Cambridge Butcher Arrests Wife After Fatal Knife Wound
Mrs Musgrave died in Cambridge Hospital after a supposed accident in the dining room. Her husband Joseph Musgrave, a 22 year old local butcher, claims his wife slipped on a knife. Police and medical examiners weigh single versus multiple wounds and autopsy outcomes.
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Cambridge
Andrew H. Musgrave
Mary
Cambridge Hospital
Musgrave
Driver
Batchelder
Joe
McNulty
Life Sentence in Swampscott Assault Case
In the Superior Court Judge Bishon sentenced Samuel W. Connors of Lynn to life in Charlestown State Prison for criminally assaulting Mrs. Alice Butterick in Swampscott last November.
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Newburyport
Bishon
Samuel W. Connors
Lynn
Charlestown
Alice
Butterick
Swampscott
Police Captains Plan Testimonial for General Martin
Captains Brown and Irish lead a committee to present General A S P Martin with an elegant costly album containing portraits of Superintendent Eldridge, deputy superintendents, and all police captains. A specially made easy chair will accompany the gift. The presentation date will be announced at the next officers’ meeting.
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Brown
Irish
A. S P. Martin
Eldridge
General Martin
Newsboy Killed by Train Near Mansfield Junction
James Gorman, a railroad newsboy, was killed by a Boston bound train near the Mansfield junction today as he stepped from one moving train and did not notice another on the adjacent track. Deacon Calvin Hosmer, Everett’s longtime citizen, died at his home 496 Broadway last night at age 94.
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Mansfield
James Gorman
Boston
Calvin Hosmer
Everett
Broadway
Lavish Farewell Dinner Held by Mr and Mrs Bradley Martin
New York May 16 Tonight the Bradley Martins hosted a lavish farewell dinner at the Waldorf Astoria before departing for England. Only eighty guests attended including Senator Chauncey Depew and Mrs Kerrihan. The sixteenth-hour banquet featured an oval table, sweet peas and lilacs, orchestral music, a vaudeville interlude, and a Paris gown worn by Mrs Martin.
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New York
Bradley Martin
Waldorf Astoria
Bradley Martins
England
Guggenheimers
Nt. Townsend Burden
Gerry
Chauncey Depew
James P. Kernochan
Senator Depew
Kerrihan
Townsend Burden
Edwin T. Baynes
William Watts Sherman
Burke Roche
Frank Wetherbee
Adrian Iselin
Lucius K. Wilmerding
Julian T. Davies
Miss Davies
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Herman Oelrichs
Clarence H. MacKay
Stuyvesant Fish
Creighton Webb
Astor Gallery
Paris
English Excitement Over Transvaal Arrests Sparks War Fears
London observers react to news of eight British officers jailed in the Transvaal amid rumors of enlistment for a raid similar to Jameson. Kruger faces renewed English pressure as British officials weigh the cost of conquering the Transvaal and the risks to soldiers and treasure.
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London
Transvaal
England
Kruger
Great Britain
Paul
Kruger Faces Pressure as Transvaal Tensions Rise
The article notes growing British frustration with Kruger and ultimatums from Joseph Chamberlain, amid plans for a Cape to Cairo railroad route. It suggests impending risk of war if Britain presses a confrontation after arrests on high treason charges against Transvaal officers. Some speculate British intrigue behind the conspiracy.
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Transvaal
Kruger
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Cape
Cairo
Cecil Rhodes
Africa
Wkngland
Struger
Pretoria arrests signal suspected rebellion plot
A Pretoria despatch reports warrants issued by the State attorney and carried out at midnight. Four months of alleged planning tied to the South African league with about 2000 men enlisted. Prisoners were brought to Pretoria by special train and visited by the British diplomatic agent as a detective who joined the movement uncovered the plot. Secretary Chamberlain said no official word had reached him as MPs reacted with excitement.
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Kruger
Standard and Diggers’ News
Boers
London
Pretoria
South African League
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Transvaal
Eight officers arrested in Pretoria plot case
The Pretoria report lists eight officers including Captain Patterson Colonel Nicholls and Lt Tremlett among those arrested. Detected by detective Beaty, warrants were issued after four months of police work. The Transvaal executive met in secret to discuss the arrests as further warrants are expected.
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Pretoria
Patterson
The
Lancers
R. F. Nicholls
E. J. Tremlett
C.A. Ellis
Johannesburg
John Allen
Horse Artillery
Quartermaster Mitchell
J. Fries
R. P. Hooper
British South Africa Charter Company
Beaty
Transvaal
Natal
Orange Free States
Indian Ocean
Rebellion Enlistment Charge in Rand Arrests
Pretoria advices report that prisoners in Rand were secretly enlisting men for rebellion. An enlistment roster allegedly listed 2000 men and incriminating documents were found during arrests.
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Cape Town
Pretoria
Rand
Kruger Interviewed in Pretoria on British Officers
May 16. British agent Conyngham Greene met President Kruger and expressed regret that men in Queen's uniform led the movement. Kruger doubted the prisoners' British officer status until proven and said the affair should not block a planned meeting with Sir Alfred Milner.
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Pretoria
Conyngham Greene
Kruger
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
South Africa
Police Board Faces Shuffle and Talks of Rotation
Anxiety runs through police ranks over possible changes as Captain Cain may move from Hanover Street to headquarters or South End. Officials cite Adams as driving plans, while supporters push for rotation to give all captains town and country experience.
Plan to shift captains considered in police board plan
The new Board of Police will follow General Martins plan and rotate captains about every year to give every man a chance. Critics say captains may not know their districts well before moving. Captain Cain at Station 1 has long held a desk at Hanover Street while others have seen many changes.
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Board of Police
Martin
Cain
Cain Has Remained Undisturbed At Station 1
Hanover Street House
Second. aK iy 1 th. cans price list teaser
A catalog note offers 25 cent and 50 cent can sizes with express paid shipping to New England. Eight pounds in one or two pound cans priced to a $2.00 order. May price list available upon application.
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