Champion's Side Casts Doubt on Murder Facts
Alfred Me Nov 1. Trial of George R Champion for the Goodwin farm murders in West Newfield includes medical testimony. Dr King of Portland described fire effects on bodies and the timing of wounds, while other physicians questioned the accident theory. Witnesses from Lynn and Boston placed Champion in Boston area in June, with loans and money exchanges noted. Chief Watts and Inspector McCausland detailed Champion's movements from Boston to Wakefield Somersworth and Milford, claiming attempts to avoid being a witness in a Poole assault case. Jurors heard Champion's defense claiming illness and financial arrangements, with witnesses testifying Champion suffered nosebleeds.
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Alfred
George R. Champion
Goodwin Farm
West Newfield
Alfred King
Portland
Misie “Horne
Fred Bertech
Charles A. Champion
Lynn
Mass
George Champlen
Boston
Somersworth
Poole
Thomas P. Hodgdon
John Anderson
South Union Station
John Flanagan
Heroic River
Chamion
Milford
Flanagan
Champion
William B. Watts
Itness
Goodwin Place
George Goodwin
Bertsch
Wakefield
Tinton
Roxbury
Farmington
Maine
Watts
N. H
Roxton
L. E. McCausland
Benjamin Cleaves
Cleaves
Welcome in Halifax to Idaho's Canadian contingent
The Idaho arrived in Halifax with hundreds of Canadian troops from the South Africa campaign. Delayed by Plier’s broken blades, the ship was greeted by cannon, steam whistles, and cheering sailors. Locals filled the waterfront as soldiers recalled St Helena and St Vincent stops.
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Halifax
Idaho
South Africa
Gohan
Citadel
Peoluring
St. Helena
Rmit
St. Vincent
Cape de Verde Islands
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
St. John
Canada
Chamberlain
Pianist Edwin Klahre Delights Steinert Hall Audience
Edwin Klahre of the New England Conservatory presented a piano recital at Steinert Hall last night. The programme featured Beethoven sonata op. 81 No. 2, Schumann Carnival op. 9, and works by Chopin Rubinstein and Liszt. His playing showed high technical command and was well received by a friendly audience.
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Edwin Klahre
New England Conservatory
Steinert Hall
Beethoven
Sonata
Schumann
Chopin
Rubinstein
Liszt
Kiahre
Heavy Coat Put On the South Station
The painting of the steel work of the Gouth station has been ended after five zones labor by forty men. They used thirty-one tons of areen and rad paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouth
REV Farris Explains Church Fundraising Controversy
The Reverend Benjamin W. Farris of St Pauls Baptist Church Camden and Tremont Streets explains a fundraising episode. He collected 5.01 dollars for a foreign missionary cause by placing donation boxes at church entrances and disclosing the plan publicly, stating he opened them after September 1 and found only one cent.
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Benjamin W. Farris
St. Paul's Baptist
Camden
Tremont Streets
Boston
Plainield
N. J
Charles L. Norris
Africa
Richdland
Sexton
Asbury Park
National Baptist Convention
Jordan
Threat of whipping saves child in well rescue
Mrs. Joseph Pecone at 4 Oakland Street Brighton faced her 3 year old son Johnnie in a 33 foot well. After ten minutes the boy cried for help as she dangled a rope. Pedlar Michael J. Long heard cries, descended with a second rope, and hauled the boy to safety.
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Joseph Pecone
Oakland Street
Brighton
Johnnie Pecone
Johnnie
Mrs. Pecone
Michael J. Long
Western Avenue
MISS WHITING DENIES BABISM CLAIMS IN ORIENTAL TALE
Boston author and newspaper correspondent Lilian Whiting returns from Europe to find a strange tale labeling her a Babist convert. She states she has never been in Syria, knows nothing of the Babists, and deplores the misrepresentation as opposite to her Trinity church beliefs. Whiting, a member of the Society for Psychical Research, says the story is unfounded and she seeks exoneration.
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Boston
Richard Bagley
East Sth Street
South
Deati
Ton
Europe
Syria
Jesus Christ
Earth
Rome
Naples
Miniscenet
Trinity
New York
Blanchard
Portland
Society For Psychical Research
Max Muller Funeral Attended by Royal and German Delegations
The funeral for Friedrich Max Muller corporate professor of comparative philology at Oxford University who died Oct. 28 was largely attended in Oxford England. Attendees included representatives of Queen Victoria and Emperor William of Germany who sent a wreath inscribed To My Dear Friend.
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Oxford
Eng
Friedrich Max Muller
Oxford University
Queen Victoria
William
Germany
Only mine idle in Lackawanna valley remains Forest colliery
The only mine idle in the Lackawanna valley is Forest colliery at Archbald with 700 workers. Strikers demand ton weight cut from 8200 to 2800 pounds before reopening. Negotiations progress to end eight months of trouble. Green Valley ridge Manville Nay Aug and Clark tunnel mines resumed today with minor, amicable adjustments.
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Scranton
Penn
Lackawanna Valley
Forest
Archbald
Green Valley Ridge
Manville
Nay Aug
Clark
Man pleads guilty in 1899 Worcester manslaughter
In Superior Court Hal Hollingsworth aged 18 pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the Oct 8 1899 killing of 14 year old Mertice Leonard in East Douglass. He was sentenced to not less than 12 nor more than 16 years in State Prison. He said he thought the girl and 20 year old John Redett were tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Superior Court
Hal Hollingsworth
Mertice Leonard
East Douglass
John Redett
Hearts Club Ball At Odd Fellows Hall
The Hearts Club fifth dancing party for Gilchrist & Co. female employees will be at Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening November 9. Proceeds go to the sick members fund. Arrangements aim for the most successful event yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hearts Club
Gilchrist & Co
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Diphtheria Closes Highland School After Fumigation
The Highland School in Revere remains closed after a Saturday fumigation as fifteen diphtheria cases are reported in the district, with several cases recently appearing.
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Revere
Highland School
Testimonial Concert and Dance in Bloomfield Hall Dorchester
A testimonial event for Mr. William Allerby was held last evening in Bloomfield Hall Dorchester. About 200 couples attended with managers D. J. Danahy D. L. Danahy W. B. McDonald J. J. McDonald and J. F. Murphy coordinating the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allerby
Bloomfield Hall
Dorchester
D. J
D. L. Danahy
J. J. McDonald
J. F. Murphy
Denny Named Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant-Inspector General
Governor Crane appoints Arthur B. Denny of Brookline to fill the vacancy left by Lt Colonel Richard H. Morgan. Denny, born in Auburndale, is a Boston school graduate and former lieutenant-commander of the Naval Brigade in 1893. He served in the navy May to September 1898 on the monitor Lehigh.
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Crane
Arthur B. Denny
Brookline
Richard H. Morgan
New Bedford
Auburndale
Boston
Naval Brigade
Navy
Lehigh
Annual Meeting of British Charitable Society at Parker House
In Parlor 7 at the Parker House last evening the British Charitable Society held its annual meeting. Reports from officers and committees were read and accepted, and officers for the coming year were elected, led by President Henry Squire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
British Charitable Society
Henry Squire
New British Cabinet Formed In London
The new British cabinet is announced with Queen approval. Key posts include Lord Salisbury as prime minister and lord privy seal, Lord Lansdowne foreign secretary, Mr. Brodrick war secretary, Earl Selborne first lord of the admiralty, and Mr. Ritchie home secretary. Significant reshuffles surprise many, with changes to Ireland, the duchy, and other high offices.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Privy Seal
Marquis of Lansdowne
William St. John Brodrick
Earl of Selborne
Admiralty
C. T. Ritchie
Home Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Lord Lansdowne
The
Treasury
Arthur Balfour
Colonial Office
Joseph Chamberlain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Home Department
Charles Ritchie
Board of Trade
India
Lord George Hamilton
Ireland
Marquis of Londonderry
Earl of Dudley
Jora High
Earl of Halsbury
Duke of Devonshire
Lord James'of
Hereoo
George Wyndham
Cretary
W. St. John Brodrick
Board ‘of Trade
Gerald William Balfour
Earl of Borne
Earl Selborne
Lord Cross
Lord James of
Hereford
Duchy of Lancaster
Ritchie
Jees
Ridley
Atl
Meeting Officers and a Boer War Address Highlight Meeting
The gathering elected officers including vice president Thomas T. Stokes treasurer Edwin Wilcock secretary Percy W. Carver auditor George Parsons chaplain the Rev J Wynne Jones physician Dr Robert Provan. An address by Charles W Farmer a former member of the Lord Roberts Imperial Corps describing the Boer War drew enthusiastic reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas T. Stokes
Edwin Wilcock
Percy W. Carver
George Parsons
J. Wynne Jones
Robert Provan
Charles W. Farmer
Lord Roberts Imperial Corps
General Wood Returns to Havana with Kanawha
General Leonar Wood sails the Loon boat Kanawha to Havana while Mrs. Wood stays in St. Augustine for a week or two. The departure is immediate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Havana
Leonar Wweee Ea Cohen
Colonel Lynch to Lecture on Boer Service Experiences
Colonel Arthur Lynch, formerly in command of the Second Irish Brigade, opens the John Boyle O'Reilly Read in Circle of Boston at St Alphonsus Hall Roxbury tonight. He discusses experiences of an officer in the Boer service, noting Boer resistance to British rule and unlikely acceptance of sovereignty. James Jeffery Roche presides. notices invite readers to a New Haven trip and Harvard Yale game plans.
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Arthur Lynch
John Boyle O'Reilly
Circle of
Boston
St. Alphonsus Hall
Mission Church
Roxbury
Lynch
R. James Jeffery Roche
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Max Muller
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