Suit in Municipal Court Over Money Lent to Son-in-law
In Municipal Civil Court Mrs Mary Desmond sought $138 from her daughter and son-in-law Fred Palmer and Mrs Eben Palmer claiming she lent sums from January to February to Palmer for railroad checks and living expenses. Palmer denied receiving funds. Desmond produced no corroborating evidence. Judge Forsarth released the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Desmond
Fred Palmer
Washington Avenue
Chelsea
Chelsea Street Railroad
Heb
Desmond
Eben Palmer
Must Husband Pay in Dry Goods Suit
In Municipal Civil Court Mrs. W. H. Allen of 293 Commonwealth avenue is challenged over a $499 sale by Arthur O. Sharkey of Tremont street. Sharkey claims payment from Mr. Allen, who alleges the wife bought on credit only after a written request and amid divorce proceedings. The case, with testimony from Miss Mary Duer and Major Jones, was to be continued before Judge Forsaith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Allen
Commonwealth Avenue
Arthur O. Sharkey
Tremont Street
Allen
Mr. Allen
Mary Duer
Sharkey
Major Jones
Allens
Letters Alleging Alienation Trial Moves On
In Providence on November 9 a trial over a $2000 alienation claim featured eighty-one love letters said to prove the affair between Mrs. Norwood and Bernard J. Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh testified he wrote the letters but denies romantic involvement, while the judge urged the jury to assess intent and the harm to Frank D. Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Frank D. Norwood
Bernard J. Cavanaugh
Central Falls
Norwood
Wilbur
Swiss Couple Elopes in New York Amid Legal Barriers
A Swiss couple traveled about 4000 miles to marry where it was legal. The man, tall with a brown mustache, and the woman, his cousin and bride, grew up Catholic and faced parental and legal resistance at home. After laboring through immigration hurdles in New York, they sought a ceremony in America aboard La Bretagne, crossing the immigration line with gold to prove their resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenwich Street
William Tell
Pacific Coast
California
America
la Bretagne
Immigration Bureau
Francis
Couple wed in Switzerland flee to New York by ship
The bashful newlyweds returned from a Swiss marriage but could not wed there. Assisted by Father Schwinn at Léo Haus, they explained little beyond their love and marriage. They planned to live in America for a while and return in two years to settle on this side of the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery Park
Léo Haus
Father Schwinn
Switzerland
America
Jealousy Motive Sends Husband to Kill Wife in New York
Charles Schlegel shot Caroline Schlegel in their home this morning and then tried to cut his wrists with a shoemaker knife. Their 15 year old son described the scene and the couple’s troubled relationship, noting the husband’s age and the wife’s relative youth. The coroner or police details followed as the man attempted suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Schlegel
Caroline
Papa
Mamma
Father
Talbot Avenue extension bridge project advances
The Dorchester Talbot avenue extension between Washington and Blue Hill avenues moves forward after a $25,000 loan boost for a bridge to run the avenue beneath the New England Railroad tracks. Mayor Quincy and the street department secured railroad cooperation. construction has begun to connect Park Square to Ashmont station via Columbus avenue Seaver street Blue Hill avenue and Talbot avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot Avenue
Washington Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Ashmont Station
Street
New England Railroad Company
Alderman Lott
Quincy
Street Department
Dorchester
New England
Franklin Park
City
Roxburys
Park Roads
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Seaver Street
Mayor Receives $50,000 Gift for Library Newspaper Dept
Mayor Quincy has received a letter with a $50,000 check from W. C. Todd of Atkinson New Hampshire to establish and maintain a newspaper department in the city Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Todd
Quincy
Atkinson, N. H
Rhodesia rights urged by bishops at Bulawayo banquet
Rev. Joseph C. Hartzell of Cincinnati and Henry M. Stanley MP urged protection of native rights in Rhodesia. Hartzell warned that British and American beliefs depend on safeguarding the poorest Africans, while praising Rhodesia’s civilization and calling for unity of the Stars and Stripes and Union Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulawayo
Matabeland
Joseph C. Hartzell
Cincinnati
American Methodist Episcopal
West Africa
London
Thames
Africa
Rhodesia
Henry M. Stanley
M. P
Patriot priest to lecture in Boston on Irish church fund drive
The Rev. Eugene Sheehy, once arrested at Kilmallock during Buckshot Forster era coercion, returns to Boston to raise funds for a parochial church at Bruree, Limerick. He will speak at Odd Fellows Hall on Sunday evening November 28 to support the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Sheehy
Kilmallock
County Limerick
Ireland
Buckshot Forster
Boston
Bruree
Limerick
Odd Fellows’ Hall
National Sound Money League Considers Gold Standard Move
The National Sound Money League executive committee met in New York to discuss declaring the gold standard as the sole monetary basis. Members urged separating Treasury operations, backing greenbacks with gold, and proclaiming international bimetallism dead while planning a January 1898 Washington meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Sound Money League
League
Broadway
Smalley
Indianapolis Monetary League
Mr. George
Oregon
H. Sterling Morton
League For Nebraska
Bryan
M. E. Ingalls
Cincinnati
Louis E. Ehrich
Colorado Springs
United States
Monetary Commission
Louis B. Ehrch
Mr. Leighton
Gustav H. Schwab
William C. Cornwell
McKinley
Congress
Department of the Treasury
Louis R. Ehrich
International
Washington, D. C
Hathaway Arrested Over Tax Warrant In Middlesex County
James F. Hathaway, president of Sprague & Hathaway Co. of West Somerville, was arrested on a tax warrant by Deputy Sheriff Samuel W. Tucker. Hathaway defended his position calling the tax unjust and a double taxation, then was jailed in East Cambridge after being taken to Middlesex County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Tucker
Middlesex County
James F. Hathaway
Sprague & Hathaway Company
West Somerville
Hathaway
Tucker
Mr. Hathaway
East Cambridge
Somerville
Citizens' Union Plan Faces Platt and Tammany
Brooklyn November 9. County Clerk Jacob Worth outlines an effort to organize Citizens' Union groups in major cities and counties to reform or topple the Republican machine. He accuses Senator Platt of deals with Tammany and warns of a statewide anti-machine uprising that could end minority control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Worth
Brooklyn
N. Y
Citizens’ Union
Republican Party
New Citizens’ Organization
Mr. Worth
Mr. Platt
Tammany
New York
McKinley
United States
Low
Platt
Worth
Greater
Seth Low
Senator Platt
Paralytic Stroke Strikes Brattle Street Resident
G L McCarty of Brattle street Cambridge suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday at the Dr Robinson office. He had heart difficulty for three weeks and was recently treated. He is a retired naval officer, about 60 years old, and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. McCarty
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Robinson
Sbgeacon Street
McCarty
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cacciola Case Heard In Municipal Court
Tomaso Cacciola appeared before Judge Ely in the second municipal criminal session charged with murdering his father Antonio Cacciola on October 29. Lawyer James F. Sweeney represented the boy as Special Officer Gilmore led the government case. The widow testified Antonio abused Josie, his 16 year old daughter, prompting the boy to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomaso Cacciola
Ely
Municipal Criminal Court
Antonio Cacciola
James F. Sweeney
Gilmore
Tomaso
Antonio
Josie
Knights of Labor Meet in Louisville Assembly
The Knights of Labor general assembly opened today at Hibernian Hall Louisville with about eighty delegates. Leaders from the movement here and abroad attend as reforms are urged on the President and Congress during a week long session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
General Assembly of the Knights of Labor
Hibernian Hall
West Market Street
J. R. Sovereign
Congress
Royal Blue Line Nine Day Holiday Tour Offers Value
Royal Blue Line conducts a nine day tour leaving Tuesday November 16 with stops in Washington at the Rigel House Mt Vernon Old Point Comfort Philadelphia and New York Broadway Central. One day in New York and optional longer stay. Cost 30 covers all expenses. Also Christmas holiday tour to Washington Oregon Philadelphia and New York and other tours to Washington Florida and California offered with illustrated itinerary from A J Simmons N E A Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue Line
Washington
Rigel House
Mt. Vernon
Old Point Comfort
Philadelphia
New York
Broadway Central
Mternon
Florida
California
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Boston
Hathaway in Tax Dispute Over Stock Ownership
The dispute stems from 1896 assessments by the principal assessors on stock Hathaway allegedly owned in Sprague and Hathaway Company. Hathaway refuses to pay, threatening jail if not settled. The city treasurer moved to commit him after the deadline passed and Hathaway issued a public challenge before being jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hathaway
Sprague & Hathaway Company
Mr. Hathaway
Tax law revision dominates winter General Court session
The push for revising tax laws grows as evidence mounts. Sprague & Hathaway’s case shows double taxation on stock as intangible property, with $1109 levied while real estate and equipment were taxed separately. The narrator cites missed 1896 tax bills and abatement issues, sparking critique of Somerville’s assessment practices and overall tax compliance gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague & Hathaway Company
Maine
Somerville
Spraiue & Hathaway Company
Florida
East Cambridge
Massachusetts Tax Policy Sparks Outcry Over Corporate Burden
A Somerville Board of Assessors chief warned a prominent city figure against filing a tax return, labeling the postwar tax regime a farce. The piece argues Massachusetts lags in corporate taxation and contrasts with neighboring states that prohibit double taxation on out‑of‑state corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Assessors
Somerville
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Evading Massachusetts Tax Complaint From East Cambridge Jail
A prisoner in East Cambridge in 1897 condemns Massachusetts taxes as unjust and says one can dodge them by moving across state lines. The writer argues such fines chase capital away and mock progress and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Metsachusetts
Fore sight saves ship in fog near harbor clash
In thick harbor fog the Warren steamer Kansas ordered full speed astern to avert a collision with the lumber schooner Thelma anchored between ferries. The incident caused a harbor shuffle as the Kansas anchored off Grand Junction docks and other vessels maneuvered, with eighty- to ninety-foot ships resuming passage once visibility improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Liverpool
Thelma
Battery Wharf
Charlestown
Knickerbocker
Grand Junction Docks
London
T Wharf
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Juniata
March
Fairfax
Delaware Breakwater
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Essex
Providence
Carinthia
Sylvania
John Lea
Cestrian
Halifax
N. S
Vesta Pearl
Whitehead Light
Clementsport
Johnson
United States
Bruce McLean
America
Puritan Line
Antwerp
Boston Light
Rebecca F. Lamdin
Maine
Weymouth
Mass
Bangor
Nassau
N. P
St. Mary’s River
Fla
Apalachicola
Campbell Machine Company Sold to Goodyear Manufacturing
Stockholders in Pawtucket Rhode Island ratified a contract disposing of the Campbell Machine Company assets to Goodyear Manufacturing of Boston. The sale covers business machinery patents and all property except land and buildings. Directors from both firms will meet to finalize the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Campbell Machine Company
Goodyear Manufacturing Company
Boston
Campbell Company
Honor Scanlan Remembered by Meagher A A
The T. F. Meagher A A adopts resolutions of regret over the untimely death of Michael J. Scanlan its president and extends sympathy to his widow and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scanlan
T. F. Meagher A. A
Michael J. Scanlan
Steamer John C Pringle Drifting in Lake Huron Storm
A northwest gale of forty miles per hour drives the steamer John C Pringle with three barges toward Lake Huron shore. A tug and life savers attempt rescue after lines part twice. The Pringle remains adrift with its tow while the barges continue down the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Sand Beach
John C. Pringle
Lake Huron
Boynton
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Billa
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Stars and Stripes
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Earth
Pioneer Clothing Company
Raymonp
Rhodes & Ripley Clothing
Lincoln Street
Tek
Waterbury
Raymond
Damon & Shippy
Rubber Trust
Rhodes-Ripley
Egt
Hanover
Joan H. WoopMan
P. S
Woopman
Raymond Syndicate
Mercantile Agency
SYNDI
E. W. Cobb
Aymond Cate
The
Boston Post
Yours Truly
M’kinley
Treasury
Metropolitan Clothing
Washington ST
J. F. Hathaway
Gacciola
Knights OF Labor
Eve
Tki Atkeera
Washington ST. Cor
Sues
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Lange
Sachenwald
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
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