Court confirms grave opening in Portland heirship case
London reports the Court of Appeals upheld a probate order to open the grave of Thomas Druce, the Portland heirship claim centers on whether he was the same person as Thomas Cruce. If a sailor son is found, he would inherit Portland titles and estates, reshaping the line of succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Court of Apeals
Anna Maria Cruce
Thomas Druce
Baker Street
Duke of Portland
Portland
Coldstream Guards
Thomas CC. Cruce
Druce
Cruce
Wife Pawned His Pants Seeks Separation in New York
John J. M. Phelan, a New York policeman, faced a domestic upheaval when his wife Elizabeth allegedly pawned his trousers and alarm clock after a quarrel. He located new pants via a neighbor and engaged Lawyers Greenthal and Greenthal to sue for separation.
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New York
John J. M. Phelan
Elizabeth
Phelan
Greenthal & Greenthal
Imposter Dr Porter Trap Surfaces in New York Romance
A 19 year old woman, Elizabeth Claire Loughran, reveals her husband William E. Harvey, once an orderly at Roosevelt Hospital, was not Dr Peter Paul Porter but a deceiver. She married him Oct 2 after meeting him in the operating room. Harvey, already married to Anne Harvey, went to Asheville for his father’s funeral. accusations of duplicity ensued and he was later arrested after new meetings with both women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Claire Loughran
Peter Penl Porter
William E. Harvey
Roosevelt Hospital
Peter Paul Porter
Harvey
Anne Harvey
Two women seek death after jilted engagements in New York
Annie Grant about 22, a waitress, tried to kill herself with carbolic acid after being told by her fiancé Parker he would not marry her. She drank the poison near West Twelfth Street and is hospital bound at St. Vincent's. Minnie Farrell, a widow with an eight year old daughter, followed the same fate after a quarrel with her fiancé John Reilly. she lies in agony in her kitchen, expected to survive.
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New York
Annie Grant
West Twelfth Street
Parker
Eighth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Twelfth Street
Annie
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Minnie Farrell
Josephine
Farrell
John Reilly
Meeting of General Michael Corcoran Political Club Executive Committee
An executive committee meeting at headquarters 616 Washington street discussed candidates from all parties. The independent club opposes incumbents voting for monopoly and against the people. They voted to refer the matter to the regular meeting next Sunday for final action.
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General
Michael Corcoran
Washington Street
Old Doctors and Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Claim
An old time physician lacked modern germ killers whereas today Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is touted as a medicine that kills typhoid germs. The ad urges mixing a tablespoonful in water and notes government recognition as a medicine with proprietary stamp on the bottle.
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Duffy
Italian Anarchist Lu cheni Faces Life Imprisonment Trial
Genova Nov 3 Lu cheni the Italian anarchist who assassinated the Empress of Austria faced trial at the Assize Court today. His vanity and desire for notoriety drive his claim to martyrdom, while Swiss law ensures life imprisonment with no speech to others, likely at St Antoine. He grew up in Parma amid hardship and hunger as the case unfolds.
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GENEV
Lucheni
Austria
Assize Court
Luchent
Switzerland
St. Antoine
Geneva
Parma
Luceni
Major A H Appel Rebuts Starvation Accusations
New York November 3 Major A H Appel surgeon U S A formerly in charge of the hospital ship Olivette defends his record on Lieutenant William Tiffany First United States Volunteer Cavalry stating Tiffany was a convalescent from malaria not bedridden and that the Olivette supplied abundant wholesome food and drinks. He notes Tiffany’s improved condition aboard and cautions moderation upon return home before Tiffany died at the Parker House Boston.
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New York
A. H. Appel
Olivette
William Tiffany
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Boston
Tiffany
Lieutenant Tiffany
United States
Fernandina
Parker House
Exports Grow as Commerce Surges in 1898 Nine Months
The Treasury report shows exports exceed imports by over 100 million dollars in the nine months to Sept 30 1898, with exports nearly doubling 1888 levels. Manufacturing and agricultural products rise sharply, while mineral and forest exports also climb, signaling broad economic prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
OR Ee
Bureau
Harvard Night at the Museum for Jack and the Beanstalk
Boston Museum hosts Harvard night on Saturday with coaches and trainers securing seats and boxes for the performance. The theatre will be decorated and many of the Pennsylvania men are expected to attend the event.
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Boston Museum
Pennsylvania
Bowdoin Square
Shore Acres
Boston Theatre
Park Theatre
Harvard
Nellie Lynch
Miss Muffet
Museum
Mr. Kelly
Castle Square
Old Kentucky
Columbia
Clifford and
Huth
Magee
Paris
Grand Opera House
Alexander Clark
Ebenezer
Peter Maher
Big
Palace Theatre
Maher
Mattie Boorum
Austin & Stone
From rags to anarchist through Empress Elizabeth's era
A destitute Italian child grows into a three and a half year army veteran and later a valet. He embraces Anarchy after leaving service, recalling a stark contrast with Empress Elizabeth. The Empress is assassinated by Luchent who hid behind a tree and stabbed her in the left breast at about 2 PM on September 10, and was arrested minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Prince of Dragon
Empress Elizabeth
Budapest
Elizabeth
Austria
Luchent
Blind Man’s Gallant Exchange In Courtroom Snippet
A courtroom fragment shows Miss Anteague reacting to a blind man who claims to sense her passing by the lightness of her tread. He offers money, says the lie was for gallantry, and the judge comments on the exchange in a light, period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Anteague
Shipping News and Almanac Notes on Arrivals and Trade
Shipping notices list the steamers and schooners arriving and clearing with cargoes and passengers, including Poston Stanwood and City of Bangor, and vessels bound for London Norfolk and New York. The text also cites nine month trade totals for cotton cloths, bar iron and other manufactures, with rising exports and imports from 1888 to 1898.
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Poston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
John G. Hall & Co
Orion, Smith
Newport News
J. I. Merry
Raritan
Ringleader
Maverick
Rubedli
Philadelphia
QO. Co
Lancaster
Taylor
Alaska
City of Bangor
Ingraham
Bangor
Portland
Blanchard
Cape Ann
Godfrey
City of Gloucester
Ober
Gloucester
Samuel Dillaway
Smith
Perth Amboy
Wiliam
Herrick
Kelly
Weehawken
Ira D. Sturgis
Kerrigan
Hoboken
Lygonia
Thurston
New York
Fannie Hodgkins
Coffin
Wiscasset
William H. Archer
Rich
Kate L. Pray
Brown
Mt. Desert
George Rt. Bradford
Littlefield
Lanesville
Mass
Robert A. Packer
McGoldrick
Perth
Aimboy
Boston
Baronet
Piscataqua
Perkins
Portsmouth
N. H
Listed Civil Court Case Docket Across Sessions
A long civil court docket enumerates dozens of cases in multiple sessions. Names include Walton, Boster, Campbell, Brown, Durgin, Palladine, Paine, McAllister, Damalis, Vena, Gannini, Basin, Hilton, Miller, Cornish, West End R R, Boston Gas Light Co, Shattuck, Revere, Compton, Derick, Baldwin, and others. The list spans jury and session designations with defendants plaintiffs and venues, including Middlesex county and Cambridge.
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Walton
Boster & Me
R. R
Campbell
Brown
Durgin
Kaufman
Boston Gas L. Co
Jones
Shattuck
Cilley
West End R. R
Same
Howard
Lynn & R. R. R
Thomas
West End
Creevin
Lynn & Boston R. R
Hartigan
Boston Gas Light Co
Farrington
Hopwood
Rising Sun
L. Co
Tuckey
Perkins
Darby
Eastman
Didot
N. Y
Mooney
Boston & Maine
White
Lynn & B. KR
Walsh
Boston & Me
Fl. R
Burkhardt
Gillis
Fielding
Reott
Marstera
Rh. R
Stealey
Graham
Miller
Met. Cons. Co
Johnson
Taber
Martwell
Maxwell
Soule
Norcross
Montgomery
Bunnell
Driller
Rudnick
Rogers
Snow
McDermott
Gordon
Force
Buck
Fitzgerald
Grueby
Courtney
Jackson
Oxton
Olson
Diamond
Finn
Tuttle
Folsom
Sheldon
Morton
Chesley
Hollins
Holland
Bkag—Wilder
Berwin
Milton
Cohen
Gage
Little
Bennett
Rockwell
Everett
Slater
Stons
McCluskey
Jewett Lumber Co
Torne
Connery
Romans
Parry
Maplewood Building Ass'n
Porter
Kimball Bros. Co
Usher
Maynard
Manchester National Bank
Livingstone
McCarthy
Stuart
Moors
Clark
Gargano
Horgan
Rice
Muzzey
McLaren
Wilton
Sames
Smith
Superior Court
Middlesex
Cambridge
Hardy
Alvah B. Currier
Fraternal Accident Association of America
G. L. Mayberry
T. F. Carey
Plaintily Bros
Edward B. Kelly
Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Company
Richardson and
Main Streets
Wakefield
Moran & Moran
Myrick & Brackett and
J. Elder
Young
Sacks
Fay
Burnap
Carruth
K*lannagan
Indendent Ice Co
Chapman
City of
Newton
Theatrical Doings in Boston Stage Scene This Week
Rose Coghlan to lead own Carmen production after White Heather season in spring with novelties at smugglers tavern. Reports cover Little Minister party for Lloyd Carleton, Nella Bergen in The Charlatan, Nordica and Nethersole sailing on the St Louis, and Abe Erlanger praising Jack and the Beanstalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Coghlan
Miss Coghlan
Mme
Emma Calve
the Little Minister
Lloyd Carleton
Miss Adams
Mr. Carleton
Nella Bergen
de Wolf Hopper
Mme. Nordica
Olga Nethersole
St. Louis
Southampton
Abe Erlanger
Boston tobacconist Timapenis files bankruptcy petition
Telemaque T. Timapenis of Boston files for bankruptcy in a U S District Court. Liabilities estimated near $84,000 with no listed assets. Major unsecured creditors include W S Carroll & Co of Lynchburg $7000, Henry B. Johnson $6000, James Anthony $1000, Frank Morrill $12000, Demetrius Jaunopoul $15000, Vernon Bros $2500, and John D Rockefeller $4000 among others.
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Telemaque T
New York
Demetrius Kazis
W. DD. Startes
John D. Rockefeller
George W. Douglas
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Club
Tod Her
Rough Rider
Bureau of Statistics
THE
Shipping News
Oriel
Jenny Greenback
Port de Tanama
Cuba
Maude Sherwood
Norfolk
Hattie Simpson
Annie B. Mitchell
Hurricane Island
Helen H. Benedict
Baltimore
Helena
Chi
Bermuda
New England
Qugenstown
Liverpool
Carinthia
Liverapel
Lineladen
Bluefields
Nic
Dorchester
Carth
Charleston
Anth
Jacksonville
Barkentine
Bruce Hawkins
Calais
Duns
Bath
Haro'd
Albany
Dudley Pray
Hackensale
Pascale
Edgewater
N. J
qQara
Alice
Gettysburg
Bingen
Fred
Dalal
Vineyard Haven
Ve ‘Ork
Suffolk
Bell
Richardson
Baltimore Car Wheel Co
Ve. Joy
Boston Tobacconist
Bartley Campbell
Fannie McIntyre
Mamie Gilroy
Helen Byron
Florence Hale
Maurice Carey
A. R. Philips
Frank Murray
Carl Tey
Mark Kent
the Czar
Dainty
Petil P.M. Oware
John—Burke Chas
Weber
Meredith
Weber & Fields
Glad Bandurlesquers
Glad
Weber & Fields’ Proadway Music
Manning
Weston Fields
Wooley Halliday
Ward Post
Clinton Douglass
Fordnd
Thomas & Watson
Wes Charles Riven Peek
Appleton & Bassett
S. Charles River Park
Mechanics’ Building
Jules Levy
Stella Costa
Carter
Comedy Theatre
Eugene Tompkiss
Fdw
E. Rice
Anna
IRIS
Sis Co
Fred St. Onge
Lou Clay
Kierre Wonders
the McLains
Owley Randall
McAvoy and
Williams
Mattie Boorman
Harry Teat
Ramsey Sisters
Bert Hale
Sigole
Berncest Roeber
Wepier
Egdie Girard
Zidw
Bice
Columbia Taco
Ntuigh-Born
Astin & Stone'l
Ee — Royal Jap
Ada Refman
Augustin Daly
M. Rostanu
Lorano de Bergerac
Orly
Tremont Theatre
John Philip Sousa
Chas. Klein
Hopnel
Reeter Casey Ay
Iron Mass
D. B. Peadennouness
Seston
Hall Caine
Dtr A Neate
Las
Nmionday
Andrew Mack
Earl
Minnie Dupr
Clifford Leigh
J. Sean Bootle
Cs & Dixon
McDonald
Castle
Tremont St
Tremont
Haddon Chambers
Germalc
Tremont S T
Oxford
P. Mw
Gard
Stevenson
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Froyman
Maude Adams
J. M. Barrie
Gratinees
Eugene Tompkins
Charles
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