Slippery Chap O'Brien Captured, Then Escapes Again
Thomas O'Brien, known as the Bunco Man, was arrested leaving the steamer Marseilles at Havre but slipped away before confinement. French and British police traced him to Gravesend and Scotland Yard ships, with alerts issued across France and England as authorities pursue the elusive fugitive.
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Lonxon
Thomas O’brien
Bunco
England
New York
Havre
Marseilles
New Orleans
United States
O’brien
Scotland Yard
France
Great Britain
Bordeaux
South America
London
Gravesend
Dover
United Kingdom
Roberts
Nowland
Ebre
Bank Manager Arrested for Embezzling at St Gall Branch
Brune May 23 Herr Schenck manager of the St Gall branch of the Federal Bank has been arrested for embezzling at least 1 000 000 francs and likely 3 500 000 over several years. He kept false records and his disposition of funds remains unknown. A pious Protestant active in charity and municipal affairs, he reportedly planned to flee to the United States with plunder as the bank’s reserve was depleted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenck
United States
Musicale in Steinert Hall by Misses Orth pupils
An attractive Steinert Hall concert last night featured pupils of Misses Sybilla and Louise E Orth. A large audience heard a fine program with participants including Miss Parker, Miss Young, Miss Johnson, Miss Sewall, Miss Linda Corey, Miss Elsie Lincoln, Miss Cora E Nettles, Miss I A Shappleigh, Miss Gutter, Miss Bean, Miss Bessie Wood, and Miss M E Wilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinert Hall
Sybilla
Louise E. Orth
Goth
Miss Parker
Miss Young
Johnson
Sewall
Linda Corey
Elsie Lincoln
Cora E. Nettles
I. A. Shapleigh
Lincoln Celebrates 150th Anniversary and Town Hall Dedication
Lincoln notes the 150th anniversary of the town and dedication of the new town hall built by the late George F. Bemis estate. Thursday events will include speeches led by Hon. George I with Governor Russell Dr. William Everett and Hon. F. E. Quincy Smith among speakers.
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Lincoln
George F. Bemis
George I
Russell
William Everett
FE. Quincey Smith
Halifax Steamer Detained by Fog as Fish Runs Reported
Halifax Nova Scotia May 23 Aboard the steamer Halifax arriving from Boston fog delays the voyage Captain Hill notes large schools of mackerel from Lockeport toward Sambro A Lockeport dispatch reports the Gloucester schooner Nellie Rowe ashore and likely wrecked
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Halifax
N. S
Boston
Hill
Lockeport
Sambro
Nellie Rowe
Vermont Copper Case Ended in Receiver's Decree
Final hearing before Judge Rowell at White River Junction ended the Goddard and Caszin suit against Vermont Copper Mining Company along with twenty other suits dating to 1882. The decree orders distribution of funds from the mine sale held by the receiver, totaling $40,000 to claimants.
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Waterscry
Rowell
White River Junction
Goddard & Caszin
Vermont Copper Mining Company
Lockout Near End in Cape Ann Granite Industry
News from the New England Granite Manufacturers' Association reports the Cape Ann Company has decided to end the lockout. Secretary James Grant announced the move, saying it favors the union and suggests most workers will soon return. Town members rejoiced at the potential resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Cape Ann Company
James Grant
Granite Cutters
Grant
Gloucester
Settlement Denied in Cape Ann Quarry Labor Dispute
Gloucester May 28. Reports claim a settlement with locked out granite workers on Cape Ann. Office inquiries deny any settlement at Cape Ann or Pigeon Cove quarries. An agent cited hope for settlement soon but gave no terms. Workers support bishops Bishops Brooks and Williams as potential New England arbiters. A large number remain at Bay View Lanesville and Pigeon Coverdle with no incident so far.
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Gloucester
Cape Ann
Lanesville Companies
Pigeon Cove
Bishops Brooks
Williams
New
Granite workers strike probe eyed as conspiracy claim
A New York delegation of granite workers asks District Attorney Nicoll to consider criminal conspiracy by the New England Granite Manufacturers Association for price control and worker lockouts. Nicoll did not decide but suggested that provable facts could show conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Granite Workers
Nicoll
New England Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Unchanged Lockout Situation At Barre Vermont
Barre Vermont May 23 The lockout remains unchanged as strikers read newspaper reports from other places. Manufacturers reportedly await a proposition from the local union while dealers say the trouble began there. Cutters say they offered a six month notice from May 1, but the dealers gave no reply. Avenue House reportedly to close due to the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
Avenue House
STREET CAR MEN STRIKE IN YOUNETOWN CO MAY 23
Street car workers in Younetown, Colorado, walked out this morning, halting all services as conductors and motor men demanded a 24 cent daily raise two weeks ago, which was denied. The National Federation of Labor supports the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younestown, CO
National Federation of Labor
Protection debate runs through London federation meet
ECHOES OF SALISBURY May 23 London branch Imperial Federation League met with protection speeches. Sir Charles Tupper Canadian high commissioner argued free trade harmed Canada and urged incidental taxation to maintain ties with Britain. Cobden’s theory challenged as fallacious. Canada could match US food exports. Mr Beckett supported taxing rival imports from the United States to appease Canada.
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London
Imperial Federation League
Charles Tupper
England
Canada
Great Britain
Cobden
Sir Charles
United States
Beckett
Lord Salisbury
Illinois gets him in historic university change
Philadelphia May 23 John Bach Mc Master eminent historian professor of history at the Wharton School of Finance University of Pennsylvania has been offered the presidency of the State University of Illinois and will probably accept The salary is said to be 10000 dollars annually
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Bach McMaster
Wharton School of Finance
University of Pennsylvania
State Universitylinois
Smallpox Suspected at Palmer House in Chicago
Curiaco May 23. A possible smallpox case was found at the Palmer House. Patient is T. S. Meek, a Philadelphia traveling salesman. He was moved to the pest house tonight. The room was fumigated and exposed individuals vaccinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Palmer House
T. S. Meek
Philadelphia
Trench Collapse Buries Soldiers Near Paris Fort Aubervilliers
At Fort Aubervilliers five miles north of Paris a trench wall collapsed during artillery practice. Four soldiers were buried under the earth and the fate of the fifth was reported uncertain as rescue efforts continued.
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Paris
Fort Aubervilliers
Soncett
Unity Church to Call Rev Bradley Gilman as Pastor
Springfield May 23 The Church of the Unity votes to call Rev Bradley Gilman of Concord New York to succeed Rev John Cuckson who moved to Boston Gilman preached Sunday The salary offered is 3300 dollars and the parsonage usage included
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Cuckson
Springfield
Church of the Unity
Bradley Gilman
Concord
N. Y
John Cuckson
Boston
Gilman
Finley Appointed General Traffic Manager of Great Northern
St. Paul Minn May 28 an official circular announces W W Finley former chairman of the Western Passenger Association as the new general traffic manager of the Great Northern railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paca, Minn
W. W. Finley
Western Passenger Association
Great Northern Railway
Secretary Blaine in New York for eye treatment and family visit
Secretary Blaine arrived in New York from Washington to consult a specialist on an eye condition and visit his granddaughter. He denied any political motive in the trip, saying he would be away only a couple of days and appeared in good health to reporters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blaine
New York
Harrison
Minneapolis
Clarkson
Empowe
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Blaine
Drunken Barracks Fight At Londonderry Grows Bloody
A May 23 quarrel at Londonderry barracks escalated into a fierce melee with fists stones and belt buckles injuring many men. Officers failed to halt the clash as a large crowd watched the high tension fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupin
Londonderry
Wills Deed Leaves £300 to Miss Rounsevill
Melbourne report notes two wills from the same testator. The first leaves £300 to Miss Rounsevill while the second disinherits her and upbraids her, creating a disputed testament scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Strikers Hopeful After Granite Union Meeting
In New York a Granite Catters Union meeting with 200 members discussed the lock-out and the granite combine. Reports said demands continued, signs pointed to weakening, and Cape Ann quarries acceded to stone handlers’ demands. Granite from Friendship Maine and Pleasant Hill quarries was released for use in Brooklyn projects including the Grant monument and Prospect Park memorial arch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Granite Catters’ Union
Dye
Granite Cutters’ Union of the
United States
Cape Ann
Friendship
Pleasant Hill
Grant Monument
Memorial Arch
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Furious Wife Slays Woman in Rue du Rocher Tragedy
Paris dispatch reports Mme Reymond, 24, shot and stabbed Laftimenne Delaporte, niece of Jean Casimir-Perier, after discovering her husband with the deputy’s wife. Reymond surrendered to police. Delaporte dies from multiple stab wounds. Delaporte had been an intimate friend of Reymond’s husband’s wife who separated.
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Paris
the Figaro
Rue du Rocher
Reymond
Laftimenne Delaporte
Jean Casimir-Perier
Mme. Reymond
Mme. Delaporte
Row Among Strikers At Portsmouth Water Works
Eight non union boiler makers under Charles Hurley of Manchester started a standpipe project for Portsmouth water works. State Delegate Michael Breen and Boiler Makers Union No. 10 representatives urged a strike. Hurley and a delegate fought on Deer street. Hurley was bruised and Breen held at police station overnight.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Hurley
Manchester
John Lynch
Boston
Michael Breen
Union No. 10
Hurley
Deer Street
Hurey
Breen
Durham Deadlock Forces New Miners Protest Turn
The Durham Miners Federation issues a manifesto condemning failed talks with masters and an impending struggle. It blames the masters for the deadlock and urges nonviolence while appealing for subscriptions amid masters’ refusal of a 10 percent wage advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Durham Miners’ Federation
Democratic Convention at Kent Club Yale Law School
New Haven May 23 The Kent Club a Yale Law School debating society held a lively Democratic convention. On the first ballot Cleveland led with 12 votes followed by Grey 6 Gorman 4 Hill 5 Flower 2 Whitney 1. After several ballots the totals remained similar until the fifth and sixth ballots Cleveland stood 14 against German 138. Cleveland supporters began to weaken fearing a stampede. attempts to adjourn failed, gas was turned off and the meeting ended in confusion.
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New Haven
Kent Club
Yale Law School
Cleveland
Hill
Flower
Gorman
Grey
Whitney
Hey
Earthquake Shakes Indianapolis Short Duration No Damage Noted
Indianapolis felt a distinct quake at 9:86 this evening lasting about five seconds. No damage was reported as yet, according to local observers. The tremor was centered near Indianapolis and caused momentary alarm among residents. Police and officials cautioned residents to report any further activity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Notable Alabama figures in potential duel after past insult
Canttanooca Tennessee May 23 two years ago H M Somerville then Alabama Supreme Court associate justice and New York Court of Customs chairman sent an insulting note to Professor W H Verner of Tuscaloosa College. They met today in a Tuscaloosa newspaper office. A fight followed but was stopped and a pistol duel is likely. Both men are prominent in Alabama and considered fighting men. Precautions are being taken to prevent a confrontation.
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Canttanooca
Tenn
H. M. Somerville
Aha Supreme Court
New York Court of Customs
W. H. Verner
Tuscaloosa College
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Aldermen approve water works loan and fill vacancy on board
In Wauham on May 23 the aldermen adjourned session adopted a $10,000 water works extension appropriation and authorized the finance committee to negotiate a loan for that amount. G. H. Willard was elected to the Board of Street Commissioners to fill the vacancy from Hiram Weeks resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauham
Committee On Finance
G. H. Willard
Board of Street Commissioners
Hiram Weeks
Monitor collision injures six on Hudson River railroad
A monitor engine on the Hudson River railroad collided with another engine six miles south of PoucuHKeEepsix New York today. Six persons were injured including Mr. Thompson superintendent of bridge construction and his son and Roadmaster Otis. The injuries are not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poucuhkeeepsix
N. Y
Hudson River Railroad
Thompson
Otis
Prince Albert Quarantined After Yellow Fever Found Aboard
The bark Prince Albert arriving from Rio Janeiro to this port is reported at Grosse Isle with yellow fever aboard. The mate died May 3 and was buried at sea. Three sailors are now laid up with the fever. The vessel has been quarantined and will be disinfected.
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Quebec
Rio Janeiro
Grosse Isle
Prince Albert
Canada and Newfoundland Reach Tariff Agreement
Reports state the Canadian and Newfoundland governments have agreed on tariff policy and a London conference will be convened soon to frame a commercial treaty. Imperial Colonial Secretary Lord Knutsford is expected to attend.
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London
Newfoundland
Lord Knutsford
A Nebraska Retailer Falls to Creditors
Fremont Nebraska May 23 The Fremont Department Store was closed by creditors this evening Liabilities total 70000 dollars.
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Fremont, Neb
Fremont
Destructive Spokane Flour Mills Fire Reported
PorTLAND Oregon May 23 It is reported a disastrous fire rages at Spokane in the flouring mills district with wide spread smoke and flames damaging several structures and prompting emergency responses from local units.
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Portland
Ore
Spokane
Flouring Mills
Morrison Emerges as Southern Favorite for Democratic Nomination
Colonel William R. Morrison, head of the Interstate Commerce Commission, moves to the front as a likely presidential candidate. Illinois delegates are pledged to a unit vote and may favor Morrison over Palmer, with several Southern states anticipated to back him if his name reaches the national convention. Morrison’s allies tout his tariff reform leadership and military record.
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Chicago
William R. Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Federal House
Democratic State Committee
Illinois
Palmer
Morrison
Senator Palmer
Cleveland
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Kentucky
Solid South
Brenton
New York cider mills and their rise in the industry
A descriptive look at New York State cider mills near Long Island and Hudson Valley, detailing picturesque rural scenes, the shift from family mills to large capital driven industry, and the global reach of New York cider. It notes the decline of small mills, the rise of modern machinery, and the sorting of apples for market and for cider.
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Long Island
New York
New York State
New Jersey
Connecticut
Hudson
South America
Europe
Mexicans and Indians Fight Near Los Pilros
Telegram from Hermosillo reports a clash between government troops and Yaqui Indians near Los Pilros on May 17 resulting in seven Mexican privates killed and two officers wounded.
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Pitanix
Ark
Hermosillo
Mex
Los Pilros
A Sportsman's Ideal of Alaska Wildlife and Hunting Trails
The piece extols Alaska beyond the fur seal image, detailing bird life across Pribilof and St George islands, St Matthew's, Aleutian peaks, and Arctic coasts. It highlights murres, gulls, terns, eider ducks, emperor geese, red phalarope, ptarmigan, and other species, noting hunting opportunities and the grandeur of mountains, cliffs, and tidal flats. The account blends natural history with the sportsman's pursuit, emphasizing access, seasonal movements, and cultural notes on natives’ drives and bird behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Alaska
Aleutian Archipelago
Behring Sea
Arctic Ocean
St George Island
Pribylov
Pribyiov
St. Matthew’s Island
St. Matthew’s
Arctic Circle
Jane 1
Aleutian
America
Aleutian Islands
Hall’s Island
Guests of the Ancients Plan June Parade Escort Visit
Captain J Henry Taylor presided at a large Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts meeting last night arranging a parade on the first Monday in June The company will receive the Troy Citizens Corps at Fitchburg railroad station on Saturday June 4 at 6 pm and escort them to the American House Tuesday the Ancients with the Troy Citizens Corps as guests will have a harbor excursion and dine at Nantasket
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J. Henry Taylor
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
Lrov Citizens Corps
Fitchburg
Ancients
Troy Citizens Corps
Nantasket
Robies Celebrate Golden Fiftieth Anniversary in Dorchester
Fifty years after John Robie and Ruth Rider wed in Dorchester, the couple observed their golden anniversary at home at Sanford and Temple Streets. Nearly 200 guests gathered as Mr and Mrs Robie, among close friends, marked the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robie
Ruth Rider
Dorchester
Sanford and
Temple Streets
Mr Rolie
Engraving Offer for POST Subscribers
The notice details exchanging thirty coupons for an engraving valued at several dollars. Present coupons at the POST office or mail eight cents to receive the engraving, with four month subscribers entitled to advance engraving and additional copies on coupon presentation. Four month POST subscription costs $1. Begin today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
Public bequests listed in wills probated at Latem May 23
Public bequests were probated today. Martha Dole of Georgetown leaves the residue of her estate in equal shares to the A B C F M the American Missionary Association and the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society after disposing of real property in Rowley. Abby Squiers of Amesbury leaves 400 to the Amesbury Society of Friends and 100 to the Amesbury Salisbury Female Charitable Society, with the residue to the Friends travelling ministry. Elbridge Kent leaves 500 to the Baptist Society of oo to take effect on his wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Dole
Georgetown
Rowley
American Missionary Association
Massachusetts Home Missionary Society
Abby Squiers
Amesbury
Amesbury Society of Friends
Salisbury
Friends
Elbridge Kent
Baptist Society of Oo
Husband in the Way at Beruin Elopement and Attempted Murder
Ex inspector Holtze and his partner Mrs Braune planned to kill Herr Braune to seize his wealth. They entered Braune's room, looped a rope around his neck, and strangled him as he slept but Braune fought back and escaped. The duo fled with 15,000 marks, were arrested after leaving clues, and deny killing him while admitting elopement. Braune to pursue murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beruin
Polica Holtze
Rixdorf
Herr Sraune
Herr Braune
Braune
Holtze
Flood Sufferers Face Widespread Destruction in Arkansas
May 23 report from Pint Buurr Arkansas notes destitution between Juttle Rock and river mouth. thousands of refugees fill the city and vicinity. cotton crop along the river ruined. government boat C. B. Reese aided 1500 people. two men drowned. Auburn flooded after Brunson levee break. river fell two inches today. St Louis observers say river falls nearly an inch per hour. North St Louis lumber and railroad damages total at least 125000, potentially 150000. five foot fall required before lumber operations resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
North St. Louis
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