perez
America
Columbus
Spain
Seymours
Seymour
United States
Barcelona
Hughes
Gallant Boy Tries Elopement With 6-Year-Old
Christian Ruff a flaxen haired German boy about years old has loved a near neighbor six year old girl for almost a year They took a five dollar bill from his father dressed for church and eloped a day in Harlem They rode the park car on donkeys sailed on the lake ate ice cream and cake bought peanuts rode the elevated line till dusk Police arrested them Justice Welde discharged Christian after lecturing him and he promised never to be gallant again.
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New York Times
Christian Ruff
Eighth Avenue
Forty-ninth Street
McCue
Christian
Justice Welde
Harlem
The Inventor of the Bicycle Interred in Baden
Baron Dras, who died thirty years ago and claimed to be the bicycle inventor, was laid to rest at Carlsruhe with 400 bikers in uniform forming the funeral cortege. Remains moved to a resting place among Baden’s illustrious tombs as speeches praised the baron and criticized America for taking his idea.
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Berlin
Chicago
Baron Dras
Carlsruhe
Baden
America
Essex County Tennis League Organized With Officers
LatemM May 5 The Essex County Tennis League was organized with Charles H Preston of Danvers as president Marcus Morton Jr of Andover as vice president Nathan Poor of Peabody as secretary Nine clubs were represented A double tournament is planned in Andover on July 4 and singles at Peabody on Labor Day.
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Essex County Tennis League
Charles H. Preston
Danvers
Marcus Morton, Jr
Andover
Nathan Poor
Peabody
Clerk Allegedly Skips With $350 From Boston Office
Victor Menns, a clerk in the Boston office of the Eastern Automatic Machine Company, is alleged to have fled with about $350 belonging to the company.
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Victor Menns
Boston
Eastern Automatic Machine Company
The Eastern Investment Case Continues in Court
The cases of Meyer and Walker of the Eastern Investment Company were continued yesterday in the Municipal Criminal Court to May 22.
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Eastern Investment
Meyer and Walker
Eastern Investment Company
Municipal Criminal Court
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Tremonti Street
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Geo. E. Newcomb
Supreme Sec’ Y
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Kvem
Moston
C. P. Staples
Supreme Keeper of Records
Central St
Lowell, Mass
William Hamilton
Sup. Press
Boale'on Street
United States League
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Boston, Mass
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Circuit Court of the United States
Henry W. Williams
Milton
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