Equitable Life Policy Highlights Forty Million Surplus
A newspaper blurb touts the guarantees of the Equitable Life Assurance Society noting a policy backed by forty million dollars of surplus. It contrasts a guarantee for a person worth a million with a larger guarantee for someone valued at forty million. The notice cites Equitable Life Assurance Society at 120 Broadway New York.
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Equitable
THE
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway, N. Y
Seven men caught shoplifting at Hanover Street fire sale
In Criminal Court yesterday seven sober individuals were arrested at the Raymond Syndicate fire sale on Hanover Street for attempted larceny. Floor walker Mr Wright prevented crime as defendants were halted before the sidewalk. Names given in court: Antonio Rosso Owen McGaffigan James McFee Henry Handsom Thomas Forsythe Maurice Larsen and Patrick McGaffigan.
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Raymond Syndicate
Hanover Street
Wright
Antonio Rosso
Owen McGaffigan
James McFee
Henry Handsom
Thomas Forsythe
Maurice Larsen
Patrick McGaffigan
Verdict Awarded $35 000 to Daly Against Lynn & Boston R R
Francis F Daly aged 15 from Roxbury won a $35 000 verdict yesterday in the first jury session before Judge Hopkins against the Lynn & Boston Railroad Co for injuries on Aug 5 1894. Daly lost a leg and has limited use of the other after being knocked from a car by conductor Charles Burlock on the running board. The defense claimed Daly and companions were playing on the car. Earlier a separate jury verdict awarded $16 000 to Thomas Thomas and wife for injuries caused by railroad servants.
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Francis F. Daly
Lynn & Boston Railroad Company
Hopkins
Daly
Parker Place
Roxbury
Charles Burlock
Thomas Thomas
Buffalo woman shoots lover in Cleveland double incident
Martha Maturen of Buffalo tracked down her lover David H. Lane a Cleveland shirt manufacturer. She shot Lane fatally and then wounded herself slightly in a failed suicide attempt after a confrontation in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Martha Maturen
Buffalo
David H. Lane
Lane
Ten Boston Carriers Suspended by Postal Inspectors
Ten Boston letter carriers were suspended by the Washington post office department special investigators. Charges range from talkative behavior on routes to entering saloons while delivering mail, with investigations covering Boston and surrounding areas.
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Boston
Washington Post Office Department
Contested List Will Taken Up By Judge Maynard
Judge Maynard hears a lengthy family docket from 11 to 4. most cases are uncontested and decrees nisi are granted. Notable matters include Mary Robinson seeking custody and alimony, Etta Plummer vs George F. over desertion, and Horace Blanchard vs Victorine Boudreau with reserved decision. Other couples face desertion and brutality claims with multiple decrees nisi expected after afternoon sessions.
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Maynard
Cupid
Mary Robinson
Mary
William
Etta M. Plummer
George F
Chelsea
Boston
Roxbury
George
Horace Blanchard
Victorine Boudreau
Horace
Minnie E. Richardson
John R
Lowell
John
Mary C. Bazin
Charles I. Bazin
Nannie
Attack on Union Seminary Admission Sparks Presbytery Meeting
At the May 11 meeting of the Presbytery of New York a lively debate focused on admitting and licensure of Henry W. Bainton, a Union Theological Seminary student, with opponents arguing the seminary’s instruction does not align with presbytery views.
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New York
Presbytery of
Henry W. Bainton
Union Theological Seminary
Ex Police Captain Sentenced for Cantlin Murder
In Buffalo New York on May 11 ex police captain Michael Samson was found guilty of murdering police sergeant Timothy Cantlin and sentenced by Judge Woodward to life imprisonment at Auburn Prisons.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Michael Samson
Timothy Cantlin
Woodward
Auburn
Washington
High Commission
Along the Water Front from Boston Harbor Notes
Reports from the Boston port detail a May 3 sighting of a Rosa Baker whaling brig with oil and ambergris off the Hatteras grounds. Other ships depart Progreso with hemp. an upright wreck end is spotted near Banes. Port exports rise year over year, Edison building honors, and a new London City steamer launches in Clyde.
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Belfast
Ixia
Boston
Pearn
Ely
Banes
Cuba
Edison Electonic Illuminating Company
Atlantic Avenue
Hubbard Reed
Linthouse
London City
Fuller
Jacob G. Neafie
Liverpool
Warren Line
Sachem
Samuel Walters
Stubbs
Richard Collins
Joseph Welch
Thomas Redmond
Charles Maguire
Oscar Dahlstrom
James Hayes
Gertrude
Thomas Murphy
Ireland
Gate City
James Maguire
Hudson Street
Iberia
Long Wharf
Roger Sears
Lewis
N. P
E. B. H. Mitchell
Walter Mitchell, Jr
Minnie Allen
Nellie Pervere
Colonel Samuel Tate
Lester W. Tate
Augustus W. Ericson
John Sullivan
Lewis Manton
John Goudy
Mary Goudy
Susanna Lagan
E. A. Black
Susanna de Sauza
Edith Englising
G. E. Harrison
Minerva
Atlantic Works
Florence
James Reid
Varuna
McMillan
Elevator Accident Injures James Sontar at Burke Rumsey Plant
James C Sontar a hand turn workman at the Burke Rumsey factory Blake street was badly jammed in an elevator. He was pinned between the wall and safety doors as the car rose. Workers removed the surrounding structure before he could be released and he was taken to the hospital.
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Lynn
James C. Sontar
Burke-Rumsey
Blake Street
Sontar
Boston Dispen sary ad promises permanent cures for blood and kidney diseases
A Boston notice from the Massachusetts Dispensary at No 9 Dover Street claims permanent cures for blood skin kidney and related diseases with a guaranteed outcome. It cites a Bright's disease case of an 18 month duration and notes overall patient improvement and ongoing case updates.
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Massachusetts Dispensary
Dover St
Boston
Bright
Pulitzer Interview Probes Venezuela Cuba Policy
London Chronicle prints longest interview with Joseph Pulitzer owner of the New York World. Pulitzer traces 1884 Blaine clash with anti British polemics, explains Cuba sympathy, forecasting McKinley candidacy and potential Democratic victory if Cleveland supports free Cuba and reform. Chronicle notes read as European and American impact. St James's Gazette reacts skeptically.
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England
America
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Cleveland
Venezuela
Cuba
Pulitzer
McKinley
United States
Cleveland
Democratic Party
the Chronicle
Joseph Pulitzer
Europe
New York
St. James’s Gazette
Fleming's Double Trial Begins For Murder Case
New York May 11 Mrs Mary Alice Fleming faces trial on poisoning charges against her mother Evelyna Bliss before Recorder Golf. Jury selection underway with experts expected to play a key role. a mix up led to the defendant sitting among spectators before being brought to the bar.
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New York
Mary Alice Fleming
Evelyna M. Bliss
Recorder Golf
Carlyle W. Harris
Helen Potts
McIntyre
Fleming
Samuel Jenness freed in Boston Municipal Court
Samuel Jenness and Lena Tracey, living as man and wife at 32 Stamford Street Boston, had a quarrel leading to Lena’s assault charge against him. Lena claimed a divorce from a Montpelier Vermont husband four years prior. Jenness ran a cafe at Leverett and Lyman streets. Judge Hardy discharged Jenness after evidence showed Lena attacked him and he was bloodied in the incident. Lena was restrained as Jenness left the courtroom.
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Samuel Jenness
Lena Tracey
Hardy
Lena
Montpelier
Samuel
Stamford Street
Boston
Jenness
Leverett and
Lyman Streets
Aqueduct Work Resumes in West Berlin Shafts
Nashua aqueduct work restarts in all West Berlin shafts after a brief halt due to a broken compressor. Striking colored workers have been replaced as contractors received many applicants. Night and day labor continues. Shafts 3 and 4 report water springs issues.
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West Berlin
Nashua
End of Newark Carpenters Strike Reaches Settlement
The Newark carpenters' strike ends in a settlement. About 1200 workers will return to jobs tomorrow. Wages set at 2.50 dollars per day until August 1 and 2.75 dollars thereafter with eight hour Saturdays. The men originally demanded 2.75 per day with a uniform scale.
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Newark
N. J
Byrne Sues Towle and Meigs Over Elevated Railroad Deal
Samuel J. Byrne of Winthrop sues George H. Towle attorney for the Meigs company and Joe V. Meigs inventor for 50000 damages, claiming a March 1894 contract to help obtain a charter for an elevated railroad and promised stock in the ventures. Attachments seek funds from Kidder Peabody partners to satisfy potential claims. Gargan, a subway commissioner, represents Byrne.
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Samuel J. Byrne
Winthrop
George H. Towle
Meigs Company
Joe V. Meigs
Mr. Byrne
Messrs
Elevated
Boston Elevated Street Railway
Meigs Elevated Railway
Francis H. Peabody
Robert Winsor
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Towle
Meigs
Gargan
Keating
Byrne
Lynn man held for cruelty to stepson burns with hot poker
Clyde J. Hyde, a night operator at the West Lynn signal tower, is under arrest for alleged cruelty to his five year old stepson. Hyde and his wife admitted burning the boy as punishment after he threw stones. Hyde to appear before Judge Berry in Lynn Police Court.
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Lynn
Clyde J. Hyde
Hyde
West Lynn
Boston & Maine
Harold
Astor Street
Hyde House
Noyes
Berry
Two burglars sentenced in Superior Court by Judge Richardson
Delia Brown drew two years in Sherborn womens prison after pleading guilty to burglary for stealing $175 worth of wearing apparel from Echel Herman on Wee, 27 last. Michael Flaherty received three to six years at State Prison for burglary on John Andersons house on Gold Street South Boston, taking two watches and two chains valued at $19. Richardson also sentenced Richard S. Toy to one year for breaking and entering and multiple others to reforms or corrections for assault, forgery, vagrancy, and related offenses.
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Delia Brown
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
Sherborn
Wee
Echel Herman
Michael Flaherty
John Anderson
Gold Street
Boston
Richard
Toy
House of Correction
H. &. Adams
Ananias Page
Massachusetts Reformatory
Joseph Marley
Jeremiah Sullivan
Charles E. Bass
James Riley
House of Industry
Thomas Griffin
Daniel Doherty
George Ware
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Raymond
Lynn & Boston
R. R
Meriden, Conn
Susan Rosenbault
C. J. Rosenbault
New York Sun
Parsons
I. S. Johnson & CO
Mass
Thave Atso
Fecrrs
Doxbury Bicycle Club
BON & CO
Custom House &T
Judge Maynard Hears
Thomas F. Downey
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Katherine A. Downey
Mary L. Quinn
Thomas Quinn
William Sawyer
Dwight Street
Ella K. West
Harold R. West
H. C. Albee
Hattie C
Fairhaven
Maurice Clark
Rosa M. Clark
Union Seminary
London
Chronicle
New York World
Henry Norman
Norman
Campden Hill
Blaine
Republican Party
Great Britain
Germany
France
Crimea
Mrs. Fleming
Amonz
Fall River
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Catalonia
Sterkens
B. Balfour
Amy Cook
B. Dana
Harriett Fowles
David Low
L. P. Low
G. W. Mortimer
A. Miller
A. H. Miller
G. B. Miller
G. Madden
C. H. Madden
Henry Norwell
Maggie White
New Orleans
Edward Conery, Jr
Independent Oil Company
Amesbury
Arthur Pellerin
Second
Japan
Berlin
Bundesrath
American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornhill
Ralph
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Arvidson—Ohlson
George L. Small
Charles Arvidson
Hanna Ohlson
Cook
Emily W
James M. Cook
Sullivan
Dennis P. Sullivan
J. H. Wiener
Hawthorne Cottage
Harvard Avenue
Allston
Flowers
J.newman & Sons
Tremont ST
HILL
Hill Medicine CO
Lewark City
J. H. Bayrs
M. J. Collins & Co
Kilby St
Did Crosby,m
G. H. Towle
C. J. Hyde of
Richardson James Riley
James
Riley
Mr. Riley
Ilondon
Church of England
House of Lords
Walt
Bill Nye
Greeington St
James Mitchell
Merrimac Street
T. Metcalf CO
Copley Sq
Metcalf
Coca Wine
Chesmcal Calibur
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